you're watching beyond 100 days. the white house briefs the senate on plans to tackle the coronavirus. one senator says he's appalled by the lack of preparations. as the virus spreads around the world, hopes that america could contain it are dimming. the president will ask congress for $2.5 billion extra to tackle the outbreak, but senators say the american public needs to hear the full story. harvey's weinstein guilty verdict did more than send him to jail — it changed america's understanding of sexual assault. also on the programme: the eu's member states agree a mandate for post—brexit trade talks with the uk. the british government says it will set out its plans on thursday.

and the steak that is not a steak — but was printed to look like one. is this really the future of our food? hello. i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. the five us government departments that are leading the charge against the coronavirus sent experts to capitol hill today to brief american senators on the nation's readiness to combat it. fair to say, the senators were not impressed. we don't know exactly what was in the briefing because it was held behind closed doors. and that, said democratic senator richard blumenthal, that was a mistake. here's his tweet. and this wasn't political partisanship — at a later budget hearing this morning, a terse exchange between senator kennedy and the acting homeland security secretary suggests republicans are also alarmed.

do we have enough respirators? to my knowledge, we do. we just heard testimony that we don't. testimony from...? in a briefing. 0k. for medical professionals or for...? sorry... you're head of homeland security. do we have enough respirators or not? for patients? i don't understand the question. for everybody, every american who needs one who gets the disease. again, iwould refer you to hhs on that. mr secretary, you're supposed to keep us safe. yeah, so that wasn't massively confidence inspiring. the world health organisation said today it is still too early to call the outbreak a pandemic, but there are now sizeable —— the vast majority of cases there.

but there are now sizeable clusters outside china that are causing concern. south korea has seen a jump in cases to nearly 1,000, with ten deaths reported. iran has nearly 100 cases and a relatively large proportion of deaths. while in italy, the numbers of those infected is over 280, while in italy, the numbers of those infected is over 320, with 10 confirmed deaths. in the last few minutes, that has risen to ii. in tenerife, a hotel is in complete lockdown, after an italian doctor, newly arrived, tested positive for the virus. it's been another bad day on the financial markets, particularly here in europe. the ftse 100 ended the day at its lowest closing level in a year, following the big losses on monday. similar story on the us markets. that's how the dow is currently trading — down over 2%. what is spooking investors is not so much the danger of the virus itself, more the impact of quarantine and lockdowns on the global supply chain and what impact what that have if the virus was to spread in a us city. nonetheless, donald trump,

who's currently in india, was downplaying the threat to the us economy and the seriousness of the cases that have currently been detected in the us. you may ask about the coronavirus, which is very well under control in our country. we have very few people with it and the people that have it, in all cases — i have not heard anything other, maybe there's something new, because for two days i haven't been seeing too much of that news because it has been all—encompassing. we have had a lot of meetings, as you know — but the people are getting better. they are all getting better. that was president trump speaking in india. so is the president right to downplay the situation and is america ready to tackle the virus? joining us now is dr william schaffner, infectious diseases specialist at vanderbilt university in nashville, tennessee. thank you forjoining us, dr schaffner. what role does america

play in this level outbreak given that they have actually had relatively few cases here was blue at the moment, —— cases here? relatively few cases here was blue at the moment, -- cases here? at the moment, you're exactly right. we have had a containment phase. public health is found the contacts and so far we really have no spread. part of what we're is providing leadership to the rest of the world and also making major investments along with partners to develop vaccines, better diagnostic tests and also treatments for coronavirus. we are trying to develop antiviral drugs at the present. can we talk about preparedness? that is the debate of the day, of course. sensors have been hearing testimony. let me show you a tweet. this is the acting deputy secretary of homeland

security... and that is what is setting alarm bells for people. it is someone on the white house, looking at university maps and does not seem to have a handle on where the various is currently in the us. i don't know what i can do to comment on that except that we are very attuned to the coronavirus. we in public health haven't absolutely done top of the mind. we are following national and international developments very, very closely. following national and international developments very, very closelylj suppose developments very, very closely.” suppose the point i am asking is, do you think there is leadership from the top? do you feel it at your hospital? do you think there is a top—down approach to it?” hospital? do you think there is a top-down approach to it? i think we are having a lot of wonderful leadership on the centre for disease control and prevention. the cdc. that comes down through state health departments at local health

departments at local health departments and we clinicians are also being made aware of the clinical presentations about coronavirus and we are hoping that we get more testing facilities available to us closer so that we can broaden our capacity to test for this virus. dr schaffner, we have just had cases in the last few moments confirmed in switzerland and in austria as well and we have the cdc today saying, look, it's not a question of if it will spread in the united states, its when it will spread in the united states. was the most important thing americans could do to try to stem that spread of the virus? once the virus is introduced and does start to spread, the issue becomes social distancing. this is a virus that is spread readily from person to person, so we will all be

asked to avoid crowds. many people will be working from home. we will not be going to events or people come together we will be watching television at home rather than going to the movies, for example. we will be conducting our religious services in solitary at home, rather than going to a church or a synagogue or a temple and being together with our fellow religionists. we will be asked to be semi hermits. and you think this is really going to happen? do you put that into high probability, the left —— lifestyle you are describing? -- lifestyle you are describing? for a short period of time, we can all aspire to do that. we are not china.

we are not going to stay home and the streets will be deserted. many people make substantial alterations in their lives while the virus is in their communities. ok, dr william schaffner, thank you very much for that. with 80% of america's supply of two coming from china, that is also guiding this. the eu has published the mandate which will guide its negotiation with the uk in the post—brexit trade talks. the document has been shaped by the member states — some have been forced to compromise on individual priorities, but some bits have been toughened up. and there are a number of potential flashpoints within it. the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier posted on twitter today that the block is... the uk government says it will publish its plans on thursday. and it is equally united. with the departure of sajid javid, the uk government is now the vote leave government, writ large.

and this time, you suspect there will be no dissenting voices on what britain's strategy should be. we're joined now by georgina wright from the institute for government. i know you have poured to this document today, georgina. what do you think of the major flashpoints? i think actually, there aren't that many changes between the draft published earlier in the month and this published today. there are some interesting tweaks. yes, future relationships matter but so does the application of the withdrawal agreement. how is that cooperation between ireland and northern ireland going to work? member states are worried about that and will be looking at that closely. i think there was some hardening of the language, particularly around fisheries. you know friends have been very vocal that they would try to protect fishing interests in france, but also other member states as well. —— you know france have been very vocal. also around a bespoke arrangement around aviation and space cooperation. it will be interesting to see how that pans out. there were also some positive

signs about cooperation in the space of global pandemics and also in the fight against climate change. it is interesting to see what the eu has prioritised this time around. let's talk about level playing field. in a whole lot of policy areas, it might sound to you kate years that it is too much like britain having to carry on following eu rules. certainly that is a key concern for the uk government. what was interesting about this mandate is it not say same standards but corresponding high standards, using the eu standards as a benchmark, and i think what that suggests his member states are worried about divergent overtime. if in five years time there is a bit a bit of diversions, it is still more or less the same level, but what if ten years time, you have diverge from five years ago? there were some suggestion it is not the same standard you have to find a

mechanism to sort of re—evaluate diversions and how you quantify that divergence going forward. but certainly i think that is going to be one of the keefe —— key points. the uk says we are leaving the customs unit because he wanted to do self —— we wanted to do things differently. when you look at this and set this against the fact that sajid javid has left and this is purely a leave government. are we inching towards a no—deal brexit after all? from the eu perspective, they are... and you go round eu capitals, they are saying to a certain extent there is some relief the government has a majority in parliament that may be on the sort of passing side of the deal, so, yes, the commissioners negotiating

oi'i yes, the commissioners negotiating on behalf of the 27 member states, but depending on the kind of agreement and what areas of light cove rs, agreement and what areas of light covers, it might be the national and regional partners have to vote on it. then you have all sorts of voices. many more eu voices adding to the mix and in a very short space and time. we only have until the end of the year to not only renegotiate a deal but pass it too. and we are already in march. georgina, thanks for joining already in march. georgina, thanks forjoining us. georgina wright there. harvey weinstein has spent his first night as a prisoner after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault. but yesterday's trial didn't just send the disgraced movie mogul to jail — it has redefined the legal understanding of sexual abuse in america. the prosecution's case was not simple because both accusers had consensual sexual relations with weinstein after he assaulted them. but the jury still believed that he had initially forced himself on them.

in other words, the jury accepted a broader definition of sexual assault than has been the norm in america. so what does this change for victims going forward? criminal defence attorney caroline polisi joins us from new york. let's just pick up with that point, because essentially there was no forensic evidence in this case, with the germ was being asked to believe was the case that the victims were putting forward —— what the jury was being asked to believe. that's exactly right. people refer to these type of cases as he said, she said, and quite frankly that is a reason prosecutors have been reticent to charge these type of cases previously. the conventional wisdom has been that juries want convict with the absence of that type of dna evidence, forensic evidence and other kinds of evidence, but i think we are seeing here a real sea change in that logic and we will see a new wave of prosecutions in this more grey area, the rapes in this sort of

grey area, the rapes in this sort of grey area. it is clear nowjuries can understand those complex realities of those relationships. we have gone, it seems, caroline, with this particular conviction from rapes that happen in dark allies to understanding that there are nuances of power and complexity in relationships in which assault can happen within an otherwise consensual relationship. does that change the law going forwards? the law is not going to change, many of the elements of the offence of rate or herof her the elements of the offence of rate or her of her estate wants to define a sexual assault is not quick to change. what is one to change is the level of confidence that prosecutors now have moving forward with these type of cases. as christian noted, both of the complaining witnesses in this case had what one would call consensual sexual relationships with mrweinstein either

consensual sexual relationships with mr weinstein either before or after the alleged incident, so obviously people were wondering whether or not ajury people were wondering whether or not a jury would hold that against them essentially. i think a key factor here where the law is sort of revolutionising, the judge let in many more prior bad acts witnesses. even though there were only two complaining witnesses, the jury heard from six women in total coming that harvey weinstein had assaulted them andl that harvey weinstein had assaulted them and i think that went along for their case. caroline, just to pick on that point, consensual... i can see your face describing that word. it is almost as if the jury and prosecution in this case were saying, let's take a look at what consensual means in a relationship where one person has a lot of power over another. exactly. and in jessica man's case, the less of the charges, in that case, the jury decided to convict on the lesser included crime, rape in the third

degree, many not forcible rape but rape without consent —— jessica mann. i think they made a distinction there and what they choose to move forward within their convictions but i also think it shows the integrity of the jury system, that they did not choose to convict him all of the charges. they voted not guilty on the top charges of predatory sexual assault, meaning they did not believe at least one woman's testimony on the stand or they did not believe it without, beyond a reasonable doubt. ok, caroline polisi, this is such a fascinating case. thank you for clarifying that for us. the us president has faced a number of allegations of improper touching and assault. and you may remember that in the access hollywood tape released during the 2016 campaign he described touching women without their consent. since taking office, the accusations have continued to emerge, including one last summer from a journalist who alleged she was assaulted by donald trump two decades ago. the president has strongly denied

the allegations he has faced. but given these reports and his passing association with weinstein, they had met several times, it was inevitable he would be asked about the sentence at his news conference in delhi today. here's his response. so i was never a fan of harvey weinstein, as you know. in fact, he said he was going to work hard to defeat me in the election. how did that work out, by the way? i'm trying to figure that out. he was a person i didn't like. never liked. i don't know too much about the case because, as you know, i've been over here, between travelling and being at meetings almost every hour of the day, every minute of the day. i haven't been able to really see too much of it, but i wasjust not a fan of his. i knew him a little bit. not very well. i knew him because he was in new york. not a person that i liked. i will say the people that like him were the democrats. michelle 0bama loved him — loved him! hillary clinton loved him. and he gave tremendous money to the democrats,

and i guess my question is, will the democrats be asking for that money back? because he gave a lot of money to the democrats and, you know, it's too bad but that's the way it worked out. yeah, peter. 0n the harvey weinstein situation, this is being viewed as a milestone for the #metoo movement. what message can you as president deliver to women in america who are still afraid to come forward and share their stories of sexual harassment and assault? well, again, i don't know the actual results. i haven't seen too much because i've been in india, as you know... aside from the case. i think that, from the standpoint of women, i think it was a great thing. it was... it was a great victory and it sends a very strong message. speaking ina —— deli a little earlier. rich mchugh was an investigative producer at nbc news. he worked with ronan farrow on the earliest allegations against harvey weinstein. nbc decided not to go with the story and so he and farrow

took their story to the new yorker magazine which did publish it. he now writes for vanity fair. he was in court to hear the verdicts yesterday. and he is with us in our new york studio. i should get your impressions first of all of what you made of harvey weinstein‘s reaction yesterday in court. it was quite something to be there in person, to action witness it live. i was craning to see his reaction and it was almost like he was devoid of emotion, is the way i would put it. it was really expressionless, like stone cold, frankly. in so many respects, this could his was an —— this case was an outlier because of his fame. do you think he would have been convicted if his name had not been weinstein? absolutely. i think he would've been convicted along time ago. the only reason i think we it took this long was because the incredible power he had

and the concentric circles around him of protection, that he was able to evade this for so long. you have been working on this story for yea rs. been working on this story for years. what was it that first got you onto harvey weinstein and following this? on the end of 2016, ronan and i, we were looking for our next investigative story to do and we had 92 something around the oscars, which was several month away. and so the original idea was casting couch. i ask he brought that up casting couch. i ask he brought that up to the president of nbc. we needed permission to go forward on that he kind of off the cuff said, if you're going to do this, you might take a look at harvey weinstein, he is a known offender. and further off—the—cuff, he said if you're going to go down this road, you're going to go down this road, you might check out rose macgowan. she tweeted something to the effect of, my rapist is still in hollywood, and so off we went. us is not the

first time the new yorker has tried to bring charges against harvey weinstein. what made it possible in the intervening years? the first time new york? 0r the intervening years? the first time new york? orthe new the intervening years? the first time new york? or the new yorker. know, new york. i cannot speak exactly what happened in the previous case. there was an incident in 2015 with mrs gutierrez, who basically was assaulted by weinstein, and she agreed to wear a wire the next day and record him. and ultimately, it's up for debate what exactly happened, but cyrus vance chose not to press charges. the audio tape she was able to record on behalf of the nypd proved to be vital, i think, in the story getting out that which we came across that audio in 2017 and it was

kind of the backbone of our reporting. one of the first people you interviewed was rose macgowan. she took a lot of criticism from within the film industry when she brought this allegation. you think the film industry was on trial yesterday? do you think there has been a change there? do you thing there's been a change in our game, in the news and media industry as well? those are good questions. i am not sure. i know there have been sweeping changes in the hr industries, in the culture around sexual harassment and sexual assault. i am sexual harassment and sexual assault. lam not sexual harassment and sexual assault. i am not sure there has beena assault. i am not sure there has been a change in hollywood or tv news for that matter. there has been some change, but i think if you speak to a lot of these women that suffered at the hands of harvey, i think they would say that there hasn't been nearly enough change in

hollywood. it hasn't happened yet. interesting. rich mchugh am really grateful for use coming and interesting. rich mchugh am really gratefulfor use coming and —— interesting. rich mchugh am really grateful for use coming and —— for you coming in and talk to us. it's interesting. we have seen it here in this country with will harris, getting convictions, and then you getting convictions, and then you get a trickle of convictions —— with rolf harris. he has another trial. and now that he comes into this trial as a convicted rapist, are we going to see more? it is interesting. the opera singer placido domingo has come out excepting full responsibility for his actions. any women will be looking at this case and thinking maybe it is time for a

change —— excepting full responsibility. let's change the tone and talk about our stomachs! how many times have you craved a steak for dinner, but you feel so guilty about the carbon footrpint of your meat—consumption that you refrain? missing out on a delicious steak, comforted only in the knowledge that you've done your bit to help the planet. well, the days of having to choose between an environmental conscience and a medium—rare t—bone may soon be over. because a synthetic meat company has unveiled a steak that is manufactured on a 3d printer. it is derived from peas, rice, seaweed and other ingredients — and apparently the 3d printing allows the ingredients to be laid down in a crisscross of filaments, imitating the intracellular proteins in muscle cells. i still think that feel something out of star trek. i will have a pea cartridge... i have read so much about 3d printing today! i am an

expert! this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, it was a visit full of colour, big crowds and much mutual praise, but can trump's visit to india be considered a success? we'll get the verdict of a former us ambassdor to the country. hello. it's been a chilly day and many places have seen showers — wintry — across the hills and mountains of wales, northern ireland, scotland and parts of northern england. not a lot will change in terms of the way things feel for wednesday. we'll still sit in this cold polar air mass. but the showers should be fewer and further between across the southern half of the uk. we still, though, have quite a few showers to come through this evening and overnight. so, further accumulations of snow, perhaps up to 4—8 cm for some of the higher ground by the time we get into wednesday morning. and anywhere that sees showers on into the small hours is likely to have some ice first thing wednesday as we develop a widespread frost. cold start to wednesday.

lot of sunshine around generally, especially in the east, though. in the west, some showers packing in as well. they'll tend to clear from northern england and wales by the afternoon, whereas they're quite frequent for the north and west of scotland and for northern ireland at times. another chilly day. temperatures quite similar to tuesday, about 5—9 degrees as you'd read it on the thermometer, but you have to factor in the wind. so what really feels like, particularly to the north of the uk, is closer to freezing. then through wednesday evening and on into thursday, this little area of low pressure that looks let set to run to the south of the uk is causing us a bit of a headache. just how far north it will run and what will happen when it bumps into the colder air? could be some heavy rain as far north as the midlands, affecting badly flood—affected areas. for the moment, it looks like it may just stay shy and sit to the south, but some wintry weather for south wales, the south midlands, perhaps chilton and the south downs first thing on thursday, before it heads off into the continent. we do stay in pretty chilly air. there'll be further wintry showers

across the northern half of the uk, but sunshine, i think, to the south for thursday afternoon. still quite chilly, though. highs of six and seven degrees. and a cold night thursday night into friday, thanks to light winds and clear skies under this little ridge of high pressure. but by friday, it's but a memory. the weather fronts pile in from the atlantic again and low pressure starts to take control. so, after quite a calm start to friday, wet and windy prospects as we move into the start of the weekend and the chance of further snow as well across the hills, particularly over the midlands all the way into northern england and scotland on friday. and then for the weekend, we shift into chillier air once again, with that continued threat of showers.

you are this is beyond 100 days with me katty kay in washington. you are christian fraser is in london. our top stories... the impact of the coronavirus continues to spread in iran. wiping sweat from his brow, 2a hours after this press conference the iranian deputy health minister tested positive for coronavirus. at least 11 people are killed during protests in india over a controversial new citizenship law. just a few miles away, president trump continued his state visit. coming up in the next half hour.... former egyptian president hosni mubarak — ousted by the military in 2011 — has died in cairo at the age of 91. plus, why life expectancy for some people in england has gone down for the first time in more than a century.

at the end of a colourful state visit to india, president trump spoke today of the close friendship he has developed with the indian prime minister narendra modi. but for all the praise the two men have lavished on each other, there has been no major breakthrough on trade or security. lastjune, the us president ended preferential trade status for india, and in response india imposed tarrifs on 28 us products. the two sides have agreed to keep talking. in his press conference today, the president steered away from the contentious situation that is now gripping india over the status of muslims in the hindu—majority society. hours before mr trump arrived in the indian capital, there were violent clashes between supporters and opponents of mr modi's hindu nationalist party, which have left more than 11 people dead. for president trump, it was another opportunity to heap praise on mr modi — for his handling of the situation.

i will say that the prime minister was incredible on what it all me. he wants people to have religious freedom and his very strong, in india, they have worked very hard to have a great and open religious freedom and if you look back and look at what is going on relative to other places, especially, they have really worked hard on religious freedom. i asked that question in front of a very large group of people today and we talked about it for a long time. and joining us now is former us ambassador to india, tim roemer. thank you very much forjoining us. does narendra modi get the prize for the world leader who has best come toa the world leader who has best come to a solution for handling donald trump, the new erratic american president that so many leaders seem to have trouble dealing with? good to have trouble dealing with? good to be with you. well, this visit by president trump, his maiden voyage visit to india, was big on pride, pageantry

visit to india, was big on pride, pagea ntry and visit to india, was big on pride, pageantry and pictures. you would like to see some more policy and progress in this visit. narendra modi probably hit it out of the park on the pride, pictures under pageantry, 110,000 people in the biggest cricket stadium in gujarat, may be in the world, and you probably saw what was coming, the walk of song as i understand it when mrtrump walk of song as i understand it when mr trump left the stage was you can't always get what you want at by the rolling stones, and that set are beautifully the us disappointment on trade. we did not get a new trade deal, we didn't get a mini trade deal, we didn't get a mini trade deal, we didn't get a phase one trade deal as we did with china. we got pretty much nothing on access, on our e—commerce companies, medical ste nt on our e—commerce companies, medical stent companies, dairy products, whether it be walnuts or apples, motorcycle bikes like harley davison, we've got to get back to the grindstone and see progress on this if we want more fair trade

access and more usjobs. this if we want more fair trade access and more us jobs. what did india get out of it? no, i think this is always good when a us president goes over there and there's the trump of pumped up mr modi, ithink there's the trump of pumped up mr modi, i think that is something that india get out of this —— mr trump pumped up mrmodi. india get out of this —— mr trump pumped up mr modi. there was talk of the nature of a growing relationship. the us sold about $3 billion worth of patchy helicopters, helicopters that can be stationed on indian aircraft carriers to help them patrol for chinese submarines and secure the indo pacific. 3 billion worth of defensive equipment is good, a win—win for both under the us talked about more energy for india, something india needs. there was no talk about human rights and the controversial new citizenship law, or about kashmir, the controversial new citizenship law, orabout kashmir, and i hope

the controversial new citizenship law, or about kashmir, and i hope i read there was more talk about things such as the 5g situation with huawei and with china.” things such as the 5g situation with huawei and with china. i was going to ask about the citizenship act, we have seen more violent protests in parts of delhi, increasingly violent. does it concern you? is it something that an outside president, an american president, should be weighing in on? i think we absolutely should be weighing in on absolutely should be weighing in on a human rights conversation with the leader of the biggest democracy in the world, mr modi. look, we share values of human rides, common decency, rule of law, free press. the oldest democracy, the biggest democracy, should be able to sit down and work these things out or agree to disagree, but when indians are being killed in the streets or when their protests are going on, we have a close enough relationship with india to talk through even some

difficult and thorny problems. that's what democracies do and that's why the united states stands up that's why the united states stands upfor human that's why the united states stands up for human rights values across the world. we don't cut off a relationship with india, we have carefully built that strategically over the last 15 years, but it is certainly something that a us president should be able to bring up with mr modi president should be able to bring up with mrmodi and president should be able to bring up with mr modi and talk through in a respectful and policy oriented fashion. ambassador, good to have be with us, thank you very much. my pleasure, thank you. the former egyptian president hosni mubarak, has died. he was 91. mr mubarak was once one of the middle east's most powerful leaders. he ruled egypt for three decades until he was deposed in the arab spring injanuary 2011. mubarak was put on trial for the death of some 850 people during the revolution. but was eventually acquitted in 2017 of all charges related to the deaths. he was found guilty in just one case related to the misappropriation of public funds. james robbins looks back at his life.

he was in powerfor 30 years, but it was the last three weeks of hosni mubarak‘s rule which will always be remembered. his downfall after an eruption of public anger. back in 1981, when president sadat was assassinated by islamist militants, you canjust glimpse vice president hosni mubarak being pulled to safety. in the midst of chaos he became the latest military man to rule egypt, his absolute priority — stability. he was always a loyal ally for the west, maintaining a peace treaty with israel and confronting islamic extremism. but at home, he presided over increasing economic and political stagnation. his government gained a notorious reputation for corruption and the abuse of human rights. he was impervious to the failings of the people, and he seemed he was impervious to the feelings of the people, and he seemed

to look down on them, to look down on their aspirations, to look down on their hopes. he was surrounded by mediocrity, and he always gave preference to those in whom he could guarantee their loyalty and not necessarily their merits. on january the 25th 2011, egyptians flooded into tahrir square. this time the tear gas and water cannon was powerless to protect the regime, and in a series of television addresses, hosni mubarak mixed concessions with condescension and defiance. translation: i give my pledge and commitment to protect the constitution and the interests of the people, until responsibility is handed to whoever is elected by the electorate next september in free and fair elections, guaranteed by transparency and freedom. on one pivotal day, regime supporters on camels and horses charged protesters in tahrir square. mystery gunmen carried on the attack through the night. but finally egypt's military turned

against the president, and one of hosni mubarak‘s most loyal lieutenants announced his overthrow. translation: president hosni mubarak has decided to step down as the president of the republic. the crowd erupted with joy, a damning indictment of hosni mubarak‘s rule. within months, the ailing former leader was in court. after a long trial, he was sentenced to life in prison for ordering the killing of protesters, a verdict eventually overturned. but more than his brutality, it was his lack of vision for egypt's's future which had brought him down. a lot of memories for me, i was the correspondent in cairo in the to that revolution and someone i spoke a lot to while i was i was there was angus blair. professor at practice at the american university in cairo's business school.

i was just i wasjust thinking i was just thinking when i was watching those pictures that a lot of my report when i was there really focused on the cost of living, the price of bread and the poverty that was growing, alongside the corruption that was so visible for everybody. the paying of police, the playing of everybody in authority andi playing of everybody in authority and i think that was what mubarak missed towards the end, he was too detached from what was happening on the street. you're quite right, the fa ct the street. you're quite right, the fact that the cost of living was a key factor. might remember yourself in 2008, there were food price riots across the world, including egypt, and that legacy of rising inflation hurt and it is something i think the current president and the government are fully aware of no in trying to bring down inflation, much lower thanit bring down inflation, much lower than it was then, i have to say, at the time of mubarak and, clearly, the time of mubarak and, clearly, the legacy, if you look back over the legacy, if you look back over the 30 years but president mubarak was in charge, the early years

trying to find his footing. he had had a very illustrious military career, he is getting a military funeral, so he came in on quite a high and especially the fracturing at the beginning after the assassination of president assad out and update the report mentioned, security issues we tend to forget that he and the authorities had to deal with in the past. but the cost of living, a very key issue and, of course, the social contract between the people and the state played a part. angus, a very long time ago, when i was growing up in the middle east, egypt was really the country everybody talked about, it was the big, important, strategic player in the region. i'm thinking back over to the last few years and egypt seems to have almost disappeared from view, people just don't talk about it very much any more. what happened to it? is it because of hosni mubarak‘s lack of vision for the country? i think you're quite

right to say there's been a change. i would suggest, though, perhaps the perception of egypt being diminished isn't true, because it is still a major centre of regional media, films and television production, for example and other publications in general media and it is still receiving many students from across the region but you are quite right to point out there is a multipolar political system now in place in riyadh and abu dhabi as well as cairo and jerusalem as well, we can't forget that and, in another way, doha, looking east to some degree, so it is a very changed world, very different from when he was president. this last decade has been quite a fundamental change as the economies of the golfer grown, their political importance, their military importance have grown. —— of the golf. how will people react to his death? when he was deposed, there was a great celebration but is

there was a great celebration but is there strangely a nostalgia now?m is quite interesting. you know from the time you were here, sometimes when distance is placed between when something happens and later when one of you something, invariably, it softens, the mayoral race off and i said on social media today and among some friends, some friends reminiscing over the elements of instability at the time and the last ten yea rs instability at the time and the last ten years have been difficult for many people, the rich included the particularly the poor, in terms of very high inflation, which has fallen in the last year enormously. the cost of living has gone up significantly following the devaluation. but there has been a change and people forget some of the tougher memories, but he still faces some criticism from a significant section of the population. angus, very good to see you, thanks for coming on. for the past century, human life expectancy has increased,

with every generation living longer than their parents. but a new report says health inequalities in england have increased to such a shocking degree over the past decade that that is no longer the case. those living in the poorest communities — shown here in the darkest blue — are most affected. but, overall, the growth in life expectancy in england has stalled. and for women living in some of the most deprived communities, it's actually reversed. we're joined now by danny dorling, a professor of human geography at oxford university who has been looking at these trends for the past decade. a lot of the reporting today about theirs has been about the connection between life expectancy and austerity, in that austerity has had an influence on that. why do you think that is? we first saw the beginnings of this around about 2012. by 2013, data was being released showing that elderly women in britain, their life expectancy have fallen by about two weeks. elderly women aren't particularly

likely to live on their own, they are more likely to be in need of ca re are more likely to be in need of care and help from the state and the kind of things that are happening after austerity was introduced, as long ago asjust after austerity was introduced, as long ago as just after 2010, was that at the number of adult social workers, social workers who go and visit elderly people, was halved. bus services visit elderly people, was halved. bus services were visit elderly people, was halved. bus services were cut in rural areas, meals on wheels were cut a huge amount and at first, the most elderly and frail women and then men began to die faster. life expectancy stopped rising in 2014. the latest life expectancy for the uk for both men and women is still below the level for 2014 and people have looked at every other possible cause. they have looked at cold winters, they have looked at influenza, they have looked across the whole of europe are nowhere else in europe has had this terrible thing happen, life expectancy actually dropping. so we are bound

to ask then, is itjust a blip? obviously the government has a levelling up agenda now with poorer communities in the north of the country, health care is getting better with every generation, so is it just better with every generation, so is itjust a blip in this life expectancy going to rise into the future? our health care care isn't necessarily getting better. the rises in it are much less than the rises in it are much less than the rises in it are much less than the rises in health spending that there we re rises in health spending that there were before 2010. the austerity which local authorities face is just as high and it is local authorities who provide most of the services which are needed. infant mortality actually began to rise after 2015, 2016, 17, 18, actually began to rise after 2015, 2016,17,18, more babies died at a higher rate each year in england. they didn't in scotland and, in scotland, they decided to spend more on infants and babies and they have reduced the infant mortality rate. the image people have here in america of the uk is that this is a country with a very robust social welfare net and a very robust health system but the situation you are

describing actually mirrors some of the things i have heard happening here in the united states. not that bad, but is england drifting in that direction? england is moving towards, say, one of the better off states of the united states. the united states has worse life expectancy than europe, it has much higher infant mortality than europe. england is beginning to be more and more like a state of the united states. scotland, interestingly, is moving towards being slightly more like the scandinavian countries, which have incredibly good health outcomes. finland has the lowest infa nt outcomes. finland has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world and so we are seeing a kind of splitting apart in the united kingdom in terms of spending, policy, beliefs and outcomes. so interesting, danny, thank you very much forjoining us with that. this is beyond 100 days. still to come — we'll hear from the author who's written about what the future could look like under a new generation of politicians, activists and leaders.

scotland is a step closer to becoming the first country in the world to make sanitary products freely available to all. politicians at holyrood have endorsed the general principles of the legislation, although concerns have been raised about the cost. the scottish government has estimated the annual bill would be more than £24 million. lorna gordon reports. it's become another everyday part of life in scottish schools — free sanitary products available to anyone who needs them. at this school in glasgow, the students have led the way in making the changes. when i started my period at school, i would just go home. i wouldn't consider going to the office because i was too embarrassed. what message is being sent today with this vote in the scottish parliament? i think it's about time. this should have been done ages ago, obviously, cos girls can't afford that and people struggle. even if you can't afford it, it should be accessible

because it's a normal thing, it's a natural thing that happens to most women. free sanitary products are already available in schools, colleges and universities in scotland and in schools in england and wales, too. the vote at holyrood goes further and will mean that tampons, sanitary pads and some reusable products will be available to anyone in scotland. menstruation is normal. free universal access to tampons, pads and reusable options should be normal, too. period dignity for all isn't radical or extreme. it's simply the right thing to do. the scottish government previously opposed the proposals because of concerns over deliverability and cost. what do we want? end period poverty! when do we want it? now! campaigners welcomed today's vote, saying one in five women in the uk will face a struggle accessing period products at some point in their life. they hope that in scotland, that will soon be a thing of the past. lorna gordon, bbc news.

what will america look like when millenials are in charge? as a record number of younger politicians take office in congress, in mayoral offices and in city councils they are changing the look and feel of the country. some are even running for president. author charlotte alter has done a whistle—stop tour of influential leaders to watch. it includes bartender turned socialist firebrand alexandria ocasio—cortez, who is 30. former navy seal dan crenshaw at 35 years... lauren underwood from illinois is 33. and elise stefanik from new york, who is also 35. it's the stories of these four and others that are used as a way to explore the events that have shaped american millennials,

9/11 and the wars that followed, school shootings, student debt, and the election of donald trump. charlotte joins us now from new york. i suppose in some ways, they are moulded, this generation, by what has happened in the last ten years. it was always the rule that every generation has it better than the last but that rule has been broken. right, well, one of the things that i found right, well, one of the things that ifound in my research right, well, one of the things that i found in my research was actually political scientists have shown its just not true that young people are a lwa ys just not true that young people are always liberal and older people are a lwa ys always liberal and older people are always conservative. in fact, people tend to form their political attitudes around the events in early adulthood. so for millennial is, that was 9/11, the war on terror, as you said, but for many of them it was also experiencing the 2008 financial crisis which left them radically worse off than their

pa rents. radically worse off than their parents. so we saw the republicans and democrats, as you say, formed by the events that took place in their formative years. if you took a bunch of 30 odd—year—olds in the 1990s, how would they be different from millennial is today? what is quantifiable mac is quantifiable or different about them ? quantifiable mac is quantifiable or different about them? that is an excellent question so much again has to do with the lived experiences but also the material conditions that millennial is grew up with. millennial is how four times as much student debt as their parents, there wouldn't be as true for people in their 30s in the 90s. they have 40% less well than their parents did at their age, which also wouldn't be true for people in their 30s in the 90s, but more broadly, more qualitatively, there are aspects to the way this generation exists in a world that is sort of unprecedented. like what? like growing up is the

first digital natives and also the last generation who were one day remember what it was like before the internet. so millennials are the first generation who have had to be formed in the digital world and then all the generations that come after them won't know anything different. soa them won't know anything different. so a lot of my book traces how the rise of social media has shaped the way millennials think about political power in a way that is very different from their parents and grandparents, who grew up in a 20th century. i remember a time before digital. i remember having a pager and 10p pieces in your pocket, you had to go and file your copy with 10p pieces in a telephone box. feeling old now. my history, my horizon is, i suppose, from the end of the cold war so when i think about socialism, i think about totalitarian regimes in some insta nces. totalitarian regimes in some instances. not all but most of the sort of eastern block socialist

countries were totalitarian regimes and they don't that, do they? right, so, again, this is what i mean by your context can inform your attitudes. so, for example, the old est attitudes. so, for example, the oldest millennials were eight or nine when the berlin wall fell, so they didn't really have the same kind of outages around creeping socialism that many of their parents in the united states did. when they think of socialism, they think of sweden or, you know, france. france is not a socialist country but they think of countries that have more robust social safety nets than the united states does and places where the government does more to provide people with health care, housing, and education, in a time when, in the united states, it feels like many young people are struggling to afford those things. charlotte, really interesting, thank you very much. you have made me feel old, but thank you anyway.

christian, i hate to say it, you are old. not quite as old as i am but a... ididn't a... ididn‘t want a... i didn't want to talk about your horizons! i think it is safe to say that many men feel anxious at the prospect of a vasectomy. that's true, isn't it? but few have taken such drastic measures to avoid one as this australian baboon. in case you wondered where all this was going. the 15—year—old primate broke out of the truck that was taking him to surgery on tuesday — along with two of his wives — making their dash for freedom at the entrance to the royal prince alfred hospital in sydney. i would have sprinted quicker than that! clips posted on social media showed three red bottomed baboons running along sidewalks, much to the amusement of locals. new south wales police said they managed to recapture the escapees a few hours later. they have been returned for their vasectomies. maybe if you had two wives, a

vasectomy wouldn't be too bad an idea. let's just pause and think about the baboons. see you tomorrow. hello. it's been a chilly day and many places have seen showers — wintry — across the hills and mountains of wales, northern ireland, scotland and parts of northern england. not a lot will change in terms of the way things feel for wednesday. we'll still sit in this cold polar air mass. but the showers should be fewer and further between across the southern half of the uk. we still, though, have quite a few showers to come through this evening and overnight. so, further accumulations of snow, perhaps up to 4—8 cm for some of the higher ground by the time we get into wednesday morning. and anywhere that sees showers on into the small hours is likely to have some ice first thing wednesday as we develop a widespread frost. cold start to wednesday. lot of sunshine around generally, especially in the east, though. in the west, some showers packing in as well. they'll tend to clear from northern

england and wales by the afternoon, whereas they're quite frequent for the north and west of scotland and for northern ireland at times. another chilly day. temperatures quite similar to tuesday, about 5—9 degrees as you'd read it on the thermometer, but you have to factor in the wind. so what it really feels like, particularly to the north of the uk, is closer to freezing. then through wednesday evening and on into thursday, this little area of low pressure that looks set to run to the south of the uk is causing us a bit of a headache. just how far north it will run and what will happen when it bumps into the colder air? could be some heavy rain as far north as the midlands, affecting badly flood—affected areas. for the moment, it looks like it may just stay shy and sit to the south, but some wintry weather for south wales, the south midlands, perhaps chilton and the south downs first thing on thursday, perhaps chilterns and the south downs first thing on thursday, before it heads off into the continent. we do stay in pretty chilly air. there'll be further wintry showers across the northern half of the uk, but sunshine, i think, to the south for thursday afternoon. still quite chilly, though. highs of six and seven degrees.

and a cold night thursday night into friday, thanks to light winds and clear skies under this little ridge of high pressure. but by friday, it's but a memory. the weather fronts pile in from the atlantic again and low pressure starts to take control. so, after quite a calm start to friday, wet and windy prospects as we move into the start of the weekend and the chance of further snow as well across the hills, particularly over the midlands all the way into northern england and scotland on friday. and then for the weekend, we shift into chillier air once again, with that continued threat of showers.

this is bbc news. the headlines at eight. a hotel in tenerife is in lockdown and guests are told to stay in their rooms after a guest from italy tests positive for coronavirus. we've just got to stay in the hotel, we can't leave the hotel. we can walk around the grounds, sit on the sun lounges, but there's a cordon around the hotel with police. 11 people have died of the virus in northern italy, prompting the foreign office to advise against all but essential travel to the worst affected areas. improvements in life expectancy in england have stalled, with some people now expecting to live shorter lives than a decade ago. a court is shown cctv of the manchester arena bomber leaving home with the device, and then surrounded by concert goers