let's bring in barbara plett—usher.rom donald trump compare to what we have been expecting? from donald trump compare to what we have been expecting ?|j from donald trump compare to what we have been expecting? i think pretty much as advertised. a long description of iran's allegedly bad behaviour. he sees it as a terrorist nation as he calls it. that a long description of how he feelings the nuclear deal meet requirements, that it was a deal that doesn't actually ultimately prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability and then the prescriptions that he put forward, we had been flagged up by senior officials that he will not certify the agreement, that he said, it is not what, what iran is being asked to do is not proportionate to the amount of benefits, so it doesn't meet us legal conditions and he is punting it to congress as we expected, asking them to take separate legal measures to tighten restrictions and these will involve, he said, ballistic missiles, and will involve especially he has a problem wit

that was barbara plett usher explaining the technicalities from washington for us.bsite. now some of the other new stories. supporters of the main opposition candidate in kenya's disputed elections, raila 0dinga, have taken to the streets of towns and cities, defying a ban on demonstrations. in western kenya, police have shot dead three opposition protesters. speaking to the bbc, mr 0dinga defended his decision not to participate in a planned re—run. hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, has said on local radio that she can't exclude the possibility that former colonial governor chris patten will be the next british politician to be barred from hong kong. earlier this week a human rights activist from britain's ruling conservative party was denied entry. china and britain have exchanged diplomatic protests about the incident. scientists say thousands of adelie penguin chicks have starved to death in east antarctica, leaving just two survivors in a colony of nearly 40,000 birds. extensive sea ice late in the summer forced adult penguins to travel further for food,

barbara plett-usher, thank you very much. alleged she was raped by the hollywood producer harvey weinstein. rose mcgowan is the fourth woman to make similar accusations against him. she says she told the boss of amazon studios, roy price, but was ignored. mr price has since been suspended by amazon. it comes as police in new york and london have launched their own investigations. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. harvey weinstein‘s star has plummeted. actress rose mcgowan has now said that she too was raped by the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein in a scandal that is now affecting one of the world's biggest companies, amazon. in a series of tweets, mcgowan has said publicly to the company's chief executive, she said: the amazon head of studio in question, roy price, is facing an accusation from a female producer that he lewdly propositioned her in 2015. in a statement, amazon said: in new york today, one of america's big banks, goldman sachs, said it was considering its options for its sta ke was co

barbara plater shar, thank you. —— barbara plett usher.says he regrets his poor choice of words after describing the eu brexit negotiators as "the enemy" and "the opponents" during an interview today. speaking in washington, where he's attending a meeting of the international monetary fund, mr hammond described accusations that he is talking down the economy over brexit as i. - from washington, here's our economics editor kamal ahmed. a man under pressure. challenged on brexit, challenged on the performance of the economy and briefings there is a split with number ten. but today, an upbeat tone from the chancellor. philip hammond, calling allegations he is just too gloomy "bizarre and absurd". i asked him first about lord lawson's claim of sabotage. lord lawson is entitled to his view on this and many other subjects. he isn't afraid to express it, but i think he's wrong. what i'm doing here in washington is talking britain up, talking about britain's future as a champion of free trade in the global economy. what is the brexit process effec

let's cross live now to doha and the bbc‘s barbara plett usher.s now there, he left saudi to go to qatar to. pick up on that first clip we heard from the us secretary of state, is it wishful thinking to say that iran must pull out of iraq now? ? well, it might be a little bit really. i mean the americans are concerned that the gains iran has made during the fight against islamic state groups, gains it made in syria and also in iraq and it'll extend these and consolidate them. hence you have this call for the iranian—backed militias to go home but the us doesn't have much leverage and this is' why mr tillerson or one of the reasons why he is supportive of the talks between iraq and saudi arabia which is a powerful sunni state. well you are in qatar where the secretary of state is, and he talked here in the last couple of hours or so about this feud we've seen between former apparent allies, saudi and qatar, urging calm again, what likelihood? it is a real problem for the americans. their main allies in their region are at each other‘s throats reall

after president trump referred to iran in strong terms, i asked our correspondent barbara plett—usherjust about iran's nuclear capabilities. he wants to reorient us policy towards iran rather than having it focus on the nuclear agreement, rather than having it centred around this arms—control deal which would prevent iran from getting a nuclear bomb and making it the centrepiece. he wants to make the centrepiece the idea that iran is a rogue nation that supports terrorism and deal with the agreement within that framework so it's notjust about with the agreement within that framework so it's not just about the nuclear agreement which he says is not enough to prevent iran from doing bad things but its other steps as well. there are two elements to what the white house needs to do. signing wavers every 120 days and certifying every 90 days. donald trump could have refused to sign a waiver but instead he didn't certify. what is the difference?m is getting quite technical but every three months he has to waive the sanctions according to the nuclear deal and every three months he also has t

last few minutes barack 0bama has also talked about another senseless tragedy. 0ur correspondent barbara plettospital casualty number will rise considerably. yes, that was quite an increase in the numbers from one press briefing to the next, the sheriff just press briefing to the next, the sheriffjust a press briefing to the next, the sheriff just a few press briefing to the next, the sheriffjust a few hours ago had said it was 200 plus, now we're hearing it as 400 plus. as well as the shooting which took place in an open—air venues of people could not dive for cover behind anything, you also had the stampede, people running to get away. it's possible that some of the injuries related to that. but they did was indicated pretty strongly by the sheriff when he mentioned the death toll of 50 of the expected it would probably rise, and given the number of people in hospital, that is probably going to be the case. we have a name, and identity of the gunmen, but the one question everyone will want an a nswer to question everyone will want an answer to some stages of life. yes, that's always the ques

let's get more from our correspondent barbara plett—usher who's outside the white house. ic, barbara? what is the mood music, barbara? what are the thoughts about what he's likely to say? well, the white house and the administration have signalled quite clearly what they expect him to say. they expect him to distance himself from the nuclear agreement. he's going to say we have been told by the secretary of state, rex tillerson, that the agreement does not meet certain conditions of us law, specifically he's going to say we're told that the sanctions relief under the agreement is not proportional to the restrictions that iran is abiding under and therefore, he's going to pass it to congress and say you decide the fate of this deal. but congress is not likely to withdraw from the agreement because mr tillerson said that's not what the administration would advocate. he said the white house would ask congress to pass legislation which would toughen position of the americans on this issue, but not pull it out of the deal. so he wants congress to pass legislation which would se

urge british nationals in the area to listen to the advice of the authorities. 0ur correspondent barbara plett president's response today and his statement, what did you make of it? it was a very sombre and measured response which very much focused on the pain of the families of the victims, talked about all americans coming together to unite in the sadness and shock, drawing on what brought them together, the bonds of citizenship, community and so one. quite a lot of religious imagery, which is not the way he usually speaks, but probably resonated with many americans, saying that scripture teaches that god comforts those who are broken hearted, love will conquer over evil, that sort of imagery. he didn't talk about the motive of the attacker. in the past, when there have been attacks elsewhere, he's quick to say on twitter that it was terrorism and a strong response is needed. he didn't say anything like that. he said, yes, we would like to find some meaning out of the chaos, but answers are hard to find. very much the speech of the president trying to address not only the victims of the atta

our correspondent barbara plett usher is in washington.p in the next half an hour. what can he say? it's the challenge for a president, isn't it, to be able to say something meaningful after a horrific tragedy like this. it is something president 0bama struggled with towards the end of his time in office. he almost adopted a weary tone, saying i'm having to make these statements. he used the attacks as a way to push for tighter gun control legislation and restrictions. i don't think we can expect donald trump to do that. he has presented himself as a champion of the gun industry. in the past he has been quick to use the word terrorism. i think we will be looking to see if he does that today. police have so far said they are not calling it a terrorist attack, there is no evidence the attacker was operating from any sort of political or religious belief. we will see what tone president trump adopts. we will see how he tries to comfort the nation. and what he says about how his administration will deal with this issue. and the difficulty is w