chris buckler reporting from washington. chris buckler reporting from washington.mall screen will gather this evening for the bafta tv awards in london. the bbc‘s killing eve is leading the way with six nominations. the ceremony, hosted by graham norton, will be shown tonight on bbc one. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. are you ok? killing eve was one of the most talked about shows of 2018. it leads the way with six nominations including one for best drama and two in the best actress category for its two leads, sandra oh, an mi5 officer, and jodie comer, who plays a charismatic assassin. pleasure to meet you, ma'am. there are three nominations for the year's most watched show, bodyguard, including best drama and best actress. it is time for me to say hello. ant mcpartlin did not take part in the final episode of saturday night takeaway, following his drink—driving arrest and subsequent conviction. he and his co—star dec are nominated for best entertainment performance, however, and the itv show for best entertainment programme where it will be up

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.awyer who specialises in national security cases in washington, dc. he's been critical of mr assange in the past but he says he is concerned about the implications of the latest charges for freedom of the press. let me be very clear, i am not a fan of mr assange, i utterly despise the individual. but the larger concern here is the way that the us government has framed these charges under the espionage act, which was passed originally in 1917, is based merely on the receipt and publication of leaked classified materials, something that every single media outlet, no matter how large, no matter how small, no matter what their ideological bent, they all do this. they encourage a source to leak information to them and then they publish it for the world to see. that is the essence of the basics of investigative journalist. there's always going to be tension between a government and the media outlet releasing it, but at least the united states, dating back to the beginning of this statute in

the bbc's chris buckler has more. >> today we consider a report recommending the house of representativesattorney general william barr in contempt of congress. chris: even before the committee thered to vote, president trump changed the debate. he now says he is asserting executive privilege and ing his position to stop the full unredacted mueller report from being released, taking thede sion out of the hands of his attorney general. rep. nadler: this is unprecedented. if allowed to go unchecked, this obstruction means the end of congressional oversight. as a coequal branch of government, we should not ahi cannot allowto continue, or we will not be a coequal branch of government. chris: but republicans argued these contempt proceedings are not about holding attorney general william barr to account, but instead about damaging a presidllt. >> this isbout impeaching the president. now, why don't they just say it? why don'they just jump to the impeachment proceedings like the liberal media overg rds are tellem to? chris: this is the latest clash between the house of representatives and the pr

the bbc's chris buckler is following developments and he joins me now. why does moment seem to be growing right now? chris: in a series of states he was seeing republicanshae the law to restrict access to abortion, but it is so much a wider issue about access to abortion in the united states, going back 4 years to that famous supreme court case roe v. wade. tthey want to be ab challenge that. in missouri today there were emotional stage proceedings were interrupted by protesters in the public gallery. if you lk at the legislation -- it still has to be signed into law by missouri's governor -- but it bans abortions 8 weeks into pregnancy. that of course is very, very restrictive. it is concerning demerrats for a nuf reasons. all, it has medical exceptionsrom what it doesn't do ise gceptions for women who have been the victim of rap e or incest. that is what had democrats concerned. >> anytime we are so disrespectful and immoral that we would force a woman to bringf toa child that is the result of a rape and incest or of sex trafficking, we are not thinkin

chris buckler, bbc news, washington. business story, as japan prepares to welcome president trump for a state visit starting tomorrow. he will be treated to golf, a sumo wrestling tournament and a meeting with the new emperor. but behind the scenes, there are growing tensions over — you've guessed it — trade. stephanie hare is with us this morning. she is an independent technology analyst. stephanie, a lot of pomp and ceremony has been happening over the weekend but you know, it does little really to disguise the bigger issue over trade that will not go away. indeed, and you could argue this is a strategy on the part of the japanese leader who will be treating president trump to a sumo tournament, they will play golf, have a lavish dinner and president trump will be the first foreign leader to meet the newjapanese emperor. obviously these are two countries that are close allies, going back many years, but it does not disguise the fact that japan has a massive trade surplus with the united states, auto parts will be in th

chris buckler there. let's take a look at some of the day's other news.ice have arrested the captain of a river cruise ship, which is believed to have collided with a tourist boat on the danube in budapest. at least seven south koreans died when the boat sank. 21 people are still missing. our correspondent nick thorpe is in budapest. as darkness falls here in budapest, very little chance, almost zero chance in fact finding any more survivors, though the rescue boats are still out on the river. the hungarian navigation authority has said that at this time of day, when the accident happened, normally about 70 70 boats are on the river. just 26 metres long and much larger craft like the viking, the river passenger ship which collided, it is still uncertain circumstances. that was a 135 metre long ship, 1000 tons compared to the a0 times of the smaller ship involved in this collision. video footage has emerged to what appears to be the moment of the collision in the moment leading up the collision in the moment leading up to it, and you can see clearly on tho

our north america correspondent chris buckler reports. being fought across the states, and there may be no issue more divisive in a country already split apart by politics. should a child, a life inside a mother's womb, be killed due to the actions of its parents? on friday, missouri passed a bill that stops a pregnancy from being terminated after eight weeks unless there is a medical emergency. there is no exception allowed for cases where the mother has been the victim of rain or incest. any time we are so disrespectful and immoral that we would force a woman to bring to life a child that is the result of a rain an incest, or of sex trafficking — we are not thinking about life. just days earlier, alabama put in place a law that is even stricter. protests were held as they voted to outlaw all abortions at any time unless a woman's life was at risk. the president knows that evangelical christians are among his strongest supporters. that was obvious as he campaigned in 2016. do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no, as a princi

our washington correspondent chris buckler has more.he president has been unable to hide his fury at the man who examined his every action during the 2016 election campaign. and concluded that russia had made significant efforts to interfere with the vote, something that president trump seemed to briefly acknowledge with this tweet, in which he specifically stated that he had nothing to do with russia helping him to get elected. no, russia did not help me get elected. you know who got me elected?! i got me elected. russia didn't help me at all. but the special counsel robert mueller has raised questions of potential crimes once again, provoking the president. i think he is a total conflicted person. i think mueller is a true never—trumper — he's somebody who dislikes donald trump. there's no obstruction, there's no collusion, there's nothing. it's nothing but a witch—hunt, this is a witch—hunt by the media and the democrats — they're partners. and it keeps going. i thought it was finished when the report was released but it goes on. wha

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.prime minister narendra modi has won a second 5—year term in a landslide election victory. the contest had seen his hindu bjp party set against a broadly secular opposition. the vote was widely seen as a referendum on mr modi's nationalist policies. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan has the latest. narendra modi, india's strongman, has retained his grip on power. back for a second term, the boy who sold tea has grown into one of the world's most powerful men. translation: it's the people who have won. i dedicate this victory humbly to the citizens of this country. i only have one emotion to express — long live mother india. if this was a referendum on his popularity, he's seen off his challengers forfive more years. celebrations here are about more than just this election. mr modi's bjp party secured an historic landslide victory, but it also disrupted a political landscape dominated by the same party, the same family, since independence in 19117. rahul gandhi, torchbea

our washington correspondent chris buckler has more.he president has been unable to hide his fury at the man who examined his every action during the 2016 election campaign. and concluded that russia had made significant efforts to interfere with the effort, something that president trump seem to briefly acknowledge with this tweet in which he specifically stated that he had nothing to do with russia helping him to get elected. know, russia did not help me get elected. you know who got me elected? you know who got me elected? who got me elected? you know who got me elected ? i who got me elected? you know who got me elected? i got me elect. russia didn't help me at all. but the special counsel robert mueller has rate —— raised questions again, provoking the president.” rate —— raised questions again, provoking the president. i think he isa provoking the president. i think he is a conflicted person. i think mueller is a true never—trumper. he is someone who dislikes donald trump. there is no collusion, there is nothing to stop there it i

chris buckler, bbc news, washington. still to come on the programme.ia. this morning an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so it has become the first country in the world to approve the change in a national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it has been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far but suddenly the police are tear gassing the crowd. we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well established here. helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country and the challenges ahead are daunting but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. our top stories. exit poll

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.ing bjp party says narendra modi is on course to serve another term as prime minister, following the first exit polls in the country's general election. sumit ganguly, an expert in indian politics at indiana university, gives us his take on the mammoth election process. this has been an intense election and there has been mudslinging on the part of the bjp but the principal opposition party is not to be out done, though clearly the bjp took the lead in the matter and there were a number of issues under discussion, the congress highlighted blue rural distress, they highlighted the lack of employment, they highlighted the failure of democratisation. narendra modi primarily focused on muscular foreign policy, toughness towards pakistan and a series of nationalist appeals to large sections of the population. you mentioned his muscularforeign policy among other things. we know he is an incredibly divisive figure. how will his potential win go down with the international community? it depend

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.g a bold offer to mps on brexit butjeremy corbyn believes there wont be anything new. the new national rail summer timetable has come into effect today and train companies say they've learned lessons from weeks of chaos on the network last summer. mourning a lost son — emiliano sala's family tell the bbc they feel he was abandoned. sport, and time now for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, with gavin. brooks koepka had it all sew up. he was seven the head of the field but his let that lead slip just leads by three from dustin johnston. shots like that, dropping three with three holes left. different story for dj though. the world number one is hoping to stop his fellow american winning a fourth major in eight attempts. he'sjust 3 behind koepka, on 6 under for the tournament. england's cricketers have sealed a 4—nil series win over pakistan as the build up for this summer's home world cup.. stays perfectly on course. england posted another high score of 351 before their bowlers

our north america correspondent chris buckler reports.is being fought across the states, and there may be no issue more divisive in a country already split apart by politics. should a child, a life inside a mother's womb, be killed due to the actions of its parents? on friday, missouri passed a bill that stops a pregnancy from being terminated after eight weeks unless there is a medical emergency. there is no exception allowed for cases where the mother has been the victim of rape or incest. any time we are so disrespectful and immoral that we would force a woman to bring to life a child that is the result of a rape an incest, or of sex trafficking, we are not thinking about life. just days earlier, alabama put in place a law that is even stricter. protests were held as they voted to outlaw all abortions at any time unless a woman's life was at risk. the president knows that evangelical christians are among his strongest supporters. it was obvious as he campaigned in 2016. do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no, as a princip

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.et more now from our washington correspondent barbara plett usher. so, what are people saying there this morning, what is the reaction as people absorb this announcement, barbara? the as people absorb this announcement, barbara 7 the reaction as people absorb this announcement, barbara? the reaction is very negative. they tumbled at the news, the mexicans are not happy and the president has written a 2—page letter and placed it on twitter in which he said mr trump was turning it into a ghetto. he is sending a minister to try to reason with mr trump. business and trade are unhappy, they said it is a colossal blunder which will damage industry and destabilise trade. even the head of the republican finance committee said it was unhappy. he said it was a misuse of presidential authority. everybody is asking questions, is this even legal to use tariffs to deal with an immigration issue rather than a trade issue? mr trump has invoked international security powers and a lot of people are aski

chris buckler, bbc news, washington. she sounds like a hoot!in the competeition have been walking up the bright organge carpet at habima square. the eurovision song contest is billed the largest singing competition in the world. semi finals begin on tuesday where the contestants will be whittled down ahead of saturday's live final. i know you cannot wait, i can't! the duchess of sussex has celebrated her first us mother's day as a parent by posting a picture of her son archie's feet. the sussexroyal instagram account shared an image of meghan, who is american, holding her son's heel. in the caption, the account paid tribute to "all mothers today, past, present, mothers—to—be, and those lost but forever remembered". time for a look at the weather. hello, it's a dry day today with lovely sunshine but it will turn chilly overnight with clear skies. more cloud coming in across northern parts of scotland which may produce some spots of rain. elsewhere, clear skies, chilly, lowest temperatures around east anglia. not quite as cold as last night, in m

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.n, who's the director of deltapoll and the broadcaster, lynn faulds wood. that's coming up just after the headlines at 11:30. at half past midnight, a chance to see a special programme, extra time, which takes a special look at the ba fta which takes a special look at the bafta awards ceremony. now it's darren with the weather. as expected, a lovely day out there, sunny and warm as expected, a lovely day out there, sunny and warm across many as expected, a lovely day out there, sunny and warm across many parts of the country, a couple of whether what should she was showing the sunshine and just limited conviction that we had today. it stayed fine and dry. you can see how much the cloud bubbled up. there wasn't too much of that at all. we have seen a bit more cloud coming into northern ireland. some of that cloud is pushing its way to scott. thickening up pushing its way to scott. thickening up on the far north of scotland. 0therwise up on the far north of scotland. otherwise it's going

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.be putting a bold offer to mps on brexit — butjeremy corbyn believes there wont be anything new. security sources in egypt say at least 17 people have been injured in a blast appearing to target a tourist bus. the new national rail summer timetable has come into effect today — train companies say they've learned lessons from weeks of chaos on the network last summer. sport — and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. here is a hue. england's cricketers have sealed a 4—0 series win over pakistan as the build up for this summer's home world cup.. stays perfectly on course. england posted another high score of 351, before their bowlers also made a strong impression, as they sealed a 5k run win at headingley. patrick gearey reports. the next time you see england cricketers crossing the boundary that they will be walking into the biggest tournament of their lives, they will be favourites for their home world cup. we have notjust raise the ceiling of batting but at times, smashed the

here's our north america correspondent chris buckler.n a battle over what many women regard as their right to abortion. and with court challenges planned and an election looming, it's one of the most divisive issues in a country already ripped apart by politics. two decades ago, president trump was quoted as calling himself pro—choice, but his position was very different by the time he reached the campaign trail in 2016. many of his supporters were and remain christian evangelicals, and as he ran for the presidency, his position aligned with theirs. do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no? the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. for the woman? yeah. however, in a tweet, donald trump has now clarified that he is strongly pro—life with three exceptions — rape, incest and protecting the life of the mother. that is a more liberal position than the law some in his party have been voting for. should a child, a life inside a woman's womb, be killed due to the actions of its parents? in the last week alone, two r

chris buckler is in washington.comments from president trump on this on twitter? yes, washington was talking about the potential of a deal this week. it is clear that has not happened. the treasury secretary stephen newton said, after the chinese delegation left after a couple of hours this morning, the talks were constructive but they we re talks were constructive but they were done for the day. of course, the tariffs were already in place. it seems president trump is happy with that, because he has had a series of tweets in which he said talks with china continue in a congenial manner. there is no need to rush. tariffs are now being paid to rush. tariffs are now being paid to the united states by china of 25% on $250 billion worth of goods and products. these massive payments go directly to the treasury of the us. if we bought $15 billion of agriculture from farmers, more than china does now, we would have more than $85 billion left over for new infrastructure, health care or anything else. china would greatly slo

live now to washington and our correspondent chris buckler. learly feels the democrats are being unfair and pursuing something he says that doesn't exist but there are all kinds of reasons why he might be a little rattled at the moment? yeah, ithink little rattled at the moment? yeah, i think that's true and certainly when you take a look this extraordinary meeting, there was plenty to debate in it. this was about a huge infrastructure programme and really none of that was discussed at all. instead, we had an outburst from the president that lasted mere minutes and after that lasted mere minutes and after that he left the building completely, walked out of the cabinet room and left the democrats standing there with some of the administration looking just confused about what had happened. and it does give you that sense, mike, that he is concerned about the constant questions, the congressional investigations that are ongoing at the moment, that the democrats have really pushed ever since they took the house of representatives after the house of

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.ur headlines. jewish groups call for the immediate expulsion of a member of labour's ruling body, peter willsman, after he suspension from the party over comments about anti—semitism. donald trump announces shock trade tariffs on mexico — he says they'll rise by 5% each month unless the country curbs immigration. gp surgery closures are at an all time high across the uk, new research suggests. and in sport, liverpooljoined spurs on thousands of fans of both clubs in madrid ahead of theirfinal training sessions as they prepare for the champions league final. the west indies thrash pakistan in the second match of the men's cricket world cup, reaching their victory target in under 14 overs to win by seven wickets at trent bridge. and that women's number two seed karolina pliskova has been knocked out of the french open. she lost in straight sets to petra martic of croatia. more on those stories just after half past two. as you've been hearing, gps surgery closures across the uk have reach

jane: chris buckler, thank you for joining me.sex couples in taiwan can legay get married starting a the end of next week. the landmark bill makes the island the first territory in asia to recognize gamarriage . hundreds of activists cheered the ruling when it was announced in parliament, although some say further action is needed. reporter: cheers of joy as thed crow loans parliament has voted -- the crowd learns parliament has voted overwhelmingly to allow same-sex couples toor registerarriage in taiwan. members of the lgbt community and their supporters were ao elated that leslators voted in favor of giving same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual g couples, including adoptch other's biological children and inheriting each other's assets and making medical decisions on each other' 's behalf. are very happy today. we feel li we are in a dream because today we can finally be sure to know we can marry on may 24 and give our children parental rights finally. reporter: what happened here today is not only unprec for taiwan,

more now from our correspondent chris buckler in washington dc. s, and it seems tomorrow no words, from mr barr. does leave everything? yeah, we had feisty exchanges today at that senate congressional hearing. it is for the house of representatives hearing, which was expected to take place just hours later, it is now not going to happen. bill barr says he will not be there, he will not ta ke he will not be there, he will not take part in it, and it seems to come down to this. that was a suggestion from the congressional committee chairman, jerrold nadler, whom you just heard from, that he wa nted whom you just heard from, that he wanted william barr to be questioned by lawyers, essentially congressional staff, rather than, necessarily, although sitting on the committee. now, what mr barr and the department ofjustice said in response was that they do not feel it is appropriate for a senate confirms cabinet member to be questioned by members of staff rather than elected politicians. as a result, they say he is simply not going to appear. but as you w

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.oning a man and a woman on suspicion of murdering two boys aged 13 and 14 following an incident at a house in sheffield. police were called to the property on friday and six youngsters were taken to hospital. four other children, aged between seven months and ii years are not seriously injured. universities in england should not "scaremonger" over their finances ahead of a possible reduction in tuition fees — that's according to the education secretary. damian hinds has also warned the government is looking closely at the quality of degrees and graduate earnings. there have been warnings that lowering tuition fees to £7,500 per year could put some at risk of going bust. a review of how to fund post—18 education is expected to be published in the coming weeks. homeowners in england will be allowed to build larger extensions to their houses without planning permission. temporary rules, which allowed bigger single—storey rear extensions without a formal application, are being made permane

chris buckler, bbc news, washington. questioning a man and a woman on suspicion of murdering two boys aged 13 and 14 following an incident at a house in sheffield. police were called to the property on friday and six youngsters were taken to hospital. four other children, aged between seven months and ii years are not seriously injured. universities in england have been told not to complain about a lack of funding ahead of a report which could suggest reducing fees by nearly £2,000. a review to be published in the coming week is expected call for better value for money for students. education secretary, damian hinds says the sector is in good financial health and has warned university bosses against scaremongering. sarah walton reports. universities say they're worried about money. a report due out next week is expected to call for a cut in tuition fees. but the education secretary, damian hinds, says claims universities across england are struggling financially is scaremongering. the augar review was commissioned by the

taking the plunge — 10,000 feet up. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler has her story.to watch her skydive. my husband never would let me do this so i don't have a husband anymore. so i'm doing what i want to do and this is what i've always wanted to do. god help me! and with those words, rosie took to the skies to experience something she'd never felt before during more than eight decades on earth. getting up there, seeing what it feels like, like floating like a bird. i asked my doctor about this and he told me i can do anything i want, so this is what i'm doing. if all this proves something, it's that a husband should never doubt his wife. i liked that! that was wonderful! bill, you were wrong. i had a wonderful time. i'm still alive and i'm in one piece. and you can probably guess what rosie is planning for her 90th birthday. yes, back up into the skies! before we go, let's return to our top story, manchester city have won the premier league for the second year in a row — on a dramatic final day of the season. their triumph came with a 4—1 win over brighton — which

taking the plunge, 10,000 feet up. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler has her story.lebrate. she gathered the family to watch her skydive. my husband never would let me do this so i don't have a husband anymore. so i'm doing what i want to do and this is what i've always wanted to do. god help me! and with those words, rosie took to the skies to experience something she'd never felt before during more than eight decades on earth. getting up there, seeing what it feels like and floating like a bird. i asked my doctor about this and he told me i can do anything i want, so this is what i'm doing. if all this proves something, is that a husband should never doubt his wife. i liked that! that was wonderful! bill, you were wrong. i had a wonderful time. i'm still alive and i'm in one piece. and you can probably guess what rosie is planning for her 90th birthday. yes, back up into the skies! chris buckler, bbc news, washington. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. a dry and sunny day for most parts of the uk. we lost those showers we have h

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.f sussex will not be joining the royal family to welcome president donald trump for his state visit to the uk next month. harry and meghan‘s son, archie, will be less than four—weeks—old. the duchess has previously described mr trump as a "misogynistic" and "divisive". police are questioning a man and a woman on suspicion of murdering two boys aged 13 and 14 following an incident at a house in sheffield. police were called to the property on friday and six youngsters were taken to hospital. four other children, aged between seven months and ii years are not seriously injured. universities in england should not "scaremonger" over their finances ahead of a possible reduction in tuition fees — that's according to the education secretary. damian hinds has also warned the government is looking closely at the quality of degrees and graduate earnings. there have been warnings that lowering tuition fees to £7,500 per year could put some at risk of going bust. a review of how to fund post—18 ed

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.and should not "scaremonger" over their finances ahead of a possible reduction in tuition fees — that's according to the education secretary, damian hinds. the minister also said the government is looking closely at the quality of degrees and graduate earnings. there have been warnings that lowering tuition fees to £7,500 per year could put some institutions at risk of going bust. sarah walton reports. university say they're worried about money. a report due out next week is expected to call for a cut in tuition fees. but the secretary, damian hinds, claims universities across england are struggling financially is scaremongering. the au review was commissioned by theresa may to find ways of making university education better value for money. it is expected to suggest ideas like lowering maximum tuition fees from more than £9,000 to £7,500 per year, limiting student numbers, and offering incentives for shorter, cheaper, two year degree courses. damian hinds has spoken in the past, revea

let‘s speak to chris buckler in washington. to 2020 elections, and there is no doubt that he feels there are problems of the immigration system at the moment. he did talk about border security, about toughening that up, about tackling legal immigration from but the key issue is giving permanent residency the people he feels offer something to america and the american economy for study america and the american economy for stu dy wa nts america and the american economy for study wants to priorities people who have english language skills, who have english language skills, who havejob have english language skills, who have job qualifications, who have english language skills, who havejob qualifications, who really are going to create employment inside the united states. it is significant increase on the percentage of those coming into the us. he wants indicative from, as you mentioned there, just 12% to 57%. but of course, that can have an impact on the other categories were excepted for immigration into the united states. includin

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.for more on the legal wrangling between the white house and congress, i'm joined by elizabeth wydra, president of the constitutional accountability center. ounow that we have had the voting to find the attorney general in contempt of congress, where does it go? elizabeth: it could goen couple diffways. first of all, this is extraordinary. we are talking about basic fundamental constitution this is like "schoolhouse rock" time, where schoolchildren learn checks and balances between congress and the president. with the president refusing to give information in thisd reg with respect to the mueller report, but also the other subpoenas and request for information as i well, thea clash between congress and the president. lenow there are thl machinations of what happens after the contempt vote. first, it goes to the entire house after the house judiciary committee motes today. t likely will end up in court with congress tried to enforce its request for this information. laa: is it really goi

chris buckler, bbc news, washington. bears down on the country's eastern coast. the storm is currently above the bay of bengal with winds in excess of 200kph. fani is expected to make landfall on friday and head towards neighbouring bangladesh, bringing heavy rainfall. a small ink sketch of a bearded man has been identified as one of only two known portraits of leonardo da vinci. it's thought to have been drawn by an assistant not long before the artist's death exactly 500 years ago. the sketch is part of the queen's art collection held at windsor castle. it's due to go on display in london later this month. in a moment, the weather. but first, let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme. an official peso at the london marathon has told the programme she and some of her fellow runners were treated horrifically, including being called fat and slow by contractors clearing up around them and being sprayed by chemicals in the clean—up operation.|j and being sprayed by chemicals in the clea

chris buckler, bbc news, washington.oined by gary o'donoghue, our washington correspondent. president trump will be in the uk next week but with your talk about that in a moment. these tariffs, is this a sign of president trump's frustration because he hasn't made the progress he wanted to with getting a wall built? the problem he has had in particular this week, there was a huge seizure, if you like, arrest of illegal migrants coming across the border. despite his rhetoric which plays well with his rhetoric which plays well with his pace, there is this problem, as he perceives it, as rising numbers of illegals coming across. congress denied him the huge amount of money he wanted to actually build the wall itself. they are down at the moment of renovating bits, tens of kilometres of the stage are being put in place and renewed. this is him returning to his core issue and theissue him returning to his core issue and the issue he thinks serves him best. but also this interesting combination, the use of trade policy and sec

extradition proceedings in london based on an earlier indictment over hacking. 0ur correspondent chris bucklers. from the momentjulian assange was dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy in london, he has been wanted for extradition by the us. now, he did face one charge already in terms of hacking and that was about helping chelsea manning access government computers and really get access to a lot of information but now he faces these charges which are connected to the espionage act, essentially making one charge into 18. and according to the actual charge sheet what is charged with is giving the unredacted names of human sources including journalists, religious leaders, human rights advocates and political dissidents of course what will concern many is that normally governments go after the leakers of information, those who get access to the information. he is a publisher of information which is slight to different and its led to a strong statement from wikileaks in which they say this potentially breaches the first amendment, this causes lots of problems forjournalism and they say others shou

chris buckler is watching events from washington.tics are. i don't think there is any issue which is more divisive and emotive than abortion. certainly when you take a look at republicans and president trump's base support, there are many evangelical christians among them who feel very strongly that this law should be challenged and changed. they want to see it in the supreme court, partly because the supreme court has changed. newjustices have been appointed by president trump and there is now a conservative majority in the court. they believe they can potentially change the law which offers abortion to women right across america. there is a backlash as well, coming from others. they feel very strongly that some effort should be taken to challenge the states. in georgia, there are television film production companies which have said they will not film there. that industry is very important to this state. this weekend there is a music festival taking place in alabama and there are calls for a boycott. it gives you a sense there is a

let's get more from chris buckler in washington.e bottom line but robert mueller says otherwise. it was a testy series of exchanges today. during the senate committee in which the us attorney general was continually criticised by democrats. he seemed to suggest that he was behaving as if he was the attorney simply for president trump. he said that wasn't his role. the key to all of this is a summary that he first gave us after he was given the full report but mueller. the special counsel who was looking into the allegations of collusion and whether or not president trump is trying to obstructjustice. in the key issue of obstruction of justice, there seems to be concern from the team of mueller in the way it was presented. he did not come to a decision. he decided not to hold if you want that and leave it to the us attorney general. but he made clear that he was not exonerating the president. in a letter that was sent from mueller to barr, he felt the attorney general did not capture the attorney general did not capture the context,

our washington correspondent chris buckler explained more.gation, at times they seem to be doubling, tripling or rising by more than 1000%, sometimes with no explanation whatsoever. that is why the states have been looking into this and have brought the lawsuit. they are suggesting 20 of these companies, along with 15 individuals, have been involved in some kind of conspiracy, essentially to try and manipulate and inflate prices and also to try and restrict competition. these are extremely serious charges. they say they want to bring this suit to try to force change, but also to claim damages and ensure drug prices remain lower. there are 20 companies and 15 individuals and there has not been a response from all of them, but it seems that the majority of them, if not all, will fight this suit. if you listen to any politicians here, including president trump, they say time and time again americans are paying more than people in other parts of the world for their medications and they cannot understand the reason for that. it is one of the rare

our washington correspondent chris buckler has more. it was a testy series of exchanges today.ch bill barr, the us attorney general, was continually criticised by democrats, who seemed to suggest that rather than being america's attorney general, he was behaving as if he was the attorney simply for president trump. and they said that wasn't his role. the key to all of this is the summary that he first gave us after he was given the full report by robert mueller, the special counsel who was looking into the allegations of collusion and whether or not president trump tried to obstructjustice. on the key issue of whether he tried to obstruct justice, there seems to have been some concern from robert mueller‘s team about the way it was presented. because, you will remember of course, that he did not come to a decision. he decided not to hold a view on that and leave it to the us attorney general. but he made clear that he was not exonerating the president. now, in a letter that was sent from robert mueller to bill barr, he said specifically that he felt the attorney general did not

chris buckler, our correspondent in washington, explained why over a0 states are filing these lawsuitshat investigation at times they seem to be doubling, tripling, or as you mentioned there, rising by more than 1,000%, sometimes with no explanation whatsoever. and that is why the states have been looking into this, and have now brought the lawsuit. and they're suggesting that 20 of these companies, along with 15 individuals, have been involved in some kind of conspiracy essentially to try and manipulate prices and also to try and restrict competition — of course, extremely serious charges. what they say they want to do is bring this suit to try and force change but also to claim damages and try to ensure that drug prices remain lower. obviously there are 20 companies and 15 individuals, and we don't have a response from all of them. but it seems clear that the majority of them, if not all, will fight this suit. we had a response from teva, an israeli pharmaceutical giant, one of the biggest companies named in this suit. in it, they say they have done nothing wrong. they insist they ha

chris buckler has the latest from washington. trump did double tariffs, in fact, more than double tariffs, on some $200 billion of goods imported from china into the us but he was also forced to admit that some of the conversation is actually just covered the same old ground. there was no breakthrough and at the heart of this disagreement are issues about how china forces foreign companies to operate in the country, rules and restrictions about intellectual property, forcing the sharing of information on technology, for example. those are all things american wants to try to change it also wants to be in a position to ensure that all of that agreement is enforced but there is no meeting of minds and meanwhile, the headlines and concerns of both country's economies are about the dangers of tariffs being put in place and as you mentioned, president prompted double tariffs, more than double tariffs and some $200 billion of goods imported from china into the us as those talks we re china into the us as those talks were taking place th

live now to washington and our correspondent chris buckler.taring like that make sounding like a man who is seriously rattled. yes, and it was in direct response to robert mueller. we have had time and time again from president trump he had been exonerated. robert mueller stood up and said actually that is not the case and i expect the words that have been ringing in the president's is, that phrase, if we were confident that he didn't commit a crime, we would have said though does said so. they did not say that about the president, there are still questions to be asked and of course, growing question — make pressure from congress to ask those questions. potentially what he referred to their is a dirty word of impeachment. it is also worth pointing out, robert mueller, if he was erecting the record, was also speaking about the us attorney general william barr you might became out and gave his own summary of the report and they seemed to be some frustration by robert mueller about just how he some frustration by robert mueller aboutjust how he i

chris buckler, our correspondent in washington, explained why over 40 states are filing these lawsuitsn about the rising cost of medications here in the us. according to our investigation, at times they seem to be doubling, tripling, or as you mentioned there, rising by more than 1000%. sometimes with no explanation whatsoever. that is why the states had been looking into this and have now brought lawsuits. they are suggesting 20 of these companies, along with 15 individuals, have been involved in some kind of conspiracy to try to manipulate and influence prices and also to try and restrict competition. of course, extremely serious charges. they want to bring the suit to try to force change but also to claim damages and try to ensure drug prices to remain lower. what have the pharmaceutical companies in question said in response to these allegations? well, obviously, there are 20 companies and 15 individuals. it seems clear that the majority of them, if not all, will fight the suit. we had a response from a pharmaceutical giant, they say they have done nothing wrong, they insist they h