britain's best new building, and other contenders for the the prestigious design award the royal institute of britishrchitects stirling prize 2017. six startling buildings, and behind each one, the story of people, problems and some beautiful solutions. all competing for the biggest prize in british architecture. the stirling prize. what are you looking for? we are looking for the very highest level of architectural achievement. what we're doing here is celebrating civitas, the idea that cities have a role in bringing together the social, economic and cultural well—being of their citizens, and i think these buildings, this short list, really does i think mark out oui’ list, really does i think mark out our contribution to that territory. look at that! city of dreams. it's like walking into the gates of heaven. it looks seriously so dope. it looks so it looks seriously so dope. it looks so cool. and its tremendous fun, it's like a haven of quietness and freedom and madness. it'sjust brilliant, for me it's excellent. wow! blimey. i think brilliant, for me it's excellent. wow! blimey. ithink what's bril

this is it, the royal institute of british architects stirling prize, the biggest night of british architectureill come in the next few minutes, but the question is, how do you compare the big show off projects against much smaller, detailed but still carefully crafted buildings? well, it's all about the art of architecture. which one of them has taken that art and pushed it forward and solved human problems in a different way? as chair of thejury, i congratulate every single one of this year's finalists. truly remarkable buildings, designed and built perfectly for the people that they serve. the winner of the 2017 riba stirling prize for architecture is hastings pier by drmm. cheering congratulations. please come and join us. please come and join us on the stage. you can't do interesting projects, special projects, without a special client, and i would say hastings pier charity are up there amongst the most special, even eccentric, clients you would ever meet. cheering a good feeling? it's a fantastic feeling, not only personally but on behalf of a great many people who worked on this project.

business organisations from across the continent, including experts from the confederation of british industry and institutef directors, will be there. last year, the uk exchanged about $730 billion worth of goods and services with the other 27 eu countries. that amounts to 43% of total uk exports. the export of cars and chemicals take the biggest share. mrs may had a bit of a torrid weekend, with some of her party allegedly preparing for a vote of no confidence in the prime minister. but her defence secretary came out in her defence, and said that, with brexit, she is towing a straight line. the prime minister in her florence speech made absolutely clear the generous offer that reason is putting forward. we want to have a cooperative relationship with europe, but she has always made it absolutely clear that actually we have to get the right deal for britain, and that is what she will deliver. with me is thomas cole, head of policy at open britain. good morning. that is one view, of course, her ministers rallying around her. but in terms of the day ahead she has quite a difficult audience, hasn't she? a tou

the changing of the guard is a british institution, with millions of tourists flocking to buckingham the army's household division — famous for their red coats and bearskin hats, but today, for the very first time, sailors from the royal navy will lead the ceremony. tim muffet has been watching the final preparations. 86 sailors from a5 royal navy ships and establishments. final rehearsals at wellington barracks for a moment of military history. it's a massive day. the royal navy's never conducted this duty before. the ministry of defence described 2017 as "the year of the navy, prompted in part by the arrival of its new aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, hence an invitation to officially guard the monarch for the very first time. we've been trained by the guards who have been fantastic. and we have overcome challenges of translating their orders into royal navy or "jackspeak" as we would say. we have individuals who havejust come back from the gulf. we have people who will deploy injanuary back out to the mediterranean and out to somalia on operations. and we also have contingen

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the shipping forecast — celebrating 150 years of a british institutionthe poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i am feeling so helpless, that the childrens are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippy cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people, in los angeles. at 11:00am this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands with and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: donald trump has hit back at the british prime minister following a spat over controversial tweets by the us president. following the latest north korean missile launch, the us ambassador to the united nations has warned the north korean leadership that it would be utterly destroyed if war broke out. just over two weeks ago, the zimbabwean army m

british institutions here, the bbc and the guardian. does this not become an issue that needs to be resolved when hmrc makes an enquiry of a british institutionhould respond to you? in my opinion, it should. to be clear, the icij is based in the united states. we will continue to request information. they are making a decision to not give it to us. this is non—compliance by the bbc and the guardian? they have to make a decision. i am not responsible for the bbc or the guardian or the icij. they have processes they have to go through over how they obtain the data and at the minute we have not received a reply. clearly, we would want them to. the saga of the paradise papers. you are watching our round—up of the day in the commons and the lords. still to come, why the north needs a powerhouse to improve its transport system. mps from all parties have urged the government to do more to tackle mental health problems problems amongst school pupils in england. in a debate in westminster hall, one conservative described the current situation as a national crisis. the mps were considering a petition signed by more than 100,000 people calling for menta

the changing of the guard, a british institution with millions of tourists flocking to buckingham palacethe army's household division, famous for their redcoats and bearskin hats. but for the first time, today sailors from the royal navy are leading the ceremony. tim muffett was watching. 86 sailors from a5 royal navy ships and establishments. final rehearsals at wellington barracks for a moment of military history. it isa military history. it is a massive deal, the royal navy has never conducted this duty before. the ministry of defence described 2017 as the year of the navy, prompted in part by the arrival of its new aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth, hence an invitation to officially guard the moniker the very first time. we have been trained by the coldstrea m we have been trained by the coldstream guards, who have been fantastic. we have overcome challenges of translating their orders into royal navy, orjack speak as we would say. individuals have just come back from the gulf, some will deploy to the mediterranean in january and some will deploy to the mediterranean injanuary and

business organisations from across the continent, including experts from the confederation of british industry and institutel be there. last year the uk exchanged about 730 billion dollars' worth of goods and services with the other 27 eu countries. that amounts to 43 percent of total uk exports. when it comes to goods, the biggest share of that is taken up by cars and chemicals. matthew goodwin, senior fellow at chatham house, is with me. are all the business is there speaking with one voice? and what are they saying? there are businesses from 11 countries visiting the prime minister today, and they do speak from one page. they want more detail on the transition deal, saying to the prime minister, get on with sorting out what britain's going to pay to brussels, let's really hammer home the new trade relationship. there are other businesses that say, actually, all of this is delaying what brexit is really about, in their view, which is getting on and signing trade agreements with other countries around the world. this is the difference between a soft brexit and a hard a soft one asking for are and a hard a

institute of international affairs. elected a fellow of the academy in 1995 and a ward of the awarde commander of the british empire in 1996, he was appointed the historian of the campaign in 1997. star wars was awarded the saint michael and st. george and 2003 and appointed in june of 2009 to serve as a member of the inquiry in the 2003 iraq war. following the remarks, he will be joined by kathleen heck who is a senior vice president of the rutger international security program at csis and served in a number of positions at the department of defense including the principal deputy undersecretary for policy. thanks very much to csis for hosting this. it's a great opportunity as i see so many familiar faces in the audience. so, hello. i won't talk for too long, but let me just try to explain how the book is organized and what i tried to do. i thought that it would be interesting to look at the past so it would be the history of the war. [inaudible] but also, it was quite revealing as one looked at peace past books because yo you have an insight into the expectations at the time about what really mattered were motivated of th

heart not that i mean if there is there's not really an institution really why spy than the british monarchy size still thing yet there is an element of sanction not painful to come and what about prince here you know he has been described as the bad boy of the house of windsor does this gauge me it is this is this official is he he has settled down yes or no we're running out of time we have no i think i think this is his time that he's mature and that's good mature that's what we like thank you very much for the lady here our royal watcher we're see you again at the top of the hour with more on the. national.

of 2.0, and is done. >> the honorable gentlemen, not surprising eu institutions are not going to be in a state as a member of the eu, the honorable gentlemen, and extremely disappointing they left british cities asking some in scotland, asking to apply to be part of the process. the commission decided they couldn't. and all of those, the cultural development, cultural developing has been shown for the regeneration of cities and towns. >> mister speaker, winners of the annual short competition. and the best of luck and wish those winners congratulations. >> very happy to share my honorable friend congratulations for her retailers. like i suspect many members will be celebrating small business saturday this weekend, an extremely important part of the calendar, supporting small business is at the heart of the economic strategy and an opportunity to celebrate important work they do in innovation and entrepreneurship serving the people. >> we see shocking new figures, child is nearing a 40 year high. the prime minister promised action but has failed to deliver. nothing in the budget on policing and nothing meaningful to tackle the causes and crime. it is clear we need intervention now and n

to heart not i mean if there is there's not really an institution really why spy than the british monarchy side still thing yet there is an element of changsha not painful to come. and what about prince here you know he has been described as the bad boy of the house of windsor does this gauge mitt is this is this official with the heat he has settled down yes or no we're running out of time we have no i think i think this is his time that he was having and that's good mature that's what we like thank you very much for the way to hear our royal watcher we're seeing you again at the top of the hour with more world news. rationalists are on the rise with the wind to make your contract great again that is their slogan their focus put your nation first i am taking you know going straight to highlights different shades of nationalism and to find out what this nation mean to you. with the show you story join the conversation here on to w. on twitter on the facebook. access to clean water and sanitation is a human right according to the united nations. empty words for the people living in the slums of dar es salaam. they have neither. it's

and has heard numerous distinctions to be a fellow of the brewery -- british rail writer in residence for her at that institute from york university. but his second novel was deemed the best novel but there are so many other accolades i could mention but time is short but and and having made appearances here a boon to today we'll talk to us about one of the newest lovell's please give a warm welcome to you our guest. [applause] >> things for coming. it is always good to be here. but howge he has been traveling with his book a very long time and i have felt his paid. but by the time you get toward this point of the book tour you wonder what routes you really want to say is that i leave, my work has been working its way towards america for very long time. back in the late nineties in that second half but that was a very different america and when i was 24 or 25 years old. in that other the york to be guilty in in the baroque. so my first trip but gradually and will it work rate closer to the present but this summer in new york really. the first tier i have moved in federal i have written like this about the firs

holdover but you could call me of george w bush holdover, i began my career more than two decades prior. we are in institution, that works for the american people or the britishamma mia — italian football fans are drowning their sorrows after their team misses out on the world cup. christian goes to find out how. motorists should be forced to have their eyes tested every ten years according to the association of optometrists. they say too many people with poor eyesight — are still driving. their campaign is backed by the family of natalie wade, who was killed by a partially sighted driver. ali fortescue reports. if she walked into a room, as the saying goes, she lit it up. she enjoyed every moment and was so looking forward to getting married. 28—year—old natalie wade died on her way to buy a wedding dress. she was hit by a 78—year—old driver with poor eyesight. there's always an empty chair, and christmas, birthdays, the day she would have been married, they are still very painful. the driver who killed natalie was blind in one eye and partially sighted in the other, but he died before being tried for dangerous driving. but natalie is just one of 70 people w

british citizen. the uk's highest paid vice—chancellor is retiring from the university of bath amid criticism over the institution'snd pounds a year, is stepping down after 17 years in her post. inquests into stillbirths — and other measures — have been announced to try and reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries during childbirth.

british people do. most of finland five and a half million inhabitants live in the south. the north of the country is almost empty. institute for molecular medicine finland scientists have spent years studying finnish d.n.a. . researcher yana sarla and her colleagues constantly uncover typical variance at the margins of the country. we know that there are a. few nice genome that. in the know them but the finland. finland finland. the differences are not huge. but if you will get the right regions in the genome you can actually tell from we have to finish. from. day to composer jonathan middleton who teaches at penland stomper a university translated these d.n.a. variants into simple sequences of musical notes like a top and then spent long hours in his studio combining those sequences to express a sense of when but. for me it was also important to. the mental ten and six of all finished people and the history of. the nation and where we come from and why finnish d.n.a. is so diverse and i also wanted to bring into the music the feel that my main goal was that when famous people there he had this piece that they feel it's ve

of the institution you worked for. this great responsibility by the united nations and the british responsibility is essentially his stark and doesn't so much bear on the present reality where the united states and the u.n. i think bear the main burden of responsibility from the perspective of how the situation deteriorated how the palestinian ordeal seems without any and and the un again violated the idea that by one thousand nine hundred forty five and certainly by nine hundred forty seven had gained international stature namely that the a resident majority population has the right of self-determination right and the partition arrangement that was super imposed by the u.n. denied the people the majority population of palestine at the time right of any right of self-determination any put this patient in the decision one hundred years on palestinians are still suffering and they tell you where does ation yes and i just want to get one last thought from you they they are living under occupation the palestinians today we have a peace process that's going nowhere if you were still the u.n. rapper to war today what would you

of question time wrapped. thank you for watching. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] the british parliament, which has been in recess, returns to regular session this week. you can see prime minister's questions live wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2 or watch sunday night at 9 p.m. eastern. you can also go to www.c-span.org and find past video of prime minister's questions and other public affairs programs. aswatch c-span this week congress debates tax reform. the senate finance committee begins its review of the bill monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. live coverage on c-span 3. the house debates its bill on thursday. live coverage on c-span. get details about both bills at www.c-span.org/congress. and listen in using the free c-span radio app. >> now a discussion on the future of u.s.-cuba relations and commerce restrictions imposed on americans traveling there. michael c.: good morning. welcome to the inter-american dialogue. my name is michael camilleri. i direct the dialogs. almost three years ago, presidents obama and castro embarked on a historic opening and relations bet

borders the institute of race relations says governments are using people trafficking laws to punish those trying to get migrants to safety one person mentioned in the document is former british soldier robert lowery and he made headlines last year when french authorities charged him for trying to help a four year old girl illegally come to the u.k. he found her living in the notorious jungle camp here's his story. years ago i went over to help in in france in the notorious jungle and i was building shelters there. and i befriended a young afghan girl and their father and she used to help me for many weeks and you know amongst building shelters until one day i found out she had a family who lived literally two miles from myself and i decided to you know with with you know a little bit of thought of what would i decided to try and get still her family it was quite obvious that you know i didn't do it for money it was quite obvious i didn't do it for you know any political gain or anything not that it was probably she had a purely did it out of a humanitarian the desire to help this little girl the french government the three judges in the cos so all this for what it was they v

of question time wrapped. thank you for watching. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] announcer: the britisharliament returns to regular session next week. c-span2 orch on c-span. you can also go to c-span.org and find video of past prime minister's questions and other british public affairs programs. >> c-span's washington journal, live for every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up, discussing the status of tax reform efforts on capitol hill. manufacturing for discussion. live up mondayh morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >> watch c-span this week as congress debates tax reform. the senate finance committee begins a review monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. live coverage on c-span3. get details about both bills -- at c-span.org or use the free c-span radio app. theresident trump is in philippines to attend a pair of the international summits and of asia. tour he held a joint news conference with the president of vietnam. president trump commented on his recent meeting with russian president vladimir putin. this is 25 minutes.

controversial british budget a budget now accused of spurring on house price inflation because of the abolition of a tax for first time buyers let alone according to the neoliberal institute for fiscal studies to last decades without earnings growth for u.k. labor day the german call been won on so he wanted for drazen may concern just as specifically why bailed out bankers to enjoy free movement around the e.u. after brics it but not normal work because last week the brics it secretary said he would guarantee free movement for bankers postscripts it other any other groups to whom the prime minister believes freedom of movement should apply. don't just teach . scientists agricultural workers care workers. the u.k. pm said corbin copied his questions from the british liberal party something those on the radical left may well be worrying about given his m.p.'s don't seem very socialist i'm very interested in the right honorable gentleman has found that he.

british households. stephen: one of the leading economic forecasting body says each household is 600 pounds worse office since the bid to is the european union. the national institute of economic and social research says the drop in the value of sterling has pushed inflation higher, and let consumers with less spending power. it expects inflation to peek at 3.2%. the institute also revised down its economic growth forecast for the u.k. for the next three years. malaysian authorities are investigating the theft of data from more than 46 million mobile phone users in the country. the information stolen includes phone numbers and addresses. the leak was discovered after a technology website claimed the information was for sale on the dark web. senators abandoned r requiremens that uber cars would need the same license plates as taxis. the bill goes back to the lower house of congress in brazil. and chairs in the dashers in the british fashion retailer next have plunged after a morning sales would remain volatile in the run-up to christmas. the drop is also weighing on market centers. the shares are down 5% in london. rochelle: sony is any a good week. stephen: the jap

of the british royal society of literature. he was also selected as a distinguished writer in residence at the carter journalism institute at new york university. his second novel, midnight child, won a booker prize. that was deemed the best novel. among all winners marking the 26th and 40th anniversary, so many other accolades i should mention but time is short and i know you want to hear from salman rushdie but he was also knighted by queen elizabeth ii for his many contributions to literature. he is no stranger to miami book fair having made appearances here many times. today he will talk about his us novels, the golden house. welcome to salman rushdie. [applause] >> thank you, great to be here, can't remember how many times it is but it has been a few, that is a good sign. i was listening to george saunders before. he has been here a long time. i felt his pain. by the time you get to this point before the end of the book tour, you wonder what you want to say. i thought what i wanted to say, my work has been working its way towards america for a long time. back in the late 90s, i wrote something that was partly set in india

british citizen. the uk's highest paid vice—chancellor is retiring from the university of bath amid criticism over the institution'sear, is stepping down after 17 years in herjob. let's get more now on pope francis's trip to myanmar. in a speech earlier today the pope called for respect for all ethnic groups and for human rights — in what was seen as an oblique reference to the plight of country's rohingya muslims, but he did not mention them by name. translation: i would also like my visit to embrace the entire population of myanmar, to offer words of encouragement to those who are working to build a just, reconciled and inclusive social order. myanmar has been blessed with great natural beauty and resources, yet its greatest treasure is its people, who have suffered greatly and continue to suffer. from civil conflict and hostilities that have lasted all too long, and created deep divisions. tun khin is president of the burmese rohingya 0rganisation in the uk. hejoins me now via webcam from paris. tun khin, thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. thank you so much. are you pleased that the pope use the

of a british bank's involvement in laundering money allegedly stolen from south africa. the former cabinet minister and one—time anti—apartheid campaigner lord hain has previously named other financial institutionson scandal linked to the wealthy gupta family and the south african president jacob zuma. in the lords, the peer gave a warning. there are disturbing questions, around both the complicity, witting or unwitting, of uk global financial institutions in the gupta—zuma transnational criminal network, and also about these institutions' wilful blindness to the reality that the laundering process most often necessitates financial systems with lax regulation and controls. unless we urgently find ways to leverage our respective capabilities to coordinate and influence action between the law—enforcement and banking sectors domestically here in the uk and globally, we cannot win this battle. mr zuma and the guptas deny any wrongdoing. a report into the experiences of the families of the hillsborough victims has called for a change in culture to stop the "burning injustice" in the way bereaved relatives are treated. it was in 1989 that 96 liverpool fans died in the crush at an fa cup semifinal matc

controversial british budget a budget now accused of spurring on house price inflation because of the abolition of a tax for first time buyers let alone according to the neoliberal institute for fiscal studies to last decades without earnings growth for u.k. labor leader german corbin one on say he wanted for drazen may concern just as specifically why bailed out bankers to enjoy free movement around the e.u. after breakfast but not normal work because last week the brics it secretary said he would guarantee free movement for bankers postscripts it other any other groups to whom the prime minister believes freedom of movement should apply nurses don't just teachers scientists agricultural workers because. the u.k. pm said corbin copied his questions from the british liberal party something those on the radical left may well be worrying about given his m.p.'s don't seem very socialist i'm very interested to the right honorable gentleman has found his appearance as a prime is this question's been going so well he's had to borrow a question from the leader of the liberal democrats corbin not predicting the teresa mayes chancellor was about to dispense with near liberal talk

majority of the british banks that are currently in london frankfurt is and forever will be europe's number one banking location for the most. part u.k. banks and london based e.u. institutions the twenty seven remaining member states are ready carving up the spoils of britain's departure from the european union. meanwhile the e.u. is to end on line territorial restrictions known as geo blocking by the end of twenty eighteen that prevents consumers from shopping on websites based in a different country its parts. of the blocks push towards a digital single market blocking identifies a consumer's location prevents parsing all foreign retail websites under the new rules websites cannot differentiate between customers from in member states for the sale of online services or goods so consumers will be able to buy services at a specific location such as tickets for on a vent in a nother country. well for more on this let's turn to a financial course what i call a had was an in frankfurt now conrad surely online platforms have got to be seeing the euro signs with this piece of news. or some of them for sure because this regulation allows businesses in the future to axes all of the

as opposed to a british conservative who believes that power flows down from the institutions to the individual. he was very centered on rights and dignity and privacy ofvidual. >> laura: hey, mark, do you think ronald reagan was tweet if he was alive during twitter, do you think he would tweet. >> yes, he would. >> no, i don't. >> i disagree. >> may i jump in here. >> i will make my point. >> go ahead, mark. >> reagan was about civility. when he went to washington. he campaigned against a big government. government actually got bigger during the reagan administration. there were three platforms he campaigned on. one was ending the cold war by a clear american victory, which he achieved largely or helped to achieve. he wanted to end big government. government got big early and he wanted to restore the american pride in the nation. >> laura: mark, we are out of time. we are out of time. he would have tweeted, craig, why? that was the people's medium. people's medium. >> because he loved technology. he mastered commercial radio in the 1930s. he mastered movies in the 40's. he mastered television in the 50's and 60's. he lofd technology. he loved the abil

of use cases we have seen are very different across the institutions we have. francine: will brexit hurt your revenue stream in the u.k.? believe in any of that. if anything, we are bullish about the british. i have made britain my home for the last 12 years. this is where i chosen to set up. we have no reason to believe are my basis going to evaporate. we see the evidence that the capital city of london will be the financial center of the world. francine: thank you so much for coming on. defiant ceo is back after his company becomes a target of the trump administration. details on that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: good morning, everyone. at&t says it is prepared to go to court over its proposal merger with time warner. the justice department sued to block the bid. for more on this, our global business executive joins us. thank you so much for coming on. what is the next step in this? pretty ugly. at&t is looking for an -- evidence of white house information. trump is complaining about cnn. it doesn't help the government case. none of the state attorney generals have signed on the case so far. that could change of course. it looks and feels like at&t does have a leg to stand on. w

institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] announcer: you've been watching prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. you can see it live wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2 or sunday night at 9 p.m. or go ton c-span, c-span.org and find video of past prime minster's questions and other british affairs programs. night on c-span, former secretaries of state madeleine albright and condoleezza rice, and u.n. ambassador nikki haley, take part in a forum on freedom and security hosted by the george w. bush institute. the event also includes opening remarks by former first lady laura bush. here's a portion with remarks from former secretary albright. albright: we have to recognize we are getting with the president of russia who was a kgb agent, and they know how to do propaganda. what they are doing is using information in a way to undermine the system of democracy. what they want to do is undermine the democracies in europe and separate us from europe, and i do believe they have figured out how to make our life or complicated in every single way through various new methods. tweets and bots

institution. i certainly think, perhaps the british viewers, perhaps for american viewers, uzbekistan is not an area that gets talked about a lot, it does not get ofblematic. rb wrong in that? what is your assessment? i don't want to overrate this year from uzbekistan, assessment? i don't want to overrate this yearfrom uzbekistan, or exaggerate the threat that uzbekistan may to represent. it has had problems with the jihadist insurgencies in the past. there was a brutal civil war in the 19905 there 19905 there and there was a couple of attacks in 20 —— 200a. it has sent a few thousand fighters to syria at fate with state. but most of those fighters are not going to be able to easily access in europe and certainly not the united states. we have seen some attacks from them, but it is more or less in proportion with what you might expect, given the presence in syria and the and the presence in syria and the and the success the islamic state has had in reaching out to them. and from everything that we are heeding from everything that we are heeding from the us authorities so far, they seem from the us authorities so far, they seem fairly certain that

british government on history curriculum and has his own collection at a museum. please welcome james holland. [applause] thank you. it is wonderful to be back here in this institution at the heart of your nation's capital. so thank you. i'm going to start with this image. i want you to hold onto it if you can. what you are looking at is a row of american sherman tanks, a lot of landing ships, this is just before the invasion of sicily in 1943. it shows the sort of level of military might that is building by that stage. on the face of it, it is quite an unremarkable picture. it is very much the image that we have of the western allies in world war ii. this one of enormous firepower and enormous material weight. and yet, the road to that point is an extraordinary one. for a us put that there moment. i will come back to it at the end. but i'm interested in when it comes to world war ii, about our assumptions. there are a huge amount of assumptions. narrative world world and one that is pretty well entrenched. theof those is regarding opposition. we have an image of the eight, mean, not seized. we have an image of mean nazis. ,e have this image of him good-looking, mean. sinister. --

institution. has she got the chance to bring something else to the party? i think the dynamics of how the britishyears ago, they were marrying american heiresses. that's not happening any more. if you look at prince william as an example, they are marrying for love. no matter what their background is, they don't have to have a title, they don't have to have a title, they don't have to have a title, they don't have to be an american heiress. sometimes you marry somebody who is incredibly normal. it's incredibly refreshing. i think it's a very positive step for the royalfamily to it's a very positive step for the royal family to have meghan beesley a part of it because i think it's showing everybody that the monarchy, the royalfamily, showing everybody that the monarchy, the royal family, especially showing everybody that the monarchy, the royalfamily, especially william and harry, they are normal, just like the rest of us and they are marrying for love. viscountess tench and brooke, an american from illinois who has married into the royal family. prince harry illinois who has married into the roya

of for them under the palestine the essentially the british government as a mandatory power sponsored the colonizations on a scale in ization in palestine so it helped facilitated the immigration help build institutions empower these institutions and give them powers and even allow them to for example build an army. and which resulted in the war in one hundred forty eight and the in the displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinians in the element that sort of never seemed to happen was the protection of rights it was also part of the about regulation what why do you think that side of it didn't actually materialize in the way that the other side perhaps did with the protection of rights itself is problematic because if you look at the text did not talk about national rights talked about religious rights and civil rights and not actual rights so that means that they did not see the palestinians who were the overwhelming majority about ninety percent of the population as a nation so that even the rights that were knowledge were problematic. but even on that level we can see that the these were not respected and we see that also on the level of the very basic level for example that during the me

institution with such tight security and impressive record allow such a fatal lapse? anna holligan, bbc news, the hague. that is the weirdest story. let's look at brexit. the british government has significantly increased the amount ofnion as part of the brexit process. the bbc understands the uk has agreed to pay between a0 and 50 billion euros over several years in an attempt to kick—start the negotiations on a future trade deal. it is a lot more than the 20 billion euros theresa may was offering. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier said today the negotiation is not yet over — more work is needed before trade talks can begin — but the reaction in brussels has been broadly positive. let's catch up with our political correspondent vicki young who is in westminster and our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas who is in brussels. positive noises on the cash but i'm reading comments that have dropped in the last few minutes from the irish european commission member phil hogan who says we need written commitments from the uk and what they intend to do to resolve the issue that the border. yes. this is two of the three big issues that are under discussion at the minute. these are all the issues that relate to th

of our great institutions. an essential part of what we are as a nation. and a source of pride the length and breadth of the country. its values are the values of the britishten to the leader of the opposition, as he regularly talks down the achievements of the nhs, the number of patients being treated is at record levels, cancer survival rates are at the highest ever level, 17 million people are now able to access gp appointments in the evenings and weekends, and public satisfaction among hospital inpatients is at its highest level in more than 20 years. it is central to this government's vision everyone has access to the nhs free at the point of need which is why we endorsed and funded the five—year forward view in 2014 but even with this additional funding we acknowledge the service remains under pressure and today we respond. first, we will deliver an additional £10 billion package of capital investment in front line services over the course of this parliament, to support the sustainability and transformation plans that will make our nhs more resilient, investing foran nhs fit our nhs more resilient, investing for an nhs fit for the future. we also rec