of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight — now on bbc news it‘s time for newsnight with kirsty warkl, we‘re reporting on... democracy in russia... brexit! and this... tonight, gabriel gatehouse follows the russian presidential race with opposition candidate ksenia sobchak. it‘s a fake election. it's a fake election? yes, i‘m always telling that. but is everything quite as it seems? could it be that ksenia sobchak is doing the kremlin‘s bidding? also tonight, john major today called for a free vote in parliament on brexit, with the possibility of a second referendum. it‘s fair to say brexiteers are not impressed. i think generally a good idea for previous prime ministers, whatever their views on either side of this argument or any argument... normally, if you haven‘t got anything positive to say, probably best to keep quiet. and did we used to be better at dealing with this? good evening. from syria, to cyber warfare, to the american presidency, to energy supply — if you think the russian presidential election doesn‘t have an impact on our lives, think again. tonight, an extraordinar

that's a summary of the news — now on bbc news it's time for newsnight with kirsty wark. has announced that 0xfam will not bid for any new funding from difd until it is satisfied that the charity meets high ethical standards. so has the relationship between the government and aid charities been too close and too casual? and can 0xfam ever recover? it was the long shadow over the us election. now a grand jury indicts 13 russian nationals for interfering in the campaign, and it's clear the allegation is they gunned for hillary clinton before the vote, and since then they've been sowing discord about the trump presdiency. the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states, with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. what if the government gave everyone £10,000 a year instead of state benefits and tax reliefs? thomas paine‘s age old idea of a citizen's dividend is back. the former labour leader ed miliband is flirting with the idea

p if you wark, ashley johnson for "chasing news." henry: what a lovely break the february chill we enjoyed witnessness with day. season and clouds overhead. highs made it to the lower 50's for most of the area. and believe it or not. it could even warmer on thursday. maybe even time to temporary break out the short sleeve shirt with near record highs on the way. that warm air bub black up from the south and the southwest. as we move to thursday, the warmth will come with al bit of cloud cover and it will come with some are in as well. even through the overnight hours we rexing a batch of rain to move through the area. the warm air sticks around until friday then it returns for the weekend we will have a storm system to watch for saturday night and early sunday. it could be the next chance for some wintry weather. no i we are talking about near record warmth much then snow that's the way goes time of year. overnight tonight, lows dip to the lower to mid 40's again compact storm system brings as you batch of rain and few hours of wet w

of your seat -- martin: he would lead 417 crusades, often in major sporting stadiums come from new warko nigeria. reverend graham: hgod, he was also man. martin: it was at earls court rally in 1966 that cliff richard publicly declared his christianity. he was also a pastor to -- he was even invited before the queen and other membermiof the royal in 1984, and said afterwards that he did not change his message, but simply pointed to jesus. >> my own son came to live in the face of billy graham i don't think we have had somebody who simply says, thebi bible says, the says. doesn't intrude his own ideas into the message. amartin: his son, describ recent conversation. >> i said, "dad, what do you want on your tombstone?" he thought and said just preacher. that's it. martin: unlike so many america preachers, billy graham was never caught up in any kind of scandal, and insisted hi financial affairs were transparent and audited by others. it was theis simplicity of message and the sincerity of his life that will be his legacy. a politicalke with historian at the ame.can universi i asked him how

union wark, ashley johnson, reporting for "chasing news." >> president trump taking to twitter to addressnvestigation and indictment of rush-officials accused of interfep erferring with the 2016 u.s. election. fox's caroline shively has the story. even though the initial part was spent meeting with those involved in last week's high school shooting the majority of though tim was spent in mara lag ge boy his standards he was unusually busy on twitter. >> a twitter storm coming the president over the three-day weekend. mr. trullp firing off over 20 tweets following the visit with florida's shooting survivors and first responders. the post covering a range of topics from nascar to ieye ran to oprah but buy far, the may where are ty addressing russia. one saying the only collusion was between russia and the dmc and the dems. another adding was the goal of, sha to create chaos within the supt they have succeed beyond the wildest deal! dreams the president calling out president obama asking why he didn't do something about russian meddling. vice president mike pence in an exexclusive ber view t

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there is a racial component to this that you are seeing the lockdowns hap pin urban schools and hue warkther places, then, suburban schools and the people come in and out. there is no issue. what do you? i well, i think that race plays a part. well, interesting enough, when i was in high school, you know, certain high schools that had metal detectors and others did not. then, you know, just heightened tensions now. this is really trying to think about how we create atmosphere of feeling safe but then also, also actually being safe. >> how do you start the conversation with this if you got snowflake in the history class that cannot han deal conversation from the teacher about school safety. well, it is really disturbing. think principal actually aced appropriately in the case, then if you look at what is happening. professor out of school. don't think the professor was going to be there. i don't think you should behaving this conversation if you cannot handle it. this is a real threat to our society. and to schoolchildren every day. well, i think needs to be a conversation out at school s

about the correlation between immigration and crime mr o'brien has a clear opinion based on his former wark deporting immigrants from new york state prisons and my personal experience was that there were a very very disturbing the large number of people who were both it legally. but also lawful migrants who had committed crimes and wound up in prison was that's one of the main reasons they're protesting there we jack this portrayal of themselves. or presentation of us a statement which is not true and that everyone is a criminal we are we are workers we are you know a sudanese where here you know making their country the better players in the popularly held belief that immigrants are criminals is not backed up by statistics a president of the migration policy center in washington tells us there are number of studies that tell us you know quite conclusively that immigrants are much less likely to commit crimes the native born americans and authorized immigrants those that are here without legal papers are also particularly less likely to commit crime. which is interesting i mean but but it a

about the correlation between immigration and crime mr o'brien has a clear opinion based on his former wark deporting immigrants from new york state prisons and my personal experience was that there were a very very disturbing the large number of people who were both it was. but also lawful migrants who had committed crimes and wound up in prison. that's one of the main reasons they're protesting there we take this portrayal of themselves. or presentation of us a statement which is not true and that everyone is a criminal we are workers we are you know students where here you know making their country better plays in the popularity held belief that immigrants are criminals is not backed up by statistics as the president of the migration policy center in washington tells us there are number of studies that tell us you know quite conclusively that immigrants are much less likely to commit crimes the native born americans and authorized immigrants those that are here without legal papers are also particularly less likely to commit crime. which is interesting i mean but but it also makes sense

or lore actually wark against poland because there are many many many evidences that the poles the poles to cook a very active part in the all of course nobody says that which was under occupation did it because this they was dysfunctional those use of the war and they didn't function as a nation but many of the individuals. took very active part in the holocaust well for more on these and plenty of other stories go to our web site r.t. dot com otherwise i'll be back with the latest headlines at the top of the hour see that. when the old maid gives manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the fine and merry go round lifts only the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. so a new policy is and is a way to practice is the pressure oppressive measures being deployed against the palestinian people everywhere around the set of colonialism the theft of our land and the many many can hope that the stating things that there are some images of the ink of course the chemicals and the. uprising. elliston is getting international reco

it's extraordinary that it was connected to a presidential campaign, but this kind of wark is par indicateshey don't understand how this type of foreign intelligence works. >> and i guess i reacted with such horror -- it's my understanding this is the first time ever that someone under fisa surveillance was outed and named by the declassification of a document from the president over the grave concerns of the fbi. i mean, there's a scandal here but it's not what devin nunes is talking about on "fox and friends." >> but at the same time it's not that surprising because the politics of conspiracy is so fundamental to trump's political rise. i mean, he's been talking about -- i don't know if he uses the phrase "deep state" quite as often as his supporters in the conservative media do, but basically his theory is that there is this bureaucratic establishment that's out to get him that's subverting the will of the american people, that's anti-democratic. this is the entire narrative of his rise to power. the role reversal, by the way, really is so stunning. nicolle, you probably remember at the