had 41 witnesses and bill clinton's had three but some republican senators want president trump's to have none. also on the programme: hardly the royal welcome — canadian pm justin trudeau says discussions are still to be had about meghan and harry moving to canada and who will foot the bill for their security. and rutland, the one county in england, without a mcdonald's or a kfc. it's a fast food wasteland, though things might be about to change. if small towns like ours don't move with the times, we don't end up being a healthy town. hello, and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. the moment donald trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement with iran, it was in trouble. the europeans tried to keep it alive, but they failed. for several months now, the iranians have been producing centrifuges in flagrant breach of the commitments they made. so, today, almost inevitably, the uk, france and germany triggered a dispute mechanism. it's a long process which will play out in the un security council and could eventually lead to international sanctions being reimposed. i says it is in support of any disruptive effort to save the agreement but today more sons had the old duo could be replaced by a new deal, a donald trump deal. the problem with the agreement is, from the americans perspective, it's a flawed agreement, it expires. plus, it was negotiated by president obama, and it has... from their point of view, it has many, many faults. well, if we're going to get rid of it, let's replace it. and let's replace it with the trump deal. that's what we need to see. and i think that would be a great way forward. president trump is a great deal—maker, by his own account and many others. let's work together to replace the jcpoa and get the trump deal instead. but the european union's foreign policy chief says the 2015 agreement is not dead yet and the so—called "dispute resolution mechanism" they have triggered is intended not to push iran away, but bring it back into the fold. the objective is therefore to find solutions and return to full compliance within the framework of this agreement. let me say this clearly — the dispute resolution mechanism which is going to be triggered now is not about re—imposing sanctions. so, what would a new agreement look like? if it were it to be re—negotiated, it seems certain the americans would this time want much stricter control of the iranian missile programme. iran has been busy. it already has a huge arsenal of missiles pointing at the middle east. we saw last week, with the strike on the american air bases in iraq, how accurate some of these missiles can be. most of them can already reach israel, saudi arabia, bahrain, the united arab emirates and other regional neighbours. some of iran's medium—range missiles are capable of striking south—eastern europe. but the biggest concern for the americans and their allies is that iran could one day build an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead. the us, russia, china, india, iran and north korea are the only countries that have operational icbms, which have a minimum range of 5500 km. the americans have signalled they would want to limit iran's missile range below 2000 km. michael elleman is the director of nonproliferation and nuclear policy programme at the international institute for strategic studies and joins us now from washington. is there a trump deal on the table? i don't know the anything specific has been laid out by the administration to the iranians but there have been a lot of background discussions about some limitations oi'i discussions about some limitations on the iranian missile arsenal as well as caps on some regional behaviour of the iranians. plus some very detailed discussions about how to stretch out the sunset clauses on the nuclear deal that so many worry about. so that is what the americans would like and that is what they would like and that is what they would like and that is what they would like to get from iran. they also would like to get something not nuclear but on their involvement in the region. what is the white house prepared to give because obviously when the agreement was negotiated, there was a lot of back—and—forth and the europeans had to give and the americans had to give something. with the white house he prepared to give her something in order to get that deal? they would certainly have to give them the sanctions relief at a minimum. the sanctions relief that was intended under the old agreement. the question is will they go any further in lifting some of the terrorism sanctions that are placed on iran. both unnecessarily affect the european parties to the agreement but it does affect american businesses and america's ability to engage with iran on economic fronts. boris johnson pointed to one of the problems with the present deal and that is the legacy of president obama. he does not like things that were left over by president 0bama and we all know that. but he is right and one other aspect, that the deal has a sunset clause in it. and while the nuclear pa rt clause in it. and while the nuclear part of the development has been paused, this missile technology is developing at quite a pace. yes, it is. iran has relied on ballistic missiles for their defence and a terrance needs since the iran— iraq war. and they have gone through several phases in developing this programme. 0ver several phases in developing this programme. over the last ten years or they have focused mostly on their shorter range systems that would be used in battlefield operations. and they demonstrated quite effectively la st they demonstrated quite effectively last week when they struck targets at the airbase in iraq where the american troops were located. there they eat very precisely hit a number of buildings, which suggests that they are on the cusp of fulfilling that goal of having militarily effective, conventionally armed ballistic missiles. the danger is if you tear up the still do another deal being in place, then you are heading into a period where iran's nuclear ambitions are no longer constrained and then you get into a situation where the israelis come of the us maybe saudi arabia want to ta ke the us maybe saudi arabia want to take out the development of that nuclear capability and then maybe we are in dangerous times, are we not? i always find it somewhat ironic that the critics of the deal complained about the sunset clauses which would have been enacted in about ten or 15 years from now. but by pulling out of the jcpoa and dealing with current events, iran is at that point ten to 15 years earlier than anticipated so we have less time to deal with a potential break—out by the iranians. but what i would want to stress is that although there were sunset clauses in the restrictions on the number of centrifuges in the top of centrifuges in the top of centrifuges that iran could operate, the international atomic energy agency was going to maintain in perpetuity the inspections and monitoring of those activities which would give us fair warning of any violation that the iranians would contemplate. good have you on the programme this evening, thank for your input. that is some of the thinking here in washington. nathalie tocci was special adviser to the eu's foreign policy chief, federica mogerhini, at the time that the jcpoa was originally signed. she's in rome. if the americans are putting this much pressure in the europeans are now saying this is not the end of the jcpoa, but now saying this is not the end of thejcpoa, but does trigger this not mean that effectively it is over?” would not say it is effectively over but indeed we have taken very important andl but indeed we have taken very important and i think a very unfortunate step in that direction. now they are right and highlighting the mechanism does not automatically entaila the mechanism does not automatically entail a snapback in the un security council sanctions. but it is a route to it. and the timeframe available is essentially a timeframe of two months. now that two months can be stretched if there is not a full agreement between the parties. but basically it is an increasingly narrow path that the e3 have placed themselves in and it is extremely high risk strategy that they are pursuing given that i don't see at the moment any willingness on the iranian side to come to make concessions simply being phased by pressure when the europeans on the other hand have not actually prove they are willing to deliver any of they are willing to deliver any of the monetary benefits that were outlined to iran that were basically withheld from iran in response to the us violation of the jcpoa. withheld from iran in response to the us violation of the jcpoa. which was already some of the concerns the iranians have. how concerned are you that we are heading for a period of serious nuclear proliferation in the region because of what has happened now? as i say, i think it is a very high risk strategy. now i still don't think that we have to write the jcpoa off. i think there is still an the jcpoa off. i think there is stillan air the jcpoa off. i think there is still an air opportunity to eventually say we europeans have pressed the ultimate lever that we have in order to on the one hand induce iran back into the alliance if we are ready to actually get something to iran, essentially meaning if we are willing to carry out the first concrete transactions under the inspect mechanism that was established to allow for the lawful claiming of human material goods between the eu and iran without being subject to us economic sanctions. then i think that chance would still be there. as i said, i think it is very high risk energy that the e3 have decided to pursue. i personally don't think that his decision that the iranians took on the 5th of january decision that the iranians took on the 5th ofjanuary actually merited this kind of decision. but here we are. but what i'm saying there is unless this row is credibly pursued, friendly speaking of is talking about our alternative agreement is pie in the sky. i wonder how we will get to this new deal. he will begin diplomacy? the us and iran don't talk. not just diplomacy? the us and iran don't talk. notjust at the us and iran don't talk, it is... the premise of any negotiation is there is not full trust for the parties, otherwise it would not be a need for negotiation in the first place. but there has to bea in the first place. but there has to be a modicum of trust between the parties to actually engage in many for negotiation. we are we are confronted to a situation where basically one party, the us, that has not lived up to its side of the deal. and the others, the iranians, have inevitably now very few incidents of them to their side of the deal and europeans that have been unable to essentially make up. the trust base is basically not there also demolished most trust necessary to engage in meaningful negotiation is essentially not there which is why i think that if the jcpoa would lapse can be will be a question of years and certainly not months before we can meaningfully start talking about a new agreement. thank you very much for your time, natalie. the us house of representatives will vote tomorrow to send the articles of impeachment against donald trump to the senate. the vote will end the delay that speaker nancy pelosi imposed on the process in order to try to win concessions from the white house, concessions she said would make the trial fairer and concessions the republicans refused to make. specifically, democrats want witnesses to testify, believing that if people like the secretary of state or the chief of staff have to say under oath what they knew about mr trump putting pressure on ukraine, it could sway the outcome of the trial. republicans don't want any witnesses and haven't agreed to summon any. today, senior house democrat hakeem jeffries said the "ball is in the senate's court", but had this advice. the next step is simple. the senate should conduct a fair trial. a fair trial involves witnesses and documents. what is the president hiding from the american people? we'rejoined now form capitol hill by melanie zanona, the congressional reporter for politico. did the democrats gain anything with this whatever it was, too week delay, in the preceding? she took a gamble and it did not pay off in the immediate term. they wanted to pick off some moderate republicans to side with them in their place for documents and for witnesses and so far no republicans are siding with them. they are siding with the majority leader. but if he taught to democrats on capitol hill, when they say is we did get something out of this and that is they waited long enough or new evidence to emerge in the form of unredacted e—mails, indicted associate of rudy giuliani has turned over a trove of text messages to house investigators which could be added to the body of evidence. and they said they have ke pt evidence. and they said they have kept net of public pressure on the senate gop to eventually turn to the question of whether there will be witnesses. so it did not pay off in the immediate but they are hoping that down the road eventually this will help them because they were able to keep the narrative focus on the question of witnesses. let's ta ke the question of witnesses. let's take a quick look at some of that pressure that there is on those moderate republicans who are in moderate republicans who are in moderate states, purple states if you like. call regarding the republican senator from colorado. you like. call regarding the republican senatorfrom colorado. —— cory gardner. take a look at the kind of pressure he is underfrom liberal groups are putting out groups like this. the only thing you'll fight for it is trump. you're just another trump servant — weak, frightened, impotent, a small man terrified of a political bully. so scared of his tweets, you'll do anything trump orders. breaking your oath to follow the constitution and the law. might not be cory gardner but there are some republicans who are open to the idea of having witnesses. you are right. including susan collins of maine, murkowski of alaska. they are a tough spot. they cannot alienate the conservative base and there is not a whole lot of room in this party for criticism of the president these days. but on the hand, they cannot love their ticking marching orders from the president either. they need to show there is some daylight between them and the president and woman do that is support that if they want to hear witnesses and get other documents and they would've had this trial as seriously as possible for they ultimately make this very consequential decision.“ the ticket witnesses, some republicans like rand paul who will wa nt to republicans like rand paul who will want to his own witnesses and that of course might then drag it back to joe biden who want to stay out of this reasonably. it could get really messy here on capitol hill. rand paul warned colleagues if you got some paul warned colleagues if you got some democrats in this butcher witnesses and democrats succeed, we have folks on our side we were going to want to then push witnesses like joe biden's son, like adam schiff, like the whistle—blower brought the whole episode to light. he is trying to ward his colleagues to not side with democrats on this front but according to our webcams we take hear them according to our webcams we take hearthem are according to our webcams we take hear them are not the votes or something like calling in hunter biden at this moment. that could change depending on the tenor of the trial and how things play out over the next few weeks. quickly, the process to date, the choosing of managers at the house has to go through him of these are the people who will prosecute the case if you will in the senate. why is there appointment significant and whom i would be looking at? these democrats who will be tasked with prosecuting the case against president from a they'll be speaking on the senate floor which is a very high honour and so far nancy pelosi keeping her cards close to the vest but we do know adam schiff and jerry nadler will likely be leading the charge along with a couple of other democrats, like a half—dozen of what we are being told. thank you for the update from capitol hill. talking about the bidens, a big focus is on this ukrainian gas company burisma and there was a story in the new york times that a cyber security firm found that russian hackers have hacked into the e—mails of this company that got access to the computers and it is possible the documents have come from them. this isa documents have come from them. this is a statement they made about the timing of this. this is what they are concerned about. we could see a repeat of the hacking of the dnc service. if they have hacked burisma, they could have a trove of documents which they either dump during the impeachment trial or maybe before the election ifjoe biden is the candidate. trial or maybe before the election if joe biden is the candidate. two issues, one that hunter biden was on the board at burisma and are there any documents in this trove that she had a bad light on hunter biden or on his conversations withjoe biden? and the bigger picture and equip critical picture of what the russians are doing and will they interfere again in this election which everyone suspects is the first concrete sign that we seen of it. the canadian prime minister is happy to have the duke and duchess of sussex to stay in his country, but he'd love to know whose going to pay for it all. as harry and meghan make their unprecedented exit from the royal spotlight, heading west to somewhere in canada, there are still a lot of questions about how this all is going to work. visitors can be expensive, i found that out over christmas. questions like who pays for their security there and what kind of work will they do and where will they live? so far, mr trudeau said the canadian government hasn't been involved in the complex discussions. the couple spent six weeks over the holidays in an exclusive property on vancouver island, and the bbc‘s sophie long is in the city for us. what do they think when the prime minister asked all these questions? i think is a canadian taxpayer i wa nt to i think is a canadian taxpayer i want to know who was paying for it. justin trudeau also said that the sussexes enjoyed a feeling of appreciation here and that is a sense we have gotten since arriving. most welcome the decision and hope they will spend it here and they spent some of their christmas decoration —— break on mckeever allen people have told me here that they are very and they could leave something approaching a normal life. people are less bothered about celebrity and the royal family and so celebrity and the royal family and so it would be a good place for a couple who have struggled as they say they have with media intrusion and scrutiny in the uk. having said that, since i have been here, i probably bump to his many members of the uk press as i have islanders themselves and you get a sense to a certain extent that the novelty is wearing off a little bit. some people now already fed up with the cameras. so you have to post a question that if they came here or somewhere on the west coast of canada as it is thought they might, they are in search of a more normal but they could be making life for people here a little bit less normal. i thick if they could have a quick look at how chilly it looks for you right now, they might rethink that. i want to tell you to get a hot chocolate and get inside. it is really cold if you ask me but there is nice scenery. the real couple are nothing if not appropriately dressed. —— the real couple. i'm sure they have a few will parkas. to be have any question onjobs and will parkas. to be have any question on jobs and with amy mean by independence financially there? we don't. i think if you get the sense from what the prime minister had to say to reporters overnight that there is still very many questions to be posed and answered. we heard in the queen's statement that personal statement from the claim that she wants to finalise details in the coming days. but i think those are discussions that will take place at sandringham and then of course we heard from the prime minister here that they had not been involved at their level in these discussions, indication perhaps that they are now becoming involved. there are a lot of questions that we are still waiting for the answers to come as you mentioned. the cost of security is one of the main concerns of the british police put that bill in the uk but what would happen here? these are all questions out in the canadian government will now start to take part in discussions about. thank you very much. we have very big breaking news. today is d day, or rather mcd day for the small, picturesque county of rutland in england. until 15 minutes ago, they were the only county without a mcdonald's. but local counsel has not voted to allow one in the town of oakham. because although mcdonald's has more than 1270 restaurants in the uk, rutland has never had one, or a burger king or a kfc for that matter, which is perhaps subconciously why i've always driven around it. anyway, all this could be about to change. we sent sian lloyd, with a packed lunch, to rutland to investigate. oakham, in rural rutland — the last fortress against the expansion plans of multinational fast food chains. mcdonald's wants to open on a retail parkjust outside the town, and the prospect of serving up happy meals here isn't to everyone's taste. for me, rutland is the only county without a mcdonald's, and that's something that's so unique and special about what we do. if you want one, you can drive 15 minutes out of county and get one and come back and enjoy our little gem and support we have that is different and is unique. but the planned drive—thru is dividing opinion. it's not a problem. we've got to move with the times. if small towns like ours don't move with the times, we don't end up being a healthy town. 100% agree. do you? i100% agree. so, is it the big talking point of oakham? why should it be? mcdonald's is going to be great for the town. it's going to give loads of kids a job. i've walked in the countryside. that's all you see — fast food rubbish in ditches. and added to that, i think the obesity problem will not be helped. there are lots of good places to eat in this vicinity. and i think that a place like that might undermine some of the other places, which aren't necessarily expensive. the majority of the town council is supporting the plan. 60 jobs — 30 part—time, 30 full—time, and they'll take on the young and they will take on the old. so, in my eyes, it's a win—win situation. the burger chain hopes its golden arches will find a home in this historic county, but not all rutlanders have an appetite for change. sian lloyd, bbc news, oakham. this is marvellous news. if they have an electric car charger, i will visit and will no longer have to drive through it. christian goes to rutland. we can all go to rutland. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, us officials have presented the uk government with its intelligence and concerns about working with huawei. we'll find out what goes into the british decision. and the uk has put in an extradition request has for the woman suspected of causing the death of british teenager harry dunn. that's still to come. tomorrow should be a quieter date weather—wise. today with the turn of england and away to see the wet and increasingly windy weather. this weather watch her picture taken earlier on today on the south coast in hampshire with some very big and dangerous ways and some high tide to come this evening. these are the earlier gusts. very windy notjust on the south coast but also parts of lincolnshire. the high scuffs and more exposed parts of sedona and also on the isle of wight. this system here pushing the isobars and strengthening winds and blowing and all that cloudy bringing some outbreaks of rain. the area of low pressure there is what is left of storm bread and that we had yesterday. quite cold air across scotla nd yesterday. quite cold air across scotland and especially central and northern part of the country and we had a covering of snow earlier on today and there will be some more wintry showers overnight tonight. the winds will gradually ease done overnight in the rain continues across the southeast of england and east anglia it was some heavy rain over the downs. it also clear skies following showers because of the northwest and especially is: we are lucky to get icy conditions want to get icy conditions once again get in may just have frosted get icy conditions once again get in mayjust have frosted ice in the far north of england and northern ireland. tomorrow will see the back of this rate in the southeast of them went through the morning and in them went through the morning and in the sunshine comes through. the breeze will blow and a few showers of most of them into a fairly frequent shower about in the north of northern ireland and the northwest of scotland with the levels rising a bit through the day. it may not be quite as cold for scotla nd it may not be quite as cold for scotland and northern ireland but a cooler day than today for more southern part of being in an wales but lisa sunshine and it will be as windy. but it probablyjust a brief respite because we are fine the next system arriving from the atlantic and other area of low pressure strengthening with winds bringing some rain. for many eastern parts of the day of may will be dry but there are some sunshine for a while with thickening clapboard ingrained they will be heavy over the hills. strengthening winds and gail's going to the adversity into western parts of scotla nd to the adversity into western parts of scotland and once again. southerly ores of scotland and once again. so the late or so they actually mild and for many parts of england and welcome of those temperatures in double figures once again. as you move to friday, we will see a few showers around but for the weekend, just in time for the weekend, one of these, not seen this very often it all, an area of high—pressure music and will see a bit blowing across the lower parts of the uk but on the hokum of the winds will turn lighter and turning drier and some sunshine but it will bea drier and some sunshine but it will be a bit colder day and night. this is beyond 100 days. with me, katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london our top stories: britain, france and germany trigger a formal dispute process over iran's violations of the 2015 nuclear deal. if the agreement is not saved, the europeans may re—impose sanctions on tehran. house speaker nancy pelosi says a vote on sending articles of impeachment to the senate will take place on wednesday. the trial could begin within days. coming up in the next half hour: the us gave its warning about huawei — now the uk is weighing up the security concerns on using the chinese technology in its 5g network. plus, how the houston astros went from baseball champions to a disgrace — after an investigation shows their win—at—all—costs practices were breaking the rules. us officials have warned the uk it "would be madness" to use huawei technology in the country's 5g network, presenting evidence to their uk counterparts yesterday which they say proves there are security risks, in allowing the chinese firm to build britain's future telecommunications network. the visit by the us delegation comes ahead of a uk decision which is due next month, on whether to allow huawei to participate. borisjohnson said today he is not going to compromise the uk's security, but he has pressed huawei's critics to explain what the alternative would be. the british public deserve to have access to the best possible technology. i've talked about infrastructure, we want to put in a gigabit broadband for everybody. now, if people oppose one brand or another, then they have to tell us what the alternative is. let's speak now to baroness pauline nevillejones, former uk security minister and chair of the britishjoint intelligence committee, she joins us from westminster. is there some unseen intelligence that the british government has not had that the british government has not ha d a ccess that the british government has not had access to that might force a change of heart? naturally, i do not know what is in the american dossier, but up to no i don't think the us has produced evidence of a kind that has convinced the uk of the dangers, because they don't know for case. the uk have for quite some time had surveillance operation in the uk through which all huawei power and elements and all the elements of technology that the uk has employed have passed. so far as i know, i have overheard from collea g u es i know, i have overheard from colleagues in the intelligence services, they have said that they have never found evidence of the kind of cheating, trap doors or back routes into the system, which huawei are routes into the system, which huawei a re often routes into the system, which huawei are often accused. they have complained about poor engineering and usually huawei have responded. but that is the situation now. there is no chinese company that is independent of the chinese state so does not stand to reason that if there was a major crisis between the two countries that the chinese state would have access to the uk's network? i suppose it is what you consider to be access. you are right to say that the future is not necessarily what has happened in the past. i accept that that is a valid point so it'll be interesting no what the interest of us has a future intentions. it is also the case that that company is subject to chinese law. our companies are as under similar constraints in terms of uk law, so does not the most compelling point. obviously, what huawei does is very important. it is wrong to suggest that we would allow huawei to build the system. i think the question, as far as the uk are concerned, is there appears to be a disagreement in the us and the uk weather you can legitimately and safely employ components from huawei in some parts of the system. i don't think there has never been any intention that those networks on which intelligence evidence and data travels would in any way as component of that kind. it is not as if there is one single system and no brea ks if there is one single system and no breaks on it and no separate networks. intelligence material travels on very secure networks already, and that won't change. can ijust ask you already, and that won't change. can i just ask you more about the notion of back doors are what huawei may have been doing? my understanding of us intelligence experts is that sabotage of that kind, particularly in the telecommunications field, is very difficult to detect because of the wire trips that are involved. there may be that there is some back door but we have not been able to detect it. are you concerned about that a possibility? you have to be concerned about mistakes being made, but unless one considers that the uk experts who have been engaged in the monitoring of huawei components do not know theirjob and cannot actually detect these things, i think at some point you have to trust your own system and you do have to trust your own experts and their competence. i am have to trust your own experts and their competence. iam puzzled by this argument which is being conducted in public, which is unusual. normally these disagreements are not conducted in this fashion. i do think there is a quite separate issue, not separate but related, we do need a western strategy on our relationship with chinese technology and the extent to which we allow the investment of china into our technology companies. there is a very big issue there but it is not the one being discussed. it has been focused on huawei. thank you very much. i was looking at tweets from the former speaker, a donald trump speaker —— supportive. i don't think he was pointing the finger at boris johnson but i think he was saying that if they were telling huawei that if they were telling huawei that the uk can't have it, why is there not a alternative? why not an american alternativesso i think he pointing the finger at previous administrations that have allowed american companies to get into such a state. yes, and companies like at&t couldn't see what disruption was coming with the new smartphone layout which huawei did. so, elsewhere in that bbc interview borisjohnson said the chance of the us handing over anne sacoolas, the woman suspected of causing the death of british teenager harry dunn, in a car crash — are "very low". an extradition request was made last friday. the british government says it is "making every effort" to secure justice for the 19—year—old's family. the us state department has said the extradition request for the suspect, who has been charged over the incident, is highly inappropriate. in a moment we will speak to radd seiger, spokesman for the dunn family. first though, here's what the prime minister had to say. i think it is right we have made the appeal for extradition. i have to be absolutely clear with you, i think the chances of america actually responding by sending back anne sacoolas to this country are very limited. that is not with the do, but we continue to make every effort that we can. mr seigerjoins us now from denver. great to have you with us. where have you got to it with this extradition request? the government have weighed in but we have you got to in the legal process? the extradition request went in on friday and it goes into the legal box no in the united states and it is handled by the state department and the department ofjustice, were good people like lawyers are going to go through the legal process. that is where we are at. is a the business of the courts? do they make a decision on the extradition request or does it come down to what the administration wants? the first phase of it is a legal one, it goes and the courts, purely to make sure that the request is in accordance with the requirements in the treaty, but ultimately it is a political decision at in the hands of the secretary of state, mike pompeo. but until we get to that point we had agreed all the british officials and i in london and washington would make no comment about the prospects of success and we would simply take ita of success and we would simply take it a step at a time. easing it is unhealthy for the prime minister to weigh in on this? you know as well asido weigh in on this? you know as well as i do that when leaders of countries speak, everybody listens to their words. for the prime minister to come out this morning and say that the prospects are very low and then to say that america doesn't do that, it is absolutely wrong in that respect because the united states have never once turned down an extradition request from the uk in the long history of the treaty. what is absolutely clear to me is that officials in london and washington are working 20 47 to bring anne sacoolas back home —— 2a hours seven days a week. for the prime minister to come out and see what is that this morning, certainly of the harry dunn are criticising the process. it is like sending your army into battle but saying you are going to lose. if you do lose this extradition request, what are the options available to harry dunn's family? firstly, i don't think we are going to lose it. then i think i would go back to the position we had with the officials, we will cross that bridge will become too. boris johnson is forcing my hand. there is a number of things that this campaign and its supporters can do, and are millions of supporters. we do not feel safe living around these bases any more and harry dunn's supporters are in the mood to keep them and shot them. i would really rather not go there because things are going so well, certainly in private with the discussions i've been having, let us cross that bridge when we come to it. it seems to me that borisjohnson went way off piste this morning making those comments. thank you very much. the prime minister borisjohnson has formally rejected calls, from scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon for a second independence referendum. in a letter to nicola sturgeon, mrjohnson said he wouldn't agree to transfer the necessary powers to the scottish parliament for a new vote. she's responded defiantly, saying scotland will get the right to decide its own future. at least six people have been killed and more than a dozen injured after a sinkhole swallowed a bus in northwest china, then causing an explosion. several people fell into the sinkhole as it spread, eventually covering an area of ten metres in diameter. at least four people are still thought to be missing. sinkholes are common in china and are blamed on the country's rapid pace of development. pop star billie eilish has recorded the title track for the new james bond film, no time to die. the us singer, who turned eighteen last month, is the youngest artist in history to write and record a theme for the franchise. the young musician called the assignment "a huge honour", saying "james bond is the coolest film franchise ever to exist." the former pope, benedict, has asked for his name to be removed from a book co—authored with an ultra—conservative cardinal supporting celibacy among priests. sources close to benedict say he didn't write the book or agree to have his name added as an author. the publication has been criticised as a challenge to the current pope, francis, as he decides whether to relax the rules on priestly celibacy for married men in the amazon region who want to be ordained. pope benedict and i have history. i was there in 2007 as a roving correspondent and panorama had done this big exposing of paedophiles in the catholic church and there was an allegation that some were being protected and vascular walls. they brought me and i said that they didn't like this form and i said that we all work differently within the bbc and i wasn't like that. i was covering tony blair's last visit to the vatican and were waiting in the corridor, somebody asked if i would like to be the point afterwards and i said, yes! so i went in and it is very germanic voice he said, are! the bbc! and i thought he was going to start on panorama and will be responsible but, in fact, panorama and will be responsible but, infact, he panorama and will be responsible but, in fact, he was in the hitler youth as a young man. in fact he was the gunner in an anti—aircraft unit near munich. he had listened to the bbc as a young man. it was his way to find out what was really going on, aside from all the propaganda he was hearing in germany, and he listens to the bbc on this day. this is beyond 100 days. still to come, we wave goodbye to nigel evans, mp and frequent contributor to this programme, so he can take up his politically neutral role as a deputy speaker in the commons. in the last few hours a deal has been struck to try to save the troubled airline flybe from collapse. flybe is the uk's largest regional operator. our business editor simon jack explained the government's plans to keep the airline afloat. was like they have said that they are going to the airport passenger tax on the run up to the next budget no. that is a tax of £13 on every domestic flights. a lot of said that it has damaged the industry and the government has pledged to review that. that is angered a lot of green lobby groups, seeing that cutting that for passages was not consistent with environmental targets. the government say they will do it in line with environmental targets. flybe or a lot of money in arrears and there will be conversations with hmrc and the government to see how we can get that paid. deferring some of the money that the audio is promising that taxes will be lower in the future, consistent with environmental targets, that is going to bea environmental targets, that is going to be a very difficult thing to sort out. a lot of people are very anxious about this story. many people work directly for the headquarters of flybe and hundreds more supply services to the airline year. there is great news for the people who rely on these services because a place like the isle of man, in germany —— injersey, in aberdeen, flybe is by far the biggest operator and the government realised that it was committed to improving the collectivity of the regions. it was a very fundamental ma nifesto regions. it was a very fundamental manifesto pledge and if this company had gone bust it would have done nothing to further those ambitions. anyone who has tuned into our brexit coverage of recent years will know that very early on we adopted two mp‘s — one from either side of the aisle — who became through the course of it, pretty good sports. nigel evans conservative mp and labour's seema molhotra. nigel of course is the enthusiastic brexiteer, seema the committed remainer. there is always plenty to divide us on brexit — but the lovely thing about these two is that they always battled it out with good humour. you have to be serious about the impact of a no—deal? there's going to be a lot of wounds needed to be healed on both sides. the conservative party is a party that has moved much more to the right, we know that. it is absolutely not true that we would rather run away with it. the labour party are afraid... the issue is... but sadly one half of our brexit duo has been stolen away from us. nigel has been appointed as one of three deputy speakers of the commons. i spoke to him shortly after he was elected to the role by his commons colleagues. this is the problem, nigel evans, the january transfer window. you are always on edge, expecting your biggest stars to be ripped away from you and there we have it. you are leaving us. yeah, sorry. to be deputy speaker? yes. what does a deputy speaker do? well, when the speaker is not in the chair he has got three deputies and we all, sort of, play tag as to who is then going to go in the chair. so i did my first session and it was on the brexit bill, so it could not have been more positive, quite frankly, because that is all i've been talking about with you for the last three years. and you have brought your homework with you? yes, i have. this is the booklet that comes out after each general election and it contains the photographs of every member of parliament. now, there's a lot of them... but so many new faces! 109 new tories alone and part of the problem, of course, is that some of them don't look like their photographs. what do you think seema makes of this? she sent me a wonderful christmas card. i know everybody thought we hated one another, and of course we didn't, we were good friends, she sent me a christmas card and on it she said, i am sure we are going to do lots more 100 days in the future! did she? sorry, seema, sorry! well, here she is, she has sent a message. let's watch. hi nigel. ijust want to wish you all the best and i will certainly miss our sparring on programme. the election may have been won but not all of the arguments on brexit have so i will continue to fight the good fight but wish you all best the in your new role. oh, dearseema. as deputy speaker, you will be able to call her more. i will, because i know her and i know her name. of course, she got that completely wrong, all the arguments have been one. they have all been settled by a general election... let us not have this again! i can get a word in, now! it is wonderful. the freedom! we have really enjoyed having you on the programme for the last few years, it has been a realjoy. we will have to find a replacement but we wish you... you're going to have to start your additions now! will have to think carefully about who we want. we wish you all the success and thank you for being with us. it has been a pleasure. thank you. i think we said that he became friends after doing interviews on this programme. some of you will know, i am a recent convert to baseball. and if you follow it, them you will know that in the world series this year my newly adopted team the washington nationals defeated the houston astros. fair to say it was a bit of a turn—up. because the astros have been one of the best in baseball, they were champs in 2017. but were they playing fair? a major league baseball investigation has concluded the club cheated. the team was using technology to steal signs from their opponents. i know that it is the washington nationals, get it right! the club has been fined $5 million, and for the astros, the clean—up is already under way. they fired their general manager and manager. that championship season in 2017 was the feel—good story the city of houston needed. just that year, it that had been hit by hurricane harvey and catastrophic flooding. joining us now from new york is senior sports writer for time magazine, sean gregory. how involved was this cheating scheme that the houston astros have gone from being the darling are fused into being a shame?“ gone from being the darling are fused into being a shame? it is unique and we have not seen it before in baseball. they brought video monitors to the dugout and the unexpected consequence of that is that they try to cheat. what houston astros did, after the had discussions, used a tv monitor near the dugout, try to decode the pictures signals, then the band on a trash can to communicate to the batter so they had an advantage, knowing what pitt was coming. a former houston astros player blew the whistle this off—season and went public with what was going on in houston a few years ago and it continued in the 2018 season. the punishment is severe. the team's general manager and hughes is department manager have been fired. they were the darling man of baseball for years and they have been done in by banging on a trash can, which is not exactly a high—tech way to go down. can, which is not exactly a high—tech way to go downlj can, which is not exactly a high-tech way to go down. i am trying to work out why nobody noticed why someone was smashing a trash can through every game! the irony of this, it seems to me, these two men built a team so touted that they could probably have won anyway, right! there are still some questions as to whether the scheme provided an advantage. the manager, it sounds like it was torn because he probably figured it was a distraction to the batter. at one point, the report says that the manager tried to damage the monitor, he was so mad at it, but at the same time you didn't ask the players to stop so that is why he was suspended for a year stop so that is why he was suspended fora yearand stop so that is why he was suspended for a year and ultimately fired from houston astros. thank you very much for coming in. iwas houston astros. thank you very much for coming in. i was hoping to get some free tickets to the nationals next year but i think i have just blown out. i will get it either, i mixed up the names. i am not quite as refined yet. we will see all of you tomorrow. hello, there. tomorrow should be a quieter day weather—wise. today, it was the turn of england and wales in particular to see the wet and increasingly windy weather. this weather watcher picture taken earlier on today along the south coast in hampshire. some very big and very dangerous waves, and there's still some high tides to come this evening. these are the earlier wind gusts. it's been very windy notjust along the south coast, but even across parts of lincolnshire. the highest gusts have been in more exposed parts of snowdonia and also on the isle of wight. and it's this weather system here that's been squeezing the isobars, strengthening the winds, blowing in all that cloud and bringing some outbreaks of rain. that area of low pressure there, that's what's left of storm brendan that we had yesterday. still quite cold air, mind you, across scotland, particularly central and northern parts of the country, where we had a covering of snow earlier on today. and there'll be some more wintry showers overnight tonight. now, the winds will gradually ease down overnight. the rain continues across the south east of england, east anglia. some heavy rain over the downs. and we'll see some clearer skies following showers towards the north—west, particularly in scotland, where we're more likely to get some icy conditions once again, and we mayjust have some frost and ice in the far north of england and northern ireland. tomorrow, we'll see the back of this rain in the south east of england through the morning, and then the sunshine comes through. the breeze will blow in a few showers. most of them fairly frequent showers affecting the north of northern ireland and into the north west of scotland. those snow levels rising a bit through the day. and it may not be quite as cold for scotland and northern ireland, but a cooler day than today for more southern parts of england and wales. but at least we'll have the sunshine and it won't be as windy. but it's probablyjust a brief respite because we're going to find the next weather system arriving in from the atlantic. another area of low pressure strengthening the winds and bringing some rain. for many eastern parts through the day, it may well be dry. there's some sunshine for a while. thickening cloud brings this rain, which is going to be heavy over the hills. strengthening winds, gales blowing through the irish sea into western parts of scotland once again. it's a southerly or southeasterly wind, so it's going to be mild, and for many parts of england and wales, those temperatures will be in double figures once again. now, as we move into friday, so we'll see a few showers around, but for the weekend, just in time for the weekend, one of these. we're not seeing this very often at all, an area of high pressure moves in. now, it will still be a bit blowy across northern parts of the uk, but on the whole, the winds will be turning lighter. it's turning drier, there'll be some sunshine, but it will be a bit colder day and night. this is bbc news. the headlines: the government has agreed a rescue deal for regional airline flybe to keep the company operating. the company says delighted with the agreement which the government says enables the connectivity of millions of people. flybe will continue connecting regions and making sure people can get around, some 9 million people a year which is fantastic news and people can book will —— with com plete people can book will —— with complete confidence which is brilliant. children abused by grooming gangs were failed by manchester police and local authorities, according to an official report. the committee says children were suffering ‘the most profound abuse', but the authorities failed to protect them. i want to say that i am personally discussed at that these children were not cared for, and the awful abuse they suffered