the top officers in the entire british. they were borrowed from the british military. legion was paid for entirely by a subsidy that the handed to the jordanians every year. when i mentioned to you before bout how we didn't realize there were these conflicts between arabs. nasser most wanted, one of his main goals, was to drive the and his ut of jordan, conflict with israel. he was using the conflict with israel. border war going on. foment unrest in jordan, it was a very complicated picture. was d to say that israel the primary concern. he knew very well that nasser as gunning for him and was using the israel question to go after him. >> you mentioned john dulles was an antisemight. was his brother, allen? >> i think so. word 't use the "antisemight" in the book and i very consciously different and saying here, i felt a little uncomfortable about it. antisemitic he had attitude snoos what about ike? no, i never saw any suggestions. eisenhower simply bought the israel was alienating the arabs. thought it was an interesting question of eisenhower. i don't have this in t

again with some british involvement. lancewas some british par of the u-2's. on the first of may 1960, one was shot down deep over soviet territory. shortly afterwards the photographic coverage of american satellites became operational and there for no more plant overflights -- thened overflights, except first reagan administration. ussr and its satellites also mounted maritime and air operations. notably by the fleet of so-called trawlers. these were less intrusive than the west's. were moreactions measured in geography made the blockingck efforts -- efforts more dispersed than the west. these activities, both human and technical, felt to elped toionalize -- h institutionalize hostile relationships. on the other side of the coin, intelligence capability provided western governments with reassurance against being surprised. achievementican-led was a worldwide, near real-time monitoring of soviet armed forces activities, to revive morning of the attack that never came. -- to provide warning of the attack that never came. presidents never believed there would be

the top officer in the entire army were british. they were borrowed from the british military. the arab legion was paid for entirely by a subsidy that the british handed to the jordanians every year. and when i mentioned before about how we did not realize there were these conflicts between the arabs, what nasser wanted was to drive the british out of jordan. his conflict with israel, he was using the conflict with israel in order to ferment unrest in jordan. it is a very complicated picture. king hussein knew that. he probably had to say israel was the enemy, king hussein knew very well that nasser was gunning for him and was using the israel question to go after him. >> was alan douglas and anti-might best -- an anti-semite. >> i did not use that term in the book. i would say he had anti-somatic -- anti-semetic attitudes? >> eisenhower, it is an interesting question, eisenhower is the only president, he is the only president to have converted religion while in office. 10 days after inauguration he converted to presbyterianism. if you had asked eisenhower, first of all he woul

i assume, for the british, even more so. her but it wasn't only on the british side and in brussels, all parties at the moment trying to sound friendly and constructive as this news came out. catherine, do you think there is any sense that the risks of brexit have been overstated? catherine: no. i mean, in terms of the risks being overstated, we have so far seen that all of those scare stories about the economy have not so far come to fruition. melinda: which theresa may said in her remarks. however, the economy is flourishing the brexit hasn't started yet. to see what happens when they unravel the details of all of these laws. task they aree confronting is in or miss. there are only 400,000 civil servants and at the same time, negotiating with it e.u. on all of these treaties amounting 40 years of legal documentation -- they will be trying to negotiate new trade packs with other countries. ?elinda: will they be many people on the you side say no, they cannot simultaneously negotiate the divorce and try to get bilateral trea

european deeply regret the decision of the british people. i really wish we would have chosen to remain and share the destiny of the european union and our efforts to build a better future for our people and a greater european influence globally. but unfortunately, the decision is what it is. we have to respect that decision. if the people in the united hopeom feel unhappy, i through the political process they will let that be known. thethose who believe in european future for the united kingdom will continue to make their voices heard. democracies and we have to go with the outcome of the democratic process. mistake to put this up to a vote? guest: i couldn't possibly comment on that. it is a decision of the british government to hold the referendum. thethis is the way in which british government and people have decided to address that issue. we can only respect the democratic process and the outcome of it. that i deeply regret the outcome. i don't think it is in the uk's best interest or in the best interest of the rest of us in thepe but t

on the uk, and british people living on the continent. 0ver the uk, and british people living on the continent. over the past weeks we the continent. over the past weeks we have repeatedly heard from our british friends and also during my visit to london that they are ready to agree on this issue quickly. we have repeatedly heard from our british friends, also during my visit in london, that they are ready to agree on this issue quickly. but i would like to state very clearly that we need real guarantees for our people to live, work and study in the uk and the same goes for the brits. the commission has prepared a full list of rights and benefits that we want to guarantee for those affected by brexit. in order to achieve sufficient progress, we need achieve sufficient progress, we need a serious british response. i want to assure you that as soon as the uk offers real guarantees for our citizens, we will find a solution rapidly. thank you. the president of the european —— european commission. he speaks in french. translation: this'll be presented by michel barnier at a press conf

the british government toughens its rhetoric over russia's involvement in the syrian civil war. this is the well‘s largest humanitarian crisis that we are seeing and the world has come together, our counterparts across europe, in america... the foreign secretary faces criticism for his decision to pull out of a trip to moscow. the snp calls him a us puppet, labour says diplomacy must continue. more than 30 people are killed in separate bomb blasts at church services in two egyptian cities. a rare honour — the body of pc keith palmer, who was stabbed to death last month, is taken to the palace of westminster ahead of his funeral tomorrow. also in the next hour... commemorating the fallen of the first world war. around 20,000 people, many canadian, are in northern france to remember the 100th anniversary of the battle of vimy ridge. mercedes‘ lewis hamilton has won the chinese grand prix in shanghai, beating ferrari's sebastian vettel, who finished second. and in half an hour, charting the rise of china's snooker superstar, in enter the dragon. good afternoon and welcome to

let's move voice of the british empire. let's m ove o nto voice of the british empire. let's move onto their finest. british film crew attempting to morale during the second world war. what's not to like? in this film, they have bill nighy and gemma arterton. they wanted to make authenticity and optimism shine out to boost morale through the war. hgppy to boost morale through the war. happy news wasn't enough. stiff upper lip, chocs away for their finest, directed by denmark's lone scherfig. this goes back to the 19405, scherfig. this goes back to the 1940s, gemma arterton making her way asa 1940s, gemma arterton making her way as a script girl, directing slop dialogue. a romantic dialogue in movies. here she is, elbowing her way and find her voice on the set. even taking bill nighy who plays a washed—up actor, ambrose hillyard. an example, actor, ambrose hillyard. an example, a mention of the clever code, i may say that would be the first clever thing that she's done in her life! laughter just a dash of humour and further along... excuse me... certainly. no, no... it

so while she is living there working as a british agent, a flash cable comes into the british headquarters on 5th avenue manhattan, where their intelligence service was located, and is said, the admiralty desperately needs the vichy naval ciphers. i -- of the italian naval ciphers. they did not have to explain why the italian naval ciphers were so desperately needed. it was well known that the british fleet was spread perilously thin across the eastern mediterranean and that they had been attacked en masse, they could be in a bottle -- it could be a debacle. betty is told by her handler that there is an admiral in washington who has control of these ciphers. can you get them? it just so happens that betty's family knew alberto before the war, and he had known betty when she was a 12-year-old girl. now betty was determined to show him she had become a woman. so betty meets the admiral, in his 60's and portly, two grown children and wife, but betty invites them over to her house, and it is not long before he is seeing betty twice a week and spending the night at her house in georgetown. duri

the british elections injune. —— negotiations. in germany brexit is not the most important issue so i don't really see that that is a big hindrance just because of the german elections. 0ne one of the 27 leaders is the premise of luxembourg and i asked him shortly after the summit ended in his view of what has been agreed. we have all agreed that they want to start negotiating. if we stay together as 27 and take decisions together as 27 and take decisions together we will be much more strong than 27 single countries want to negotiate with the uk. the british have said they want simultaneously to talk about future relationships, trade relationships and at the same time the divorce settlement, how much you have to pay the eu, the rights of the eu nationals in britain. you have said that can't happen. why can't it happen side—by—side at the same time? happen. why can't it happen side-by-side at the same time? we have first to do the past to be able to discuss about the future. i really have to tell you i'm about surprised about t

it is not clear at this stage whether the british man was someone this stage whether the british man was someone who this stage whether the british man was someone who was this stage whether the british man was someone who was visiting. there are 20,000 british people currently living in sweden. another piece of information we got from that press conference was about the suspect, the man they believe was driving the truck, a 39—year—old from uzbekistan. police confirmed that he applied for permanent residency, which was turned down and he was due to be deported. that had not taken place. there will be a lot of questions asked in the coming hours and days about that. police are saying that there are a huge number of cases like his — 3000 in stockholm and 10,000 around the country — so clearly dealing with a backlog. they also confirmed that they understand that he has been sympathising with the group known as is. sympathising with the group known as i s. they are sympathising with the group known as is. they are doing everything sympathising with the group known as i s. they a

close toped over hundreds of thousands of horses and other livestock to the british, and then the british would send it into france and other locations that they were fighting on. so the united states, even though they weren't fighting until 1917, they had a very pivotal role in the course of thed war i with regards to logistics that were involved. host: i think you mentioned the germans that strapped explosives -- the soviets, i'm sorry. did the united states ever do that? chelsea: not that i know of. there were some unusual experiments with animals in war in the 1950's and 1960's, where they tried to use animals more as formal weapons, but that was not a big thing for the united states. the united states used more traditional roles for war dogs that they continue to use today. host: did any of the training ever begin to get pushback in america from organizations like the aspca or other animal where fair -- animal welfare groups with mark -- groups? chelsea: there is always been inhback in varying degrees united states, and in britain during world war i and world war ii, but one of the t

the british government chose not to. chose to keep that massive amounts of food and alcohol with an ireland, they chose not to. some of those attitudes prevailed today. the most frightening attitude in the 1840's is when we say poverty is the -- there were attitudes. we shouldn't do too much to help people in ireland because it is their own fault. there are very much parallels between the 1840's and our world today. >> when people are hungry you feed them. the first reaction is you feed the people. you can reform them later. but the immediate need is to feed them. charity in the 19th century, in the 20th century does wonderful things. on the scale we see today, is simply not adequate. the first response would be to feed the hungry. >> certainly it was a lesson applied by people who were rescued from the famine or children from the famine refugees. that was a very heavy involvement of irish men and women and charitable activities in the boston area. the founding of orphanages, hospitals. and educational institutions to ta

i would say that the americans were greatly influenced by the british. the british pioneered the public spectacle and taking the fight to the street. there were mass parades in hyde park and the shocking sight of women standing on soapboxes giving speeches to men without chaperone and there was a great deal of creativity. there were famous artistic posters depicting the plight of women and the need for the vote. many of these tactics were imported to the united states as well as a cross-class coalition. the british movement was the first to recruit working-class and they also recruited celebrity society ladies and the coalition gave them a vast constituency and also publicity. >> and that was done in the united states? >> very famously, harriet stanton, who had lived in britain for 20 years and she returned to america at the turn-of-the-century and she imports many of these tactics. she reaches out to trade unions. she forms suffragette groups. she reaches out to socialites and the form suffrage groups. there is a feeling that the coalition will benefit

in order to achieve sufficient progress, we need a serious british response. i want to assure you that as soon as the uk offers real guarantees for their citizens we will find a solution rapidly. theresa may is campaigning in scotland this afternoon for the first time since calling the general election. the conservatives hold one scottish seat at westminster but opinion polls suggest support for the party in scotland is growing. mrs may says a vote for her party is a vote for the union. my message to the people of scotland is clear. every vote for me and my team will strengthen my hand in the brexit negotiations. that will strengthen the union, strengthen the economy and the uk and scotland together will flourish. because if scotland is flourishing, the rest of the united kingdom is flourishing, too. and that is really important, because as prime minister for the united kingdom, i want to see every part of our country succeed. scotland's first minister and snp leader nicola sturgeon has been campaigning in glasgow this morning, telling supporters that only her

she has ignored the british people, british businesses, british public sector and the national health service, and now, what is now clearly another act of putting 1's party before 1's country, she has chosen an early election, let us not by this nonsense because that you need a mandate to deliver brexit, the labour party has given her a mandate to deliver brexit, she is acting upon a narrow majority of the referendum in 2016, not for the moment... let us all be very clear and honest. she has chosen, she has chosen this election because she looked across the dispatch box and could not resist the temptation of doing the political equivalent of taking candy from a baby and facing a labour party in a general election. she expects... she expects a coronation and not a contest, and thatis a coronation and not a contest, and that is why the liberal democrats relish the challenge of a general election. i will give way to my neighbour. i am very grateful for him giving way. just about that coronation, will he rule out a coalition with the conservatives? the problem we face in this country is t

of their catch comes from british waters. if access is blocked it will have a huge impact on revenue. >> however we negotiate, we will lose out. >> time for some more business news making headlines around the world. barclays ceo is facing a significant pay cut and sanctions from british regulators. publicly pushed for the highest ethical standards and his bank and said he made an honest mistake in investigating this whistleblower. is launchingngland investigations into the bank's handling of the situation. honda has debuted its very first private jet. it is a luxury light aircraft with a base price of $4.85 million. the company intends to deliver 60 more in the next fiscal year. has pulled nearly all of his albums from spotify. he has said platforms do not properly compensate artists for their work. his music will only be available al.his rival service tid a mexican shop has a special treat for customers and their four-legged friends. >> if you have ever wanted to show your ice cream with your dog, you are in luck. an ice cre

now, more from the british house of commons this past week, when british prime minister theresa may announced the start of formal negotiations for uk's exit from the european union. this is 35 minutes. explosion. >> order. statement, the prime minister. >> thank you, mister speaker. today the government act on the democratic will of the british people and acts too on the clear and convincing position of this house. a few minutes ago in brussels the united kingdom's permanent representative to the eu handed a letter to the president of the european council on my behalf confirming the government decision to invoke article 50 of the treaty on the european union. the article 50 process is now underway and in accordance with the wishes of the british people the united kingdom is leaving the european union. this is a historic moment from which there can be no turning back. britain is leaving the european union. we are going to make our own decisions and our own laws, we are going to take control of the things that matter most to us and we are going to take this opportunity to build a stronger, fair

then the situation for british military basesin the situation for british military bases in cyprus. finally, something which has attracted attention, the suggestion that spain will have to be consulted separately about anything to do with gibraltar. what have the other eu leaders been saying about the guidelines? let's listen first to be president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker. we will negotiate in a friendly and fairway, and we are not naive. there will be no sanctions, the punishment, nothing of that kind. but britain has to know they have to honour the commitments and the former commitments. we have heard from angela merkel she is worried that maybe illusions in the uk about how the negotiations will proceed. what about in france? we do not know who will be the next president but it could be emmanuel macron. what does he have to say?|j do not want to be in a situation to have a smooth brexit, just for the rest of one sector or one business. so what happens next? the guidelines have to be turned into formal because heating directives. that is due to happen at a

a british man chris bevington died, he was 41. in a statement, his family said... the family request absolute privacy at this incredibly difficult time to mourn his passing in peace. police say the suspect, a 39—year—old man from uzbekistan, had been facing deportation and is known to have extremists intervenes. at a news conference, officers also give further details of the victims. there are two swedish citizens among the deceased, and there are two foreign citizens. and the countries‘s embassies are being contacted, as we speak. the countries's embassies are being contacted, as we speak. the uk foreign office said it was supporting the family of chris bevington in sweden and in the uk. it said it would stand shoulder to shoulder with sweden as they deal with the tragedy. simonjones, bbc news. at correspondences at a vigil remembering the victims. there was a minute's silence to commemorate the victims. here, tens of thousands of people from stockholm have gathered to show their solidarity and their love for their solidarity and their love for their country

now, more from the british house of commons this past week, when british prime minister theresa may announced the start of formal negotiations for uk's exit from the european union. this is 35 minutes. explosion. >> order. statement, the prime minister. >> thank you, mister speaker. today the government act on the democratic will of the british people and acts too on the clear and convincing position of this house. a few minutes ago in brussels the united kingdom's permanent representative to the eu handed a letter to the president of the european council on my behalf confirming the government

however, i went to the british championships to find out how british skiing is being brought in from the cold and been let —— and being led by one man in particular. the dawn of what many believe could be a gold new era for british skiing and leading the way, on top of the world, dave ryding. he specialises in slalom and this season stunned the world by coming second in a world cup race in austria. there's no way i can keep up with dave. following in his wake like many others indeed, inspired by his success, the first briton since 1981 to make the podium of a world cup race. it was a life changing moment. especially in austria, the home of skiing, they were going crazy for it. obviously over the moon. i never really planned to get on a podium or anything but ijust kept on working over the years, and yeah, to do it here, like the wembley of alpine skiing, it was awesome. he started off at a dry slope in lancashire while still in primary school and really honed his skills on this surface. it was several years before he first raced on snow and has since been to two winter olympics a

she was the most powerful women in the british empire. at the end of world war i, the borders of arabia were being drawn. she was very much involved in that with winston churchill, riding into the desert, a redoubtable british colonial figure, intrepid explorer, part spy, part stateswoman, part antiquarian. in the arab world, she learned farsi, she understood everything. magnificently played by tilda swinton, as you would expect. what is well done in the documentary, directed by two women, they resurrected these letters, finding brilliant archive footage from baghdad and damascus — all of that stuff we see on the screen now. the sphinx is an apt figure as gertrude bell stares out. there's footage now from the region which is war—torn and ravaged. war was always something in that sand, but there is an elegance to it, a kind of colonial innocence in that footage which is beautiful. it really summons up a lost time. gertrude bell's voice rings out as a lost voice of the british empire. let's move on to their finest. a british film crew a

host: you mentioned the poor british carrier pigeon, now stuffed, but memorialized. did americans memorialize dogs and other animals who served in the wars? chelsea: one of the biggest ones that is really associated with world war i is sergeant stubby. he was a kind of mascot for a specific u.s. unit. over the course of american involvement, he acquired numerous medals. there's photographs of him wearing this beautiful draped cloak filled with metals on both sides for his capturing or alerting the close proximity of german soldiers in world war i to the americans. he has been held up as the prime example for american involvement with regards to animals. another one that has really been memorialized, not so much for his involvement in world war i, even though he was, would be rin-tin-tin. wasn't involved -- chelsea: he was found by an american soldier on the front lines in the western front as a puppy, and they just made him a mascot. he was involved in the trench life for the americans and deployment. when he was brought back, that notoriety from being involved in th

cue defiance from this very gibraltarian and british cabbie. you can close the border down, you can starve us economically. at the end of the day, who ever remains here in gibraltar, there is only one person, one gibraltarian, gibraltar will still be british and gibraltarian under that one gibraltarian. and gibraltarian under that one that's all that counts, that's all that matters. britain's support for this british territory, today unflinchingly. territory, today unflinching. britain's support for this british territory, today unflinching. but there is concern here about what brexit will mean. we've just got to look at the interest and 30,000 people in gibraltar, and that importance to them. i don't think so. and that importance to them. somehow we always manage to get by, so i'm sure we will find a way. gibraltar‘s moneymaking machine is a success story and its relationship with the eu has helped that happen. paul graham owns an investment company here. gibraltar desperately, from the financial services, but from all the other trade, we ne

for example, the british did a reenactment of the battle of the somme. this is actual footage taken in the united states or overseas. susan: this is the background of what the u.s. into the war. allison, take us into that decision. allison: the entry of the united states into the war is still interesting. scholars still debated until today. what they are showing on the screen here is the u-boat, where they were attacking civilians or supposedly civilian ships. this caused a lot of tension between the u.s. and germany. some scholars cite this as one of the factors that led to the u.s. entering the first world war. particularly what the people are most familiar with, the sinking of the lusitania. susan: this is remarkable footage they were able to get, the american or allied vessels. mitchell: i agree. i mean, the fact that the cameras were so, i guess, antiquated. and the fact that certainly these surroundings would have shook from the reverberation of the torpedoes hitting the ships. susan: we are seeing president wilson. how controversial inside the hal

continent. 0ver british people living on the continent. over the past weeks we have repeatedly heard from our british friends and also during my visit to london that they are ready to agree on this issue quickly. but i would like to state very clearly that we need real guarantees for our people to live, work and study in the uk and the same goes for the brits. the commission has prepared a full list of rights and benefits that we want to guarantee for those affected by brexit. in order to achieve sufficient progress, we need achieve sufficient progress, we need a serious british response. i want to assure you that as soon as the uk offers real guarantees for our citizens, we will find a solution rapidly. that was donald tusk speaking a short time ago as the summit ended. i have been talking to the prime minister of luxembourg, who said that the unity that a 27 leaders here have shown is very, very important, but only for the european union but for britain. we all agreed that we want to start to negotiate everyone‘s single topic because e

the british people understand very well what is going on coming year. a conservative government, which is maintaining growth, which has unemployment down to record levels, and a steadily closing deficit, and a labour party which remains as fiscally incontinent as ever. and given a chance, would wreck this economy once more. not one word of apology. no contrition whatsoever. from a chancellor who has broken his promises to be british people, and still failing to deliver on a ma nifesto still failing to deliver on a manifesto delivered only 23 months ago. they are entering this election having scheduled £70 billion worth of tax giveaways, for whom? for the superrich and corporations. they are entering the election with £2 billion unaccounted for. or they use this opportunity to put on record that they will rule out raising vat, in contact, and will he commit to legislation to prevent the triple lock. if the tories cannot be straight with the british people, labour will be. mr speaker, the truth is promises made from that side of the house are not worth

when eventually our british women given the right to vote? >> it is difficult to say. , it is not greatly known that women in the united states, some of them had voting the federale amendment is ratified in 1920. as early as the 1890's, states like colorado, where we are now, wyoming was the first, many states in the west start to grant women the right to vote. it is said that perhaps with some satire that the states are being settled and need to but manyomen to join, states start adopting suffrage at the municipal level, sometimes women are granted school suffrage to vote in school board elections, but the bulk of the country, behold the country gets suffrage in 1920 when the 19th amendment is ratified. in britain, women are granted the right -- women of 30 years and older who have property are granted the right to vote in 1918. 1928, allater, in women over 21 are granted the right to vote. >> does any of your research show either suffragette movement emulating each other? >> very much. there is a great correspondence and sharing of ideas ac

we will find out why this tiny british territory has prompted talks of war. first-quarter sales for tesla, the california luxury electric carmakers says there on target to meet goals and raising its forecast. we will find out what gives the pioneer cars some of his charge. we will do that with a man who will be with me in about 60 seconds. stay with us. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ brent: welcome back. our top story this hour, a manhunt is underway following a terrorist attack in the russian city of st. petersburg. it'll make bomb went off on the metro train killing 10 people. another bomb was disarmed before he could explode. authorities have issued arrest warrants for two suspects. now, the tiny british territory of gibraltar right there has sparked a war of words over its future. its atus after britain leaves the european union is prompting concern because spain has demanded a bigger say in the future. that is partly due to geography, as you can see, but gibraltar you have to remember is just off of spain's southern tip. in 1713 after a war involving bri

gibraltar belongs to the gibraltarians and we want to stay british. nothing is going to change that. nobody is going to gut our soul by taking away our british sovereignty. the row over the rock is another brexit complication. every eu state has to approve the brexit deal but spain was taken aback after a senior tory compared the row to the falklands war in the 1980s. translation: it is obvious that in this case — europe and gibraltar — the traditional, british phlegm has been noteable for its absence. today, theresa may calmed the tone of a dispute which had tilted into farce. the notion of a war with spain was always wildly implausible but that dispute goes on and britain will need all the goodwill it can get if it is to get a good deal on brexit. the mission of developing relations outside the european union is vital. the prime minister will carry on with that mission tomorrow. there will be more cash to help jordan's rulers to cope with a massive influx of refugees fleeing syria. the next stop is saudi arabia. it has a human rights record that

they definitely have a british perspective on this, or at least this story comes from a british place. by that i mean if you read between the lines, it seems like part of the motivation of their intelligence sources who are telling on this new information is that they sort of want to brag about the fact that the british and these other intelligence services overseas, they were first to pick up on these dodgy contacts between the trump campaign and the russians. they're sort of bragging about the fact that they were on it. but they are also complaining about how slow america was to pick up on this stuff compared to everyone else in the world. after all, this is intelligence that would be of most importance to the united states. why were american intelligence agencies not first to pick it up? and once it was picked up by these other friendly intelligence agencies, why did america not act on it with more alacrity? one source speaking with the guaranteed said it looks like the u.s. intelligence agencies were asleep. the europe agencies were saying there are contacts going on between peopl

the rain would drift to the heart of the british isles. it will move, so even if it starts wet in northern ireland is, that webby the regime for the rest of the day. i'm doubtful about how far north it will go into the central belt. it does have london's name on it though later on in the day. then we are off and running into the new week. holiday for many on monday. not a bad day in prospect, but it will be on the cool side. watch out for those cold nights. her online videos have been viewed more than one—and—a—half billion times, and feature the likes of michelle obama, bill gates and the rock. last year, lilly singh also became the highest earning female on youtube. so with that sort of media power, it's no surprise the canadian vlogger calls herself superwoman. but after conquering the internet, she now wants to help the rest of us conquer life. we'll speak to lilly in a moment but first, let's take a look at some of her work. iamat i am at howard university. you think you are ready, but you are not ready. i am with the first lady

british mps have voted overwhelmingly to hold a snap election in june. by 522 votes to 13 they backed the prime minister's plans to go to the polls three years early. theresa may says she wants to guarantee stability and strong hand for the brexit negotiations. at least two people have been shot dead in venezuela in protests against the government of president nicolas maduro. a teenager died in the capital caracas and a woman was killed in san cristobal, near the colombian border. tens of thousands took to the streets to demand new presidential elections and the release ofjailed opposition politicians. now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello, and welcome to the programme as mps back theresa may's call for a general election onjune 8th. the ayes to the right, 522. the noes to the left, 13. so, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock. at prime minister's questions, theresa may is challenged over why she won't take part in televised debates, and on her previous promise not to call an early election. she wants us to believe that she is a woman of

she was the most powerful women in the british empire. at the end of world war i, the borders of arabia, mesopotamia as it was known, are being drawn. the borders of iraq. she was very much involved in that with winston churchill, riding into the desert, a redoubtable british colonial figure, intrepid explorer, part spy, part stateswoman, part antiquarian. and very much a woman in two mens' worlds, the british empire and the desert. in the arab world, she learned farsi, she understood everything. brilliantly played by tilda swinton, who's just the sort of bony, eccentric figure that you expect to be playing her. what is well done in the documentary, directed by two women, they resurrected the letters, finding brilliant archive footage from baghdad and damascus — all of that stuff we see on the screen now. the sphinx is an apt figure as gertrude bell stares out at you rather enigmatically throughout. there's footage now from the region which is war—torn and ravaged. we see it there. war was always something in that sand, but there is a

she has ignored the british people, british businesses, the british public sector and the national health service, and now, in another clear act of putting party before country, she has chosen an early election. let's not by this nonsense -- buy this nonsense. we must not buy the nonsense that she needs a mandate to deliver brexit; the labour party has given her that mandate. she is acting upon the narrow majority of the 2016 referendum. not for the moment. let us all be very honest and clear about this -- the prime minister has chosen this election because she looked across the dispatch box and could not resist the temptation of doing the political equivalent of taking candy from a baby and facing this labour party in a general election. she expects a coronation, not a contest. that is why the liberal democrats relish the challenge of a general election. >> given what the honorable gentleman says about a coronation, will he rule out a coalition with the conservatives? mr. farron: the great problem we face is that the prime minister is running on the expectation that there will be no need

so the british might pick up things that the u.s. would not. >> jim, i have a short time here, but how might in affect the investigations going on now. >> we don't know yet. i spoke with a source close to the senate intelligence investigation. they said, if these conversations are relevant to our investigation, we're going to take a hard look at them. >> jim sciutto, thank you. appreciate it. >>> when with ecome back, a closer look at the investigation and what this could mean for the trump administration going forward. stay with me, mr. parker. when a critical patient is far from the hospital, the hospital must come to the patient. stay with me, mr. parker. the at&t network is helping first responders connect with medical teams in near real time... stay with me, mr. parker. ...saving time when it matters most. stay with me, mrs. parker. that's the power of and. i mwell, what are youe to take care odoing tomorrow -10am? staff meeting. noon? eating. 3:45? uh, compliance training. 6:30? sam's baseball practice. 8:30? tai chi. yeah, so

>> nothing but a bunch of british elvis presleys. >> it's not true, it's not true! >> when the beatles arrived, from then on a thousand different things arose. ♪ glad all over >> is it a sex thing or -- >> yes, it's sexual. ♪ >> there was the desire to get power in order to use it for good. ♪ how does it feel >> pop musicians in today's generation, they can rule the world. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ >> yeah, yeah, yeah. this is beatleland, formerly known as britain, where an epidemic called beatlemania has seized the teenaged population, especially female. >> cbs, they do a story on what they probably think is a goofy band from england that's doing quite well. >> these four boys from liverpool with their dishmop hairstyles are britain's latest musical, and in fact, sociological phenomenon. they symbolize the 20th century nonhero, as they make nonmusic, wear nonhaircuts, give nonmercy. meanwhile, yeah, yeah, yeah, this is alexander kendrick in beatleland. >> some little girl heard just a hint of what

i think possibly that's a blow to the british government who wa nted blow to the british government who wanted to do them in parallel but possibly this could be why spain are introducing this idea now because i think they would think if they can get this signed off now, it would put pressure on britain ahead of the trade talks because britain needs to get the trade talks up and running and therefore if things he held up by this spanish question over gibraltar, i think that spain would hope that gives them leverage. it's a surprise, people thought spain wouldn't bring this in, they certainly said they wouldn't but they have. it's a problem for the brexit negotiating team to sort out. another one. thank you very much. two million people are set for a pay rise today, as the national living wage goes up to £7.50 an hour. the change has been broadly welcomed by unions. but employers have expressed concern about the strain of additional costs. here's our business correspondent joe lynam. 23—year—old lewis is already paid more by the national living wage by his employer. he certainly noti

it was the revival for the british people, after a demise beforehand? it would be great if this can get an audience of 30 million in the opening weekend, i don't think it will but this film is very witty, charming and elegantly done. a very good performance from gemma arterton and neatly tied up by the director, lone scherfig, with a good amount of skill. people would think it is a women's picture but it has depth and elegance, and i love the wartime tailoring in the costumes from charlotte walter. i may get one, a decent coat! the best out is get out. it is a horror film? yes, it is out at most cinemas, it isn't a horror film in a scary way, it's about race and is very edgy. there is this depth going on, like the stepford wives, a black guy goes to a white neighbourhood to meet the parents, the parents of his girlfriend... they do not know that her daughter's boyfriend is black? and then they find out, then we realise that maybe they do? it isn't a scary horror film with scary bits going on, it could be a great date movie, it is a really edgy bit of us

and we'll be hearing from one of the stars of british tennis. johanna konta speaks exclusively to breakfast about her dreams of becoming world number one. and matt has the weather. we are serving up a cloudy weather story for you but there will be some brightness here and there. especially to the east of scotland and north—east england. the forecast coming up in15 and north—east england. the forecast coming up in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. jeremy corbyn will set out his pitch to voters this morning as he tries to become the next prime minister. in a speech the labour leader will say that he'll stand up for the british people who "are the true wealth creators, held back by a system rigged for wealth extractors". last night, on the campaign trail, theresa may said the public faced a choice between her "strong and stable leadership" or a "coalition of chaos". here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. the campaigning can start in earnest, now the election date has been set — and the party leaders are wasting no tim