More than a 100 countries defy us warnings and vote against americas decision to recognisejerusalem as israels capital. Were gonna rise up time to take a shot from penniless immigrant to founding father. The hip hop musical hamilton makes its debut in london, the First Showing outside of new york. Get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond one hundred days. Hello and welcome, im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. The people of catalonia have been voting again today two months after a failed attempt to break away from the rest of spain. The polls closed just a few minutes ago. Todays election was called after the Spanish Government sacked the former Regional Government and imposed direct rule. Today the anti independence newspaper el pais called on voters to end the chaos and staunch the wounds, but will it put an end to the divisions in spains most prosperous region . From there, our correspondent James Reynolds reports. After months of crisis, the people of catalonia, all of them, got to vote. No one, it seems, wanted to miss out. In octobers disputed independence referendum this polling station was a scene of chaos, the Spanish Police used force to confiscate ballot boxes. By contrast, this election is organised and orderly, everyone is getting the chance to vote. For some, this is a chance to get even. Spanish Police Violence in october has turned marta into a Pro Independence voter. Translation i want them to listen to us out there in the world. For them to listen to us in spain, in europe. For them to know that the catalan people and catalan sentiment exists and that weve been forgotten. Weve been treated like nobodies. In barcelonas old city, families queued to vote. These Three Sisters split two to one in favour of Pro Independence parties. We havent tried to convince one another, amena admitted. Retired maintenance manjordi wants catalonia to become a republic. Raquel said that she was voting forfreedom from spain. Marta says she wants deposed Pro Independence leader Carles Puigdemont to return. But in working class districts, many voters take the opposite view. Translation if they want independence, they should look for an island and go there, there is spain. For an island and go there, this is spain. Catalonia is spain. Translation i want to see a government that is anti independence because i believe that if the others win our economy will get worse. This election may reveal catalonias divisions, but it wont bring them to an end. James reynolds, bbc news, barcelona. Lets speak to the bbcs tim willcox who will bring us the results this evening from barcelona. 90 went for independence, but less than the electorate came out to vote. So i imagine the gain game todayis vote. So i imagine the gain game today is turnout . Maybe 75968096. That first referendum those people who wanted to stay united with spain said we are not making part its an illegal referendum going along with the line that madrid took of course which led to that process of direct rule and the elections today. Bearin direct rule and the elections today. Bear in mind also this is the most extraordinary election. I mean, unprecedented modern european history. The two leaders of the opposition, the former president ca rles opposition, the former president Carles Puigdemont is in self of imposed ex compile he has been campaigning bya of imposed ex compile he has been campaigning by a hologram. Of imposed ex compile he has been campaigning bya hologram. And another is in prison in madrid. He has been trying to mastermind from events from his prison cell. The key question in the next four few hours will be which side, which block, can form a working coalition to get a majority in the 135 seats catalan parliament. They need 68 to do that. If the independence groups get that, that can only be seen as a defeat for the Prime Minister who tried to get the pro spanish voter on the streets. If the independents win they say its a referendum on the fist referendum on october ist. This isjust agrees what fist referendum on october ist. This is just agrees what was in that first referendum. Campaigning by hologram, its the future. We will be speaking to two catalans with very different views, who voted today, later in the programme. Stay with us for that. You cant see say politics isnt wild around the world at the moment. President trump flies to mar a lago tomorrow, leaving washington in an upbeat mood after passing a tax reform bill that republicans have wanted for years and an economy that is humming. And yet theres a paradox to this unorthodox presidency. After almost a year in office, mr trump is the most unpopular president in history and democrats are picking up electoral victories around the country. In the case of mr trump, political fortunes arent tracking economic successes as they usually do. Maybe that explains the peculiar scene yesterday, after the tax bill was passed, when senior members of the Republican Party lined up to heap praise on the boss. Something this big, something this generational, something this profound could not have been done without exquisite president ial leadership. Mr president , thank you forgetting us over the finish line. Well, let me just say mr president , you made the case for the tax bill, but this has been a year of extraordinary accomplishment for the Trump Administration. Thank you for your boundless faith in the American People and thank you for keeping your promise to see this Congress Deliver the largest tax cut in American History before christmas of this year. Lets get the thoughts of ron christie, our political analyst, who served as an advisor to george w bush. Hejoins us now from san francisco. Ron, we want to get to the tax cuts ina ron, we want to get to the tax cuts in a second and what the impact will be around the country. That scene we saw at the white house, you served in the bush administration. Im trying to imagine president bushs face it lawmakers had lined up and given that praise on camera . Merry christmas to you. George w bush would never have done what we saw yesterday in the south lawn of the white house. President bush was a low key guy. He white house. President bush was a low key guy. He liked white house. President bush was a low key guy. He liked to white house. President bush was a low key guy. He liked to sign legislation once it was presented to him from the house and the senate and get on with. It he was not that sort of person. Donald trump obviously is the art of the deal, the showman, if you will. I think thats more of what we have seen from mrtrump and, thats more of what we have seen from mr trump and, frankly, what i would have expected. Its something that lawmakers have realised that actually in a way, if you want to do business with this president , perhaps its not just lawmakers, other leaders around the world are figuring how to get their best interests from President Trump . No question about that. I think that members of congress, business leaders, world leaders, recognise if you want to stay in the president s good favour its all about the showmanship. Its all about, frankly, what we put on the screen and they recognise if i want to be good with this president , i had better be good on television. Christmas in san francisco. Ron, you are killing me. A lot has been said about this tax cut its only for the rich. I can homework. I think you will like this. Here is a list of Big American Companies who are paying it forward to their workers. At t will give 1,000 bonuses to more than 200,000 employees and invest 1 billion in capital expenditure. Wells fargo is increasing its minimum wage to 15 an hour. On top of another 400 million for non profit organisations. Boeing will commit 300 million to charity and invest in workplaces of the future. Comcast are giving 1,000 bonuses to more than 100,000 employees as well as 50 billion over the next five years to improve broadband capacity. That is the Christmas Present the president is talking about. Merry christmas it will be 65 degrees here in san francisco. I will think about you later on. The the United States had the highest Corporation Tax rate in the world. With this piece of legislation the Corporate Tax rate is reduced to 21 . These ceos of the companies you mentioned, nice home homework, by the way, the companies you mentioned they recognise it really incent vices us to give a little bit to our employees at the end of the year to get them to work harder next year. Perhaps to get more profits, to do more productivity and get better results for the company. Its a smart move. Frankly, this tax bill, while it will benefit 80 of the american taxpayers, there will be losers in this as well. If you live in california, if you live in pennsylvania, new york, high tax states you will lose in this bill. The ceos you identified in that lovely homework assignment recognised lets give Holiday Cheer 110w. Recognised lets give Holiday Cheer now. The democrats say its a win, win. We will use it and ride it all the way to the mid terms. Win. We will use it and ride it all the way to the midterms. A mistake on their part, i believe. Gdp growth here in the United States of 3 . It never happened in the eight years of the obama administration. If the economy goes well in the next year and the stock market continues, citizens will say the tax bill isnt a bad thing. My retirement is doing well and i have more money in my pocket. If the democrats want to play this and use it as a weapon against the republicans you better be care of you wish for. Ok. Ron, its nearly the end of the year. Its been an incredible year in terms of news. I was just wondering, as you look back over the last 11 months. Its been a pleasure having you on the programme, what sticks out to you the most . Well, its been a great year for us. What really sticks out to me, 1789 the United States had a peaceful transfer of power from one president to another. Given the uproarand power from one president to another. Given the uproar and the disappointment of so many in the United States with the elevation of donald trump to be president we did it in donald trump to be president we did itina donald trump to be president we did it in a peaceful and respectful way. You can disagree with his politics, but i think thats what really makes the United States so unique in how we hand off the baton from one leader to another every four years or every eight years. That has been the story for me. The second one, christian i know you will be with on this one, the second is the president ial use of the twitter and how that impacted so many people help has 44. 4 million followers around the world. How many people are look at his every tweet and reacting to it . Not only here in the United States, but around the world . Where would i be without his tweets. They wake me up every morning have a great break. Merry christmas. And to you. We will see you guys 2nd january. Thank you for being with us this year. I looked at the polls since you mentioned them in the introduction. When you compare them at the end of the first year with other president s, for all the success other president s, for all the success of the last few weeks hes right at the bottom of the list. 38. 596 right at the bottom of the list. 38. 5 there. This is one of the tables thatis 5 there. This is one of the tables that is doing the rounds on social media. You compare him to the other president s over the first year. Those are disastrous figures . Yes. He is ten points behind reagan and truman the two next least popular president s at this point in their presidency. That is a big gap. Its almost like you have america, christian, running on two different tracks. The economic track, which we talked about with ron its going along well. The tax cuts, the stock market booming you have wages picking up in the country, unemployment is low. Yet, you have the political track where he is in trouble, clearly according to the opinion polls. Democrats feel they have the wind in their sails going into the mid term elections. How long can the tracks carry on going on different speeds . There will be a collision or will the president defy history as he has done up until now . We will find that out next year. Fascinating year. An interpreter, who visited ten downing street injuly, has been arrested in ukraine on suspicion of spying for russia. The man in the middle here with the glasses is stanislav yezhov. He was arrested yesterday on charges of treason. Here he is again during a meeting in 2016 with the former Vice President joe biden and ukraines newly elected Prime Minister. Earlier today, during her visit to poland, theresa may was asked whether she was aware. Im aware of the reports in relation to the ukrainian individual who attended downing street earlier in the summer. The action thats been taken is a matter for the ukrainian authorities. Lets speak to our ukraine correspondent, jonah fisher. Highly embarrassing for the ukrainians. He is feeding them directly what is being discussed . Hes been sitting in on all the key meetings with which the ukrainian Prime Minister has been holding for the last several years when he has travelled internationally. We have been able to look through some of the past photos. In the official photos you can see in the corner of the screen or in the background somewhere the additional staff who are taking around. He keeps popping up are taking around. He keeps popping up in different photographs. You mentioned joe biden when he was with the ukrainian Prime Minister when he we nt the ukrainian Prime Minister when he went to london this july. Several other pictures of lesser known world leaders. He would have sat in on sensitive discussions. If we take at face value what the ukrainians are saying he was feeding the information he gained back to russia. The russians were being kept briefed on those interesting and sensitive conversations. Thank you very much. I love this story. Imagine what happens to keep the spies out. Checking the lightbulbs, make sure there is no listening devices. There he is in plain sight. Likejohnny english, devices. There he is in plain sight. Like johnny english, he devices. There he is in plain sight. Likejohnny english, he went to russia on a holiday in 2016 and came back with loads of expensive kit and no one noticed and feeding back ever since. He had a russian wife. You would think there would be red flags. We like it because its like Old Fashioned espionage. Who knows what serious secrets he was passing on. I bet they are going through all the records to see what was discussed. Anyway. During the election campaign, donald trump said he wanted to stop sending aid to countries that hate us. Now he seems close to putting that idea into practice. Today, the Un General Assembly voted in favour of a resolution calling on america to abandon its plan to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. 128 countries voted against mr trumps new policy, only Nine Countries voted with america. 35 abstained. Heres the un ambassador, nikki haley, just before the vote. The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the General Assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. We will remember it when were called upon to once again make the Worlds Largest contribution to the United Nations, and we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us, as they so often do, to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit. Before the vote, the Palestinian Foreign minister riyad al maliki, urged Member States to reject blackmail and intimidation. Translation we meet today, not because of any animosity towards the United States of america, but because of its decision which constitutes an aggression on the genuine and natural right of the Palestinian People to the city of Al Quds Al Sharif and the arab nation and all the muslims and christians of the world. Lets get more from our correspondent, nada tawfik, who is at the United Nations in new york. We had the turkish president erdogan saying that he hopes america rescinds the decision in the light of this vote to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. Thats not going to happen, is it . No, absolutely not. What is interesting, when you speak to us officials, they are actually trying to push it was a success are actually trying to push it was a success for the United States. They said the threat has worked. They said the threat has worked. They point to the 35 countries who abstained, far more than anticipated and the 21 countries who didnt even show up. Among them ukraine. Who re ce ntly show up. Among them ukraine. Who recently signed an arms deal with the United States. So they are looking at it saying look at past resolutions critical of israel and look at this vote. You can see that the threats we issued in the last few days, all the way up from President Trump, have had an impact at the United Nations. Certainly, if you look at ambassador haleys remarks she redoubled on those remarks she redoubled on those remarks saying that now they would, as we heard there, look at un funding. So the United States is certainly not backing down you have to remember this was aimed at the domestic audience in the United States. The Trump Administration wanted to make very clear that while there would be another vote criticising israel at the un, which they think is bias against jerusalem, that the Trump Administration would do everything they could to support and stand up for israel here. Ok. Thank you very much for that update. Two interesting abstentions, canada and mexico who are deeply involved in these negotiations at the moment. You can see its a non binding resolution why they might not take the risk. Canada was going to vote in favour and decided after haley spoke and abstained. World leaders figuring out how to deal with the Trump Administration through the course of the year. We have talked about the confusion many of American Allies have on how to deal with this unusual presidency. Why pick a fight with the Trump Administration over a non binding resolution when you have a bigger problem, the future of and a half it. Canada is surprising. You might have expected them to vote against the us given their policies around the world and their policies around the world and their policies around the world and their policies in the middle east, they abstained. Judging by the reaction of the republican voters, a lot of people will be pleased about that. Foreign aid in britain is a contentious issue. Plenty of Trump Supporters who like this . Yes. Its routinely an issue on which if you poll the American Public they think its poll the American Public they think its higher than it actually is of the annual government. Lets get more news from around the world. Police in melbourne say there is no evidence to suggest that there is a terror link to an incident in which a man drove a car into a crowd of people. 19 people were injured in what a Police Spokesman said was a deliberate act. He said the driver was an australian of afghan descent with a history of drug use and Mental Health problems. Pope francis has denounced a cancer of cliques and bureaucrats operating within the holy see in rome. He says traitors within the Vatican Administration have stood in the way of his reforms. It is as hard said the pope as cleaning egypts sphinx with a toothbrush. Since the conclave, francis has sought to clean up the the curia to bring it closer to its members and to guide it out of the scandals that marked the pontificate of his predecessor, benedict. Its been a multi Award Winning hit on broadway here in the us. Now the hip hop musical about one of americas most unlikely Founding Fathers opens tonight in londons west end. Hamilton is the story of a poor immigrant from the caribbean, who arrived in new york on the eve of the american revolution, and went on to become the countrys first treasury secretary. Our arts editor, Will Gompertz met the musicals creator, lin manuel miranda. Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain. Here is hamiltons creator, lin manuel miranda, at the white house poetry slam in 2009, performing what would become the opening number of his musical about americas Founding Fathers. Six years later it opened in new york and became an instant classic. Whats your name, man . Alexander hamilton his name is Alexander Hamilton and now its in london, as is for a few days the man behind the show, whos been compared to. Well. Are you the 21st century shakespeare . Not even close no, shakespeare wrote a mind altering amount of dramas and comedies and sonnets, worked with other playwrights. Ive written two musicals, so lets everybody chill out. Im past patiently waiting im passionately smashin every expectation i recognised in the story of hamilton the story of so many immigrants who are coming to the United States today. And so i used the music that i love to tell this story. A lot has been made of a multiracial cast. This is a story of america then told by america now. Were going to use every tool at our disposal to eliminate the distance between a modern audience and something that happened 200 somewhat years ago. The casting is part of that, and casting it to look like the way our country looks eliminates distance. When George Washington is a young man of colour and hes running for his life, suddenly youre not filled with images of washington standing like this, crossing the delaware, hes not invincible any more. Its suddenly these are real people. How nervous were you about bringing this show to the uk . I was not nervous at all. What i was very excited for was the reaction to king george iii in the shadow of buckingham palace. I mean were really right up the street, so the only change we made in that direction is we have tarted up his outfit quite a bit. George iii might have lost america, but he steals this show every night. Maybe the family in the big house he bought around the corner will make a royal appointment to see it. Will gompertz, bbc news. You have seen it. I have. I interviewed him a couple of times in new york and i got tickets to see. Iti new york and i got tickets to see. It i hear tickets in the uk are selling for £6,000. Soldout in two days. Selling for £6,000. Soldout in twodays. It may be a tad yong your christmas. Sell your house, mortgage the kids. Get rid of your wife. Spend whatever it takes, see hamilton. Every single minute of that show is fantastic. There isnt a line that is out of place, the choreography is fantastic. Then come to me when youre homeless. Ok. My bank balance says ive already mortgaged the kids. Christmas this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. Coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, weve more on that incredible election in virginia where the recount which flipped the result by a single vote. Now theres another twist. And we go back to barcelona, to speak to catalans, those for and against independence as votes from todays Regional Elections are counted. Thats still to come. Hello. There we have very quiet weather in the run up to christmas. For a lot of meem who have a lot of travelling to do, thats probably good news. The best of the sunshine today was across scotland. This is where it will be coldest and clear for a while overnight. Many areas have been stuck under grey and gloomy skies and not much sunshine around at all. But its mild. Weve got mild air across the uk at the moment because of the position of the jetstream. Its in moment because of the position of thejetstream. Its in this moment because of the position of the jetstream. Its in this sort of position. Its steering to the north of the uk and keeping that colder air away for the time being. With the mild airwe air away for the time being. With the mild air we see a lot of cloud a we saw from our weather watcher pictures. The cloud will be thickening up as well to give rain and drizzle. Gloomy out there across northern ireland. The cloud will lower on to the hills. Damp, drizzly weather heading into england and wales with a lot of fog over the hills. Clearer skies in scotland. Chiefly north of the central belt. Maybe a touch of frost here and one 01 maybe a touch of frost here and one or two fog patches. For most of the uka mild or two fog patches. For most of the uk a mild night, nine orten degrees. Ingly and gloomy start for most on friday. The rain and drizzle will edge away into the near continent, it should become dryer and brighter. On the whole, cloudy skies. With the wind picking up in western scotland the cloud will be blown in here. The best chance of sunshine for north east scotland. Under the cloud temperatures 10, 12 degrees. On saturday, closer to christmas, the winds will pick up across northern areas. A mild west to south westerly wind and train for the north west of scott land and northern isles. The weatherfront thatis northern isles. The weatherfront that is still there across the north will hang around into the second half of the weekend. Scotland. This is Christmas Eve it will be wet across western scotland. Patchy rain elsewhere in scotland and northern ireland. Drizzle over the hills of western parts of england and wales. Breezy day for england and wales. Breezy day for england and wales very mild, 11 degrees. Will it be a White Christmas . Over the tops of the mountains you could see snow as the wet weather is still around. Otherwise, it is windy actually especially around the irish sea coasts. Strong sorely winds across the uk that of course means it will be mild. Temperatures 10 to 12 celsius. This is beyond 100 days, with me katty kay in washington Christian Frasers in london. Our top stories the people of catalonia have been voting in an election contested by supporters and opponents of independence from spain. More than 100 countries defy us warnings and vote against americas decision to recognisejerusalem as israels capital. Coming up in the next half hour is it a horse or a zebra . Artificial intelligence may be changing the way we see the world and not always for the better. A vote in virginia has turned out to be a tie. So what happens next . Stay with us for the answer. Let us know your thoughts by using beyond0nehundreddays. With seven parties fighting it out and opinion polls suggesting the top two are pretty much neck and neck there may not be any thing like a Crystal Clear result this evening in catalonia. But what should we be looking out for . And will it satisfy the voters . We can talk now to two catalans who voted today. Luis trias de bes wants catalonia to remain part of spain and Marina Casals who we spoke to back in october is in favour of independence. Theyre both in barcelona. Welcome to the programme. Marina, this has been a very bitter two months in catalonia. The turnout was high today, 75 it looks like. Do you think that is good news for the independent side . you think that is good news for the independent side . I think it is good news that a lot of people went to vote and express their opinion. Thats all we wanted, really. We wa nted thats all we wanted, really. We wanted the referendum so people could voice what they want. We were voting for the party we wanted, but i think we were voting for or against independence. You think this high turnout means that some people who were in favour of unity with spain last time round, who worked as fired up as the independent side, do you think more catalans in favour of unity will turn out today . These figures are really good for democracy, but i believe not for independent tests. The figures are higher in non separatist zones. Seeing as the non separatist regions have higher populations, it could be not good news for them. It has been hugely divisive since november. Do you have family members who voted differently to you . I have to admit that i dont have family who voted for independence, but i have friends. But its ok. We discuss sometimes tougher, sometimes more calmly, but in the climate, the feeling far so good. Nothing bad will change the two sides normally. Marina, carless breeder montt is effectively an exile in brussels. Two of his government officials are being held in prison. Are you happy with the way he has behaved after declaring independence . With the way he has behaved after declaring independence . |j with the way he has behaved after declaring independence . I think he has done everything hes been able to do, given the circumstances. I think him being in prison right now, which would be the result of him having gone to belgium would have been any better. I think from there, he has been able to keep doing what he has been able to keep doing what he was planning to do, as a politician, as president , even though he didnt have parliament or anything. Hes been able to put the word out there, and i think what he has managed to do with this move to belgium, he wouldnt be of much use if he was in prison anyhow. Is there any way in which the Spanish Government has handled the last few months, the referendum and then dissolving the government and then declaring direct role in catalonia, is there anything that has made you cautious towards the Spanish Government or changed your mind about independence . Not really. I believe that the Spanish Government did what they could have done, a good job within the law. Because of that, the Spanish Government couldnt do anything else but to drive it to the courts and to the laws, and leave them to do what they have to do. When a politician or whoever commits a crime, the things they have to go through, which is they have to go through, which is the law. Marina, what has changed since november, since madrid in post direct rule on catalonia . What has changed materially on the ground . Direct rule on catalonia . What has changed materially on the ground . M would be difficult to know everything that has changed. Theres been some examples, such as some pieces of art that were in a museum, that were taken. It had been in court for a long time, but now, given the circumstances, it was easy to have it done. I know some departments of the government here in catalonia have been closed down and some people have been fired. So theres quite a bit that has been going on. A lot as well in the society. People are cautious, people are concerned about the freedom of speech. There has been the yellow colour forbidden, speech. There has been the yellow colourforbidden, because it represents those of us who believe that prisoners shouldnt be there any more. The media has been given a lot of pressure. You cant use a certain words or expressions, so theres censorship. Theres been a lot of repression that i dont think was necessary. Very good to get your thoughts. Thank you for being with us. Thoughts. Thank you for being with us. Just one line of news from catalonia. The polls havejust closed there. They are saying the turnout was 84 , which would be a record high, if that is right. You wonder how many catalans have changed their minds over the last few months, or in this highly partisan world we live in, christian, whether anyone is ever open to changing their minds. The british mother Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe could be freed from an iranianjail within a couple of weeks, according to her lawyer. The Charity Workers husband Richard Ratcliffe says her case has now been moved from closed to eligible for early release. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe has been held in iran since april 2016 accused of spying her family say she was on holiday with her daughter. She has served a third of her five year sentence. Thousands of fans have turned out in the south korean capital, seoul, for the funeral of one of the countrys biggest pop stars. Kim jong hyun from the boy band shinee took his own life at the age of 27. In a note made public after his death, he said that the life of fame was never meant for him. The driver of a school bus in france that was hit by a train on a level crossing, killing six children, has been charged with manslaughter. The woman, who was injured during the collision a week ago, appeared before magistrates in the city of perpignan. When a photographer and artist, both of african descent, met for the first time, they immediately bonded over their shared passion for photography. And yet, the women felt that some of their favourite female photographers lacked a proper platform. So they collaborated to produce the first of a new annual publication called mfon women photographers of the African Diaspora. Its the first photography anthology dedicated to female photographers of african descent in over 30 years. When you have the book in your hand, and you realise that every picture in this book was created by a woman of african descent, thats really powerful. I find its a photo journal that represents women photographers throughout the African Diaspora of different ages, different genres, different ethnicities. Theres so many different identities, which is what this book celebrates. For women, theres a bit of underrepresentation in the industry across the genres, photojournalism, fine arts, so we are presenting women who are creating brilliant work. The fact that women now, and people of colour, are creating images in their own way, telling their own stories, telling their own troops, is a very powerful response to those years of the systemic creation of these images that were negative. One of the things we will definitely do is make sure that this book is notjust for other photographers, or people who are interested in photographers, but for the young people, because some of these images which are negative are still being thrown at them through the media. Racism, how that was perpetrated through imagery. We are doing the opposite. Using the same tool to fight what was created in the first place through it. Look at the world from a different perspective and be open to that. This is a historical document that. This is a historical document that will add to the big canon of art. Its important. These are women of african descent who have views, who are intelligent, who have something very important to say. This is beyond 100 days. Still to come as Technology Gets smarter how will we be able to tell where reality begins and ends . The car park in leicester where the body of king richard iii was unearthed five years ago has been designated as a site of National Archaeological importance. Richard was buried in a medieval friary on the site in 1485. His body wasnt discovered until 2012. Nick higham has this report. 2012, and archaeologists from Leicester University mark out a Council Car Park in the centre of the city, just where someones spray painted the letter r on the tarmac. Then they start digging on the site of what was once the medieval greyfriars, looking for the grave of englands most notorious king. Astonishingly, they find it, and the skeleton, complete with crooked spine and fatal injuries to the back of the skull, buried in haste after the battle of bosworth. Richard iii became the villainous central character of one shakespeares plays, the man who supposedly murdered his young nephews, one of them the rightful heir to the throne. Two years ago, the dead kings body was reburied in a new tomb in leicester cathedral. Now, the car park, or at least the archaeological remains hidden beneath it, has been made a scheduled ancient monument. It adds a level of protection for the buried archaeological remains of the Franciscan Friary and the priory. Its not something that sets it in stone, but it is a way of working with the local authority, with owners, to help manage it in a way that preserves the archaeological remains over the coming years really, to preserve it forfuture generations. The protection doesnt extend to the modern road surfaces or modern buildings, like the richard iii visitor centre, but it does include the ground beneath, much of which has never been built on. That means archaeologists think the medieval friarys remains have stayed undisturbed since it was demolished almost 500 years ago. Nick higham, bbc news. We turn now to artificial intelligence, and before katty jumps in with a joke, ill say thats what we aim for every day. Any form of intelligence, really. But in this case were talking about getting computers to perform tasks that would normally require the brain power of us mere humans. Yes, as Technology Gets smarter, experts are able to blur the line to such an extent, that this technology fools not only us mere humans, but even the computers themselves. Remember when the internet was buzzing recently over this video of a horse that seemed to transform into a zebra . Well, it didnt. That was an example of machine learning, 01 was an example of machine learning, or computers rewriting reality all on their own, or fake or computers rewriting reality all on their own, orfake news, putting it another way. All this video of president obama, also a fabrication. Researchers used a technology to create a sort of 21st century version of lip syncing, whereby you can put any words into a persons mouth. And that can be dangerous. Nearly two thirds of americans get their news from social media, and according to one study, in the coming years, more of that will be false than actually true. What happens when our most beloved public figures are manipulated . Happens when our most beloved public figures are manipulated . M happens when our most beloved public figures are manipulated . It has been a roller coaster year in terms of working with katty kay. We have had ups and downs, and ups and downs again. Nothing and no one can be trusted. Katty kay, you are a devil ididnt trusted. Katty kay, you are a devil i didnt know you were going to do that. I could have done much worse, christian. I will thank my lucky stars joining us from connecticut is the American Technology writer and tv science presenter, david pogue. This is terrifying, because they could do away with us, and just have us on could do away with us, and just have us on the screen with our mouths moving. Are they on the verge of creating incredible video and audio that we wouldnt be able to tell the difference . It is reproduced in hollywood with fairly great frequency these days. It is expensive and time consuming to do it, but that is going to fall quickly. We do need to be on the alert for fabricated news events that never happened. What are the security concerns for that . The way we are going to get out of being completely bamboozled is, things like are there other sources . There are companies who are particularly concerned with advertisers. Of course, concerned with advertisers. Of course , money concerned with advertisers. Of course, money is going to solve this problem. Advertisers dont want their ads appearing on fake news bulletins. There are companies who are developing systems who can identify fake news and tell it apart from real news. Its something of an arms race right now. The bad guys will come up with an ai without smarts, for example. So the question of making people saying things that they are not actually saying, and a video of president obama is the most famous example of that, but manipulating video has been going on for decades. How is the technology in this quantified the difference . Suppose i were to use hollywood tools to make a video of President Trump saying, i shot my puppy this morning. Obviously, this would be a news event. The clip would go all around the world. The question is, are there other sources . Whether other cameras on him . Are there other cameras on him . Are there other angles . At the moment, we would be able to detect fake. We wont. On the other hand, is this the end of civilisation . Especially in photographs. Photo shopping of photographs has been a rout for a numberof years, photographs has been a rout for a number of years, but life goes on. We can trust the bbc, for example, not to have created a doctored photograph, in the same way we will have other sources we trust to only have other sources we trust to only have authenticated videos. But normally, for example, if you have a grudge get a co worker, like christian clearly has. Tomorrow, i wouldnt be able to spot a fake. Absolutely. This isnt something you could do now, but its coming up soon. The larger problem is that you will be a celebrity very soon, because artificially intelligent robots can do yourjobs. You will not be a celebrity very soon. We work in busy newsrooms, so i see a problem here. Who is this . Is he real or artificial . Apologies. We work in busy newsrooms and we can check the videos that come in and see whether they are from today or not, but i cant imagine a scenario where our producers are going to be able to differentiate this sort of stuff. So it will be easy to put more fake news out there. And it will. There is a secondary problem even greater than fake news, and thatis even greater than fake news, and that is real news. That we as news consumers begin to distrust all of it. We are so aware that a peace may not be authentic, that pretty soon we get dulled to the whole thing and we get dulled to the whole thing and we start choosing what to believe. That is the real danger, that we distrust everything. Thank you very much forjoining us. Our ticker tape was running there. 79 of respondents in a bbc poll wejust ran say that fake news is a concern. Youre watching beyond 100 days. Yesterday we told you about this the Virginia House of delegates race that was so close it appeared to be decided byjust one vote. The race is critical to the balance of power between republicans and democrats. Except one voters choice of candidate was wrongly recorded and now the race is tied. 11,608 votes versus 11,608 votes. What happens next is down to luck. Both names get put into two film canisters and are then drawn from a bowl or a hat or a box. The first name drawn wins. But if the loser of the draw is unhappy with the result, he or she can seek a second recount. And Shelly Simonds the democrat currently tied for the seatjoins us now from virginia. Thank you forjoining us. I saw you yesterday. You were on a real high. This has been a roller coaster of a recount. How are you doing today . Im trying to stay strong. At the end of the day, its not about me personally, it is about the voters in the district. For instance, i have health insurance, and a lot of the voters in my district dont. I wa nt to the voters in my district dont. I want to get elected and get up in the statehouse so i can fight for my constituents. There is a real balance of power issue. Democrats have not held power at this level for 17 years. Yesterday it looked like you were going to tip it to a tie. What happens if the name that is pulled out of the hat is not yours . This is all happening very quickly, and honestly i am working with my legal team on what our options are, what our next steps are, what options in terms of recou nts we are, what options in terms of recounts we are going to pursue. I just want to make sure that every vote is counted fairly, and we are very disturbed by the points decision yesterday. They did a recount fairly, according to well established rules, on tuesday, andi well established rules, on tuesday, and i won by one vote. Then the next day, going to court was just supposed to be a formality, but my opponent pulled a fast one, and brought a vote to be challenged that had not then identified the day before. Everybody had agreed on the tuesday that i had one. |j before. Everybody had agreed on the tuesday that i had one. I think we can see that the ballot paper. We can see that the ballot paper. We can see that the ballot paper. We can see what the accounting officer had to decipher. You can see shelleys name, just above the incumbent. Clearly, that person had put a mark next to your name, and then what, did they try to cross it out and put a mark next to davids name . We think it is a classic case ofan name . We think it is a classic case of an over vote, that there are so many ballots that you dont count it. In fact, the republican and the democrat councillor agreed it was an over vote during the recount. Those officials had calibrated it. They had been looking at dozens of votes all day long. I believe it was an over vote and it should not have gonein over vote and it should not have gone in front of those judges. We did not have the same opportunity to bring a vote before the judges. We had one we could have disputed as well fool s white thank you for joining us from thejuly. We will carry on watching your race there, because it is fascinating bed down in virginia. We may be in a situation in a district in the state of the United States of america where they are about to effectively decide democracy on a coin toss. Isnt that amazing . We are back on the 2nd of january for our viewers. You will not see us next week. So i just want to wrap up where we are. We started off as a hundred days, then we were 100 days plus, and now we are beyond 100 days. It is a sort of marker. The fact we have had to carry on is a mark of how fascinating the stories are. What do you take away from the year . This has been a year of incredible turbulence on both sides of the atlantic. Donald trump came to office. We thought maybe it would normalise and he would be an orthodox president. He hasnt. He has been unorthodox. We have had the fallout from brexit, the french elections, the Catalan Independence elections. If we take away anything from 2017, its that we are living ina time from 2017, its that we are living in a time of turmoil, and nothing indicates that 2018 is going to be any indicates that 2018 is going to be a ny less indicates that 2018 is going to be any less busy or unpredictable. We have the far right in germany and also in austria, so populism gone away in some countries, but maybe just on pause. We will be back on january the 2nd. From me, have a very merry christmas. And have a great new year. Hello. Very quiet weather in the run up to christmas. Hello. Very quiet weather in the runup to christmas. For a lot of people who have travelling to do, thats probably good news. The best of the sunshine today across scotland. This is where it is going to be coldest and clear overnight. The many, under gloomy skies today and not much sunshine around at all. We have mild air across the uk at the moment because of the position of the jet stream. Its steering to the north of the uk and keeping the colder air away for the time being. With the milder air, we have cloud, which is going to be thickening to give some rain. Very gloomy out there across northern ireland. Some damp, drizzly weather heading its way into england and wales, and a lot of fog over the hills. Maybe a touch of frost over the central belt of scotland, but for much of the uk, very mild. A grey and gloomy start for most on friday. The rain and drizzle will edge away, so it should become dry and perhaps a bit brighter. With the wind picking up in western scotland, we will see that cloud blowing in, so the best chance for sunshine in north east scotland. Saturday, the start of the weekend, getting closer to christmas, the wind picking up over many areas. A mild westerly wind. Perhaps the chance of seeing some sunshine as the winds start to freshen up. That weather front is going to hang around into the second half of the weekend, so it looks like Christmas Eve is going to be wet across western scotland in particular, with patchy rain elsewhere in scotland and northern ireland. A breezy day for england and wales, but very mild. Christmas day. Is it going to be a White Christmas . Over the tops of the mountains, highland and grampian, you could see some snow, but otherwise quite windy, especially around irish sea coasts. That of course means it will be mild. Around 11 celsius. This is bbc news, im julian worricker. The headlines at 8pm. 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