Sisi, he has done a fantasticjob and a very difficult situation. Also today there will be no Armada Heading to gibraltar. The british Prime Minister restores some calm, laughing off the diplomatic row over the rock, which would always be resolved through dialogue. Jared kushner arrives in iraq. The president s envoy and son in law is quickly becoming one of the president most trusted lieutenants. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Today we start in russia, ten people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in St Petersburg. President Vladimir Putin said all causes, especially terrorism, were being investigated. The head of russias National Anti terrorist Committee Says another explosive device was later found and made safe at Ploshchad Vosstaniya station. St petersburg metro system sees more than two million passengers travel on the system each day this is the first time its been targeted. Richard galpin has the latest. In the immediate aftermath, passengers turned to the dead in the immediate aftermath, passengers tend to the dead and injured who have been laid out on the Station Platform, while others mill around the scene, smoke from the blast hanging above them. Its reported the explosion happened as the train was travelling between two stations. And this is the damage it caused at 2 40pm local time this afternoon, once again, people trying to do what they can to help. This is the first incident of its kind on the metro system of russia second city, St Petersburg. Of russias second city, St Petersburg. And it happened as president Vladimir Putin was in the city, holding a meeting with the leader of belarus. Translation i want to express my sincere condolences to those close to the dead and injured. The Law Enforcement agencies and the special services are working and doing everything to find out the causes of what has happened, and to completely evaluate what happened, and the city authorities and the federal ones, too, are taking all necessary measures to support the families of our citizens who have been killed and injured. The Emergency Services have ferried dozens of injured people to local hospitals, some in a serious condition. The entire metro system has been closed down, with investigators finding an explosive device at another station. What has happened in the city today has in the last hour been described by a top Government Minister as an act of terrorism. Lets go to St Petersburg, where we can speak to sarah rainsford. Lets go to moscow. Tell us a little bit about the moscow system in St Petersburg, what sort of system in St Petersburg, what sort of syste m d o in St Petersburg, what sort of system do they have . It is relatively secure, or as secure as an underground target can be. Relatively secure, or as secure as an underground target can hem relatively secure, or as secure as an underground target can be. It is an underground target can be. It is a soft target, we always say that whenever a underground Transit System is hit by what looks like it certainly was a terrorist attack. There are metal detectors, and police, a fairly heavy Police Presence in the metro, and that is reinforced for big days. Of course, it is not possible to detect everything and it looks like summary managed to get a couple of home made, as were told, explosive devices through onto the metro. One was found on a Station Platform and the other one went off inside a carriage, as it was between two stations, causing the devastation you have just seen stations, causing the devastation you havejust seen in stations, causing the devastation you have just seen in that report by richard. The russian Authorities Say they have opened a criminal investigation, they are looking at all options, including and especially terrorism. What can you tell us about the state of the investigation so far . The investigators are obviously going through all the cctv footage, they will be looking for any suspects to see if anyone was behaving suspiciously, or if anyone was seen planting any devices, particularly you would assume that second one, which was discovered late in the day and made safe at a second metro station. There were reports earlier in the day that some suspect had been identified. Other reports suggesting two Arrest Warrants had been issued but there has been no further confirmation of that. At the moment very broad words, simply saying a criminal case has been opened under the title of terrorism but that other possibilities are still being investigated. But certainly, as i say, two explosive devices and the suggestion from any officials, including the Prime Minister, they are using the language, talking about a terrorist attack. Sarah, for the moment, thank very much. When President Trump meets xijinping in florida later this week, north korea will be high on the agenda. In an interview with the Financial Times published today, mr trump says if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. That is all that i am telling you. But what are the options open to the white house . William cohen was secretary of defence under president bill clinton, and is now a bbc World Affairs analyst. He isjust back from china. When the white house and President Trump talk about all options available to north korea, what are the ones that have not been available so far . They could certainly decide on shutting off the korean Banking System as such, and try to wring about a collapse of the regime. That is one of the options, saying that if the regime is not going to change its course, then we intend to engage in regime change. They could try to bring that about several ways, one would be to go at the heart of the financial heart, what remains of it, in north korea, to try to bring about a collapse. Second, the ultimate thing would be using a Military Strike or a cyber strike against north korea. That entails a lot of risk. We have 800,000 north koreans not very far from downtown seoul. They have lots of Artillery Pieces that could destroy seoul, and the Consequences Ofa destroy seoul, and the consequences of a Military Strike could be quite severe, both china and for the South Koreans. So it would be the last option one should look to. We have seen a option one should look to. We have seen a pick up in the number of Missile Launchers and test from the north koreans. How much more serious is this thread becoming, and how much more seriously are they taking it in china, where you have just come back from . I think they are climbing up this ladder of provocation to the point where they might not be offered to climb back down again. Thats a problem. Thats the problem. One of the reasons i think it is important for president xijinping to meet with President Trump, and when i was in china i thought that the United States wasnt ready, i thought president xi jinping was ready but not the United States because we dont have the tea m fully states because we dont have the team fully in place. But each day that goes by is more danger, so i am happy they are meeting sooner rather than later. Then President Trump can weigh upon the president of china, saying please do more, because if you dont then we have few options and they are not very good. The former secretary of defence said he had to work up a plan for President Obama, and that plans daily clearly still exists. If there was a Military Implication intervention, what with the implications be in the region. Questionable one, what would china be doing. Number two, questionable one, what would china be doing. Numbertwo, how questionable one, what would china be doing. Number two, how would you be doing. Number two, how would you be able to contain the escalation of the conflict as such will stop number three, how many millions would be fleeing into china, how many would be fleeing into south korea and what would be the of engagement . Would this be South Koreans welcoming the influx of several Million People and the same for the chinese . The consequences there are quite good. They are convex and they are serious. The president s interview with the Financial Times is fascinating, and one of the things they seem to be suggesting in the white house is that they see the prospect of a grand bargain in china, which would include the issue of north korea but also trade conflicts. Do you think this white house has the capacity to reach some kind of bargain with china that has not been reached before . I think it has the capacity to do so. The question i have is is this premature . I think it is important that they establish a relationship so they can talk to one another, President Trump and president xijinping, another, President Trump and president xi jinping, and another, President Trump and president xijinping, and the similar is of their meeting and hopefully shaking hands would send a very calming signal to the rest of the world, especially that part of the world, especially that part of the world. The third thing would be can he strike a big bargain, yes. This would be the prelude to that, and it would be an important one but i dont think you can do that in one meeting. It will be a process and it will have to take some time and planning, and it needs to have the full state department, Secretary Of State tillerson needs a deputy, he needs the staff to help fill out all of the things that needs to be done. One final point, the chinese are very eager to work with the United States, they are eager for their president to come and sit down and Start Talking of ways to reduce the trade imbalance, and how to establish a Modus Vivendi for the United States and china to move forward. Everyone hoping that there is not some kind of crisis that intervenes in the meantime. Thank you forjoining us. Neil gorsuch is getting one step closer to being americas next Supreme Courtjustice. Mr trumps nominee is being debated by the Senatejudiciary Committee he then gets voted on by the full senate on friday and thats where it is going to get tricky. The democrats now look set to do whats called a filibuster which would force the republicans to find 60 senators to get gorsuch confirmed. As things stand they only have 59 including a few democrats and independents who will vote for gorsuch. Its not enough. Which means republicans will go for the Nuclear Option they will change the rules to override the filibuster for a Supreme Court pick so they will only need a simple majority of 51 votes. Confused . Thats understandable its complicated. The bottom line however is that trump will get his nominee confirmed and senate rules will have been changed in the process which could have a huge impact on the nature of future Supreme Court picks. So are the democrats doing the right thing to filibuster . That is the first thing. There are political questions and long term questions. The political question is for democrats in conservative states, do they want to be seen to reject a nominee who is generally regarded in the mainstream of conservative thinking . That could cause them problems electorally at home, but this business of changing the rules is important because it will mean that if President Trump gets a future pick, and some of the Supreme Court justices, as we future pick, and some of the Supreme Courtjustices, as we have pointed out before, are elderly and frail, then he only needs 50 votes to get that person chosen, and that could mean he goes outside of the mainstream ofjudicial thinking. Mean he goes outside of the mainstream of judicial thinking. So it has a long term impact. Mainstream of judicial thinking. So it has a longterm impact. So you have a conservative for a conservative peer, which surely the democrats is not a huge problem. The problem comes down the line, if you get a more liberal member at the bench replaced by a republican. But here is a thought, if you dont get bipartisan agreement on a Supreme Court pick, the reason there are bipartisan agreements is because the level set much higher, you need some agreement from both sides of the house, but if you dont have that, then the court becomes more political, and surely people then lose faith in it . The court has a lwa ys lose faith in it . The court has always been political, ever since George Washington started with his own supporters back in the 1700s. So i think the idea that the american Supreme Court, which is clearly divided and has been for a long time, five to four republican democrat, is not political, is slightly fanciful. You are probably too young to remember this, but back in 2000, the Supreme Court decided in the Election Race on al gore against bush. It was a totally political decision. It could mean you get summary more extreme nominated next amara nth you get summary more extreme nominated next amaranth and stop lots of Supreme Courtjustices have only been confirmed with 5253 votes. Not a lot of bipartisanship on that court. But you are right, america is becoming more stream, i suspect. Court. But you are right, america is becoming more stream, i suspectm was the chads. I remember that. More stream. You would think that all of these issues like north korea, and what else have we got on our plate, shes in pain visiting, al sisi is here and the Supreme Court justice, that might al sisi is here and the Supreme Courtjustice, that might be what the President Trump was tweeting about but not so much. This is what he tweeted out this morning. He won why is he still going on about Hillary Clinton . rather than thinking about all those other things. The problem with this of course, christian, it means he is focused on theseissues christian, it means he is focused on these issues and attention focuses on these issues and we carry on talking about these issues, not the kind of things we should be talking about. Doesnt speak about his character . There are one or two editorials about today that say it does. I think it reveals something, these tweets, the idea that he cant let some thing go, like the fact of Hillary Clinton, and whether she was under surveillance and the whole election. He won, like you say. You think you would be able to let that go and rise above it. The Surveillance Issue and how that irritates him, that he is running into problems with that. I feel the tweets are a reflection of his Early Morning id, which this morning was not very happy. Talking about rising above it, it takes us nicely to the issue of gibraltar. To the relief of many, the Prime Minister theresa may has today confirmed the uk will not be going to war with nato ally, spain, overthe uk will not be going to war with nato ally, spain, over the british territory of gibraltar. She confirmed their approach the brexit negotiations was definitelyjawjaw, rather than war war, in her words. This led to this reaction from the former conservative leader, michael howard. Another woman by minister sent a task force halfway across the world to protect another small group of british people against another Spanish Speaking company, hashtag country, and i am absolutely clear that our current woman Prime Minister will show the same resolve in relation to gibraltar as her predecessor did. Either he knew his maths or he had come well prepared for that interview. Today, Prime Minister theresa may was asked about it and this is what she had to say. My focus will be to get the best trade deal for the uk and for gibraltar. We will be working closely with the gibraltar government as we have been over re ce nt government as we