this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11:003m: the prime minister prepares to publish the white paper on brexit which will set out it's priorities as it begins the withdrawal process. the bank of england is expected to announce at lunchtime that the economy will grow more than twice as fast as it was expecting it to. the church of england apologises after allegations emerge of violent abuse against teenage boys by a former friend of the archbishop of canterbury justin welby. i obviously didn't know he was abusing people in any way at all. a ban on scheduled night flights at heathrow is proposed as a four—month consultation begins on plans to build a third runway. donald trump questions what he calls a "dumb" refugee resettlement deal with australia after reports he put the phone down on the country's prime minister. good morning.

the government is expected to publish the brexit strategy in an hour's time. the white paper will set out its priorities for negotiations with the european union after parliament takes the first step towards britain leaving the union, as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of triggering article 50. last night mps voted 498 to 114 in favour of approving legislation which gives the prime minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. 47 labour mps, one in five, voted against the bill despite a three—line whip imposed by the party leader, jeremy corbyn.

and what will happen next? as mentioned, at around noon, brexit secretary david davis will announce the government's white paper on exiting the eu. this will allow parliament to send the bill on forfurther amending and scrutiny, before it becomes law. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster with the latest. what are we going to find out? probably very little. i think most people expect it to simply flesh out what theresa may already set out in the speech she made the other day at lancaster house. it will be seen as, if you like, a concession to those conservative mps and potential rebels who will be demanding sheep produce a formal government white paper. they will now get that. ——

she produce. the question now is whether the bandwagon has become virtually unstoppable, at least here. last night's vote with a thumping majority of 384, which suggests theresa may is on cruise control at the westminster end of things. it may be different in brussels. let me mull that over with a prominent leave campaigner. do you think the westminster end, to reza may is now unstoppable? dashed to reza may. let's rewind. there was a referendum lastjune. it let's rewind. there was a referendum last june. it gave let's rewind. there was a referendum lastjune. it gave a very clear, decisive majority in favour of leaving the eu. now we are trying to

implement the will of the people as expressed in the referendum last year. and yet there will be a tussle about the shape of brexit. we have heard the shape of brexit. we have heard the conservative mps who are saying the conservative mps who are saying the fight is not over. can we expect parliamentary tussles over brexit? i think we will have a full range of debate on the issue in parliament and that is quite right. we have already i? had i think 60 hours of questions and debates relating to brexit and that is to be expected because we live in a parliamentary democracy. it is right that parliament have a full debate and i think the government is very anxious and keen that parliament is involved. and should mps have a vote before to reza may agree a final bill? she has promised one afterwards. —— theresa

may. i don't think there needs to be a vote before it is finalised. we need to trigger this to enter the negotiations and once the negotiations and once the negotiations have concluded, for me that would be the right time to have a vote. and how tough are those talks going to be? we heard from sir ivan rogers suggesting the eu were going to demand billions and billions of pounds as an exit bill. i don't know about that. any kind of bill that is mutually self—destructive, there is no point at all in that. it is entirely probable that we could come to a decent arrangement. we are a big trading partner with the eu and it is in our mutual interest to come to a good deal.

thanks for your time. on the other side, labour last night had a fairly grim time after 47 mps defied the instruction to vote in favour. we have seen three resignations from the shadow cabinet and a possible another two to come. and the whips, we had three whips defying jeremy corbyn. and diane abbott, a key political ally ofjeremy corbyn wasn't in the chamber to vote. her office insists she was ill, suffering from a migraine and went home. however, earlier in the day when diane abbott was at westminster she looked 0k. here it she wasjust a few hours before the big vote in westminster hall. what president trump shows us is

there is such a thing as an effective counterterrorism strategy but there is also ineffective and counter—productive but there is also ineffective and counter— productive counterterrorism strategies. and it is very clear to everybody now that banning people from seven majority muslim countries plus green card holders plus syrian refugees from coming into the us has beena refugees from coming into the us has been a wholly counter—productive and unsuccessful... now, a migraine can come up very suddenly but you have to say she looks pretty 0k there. why this matters because it has fuelled a suspicion among some that she is in effect through a sticky. she didn't wa nt to effect through a sticky. she didn't want to vote for brexit. she has such profound reservations shejust couldn't stomach backing brexit and it matters because that would suggest the divisions within labour over brexit extend notjust in the shadow cabinet but right intojeremy corbyn‘s inner sanctum.

thank you. the bank of england is expected to upgrade its annual economic growth forecast today to about i.8%. it's expected to warn again that inflation is likely to exceed its 2% target for some time. with me is our business correspondentjonty bloom. first let's talk about inflation. what is the warning likely to be? we know the inflation is coming through the system not least because of the fall in the value of the pound making things more expensive, which eventually turns up in the high street. the bank of england has warned it expects inflation to rise above its 2% target later in the year so above its 2% target later in the year so we above its 2% target later in the year so we will be looking to see how high they will be expected to go. they think that is a short—term problem so it is unlikely they will increase interest rates today or in the near future because increase interest rates today or in the nearfuture because i think increase interest rates today or in the near future because i think they are willing to take the risk that it

might fade out of the system rather than damaging the economy by putting up than damaging the economy by putting up interest rates. what about the warnings before the referendum on what might happen with the brexit vote. what are we looking for? the bank of england expected growth this year too slow to 0.8% because of brexit but it hasn't turned up. it increased that about i.4% and we are expecting to look at that again and it would probably say i.6% growth this year, still a slowdown but nothing like the disaster of the recession. what about in the long—term? an their long—term projections about what growth is likely to do? the longer you look, the less reliable they are about the general feeling amongst economists is that growth will return to a trend rate of about 2%. but they say that brexit, the damage it will do to

trade with europe, cutting immigration will cut long—term growth prospects. just an interest rates, they have been low for so long and is that to been low for so long and is that to be the case for the foreseeable future? some say the bank of england should move now. we are about as close as zero as we are likely to get at about 0.2%. they could start increasing but that is unlikely. many think it could be the end of next year before there is an increased. thank you very much. a ban on scheduled night flights at heathrow is being proposed as a i6—week consultation begins today, on plans to build a third runway. the government will set out its detailed proposals for the £22 billion expansion including the planning regulations and other measures which the airport will have to comply with. earlier the transport secretary chris grayling said it was up to mps to approve building the third runway. it is expected that heathrow will

provide the greatest economic and employment in this, delivering thousands of new jobs employment in this, delivering thousands of newjobs and £60 million of economic benefits, not including wider trade benefits. this isa including wider trade benefits. this is a scheme that will benefit the whole of the united kingdom. i will expect heathrow airport to work with airlines to improve domestic connectivity, including the addition of six more domestic routes in the uk by 2030, bringing the total to 14. developing new connections and strengthening links. the church of england has admitted that allegations of historical physical abuse made against a former friend of the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, should have been reported years earlier. the archbishop says although he worked with the barrister, john smythe, a former leader at iwerne holiday camp, who is accused of a series of allegations, he says he was not part of his inner circle of friends.

i obviously didn't know that he was abusing people in any way at all. yes, on the assumption that if he has committed criminal offences of course he should face prosecution. what else should we face? and what do you say to the victims? what i said yesterday— it is terrible they were treated like this, they have been previously an ep let down. it is not their responsibility in any way at all. a lots of victims and survivors of abuse have this nagging sense that somehow theirfault. the reverse. the most terrible things were done to them and it was a terrible shame and a disgrace this was done to them. now let's go back to westminster and oui’ now let's go back to westminster and our assistant political editor, norman smith. it is striking that here we are after a massive commons vote, awaiting the white paper on brexit and yet lots of the attention will be on the divisions in labour, with

47 labour mps defying jeremy corbyn and voting against. those tensions extending into the shadow cabinet with three resignations from the shadow cabinet, maybe another two still to come. his own whip‘s office, three of them still defying him. one of those labour mps who voted against brexit last night joins me now. why did you defy the instruction? 73% of my constituents voted to remain. europe remains an essential pa rt remain. europe remains an essential part of the transformation in supporting jobs and research at universities here. i feel very strongly about it and so do my constituents. and yet we had a referendum and the people have spoken. surely it is about democracy? it isn't simple. mps are elected as

representatives and not as delegates. we have had a referendum which is very unusual. there is a wide range of feeling and in my constituency feelings are running high. people don't want to leave. when we look at the alternative there is just a when we look at the alternative there isjust a great when we look at the alternative there is just a great void and tremendous uncertainty. we know we administer has ruled out staying in the single market. she seems to be subservient to president trump who talks about america first. nobody knows what we might be going into so i think that is reflected in the local views. what should happen to those labour front who agree with you and voted againstjeremy corbyn? should they be sacked? that is a matter for the leader and he has a track record as saying this isa he has a track record as saying this is a badge of honour. he voted i think 400 times against the labour whip. do you think you should turn a blind eye in that case?

he isa eye in that case? he is a leader who seem to think it was a good idea to vote against the labour whip when he was doing it. what about the conduct of diane abbott? i don't know what happened. she was ill and that is the situation. and yet we have seen footage today of diane abbott speaking in westminster hall, seeming to be quite 0k. isn't there a strong suspicion that in effect she threw a city so she didn't have to back brexit and jeremy corbyn? if she says she was ill, she was ill. thanks for your time. huge tensions within labour and wily diane abbott question matters is because she is such a close ally ofjeremy corbyn and someone who has always been very critical of any moves by labour to soften its dance on freedom of movement and immigration and she may have felt uncomfortable at the idea

of having to vote to begin the process of brexit. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the prime minister prepares to publish the white paper on brexit that will set out its priorities as it begins withdrawal from the eu. the bank of england is expected to announce the economy will grow more than twice as fast as it expected. and donald trump has questioned what he called a dumb refugee resettlement deal with australia after reports he put the phone down on the country's prime minister. and frank lampard has announced his retirement. the 38—year—old announced his decision in the last few minutes on social media. manchester city were 4—0 winners over west ham. manchester united

we re over west ham. manchester united were held in a frustrating goalless draw, which leads them 14 points of the leaders chelsea. and the side to face child france in the six nations has been announced. there is an absence of chris robshaw. elliot daly will start on the run. eddie jones robshaw. elliot daly will start on the run. eddiejones is hoping to get their 15th straight victory. more on that later. australia's prime minister, has denied president trump hung up on him during a fiery telephone conversation over a refugee resettlement deal. mr trump has described the current deal as "dumb" on twitter. the arrangement allows vulnerable asylum seekers held in offshore detention centres in australia to be resettled in the us. let's speak to our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer. so, did he hang up on him or not? we

are not sure. we don't know. malcolm turnbull, the australian prime minister, says that the conversation ended courteously and that donald trump didn't hang up on him. it seems what has infuriated mrtrump is the on him. it seems what has infuriated mr trump is the deal struck with australia and the outgoing 0bama administration at the end of last year. the deal would allow about 1250 refugees from australia's offshore processing centres in nauru and papa new guinea to go and live in the united states, and that seems to be the source of some friction. again, we don't know whether that conversation ended abruptly but we know it is making headlines around the world. and the washington post began this

cover reporting edwards scheduled to be an hour—long conversation but it was only 25 minutes, cut short by donald trump. he described the resettlement deal as the worst deal ever and accused australia is trying to export the next boston,. strong language. —— the next boston bomber. malcolm turnbull was a very wealthy successful businessmen in a past life and has been trying to handle this with the delicate diplomacy that mr trump seems unable to find during his early days as us president. his anger may not necessarily be directed at australia. he may be taking a swipe at president 0bama for forging this agreement with australia towards the end of last year. it means more

uncertainty for the refugees held in the controversial offshore processing camps, improper new guinea and an nauru. do you think donald trump can tear up do you think donald trump can tear up the deal? it was agreed with president 0bama but can he just throw it away? i would imagine that mr trump wants to put it in the waste basket so thatis to put it in the waste basket so that is where it will go. interesting to listen to malcolm turnbull in a radio interview after donald trump's furious twitter message, saying he still remains hopeful this refugee accord will still go ahead. he said the americans had an obligation because of the deal signed with the outgoing 0bama administration in november last year but speculation here in australia and beyond, we have to say this deal looks shaky despite mixed

m essa 9 es this deal looks shaky despite mixed messages coming out of the white house and the state department. thank you. we will have much more on that story and all the very latest developments from the donald trump white house at 7pm this evening. two former hbos bankers and four other people who were convicted of a £245 million lending fraud are due to be sentenced today. a court heard that one of the bankers, lynden scourfield, accepted bribes — including sex parties — to agree inappropriate loans. the fraud was discovered, not by the bank or the police, but by two customers, paul and nikki turner. they told the bbc the investigation took them three years. we reported it to the board of the bank in the beginning of september

2007 and ostensibly their response was to try and evict us from here. we have been betweenjanuary 2007 and august 2010, we have been 222 eviction hearings and in the end we consented to not being evicted. when everyone got arrested, the defendants or suspects were arrested, the bank us to agree to an indefinite suspension and we said, yes. of course, you can stop evicting us. a hard decision to make. it was the ha rd a hard decision to make. it was the hard thing— we are trying to uncover what is going on and unravelling a huge fraud. the bank's reaction was if they evicted us we wouldn't be able to continue the investigation. tomorrow helen 's

tomorrow helen '5 law is being considered in parliament. the proposal is to deny killers parole if they don't reveal the remains of their victims. it doesn't get easier, it doesn't get better, you just deal with it better. marie harcourt has lived with the pain of losing her daughter for almost 30 years. a pain made sharper by the fact that her body has never been found. i haven't got helen's remains. that's what i want. i gave birth to her. i gave life to her. i need to be able to bury her remains, give her a resting place. good morning, love. this is all she has to mark her daughter's life — a marble bench in a graveyard, and a constant, tortuous thought about where helen might be.

you look all the time. all the time. we have friends who would come down and stay for the weekend. we will take them on a walk. "we haven't had a look over here." we don't tell the friends. but we take them. and while we are out walking and talking, i'm busy looking, "what is that little brook there, was it there at the time?" it's like torture? it is, yes. this is why marie is campaigning with her mp conor mcginn, so killers like ian sims, the man who murdered her daughter, will never be released if they refuse to reveal where their victims are. the ministry ofjustice tell us that since 2007 there have been 30 murder convictions without a body. in australia, they are already pushing this through, the idea of no parole if there is no body. and campaigners here say that it's common sense that we do exactly the same. helen mccourt, keith bennett, michelle pynchon, jane harrison,

just some of the victims who've never been found. ian sims, ian brady, martin stafford, kevin dougherty, some of the killers who cruelly prolonged anguish for their victims' families. that's torment for the mother, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters of those individuals. i think the law should recognise that and i hope in the coming weeks and months, working with the government, that we can get this on the statute book. last spring, marie was told ian sims was moved to an open prison. he will be considered for parole next year. i'm fighting it all the way. i'm fighting it when i'm on holiday. and i am determined. helen's law receives a second reading in parliament tomorrow. so far it has the backing of more than 340,000 people, people who believe life should mean life for killers to inflict the final agony,

preventing a final goodbye. the biggest demonstrations in romania have ta ken the biggest demonstrations in romania have taken place in bucharest. it is over corruption offences. it means public officials will be spared a jail sentence if they are involved in offences with less tha n they are involved in offences with less than $50,000. quarter of a million people have been taking to the streets in severe winter weather. in the centre of bucharest, violence erupted and escalated through the night. in the shadow of the parliament building, there was a stand—off between demonstrators and riot police. there is widespread public anger across romania over an emergency law which decriminalises a string of corruption offences.

translation: we came to protect our country against criminals who try to dismiss the rule of law, protect our rights and interests, not their obscure interests. in 55 towns and cities across the country, tens of thousands of people braved subzero temperatures to demonstrate for a second night. a show of solidarity and frustration. inside parliament, an opposition mp shouted, "thieves, thieves!" the new degree exonerates officials if the sums involved are less than $48,000. the government says it will reduce overcrowding in jails. it is set to become law in ten days. i believe nobody can contest what is legal, what the government can legally do. the government has the power to adopt draft bills and decrees. critics say it is a blatant attempt

to free political allies including liviu dragnea, the leader of the social democrats, currently on trial for alleged abuse of power. and the eu has warned romania against backtracking in its efforts against corruption. translation: the federal chancellor, angela merkel, had expressed very clearly her view that if the fight against corruption is weakened and the policy of reform as well, this would be a very wrong signal. police detained dozens of protesters in the capital. romania's left—wing government has only been in power for a few weeks and already these are the largest anti—government protests for three decades. sarah corker, bbc news. just an update on the story. we are hearing that the business minister

in the romanian government has actually now resigned over that decree decriminalising some forms of corruption. the business minister has resigned saying the government has resigned saying the government has let down supporters. more on that as we get it. the singer beyonce's surprise announcement that she's pregnant with twins has become the most liked instagram post ever. she announced she and her husband jay z are expecting twins. "we would like to share our love and happiness. "we have been blessed two times over. "we are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing "by two," said a statement signed by "the carters", jay z‘s real last name. the picture shows beyonce with her hands on a baby bump, wearing just her bra and knickers and a veil, kneeling in front of her local florist. it's now been liked more than seven million times on instagram, more than the previous record—holder selena gomez. let's look at the weather forecast.

it will be windy over the next couple of days with some gales around in the west, towards part of the south—west, wales and northern ireland. it is especially windy around exposed hills and coasts. towards the east the wind isn't quite as strong but we will see a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain drifting away. temperatures on the mild side between ten and i2 degrees. we have strong winds through this evening and overnight which should keep things frost free for most of us with overnight temperatures down to about five or seven celsius. 0utbrea ks temperatures down to about five or seven celsius. outbreaks of rain tonight across parts of scotland. through friday it will start off on a quiet note with some sunshine for

central and north eastern parts but is in this area of rain working into the southwest. rain and strong winds likely to cause disruption over southern parts of england through the day. two stages to your local forecast. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines at 11.30: the government will publish its plans for brexit in a formal policy document to be be presented to parliament this lunchtime. last night, mps voted to begin the uk's withdrawal from the eu. the bank of england is expected to announce at lunchtime that the economy will grow more than twice as fast as it was expecting it to. it's thought it will warn of further rises in inflation. the archbishop of canterbury apologises on behalf of the church of england over allegations of physical abuse of boys at a summer camp where he worked in the 1970s.

ididn't i didn't know that he was abusing people in any way at all. a ban on scheduled night flights at heathrow is proposed as a four—month consultation begins on plans to build a third runway. the government's already backed the £22 billion expansion. donald trump questions what he calls a "dumb" refugee resettlement deal with australia after reports he put the phone down on the country's prime minister. now the sports news. the former chelsea and england midfielder frank lampard has announced his retirement from football. as a player, he won three premier league titles and four fa cups, including one champions league triumph with chelsea in 2012. and remains their all—time record goalscorer for the club where he spent 13 years as a player, before moving tojoin manchester city and then mls side new york city. his career spanned 21 years and he was capped over 100 times

for his country. kevin du bruyne and new signing gabrieljesus with his first goal for the club. they remain ten points off the top however. we were like the first time we scored. the second time we were able to score. that season was our pub. we were clever. we were able to do that. frustrating evening for manchester united who drew 0—0 with hull. jose mourinho complaining afterwards that referees apply different rules to him than other managers. he said whilstjurgen klopp was complimented for his passion on the sidelines, mourinho was told he'd be sent to the stands if he showed similar levels of emotion. and you could see how irritated he was as he walked out

of his post—match interview. what's your overall impression of tonight's performance? we didn't score. don't score, not possible to win. their goalkeeper was in marvellous form when you did get through? yeah, he was good. what did you feel the referee should have pulled them up on? if he don't know football, you shouldn't be with a microphone in your hand! was it was a special night for peter crouch. his goal came against everton last night 15 years after he scored his first top flight goal. in doing so, he reprised his signature celebration, the robot! how much have you been practising that celebration in anticipation of the big moment? not enough, by the looks

of it! it was a little bit stiff. it has been over ten years. i don't do it every day. let me say that. but, yeah, a bit of nostalgia. pulled it out. nice to get the 100. really pleased to get to that milestone. england rugby union head coach eddie jones has announced his starting xv to face france in their opening match of the six nations this weekend. england, who are chasing a record 15th win in a row, having gone the whole of 2016 unbeaten, will start with saracens forward maro itoje in the back row at blindside flanker, in the absence of chris robshaw. eliot daly, who was sent off in his last appearance for england against argentina, starts on the wing in place of exeter‘s jack nowell who starts on the bench. jones has been hit with a number of injuries in the forwards, in the lead—up to the opening game of the tournament. sam warburton returns to the wales's starting xv for their match with italy on sunday. it's one of five changes to the team that beat south africa back in november.

captain alun wyn jones will lead the side in rome. not a great day for the former world number one tiger woods, who failed to card a single birdie at the dubai desert classic. the 41—year—old has had three back operations in the past 19 months and returned to the game with a new swing. woods slumped to an opening 77 and failed to make a single birdie. england's ian poulter is the highest placed brit — he finished the day on 5—under and is two shots behind the leader, spain's sergio garcia. that's all sport for now. thank you, john, you do a good robot celebration yourself. we won't ask you to do it right now! the restings nation of the labour

temp means there are by—elections. live now to our correspondent phil mackie who is in stoke—on—trent. we tell us how the campaign's going? we are in hanley on stoke—on—trent. the bookies has this with ukip and labour neck and neck. it is regarded as make or break in some respects for both parties. if ukip can't win, where do they go? labour had only a 20,000 majority so what will happen to that particular party? we've been talking to people. there's general apathy. this had the lowest turn outin the last election. that seems to have changed. people are more engaged. we've emma thomas. what are the big issues here in this by—election? the big issues here in this by-election? locally, when i've

talked to people in stoke—on—trent, the two things they're talking about is the nhs. staffordshire is no stranger to scandal. the royal stoke thatis stranger to scandal. the royal stoke that is taken on stafford hospital. there have been failures of care there. reports of 12 hour waits on trolleys for patients here. they are concerned what will happen to the nhs. secondly, brexit. stoke—on—trent was voted one of the direction the capitals. not the highest proportion but about 70% of people voted to leave. that's where the head headache for labour comes in. what have the candidates been saying. you've been living and breathing this by—election. are they saying they're there for brexit? all the candidates say whether they were remain before or not, they want to see the will of the people of stoke—on—trent happen. the labour candidate was very vocal on his

social media that he opposed leaving the eu. he's been vocal since but now he's a candidate, things he's been saying, he'll follow democracy, see what people here want to happen and try to get the best deal for people here. i mentioned that low turnout at the general election. it was much biggerfor the referendum. do you think people will turn out to vote, given how interested we are in the election, are people here? 5196 voted for the last mp at the 2015 general election. that came up to 56% for the referendum. it suggests they care more about whether they are in the eu than who their mp is. the awareness of the by—election is starting to grow. it is helped by the fact ukip have put their leader here. a high profile candidate up against local councillors. it is getting more attention. i think people will turn out. ben, it is interesting, nigel farage is due here in the next couple of days. paul nuttall is the party leader.

he's been campaigning here. jeremy corbyn has been here at the weekend. no real big players here from the liberal democrats. they used to finish runner up until their disaster in 2015. not seen any big hitters from the conservatives who we re hitters from the conservatives who were narrowly third in the last general election. really four parties that could contest this election. but the bookies have it as a straight two—way fight between ukip and labour. thank you very much. phil mackie in stoke—on—trent. there's been a rise in hate crimes targeting jewish people and muslim women in the uk. in a moment, shaimaa khalil reports on some of the muslim women who've experienced religious hate crime in this country. but first, our religious affairs correspondent looks at why the number of incidents of violence and abuse targeting jewish people in the uk has reached a record high, according to a new study. just six days after the annual holocaust memorial day, these figures reveal british dues are the victims of a staggering rise in the number of attacks.

according to the community security trust which collates statistics in co—operation with the police. in the past five years, the number of incidents has doubled from around 600 to this year's record high. racists, including anti—semites, feel emboldened, encouraged, at this moment in time, for a whole range of reasons, to come out with their hatred. they used to keep it underground and now they are coming out. a lid has been lifted off. basically, society as a whole needs to turn around as a whole and say it's not acceptable and these people need to be driven back into the holes in the ground from which they come. the prince of wales speaking at the world jewish relief charity's annual dinner this week, warned that the resurgence of anti—semitism may indicate the failure of our collective memory. the horrific lessons of the last war seem to be in increasing danger of being forgotten. the home office pledged

an additional £13 million in november to increase security and around jewish schools, colleges, nurseries and synagogues. money well spent in the light of these latest figures. martin bahir, bbc news. this is the reality many muslim women face in britain. they have become the number one target for religious hate crimes. this woman was walking home with her friends a few weeks ago when a man threw anti—muslim abuse at them. and it did not stop there. he put his hands in his pockets and threatened us with a knife. this is not the first time she has been attacked. lately, things have become worse. my identity is made up of other people's perceptions. because people are more bold in their islamophobia and racism,

it is making me question whether, you know, this is my home. it is notjust face—to—face attacks. there has been a spike in anti—muslim abuse on line. one person who knows this all too well is nadiya hussain, the first british muslim woman to win the great british bake 0ff. there was a lot of negativity and it was quite difficult to read some of the stuff. we had to have a police presence around the house. how did that affect you? yeah, there were moments when i thought, what have i done, what have i done? are my kids safe? as much as i put a smile on my face, i thought, my gosh, what have i done? i remember thinking will i be accepted? is it a big deal i am wearing a headscarf? i thought, yes, there is negativity, but i am comfortable with myself and i would not change that for the world.

over a halal sunday roast, i sit with her and herfriends. they say islamophobia is part of their lives. they are not just worried about their lives, but also about their identities being questioned. iami iam i british? i am constantly asked questions . i don't see why i have to answer those questions. people need to know that muslims are ordinary people doing the same jobs as everyone else and having the same struggles as everyone else. until we get that image out there, in some way these problems are going to remain. the question of identity is a complex one in britain, especially with muslim women. but the aspiration for many of them is simple, feeling safe in a country

they call home. bbc news. violent protests have led to the lockdown of the university of california's berkeley campus. hundreds of students had gathered to rally against a planned speech by the right—wing breibart news editor, milo yiannopoulos 0ur los angeles correspondent, james cook reports. crowd: no, means no! wherever milo yiannopoulos goes, protests seem to follow. the controversialjournalist has been touring american college campuses with a polarising message. he preaches free speech, praises donald trump and attacks islam and feminism. here at the university of california berkeley, demonstrators were divided about whether such views justified this response. i definitely think the students went way too far, they crossed the line by vandalising property and putting things on fire. this is really appropriate for what is going on right now.

the speaker, milo yiannopoulos, is a known racist and a neo—nazi and i feel he should not be allowed to speak. rioting protesters threw smoke bombs and flares at the building. police ordered them to leave the area but many refused and the campus was placed on lockdown. college republicans say they invited mr yiannopoulos to give voice to repressed conservative thought but as the violence worsened, the talk was cancelled amid concerns for the speaker's safety and he made his feelings clear on facebook. i am, of course, not the racist or the sexist or anything else that the posters that they put up claim i am. they do that to legitimise their own violence against you. but even if i were, even if the things they said about me were true, this still wouldn't be an appropriate response to ideas. berkeley was the cradle of the free—speech movement in the 1960s. not tonight. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. the sale of puppies under eight weeks old is to be banned

as the government introduces new laws to safeguard the welfare of britain's pets. the reform is one of the biggest to the pet trade in 20 years. plans will require anyone breeding and selling three or more litters of puppies a year to apply for a formal licence. people who break these rules could face up to six months in prison. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour. but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the prime minister prepares to publish the government white paper on brexit, which will set out its priorities as it begins withdrawal from the eu. the bank of england is expected to announce that the economy. will grow more than twice as fast as it expected. the archbishop of canterbury apologises on behalf of the church of england over allegations of physical abuse of boys at a summer camp where he worked in the 1970s. now the business headlines.

well on the way to two billion friends — facebook gets more popular, more profitable, and more powerful than ever before. but the question is for how long? stay with me, i'll have more on facebook‘s staggering numbers ina minute. the chief executive of germany's leading stock exchange is being investigated by prosecutors over the purchase of shares in the company just weeks before it began merger talks with the london stock exchange. deutsche boerse says carsten kengeter‘s shares were part of an incentive scheme and they are cooperating with the authorities. the share price rose significantly shortly after he acquired the shares. quarterly profits at the petrochemical giant royal dutch shell have fallen. they are 2. £2.7 billion. the company blames the low cost of oil price and the restructuring of the

business. let's start with facebook, because despite predictions of a slowdown, the world's biggest social network keeps getting more popular, more profitable, and more powerful. late on wednesday, it reported quarterly numbers that were much better than expected. they round off another year of rapid growth that has seen it become one of the biggest advertising businesses on the planet. its massive reach has also raised concerns about the amount of influence it can have and the reliability of information that's shared on it. so, just how big is facebook now? by the end of last year, over 1.86 billion people around the world were logging on at least once a month — so called monthly active users. that's an annual rise of 17%. one and a quarter billion of those log on every single day — and the vast majority via smartphones. advertisers love it.

last year, they spent almost $29 billion placing ads on facebook — a jump of 57% on 2015. that made facebook profits of well over $10 billion — a huge jump of 177%. however, facebook is warning it's reaching saturation point for the amount of advertising it can show people on their newsfeeds — reports suggest it is looking into video ads, as seen on youtube. joining me now is stuart miles, founder and ceo of tech website pocketlint. good to see you. i remember you and iare good to see you. i remember you and i are getting old. we talked about this in the early days of facebook when people would say, facebook, they'll moneytise those adds on mobile. they have to do this. boy, they have cracked it. they keep

defying the critics? yeah, i think when they first started about five yea rs when they first started about five years ago, people were struggling to understand how they could moneytise the users. they've grown the users and understood and worked out the secret source into making more money. is zuckerberg says those numbers will come to a more meaningful level in 2017, there's plenty of opportunity for them to prove on mobile but video players. a lot of people are watching video on facebook. there's talk of apps for televisions where you can watch those videos elsewhere. there's also markets they've still yet to tap. china is turning out to be problematic, a difficult market for facebook. you know, they have become the biggest advertising platform in the biggest advertising platform in the world. the likes of google, watching facebook over their shoulder very closely? google, everybody sees them as a search

engine, but their main driver is to sell advertising through that huge platform. the more people that spend time on facebook and not on google search or watching videos on youtube means facebook get the opportunity to steal that advertising spend. it is easy for us to think in the next couple of years, rather than a big advertising moment of year, the superbowl this weekend, more advisable to put your money into facebook and let that £5 million for 30 seconds span out across the year in worthwhile advertising. there are still untapped markets. facebook added something like 230 million new users last year. that's twitter. all of the people that use twitter. i know there are new markets out there. it is having problems with china. can it continue, those sort of numbers? we'll seem some slow down, i think, of numbers? we'll seem some slow down, ithink, overthe of numbers? we'll seem some slow down, i think, over the next couple of years. china is a huge market

there's still huge potential if they can get that right. there are lots of man over. there are lots of big social networks there people are happy to use. india are coming online. apple have a big focus there. more smartphones, people getting into facebook. as we see connectivity roll out across the world, the idea of accessing things on the go on different devices will only become easier rather than harder. stuart, always appreciate your time. i have to tell you, in those five years since the facebook ipo has come along, your shed has come a long way. televisionses, signing up. sclau. now the markets. released lots of number shortly, the bling. what's happening in a nutshell is there were a lot of

positive activity over president trump's economic policies, the big tax cuts, the big spends. people like that. they are gone on edge with some of the other policies, particularly the travel ban. for the markets, you can keep this one, a trump on, trump off! he's off as well. we've had a tweet from the new president where he has a go at iran. the iran nuclear deal that president 0bama helped negotiate, that donald trump has condemned. that follows news from a top adviser to the

supreme leader, ayatollah allah ham apy. the american government will understand threatening iran is useless. a war of words between donald trump and the iranians. we've also got news coming to us from france. this is about the presidential candidate anon. there have been corruption allegations about him. the french investigators have widened an investigation into allegations the presidential candidate paid large sums of money to members of his family for work they may not have done, including two of his children. we've heard sources close to the investigation say an investigation is now being extended to look at work being carried out by marry and charles fignon for theirfather. carried out by marry and charles fignon for their father. a carried out by marry and charles fignon for theirfather. a baby hippo born at a zoo in the ah is

receiving round the clock care after being born six weeks early. she's the first nile hippo born in seven yea rs. the first nile hippo born in seven years. her premature birth meant she's had a tough start to life. she's now learning to nurse, walk and to swim. headlines coming up in and to swim. headlines coming up in a moment on the bbc news channel. in a moment on the bbc news channel. in a moment, we'll say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first, a look at the weather. the weather is looking pretty stormy over the next couple of days. some very unsettled weather on the cards for many of us. today, the winds are the main feature. some pretty stormy conditions as you can see from this picture in falmouth in cornwall. big waves along the coasts. winds gusting at over 50 mph in the south—west of england. a lot of cloud. 0utbreaks in the south—west of england. a lot of cloud. outbreaks of patchy rain drifting eastwards. there are sunshine to be seen out there across parts of east anglia and parts of wales. galeforce winds at times

affecting the south—west of england, wales, north—west land and northern ireland. further east, still windy but not quite as strong as further west. temperatures 11 or 12 celsius. it is mild. 0utbreaks west. temperatures 11 or 12 celsius. it is mild. outbreaks of rain moving their way across east anning lee arcs the south—east of england. some sunshine around over the midlands, northern parts of wales where it will feel particularly windy. further showers over northern ireland into the west of scotland too. a blustery day for scotland with temperatures about 10 or 11 degrees. as we head through this evening and overnight, brisk winds. further spells of showery rain working in from the west. particularly wet weather across parts of the west of scotland. we're looking at a frost—free start to friday morning with enough cloud and breeze around. it will be a relatively quiet start to friday. it won't last. we've this area of low pressure moving from the atlantic heading over south—western parts of

england. bringing heavy rain and strong winds over southern ports of england later in the day. you can see that low pressure moving into the south—west. particular drearily strong for the channel islands. pretty windy inland. the heaviest of the rain for the south—west of england, wales, northern ireland where it could turn to snow later on in the day. let's look at that low pressure system bringing those strong winds. we could see gusts, 70 mph for the channel islands. 50 mhh inland. further north, winds less of that a problem. some wet weather over northern parts of the country. as we head into the weekend, saturday, more rain towards the south—east of england. but much of the country looks relatively dry. temperatures around 7—9 celsius. lots going on in the weather over the next couple of days. some high winds today. you can #2350i7ed the latest warnings by heading to our website. —— find the latest warnings

by heading to our website. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday: the government will in the next few minustes publish its white paper on brexit which will set out its plan and priorities as it begins withdrawal from the eu. the bank of england is expected to announce that the economy will grow more than twice as fast as it previously expected. we'll hear from governor mark carney later in the hour. the church of england apologises and admits allegations of historical violent abuse againstjohn smyth, a former friend of the archbishop of canterbury, should have been reported years earlier. i obviously didn't know that he was abusing people in any way at all. a ban on scheduled night flights at heathrow is proposed

as a four—month consultation begins on plans to build a third runway. donald trump question is what he calls a dumb refugee resettlement deal after a fiery phone conversation with the australian prime minister. former chelsea and england midfielder frank lampard announced he has retired — bringing to an end a 21—year professional career. good afternoon. it's thursday feburary 2nd. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the government is publishing its strategy to leave the european union in the next hour. a white paper will set out priorities for negotiations

with the eu after parliament took the first step towards brexit, with mps voting overwhelmingly in favour of a process which will trigger article 50. they voted 498 in favour, which gives the prime minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. 47 labour mps, one in five, voted against the bill despite a three line whip imposed by the party leaderjeremy corbyn. what will happen next? brexit secretary david davis will publish the white paper on exiting the eu very shortly, allowing parliament to send it off for more amendment and scrutiny before it becomes law. let's get the latest from our assistant political editor norman smith. most people expect this to sing the

flesh out the speech made the other day at lancaster house. it could be a concession to particularly those conservative mps and potential rebels who demand to may produce a formal white paper. —— who demand theresa may produce a formal white paper. the question now is whether the brexit and lebanon —— the brexit bandwagon has become virtually unstoppable. the 384 suggests she is pretty much on cruise control certainly at the westminster end of things. it is very different in brussels. let me speak to a prominent leave campaigner. would you say this is now unstoppable? i think it was a clear and emphatic vote in the house of commons yesterday. 4—1 in favour of

triggering article 50. let's rewind. there was a referendum lastjune and give a clear decisive majority in favour of leaving the eu and i think the house of commons and mps like myself are trying to implement the will of the people as expressed in the referendum last year. and yet there will be a tussle about what brexit looks like. those conservative mps feel uneasy and the fight is not over. can we still expect parliamentary tussles over brexit ahead? i think we will have a full range of parliamentary debate on the issue. we have already had 60 hours of questions and debate and scrutiny from the various committees relating to brexit and that is entirely to be expected because we live in a parliamentary democracy so it is right parliament should have a full debate. i think the government is

anxious and keen that parliament is properly involved. and should mps have a vote before theresa may agrees a final deal? she has promised one after that a knock of mps say it isn't good enough and they need a vote before she signs. i don't see why there should be a vote before the deal is finalised. triggering article 50 allows the government to enter negotiations and once they are concluded, for me that would be the right time to have a vote. i don't see the point before any negotiations are fully concluded. and briefly, how tough are they going to be because we heard from sir ivan rogers, our man who used to be in brussels, yesterday. he said the eu was going to demand billions and billions of pounds as an exit bill. any kind of deal that is mutually self—destructive, there is no point

in that and i don't think voters wa nt in that and i don't think voters want that. i think it is entirely probable we can come to a decent arrangement with the eu. we are weak trading partners and it is in our mutual interest to come to a good deal and icy no reason why we shouldn't be able to achieve that outcome. that was norman smith speaking to us from westminster. we will bring you that white paper and david davis the brexit secretary introducing it in the commons in the next half—hour. we think. some economic news ahead of that report from the bank of england. interest rates unchanged at 4.25% today. it has upgraded forecasts of economic growth for the next two —— three years. 1.6% next year and next two —— three years. 1.6% next yearand1.7% in next two —— three years. 1.6% next year and 1.7% in 2019. more from our economic editor in the next few minutes and that. also breaking in

the last couple of minutes, we are hearing that the human rights lawyer phil shiner who has been accused of drumming upfalse phil shiner who has been accused of drumming up false abuse claims against british soldiers in iraq has had 12 charges of misconduct against him found proved by a panel at the disciplinary tribunal and he has been struck off. we are hearing he has been struck off. 12 charges of misconduct, including five allegations of dishonesty, have been found proved by that panel at the solicitors disciplinary tribunal. we will talk about that now with our guest from the law society. being struck off is a very strong sanction. it is the end of his career. tell us more about why he was accused of

these charges. these judges of drumming upfalse these charges. these judges of drumming up false abuse claims? he is or was a solicitor until he was struck off. we are governed by three strong and robust code of conduct is, which means we should act with integrity in the client ‘s interest and pursue claims that are worthwhile and in the public interest. there have been complaints. i'm not going to comment on the specifics of this one that if the solicitor falls beneath the required standard then they are disciplined and can be struck off. and it is important therefore, you believe, that there are these sanctions and solicitors who act wrongly thought whatever reason, there are punishments and sanctions against them. people do fall short of the standards we promote as a profession before it is important from the point of view of the reputation of

the profession and people's trust in it and the rule solicitors play, that there should be sanctions applied. pa rt applied. part of the reason this hit the headlines because these were false claims against british soldiers during the iraq war and highlighted by several newspapers who were particularly angry. there has been a lot of press comment and all i would say in relation to that is that both our troops and indeed our legal system have an international reputation for fairness and standards and if people fall short of those, either in the military or in the law profession, they should be held to account. it is consistent with operating our values internationally. thank you robert, from the law society. that news that the human rights lawyer phil shiner has been struck off. we will get more from our

correspondent at the hearing in the next few minutes. the bank of england has decided to keep its main interest rate at a record low of 1.25%. the economy is performing stronger. the pound has lost a fifth of its value since the brexit vote, threatening to increase inflation. let's get the latest from our economics editor who is outside the bank of england. it looks wet and windy. i think you've been inside, reading the latest findings from the bank of england. what are they telling us? the main story out of today's inflation report, the quarterly report on the state of the uk economy, is that just report on the state of the uk economy, is thatjust as you say, growth is much stronger than certainly the bank expected

following the referendum. it has upgraded growth for this year to just over 2% come a big increase on what it thought growth would be this year. it says the resilience of the consumer has pushed growth in the uk and we are still going out and buying things. record low interest rates m ea ns buying things. record low interest rates means that money, frankly, is cheap at the moment and it is easy to borrow. it also points out that the global economy is actually performing a lot better. america, for example, there has been the federal reserve yesterday suggesting the american economy would grow more strongly through 2017. in the eurozone there have been indications europe is growing more strongly. britain is exporting, a trading nation, with a weaker currency. 0ur exports are cheaper. the bank still says there are warnings although it says there are warnings although it says it is more confident and

inflation is picking up in the uk. that eats into people's incomes and could mean that consumer confidence could mean that consumer confidence could slow down and consumer demand could slow down and consumer demand could slow down and consumer demand could slow down, which could have a negative effect on growth. i think the big issue is that the bank, unlike its prediction before and just after the referendum, is now saying that uk growth is resilient and robust and it is continuing. and that will mean there are more criticism of the bank, i would have thought, because of those warnings from the bank and other international economists, pretty dire warnings, about what would happen if there was a brexit vote before the referendum ? i think you're right and the governor of the bank of england here mark carney will be braced for fresh criticism today. the two upgrades back—to—back, the upgrade last november and the upgrade they have just done today must be some of the

most substantial upgrades to growth forecasts the bank has ever done. a couple of mitigating factors in favour of the bank, there has been stimulus injected into the economy since the referendum. interest rates we re since the referendum. interest rates were cut. the government autumn statement reduced the deficit reduction plan is so allowed a bit more public spending. it said it wa nted more public spending. it said it wanted to spend more money on infrastructure, which stimulates the economy. so some facts have changed since the referendum, which the bank saysis since the referendum, which the bank says is why they have increased their forecast and similarly for the global economy is doing better than many people thought. that august inflation report was the report on the british economy just inflation report was the report on the british economyjust a month after the referendum was so gloomy and slashed forecasts for growth for this year in particular down 20.8%.

lots of people say that is just —— in particular down to not .8%. remain as might say we are still in the european union for a couple of yea rs the european union for a couple of years so it is looking much further ahead that we might see more problems economically. absolutely right. it has upgraded growth for next year, 2018, but only bya growth for next year, 2018, but only by a small amount and as you say, we haven't actually left the european union yet. we are in this benign environment where we have a weaker currency and sterling has fallen just under 20% in value since the referendum but we are still in the single market and our exports to our biggest market is still in the single market, still tariff free and able to circulate easily, are going to be stronger. yes, there could be

pain ahead but not necessarily all of it cancelled. the bank is suggesting there will be less pain thanit suggesting there will be less pain than it thought there would be. 0ur economics editor at the bank of england. let's go back to the news that phil shiner the human rights lawyer has been struck off after a tribunal found that he had lawyer has been struck off after a tribunalfound that he had drummed up tribunalfound that he had drummed up false claims against british soldiers during the iraq war. let's get the latest from our correspondent daniel bircher. tell us correspondent daniel bircher. tell usa correspondent daniel bircher. tell us a bit more about what the accusations against him were. yes, he faced 24 allegations and towards the end of last year he had already admitted to eight allegations of acting without integrity, including taking a solicited direct approaches to

clients through an agent and admitted to acting recklessly but denied being dishonest. today the tribunal ruled that further allegations against him had been proven and those included five allegations of dishonesty. phil shiner rose to prominence following the iraq war, suing the british army over allegations of abuse made by iraqis. his work came under scrutiny following the enquiry that looked at the aftermath of the ambush of british soldiers in iraq in 2004 by insurgents. the gun battle of danny boy followed. the enquiry looked into allegations that 20 iraqis had been killed and mutilated after the battle. claims this enquiry found to be deliberate lies. the then defence secretary michael fallon said some of the complaints would be

investigated by the regulatorfor the solicitors profession. phil shiner was representing. that is how he came to be investigated by the regulator for the solicitors. he he came to be investigated by the regulatorfor the solicitors. he had already admitted, sorry, to recklessness by claiming at a press conference in 2008 that the british army had unlawfully killed, tortured and mistreated iraqis after the battle of danny boy the. there was a statement from a senior officer, describing the impact that had on him and other soldiers. phil shiner has not been present at this hearing. he sent a letter at the start saying he wouldn't be able to attend because he was unwell and also he didn't have the funding to mount a defence. but today after considering the allegations that had

been proven, the panel decided he should be struck off and he can no longer work as a solicitor. daniel, thank you very much indeed. we arejust daniel, thank you very much indeed. we are just hearing also that the defence secretary michael fallon has reacted, saying he is delighted that phil shiner has been exposed, is his word, and struck off. he said, he has made soldiers lives a misery over the last few years and the decent thing for him to do now is to apologise. that is the latest reaction from the defence secretary. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the premise is preparing to publish the government white paper on brexit to set out its priorities as it begins to withdraw from the eu. the bank of england says the economy will grow almost twice as fast as it previously forecast this year. and human rights lawyer phil shiner

who worked on abuse claims against uk troops have been struck off after a misconduct hearing. the former chelsea and england midfielder frank lampard has announced his retirement from football. that and all the other stories with john. as a player he won three premier league titles and four fa cups, including one champions league triumph with chelsea in 2012. he remains chelsea's all time record goalscorer where he spent 13 years as a player, before moving tojoin manchester city and then mls side new york city. his career spanned 21 years and he was capped over 100 times for his country. manchester city remain a considerable way of leaders chelsea despite a 4— one wind. when

manchester city play like this, it is hard to see how they are in fifth. the new signing with his first goalfor the fifth. the new signing with his first goal for the club as well. they remain ten points from the top and outside of those all—important champions league placements. a frustrating evening for manchester united who could only manage a goalless draw. the manager complaining that referees don't apply the same rules to him as other managers. joejurgen apply the same rules to him as other managers. joe jurgen klopp was commended for his passion on the sidelines but was told he would be sent to the stands if he sold similar motion. he walked out of an interview. what was your overall impression of the performance? we didn't score. if you don't score it is not possible to win. their goalkeeper was the marvellous form when you did get through. he was good. what do you think the

referee should have pulled him up on? if you don't know football you shouldn't be with the microphone in your hand. england rugby union head coach eddie jones has announced his starting 15 to face france in their opening match of the six nations on saturday. mario itoje makes his first start in the absence of chris robshaw. england chasing a record 15th win in a row having gone the whole of 2016 unbeaten. elliot daly whole of 2016 unbeaten. elliot daly who was sent off in his last appearance against argentina is back in the side. the squad has been hit bya in the side. the squad has been hit by a range of injuries in the lead up by a range of injuries in the lead up to the tournament. sam warburton returns to the welsh starting 15 for their match with italy on sunday. 0ne starting 15 for their match with italy on sunday. one of five changes to the team that beat south africa in november. captain alun wynjones will lead the side in rome.

and that is all the sport for now. i will be back at 1:30pm. the church of england has apologised and admitted that allegations of historical physical abuse made against a formerfriend of the archbishop of canterburyjustin welby, should have been reported years earlier. john smythe is accused of a series of allegations of abuse of boys at a summer camp. i obviously didn't know that he was abusing people in any way at all. yes, on the assumption that if he has committed criminal offences of course he should face prosecution. what else should he face? and what do you say to the victims? what i said yesterday — it is terrible they were treated like this, they have been greviously and deeply let down.

it is not their responsibility in any way at all. a lot of victims and survivors of abuse have this nagging sense that somehow theirfault. quite the reverse. the most terrible things were done to them and it was a terrible shame and a disgrace this was done to them. australia's prime minister, has denied president trump hung up on him during a fiery telephone conversation over a refugee resettlement deal. mr trump has described the current deal as "dumb" on twitter. the arrangement allows vulnerable asylum seekers held in offshore detention centres in australia to be resettled in the us. malcolm turnbull, the australian prime minister, says that the conversation ended courteously and that donald trump didn't hang up on him. it seems what has infuriated mr trump is the deal struck with australia and the outgoing 0bama administration at the end of last year.

the deal would allow about 1,250 refugees from australia's offshore processing centres in nauru and puapa new guinea to go and live in the united states, and that seems to be the source of some friction. again, we don't know whether that conversation ended abruptly but we know it is making headlines around the world. and the washington post began this by reporting it was scheduled to be an hour—long conversation but it was only 25 minutes, cut short by donald trump. he described the resettlement deal as the worst deal ever and accused australia of trying to export the next boston bomber. strong language. malcolm turnbull was a very wealthy successful businessmen in a past

life and has been trying to handle this with the delicate diplomacy that mr trump according to critics seems unable to find during his early days as us president. his anger may not necessarily be directed at australia. he may be taking a swipe at president 0bama for forging this agreement with australia towards the end of last year. it means more uncertainty for the refugees held in the controversial offshore processing camps, in papua new guinea and on nauru. do you think donald trump can tear up the deal? it was agreed with president 0bama but can he just throw it away? i would imagine that if mr trump wants to put it in the waste paper basket, that is where it will go.

interesting to listen to malcolm turnbull in a radio interview after donald trump's furious twitter message, saying he still remains hopeful this refugee accord will still go ahead. he said the americans had an obligation because of the deal signed with the outgoing 0bama administration in november last year but speculation here in australia and beyond, we have to say this deal looks shaky despite mixed messages coming out of the white house and the state department. thank you. and we'll have more on all the latest developments from the trump white house tonight at 7pm in our programme 100 days with katty kay in washington, and christian fraser in london. that's at 7 here on the bbc news channel. the french presidential candidate

francois fillon is facing fresh claims that he and his wife cheated the parliamentary payments system. a ten—year—old interview with his wife is to be aired later, in which penelope fillon is reported to say she never worked as his parliamentary assistant. the couple deny any wrongdoing. the singer beyonce's surprise announcement that she's pregnant with twins has become the most liked instagram post ever. she announced she and her husband jay z are expecting twins. "we have been blessed two times over. "we are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing "by two," said a statement signed by "the carters", jay z‘s real last name. the picture shows beyonce with her hands on a baby bump, wearing just her bra and knickers and a veil, kneeling in front of her local florist. it's now been liked more than seven million times on instagram, more than the previous record—holder selena gomez. beat for! i was thinking, you are

such a loss to the fashion world! i haven't got time for that malarkey. i have an area of low pressure with isobars packed into the western part of the british isles. if you spend any part of the morning there you will know how windy it can be. 50—60 mph and some bands of rain by running away northwards and eastwards. breezy but not feeling overly cold. not a great deal changing through this evening or over the overnight period. the wind using a little but still quite breezy. the temperature may tumble. towns and cities in the picture. 0n friday, in wet and windy start for the north west of scotland but elsewhere it is a decent sort of day until... this is the main event. it

will spin up until... this is the main event. it willspin upa until... this is the main event. it will spin up a big area of low pressure, turning increasingly wet and windy. more on that in half an hour. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines at 12.30: the government will publish its plans for brexit this lunchtime. last night, mps voted to begin the uk's withdrawal from the eu. the bank of england says the economy will grow by 2% this year — more than twice as fast as it had previously forecast — the human rights lawyer, phil shiner, who brought abuse claims against uk troops, has been struck off the roll of solicitors, after he was found to have acted dishonestly. the archbishop of canterbury apologises on behalf of the church of england over allegations of physical abuse of boys at a summer camp where he worked in the 1970s. i didn't know that he was abusing people in any way at all. let's cross live

to the bank of england, where governor mark carney is expected to explain the bank's decision to upgrade its annual growth forecast. the mpc long emphasised the process of leavingle eu on inflation would be the product of its impact on demand supply at the exchange rate. it has consistently stressed the result on implications for monetary policy would not be automaticic. the mpcis policy would not be automaticic. the m pc is required to balance a period of above inflation with a period of wea ker of above inflation with a period of weaker growth. this means any overshoot of inflation above tarrings the can only be temporary in nature and limited in scope. as such, the m pc has been clear its

tolerance for above target inflation is limited. today's decision reflects the committee's updated assessment of those forces and those limits. the committee has unanimously confirmed the current monetary policy stance remains appropriate. it has also made important have visions to its forecast and highlighted some of the keyjudgment forecast and highlighted some of the key judgment underlining it. forecast and highlighted some of the keyjudgment underlining it. growth has remained resilient since the referendum with the uk posting the fastest rate in the g7 last year. the mppc expects growth to be stronger than in november with the economy now projected to be expand boo 2% in 2017 and 1.75% there after or around boo 2% in 2017 and 1.75% there after oraround 1.7 boo 2% in 2017 and 1.75% there after oraround1.7a boo 2% in 2017 and 1.75% there after or around 1.7 a % there after. this upgrade will leave the level of uk output 1% higher over the next three yea rs output 1% higher over the next three years than we had expected in november. this stronger outlook is

the product of four factors. in descending order of importance they are: first, the chancellor's autumn statement eased fiscal policy over the coming years. this ex—plans half of the forecast upgrade. second, the outlook for the global economy is firming. reflecting an easing of fist calpol sis in other country along with business confidence particularly in the united states. that explains more than a quarter of the upgrade. third, financial conditions in the uk remain supportive underpinned by low risk free rates. the 18% fall in sterling since november 2015 peak and lower credit. moreover, domestic credit conditions are compative. historically low mortgage rates. in part, in part, this reflects the bling's policy actions which have helped lower the impact of

uncertainty on activity —— bank of england. fourth, as was the case in november, there are few signs households are cutting back on spending. with the savings rate falling towards pre—crisis lows and household debt picking up, how households adjust their spending and expectations of future income will be important determinants of the outlook. this stronger projection doesn't mean the referendum is without consequence. uncertainty over future arrangements is weighing on business investment which has been flat since the end of 2015. business investment is expected to be around a quarter lower in three yea rs' be around a quarter lower in three years' time than projected prior to the referendum with material conservative quipss for productivity, wages and incomes. the level of the gdp's expected to be 1.596 level of the gdp's expected to be 1.5% lower in two years' time despite substantial easing of the

monetary macroprude ennial —— prudentialial and fiscal policies. as he wassed by the chart fall in the value of sterling. markets are valuing today what they expect to be necessary tomorrow. an adjustment to real incomes as the uk moves to its new trading arrangements. the mpc expects tension between consumer strength and relative financial market pessimism to begin to be resolved over the course of this year. turning to inflation, having risen markedly from around 0 in 2015, the mpc expects inflation to be... this largely reflects external factors, past falls in energy, food and imported food prices being grouping out of the annual comparson. beyond that, inflation is

expected to increase further, peaking around 2.8% at the start of 2018 before falling back to 2.4% in three years' time. these overshoots are entirely because of sterling's fall. which itself is a product of the market's view of the consequences of brexit. consistent with this, longer term measures of inflation expectations have risen from very low levels to stable lies around historical average levels and remain well anchored. the outlook for inflation in in forecast depends importantly on the path for supply. which is why the mpc understands reggae saysments of these prospects. latest of which is incorporated in today's projections. following a long peered of consistently overestimating wage growth, the mpc up overestimating wage growth, the mpc up dated its view of the natural

rate of employment. we nowjudge the rate of employment. we nowjudge the rate of employment. we nowjudge the rate of un'em flyment the economy can achieve will be consistent with wage growth to be around 4.5% down from a #5 % previously. as a result, the stronger outlook for demand is in large part matched by an increase in the economy's estimated supply capacity. the net impact of these factors on the inflation projection is broadly newly rat. as a consequence, when taken together with the 3% appreciation of sterling since our last forecast, and the gently rising path for interest rates implied by market yields, the projection for inflation and the trade—off that the committee faces are both little changed relative to nov. monetary policy cannot prevent structural adjustments necessary as the uk moves to new trading arrangements or any consequences of

those adjustments for real incomes. in the shorter run, specifically, attempting to offset fully the effects of weaker sterling on inflation would be achievable only at the cost of higher unemployment and even weaker income growth. in such exceptional circumstances, the mpc‘s remit fist it must balance the speed with which it intends to turn inflation to target with the support the monetary policy can provide to jobs and activity. at its february meading, the mpc unanimouslyjudged it remained appropriate to seek for a somewhat longer peered than usual. we'll go to the commons. david davis, the brexit secretary, with the white paper on brexit. 0ur

our strategic aims for the negotiation and seek to build a national consensus wherever possible. this white paper sets out those aims and the thinking behind them. it confirms the prime minister's vision of an independent, truly global uk and an ambitious future relationship with the eu. this is based on the 12 principles that will guide the government in fulfilling the democratic will of the people in the uk. providing certainty and clarity where we can. taking control of our own laws and statute book. strengthening the union by securing deal which works for the whole of the uk. maintaining the common travel area and maintaining other historic ties with ireland. securing the rights for eu citizens already living in the uk and the rights of uk nationals living in the eu. protecting and enhancing existing workers rights. ensuring free trade with european

markets whilst forging a new strategic partnership with the eu, including a bold trading agreement and new mutually beneficial trading agreement. ensuring the uk remains the best place for science and innovation. co—op rating in the fight against crime and terrorism. finally, delivering a smooth and orderly exit from the european union. these 12 objectives amount to one goal. a new, positive and constructive partnership between britain and the eu that works in our mutual interest. all of them are key. let me highlight some specific issues of the white paper. it reiterates our firm view that it's in the uk's interest for the eu to succeed politically and economically. that cannot be said too firmly. we want the eu to

succeed politically and economically. we approach the negotiations to come in a spirit of goodwill and working to an outcome in our mutual benefit. we recognise the eu principles of freedoms so the uk will leave the single market. instead, we seek a new strategic partnership, including a bold and ambitious trade agreement and customs agreement which should ensure a free and frictionless service. that to be our mutual benefit. as the while paper notes, we he can for the £230 billion worth of goods while importing from the eu every year. it also sets out how, after we leave the eu, the uk will look to significantly increase its trade with the fastest growing export markets in the world. while we cannot sign new trade deals whilst still members, we can and are preparing the ground for them. this

means updating our membership with the world trading organisation. which the uk was a founding member. modern free trade agreements require mechanisms for disputes. the white paper examines press dents in this area and we'll negotiate an arrangement which respects uk sovereignty. in terms of clarity and certainly, we recognise the need to provide them wherever we can during a period where some uncertainty will be around. this legislation will mean the repeal of the european communities act while converting the existing eu law into domestic law at the point of exit. that means the position we start from, a common regulatory framework within the eu single market is unprecedented. the negotiation will not be about bringing together to divergent systems. it is about finding the best way for the benefits of the

common systems and frame works to allow eu and uk visitors to trade with to continue when we leave the eu. the white paper also sets out that we'll take control of our own laws. so they are made in london, edinburgh, cardiff and belfast. ensure we can control the number of people coming to the uk from the eu. the jurisdiction people coming to the uk from the eu. thejurisdiction of people coming to the uk from the eu. the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice in the uk will come to an end. it will be for parliament and the devolved ledge latures to determine the changes to reflect our new position. i said here before, there will be any number of votes on substantive policy choices. to that end, the white paper makes clear we expect to bring forward separate legislation in areas such as customs and immigration. delivering a mutual beneficial exit, avoiding a disruptive cliff edge will be the key. a never—ending transitional status is not what we seek. but a

phased process of implementation of new arrangements, whether immigration controls, customs systems, the way we operate and cooperate on criminal and civil justice matters, or frame cooperate on criminal and civil justice matters, orframe works cooperate on criminal and civil justice matters, or frame works of business will be necessary for both sides. as the white paper says, the time needed to phase in new arrangements in different areas may vary. 0ne arrangements in different areas may vary. one of the most important factors in globe allay fairs, we will continue to work with the eu to preserve the uk and european security, fight crime and terrorism and uphold justice. we must work more closely not less in these areas. we'll continue to seek to build a national consensus around our negotiating position. we're talking all the time to business, civil society, the public sector, representatives of the regions. we've engaged the devolved administrations in this process. no pa rt administrations in this process. no part of the uk can have a veto but we're determined to deliver an outcome which works for the whole of

our country. we continue to analyse our country. we continue to analyse our exit across the uk covering more than an8 our exit across the uk covering more than an 8 sectors to shape our negotiating position. to conclude, the referendum result was not a vote to turn our back on europe. it was a vote of confidence in the uk's ability to succeed in the world, an expression of optimism that our best days are still to come. whatever the outcome of our negotiations, we seek an open, confident and fairer uk that works for everyone. the white paper's available on the government website. i've arranged for copies to be put in the library of both houses. the speaker: keir starmer. normally i'd thank the secretary of state for sight of his statement. this says nothing. a week ago at prime minister's questions, the prime minister's questions, the prime minister said there was a whites paper. yesterday she said there would be a white paper tomorrow. the secretary of state says there will bea secretary of state says there will be a statement of a white paper. it

was not delivered until a few minutes's ago so we can meaningfully ask him questions about it. are for months, we've been calling for a plan that was refused on the basis there wouldn't be a running commentary. then the government agreed a plan but delivered a speech. then they were forced to concede under pressure that there would be a white paper. now there's a white paper produced too late in the day for us to ask meaningful questions of the secretary of state here in this session today. that is com pletely here in this session today. that is completely unacceptable. the first fight about brexit is very clear. it's a fight about giving this house a meaningful role in holding the government to account. the government's been forced by the supreme court to involved parliament in the article 50 process. been forced to produce a now white paper. forced to concede a final vote. before christmas, the secretary of

state stood here refusing to confirm there would be a vote in this house at the end of the exercise. the decision to leave was taken on 23rd june last year. what matters now are the terms agreed under article 50 and the nature and extent of our new relationship with the eu. in her lancaster house speech, the prime minister adopted a risky approach. a wishlist with gaps, inconsistencies, an sun acceptable fall back position. now we need time to debate this white paper properly before this white paper properly before this house and we need a vote on its contents. whilst i'm on the question of votes, mr speaker, flicking through the white paper, i see paragraph1.12, all through the white paper, i see paragraph 1.12, all that's said about the final vote is that the final deal that is agreed will be put to a vote in both houses of parliament. we have amendments down next week seeking a meaningful vote. a vote in this house before a vote is taken in the european parliament.

0therwise is taken in the european parliament. otherwise all honourable members will have to watch on their screens as the european parliament debates our deal before we get to express any views on it. that is completely unacceptable. it is demeaning of this house. finally, i note from a perusal of the white paper there's nothing that progresses the situation of eu nationals in this country. we've called time and again for unilateral action to be taken before article 50's triggered. yet the white paper disappoints on that front. thank you. thank you mr speaker. let me start with the purpose of the white paper. it is to inform all debates, notjust today's, in the coming two years. the shadow brexit spokesman is right. what matters above all else,

are the terms that we get for this negotiation. that's about the future of britain. that's what this house should care about. first and foremost. secondly, he talks about a meaningful vote. i haven't yet quite understood what he means by meaningful vote. i've been hong enough to have voted thousands of times in this house. i've never voted on something i consider not meaningful. every vote in this house is meaningful. so, there will be a meaningful vote at the end. he makes much of the time it took. i was saying for a long time to the select committee it was inconceivable that we would not have a meaningful vote at the end of this process. finally, i'll come back to his last point on the question of eu nationals. i've also made clear, i think i have a track record, actually, of defending

the interests of people who are under pressure or indeed, the last thing pretty much the leader of his party did, was go with me to washington to get the last brit out of guantanamo bay. i will not throw people out of britain. for him to suggest that, it's outrageous. the european union nationals i want to see have all the rights they currently have. i also want to see british citizens have their rights too. we owe a moral responsibility too. we owe a moral responsibility to the eu nationals here. but we owe a moral and legal debt to the citizens of britain abroad. and we will protect both. i deeply welcome my right honourable friend's statement and the white paper which is most emphatically in our national interest. tomorrow, the heads of government of the 27 other member states will convene in malta. they

propose to make a declaration about their vision for the future of europe. president tusk‘s letter of 3ist europe. president tusk‘s letter of 31st january does not bode well. will my right honourable friend encourage the 27 to recognise by promoting ever—closer and more centralised, unreformed political union, they are creating the very circumstances which they claim they wa nt to circumstances which they claim they want to avoid and they are depriving themselves of the trust of the other citizens whom they claim to represent? they are effectively going in the wrong direction? my right honourable friend led on this issue for 20 years at least, i think. maybe 30 years. he's always had an honourable, straightforward and insightful view of the eu. now, what we have said is that we are going to be full members until the moment we leave. that means

responsible members until the moment we leave. that means we'll exercise our influence in what we think is the best interests of the eu until the best interests of the eu until the moment we leave. because we want to see the eu strong and stable and effective. in this time of difficult international relations, we need them as an anchor. that's the policy we'll pursue. can i thank the minister for we'll pursue. can i thank the ministerfor his we'll pursue. can i thank the minister for his statement. he's we'll pursue. can i thank the ministerfor his statement. he's not a man of few words but perhaps a man of few miningful words! this isjust another panicked u—turn. it is not much of an achievement mr speaker, to be the second most chaotic party in this chamber when it comes to europe. they've only had seven months to pull it together and yet we only got it now, a minute before the minister got on his feet. mr speaker, the secretary of state has more experience than me. but it is

very striking we get a white paper after the second reading a two sitting days before the committee stage. now, we'vejust got sitting days before the committee stage. now, we've just got this before he got on his feet. is that respectful to parliament, to be able to question him on it, when it only goes out as he goes on. i find that an astonishing disrespect for parliament. 0ne an astonishing disrespect for parliament. one that the secretary of state would not have put up with we re of state would not have put up with were he not on that frontbench. what ifind surprising is were he not on that frontbench. what i find surprising is what are they afraid of? they don't want to give us the opportunity for scrutiny so there must be something they're afraid of. they do not have the courage of their convictions. maybe, mr speaker, the secretary of state will tell us this. since scotland voted to remain, is the blue, red white and blue, the civil servant will put together last minute changing to their policy. secondly, the secretary of state said devolved legislatures will face significant changes. does that mean that a

legislative consent motion will now be required? mr speaker, this is a mess. it's going to have an impact on each and every one of us. people deserve better. let me start by saying we've been in the european union for 40 years. this is about reversing 40 years. amending and dealing with 40 years of accumulated policy. and law. as for the second reading, he's talking about a bill which is to trigger the process. to do no more than put into effect the british people's decision on 23rd june last year. so, i can't see how he thinks how the white paper being after the second reading of that is problematic at all. there will be any number of currencies in this house —— occurrences in this house when snp members will have a chance to hold the government to account,

put the interests of scotland forward , put the interests of scotland forward, whether it is in the great repeal bill, i do not think he can complain aboutan repeal bill, i do not think he can complain about an absence of democracy in this respect. the speaker: there is extensive interest in this which i'm happy to acomb day. it will require briefity from frontbenchers. let's leave the house of commons. david davis outlining the government's white paper on brexit. ina government's white paper on brexit. in a moment, much more on that in the news at one with sophie raworth. before that, a look at the weather. quite a lot going on in our sphere. an indication there's a lot going on with the uk weather. whether you like a satellite picture or one of our pressure charts you get a sense there's a lot going on thanks to

that big area of low pressure. notice how many isobars we've squeezed in, especially over the western sid side of the british isles. gusts up to 0 mph. anywhere around the irish sea coasts and across the neighbouring hills could see some of those disruptive gusts. bear those in see some of those disruptive gusts. bearthose in mind. see some of those disruptive gusts. bear those in mind. into the mix, heavily pulses of rain. it isn't wall to wall water. some of the rain has got across to the eastern side of the british isles. that process will continue apace. 8—11 covers it. not overly cold. not a great deal of change through the night—time peered. low pressure throwing bands of weather up and across the british isles. there are gaps in the blue. it may be that the sky's clear in one or two spots. temperatures could be bow low some of the values we see here for the town's and cities. into friday, a wet start across the north—western quarter of scotland. breezy too. elsewhere, a lot of

decent weather around. friday not a bad day at all. until we spin up this new area of low pressure which will bring a band of wet and windy weather up through northern ireland, wales and the southern counties of england. temperatures struggling to make double figures despite the sunshine. through the evening, we may be looking at gusts up to 70 mph on the exposed southern coasts of england. as we take you out of friday into saturday, that area of low pressure d rifts friday into saturday, that area of low pressure drifts it's way into scotla nd low pressure drifts it's way into scotland to provide an unsettled day here. so too into northern ireland. elsewhere, a lot of fine and drier weather. save, perhaps, it is a perhaps at that stage, for east anglia and the south—east where we could see a new spell of rain as the low pressure #1w50 e7s could see a new spell of rain as the low pressure #1w50e7s up to the north sea to get close to the north—east of scotland. sunday, again, quitea north—east of scotland. sunday, again, quite a bit of decent weather. but there is a chance of

pretty hefty showers dotting through the channel coasts. wherever you are, take care, bye—bye. whatever the outcome of the negotiations, we seek a more open, confident and ferret uk that works for everyone. —— fairer. we'll be live from westminster. also this lunchtime... the bank of england forecasts better growth for the uk economy over the next three years but warns soaring inflation could hit households hard. a controversial human rights lawyer's been struck off for acting dishonestly in bringing abuse claims against british soldiers in iraq. allegations john smyth, a former colleague of the archbishop of canterbury, physically abused teenage boys at a church holiday camp in the ‘70s. i obviously didn't know he was abusing people in any way at all.