this is bbc news. the headlines at four: "an independent and truly global united kingdom" — the brexit secretary, david davis, outlines the uk's strategy for leaving the eu. whatever the outcome of our negotiations, we seek a more open, outward looking, confident and fairer uk that works for everyone. a deal to end part of the dispute which has caused misery for passengers on southern rail is reached. the bank of england forecasts increased growth for the uk economy over the next three years — but warns that higher inflation could hit households. and in the next hour, the inquests hear about the final moments of one of the 30 british tourists killed in a terror attack in tunisia. carly lovett‘s fiance described how they ran into the hotel when the firing began. they were on their first holiday together. a controversial human rights lawyer's been struck off for acting dishonestly in bringing abuse claims against british soldiers in iraq. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. the government has published a white paper setting out its aims when negotiating britain's exit from the european union. brexit secretary david davis told mps that the uk will approach the talks in a spirit of goodwill. but shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer was heavily critical of the way the paper had been published. here's our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. we're on our way out, that much is clear, but what will life outside the eu look like? the prime minister's long—asked—for plan, finally presented to parliament. secretary david davis. the brexit secretary spelled out the details of the white paper.

it confirms the prime minister's vision of an independent, truly global uk and an ambitious future relationship with the eu. controlling our own laws and ensuring a smooth, orderly brexit was just part of a series of priorities for the government. these 12 objectives amount to one goal, a new, positive and constructive partnership between britain and the eu that works in our mutual interest. in front of ministers and diplomats last month, the prime minister spelt out her plan, a clue to the contents of her white paper. what i am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market. so, out of the special club that allows free movement of goods, services, capital and people, instead into a new trade deal aiming for access without barriers or tariffs and crucially, getting control of migration. mps hope all of this detail means they can properly scrutinise the government's plans, especially as, after last night's

vote, it seems we are past the point of no return. it was an historic moment. the ayes have it. but with dozens of labour mps voting against, the opposition is in disarray once again. several sacrificed their front bench jobs rather than obey jeremy corbyn‘s orders to vote for the bill. not diane abbott, though. the shadow home secretary, close ally of mr corbyn, and staunch remain campaigner, well enough to debate just three hours before the vote, then struck by illness that apparently kept her away from the commons. is brexit splitting labour? goodbye. what now for the party leaderfacing his fourth reshuffle in 18 months? is the labour party facing another crisis, mr corbyn? even the party's most faithful admit brexit is more than a headache. it's an enormous issue in terms of its importance to the country and that will be reflected

in all the debates in parliament. there are differences of view in our party, and clearly they were manifest yesterday, but there are deep divisions within the conservative party too. divisions aside, the prime minister has drawn up her plans. now she has to persuade a continent that what she wants is possible. eleanor garnier, bbc news, westminster. earlier, i spoke to our assistant political editor, norman smith, who's followed developments at westminster. mps are mulling over the plan, 75 pages, most of it pretty familiar territory and arguments we have heard previously from mrs may. a couple of things caught my eye. one is, we will get an immigration bill probably before brexit. that will be hugely controversial and will seek to implement the changes the government wants ahead of ending freedom of movement. the other interesting thing was that the government seems to be looking for some sort of special deals for key sectors to ensure that they retain the advantages

of the single market. the sectors they are looking at are of course financial services, car manufacturers and chemical exports. meanwhile, trouble in the labour party, with diane abbott not taking part in last night's vote because she was ill. but following your interview withjohn mann, she is now under pressure because there is speculation that she threw a sickie because she didn't want to take part in the vote because she's so opposed to brexit. john mann, the labour mp, says she should now apologise to the party. we have some very ill people who turned up to parliament to vote yesterday, who are so sick that they have not been able to carry on their workers mps. and they voted, and she gave herself a sick note at five o'clock. i think

we all know what is going on here. another labour mp who abstained on the big vote, but who did turn up to take part was chris leslie. give me your take on diane abbott's conduct? i haven't seen diane. i thought the front bench line was to insist that all frontbenchers vote in favour of triggering article 50. i am afraid i couldn't go along with that, so i wasn't going to support that because it feels to me like theresa may's hard brexit plan and it is not something i could endorse. but i don't know any more than you do about diane. if you are watching, diane, get well soon. i'm sure we all share those sentiments. in terms of the labour party, though, didn't last night expose how divided the party is from top to bottom over brexit? well, it's one of those issues that transcends political parties. this is about our constituents' future and the country as a whole. and yes, if you are a national

political party, of course those tensions are always going to be there. but now we move onto the important bit of the bill. it is notjust a binary decision, this is parliament's opportunity to give a steer to the prime minister on the negotiations. that is what the supreme court gave us the power to do. so the amendments will come up on monday, tuesday and wednesday next week. we saw that the government are still fudging the question over whether mps will get a meaningful final say before the deal is all signed. that is where the government will have to give in. but mrs may seems to have been clear that she will only give mps a say after she has agreed a deal. but can you imagine a circumstance, as keir starmer was saying earlier today, where mps in westminster have to turn on the tv and watch the deal being done in the european parliament without having signed it off themselves? i don't think it is tenable, and i don't think you can treat parliament as an afterthought. it's not just labour mps

or snp and lib dems, a lot of conservative mps are going to be saying next week, prime minister, you have to make this meaningful. let us approve or disapprove of the draft terms of this new relationship, notjust have it as a fait accompli. but doesn't that effectively give parliament a veto over brexit, because if you don't like the deal, you'll tell her to try harder and it will enable mps, in effect, if they wish, to thwart brexit? except that we have a parliamentary democracy. that much has been established, and we have a say in these negotiations. that is how we get better laws in this country. we don't delegate everything to the prime minister. so it might be difficult for her, but that is the way the negotiation should be conducted. and if we don't like that deal and if it is bad for the country, we shouldn't be afraid to send her back to the negotiation because we don't want to upset her.

an agreement has been reached between southern rail and the aslef union to end industrial action. the ongoing dispute was over the driver—only trains on the network. the deal is now subject to a referendum of aslef members. a dispute between the rmt union and southern is still ongoing. our correspondent yvette austin is in central london where that press conference took place in the last half hour. it was very brief and we still don't know who was compromised in what has been a very bitter dispute. no, we don't know that. but we do know that after two weeks of talks, a deal has finally been reached between go via thameslink and its drivers. we don't know any detail and it is by no means an end to it because of that, and all of that has to be put to the drivers and then there will be a vote. this is what frances o'grady had to say. she is the general secretary of the tuc. following two weeks of intensive talks held at congress house

to resolve the dispute, we are pleased to announce that aslef and southern have reached an agreement. for the avoidance of any doubt, this means that subject to a referendum of aslef members and southern, the dispute between aslef and southern is over. on behalf of myself and andy meadows of abellio, i would like to thank the negotiating teams from both parties to this dispute. they have worked long and hard to achieve this breakthrough. in particular, we want to place on record our appreciation for the constructive leadership shown by nick brown and mick whelan throughout these talks. we recognise that this long—running dispute has been extraordinarily difficult for everyone, including four passengers and for those staff involved. we are glad that the parties have negotiated an agreement that not only provides a sound basis on which to resolve their dispute, but also to restore good industrial relations for the future. so confidence there, but when will

passengers notice any difference? well, no doubt they will be pleased at this negotiation outcome. however, they will see that there is still not an end. the problem is that there is still this dispute with the rmt union, who represent the conductors. it is the rmt who effectively kicked the dispute off in april, and passengers have had to put up with delays, cancellations and even the whole network grinding toa and even the whole network grinding to a halt. so they will be hoping that now that this has happened, the rmt union will sit down and hold talks too. let's take you straight over to southwark crown court for the statement about the sentencing of bankers from hbos. this has been the longest and most complex case in thames valley police history and has spanned more than six and a half yea rs. spanned more than six and a half years. this case highlighted the

greed, audacity and outright criminal corrupt behaviour of these individuals convicted for their part in destroying ha rd—working individuals convicted for their part in destroying hard—working people's small businesses. their offence funded lavish lifestyles, foreign holidays, homes, first class and business class travel, sex parties and prostitutes. lynden scourfield, who worked at the halifax bank of scotland's office in reading, had a lending portfolio of three quarters of £1 billion. struggling small companies would approach him for advice to turn their businesses around. instead of offering help as he should have done, he lent them more and more of the bank's money. he also referred them to his consultancy friends, who charged extortionate fees and stripped them of their assets until they were no longer useful. these so—called co nsulta nts longer useful. these so—called consultants also offered kickbacks, gifts including brown envelopes with cash, to bankers as a reward for

recommending them for continuing to lend banks' money to the struggling companies. their victims were people who were working hard to contribute to the economy, creating jobs, offering goods and services to local communities. they were people running small to medium—sized enterprises who had their livelihoods and in many cases their lives destroyed. while they struggled to keep a roof over their head, lynden scourfield and others lived the life of riley around their ill gotten gains. thames valley police were determined to ensure that this corrupt behaviour did not go unnoticed man nor unchallenged. more than 150 dedicated and professional staff from thames valley police have worked tirelessly over the course of the investigation to bring this case to court and to ensure that the victims have the result they deserve. the sentence

passed today reflect the severity of the crimes and the misery that has been inflicted on their victims. i would like to thank the crown prosecution service and the wider prosecution team and the jury for their dedication in this lengthy trial. i would also like to thank the officers and staff at thames valley police, who have worked on this for six and a half years. i hope those affected by the behaviour of these criminals are provided with an element of closure and a sense that justice has been an element of closure and a sense thatjustice has been done and that today's verdicts allow those victims today's verdicts allow those victims to be able to move on from this devastating time of their lives. thank you. detective, why was it left a regional police force to investigate it? as you will have heard, throughout the course of the trial, the offending was facilitated by lynden scourfield was out of the hbos offices in reading. in addition, a number of people had that much destroyed were also living

in the thames valley police area. for that reason, when it was raised with us in 2010 and we took all of this into account, it was only right that this was investigated by thames valley police. any other questions? studio: that was detective superintendent mickjohn, who is taking questions now. give us an idea of the suffering of the businesses. why is so little fraud investigated like this and brought toa investigated like this and brought to a trial? i can comment with regards to operation hornet. in 2010, a number of concerns were raised with thames valley police that outlined what we believe to the corrupt and criminal behaviour that has been proven in the court of law over the past four and a half months. with regards to this, the important thing is that we cannot ta ke important thing is that we cannot take for granted the impact this has had on so many lives. as i said,

these are hard—working people who we re these are hard—working people who were just trying to build a decent standard of living. but in their hour of need, they have had somebody abused their position of trust within a bank to destroy everything they have built. do the senior directors and board members of the bank there any culpability for this? asi bank there any culpability for this? as i have said, the investigation i have overseen involves the offending behaviour of lynden scourfield in his role as a senior member of hbos. that was detective superintendent mickjohn from thames valley police, detailing some of the particulars of the case in which to bankers from hbos had been jailed the case in which to bankers from hbos had beenjailed along with the case in which to bankers from hbos had been jailed along with four other people. it was ending lending fraud came to £245 million. detective nickjohn was talking about the greed, audacity and outright criminal behaviour of those involved. our correspondent andy

verity is at southwark crown court for us and has been lisbie into the case. “— for us and has been lisbie into the case. —— he has been lisbie into the case. —— he has been lisbie into the case. it was a litany of details that the court heard the way this money was spent, with some quite lurid details? yes. how it was spent was one thing, how it was obtained was one thing, how it was obtained was another. i listened to the judgment in this case and in my whole career, i can't say that i have heard anything stronger than what thejudge said have heard anything stronger than what the judge said here. he said about lynden scourfield, the corrupt bank manager who has just gone down for 11 years and three months, he was an utterly corrupt senior bank manager, letting rapacious, greedy people get their hands on a vast amount of money and their tentacles into the businesses of ordinary, decent people. he said" mr schofield let consultants rip those businesses apart without a thought for the lives and livelihoods of the people who created them in order to satisfy

their voracious desire for money and their voracious desire for money and the trappings of wealth. at the heart of this case was a corrupt relationship between lynden scourfield, the bank manager, and david mills, who firm of consultants called quayside corporate services. mills was bribing scourfield, so scourfield would enforce his customers to take on the services of these so scourfield would enforce his customers to take on the services of these so—called turnaround consultants, you actually had no such intention and simply wa nted had no such intention and simply wanted to pillage these businesses. the way thejudge wanted to pillage these businesses. the way the judge put it was that the relationship between scourfield and mills, he said to mr scourfield, i don't know how or when mr mills got his hold on you. he is the devil to whom you sold your soul. michael bancroft, another of the brilliance, thejudge said to him, mr bancroft, you are thejudge said to him, mr bancroft, you a re clearly thejudge said to him, mr bancroft, you are clearly a thoroughly dishonest man. you are a bully when it suits you to be and with mr mills, you plundered the companies involved for any assets you can get your hands on. there were similar strong words for the other criminals in the case, but the judge made strong words for the other criminals in the case, but thejudge made it

clear. this was notjust about locking up criminals, it was about a very rare prosecution of a complex fraud which took years for thames valley police to do, not the serious fraud office. and the cost in human terms to him was greater than the cost financially. the lives of investors and employers have been ruined, he said. how does this reflect on the checks and balances within hbos? was there any comment on that within court? the view is that lynden scourfield was able to exploit weaknesses in the bank's systems and internal controls. that is the story the prosecution have been telling. but there are interesting questions about how high up interesting questions about how high up the bank knowledge of this fraud went. lynden scourfield has said he got approval verbally from his managers for many of the loans he was giving. strangely, his authority was giving. strangely, his authority was only to lend up to £2 million. some of these companies were lent

more than £100 million. so either with something was profoundly wrong with something was profoundly wrong with the bank's system, such that a junior manager could completely exceed his authority without the knowledge of his seniors, or someone higher up the bank knew. but we don't have the documents to know how senior that knowledge was. andy verity cymru many thanks. a human rights lawyer who took up the cases of thousands of iraqis who alleged they'd been abused by british soldiers during the iraq conflict, has been struck off. phil shiner was found to have acted dishonestly in bringing murder and torture claims against the soldiers. caroline hawley has the story. phil shiner was once regarded as one of this country's best human rights lawyers. but his firm has had to close, his reputation is in shreds, and he'll now never work as a lawyer again. it was from the aftermath of the iraq war that phil shiner rose to public prominence. suing the british army over allegations of abuse defined his career and became a personal crusade. in all, he's brought more than 2,000 claims.

i don't know whether people were killed, but i think something went wrong. we need to find out who was responsible and who in command knew what on earth was going on here. they were kept naked, they were sexually humiliated. this is baha mousa, an iraqi hotel worker battered to death in british custody. this footage shows just the start of his ordeal. it was phil shiner who brought the case to the british courts and to a public inquiry. but it was another public inquiry that was to prove his undoing. the al—sweady inquiry examined what happened after a ferocious battle in southern iraq in 2004. these are the bodies of insurgents killed on the battlefield, but a number of iraqis represented by phil shiner with legal aid had claimed they'd been murdered and mutilated in british custody. those claims were found to be based on lies and speculation,

and phil shiner‘s work was suddenly under scrutiny. in december, he confessed to paying an agent to find clients. he admitted to acting without integrity. he did not admit to trying to cover his tracks. the false allegations had put immense stress on the soldiers involved. really, their marriages have been affected, their lives have been affected, the anguish this has caused them is quite shocking, and also, they are reliving situations in wartime which they would rather forget. many of them have left the service 15, 20 years ago. he's now been exposed for so many false allegations. he's made soldiers' lives a misery over the last few years. i think the decent thing now would be for him to apologise properly to all those troops and their families. for mr shiner‘s firm, too, it was a lucrative business, the tribunal was told. it heard that he'd ignored the rules of his profession, believing that his work was so important that the ends

justified the means. caroline hawley, bbc news. the bank of england has been painting a rosier picture of the economy in its latest forecast. its raised its growth forecasts for the next three years — defying fears last year of an imminent brexit slowdown. the governor of the bank of england has been explaining why the forecast has changed. with me is jamie murray — former economist at the office of budget responsibility and now a chief economist at bloomberg intelligence. it is quite a big shift in optimism. it is quite a big shift in optimism. it is. it is a big upward revision. it is. it is a big upward revision. it is. it is a big upward revision. it is bigger than most other people have done with their forecasts over the past few months, so they are not just more optimistic, they are more optimistic than other people. so there is a big change to the forecast, but it hasn't brought about a change in interest rates. the difficulty with this, speaking as an outsider, is that you look at all the predictions and they have not got a wonderful track record recently, so why do we have to give

this more weight than previous ones? well, the economics profession is in a learning phase. we always are! and i think we overestimated the immediate impact of the referendum on activity. i think the longer term stuff, people don't change their view. the economy is going to be small as a result of brexit than it would otherwise have been. the fear is of inflation. a lot of people are saying mark carney was wrong to lower the interest rate when he did last time. the question is what would have happened if he hadn't cut interest rates. this was a sensitive time. it could have caused a panic if the bank of england had not done anything. so i think the provision of money to the financial sector to keep loans going and to cut interest rates has probably been helpful. there is always a but, isn't that? and mark carney has made it clear that households still need to be

careful because things could get tough. yes, in the near term he wa nts tough. yes, in the near term he wants everyone to think everything is ok and that interest rates will remain low for a while and they can carry on as they were. but he is obviously going to remind people that in the next few years, interest rates will go up. and that will strike —— he is striking a balance between everything being ok and costing more to borrow in long term. with all the uncertainty politically and in the financial world over brexit, is he catching a mood in the city off, ooh, things haven't worked out as we thought, and things are not as bad as we thought, but... there must be a but? the butt is that we know the short—term outlook is better. but the medium—term to long term outlook has not changed. the currency has still depreciated a lot compared to how it was before the vote. the overall view on the

impact of brexit hasn't changed in the city, it is just that the short—term impact has surprised us. thank you ray much. we have some breaking news for you in relation to that news that the dispute with southern rail and aslef has been resolved. there is a statement from the rmt union. the general secretary, mick cash, says the rmt was not party to the talks brokered by the tuc and as a result, they have no details on any deal that has been agreed. and they have no information on what impact any deal that may have been reached will have on nearly 500 guards who have been involved in the industrial dispute over safety for the best part of a year. he goes onto say that the rmt's year. he goes onto say that the rmt‘s dispute remains on. the union is aware of the offer of further talks on the company, and once there are full details that deal and an assurance that there will be a focus on safety, a date can be set for

negotiations to commence. that statement is from the general secretary of the rmt. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists who were killed in a terror attack at a beach resort in tunisia in 2015 have been hearing about the death of a 24—year—old woman who was on holiday. carly lovett ran into the hotel with her partner when the firing began. carly lovett, who was 24 years old, had recently got engaged to her long—term boyfriend, liam moore. the trip to tunisia was their first holiday alone. but just a few weeks later, liam and her family, relatives and friends were mourning her death at her funeral in lincolnshire. she and liam had been caught up in the attack at an upmarket hotel in tunisia two years ago. the gunman, seifeddine rezgui, specifically targeting british holiday—makers in the name of so—called islamic state. he was armed with an assault

rifle and explosives. today, the inquest heard how carly and liam had hidden on the first floor of the hotel after realising the resort was under attack. but the gunman, after killing many people outside, then moved into the main building, shooting dead more holiday—makers and eventually reaching carly and liam. she was shot in the chest and hit by shrapnel, probably from a grenade. in his evidence, liam moore said he saw carly lying on the floor in a pool of blood. he could tell she was fading. she said to him, "i love you," and he told her, "i love you." he then decided to try and save her life by doing mouth—to—mouth resuscitation. but then he said when he felt her body relax, he knew it hadn't worked. carly‘s parents described

her as a perfect child. she was a photographer, designer, and had a successfulfashion blog. her mother said, "i cannot find the words to express how much she is missed." richard galpin, bbc news, at the royal courts ofjustice. let's find out what the weather is doing. we have had some rain today. we have had a little sunshine as well, but the winds are the real story. this was a little sunshine in wembley an hour ago in between those rain bands. the next one is coming in. the south—westerly winds have been causing power outages in cornwall. the clouds will provide a warm night for many of us, or

certainly not a cold one except out in the suburbs. tomorrow, we have the next area of low pressure coming in. but it will turn wet in the afternoon across the south—western pa rt afternoon across the south—western part of the country. other areas may see the liveliest of the winds in southern parts of the country and later up southern parts of the country and laterup in southern parts of the country and later up in the east. there was the potential for snowdon, with wintriness over the hills —— the potential for snow. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 4.30pm. an "independent and truly global united kingdom" — the brexit secretary, david davis, outlines the uk's strategy for leaving the eu. think whatever the outcome of our negotiations, we seek a more open, outward looking and confident uk that works for everyone.

a deal to end part of the dispute which has caused misery for passengers on southern rail appears to have been reached. an announcement between the company and the driver's union, aslef, is expected shortly. an inquest hears how the fiance of carly lovett, the 24—year old woman shot dead during the tunisian terror attack — tried to save her life. cases brought by the human rights lawyer phil schaefer arend review after he was struck off for dishonesty. time for the sport. england head coach eddiejones has named his team to face france in their opening match of rugby union's six

nations championship. saracens forward maro itoje will start a test match for the first time at blindside flanker having been named as chris robshaw‘s replacement. tom wood and nathan hughes complete the back row. eliot daly will start on the wing in place of exeter‘s jack nowell, who missed two days of training this week due to personal reasons. he takes up a spot on the bench alongsidejames haskell who's also named in the replacements. after announcing his side, eddie jones addressed comments made by the former scotland and british lions coachjim telfer, former scotland and british lions coach jim telfer, comparing jones former scotland and british lions coachjim telfer, comparing jones to donald trump, saying the england crowd and team looked down their noses at the opposition. crowd and team looked down their noses at the oppositionlj crowd and team looked down their noses at the opposition. i don't think that is true, we are very respectful. looking at our record on the field, interaction with opposition teams, hardly disrespectful. to have a go at at the crowd at twickenham, a little bit out of order. the easy thing is, jim, don't come to twickenham.

wales interim coach rob howley has recalled sam warburton to his side to face italy in rome on sunday. there had been speculation he may miss out having been dropped as captain in favour of alun wyn jones. but howley has gone for an experienced side, which also sees scrum half rhys webb recalled after injury. a goal of ours is to start well and i think that is a challenge. it's all about you pick the experience, they have to go out and play. when you look at the squad selector get or the side that started they have about a 70% winning ratio in the six nations. they know what winning looks like, smells like in the six nations and that's a challenge. after a 21 year career, the former england and chelsea midfielder frank lampard has announced his retirement from football. he became the london club's

all time leading goalscorer in a spell which saw him win three premier league titles and one champions league trophy back in 2012. the england striker harry kane believes he could stay with tottenham for the rest of his career. he's been central to their title challenge once again. spurs are second in the table, nine points behind the league leaders chelsea and fighting for silverware on three fronts. i love the club, people know how i feel about the club. it is important the club is always moving forward and progressing. at the moment we have been doing that, young team, young manager, new training ground, new stadium. everything is moving in the right direction, we keep progressing as a club, i don't see why not. the liverpool managerjurgen klopp has responded tojose mourinho's claims that he's being treated differently to other managers. the manchester united head coach was unhappy that klopp avoided punishment despite screaming at the fourth official during tuesday's draw with chelsea. the german today said that all managers struggle to keep their emotions in check. i think there are different ways to handle a situation. it's quite an emotional

game and to switch off your emotions at the right moment is not that simple. i would struggle myself, jose mourinho, even arsene wenger struggles. it's not that we want to do it or that it's a tactic. it happens. not a great day for the former world number one tiger woods who failed to card a single birdie at the dubai desert classic. (00v) 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 five under and is two shots behind the leader spain's sergio garcia. that's all sport for now.

we will be back in the next hour. it is understood that president trump and the australian prime minister malcolm turnbull have had a stormy, conversation about the settling refugees. it comes after the agreement made by president obama. america's combative president appears to have picked another fight. last year the obama administration agreed to take in up to 1000 250 asylum seekers from australia's controversial offshore processing camps in the pacific. many come from countries temporarily barred from entering the united states. on saturday when australia's prime minister sought assurances the deal was on track. the accommodation was cut short according to the washington post. i have seen the

report, i am washington post. i have seen the report, iam not washington post. i have seen the report, i am not going to comment on the conversation, other than to say in the course of the conversation, and was confirmed by the president's official spokesman in the white house, the president assured me he would continue with the agreement we entered into with the obama administration. late night are typically in century tweet from the present. —— late night typically in century. seems like fellow statesman as well as opponents are having to get used to be president's star. his secretary of state james mathis is in south korea. he has been accused of taking washington's allies for

granted. this trip to deploy an american missile defence system, suggest at least in some quarters it is business as usual. not so with iran. taylor run tested a medium—range ballistic missile. now trump says iran is on notice. should have been thankful for the terrible deal the us made of them. not clear what he plans to do about the agreement. the businessman turned president is looking at america's deals with the world, and does not like what he sees. in the last hour of the homeland security secretary john kelly has been speaking to fox news about the border war with mexico. he said he hoped to have a wall along the southern border with mexico finished within two years. and funding from congress would come relatively quickly. while he was at the national prayer breakfast in washington he poked fun at our house was an eager for his ratings on

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arnotts was an eager. —— arnold schwarzenegger. the archbishop of canterburyjustin welby, says he wasn't aware of allegations of physical abuse made against a former colleague. it's alleged that in the 1970s barristerjohn smyth physically abused young boys at a christian summer camp where the archbishop was also working. the church of england has admitted it "failed terribly", by not reporting the allegations to the police sooner. here's tom symonds. the accusation is thatjohn smythe, a barrister and leader of the christian camps, groomed boys and beat them severely, giving the explanation it would purge them of their sins. some were schoolboys at winchester college, they describe being so severely injured it was difficult to sit down. the college says it knew nothing about what was going on. another young future church leader also worked at the camps. he knewjohn smyth. but the archbishop of canterbury justin welby insisted today he knew nothing about the beatings. i was 19, 20 years old,

i was a junior leader in a camp, these were the senior leaders, i was not part of the inner circle. it is alleged the abuse started in 1978 when public school boys and students were invited to the summer camps. in 1982, it is claimed john smyth was advised to move abroad. the beatings had come to light. one victim had tried to kill himself. the archbishop was made aware in 2013 and the church has now made a full apology. there are so many places where our society thought it was ok to cover—up the most terrible treatment of children and vulnerable adults. and i do not know how many more cases there will be, but on each one, nothing will be covered up. have you ever seen any evidence in your religious life of beating going on? no, never. last year, an anglican bishop became the first to be jailed for child sexual abuse.

again, the church had to apologise. there is a pattern here, the allegation of children harmed by respected church figures of the claims of a cover—up, the belated attempts by lambeth palace to work out what has gone wrong. it is a pattern being investigated by the public inquiry into child abuse. this case may provide more evidence. investigation into the misuse of parliamentary funds by the presidency candidate has been under way. the candidate denies doing anything wrong, but fellow conservatives are advising him to abandon his campaign. hundreds of thousands of romanians have taken to the streets

to demonstrate against government plans to downgrade some corruption offences. the proposals means that public officials will be spared a jail sentence if they were involved in crimes amounting to less than forty thousand pounds. they're the biggest demonstrations in the country since the fall of communism. a sixteen week public consultation on a third runway at heathrow begins today. the government will be setting out the planning regulations and other measures with which the airport must comply. the transport secretary, chris grayling, said the expansion would benefit british business and new aircraft technology would lessen the impact of noise and air pollution. the number of students from the european union applying to study at universities in the uk has fallen by seven per—cent, according to the admissions service ucas. there's also been a drop in applications from uk students, with nursing being hit particularly badly. our education correspondent, gillian hargreaves has more. these figures give us the first indication of how many undergraduates will enter university in the autumn. a 7% drop in applications from eu students might be

explained by uncertainty following the decision to leave the eu. the number of uk students applying has also fallen by 5%. one of the biggest falls in applications has been for nursing courses in england. until this year, trainee nurses were eligible for an nhs grant to cover fees and living costs but now, like other undergraduates, they will have to take out a loan. the number of nursing applicants in england has fallen by 23% since 2016, according to ucas figures. there were over 43,000 applicants in 2016 compared to over 33,000 this year and that means 9,990 fewer people will study nursing compared to last year. the chief executive of ucas, mary curnock cook, said the overall fall could lead to unprecedented choice for applicants later in the year. gillian hargreaves, bbc news. a deal to end the strike which is

called misery for many southern rail has been reached by aslef. the human rights lawyer phil shiner was struck off for active dishonesty. the government is at a strategy for leaving the european union, publishing the brexit paper. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session... we heard from the governor of the bank of england, keeping interest rates where they are. also concerns about inflation. as a result we saw the pound fall against the dollar. it had been doing quite well until that point, when he started speaking. the ft—se likes nothing

more than preying on sterling's struggle. heading for a positive end to the day as a result. shower, the uk's largest oil company saw profits fall from £4.3 billion in the final quarter of the year. profits dipping from the same period last year. they said that was down to the lower oil price. the costs associated restructuring the business. if baby formula is part of your daily routine, you might be interested to know it is worth billions of downs. the takeover for the supplier of reckitt bang keyser to be worth £13 billion. interest rates are at

expected to stay steady at 0.25%. the bank of england expects the economy to grow by two percent. let's get detailed analysis of christian schulz, director of european economics at citigroup. how are investors feeling about that speech by mark carney. really all good news, the grey figure is stronger than previously expected. an upgraded forecasts from four percent. the brexit impact does not seem to be there. going forward they still see lower growth. also unemployment is not going to rise. it could even fall further in the future. the inflation forecast is not higher. still the bank of england is keeping rates where they are. the stocks and guilds at the same level of 435 billion. all in all very support for the economy.

the consumer business, the bid to buy mead johnson. will we see more consolidation? the consumer in the uk will face higher prices and inflation. wage growth is picking up a little bit. not enough to offset the higher inflation, it will get difficult for the consumer, companies providing consumer goods. they will have to be some cost saving somewhere. consideration is one of the strategies companies pursue. let's move on to shell, reporting lower profits, blaming these low oil price. as well as

restructuring the business. where is all you're going to go this year? we expect the oil price to be stable, maybe slightly higher as the oil market in general comes to a new balance. we have had a huge fall in oil prices because supply was too high, it demands are not growing as much. setting off a big process of rebalancing. some of it is coming through. the restructuring of businesses, of investment, work platforms, oil production. now that is coming through the oil price has stabilised. the situation is not as dramatic as it was. probably not as good as it was before 2014 when oil prices were above $100. as we were saying, the ft—se 100 heading for positive territory. partly to do with the dip in sterling following mark carney‘s speech. there is a round—up of all the other top business stories on our website. homeowners who bought

their properties under complicated leasehold deals, have told the bbc of spiralling costs and a fear they'll have nothing left to pass onto their children. those affected don't own the land their houses are built on, and in some cases that land is literally being bought and sold beneath their feet. the government says it's about to announce "radical proposals" to overhaul the system. james longman has this special report. thousands of homeowners are having the ground beneath them sold off, and they may not even know about it. what we want? to ease the housing crisis, new homes are going up across the country. many are leasehold, not freehold, and the difference is crucial. the new trend is for developers to sell freeholds to investment companies. here is what is happening. a developer builds a house. it sells the house to mrand mrs builds a house. it sells the house

to mr and mrs smith. what it has sold is the least to the house. that is time in it. a couple of years later the developer can sell the freehold to investor. a way of making money twice on the same house. it is worth millions of pounds a year to developers. house. it is worth millions of pounds a year to developerslj house. it is worth millions of pounds a year to developers. i would have no idea my home would be used as an endless income stream from a developer. katie conway bought her home from beltway developers. she was never told her home would be sold. now she wants to buy the prices gone from 4000, £213,000. where do they get figure from? i have no idea, i'm not a cashpoint for someone else. i never realised i could be used as such. what beltway a rd illes could be used as such. what beltway ardilles not illegal. some of their buyers feel they were not clear about their plans. we asked them to

comment. —— what beltway are doing is not illegal. they're rudolph is from the co nveya nce they're rudolph is from the conveyance association. we asked her to look free katie's paperwork. when katie has bought the house, she had the right advice from the co nveya nce r. the right advice from the conveyancer. it would seemed the conveyancer was unaware of the developer wanting to sell on the freehold. anyone can benefit from consumer protection. if there was something that could impact of their decision—making process, they should be advised of that before they view the property. should be advised of that before they view the propertylj should be advised of that before they view the property. i feel guilty for my family i have made a

wrong decision. it may not impact me in my lifetime. you buy a home for your children to have, to give them something. it is a massive burden, to leave for your children. for katie, this is a property trap from which she does not know how to escape. starting primary school is a big moment, for children as well as for parents. but for a group of mums in cornwall what's made it more of a challenge is that their children have down's syndrome. so they've written a book to help parents, children, and schools to adapt to school life, and it's been so successful it's spreading the message around the uk, and beyond. john maguire has the story. shall we finish? we need to do some more. it's noah's first year at his primary school in cornwall. the children paint and play games as you might expect, but they're also learning makaton, a type of sign language. it's to help them communicate with noah, who has down's syndrome. it's amazing how the children sort of, they almost have this understanding that he is slightly

different to them, but they don't treat him differently. if anything, they're very understanding, they want to help noah and they all want to be friends with him. he's very popular in our class. in common with 6500 children in cornwall who've just started school, noah and his classmates received a book as part of a starter pack. he's one of the children featured, and his mum is one of those who devised the idea. this group all have children with down's syndrome. around 750 are born each year in the uk, and this book is given to those parents. their second book is designed for all children starting primary. the book, paid for by fundraising, is now spreading across the uk and around the world. what gives us goose pimples to know is that this little book that contains those little faces is going out to the little hands that it was made for, and that's fantastic. because what we hope is that when that little pack goes home, the treasure pack goes home with that child, and they open the book with their grown—up

and they say something like, "why has that child got hearing aids? why does that child sit in that chair?" the grown—up might answer them and say, "oh, he's got hearing aids because he needs those so he can hear," and that's what it's about, that opportunity for a small child to ask the question, to receive the answer, and then move onto the next thing, because that's what children do. this is one that angie's made for all children going to school. angie and ted are meeting up with the actor and writer sally phillips and her son olly. last year, sally made a documentary looking at a new prenatal test that some believe could eradicate the condition. she's endorsing the book and believes it makes a difference. yes, because we're afraid of things we don't know and things we don't recognise, different things, we all are. and so i think making little kids with down's syndrome familiar and unthreatening to other children is a great thing. back home, and ted's main aim is to beat his sisters at snap. but for his mum and the other volunteers, their ambition is to help every child,

whether with down's or not, to take those first crucial steps into their brave new world. john maguire, bbc news, cornwall. the news five is coming up, unsurprisingly. let's get a weather check. if you are heading out from work into the rush—hour, not great out there. some lively gusts of wind, causing issues across the west country. and across wales. all circulating around this massive area of low pressure. this is tomorrow's nasty weather we have been focusing on. this is a huge area of low pressure. the squeeze through the irish sea giving large waves, as you can see here. what a contrast. windy across the board, the see very much,

the king in norfolk. even a hint of brightness. there have been a few glimmers of sunshine, more in short supply, glimmers of sunshine, more in short supply, because we have bands of showers across supply, because we have bands of s howe rs a cross west supply, because we have bands of showers across west to east. that will continue through the evening and overnight. that squeeze through parts of the irish sea in to parts of northern ireland and scotland could be nasty. holding the temperature up for a while. starting damp and scotland. for many the day gets off to not a bad start. then starting to go downhill across the south—west. heavy rain, driving winds still potent, up to severe gale force. spreading eastwards. temperature wise, a tad down by two or three degrees. i will show you something a little wintry. let's focus on the winds, through the afternoon we will see the peak coming through across the eastern side of the channel, possibly 80

miles an hour. some snow as it hits the hills, possibly further north. pretty brisk winds tomorrow. good coals some local disruption. —— it could cause. into parts of wales and northern ireland. still hanging around into saturday. we could see another dollop of rain spreading across the southern half of the uk. away from the weather systems, looks like a good deal of dry and bright weather on saturday. six, seven, not too bad, that all lower than to day and tomorrow. it will feel cooler. chilly night, saturday to sunday. this weather system moving its way through the north sea. giving wet and potentially windy weather to scotla nd and potentially windy weather to scotland on sunday. and also a risk of further rain across the south coast of england. five, six, not particular high, but not a bad weekend for many. just need to get through today and tomorrow.

today at five, the archbishop of canterbury says he was not aware of allegations of physical abuse at a christian summer camp in the 1970s and 1980s. justin welby, who worked briefly at the same camp, admitted today the church had let victims down very badly. the allegations involve a barrister called john smyth, he's denied any knowledge of the claims, but his daughter has now spoken to the bbc. if these allegations are true, i do think he will have to face justice and that will be painful for eve ryo ne and that will be painful for everyone involved. we'll have more from mr smyth's daughter, we'll be reporting on the background to the allegations, and asking why previous warnings were not investigated. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: a deal is reached to end part of the dispute, which has caused misery for passengers on southern rail. an independent and truly global united kingdom,