hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. british mp's have voted for the government to begin proceedings to leave the eu the bill was never in any doubt, but a key amendment, guaranteeing the rights of eu nationals already in the uk, was not passed. we will be live in westminster. one of the democrats‘ top senator has been silenced by the leader of the senate for breaking the rules. senator warren said senator sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens. we'll be live in washington in a moment. we're also going to talk about donald trump. he's been defending his travel ban. it would be so great for ourjustice system if they would be able to read a statement and do what is right. the most high—profile opposition figure in russia has been been found guilty of corruption.

alexei navalny can no longer run for president next year. if you want to get in touch at any time, you can at #bbc 0s. british mps have voted to allow the government to formally begin the process of leaving the european union. here's it being announced. the process of leaving the european union. here's it being announced. didn't have one to the right 494, the noes to the left, 122. —— the ayes to the right, 494. the ayes to

the right 494, the noes to the left, 122. the ayes habit, the ayes habit! the ayes habit, the ayes habit! the bill will now move onto the upper house — the house of lords. if the lords make any changes to the bill, it will be considered again by the commons. we can join rob watson at westminster now. we knew this bill was going to go through but what have we learned from the results? it is a moment of history. this will go down as a key moment in european history and britain's departure from the european union. what have we learned? that european union. what have we learned ? that although european union. what have we learned? that although most mps personally voted to remain, this was the power of the referendum, with most of the mps despite what they think of the possible consequences of brexit, falling in behind this

love that theresa may once past so she can fired the starting gun. before they voted for the bill overall, mps spent hours voting on amendments to the bill, none of them passed. the one that was getting the most attention was probably from harriet harman who said. not enough of them date. was that expected? yes, not enough of them date. was that expected ? yes, it not enough of them date. was that expected? yes, it was. the interesting thing here is what that tells you about the process that lies ahead and the various complexities and big issues. we still don't know exactly how that will be resolved, what will happen to do the many eu nationals living here. i is trade going to work, how will banking work? hi will movement

and immigration of people? rather than getting bogged down with the parliamentary process here in the uk, what was instructive about that is just how complex this process of britain leaving the eerie —— leaving the european union is likely to be. alex salmond has tweeted "game on". he's referring to this headline in the herald newspaper — "support for independence surges on hard brexit vow". that is related to theresa may saying that britain will leave the single market. it doesn't necessarily mean we will get a second referendum, does it? necessarily mean we will get a second referendum, does mm necessarily mean we will get a second referendum, does it? it does, but those who wanted britain to remain in the european union feared his threat to the united kingdom itself. the scottish national party sense an opportunity. the opinion

polls may be moving in that direction. it is not a done deal that there is no doubt that the union of the united kingdom is shakier now than it was some weeks and months ago. one final thoughts, what happens next is that theresa may will be hoping to have this law and trigger the process of britain leaving the european union at an eu summit on the 9th of march. that is where a real challenge begins, getting a good deal with the other eu 27. the staff in the parliament was a relative piece of cake. a lot of these mps are deeply worried about brexit and will be watching these negotiations closely indeed. thank you very much. if you want lots of background information on the brexit processed you can find it online at any time you wanted at our

website that bbc news. things are getting spikey in the us senate. the confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee senatorjeff sessions goes on. but democrat senator elizabeth warren has been banned from speaking during the remainder of the process. she'd read out a 30—year—old letter written by the widow of martin luther king jr. the letter contains the accusation that mr sessions had "used the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters". then this happened. the senator has impugned the motives and conduct of our member for alabama. senator warren said senator session has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black

citizens. i called the senator to order under the provision of rule i9. order under the provision of rule 19. mr president... mr president, i am surprised that the words of mrs king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. i as leave of the senate to continue my remarks. mitch mcconnell, the republican majority leader, judged that to have broken senate rules. mitch mcconnell, the republican majority leader, judged that to have broken senate rules. we can go to washington now and join anthony zurcher. in trying to get quietened in this debate, they have nato into a liberal marker. this is putting

elizabeth warren in touch with the democratic base and pushing her to the forefront of the 2020 race for the forefront of the 2020 race for the democratic presidential nomination. they might have thought they were taking someone who was in punching the qualities of a colleague, but what they have done is turn this into a multi—day controversy. the data is captured looking ahead to the next presidential election!|j looking ahead to the next presidential election! i can't help myself! i can't help myself! donald trump addressed police chiefs earlier. inevitably he turned to his travel ban which is currently suspended. i don't ever want to call a court biased, so i won't call it biased and we haven't had a decision yet. but courts seem to be so political and it would be so great for our justice system if they would be able

to read a statement and do what is right, and that has to do with the security of our country, which is so important. right now we are at risk because of what happened. let's get you up to date. a us appeals court has said it will not deliver a ruling on donald trump's immigration ban today. how washington —based journalist has said this. would you agree with that analysis, oi’ would you agree with that analysis, or is that too strong? donald trump has profited over the course of his

political rise in questioning established norms and political power structures. that is part of why his base like sin. it is unusual to see a president so directly question thejudgment to see a president so directly question the judgment of the judicial system. he almost acknowledges that he is going to use —— lose this case. he is commenting ona —— lose this case. he is commenting on a court while they are considering his case, that is extraordinary. i think he is trying to rally the base and laid the blame of any future terrorist attacks of the judiciary because he doesn't think he will win in the court room. anthony, thank you very much. in a few minutes we will talk to a court case in convicted of embezzlement we'll have more later. the former entertainer rolf harris

has been found not guilty of three counts of indecent and sexual assault. a jury at southwark crown court was unable to reach verdicts on four other alleged offences. the allegations in this trial spanned a 40—year period and involved seven women and girls. our correspondent sangita myska has been at southwark crown court. the prosecution has already asked to go our way to consider as to whether have on “ewe kinds g—i— verdict. in the meantime,,rolf “féf a which harris issued a statement in which he thanked the jury for the care and consideration and for clearing him of three counts of indecent assault today. rolf harris has protested his innocence throughout this trial but he did not walk out of court today a free man. instead, he is heading back to stanford prison because it is there that he is already serving

a sentence for indecently assaulting four other women and girls. that trial was back in 2014. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story: british mp's have voted for the government to begin proceedings to leave the eu by a huge majority. this is quite something. south africa's president, jacob zuma, has ordered the deployment of about 440 troops to maintain law and order in parliament for his state of the nation address on thursday. opposition parties have called the decision a "declaration of war". somalia has a new president. it's mohamed abdullahi farmajo — he was selected by mps. the vote has been postponed for four years. but it finally happened at mogadishu airport, which one of the few places where security can be guaranteed. somalia has not had a one—person one—vote democratic

election since 1969. the yemeni government has told america it must coordinate with it on any future military missions on the ground. last month a us commando raid didn't go plan. it happened on january 29th and targeted an al-qaeda stronghold near a town called al—bayda in southern yemen. more than a dozen civilians were killed, including children. this is navy seal ryan owens. he lost his life in the assault. here's mohamed yehia from bbc arabic. this story started this morning with withdrawal of permission from the

yemeni government to the american government to carry out ground operations. we have been trying all day to get through to the yemeni government to ask this question but they have not applied. they said they have not applied. they said they did not withdraw permission for they did not withdraw permission for the americans to conduct operations against al-qaeda and other terrorist groups, but they have reservations about the operations that happened on the 29th of january and they want to coordinate future operations with the americans. the target was an al-qaeda base, heavily guarded cluster of buildings over there. among the people killed the was an al-qaeda local commander, but he is also linked to tribal forces who are fighting people who are fighting alongside saudi arabia. this is where it gets murky and detentions

get high amongst the yemeni officials. so, in some ways they can be helpful in fighting the rebels? it is a web of intermingled tribals. but indirectly? the sky is thought to be an al-qaeda leader but he is also allied to tribal porters who are fighting against the who sees. we tried to bring you the best of information from around the world. let's go to russia. russia's most prominent opposition leader is alexei navalny and he's has been given a five—year suspended sentence for embezzlement. this was a retrial and he got the the sentence is the same as in the first trial. that wasn't the only similarity. navalny tweeted from the courtroom "even the witness statements are taken from the previous sentence. although this time they were of course in a different order. copy—paste100%". navalny claims both trials were politically motivated. he was intending to run

for president in 2018. this is his official campaign website. today's verdict means he's barred from running for office for 10 years. here's what he said earlier. translation: what we have seen neither is a sort of telegrams sent from the kremlin saying that they believe that i, my team and the people whose views i voice too dangerous to take part in the election campaign. nevertheless, we don't recognise this ruling. it will be overturned. i have every right to ta ke be overturned. i have every right to take part in the election according to the constitution and i will do so. i wanted to know if there is any evidence that this trial suffered political interference. os regular olga ivshina from bbc russian helped me out. the european court of human rights