they that was a shooting. they said that there was a shooting. i proceed and ijust did what i thought was the right thing. i proceed and ijust did what i thought was the right thing. sexual harassment at westminster — theresa may says it's time to act decisively to end the abuse of power. we need to establish a new culture of respect at the centre of public life, one in which everyone can feel confident that they are working in a safe and secure environment. after a year of hurricanes, heat waves and drought, the world meteorological organisation says 2017 some nhs patients will be able to

get their gp consultation via video calls on their smartphone. good morning. it's monday, 6th november. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the people who manage the queen's finances have defended their investment practices after the revelation that some of her wealth has been placed in two offshore funds. it follows a huge new leak of financial documents, dubbed the ‘paradise papers‘, revealing how the rich and powerful invest their money in tax havens around the world. my colleague ben brown has been

looking into the details. it is one of the biggest leaks of off shore data in history. the documents have been obtained by the german paper sud—deutsche zeitung, but shared with international investigative journalists including the bbc‘s panorama. there are 13.4 million documents in all. they've been called the paradise papers because many of the off shore financial centres they involve are in the caribbean. mostly they're from the leading offshore law firm appleby. it says the leak is in fact an "illegal computer hack". the documents reveal the off shore tax secrets of dozens of the richest and most powerful people in the world — billionaires, world leaders and celebrities. tax avoidance is not unlawful, but it is controversial. critics say that inevitably offshore havens promote secrecy but it's only tax evasion that's illegal. our economics correspondent andy verity has more on the revelations of the paradise papers

and the reaction to them. bermuda. where the law firm at the heart of the biggest leak in offshore history, appleby, has its head office. the queen is the the head of state here but until now we did not know that some of her private money was invested in tax havens like this one. the duchy of lancaster, the private investment vehicle for the queen, put £10 million, a small fraction of its overall investments, in offshore funds with $7.5 million of that in one fund in the cayman islands. in 2007, it was asked to put £350,000 into investment projects including the purchase of two retailers. the controversial rent—to—own retailer which was recently forced to compensate a quarter of a million customers. i am pretty furious with those who advise her and that are bringing her reputation into disrepute. it is so obvious that

if you are looking after the money of the monarchy, you have got to be cleaner than clean and you must never go near the dirty world of money laundering, tax avoidance, tax evasion or making money in dubious ways. we were told that all of the investments were fully audited and legitimate. the documents also reveal that donald trump's commerce secretary, wilbur ross, has business links with russian allies of vladimir putin. mr ross has a secret stake in a shipping company called navigator holdings. one of its major clients is a russian energy company. the associate of vladimir putin, gennady timchenko is a shareholder, and sanctioned by the us government. mr ross told us none of the funds he managed ever had a majority of navigator shares. more revelations are to come. let's speak now to our royal

correspondent nicholas witchell. the queen's finance is on the front pages of the newspapers today. the revelations that some of the money has been invested offshore. what is the reaction? from buckingham palace, nothing. the palace is known for some days that that is coming, but they have failed to utter a single syllable, other at the palace is known for some days that that is coming, but they have failed to utter a single syllable, other to point out that the queens officials have been defending the investment practices, they haven't. 0ther have been defending the investment practices, they haven't. other than the duchy of lancaster is throwing a statement saying that all of her investments are legitimate. this is on every front page in this country andi on every front page in this country and i would imagine it is also

having an impact overseas. so far there has been nothing from the duchy of lancaster or from buckingham palace. 0ne duchy of lancaster or from buckingham palace. one will imagine that there are meetings taking place and perhaps something will emerge later in the day. this cannot be helpful in terms of the overall reputation of somebody who has been so reputation of somebody who has been so scrupulous, who has been known for so many years for setting an impeccable example in every aspect of her life. one question that can be on this occasion is how much oversight was there from the council of the duchy of lancaster, the council that is the body that would have had overall oversight of the investment strategy. to what extent was that oversight taken through and applied to the investment managers who will have gone away and perhaps we re who will have gone away and perhaps were left to make these investment decisions without any proper scrutiny or proper advice from

either buckingham palace with the duchy as to what would be appropriate for the head of state to be investing in? thank you. so how does the world of off shore finance work and if you want to keep your money away from prying eyes, how do you do it? i've been taking a look. step one, create a company in the only, no and also as a shell company. step two, dated somewhere offshore. a short time ago, the prime minister said the government had already taken steps to tackle the issue. there is already work that is being done to ensure that we see greater transparency in our dependencies and

british 0verseas territories and we continue to work with them. hmrc is already able to see more information about the ownership of shell companies for example so they can ensure that people are paying their attacks. we want people to pay the tax that is due. labour has renewed its call for a public inquiry into tax avoidance. jeremy corbyn says the documents prove there is one rule for the rich and another for the rest when it comes to paying tax. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said he was shocked, but not surprised by the revelations. what this government has been doing, food is dragging its feet on this, particularly about the publication of the beneficiaries of trusts. that is one of the issues that i think we need to bear down upon mark. we a lwa ys need to bear down upon mark. we always need to be ahead of the game thatis always need to be ahead of the game that is why we need a public enquiry into tax avoidance in this country. now is the time after these revelations. now is the time after these revelations. the liberal democrat leader, sir vince cable, says it's a "bizarre anomaly" that britain is still responsible for a number of territories which operate as tax havens where large sums of money that would otherwise go

to the british treasury are siphoned off to somewhere else. but that's been rejected by the premier of bermuda, david burt. bermuda has a world—class reputation of having a robust regulatory regime. we have tax information exchange agreements with 114 treaty partners. that means that international tax of 30 to variable to request information on anyone doing business in bermuda at any point of time. that was the premier of bermuda. well, thejournalists who have been working on the panama papers for about a year now are releasing more details about them later today and throughout the week. anita, back to you. some breaking news. a police officer

has been stabbed in the grounds of the college in edinburgh. he was stabbed in the back at edinburgh couege stabbed in the back at edinburgh college little earlier this morning following reports of a man threatening to harm himself and others, which officers had been called to. the police officer has been taken to edinburgh royal infirmary but the non—life—threatening injury. we are also told that the man has been detained in connection with the incident. he is also coming in that slaven bilic has been sacked as manager of west ham. west ham united in the statement saying they can confirm that slaven bilic has left his position today with the club. the chairman and board said they wa nt the chairman and board said they want a place on record their thanks and gratitude to him and his team for their services over the last two and a half years, but they believe the changes necessary for the club to move forwards. so, slaven bilic

has been sacked as west ham manager. more of that in sport. 26 people, including several children, have been killed in a shooting during a church service in texas. the attack happened at the first baptist church in the small town of sutherland springs in wilson county. authorities say the youngest victim was just five—years—old, the eldest was 72. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has more. the scene of america's latest mass shooting. a tiny church in a texas town. a sunday morning gathering that turned into a massacre. more than two dozen dead and many more injured. the ages of the victims range from five to 72. the motive of the gunman is not known. we are dealing with the largest mass shooting in the state's history. there are so many families who have lost family members. fathers, mothers, sons and daughters. the tragedy, of course, is worsened by the fact that it

occurred in a church, a place of worship, where these the delay in getting him identified is there were a number of weapons in the vehicle. the gunmen fled the scene and was later found dead in his vehicle. it is unclear whether he shot himself or died of a gunshot wound inflicted by a local resident who pursued the suspect, armed with his own rifle. idid i did what i thought i needed to do. they said there was a shooting. i proceed and i just they said there was a shooting. i proceed and ijust did what i thought was the right thing. there we re thought was the right thing. there were more weapons in the car, you

possibly stopped him from killing other people. i didn't know that. i didn't know that. this close—knit community has been left shattered and distraught. stay with us as we learn to deal with this... as people wait for news of their loved ones, many are overwhelmed by the scale of the tragedy. there is no words. this happens in new york, in big cities. no—one is safe. my father has already taught me how to get the gun from the safe and load it. if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere. president trump, who was on a tour of asia, condemned the shooting as an act of evil. through the tears and through the sadness, we stand strong. oh, so strong. the shooting comes just over one month after the deadliest mass shooting in modern us history when gunman in las vegas killed 58 people. now, another community has joined the roll call. more lives lost and more families asking, why us? as they struggle with their grief. president trump has spoken

again about the shooting, describing it as a "mental health issue" and saying that guns were not to blame. i think that mental health is the problem here. this... based on preliminary reports this was very deranged individual with a lot of problems over a long period of time. we have a lot of mental health problems in our country, as to other countries, but this is not a gun situation. we could go into it but it isa situation. we could go into it but it is a little bit soon to go into it. fortunately somebody else had a gun shooting in the other direction other the would've been much worse. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the company who manage the queen's finances have defended their investments after its found some of her wealth has been placed in two offshore funds. two men are being hailed as heroes

for pursuing the gunman suspected of killing at least 26 people at a texas church. theresa may has called for a "new culture of respect" ahead of a meeting with other party leaders to discuss harassment in westminster. in sport, in the last few minutes slaven bilic has been sacked as manager of west ham after two years in charge. they won just two matches this season. david moyes looks most likely to replace him. michael keane has been called into the england squad for their upcoming friendlies. they take on germany on friday and brazil next tuesday, both on —— both at wembley. i will have more on all those stories just after 11:30 a:m..

a former conservative activist has told this programme she was ignored when she told the house of commons authorities she had been raped by a man who worked for a tory mp. the woman, whose identity is being protected, told the bbc she was assured by commons officials that it would be "passed on" to senior party figures — but now says her report was not taken seriously. when you've seen so much happen, and nothing happen on all of those occasions as well, it's arrogant to assume that i would be treated any differently, that my claim would be anything that stood out. i'm a number, a name, nota person. i'm just an allegation, probably one of many. and there's no importance attached to those. it only becomes important when it becomes a problem, and it becomes a problem when it's picked up by the media. joining us now from westminster

is our assistant political editor, norman smith. theresa may has been speaking about this issue in her speech to the cbi this issue in her speech to the cbi this morning, on the day that she hopes will become known as ad day when decisive steps are taken to change the culture. there has been plenty of condemnation, lots of ideas floating around about what can be done to improve the grievance procedures at westminster, but this evening we expect theresa may, jeremy corbyn, vince cable to come up jeremy corbyn, vince cable to come up with the coherent response to stem these allegations and provide an independent complaints procedure. there is a lot of stuff still to be agreed, for example what sort of sanctions could this new body

impose, who's going to run at. let's bea impose, who's going to run at. let's be a new body would it be bolted onto existing complaint structures such as the standards complaints authority. also huge questions about what bigger role that will happen investigating abuse. this is what the prime minister has said ahead of the prime minister has said ahead of the meeting tonight. later today i will convene a meeting with my fellow party leaders to discuss establishing a new common, robust and independence grievance procedure for parliament, because those working for members of parliament should not have to navigate different party systems depending on their employers's political affiliation. we need to establish a new culture of respect at the centre of public life. one in which everyone can feel confident that they are working in a safe and secure environment over that they are working in a safe and secure environment over complaints can be brought forward without

prejudice and victims know that these complaints will be investigated properly. and where people's careers cannot be damaged by unfounded rumours circulated anonymously online. of course, people can be friends with her colleagues and consensual relationships can develop at work. this isn't about trying into private lives. what we are talking about is the use and abuse of power. at the same time an investigation will begin today into the deputy prime minister, in effect, damian green, focusing not just prime minister, in effect, damian green, focusing notjust on claims whether he engaged in an improper behaviour with a younger conservative activist, but also suggestions now that the computers in his office in westminster contained pornography. that two full form part of the investigation. it encompass morning he got the sense

of the pressure on mr green as he was bombarded with reporters questions and demands for comments. are they going to be more allegations, mr green? argued going to stand down mr green? there are an awful lot of ideas floating around about what the powers of this new body should be. it seems like andrea leadsom is poised to carry out some sort of review of subsidised alcohol at westminster because part of the growing view at westminster is that alcohol is central to much of the sexual harassment claims, so there

will be a look at that. another aerial that will be live that is the employment of staff. there is a view that it should not be left to individual mps to recruit their staff and instead it should be taken out of their hands and given to an independent body. that idea is being put forward by the head of the expenses watchdog. let's look at the status quo. we have 3500 staff who are employed by mps. they are distributed in penny packets across the country, in individual constituencies in europe westminster. surely, surely it would be better to brigade them together into one independent staffing agency from which mps could draw and have a choice about whom they do draw, but

where the staff would have the protections of being in a moderate organisation, professionalised personnel support, whistle— blowing system, somebody to talk to before relationships are broken down, where there is a clear emphasis on training and development. that is a much better arrangement, rather than distributing the stab around in penny packets without the support they need. i can hear mps saying, hang on, i need to work with these people day in, day out, long hours, i want somebody i can absolutely trust, politically be in the same ball park. let me choose, i'd want them chosen independently. mps would have a choice about to have a choice about who comes to their individual team, but they would have a choice from within a poll selected by this independent organisation. the staff crucially would have the protections of a described. a lot of speculation

about what will happen next. theresa may earlier saying about what will happen next. theresa may earli is saying about what will happen next. theresa may earli is g’;’; i of they should'besacked'themthis if they should'beeeckedthemthie

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challenges, many opportunities. there are many things we face but we will be facing them together in friendship and as allies. most importantly, we are working to counter the dangerous aggressions of the regime in north korea. the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programmes including its illegal nuclear tests and readjust launches of ballistic missile is directly overjapanese territory are a threat to the civilised world and international peace and stability. we will not stand for that. the era of strategic patients is over. some people said that my rhetoric is very strong, but look what —— look at what has happened with the very weak rhetoric over the last 25 years. look where

we are right now. look where we are right now. correspondent steve mcdonell is in tokyo for us. steve, if president trump was saying that his strategic patients is over, he was perhaps demonstrating that when he said thatjapan it should north korean missiles out of the sky wa nted north korean missiles out of the sky wanted had completed purchases of us military equipment. the language, as ever, uncompromising. that's right, and the japanese prime ministers, temp one, said, no, but isn't right, we are not going to buy all this new gearfrom the we are not going to buy all this new gear from the united we are not going to buy all this new gearfrom the united states, so we are not going to buy all this new gear from the united states, so they do seem to be as one on this question of buying more military hardware from the united states. really, japan is the closest ally that the us has on this question of north korea. closer than south korea even. the premiere of south korea doesn't have the same few years shinzo abe, and neither does

president xiejin ping. president trump has chosen his first stop on this asian tour to make these strident remarks about getting tough with north korea. on trade, which has been a big part of the discussions between the two leaders, one would love to hear the private thoughts of shinzo abe when donald trump was talking about the us economy and saying to temp two yours is not as strong, is it? if they are all buddy buddy when it comes to dealing with north korea and nuclear weapons, traders is another question entirely. shinzo abe believes in a multilateral approach. entirely. shinzo abe believes in a multilateralapproach. donald entirely. shinzo abe believes in a multilateral approach. donald trump wa nts to multilateral approach. donald trump wants to cut a deal directly between the us and japan. yes, they would've been disagreeing with each other on that front. apparently on the golf course there were talking about it and also in the summer bay have today. maybe at some stage we will hear if there has been a

breakthrough on it. it will be difficult for them to try to work at an agreed position because shinzo abe wants to get this transpacific partnership, which was a barack 0bama initiative, up the ground that the remaining nations and pulled the us back in. donald trump is showing no indication that he wants to join up no indication that he wants to join up again. it is something that he pulled out of the first couple of days of office. it was meant to be a good photo opportunity, but even that truth controversy. it was about feeding some coy carp earlier and his fish feeding technique was called into question, wasn't it? yes, when these leadership some things happen people watch everything that they do. when donald trump first arrived he had a hamburger! they went to feed some fish, some coy carp, and i suppose

due supposed to feed them little by little, but at some point he tips all the fish food in one go into the water. he has been criticised as opposed to uncouth his behaviour. when it all comes down to it if you are going to compare about to north korea's nuclear weapons or the importance of global trade, in the next couple of days will be forgetting about the great carp incident. thank you very much, steve. let's have a look at the weather. pretty frosty this morning over many parts of the uk, temperatures down to —4 in places. the clear skies through the night we have had lovely clear weather through this morning. 0n clear weather through this morning. on to mist and fog patches which are

continuing to clear away. well it is quite sunny but many of us, it further west there is more cloud. that cloud will increase of cross south—west england, wales, north—west england, scotland and northern ireland, and with that outbreaks of rain. in the west of scotla nd outbreaks of rain. in the west of scotland dublin will turn every. the best of sunshine in central and eastern areas this afternoon and temperatures up to about 11 degrees. for this evening, we will see this band of rain, quite intense rain, quite a narrow band, moving the sweat through scotland. a bit of snow in the scottish mountains. that ta kes snow in the scottish mountains. that takes us into tuesday as the rain continues to spread into the forest at later in the day. behind that there will be sunshine, 12 showers, but noticeably colder as the rain clears through. goodbye. this is bbc news.

our latest headlines: the people who manage the queen's finances defend their investment practices, after a leak dubbed the ‘paradise papers‘ shows that some of her wealth has been placed in two offshore funds. a gunman who killed 26 people during a church service in a rural community in texas had been discharged from the us air force for domestic violence. as delegates gather at the un climate change conference in bonn, the world meteorological 0rganisation says 2017 is likely to be one of three of the warmest years on record. a new 24—hour nhs service has been launched, offering gp consultations via videolink on a smartphone app.

the scheme will initially cover 3.5 million patients in london. more on news of slaven bilic and the rest of the sport with catherine. in the last half hour, west ham have confirmed that they‘ve sacked their manager, slaven bilic, after two years in charge. west ham have won just two matches this season, and find themselves in the relegation zone. jessica creightonjoins me for more on this. it isa it is a sense of the inevitable. this has been coming for days with lots of rumours and slaven bilic himself saying in post match press conference as it is up to the club and he will wait to see what they do. yes, very much, it has been building for some time and slaven bilic has said recently, pressure builds with every game because they have had such poor results. in the

relegation zone, 18th place, nine goals from the 11 premier league games, and they have won just two. west ham have released a statement, they say the chairman and the board would like to place on record their thanks to bilic and his team for their services over the past two and a half yea rs their services over the past two and a half years but believe a change is now necessary for the club to move forward positively and in line with their ambition. west ham were beaten yesterday, at the weekend, 4—1 by liverpool. that was probably the final straw for the club and bilic‘s position became untenable. the news we have been expecting, and news of a line of successes queueing up. david moyes seems to be the out and out favourite and has apparently been having talks with the club. exactly, we understand david moyes is the front runner, he was the manager of everton and most recently manchester united, although he did not have the best spells there, a

difficult challenge. we understand moyes has been talking to a tv station in qatar and has expressed an interest in thejob station in qatar and has expressed an interest in the job will stop he has blown back to the uk yesterday, so possibly in talks with the club about thisjob so possibly in talks with the club about this job —— so possibly in talks with the club about thisjob —— he has flown back. so it does look at the moment as though david moyes is the front runner, we will mate and see. raw maybe have you back on set to talk about that, thank you so much. arsene wenger criticised the standard of refereeing in the premier league and accused raheem stirling of diving, after arsenal‘s 3—1 defeat at manchester city. here‘s what made wenger angry. he questioned whether raheem sterling had been brought down or he‘d dived to win a penalty, which sergio aguero scored. and he wasn‘t happy about city‘s third goal, which he believed was offside. i believe it was no penalty, it was a provoked penalty by stirling. we know that he dives very well.

he does that very well. and the third goal was offside. i‘m very upset because at 2—1, we were in the game and we looked like we could score, we had many dangerous situations. the draw for a tournament to be held in milan next week has been criticised as sexist, after players were asked to select a female model to determine which group they would play in. players at the next gen atp finals — for players under 21 — found out if they were in group a or group b, when the models revealed which letter was hidden beneath their clothing. 0ur tennis correspondent, russell fuller, joins me for more on this. this sounds like an extraordinary launch of a tournament. how did this work? especially as this is an event that is meant to showcase the future stars of the game, the future of men‘s tennis. milan bisevac and capital of the world was the inspiration behind this ceremony that taught place —— being the

fashion capital. players were as to choose one of two models, walking arm in arm down the catwalk with them and a female would remove an item of clothing to reveal whether they had the letter our b hidden about their person. that might have been slipping off a jacket or in one case the canadian star discovered which group you would be in as his model lifted up her lacy dress and revealed the letter a on her right by. the south korean was asked to bite the glob of the model he chose and remove it with his teeth revealed the group he was in, and this was until the eight players we re this was until the eight players were drawn into micro—groups of four. what‘s been the reaction? some players saying it is not acceptable. amelie mauresmo, former coach of andy murray and former champion, has branded it a disgrace and judy murray has been on social media describing it as awful, and at

current french player cornet said this was supposed to show the future and she concluded, back to zero. this is co—sanctioned by the atp and international, italian tennis federation. a launch party, the ceremony was sponsored and i think organised to greater or lesser extent by one of the main sponsors, red bull, so waiting a comment from both. the italian federation said they had nothing to do with it. but i understand there is a lot of disquiet behind the scenes at the atp and they are furious at the way this draw was executed and admit that it was in very poor taste indeed. thanks very much for bringing us up to date. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. let‘s return to the texas shooting. at least 26 people were been killed and 20 others wounded after a gunman opened fire at a texas church during sunday service. the attack happened

at the first baptist church in sutherland springs, a small town in wilson county. the victims‘ ages range from five to 72. the regional director of the texas department of public safety, freeman martin, gave this update on what authorities knew about the attacker. he had a proxy —— at approximately 11:20am this morning, a suspect was seen 11:20am this morning, a suspect was seenin 11:20am this morning, a suspect was seen in the bolero gas station in sutherland, texas, dressed in all black. the suspect crossed the street to the church, exited his vehicle and began firing at the church. the suspect then moved to the right side of the church and continued to fire. that suspect entered the church and continued to fire. as the exeter the church, a local resident grabbed his rifle and engage that suspect. the suspect dropped his rifle, which was a ruger ar assault type rifle and fled from the church. our local citizen

pursued the suspect at that time. a short time later, as law enforcement responded, that suspect right after the wilson guadalupe county line ran off the road and crashed out and was found deceased in his vehicle. at that time, we do not know if it was a self—inflicted gunshot wound or if he was shot by a local resident and engaged in gunfire. we know he is deceased in the vehicle. the suspect has not been completely identified, we believe he is a young white male maybe in his early. he was dressed in all black, tactical type gear, and was wearing a ballistic vest. one man has told how he chased the gunman after seeing "two men exchanging gunfire" outside the church. one man has told how he chased the gunman after seeing "two men exchanging gunfire" outside the church. speaking to an american reporter, johnnie langendorff described his reaction. ijust did what i thought i needed to do, which was, they said that

there was a shooting, i pursued, and ijust did what i thought was the right thing. you know there were more weapons in that car, you possibly stop them from killing other people. i didn't know that. starting today, some nhs patients will be able to access gp consultations via video calls on their smartphone 24 hours a day. the royal college of gps is warning that some patients could be left behind and complex conditions may be misdiagnosed. but the team behind the project say it will bring health consultations into the 21st century. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports. the founders of the new service say they want to make getting health consultations as easy as online banking and shopping. it‘s being launched by a group of london gps and the online health care provider babylon. nhs patients will be able to check symptoms through a smartphone app and then book appointments, if they wish. those signing up will leave their existing practice with their records transferred to a group of five central london gp practices.

the service promises a video consultation with a gp within two hours and, if required, a face—to—face appointment with a doctor within 48 hours. prescriptions will be e—mailed to a local pharmacy chosen by the patient. it‘s high time nhs patients were given the opportunity to benefit from technology, to improve access to health care. we‘ve benefited from this kind of technology in so many different aspects of our lives — shopping or banking. it‘s really time that we were able to do that in health care for nhs patients. but the royal college of gps said there is a danger the new service would only work for younger, healthier commuters and that it might not be appropriate for those with complex health conditions. the college argued the new service would lure gps away from frontline general practice at a time of severe workforce shortages. hugh pym, bbc news. but the prime minister and jeremy

corbyn are rising the issue of abuse at work following recent allegations. theresa may says she wa nts to allegations. theresa may says she wants to create a new culture of respect in the workplace. later today, i will convene a meeting with my fellow party leaders to discuss establishing a new common, robust and independent weavers procedure for parliament. because those working for members of parliament should not have to navigate different party systems depending on their employer‘s political affiliation. we need to establish a new culture of respect at the centre of our public life. one in which eve ryo ne of our public life. one in which everyone can feel confident that they are working in a safe and secure they are working in a safe and secure environment, where complaints can be brought forward without prejudice and victim is no that these complaints will be investigated properly. and where

people‘s careers can be damaged by unfounded rumours circulated anonymously online. —— can not be damaged. 0f anonymously online. —— can not be damaged. of course people can be friends with their colleagues and consensual relationships can develop at work. this is not about prying into private lives. what we are talking about is the use and abuse of power. our business correspondent was at the conference in greenwich. good morning, at the cbi conference in london, very important annual event for business. the cbi calls itself the voice of business and represents 190,000 bodies, which employ 7 million people, which is about a quarter of the uk workforce. behind me, there are around 1,500 delegates crammed in to listen to the topics of the day. it was standing room only for theresa may‘s speech which she played an excerpt

of now. the issue of sexual harassment is a big topic, it is not the only one but we will talk first about that to the deputy chief executive of the cbi, josh hardy. good morning. it is not a new issue but it has become a very as a ball problem, what have businesses said this morning about it? everybody is shocked, it is shocking and there is no complacency. whilst the focus so far has been on westminster and hollywood, business which has been working on this for a long time is acutely aware on the need to continue and do more. there are things businesses, affected things businesses have done in the past and will continue to do, hr policies, whistle—blower lines, will continue to do, hr policies, whistle— blower lines, those will continue to do, hr policies, whistle—blower lines, those sorts of things, they are fundamental. more important is the culture, so making sure there is diversity throughout your organisation from top to bottom is absolutely crucial. making sure that everybody in your organisation can be who they want to be and feels they can speak out when something they can speak out when something they are not comfortable with is

happening. if you do not have that culture in place, your policies and processes not going to work. so both together is critical. that is a theme that is the backdrop to the conference, not the title of the conference. another major theme we cannot escape from is brexit. this, of course, was the backdrop to your conference last year. did you think we would be further on with the brexit process now when you are talking about it last year? after the last couple of years, i have given up making predictions! what matters is where we are now, so what do businesses new fresh meat here? absolute clarity about the priorities. the premise to did a good job of that in the florence speech. the difficulty is since then, some of the waters have been muddied and too many voices with too many different perspectives. we got today a firm recommitment florence, we need to get on that road to florence and not have any hesitation. we can probably have a bit of repetition. that's what

business is looking for and it really matters because 10% of businesses already putting into action contingency plans. 25% more by christmas and 25% more than that by christmas and 25% more than that by easter. if there is clarity and transition, 75% of large firms will pause that and that matters forjobs and growth in communities across the uk. what would that clarity look like? the prime minister has taken an important step today of reaffirming the desire for up to two years of the status quo. that gives us time to negotiate a new deal and it means businesses are not facing a cliff edge, so those investment decisions you take now might not kick him for two or three years and you never know where you are going to be when that happens. 0f you never know where you are going to be when that happens. of course nobody can have full certainty and a final deer and nobody is expecting that, but there is stuff we can control so let's focus on that. —— certainty on a final deal. judge hardy, we will keep with the news from the cbi throughout the day and

we will shortly he‘ll —— and we will shortly hear from labour leader jeremy corbyn in about 15 minutes, but that is it from me for now. thank you very much. and we will be live with thatjeremy corbyn speech when he begins to talk. ina in a moment, more of the days news, but first, the headlines. the company who manage the queen‘s finances say their investments are entirely legitimate after it has found some of her wealth has been placed in two offshore funds. two men being hailed as heroes for pursuing the gunmen suspected of killing at least 26 people at a texas church. and theresa may has called for a new culture of respect, head of a meeting with other party leaders to discuss harassment in westminster. the world meteorological 0rganisation says this year

is likely to be one of the warmest years on record. its report was released as the un climate change conference began in the german city of bonn. it‘s the first major meeting since president trump announced plans to take the us out of the paris pact. 0ur environment correspondent, matt mcgrath, has been looking at the report. delegates from all over the world have come here for the start of un climate talks and today, the world meteorologicalorganisation has released their report based on data from january and october, but the wmo said it is likely that 2017 will be one of the top three warmest yea rs on be one of the top three warmest years on record. and they said it could be the warmest on record and over the past five years, that period is the warmest since records began. the wmo is also pointing out 2017 has been a record year for extreme offence. hurricanes in the caribbean that have been devastating and in the united states, floods in many parts of asia and india and

china and nepal and bangladesh and wildfires in europe and the united states. devastating wildfires. the wmo is not saying all these events are caused by climate change, scientists will say it is very difficult to attribute any single events to climate change, but the wmo says clearly, the tell—tale signs of the human influence on the claimant are evident in these events. the human influence, they say, is the continued use of fossil fuels, the burning of fossilfuels by humans. that may not is a big surprise to the meeting here but it is likely to increase their sense of urgency, to get on and their business here and put the framework in place for the paris climate agreement agreed two years ago. the deposed catalan leader carles puigdemont has been released by a judge in belgium. he and four of his ministers surrendered themselves to police after the spanish abutment issued an eu wide warrant for their arrest. they have been told they are not allowed to leave the country and

are expected to appear at a belgian court in the next two weeks. a saudi arabian prince and other high—ranking officials have been killed in a helicopter crash close to the country‘s border with yemen, according to reports on state media. the prince was a deputy governor and a son of the country‘s former crown prince. it is not known why the aircraft crashed. it came hours after a major purge of the kingdom‘s political and business leadership, including 11 princes, former prime ministers and dozens of former ministers. a—level students are being let down by colleges cutting the number of subjects on offer due to a lack of funding, according to new claims today. the sixth form colleges association says its members are cutting languages and science courses, as well as scaling back on extra curricular activities. unions are now asking the government to boost sixth—form funding. sanchia berg reports. school leaders complain sixth forms

are the poor relation of the education world. funding per head is less than for younger secondary students, half the tuition fee, and it‘s been cut in recent years. that, coupled with rising costs, has meant many colleges and schools are dropping subjects. half the colleges and schools surveyed cut modern languages. usually french, german or spanish. and most now only allow students to study three subjects, instead of four. two—thirds have reduced student support services, or extra—curricular activities. the government said it‘s spending nearly £7 billion this year to ensure there‘s a place for every 16 to 19 year old who wants one, and said a record proportion of this age group is in education or training. sanchia berg, bbc news. there are more than 350,000 mobility scooters on britain‘s high streets and pavements, travelling up to eight miles an hour. but their users don‘t get any formal training. in 2014, there were more than 200

mobility scooter—related accidents in england and wales, nine of which were fatal. now psychologists at nottingham trent university are working to develop a video that they hope could improve safety. here‘s our transport correspondent, richard westcott. 0k, wagons roll! a unique driver‘s eye view from a mobility scooter — and you‘d better look out. ten minutes around nottingham is more like an obstacle course than a shopping trip. we‘re going into a big crowd of people and noticeably, people on their phones and not really looking, is that normal? um, yeah. he says, just as... yeah. i do it as well, go on my phone, i don‘t look. of course, everyone does. users like jamie say they get abused as they drive around. i‘ve had people threaten to throw me out of the scooter and make me walk, and obviously, i can‘t do that

because i got injured in the army, so this is the only way i can get around, in my electric wheelchair. a third of a million britons use a mobility scooter. there are hazards everywhere, but the people driving them get no advice on dealing with some pretty big dangers. now psychologists at nottingham trent university are working with the road safety trust to develop a new training video that could help. they‘ve recruited a team of volunteers and some special scientific equipment. as well as the cameras on the scooters themselves, the volunteers are going to be given these laser eye tracking glasses, it‘s £50,000—worth of equipment, so they can tell exactly where the driver is looking. the dots you can see follow their eyes as they negotiate the streets. the psychologists will then analyse the data to help them design the safety video.

the long—term benefits would be that scooter users have improved safety, in terms of getting involved in less incidents or accidents, but also, that scooter users feel more confident in using a scooter in various different situations. scooter use been shown to have a number of psychological benefits, so reduced isolation and increased independence, improved self—esteem, quality of life. scooter crash figures are patchy, but there were around 200 recorded accidents in 2014, including nine fatalities. surveys suggest far more go unreported. but scooters also change lives. it's like having a new pair of legs, basically. without this, i couldn't get around the shops, i couldn't go into shops, i couldn't go shopping, i couldn't go and meet my friends. i can travel distances on this that even if i was walking with my crutches, i couldn't walk.

a new training video should help cut accidents and maybe ease some of the tension between scooter drivers and pedestrians. richard westcott, bbc news, nottingham. we‘re waiting on that speech by jeremy corbyn to the cbi we‘re waiting on that speech by jeremy corbyn to the cb! and we will bring you that when it begins. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first, we leave you with a look at the weather. simon king has the details. cold and frosty this morning, but while the frosty this morning, but while the frost has cleared away, we have got lovely blue skies at the moment. this is in london and for much of the midlands and eastern england, pretty much clear blue skies and barely clouds in the sky. further north and west, cloudy conditions and outbreaks of rain into the

afternoon. we will hold onto the sunshine the further east you go, well into the afternoon. at four p:m., the rain gets heavier across scotla nd p:m., the rain gets heavier across scotland this afternoon. quite breezy conditions developing, especially in the west. temperatures 9-11dc. especially in the west. temperatures 9—11dc. patchy rain moving into northern ireland and we could see patchy rain in north west england, west wales and the south—west. for many, it in eastern areas, it is going to remain dry with the sunshine continuing perhaps a bit chilly, temperatures 8—9dc, but the cloud increasing in the south—west. this evening and night, we see this band of rain, quite intense, moving gradually eased. gusty winds associated with that. clear skies and the south, a bit chilly, but nowhere near as cold as last night and temperatures at 7—12d. 0n tuesday, this band of rain continues

to spread further east. not really reaching the far south east of england until later on tuesday. but there will be a spell of heavy and intense rain as it moves through england and wales. further north and west, we have got clearer weather developing. but it turns colder and temperatures dropping by a few degrees. quite chilly to take is in the tuesday evening. in the east, cloudier weather and outbreaks of rain here. with that, the milder air, sticking on for a bit into wednesday. in between, much of england and wales and scotland and northern ireland is quite chilly into wednesday. but in the west, we have got weather systems moving in, locked into some milder weather. that gradually pushes in. wednesday is the transition day. cloudier weather, a bit of rain towards eastern areas on wednesday and cloud and rain moving into northern and western areas. in between, sunshine

and it feels a bit chilly. during this week, things go up and down a bit. milder weather throughout tomorrow and it gets colder again by wednesday and milder weather again for the end of the week. a lot going on and you can keep up—to—date with the details on the website. that is all from me this morning, they will leave you with my colleagues this afternoon, have a good afternoon. let‘s cross straight over to greenwich where jeremy let‘s cross straight over to greenwich wherejeremy corbyn has just begun his speech at the cbi conference. the economic system is simply not working. a system that has delivered rising inequality and falling living standards for the majority. when the 6 million of those in work are earning less than the living wage it isa earning less than the living wage it is a system in which large numbers of people have lost confidence. it is not hard to see why. the richest

10% now open 900 times the wealth of the poorest 10%. in recent years, half of the increase in personal wealth has gone to the top 10%. i put it to you this year that a crucial reason for the surprising election results, the biggest turnaround in polls during an election campaign in british history, is that labour went to the country with a vision that offered hope and change. 0ur manifesto for the many, not the few, set out at the many, not the few, set out at the ellie coster programme, to build an economy that gives everyone the chance of a secure and fulfilling life. since the general election in june, the political establishment has finally begun to catch up. calls to end austerities might come from all sides in parliament. senior

cabinet ministers are taking their lead from labour and pushing for more radical solutions to the housing and student debt crisis. sergeijavad housing and student debt crisis. sergei javad advocates 50 billion of borrowing for investment in housing. jeremy hunt has broken ranks and called for an end to the public sector pay. few would have predicted that a year ago. of course, we have yet to see if they have convinced the chancellor. it is a measure of the chancellor. it is a measure of the essential pragmatism of business people that so many have change their outlook, too. business people across the country have expressed to me growing awareness and acceptance that things have to change. the london chamber of commerce recently called for councils to be allowed to borrow freely to build housing. we all know an economic model that allows a few to grow very rich while

the majority face falling incomes and rising indebtedness, that leaves too many people in unfulfilling and insecure work, that is overly reliant on bond sector, in one region of country, is neither stable nor sustainable. in this living wage week of all weeks we have to be clear that britain needs a pay rise. when too much of household income is going to pay debts or rent, then thatis going to pay debts or rent, then that is less money for consumers to spend on productive businesses. that is why labour backs a real living wage and sensible control on rents and debts. because it is not good for business either. we understand. labour has changed and you have changed. but there is one thing that hasn‘t changed. i year ago we were just five months on from the referendum vote to leave the

european union. the government‘s sluggish response which had already created unprecedented uncertainty for business. i year on, article 50 has been triggered, brexit because he shouldn‘t are underway, but many of you feel no closer to having the clarity about the direction of travel they desperately need. indeed, watching chaos and confusion grew up the heart of government and brexit because eu nations stuck in stalemate, many of you probably feel the situation is more uncertain and precarious than ever. time is running out. we know, as you do, that firms are deciding now whether to continue to invest in the uk and that guarantees in key areas are needed now to stop firms from cutting the uk out of their business models. a few weeks ago you join

forces with britain‘s other major business organisation, the engineering employers federation, the chamber of congress, the institute of directors and the federation of small businesses, and remember so many people in the private sector workforce for small and begin sized businesses and they must be taken into account in our considerations. you join forces to have the government to heed the needs of business as they negotiate our exit from the european union. we agree. we need brains at said that puts jobs agree. we need brains at said that putsjobs and agree. we need brains at said that puts jobs and living standards first and it is labour that has common ground with you on putting the needs of the economy front and centre stage. we have common ground on the need for transitional arrangements to be agreed immediately. so that businesses know they will face a cliff edge brexit when the two—year negotiating period is up. because, let me be clear, to delay a

transitional deal until a final deal is agreed, as the prime minister said she wants to do, is simply not good enough. the prospect of sudden changes in the legal and regulatory environment in which people do business is affecting your decisions right now. and we have common ground. on the threat of no deal, which contrary to the claims of the secretary of state for international development is potentially a nightmare scenario. 0ne development is potentially a nightmare scenario. one that involves tariffs on our food imports and our manufacturing exports. queues at our ports and a hard border in northern ireland, with all the dangers that could bring. the fa ct the dangers that could bring. the fact that some in the cabinet want no deal to relaunch britain has to the bottom deregulated tax haven on the bottom deregulated tax haven on the shores of europe only adds to the shores of europe only adds to the risks. we agree on the need to

signal that the uk remains open to the rest of the world, that europe is not the enemy, but a partner in a strong cooperative relationship with the future. and that european union citizens living in britain are friends and fellow workers and neighbours and friends of our families, which is why the government should immediately and unilaterally guaranteed them full rights to remain here. in fact, they should‘ve done that months ago. indeed, labour called for that in july of last year just after the referendum. like you, we have always said that we respect the results of the referendum. like you, we have a lwa ys the referendum. like you, we have always said that the economy, jobs and living standard should come first in the negotiations, which means it is crucial that the final deal maintains the benefits of the common market and the customs union.

i promise you today between now and march 2019 we will use every opportunity we can find to put pressure on the government to do the same. but, as carolyn has so rightly pointed out, we mustn‘t use up all our energies on the brexit because he nations. there is vital action to be taken at home, too. what will be determined in the next two years is not just our determined in the next two years is notjust our relationship with the european union, but the kind of economy and country who want to live in. a bad brexit deal risks making wea knesses in. a bad brexit deal risks making weaknesses worsen our economy, low investment, low productivity, low pgy- investment, low productivity, low pay. we will be letting the country down if we don‘t seize on the period of change to tackle those weaknesses at the root cause i working together to give shape to a new economic

model that will create a more fair and richer britain for all. i believe that we share a great deal of common ground on how this should be done. again, i echo carolyn, if we are to raise wages and living standards we must solve our productivity crisis, and it is a crisis. it continues to take a worker in britain five days to produce what a worker in france or germany produces in for. if the 0br decides that recent dismal productivity performance is not an aberration but the new norm and revises down their projections when they report to parliament later this month it will take a huge toll on our public finances, as the institute for fiscal studies has pointed out. it could not be clearer. 0ur collectivity crisis is making our country poorer. the a nswer to making our country poorer. the answer to our productivity crisis lays in —— lies in investment. and

in infrastructure, in new technologies and people. business investment is being held back by creaking infrastructure and the shortage of skilled workers, so government must act first. yet, under the conservatives, crucial infrastructure investment has been delayed, from real d k into the swa nsea delayed, from real d k into the swansea tidal lagoon. the adult skills budget has been slashed. they even skills budget has been slashed. they eve n we nt skills budget has been slashed. they even went into the election promising to cut per—pupil funding in real terms. the chancellor should use his autumn budget to change direction and invest in long—term growth. that is what labour has already pledged to do. whether national transformation fund to upgrade our country‘s infrastructure and reverse yea rs upgrade our country‘s infrastructure and reverse years of underinvestment in the regions. 0n fairness between the south and the north and between east and west and the nations has to

be addressed. we have to be investing in transport, energy and capital infrastructure right across the country. so, we will establish a national investment bank with a network of regional development banks that will provide patient finance for firms wanting to adopt and implement existing innovations we re and implement existing innovations were to develop an entirely new ones. we are a very creative country. and we will build a national education service to ensure that when businesses create skilled jobs there are people able to fill them and where businesses adopt new technologies there are employees who know how to use them. these policies will help create the conditions businesses need to invest. but they will only deliver the improvements are economy needs if they are backed up are economy needs if they are backed up by

are economy needs if they are backed up bya are economy needs if they are backed up by a bald industrial strategy. again, this government failed to act. we have had a lot of warm words on industrial strategy but we are still waiting to hear how they will ta ke still waiting to hear how they will take it forward. either‘s industrial strategy, built on national missions for energy transition and to increase research and development spending to 3% of gdp by 2030 will lay down the challenge to business to provide the foundations on which they can be met. we will invest £1.3 billion on research and development in ourfirst two billion on research and development in our first two years billion on research and development in ourfirst two years in billion on research and development in our first two years in government to galvanise private investment. set up to galvanise private investment. set up to new capital centres for retail and metals, centres of collaboration and metals, centres of collaboration and innovation to drive productivity improvement. and hardness third 200 billion spent by the public sector

each year to boost local economies and local supply chains. to bring prosperity to every region of the country. that is how we deliver properly funded public services in the long run and ensure everyone earns enough to live on. if we get this right, it is notjust our economy that will be stronger but our political institutions and our social bonds, as well. we will, as you know, raise some taxes to pay for it. i knew you were going to be welcoming that bit. to ensure that our spending plans fit within the constraints of our fiscal credibility rule. when we do, we will be clear and open about tax plans, as we were during the general election. we will do it by stealth, and we will seek to improve the functioning of businesses taxation wherever possible, by operating

business rates in line with cpi instead of rpi. moving to annual evaluations and exempting you plant and machinery, and by looking at staggering tax incentives for investment and innovation. we will do this because our fair and functional taxation system is the only way to deliver the investment in infrastructure and skills that are so desperately needed across the country. i‘m sure that everyone here will agree, providing good infrastructure and education is what responsible governments do. it is not just responsible governments do. it is notjust government responsible governments do. it is not just government that responsible governments do. it is notjust government that has a duty to be responsible. business does, too. from ensuring their suppliers, often small businesses, are paid promptly. to ensuring that they pay their taxes in full, too. and the shocking revelations from the

paradise papers today, yet again of widespread tax avoidance and evasion on an industrial scale must lead to decisive action and real change. it is by no means all big businesses, but these actions by a few undermine the trust in all businesses. and they are the victims, too. notjust reputation the league, but financially. those businesses that play by the rules and pay the taxes they owe are being undercut by those who don‘t. the vital revenues government needs to fund an industrial strategy, good infrastructure and world—class education that we aspire to. these things can only be delivered by fairer taxation. so while we mustn‘t tarnish all businesses by the actions of a few, we also have a duty to come down hard on those who

are avoiding their responsibilities and give her majesty‘s revenues and customs of the resources it needs. as our shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has died this morning, we need a full public enquiry into tax avoidance and evasion on and offshore, a register of companies and trusts and who benefits from them. under new tax on pause mid—units in the hmrc and an end to public contracts for companies who are abusing the system. and we will look at using withholding tax where individuals and companies are involved in abusing the system. then public contracts with companies are involved in abuse of tax evasion. the public and drank on stone age and at the scale of tax avoidance revealed yet again today, we are talking about tens of billions that

are effectively being bleached of our public services by a super—rich elite that holds the taxation system and the rest of us in contempt. we must take action now to put an end to the socially damaging and extortion at the costly scandal. there is another area where we have all had duty to act, and act now. faced with the ongoing revelations about sexual harassment, we should make this a turning point and a moment of real change. we must no longer allow anyone to be abused in the workplace. such abuse, sexism and misogyny is sadly very far from being confined to hollywood and the corridors of power. it is also widespread in our schools and universities, in our businesses and workplaces, in our newspapers and our tv screens. that must change and

business has an essential role to play. all of us need to look hard at yourselves as we in the labour party are doing, to see how our processes and procedures can be improved. how it can be made easierfor woman and procedures can be improved. how it can be made easier for woman to speak out and for big them is to get the support they have a right to expect. businesses can have a vital partner in the tonight the workplace, the workplace, the trade unions. they are crucial to taken on london written about sexual harassment and discrimination and i would encourage each and every business to be serious about improving workplace culture and tackling sexual discrimination at work, and to engage with the trade unions to do that. governments also have other responsibilities. enforcing a fair and transparent regulatory framework so that, for example, businesses are not

destroyed by the likes of rbs abusing their power. providing for the help of our citizens and, yes, in some cases, running essential public utilities because everyone of you in this room who knows what goes on in, seeing an idea brought to the market for what it takes to survive the cut and thrust of consumer choice month—to—month knows that privatised monopoly utilities are not real markets. where is the pressure for efficiency and innovation if consumers cannot go elsewhere and they are dissatisfied? some of you will disagree, i know, think that bringing some parts of the economy into public ownership will be good for the replication of business, but it is not good for the image of business when water companies pay i‘d aliens in that event and interest payments through opiate financial arrangements while household see their bills go up to pay for it. it is not good for

business people if their employees have to spend huge amounts of time and money getting to and from work each day on expensive and unreliable services. it is not good for manufacturers to have amongst the most expensive energy and europe we re most expensive energy and europe were see energy transition held back because the necessary investments to transform our energy grid are not being made. just as it wouldn‘t be good for business to be locked into inefficient funding arrangements that don‘t provide finance on the best terms available, or inflexible contracts that don‘t adapt to your needs, nor is for the public. that‘s why we will end the private finance initiative, because those contracts have overcharged the public to the tune of billions. you wouldn‘t put up tune of billions. you wouldn‘t put up with it, and neither will we. but we won‘t let ending pfi hold—up

vital infrastructure investment. we will enter to make sure that investment happens in a way that gives best value for money for the public that better meets user needs. this is not about being anti—business or anti—enterprise or closing ourselves off to the rest of the world, it is about deciding to attract business from across the world by creating world—class infrastructure that is efficiently funded, cheap and reliable energy, safe and efficient water and transport systems, and a skilled and educated population. not by allowing a select few to make monopoly profits from our essential utilities. this isn‘t a throwback to a bygone era. it is entirely in step with what is happening in much of the rest of the world. some of the world was my biggest economies, germany and france and even the

united states, are deciding that key sectors such as energy and water are better off in public ownership. it is time for britain to catch up. building an economy for the many will mean making some big changes, but it will also mean an economy thatis but it will also mean an economy that is stronger, fairer and more sta ble that is stronger, fairer and more stable and business people know more than anyone how important that is. we have common ground on brexit, common ground on investment, training and industrial strategy and a government that embraces its responsibilities and carries them out for the common good. that is what labour offers you and what labour offers britain and i thank you for inviting me again to the cbi conference and i value the day—to—day relationship we have with the cbi, as doesjohn mcdonnell and others in my team, and i look forward to working with all of you in the future, whenever the general

election comes and i hope we are in government to continue working with you. thank you very much. jeremy has kindly agreed to take a few questions. if you could put up your hand and introduce yourself and your hand and introduce yourself and your firm. your hand and introduce yourself and yourfirm. numberfour. your hand and introduce yourself and your firm. number four. frank miller. ina your firm. number four. frank miller. in a renationalise britain what are the biggest innovation challenges? i think the innovation challenges? i think the innovation challenges that will be huge for you and all of us are high—technology robot technology and of the technology that goes with that. previous industrial revolutions have

a lwa ys previous industrial revolutions have always led to huge disparities of wealth and power and a lot of opposition to them. think of all the great technological changes over the last 200 years. we are now on a fourth industrial revolution. that has to be something that ensures the creativity and wealth that grows from it has to be shared and spread fairly. he looked at the massive profits made by a small number of people that build on some of that technology, it seems to me unbalanced and unfair. we have a working group within the labour party on this. we are working with universities and colleges. in deeside europe during good work at the college there. we would look forward to working with you on that. i don‘t see high—technology, robot technology, all that is particularly a threat to anyone. i see it as an opportunity for all of us if there isa opportunity for all of us if there is a public participation and public involvement in it. haven't got one

here? what is the colour coding of the paddles? is a very clever? i was brief but i've forgotten. should the queen apologise for her private estate making offshore investments as revealed in the paradise papers? anyone that is putting money into tax havens in order to avoid taxation in britain should do two things, not just apologise taxation in britain should do two things, notjust apologise but also recognise what it does to our society. if a very wealthy person wa nts to society. if a very wealthy person wants to avoid taxation in britain and therefore put money into a tax

haven somewhere, food loses? schools, hospitals, housing, all of those public services lose and the rest of the population have to pay to cover up the deficit created by that. i think the paradise papers, which i have been reading through this morning, are quite shocking and they did raise some of these issues at prime ministers questions last week. we will obviously be raising theissue week. we will obviously be raising the issue with parliament. there needs to be an immediate public enquiry. we simply have to challenge the culture that there is something clever about avoiding taxation. taxation is what gives us ambulances, gives us fire tenders, safety in our lives and we all have a responsibility to pay for it. it undermines everyone of us here who pays taxes properly and diligently. we are undermined by this of

innovation. it must stop. we have about three more questions. oranges media. we are working the site! my name is louise. i media. we are working the site! my name is louise. lam head media. we are working the site! my name is louise. i am head of uk planning at arcade hits. international global understanding is great but we need to make sure that our communities are looked after here. we all know that we need to address the housing supply and delivery. there is a white paper "what is on at the moment that is looking at some elements of that, but would any labour government be bold and call for an comprehensive review of the green belt rather than leaving it up to individual local authorities and have a piecemeal affair as we authorities and have a piecemeal affairas we are authorities and have a piecemeal affair as we are looking to have at the moment. a brief answer on

housing in the green belt, come on! 0n housing, i represent an inner london constituency, is pretty well everybody knows. all my life that i have represented at that have been dealing with the housing crisis and the reality of insufficient supply of rented property, overcharging, the very expensive private rented sector, and the damage that overcrowded places do to children and the damage that stunted children who have to move from one hospital to another when the family becomes homeless means they underachieve in school. we all lose out. the way in which into much of urban britain the working class communities are being built and moved out of central city areas, changing her cities for ever

and the words by the london chamber of commerce and others about the labour market problems in london are replicated all over the country. there is a point and a sense in investing in good quality socially rented housing for all to give people some certainty in their lives. if anyone has ever had the experience of talking to her family are homeless then that same family when they have been given secure housing, it is transformational. it is humbling. where we build the housing is crucial because there are roughly 100,000 or so houses built per year, mostly across the uk, disproportionally more in london and the south—east and elsewhere, and about 200,000 households created a year, some single person, some family households. we need to build a lot more. jeremy corbyn at the cbi. let's get an assessment of that

from norman smith. steve we had to may earlier addressing the cbi, compare and contrast, norman! jeremy corbyn talking about the paradise papers, those papers revealing how wealthy individuals and businesses have tried to shield themselves from tax. he clearly wants to go on the political offensive over this a place to one of his core narratives about austerity. his argument that every pound sheltered from taxes a point that the nhs or other public services are being deprived. john mcdonnell this morning said that without these offshore tax havens austerity wouldn‘t have been necessary , austerity wouldn‘t have been necessary, it could‘ve been avoided altogether because of the billions they could have been recouped in tax. nightjeremy corbyn: notjust for a public register of all

offshore accounts in british territories like bermuda and the cayman islands. also the cbi demanding a public enquiry into the use of offshore tax havens to avoid paying tax, and suggesting that a labour government would impose what is called a withholding tax on those wealthy individuals and companies who sought to take the money out of the country and put it in offshore trusts. we have just learnt that labour have been granted an urgent question on this issue in the commons. if that is being tabled by john mcdonnell, i would expect that the chancellor will need to come to the chancellor will need to come to the commons to explain what the government is doing about offshore tax havens. jeremy corbyn also addressing the keyissues jeremy corbyn also addressing the key issues circling around westminster, that of sexual abuse and harassment. 0n the day that all the parties will be meeting to try to set a new change of the culture.

there is a hope the parties can come up there is a hope the parties can come up with that an agreement, if not tonight, very quickly. and downing street stressing theresa may wants concrete proposals to be agreed swiftly. the difficulty is of course in the detail. everyone is pretty much signed up to an independent grievance procedure. what is not clear as the power is this body should have. should it, for example, even be able to sack mps? home secretary amber rudd has alluded to thatis secretary amber rudd has alluded to that is a possibility. should it be able to consider retrospective cases? and should be entirely a new body or built next —— existing complaint structure is like the independent parliamentary standards authority or the standards commissioner? we did not get details this morning from mrs may when she addressed cbi, but she did stress the need for what she called decisive action. and later today, they will convene a

meeting with my fellow party leaders to discuss establishing a new common, robust and independent grievance procedure for parliament. because those working for members of parliament should not have to navigate different party systems depending on them play's political affiliation. to navigate different party systems, depending on their employer's political affiliation. we need to establish a new culture of respect at the centre of our public life, one in which everyone can feel confident that they are working in a safe and secure environment, where complaints can be brought forward without prejudice, and victimis know that these complaints will be investigated properly. and where people's careers cannot be damaged by unfounded rumours circulated anonymously online. of course people can be friends with their colleagues and consensual relationships can develop at work. this is not about prying into private lives. what we are talking about is the use and abuse of power. there are a lot of ideas kicking

around westminster about what now should be done. mr corbyn today has suggested that after every election, there should be compulsory training for all mps about equality issues and workplace practice. we have. heard from the former head of ipsa the expenses watchdog, saying mps should not be able to recruit their own stuff, it should be given to an independent body like ipsa, and the leader of the house andrea leadsom is looking into the possibility of ending the subsidising of alcohol at westminster because drink is regarded as one key component in the misconduct allegations swirling around westminster. thank you very much, norman. in the last few minutes, a man has been found guilty byajury in minutes, a man has been found guilty by a jury in cardiff of murdering his adopted a —month—old daughter.

matthew scully—hicks was found guilty of murdering elsie scully—hicks in may last year. our correspondent is in cardiff and he can tell us more about the background to this. yes, this trial lasted just over a month and it has taken thejury lasted just over a month and it has taken the jury two and a half days to find 31—year—old fitness instructor matthew scully—hicks guilty of murdering his adopted baby girl elsie scully—hicks. during the course of this case, we have heard ofa course of this case, we have heard of a catalogue of injuries that elsie suffered over the months that she had been in the care of matthew scully—hicks. he was the sole adult looking after they be elsie when all of these incidents took place. and the last incident happened on the 25th of may last year, four days after being taken to the hospital

when she was unresponsive after that incident, she died. my colleague sian lloyd has the details of everything that happened surrounding this case. baby elsie, tiny and delicate but with a big personality. at ten months, she was placed in the ca re of at ten months, she was placed in the care of a couple with one child who wa nted care of a couple with one child who wanted to adopt. but within weeks, formally adopting elsie, part—time fitness instructor matthew scully—hicks had killed her. for months, the 31—year—old inflicted a catalogue of injuries, covering up what he had done the social workers, doctors and to his husband. this was the 999 call matthew scully—hicks made when elsie stopped breathing. the toddler died in hospital, four

days later. doctors found she had suffered a string of injuries, including a fractured skull, several broken ribs and a broken leg. there was also evidence of recent and older leading to her brain. injuries, according to experts, that we re injuries, according to experts, that were typical of babies who had been violently shaken. it was not the first time that elsie had been rushed to hospital while in the sole ca re of rushed to hospital while in the sole care of matthew scully—hicks. two months before she died, he dialled 999, claiming she had fallen down the stairs when a safety gate had given weight. matthew scully—hicks denied ever hurting elsie, the prosecution said he was struggling to cope within days of her moving in. in text messages to friends, he described her as having a diva

strop. and his husband craig and frequently worked away from home, he called elsie a psycho and said dressed up in a baby grow. called elsie a psycho and said dressed up in a baby growm called elsie a psycho and said dressed up in a baby grow. it is tragic when a little girl who should have been loved and protected by her new adopted family found herself abused and then suffered horribly in that home. the court heard that social workers frequently visited the family home while supervising elsie‘s adoption. matthew scully—hicks told them her injuries we re scully—hicks told them her injuries were accidental. the jury didn‘t believe his excuses and he will be sentenced for her murder. sian lloyd, bbc news, cardiff crown court. during the course of this trial, the jury during the course of this trial, the jury heard evidence from next—door neighbours at the house that matthew scully—hicks previously lived out. they said that they heard matthew shouting, swearing at elsie when he was looking after her when she was meant to be in his care. thejury

also heard evidence from the medical practitioners, some key evidence, a paediatrician had told a jury that elsie‘s injuries were very typical of babies who had been shaken. she said the ct scan showed she had leading both chronic and acute, new and old signs are bleeding on the brain. the prosecution when they first outlined this case to the jury in cardiff crown courtjust over a month ago said that this was a tragic combination of violent conduct on an infant that he should have loved and protected. matthew scully—hicks has been found guilty of murdering 18—month—old elsie, at cardiff crown court. thomas, thank you. thomas morgan. there has been a huge new leak of

financial documents dubbed the paradise papers, revealing how the look rich and powerful invest their money in tax havens around the world. this is our economics correspondent, andy verity. until now, we did not know some of the green‘s arrived at the money wasn‘t bested in tax havens like this. the green‘s private investment vehicle, the duchy of lancaster, but £10 million, is more fraction of its investments, in offshore funds, with $7.5 million in one fund in the cayman islands. in 2007, it was asked to put three and £50,000 into investment projects including the purchase of two retailers. 0ne investment projects including the purchase of two retailers. one was the company that owned treasures that went bust, owing £70 million in tax, and the other was bright house, the controversial retailer that was forced recently to a million

customers. i am pretty furious with those that advise her and that of bringing the reputation into disrepute. it is so obvious that if you are looking after the money of the monarchy, you have got to be actually cleaner than clean and you must never been near the dirty world of money—laundering, tax avoidance, tax evasion, or actually making money in dubious ways. the duchy told a stock car. the documents also reveal donald trump‘s, secretary wilbur ross has business links with russian allies of president vladimir putin. mr ross has a secret sake in a shipping company called navigator holdings. 0ne a shipping company called navigator holdings. one major client is sibur, in russian energy company. this man, gennady timchenko, or sanctioned by the us gunman in 2014. mr ross told is not of the funds he managed ever

owned a majority of navigator shares and he never met gennady timchenko. more revelations from the paradise papers to come. n0 audio first of all, the company in question, sibur, is a very major hydrocarbon company. its commercial relationship with navigator holdings is simply that navigator charters some vessels to them. there‘s no interlocking of board. there‘s no interlocking of shareholders.

i had nothing to do with the negotiation of the deal. and, in fact, it was negotiated before i went on the board of navigator. but most importantly, the company that is our client, sibur itself, was not then sanctioned, is not now sanctioned, and never was sanctioned in—between. so there‘s nothing whatsoever improper about navigator having a relationship with sibur. i don‘t know any of those individuals, i‘ve never met them, certainly not had any commercial dealings with them. is there not, though, or some critics might suggest that is something improper with the united states having an interest in a company that gains from a relationship with russia? well, you use the terminology gained from a relationship with a company in russia. if our government decided

to sanction them, that would be a different story. 0ur government has not bus far made the determination to sanction them. so there is nothing wrong with it. the fact that it happens to be called a russian company does not mean that there is any evil in it. where there is evil is in any evil in it. where there is evil isina any evil in it. where there is evil is in a statement that i did not disclose those holdings in my original form. disclose those holdings in my originalform. the originalform is called stuart and 78 and the navigator holdings are disclosed in three separate cases. i wrote them down just to be three separate cases. i wrote them downjust to be precise. 10.14 .1 .3. template 15 .1 point three. 24 point1:4.2. .3. template 15 .1 point three. 24 point 1:4.2. and .3. template 15 .1 point three. 24 point1:4.2. and in addition, the disclose office of government ethics

public website, so the motion that there was something misleading to there was something misleading to the committee or to anyone else simply has no basis in fact. that was president at trump‘s, secretary wilbur ross talking about the revelations in the paradise papers, but he has interests in a shipping company linked to a russian energy company. apologies, you could not hear mea company. apologies, you could not hear me a couple of minutes ago because of note sound. we are good again. so let‘s continue with the next story. labour has renewed its demand for a public enquiry into tax avoidance. it has been granted an emergency question in the house of commons. jeremy corbyn says it proves that is one rule for the rich and another for the rest when it comes to paying tax. we need a full public enquiry into tax avoidance and evasion on

and offshore, a register of companies and trusts, and who benefits from them. and in new tax enforcement unit in hm c. and an end to the public contracts with companies who are abusing the system. and we will look at using with tax where individuals or companies are involved in abusing the system. and public contracts for companies engaged in abusive policies. please understand this, the public anger and consternation at the scale of tax avoidance revealed yet again today, we are talking about tens of billions that are effectively being reached of our public services by a super—rich reached —— elite that holds a taxation system and the rest of us in contempt. we must take action now to put an end to this socially damaging and extortion at the costly scandal. jeremy corbyn.

in saudi arabia, hours after a major purge of the kingdom‘s political and business leadership, a senior saudi prince and seven other officials have been killed in a helicopter crash near the country‘s border with yemen. prince mansour bin muqrin, the deputy governor of asir province, was returning from an inspection tour when his aircraft came down. as yet, there‘s no cause given for the crash. this is all according to saudi arabia‘s interior minister. well, in that purge, an anti—corruption body led by crown prince mohammed bin salman, 32, ordered the detentions of dozens of people, including 11 princes, four ministers and dozens of ex—ministers. we can discuss this now with jane kinninmont, senior research fellow at the chatham house think tank. good afternoon. does the crown prince feel under threat? is this why he has taken this course of action?

i think this course of action indicates the extent to which he has already centralised power in his own hands. previously, he would not have felt capable of arresting quite so many influential political royal, media and business figures. but it is important that earlier this year, the former crown prince was the interior minister and he has much more direct control now over the interior ministry, one of the factors that has helped him to make controversial arrests. what do you make of the speculation, wondering whether there is a connection between this purge and a helicopter crash? who knows? it is very difficult to tell. prince who died was the son of a former crown prince and the purge has involved pushing the sons of many former princes out

of power. that has not generally applied to the sons of muqrin and one has taken over as the head of the national card. it is not clear there was any additional —— any issue to this crown prince, we do not have enough to go on. what do you know about public reaction to what crown prince mohammed bin salman has done over the last couple days? it is likely that that is popular. not within the royal family, of course. many will wonder who is next. because the mix of corruption and nepotism is deeply entrenched and widespread in the saudi ruling system. but among the general public, there will be frustration with a perception that the country is corrupt and it is nepotistic and there is not equality of opportunity. so many are likely to be glad to see very senior people being, as they see it, being held

accountable. but you cannot measure public opinion exactly because it is very difficult for people to criticise the crown prince. and the country has tightened anti—terrorism laws and to define the framing the crown prince is a terrorism offence which is punishable by up to ten yea rs which is punishable by up to ten years in prison. we are seeing a lot of cheering on social media and anyone who does have doubts as genuinely —— generally encouraged not to speak up. thank you very much. at least 26 people were been killed and 20 others wounded after a gunman opened fire at a texas church during sunday service. the attack happened at the first baptist church in sutherland springs, a small town in wilson county. authorities say the youngest victim amongst the dead and injured was just five years old, the eldest was 72. the regional director of the texas department of public safety, freeman martin, gave this update on what authorities knew about the attacker. at approximately 11:20am this

morning, a suspect was seen at a valero gas station in sutherland, texas, he was dressed in all black. that suspect crossed the street to the church, exited his vehicle and began firing at the church. that suspect then moved to the right side of the church and continued to fire. that suspect entered the church and continued to fire. as he exited the church, a local resident grabbed his rifle and engaged that suspect. the suspect dropped his rifle, which was a ruger ar assault—type rifle, and fled from the church. our local citizen pursued the suspect at that time. a short time later, as law enforcement responded, that suspect, right at the wilson—guadalupe county line, he ran off the roadway and crashed out and was found deceased in his vehicle.

at this time, we don‘t know if it was a self—inflicted gunshot wound, or if he was shot by a local resident who engaged him in gunfire. we know he is deceased in the vehicle. the suspect has not been completely identified. we believe he is a young, white male, maybe in his early 20s. he was dressed in all black, tactical—type gear, and was wearing a ballistic vest. and the wilson county sheriff has said the gunman died from a self—inflicted gunshot wound, and in that news conference, it was not clear. but the latest news is died from a self—inflicted gunshot wound, the wilson county sheriff saying that comp i was exchanged between the government and two armed citizens during a chase after the shootings, at the church, but at this time, we believe that he died from a self—inflicted gunshot wound after his vehicle crashed. that is

from the wilson county sheriff. one man has told how he chased the gunman after seeing "two men exchanging gunfire" outside the church. speaking to an american reporter, johnnie langendorff described his reaction. ijust did what i thought i needed to do, which was, they said that there was a shooting, i pursued, and ijust did what i thought was the right thing. you know there were more weapons in that car? you possibly stopped them from killing other people. i didn't know that. starting today, some nhs patients will be able to access gp consultations via video calls on their smartphone 24 hours a day. the royal college of gps is warning that some patients could be left behind and complex conditions may be misdiagnosed. but the team behind the project say it will bring health consultations into the 21st century. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports. the founders of the new service say they want to make getting health consultations as easy as online banking and shopping.

it‘s being launched by a group of london gps and the online health care provider babylon. nhs patients will be able to check symptoms through a smartphone app and then book appointments, if they wish. those signing up will leave their existing practice with their records transferred to a group of five central london gp practices. the service promises a video consultation with a gp within two hours and, if required, a face—to—face appointment with a doctor within 48 hours. prescriptions will be e—mailed to a local pharmacy chosen by the patient. it‘s high time nhs patients were given the opportunity to benefit from technology, to improve access to health care. we‘ve benefited from this kind of technology in so many different aspects of our lives — whether it be in shopping or banking. it‘s really time that we were able to do that in health care for nhs patients. but the royal college of gps said there is a danger the new service would only work for younger, healthier commuters and that it

might not be appropriate for those with complex health conditions. the college argued the new service would lure gps away from frontline general practice at a time of severe workforce shortages. hugh pym, bbc news. delegates from almost 200 countries meet in germany today for the first major international gathering on climate change since president trump declared america was withdrawing from the paris agreement. with officials from his administration set to promote coal as a solution to climate change, there‘s likely to be fierce debate over the issue. from bonn, our environment correspondent — matt mcgrath — reports. thousands of demonstrators turned out in bonn ahead of these talks to make their feelings known about coal. they argue that to limit dangerous warming, countries must rapidly move away from fossil fuels. those who turned out on the streets of the former german capital were also unhappy about the pro—coal stance of the us.

president trump has confirmed to withdraw the us from the paris climate pact by seeking to promote fossil fuels and coal at this meeting. white house advisers will meet with coal giant peabody energy and others, and they will say that fossil fuels should be seen as a solution to climate change, notjust a cause. this approach puts the white house at odds with most other governments attending this meeting. the conference is chaired by fiji, on behalf of small island states, many of whom have taken a battering from extreme weather events this year. most of the delegates here believe that emissions of carbon dioxide from human activities are making storms, wildfires and flooding much worse. while the trump team trumpets coal, they won‘t be the only americans on view here in bonn. governors from some of the 14 states who want the us to stay in the paris pact will also be here,

aiming to persuade delegates that, on this issue, president trump doesn‘t speak for everyone. in a moment, the news at one. it was a cold start to the day. the first widespread frost across the country. how cold ? first widespread frost across the country. how cold? these are the temperature is the first thing in the morning, —6 in the highlands. and in rural areas across england and wales, we saw —3, minus four degrees. a hard frost first thing and lovely sunshine for much of england. the best sunshine likely to be in the east through the day, and already, you can see the signs of change. cloud and rain pushing in and a change of wind direction from the south—west, so a milder sort of there gradually arriving through the country. clouding over across the west with some rain. sheltered

eastern areas clinging on to a beautiful afternoon. it is cold, temperature slightly below the average for this time of year, maximum slightly of 8—11d. through the night, we keep clear skies and the night, we keep clear skies and the south east. the cloud continues to gather from the west. that weather front makes slow and erratic progress further east. so a real mess in terms of the temperatures through the night. we could see five or six and through the night. we could see five orsix and a through the night. we could see five or six and a chilly start in the east. with the cloud around, double digits likely elsewhere. behind the front, something a little colder returns. first thing on tuesday, we have got that rain. from west to east through scotland. clear skies and a chilly start with a scattering of showers, a little wintry flavour to the higher ground. not a bad start in the northern ireland. the rain heaviest across the west facing coasts, north west england, in the wales and the south—west, coupled by gusty winds. central and

south—eastern areas should start to dry and will probably stay like that for much of the day as the weather front makes slow and painful progress further east. probably grinding toa progress further east. probably grinding to a halt towards the midlands by the end of the afternoon. dominantly dry for much of daylight hours in the southeast, ten, 11 degrees. cooler and fresher brighter conditions with a scattering of showers to the north and west. the front has the clear away so it will be a cloudy and milder night in the wednesday morning. clearer skies to the west, if ridge of high pressure builds to quieten things down. but not for long, anotherfor quieten things down. but not for long, another for the front is waiting in the wings and we do it all again on thursday. invest their money offshore — as more leaked documents a re revealed. the latest involves three actors in the bbc‘s hit sitcom mrs brown‘s boys. they diverted more than £2 million into an offshore tax avoidance scheme if follows revelations that a number of high profile people including the queen have money invested off shore — though the

schemes are legal. the us commerce secretary wilbur ross has denied misleading congress, after the papers revealed he does business with a russian shipping firm, linked to president putin. there was disclosure. there is no impropriety. if people draw a contrary conclusion that is because the more than 13 million documents have been revealed in the huge leak —