tonight at six. the government has guaranteed that parliament will be given a vote on the final brexit deal. in what's being seen as a concession, mps will be given a chance to debate the bill. there will be new legislation for mps to debate. we'll have legislation that puts it into effect, in other words the house will be able to go through it line by line and agree it line by line. these questions have been pressing for months. this last—minute attempt to climb down brings them into very sharp focus. if mps vote against the deal the government says we'll still leave the eu, but without an agreement. also tonight. the moment an earthquake struck the iran—iraq border. more than 350 people dead and thousands injured. the british citizenjailed in iran. for the first time boris johnson admits making a mistake over how he's handled the case. a warning from climate change scientists. global warming emissions are set to rise again this year after a three—year lull. "waste not, want not."

if only that were true, every year we throw away 10 million tonnes of food. coming up in sportsday on bbc news. could moments like this be a thing of the past for italy? the four—time winners stand on the verge of missing out on next year's world cup. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ever since the brexit vote mps on all sides of the commons have been demanding a greater say in how it's achieved. today the government appears to have offered a major concession. the brexit secretary david davis says a vote on the final deal will be guaranteed by a new piece of legislation. labour has called it "a climb—down". but the offer came with a warning.

if mps do vote against the deal, whatever it is, britain will still leave the eu, but without an agreement. our political editor laura kuenssberg is in westminster this evening. a mess in the making. tory rebels and labour were on course to beat the government. but avoid defeat, mps will have more of a say. a vote on the actual brexit deal, as we are about to leave. i can now confirm that once we've reached an agreement will bring forward a specific piece of legislation to implement that agreement. parliament will be given time to debate, scrutinised and vote on the final agreement we strike with the european union. this agreement will only hold if parliament approves that. giving in to some tory and labour demands that parliament to have a proper decision, if and when a deal is done. it's a recognition by the

government that it is about to lose a series of votes on the withdrawal bill. these questions have been pressing for months, this last—minute pressing for months, this last— minute attempt to pressing for months, this last—minute attempt to climb down rings them into very sharp focus and we are entitled to clear and souls. stop brexit! in other words what took you so long to admit that parliament would need a make or break brexit moment? stop brexit! there has been fierce resistance all along to the laws already going through the commons. this new idea ta kes through the commons. this new idea takes the wind out of the rebels‘ sales. but if there is no deal in no time will there be no vote?“ sales. but if there is no deal in no time will there be no vote? if we run out of time, the time has to be extended under article 50 so that all parties are able to deal with it. can he confirmed that in the event of no agreement, no deal, this

place will have no say and we will leave on that date because it's on the face of the bill, without any say from this supposedly sovereign parliament which voted to take back control? while parliamentary involvement is essential, this isn't and never should have been construed and never should have been construed an opportunity to reverse brexit, to return the uk to the eu, or go behind the wishes of the british people as expressed in the referendum. it matters not so much here but in the real world. european business bigwigs in number ten today, to make it plain to the prime minister. jobs, millions of families livelihoods, depend on her getting brexit right. laura, just to be clear, vote or no vote, britain will still leave the eu, is that right? this concession to try to buy off tory rebels is not about that most fundamental of

questions, whether we actually go ahead and leave the eu, or whether there is an attempt by the back door to make us stay in. that‘s not what this climb—down is really about. but this climb—down is really about. but this is about or not the shape of the brexit deal, that will change oui’ the brexit deal, that will change our country for decades to come, is subject to a separate act of parliament. a separate set of new laws that mps and lords will have to vote on, separate pieces of legislation that actually line by line our elected representatives will have the chance to say yes or no to the deal. on that fundamental basic question, this doesn‘t change whether or not we‘re going to leave the european union. but what it is about is about trying to placate rebels in the tory party and labour and other parties and opponents who have said time and again that the government hasn‘t given people enough of a chance to have their say. they haven‘t wanted parliament to have a real role in scrutinising

the deal as and when it eventually comes. there are big unanswered question is here. will it be enough to calm down mps who have been really gru m py to calm down mps who have been really grumpy about how the government is proceeding? i think thatis government is proceeding? i think that is an open question tonight. what happens if there isn‘t actually a deal with the other 27? if there isn‘t a deal then there can‘t be an act of parliament on the deal said the other alternative and therefore we crash out after all. but the government hopes is this has taken some of the steam out of those who we re some of the steam out of those who were bruising for a fight in parliament this week. it has certainly turned down the tone of some of the opposition. the government is kidding themselves that they think the fight is over how we leave have disappeared. thank you. more than 400 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that struck the northern border of iran and iraq. another 4,000 were injured and the casualty figure is expected to rise on both sides of the border. a major rescue operation is under way but it is being hampered by landslides and power cuts. the epicentre of the quake,

which measured 7.3, wasjust under 20 miles south of halabja. one of the worst hit areas was sarpol—e zahab, as james robbins reports. the moment the earth starts shaking violently. a man runs for his life from the control room of this dam, as massive boulders are hurled around outside. the dam wall was not breached but elsewhere devastation. in iran, the border town of sarpol—e zahab was hit hardest. as entire walls collapsed, many families did manage to flee their homes, but others were crushed or buried. at a local hospital, there were many stories of narrow escape. translation: i fell from the balcony down. the earthquake was very strong. translation: the earthquake shattered the window which fell on me and it wounded my hand and my face. rescue has been made more difficult by the mountainous terrain. iranian authorities are pouring

resources in but landslides and power cuts are slowing both rescue efforts and the task of establishing the full extent of casualties. this quake was 7.3 in magnitude, and happened in a known danger zone. the surface of the earth is made up of tectonic plates, and in this case the arabian plate has been moving roughly northwards against the eurasian plate at a rate of two centimetres, just under an inch a year. forces build up and eventually are very suddenly released with devastating effect. the destruction in iran is greater than in neighbouring iraq, where a major rescue operation is also underway. the bbc‘s correspondent is there. this area is one of the hardest hit in iraq by sunday‘s earthquake. we are told seven people were inside this home when it collapsed. two of them were killed and others were injured. several other buildings suffered

similar damage to this one, but fortunately they seem to be the exception rather than the rule, and most of the other homes in the region managed to withstand the impact of the earthquake. for the survivors, night—time is the toughest. in rapidly falling temperatures, families are huddled around fires. even where buildings are intact, fear of after—shocks will keep people outdoors. james robbins, bbc news. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, has admitted for the first time that he made a mistake in his handling of the case of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british citizen who is being held in prison in iran. following renewed criticism from labour, he also confirmed that he would be meeting ms zaghari—ratcliffe‘s husband in london this week. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has been speaking to him. sings. a mother singing with her daughter,

just a week before her arrest nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has now been separated from three—year—old gabriella for a year and a half. with her health deteriorating in and iranians prison and the words of politicians here appearing to harm her case, her husband has this message to the foreign secretary. her case, her husband has this message to the foreign secretarylj wa nt message to the foreign secretarylj want you to solve this mess. it‘s not a mess that entirely the foreign secretary‘s making but it is a mess that his name has been touched it and is getting deeper and more complicated because of that. he will ta ke complicated because of that. he will take his requests to a meeting with the foreign secretary this week. when you go to iran at like to be on that plane, i‘d like to be standing next to you for the symbolism that has. the second thing is that nazanin is given diplomatic protection. mrjohnson and michael gove less than clear in backing the family ‘s account that mrs zaghari—ratcliffe was visiting relatives when she was arrested.

when you look at what nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe when you look at what nazanin zaghari— ratcliffe was when you look at what nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was doing, she was simply teaching people journalism, asi simply teaching people journalism, as i understand it. what was she doing when she went to iran?|j as i understand it. what was she doing when she went to iran? i do know. the foreign secretary said her imprisonment cast a shadow over uk iranians relations but he recognised the family‘s distress. iranians relations but he recognised the family's distress. the words i used were open to being misinterpreted and i apologise. i apologise to mrs zaghari—ratcliffe and herfamily if apologise to mrs zaghari—ratcliffe and her family if i've inadvertently cause them any further anguish. labour said he needed to admit it got it wrong. it's not good enough. if it is a matter of pride that the foreign secretary is refusing to admit that he‘s made a mistake, i feel bound to say to him that his pride matters not one ounce compared to nazanin‘s freedom. pride matters not one ounce compared to nazanin's freedom. ministers are considering if diplomatic protection can be given to mrs zaghari—ratcliffe which would turn it from a consumer issue into a more

serious dispute. it‘s not clear if this would help her. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe‘s employers were insistent herjob was administrative. we don't work in a run and we have no relations with iran. on top of that she was really on holiday. she‘s not spy material at. young gabriella cried when her visit to her mum in weekend was cut short. —— visit to hamon imprisoned this weekend was cut short. a man has been found guilty of carrying out an acid attack in a packed london club which left 16 people seriously injured. this is the moment when arthur collins, the ex—boyfriend of reality tv star ferne mccann, threw the substance at the mangle nightclub in east london in april. the 25—year—old was convicted at wood green crown court 01:14 charges, including grievous bodily harm. the chair of parliament‘s spending watching has called for a police investigation after bbc panorama uncovered evidence of fraud

in the student loan system. panorama has uncovered scams that could be costing the taxpayer millions of pounds. richard watson reports. imran shaikh is an education agent who we were told was up to his neck in fraud. he offered to get panorama‘s undercover students thousands of pounds of student loan money we were not entitled to. the fee for faking attendance and supplying assignments, £1500 paid out of our student loan money every year we are on the course. from the evidence you have shown me, there is clearfraud going on and it needs to be referred to the police. he arranged for us to get on an hnd diploma course at grafton college in central london.

but our cover story was that our student left school at i6 and did not have the right qualifications. another agent called raza, who works for him, had an idea. a fraudulent certificate was made out in our undercover student‘s name. it was apparently supplied by an awarding body based on the floor above grafton college. for the national union of students, crooked agents are damaging uk education. i am totally and utterly disappointed and disgusted that these people, these fraudsters, are actually exploiting students at the detriment of them wanting a degree to be able to progress in society. the government needs to do more in regulating these types of institutions. grafton college and the awarding body both say they are unaware of any fraudulent activities. the college says that although raza and imran are on its

premises from time to time, they are not authorised to act as agents. neither of the agents responded to our allegations. richard watson, bbc news. and you can see more of richard‘s investigation on tonight‘s panorama at 7.30pm on bbc one. the time is a quarter past six. our top story this evening... the government has guaranteed that parliament will be given a vote on the final brexit deal. and still to come... exploring identity at school — the church of england says kids should be able to wear what they want without jugdement. coming up in sportsday on bbc news... "i knew i was going to die" — the miraculous story of one surfer who is returning to the water, having survived two days stranded at sea. global carbon dioxide emissions are projected to rise

for the first time in four years. scientists at a united nations climate conference in germany say the main cause of the expected growth has been greater use of coal in china as its economy expands. researchers say cuts are needed to avoid dangerous global warming later this century, as our science editor, david shukman, explains. for more than a week now the people of delhi had been suffering in air that has become toxic, smog created by cou ntless that has become toxic, smog created by countless engines burning fossil fuels including coal. coal is one of the biggest sources of pollution worldwide. power stations like this one in poland belch out gases including carbon dioxide and despite promises to clean up, emissions are actually increasing. for countries in the path of devastating harry kane is like the ones that struck the caribbean earlier this year,

this is depressing —— devastating hurricane aims. it seems that little is being done to stop global warming. this is very worrying for us, i would warming. this is very worrying for us, iwould hate warming. this is very worrying for us, i would hate to say that it sounds a death but it translate into that given we have had such an active hurricane season this season. this new research finds that more and more, burke said is being released from power stations, factories and different forms of transport —— more and more carbon dioxide. this shows how emissions of carbon dioxide have risen over three decades. in the last few years they have been levelling off which was seen have been levelling off which was seen as a have been levelling off which was seen as a positive sign but this year there has suddenly been an increase of 2% so what is happening and who is to blame around the world ? and who is to blame around the world? in america, emissions of carbon dioxide have fallen slightly and that is despite president trump wanting to leave the paris agreement. in europe they are on course to be down as well but in

china they are up as the economy picks up and more coal is burned. climate scientists say it is vital that less coal is used if we are to have any chance of heading off the worst of global warming will stop president trump is promoting the coal industry and he wants america to help other countries to use it. there are countries that have said that coal is going to be part of our energy mix for the foreseeable future, many in asia and some in africa as well, and they have been clear that because coal is going to be part of their energy mix in the future, they want support for clean coal technology. there future, they want support for clean coaltechnology. there is future, they want support for clean coal technology. there is now a battle over a few will that many economies rely on. there are plans to make coal cleaner, to use it without releasing carbon dioxide, but this is not much of a reality so farand in the but this is not much of a reality so far and in the meantime there are warnings that emissions need to fall rapidly, not rise, as they are now. mps in westminster have been debating a budget for northern ireland,

after ten months without a devolved executive at stormont. the power sharing government collapsed in january, and since then the dup and sinn fein have failed to agree a deal to restore devolution. our ireland correspondent chris buckler is at stormont tonight. after a ll after all this time, presumably northern ireland need a budget and quickly? absolutely, public services here are starting to run out of cash and that includes departments like health and education so without a power—sharing executive here, westminster has had no choice but to step in and legislate for a budget. theresa may has been clear that she believes this is a one—off decision and not the introduction of what is known as direct rule is where london would take over the running of the apartments here in belfast and she believed the dup and sinn fein can come to an agreement that would see

them return to government in the building behind me but frankly that is not looking likely. the dup have said they believed direct rule could return sometime in a matter of weeks and sinn fein are insisting that the current talks to overcome the difficulties are now over and they wa nt difficulties are now over and they want the british and irish governments to come to some kind of partnership agreement to fill the void. in the meantime, northern ireland is stuck in a kind of limbo, halfway between devolution and direct rule. the one thing the two parties agree on is that power—sharing is not likely to return any time soon. thank you. bob geldof has returned his freedom of the city of dublin in protest against the burmese leader aung san suu kyi who was given the same honour. he described the treatment of the rohingya muslim minority community as mass ethnic cleansing and he said his home city had honoured aung san suu kyi but now she had shamed dublin. the church of england is telling its schools that children should be free to explore their identity and that both boys and girls should be free to wear a tutu, tiara or tool belt withoutjudgment.

the updated guidelines aim to prevent children being bullied because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. here‘s our religious affairs correspondent martin bashir. dressing up is notjust a favourite activity for the reception class at this london church primary school, it‘s also part of the curriculum designed to encourage individuality and discourage bullying. the church of england has updated its advice for its a700 schools to protect children who may be considering transition from one gender to another. being an individual is very important and respecting everybody‘s right to be an individual is very important to us. so if children aren‘t themselves then they cannot be free to learn, and that‘s key. the new guidelines say children should be allowed to try many cloaks of identity without being labelled

and that a child may choose the tutu, princess‘s tiara, or a fireman‘s helmet without expectation or comment. today‘s guidance is designed to prevent bullying in schools like this, but on the issue of human sexuality, there is deep division within the church of england and some evangelical christians see today‘s announcement as an attempt to erode the authority of the bible and embrace an ever—changing culture. what people expect the church of england to do is to set forth the framework for living as set out in the bible. that way all made wonderfully in the image of god, male and female, and the church of england today seems to have failed in its duty to say that to the nation. but the archbishop of canterbury, who expressed his support for the new guidance in writing and on social media, rejects this criticism, saying no child should be diminished

by being reduced to a stereotype or a problem. martin bashir, bbc news, central london. this may not be what you want to see as you sit down to a meal. but we throw away around 10 million tonnes of food each year, and according to experts much of it is good enough to eat. there is waste throughout the food supply chain, but it‘s thought that the biggest problem lies with consumers and campaigners are urging us to be much more careful about what we throw away, asjeremy cooke explains. ok, it is past its sell by date. but this is, or was, food. what‘s this? sushi. grown, produced, processed, and discarded. a super—sized serving of stinking waste. it‘s amazing how much food is thrown out and it‘s amazing how long it‘s taken the message to get through. if you don‘t have to

eat it, don‘t buy it. the striking thing here is the tonnes of food waste that we all throw away all the time. this stuff has come from bars and restaurants and businesses and there are mountains of it piling up here every day. across the country, we throw away 10 million tonnes of food every year. that‘s £17 billion worth in the bin. and we‘re told 60% of that is avoidable — food that could have and should have been eaten. there is waste through the entire supply chain. from in the field, in the manufacturing, in the restaurant, in the retail, in the supermarket, distribution, and in the kitchen at home. overproduction is a fact of the modern food industry. most of the surplus — good, nutritious stuff — goes to waste. but here there‘s another way. all this, if it wasn‘t for fareshare, would end up going in the bin.

at the fareshare charity, they take the surplus and use it to feed the hungry. the thing that really drives us nuts is it is going to waste while there are people going hungry. we feed at the moment half a million people a week, half a million people a week, with this food. we do that to 7000 front line charity and community groups. which is good news here at the melton learning hub, where disadvantaged kids get good, fresh food. for our kids it means they get hot meal. they definitely get a hot meal every day. lots of different circumstances the young people come to us in and it is a brilliant way of using food that would, as you say, go to waste. but luke and his mates know that this is the exception. most surplus food is simply thrown away. this stuff, if it was like left on the shelf, it would get put into storage and get put in landfills and that and that's not good. tackling the issue will mean dumping less food and doing more with whatever goes in the bin.

here it is used to make valuable fertiliser to generate gas and electricity. but most of our discarded food still goes to the incinerator or to landfill — perhaps the definition of waste in a hungry world. jeremy cooke, bbc news. we‘ll have more on waste tomorrow, looking at the ways we can reduce it. time for a look at the weather. here‘s phil avery. a beautiful picture but i guess it means it is pretty nippy. it was this morning, the milder air from the atlantic brought this in parts of scotland and at the same time further south the cold air gave a glorious start. but there is something of a transition already in hand as the mild air that was always around has pushed to the north of britain ranked stoop weather fronts

that have changed the wind direction. sunday was all about the northerly, but no longer the —5 of last night, plus five or more for many parts about from maybe scotland which has the best of the sunshine to start the day. some rain in the western isles, but the south and central belt, we picked up the cloud and it thickens up in the north of england, east anglia and across the midlands and wales. only in the southern counties might see a bit of brightness to start the day. the theory is that we will drag that cloud further south, all the while with the breeze from the west, it might break up coming over the hills of wales and the pennines but no doubt the best sunshine is in scotland. relatively mild compared to today. but it comes at a price,

fog on wednesday morning could be dense in patches in the south of england and wales. the best of the sunshine further north. as the day gets going, some of the cloud and fog will lift, some brightness in parts of england and wales and in scotla nd parts of england and wales and in scotland you have that weather front coming back at you in the west but italy but it is relatively mild —— particularly. that‘s all from the bbc news at six so it‘s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. the brexit secretary makes what is seen as a major concession by confirming parliament will be allowed to examine any brexit deal before britain leads the eu. parliament will be given time to debate, scrutinise and vote. the agreement will only hold if parliament approves it. at least 400 people have been killed and

thousands injured after a powerful earthquake in iran. a huge rescue operation is under way. the foreign secretary apologises to the family ofa secretary apologises to the family of a british woman jailed in secretary apologises to the family of a british womanjailed in iran for allegedly spying. he is due to meet the husband of nazanin zaghair—ratcliffe later this week. arthur collins, the former boyfriend of reality star ferne mccann has been found guilty of an acid attack ina been found guilty of an acid attack in a london nightclub. i4 been found guilty of an acid attack in a london nightclub. 14 people we re in a london nightclub. 14 people were injured in the attack. pressure is building on the republican party‘s nominee to step