it's a very interesting passed. it's a very interesting dispute. a number of things happened today, not that i want to jump the gun, but the daily express covers it as well. there was a vote to repeal the european communities act and a plan to transfer all eu regulations into british law on the day we leave. and then the ultimatum essentially is a vote for the deal we have other macs we —— or we will leave without one. a question about whether the date on the bill, the date of leaving should be on the bill. it would be unusual to type parliament's bill. it would be unusual to type pa rliament‘s hands bill. it would be unusual to type parliament's hands in this way. it is an interesting point of conscience, some of these mps wanted to remain in the eu themselves but represent leave constituencies. ultimately, i think it was edmund burke who said you are a member of parliament and when you get there you aren't solely a member of your

individual constituencies. you should be voting, i think, individual constituencies. you should be voting, ithink, long constituency line but another part of me thinks that if you feel this is going to be very damaging to the country and your constituents themselves, then maybe you should consider your position and resign. it's a very difficult decision and it comes back to the idea that this was done by referendum and wasn't a promise in the conservative ma nifesto, promise in the conservative manifesto, that all conservative mps had to sign up to. when it was done by referendum, these are always difficult issues you come up against. indeed, you mentioned the daily express. it has a brexit headline, plan revealed of a new plot to derail brexit. what is it? this is an almost wilful misreading of straight facts. i don't know how you can reach that conclusion from what's being planned. which is that

a senior labour party figure is apparently saying that, you know, they're is going to try and commit parliament in these discussions over the withdrawal bill that we're going to be seeing over the next days and weeks, toa to be seeing over the next days and weeks, to a two year transition period. by any stretch, saying that you want a two year transition deal period isn't same as saying you want to plot to stop brexit. i think it's symptomatic of the security of the leave constituency and its supporters in the right—wing press. if they were more confident about their own hand if they were more confident about theirown hand and if they were more confident about their own hand and their capacity to ta ke their own hand and their capacity to take britain out of the eu properly and safely come in a way that

wouldn't actually cause massive economic damage to the country, then they wouldn't have to keep going on and on about mutineers and traitors and on about mutineers and traitors and these das dudley plots to derail brexit because they'd understand that this is a straightforward parliamentary process of scrutiny and accountability which is what parliament is there for. so this idea that everyone is constantly plotting to derail is what insecure eyes are going to see. worth pointing out that the labour party is also split over europe, isn't it? the labour party is also compromised in that many of their mps represent constituencies that absolutely want to leave the eu but at the end of the day they aren't the ones in power. rachel is right, if it is limited to a two—year transition deal, then that ultimately isn't a

plan to derail brexit but if the plan to derail brexit but if the plan behind it is actually to delay and delay as much as we can, to hang onto the two year transition and maybe we can make it last longer, then you are looking at something more sinister. i guess mps should be upfront. there are some people like ken clarke and a number on labour benches who feel that it is going to benches who feel that it is going to bea benches who feel that it is going to be a disaster. you can deal with that honesty but it is people who are hedging their bets and trying to pushit are hedging their bets and trying to push it into the future because it lacks transparency. interesting that these cross—party alliances are being formed. in a sense, labour and conservative are not really the labels any more, it is leave and remain when it comes to this debate. the front page of the guardian, the story is that russia backed brexit

infake story is that russia backed brexit in fake twitter posts. every week there is a new story about russia and its influence, either online or elsewhere, in the democratic processes in the west. what does it say? the story says there is concern about russian influence in british politics, coming off the back of theresa may saying in a speech, we know what you're up to. the times i’ui'is know what you're up to. the times runs on it as well. we shouldn't be underany runs on it as well. we shouldn't be under any illusion that this influence people's decision to vote to leave the eu, it wasn't about the message on the back of the bus, it wasn't about the tweets that russia put out. i love the people genuinely wa nt to put out. i love the people genuinely want to leave the eu and have power returned —— a lot of people genuinely want to leave the eu. it is concerning if you have a foreign

country, the guardian have shortened the organisation unfortunately to the organisation unfortunately to the ira, influencing british politics out of a number of accounts suspended by twitter in the us. that may sound like a lot but it is a tiny number of accounts compared to what goes on on twitter. i think there is a select committee looking into these things and it is right that we know what's going on but i think we should also be careful not to exaggerate every influence they might have had. how worried about this are you? it is important to keep these two things separate. people vote in certain ways and that needs to be understood, people are making those decisions for whatever reasons, that isn't necessarily to be conflated with the hijacking of

out be conflated with the hijacking of our political conversation. those two things can exist separately. of course it's worrying if you have russian influence in our political conversation in this way, especially over brexit. notjust conversation in this way, especially over brexit. not just that, conversation in this way, especially over brexit. notjust that, it's conversation in this way, especially over brexit. not just that, it's the kind of things that these bots and troll farms, very divisive in society. anti—immigration. they have tracked a kremlin linked operation which attempted to stir anti—islamic settlement around — — which attempted to stir anti—islamic settlement around —— sentiment around the time of the westminster attack. there was a bogus claim that attack. there was a bogus claim that a muslim woman was ignoring victims. it wasn't true but it made a lot of noise. that is the danger and the worry. politicians should be taking

this a lot more seriously and calling for an investigation. let's move on to the financial times, another brexit story. davis soothing city fears with this boat travel. —— with this boat travel. quite an interesting story in that david davis wants to protect the city and the vine, —— and the financial markets so he has suggested they post brexit cavalry team allowing them to travel freely across europe as theresa may tries to reassure the city of london. what happens post brexit, this is important to the british economy. i think people working for the same firm, if they are switching between offices, london and brussels and paris, they will be treated in a different manner to other workers. he will

wa nt to manner to other workers. he will want to streamline the system and have as few regulations or limitations on that form of movement. of course he has to get europe to agree to that and that again will be another negotiation point. he seems pretty sure that the eu will want to play ball on this because they will want access to the london financial markets. let's move on, naturally, away from brexit and onto the front page of the guardian, talking about zimbabwe and what's going on. rumours of a clue. yes, these are rumours and there are rumours that robert mugabe is behind it -- rumours that robert mugabe is behind it —— rumours of a coup. he rumours that robert mugabe is behind it —— rumours ofa coup. he is rumours that robert mugabe is behind it —— rumours of a coup. he is the only leader that zimbabwe has had in 37 years of independence. the

rumours are that these tanks and lorries that the witnesses are seeing, military personnel in the roads approaching the capital have been ordered by mugabe. there's no confirmation of that and i the ambassador in south africa has denied that has said it is stable and fine but it doesn't look great. deceiving south african diplomats have said that the government in harare is intact and they have dismissed of a coup. one more story. delia is in a froth over the rise of the "poncy" chefs. who are they?” don't think we are going to name

them. do you share her anger at chefs who put six dots of sauce on a plate? when i saw the story i thought she meant cooking at home, that we shouldn't do the fancy dishes at home and i certainly agree with that. in fact she is complaining that when she goes out, it has become far too fancy and she doesn't want these six dots on the plate and i'd have to agree that i'd rather like the chance to get out to such a restaurant and i wouldn't be complaining. if you don't want to 90, complaining. if you don't want to go, delia, i'll go! rachel? this has been one of the things that is surely to be celebrated about british life, the incredible cuisine that has boomed and blossomed in this country and particularly this modern british trend over the last

few years, i think it's been really interesting. it is experimental, maybe a bit.... delia had a cookbook all about boiling an egg, essentially. this is a different chapter. thank you both a rematch, rachel and laura. that's it for the papers. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you laura perrins and rachel shabi. goodbye. not a lot happening on the weather

front but one thing to watch out for tomorrow morning, the fog patches which will be developing across england and wales. for the early morning commuters it may be a bit troublesome. very mild across england and wales by the early hours, temperatures around nine or ten, far colder in scotland, closer to three or four. tomorrow the best weather will be in scotland, the north of england, maybe northern wales. in one or two areas the cloud is going to break up but across most of england it's looking mostly cloudy with some mist and fog, some drizzle and in northern ireland, some sunshine as well. tomorrow evening, not much change, still quite misty and murky especially across the eastern areas. first thing on wednesday there may be some mist and fog and i think by thursday it will turn a lot clearer. this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 11:00: inside yemen — a special report as the un warns

that the humanitarian crisis there is worsening. mps scrutinise the government's controversial legislation designed to take britain out of the european union. this is the scene, live in the commons. a firearms dealer is found guilty of supplying illegal handguns and bullets linked to more than 100 crimes, including three murders. something strange is going on in zimbabwe — the apparent struggle to succeed the oldest head of state, president mugabe. for a moment it seemed like a coup was on the way