this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. the price of brexit — the bbc understands the uk has offered up to 50 billion euros to settle its divorce bill with the european union. nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. we are accepting there are obligations. a defendant in the hague says he drank poison after his crimes were upheld. north korea hails another ballistic missile test, claiming it's now capable of reaching the united states. lawyers for michael stone, convicted of murdering lynne and megan russell in 1996, say they have new evidence casting doubt on his conviction. also coming up — an embarrassing security oversight for apple's new operating system. the tech giant is working to fix a bug which allows users to gain access to macs without a password.

the food industry is being urged to make labelling clearer, to stop millions of tonnes of edible food being thrown away unnecessarily. good morning. it's wednesday 29th november . i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. we have a breaking story from the hague. the defence lawyer for a bosnian croat war crimes suspect says her client has drunk poison. this was during the reading of his

verdict at the un war crimes tribunalfor verdict at the un war crimes tribunal for the verdict at the un war crimes tribunalfor the former verdict at the un war crimes tribunal for the former yugoslavia. during the reading of his appeal sentencing, the former wartime leader appeared to drink from a small flask or glace. the presiding judge called for a doctor and halted the proceedings. it appears, according to the lawyer, that he has drunk poison on the stand in the hague at the war crimes tribunal. we will bring you more news on that breaking story in the next few moments. the bbc understands the government has reached broad agreement on the financial framework of the uk's brexit bill. the amount, payable over a number of years, is understood to be between a0 and 50 billion euros. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. the government insisting a final

figure hasn't been agreed but it does look as if we have the ballpark some. we are getting an indication of the size and scale of the divorce bill we may have to pay. the indications are it will be in the 40s of billions. between a0 indications are it will be in the a0s of billions. between a0 and 50 billion. there seems to be an agreement over the framework, the mechanism for agreeing what we should pay although we may not get a definitive finalfigure should pay although we may not get a definitive final figure for some time. maybe many years. it appears the figure will be paid on an annual basis and matt may vary from year to year depending on things like interest rates, the size of the british economy, the number of eu officials taking their pension. getting a definitive final sum may be some way off but it looks as if it will be in the region of a0 and 50 billion euros. that is a

significant increase on the amount suggested by to reza made a couple of months ago of 20 billion euros. —— theresa may. a good deal? of months ago of 20 billion euros. -- theresa may. a good deal? we don't know what the figures are. the 20 million —— 20 billion was an implementation and that we would stand by our commitments. the rest was on legal obligations. what is the legal base that any of this money? i would want to look at it, test it to see if they are legal payments and we are not horse trading. that accepted, nonetheless as we leave if you compare the tee—macro together over a four year period, that would amount to a £360 billion saving to the uk exchequer because we won't make contributions after that two—year period. the good

deal is leaving bit eu because we make enormous savings which we can spend on the health service. this issue is what is our legal requirement that can be tested in a court? if it can't be tested, we shouldn't agree. what you say to voters who say the bus said we were going to get back £50 million a year for the nhs. apart from that, we will be paying billions to the eu. the key thing is the government will make early down payment on the health service. that should go into the budget to say that is what we will be spending. directly as a result of leading —— leaving. will be spending. directly as a result of leading -- leaving. how we will you do that if we have to pay these billions of pounds? when we finished that transition period, we no longer pay any money into the eu other than legal obligations. that will be at a level which is way

lower than them —— the money we are paying at the moment. it is also hinged on a free—trade arrangement. if there is no trade deal, the whole of the party's view is we don't owe them any money at all unless we get a trade arrangement. if we don't, this whole figure that has been banded around becomes null and void. we walk away if we don't get the trade deal we want. at the start of this process, we were told there is no legal obligation for us to pay anything. haven't we been rolled over by the eu? we are going to agree to pay and pay big time?|j don't agree to pay and pay big time?” don't want to pay any money at all that doesn't have a legal obligation. if there is an obligation. if there is an obligation for us that we have signed up to and are committed to something that we will be investing

m, something that we will be investing in, that is where we are. i have no idea what the end result of this money will be. others will want to test the legal veracity of this which is critical. there are other key elements of this. none of this is settled until we get a trade arrangement with the eu. if the eu drags its feet, none of these figures are relevant any longer because this is contingent on having a proper balanced trade arrangement that benefits both of us how do you sell this to the british public who will have seen borisjohnson saying the eu can go and whistle if they wa nt the eu can go and whistle if they want large sums of money. they are not whistling, they are laughing.“ there has been horse trading on us, it will not stand. it has to be on the basis that the uk government has tested this and said there is an ongoing obligation on a bunch of

different programmes. if you net out what we get back and we get back all about payments the key element is of about payments the key element is of about 40 year period, we will be in the black by some £360 billion overall which is money we can spend on our owfi overall which is money we can spend on our own people, health services, all these things that we have had to staff cash from. that is the critical element of the reason to leave as we get most of that money back. thanks for your time. you get the sense that we are gradually clawing away to a possible agreement at this crucial december summit but the big proviso that if the eu does not settle a trade deal which britain is willing to go along with, the money is taken off the table. there may be progress in december but there is an awfully long way to go. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, gave his reaction to the reports of an increased financial offer. do you welcome the decision to pay

more? we are still working. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels. hello. let us begin by spelling out what this divorce bill, what that money is for. it is for a number of things. you heard michel barnier saying we are still working. the eu ‘s side are not confirming this. they have been positive in the last few days about movements being made in the financial negotiations. they are waiting for to reza made to come here on monday to seejean—claude yunker and anything then will have to be agreed in writing and furthermore agreed by the eu's 27

countries in december before we can see there is a deal. what it involves, those items, there is the spending planned for the next couple of years, 2019/20. a couple of yea rs of years, 2019/20. a couple of years beyond brexit. a large chunk of this, 20 billion. there are many items that the eu budgets have committed to and the uk has committed to and the uk has committed to and the uk has committed to spending part of. projects already agreed but whose spending will fall and come in the coming years. that is another 20 billion years. there are eu pensions that could be 10 billion. that stretches many years into the future. that is the pension being accrued now for someone who might retire in 20 or 30 years' time. there is guarantees of loans that could have to be paid out in the future. loans to the ukraine and places. there are many different

items and the detail of negotiating those still to be worked out. that is why we don't see a final figure. we have had a comment from the foreign secretary who says he hopes britain's offer to settle the divorce bill next month's european summit will be sufficient so they can move on to discuss the future trading relationship. it is notjust about the divorce bill. no, it is not. there are other big items. ireland, the uk position that the eu saysis ireland, the uk position that the eu says is contradictory. it doesn't wa nt says is contradictory. it doesn't want border controls with ireland and the irish and eu are saying the uk has to make clear how that would be possible. also the issue of systems which courts would govern those citizens rights in the future. you are hearing from iain duncan smith saying this is all tied to a future trade deal. the eu side have

a very different view and see it isn't the case. it is about your financial commitments that the uk has made that have to be met. negotiations on a future trade deal arta negotiations on a future trade deal art a separate issue that will be dealt with further down the line. this one does not buy the other. they will be making that point very clearly a nd they will be making that point very clearly and it is appointed they have been making all along about how there is a separation. there were will be satisfaction if there is this movement and they can secure this. you are hearing norman saying there had on the uk side be suggesting that nothing was owed and the eu should go whistle. the eu will feel these commitments have to be met and that seems to be the position we are moving towards. thank you. theresa may is visiting the middle east for the second time this year, to try to strengthen the uk's links with the region ahead of brexit. during her three—day trip, the prime minister is expected to raise concerns about the humanitarian crisis

in yemen during talks with saudi arabia's king and crown prince. leaders in south korea, japan and the united states have condemned the test launching of what appears to be an intercontinental ballistic missile by north korea. according to north korean state tv it flew 950 kilometres for 53 minutes while reaching an altitude of a kilometres. according to north korean state tv it flew 950 kilometres for 53 minutes while reaching an altitude of a kilometres. pyongyang has claimed this latest test demonstrated that it now had the capability to strike anywhere in the united states. china has expressed ‘grave concern‘ at the news. meanwhile, in washington, president trump was briefed on the missile launch — and he gave this response. thank you very much. as you probably have heard, and some of you have reported, a missile was launched a little while ago from north korea. i will only tell you that we will take care of it. we have general mattis in the room with us and we have had

a long discussion on it. it is a situation that we will handle. i'm joined via webcam by drjohn nilsson—wright, a senior fellow at the international affairs think tank chatham house. good morning and thank you for your time. does this launch demonstrates that north korea does have the capability to reach anywhere in the us with one of its missiles? the evidence does suggest that the north koreans have launched their most significant missile to date. they could hit washington d 8000 miles away. in that simple sense, this is away. in that simple sense, this is a real step forward for the north koreans. the question everybody is asking is the north koreans capable of putting a nuclear warhead on ——

nuclear missile on a warhead? there is no doubt that in the region and the us, this will be seen as another challenging provocation and a worrying sign that the north koreans are delivering on their promise to enhance their military capabilities. why is this missile different and new? primarily because of the range. it isa new? primarily because of the range. it is a missile that has the capacity to reach the us. it is not a departure from past president. we have seen previous missile launchers of similar missiles. there are some speculation that the missile may have been fuelled horizontally rather than vertically. it is important because it gives them north koreans the capacity to launch more quickly and to evade detection.

it protects them from retaliation or pre—emptive strikes from outside north korea. it boosts their strategic flexibility. given the increased range, how will it inform what the us and other nations closer to north korea do next? in the us, we have seen a steady shift in the mood on capitol hill. the growing appetite on the part of many politicians from both sides of the aisle to talk about the possibility of military action. the tipping point is when the north can put a nuclear warhead on the missile and the us is within range of that nuclear threat. how far away is that? half a year, a year i would say. not long. not long at all. the president has stressed the importance of a serious approach to

dealing with north korea. the big question is what the americans going to do? for president trump to say he will do with it sounds confident but behind that statement, it is not clear. we will see more pressure through the un to tighten sanctions regime but that is already very tight. there is more pressure on beijing to be seen to be doing more to pressure their north korean ally. the north koreans have anticipated these measures and adapted. there is no sign the military programme has slowed down. it doesn't deal with the immediate strategic challenge that the north poses not only to the us but to its immediate neighbours. thank you very much for your expertise today. pleasure. a 15—year—old boy has been charged with causing the deaths by dangerous driving of three children and two men who died in a collision in leeds on saturday.

the teenager is due to appear at leeds magistrates court this morning. all five victims were in the car when it crashed — the youngest were brothers, aged 12 and ia. police have appealed for information. the government is considering breaking up two of the country's biggest train operators as part of a new rail strategy. the franchises are great western and gtr — which combines southern, thameslink and great northern. ministers are also exploring the possibility that some of the lines closed during the 1960s could be re—opened. we will be speaking later to the campaignfor we will be speaking later to the campaign for better the

the claims he drank crimes against humanity was upheld. lawyers firm michael stone convicted murdering lin and megan russell of murdering lin and megan russell in 1996 say they have new evidence casting doubt on his conviction. in sport, news to us in the last half—hour where alan pa rdew sport, news to us in the last half—hour where alan pardew is back in football. he has been appointed as the new manager of west bromwich albion and replaces tony pulis. his first match will be against his former team, crystal palace. first match will be against his formerteam, crystal palace. head first match will be against his former team, crystal palace. head of the world cup draw, fifa incest there is no widespread doping in russian football after criticism of their reaction to the world anti—doping agency's report. could ben stokes be nearing an england

return? he has sparked rumours after flying into christchurch with the prospect of playing club cricket in new zealand this weekend. i will be back with those stories at 11:30pm —— 11:30am. let's get more now on the brexit negotiations. the bbc understands the uk has reached broad agreement on the financial framework of the divorce bill which is likely to be between a0 and 50 billion euros. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. no signs so far of a backlash from brexit tears over the size of the divorce bill. mrs may looks to agree to between a0 and £50 billion. 0ne of those who campaigned for remain, chuck the moon. you must be pleased we are heading towards an agreement with the eu. the sooner we get to

the second stage, the better. we will know what out will look like. we have new fax your viewers didn't know the show when they voted to leave the european union. 0ne know the show when they voted to leave the european union. one was we are going to have to pay a big divorce bill. michael gove told us it would be straightforward. they never said anything about a big divorce bill. the second fact is this means the 350 mg extra per week for the nhs that was promised by borisjohnson for the nhs that was promised by boris johnson and all those for the nhs that was promised by borisjohnson and all those guys, thatis borisjohnson and all those guys, that is not going to happen now this divorce bill is going to be paid. —— 300 £50 million. that central pledge of the leave campaign which they say

wouldn't have one will not be delivered. that is the big new fact in addition to the fact there is a big bill to pay. i put those points to iain duncan smith and his argument is the a0 billion will be paid over a0 years and over a0 yea rs, paid over a0 years and over a0 years , we paid over a0 years and over a0 years, we will be paying 10 billion a year into the eu if we were still members, therefore around a00 billion, therefore a0 billion is not that much money. the point is they never said there was going to be this big bill to pay. secondly, we are not seeing the central pledge that they made in that campaign to persuade your viewers who voted leave. i don't have a problem in principle with paying the divorce bill because if you are at a bar and a rack of the bar bill, you can't leave without paying it. i have an issue with the fact that we know

stuff now that we didn't know before which is there is going to be a big bill to pay and we are not going to be seeing billions of pounds going into public services as a result of leaving the european union. death threat remains that if we don't get a trade deal, we should take the money off the table. is that the right approach? if we don't get a trade deal, let us be clear about the consequences of that. because we are coming out of the customs union according to the government, we are going to have difficulties with goods coming to and fro the european union. at dover, we could have miles of queues of lorries trying to go through the border. if you look at aviation and planes landing and taking off between here and the eu, that will not be straightforward. the british pilot association is saying that. we cannot have a situation where we leave without a deal. we're not going to get anything that is as good as we are

now. you can't have your cake and eat it. that is a big new factor emerging. we have to wait for the actual december council to see whether anything is agreed and what is agreed. we may not know the final figure in december and we may not know it for many years because all the indications are it would be an annual bill agreed every year and there will be variations in how it is calculated. reaching a final sum may be some way off. we have also been hearing from borisjohnson about this. this is a moment of hope for zimbabwe and the main drivers of the process going to be the southern african countries. the uk stands

ready to help and we have had some good contacts and we will see how things go and stop you mentioned some attractive ideas for how we could be of assistance and those are the things that we would want to try to do to help zimbabwe forward. we have to see how the democratic process unfolds. it is very important that the people of zimbabwe gets free and fair elections next year and we will be working with our friends and partners in the region to encourage that process. i think it is urgent but it is urgent that we seize on this moment of hope. the regime is gone but let us not have a

transition from one form of undemocratic regime to another. let's have a free and fair election next year and see if we can make progress. the uk come together with our friends progress. the uk come together with ourfriends and progress. the uk come together with our friends and partners progress. the uk come together with ourfriends and partners in progress. the uk come together with our friends and partners in the region is ready to help but we want to do it in the context of some democratic progress. i think my own view is that freedom and democracy and pluralism are the precondition for sustainable economic success and thatis for sustainable economic success and that is the case that we will be making to our friends and that is the british view. we will be trying to encourage that route. that is the way forward. i think the prospect of

democratic elections next year is a good one. let us make sure they are free and fair. the people of zimbabwe have waited 37 years and have had some tough times. it is an amazing country, fantastic potential both natural and human. now is the chance to unleash their potential. it has to be done in a way that is sustainable. it is our argument that the way you unlock the potential of the way you unlock the potential of the country in the long—term is to ensure it is free and democratic. you look around the world and that is an overwhelming case. freedom and democracy go hand—in—hand with long—term and sustainable economic prosperity. that is our argument. that was boris johnson talking

prosperity. that is our argument. that was borisjohnson talking in west africa. now for a look at the weather. we have a frosty start of the day and it will get colder. look at this no on the mountains in the highlands. we have wintry showers for the far north of scotland. showers for the eastern areas of england. maximum temperatures today of three celsius. through this evening and tonight, it will be pretty cold and there would bea will be pretty cold and there would be a widespread frosts. it will be the coldest night of the autumn so far. showers for eastern areas and into thursday, a widespread frost for many of us. there will be the risk of a wintry shower. a rather

strong northerly winds and temperatures are like this and it will feel colder. goodbye. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the uk has increased its "divorce bill" offer to around £50 billion to end the stalemate in the first round of negotiations with the eu. north korea celebrates another ballistic missile test which it claims can reach main land america. a defendant in a war crimes trial in the hague claims that he drank poison after hearing his conviction for crimes against humanity was upheld. the bbc understands that new evidence could emerge casting doubt over the conviction of michael stone for the murders of megan and lynn russell. tech giant apple are working to fix a serious software bug which makes it possible to gain entry to the computers without a password. just before we go to sports and

breaking news coming from germany about a 96—year—old man who was a guard at auschwitz, convicted of helping to murder 300,000 people when he worked as an ss guard at the nazi concentration camp and he has been told he must serve a prison sentence. he became known as the book—keeper of auschwitz because he counted money ta ken book—keeper of auschwitz because he counted money taken from jewish prisoners as they arrived at the death camp. he was found guilty over two years ago of multiple charges of aiding and abetting murder. the murder of 300,000 people. today called in germany throughout a legal challenge by his lawyers and ruled that he was fit to serve a four—year

prison sentence. it's time now for sport so let's get the latest. in the last hour, alan pardew has been appointed as manager of west bromwich albion. pardew‘s first game in charge will be on saturday against the club who sacked him just under a year ago — crystal palace. jessica creighton is following the story. he isa he is a familiar face. why have west brom got them? west brom are in all kinds of trouble. they have no win in13 games and kinds of trouble. they have no win in 13 games and their performances have been poor. yesterday's game against newcastle, they threw away a 2—goal lead. the final score was 2-2. 2—goal lead. the final score was 2—2. now they are just two points above the relegation zone in 16th. someone really needed to come in to rally the troops at west brom and alan pardew rally the troops at west brom and alan pa rdew is rally the troops at west brom and alan pardew is known for making an

immediate impact. he has experience, over 300 premier league games as a manager. in its previousjob at crystal palace he was able to save them from relegation. he was sacked last december and has been other work since. it remains to be seen whether he is seen as a long—term option. he has already been at the training ground this morning, getting to know his new squad and his first test comes on saturday against his former side crystal palace. a two under half year deal for alan pardew. palace. a two under half year deal for alan pa rdew. we palace. a two under half year deal for alan pardew. we will see if he can keep them up. the fifa general secretary, fatma samoura, says that doping is not widespead in russian football and has defended their right to host the world cup. pressure is growing on fifa to do more to investigate russia after the mclaren report revealed more than 30 footballers were among the athletes whose positive tests were covered up. samoura is in moscow ahead of the world cup draw on friday. normal procedure is that we're

calibrating every time we are asked to send the samples with water but definitely whenever the report comes up definitely whenever the report comes up with a positive result we have to ta ke up with a positive result we have to take action. could ben stokes be coming to england's rescue in the ashes? he has landed in new zealand, and itjust so happens he's brought his kit with him. he says he's there to visit his mum and dad, but he's spoken to canterbury knights over a possible appearance for them. it's fuelling rumours he could be in line for an ashes appearance despite not being picked for the squad while under investigation by police after an incident outside a bristol nightclub in september. stokes though wasn't saying much. have you had any discussions with

the english selectors? nowl am catching up with people i have not seenin catching up with people i have not seen ina catching up with people i have not seen in a long time. lam going i am going to work on my golf swing. meanwhile, the england cricketers on the ashes tour have set themselves a curfew of midnight after recent talk about the team's inappropriate drinking culture. the second test, a day—night game, starts on saturday in adelaide. and while they are aware of the presence of stokes in new zealand they are not being distracted from trying to get back in the series. the good thing for him is that he has closer to australia if he was to be able to command joint the squad but we don't mole more than that. he's had a couple of months away

from the game. there is a curfew of midnight but that doesn't affect is a huge amount. very rarely are we at past that time. we are grown men and are past that time. we are grown men and a re allowed past that time. we are grown men and are allowed a drink at times. but we know we can't overstep that mark. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the divorce bill between britain and the european union is likely between a0 and £50 billion. wide as the estimates of the bill could be vary so widely? it's partly deliberate because on both sides they understand the political sensitivity ofa understand the political sensitivity of a precise figure. there is a bit

of a precise figure. there is a bit of creative ambiguity in there. this started with theresa may's speech in florence in september when she said the uk would honour its commitments. in the last few weeks the eu is saying what does that mean and it would appear that the uk and the eu average and agreement at a technical level that means all the commitments the eu opted men. then you can argue about what should the uk share of that be. the biggest single chunk of the divorce bill is likely to be this, the money which has been committed in budgets but has not yet been paid out. at the moment that is running at approximately £213 billion. it will be slightly higher than that when we leave. that is for the next budget period. what is in the next budget period. what is in the uk share of that? the eu says if it takes up to five years to leave and you look at the average amount the uk contributes to annual budgets

in that time and we reckon you should pay 13%. the uk is wanting to chip away at that because they can reduce it to 12% you save around two or £3 billion. there are various other ways you can argue about some of the money that's been committed may never be spent. the uk was forced to pay a charge in 2015 and it was that taken out of the car collisions. this is all the technical stuff going on behind—the—scenes. there has to be a political agreement but those negotiations could continue after december and into next year. presumably pensions will form an important part of this but it's quite a tricky area to work at precisely what the uk's obligations might be. it's a tricky area for several reasons. we do know what the estimated liability of the eu pension and sickness insurance scheme is. it's just

pension and sickness insurance scheme is. it'sjust under 70 billion euros. that is based on an exchange rate call the euro area discount rate which is not and 3% at the moment. interest rates are historically low at the moment. the uk is arguing if you take an average of the last 20 years the interest rate would be much higher and higher the interest rate goes the lower the estimated liability for the pensioners. it could be half the size estimated at the moment so it is another way potentially the uk can save several billion euros. there is also of course the question of time frame. if you take a 25—year—old eu employee now, he or she may not retire until they are 65 so there may be pension payments due in a0 years' time. it's possible the uk could save we will pay all those pension payments when they become due, pushing a lot of it into the future. for that and other reasons

will it ever be possible to know a final bill? i don't think it will. it will be a sliding scale. at the moment in london it is suggested it will be to between a0 and 50 billion new lows. if you look at where we started the european commission suggested a net figure of around 60 billion euros. some say we should not pay anything at all. i think it's pretty clear it's going to be closer to 60 billion than to zero. but you can massage the numbers a bit and you have to bear in mind you have to keep your eye on the bigger prize, the £2.2 trillion british economy and its future trading relationship with the eu and the rest of the world. thank you very much. we will take you back to that

clu b much. we will take you back to that club of boris johnson much. we will take you back to that club of borisjohnson we received from west africa. he was talking amongst other subjects about brexit and about the idea that the final bill might be somewhere between a0 and 50 billion euros. let's hear what he had to say. we are working as you can imagine to build on the momentum we've got going forward to the december european council and we're hoping that they offer the prime minister is able to make out that council will be on that guarantees sufficient progress. that is what everybody around the table, all 27 want to achieve. let's get the serious talks underway. so boris johnson hoping that this news today

will be what it takes to unlock the trade talks the government wants to move on to as soon as possible. more now on the story that the government is considering breaking up two of the country's biggest train operators as part of a new rail strategy. the franchises are great western and gtr which combines southern, thameslink and great northern. ministers are also exploring the possibility that some of the lines closed during the 1960s could be re—opened. i'm joined from our westminster studio by lianna etkind from the campaign for better transport. a new strategy but is anything ever really new? does it feel like going back to an old strategy? there has been a trickle of rail reopenings over the last a0 years since the beeching cuts in the realnetworks but i hope this is a bit of a renaissance and will lead to adding

the pace of reconnecting so many people to the rail network. we need to see funding and we need to see the government help communities and local authorities who want to reopen rail lines because at the moment it can bea rail lines because at the moment it can be a very expensive and time consuming and difficult process. broadly, your welcoming this news. just fill in more detail on what you think needs to happen to actually end up providing better transport for commuters? we welcome this. it's something we have been campaigning for the sometime. as well as many other enthusiastic rail groups across the country. to make a success of the rail network we need to think of a bigger network but also a better network so that means investing in the infrastructure and this morning we were handing in a petition to the department for transport calling for them to rethink scrapping lecture of

vocation. there has been electrification happening on some parts of the line but on the midland mainline and the lakes line, plans to electrify those with the passenger benefits that go along with that as well as the impact on climate change, those plans have been scrapped. but if it's a choice financially but in doing that than what the government is talking about today, which would you go for?” don't think it has to be an either or. there is a strong economic case opening many of these rail lines and when you reconnect some of these towns which have new housing developments going up, that means more people can get to work and that has a benefit in terms of people paying tax and contributing to the economy. thank you very much. lawyers for a man found guilty of murdering a mother in kent in 1996

say they were released significant new evidence to date that cast out on his conviction. lin russell and her six old daughter megan were attacked as they walked along a country lane in kent. 0ur correspondent has this report. it was a no tory ‘s murder, brutal and unprovoked attack in the kent countryside on a family walking home from the schools and gala. a5 in old lin russell and his six—year—old daughter megan were killed in the frenzied hammer attack. but nine—year—old josie survived despite suffering terrible injuries. michael stone, a known criminal, was arrested a year later in 1997 and found guilty of the murders. he is serving a life sentence but has a lwa ys serving a life sentence but has always protested his innocence. there is no forensic evidence against him and he was convicted on the strength of a disputed confession to a fellow prisoner. his

legal team say they have compelling new evidence linking levi belfield to the murders. the killer of schoolgirl milly dowler is serving to full life terms and many say he has committed dozens of similar serious crimes. the similarities you got barry woman and a blitz attack with something heavy like a hammer. just those features make it an extremely rare crime. in the absence of other facts he is a suspect. two decades after the appalling murders lawyers for the man convicted of the killings will today released new evidence that the bbc has seen and which they say means this case must go to the court of appeal. apple says it is working to fix a serious bug in its most recent operating system. the flaw in the software makes it possible to access a mac

computer or laptop without the password and gain powerful administrator rights. in a moment we have a summary of the business news but first the headlines. the uk is understood to have offered between a0 to 50 billion euros to settle its divorce bill with the european union. a defendant in the hague claimed he drank poison moments after his conviction for crimes against humanity was a pelt. lawyers for michael stone convicted of murdering lin and megan russell in 1996 say they have new evidence casting doubt on his conviction. hello, these are the top is the stories. the government has announced an overhaul of the uk rail network, saying it could reopen lines closed in the 1960's. it's also considering splitting up two of the country's largest train operators. it may also ask local companies to run the track as well as train services in a bid to cut delays and overcrowding.

the chief executive of the london stock exchange, xavier rolet, has left the company amid a bruising boardroom row. mr rolet was due to leave next year, but one of the firm's biggest shareholders claimed he was forced out. he is in line for a pay out of more than £12 million. construction workers from the eu should be granted "settled status" in the uk after brexit, according to the industry trade body. the construction sector, which employs around three million people, has warned it faces severe skills shortages with not enough ‘home grown talent‘ to meet demand. 0nline delivery companyjust eat is poised tojoin the ftse 100 when quarterly reshuffle results come out on wednesday, thanks to rapid growth in the food

delivery app whose market cap has ballooned to overtake marks & spencer and sainsbury‘s. let‘s talk to mollyjohnson—jones, senior food & grocery analyst at global data. it is so interesting when we talk about the reshuffle because we can liken this to the football league and if this is a sports team they have seen such meteoric rise and we would say they are on a winning streak. i think it's very exciting. if you look at how consumer spending is changing so much more of it is moving online and this will be the first to reach the ftse 100. consumers that after easy ways to eat. some really staggering valuation. 0vertaking the value of marks & spencer in a stall at the high street. yet you gotjust eat

which is relatively new straight up there. it will be overtaking sainsbury's and morrisons as well. the retailers are under pressure at the moment given the cost inflation and consumer spending and so much moving online. so given what you've said, overtaking somebody like sainsbury‘s as well, given we have a squeeze on our income you might think one of the first thing you cut back on a takeaway deliveries but it doesn‘t seem to be the case. back on a takeaway deliveries but it doesn't seem to be the case. eating out has suffered a slowdown some people are cutting back on that but grocery prices have inflated and consumers are feeling they will treat themselves with a takeaway on a friday night rather than going out. you have touched on the idea of changing shopping habits and we have seen these new upstart taking on the established players. what does it tell us about how we want to consume things? the app is the way to do it.

it shows how much growth just eat can find in the future. over 50% of takeaway orders are still placed over the phone. but it is moving towards the app. consumers want these of payment and all of these takeaway places all in one app because it takes ten seconds to order. thank you for explaining all of that. and other business stories in the news today: shares in cineworld have plunged almost 13% after confirming it‘s in advanced talks to buy us cinema chain regal. regal is the second—largest player in the us market with about 560 cinemas. cineworld is europe‘s second—biggest cinema group and says it would fund the deal with debt and a rights issue. major uk wholesaler palmer and harvey has gone into administration following failed rescue talks. it is the uk‘s fifth biggest

privately—owned firm, and delivers more than 12,000 products, including food and alcohol to about 90,000 outlets around the uk. administrators say 2,500 jobs will be lost. and the owner of property websites zoopla and primelocation reported a 2a% rise in full—year revenue with profits up just over a%. the firm was trying to buy rival website gocompare last week but has now scrapped those plans. let me show you what‘s happening on the markets. just eat is on the board there. down a third of 1%, the footsie refresher which will propel it into the ftse100. it is based on the closing value yesterday but the effect would come into force until mid—december. the pound strengthening little bit over the

course of the morning. rumours suggest that deal with the european union has been done on that so—called divorce bill. you are up—to—date. see you later. just a quick update on the brexit bill. the bbc understands the uk has reached a broad agreement on the financial framework of that divorce bill understood to be somewhere between a0 and 50 billion euros. you may have seen a clip we played earlier of the chief brexit negotiator michel barnier when he said we are still working on this and now a little bit more detail from still working on this and now a little bit more detailfrom him. he is saying that the negotiation is not over. clearly it does illustrate that the deal is not signed and delivered on this aspect of brexit. he says we read a lot in the press

these days that he is stressing that we still have work to do and the negotiation is not over. manufacturers and retailers are being urged to make labelling on food products clearer to stop millions of tonnes of edible food being thrown away unnecessarily. the waste agency wrap says food labels use too many different terms, prompting people to throw away usable produce. it claims a third of the uk‘s two million tonnes of annual food waste is due to confusion over date labels. with me is dr richard swannell, development director at wrap. that is a lot of waste. and a lot of money wasted as well. in terms of the actual labelling on food products what are the key things you would like to see? three core things this new guidance talks about. it was clarity on the best before or use by, one date on the front really clearly displayed. use by on

something that has a food safety issue and best before everything else. the second area is clarity on storage. sometimes we get confused about the best place to store things. apples will last up to two weeks longer in the fridge.” things. apples will last up to two weeks longer in the fridge. i never put my apples in the fridge. they are in the football. two weeks longer. if it says quite clearly on the front desk kept or something like that in the fridge we all know the best place to store it and we have the best chance to consume the food we buy. the third area is open life guarding. when you have opened the back with her but the best possible timeline we have to consume it. those are the three areas. how much good practices they on this sort of labelling? in terms of the traffic lights for how much fat and salt there is an product, that is pretty clear. what is the practice

currently like? report looked at this in some detail and we found retailers already responding well to this. you go into the store now and see one—day label on many fresh fruit and veg and you will see it on many bottles of milk. we would like to see it widely used and that is the purpose of the guidance we have produced today. to say this is best practice. let‘s see a wholesale shift. it wholesale shift towards things that will help us make the best use of all this good food we buy. most people are very conscious of not wasting food. everybody wants to save money. this is a clear way to save money. this is a clear way to do it. exactly. we worked out that just on to do it. exactly. we worked out thatjust on confusion around labels it costs us around the billion pounds a year. if we can do something about it we can save our pocket as well. do you ever waste

food? i find it difficult to be perfect but we are trying really hard! thank you very much. just before we go to the weather forecast at me remind you that prime ministers questions is coming up on human rights. damian greene is standing infor human rights. damian greene is standing in for theresa may who is in the middle east. we will be there very soon. first, the weather. it has been pretty cold over the last few days. it is set to get even colderfor last few days. it is set to get even colder for tomorrow. tomorrow will be the coldest day of the week and this cold snap and we will see this morning we‘ve had wintry showers, affecting the higher grounds. in scotla nd affecting the higher grounds. in scotland there has been some snow. this is the scene on the highlands.

the snowcapped mountains and that sunshine. wintry showers continuing in the north of scotland. rain showers affecting eastern england this afternoon. some showers in pembrokeshire and the south—west of inland. for most of it it is dry and sunny. this evening watch out for some ice. further showers moving in but with clear skies for many of us a widespread and hard frost. thursday morning, temperatures very low. a few wintry showers and snow at lower levels across these eastern areas during thursday. a few more showers in pembrokeshire and the south—west of england. it will feel very cold in the winter. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. the price of brexit, the uk is understood to have offered up to 50 billion euros to settle its so called divorce bill with the european union.

the offer that the prime minister is able to make will be one that guarantees sufficient progress. that is what everybody round the table really wa nt is what everybody round the table really want to achieve. we will be live in the house of commons where damian green is standing in for theresa may. a defendant in court in the hague claims he drank poison moments after his conviction for crimes against humanity was upheld. north korea hails another ballistic missile test, claiming it‘s now capable of reaching the entire us mainland. good afternoon.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. we are expecting the house of commons to hear its latest prime minister‘s questions but today it is damian green and emily thornbury standing in. the prime minister is ona tourof standing in. the prime minister is on a tour of the middle east. norman smith is there at westminster. i wonder whether there will be focused on brexit in the chamber. jeremy corbyn body swerves it. tory brexiteers, no sign of a backlash by them over the large divorce bill.

quite struck this morning about how many are saying it is ok, we can live with that. damian green is answering questions today. mr speaker, i have been asked to reply on behalf of the prime minister who isa on behalf of the prime minister who is a broader the middle east furthering our interests in the region that is fundamental to our national security and prosperity. i am sure the whole house will wish —— wish tojoin me in offering our warmest congratulations to his royal highness prince harry and megan mark royal and wish them every happiness in the future. today marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of the raf and stop the whole house will wa nt to raf and stop the whole house will want to express our thanks for a century of service to our country.

congratulations also to prince harry on his engagement. despite the efforts of the labour council, the government has included the grimsby project but we need more than a byline in a glossy magazine to make is potential reality. the first secretary say whether he expects the government of what is money where his mouth is so we can get going? icon welcome the fact the honourable lady is welcoming the industrial strategy. it will be good for grimsby and many communities around this country. particularly those who feel in the past they have been left behind. i‘m happy to assure her that the industrial strategy will come with money attached. making a

success of the sales tees development corporation is vital but teesside. i was welcome —— will he look at the scale of the opportunity and defined teesside to the world? the budget is only the start of the process on delivering on change. he is getting the hang of questions already. i assure him we are committed to working with him and the tees valley mayor who is doing so much to help develop the area. we wa nt to so much to help develop the area. we want to support him and the south tees development corporation would work they are doing on the long—term regeneration of the south tees area. the chancellor announced £123 million new funding in the budget. we recognise the economic opportunities in that area. let me

join in by a congratulating vince harry and meghan markle on that engagement. i‘m sure prince harry will bejoining all of engagement. i‘m sure prince harry will be joining all of us engagement. i‘m sure prince harry will bejoining all of us in supporting the england team in the world cup final on saturday and i will be waving my st george‘s park like. 0na will be waving my st george‘s park like. on a much sadder note, i‘m sure the whole house willjoin me in sending our thoughts to all those killed and injured on friday‘s horrific attack on the mosque in that area. can i ask the first secretary, is a happy to be held to the same standards in government he

required of others while he was in yes, i yes, lam. yes, i am. all ministers opposition? yes, i am. all ministers should respect and obey the ministerial code and i absolutely think that is a very important part of confidence in public life. come i echo her thoughts about the terrible events and also say that she may find it difficult to waive the saint georges flag but i would be doing so for the english rugby league team. asa for the english rugby league team. as a welsh rugby fan, i may find it more difficult than her but i will be doing so as well. the first secretary looked perturbed in my line of questioning. i am not going there. i wondered line of questioning. i am not going there. iwondered if line of questioning. i am not going there. i wondered if he remembered there. i wondered if he remembered the question he asked 17 years ago whenjohn the question he asked 17 years ago when john prescott stood the question he asked 17 years ago whenjohn prescott stood in the question he asked 17 years ago when john prescott stood in for tony

blairand when john prescott stood in for tony blair and whether he could answer the same question today. what is the question? what percentage of new nurses recruited in the past 12 months are now working full—time?” can‘t remember. i can‘t remember asking the question them. what i‘m happy to assure the right honourable lady is that we have more nurses, more midwives, more doctors working in the health service now. the health services performing more operations now than it was 17 years ago and in particular, in the budget last week, my right honourable friend was able to announce more than £6 billion extra on health spending which will make the health service even stronger in the future thanit service even stronger in the future than it is now. since he felt as my

original question, i will do it for him. more than a0% of newly recruited nurses are leaving full—time employment within their first year. it is notjust the new recruits that quitting. the overall number of nhs nurses and health visitors is down by 1500 this year. the numbers are lower than when this government came into office. why does the first secretary think so many nurses are leaving? there are more operations being done, more nurses, more doctors, more midwives. the health service is expanding. we have got 1a,900 more doctors, 1500 more medical school places each year and we‘ve got 10,000 more nurses on our wards and we have announced an

increase of more than 5000 extra nurse training places every year and stop we are saying in addition that we would commit to make sure that the nurses pay increase, the agenda for change would not come out of other health spending. nurses can be reassured this government will continue to support them both in pay and in terms of numbers and that is why our health service in england is getting better. if she wants to look ata getting better. if she wants to look at a health service where are getting worse, she can look to the labour government in wales. she doesn‘t need to take it from me. she can take it from the public because

public satisfaction with the nhs in wales is lower than it is in england. that is the effect of labour government on care. there are more nurses in the nhs than those working in acute wards including district nurses. they have halved over the tories. it is nurses in agency and acute care that takeover. why so many nurses are leaving their vacation that they love? the top four reasons are excess workload, staff shortages, low pay and worries about patient care. according to the government‘s own figures, the number of nurses quitting because of worries about their finances or health has doubled since the tories first row —— froze their pay. the question asked byjohn prescott 17 yea rs question asked byjohn prescott 17 years ago and he said that nurses at his local hospital were warning that

staff shortages are putting patient‘s lives at risk. can he tell me, what those same nurses telling the secretary today? since 17 years ago, there was significant labour government years ahead with these pressures under the label labour government. there are significant more nurses in post and i didn‘t quite understand her point about wards because she seems to go on and off the wards. we know we had 10,000 more nurses on my ward where people wa nt to more nurses on my ward where people want to see them. if she is interested in nurses‘ pay, i hope she will find it in herself to welcome the tax cuts announced in the budget, the increase in the personal allowances that will help nurses just as they will help

workers across both the public and private sector. this is good news for nurses and it was a budget that was not just google for nurses and it was a budget that was notjust google health service but good for the nursing profession. i hope she can bring herself to welcome mats. i noticed he didn't wa nt to welcome mats. i noticed he didn't want to talk about patient care at his local hospital. could the reason be that his local a&e, this severe shortages means patient safety is being put at risk and the only option to tackle those shortages is to counsel outpatient clinics. it gets worse. at a public meeting tomorrow, there is going to be a public meeting to consider closing his local a&e for good. all the things the first secretary has been denying, what are you doing to our nhs? it is happening on your own

doorstep. isn‘t about time you got a grip. i am entirely innocent in matter. the grasp of facts is shaky. the meeting tomorrow is about the strategic transformation plan. i am happy to assure her that i am entirely in favour of option one that strategic transformation plan which suggests not just that strategic transformation plan which suggests notjust leaving a&e services in the hospital in my constituency but specialist services there. i would strongly suggest she doesn‘t try to think she knows more about what is going on in my constituency than i do.”

about what is going on in my constituency than i do. i suspect neither the nation or his own constituents will have taken any reassu ra nces constituents will have taken any reassurances from that answer. we have an nhs which is in the grip of a chronic funding and staffing crisis. gps are quitting in record numbers, junior doctors are running a&e without supervision and our nurses are breaking point. that is before the winter crisis that is coming. let me ask the first secretary, what does it say about the government‘s priorities that last week‘s budget could only find £350 million to help the cash—strapped stretch to the limit nhs cope with the winter fuel crisis? early £350 million to cope with the winter crisis and was able to find

11 times that amount to spend on a no deal brexit. is that the very definition of a government fiddling away whilst the rest of the country burns? the right honourable determined to talk the nhs down. it isa determined to talk the nhs down. it is a conservative government which is a conservative government which is increasing funding on the nhs so it remains the best health service in the world as the independent commonwealth fund has repeated that the second year in a row. it is this party which promised and delivered more money for the nhs in 2010, 2015 and in last week‘s budget where my right honourable friend promised 6.3 billion extra for the nhs. more patients treated, more operations carried out by more doctors and more nurses. when she says that the

government is wasting £3 billion on preparing for brexit, we now know that the labour party doesn‘t think it is worth preparing for brexit. they do think it is worth preparing for a they do think it is worth preparing fora run on they do think it is worth preparing for a run on the pounds. that is all you need to know about labour. this week, two remaining councillors in boston crossed the floor to join the conservatives. he said he didn‘t wa nt to conservatives. he said he didn‘t want to see this country go back to 1973. will the first secretary join me in welcoming this new member to the conservative party and will he agree with me that an open optimist in britain deserves better than reheated marxism and labour‘s bankrupt economy?”

reheated marxism and labour‘s bankrupt economy? i am very happy to agree with my honourable friend and indeed with the wisdom of the labour councillor who has joined the conservative party. quite right that what we see from the party opposite is they would lose control of public finances hike taxes to their highest ever peacetime level and... the shadow chancellor calls business the enemy. that is what the modern labour party is about. i would point out that he mayjust have moved in anticipation because i understand moderate councillors are being deselected by the hard left. can i join the first secretary in congratulating prince harry and meghan markle on their engagement. come i welcome the moderator of the church of scotland who is with us in the gallery today. can the first

secretary of state tell the house how much money the uk government has received from arms sales from saudi arabia since the war with yemen began? i don't have the figure to hand but i urge the honourable gentleman to recognise the fact, first of all that our defence industry is an extremely important creator of jobs and industry is an extremely important creator ofjobs and prosperity. in scotla nd creator ofjobs and prosperity. in scotland as well as in other parts of the country and that we have, because i am of the country and that we have, because i am aware of the country and that we have, because i am aware of the very terrible situation in yemen at the moment, but this country has one of the most rigorous and robust defence sales regimes in the world and stop it was recognised in a court case lastjuly and we are determined to continue the most rigorous and robust system in place because that is the right thing to do both our prosperity and to ensure we keep a proper control on arms. the uk

government has received £a.6 billion in selling arms to saudi arabia since the war in yemen began. a war which has created devastating humanitarian crisis. yemen is on the brink offamine humanitarian crisis. yemen is on the brink of famine and unicef has said 150,000 children will die by the end of this year. doesn‘t the first secretary agree that the best thing the prime minister can do with meetings today is follow the example of the netherlands and suspend licences for arms sales to saudi arabia? stop killing children.” should correct something. the government received money. the companies that received the money. therefore their workers. he can take their position. the labour party‘s

position as well but that would entail significantjob position as well but that would entail significant job losses. what is important is not only that we have the robust regime which i talked about but we continue the humanitarian efforts we make to alleviate the terrible conditions in yemen. we are the fourth largest humanitarian donor and the second largest to the un appeal. i would remind him that the involvement of the saudis in this conflict came at ripon —— request of the legitimate government of yemen and has security council backing. this is a conflict supported by the un security council andi supported by the un security council and i would hope that the right honourable gentleman will have some respect for the security council. thank you, mr speaker. this

government‘s ambition to build more homes is welcome especially amongst those struggling to get on the housing ladder. taunton deane is playing his part. with his garden town status, we must have homes that are good places to live, energy sufficient, green spaces. maybe even where we have showers where people don‘t use micro beads. we must have the right roads in these developments and what my right honourable friend agree that housing infrastructure fund is key to unlocking funds for vital roads like the road through taunton and sta bleford ? the road through taunton and stableford? i know what a stout champion she is the people of taunton deane. she is right about the housing infrastructure fund we need more homes but we need the infrastructure to back them up. that is why the chancellor doubled the

housing infrastructure fund in the budget. as the first secretary of state will know being my near neighbour, as a result of underfunding, the conservative cou nty underfunding, the conservative county council has run out of cash and is cutting the funding of buses in canned by 70%. four hospital buses, 1a school buses and over 100 other routes are to be cut. thousands of pensioners, especially those in rural areas are to be trapped at home. does the right honourable member for ashford support such cuts? i do not recognise the characterisation of kent county council‘s position which my constituency neighbour as expressed. all local authorities have to live within their means because we have to continue paying down the deficit that was run by the previous labour government. kent

cou nty previous labour government. kent county council is an extremely good cou nty county council is an extremely good county council which does many great things both in transport and other fields to the people of kent and will continue to do so. what my right honourable friend agree that the decades now, the richer member states in the european union have made large contributions to the budget of the eu because the macro economic benefits of belonging to a large free trade area of the single trader grant —— agreement make it a bargain to have the show of the cost. should we welcome the rumours we heard today in the press, the possible liniment settlement of the method of calculating future contributions so it may enable us to get on with the serious negotiations about how we retain the maximum future access to all those benefits of that free trade? he has been

around long enough not to believe everything he reads in the newspapers. it would clearly be wrong for me to go into figures now. he is right that what we are about and what my right honourable friend the secretary of state for exiting the secretary of state for exiting the european union is about, is making sure we get the best possible deal at this stage of the process so we can move the trade talks. britain asa we can move the trade talks. britain as a country that meets its international obligations, of course it will meet the obligations and have all the rights we have in that process so that we can maintain a deep and special partnership with the other 27 members of the european union as we move forward in friendship and cooperation after we‘ve left the european union. friendship and cooperation after we've left the european union. being believed and reliving trauma, fear of publicity, a culture of denial,

some of the reasons why very many women are reluctant to report rape, assault and sexual harassment. does he agree that government parliament need to lead by example and will he come on behalf of government, apologised to the victims who parliament and government have been letting down? i agree that both this place as an institution and all of the political parties need to improve complaints procedures and other aspects of the culture of politics to make sure that young man or young woman who are interested in politics do not in anyway feel deterred from playing an active role in it. there is a place for everyone in this house on all sides and on all parties and the house authorities themselves of making sure this is the best possible working environment for young people to come into. many mothers in this

chamber know how hard childbirth can be but we would never use that knowledge in iraq against the journalists when being questioned in the way the honourable member for hampstead and kilborn did when questioned by channel a do journalist recently. would he com plete journalist recently. would he complete the work that journalist tried and ask the honourable member for hamilton and kilborn to use her influence with her aunt who is that prime minister of bangladesh, who is responsible... i'm sure honourable memberformid responsible... i'm sure honourable member for mid bedfordshire notify the honourable lady of an intention to refer to her in this question? she didn't? that was disorderly. order. nevertheless, the question

has been asked. it would be proper for the first secretary briefly to reply. you will be aware i can only speak on behalf of the government will stop i can assure my honourable friend that bangladesh remains an important human rights priority area for the foreign office and that we continue to raise allegations of enforced disappearances at all levels of the government of bangladesh. i think i should stop there. at the present rate of progress, it will take three officials at the first secretary‘s or department more than 70 years to investigate the claims of around a500 women deprived of their state pension. i know this government is slow but isn‘t that adding insult to injury? the honourable gentleman

will be aware that the government is committed some of more than £1 billion to make sure no one‘s pension would be delayed more than 18 months from the original period. he also recognises that with increasing longevity, it is inevitable that the pension age will rise. that is what this government is doing. by next year, pension and equality will have been removed. we will hit 65 for both sexes it next year and that means that we will then have an equal pension system. the royal air force is unique as having been established by an act of parliament. will he find time in his busy diary tojoin parliament. will he find time in his busy diary to join me and members of both houses and staff throughout the palace in celebrating their magnificent services the aria has given to the nation over that 100

yea rs given to the nation over that 100 years ina given to the nation over that 100 years in a unique parade this evening at 730? i have mentioned the centenary today and he is right not just to bring it up again. we cannot pay high enough tribute to the men and women of the raf for a century of service that will go one for a long time and the future as well. i‘m glad he has managed to get an advert in for the parade at portcullis house. the uk has lost its seat on international port of justice —— court ofjustice. there will be no more european capitals of culture in the uk. is the sun is setting before it has begun? the honourable gentleman... it is not surprising eu institutions are not going to be in a state that is not a

member of the eu. that could not come as a surprise. 0n the capitals of culture, i agree, it is disappointing that after they had let british cities applying for the process , let british cities applying for the process, the commission decided they couldn‘t. we are in urgent talks with the commission about that and we are making sure all those citizens —— cities that apply can continue with their cultural development. it has been shown to be an extremely good basis for the regeneration of cities and towns across the uk. this saturday i will be announcing the winners... will my right honourable friend wish all retailers the best of luck and also wish those winners congratulations?” the best of luck and also wish those winners congratulations? i am happy to share my honourable friend‘s

congratulations. many members will be celebrating small—business saturday this weekend. it has become an important part of the calendar. supporting small business is at the heart of this government‘s economic strategy. today we see shocking new figures that child knife deaths are nearing aia that child knife deaths are nearing a ia year high. five months ago the prime minister promised action but she has failed to deliver. nothing in the budget on policing and nothing meaningful to tackle the causes as well as the crime. it's clear we need intervention now and notjust from the clear we need intervention now and not just from the home clear we need intervention now and notjust from the home office. funding youth workers is proven to get young people out of the cycle of violence and would cost £6 million a year. will the secretary and its

role establish a cross government programme of action to come good on the prime minister's promise?” programme of action to come good on the prime minister's promise? i am sure the honourable lady is aware that the stats on knife crime is tougher than ever. we have made punishment stronger. we have cautions for the most serious offences and if you carry knives in public you are more likely than ever to go to prison. the latest figures show a2% of adult offenders were given an immediate custodial sentence, the highest rate in nearly a decade. i hope she can be reassured that actually this government is being tough on knife crime than any previous government. does the first secretary agree that we don‘t need to break into the computer or the ipad to work out that half the trillion to barlow borrow well up... the one difficulty

with that question is that it is no relation to government policy for which the right honourable gentleman is responsible. wayne david. sharon jones is a constituent who had a malignant brain tumour removed 20 years ago. this left with headaches and severe pain in the neck and shoulders. she has been in receipt of esa and the department for work and pensions accepts that sharon is not fit for work. and yet she has now been placed in the work—related activity group and to benefit has been reduced. will the first secretary justified been reduced. will the first secretaryjustified this? been reduced. will the first secretary justified this? obviously there will clearly be individual issues in this case i can‘t be aware of. iam issues in this case i can‘t be aware of. i am sure the secretary of state

for work and pensions will be happy to look at this individual case to see if something needs to be done.” very much welcome the announcement ofa very much welcome the announcement of a growth deal, this is positive news. but can the first secretary assure me this initiative will receive sufficient resource to ensure its success? i share my honourable friend‘s enthusiasm for the borderlands growth initiative. i have seen the many benefits of city deals and growth deals around all parts of the uk. i think the borderlands growth initiative is important because it will show the prosperity between his part of the north of england and the southern pa rt north of england and the southern part of scotland. all i can say is that since my right honourable friend, the secretary of state for scotla nd friend, the secretary of state for scotland is a constituency mp i know that this deal will get particularly

strict attention inside the cabinet. does the first secretary agree with the lord speaker ‘s committee that the lord speaker ‘s committee that the house of lords should be reduced to 600 and that the terms that should be limited to 15 years. and as you not feel the slightest sense of embarrassment that the crisis of credibility of the democracy of the chamber has become so acute its members are themselves begging for reform whilst the elected government refuses to act. when the honourable gentleman speaks on behalf of all members of the house of lords in terms of begging for reform he made not necessarily absolutely but representing the entire range of views in the other place. i will assure him of the government is looking very carefully at the proposal and we will of course respond in due course. what actions

the government proposing to take against russian backed agencies are spreading fake news. they have been doing it in our political campaigns but worrying reports that this information may be spread around accessing vaccines and the flu jab. my accessing vaccines and the flu jab. my honourable friend is right to raise this. security is an important issue and fake news is one part of that. the national cyber security centre is looking hard at this and it takes a number of measures to combat it. some of which have to remain private. i can show him it is high on the agenda of the national cyber security centre. an 11—year—old primary school pupil

approached me to tell me he, his mother and his two brothers live in a single room in a bedsit in ilford and could i find him a council flat. what's heartbreaking about that is that i know that it's very unlikely you will ever have one. can i ask simply, the measures announced in la st simply, the measures announced in last weeks housing budget will not solve the scale of the problem that he's more than 100,000 children living in temporary accommodation what is he going to do to make sure that lawyers family and every other child living in a bedsit gets a decent home they need?” child living in a bedsit gets a decent home they need? i agree that this is a serious problem. that is one of the reasons why housing was at the centre of the chancellor‘s budget. i hearfrom the opposition front bench asking what we‘re doing

about it but last year we delivered more homes than we‘ve seen in all but one of the last 30 years. 217,000 taking us to 1.1 million since 2010. over the next five years we will invest £aa billion in home—building, boosting the funding for council, social and low—cost housing to over £9 billion. we are building more social housing than the labour government did in its 13 yea rs the labour government did in its 13 years in office. we will build even more in the future. this is a government that is addressing his constituents problems. previous labour governments failed to do so. at the recent extremely successful child number and literature festival hillary clinton talked about the importance of ensuring the russians are not allowed to meddle in british elections or american elections. does my right honourable friend

agree that we should be building an offensive cyber capability so that our opponents note we have the will but also the wherewithal to strike at. he's right. as you would expect from the member of parliament who represents gchq. he is right about the offensive capacity we may well needin the offensive capacity we may well need in the cyber area. i can assure him we are indeed developing that.” would like to ask the minister if without mentioning the new state pension, apprenticeships or stating the false that the scottish government somehow fix the problem and given the prime minister, who he canjustify a and given the prime minister, who he can justify a rise and given the prime minister, who he canjustify a rise of and given the prime minister, who he can justify a rise of ai3% and given the prime minister, who he canjustify a rise of ai3% in and given the prime minister, who he can justify a rise of ai3% in the numberof women over can justify a rise of ai3% in the number of women over the age of 60 in receipt of esa because of this government's refusal to give them

their pensions. as i reply to the previous question on this subject, i hope she would recognise the principle that is right that we need as we live longer to move up the pension age. she knows as well as i do that actually the scottish government does have the capacity to top welfare payments. they like to sit here and deny it but in hollywood they know they could do this. so as ever with the snp they should stop moaning in this chamber, go back to their own government in scotla nd go back to their own government in scotland and say if they want to do something they should do it. they should get on with the dayjob of running scotland. i very much welcome the government‘s modern industrial strategy that was launched this week. does my right honourable friend agree that is

going to be important as this country moves forward and we seek a global building hash britain. the point about the industrial strategy is to create notjust a stronger economy but a fair economy for decades to come. that is why it‘s looking forward to 2030. it‘s a long—term attempt to make sure we have not just long—term attempt to make sure we have notjust a global outwardly looking economy but a modern economy where we can capitalise on our huge research strengths and huge intellectual strengths and make sure we actually benefit commercially from that for decades to come. this sunday the 3rd of december is the un international day of persons with a disability. so far the government has refused to carry out an impact assessment of its social security

policies on people living with a disability. will the first secretary now mark this date by doing the right thing for disabled people and carry out a full accumulative impact assessment? i am sure the honourable lady will now that this government is spending £90 billion on disability benefits but more to the point we are being more successful than ever before in giving disabled people the degree of independence. hundreds of thousands more disabled people are in work than ever been before. we have a plan to have an extra million in work over the next ten years. that is an important and practical way to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of disabled people. that is what this government is doing. given that president ray

hanley of iran has said iran will not be the first country to breach the joint conference of plan of action can the first secretary assure us that british diplomats working hard in washington to persuade our american friends that it's in the interest of the west end of iran to uphold it as a prayer leads to solving of the regional problems. we think that the jcp away is an important part of attempting to improve conditions between iran and its neighbours but across the wider middle east as well. we will continue to argue that case.” wider middle east as well. we will continue to argue that case. ijoin in offering congratulations to prince harry and meghan markle on their engagement. 0ne prince harry and meghan markle on their engagement. one of the issues prince harry has highlighted is the issue of mental health and the

invest for life campaign in northern ireland is doing a fantasticjob in highlighting extra resources for the issue. at a time when issues like that, mental health and education, need to be prioritised in northern ireland by a locally devolved government, what —— working on these issues, does the first secretary of state agree that it is a gross dereliction of responsibility for sinn fein to announce this week that they are not going to engage in further discussions on the restoration of devolution and if that‘s the case we now need to move quickly to restore accountability and ministers to the northern ireland office to get on with the business of responsible government. the right honourable gentleman will now that the northern ireland secretary is working as hard as possible to restore democratic

control, restore the northern ireland executive. we all want to see proper devolved government restored in other ireland. i think that would be by far the best thing for the people of northern ireland. this government will work tirelessly to that end. order. so prime minister‘s questions just finished. damian greene standing in for theresa may and emily thornbury standing infor for theresa may and emily thornbury standing in forjeremy corbyn. let me tell you we are expecting almost immediately and urgent question on brexit costs from a former shadow chancellor, chris leslie, and a response from the government from liz truss. we may get to that very soon. they are talking about donald trump at the moment. they are

talking about some tweets donald trump as re—tweeted on his twitter account. let‘s listen in. trump as re—tweeted on his twitter account. let's listen in. i confess i have no advance notice of this matter. i am i have no advance notice of this matter. iam not i have no advance notice of this matter. i am not myself when tends to follow what is said on twitter. if the home secretary wants to say anything she can but she is under no obligation to do so. the right honourable lady is not hailing a taxi! if she has a point of order to raise over here. further to that point of order i understand the one

in question has been convicted of hate crimes in this country and on that basis given the significance and seriousness of having the president of the united states giving her such a huge platform that he not think it would be appropriate for us to hear someone of condemnation from the home secretary. it's a bond of of the chairandi secretary. it's a bond of of the chairand i can secretary. it's a bond of of the chair and i can only say that at the moment it would be very obvious to her i have received no advance notice of any intention to make a statement and it would be wrong to expect a government minister immediately to respond. what i would say is that i do know the honourable gentleman for cardiff south and penarth very well and if anything i know the right honourable lady and knowing them as well as i do i know

that when they‘ve got their teeth into something they are disinclined to let go. that is a condiment by the way. i think we will leave it there for now but i imagine this matter will probably be mentioned again. if there are no further points of order we come now to the urgent question. as to chris leslie. may i ask the chancellor to update the house on the expected costs of exiting the european union? our negotiating team are currently in brussels discussing our wrecks it from the european union. 0ur officials have been working on it for months. it would be wrong of me to cut across those discussions by commenting on speculation on the financial settlement and it would

not be in our national interest. the prime minister made it clear in her florence speech that member state would not need to pay more receive less money over the remainder of the current budget as a result of our decision to leave. she is made it clear the uk will honour its commitments made during the period of membership. in the spirit of our future partnership. as we have said before nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. any settlement we make is contingent upon us and securing a suitable outcome as outlined by the prime minister in her florence speech. we will meet our commitments and also get a good dealfor the uk our commitments and also get a good deal for the uk taxpayer. our commitments and also get a good dealfor the uk taxpayer. we our commitments and also get a good deal for the uk taxpayer. we want to see progress towards our preferred option which is in fermentation period followed by an ambitious future economic partnership. in the budget we set aside £3 billion in

addition to the 700 million we have already allocated. to make sure our country is fully prepared for all eventualities. what we have seen todayis eventualities. what we have seen today is media speculation and we will update the house when there is more details give. the british people were promised aid dividend from brexit and they were told that leaving the eu would save us a fortune and those who campaigned for brexit padded across a giant red bus promising windfall of £350 million for the nhs promising windfall of £350 million forthe nhs fair promising windfall of £350 million for the nhs fair week. that was not just a whopping lie, it was the direct opposite of the truth. will the chief secretary and their —— confirm that if they divorce bill comes in between a0 billion and £67 billion that could be a payment of £1000 from every man, woman and

child in this country. and isn‘t this divorce billjust the tip of the iceberg. if we being honest about the true cost of brexit shouldn‘t we add in the lost reve nu es to shouldn‘t we add in the lost revenues to the exchequer in the red oak in the order of £20 billion by 2021 and in also that 3.7 billion brexit preparations for all those duplicated agencies, new order arrangements and so forth and of course add in the higher cost of our constituents as prices keep on rising. how do you constituents react to the idea they are going to be lumbered with all these extra costs ? be lumbered with all these extra costs? don‘t they ask the what exactly a re costs? don‘t they ask the what exactly are we getting for this? what advantages will be gained by shelling out these astronomical sums? won‘t the chief secretary tell the house we‘re paying for the

privilege of putting the world‘s most efficient free—trade tariff free agreement into the bin and we‘re being told to pay for the privilege of downgrading to an inferior deal with our european neighbours. why is the chief secretary being so kind about the deal that is being done? they‘ve gone from go whistle so where do we sign. ina gone from go whistle so where do we sign. in a week when the government wa nts still sign. in a week when the government wants still fully published the brexit assessment papers we are now hearing rumours that parliament and public may never be told the full amount. when will parliament be told what is actually happening and will we get a vote on the sums of money involved? will she write here and right now is scotch this nonsense that the true cost of brexit will be hidden away in a convenient backroom deal? the british people need to know is there the deal, how much of the government put on the table in the government put on the table in the negotiations and if she won‘t

tell us why does she think the only people who can‘t be told at the british public and the british parliament? this is not what the british have quoted for in the referendum. it is not taking back control, it is losing control.” referendum. it is not taking back control, it is losing control. i can tell the honourable gentleman what my constituents say. they say the country has voted to leave the european union and what they want to see is us get on with it and secure the best possible deal for britain. if we look at the opposition benches we see people like the honourable gentleman who has asked the question and voted to stay in the single market and the customs union, we see members of the frontbencher voted to leave the single market and the customs union and today we read the shadow home secretary wants there to bea shadow home secretary wants there to be a second referendum. this is not remotely helpful in securing the best possible deal. the honourable

gentleman knows perfectly well we are in negotiations as we speak. in if -- if are in negotiations as we speak. in if —— if we were to talk about in this house numbers and the aspects of the deal that would cut across our negotiation position. what the people want to see is as get on with it, they want to see is take the advantages of leaving the euro and make the most of the opportunities and secure the best possible deal. we are well under way to that. i suggest that rather than trying to refight the referendum battle he needs to get with the programme and start talking about how he can help. she says nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. chris leslie said people had been promised a

dividend and they weren‘t getting it. before that you so discussion about donald trump. this is in relation to his re—tweeting of three to each containing inflammatory videos from the british far right group britain first. the first trade from the deadly leader claims to show a muslim migrant attacking a man on crutches. this was followed by two more videos of people who claim to be muslims. there has been a response from the husband ofjo cox and when she was killed britain first was repeatedly shouted by her murderer. brendan cox has treated, trump has legitimised the far right in the zone can churn out there trying to do it in our country. spreading hatred has consequences under president be ashamed of himself. the huge amount of controversy around those retweet from donald trump. the news that one

is coming up in the moment but first he the weather forecast. it's it‘s chilly out there but at least any of us have fine crisp weather and this evening and overnight it‘s going to turn very cold in the countryside. this is the satellite picture. not completely clear skies. these are shower clouds and most of us it‘s raining but there is a little bit of sleet and snow across the hills. for the vast majority of the hills. for the vast majority of the country it is actually a clear evening. this is around 6pm today. you can see temperatures across scotla nd you can see temperatures across scotland barely above freezing. for most of us at around a degrees. even down to the south coast, brighton and portsmouth and southampton and all the way to put plymouth,

temperatures around a degrees. tonight, the frost develops widely across the uk. not the eastern coast because there‘s too much wind. we could have snow showers across the hills. towns and cities around zero but in role spots it could be as low as minus six degrees. we‘ve already had that this autumn. tomorrow sta rts had that this autumn. tomorrow starts off cold. lots of sunshine but again these shower clouds coming through on the eastern coasts. the north york moors could be getting sleet and snow. temperatures will be weather glilffielfi? ; li; ll";

weather is éilfielfi? ; li; ll"; m to turn a little - less cold going to turn a little but less cold this area 2 high pressure. around this area of high pressure. wind spinning around in a bit of warmth stuck in the middle of this high. it is toppling over the high and moving towards the uk. we will see a gradual rise by three of a degrees as we go through the weekend. then the cold weather could be back later in the week. has to pay to settle the brexit divorce bill. the uk has offered more money in a bid to get trade talks started next month. the foreign secretary says he hopes talks can now move on. the offer that the prime minister is able to make at that council will be one that guarantees sufficient progress — i think that‘s what everybody round the table — all the 27 plus us — wants to achieve. but the eu‘s chief negotiator michel barnier says negotiations are not over and more needs to be done. also this lunchtime — president trump‘s twitter account shares three anti—muslim videos posted online by a far—right group.

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