this is bbc news. the headlines at 11... donald trump's former national security adviser, admits lying about his russian contacts and is prepared to give testimony that implicates the president's son—in—law, according to reports. the tax cuts and jobs act as amended is past. the us approves a package of tax changes — described as the most sweeping reforms in almost a0 years — and seen as the first big legislative achievement for donald trump. the head of britain's cyber security centre advises all government departments not to use russian anti—virus software in systems containing sensitive information. coming up... england take on australia in major sporting clashes. but it's the aussies on top, as england's attempt to win rugby league's world cup for the first time lie in the balance.

and england's cricketers make key breathroughs on the opening day of the second test in adelaide — the first day/night match in the history of the ashes. and, in half an hour here on bbc news, dateline london discusses why ireland's border could be a brexit barrier, come monday. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the us senate has approved a sweeping tax reform bill, putting president trump on course for his first major legislative achievement since he took office. these changes are the biggest tax overhaul since the 1980s and would see a sharp cut in corporation tax —

bringing it down from 35 to 20%. despite the democrats voting against the bill, the republicans won by 51 votes to 49. the bill must now be combined with a version passed by the lower house of representatives, before it can be signed into law. the democrats leader in the chamber, chuck schumer, said the republicans would pay the price at the ballot box. my my republican friends will ultimately pay consequences for this bill and beyond. the republican party will no longer be the party of tax cuts for middle—class people. the passage of this bill today will be about the new republican party, one that raises taxes on the middle—class and abandoning its

principles for its paymasters. but the president's legislative success comes as us media reporting that his son—in—law, jared kushner, has been implicated in the investigation into claims of collusion with russia. our washington correspondent, laura bicker reports. michael flynn, a retired three—star general, left the court in washington to a familiar chant. "lock him up." he'd once encouraged donald trump supporters to use a similar version against rival hillary clinton. the 58—year—old played a key part in mr trump's campaign and often travelled with him. if i did a tenth, a tenth of what she did, i would be injail today. he was rewarded with the post of national security adviser, but was forced to resign afterjust 23 days when his contacts with russia to discuss us sanctions were disclosed. on the 29th of december, michael flynn spoke to the russian ambassador on the phone in the first of a series of calls. on the 15th of january,

vice president mike pence said that sanctions were not discussed in those calls. only after the 9th of february, when a newspaper revealed general flynn did discuss sanctions, did pressure increase and michael flynn lost hisjob. as part of his guilty plea, prosecutors said mr flynn is now cooperating with the investigation. us media claims he will testify that senior members of the trump team, including mr trump's son—in—lanared kushner, encouraged flynn to make contact with russian officials. the white house is now trying to distance himself from flynn's actions, and the lies he told to the fbi, but having reached a plea bargain to co—operate, what else has mr flynn told the inquiry and what further revelations are to come? white house officials have indicated that president trump is likely to announce next week that the united states will recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. the status ofjerusalem is highly contentious, with both israelis and palestinians claiming all or part of the city as their capital.

critics have warned that the decision by donald trump could jeopardise peace negotiations. all government departments have been advised by the national cyber security centre not to use russian anti—virus software on systems containing sensitive information. kaspersky lab, which has aoo—million customers worldwide, was banned from us government networks earlier this year. the company denies any links to the kremlin. jon donnison reports. cyber security software like that provided by kaspersky lab requires extensive access to the files on a computer phone or network to look for viruses. our mission has always been to protect... kaspersky is used by consumers and businesses as well as some parts of government to protect systems from criminals and hackers. but now a new warning about russian anti—virus software, amid fears it could be used for spying.

secrets of global significance... at britain's national cyber security centre, they say they've not seen actual proof of such espionage, but they've told government departments not to use kaspersky for systems containing sensitive data. this is specifically about entities that may be of interest to the russian government and so for us that's about national security systems in government, of which there are a very small number. kaspersky lab has already denied allegations that it's been used for espionage in america. we don't do anything wrong. they are just speculating about some rumours, opinions and there is zero of the hard data. 400 million people use kaspersky products around the world, but officials say they're not telling the general public to stop using it. kaspersky lab denies any wrongdoing, but today's warning is another sign about growing fears over

the risk posed by russia. professor alan woodward is from the surrey centre for cyber security. i asked him why this warning is being issued now. it is interesting when you read the warning, it is very nuanced, unlike the american one which is a blanket ban, do not use it for that they have been weighing this up for some time. what the national sosanya —— the national centre for cyber security has been under pressure. do we use it or not question that they have said for the most sensitive systems, those holding secret and toxic information, we note on balance russia is acting aggressively to the uk and you should not use russian software in general. that tends to mean customer ski, because they are the biggest

outlet for that they have taken some time. if you read the statement it is quite balanced. the russian government has been quite aggressive inside the space. the time has come where you cannot take any more risks with this sensitive information. who are kaspersky? we heard a bit in the report. what more can you add to it? my report. what more can you add to it? my own experience, i did a lot of work with people like europol for example, and law enforcement agencies across europe have had very good experiences. they have been very cooperative and their software is very good. from a domestic perspective i would not hesitate to use it. i've tended to believe eugene kaspersky. he has a background himself in connection with the russian government but i do not think they themselves are overtly co—operating, in the same

way that most technologies in the united states would probably say they are not cooperating with their government. it is one of those situations where you cannot divorce it from the fact it is in a country that has a government which has been quite aggressive to the uk. on that story, the whole issue with antivirus software is its provenance. if we look to america, we have china, another one also which has a very heavy tech sector is israel. who are the main players? well, israel, mostly names that people probably won't have heard of in israel. they tend to be more at the leading edge was that they spin out of their research arms. a lot of it quite often goes to america, gets bought and is used in america. interestingly, one of the things that happened with kaspersky and which kicked it off now, there were

stories about certain classified information from a contractor ending up information from a contractor ending up on kaspersky systems which were then leverage by russian intelligence services. there is evidence that the israeli intelligence services were also inside kaspersky systems without their knowledge from looking for some of this data. it has some very high privileges, antivirus software. you can look at anything on the machine. it looks like it may have been sending some of it back. the warning that was issued said it was targeted towards government departments. how widely used is kaspersky software for home users, for the likes of me and you, and should we be worried as well?m for the likes of me and you, and should we be worried as well? it is very widely used. 400 million users around the world. many people i know use it. i don't happen to use it but very many people use it. i think it is one of those things where, if you don't have anything particularly sensitive from a classified

perspective on your machine, i wouldn't personally worry about it. are they interested in what the likes of you and me have on our machines? probably not. they are after classified documents. that is what this statement particularly pertains to. it will be difficult and this is probably why it has taken the national centre so long to put this statement out. other people would think, if there is a risk for classified documents, maybe i should be cautious as well stop the sort of system is the statement refers to are relatively small in number. the thing that kaspersky will worry about is that people will run scared in general and stop using it in domestic situations could just as you have said. they do not want that. time for the headlines. a 14—year—old boy has died in hospital after being found unconscious on the ha rd after being found unconscious on the hard shoulder of the m6 to seven motorway in greater manchester yesterday afternoon he was found

nearjunction three. it is thought the teenager was involved in a collision with a car. it is feared there could be hundreds ofjob losses at toys "r" us after the retailer announced it would close around a quarter of its uk stores. the move would see the closure of 25 shops. it is part of a deal with the owners to renegotiate debts with landlords. it is thought christmas trading and gift vouchers would not be affected by the move. five men have been injured after car hits pedestrians in brixton in south london. police were called in the early hours to stockwell road. the car, a vw golf, was abandoned at the scene. officers believe the incident occurred shortly after an altercation between the occupants of the vehicle and a number of people. the men were taken to hospital, but are not in a critical condition. no arrests have been made. two former police officers who leaked allegations that pornographic images had been found

on the work computer of the now first secretary of state, damian green, were in "flagrant breach" of their own code of conduct, according to the former attorney general, dominic grieve. the comments come as mr green repeated his insistence that he didn't view pornographic material. the police officers who have made these allegations, well, there is a dispute between them and damian green about whether or not there was pornography on that computer, which was seized from his parliamentary office in a police raid in 2008. damian green has consistently denied it. the two police officers said it was there. yesterday a former met detective claimed he had no doubts whatsoever that it was damian green was back in pewter that had the information on it. meanwhile, conservative mps have been rallying around damian green. their argument really is that the material which

these officers are talking about was confidential. it was required as pa rt confidential. it was required as part of a police operation. so people like tim lawton and damian collins are making that point. the former chief constable of greater manchester police, sir peter fahy, has made similar points, saying that actually police officers should never. . . actually police officers should never... even retired officers should never be releasing material which is not relevant to the investigation that it was acquired as part of yesterday we had brexit secretary david davis is throwing his weight behind dominic greene. and on newsnight last night. dominic grieve, the former attorney general, said that the conduct of these police officers is being called into question. they choose to put material that an ordinary citizen would be prohibited from acquiring under data protection rules into the public domain on their own judgment. there is a way of dealing with that. if you think something is relevant

used to it by a proper official means. you do not go freelancing like these officers have done. it has a smack of the police state about it. if you think about it, there seems to be a beef between damian green and the police. what is going on? this will date back to the raid on his office back in 2008. at the time, damian green was a shadow home affairs spokesman, he was given information from the home office which he used to attack the then labour government. the leaking quarry was launched and the police we re quarry was launched and the police were called in. as part of that investigation his office was raided, his computers were taken, and a civil servant, a home office civil servant, was fired. no one was charged as a result. conservative mps at the time were hugely critical of the fact the police got involved. they said it was a politicisation of

the police force. the first person to bring forward these allegations around the alleged pornographic material which they say was on damian green's computer was bob quick, at the time the assistant commissionerfor the quick, at the time the assistant commissioner for the met, who was responsible for that raid on damian green's office. we heard a very profound denialfrom green's office. we heard a very profound denial from damian green's office. we heard a very profound denialfrom damian green at the time, accusing bob quick of holding a grudge essentially against him. where is all of this leading? this should all come to a head in the next few days. a senior civil servant, sue gray, from the cabinet office, is looking at these allegations and separate allegations that damian green also denies around alleged inappropriate behaviour towards the conservative activist. her report, we are told, could land on the desk of the prime minister at

any point in the next few days. at that point it will be down to theresa may to decide whether or not there will be any consequences for damian green as a result of this row. that was tom barton speaking to me earlier. the headlines on bbc news: reports in the us claim president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn, who has admitted lying to the fbi about his dealings with russia, is preparing to implicate donald trump's son—in—law, jared kushner. the us senate has passed a tax reform bill — president trump's first big legislative achievement. it will mean a significant reduction in corporation tax, and a lower rate for some individuals. the uk national cyber security centre has told government departments not to use anti—virus software written by a russian company, if their computers contain information related to national security. we are going to show you some

pictures coming to us from hanover in germany where police in the northern city are gathering and preparing themselves for protests that are taking place. about 600 delegates are therefore a two day congress. the purpose of this is to elect a new leader of the afd party. protesters have been sitting in the road, putting up umbrellas as police have been using water cannon for sabitzer is really cold out there, to try to break up the crowds. if you wonder why they are using such measures, i will take you back to april when a number of officers were injured when clashes took place with demonstrators in the western city of cologne during the last afd congress. when i say afd, it is the alternative for germany. why are we

talking about them ? alternative for germany. why are we talking about them? joining the general election in september, they ca ptu red general election in september, they captured nearly 13% of the vote, almost 100 seats, in the parliament. a real watershed moment in post—war german politics. just after that election, the co—leader quit the afd after the election and she has formed her own breakaway party. they are now gathering for the two day conference to elect a new member to the party. you will remember that chancellor angela merkel has not yet sorted out the government affairs. a two day conference being held in hanover. the police in hanover calling for calm but already we have seen use calling for calm but already we have seen use of water calling for calm but already we have seen use of water cannon calling for calm but already we have seen use of water cannon to try and break up those crowds that are gathering. the meeting itself, you can see the crowds on the screen, expecting to draw around 8500

leftist protesters who are supporting angela merkel‘s policy, which has allowed more than 1 million asylum seekers since 2015. essentially against the afd. pope francis‘ visit to bangladesh and myanmar has officially drawn to a close as he returns home. these are the latest images of the pope leaving dakar, the capital of bangladesh. the plight of rohingya muslim refugees cast a long shadow over the six—day trip — with the pope using the word rohingya for the first time in public just yesterday. that was when he met with 16 refugees. people are being asked to nominate events and people they feel should be commemorated as part of a new national memorial scheme. the heritage group, historic england, has already received a wealth of nominations from battle sites to birthplaces, as david sillito reports. the site of the presentation

of magna carta. the place where the pilgrim fathers set off for america. and here, the memorial to the landing of william iii at brixham, in the glorious revolution. there are some monuments to great moments in history, but historic england wants more. there are many plaques to where people were born or lived. it now wants suggestions about events and have already received a few. we've done our research and spoken to people across the country and we've found really passionate enthusiasts who want to see unknown histories marked out. we've had people wanting to mark out where the pilgrim fathers set out to make that more well—known. we've had people wanting to mark out the birthplace of grime music in east london, ska music in coventry, all sorts of people with different passions and interests who want to share their knowledge of the history that happened on their doorstep. so it doesn't have to be just the famous places in the history books, they are looking for sites that capture the whole of british life.

quite what the memorials will look like hasn't yet been decided. the immediate job is to find the people who have a passion to honour the places where history was made. sport now. all focus on australia and the cricket really. england came so close that ended up losing the rugby league world cup final. the opening tie was converted. they had their chance to upset the hosts. this is the best chance that england

had to win. so near yet so far. australia are champions won again. we were so close tonight. certainly very disappointed. very proud of the boys and the effort they put in. we have certainly come a long way in the last few years. we have certainly improved a lot and we will keep improving. like i said, i am so proud of the boys and the effort they have put in. it is very disappointing but we will have to move on from this. that was one of the toughest football games i have played in my career. really pleasing victory for the boys. i chi said, it has been a hard road, this one, the la st has been a hard road, this one, the last few years. we want to put ourselves back to number one. we have had back—to— back ourselves back to number one. we have had back—to—back world cup victories now. very happy to have the kangaroos as the best team in the kangaroos as the best team in the world. the final session of the first day

of the second test is coming to an end. england were gifted an early breakthrough. confusion among the openers which saw cameron bancroft run out by chris woakes. david warner went. james anderson sent him back to the pavilion where he was joined by steve smith. craig overton getting a huge wicket for england on his test debut. the australians are currently 207—4. england's suspended all—rounder ben stokes has practiced with his new team—mates in new zealand. he's joined the club side canterbury and he's set to play for them tomorrow. stokes is unavailable for england selection until a decision has been made on whether he'll be charged following his arrest on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm in september. that's unlikely to be for several weeks, and in the mean—time he's

free to play domestic cricket in any country. are you looking forward to tomorrow? yes, excited. looking forward to getting back out and playing some cricket. looking forward to playing for category. i had been working ha rd for category. i had been working hard back home for sabitzer is good to get some practice. is your bowling going well? yes. hopefully i can do well and contribute to canterbury winning. thank you very much. the big game in the premiership today is arsenal against manchester united in the late kick—off — arsenal have won their last 12 home games in the league — they're fourth in the table — with united second but eight points behind manchester city. sam allardyce takes charge of everton for the first time later when they face huddersfield at goodison park, allardyce was presented to the media yesterday and said he couldn't resist the chance to manage everton and after watching a 4—0 win in midweek. it will tell me and all four lot if

we can hit that level of performance again. it tells me we are moving in the direction or there will be a falter in the performance and the result does not quite go our way. it will tell me an awful lot about the players we have at this moment in time. that's all the sport for now. now for the weather. the weather looks very different for the weekend. it has been a cold start in the east of england. we are getting ouraircoming in start in the east of england. we are getting our air coming in from the atlantic, so it will be turning milder. a lot of clout this weekend. perhaps the cloud is that enough to give rain and drizzle. that is what we are seeing this morning, particular through the afternoon. a bit of rain coming in across the north of scotland where there are stronger winds. the windsor quite like today as it is a case of getting holes in the cloud. —— the

winds are quite like today. here it would be quite cold temperatures only five, 6 degrees in the afternoon, all the way up into lincolnshire. temperature is very slow to rise. a bit of sunshine in the north—eastern parts of england, south eastern scotland, head of the patchy rain we have arriving in northern scotland. running through this evening, you can see how the wetter weather sinks its way southwards across scotland and overnight moves down into northern ireland, across wales, the midlands and east anglia. it certainly keeps the temperatures up. as the cloud brea ks the temperatures up. as the cloud breaks in scotland could temperatures will dip away towards the end of the night. the really cold air is out into the north sea or near the near continent. instead, milderair is or near the near continent. instead, milder air is gradually coming round the top of an area of high pressure with the wind coming in more from the atlantic. we start with a chilly

start across eastern areas of scotland. brightening up across northern england, through the midlands, perhaps ease world go towards east anglia. a brighter start in the east of the uk and temperatures will be higher in the south east. all the damp, cloudy and drizzly weather in the west of the uk. this is monday. quiet day. a lot of clout. sunshine in the east. mild for the time of year, temperatures up for the time of year, temperatures up to for the time of year, temperatures upto9 for the time of year, temperatures up to 9 degrees in the afternoon. the not talking about frostjust yet. into the week it is a quiet, mild and cloudy start. towards the middle of the week it could get wet and then the cold and windy weather returns later on. hello and welcome to dateline london.

i'm shaun ley. president donald trump is celebrating his first legislative triumph, after the us senate passed tax cuts in the early hours of saturday morning. should he be looking over his shoulder now his former national security adviser has admitted lying to the fbi about contacts with russia? we'll also discuss why ireland's border could be a brexit barrier come monday. with me in the studio: the irish writer and broadcaster brian o'connell. the algerian journalist nabila ramdani. jeffrey kofman, who spent many years working for the us networks and the uk political commentator steve richards. welcome to you all. robert mueller, the special prosecutor examining alleged links between the trump presidential campaign and russia, has claimed an important scalp. mike flynn, who resigned early in the administration

because he lied to the vice president about russia has now admitted he lied to the fbi, too. the question being asked in washington is whether his admission is part of a deal with mueller that could take the investigation into the white house. does this now smack of a plea bargain? yes, absolutely. and i think we can record december one, 2017 as both the best of the worst day of tom's presidency so far. he has got this massive tax cut passed by the senate bya hair, massive tax cut passed by the senate by a hair, and massive tax cut passed by the senate bya hair, and now the massive tax cut passed by the senate by a hair, and now the pressure is, the news is tightening