following president trump's formal recognition of the disputed city ofjerusalem as the capital of israel. the move overturns decades of american policy towards the region. the move has been welcomed by the israeli government as "historic". a man has appeared in court in london accused of plotting to bomb downing street and assassinate the prime minister, theresa may. the 20—year—old is alleged to have planned to bomb the security gates, before attacking number 10 with a knife and suicide vest. he will appear in court again in two weeks. more than 200 countries attending a un—backed conference in kenya have called for action to stop the flow of plastic into the world's oceans. however, scientists have criticised the lack of concrete proposals to prevent around eight million tonnes of plastic reaching the sea each year. now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello there and welcome to our

round up of the day in parliament. coming up in the next half hour, after the failure to reach an interim brexit deal, labour reckons it's the dup tail wagging the government dog. a leading brexiteer urges the prime minister to stand firm ahead of the next round of talks. i fear on monday, they will be looking pink. also answers monday, they will be looking pink. also answers over monday, they will be looking pink. also answers over the racks at impact assessment and a committee looks into sexual abuse and harassment. —— brexit. good progress

has been made but more work to be done. that was theresa may's assessment of the brexit talks. she was asked its requested is then the first time since the conference. the dup said the plans aimed to stop a ha rd dup said the plans aimed to stop a hard border were not acceptable. jeremy corbyn attacked what he said was a coalition of chaos. after monday's shambles, is the prime minister now able to end the confusion and clearly outline what the outline's position is now with regard to the irish border?” the outline's position is now with regard to the irish border? i am

happy to outline the position with the border on northern ireland. it is exactly the position i took in florence and have taken consistently in the negotiation we can assure the reason no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. we will do that while we respect the constitutional integrity of the united kingdom. while we respect the internal market and protect the internal market the united kingdom. those labour members who shout, how? that is the whole point of the second phase of the negotiations. because we will deliver this. we aim to deliver this is part of our overall trade deal between the united kingdom and the

european union. jeremy corbyn turned to comments about the secretary of brexit. he told the bbc in june that it was hisjob not brexit. he told the bbc in june that it was his job not to think out loud and not to make guesses. i tried to make decisions. you make those based on data. the data has been gathered. we have nearly 60 central and all is as nearly done. this house voted to see those analysis but today, the brexit secretary told the select committee is they do not exist. kanepi prime minister put us out of oui’ kanepi prime minister put us out of our misery? —— kanepi prime minister put us out of ourmisery? —— can kanepi prime minister put us out of our misery? —— can be prime minister. it requested the g8 sectoral impact assessment. there

was sectoral analysis, over 100 pages has been published and arrangements have been made available to members of this house to see it. we are very clear that we will not give a running commentary on negotiations but what we will do is work for what this country wants. we will ensure we leave the european union in march, 2019. we will leave the customs union and the market at the customs union and the market at the same time and ensure there is no ha rd the same time and ensure there is no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. staying with prime minister questions. 20 of other mps had questions and suggestions about brexit. we need a

deal that keeps us in the single market and the customs union. to do otherwise it will costjobs. will the prime minister recognised such a deal would protect the uk and the border? i have to say that he continues to bark up the wrong tree. we will be leaving the single market and the customs union. asked also which power was will go from brexit to the uk. it provides a grubby excuse to the uk. it provides a grubby excuse to deny democratic rights in wales. we will be grabbing powers back from brussels to the united kingdom and that is exactly right and, following that, we expect to see a significant increase in power of devolved administration. you have

been unable to provide us with a single plausible outcome acceptable to the cabinet, ireland and the dup. is it time to drop the red lines, the dup or the pretext she can govern these country. before my honourable friend next goes to brussels, will she apply a new coat of paint to the red lines because i fear they will be looking little bit pink. when the british people voted to leave the european superstate, they voted to end of the free movement of people, sending billions of pounds to the eu, and voted to make our lawsjudged of pounds to the eu, and voted to make our laws judged by of pounds to the eu, and voted to make our lawsjudged by ourjudges. private minister, are wee encores still to deliver that? and if we have a problem, would it help if i come over to brussels with you to sort it out? laughter theresa may

said she was always happy to spend time with him. as we hope, jeremy corbyn induced the question time to make comments about david davis and the impact of brexit. mps voted at the impact of brexit. mps voted at the start of november to force the government to release impact studies showing how 58th sectors would be affected by the expert from the eu but, when the documents were released, they turned out to be incomplete. so david davis was asked to appear before the mps to explain just why that was and he told them the impact assessments were not impact assessments at all. the a nswer to impact assessments at all. the answer to the question is no. the government has not taken any impact assessments of leaving the eu to

different sectors of the british economy. so there is not one... on the automotive sector, one on aerospace, financial is... no, to all of them. does it not strike you as rather strange, given the experience in you have, the government takes impact assessment all the time and for the most fundamental changes, and you have told us the government has not taken any impact assessment at all? when these sectoral analysis were initiated, they were going to understand the effect of various options. what the outcome would be. you do not need to do a formal impact assessment to understand that, if the reason regulatory

hurdle between producer and market, it would have an impact. the assessment of that event, i said to you before, is not as straightforward as people imagine. i am nota straightforward as people imagine. i am not a fan of economic models because they have all proven wrong. we can talk of fine—grained analysis, impact assessments, mathematical approaches and lots more. you can understand why it we feel bamboozled by this. not all of this work has been undertaken yet. i think what i would be interested to know is how would this material be used in shaping our negotiating strategy? i have not used impact assessment except to say we do not

have them. sectoral analysis was used for a real reason. can you explain where this misunderstanding arose? we thought they were impact assessment and yet they were not. you have to put that question to people use the phrase impact assessment. i may be at fault are not correcting last week when someone not correcting last week when someone kept talking about impact assessment. in the debate in the house, i assessment. in the debate in the house, lam assessment. in the debate in the house, i am sure mr walker made that point. but it government taken assessment of the economic impact of leaving the customs unit? not a formal quantitive one. no formal assessment to the economic impact? not quantitative assessment. there

we re not quantitative assessment. there were judgements made on qualitative assessments. isn't that quite extraordinary? no, no, there are phenomenal numbers of variables in that stop i can relate some to you and a deet when it took you through the impact of free trade agreement and one could increase trade by 25%. they are qualitatively different so free trade agreements carried out by the european union have not been particularly beneficial to the united kingdom. that carried out by switzerland, have been fantastically beneficial. we would have to make a judgement about the different effectiveness in the coming relationship. you are watching

wednesday in parliament. still to come. . . wednesday in parliament. still to come... mps continued their details with any of the eu withdrawal pill which puts eu law onto the uk statute book. time magazine in the us has named the silence breakers, women who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment as its person of the youth. —— year. it sprang as allegations emerged against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. time looked to whether or not an enquiry should be held. just how reve na nt was enquiry should be held. just how revenant was the problem? the commission yougov to conduct an assessment. 64% of all women and ages have experienced unwanted

sexual harassment. 0thers wanted sexual harassment. 0thers wanted sexual touching and 85% sexual harassment in public spaces and 45% wa nted harassment in public spaces and 45% wanted sexual touching. the tuc also carried out similar work. the figure we nt carried out similar work. the figure went up for younger women, carried out similar work. the figure went up foryoungerwomen, up carried out similar work. the figure went up for younger women, up to 24—year—old it was two thirds of women had experienced some form of sexual harassment. this was all different types, some were more serious assaults and some to do with unwanted comments and jokes which is also serious but different. there we re surveys also serious but different. there were surveys about people ‘s views about social harassment. it was not in line at all with what the law says. it is quite worrying about perception. things considered to be

very serious crimes were not perceived by everybody to be sexual harassment or to be crimes but was seen as harassment or to be crimes but was seen as part of everyday life.. the basic word for me is unwanted, it is any conduct that is unwanted. it is incumbent on the person involved to understand whether their behaviour is wanted or not, we want people to have the strength to come forward and report it and i think we are seeing more and more of that. at its very basic, it is unwanted behaviour. so what was to be done and how much of did education have? will be addressing a significant root cause of the problem if we just gender stereotyping?” root cause of the problem if we just gender stereotyping? i think you need to do both, i do not think it is neither. there will be no more

sexual harassment, these boys will go on to have much more respectful picture of women, i think it is part ofa picture of women, i think it is part of a series of behaviours that you might want to look at in addressing different aspects of sexism, and i think there are interesting correlations between the four instance, very male dominated workplaces and making a slightly false distinction between sexism and sex harassment, because actually, i think a lot of this actually overlaps. does a lot of work around prevention to be done, we have had a lot of talk about compulsory sex —— sexual harassment prevention, if i could say one thing today it is to make sure that that is taught in schools and by experts, updating some of our laws might send a clear message, which might then helping people to that understanding of what constitutes sexual harassment and

why it is harmful. and the focus needed to be on the behalf of the victim. sexual assault of young women is one of the highest increasing areas of violence, it is not sexual assault, groping for example, but it is one of the areas in which we are seeing more and more reports but it is not always taken seriously, but that is on the statute books, it is implementation as much as new laws that i think we need. now back to brexit. an independent northern ireland mp has made a plea for the principles of the good friday agreement to be preserved in the brexit bill. she spoke about how the troubles had affected her, her family spoke about how the troubles had affected her, herfamily and spoke about how the troubles had affected her, her family and the community, she said that she wanted to protect the principles behind the belfast agreement of mutual respect for communities. i grew up not in some stately home, i grew up on is a

50 acre farm in county durham, very close to what unfortunately became known as the murder triangle for the number of people who were murdered, both catholic and protestant by the ira in an subsequently, by loyalist paramilitaries as well. —— co tyrone. 0ur postman was murdered at the end of vole lane, many of our neighbours were murdered on their tractors all went out to a shared an open the door and there was a big chap, and had their heads, their faces blown off. and managers say ever so faces blown off. and managers say ever so loudly and strongly to senior members of the conservative party, i do not want to hear them will see them on television talking about pushing ahead and no deal, thatis about pushing ahead and no deal, that is just move on. it is an absolute nonsense, it is so reckless and so dangerous. in the event of no deal, we certainly face a hard border and dissident republicans

will regard offices and uk border officials as legitimate targets. i do not want that on my conscience andi do not want that on my conscience and i do not believe for one moment that the prime minister wants that either. did the prime minister 48 hours ago reached an agreement 48 hours ago reached an agreement 48 hours ago reached an agreement 48 hours ago with the taoiseach which seemed to show that she shared their concerns. “— seemed to show that she shared their concerns. —— the prime minister. that all came to an end when the dup vetoed it, which makes it extremely important, more than it was, that heramendment is now important, more than it was, that her amendment is now put into law, to make sure we are not backsliding. although of course, the dup could always actually rescue their reputation if they confirm that the only objection was not having regulatory and customs convergence across the whole united kingdom,

although it were quite prepared that for regular tory and customs convergence across the whole of northern ireland and ireland is certainly in the interests of both sides of the border. thank you, that was really, really very interesting. like the points have been raised there. the dup have to to speak for himself and i'm sure at some point this afternoon, they want to want to contribute to this debate. can i... yes, of course. ijust have a question posed by the gentleman, when she said that she accepted rules of common rules between northern ireland and the republic? is important to have a straight answer to that because many view her of being on the side of the dublin government. thank you so much, thank you so much, the right honourable

memberfor north you so much, the right honourable member for north belfast.” you so much, the right honourable member for north belfast. i was moved by what the lady from down and had to say, i think she speaks for many people in ireland that i know and love, and it is a shame that there are not more voices like her is calling for that moderation and focus on what really matters, which is peace and stability. but the minister said the government would not be accepting her amendment. the government is wholly committed, as my right honourable friends have said, to the belfast agreement. it has accepted our commitments to that under international law. nothing about our leaving the eu will change that and these amendment, well—intentioned as they may be, i therefore in many cases unnecessary. does he realise what will be sent out is ministers —— the signal that will be sent out ministers ask their party to vote against this?

absolutely, and let me reiterate to the honourable gentleman that we are absolutely committed to the belfast good friday agreement. at the debate drew to a close, there appeared to be last week discussions between the minister and opposition mps. and in the end, lady herman withdrew her amendment. despite my disappointment, which is real, the greater objective is to maintain the good friday agreement and the respect and integrity of the agreement, and to make sure that we do nothing to get suckered in by dissident republicans. therefore, i'm not going to call a vote, however, i am to accept a very nice invitation to have tea with the minister. i won a commitment from the minister now, i want to give me a commitment that the good friday agreement will be preserved in some other form, if not today, some other form, please. honourable lady, that

commitments, the good friday agreement is an absolute commitment. we stand by it and it will be preserved and i will work with the honourable lady as they have been invited to do, to ensure that the whole of this process, we deliver on the principle. the whole of the debate on the eu withdrawal bill continues next week. now recently, mps heard from people with disabilities and long—term illnesses about the problems they have encountered applying for benefits. 0n encountered applying for benefits. on wednesday, they questioned contractors who carried out the medical assessments on the behalf of the department of work and pensions. the committee chair asked if they had ever met the target for the level of u na cce pta ble had ever met the target for the level of unacceptable assessments, target of 3%. level of unacceptable assessments, target of 396. have you ever met the target? the committee has noted data from... ijust wanted on the record. 0ur from... ijust wanted on the record. our best performance has been... so

you have never met the target? no. it isa you have never met the target? no. it is a similar situation to us, your statistics slightly better but again, we have seen it creep up. the statistics have really lifted, which tells me we have some pretty stinky statistics coming in the last three months. again, the same question is to use. yeah, we have been very clear that the beginning of the contract was completely unacceptable and the court and is an absolute prime target, prime focus, and i'm not happy at all into the i% of the cases are deemed to be acceptable and pass that criteria. backing up the prime minister's questions, we theresa may said she talked to the us president donald trump about his plan to recognisejerusalem as israel's capital. mr trump will also start the process of moving the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem.

the decision makes it difficult for the us to be seen as a neutral mediator in the middle east peace process , mediator in the middle east peace process, israel has always regarded jerusalem as its capital, while the palestinians want east jerusalem jerusalem as its capital, while the palestinians want eastjerusalem to be the capital of a future palestinian state. the recognition by donald trump ofjerusalem as the capital of israel will do great damage to the prospects for a just and lasting peace settlement between the israelis and the palestinians, which has been british and indeed american foreign policy for decades. what she consulted about this announcement? and if so, what is she said and will seek here and unequivocally and clearly condemn it? well, isay unequivocally and clearly condemn it? well, i say to the right honourable gentleman that i am intending to speak to president trump about this matter. but our position, our position has not changed. we, our position as he says

has been a long—standing one and it is also a very clear one, that the status ofjerusalem is also a very clear one, that the status of jerusalem should is also a very clear one, that the status ofjerusalem should be determined as a negotiated settlement between the palestinians and the israelis and jerusalem should ultimately form a shared capital between the israeli and palestinian state. that is, we continue to support a two state solution, we recognise the importance of jerusalem in solution, we recognise the importance ofjerusalem in our position on that has not changed. theresa may, and that is it for me it from now that do join me at the same time tomorrow, when it is environment questions in the commons and mps debate prison safety. but for now the media, goodbye. hello. there are some rough weather on the

way, courtesy of a storm named storm caroline by the met office. you can see on the chart some very, very strong winds. rain through thursday and then as this letter system pushes through, it will introduce ever colder air from pushes through, it will introduce ever colder airfrom the pushes through, it will introduce ever colder air from the north and that will eventually bring some snow showers. actually, starting thursday with fairly mild conditions. strong westerly winds down towards the south east. particularly across the northern half of scotland, we are quite concerned about the strength of the wind. there here show the expected wind gusts. even a touch more as we get to the day on thursday, some winter snow showers, you will notice. some disruption and

potentially some damage is likely, so potentially some damage is likely, so the met office has issued an ember warning for the strength of the wind across scotland and a lesser yellow warning to southern and central parts of scotland. a very windy, perhaps disruptively windy day. further south, we have the rain to clear away. it will take a while to clear away from the south—eastern as it does, we will see some spells of sunshine. things will be turning cold as we go through the afternoon and be showers are coming down increasingly widespread across scotland, northern england and northern ireland. as we go through the night, we could be showers cropping up just about anywhere and we the snow does fall, it could well accumulate that could give some issues ice as well. friday, bright sunshine but a very cold day. snow showers could crop up again just cold day. snow showers could crop up againjust about cold day. snow showers could crop up again just about anywhere, most likely in areas exposed to this north—westerly wind and when we consider the strength of the wind, it will feel subzero in many places.

that will turn briefly, a little bit quieterfor that will turn briefly, a little bit quieter for the that will turn briefly, a little bit quieterfor the start of that will turn briefly, a little bit quieter for the start of the weekend but then on sunday, we are concerned about this frontal system pushing in from the atlantic will stop it is likely to bring rain but perhaps some snow on its northern edge, a lot of us about this will stop we will keep you. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is tom donkin. our top stories: protests in the middle east as president trump formally recognises jerusalem as the capital of israel. ijudged this course of action to be in the best interests of the united states of america, and the pursuit of peace between israel, and the palestinians. saudi arabia condemns the decision — calling it unjustified and irresponsible. in california, more than a thousand firefighters, battle huge wildfires threatening to destroy some of the richest homes in the country. and governments call for an end

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