if hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. we've got to talk about this upset in alabama. the ayes to the right, 309. the noes to the left, 305. it's going to get its first democrat senator in 25 years. president trump has defended his support for a republican candidate who's accused of child molestation. a lot of republicans feel differently. they are very happy with the way it turned out. but i would, as the leader of the party, i would have liked to have had the seat, i want to endorse the people that are running. we'll look at what roy moore's defeat means for the republicans and for the trump administration. and we will look at some authorities cracking down on some entertainers

in egypt. theresa may has lost a major brexit vote in westminster. the issue at stake was whether mps will have a vote on the final brexit deal. the government opposed this — but this is what happened. the ayes to the right, 309. the noes to the left, 305. this particular rebellion was led from within the prime minister's conservative party. the tory mp, dominic grieve, proposed the amendment. and he invoked winston churchill. apart from a chest too, i don't think i ever rebelled against the government in all the years in this house. i find it entertaining that some who criticise me for speaking my mind on

this matter are individuals who have exercised the luxury of rebellion are many, many occasions. that having been said, there is a time for everybody to stand up and be counted. as churchill said, he is a good party man come he puts the party before himself and the country before the party. and this was the prime minister making the counter—argument. lam happy i am happy to confirm to my right honourable friend we will put the final agreement between the uk and the eu to both houses of parliament before it comes into force. as we have said, we expect the uk parliament to vote ahead of the european parliament, so we expect parliament to vote before march 20 19. here's an insight into how serious the government has been taking this vote that's the chancellor philip hammond today and he's holding a scribbled list of the rebel plotters within the tory party. those are the people who have been

identified as the rebels who need to focus on in order not to lose this boat. that strategy didn't work. we know the conservative mp stephen hammond has been sacked as vice—chairman because of this. let's get more coverage on this now. vicki young joins us. it sounds like the upper echelons of the tory party are moving fast against these rebels? these things a lwa ys against these rebels? these things always create tension and there is enough tension in the conservative party over the issue of europe going back several decades. this won't help. mps have been tweeting saying the tory rebels have put a spring in labour's step, they have undermined the prime minister, that is the accusation. they would say it is all

about putting this place, parliament in control of the brexit process. they say that was one of the main arguments for leaving the european union. they were unhappy at this idea of having a take it or leave it to vote on the terms on how we leave the european union. they wanted it put into law so they could scrutinise it more carefully said the government couldn'tjust make changes without mps looking at it in more detail. but it does show how difficult it will be the theresa may, because there will be a lot more of these nights ahead. how difficult it is when you don't have a majority in the house of commons to get through the things you want to get through the things you want to go through. in terms of the deal theresa may struck with the eu a few days ago, in terms of phase two of the brexit talks, no immediate impact? that's right, a few days ago, it shows how quickly things have changed. monday, last week, disaster. she had gone to brussels

and it had fallen through because the democratic unionist party who pf°p up the democratic unionist party who prop up our government said they wouldn't go with it. then it was all back on, friday was a great success. we were here this week saying unity had broken out in the conservative party. now it has turned around again. it shows those who were on the remaining side of the argument, who don't want this cliff edge brexit, who want to be closely aligned to the european union after we leave, wanted to stand up and be counted. that had been doubted because they have promised rebellion in the past but they never really did it. but they did tonight and it may make theresa may thing twice in the future. she is trying to navigate a difficult path to not just two wings of her party but are divided parliament and a divided country here in britain.|j divided parliament and a divided country here in britain. i know no members of parliament will say out loud they want to stop brexit because it seems to go against the will of the people, but some

brexiteers will say that is what some of these remain are trying to do, grind the country down until they are forced to have another vote 7 they are forced to have another vote? yes, some in the opposition party do want a second referendum and are quite open about the fact they want to stop brexit. some in they want to stop brexit. some in the conservative party say they are not trying to frustrate brexit, they do respect the referendum result but they also feel 52% voted to leave, 48% wa nted they also feel 52% voted to leave, 48% wanted to remain. the conservative government is to talk to them. they feel theresa may hasn't done that. there are unresolved questions about what brexit we have. there are many different options about the relationship this country has with the european union once we leave. the cabinet, the government haven't articulated what they want from it. what we are seeing is a battle between mps about the kind of brexit they want to see in the coming yea rs. they want to see in the coming years. thank you, vicky young. if

you want more details on brexit, there is more online. alabama decided against taking president trump's advice. the democratic candidate, doug jones beat the republican and alleged child molester, roy moore. bear in mind alabama is one of the most conservative states in the us — it hasn't had a democratic senator for 25 years. but that's about to change. as dr king liked to quote, the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice. cheering and applause. tonight, tonight, ladies and gentlemen, tonight in this time, in this place, you helped then that moral arc a little bit closer that justice. closer to that justice.

this result reduces the republican majority in the senate to the bare minimum. thrilled for this win last night. it has been a fun campaign, despite what people say and despite all the things that get thrown at you, there wasn't anything we didn't expect. most importantly, we've had an opportunity to travel around the state, talking to so many people from so many walks of life. listening to their cares, concerns, theirjoys and their happiness. it has been so gratifying. it is especially gratifying to know that in this day and age in the state of alabama, a message of inclusiveness,

and message of equality, dignity and respect. importa ntly, and message of equality, dignity and respect. importantly, messages of issues that are, at the end of the day, those issues that people care about. kitchen table issues we have heard about and the issues you have heard about and the issues you have heard me preach about. it has been an amazing day. i have received calls from so many well—wishers, friends and family, but also future collea g u es friends and family, but also future colleagues in washington on both sides of the aisle. i have received calls from democratic senators. i have received calls from my long—term friends, senator shelby. leader mcconnell and calls from the president, president trump. all very gracious and congratulating us on the way we have run this race, the way we put trade ourselves in the

campaign. all expressing a desire to look forward together, to try to work for the betterment of the state of alabama in this country, to do as we have said from the very beginning of this campaign, to try to find common ground so we of this campaign, to try to find common ground so we can move forward. i very much appreciate all of those senators and the president for reaching out to me today. it is very warm and gratifying and now the process begins... this is doug jones, who will be one of the two senators who represent alabama in the us senate. we know the senate will be centre stage because of tax reform that donald trump is hoping will go through before christmas. but let's be clear, this election, while it will change the numbers in the senate, it won't affect the tax because the new senator doesn't enter the game until the new year. you saw the senator elect on the

podium but roy moore hasn't accepted defeat yet. earlier, donald trump spoke and this is what he said. as leader of the party, i would have liked to have had the seat. this result reduces the republican majority in the senate to its bare minimum. it will be 51—49 president trump talked about the numbers as a central reason to vote for roy moore but he was under pressure because of accusations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls. the president has made the point in this tweet. he says... doug jones won by i.5%. not enough

to trigger a recount. we have votes for the republicans in the darker colour than votes for the democrats, sorry in the darker colour and votes for the republicans in the lighter colour. over half of the women voters went for the democrats, but the thing to really notice is the black women voters, 96% went for the democrats and that was one of the crucial parts of this election. let's hear from laura let's hearfrom laura bicker. let's hear from laura bicker. the reason they are going on about this today, there is a rush to get tax

reform done because of what happened in alabama last night. the senate majority for republicans has been cut to just one vote here. they are trying to get tax reform through within the next couple of weeks before doug jones, the new democrat, ta kes before doug jones, the new democrat, takes his seat. plus, of course, by having this press conference, by showing he is trying to give hard—working showing he is trying to give ha rd—working families tax showing he is trying to give hard—working families tax break, he is trying to wipe away everything that has happened over the last 2a hours. he is also trying to distance himself from roy moore, who many republicans believed was a flawed candidate. he did take time to endorse him, but when he did, he full throated the endorsed him, went down to the border of alabama and had a rally and called on voters to vote for roy moore. now he is saying, i was right all along, she shouldn't have been a candidate, but he is my shiny new tax reforms and

this is what the focus should be on. thanks, laura. stay with us on outside source — still to come. a new warning about rising temperatures. reports that the rate around the arctic is increasing twice as fast as the rest of the planet. a report from new orleans where a major conference is taking place. a fourth child has died after a house fire in manchester. the mother remains in hospital under sedation. a man and woman were remanded in custody charged with murder, attempted murder and arson. the ringleader of a gang that use drones to smuggle drugs, phones and weapons into prisons, has been sentenced to more than seven years in jail. craig higginbotham ran the operation in worcestershire where he is serving a separate sentence for armed robbery.

the 11 strong gang organised 49 drone flights smuggling goods worth more than £1 million. we didn't see this one coming so the drones came from nowhere. they were flown in and it was a game changer. we had to look at the systems, procedures and methods of gathering intelligence. it gave the gang is an opportunity to breach the secure perimeter is almost effortlessly. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: theresa may has been defeated by rebels in her own party and a key brexit vote. let's look at the world service as well. the saudi—led coalition has killed at least 30 people in air strikes on a rebel—run prison camp

in the yemeni capital, sanaa. a prison guard said that an initial attack damaged one wing of the jail, prompting some detainees to try to escape. then another strike almost flattened the whole building. the us federal reserve has announce a quarter point rise in interest rates in the us — setting the federal funds rate between one and a 0.25 and 1.5%. we'll have more details on that from washington. and these pictures are being well viewed online. this breathtaking footage is a treat for all skywatchers. it's from the international space station and shows the northern lights, also known as aurora borealis. there's a new warning about the arctic. scientists say temperatures in areas close to it are rising twice as quickly as the rest of the planet. this animation shows the arctic between march and july this year. the melting ice is seasonal, but this year the amount

of sea ice in march was the lowest ever recorded. you can also compares this image from 1986. and this from 2016. the us national oceanic administration recently stated that the arctic environmental system has reached a "new normal" and that this is characterized by long—term losses in sea ice and winter snow cover and sea surface getting warmer. let me bring up these pictures. they show how thin the ice is. the findings were presented at the annual scientific

event in new orleans. victoria gill is there. what have you been hearing, please? this is a global report, 85 scientists from 12 different countries reporting from the top of the planet. all of the science going on measuring temperature, sea ice, satellite data or on the ground data. they say this is the new normal, the warming and crucially, dynamic arctic is not the reliably frozen north it once was. it is co nsta ntly frozen north it once was. it is constantly changing, they have seen higherair constantly changing, they have seen higher air temperatures and the maximum of sea ice in march in the winter was the lowest records. those

are the headlines from the arctic report card. as the arctic changes, what impact does it have on the environment around the globe? that is crucial, it is something the director of the arctic programme said. he said it is like leaving the planet's refrigerator door open. he said the arctic has been acting like a giant fridge for the planet because that reflective ice reflects so much of the sun's energy back into space. it is one of the major issues pointed out by this current arctic report card. because the ice is disappearing it is exposing more of the darker ocean and land surface and it takes on the effect of warming. he called it a runaway effect, it is multiplying and getting out of control. the scientist who were documenting this change, do they get involved in how

the world should respond to these changes? in terms of how they should respond, no. jeremy mathis, who i spoke to yesterday after he presented these findings with a team of his scientist at this conference in new orleans, just said he was there to deliver the science that policymakers could do with it what they saw fit. but he said these are fa cts , they saw fit. but he said these are facts, based on scientific evidence and this information in this arctic report is beyond reproach. victoria, thank you very much indeed. victoria live from new orleans. we have been live from new orleans. we have been live in westminster, new orleans and we have reported from capitol hill in washington. let's go back to the states because the central bank has raised interest rates. it's the fourth rise in borrowing costs since december last year. and is being seen as a vote of confidence in the strength of the us economy.

yogita limaye is in washington. what other calculations that go into this decision? as he said, it was expected and the chair of the federal reserve held a press conference a short while back and she said it was confidence in steady economic growth here in the us, where you are seeing more than 3% growth. but also a good labour market, unemployment at a 17 year low. those were the main reasons. this is the fifth rate hike since the financial crisis and the third one this year. importantly, the focus this time on the fact it was her last press conference as the chair of the federal reserve. there will be another meeting injanuary. but this will be the last time she will be answering questions on monetary policy here. with these very gradual rate hikes, do consumers in america really feel then? this is what the federal

reserve says, to stop any overheating of the economy. it is seen steady growth, but if you keep the cost of borrowing low, there is a chance you might see it speed up too quickly, which wouldn't be good. this is their attempt to get it to the level before the financial crisis. there has been a problem that the federal reserve has not been able to solve and that is the problem of low inflation. it has consistently remained below their 2% target. inflation needs to be at a moderate level to show the signs the economy is healthy and is in running order. but what she said about that, she thinks it is transitional, something that will go away. in her mind, she felt the economic outlook was healthy. thank you very much. google is deepening its push into artificial intelligence with plans to open a research centre in china, even though its search services are blocked there.

our asia pacific editor michael bristow explains why google is doing this in a country where it's not welcome. there is a great tradition in chinese education science and maths, the start—ups attracted to beijing where google is opening this research centre. we have a great pool of people there. google has already employed some of them, it hasjob adverts out, already employed some of them, it has job adverts out, looking to get more. it recognises china is at the leading edge and wants to get in on the act. it's not google trying to operate a business to sell products or services in china, it is going there and cherry picking, or trying to cherry pick the best engineers it can. it is a reverse. we are used to chinese people trying to entice people to work in china. google

pulled out of china a few years ago because of an argument over censorship. it refuses to censor its search results. so it is a flawed relationship but google is trying to go back in. can't afford to do without the chinese market so google investing in china wants more. the bank of england plans to remove gendered language from its documentation. the move comes after the central bank was criticised for its lack of seniorfemale bosses. as part of the changes, titles such as "chairman" become simply "chair". and specific terminology like "grandfather/ing" will be updated to "conversion".

that is it for the first half of outside source. political shocks in westminster, an hour or so ago. tory rebels going with the opposition labour party and the opposition liberal democrats won a vote, got an amendment through that had been proposed by dominic grieve, tory mp. it insists there is a full vote and debate on the final brexit deal. the government had opposed this amendment but theresa may was defeated. the other political shotgun is what has been happening in alabama because doug jones, the democrat, will be the first democratic senator there for 25 years. see you in a minute. good evening, some of us have had at

least for today something less cold. but no real sign of the north—east usa getting out of the deep freeze any time soon. this area of low pressure which has brought some snow in the north uss and eastern canada. we winds all the way down from the arctic, into places like atlanta and miami, who have had some disappointing temperatures over the last few days. for many, it will remain cold during thursday. new york, chicago and detroit's struggling to get much above freezing. out west, there have been wildfires in california and nothing much in the forecast that will help. it stays dry across california as we head into the weekend. it stays chilly the new york and chicago. if you are heading that way, a cold and wintry weekend ahead.

for the southeast of australia, 37 degrees in sydney. in perth, highs of 32 on thursday, find for the start of the third ashes test. should stay dry into friday and saturday but it looks like rain later on in the weekend. and talking of rain, as we drift north towards the philippines, there is a lot of rain on the weather menu, courtesy of this area of cloud. a tropical troublemaker, tropical depression that has developed and is strengthening, bringing huge amounts of rain to central parts of the philippines. not expected to be an intense storm, but the rain could cause some issues with flooding. the wettest of the weather staying away from manila, so it should be dry here friday and saturday. elsewhere across south—east asia, torrential rain the jakarta and showers the singapore. we have had more than our fairshare of rain singapore. we have had more than our fair share of rain across eastern europe, this cloud has been slow moving and brought heavy rain here

over the last couple of days. something drier on thursday. just the odd showerfor something drier on thursday. just the odd shower for parts of western greece, up into the balkans. showers across northern half of italy. notice another weather system pushing in across western europe. that will make progress southwards and eastwards as of south—east europe who have already had flooding, more rain will be welcomed. on home on thursday, it will be a windy day. there will be some showers, wintry showers particularly in the west the central and eastern areas, a fair amount of dry weather and spells of sunshine. not particularly warm but not as cold as it has been. on friday and saturday, a few showers, dry weather as well. more details on the uk forecast in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom, where theresa may has

been defeated by rebels from her own party on a key brexit vote. we'll be live in westminster. alabama is going to get its first democrat senator in 25 years. but president trump has defended his support for the republican candidate who's accused of child molestation. a lot of republicans feel very differently, they are very happy with the way it turned out, but as the leader of the party, i would have liked to have had this seat, i wa nt to have liked to have had this seat, i want to endorse the people that are running. we'll look at what roy moore's defeat means for the republicans and for the trump administration. a summit of more than 50 muslim countries responding to donald trump's announcement onjerusalem and israel — and calls for an independent palestine with eastjerusalem as its capital. and, as always, you can get in touch with us here in the bbc newsroom using the hashtag #bbcos. more reaction to theresa may

suffering this significant defeat in parliament over her brexit strategy. rebelo mps from her own conservative party tabled an amendment that would oblige the government to put the final brexit deal through full parliament scrutiny and the rebels won byjust four parliament scrutiny and the rebels won by just four votes. dominic grieve said a last—minute concession from the government came to late. while in the past few minutes the opposition labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has been giving his reaction. at last parliament has asserted itself. the prime minister tried a power grab, tried to push through a

eu bill without proper parliament really scrutiny. parliament won a vote, saying there has to be a proper decision by the british parliament on the terms of what happens in brexit, it is not all going to be left to david davis. happens in brexit, it is not all going to be left to david davism it about time you were honest and open about exactly what a labour brexit would look like? we have made it clear that what we want is tariff free, and protect the rights of european nationals and their spouses to remain in their homes across europe. we have made it very clear, we're not going down the road of david who definitely described his wishes to have a seater plus plus plus, a trade agreement with canada

which we believe would be very damaging to our new factoring industry and conditions at work in our environment. bunch more on this boatin our environment. bunch more on this boat in the commons today and much more about the brexit process more broadly, you can get it online right now through the bbc website. the consequences of donald trump's decision to recognisejerusalem as israel's capital keep coming. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas today said the us has ‘disqualified' itself from future middle east peace talks — remember, for years, the us has been the broker of the peace process. this statement was at the organisation of islamic cooperation, which represents over 50 muslim countries. it's been meeting in turkey with president erdogan as the host. he oversaw a call for a recognition of its jerusalem he oversaw a call for a recognition of itsjerusalem as the capital of any palestinian state. he also attacked that decision by the americans on israel as illegal and

provocative. here's some more from the president. translation: with this the session, the perpetrator of crimes such as occupation, siege, illegal settlements, demolishing settlements, land grabs, disproportionate violence has been rewarded for all these terror acts. although he is alone, this reward is given by trump. alan johnston came to see me a few minutes ago. he sta rts to see me a few minutes ago. he starts by talking about the president being disqualified from further peace talks. mr werder gamma, king abdullah, the —— mr werder worm, king abdullah, all of them heaping criticism on —— mr tim

one. bowloader bass, the palestinian leader, he seemed almost personally it affronted by what mr trump had done. he suggested he had simply given awayjerusalem, and more importantly mr abbas talked in a straightforward manner, he said the americans were biased and the alison in people were no longer prepared to accept an in people were no longer prepared to acceptan aircan in people were no longer prepared to accept an air can roll in the mediation process in the effort to achieve a palestinian israeli peace. but is quite something because for many years the americans have really been the primary mediator. absolutely, you and i have watched this tortured effort to achieve some sort of peace in israel for years and years. might have have the deepest reservations on occasions

about the role that washington was playing, but it always tried to draw the americans on to the palestinian side. mr abbas says that is over, that period is finished. you are right, we haven't really heard a palestinian leader talking that way. but what now for the palestinians? find themselves up something of a blind alley, because if there is to be palestinian—israeli talks, the israelis will be involved and they are more than happy with what mr trump has done, more than happy with the traditional role that the americans play in the peace process. they say there can be no substitute for the americans and it may be that the americans and the israelis feel that over time and eventually the palestinians may feel they have nowhere to go, they may need to turn back to washington and we might be back to washington and we might be back to washington and we might be back to business as usual. can you

help me assess the summit and this organisation? it has put out strong state m e nts organisation? it has put out strong statements on the future palestinian statements on the future palestinian state and east jerusalem statements on the future palestinian state and eastjerusalem as its capital, but when you look at list of countries, some countries do don't get along. this was an effort to unite the muslim world and push back on this move overjerusalem by president trump. more than 50 delegations from across the islamic world were there. but some really key players, the likes of egypt, saudi arabia, uae, sent much lower—level delegations. these are countries that are keen to work closely, they already have close relations with the americans, they would like to be closer. and they really don't want, it seems, to be seen really don't want, it seems, to be seen to be pushing too hard on this jerusalem issue up against the trump administration. next more on the genocide in rwanda.

it says french officials were complicit. written by a washington law firm called tanning levy news. it will conduct an investigation into the events of 1994. so far, this has looked at information publicly available, including witness testimonies from people like this woman here, who had to flee to the democratic republic of congo in fearfor her life. the democratic republic of congo in fear for her life. the the democratic republic of congo in fearfor her life. the port —— the democratic republic of congo in fear for her life. the port —— the report also alleges french officials provided support and shelter for rwanda's interim government, whose leaders included the then president, eventually convicted of genocide related crimes. this is not the

first time the rewind on government has made these allegations. the report brings together all publicly available information that points to available information that points to a possible role by the french in the genocide of 1994. the report specifically accuses french officials of facilitating the flow officials of facilitating the flow of weapons into rwanda in the build—up to genocide and allowing the public traitors to hold meetings at the french embassy in kigali. it also accuses them of providing a safe harbour to some of the perpetrators of the genocide. in the past, the french government has denied any complacency. in 1998 a french committee opened investigations into these allegations but then the new report says those investigations were neither complete or transparent. the

rwandan government is now calling for thorough investigations into these allegations. much more on that story and the others we are covering on the bbc website. can see an argument —— an article on roy moore's defeat. look who's been talking. all part of germany's search for a government. back in september, outside source was in berlin for the election. we saw angela merkel‘s cdu was the biggest party — but delivered its worst performance in decades. and martin schulz and his social democrats also saw its vote plunge. they had been in government with mrs merkel — and thought they'd been punished for it. seems there's been a change of heart. today angela merkel and martin schulz have met to discuss forming a government. something martin schulz said would

not happen. something martin schulz said would not happen. that's one option for the chancellor. another was a coalition with the free democrats and the greens — those talks collapsed though. the third, is a fresh election. the talks are in berlin — so is jenny hill. the meeting between angela merkel and martin schultz in effect gets the ball rolling, and the very beginning of talks, which might end in germany forming a new coalition government. it would have been a very interesting meeting, not least because it is the first between angela merkel and mr schultz, since he performed a u—turn, and went backwards on his vow never to work with her again. mr schultz's party did badly in the september elections, and he had said he would ta ke elections, and he had said he would take them into opposition. that has all changed, now the leaders are talking, the parties are ready they said to begin the first of a 2—part

process. the first step is exploratory talks. if those are successful, then proper coalition negotiations can then begin. already there are clear disagreements over health care policy, refugee policy, the future of the eu. but the main stumbling block will be how the social democrats feel about another so—called grand coalition. many of them are very unhappy about the idea of going back into government with mrs merkel. they blame herfor of going back into government with mrs merkel. they blame her for her poor showing in the election. there's a lot of talk about potentially trying to form a coalition light, if you like, where they might some of mrs merkel‘s policies but not all, some thing that has enraged mrs merkel‘s conservatives. remember if mrs merkel cannot form a coalition government, the other two options are that she runs a minority government or it is fresh elections. this is the very beginning of a long

and very slow process. it is unlikely that germany will have any kind of government before the first couple of months of next year, at the very least. that is quite something. in september, a lots of people for the government would be sorted by christmas but that is not going to happen. this is shaimaa ahmed. she's a 25—year pop singer from egypt. local media in egypt say she's been handed a two—year jail sentence for this music video — a court found her guilty of inciting debauchery and immorality. here's the bbc‘s marwa amer. the song is called i have issues, ed kuyt last month, it is reasonably suggestive, as you can see. she was arrested and a court have found her guilty of inciting debauchery and immorality. we contacted bbc arabic andi immorality. we contacted bbc arabic and i have been talking to them. she is the latest artist to face

prosecution over sexually explicit content. there were two ballet dancers also cited for debauchery. as you know, egypt is a conservative country, the backlash with regards to these kind of videos were very strong. she had a very strong backlash by online users. since then, she has been sentenced for two yea rs. then, she has been sentenced for two years. and also the director of the online video. as they are accused of inciting debauchery. so shy would have been aware when she was making this video it would be controversial —— shaimaa ahmed. this video it would be controversial

-- shaimaa ahmed. she wasn't sure, it happens occasionally in egypt, in regards to cultural issues, so people to be facing trials will kind of prosecution, usually in the egypt what was happening since 2013 was that the government was concentrating on the crackdown on news and human rights reports. for the entertainers, it wasn't that much common. it happened in 2013 with a presenter. he decided to stop his programme, due to the backlash. he was facing problems of censorship but the government. he decided to stop his programme. it was not that common for the entertainers come in

shaimaa's case and the other cases, it was more about how the social media dealt with the issue, and how there was an online backlash. since then, the government started to take it further, to the trials. aside from this online backlash, presumably there are people within the entertainment industry and fans of shaimaa herself who are furious about this? definitely. especially since there were other incidents where a pop singer, very well—known in egypt, has been facing also a trial, because she insulted in a way while she wasjoking trial, because she insulted in a way while she was joking in a concert the nile ranger, and there was also... the nile ranger? yes -- the niall --

also... the nile ranger? yes -- the niall —— the nile river. yes, the nile river. there was also another incident in october when people were arrested for waving rainbow flags in support of the lgbt community in egypt at a concert by a lebanese rock band. it was also the first time. we have been around some incidents. they are not that much related. focusing on the entertainers. it could be called crack down on the entertainment. it has been started. that was a colleague from bbc arabic. now we will hear from bbc brasil. it has been investigating the 2014 election. brasil has found thousands of fake online profiles were set up

to try and influence brazil's election in 2014. and it's spoken to the people who maintained the accounts. here's juliana gragnani on how the plan worked. so we believe the accounts were created to help influence elections in brazil. mostly of the 2014 elections. people behind the accounts, they tried to make hashtags trend on twitter by acting together in a big group, and hashtags that were related to brazilian politicians, so they would look like they were going well in a debate, and some people actually complimented the politicians, to try to make them look good. on facebook, they even created a group against one candidate, adding fake profiles and real people, so real people were exposed to the things involved in

these groups. they tried to make these groups. they tried to make these profiles look real by using real people's photographs, people that sometimes we found they used before that had already died. people that were celebrities in brazil or had once been on the news and had their picture put on the news. let's look at some of these fake profiles manifesting themselves in 2014. here's an account on twitter, which used the photo of greek actor and singer sakis rouvas, and promoted brazil's former senate president in posts. obviously that account isn't his. here's another false twitter profile — this one used an image of a woman who was deceased. while this fake group was set up on facebook — and attracted real users as well as the cyborgs. now the investigation didn't find any evidence these accounts actually influenced the election result — in 2014 it went to a run—off with dilma rousseff eventually being re—elected president. but it did delve into what drives

the people behind these accounts. here's juliana to explain. so, i interviewed ex—employees that said they worked at controlling fake profiles on twitter and facebook. most of them said they did not have the notion that what they were doing was wrong. they didn't think about it as morally incorrect, because they were very young people, and sometimes people that weren't even in university. they didn't understand the job when they were offered thejob. understand the job when they were offered the job. they said they were told they would be working with social media. but there was one of them that was proud of the job.

new report from the bbc‘s sports editor, dan roan. the four times tour—de—france winner, chris froome, is facing questions after returning an "adverse" drugs test at the vuelta a espana back in september. the test showed a level of an asthma drug which was double the permissible limit. we should say that it's not against the rules to take the drug in question, and that chris froome has said he was taking it under medical supervision to treat his condition. dan roan reports. having come to dominate cycling's biggest race, chris froome's established himself as the pre—eminent force in his sport, but the british star now faces a fight to save his reputation. it was here during his historic victory at spain's grand tour the vuelta that he was found to have exceeded the permitted legal level of the asthma drug salbutamol. he says on doctors' advice he increased his dosage due to asthma,

but in a statement he said... team sky say that froome, who has had asthma since childhood, and regularly uses an inhaler, was suffering from acute symptoms in the final week of the vuelta, and he was asked about his health immediately after the 18th stage of the race on the day he provided the irregular sample. speculation about whether you are ill. you said no yesterday. 100% fit and healthy today? i felt fine today, yes. riders can take salbutamol up to a certain limit, but froome's sample showed traces twice the permitted amount. in a statement team sky boss sir dave brailsford said: if you are dehydrated, your levels will be higher, also the speed he can metabolise it through his system, if he does that fast, it will increase the level in his urine, so it is difficult

to sort of say if i take four puffs i know my level will be this, it is difficult to say that on a daily basis. scrutiny on team sky has intensified, with management grilled at a parliamentary select committee hearing and a uk anti—doping investigation into allegations all denied and not proven surrounding a mystery medical delivery to sir bradley wiggins in 2011. froome has taken a strong moral stance on the use of tues for usually banned substances. i think it does enormous damage. most people will listen to everything we are saying about hearings and defences and so on and theyjust won't care. as far as they are concerned it is yet another thing that has happened to team sky and cycling. as far as the reputation of cycling is concerned it is enormously damaging. 2018 was meant to be the year froome would attempt to seal a fifth tour de france triumph. instead, with the threat of a ban and the potential loss

of his spanish title hanging over him, he is riding into an uncertain future. i was reading that chris froome is not planning to attend the bbc sports personality of the year event, because he is training for the gyro to tally early on in 2018. —— the giro d'italia. that is it for me and the outside source team. thank you for watching, remember there has been a big political shock in westminster, with the prime minister losing a key vote on brexit. more on the bbc news channel in the coming hours on that. hello once again. tyne—wear updated you on our latest thinking about how the rest of this week will pan out,

then we will burst onto the weekend, and give you some sense of what is coming up in the run—up towards christmas. some concern about the intensity of snow in scotland, could even feature in the glasgow area just in time for the rush—hour. on a day that will see plenty of showers, the further east you are or through the further east you are or through the midlands, you are in essentially for a the midlands, you are in essentially fora dry the midlands, you are in essentially for a dry day, not overly warm, not as warm as was the case in the south on wednesday. plenty of showers overnight pushed away by this westerly wind. across the south—west, you are in for a gusty sort of night. out into friday. it has quite a bearing on the shower distribution, it pushes the showers along these eastern, northern shores with a fewer rattling down to the

west of wales in the far south—west. down the spine of the country, plenty of sunshine to be had but it does nothing for those temperatures, three to about eight. the northerly doesn't hang around for too long because from friday into saturday, it is the case across the western side of the british isles. putting a dent into the temperatures as a consequence. we continue that journey with the isobars to come around even further. a combination of those fronts and the change of air mass direction from the south—west rather than the north that ushers the cold air over the central europe, and for us we look towards the atlantic. notice there is quite a war which of my old are stretching into the —— quite a wedge

of mild air stretching into the atlantic. but it is at the expense ofa atlantic. but it is at the expense of a loss of sunshine for many parts during sunday. you may not think 5 degrees in norwich is special, but we co m plete degrees in norwich is special, but we complete the journey into the start of the forthcoming week. tending to keep much of the south—eastern quarter that it try, what were the front there are tending to run up towards the north—western quarter of scotland. those temperatures, monday, double figures, can we do it again two days running? with the supply of mild we can. that is the way we will see it through towards the end of the week with that high pressure forcing low

pressures up and across the north—western quarter of the british isles. quite how far up it goes or how far it sinks towards the continent is open to some debate at the moment. with that airflow will keep things mild. there will be some spells of rain predominantly across the north—western quarter, but because of a high, dry, yes, but there will be some frost and maybe some fog. tonight at ten... the prime minister has suffered her first house of commons defeat in the brexit process. the ayes to the right, 309, the noes to the left, 305. by a majority of just four, mps voted to change the eu withdrawal bill, calling for the final brexit deal to be approved by a new law. iam i am pleased with the outcome. i felt it was a vote that had to be taken, particularly in view of the intransigence and difficulty we had trying to reason with the government.

we have had seven days of committee stages with multiple votes, we have won everyone but this and we lost this by four votes. it's a setback but it's a fairly minor setback, it won't frustrate the brexit.