this is bbc news. taiwanese emergency services say they have freed nearly all the people reported missing when a ten story building partially collapsed in the eastern port of hualien after an earthquake late on tuesday. other buildings were also damaged and the risk of aftershocks and gas leaks continues. after another day of sharp fluctuations on the world markets, american and asian stocks have largely recovered. japan's nikkei opened more than 3% higher, and hong kong's hang seng index rose more than 2%. analysts say markets were due a correction after a long period of rising prices. the us vice president mike pence is injapan where he is about to meet prime minister abe. it's the start of a visit to asia that will take the vice—president to south korea for the start of the winter olympics which begin on friday. he says he will tell the truth about north korea at every stop. now on bbc news...a look back at tuesday in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme.

coming up, carillion‘s senior executives are lost for words. and you are still all right? all of you? aren't you? 100 years after the first women get the vote, female mps are still suffering abuse. what this is about is about misogynists seeking to silence women who dare to speak out. and plain speaking from a model about the online abuse of her disabled son. we are not fans of yours, we don't like you but what you are doing is amazing. it will help a lot of people. the chairman of the collapsed construction company carillion has told mps how upset he is at the firm's demise. carillion provided services for schools, hospitals and presence. —— prisons.

it went into liquidation, leaving suppliers unpaid, and a hole in the company's pension scheme which amounts to nearly £1 billion. an array of senior executives gave a joint committee of mps their side of the story. but the chairs of those committees were not impressed saying afterwards that the directors were delusional characters who maintained that everything was hunky—dory until it all went suddenly and unforeseeably wrong. you feel, perhaps, that you were asleep at the wheel. you were surprised? would you have done anything differently? no, i do not believe we we re differently? no, i do not believe we were asleep at the wheel because as soon as were asleep at the wheel because as soon as i came into the role we were looking at tackling the issues and the key focus of my time in the role was to bring net debt down. so you feel then that in the nine months you were in the business that you

did the right things at the right time? i believe i did everything that i could have done. words can not describe the depths of my despair. i not describe the depths of my despair. lam not describe the depths of my despair. i am devastated by the impact the collapse has had. as i said, on pensioners, on customers, an suppliers, on staff. it is difficult to say how sorry or how desperate we feel about the situation. there were loud voices telling you that things were wrong. and you are saying that there was no indication that something was wrong until the last minute? i simply say that is incredible. i am not saying there we re incredible. i am not saying there were no indications anything was wrong. i were no indications anything was wrong. lam not were no indications anything was wrong. i am not saying that we got all the decisions right. wrong. i am not saying that we got all the decisions righti wrong. i am not saying that we got all the decisions right. i do not say either of those things. we have had one session here where everybody point fingers. your main evidence so

far is that you have had these advisers and pointed the finger at them. what is your responsibility for this collapse? full and complete. total. no question in my mind about that. not necessarily culpability but full responsibility, no question. and if i look back, of course there are things we would have done differently. do you think it is justified that at a time when the share price of the company is falling quite substantially, whether it is right to increase the remuneration of the chief executive? we felt it was right at the time because we wanted to retain him as the chief executive at that period. and with the benefit of hindsight, do you think the decision was right? i have thought a lot about many of the decisions that we have made and i think that decision, in terms of

increasing his pay, was correct. so you think in 2016 at the chief executive deserved... the reward was made injanuary executive deserved... the reward was made in january 2016 executive deserved... the reward was made injanuary 2016 on executive deserved... the reward was made in january 2016 on the back of consulting with our shareholders. so with the benefit of hindsight, do you think the reward of £1.5 million, at the time, would not have had a huge effect, whether that was justified? i understand how people will feel about the pay that was made to executive. in my role on the remuneration committee i have a balanced many factors including the market, the advice we get... you have already said and i have heard. i asked you with the benefit of the hindsight you think that packard was justified? with the benefit of we may have looked harder at variable remuneration where they were paid

against target is that were met. we could have considered downward discretion in terms of overall financial per performance of the business. you were all sitting there. millions of pounds of payments from the company over the yea rs. payments from the company over the years. and you say how sad and disappointed you are. but what actions do you take to show that was to mark it is just words, isn't it? just words. sad, disappointed, wish i could have done things differently. but the money is not in the bank for subcontractors and the people who are retired or nearing retirement. so instead of words, why don't you do something? give some money back and try to make a difference. try to put right some of this wrong. you have opened up quite effectively about how sorry you are but you don't seem, to me, to be putting money back. 0r four of you

have done quite well out of the company and in different ways you have helped to crash that company. does that not lose you at all? why should we believe you that you feel so sad about all of this. yet it does not extend to your cheque—book? iam does not extend to your cheque—book? i am genuinely shocked and saddened by the events since i left. i genuinely our. —— am a. i am happy to engage with the company... you need to wait for someone to have an engagement with you, it is part of your dna, isn't it? it is. butl engagement with you, it is part of your dna, isn't it? it is. but i do need to understand what the position is. did not know... as rachel said, pensioners are taking cuts, large numbers of people are not going to

be paid for the contract. 0ther people have lost theirjobs and you are still all right. all of you. aren't you? carillion executives lost for words. female mps should not have to put up with hate and abuse 100 years after the first women got the vote in the uk. the women got the vote in the uk. the women and equalities minister, amber rudd, who was also home secretary, told the commons she would look at calls to pardon suffragettes. she was making a statement as mps commemorated the anniversary of the act which gave women over the age of 30 with property the right to vote. the room was awash with purple and green. i am proud to be part of the most diverse house of commons in british history. we have our second female prime minister. a third of

those attending cabinet are women and we have the highest ever number of female mps. 0utside and we have the highest ever number of female mps. outside of politics we have seen so much progress since 1918. more women are in a more diverse range of jobs 1918. more women are in a more diverse range ofjobs than ever before and increasingly they are the top of theirfield. before and increasingly they are the top of their field. but women shouldn't fool and sells the equality was a done deal. we face abuse and. we have seen a concerted effort online and off—line to destroy the confidence of women who wa nt to destroy the confidence of women who want to be involved in political life. just last week we learnt that the labour leader of the council had quit over what she called bullying and sexism by supporters ofjeremy corbyn. the honourable lady for hackney received endless abuse. she has disgracefully received over half of all the online abuse centre to female politicians. as she has said

herself, it is the sheer volume of hatred which makes it so good debilitating, corrosive and up vetting. in my own constituency i am often asked by people who, to me how ican bear often asked by people who, to me how i can bear it. the hate. and i will tell you. i bear it, like other women in this chamber do, because i know that female voices matter in politics and in life. i was hoping that the minister was going to make an announcement today that the government was going to issue, maybe, an official apology to the women of the suffragette movement, ora women of the suffragette movement, or a pardon, maybe, women of the suffragette movement, ora pardon, maybe, forthose women of the suffragette movement, or a pardon, maybe, for those who we re or a pardon, maybe, for those who were wrongly imprisoned. and sexually assaulted in their battle to get women the vote. instead, all we have is another re— announcements about —— how disappointing. we have is another re— announcements

about -- how disappointing. rick please reconsider the case to make it an offence to threaten and abuse parliamentary candidates. this is about misogynists seeking to silence women who dared to speak out. particularly the really, against younger women and black women. voters have the right to choose whoever they want, man or woman, to represent them. wants a representative is elected to parliament, it is their right and duty to get on with the job without being subjected to intimidation, threats of violence. this is about our democracy. i hope that members from all sides of the house will give this their full support. from all sides of the house will give this their full supportfi from all sides of the house will give this their full support. it is a disservice for suffragettes who stood up for their causes if i did not say that today we still have a government that pursues policies and social security cards that hit women's budget. 85% of cuts have come from the pockets of women and

we have yet to see justice. come from the pockets of women and we have yet to see justicelj we have yet to see justice. i would generally say that the government is focused on making sure that we continue to do that. both in terms of positives, in terms of making sure that we have had approaches to the gender pay gap and in terms of protecting women, which is why we are bringing forward a domestic abuse bill this year which will address this issue. a couple of senior mps want to force political parties to publish the gender balance of the candidate list. parties to publish the gender balance of the candidate listm may not be very conducive for the party to publish list but it would encourage us to collect more women candidates to take their role in public life. abba rudd said she would take a careful look atjust the wrong in parliament. don't forget you can find previous editions of this programme by going to the bbc iplayer a. claimed that

the cash—strapped councils could be about to emergency measures of northamptonshire. edged a issuing notice of all spending apart from what needed to safeguard vulnerable people. later set shifting leap government cost on to the taxpayer did not work as it did not raise enough money. the treasury knows that and the local government sector knows that. ir minister is going to stand up to the chancellor and demand the money that local government needs? because the local

government needs? because the local government article to that there are already ten other local authorities preparing to issue notices. how this minister treats northamptonshire will be looked on very closely by the sector. all duties —— councils have a duty to balance their budgets. the government is aware of concerns about the county council finances and governance for some time. this is why the secretary of state appointed and independent inspector to undertake an independent as value inspection on the ninth of january. independent as value inspection on the ninth ofjanuary. this independent inspection is due to report on march 16. before the report on march 16. before the report came out, it should be wrong for ministers to comment, he said. 0ne local conservatives felt no such restraint gives me no pleasure to say that with the issue of this notice, northamptonshire county council becomes the worst one local authority in the country. undoubtedly there are huge pressures on the social care budget, exacerbated by northamptonshire's fast—growing elderly population. exacerbated by northamptonshire's fast-growing elderly population. the government was that there are funding review is welcome but come too laid for the council. all seven

mps have lost confidence in the leadership. there is no question that this is not about money, this is about the government the jeremy hunt has ordered an urgent review of medical malpractice cases, following concerns over a recent manslaughter case involving the death of a six—year—old boy. medical professionals were angry that the high court ruled that a doctor should be struck off. they argued she had been under intense pressure because of understaffing. it is fair to say that the recent case has caused huge concerns, so today i can announce that i've asked the former president of the royal college of surgeons to conduct a rapid review. so that mistakes are learned from and not covered up, how we ensure there is a clarity about where the line is drawn in medical practise respect... and any lessons that need to be learned by the general medical council and other professional regulators. studio: other mps wanted

to know what ministers would do to integrate. there's not enough money, the government keeps trying to avoid. mr speaker, we've given extra funding over the next three years to help councils, that's addition to giving them access to nine point dedicated social care funding by... the former top civil servant at the foreign office has been

an outspoken attack on the government's the dramatic vision for britain after it leaves the european union. the idea of global britain is to show that the uk will remain fully engaged with the world. doctor simon fraser seemed less than impressed. to be frank, i think many countries that for the time being we've lost the plot in terms of understanding or we intend to go and it has to be said that in terms of big geopolitical strategy, whilst brexit is consuming us and this country, it is not the central deal in global geopolitics. i think that global britain at the moment is really a slow oven, and we need more clarity of thought. as a set in the streets that mr murray referred to, it seemed to me that we need to think through, where that leaves us on the international stage,

what are the objectives that this country outside the european union will be seeking to achieve in its international policies, what are the priorities for us, what is the message we want to give to the world? what are the relationships and institutions and other methods of leverage that we're going to use to achieve our goals. at the moment, there's a lot of mushy thinking about this and a lot of simplistic words, and we need to sit down and put some hard content behind it. when i was a vicar, the organist used by any old music, and we used to call that vamp until ready. and global britain is that, it is damp till ready. they will make noise until they've come up with a decision and some kind of policy for the future.

it's a sensible thing to do, to be honest. just put any old slogan up. until we get to the point where we know what brexit really looks like, i'm trying to be generous to her. i don't think i'll interfere with your relationship with the prime minister. this is an unusual statement. it seems to me that global britain is a very sensible aspiration as it was three years ago. because this is the self image... it was the policy of the foreign secretary that we should be present around the world button as many places as possible so we were engaged in networks around the world, and we were able to influence events. i think that is a good policy. the challenge us in my view

is leaving the european union is a step in a different direction. it is probably the most important ever this country is involved with. so it de—globalize is us. i think it creates a challenge as to how we're going to pursue our global aspirations. last week, mps voted to vacate the palace of westminster sometime after 2025 to allow extensive restorations of the building. there are difficult decisions to be made on how we best protect one of the world's most iconic buildings forfuture generations. we must address these decisions head—on. the patch and bend approaches no longer sustainable. one pairwas

one pair was keen that the work be done around mps and peers, quoting winston churchill. it is the citadel of british liberty. i don't know how was this country can be governed by the then by the house of commons playing its part... for me the house of commons is down the road. orfor a temporary period, here. and i think we should think about that. very, very seriously. and i think any of us that have watched the film artist our darkest hour, they understand the emotion about that. think about her spoilers, random electric fires, routine and constant maintenance and equipment failures, floods, i am frankly amazed that this building functions as well as it does. studio: lady stowell. this is fundamental surgery.

the bits that we can see that keep this building habitable... it's not often a reality tv star is called to give evidence in front of a parliamentary committee. but on tuesday, katie price appeared before mps to make an impassioned plea for criminal action to be taken against malicious trolling on social media. she has long campaigned on behalf of her son harvey, who has a series of disabilities. this is what worries me. to even doubt... the someone has taken the time to mock his picture on it, mock words, and i mean, is that normal? and it happens a lot. a lot.

what i'm thinking is, it's bad, but what goes through peoples heads so that people's heads... i've got loads of gatherings together and i went to the police. i went to the police twice, they've arrested two people, got all of their computers, phones and everything. and the police were embarrassed because it got to a point where they couldn't take it any further because they couldn't charge them with anything, because there's nothing in place. they had to drop the cases, and since then, it has continued. it's getting worse. it's notjust us it affects, we know by the amount of contact that we've had from people is that everyone, it's from children to adults... you think you know why

he is singled out? is it because of his disabilities? is he subject to racial abuse? it's a lot of racial abuse. i think they find him an easy target to pick on. but i'm his voice, and i'm going to protect him. wouldn't you want to happen today? if you are going to be a nanny, you get police checked. they want to know your address, they want to know all the information. so you if you pave your carpets... it say someone came to you for an interview and you let that person and said, guess, i will take on. you realise that they had a history of online abuse. this is the point. something on the record, basically.

keeping in mind, this is my point of view. you are allowed your free speech, and you can have banter, you can say your point of view about things. but there is a point, hopefully the next discussion of it, where you sit down and draw a line, when does it become a criminal offence. it's taken off and it's the way it's going to go in the future. with a lot of things. it's got to be policed a bit more now. there has to be lost put in place, and guidelines to what you can and can't do. and as she was touching him, freedom of speech, that still important, but there's got to be guidelines online as there are off—line. do the two of you think there is a gap in the law? completely.

i mean, like i say, in my petition, i got 200,000 signatures, and people said, i don't like you, which is not very nice, we are not fans of years, we don't like you but what you are doing we think is amazing because it will help a lot of people. i know you lot sitting there agree with me, really. i think everyone agrees. this is the thing. it's a no—brainer. only one i've ever spoken to has not agreed. we just have to get the government to do it. it is that the dot help everyone. that's all we've got time for. from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello. it feels like we've been stuck in the deep freeze over the last few

days, and that's not going to change very much during wednesday. cold air remains firmly in place, and some of us have some snow on the ground, as well — that weather watcher picture from north yorkshire on tuesday. where we have the lying snow, particularly, there is the risk for some ice during wednesday. a widespread frost, certainly, to start the day, because we are still firmly ensconced in this cold air. something a little bit milder out in the atlantic, but we won't feel the effects of that just yet. for the time being, this area of high pressure giving most of us a fine, dry but cold start to the day, under largely clear skies. our towns and cities down below freezing, but out in the countryside, those temperatures really have been dropping away. the sorts of temperatures we'll have to start the day — between about —5 and —11 degrees. still some snow, potentially, for a time across east anglia, and the south—east, as well, this weather front tending to push away and another weather system starting to show its hand out west. that will start to thicken up the cloud through the morning across the western side of scotland. perhaps just one or two showers in clipping into north—east scotland, but generally,

across eastern scotland and down into the heart of england and wales, there will be a fair amount of sunshine. some extra cloud for northern ireland. the odd shower, maybe, for west wales and the south—west of england, and still some of those snow showers taking time to clear away from the far south—east. but they should do so fairly smartly during the morning, in most areas, and then a nice slice of sunshine. eastern scotland, and particularly england and wales, seeing plenty of crisp winter sunshine during wednesday, but this frontal system will thicken up the cloud out west. outbreaks of rain, and ahead of that a spell of snow for a time, particularly across scotland. still a chilly feel to the day. now, as we go through wednesday night, we'll bring this band of cloud and rain, and some snow on its leading edge, further southwards and eastwards. but we start to pick up more of a south—westerly wind, so that's going to bring some slightly milder air. these are your overnight lows, edinburgh, belfast only down to four degrees. the coldest weather to start

thursday morning will be across the south—eastern corner, where the skies stay clearest. but that's where we'll have the best of the sunshine during the day on thursday, this band of cloud and outbreaks of rain continuing to sink southwards and eastwards. in fact, the rain looks likely to turn heavier particularly across parts of wales and northern england as we get on into the afternoon. something brighterfollowing on behind for scotland and northern ireland, but with a fair rash of showers, a slightly milder day. but as we push that weather front away, we get back into the cold air, with some further snow showers for the end of the week. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: after the taiwan quake, the aftershocks. the buildings take the brunt. an eyewitness is talking to the bbc — when this happens. oh my god. this is an after—shock, i'm sorry. asian stock markets show early signs of recovery, after a roller coaster ride in global share prices in the past 2a hours. the families of those killed in an

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