with kim jong—un, in what would be the first ever meeting between a serving american president and a north korean leader. the south korean envoy praised mr trump's uncompromising stance for adding to the pressure on north korea. north korea has agreed also agreed to halt nuclear and missile tests. the white house said the trump administration looked forward to the denuclearisation of north korea but in the meantime, all sanctions and maximum pressure must remain on pyongyang. japan's prime minister has welcomed the change by has asked for maximum pressure to remain. much more on all of this any time on the bbc website. now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. hello, welcome to

thursday in parliament. on this programme, the home secretary says the government will take robust action once it's clear who's responsible for the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. the investigation is moving at pace and the government will act without hesitation as facts become clear. there's a call for better support for young people and children's mental health. and, as mps mark international women's day, one argues there's still sexism in the house of commons. we see it in this house. ajuvenile, grinning idiocy that is so offensive sometimes. the home secretary has described the poisoning with nerve gas of the russian former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia as a "brazen and reckless act." the pair were found collapsed

on a bench in salisbury city centre on sunday. counter—terrorism officers are working to find the origin of the nerve agent. in a statement to mp5, amber rudd said it was important to avoid speculation about who was responsible, but added when that became clear, the uk would respond in "a robust manner." she gave mps a timeline of the events at the weekend. i want now to turn to the speculation, of which there has been much, around who was responsible for this most outrageous crime. the use of a nerve agent on uk soil is a brazen and reckless act. this was attempted murder in the most cruel and public way. people are right to want to know who to hold to account. but, if we are to be rigorous in this investigation, we must avoid speculation and allow the police to carry on their investigation. the investigation is moving at pace,

and this government will act without hesitation as the facts become clearer. as my right honourable friend the foreign secretary made clear on tuesday, we will respond in a robust and appropriate manner once we ascertain who was responsible. we on this side of the house are appalled that anyone could be poisoned on the streets of our towns and be share with the government the determination that this case be brought to a speedy and just conclusion. and that similar incidents are prevented in the future. how do we protect human assets in this country, and build this type of scenario lead to a review of how we best protect these people across the united kingdom?

considering his background, he was at high risk, does the secretary of state know how the process was able to slip through the intelligence service and what sense is she taking to ensure that those who are at risk are properly protected 7 this is an investigation that's ongoing. it is going at pace and in circumstances where the police and the other services involved appreciate the urgency of this. it does not help their work, which must be our priority, the speculative at the moment, on what might happen the future, when we have an attribution in hand. i have written to ask for a review 01:14 other cases and she will note that there are many ways that this will happen and precedents for doing so. can i also ask her in terms of this immediate investigation, has she considered going to the un security council to ask for a statement calling on all nations to provide assistance, including willingness to extradite suspects should that be needed 7 i thank the right honourable lady

and i have got her letter and i will be responding. i would gently say that now is not the time to... now is the time to focus on the investigation proceeding. she makes a suggestion involving international activity and i can't say that at some stage, we will be coming back to the house with our proposals, but for now, we are merely preparing and concentrating on the incident. whether or not russian agents are shown to be responsible for this incident, as in the time we got more realistic about russia 7 kenda home secretary confirm whether or not the memorandum of understanding between the uk and the russian nuclear power company that was championed by the former prime minister mr cameron. can she make sure it has ended so that the previous love in with russia we saw it years ago

is completely finish. we should be cautious about attribute in guilt at this stage. thus the home secretary share my anger about the cruel nature of this crime which could so easily have resulted in considerably more collateral damage. will she assure me and my constituents that the full force of the law will. .. just because we want to approach this with a cool head in order to collect the evidence does not mean that we don't share the outrage that his constituents and he himself clearly feels about this. when we have the evidence, i will return to the house. amber rudd. too many children and young people reach "crisis point" because services are not working effectively together,

according to regulators. the care quality commission has warned that national, regional and local action is needed to ensure services work to support young people's mental health needs. in december, the government published a plan, or green paper, aimed at improving children and young people's access to mental health support in schools and colleges in england. the government has committed to making available an addition £11; billion to improve children suspect mental health services to deliver two commitments... spend is reaching the front line, it's an issue i know the honourable lady and members have concerns about. in this report, we see evidence of services actively putting up barriers to treatment. resulting in children and young people reaching crisis point before being able to get access

to the right treatment. children are suffering because of those high eligibility thresholds. we know that 50% of mental health problems develop before the age 01:14 and that 75% develop before the age of 18. does the minister recognise that imposing high eligibility thresholds means that children and young people are treated only when their condition becomes more serious? we are the first government to introduce waiting time standards, and have to make relevant... they are both either meeting are on track to meet their target at the moment. we will also be piloting the full week waiting time for specialist waiting times as outlined, we are considering the report that the responses to that. it is shocking that some children are receiving assistance after attempting suicide, i note that the national mental health director has stated that child and adolescent mental health services are now proving that from a stopping point,

a historic underfunding and the legacy understaffing. this report is surely an example of the latest reports in recent years demonstrating the impact that this government's austerity driven agenda... in the next few weeks, workbook... something that is long overdue and much anticipated, a clear sign that this government is investing in mental health and young people but we continue to have a problem with our ccg in delivering front—line services even though the government are providing... we know that the money has fallen short, well short of what was committed to— three years ago. of the minister absolutely commit to making sure the shortfall of money getting through to children's mental health services? will the minister listened more closely to the voice of parents?

what parents want, if they think there something wrong with their child, whether it's mental health or autism, they want early diagnosis and treatment. that's why the report highlighted the proposal. i completely agree with him. steve brine. the prime minister has said that after brexit, the uk will be leaving the common fisheries policy, the rules which give all european fishing fleets equal access to eu waters. but on wednesday, there were two developments which worried the uk industry. first, the draft eu guidelines for trade talks with the uk stated that existing reciprocal access to fishing waters and resources should be maintained. then, the chancellor philip hammond

said the government would be open to discussing appropriate arrangements for access for british fishermen to eu waters and for eu fishermen to british waters. with those factors in mind, several mps had questions for the environment minister. a conservative mp wondered whether the uk would leave before the proposed transition period began next year. can the minister give an absolute assurance... we have been clear that when we leave the european union, we leave the common fisheries policy. that means that under international law, the un convention of the law of the sea, we become an independent coastal state that we will manage the fisheries resources in our exclusive economic zone and manage access to oui’ own waters. does the minister agree that leaving the european union provides fishermen with a sea of opportunity and part of that will include protecting them... i wonder if we can get an answer with no dodge,

given all the tales they tell fishermen. mr speaker, the government is still seeking a trade deal in the future, but he should also be aware that other countries like norway and iceland have control of their waters, they grant access and the other that we will continue to be part of that negotiation. to agree an approach on the management of shared stocks and we envisage that such meetings will continue. but i can confirm that the uk government's view is that there is a trade discussion to take place and we want a free trade agreement and the fisheries discussion to take place, where we want to take control of our waters.

to agree an approach on the management of shared stocks and we envisage that such meetings will continue. but i can confirm that the uk government's view is that there is a trade discussion to take place and we want a free trade agreement and the fisheries discussion to take place, where we want to take control of our waters. the commission's position on the other that they state, existing reciprocal access should be maintained. they also suggest that any future deal will be current access to waters. this position is cooked unacceptable for the fishing communities around the uk. can my honourable friend confirm that this government finds this unacceptable. yes, i simply say to my friend that this is an eu position. they currently benefit from access to it uk.

they currently access 100,000 tonnes of fish in eu waters, and the eu access 700000 tonnes of fish. they would say that, wouldn't they quiz map that is not a position uk shares. george eustice. you're watching thursday in parliament, with me, alicia mccarthy. earlier this week, mps voted to bring northern ireland in line with the rest of the uk by requiring political parties there to reveal who funds them. it means that all donations of more than £7,500 made afterjuly last year will have to be made public. but the decision not to backdate the publication of donations means details of those made during the eu referendum campaign will not be listed. that includes a controversial donation of more than £a00,000 to the dup from a group of pro—union business people called the constitutional research council. that angered a labour former cabinet minister.

following the disgraceful decision by the government yesterday to keep secret the source of the £105,000 donation to the leave campaign via the dup, meaning the public have no idea where this money came from, what more can she and in the electoral commission do to ensure we have full transparency in our electoral and democratic system7 the commission welcomes the existing order, which will provide for the first time information about donations and loans received by parties in northern ireland. but the commission also wants to see transparency of donations back to 2014 as parliament envisaged and would support the third order to provide a full transparency back to 2014. there are more than 500,000 miles of underwater cables that carry much of the world's web traffic. at the end of last year, the head of the armed forces, air chief marshal sir stuart peach,

said the military had prioritised the protection of the uk's cables because of the threat posed by russia. this was after warnings that any attack would be a "crippling blow" to the country's security and economy. a labour peer wondered if the government took the issue seriously enough. a sunday times journalist walked into a farmhouse in cornwell through an open door and photographed all the connections to one of the main submarine cables. and last summer, a ship dropped its anchor on a cable between here and the mainland, they cut the cable. and nobody‘s bothered to prosecute it. so could he explain whether the government really takes seriously the issue of security on these cables and what he's going to do to ensure that these two instances that i have just mentioned will not happen again?

the noble lord raises an important point. as far as the sunday times reporter is concerned, i can say the reporter was unable to access any secure section of the facility. the essential point about this is that there is resilience in the system. there are many cables coming into the — there are 11 landing sites for transatlantic cables in different places. and because of the resilience of the system, when one particular cable is broken, the system continues. as far as prosecution is concerned, most of the breaks in the cables, and there are a considerable number each year, about 30—110 each year, are as the result of accidents. and that is why it is not normally necessary to prosecute. however, these are similar actions because the cables belong to individual companies. it is up to them to seek damages. we first became very concerned

about cables in the 19705 and we built the hms challenger at great cost because we were concerned. finally we got rid of her when the cold war stopped. the russians have now started investing very heavily in a nuclear submarines that can go deep into these attacks on these cables. at the end of the cold war, we were probably the best anti—submarine warfare and undersea warfare mobility in the world. that hasn't been eroded. what are we doing to have ships that will enable us and platforms that will enable us to go and check these lines, repair them and do the work? it isn'tjust submarines nowadays. any so—called civilian vessel, which can have drones on them, can do it. the issue, the main defence is resilience, and a lot to different cables because there arejust over half1 million miles of cables to monitoring the world.

lord ashton. back in the commons, mps held a debate to mark international women's day and celebrate 100 years since some women got the vote. the labour mpjess philips began by reciting a list of the women killed by men in the last year. as always, the women are all ages and were killed in violent episodes at the hands of men. violence against women and girls is an epidemic. if as many people died every week at a sporting event or because they had a particular job, there would be national outcry. these women deserve the same. we must all do better to hear their stories and to end the culture of male violence that killed them. over the next nearly four minutes, she read out the names of all the women who had died from domestic violence in the uk since the last international women's day. our test should always be did we do everything we could to protect all women? for too many women in this

country, the answer to this is still simply no. we must do better. another labour mp fought back tears as she called for an end to violence against women in conflict zones. i was born in a country, bangladesh, that was born out of conflict, where millions of people lost their lives. where rape and violence was used as a weapon of war. and that continues in many other countries today. we must all continue to work hard to make sure that we bring an end to sexual violence in conflicts. an snp mp argued sexism was deeply embedded in our culture. we see it in this house, a juvenile, grinning idiocy that is so offensive sometimes, that the smugness of a minority of men,

who think that supposedly clever point scoring proves something. and anti—intellectual nonsense that makes this continuing debate so tiring. there are men in this house who have a record of opposing progressive politics without substantiated argument but with plenty of bluster and filibuster, imposing a quality as a playground joke. i, and i am sure others, are tired of engaging with men with so very little to offer, and i am pleased that they represent a tiny percentage of the men i encounter. 0ther mps spoke of encouraging more women into politics and westminster. we must put forward a very positive view of women's role in this house because the most important thing is to encourage young women to look at this as a potential career and if we are always

complaining and pointing out downsides of the job, that is not going to be very encouraging. the best thing we are doing at the moment is having a female prime minister. because certainly for me, it was when i saw margaret thatcher become prime minister and leader of the party, which made politics relevant for me. it turned politics from being frankly a lot of old men in grey raincoats into something which was a technicolor, in south wales, where there weren't too many tories around. and i could see an amazing role model on the television. it is important that we in his house take responsibility for inspiring other women, our daughters. but i think we should also remember on this day that many of inspiration to our mothers and grandmothers, and parliament in our lives. my own grandmother did not

have the right to vote when she was born. i wear her wedding ring to this chamber every day up and occasionally it serves as a reminder to generations of past. christine jardine. the tech firms youtube and google could be called in front of mps after claims they've failed to honour a pledge to take down extremist videos. the companies told the home affairs committee in december that they'd remove content from the illegal far—right group, national action. but the chair of the committee, raising a point of order with the speaker, told mps the videos were still widely available this week. can you advise on the course of action when a private company gives commitments and assurances to parliament and its select committees on issues that affect national security and public safety and then fails to meet them? mr speaker, there is widely available on youtube this week, the banned, illegal propaganda videos from the extremist prescribed organisation national action, despite the fact that this video has

been raised with youtube and with google seven times by the select committee over the last 12 months. despite the fact that they have promised us that that video is illegal and will be taken down, and they had the technology to prevent that being put back up. have you had any indication the government will look into this, mr speaker? and do you share my immense concern that this is one of the richest companies in the world and is failing to meet its basic responsibilities to tackle extremism and protect public safety in this country? grateful for her point of order and i share her intense concern on the matter. national action is a despicable fascist neo—nazi organisation. and my understanding is that it has been prescribed,

by the home secretary. if those commitments are being made, they must be honoured. it is open to the committee but it should not be necessary for the committee to demand as a matter of urgency the appearance of representatives of one or more of those companies before it, to explain itself. the home secretary, who was still in the chamber following her earlier statement on sergei skripal, stepped in. you are absolutely right to raise this issue. national action, as you rightly say, is a prescribed group, i prescribed it myself. it is a terrorist organisation. the fact is that internet companies have made good progress in taking —— down daesh focused material. now we demonstrate they can take that with our own system 94% of material that goes up from daesh type organisation. but we must see more focused in areas of extreme right—wing

groups, like my right honourable lady has raised. i hope the lady and i can work together to make sure that we hold them all to account. the home secretary, amber rudd. and that's it from me for now, but dojoin me on bbc parliament on friday night at 11pm for a round up of the week here at westminster, when, among other things, i'll be finding out why not all petitions to mps get debated and whether they have any impact when they do. but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. good morning. the better start to the day today, especially compared with parts of

northern england and north wales. after finishing yesterday with some sunshine, clear skies tonight and in a cold start friday. temperatures at 01’ a cold start friday. temperatures at or below freezing but at least it does mean most will start the bright star. sunshine, there will be an area of showers over the high ground of scotland, but a few showers here and there throughout the day in scotland. any early brightness in the far south of england and wales will turn hazy and then grey conditions into the afternoon. cloud spreading its way northward and rein into devon, cornwall, south wales and other southern counties by the middle parts of the day. we could see temperatures between 10 degrees and up to 11 by the evening across the south—west. rain to the evening will be spreading its way northwards across much of southern, central england and wales. it could produce heavy bursts of brain as it moves its way northwards. it is what

follows in its wake that isn't of interest. the big change to how things feel this weekend. it will ta ke things feel this weekend. it will take all day in scotland that eventually milder air will get there on saturday. we will have an incredibly mild couple of days. we conditions on saturday, first thing in the morning for east anglia, northern ireland, northern england into scotland. nothing too disruptive at this stage, and then the sunshine and a few showers on their way to northern england and wales. could be some of the warmest airof the yearso wales. could be some of the warmest air of the year so far. in the saturday night, click conditions developing quite quickly as rain in northern scotland gradually clears away. we will cease in mist and fog across scotland to take sunday, maybe the odd pocket of frog. most places will be dry to start the day, the sunshine developing across many areas. we will see the west, a few showers devon, cornwall, into the

south—west of wales. just had to watch the southern north sea, that could be very close to east anglia and the south—east. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: an historic announcement at the white house — president trump agrees to meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un. i told president trump that in our meeting, the north korean leader, kim jong—un said he is meeting, the north korean leader, kimjong—un said he is committed to denuclearisation. south korea's envoy confirmed that pyongyang has agreed to refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests. but president trump makes it clear that sanctions would remain in place until a deal was reached.