us president donald trump and north korean leader kimjong—un are in singapore ahead of tuesday's historic summit. the white house says it hopes the meeting will begin a process that will lead to pyongyang giving up its nuclear weapons. mr trump says he has a good feeling about the talks. it will be the first face—to—face meeting between him and kim jong—un. north korean state media says the summit will discuss a permanent and durable peace and denuclearisation on the korean peninsula. the fall—out from president trump's decision to withdraw his support from a g7 communique is continuing, with the german chancellor, angela merkel, describing it as sobering and depressing. mr trump's advisers said the president believed he'd been stabbed in the back by the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. now on bbc news it's time to look back at the week in parliament. hello and walk to the week in

parliament. coming up, it has been debated for 50 years and eight decision has been made. creating thousands of jobs and decision has been made. creating thousands ofjobs and apprentice ships and boosting al economy by expanding heathrow airport. desperation and anger as abortion laws are debated. who, otherwise, if we had had the legislation which exists here and the rest of the united kingdom, would been discarded and put in a bin before they were ever born! and with train timetables derailing chris grayling, i ask an old cabinet hand how to survive a ministerial crisis. whatever goes wrong in your department, however much it's at arm's length from you, you're not, in practice, responsible for it.

you have to take responsibility. but first: after 50 years of umming and ahhing, at last, a breakthrough. on tuesday, the cabinet agreed that the controversial third runway at heathrow airport should go ahead. many don't like the idea — not least the foreign secretary, borisjohnson — on the grounds of noise and pollution. mps will be asked to vote on the decision within the next three weeks. so the transport secretary was at the despatch box to deliver the news. the time for action is now. heathrow is already full, and the evidence shows the remaining london airports won't be far behind. despite being the busiest two—runway airport in the world, heathrow‘s capacity constraints means it is falling behind its global competitors, impacting the uk's economy and global trading opportunities. the secretary of state now stands here today at the dispatch box and expects this house to accept what he says about the most significant of infrastructure projects. i'm sorry, but the secretary of state has form. the only reason that he is at the dispatch box today is because the prime minister is too weak to sack him.

he failed to say whether labour supported the decision. a former conservative transport secretary had looked at the fine print. this could mean taxpayers have to pick up a bill that cost billions and billions of pounds. the government denied that taxpayers would be liable. others were worried about the environmental angle. in this department's most recent aviation forecasts, there is no scenario in which expansion at heathrow is compatible with meeting the government's own commitments for climate change. some mps were

delighted with the news. supporting heathrow was counterintuitive for myself. however i support the expansion because the chambers of commerce of scotland recognise the financial benefits that will flow. cani financial benefits that will flow. can i congratulate the secretary of state for meeting this issue one. can he agree with me that the delays oi'i can he agree with me that the delays on this decision have caused the uk to lose business. can he reassure me that there will be no further delays because of divisions in his cabinet? the matter was discussed in cabinet this morning when the subcommittee met early this morning and reached a view. the cabinet was informed and i can say that the cabinet gave almost entirely universal support. chris

grayling claiming almost entirely universal support. that support was something he was lacking the day before when he was again on his feet to a nswer before when he was again on his feet to answer questions about the chaos caused by rail timetabling changes. passengers on the northern and govia thameslink networks had faced repeated delays and cancellations. in the commons, the transport secretary began by apologising. passengers on these franchises are facing u nsatisfa ctory levels of service. it is mine and my department's number one priority to make sure the industry restores reliability for passengers to an acceptable level as soon as possible. i will assure passengers that i share the frustration and i'm sorry this has taken place. no one will take responsibility for great britain's rail industry. amid the clamour, recriminations and buckpassing, there is one person who is ultimately responsible, that is the right honourable gentleman, the memberfor epsom and ewell, the secretary of state for transport. why, in his letter to mps and today,

does he fail to take any responsibility for his department's role in the shambles enjoyed by passengers up and down the country? and there was frustration too on the conservative benches. private lives are being destroyed and this whole thing is a disaster that must be put right. well, timetables and rail companies aside, was that the wrong kind of commons performance? i've been speaking to the labour formerjustice secretary, home secretary, foreign secretary and leader of the house, jack straw — a man who clearly knows a thing or two about being a minister. i asked him whether he felt any sympathy for the beleaguered mr grayling. on one level, i have sympathy for him because he was on the rack. at another level, i was almost shouting at the television to say, chris, you should have learned rule one

about being a minister, advice given to me by a conservative minister when we were in opposition, which is, whatever goes wrong in your department, however much it is arm's length to you, you're not responsible in practice for it, you have to take responsibility for it because the british people expect that one of the elected ministers should be held accountable to the elected parliament and, if they see a minister trying to say, it wasn't me, guv! it was network rail or a train operating company, the thing, —— they think this guy is washing his hands of it. is it hard, though? he had responsibility without control or power. yes, it is. there are lots of government departments, including the home office, where you have some of these agencies which are supposed to be semi—autonomous and to run themselves. the fact of the matter is that, when things go wrong, that piece of constitutional fiction goes out of the window.

in my case, after a period of where it looked as though i could walk on water, it went on for 20 months, and then everything went wrong. nobody could get a passport because the passport office had gone into the change programme with new computers, and the whole thing gummed up. it was not an issue or agency over which i paid any attention. there were huge queues outside the passport office which inconveniently was directly opposite the home office, and it started raining. and if i had said, i am not responsible, i would've been done for. as it was, it was a very dangerous period, but i had to say, i am responsible for this mess and i will sort out. i got umbrellas for

people, got special queue for women holding babies. after a few days, it come down. why is it that some ministers attract these problems? it is partly about how they handle the house whether they take responsibility when things go wrong and do not appear to evade responsibility. it is also to do with something tangible but real which is whether they have got credit in the bank with colleagues. by colleagues on both sides of the house. if a minister appears to be very dismissive of a reasonable point on the opposition, that actually feeds back on the other way, so if you have a minister who was paying attention to the house, picking points up, not gratuitously abusive or dismissive to people, and in the corridors in the room is picking up problems that

backbenchers are raising with them and dealing with them, then they will have credit in the bank and the reverse is also true. what are your top tips for being a minister? always take responsibility. whatever it is and however remote in practice is your real responsibility because it is what people expect. get yourself to the house of commons straightaway, do not wait to be dragged there. when you are there, give all the facts you can in one go. thirdly, pay attention to the concerns of backbenchers, both the house of commons... you will quite quickly be a backbencher again. take up these concerns, get yourself to the tearoom, feel the atmosphere around the place and, if you do that, when you are in trouble, people will give you the benefit of the doubt. but if you do not get that, that could dissolve in front of you, and i saw that simile times. —— so many times.

now, this week, mps backed calls to decriminalise abortion in northern ireland. the debate came after abortion laws were relaxed in the irish republic. mps voted after hearing some very personal stories from within their own ranks. i was ill when i made the incredibly hard decision to have a termination. i was having seizures every day. i was not able to control my own body, let alone care for a new life. so, mr speaker, i'd you seriously telling me that, in the civilised world, rape, incest or a foetus that is so deformed that it can never live, are not sufficient grounds for a woman to have the power to decide for yourself that she should not make that decision? no, enough. but the dup opposed any change. 98% of all abortions carried out in the uk are carried out on pregnancies that could continue to full term.

they are not inconvenient, or fatal abnormality cases, oi’ cases as a result of crisis pregnancies, they are unwanted pregnancies. we have people today in northern ireland who are rearing families who are contributing to society, building their businesses, working in our factories, sitting in our schools, who otherwise, if we had had the legislation which exists here, would've been discarded and put in a bin before they were born! that vote in the commons wasn't binding and won't bring in a change. later in the week, the supreme court rejected a challenge to northern ireland's strict abortion laws. the court said human rights campaigners didn't have the legal standing to bring the case, even though it agreed the current law was incompatible with european human rights legislation. after the court's decision, the northern ireland secretary came under renewed pressure to step in. the secretary of state has the power to direct the northern irish departments to action required

on the international obligations. human rights are an international obligation. minister, i beg of you, don't make a victim go to court! name the date that the bill come to parliament and we can get on in and this scandal. we cannotjust take back control, we can get it. it is the view of this government that the decisions about abortion and the laws that apply northern ireland should rightly improperly be decided by the people of northern ireland and the elected politicians. that is why i call on those elected politicians to come together, to form a government in stormont and deal with this issue. i want to ensure that where those victims and personal stories we have all heard, that those stories are dealt with. well, what does this all mean? i asked our northern ireland political correspondent, stephen walker. it is clear that theresa may is getting advice from all sides. it also means that the issue of abortion remains high up on the

political agenda. theresa may is getting advice from labour mps, liberal mps and people in her own party like maria miller and amber rudd who want abortion reform. however, she is also hearing from the dup, her political partners. they do not want abortion reform and do not want to see the 1967 abortion act in northern ireland. but the issue is complicated. while sinn fein would like to see some legislative change, there is no assembly, and it seems unlikely that the assembly will come back in the foreseeable future. that means all eyes are on westminster and the pressure remains an theresa may. she is hearing these voices and she knows the mood of the house, but she knows she has to keep the dup happy and that explains why she is treading very carefully. stephen walker in belfast. now for a look at some of the other news from westminster this week: mps backed a motion summoning

a prominent leave campaigner in the referendum to appear before a commons committee inquiry into fake news. dominic cummings has repeatedly refused to speak to mps. so the chairman of the culture committee introduced a rarely—used motion in the house of commons to persuade him to come along. this was the first time since 1920 that emotion of this kind has been put before the house. —— a motion. it has not been done lightly, in some ways it is with regret, i wish we could have reached a successful conclusion before now. while one witness was refusing to appear, another was on appearance number two. alexander nix, the former chief executive of cambridge analytica — the political consultancy at the heart of the row about facebook and privacy — suggested he was the victim of a conspiracy theory. to deny everything that has been said or written about you and then when you are caught on the record saying something, your first

response is, all lies. you can understand that is a frustrating position for us to be into half to listen. not as frustrating a position as it is for me. the culture secretary gave the green light for two corporations, 21st century fox and comcast, to bid for the entertainment firm sky. but matt hancock attached conditions to the bid from fox, which is owned by rupert murdoch. one is that fox must offload sky news. i will seek undertakings to ensure that sky news remains a viable over the long—term and independent saw that it can pursue politicians without or favour. —— independent. the government's decision to sell 7.7% of its stake in the mainly taxpayer—owned royal bank of scotland drew strong criticism from opposition peers. the sale price is significantly lower than the amount the treasury paid for its stake a decade ago.

the minister said the sale would raise £2.5 billion. the transaction represents value for money for the taxpayer. rbs is a smaller, simpler and safer organisation than the one the government was forced to recapitalise in 2008 and the sale price reflects that reality. why sell now, crystallising a loss that rises to in excess of £3 billion when financing costs are included, when there is no pressure and when the government claims to be positive about both rbs and the community? mps debated how best to respond to a controversial decision by donald trump to impose import tariffs of 25% on steel and aluminium from the european union, canada and mexico. one mp wanted to hit the president where it hurt. he likes golf. let's have golf tariffs on golf owners in scotland. let's bring them in immediately and stand up for our steel community

instead of this rubbish that we can do nothing about it. fight him. i've said this before, but it's been a bumpy week on the brexit front. david davis was apparently on the point of resignation over theresa may's proposed plan b or backstop if the negotiations don't produce a deal. then there were the comments made by borisjohnson that the brexit talks strategy lacked guts. and looming very large on the parliamentary horizon is the return of key brexit legislation, the eu withdrawal bill, to the house of commons. looking ahead at prime minister's questions, the labour leader focused on the government's strategy while theresa may focused on labour's. jeremy corbyn kicked off with a question about the government's detailed plans for the uk's future relationship with the eu, the white paper. last month, mr speaker, the brexit secretary promised, and i quote, "a detailed and precise white paper on the government's negotiating position."

will it be published in advance of the eu withdrawal debate next week? yes, my right honourable friend the brexit secretary and i agree that we want to publish a white paper that goes beyond the speeches... that goes beyond the speeches and the papers that have been given and published so far. theresa may had a question of her own. perhaps the right honourable gentleman would like to take the opportunity of doing what he refused to do two or three weeks ago in this chamber which is to stand up and rule out a second referendum. it's not the opposition that are conducting that negotiations. are conducting the negotiations. but very sadly, mr speaker, it's not the government either. then came a question which elicited one of the shortest answers ever uttered by theresa may. can the prime minister confirm that it remains her plan to leave the european union in march, 2019 and complete the transition

by december, 2020? yes. then we're on to the summing up. when it comes to brexit this government has delivered more delays and more cancellations than northern rail. labour voted for a referendum. they voted to trigger article 50. and since then, they have tried to frustrate the brexit process at every stage. the snp leader didn't seem impressed by either of his counterparts. while the leader of the opposition is playing games, the question he should have asked today is, will the prime minister stop her charade and vote for the lords' amendments next week for membership of the eea and the customs union, protecting jobs and prosperity? theresa may declined to give a direct answer to that one. now, the chief executive of the tsb, paul pester, has already offered

numerous apologies to customers for the problems caused by the it meltdown at the bank. and on wednesday, he said sorry again. the tsb moved the records of its five million customers to a new computer system in april. the changeover meant some people couldn't access their accounts online and others were targeted by fraudsters. one customer logged on to find he was £1.2 million overdrawn. in his second appearance before the treasury committee in five weeks, mr pester faced some blunt questioning. do you think that the tsb deserves its new nickname of the truly shambolic bank? the migration, the subsequent fraud attack, the fact that even when we send letters to customers we've managed to put more letters in a single envelope, all collectively has created a terrible time for our tsb customers. i apologise unreservedly for that. one mp raised the question of compensation for a constituent who couldn't access her account before her wedding. it messed around her wedding.

it put a lot of stress on her, emotional distress. i raised it with you last time. ijust wonder what figure you thought was appropriate. i can't give you an answer to that today. you said, to quote you, "the amount would be calculated based on stress and emotional distress." and i hope that's how it has been done because i am aware that she has received compensation, but i haven't got in my head what the amount is. £100? the tsb bosses. now, take a look at this sketch. it shows women listening in to debates in the old house of commons through a ventilator attic space in about 1821 because they were excluded from the public gallery. the sketch is part of a forthcoming exhibition in parliament to commemorate 100 years since the first women gained the vote. dozens of historic sites have been officially re—listed online

to recognise their role as targets during the militant suffragette campaign. claire gould reports. what links these postboxes in london, this old school in birmingham, and westminster abbey? they are all now listed officially as sites of suffragette sabotage. we're not changing the listing in any way about how the building will be used but it's a way of adding this important layer, this important part of the story to flesh out and bring to life this important aspect of our nation's history. postboxes were firebombed and empty buildings attacked in the militant campaign for votes for women. we don't obviously condone sabotaging the public realm today but we need to remember that this was a time when women were not enfranchised in a way, they couldn't use the power of the vote, like we can today, to effect change. this was really brave, activity to try to bring to attention this important cause

they were fighting for. suffragettes bombed this coronation chair in westminster abbey in 1914. they also disrupted services by staging prayer protests. this birmingham school escpaepd lightly. campaigners who broke in merely left a message. this birmingham school escaped lightly. campaigners who broke in merely left a message. they decided not to inflict the damage that they had started off intending to do, and left a message in chalk on the chalkboard to say that we find this building very charming indeed and we have decided not to inflict damage here. claire gould reporting there. now, what's been happening in the wider world of politics this week? julia butler is our guide. at five, move out of the way, minister. a gymnast celebrates being in downing street. at four, oops, dutch pm mark rutte spills coffee on his way into parliament and needs expert help to wield the mop. at three, the german parliament tries out its own version of pmqs, complete with applause.

at two, happy 99th birthday to lord carrington, former foreign secretary, who first took his seat in the lords in 19115. and at one, it's rhondda rips it up, premiering this week, welsh national opera's tribute to women's rights pioneer lady rhondda. all sing finally, in the dying stages of prime minister's questions, the conservative mp chris davies seemed to be concerned about whether mps will overturn the changes made to the eu withdrawal bill by peers. the biggest challenge between the commons and the lords takes place next week. yes, i'm referring to the lords

versus commons pigeon race. this has been revived after a gap of 90 years and takes place in bletchley park next wednesday. each member of both houses has been asked to sponsor a pigeon and the money will go to combat stress, that excellent charity. can i say to my honourable friend i would be happy to do so. well, that's all we've got time for. don't forget there's a round up of each day in parliament every night at 11pm on bbc parliament. but for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there. after what's been a

very long and dry spell for many of us, the weather looks like it's set to more unsettled from the middle pa rt to more unsettled from the middle part of this new working week. we started the week, though, off on pretty similar conditions to what we've been used to for quite a while, sunny spells and a few heavy showers. the best sunshine in england and wales where we will see the heaviest showers over the pennines and the high ground of wales into south—west england. a few for scotland, cooler and cloudier than of late, but warm instant to and southern parts, 22 or 24. on into tuesday, looking a bit cooler and cloudier across—the—boa rd, northerly breeze in eastern areas, noticeable along some of the coasts. top temperatures, 19, maybe 20 degrees. apart from a few showers it should stay dry for most. wednesday looks fine but beyond wednesday, this is where things turn more u nsettled this is where things turn more unsettled with the atlantic coming back to life, bringing wet and windy weather and also it will feel a little bit fresher too. welcome to bbc news broadcasting from singapore and london, live, to viewers in north america

and around the globe. my name is sharanjit leyl. our top stories: on the eve of the historic us—north korea summit, donald trump says he feels "very good" about the talks. it will be the first face—to—face meeting between him and kimjong—un. north korea says it's willing to discuss denuclearisation and a permanent and durable peace. the world's media are watching their every move. but can the two sides find enough common ground to strike a deal? i'm nkem ifejika, in london. also in the programme: from smiles at the g7 summit, to a war of words.