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this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 8pm. i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house. chaos in the commons, as the snp's westminster leader is expelled after a row with the speaker, and his colleagues followed him out of the chamber. let's be under no illusion. this is a constitutional crisis. we are now getting message to the government that we will take them on. this is the scene in the house of commons where a number of snp mps have returned to the chamber as votes continue for amendments on the government's eu withdrawal bill. i'm at westminster, where tory rebels continue to pile the pressure on the prime minister on what say mps have on the final brexit deal. the plumber who's won a legal battle over holiday and sick pay that could have major implications for millions of people who are self—employed.
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the national crime agency are investigating the retailer dixons carphone, after a major data breach involving nearly six million payment cards. also in the next hour, the us secretary of state speaks out about the meeting between president trump and kimjong un. mike pompeo says the us wants to see major disarmament in pyongyang by the end of the president's first term. scientists warn that ice in antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate, with some 200 billion tonnes being lost every year. canada, mexico and the usa have been selected... and america, canada and mexico win a joint bid to host the 2026 world cup. good evening, and
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welcome to bbc news. mps are voting on brexit again tonight, with a series of key amendments to the eu withdrawal bill. the government has just won a vote, mps rejecting a labour amendment to ensure the uk would seek full access to the eu's internal market, but not participate in the european economic area. it all follows a dramatic day in the commons when the scottish national party's westminster leader, was thrown out of the chamber of the house of commons by the speaker, members of his party then followed him out, walking out en masse. but in the last half hour, many of the snp mps have returned to the chamber. annita mcveigh is following events for us at westminster. annita? thank you very much, good evening
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from westminster, where the voting is now properly under way after day two of the debate on the withdrawal bill. let mejust two of the debate on the withdrawal bill. let me just bring you two of the debate on the withdrawal bill. let mejust bring you right up to date with what we're hearing about what's been going on. terms of that vote on this european economic area, there was a lords amendment that would force the government to make remaining in that ea and voting objective, remaining in the single market. jeremy corbyn had instructed his mps to abstain from that vote. but we are hearing that a number of the labour front bench team have quit their posts to vote for that amendment right now. parkersburg reporting, it sounds like an awful
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lot of labour mps have voted against the leadership, maybe 70 or so rebels, we should get the figures on that very soon. laura smith mp has resigned from her junior shadow cabinet office role to dividejeremy corbyn, as well as kelly reeves, and anna mcmartin, all resigning their roles in the shadow cabinet to dividejeremy corbyn. so after a day of debate, lots happening this evening. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg has been following a very busy day in westminster. farce 7 farce? a bit of pantomime?” farce? a bit of pantomime? i wanted a quiet work —— walk to work. farce? a bit of pantomime? i wanted a quiet work -- walk to work. you might not be what blamed for wondering if it looks a bit like that stop but it's the woman who lives in downing street who's the one trying to keep it all together.
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can you really please both sides, prime minister? she's the one trying to stick to promises that perhaps cannot all be capped. but for theresa may, it's certainly not a laughing matter. day marinette -- may now be a meltdown. they aren't actually my words, but those of the foreign secretary... even as his fellow cabinet ministers are preparing people the government's negotiation. joking apart, listen carefully. this is theresa may committing to thinking —— think again about giving parliament more power. if they vote down the eventual deal with the european union. i have agreed this morning with a pregnant secretary that we will bring forward an amendment in the lords, but there are a number of issues that will guide our approach in doing so. the prime minister made it to this morning avoiding defeat last night, because some of the one
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of the rebels believed she made them a promise behind closed doors. she put the mic or changed her plans for if the final brexit deal explodes. put the mic or changed her plans for if the final brexit deal explodeslj if the final brexit deal explodes.” trust the prime minister, i know she will be true to her word. it would bea will be true to her word. it would be a terrible betrayal if she wasn't. she's a woman of her word, she's given an absolute —— taken on a massive undertaking. but in what a massive game of he said she said, not everyone's version of exactly what was promised is exactly the same. in the end, it will be determined by what is actually conceded, and it's too soon to tell. but my fear is that the damage has already been done. the tories are hardly talking each other‘s language, let alone the rest of oui’s. language, let alone the rest of ours. but what is happening is the prime minister is trying to please a fraction of her party who want parliament to have more control if the final brexit deal goes south. she also has to keep on board dozens
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of others who think that if that happens, the best thing might be simply to walk away. but you can hardly please all the people all the time, even on your own site. the leader of the snp and westminster was crossed to. given the disrespect that was shown... but last night, there were only minutes of debate about how race affects scotland.” order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house... predictably thrown out by the speaker. i plotted adoringly by his own side. we have had changes to the devolution settlement are pushed through last night without scottish mp's voices being heard. that is a democratic outrage. brexit's complicated, and that gets theresa may's foes so many reasons to attack her. the prime minister is predictably perhaps struggling to
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contain every pack. joining me now from central lobby at the houses then right. we're trying to figure out the details of the rebellion of that vote in the european area vote. we know that the vote was rejected 327-... it we know that the vote was rejected 327—... it was like 75 labour mps voted for the membership, so rebelled against third —— party line, which was to abstain the vote. that's pretty substantial? it shows how many labour backbenchers are willing to defy the whip on this absolutely critical economic question. we know there was five resignations from the labour‘s type desktop team, —— team. i was told by
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somebody else that laura smith had quit so she could vote against eea membership. it's further evidence, as if we needed any, that labour is also very divided on these questions. speaking of divisions, let's look at the divisions in the conservative party and consider whether theresa may has a grip of this process still? day by day, she is still there. i think she got through yesterday having to make a big compromise to diffuse the chance ofa big compromise to diffuse the chance of a rebellion on this critical question of what sort of vote they will be when the brexit process is wrapped up. the question now is whether the amendment coming forward will be enough to continue to contain a rebellion, or what it will look like —— whether he will look like to the trail to the group of tory mps. that's the big question, we make get that answer tomorrow.“ that come from eyes arrangement
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comes, he will have to come very quickly. yes, it's back in the lords on tuesday, a ping—pong back. the lords will consider the amendment. the amendment we are looking out for would be introduced in the comments at the beginning of next week. so if those would—be be tory rebels aren't happy, they will have an opportunity pretty quickly to let theresa may feel the wrath? precisely. pretty quickly to let theresa may feelthe wrath? precisely. in parliamentary procedural terms, if they aren't happy with the amendment they aren't happy with the amendment they draft, does that mean the peers, do they have another go themselves and send it back to the comments, where and it's super he can... will have take into account... as we're talking about the ea in the customs union, this is
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a battle deferred rather than a battle won for the government. there was never any chance of the government losing on either the customs union vote this evening or the eea membership. but talking to tory mps, want you have never rebelled on any of these questions, they are all eyeing of the trading bill. this next month? we will be here talking about that done. that's a critical piece of legislation, and my feeling is that if tory mps voted remained and wanted to shake brexit, i think that's where they will try and amend the bill. that'll be the crunch point for that aspect of the brexit process? the question will be if there is a more sizeable cross party alliance and we have seen this evening to inflict what would that bea evening to inflict what would that be a very significant defeat on the government. lots of mps are talking about the trade bill. thank you very much. joining me now from central lobby at the houses of parliament is labour mp chuka umunna. your reaction to the vote on the eea
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with members of the labour party putting their roles to vote against the labour leader? first of all, it's worth noting that on our current estimates, i think three conservative mps voted for the lords eea amendment. around 8—10 and stayed, so that would represent the biggest government rebellion potentially on this bill to date, which i think is very significant —— abstained. we have had a very important debate on these amendments in the commons today, because of course although the majority of people in a referendum in 2016 voted to leave, it was retained to parliament to determine how we leave. and what you have seen in the debate today is a desire to take heed and listen to all the views of all our different communities. a gave a speech myself on free
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movement and some people's feelings on that. but also, have to take account of that, but also ensure that we leave in the least damaging way to our economy. i'm very honest about this, i personally don't think we should be leaving the european union. if it was down to me, we would not be doing so. but the bottom line is if brexit is going to happen, then let's do it in the least damaging way possible, and that's why there was debate about this in the labour party, and a sizeable rebellion. because the labour party reflects the country, oui’ labour party reflects the country, our country is divided on this issue. it's not great, i don't like rebelling against the party whip, but you have to do what is best for your community and country. different mps come to different views on that, but as long as you are doing what's best for your community and country, that's what we are here to do. on the issue on the size of the labour rebellion, we are seeing a statement from jeremy
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corbyn reacting from the decision of laura smith and other mps to resign from their roles over this eea vote, saying he would like to thank all of them for their work with the labour front bench, and he looks forward to working with all five in the labour government that invests in all our communities and gives real hope to oui’ communities and gives real hope to our people. do you find it strange that he hasn't actually addressed theissue that he hasn't actually addressed the issue at hand? no, because if you just had a number of people resign from your buck —— backbench, you would of course want to pay tribute to them. we have the trade and customs bills, which would be looking less of the process of brexit in terms of this bill being primarily about how we transpose eu laws into british laws, but the trade and customs bills will actually be dealing with future trade policy. we know we are going to have those coming back to the house of commons by the end ofjuly. ifi house of commons by the end ofjuly. if i may interrupt... up by the time
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we get it is due bill. talking about resolving the debate within the labour party, you think thejeremy corbyn will tweak his approach based on the size of the labour rebellion here this evening? i certainly think it gives pause for thought. there's no doubt about it, and some of the communities that are represented by labourmps, communities that are represented by labour mps, there are legitimate concerns about the way the free movement operates. but if you look at the underlying causes of those concerns, not enough decentjobs that pay a decent salary, the nhs crisis, a lack of affordable homes, a shortage of school places, all of those are the underlying concerns which drive how people feel about immigration. and the way to deal with that is not rip yourselves out of the economic structures of the european union if the option is open to stay part of them as you leave,
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not to rip yourself out of those, but actually get to the heart of those issues, which are domestically created. they need domestic solutions from uk government policy, and this is the kind of debate we got to have. i don't think we should be ducking the debate around immigration, because that is a principle thing that has stood in the way of the labour front bench backing us remaining part of the uk economic area, around concerns of immigration. i don't deny immigration. i don't deny immigration is as challenges, but if you impose the right policy, it shouldn't. that underlie her —— underlying concerns required investment by the government here. if we take ourselves out of the eu economic area, it will not lead to more affordable homes or more decent jobs —— eea. more affordable homes or more decent jobs -- eea. thank you so much for your time. dipping into
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jobs -- eea. thank you so much for yourtime. dipping into some jobs -- eea. thank you so much for your time. dipping into some images from the house of commons, the business continuing care with small votes to, on the second and final day —— some more votes. of the bill debate, arguably the most significant of those votes having already taken place, both relating to the uk's future economic relationship with the eu in terms of customs relations, and the issue of the eea. for now, from westminster, it's back to bend in the studio. thank you very much. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:a0pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the political strategist, jo tanner, and the broadcaster, david davies. the headlines on bbc news.
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five labour mps have resigned from the front bench this evening, as they vote on key elements of the brexit legislation. earlier the snp's westminster leader was expelled from the commons — after a heated debate with the speaker — and his colleagues followed him out of the chamber. a landmark ruling for the gig economy, as the supreme court rules a plumber is entitled to employment rights, including holidays and sick pay. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. not long for the world cup, tomorrow, set your watches. but before that, we will start with some cricket. england have won the first
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one—day international against australia at the oval by three wickets. choosing 215 to win, england reach the target with more than six overs to spare. david wiley hitting the winning runs. much more on the website for that. now this time tomorrow, we will have our first results of the 2018 world cup. but today, the focus is on the tournament in 2026, which will be jointly hosted by the united states, canada, and mexico. fifa selected the bid ahead of the submission by morocco during today's vote in moscow. the 2026 bid at one by 134 votes, compared to morocco, and it will be the biggest world cup ever held with 48 teams playing 80 matches over 34 days. both mexico and the united states have previously hosted world cups, while canada staged the women's world cup three years ago. back to this year's
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tournament, and spain have sacked manager eu and love a techie. just two days before their opening clash with portugal. yesterday was announced he would be taken over as manager of real madrid. at the end of the tournament, but the spanish football association said it had dismissed the 51—year—old because the negotiation occurred without telling them. translation: i don't feel the trade during the time he's worked with the national team, he has done an impeccablejob. national team, he has done an impeccable job. but this national team, he has done an impeccablejob. but this is national team, he has done an impeccable job. but this is about is about weight that's the way things have been done. i don't think by him, but by the people who have done things that communicating with the spanish football federation while he was an employee here. that is something we cannot let pass. we we re something we cannot let pass. we were forced to sack him, but i've a lwa ys were forced to sack him, but i've always said that the best person to guide the national team is key himself. what i can guarantee is the players and new technical staff under fernando hero are going to do
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everything possible to guide the national team as far as possible. it isa national team as far as possible. it is a very difficult situation, and it's very complicated. earlier i spoke to the spanish football journalist ernest mafia, who told me the whole country the doctor has been shocked by the decision. it's one of the worst decisions i've ever seen one of the worst decisions i've ever seenin one of the worst decisions i've ever seen in spanish football, and as far asi seen in spanish football, and as far as i know, at this moment the new coachis as i know, at this moment the new coach is still surprised. he was potentially a very good coach and a p pa re ntly potentially a very good coach and apparently the players were happy with how he was working with the team. now it is an improvisation, everything will be a surprise every day. i presume that spain will start the games losing by 1—0 before the kick—off. the games losing by 1—0 before the kick-off. england arrived in russia yesterday with their first match against tunisia on monday. there's been lots of talk about how the players will spend their time away from training and matches. eric dyer says boredom will be an issue. it's
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got a nice little basketball net set up. we got golf simulators. we got uno cards, we play a lot of uno. ping—pong, snicker, we are spoiled, we have everything, there's no reason to be bored. rafael nadal has pulled out of this year's queen's clu b pulled out of this year's queen's club tournament. fresh off the back of his 11th french open victory, he says he won't be at the pre—wimbledon warm—up this year after a long play season. he suffered a hand injury during the final and has still yet to confirm his participation at the all—england club. that's all the spore for now, but i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10:30pm. thank you very much, see you later on! the un security council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow on the military escalation in yemen following uk's request. pro—government forces, backed by saudi arabia, have begun attacking a key port in western yemen held
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by rebel fighters. the coastal city of hudaydah is the main entry point for vital food aid for over seven—million people. the city has been held by iranian—backed houthi rebels for more than three years. joining me now is andreas krieg, who is assistant professor of defence studies at king's college london. thank you for being with us. now remind people that this conflict that's been raging for three years, what is all about? it's a proxy with various dimensions. it's an extension of decades of war in yemen. this time around, it's the cooties, a somewhat shia rebel force in the north, they've been seizing the capital a couple years ago in 2014. they're holding the north and saudi arabia, the big brother of the
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north to the country, and together with the united arab emirates, they are trying to liberate the country from the houthi rebels. they are doing this in the name of a government which is in exile. for the most part, they're doing it for their own interest because they're trying to control the country. these two parties are clashing. so it's a sunny, shia clash? they're not really shia, most people who fight with the houthi's are not shia. they look at the houthis as a proxy of iran, and elected as a proxy war between iran and saudi arabia. the selected escalation, describe what's going on now? the most important part, the umbilical port discord to yemen. and what —— if it wasn't for that port, there'd be no aid coming toa that port, there'd be no aid coming to a country which is already suffering from a very severe humanitarian crisis. this port is
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strategic because they are saying the ballistic missiles they're fired on saudi arabia by the houthis are coming to this port. evidence suggests this is not true for the past two years, most of the weaponry from the houthis come from different ways. it's merely been a part that brings in humanitarian aid for other humanitarian workers. it's a densely populated area, 600,000 people. the coalition is per training this as a turning point for this war. they say if they take this port, this'll be the end of the houthis insurgency at the end of the houthis insurgency at the north. this is probably not true because been fighting for more than a decade in the north. they were able to sustain themselves after being cut off from supply lines in the remote areas. they don't need this port as much as the yemeni population needs it. that is why this is a very strategic point. it's being described as the worst
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humanitarian crisis in the world right now. and you're saying this bombardment in the part will make this worse? not for the microchips for the people of the city. if they seized street by street the city, there will be tens of thousands of casualties. millions of people reply on this port for the supplies. 8 million people are already close to starvation, 22 million people severely affected by lack of access to food. so this kind of context, losing the sport, because this operation will take months and maybe even a year to complete and that time, it will be very hard than supplied the population in the northwest of the country. so in way, we will —— it will make the humanitarian suffering even worse. thank you so much for explaining all that. bringing you up—to—date with
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what's going on in the comments. we're just hearing that theresa may has won a vote in parliament that throughout the proposal, which would have forced the government to report on the efforts it made in the customs union. voting 395 did — to 58. we will bring you more on that as it comes to us. so far the voting on brexit on the eu withdrawal bill in the comments this evening has once again alban going to government's way. a plumber has won a legal battle that may well huge ramifications for people who are self—employed. gary smith said he was unfairly dismissed by pimlico plumbers, after he tried to reduce his hours following a heart attack. the supreme courtjudges have ruled that even though he was self—employed, he was entitled to workers' rights, such as holiday and sick pay. simon gompertz reports. the boss of pimlico plumbers arrived
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at the supreme court in his bentley, charlie mullins keen to show how much money plumbers can make. some plumbers make over £100,000 a year. but the plumbers, the court decided, did not have the option of sending any substitute to do jobs. they drove company liveried vans and wore uniforms. they were workers who should have had rights like sick pay and minimum wage. gary smith was due holiday pay and unfairly dismissed after a heart attack. the significance of the ruling is likely to be considerable for people working in the so—called gig economy where you have to be flexible and you are regarded as self—employed. because pimlico plumbers lost in the supreme court, the decision will weigh heavily in future cases on whether people should have workers' rights. mr mullins now believes thousands of
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businesses will be wondering when the day to get claims. you disagree with the decision? totally, it's disgraceful and disgusting. it's very cowardly. it's a very bad and sad day for self—employed people. goober is another company fighting a claim from self—employed drivers. this case sets the standard, the bar that everyone below us, all those cases will follow. there has been a boom in self employed work in the gig economy after this ruling in the supreme court, companies will start to wonder whether it's worth it. time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. storm hector is heading in our
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direction, but not everybody will feel the full force of the storm. it looks like northern parts of the uk will be getting a severe democrat the severe gales late tonight into tomorrow morning. gusts of 60—70 mph are expected across this part of the country here in the northwest, northern ireland, part of scotland, but the effects will be felt towards the south as well, northern parts of wales, possibly the midlands into lincolnshire, and very blustery on the south coast of england. there could be some damage from this storm as it barrels through. the worst of the wins will probably coincide early in the morning, very windy to the afternoon will stop on top of that, a lot of heavy rain, but it will be swifty at the swiftly moving through. in the afternoon on thursday, it's actually looking quite stunning across the uk, that storm will blow through, but it will be very windy for much of thursday. this is bbc news,
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our latest headlines. five labour mps resign from the party's front bench, as mps continue to reject amendments to the government's key brexit legislation, including on the customs union. i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw immediately from the house. the snp's westminster leader was expelled from the commons, after a heated debate with the speaker, and his colleagues followed him out of the chamber. this is a constitutional crisis, we are now getting a message to the government that we will take them on. the supreme court rules a plumber is entitled to employment rights, the case could have implications for the whole of the gig economy. the un security council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow on the military escalation in yemen, after pro—government forces attack a key port held by rebel fighters.
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scientists warn that ice in antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate, with some 200 billion tonnes being lost every year. in a moment, why the red squirrel and the wildcat are among 12 species of wild mammalfacing a high risk of extinction in the uk. let's return now to what has been a busy day in westminster. in the last hour five labour mps have stood down from their shadow cabinet positions to vote against their leadership on an amendment that would keep britain out of the european economic area. mps are continuing to vote on the government's key brexit legislation. mps
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m ps voted mps voted to reject that by 325 — 298. now in the last hour or so as we have been reporting, five labour mps stood down from their shadow cabinet positions, that was in order to vote against their leadership on an amendment that would have kept britain out of the european economic area. mps continue to vote on the key brexit legislation this evening and all of this at the end of a very dramatic day in the chamber of the house. this came after snp mp's walked out of the commons during prime minister's questions after their westminster leader was evicted from the chamber. and in the last few minutes the government has won a vote on the customs union. we're going to consider what's been going on in parliament. joining me now to look back on today in parliament is the political editor of the sun, tom newton dunn and john rentoul,
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chief political commentator for the independent. esteemed company with which to discuss what's been going on. why don't you kick off. first of all that stuff about what's going on right now, the government seems to be winning these amendments and neighbour post but divisions had been laid bare this evening with these by resignations from the front bench. absolutely. yesterday was the psychodrama for the party and tonight is without a doubt that for the labour party. it's quite extraordinary division you just saw on the ea amendments. which saw the labour party used but three different ways. i think it was something like 74 both said for the ea amendments, 15 voted against it. 89 different rebellions and of course jeremy corbyn told 89 different rebellions and of coursejeremy corbyn told them to abstain. in my count that's more than a third of the entire labour party and the worst record —— rebellion he has suffered in his entire leadership. it leads the
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policy in an almighty mess if you can't debunk a mine —— command two thirds of the parliament through party. i'd be fascinated to know where he's going to go with this. how do you see itjohn? is the prime minister after obviously very difficult day last night and making those very last—minute concessions, is she not sitting pretty but a she relatively happy with how all of this has gone and observed being as tom said that bit of labour discomfort? not at all, the neighbour discomfort is entertaining. a three—way split is quite unusual, but the labour front bench position is reasonably solid. the government does not have a front bench position because it has not yet agreed it. and what happened yesterday was the government did its usual trick of realising it was about to lose a vote and therefore putting it off until next week and then next week we might find out that it's been put off until the week after that. she has at some point but to face up to the question
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of where the government stands on the brexit end point but we have not got there yet but so far she's dumped the challenge. just talked to was a bit more about those concessions that the prime minister made last night. a lot of talk today about whether they really were concessions, what they amounted to at the time, the tory rebels or potential rebels deemed satisfied. has there been any sort of rolling back on those alleged concessions by the governments? by the prime minister? by downing street? yes, it's up in quite considerable really, the game was to work out what exactly the prime minister had promised them. because it appeared she promised any day what is known as the greek amendments which is basically they can have about to really stop the government from doing anything at all from november the 30th if there is no deal. and
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the 30th if there is no deal. and the significance of that was the stop the government from being able to leave the eu without a deal at all. and that's what these tory rebels were remainders are what you wa nt to rebels were remainders are what you want to call them really wanted. then, we heard that she told something slightly different to the brexiteers who got wind of this last night and were very upset. today, her official spokesman confirmed to us her official spokesman confirmed to us that absolutely the government could not abide by giving anyone in parliament the right to interfere in the government's proceedings on brexit, how they ought to carry it out including stopping them from forcing a no deal. so for me than no deal thing is very important. i don't think both tory rebels, 20 or so now don't think both tory rebels, 20 or so now will be anywhere near happy without. we will get the fresh government compromise amendment tomorrow. that has to be a pretty considerably higher bar to please all those rebels. it does not look like it will get there and i predict there for groundhog day this time next week or next tuesday will be
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going through precisely the same story brexit psychodrama in the house of commons all over again. and long—term, where does this leave us? europe must be looking at as thinking are still negotiating with your cells rather than negotiating with us? absolutely, that's precisely what most europeans if they are paying any attention to the british brexit debate are saying to themselves. at the moment they could see that dominic grieve, the former attorney general, the leader of the tory for european rebels is in effect the most powerful person in britain because he has the vote in a house of commons to defeat the government if he should choose to do so. government if he should choose to do so. so he has to be satisfied with the form of words the prime minister comes up the form of words the prime minister comes up with tomorrow. maybe he will be, maybe he won't, maybe it'll go on until next week or the week after. but, the government's position is tomorrow resolved. the prime minister has got to go to the june summit at the end of this month. after that she will try to knock heads together at a checkers
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meeting at her country house and get the cabinet locked in a room for two days until they come up with an agreement. i suspect he probably won't even sort it out then. that me ask you about what happened earlier on with that snp walked out from the chamber. depending on your point of view this was either a puig —— premeditated publicity stunt or a protest against a power grab from the scottish parliament. what was your view what it all? it could be both. my view is it probably was both, it was premeditated there is evidence for that now. it's been done before, it's a great way to ca ptu re done before, it's a great way to capture the nation's attention. if any of you are fine viewers are watching politics at the moment, which i don't think would be many andi which i don't think would be many and i apologise for turning away the few of them that still left, they will be doing it during pm cues which is the centre point focus of the week. the snp leader have a
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question forjeremy corbyn, everyone still watching by that stage and it's a great great i think for the nationalist supporters up in scotland. it makes the snp the up like they're standing to administer. nothing will come of it, the argument still goes on exactly how much edinburgh should be voting on in terms of what is being devolved and what isn't being evolved and how much the government can enforce the devolution settlement was brexit but it's karl —— but us talk about it. to the viewers are watching you by the way tom, don't worry about that. quick word from you on the snp, was that an effective tool, ploy, whatever you want to call it that they use today? yes, it was his best moment in my ministers questions since he took over the leadership of the parliamentary party in westminster. which is not a good comment on his contributions so far. imean comment on his contributions so far. i mean the danger for the snp i think is that they look weak, it looks as if they're advertising how
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little influence they have because they take their back home and walk out of the chamber. but it certainly has got everybody talking about it and it got the primetime by ministers questions audience. good to talk to both of you, thank you so much for being with us. the national crime agency are investigating a cyber attack on the retailer dixons carphone — after the company admitted a major data breach involving nearly six million payment cards. the company, which is behind currys — says the cyber attack began last summer. dixons carphone has apologised, but said there's no evidence of any fraud as a result. to tell us more is randhir shinde ceo of galaxkey, a data protection and data management company. thank you for being with us. tell us how worried should we be? this sound like an absolutely massive data
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breach? yes, absolutely. so, what new type of data breach, there are two elements to it, first financial loss which is penalties to the company, you know fraud happening on a credit card which have been lost, but the other aspect is data that's lost is around 1.2 million which has been hacked and this information is a breach of trust and i think that's much more significant. you can get coverage of your financial losses by insurance companies and all but who will cover your postal loss because hackers can get that information and get into your e—mails were your electronic dna these days which is abut —— much bigger loss. electronic dna these days which is abut -- much bigger loss. is this sort of data breach becoming more common in your view? yes it is. if you consider all the breaches happening the last couple of years, loss of personal information is growing and i think that something
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really concerning, financial loss because personal information is more critical than the financial loss happening. are companies doing enough to protect themselves? yes, that's a good question. the gdp are coming in place, companies have started looking into that but i don't think all companies are ready yet and that's a fact of life. in the competitive world it's a race to have effective, faster computing and did theyjust have effective, faster computing and did they just ignore have effective, faster computing and did theyjust ignore our data security which is considered a chore and they did not want to invest over there they want to invest in people. because cut the deck spends about it slows things down. exactly, that's a big problem you have to work on. and the other aspect is companies don't consider which data needs to be protected, this data is transmitted as well as started, it's needs to be encrypted, there's no other option. it's really important for to consider that. and the hackers, they
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are making a lot of money out of this. you can't directly say they are making more money, they may affect you in the long run which your data, you don't know what they're going to do and they can make more money and harm you in some other way. it's very difficult, your versatile information is compromised. ceo of galaxy, thank you for talking to us. one in five of the uk's species of wild mammals face a high risk of extinction according to a major new study. the red squirrel, the water vole and the wildcat are all listed as facing severe threats to their survival due to climate change, loss of habitat or the use of pesticides. claire marshall has more. the water vole, the inspiration for ratty in "wind in the willows". its numbers are plummeting. it has been put high on the newly endangered species list. and this is where we are going to be looking for our signs. we have come to perfect water vole country, a wildlife reserve on the gwent levels. we are going to try to catch a glimpse for ourselves.
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brilliant, we've got a burrow here... the list has been put together using international standards. researchers examined more than 1.5 million biological records, and near the top is the red squirrel. we are living in a country that is changing enormously, we're building houses, new roads, railways, agriculture is changing. so it is really important we have up—to—date information so we can plan how we will conserve british wildlife. in even more peril, the scottish wildcat. the report's authors placed the blame on climate change, disease and loss of habitat. an extension of the m4 could slice through part of the gwent levels reserve, potentially have a major impact on the water voles. they are really starting to thrive again in this landscape where they were once widespread but already we are up against another threat. that is in the form of a new motorway that the welsh government wants to build across the gwent levels.
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so this is a precious little pocket of nature, and what the creators of this endangered species list hope for is that wildlife would be valued, notjust in places like this, but across the whole country. with this new list, it is even clearer which species we need to protect. the hope is that it will happen. claire marshall, bbc news, the gwent levels. joining me now from stirling is susan davies, director of conservation at the scottish wildlife trust. thank you for being with us, what if the pitcher then in scotland? we we re the pitcher then in scotland? we were hearing what claire marshall was saying but it's a mixed picture isn't it? yes, absolutely. it's a mixed picture that we have got, we do see in scotland for example a similar picture to the rest of great britain where numbers of deer for example are rising but for other species wildcats has been mentioned,
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we can see that's critically endangered and is on the brink really of extension. there are also differences between scotland and the rest of great britain so in terms of red squirrels, actually scotland is the last kind of hope and the last chance for the recovery of red squirrels and we are seeing them start to recover because of very direct consolation action as well. 0ne direct consolation action as well. one of the main danger is that you are worried about and that you would like to see action taken on?” are worried about and that you would like to see action taken on? i see one of the key issues around farming, practises must be as we go forward in terms of funding farming at that farmers are funded for more wildlife friendly farming practises and a lot of our habitats are very fermented in the landscape and it's important we try to connect those habitats act up and try to put buffers around them and that's why one of the initiatives which the scottish wildlife trust promotes is national ecological network in scotla nd
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national ecological network in scotland which would be connect those habitats and all our mammals to move around within the landscape a bit more freely. that can be a cross agriculture and it can also be in oururban cross agriculture and it can also be in our urban settings as well where a lot of our infrastructure is blocking the movement of some of those animals. this sort of study we have seen released today pretty comprehensive, does that give us a wake—up call about comprehensive, does that give us a wa ke—up call about what comprehensive, does that give us a wake—up call about what we have to do as wake—up call about what we have to doasa wake—up call about what we have to do as a country? absolutely. 0bviously do as a country? absolutely. obviously the study is comprehensive, but there are also a number of these native animals very still don't have an awful lot of information, one of the things he would like to encourage people to do is actually to help us record the presence of those animals and submit those records with the momo out tracker and if we improve our knowledge they will have a better understanding of the type of issues affecting them and the type of action that we need to take to co nse rve action that we need to take to conserve them. but certainly helps concentrate about additional activities that we need to take
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forward and put our efforts and focus. it has to be a collaborative effort, not just with focus. it has to be a collaborative effort, notjust with the conservation organisations but with land managers and with local community groups as well. we are seeing community engagement again on projects likes saving scotland red squirrels were you get real buying and ownership of saving endangered species. good to talk to you, thank you for being with us. director of conservation at the scottish wildlife trust. the headlines on bbc news: five labour mps resign from the party's frontbench — as mps continue to reject amendments to the government's key brexit legislation. earlier today — the snp's westminster leader was expelled from the commons — after a heated debate with the speaker — and his colleagues then followed him out of the chamber. a landmark ruling for the gig economy, as the supreme court rules a plumber is entitled to employment rights, including holidays and sick pay. ice in the antarctic, is melting faster than before —
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according to scientists who've been studying new satellite. they say, 200 billion tonnes of ice a year, is now being lost to the ocean, as a result of melting — a three—fold increase since 2012. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. this is an international study, a group of scientists coming together to carry out the biggest picture ever taken of what to carry out the biggest picture ever ta ken of what exactly to carry out the biggest picture ever taken of what exactly is happening to the antarctic ice sheets. it's known as the ice sheet mass balance and the comparison exercise and as economic as that sounds it's very important. it's taking a huge step back and looking at antarctica from space. taking 24 different satellite measurements over a period from 1992 the 2017th to measure what's happening to that night. they look at the change and the shape of the ice sheet and it
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looks 0k the shape of the ice sheet and it looks ok with the speed at which they are flowing into the ocean. and more recently, scientists have been able to take gravity measurements that allow them to weigh that vast ice sheet that holds a 90% of the planets's fresh water. it's a huge weight of ice under dynamics are on a enormous scale which is why scientists have to take this methods that back. what they have seen is that back. what they have seen is that there is a ramping up over that period of the ice lost. as the ocean warms underneath its digging away at thatice warms underneath its digging away at that ice and melting away and what they are losing is about 200 billion tonnes of ice per year. now, crucially that they can calculate into how much that is contributing to sea level rise. we have at the moment that three mm per year of global sea—level rise and antarctic loss is contributing zero points six mm every year. so that's our belief big significant contributor. what scientists are saying, how it's
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moving and shifting and changing is going to need to be factored into our global plans of how we protect vulnerable also communities from sea level rise. how this freeze at the bottom of our planet is facing is going to affect the entire globe in terms of how our planet to climate change as a whole. that's our sirens correspondents reporting. an offshore wind farm with 91 turbines has opened off the norfolk and lincolnshire coast. the danish energy firm, 0rsted, says its race bank wind farm is the fifth largest in the world, and could power around half a million homes across the uk. sarah corker has been taking a look. the commute to work might be a bit rocky but the views are spectacular. we see seals and wildlife and sunsets. yeah, it's beautiful. i'm assuming there's no lift? yes, there is. there is? it's more for parts than people. georgia is a wind turbine technician and for two weeks at a time, this huge ship is her home in the middle of the north sea. how comfy are the cabins, then?
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very comfy. it's nicknamed the flowtel. the rooms here are ensuite. we've all got our own tellies as well. this 60 cabin vessel has five decks and was designed by rolls—royce specifically for servicing wind farms. get the music on and get everyone in the mood. with a gym, games room and steak night fridays, it's a taste of home at sea. i worked in a shop for a year and realised that wasn't for me. so georgia trained as an apprentice at lincoln college. we do have to climb the turbines and that's very high and very tiring. it's maintenance work, fault finding, electric, hydraulic, mechanical. do you get homesick? yes, yes i do, i think everyone does. and this is what georgia will be working on, race bank, 17 miles offshore, officially opened today by danish firm 0rsted. i went for a flyover with the managing director. from the air, you get a real sense of the scale of this wind farm. it's the fifth largest in the world and is equivalent in size to 10,500 football pitches.
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the number of jobs at 0rsted's grimsby base is estimated to eventually double to 500. it is central on the east coast. it has the deep water harbour facilities that we need. it's ideally located from a geographical standpoint and we're delighted that we can create so manyjobs in this local area because of that. race bank will generate enough electricity for 500,000 homes and crews from grimsby already maintain two other north sea wind farms and two more are being built further offshore, hornsea one that will become the world's largest. many of those taking up these new green jobs are ex—forces. matthew spent more than 20 years in the raf as an engineer. now he's found his sea legs. what's the worst whether you've been out in on this vessel? if we start seeing waves above 2.2, 2.3 metres tjen we know we're going to start to struggle. if the winds are high, then we can't crane,
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so there's a limiting factor on what work we can do. green energy is breathing new life into this old fishing port. the trawlers long gone, now replaced by these towering wind farm vessels. sarah corker reporting there. the stars are out in force this evening in leicester square in central london, for the premiere of 0cean's 8. the film is a spin off of 0cean's eleven, with a twist, an all female cast. here's a clip. so you want to hit a jewellery store ? so you want to hit a jewellery store? not exactly. a diamond mine. yes exactly right. or. the mets. for three and a half weeks, the mets will be hosting its annual ball and we are going to rob it. lucky you. $16.5 million in each of your bank
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accou nts $16.5 million in each of your bank accounts five weeks from now. that's accounts five weeks from now. that's a lot. just the flavour of oceans eight. helena bonham carter, sandra bullock and cate blanchett and have been walking the red carpet and talking about the significance of the timing of the movie. we are we a re really we are really lucky about the context because when they invented it, people were still feeling the tide was coming but we knew it was coming, the context was right. you know the streaming universe created so many opportunities for us but for diversity, for people of all colour and sexual origins, it's now a level playing field hopefully the streaming world will influence the cinematic world and theatres a bit more. it's not that people have not had greater virgins and uncreative things it's that they have not had access to that and access to the studio and have been really wonderfully surprised and excited by
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the fact that warner brothers has been behind this film. it was always meant to be released now but they had a vision for it so they can't find it in a big way. there is kate blanchett. maybe a film about this daredevil raccoon. a daredevil raccoon in the american state of minnesota has had the internet on tenterhooks. the tiny animal had been scaling 23 floors of a building for nearly a day. crowds watched anxiously into the night after the animal went viral online, and local media streamed his perilous climb to the world. twitter celebrated as the raccoon reached the roof in the early hours of the morning. well done. time for a look at the weather. here is the latest forecast. the
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weather has been going downhill rapidly across southwestern parts of the uk and the rain has a right and the uk and the rain has a right and the wings have been strengthening and the storm is approaching. could bea and the storm is approaching. could be a nasty storm for this time of year. amber warnings still enforced, 60 to 70 mph winds. that's still yet to come and that will arrive tomorrow. through the early hours of thursday and into thursday morning and afternoon. it will be very windy across the north at the moment the storm is still well out to sea by the time we get to around five or six in the morning those wins will really be ramping up across northern ireland. western scotland, basically from the midlands through tomorrow, those wins could become very troublesome and some areas could be damaging. this time of year, 60 mile an hour winds could cause a bit of trouble in land and these winds are forecast indeed in and through tomorrow. there will be lots of showers rifling through but then you know what? 0nce showers rifling through but then you know what? once the storm clears away, there is out in the norwegian sea behind it we have got sunshine
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and very blustery winds. it's an odd day on the way tomorrow. sunny but very windy. next, outside source. with an interactive take on the world. at 1042 papers and we will look ahead to tomorrow's front pages. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. saudi led pro—government forces in yemen launch an all—out assault on a crucial port. aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe as supplies to millions of people face being cut. mike pompeo says the us wants to see major disarmament in north korea within two—and—a—half years. the fifa world cup heads to america, canada and mexico, after they win a joint bid to host the 2026 finals. we will update you on what's been happening in russia. the spain international team is without his coat, he's been sacked.
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