yea rs has provoked a storm of criticism. after talks with president putin, the us leader hailed what he called a new constructive dialogue and greater cooperation with russia. mr trump then went on, publicly, to choose president putin's denial that russia had interfered with the 2016 american election, against the unanimous conclusion of us intelligence agencies that russia did. britain's by minister has caved pressure from conservative brexiteers for leaving the european union and has neutralised the potential rebellion from mps. calls by cabinet ministers for a second referendum have been ruled out. netflix has released its latest results. shares fell sharply after the company revealed it added just over 5 million new subscribers through april and june. now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello, and welcome to monday in

parliament. a look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. on this programme, is donald trump meets that of mere polluting in helsinki, britain's party leaders have different takes on basri's nato summit. —— vladimir putin. have different takes on basri's nato summit. -- vladimir putin. under no circumstances can our policies be outsourced to the whims of washington. around that table we are working together to ensure the security of europe and wider security. meanwhile, the prime minister ‘s opponents accuse her of capitulating to tory eurosceptics to avoid a humility ageing defeat. doshi see that by capitulation ——

capitulating, the is now dead in the water? and there is a plea from members of the house of lords and how charity money should be distributed. could the minister agreed to ask them to reconsider this and make sure charitable money is used for charitable purposes? but first, theresa may has praised donald trump for having made a difference in pushing nato countries to increase their spending on defence. the prime minister was reporting back to mps following last week ‘s nato summit held in brussels. there are, president trump suggested the nato allies double their defence spending goal from 2% up their defence spending goal from 2% up to 4% of our national income. the summit was followed by president trump's brief visit to britain where he met the queen at windsor castle. he breached protocol by turning his back on the queen and forcing her to have to walk around him. from the

uk, president trump moved on to helsinki where he met vladimir putin. it was relations between russia and the west that theresa may focused on when she addressed the commons, saving russia had shown a pattern of behaviour aimed at undermining western democracies. pattern of behaviour aimed at undermining western democraciesm recent yea rs, undermining western democraciesm recent years, we have seen russia stepping up its armed sales to iran, shielding the syrian regime's barbaric use of chemical weapons, cyber attacks causing economic damage and spreading malicious and fa ke damage and spreading malicious and fake news stories on an industrial scale. our objective remains a constructive relationship with russia so it's likely keep engaging as individual and an nato alliance isi as individual and an nato alliance is i welcome this meeting in helsinki today. as i agreed with president trump in discussions last week, we must engage from a position of unity and strength. this means being clear and unwavering about where our russia needs to change its

behaviour and for as long as they persist in efforts to undermine our interests and values, we must continue to deter and counter them. the bomb first, talk later approach has failed leaving a trail of destruction abroad and leaving us less safe at home. nato talks of wanting to work closer with the united nations at that means treating united nations with respect and ending the double standards. once again, another global gathering has been dominated by the erratic statements of president trump. did the president asked the prime ministerand the president asked the prime minister and other leaders to wk defence spending to 4%? under no circumstances can our policy be outsourced to the whims of washington and of course we all await the outcome of the helsinki meeting between president's trump and putin. will she condemned his intervention on her successor is by minister of this country? a number

of issues raised there, the intervention he made at the nato summitand he intervention he made at the nato summit and he has made a difference. we share his view that we want to see allies all stepping up to meet the commitment they gave at the summit here in wales in 2014 to spend 2% of their gdp on defence and 20% of that on equipment. it's something we meet and a limited number of members meet including the united states. it, he is making this point about burden sharing and it's made a difference. as i said, we have seen an extra $41 billion added to defence budgets across the nato allies. last week we witnessed the extraordinary scenes at the nato summit, the president of the united states flying to brussels to lecture nato allies on their commitment to defence. embarrassing, shambolic scenes from the us president who

takes a childish approach to foreign security policy. rather than working with allies to tackle common security threats. mr speaker, what is more embarrassing as after this treatment we witnessed a prime minister roll out the carpet to the president as he visited the uk, a president who went on to publicly criticised the prime minister 's brexit plans after advising the prime minister to sue the european union. you couldn't make it up. from president trump's interview with the sun newspaper on the margins of the summit that he envisages a trade deal with the uk only if we sacrifice our european alliances. prime minister, please do not hand it to the view of brexiteers or the erg group which she seems to run to whenever they make demands of her? cani whenever they make demands of her? can i say to the right honourable gentleman, first of all we are looking to do a trade deal with the

usa and we will discuss that trade deal with the usa. we recognise there are certain issues that will have to be addressed within trade deal. trump looks more comfortable straddling the world stage next putin and he did this either by minister. how can she justify sabotaging our secure economic relationship with our friends in the eu and crave favours of a man who prides himself in shredding the rules based order? the minister... to the honourable lady, that's a question that cannot be answered because the basis of the question is entirely wrong. what assurances to president trump give the prime minister that he would raise the poisoning of the skripals and the murder of dawn sturgess on british soil? it's unacceptable russia has put lives at risk with poisonous substances being left to kill innocent people on the streets of out innocent people on the streets of our country. if he is our ally, he

will race this. will he? i did raise the severity of this issue with him. the united states acted alongside us after that attack, expelling more russian intelligence officers and diplomats than any other country and i raised this among other issues and i would expect president trump to raise them with president putin. the prime minister says, we must engage from a position of unity and strength. who does she think has done most to put that unity at risk? donald trump, because our friends close or the hard brexiteers who have now left the cabinet? who, when it came to british diplomacy, has taken it came to british diplomacy, has ta ken incompetence to it came to british diplomacy, has taken incompetence to new heights? cani taken incompetence to new heights? can i say to the honourable lady that around that nato table we are all working together to ensure the security and indeed the wider security. the security of europe has an impact beyond its borders and indeed, nato is working beyond the

borders of europe. theresa may. the international trade secretary, leon fox, said he expects to be able to announce within days details of countries the uk will start free trade agreement negotiations with. he was setting out how parliament and the public will be able to scrutinise new trade agreements after brexit. i've said that all stakeholders and members of the public must be able to inform the government's approach and that's why we will launch a public consultation for each potential new trade agreement. if we are to learn lessons from agreements, we need to ensure that people are able to express their views and feel they have been taken into account and i wa nt have been taken into account and i want people to in this process and that the benefits of free trade are shared across the length and breadth of the uk. this is also why the government's consultations will last for 14 weeks, giving everyone the opportunity to share their objectives and any concerns about

potential new agreements and i will update the house on potential agreements that will be subject to consultation in the coming days. labour highlighted legislation due to be debated on tuesday. the trade bill completed its committee stage more than six months ago. since the government have been too scared to bring it back for fear of what the roman backbenchers might do to it. but tomorrow, tomorrow, this house will debate report stage in third reading of the trade bill so it was with a certain amount of disbelief that i saw that today, of all days, the secretary of state would be making a statement on delivering a transplant dashed transparent and inclusive trade policy. i thought, this man is having a laugh. he is, madam deputy speaker. mr gardiner had a theory about the timing of the statement. today's statement can only have been brought forward in a bid to limit time for this afternoon ‘s critical debate on the taxation

cross—border trade bill and to stave off any opportunity for honourable and right honourable members to ex— blues and ludicrous position this government has now gotten itself into by saying it's going to accept erg amendments which directly contradict the cheque is agreement. the shadow secretary doesn't understand the trade bill tomorrow specifically is not involved with future to — — specifically is not involved with future to —— future free trade agreements, merely continuity agreements. if you doesn't understand that point i don't know what else he will understand. leon fox. you are watching our round—up of the day in the commons in the lords. still to come, mps ask if there will be enough seasonal workers to pick the fruit in a post— brexit world. it was another day of debate on important brexit related legislation. at the start of the day the government was facing the threat of defeat in the commons over its

customs legislation but ministers saw off the threat at lunchtime when they made clear the government would be accepting for amendments brought forward by rebel eurosceptic mps rather than risk a defeat. a labour mp raced the change of position with theresa may. the prime minister has rightly said nato and the eu are eu —— you are dual cornerstones of security. why do she danced to the chin of the european research group and capitulating to their proposals, she is accepting the cheque and steel is now dead in the water? can i say to the honourable gentleman, he is wrong in reference to the agreement that was reached at chequers. i would agreement that was reached at chequers. iwould not agreement that was reached at chequers. i would not have gone through all the work i did, only to see it changed in some way through these bills. they do not change that chequers agreements. they do not change that chequers agreement and the minister from the despatch box

later today will be making that clear. the chequers deal referred to there, meaning the agreement on the uk's future relationship with the eu that was made at the country residence of the prime minister two weeks ago envisages a common rule book between the two sides and a system where the uk collect tariffs for the european union. the agreement led to a series of resignations by senior and junior ministers, one of those, boris johnson, say in the chequers agreement effectively made the uk a colony of the eq. debate on the customs legislation officially called the taxation cross—border trade bill produced and often sparky debate in the house of commons. trade bill produced and often sparky debate in the house of commonsm was margaret thatcher that championed free trade as a proud conservative and i am a tory, i believe in business, i believe in capitalism, i believe in enterprise, i believe in our economy, it

providesjobs, it provides prosperity. i knew margaret thatcher, i worked the margaret thatcher. my honourable friend ain't no margaret thatcher. is that the best he can do? can i say to my right honourable friend that i don't pretend to be able to walk in margaret thatcher's boots. if we do not deliver frictionless trade, either by a custom's union or by some magical bird waved that my minister thinks she can deliver on, and good luck to her on that, if we do not do that, thousands ofjobs will go and honourable members sitting on these benches in private conversations know that to be the case. and what they have said in those private conversations is the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs will be worth it to read our

country's sovereignty. you tell that to the people of my constituency. you tell that to the people who voted leaving my constituency. the risks at having a customs border is less that is being caned. what we are giving up is much more than is imagined. the european union is slow and not very effective negotiator of free trade. the key period, the size. the fact they represent 28 different countries, they come up with some optimal outcomes all the time. we are the country, no, we are the country that does least work out of the european union's free—trade agreements. they almost never involved our primary trade. regrettably, we have now had the white paper published and it simply doesn't represent the clear—cut, deliverable strategy that i believe

out deliverable strategy that i believe our country needs. it is, mr speaker, a fudge to stop as the honourable member for chelsea set out, if you are a redmayne, it questioned why we are accepting so many rules while forfeiting the right to sit around the table where they are decided and of course i know that many of my colleagues in this place who campaigned strongly for leave, are equally unhappy. this idea that every good that comes into the eu fire northern ireland and then into the republic, is going to be stopped. it doesn't even match with common day practice and of course when it comes to collecting taxes. 13,000 lorries per year crossed the border carrying drink to other parts of the united kingdom. there is duty to be collected on it. not one of them is stopped because duty is collected. electronically, pre— notification, you can take your border and meet the rules without

having all of the things that suggested here tonight. when presidentjohn cobby suggested here tonight. when president john cobby yorker —— jean—claude juncker said he would not force the republic to put infrastructure at the border, he more or less gave that assurance and what was perfectly clear is that he was not going to say we will force you to put infrastructure at the border. it is clear that the eu will not force anyone to put infrastructure at the border.m not force anyone to put infrastructure at the border. it is an argument that because companies to trade across borders which have customs checks, therefore, we should rip up our customers free borders so because those trades take place, therefore, it is ok to somehow add costs to our trading process. why on earth would we do that? why on earth would we add burdens to businesses that don't face them at the moment?

why on earth would we make it difficult and more costly for them? it is not the fact that we think all trade will stop, of course it won't. the point is, that trade will be more costly, mordt burdensome and we will keep putting our businesses and manufacturers at a disadvantage compared to their european neighbours and competitors. the prime minister, within a week of taking office, gave up our return to hold the eu presidency in the second half of 2017. as a gesture of goodwill, we have offered guarantees of citizens as early as possible that the eu would not accept that. we have offered £40 billion of british taxpayers' money and yet the trade deal that would benefit this country and the eu, eu officials which a frank we not engaging with us. which a frank we not engaging with us. the point here, is as we progress on the future of the uk eu relationship, written does need to be an equal partner with the eu and not a tax collector. and at the end

of that debate, the government got its bill through wallets its stages in the commons. it is now passed on to the house of lords. the government has come under pressure to cut the fees charged for registering as a british citizens. thousands of children living in the uk who were born here or arrived here at a young age face a bill of more than £1000 to register as british citizens. a former libdem leader raised the issue at home office question time. isn't this profiteering at the expense of young people seeking to pledge their future to britain? isn't this another windrush scandal in the making with people not getting the document now that officials will rely on in the future? the home secretary knows that he faces a legal challenge on this and will he do then right thing now and into these excessive charges? -- and these excessive charges? -- and these excessive charges? -- and these excessive charges. i won't go into the legal case but i have to disagree with the right honourable gentleman. there is a cost faced by

the individuals at a cost faced by the individuals at a cost faced by the taxpayer and it is reasonable to keep them under the review. it is right the parliament makes the decision. is the home secretary proud of making £100 million profit for the home office over the last five years out of these charges and given the numberof five years out of these charges and given the number of applications is going down while fees are going up, is the absolutely certain that the fee is having no application on the decision of people whether or not to apply through citizenship? mr speaker, the honourable gentleman talks about it as being a prophet and yet this revenue is being used to provide public services, notjust to provide public services, notjust to those people making applications but supporting wider public services, and i said, it is right you have a balance between the cost ofan you have a balance between the cost of an application at a cost exposed to the taxpayer. onto the effects of the warm summer. the hot weather means that apples and pears may be ready to harvest early this year. as

was the case last year when growers in my constituency struggled to harvest their crops. can there be an update on a seasonal agricultural workers scheme so that farmers can have the workforce to harvest british fruit and vegetables. have the workforce to harvest british fruit and vegetableslj have the workforce to harvest british fruit and vegetables. i am very sympathetic to the issue that my honourable friend has raised. i do want to make sure that our future immigration system, as we now designers, takes into account the seasonal demand for labour including agriculture but also hospitality as well. that is why we have asked the independent migration advisory committee to look at that issue when they report back and we will see what we can do. we have seen numerous debates on this issue. isn't it about time that the home office got together and sorted this problem out? last year, it was estimated that we plied back into the ground about 10% of our fruit and vegetable. what will it be this year? mr speaker, i can assure the

honourable gentleman that the home office works very closely with defra on other kit issues regarding migration. —— other issues. we are working with them. mr speaker, scotland needs more than those termed skilled under the immigration rules. the continued availability of workers from other eu countries is vital to employers across the scottish economy. isn't the framework suggested in last week's white paper, a recipe for disaster for employers other than london based multinationals? no, mr speaker, it is not. sajid david. charitable money should be used for charitable purposes. that was the plea of labour appears when the house of lords considered the case ofa house of lords considered the case of a charity called national fund. it was set up back in the 1920s when

an anonymous donor supplied half £1 million with the intention of building up enough funds to pay off in one go all of britain's national debt. but the aim has become near impossible because of the rapid growth and the size of the national debt. the government's law officer, the attorney general, has now said that money should be given to the treasury to pay down some of the debt. labour appear summed up the situation as he saw it. the attorney general has simply given it to his friend, the chancellor. no consultation, no debate in parliament, and no parliamentary approval. and just because it can't write off that debt, that is no reason to use it in the way suggested. so, given we now have new attorney general, the minister agree to ask the new attorney general to reconsider this and they sure the charitable money is used for charitable money is used for charitable purpose? it is the case, my lords, that after much, much

consideration, it is now the opinion of the trustees of the charity, the charity commission and indeed the investment managers, that to resolve the situation, this charity is now, we should seek the permission of the high court to now use this bunch to pay down the national debt. the trustees actually asked the charity commission for permission to give the money to charity. they referred the money to charity. they referred the matter to the attorney general to get permission for that purpose so to get permission for that purpose so why would the wishes of the trustees actually ignored? my lords, the wishes of the trustees were not ignored. the noble lord is quite right that initially it was the view of the trustees that money should be used for other charitable purposes, they approached the attorney general who then looked into the very complex charity laws surrounding this case and it was then agreed

that this is the only reasonable way forward. the charity commission has the power to transfer the assets of a charity to another charity under circumstances under which for whatever reasons, the trustees cannot fulfil their duties and clearly if the trustees cannot fulfil their duties, because paying off the entire national debt is difficult, then would it not have made more sense for the charity commission to have suggested that those assets be passed to another charity for good purposes? can i declare an interest as chair of and it scotland, i know that charities are finding it very, very difficult at the moment because of cutbacks in grants from government, local government and difficulty in fundraising. however, can make a suggestion to the minister. could we ask the viewers of their chair of the charity commission on this and then we will find out whether her

interest is really in favour of charities or of the government? my lords, i have already quoted the views of the chair of the charity commission at that time inventory 2017 and there is nothing that would suggest to me that anything has changed and the government will be proceeding, as a ready explained. and that is it for this programme. mandy baker will be hit the rest of the week but from me, mcdougall, goodbye. —— keith mcdougall. hello there. monday was a day of contrast for the weather here in the uk. we had the searing heat in the east and temperatures pushed 32 degrees celsius at gravesend in kent. but for further north

and west, for many areas, it was a fresher day. we had a weather front across us. and this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon. now, that weather front is a cold weather front, and it's been pushing its thundery rain eastwards and northwards through the night. and because it's called a cold weather front, yes, you guessed it, it is introducing cooler air. so we will notice a fresher feel to the weather into tuesday, except for the far south and east. there will still be some thundery rain around north—eastern areas first thing and certainly through shetland. but a much more comfortable night i think will have passed for many of us, and the coming few nights should be a bit more comfortable as well, because not only are we cooling the air down, we are losing the humidity. a lovely start to the day, plenty of sunshine, which will clear any mist quite quickly. the cloud will tend to bubble up, fair weather cloud, and it will produce a few showers through the afternoon, particularly across northern england. scotland, there could be some heavy ones, slow—moving ones across the north and east with the light winds, but there will be very few showers elsewhere. but in contrast to monday,

temperatures will be notably down across england and wales and it won't feel quite so intense, the heat. still lovely and warm, though, in the sunshine. and more of that will follow as we move into wednesday, that high pressure starts to build in again, so another comfortable night tuesday into wednesday, and plenty of sunshine first thing, any mist, as we will see this morning, clears quickly. and then we will see a scattering of showers, mostly in the west, possibly in scotland, one or two heavy ones as well but, by and large, the exception rather than the rule. temperatures will start recover a little bit as we see more heat coming in from the sun than we lose. the temperatures are creeping up a degree on wednesday. they'll creep up another degree on thursday, with high pressure with us. very few showers, but later, thursday into friday, we'll watch the approach of this low pressure, it's been giving us a bit of headache all week, but at the moment it looks like it will bring showery rain, mostly to scotland, to northern ireland, possibly northern parts of england and wales as well, but for the bulk of england and wales, again, it will be quite

hot and dry, temperatures exceeding those of thursday by another degree. and there will be a little bit of brightness between the showery rain further north as well. and with high pressure re—establishing itself sa we go towards the weekend, it will push the unsettled weather away. and, actually, there will be a lot of dry and fine weather. but you can see for yourselves there's still that risk of quite a bit of cloud even into saturday in the north and west, particularly scotland, but at the moment, the weekend is looking very promising, particularly in central and southern areas. a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: underfire — donald trump faces criticism at home for his defence of president putin over claims russia meddled in america's election, implying his own us intelligence agencies got it wrong. president putin, hejust said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. britain's prime minister,

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