in four years, despite warnings it might not last. the increase of 4% between april and june was driven by strong consumer spending and a surge in exports. the president has described the figures as "historic". millions of people have been gazing skywards to catch the longest lunar eclipse this century, as the moon passes through the shadow of the earth causing it to glow red. the phenomenon — known as a "blood moon" — coincides with the closest pass of mars for fifteen years. a sexual misconduct investigation has been launched at cbs, one of the big us tv networks. claims going back several decades have been made against the broadcaster's chairman and chief executive, leslie moonves. shares in cbs fell more than 6% on news of the claims he denies the allegations. now on bbc news, westminster in review. hello and welcome to westminster in review, our look back

at all the big events in parliament since christmas. a strong independent britain not in permanent limbo. theresa may says she has a plan for a reasonable and practical brexit but drama in the lords. the eyes to the right 301. the nose to the left, 307. ministers

promise an end to what is called a hostile environment. and, as the government promises more money for the nhs, the opposition asks who is paying. we have consistently put extra money into the national services. the uk is set to live in march, but the government has crucial legislation to get through before then. putting laws to stop illegal coal and giving a chance to change the laws. the simple aim led toa change the laws. the simple aim led to a parliamentary battle that went on for nine months. the bill had passed through the comments with one defeat. when it got to the lords,

the pairs took the scissors to the floor. facing defeat after defeat. coming back to the comments concessions and compromises were reached but there was still one big sticking point, having secured a vote on the final deal, there was a call for parliament to have an even bigger say for the power to direct the government what to do if we left the government what to do if we left the eu without any deal at all. we cannot allow the situation in which there is no mechanism for dealing with no deal. the minister intervened several times to offer a compromise until the speaker had enough. this is not a private conversation with another member. i wa nt conversation with another member. i want the whole house to hear, preferably briefly. dominic grieve

disappearfor the preferably briefly. dominic grieve disappear for the chamber for yet another meeting with ministers. they thought they had an acceptable compromise but when they saw the small print, they were not happy so when the bill went back to demands that parliament have a greater say. a conservative brexiteer thought it was not all he wanted to do. could he say whether it remained his position that he wishes at all costs are destroyed brexit and that, in fa ct, are destroyed brexit and that, in fact, could he said whether he wishes to make that this amendment is in fact about sabotaging brexit. but he argued this issue was bigger than party politics. this is the high court of parliament and we are not party to that. cue more frantic

negotiations and a government compromise that mps would have a meaningful vote if the speaker ruled in favour of one. the concession was put to a final tight vote. mps were summoned. 0ne mp had read receiving hospital treatment and he was wheeled through carrying a blanket and carrying a sick bowl. at the end of the day the government one of the day. 303. the nose, 319 so the no habit. all that meant the bill finally received the go—ahead to turnit finally received the go—ahead to turn it in to law. how was anyone supposed to keep up with the ins and

outs? 0utput questions tojonathan blake. it is baffling enough for those whose job it is to cover the process on a daily basis i think people breeding and trying to understand what is going on could be forgiven for being confused. we have seen forgiven for being confused. we have seen the government position change still be here that ministers disagree about whether that is the right way forward. what about theresa may's style of government?” think her style of leadership means it can bid difficult to get a handle on where the brexit process may end up. she is not someone who sets out a bold vision and sticks to it. she is more of a collegiate day by day leader whose position is also the time and we have seen that throughout the process of brexit up to this point and, of course, the white paper brought forward is effectively a wish list and that position has to evolve through the

negotiations as both the uk government and the eu make concessions. we will be hearing more from jonathan blake later in the programme. it may be hard to believe it has been all about brexit. the treatment of the whent russ generation. it affected people who came to the uk in the 70s to help rebuild post—war britain. when immigration rules were tightened later this decade, they found they did not have the paperwork to prove the legal right to be in the uk and access benefits. as the row ambled on, amber rudd told mps there were no targets for removing illegal immigrants but it later turned out such targets did exist. the immigration arm of the home office

has been using local targets for internal performance management... these are not published targets are against which performance was assessed but, if they were used inappropriately, then i clear this would have to change. she presiding over a department out of control. the home secretary is presiding over a department out of control, marked by cruelty and chaos. will she stopped shielding the ministers and resign? we now understand that people have been removed because of targets and she said she did not know. i say, with all conscience, is she really the right person to lead with offers of state? it turned out she was not. she resigned over the issue and was replaced a few days later by sadiq javid. a few weeks later, members of

the windrush generation told of their nightmare of being detained. they asked me my name and i told them my name is anthony brian. and i asked who they were, they said they were immigration. they told me that i was not standing here, but they were going to take me to detention. i asked if i could make a phone call and they said no. the mps asked what would have happened if he had not if not for them i would have given up along time ago. it was too hard. too hard. and what would have happened, do you think, it had you not had naturally there mouthing off at the home office and telling them what was going on? i would be injamaica alone. i did not know anybody over there. it was like, are they sending me to die? i give thanks for having a daughter like the one i have. if that were not so her would not be here. theresa may announced injune that the nhs was to get an extra £20 billion a year by 2023.

as to where the money was going to come from, she said some of it could be from the so—called wrecks a dividend. wrecks campaign as he famously claimed that after brexit, money coming back from brussels could be used to fund the health service. at prime minister ‘s questions, jeremy corbyn pressed for more details. there can be no brexit dividend before 2022. economic growth is the slowest since 2009. so which taxes are going up? the prime minister quoted an unnamed labourmp. we will use the funds returned from brussels after brexit to invest in our public services. it was him, the right honourable gentleman, the leader of the opposition. per figures are so dodgy they belong on the side of a bus. until this government can be straight with people, about where the money is coming from, why should anyone, anyone anywhere trust them on the nhs? for the 17 years of the nhs,

443 of those years it has been under the stewardship of a conservative government. we have, despite taking difficult and necessary decisions on public spending in 2010, as a result of the deficit left by the last labour government, we have consistently put extra money into the national health service. staying with prime minister's questions, there was a moment of high drama in middle ofjune. the scottish westminster governments were at odds over the eu withdrawal bill and what it might mean for devolution. the scottish national party reckoned that the westminster government was launching a power grab to try and hold onto power coming back to the uk from brussels. it spilt over into westminster. a series of commons votes on brexit

meant debate on crucial issues about returning powerfrom brussels to the scottish parliament was cut short tojust 18 minutes. at prime minister's questions the next day, the westminster leader of the snp wheeled out an arcane parliamentary procedure. the people of scotland will not be disrespected by this parliament. mr speaker, under the circumstances, given the disrespect shown, i have no option but to ask that this house now sets in private! or call for the house to sit in private is a way to disrupt business and register a protest. that means that the public and the press gallery has to be completely cleared. it requires a vote and after some confusion, the speaker ruled that that vote could be taken at the end of the session, not immediately in the middle of pmq ‘s as the mp wanted. he objected noisily and the speaker was not having that. resume your seat!

no! resume your seat, young man! mr blackford continued to jet. mr blackford continued object. in light of the persistent and repeated refusal of the right honourable gentleman to resume his seat when so instructed, i order the right honourable gentleman to withdraw, immediately, from the house for... order! ..forthe remainder of this day's sitting. ian blackford stiffened his shoulders, turned and marched towards the exit. a moment later, all the other snp ministers followed him. the tories jeered as they walked past. later, at what appeared to be a prearranged press conference, he said his party would use parliamentary procedures to best effect to protest against what he said was devolution being ripped up as power was our reply created from brussels. still, if the snp were angry, things were not exactly sweetness and light within the cabinet.

theresa may was under pressure to come up with a plan for our future relationship with the eu. an eu summit at the end ofjune agreed the pace of the brexit talks needed to be accelerated and intensified. after that came familiar weekend reports of bitter infighting over brexit among conservative cabinet members in the news that the prime minister was to propose a new option on the vexed subject of the future uk customs arrangement with the eu. a plan that was unveiled to her cabinet at a crunch meeting at her country retreat of chequers. a proposed a common rulebook for goods to avoid a hard border in northern ireland and the uk collecting eu tariffs, taxes on imports, at uk borders on behalf of the eu. after a day of debate the cabinet agreed the blueprint and mrs make —— may declared the collective responsibility within the cabinet had returned. two days later, the brexit secretary

david davis resigned and the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, quit the following day, both unable to sign up to the prime minister's compromise. personal statement, mr borisjohnson. in his resignation statement, borisjohnson said that theresa may's plan amounted to brexit in name only. it is not too late to save brexit. we have time in these negotiations. we have changed tack once and we can change again. a strong, independent, self—governing britain, that is guinely open to the world, not the miserable permanent limbo of chequers, not the democratic disaster of ongoing harmonisation with no way out and no say for the uk. borisjohnson. despite the resignations

and the disagreements, part of the checkers agreement were turned into the customs bill, on uk— eu cross—border trade. amendments were put down to the bill, which the government later accepted. but that upset the remainers who thought the amendments undermined the checkers deal. it led to some feisty and highly personal exchanges later. it 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 knew margaret thatcher, i worked with margaret thatcher, my honourable friend ain't no margaret thatcher. can i say to my right honourable friend that i don't pretend to be. quite right! able to walk—in margaret thatcher's boots. if we don't deliver frictionless trade either by a customs union or indeed by some magical bird way

that the prime minister think she can deliver on, and good luck to well on that, if we do not do that thousands ofjobs will go. —— third way. the former brexit secretary made his first speech since his resignation. the risks and costs of having a customs border are less than is being claimed. and what we are giving up to join a customs union is much more than is imagined. the european union is a slow and not very effective negotiator of free trade. we keep hearing about their negotiating power, their size, actually they represent 28 different countries means they come up with sub optimal outcomes all the time. this idea that somehow or other every good that comes into eu via northern ireland and the republic is going to have to be stopped, it does not even match with common day practice.

and when it comes to correcting 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. not one of them is stopped because the duty is collected. we are two years on and no real progress has been made. tory rivalries, leadership ambitions, and factionalism is making this country a laughing stock. and they should be ashamed. the uk government will not support anything that has put forward by it remain. the labour front bench will not support anything put forward by the conserver remainers. the dup will support anything uk government telfer medjani base is are being paid to do so. mr speaker, is a complete shambles that may tell them to do. pro—eu conservatives have put down amendments demanding that the uk stay in a customs union with the eu is the brexit talks failed to come up with an alternative by january next year. the move was defeated by a whisker.

to the right, 301. to the left, 307. but there was no sigh of relief for ministers. the government was defeated over moves to keep the free flow of medicines between the eu and the uk. much of the brexit argument has been about how far the uk will be free to do trade deals with other countries once we have left the european union. the uk government is keen to capitalise on our relationship with the united states, so the prime minister invited the president of the uk after the nato talks injuly. 0n the eve of being greeted by mrs the may sun printed an interview with donald trump where he said saint close to the eu would make such a uk— us trade deal very unlikely.

just for good measure he added that he would like to meet up with former foreign secretary boris johnson and added that he would make a good prime minister. those comments caused outrage, as did the very fact that the president was coming to the uk at all. with tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets across the uk to object to the present‘s policies on migration and his attitude to women. while his visit had much of the formality and tradition of a state visit, it was described as a working trip. there was dinner with the prime minister and a group of business leaders before a trip to windsor for a meeting with the queen and tea inside windsor castle. not everyone thought the visit a great success. trump looks more culpable straddling the world stage next to putin than he did beside the prime minister. how can she justify sabotaging a secure relationship with our friends in the us and crave

favours for a man who prides himself on shredding the rules based order. that is not a question that can be answer for the precise reason that the basis of the question is entirely wrong. a frantic few months for the government that has weaved its way through crunch votes, crisis, and division. i asked jonathan blake if it was possible to predict where we will be on exit day in march next year. although that date is in everyone's diary, the 29th of march 2019, when the uk is scheduled to leave, under the rules of article 50, which are very slim, that could be extended. the date could be put back, the transition agreement, which we are expecting to last just under two years, could be extended. it is very difficult to predict it will be in power, there may even be a general election between now and when the uk is scheduled to leave the european union. donald trump made a rather pointed intervention,

notjust about how he thought brexit should be done, but who should be doing it, was that all a storm in a teacup or was it more serious? there is no doubt that president trump is my comments that the prospects of a trade deal between the uk and viewers were but dead and the water were an absolute bombshell. it caught a lot of people offguard. people in government were horrified he would be coming and saying it in such clear terms. the prime minister was quick to dismiss it, we are told, the president said it was only the press. at the words cause real concern. there was much relief when the president walked back his position considerably when the complexities of brexit had been meekly to him. he also said borisjohnson would make a good prime minister. how did that go down? to be standing next to the prime minister and saying in his opinion borisjohnson, who had recently resigned as foreign secretary after making like pretty tricky for theresa may as prime minister, let's not forget he was a challenge up to her for the conservative

leadership alongside there is no doubt in standing there and saying borisjohnson would be a good prime minister in his eyes was in a couple moment for theresa may. i think that is understating things. donald trump left the uk and went on to meet president putin in helsinki, later announcing a plan for the russian president to visit the white house in the autumn. but the uk's relations with russia remained frosty after two people were poisoned in wiltshire with the same nerve agent used on the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter in march. dawn sturgess and charlie rowley picked up they small bottle thought to be discarded by the attack. dawn sturgess later died and attack. dawn sturgess later died and sajid javid said it was now a murder investigation. we must be led by the evidence.

it is hard to see that there is another plasuable explanation. mps finally gave the go—ahead to the plans to expand heathrow airport. the runway will increase the capacity from 85 million passengers to 130 million. construction is unlikely to be finished before 2026. all five of london's main airports will be full by the mid— 2030s. heathrow is full today. what is actually happening is that we are seeing business leave the united kingdom and go to airports like frankfurt, amsterdam, paris, that have made additional capacity provision. this proposal for a third runway at heathrow was first published in 2002, hong kong publish those in 2011, theirs will be built within five years, if we are to remain internationally competitive, we should get on and build it. if you are asking me to come up with the most backward looking,

ill thought through, poorly bottomed out, badly articulated, on a wing and a prayer, bad value for money, most polluting airport plan i could find, this would be it. 4000 homes will go. 8,000—10,000 people forcibly removed from the community. the biggest forcible removal of human beings is the scottish highland grievances. a church, a temple, community centres, open spaces, even our hospices now threatened. heckling in the commons is one of those things ministers have to cope with. the defence secretary gavin williamson discovered a new technique. heckling himself using his mobile phone. ifound something...

what a very rum business that is. i do apologise for that. it is very rare that you were heckled by your own mobile phone. if i may proceed without its help and support. that is it for now. we will be back with a daily roundups in september without the help and support of the theory. they'll be hard at work to restore the palace of westminster. many voters will be looking at the government and wondering if theresa may can do the same. but now, from me, and an under reconstruction big ben, goodbye. violent thunderstorms marked the end

of this heat wave, with violet hail in places. early saturday those started to clear away, which our spine to. the reason for this change is this big area of low pressure which is continuing to move eastwards. a couple of weather fronts moving eastwards bringing these changes. we start saturday morning off with a line of heavy thundery downpours across the east and showery rain further south. a messy picture for saturday. some of his reign could be thundery across the north—east of scotland, sure clearing the way to make away. lloyd by showers, longer spells of rain for perhaps northern ireland into the afternoon and some of these showers could be thundery in nature across was that parts of england. some sunshine developing across the south and the east, the wind arrows on the chart showing it will be a blustery day, something we haven't seen blustery day, something we haven't seenin blustery day, something we haven't seen in quite a while. and the temperature map shows the return of

the yellow colours, we have lost those deep orange is. it is the temperature we are going to notice across the board but particularly across the board but particularly across the board but particularly across the south and east, temperatures 10 degrees lower than what they were on thursday on friday. 0ur what they were on thursday on friday. our first area what they were on thursday on friday. 0urfirst area of low pressure m ove friday. 0urfirst area of low pressure move northwards, for sunday we are looking at the secondary low pressure which will move into the south—west, bringing a spell of very wet and windy weather. we could start bright across southern, northern and eastern areas, the wind will be picking up across the south—west, outbreaks of heavy and prolonged rain spinning northwards and east. showery first to make behind the. could see if you break in the clouds particular for northern ireland and western scotland, but another windy day, particularly so for england and wales. it will feel cooler than saturday, to temperatures of 22 degrees across southern and eastern areas, generally the high teens further north. appleby would be

noticeable in the west. changes into the weekend, cooler, windy without ra kes the weekend, cooler, windy without rakes of rain. as we had deeper on that next week this will be warming up that next week this will be warming up with more sunshine around, particularly the south. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. president trump has described economic growth in the us as "historic", after it rose at an annualised rate of more than 4% between april and june. the growth was driven by strong consumer spending and a surge in exports, as firms rushed to beat new trade tariffs imposed on the us. the white house hopes the strong economy diverts attention away from controversy surrounding alleged russian involvement in the 2016 election. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. the sun shone and donald trump beamed as he basked in the warm glow