what happens in the event of a no—deal on brexit? the government publishes its first detailed advice on finance, medicine and farming. companies are being warned about extra red tape, consumers are being told they could face higher credit card fees, if britain crashes out of the eu without a deal. it's not what we want and it's not what we expect, but we must be ready. we have a duty as a responsible government to plan for every eventuality. i thought the proposals were bland, thin on detail, thin on substance, and i don't think they're going to reassure anybody. we'll be examining what it would mean for business, families and individuals. also tonight... jailed in iran two years ago, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is reunited with her daughter after being temporarily released for just three days. we've had so many dashed hopes and false dawns, and i had heard rumours that this might happen and i didn't believe them. i got a six in english! gcse results are out — and there's a slight rise

in the pass rate for exams in england, wales and northern ireland. the lost generation of rohingya muslims — a year after they fled from myanmar to bangladesh, we have a special report on their plight. and guilty — the gang who posed as rich businessmen and hired a privatejet and a rolls royce to smuggle more than £40 million of cocaine into britain. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... england winger chris ashton has been banned for seven weeks, after his red card for a tip tackle in sale sharks' pre—season friendly against castres last week. good evening. with seven months to go before the uk leaves the european union, the government has moved to allay fears over what happens if no deal is reached with brussels.

it's released the first raft of papers offering advice to businesses and individuals, and setting out the government's preparations for any impact. the brexit secretary, dominic raab says it's unlikely that there will be no agreement, but ministers still have a responsibility to plan for all outcomes. today's documents cover a wide range of potential issues — among them concerns that consumers would face slower and more costly credit card payments when buying eu products. and british citizens living abroad could lose access to their bank accounts and pensions in the uk. businesses exporting to europe may have to renegotiate contracts to reflect customs and tariff changes, and hire additional expert staff. and new medicines coming into the uk will have to be checked, as drug companies are told to boost stockpiles. but there was little in the papers, on the contentious issue of trade across the border with ireland. british firms have been told to seek the advice of the irish government. our first report tonight is from our deputy political

editor, john pienaar. for millions of brits, a brexit deal would mean change. but no deal could mean more and quickly. card spending in europe more costly. no guarantee brits could use eu bank accounts the same way, or draw pensions. medicines — they'd be stockpiled but no promise they wouldn't run out. and as for business, traders would face new customs duties and safety checks and bureaucracy at a stroke. the brexit secretary's message — no need to panic. the uk had to be ready for anything. we are raising this issue with the eu to impress upon them ourjoint responsibility to work together to minimise any harm to uk and european businesses and citizens. those lives, those livelihoods on both sides, should be put ahead of any narrow political interest. a brexiteer to his fingertips, he was keen no one swallowed any scare stories — like a hit to the british sandwich. contrary to one of the wilder claims, you will still be able to enjoy a blt after brexit,

and there are no plans to deploy the army to maintain food supplies. maybe so, but there would be sudden change and costs for many. no more eu cap on charges for card spending. access to bank accounts and pensions could change. businesses could face increased costs and slower processing times for eu transactions. worried about medicines? a british agency would take over regulation and assessment in the uk. some medicines were being stockpiled, but shortages could not be wholly ruled out. and for british exporters, no deal would mean big changes. new software to buy, consultants to hire, warehouses. and if you trade with ireland, where the uk has promised no hard border, northern irish businesses are told to ask ireland for guidance. do you accept a no—deal brexit would leave the country worse off and not better off? the uk would be better off outside of the eu in any scenario long—term but i recognise the risk

of the short—term. these technical notes are about taking a balanced sober assessment of that and working out the practical ways to make it work. some ministers are frankly alarmed at the idea of leaving with no deal. the chancellor has written to a senior colleague today warning that economic growth could take a hit of nearly 8% over 15 years. brexiteers might call that scaremongering. the chancellor and his friends would say it's simply facing harsh reality. few mps like the idea of a no—deal brexit. so are opposition parties backing the government? of course not. eight weeks before the october summit, which is supposed to be the end of negotiations, the government isjust publishing these vague papers and they are not even publishing all of them. presumably the other 50 or so papers are still being written. that will not reassure anybody. the likelihood of a people's vote is now growing. when we have a no deal, which is obviously unacceptable and highly disruptive,

and we have a government deal which is poor and disruptive, what else do we do? in brussels, the eu is playing hardball and saying any kind of brexit will come at a cost. it will lead to disruption regardless. with a deal or without a deal. that is why everybody, particularly economic operators, need to be prepared. the agreed time to sketch out britain's future relationship with the eu has almost run out. talk of crisis has become a cliche. expect to hear it again. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. a tangle of red tape, possible border delays and increased costs — those are just some of the problems facing british companies trading with the eu if no deal is agreed. our economics editor kamal ahmed has been looking through the documents released today. in the end, it is all pretty practical... after brexit, will it cost companies like cawstons more to export 7 million cans of fizzy fruitjuices

to europe or less? after today's blizzard of government papers, the answer is pretty clear. there'd be a tariff we'd have to pay on them, there'd be vat, there's a chance of delay through customs and our ingredients have quite a short life, so that could have an impact. in terms of exports, it's the same again, so there'd be preparing customs documentation, there'd be tariffs, there'd be vat. so, our drinks would be more expensive and therefore less competitive and we see export as a key market for us. so, it would have quite an impact on us. many firms across britain have been given details today of the no deal challenge, and it is substantial. the government said companies that export or import would need new

customs declarations. that means more red tape and costs. for the food industry and need for a new tracking system to replace the one we share with the eu. for banks and insurance companies, questions over how much vital trade across the uk eu border could continue. the government also gave details about the £40 billion medicines sector and to look at that, here's our health editor, hugh pym. hospital managers in the health and care system have been concerned that in the event of no deal there will be delays that ports and essential supplies of medicines will get through quickly enough. the government has told them don't worry, the supply system will be taken care off. doctors have been urged to sign —— not to sign longer dated prescriptions for patients who feel they read morten madsen. the government has told farmers is to

build up six weeks of supplies of medicines and at the same time have been reassured that anything tested in europe will be allowed into the uk. the industry has welcomed all that but said building up six weeks of supplies will not be straightforward. 0ne of supplies will not be straightforward. one of the most delicate areas is northern ireland and the border with the republican. what could no deal mean for the pledged to keep that border com pletely pledged to keep that border completely open? here's our island correspondent, emma va rdy. northern ireland has thousands of businesses that sell goods over the border here into the irish republic and those companies were advised today to speak to the irish government about preparations they made need to make. this particularly affects the food and agriculture sectors. producers were advised to speak to dublin about how their supply chains may be affected in the event of a no deal. dominic ryan reiterated today, there will be no ha rd reiterated today, there will be no hard border here at what will become the uk's only land border with the eu after brexit, but the release of

the day's documents has done nothing to change the continuing questions over how this is going to work and the irish government itself is going to need to have discussions about no deal arrangements with the rest of eu if it is to provide the answer is that british businesses will be looking for. there is more to come. 0n the aviation industry and tourism, on using mobile phones in europe, and the fishing industry. more no deal papers are likely to show that no agreement with the eu could be economically costly. kamal ahmed, bbc news. so, that's what a no deal brexit could mean for british businesses, but what impact could it have on individuals? judith moritz has been trying to find out. time keeps on ticking towards brexit day. seven months till the 29th of march, but what would a no—deal brexit look like for you and me? in the event of that happening, it could prove more expensive for brits to shop within the eu. whether you're going there on holiday or shopping here online, if you use your cards to make

a payment, the chances are the bill could go up, because at the moment there's a ban which stops you being stung with a surcharge for using your cards. but that will stop. and if you're receiving a parcel in from the eu there could be further costs, because goods wouldn't be eligible for vat relief. what if you've decided to escape this weather and move abroad? there are warnings for expats who live in the eu but do their banking or have pensions orfinancial products in the uk. under a no—deal scenario, moving their money and getting access to funds will be even harder. adam colbeck lives between london and provence, in france. my concerns would be savings, accessing savings from the uk whilst in france. also using my credit card in france and whether i'm going to be able to do that without being charged, and also the transferring of my wages from my english bank

account into my french bank account each month, whether that's still going to be possible. and what about the food on our plates? well, dominic raab says we'll still be able to enjoy a blt after brexit, but if the bacon‘s from denmark, the tomatoes are dutch and the lettuce is from spain, the chances are the cost will go up because of the increase in red tape for food importers. the national farmers union's warned of a disastrous cliff edge scenario for the uk food supply chain, but the brexit secretary says there'll be no sandwich famine and no need to use the military to keep the shelves stocked. the big question is how likely is a no—deal brexit? the government says not very, but adds that it's putting its plans in place just in case. judith moritz, bbc news. damian grammaticas is in brussels this evening for us. damian, what's been the reaction there? here, what they've been saying if

they've been issuing their own notices for months now, nearly a year, dozens of them, because they say there will be many consequences and they don't do that here on eu side as playing hardball, they view that as the natural consequence of the uk falling out of the eu and its customs union and single market, and having to be treated as a nonmember. the uk plans today, in some places they rely on copying eu rules, in other places on wave big brother them and hoping for reciprocation. here, there's no sign the eu would do that. in fact their preparedness notices say the eu and uk would have to be treated as a nonmember and what they stress here is the way to avoid no deal is to solve it by concluding those negotiations that have been going on for more than a yearfor have been going on for more than a year for a withdrawal treaty that would deal with many of these issues for the time being. the problem at

the heart of that, really that border with ireland, how to avoid those controls, and here it will be noted that those papers today have noted that those papers today have no new answers. so when mr raab comes back here next week saying he is look up looking to wrap up the negotiations the questions for him will be on that issue, how do you avoid border controls in ireland? damian grammaticas in brussels, thank you. fewer people are coming to live and work in the uk from other european union countries. the latest figures show net migration from the eu — that's the difference between those arriving and leaving — has fallen to its lowest level for more than five years. but net migration from outside the eu is higher than at any point since 2004. the british woman, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, who's been imprisoned in iran for more than two years, has been temporarily released. her family says she's been freed from jail in tehran for three days and has already been reunited with her daughter. she was convicted of spying — a charge she denies. caroline hawley reports. a first family photo of freedom.

imagine the moment after nearly two years in prison, eight months of them in solitary confinement. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was still in her bed clothes this morning when she was given ten minutes to get ready to leave jail. her husband, richard, who has campaigned tirelessly for her release, called today a very happy surprise. just really positive. we've had so many dashed hopes and false dawns. and i had heard rumours that this might happen and i didn't believe them. you know, because, after this many, it's easier to keep coping by not believing and getting your hopes up too high. the family haven't been together since the spring of 2016, when nazanin took her daughter to see her grandparents. here she was in tehran with gabriella just a week before she was arrested by iran's revolutionary guards at the airport, on their way back home to london. last december, borisjohnson went to iran to push for her release after he was accused

of complicating her ordeal by saying that she had been training journalists. richard ratcliffe today thanked the new foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, for all he has done to help. at the un in new york, he said nazanin was innocent and should now be permanently freed. every day that she is in prison is a reminder to the whole world of the gross injustice. so we call on the iranian authorities to capitalise on the goodwill from today's announcement by going the whole way and releasing nazanin and allowing her to go back to herfamily, come back to the uk, which is where her home is, and end this totally appalling injustice. for now, nazanin has simple plans with gabriella, who, until now, she has only seen in prison visits. she told her husband on the phone... she's been granted just three precious days of freedom,

but her lawyers are planning to ask for more. caroline hawley, bbc news. gcse results were out today, and pass rates in england, wales and northern ireland have risen slightly, despite tougher exams. it was the first time most of the subjects in england were graded from one to nine, with nine being the highest. the overall pass mark of a four — equal to the old c grade — was achieved by 69.2% of those tested in england. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. i passed everything! surprise and disbelief. they'd been so worried. new tougher gcses, new number grades, and all from the exams. no wonder it was hugs all round. i even got better than what i expected. i'm so happy. relieved. very, very relieved. it's been a very tough year

for teenagers, parents and teachers, because of all the uncertainty around these new, harder gcses. even so, the results here have improved, but it's taken a huge amount of extra effort. they offered pupils everything from extra counselling to more hours. the head says it was right to make gcses tougher. so, we lengthened the school day by 45 minutes and we ensured that in the morning, during form time, that our students were getting coaching time, as well. all of our students stayed after school. they've been through every emotion. today, they told me success had had a cost. horrendous. yeah. it was more nerve—racking that we didn't know how... like, we didn't know what we needed to pass, because there was nothing we'd seen before. we now generally do know more and have been taught more than previous year groups, so it makes me feel good going out into the world.

when i got to year 11, it was like snapping — everything got so much pressure, so you had to be able to cope with it and i think itjust helped with our resilience. across the uk, gcse results changed little. in england, 69% passed with a grade 4 or above. in wales, 63% above a c and, in northern ireland, 82% also passed. for many, this is the next step. today, they were signing up at newcastle college — some after taking a compulsory resit here in maths or english. great idea. itjust gives everyone an extra chance. if you don't think you've worked as hard in your first set of gcses. itjust gives you a chance to work harder and actually get that target that you have set yourself. but, for tonight, there will be many parents just as relieved as those who've got results.

branwen jeffreys, bbc news. if you've got your exam results and want help with what to do next, the bbc has a dedicated website. it's called bitesize, where you can get plenty of information on education and careers, that's at bbc.co.uk/bitesize. a year after fleeing the military operation in myanmar, the united nations says half a million young rohingya refugees are at risk of becoming a "lost generation". hundreds of thousands of rohingyas continue to live in cramped and rudimentary camps in neighbouring bangladesh. many of those at risk are girls — some become victims of sexual exploitation. our correspondent nick beake sent this report from cox's bazar in bangladesh. she never thought life would look like this. a year ago, sanjida was enjoying school in myanmar. today, she lives in a tiny shack in bangladesh, in the world's biggest refugee camp. this 15—year—old orphan is now

married and pregnant. her husband is 66. he's rarely home. with no family and no money, sanjida says no younger man would marry her. translation: when i was young, i never thought i'd marry an old man. now, i've had to marry one. i'm worried that now i'm carrying a baby, and i'm worried that this old man will die and how then will i raise my child? this was claimed to be the moment last august the burmese army and buddhist mobs unleashed fire on the rohingya muslims — a coordinated campaign of torture, rape and murder, say human rights groups, that forced hundreds of thousands to flee. genocide is what many believe these young survivors witnessed. a year on, their makeshift shelters

that were thrown together now have a depressing permanence. they may be fed by aid agencies, but they're not safe. there are nearly a million rohingya refugees still trapped in the camps here in bangladesh. half of them are children and there's little sign of them being able to return home to myanmar any time soon, and so this sprawling city of despair is where a whole generation is being forced to grow up. all around there is danger — the weather, disease, and exploitation. "day and night my tears flow", this lady tells us. she says she could only watch as the burmese army murdered her husband. her 13—year—old daughter then disappeared from the camp, thought to be abducted by traffickers. translation: what happened to my daughter? nobody knows.

0nly allah can say. i don't think i'll ever see her again. it's been one year. my daughter would have come back to me. the crimes inflicted on the rohingya last year are still destroying countless young lives. we meet a 15—year—old who goes by the name rosina. she was forced into sex work after arriving in bangladesh and says it's now the only way to survive. translation: i want nothing else but to be able to go back to myanmar. i want to get my country back. i've left lots of relatives there. i hate it here. i loved life in myanmar. i want to go back and get married there and have a nice family. if i keep doing this, my life will be destroyed. aung san suu kyi's myanmar claims it wants to bring these children back. plenty doubt that. so the fear is they'll be forgotten and the dangers they face ignored, that the world simply accepts this precarious circle of life.

nick beake, bbc news, on the myanmar—bangladesh border. 12 people have been charged in connection with alleged historical child abuse at a former orphanage run by catholic nuns in scotland. smyllum house in lanark was home to more than 11,000 children across a period of 117 years. it closed down in 1981. four men have been convicted of smuggling cocaine worth more than £40 million into britain on board a private jet injanuary. 15 suitcases of the drug were found at farnborough airport in hampshire, on a plane returning from columbia. it was one of the biggest drug seizures that the uk border force has ever dealt with. tom symonds reports. it was like a scene from a crime drama, a sleek private jet hired for £138,000, paid in cash, arriving at farnborough airport. 15 heavy suitcases unloaded, the gang whisked off in their hired cars,

but they didn't get far. customs officers pulled them overfor a search, one of the gang clock showing. —— one of the gang watching. inside the case... a serious amount of cocaine. we've been asked not to show the face of the customs officer but he has a big smile. presumably, they don't get many days like that? well, this is one of the largest seizures in our region's history, but it is the day that we want to celebrate and show that this sort of activity, people that are seeking to smuggle illicit goods into the country, our officers are there are to identify them and take action. 15 suitcases, half a tonne of cocaine worth £41 million on the street. this was the smugglers' second flight to bogota. they had a corrupt official working in a ground handling company there. the national crime agency worked back through cctv, tracking their movements. these earlier baggage scans are bought to show the millions in cash they flew out with to pay

for the drugs. both times, they arrived back at farnborough, possibly chosen because it's small. two years ago, the border force customs operation at this airport was criticised by the independent inspector. he said that staff were carrying out too few baggage checks, they were concentrating instead on immigration. the national crime agency says that small airports like this are vulnerable to smuggling. you're never really going to win with that utopia scenario, having all those airports or strips for landing aircraft manned by a resource... that's not going to happen. so, it's around being cleverer around systems, around bringing people and experts together that can look at information and work out who they're going to stop. the border force now says it's doing more checks at farnborough. the four men posed as rich businessmen, heading to bogota for a concert by the singer bruno mars. they've been jailed for between 20—24 years.

tom symonds, bbc news. president trump has warned that any attempt to impeach him would result in the us suffering severe economic damage. in an interview with fox news, he said the market would crash and everybody would become very poor. it comes after his former lawyer, michael cohen, pleaded guilty to breaking election campaign laws, claiming he was acting on mr trump's orders. thomas cook holidaymakers are going to be moved from from a hotel in egypt following the death of a british couple. john and susan cooper, from burnley in lancashire, died while staying in the red sea resort of hurghada. the couple had been staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel in the coastal resort. the circumstances of their deaths are still unclear. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says some public interest news organisations could be funded by a tax on large technology companies like google and facebook. in a speech in edinburgh,

mr corbyn said some of the money could be used to make the tv licence fee cheaper for poorer households. the conservatives say the plans amount to an internet tax that would be passed on to customers. here's david sillito. it's been a tough few years in the news business. many local papers have seen their circulation drop by more than 75% in ten years, and then, when you ask if people believe what they do read, you get this. no, absolutely not. i do not, no. half of it, not all of it. sometimes. a hell of a lot of times, not. but we are increasingly glued to our phones that's making some firms very rich, and sojeremy corbyn stood up today to announce ideas to change the media landscape. he wants to tax the tech giants and use that money to support what he says will be public interestjournalism. we can build a free, vibrant, democratic and financially sustainable media

in the digital age. we just need to harness the technology, empower the best instincts of media workers, wherever possible put the public in control, and take on the power of the unaccountable billionaires. but this is about more than just money. jeremy corbyn wants the news media to be more accountable to the public. he feels it is, in many ways, failing and that there is a crisis of trust and the research does support him — to a degree. overall, trust in the news in the uk is actually quite low compared to many other countries. mr corbyn is right about that. what's important to keep in mind is that the picture around trust is a very nuanced one, so while most people in the uk don't trust the media as a whole, most people in the uk do have some media that they do trust. thank you very much. he also suggested creating a british rival to facebook and netflix and publishing the social class of bbc employees. they are just ideas at the moment, but it's a clear sign of labour's desire to reform the media.

david sillito, bbc news. finally, it's been a great day for the race horse trainer markjohnston — he has finally broken record the record for the most winners in british racing history. poet's society, ridden by frankie dettori, won a handicap race at york to give markjohnston his 4194th victory. he said he had to pinch himself to think he'd achieved such a racing milestone. it's just relief at the moment to get it over with. there has been so much attention on it. you know, the last few weeks and particularly the last four days. but it is obviously important. it is all about winners at the end of the day. the record—breaking markjohnston. that is almost it for us. newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc two in a few moments.