recording, said to have been made by turkish intelligence, of the saudi journalist and government critic jamal khashoggi being murdered and dismembered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. president trump has again praised the saudi leadership and its strong trade and security relationship with the us, but rejected suggestions he's trying to cover up what may have happened. british prime minister theresa may has asked eu leaders in brussels for more flexibility over brexit and the irish border. she'd been urged to come up with new proposals to break the deadlock, but the president of the european parliament said he'd heard nothing new. three days of mourning have been declared in crimea after a gun and bomb attack on a college left at least 19 people dead. russian investigators say the assault was carried out by an 18—year—old student at the school. you are up to date with the

headlines. now on bbc news — wednesday in parliament. hello again and welcome to wednesday in parliament. our daily round—up of events at westminster. and this programme, the prime minister leaves for brussels with advice ringing in her ears. she should've listened to unions, businesses and the interest of the people first. which is it to me? theresa may refuses to change course. the people voted and this government will deliver on it. and where have all the soldiers gone? the army is gradually disappearing before your eyes, and it's doing so, sir, on your watch. all that and more to come, but first there was no shortage of advice for theresa may as she answered questions before

travelling to brussels for crucial eu summit. the prime minister's plan at her official residence was dead according to the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he had a plan, keep britain closer to the eu after brexit. the car industry is clear that it needs a new customs union in order to secure investment in british manufacturing. vauxhall recently said they would continue to invest but those limits are customs barriers. jobs are at risk, why won't the prime minister back a customs union supported not only by labour and trade unions but businesses? and i suspect a majority in this house to protect those jobs. can i say to the right honourable gentleman that what the automotive industry and indeed other industries such as aerospace has said is that they want to see frictionless trade

across the border. it is exactly what lies at the heart of the free trade deal that is proposed in the government's plan put forward after the chequers meeting injuly. that's what we are working to deliver for people in this country. we want to deliver a brexit that delivers on the vote of the british people and that ensures we protected jobs and security. what would labour deliver? they think the free movement still could continue will deliver on the vote of the british people. they want a second referendum to go back to the british people and say we're terribly sorry, we think you got it wrong. there'll be no second referendum, the people voted this government will deliver on it. mr speaker, my question was about investment in british industry. jaguar land rover is holding off investment until it knows the terms of a deal. jobs are at risk and manufacturers and skilled workers have little confidence in this government because it cannot even agree amongst itself. he said conservatives were still bickering just days

before the deadline. the prime minister and her government were still too weak and too divided to protected jobs or our economy, or ensure there is no hard border in northern ireland. so the prime minister has a choice. she can continue to put the tory party is interspersed, or she can listen to unions, businesses and put the interests of the people of britain first. —— interests first. which is it to be? the right honourable gentleman has spoken in a number of his questions about protecting jobs and i notice that he has said nothing about on employment figures that came out this week. so let me tell him from them and tell him overall what this government is delivering for the people of this country. strapping the councils' burrowing caps so they build more homes.

and ending austerity so hard work pays off and freezing fuel duty for a nine year so there is more money in people's pop gets. unemployment lower than the last 40 years. youth unemployment, halved under this government. and wages rising faster than they have done for a decade. labour can play politics, the conservatives deliver for the people of this country. prime minister, go to brussels and act in the interest of all citizens across the uk. and negotiate to keep us in the single market and customs union. that will command a majority in the house of commons. does the prime minister not understand that staying in the single market and a customs union is the only deal that will get through this house? can i say to the right

honourable gentleman, as i have explained in this chamber on a number of occasions and will continue to do, the proposal would have put forward is one that delivers the referendum vote but also ensures that we protect jobs and livelihoods. across the united kingdom. and former brexit minister who resigned over the prime minister's plan set out his approach. can i ask the right honourable friend to impress upon our european friends two points which i have the house will think are reasonable and practical. first that the eu may not break apart the union of the united kingdom, and second that after we have left the european union the eu might not direct how we regulate our economy and govern ourselves. can i say to my honourable friend that certainly i am very clear that when we have left the european union will be taking decisions here in the united kingdom on all of those issues that previously have been taken

in the european union so we will be taking control of our laws and of our money, and at our borders. antifa dup, whose votes keeper in power, had their say. antifa dup, whose votes keeper in power, had theirsay. —— antifa dup, whose votes keeper in power, had their say. —— and the dup. do that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed to the premise are except that it would be very difficult for the house to be asked to confirm a withdrawal agreement which is legally binding without having pretty clear assurances and some precision about the details of the future trading relationship? can i say to the right honourable gentleman that i agree and as i've always said at the time we bring the withdrawal agreement back the package, back to this house and support the people are able to look at the withdrawal agreement also have sufficient detail about the future relationship in all its aspects. theresa may trying hard to keep them on side. now, the scale of bullying and harassment at westminster

was laid bare on monday in a report by a former high courtjudge. dame laura cox. her findings have led to calls for the speaker, john burke out to resign, and it was a reminder of the human costs of the culture she identified. my constituent came to see me earlier about —— earlier this year about being sexually harassed at work by a co—worker. asdespite a number of the meetings with her hr and line management she is being treated like a problem rather than the victim. the prime minister advice and what i can do to help my constituents return to work and feel safe when her employer is this house? can i say to the honourable lady that's it is important that everybody is treated with dignity and respect in their workplace. there is no place for bullying, for sexual harassment or abuse in any workplace, and that includes in this parliament. i'm sure we are all very concerned to the report that was brought forward and we have been working

on this issue here in this house, and i would particularly commend to my right honourable friend to the leader of the house who has been working tirelessly on this issue to try and change our culture and practices here in this house. i hope that there'll be a very serious and full response to the report. this should worry all of us, and what i want to see is the situation where the honourable lady's constituent is able to ensure she can come to work in this house could be treated with dignity and respect and not be subject to bullying, harassment or abuse. the house of commons commission which oversees the running of the comments will consider the report on monday. prejudices against gypsies and travellers meet their being

banned from places including pubs and even lawns. that was the claim made to the which is looking into the problem. the mps were also told that the fear of prejudice and some denying this to official forms. we see direct discrimination in terms of refusal of services, refusals at schools. indirect discrimination in the way local authorities arrange the rules around accommodation assessments. more so for the grt community than for racial minorities as she is saying. that's a very difficult point for us to answer in light of the way that we do our casework. we no longer have the telephone helpline which will give us that broad perspective, but certainly we are seeing behaviours in relation to these communities and coming on to points about harassment and public officials making discriminatory and stereotype statements which we don't see in relation to other groups. i think it's vital to see this

from a gypsy and traveller point of view and understand the effects that this has in your life and a daily basis. i'm a gypsy man, and there's not a week going by when i'm faced and put in a position where i had to question myself and decide whether i will challenge someone or not because they've come out with something overtly racist towards my particular ethnic group. my current role, on a weekly basis, and sometimes daily i'm taking calls from gypsies and travellers who have been refused service or entry to cinemas tomorrow fused entry to a laundry which is what i've been dealing with very recently. not allowed in pubs and having to pay for services and advanced and if they book a meal having to pay upfront press everyone else pays at the end. this is a daily fact of life for gypsies and travellers. there is this public perception that

it's acceptable to treat them with suspicion and it's reasonable to do this, and an instance of crime or violence caused by gypsies and travellers. do you think the public view is accurate in that respect? that there is that perception? the fact that that question is asked suggests there is a massive problem and a public bodies are not doing enough to challenge that. the end result of that is that gypsies and travellers had their ethnicity. which then skews the figures. we don't know, really, which publisher of gypsies and travellers are in this country because so many are hidden. in that we now have the census, 55,000 is ridiculous. i did not put myself, i identify my self as white british. and i question myself after as to why i did that. the reason i put it on there was i did not want to label my children and make

life more difficult for them if that became known that they were gypsies. you are watching wednesday in parliament. don't forget, this programme is also available on the bbc iplayer, so if you miss one orjust want to watch it again from beginning to end you can know where to look. the defence secretary said that the investigation on whether it is possible to break the army recruitment contract it has with the outsourcing company. ina bruising in a bruising session with mps on the defence committee, gavin williamson admitted army recruitment was quite atrocious. he faced questions from a former defence minister. secretary of state, the army is gradually disappearing before your eyes and it is doing so on your watch. and you, forgive me, have got to do something about it.

so this is why we are taking the actions that we have. and we are not nervous and taking further action — that is what we are driving at, we have to get the it sources, that is what i believe we have done. a change of approach. this is what has been outlined. we have no nervousness of making further changes, or changing the contractor, if that is required. if you're absolutely right, we have got to get those numbers up and that is what we believe we can do as a result of these changes. has anyone been held accountable for the malfunction of this contract? i believe that i will have to check, sir.

those who signed are no longer any ministry of defence. you said that it was partly the response of for the failure, partly the armies and partly capita's. what level of responsibility is it half capita, according to be army? or is it two thirds capita and one third the other two. let's have some sort of sense of what his problem lies, because we are not doing the best for the people who are serving this country, that is very clear. if we go back to recruitment, the key thing that we want to do is to put it right and, you know, that is one of the key tasks that everyone is looking at to make sure that we address that problem. the defence secretary.

under friendly fire from mps. the government has seen off a labour attempt to publish advice and analysis on a financial impact of its flagship welfare reform universal credit. universal credit, which will merge six benefits into one payment, is being beset with problems and earlier this week, it was revealed that ministers are planning to further delay the roll—out of the reform. and clients had a fresh line of attack. —— in the commons, there was a fresh line of attack. reports and analysis that have been carried out into the effective universal credit since the secretary of state took place, the social security system should have it for anyone, and it is had real hardship. how did it come to this in the fifth—largest economy in the world that we have people facing hunger and destitution? it cannot be right.

the government must wake up and open its eyes to what is happening and that is why we on these benches are calling for the government to stop the roll—out of universal credit. the secretary defended the system. she said universal credit was strong on merit, but there were some areas that needed to improve. since becoming secretary of state, i achieved the system to provide extra support for those with severe disabilities, extra housing support for 18 to 21 vulnerable young adults, kinship carers and working with colleagues to identify areas that we can more improvements. i will indeed give way. can my right honourable friend confirm that there is always more that the government to want to do, eight out of ten universal credit, claimants are satisfied and believe that it's good and helping them and work? my right honourable friend is correct, those are the figures and that is what people are saying and we know it is working in getting people to work because our

employment figures that came out yesterday show over 3.3 million more people in work since 2010. we believe, genuinely, that they're not listening, which makes a mockery and not a single person, myself included, who will vote for the notion. they accused the government of complacency. a constituent has not received the money since the 4th ofjuly, no money for food or fuel, and they tell me what i should tell him, where he should get the money in order to try and survive while his universal credit is being sorted out, i have another constituent who, i give way. i thank the right honourable lady. what i have said before, if there are individual cases, they should bring them directly to ministers. i'm sorry, that is not what happens. what we hear are general comments,

after this debate, if she's willing, i will talk to her directly about the case that are affecting her constituents. the snp called for the universal credit to be halted. the problems with it are fundamental and causing misery, but what can be fixed should be with political will. this afternoon is the first test of that political well, we need to see the government analysis in the paper should be released and we all know that this house should unite and force change. a majority of 22 reject labour's attempt to get the papers published. a senior civil servant has told mps they cannot guarantee what will happen if the uk leaves the european union without an brexit deal.

the head of customs said he would not say all will be fine because he could not read the mind of the french president. the questioning began with the head of the health department. what is it that keeps you awake at night worrying might be the effect of a no deal outcome on people? securing the supply of medicines, workforce questions and reciprocal health care arrangements with the eu. those are the three things. he said health was not an issue of contention and medicine stocks were being organised. it is a very complex set of chains,

we are doing the right negotiations but it is extremely difficult. but are you able to assure patients that nothing that transpires as the result of a no—deal brexit to prevent them from getting the medicines that they require? i would not be able to get that... regardless of exiting we put in the right litigations and continuation. i do not do it outside, if i am asked this question a lot by committees in a business as complex as health, we don't issue guarantees. questioned turned to to lorry queues at the uk border, in particular in dover. it is a close link system, so if there's any delay, you will get some kind of delay or queues in dover.

so we are in the hands of the french and this comes back to what point, can we talk to them about the reality of no deal and how reasonable or realistic are they going to be? given that the government refers the outcome is to strike a withdrawal agreement, we have plans to engage with the french in the event that there is no deal. have you looked at the process of what you'll have to do? we have not been able to sit down and talk, because people are trying to strike the deal. why can they not say that we will meet with and one day of no deal? why can't you agree a process with them? they won't have a conversation about the process. it could have a dramatic impact

on other eu countries. don't increase the number of checks, frankly, that is what i'm talking about. that's realistic? i literally have no idea. but we are trying to do here, we've had this conversation is that we are trying to guess what the president of france will instruct customs officials to actually do in the event of no deal. and i cannot speculate on that. i cannot read minds. if they are prepared to co—operate, there should not be a problem with huge delays with back—ups of the border. but i cannot speculate and we also cannot. there are multiple problems i can't tell you that it will all be fine. it all posed another problem...

can you confirm that they have signed a contract for lorry driving. i don't think i can confirm the exact contract is in place, but there are advanced plans for dealing with lorries on the m20 and m26 and is part of that, ensuring that we want to ensure that the necessary arrangement is in place. senior civil servants at the increasingly busy brexit committee. the environment secretary has revealed that his biggest concern about britain leaving the eu without a deal is what would happen at dover and eurotunnel. he was speaking to a committee about preparations being made by his department, a report last month by the audit office was critical with brexit plans. what would you say is the main area of concern, given the fact that your department has, if you like, as the heaviest lifting? my biggest concern is what we have no control over. my biggest concern is,

what will happen at our borders. not what will happen at the principal container ports, but what will happen at the dover straits and the eurotunnel as well. in my biggest concern there is not the lack of willing in imagination on the part of the tunnel, but at the moment, around a fifth of our exports go through that pipe and, because any product of animal origin enters the eu, if you are a third country, it needs to go through the inspection. and because calais have as yet, no border instruction, that is my single biggest concern. and it is not within my power to direct or persuade the government. he speculated about

the timing of a brexit deal. it might be the case, we've seen how the negotiations work. progress at the november council. and as evenly as the december council. before a deal is done. obviously everyone would like a deal to be done earlier but if we have not and i do, if there's insufficient progress by november, they will reflect and decide at what point does say, this is all we've got. and the environment secretary brings us to the end of wednesday in parliament. do join me again at the same time tomorrow, bye for now.

we have dry weather coming up over the next few days that it is a chilly start to the date in the prepare for patches of frost in scotla nd prepare for patches of frost in scotland and perhaps the of england as well. further south will be clouds are not as cold if you mist patches around. cloud will thin and break overtime to give bright and sunny spells. at the same time, cloud will thicken through the day for the south—west of norman —— north—west of goal. for most of us, a dry day and temperatures between 12 and 16 degrees. looking at friday's forecast where there could be mist in fog patches starting the day. that cloud and outbreaks of rain to western scotland to the heavy here and down for a time in northern ireland. northern england and across the north of wales that it dry and bright to the south with

highs of 17 degrees cool air moving back into northern scotland and that is your weather. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the us asks turkey to hand over a surveillance recording — allegedly detailing the final gruesome moments of the journalist jamal khashoggi. i want to find out what happened, where is the fault? and we will probably know that by the end of the week. no breakthrough for britain on brexit and the irish border. theresa may meets european union leaders, but they say she's offering nothing new. crimea declares three days of mourning for the gun and bomb if attack at a college that left at least 19 dead. and the democrats‘ hopes of taking the senate in the us midterm