president trump is to travel to pittsburgh later on tuesday in the wake of the mass shooting at a synagogue in which 11 people were killed. one jewish organisation says he's not welcome until he denounces white nationalism. but the rabbi of the synagogue has said mr trump is welcome. the us military is to send more than 5,000 troops to the country's border with mexico. president trump has pledged to secure the border after describing several thousand central american migrants heading north through mexico as a dangerous threat to us sovereignty. the bbc has obtained a technical log — showing an indonesian passenger plane had instrument problems the day before it crashed with 189 people on board. the boeing 737 airliner got into difficulties shortly after taking off from the indonesian capitaljakarta. now on bbc news, a look back at the day in parliament. hello and welcome to monday

in parliament, our look at the best of the commons and the lords on a day dominated by the chancellor's budget. under this conservative government, austerity is coming to an end. but discipline will remain. what we have heard today, are half measures and quick fixes while austerity grinds on. also on the programme, condemnation of the weekend mass killing at a syngagoue in the united states. it was an unspeakable act of a cold—blooded murderer of 11 jews on sabbat. and jewish communities around the world are afraid. and as the brexit talks go on and on, "why don't we call the whole thing off?", asks a ukip peer. why do we go on?

why do we go on negotiating with the commission? why don't we try to talk to the real people of europe? but first. it was philip hammond's third budget. and for lovers of parliamentary nuggets, it was, interestingly, the first monday budget for 56 years. the last chancellor to make the famous speech to parliament on a monday was the conservative selwyn lloyd back in the spring of 1962 a time before most of the present mps were born. at the start of this budget day, philip hammond posed for the traditional photographs outside 11 downing street. before making the short trip to the palace of westminster. to conservative cheers, the chancellor entered the commons and took his seat shortly before half past three. he said conservative chancellors, namely himself and george osborne, had had to make tough decisions in the last eight years decisions driven not by ideology but by necessity. now we have reached a defining

moment on this long hard journey, opening a new chapter in our country's economic history where we can look confidently to the future and set our course for where this remarkable country will go next. because today, mr deputy speaker, i can report to the british people that their hard work is paying off and the era of austerity is finally coming to an end. and philip hammond remarked on the fact that he was delivering his budget on a monday a day not used for budgets since 1962... i was six years old. tensions between russia and the united states were rising. and a former foreign secretary turned chancellor delivered a budget amid cabinet revolt. mr deputy speaker, i am acutely aware of the phenomenon of false memory, but i could swear

i could remember my parents turning to me and saying, philip, one day, that could be you. the chancellor said it was a pivotal moment in the brexit talks process. the stakes could not be higher, he said... if the economic office fiscal outlook changes materially in year, i will take whatever action is appropriate. if necessary, operating the spring statement to a full fiscal event. mr deputy speaker, the house can be confident that we are working for the best outcome for britain and preparing for every eventuality. and after the introductions, it wasn't long before the chancellor got on to the announcements he wanted to make. philip hammond turned first to money for the nhs. injune, my right honourable friend, the prime minister, announced the single largest cash commitment to our public services ever made by a peacetime government.

an £81; billion five—year deal for our precious nhs. half as much again as the increase labour offered the nhs at the last election. and let me be clear, we are delivering this historic £20.5 billion real terms increase for the nhs, in full, over the next five years. and there were announcements on mental health... i can announce that the nhs ten year plan will include a new mental health crisis service with comprehensive mental health support available in every major a&e. children and young people's crisis teams in every part of the country. more mental health ambulances. more safe havens in the community and a 24—hour mental health crisis hotline. as for education... today, i am announcing a £400 million in year bonus to help our schools buy

the little extras they need. a one—off capital payement directly to schools. the chancellor turned to holes in the road. i am making an additional £420 million available immediately to local highway authorities to tackle potholes, bridge repairs and other minor works in this financial year. philip hammond referred to the controversial funding method known as private finance initiative, or pfi. i have never signed off a pfi contract as chancellor and i can confirm today that i never will. i can announce that the government will abolish the use of pfi and pf2 for future projects putting another legacy of labour behind us. 0nto the digital economy. the rules have simply not kept pace with changing business models and it is clearly not sustainable

or fair, that digital platform businesses can generate substantial value in the uk without paying tax here in respect of that business. we will now introduce a uk digital services tax. this will be a narrowly targeted tax on the uk generated revenue of specific digital platform business models. it will be carefully designed to ensure that it is established tech giants, rather than our tech startups that shoulder the burden of this new tax. we are serious about this reform, because mr deputy speaker, it is only right that these global giants with profitable businesses in the uk, pay theirfair share toward supporting our public services. and mr deputy speaker, i am already looking forward to my call from the former leader of the liberal democrats. a reference to sir nick clegg, who's got a seniorjob at facebook.

he moved on to the decline in the high streets. we will provide £675 million of co—funding to create a future high streets fund to support councils to draw up formal plans for the transformation of their high streets. to invest in the improvements they need and to facilitate redevelopment of underused retail and commercial areas into residential. the chancellor switched to universal credit. i can tell the house that i am increasing work allowances in universal credit by £1000. at the cost of £i.7 billion annually once roll—out is complete. benefiting to 2.4 million working families with children. 2.4 million working families with children and people with disabilities by £630 per year. mr deputy speaker,

universal credit is here to stay. and we are putting in the funding it needs to make it a success. budget announcements can cover all needs. i am pleased to announce a new mandatory business rates relief for public lavatories. so that local authorities can at last relieve themselves. for the... for the convenience of the house, mr deputy speaker. this relief will extend to any such facilities made available for public use whether publicly or privately owned. and honestly, mr deputy speaker, i can say that this is virtually the only announcement in this budget that has'nt leaked. mr deputy speaker...

news for drinkers. mr deputy speaker, i have received numerous representations for my right honourable friend on one particular subject and in response, i will be freezing beer and cider duty for the next year. keeping the cost of beer down for patrons of the great british pub. and in response to the concerted lobby of my scottish drinkers, i will also freeze duty on spirits. so that we can all afford to raise one to ruth davidson on the arrival. and the chancellor concluded like this... mr deputy speaker, we have turned an important corner and now we must pull together to build the bright, prosperous future that is within britain's grasp if we choose to seize it. embracing change, not hiding

from it, building on the inherent strength of the british economy and the indomitable spirit of the british people. mr deputy speaker, under this conservative government, austerity is coming to an end. but discipline will remain. we are at a turning point in our history and we must resolve to go forwards, not backwards and work together to build a britain that we can all be proud of. i commend this statement to the house. philip hammond getting an enthusiastic reaction to his speech, which lasted for a little over an hour and ten minutes. well, the long standing convention of parliament is that the budget speech is replied to not by the shadow chancellor but by the opposition leader. jeremy corbyn disputed

the government's big claim. the reality is that whatever the chancellor claims today, austerity is not over. and far from building a strong economy, eight years of austerity has damaged our economy, delayed and weakened the recovery and endlessly postponed fixing the deficit. he said it was a budget of broken promises. what we've heard today are half measures and quick fixes while austerity grinds on. and far from people's hard work and sacrifices having paid off, as the chancellor claims, this government has frittered it away in ideological tax cuts to the richest in our society. this budget won't undo the damage done by eight years of austerity, and doesn't begin to measure up to the scale of the job that needs to be done to rebuild britain. he turned to what hadn't been in the budget.

and there was not even recognition, let alone money set aside, for the women born in the 19505 who've been denied pensionjustice. women in britain today have just one fifth of the pension wealth of men, in part because of the grotesque gender pay gap, which at current rates, will not close until 2073. and there was no extra money to fund women's refuges, a lifeline for women fleeing from domestic abuse. since 2010, almost a fifth of all refuges have been forced to close. and, mr deputy speaker, months after the scale of the windrush scandal became clear, the chancellor has failed to set up a hardship fund for those affected, let alone the compensation scheme for the hundreds of people wronged by the prime minister's nasty and perverse hostile environment. just beforejeremy corbyn

spoke there about women fighting for pension rights, some mps in the commons had applauded the campaigners known as the waspi women, who'd staged a protest in the public gallery above the chamber. the leader of the snp at westminster began his budget speech with comments on the waspi protest. we all recognise that what we saw today was very much the spirit of the suffragettes. we on this side of the house understand the suffering of the women born in the 19505 that have been betrayed by this government. moving on, he attacked the government for not putting enough extra money into universal credit, while raising the tax threshold for higher earners. the budget statement shows a chronic lack of understanding of the threats that we face and the storm clouds ahead. the icy blast that has come this

weekend is a foretaste of the dark winter to come. later in his speech, mr blackford described himself as a "simple crofter", a comment picked up by a conservative former minister. i noticed him describing himself as a simple crofter. now, i have a little bit of doubt about this. i worked, i had a career in the city of london, and i don't recall him being a simple crofter at that time. but maybe that was his codename on his bloomberg terminal, mr deputy speaker, as he was buying and selling financial assets. greg hands moved on to talk about stamp duty rates and the impact on the housing market. the average buyer in my constituency is now paying £43,000 on statutory land tax. a £1.5 million home... for many members, that may sound like a huge amount. it is a huge amount. but that is the average price of a three—bedroom house in my constituency. a labour mp focused

on problems for renters. rising rents have meant the average two—bedroom property now costs £1,820 a month on the private market, over £300 a month more than it did in 2011. that's if you're lucky. there are many more expensive than that, and the brutal reality is that housing benefits at the cap does not pay rents on every three or four—bedroom property in my borough, and we believe, in london and the southeast in general, you will find it hard to pay your rent relying on housing benefits. and let's be clear. the majority of people who are claiming housing benefits are in work. the conservative chair of the treasury committee, like many mps, reflected on what brexit might mean for the economy. she quoted the independent 0ffice for budget responsibility, or 0br. it's view of the implications for a no—deal brexit have become very clear indeed, and the nearest precedence was the three—day week which it says knocks 3% off our economy that quarter.

but even assuming a smooth transition... also set interest rate barriers with the eu, not just tariffs, likely leave our economy smaller and reduce long—run productivity. if the eu does not offer us anything better than no deal, if at the moment... and the chequers plan isn't popular with the eu, yes, i think the chancellor is right that we would need an additional deal for a budget. it would be a budget full of good news because it would be a budget to spend the 39 billion. we got more for potholes than for schools. nothing for women born in the 19505 and facing pension inequality, and the pathetic sticking pla5ter for universal credit. so much more should be possible, could be possible, but for brexit.

and by march, with some of the chancellor's brexiteer buddies out of the way, this plan may also be torn up and a fresh five packet found to raise a new one on. just 2 weeks ago, the world scientists issued their most stark warning yet that we had just 12 years in which to tackle climate change and to avoid climate catastrophe. yet not one single word from this chancellor about climate change. nothing about clean energy, nothing about green energy. other mp5 turned to the changes announced to universal credit. the answer to the government today was to make some very important additions to the universal credit budget, and i'm grateful, as all of us must be who see our constituents ma55acred by this benefit. but he empha5i5ed there were still big changes that needed to be made. labour mp5 agreed. the £i.7 billion announced for credit work allowances that the chancellor this afternoon

is welcome, but it falls short of the £3 billion that's necessary to ensure that no one is worse off under universal credit. and it only undoes what half of the cuts made by george osborne to universal creditjust two years ago. rachel reeves. it's been called the worst anti—semitic incident in american history. on saturday morning, a man armed with three handguns and an assault rifle broke into a service being held at a synagogue in pittsburgh and opened fire. he killed 11 people, aged between 59 and 97. two others were injured. later, a 46—year—old man, robert bowers, was taken into custody. the incident prompted this question in the house of lords from the honourary president of the conservative friends of israel. i beg leave to ask a question of which i have given private notice, and the question is as follows. to ask her majesty's governments, following the murder of 11 wor5hiper5 at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh,

what action they are taking to protect and rea55ure thejewi5h community here in the united kingdom? my lords, we have all been appalled by the horrific attack on worshipers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh and the consequent dreadful loss of life. we stand in solidarity against this hatred. we have committed to provide over £50 million since 2015, including £13.4 million this year, to the community security trust to ensure that people can pray and live without fear at over 500 jewish institutions across the country. my lord5, we in the uk cannot mend the world, but we can take action here. if there were anti—semiti5m in my party, i will call it out. if there is anti—semiti5m in no party, i will call it out. and i hope that all noble lord5 will do the same if they encounter it in their own parties. my lord5, it's often said that anti—semiti5m is a problem for the jewish community. yes, it does affect the community, but would my noble friend, the minister, agree with me that it should be seen as a grave

threat to british value5, to british decency and to all that we hold dear? i have four grandchildren who went to school this morning in twojewish schools where they have to go with a guard. the youngest is four. the next one is six. one is seven and one is eight. and so, this is a very close issue. i'm very, very grateful to the government for the statement that the minister has made this morning, and i think the jewish community will be very pleased. does he not agree, though, that the real issue, actually, is hate speech and not guns? there's no excuse for trying tojustify or explain the pittsburgh killings, and i echo the words spoken by other noble lords before me. the minister has talked about physical protection from the community security trust, the cst, but there's also protection needed, surely, from those that condone and incite anti—semitism by postings on social media.

and i wonder if the minister has any response to that. my lords, once again, i thank the noble lord for that contribution. he will well be aware that the view across the house is the importance of tackling social media and some of the issues that arise on social media, in relation to hate crime, but specifically here, as we're speaking about anti—semitism. certainly in relation to that. he will also be aware of the globalisation of that particular problem, but what it is something the government is resolute on. the ukip peer lord pearson has faced further criticism for inviting the far right activi5t tommy robinson to lunch in the house of lords. lord pearson has been suggesting to peers that the uk should abandon the formal brexit proce55. the exchanges came at question time in the house of lords. can i ask if the government is where that many states, including the united kingdom,

have unilaterally left international treatie5 some 225 times since 1945? so why do we feel bound by these clauses of article 50 when they are being used against us? and my lord5, if can't even the government see that... my second question. my lord5, can't. .. can't even the government 5ee that the commission's main aim is to keep the eu project afloat, which our successful exit would further threaten. so, my lord5, why do we go on... why do you go one? why do we go on negotiating with the commission? why do you go on?

why don't we try to talk to the real people of europe, who would benefit far more from the office in this question then would we? a slightly strange question from the noble lord, because, of course, if we withdrew our notice underarticle 50, we remain members of the eu, which, the last time i looked at it, was not the policy of his party. and therefore, his other options don't really hold water. we don't unilaterally abrogate treaties in this country. we are a law—abiding nation. i would like to know from the minister whether there has been any progress since the lord told my noble friend last wednesday, "it is important that we review our procedures to ensure that individuals such as tommy robinson do not enter the heart of democracy"? it was the noble lord, lord pear5on, who hosted this character to a celebratory lunch. this is after he was released on bail, not acquitted, from a contempt of court charge which is referred to the attorney general. can the minister tell me when we will see action to ban tommy robinson from this house, not least to protect house of lords staff from having to wait on this man?

as far as i'm aware, the government has no policy on the dining companions of lord pearson. having said that, the opinions of the house were made very clear, i understand, last week, but ultimately, these are not a matter for the government. this is a matter for the house authorities. air accident investigators have been examining the flight recorder of the helicopter which cra5hed at leicester city football club at the weekend. the owner of the club, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, was one of the five people killed when the aircraft 5piralled out of controlju5t outside the ground, the king power stadium, on saturday night. in the commons, the home secretary spoke about what had happened. my thanks to the emergency services for their response to this awful tragedy. i know that they did their absolute best. in light of the terrible tragedy in leicester, it is with particular feeling that i call mr keith vaz.

thank you, mr speaker. can i thank the home secretary for the comments that he made following the death of vichai and four others in the helicopter in leicester? he was an amazing man, someone who spent so much time in leicester and did so much for the club, and he was adored by the people of leicester. and he will be greatly missed, and it's kind of the home secretary to mention him today. thank you. keith vaz. and that's it for this programme. david cornock will be here for the rest of the week. but for now, from me, keith macdougall, goodbye. is pretty cold out there at the

moment so for is pretty cold out there at the moment so for some is pretty cold out there at the moment so for some of us, much colder than for others, are real frost across western areas of the uk for a change from south—western england, through wales, all the way up england, through wales, all the way up to western scotland. this is where the frost is right now. earlier on, the cabbages skipped down to minus six degrees in rural parts of cumbria. early on tuesday, some of these eastern areas are frost free, there is a breeze coming off the north sea is not quite as cold in norwich. there could be some rain around norfolk and suffolk in the morning and possibly kent. pretty cloudy across eastern counties but generally speaking, the weather isn't looking bad at all for most of us on tuesday. the best of the sunshine that further west and south—west you are. cornwell, devon, somerset, around the irish sea, the weather is mostly good. here is

wednesday's webber. between weather systems. —— whether map. —— weather map. on wednesday, there will be some rain around the irish sea, possibly northern ireland and parts of western scotland. this is halloween as well. the winds are coming out of the south on wednesday so coming out of the south on wednesday so it will be a bit less called for some of us. back up to 13 for london. still pretty nippy in aberdeen on wednesday, only eight degrees. some of the rain reach us the further east you are in the uk. notice the southerly winds across europe bringing stormy weather to parts of the mediterranean. but also, a plume of warm at getting into parts of northern europe. we

have the winds coming out of the north—west of the atlantic on thursday so the temperatures might get down to 11 degrees or so again in london. it was a relatively cool for most of us and more unsettled towards the end of the week. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is martin stanford. our top stories: president trump is to visit the scene of the pittsburgh synagogue attack but — somejewish leaders say he should stay away. as migrants head towards the us—mexico border, 5,000 extra troops are sent there to secure it. the indonesia plane crash — the bbc finds evidence of technical issues before it came down with 189 people on board. and kicking their differences into the long grass — how a football match helped bring north and south korea a little closer.