authorities in turkey have given their first official account of how they believe the saudi writer and government criticjamal khashoggi was murdered. they said he was strangled immediately after he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul four weeks entered the saudi consulate in istanbulfour weeks ago. entered the saudi consulate in istanbul four weeks ago. they say his body was destroyed and dismembered in plans made in advance. president trump has been speaking at a rally in florida in the first in a string of campaign appearances in the run—up to the mid—term elections. he told his supporters that the democrat challengers had no policy other than to resist his vision for america. in the next six days he'll hold eleven more rallies to support republican candidates. swiss doctors say three partially—paralysed people have been able to walk again using an electrical spinal implant. the doctors say the device they developed gets the patient‘s brains to send signals to their legs, helping some of them walk for about a kilometre. just gone to 30 a.m. . you're up to date on the headlines. —— it'sjust

gone to 30 a.m.. now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament. coming up in the next half an hour: all the highlights from the day in westminster. jeremy corbyn says the prime minister should say sorry. will surely apologise... i apologise for her broken promise that she was going to end austerity? theresa may keeps mps waiting. as long as it takes, i'm going to tell you... keeps mps waiting. as long as it takes, i'm going to tell you. .. and concern over children's mental health and. i'm often asked, is there a crisis? certainly for those children who can't get help, there isa children who can't get help, there is a crisis. all that we, and more, but first theresa may and jeremy

corbyn have clashed over the budget in an even noisier than usual pmqs. at times the speaker had to intervene as the two leaders traded statistics about the government's record. jeremy corbyn said the government had broken a promise to end austerity but theresa may challenged him to support the tax cuts announced by the chancellor. the labour leader chose to focus on public services. many schools, including mine, have had to resort to asking students and parents for funds. not me, sasha, a parent worried about the future of their school because this broken promise budget means head teachers will still be writing begging letters to pa rents. still be writing begging letters to parents. can the prime minister explain why she chose not to end the benefit freeze for 10 million households but instead brought forward a tax cut for higher earners? the prime minister had been expecting the question. but i'm interested that the right honourable gentleman chose to raise the question of tax cuts. 0n

gentleman chose to raise the question of tax cuts. on monday, he said putting... he said that cutting taxes for 32 million people was frittering money away on ideological tax cuts. yesterday, the shadow chancellor said labour would support the tax cuts. 0n the tax cuts. on monday... 0n the tax cuts. on monday... on monday, the right honourable gentleman, the leader of the position, talked about tax cuts for the rich. yesterday, his of sa nta for the rich. yesterday, his of santa — — for the rich. yesterday, his of santa —— shadow chancellor said what we've always known, the tax cuts we re we've always known, the tax cuts were for middle earners, head teachers and things like that. so when the right honourable gentleman stands up perhaps he could tell the house whether he will back the tax cuts and vote for the budget. mr speaker, the benefit freeze takes £i.5 mr speaker, the benefit freeze takes £1.5 billion from 10 million low and middle—income households. a low income couple with children will be £200 worse off. for them, there is

no end to austerity. labour would have ended the benefit freeze, and as she well knows, labour policy is to raise taxes for the top 5%, and for the biggest corporations in the country. that would be a fair way of dealing with financial issues facing this country. and can the prime minister... can the prime minister confirm... will she kindly confirm there's still another £5 billion of cuts to social security to come in this parliament, if it lasts till 2022, hitting the incomes of those with the least. will she confirmed that? yes or no. cani that? yes or no. can i say to the right or all gentleman that, of course, what she fails to mention from the budget is asa fails to mention from the budget is as a result of the changes we've made on universal credit, 2.4

million people will benefit by £630 a year. theresa may was in no mood to apologise. i'll tell him what else this government has done, by taking a balanced approach to the economy, careful financial management, what do we see? borrowing down. unemployment down. income tax down. 0h, up, they say. i'll tell unemployment down. income tax down. 0h, up, they say. i'lltellthem... i'll tell them what's gone up... support for... order, order! isaid support for... order, order! i said the right honourable gentleman must be heard, the reply from the prime minister must be heard. the prime minister. the labour benches want to know what's gone up, i'll tell them what's gone up, i'll tell them what's gone up, i'll tell them what's gone up. support... as long as it takes an going to tell you. cheering -- i'm

as it takes an going to tell you. cheering —— i'm going to tell you. support for public services, up. growth, up. wages, up. get... debt is falling, austerity is ending. under the conservatives, the hard work of the british people is paying off. the snp leader focused on brexit. why did this government last week quietly begin a dramatically truncated tender process to try and stop our medicines at a cost of tens of millions of pounds? funds that should be spent on frontline health services. the prime minister has only been concerned about how brexit might harm the conservative party. it is time that the prime minister woke up to the real harm, her brexit policies could cause to patients. prime minister, isn't it the truth that this government is in a blind

panic trying to cover up for a blind brexit? no. cani no. can ijust no. can i just say no. can ijust say to the right honourable gentleman, first of all, first of all, if he had been listening and paying attention over the last months, he would have known that actually in the budget last year, the chancellor made clear there was money available for no deal planning. we stepped out the no deal planning. we stepped out the no deal planning. we stepped out the no deal planning in the summer. some of the more hostile questions faced by the prime minister came from her own side. can the prime minister tell the house why she and her government believe it's right that government spending is to be increased at a faster rate on overseas aid than for hard—pressed faster rate on overseas aid than for ha rd—pressed schools, policing faster rate on overseas aid than for hard—pressed schools, policing and fire services in the uk? and while this house might be typically out of touch with public opinion on this issue, will she act at the vast majority of the british people think that the walk priority is crazy crackers? —— wilshere accept.

cani crackers? —— wilshere accept. can i say to my honourable friend, i continue to believe it's right that the united kingdom maintains its commitment to spend 0.7% of gni on international developer at. in the budget, the chancellor announced every state school in england will get a dedicated mental health professional. —— international do them at. mental health is the biggest issue she faces in herjob —— international development. i've been in post for four years and from the first day, children, parents and professionals have streamed through that door to tell me about the difficulties they've been having in getting health. typically if we can sum it up, what are the key issues? —— getting help. the key issues are first of all the shortage and lack of help available for so many. we know only one in four children get help, and even with plans in place, that's reduced to one in three. there's a real paucity of early help

to prevent these crises happening, there's black holes in the system all over the place. the committee's investigating mental health services for children. anna longfield said those who did get treatment often have to wait and unacceptable length of time for it. i think there's a whole range of issues that are affecting their mental health. some of it is about the complexity of life. i think that some of it is about pressures within school. some of it is the fact that stigma has reduced so more children are identifying this and they feel able to talk about it. do you think there's anything that's changed environmentally that's infected this? might isa just environmentally that's infected this? might isajust the internet and the secretary of state's comments on that? i certainly think the 24/7 immigration is adds additional pressures for children. it's something that doesn't go away. there's great pressure on how they look and how popular they are, that

all adds to difficulties and anxieties. now, i'm often asked, is there a crisis? certainly for those children who can't get help, there isa children who can't get help, there is a crisis. anne longfield. the environment secretary michael gove has insisted that trade deals after brexit will not allow imports of food reduced to lower standards than permitted for uk farmers. there are concerns british farmers will be undercut by imports of cheap food with lower standards, such as hormone fed beef oi’ standards, such as hormone fed beef or chlorine washed chicken from the united states. mr gove was speaking to the commons environment committee we re to the commons environment committee were a labour member raised rates of food poisoning in the us. i've seen figures from a number of organisations that said... juan figallo scene is one in 66 people a year, another is one in 70, they succumbed to food poisoning, in the states it is one in six. why is that when there's not a no problem with

food production? —— there's no problem —— one figure i've seen. 0ne problem —— one figure i've seen. one reason why you have washing in chlorine or other chemicals is that there was a risk as a result of having chickens in essence kept in circumstances where their welfare was compromised and they were kept in circumstances where the amount of space that each individual bird had was less than we would allow in the united kingdom. that increased the risk of infection, and that increased risk of infection was dealt with with chlorine washing so it started as an element welfare issue but it has human health implications —— animal welfare. chlorine washing resolves the question of food safety for anyone consuming the chicken, but it doesn't tackle the problem at source obviously. we want the farm to fork approach, where you try to minimise disease and infection at every stage of production. from the farm, where

we try to limit stock intensities and right through to the abattoir. the us approach is much more turn a blind eye to what might happen at farm and treat it when it goes to the abattoir. it's a different culture, they don't have a culture of putting animal welfare, in a particularly prominent position. kerry mccarthy said she wanted to try to change government legislation. the agriculture bill is going currently going through the commons. if i wanted to ensure any food production standards imposed domesticly would apply equally to imports, would you be happy to endorse that if i amended the bill? 0ur endorse that if i amended the bill? our view is that is out of scope for the agriculture bill. it's a legitimate arj and to have in the context of a trade bill. i know those arguments are going on as we speak in the other place —— legitimate argument to have. it's an

issue around trade and the types of trade negotiations we do rather than the types of domestic import schemes we might have. there's a real concern forfarmers, we might have. there's a real concern for farmers, it's we might have. there's a real concern forfarmers, it's not we might have. there's a real concern for farmers, it's not about standards about prices and the race to the bottom, a lot of farmers are very concerned that all the protection and subsidies, which does very much linked, all the subsidies we give to british farmers would be pretty meaningless if they can be and the cut by lower quality am a cheap imports, where they cut corners in the way you've described. the minister repeated it would be outside the scope of this bill. i don't see what harm it would do in the agricultural bill, because then at least when a trade deal comes along, at least when we're debating it in the house of commons here, we can save in the agriculture bill it refers to maintaining those standards when we import foods —— we can say. in america, they and the stand and animal welfare case. this is not a

reflection on the government or anyone here. they feel from their point of view that the assertion that their chicken is not safe to eat is one that they find it difficult to accept. yeah. so part of it isa difficult to accept. yeah. so part of it is a proper or as george pointed out and an proper appreciation of the those companies take. we feel it might be out of scope for this legislation. michael gove. you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, david cornock. don't forget, if you miss our daily round—up orjust want to watch this programme again, you can find it on the bbc iplayer. now, how do you get an affordable loa n now, how do you get an affordable loan for a fridge, a cooker or a la ptop loan for a fridge, a cooker or a laptop computer if you don't own your own home? it can be difficult, but an independent peer is trying to change the law to ensure a lender ta kes change the law to ensure a lender takes into change the law to ensure a lender ta kes into accou nt change the law to ensure a lender takes into account rent and council tax history when assessing a

borrower's creditworthiness. at question time, lord birt said the problem was getting credit agencies to use the available information. problem was getting credit agencies to use the available informationm the government doing anything in particular to make sure all this information... the divide between those people who have a mortgage, who can get a high credit rating, and those people who get a low credit rating simply because they're paying rent? first of all, ip tribute to the work that he has done to raise this issue up that he has done to raise this issue up the agenda. this is indeed something the government is taking seriously and working with the financial conduct authority and regulators about how this can be done. he will of course have noticed the welcome announcement that they intend to take into account rental contributions as part of credit scoring. that last week. that will

make significant difference along the line that we want by actually getting the major credit rating agencies, credit reference agencies, to actually use this data in assuring that lenders actually have an accurate reflection of the applicant's ability to service the loan. he said that the governor would not support the bill as it was preferred that financial companies, with their own solution. the northern ireland secretary is considering whether bring in an external media could help restart talks on restoring power sharing. karen bradley said that the ideal be raised at meetings in belfast and talks with the irish government at the end of the week. the store mock assembly has been stalled since last year after a row between democrat unionists and sinn fein. emergency legislation has been approved to do the power vacuum. i continue to

engage with major parties about the invitation bell. i called a meeting for this purpose tomorrow in belfast. and continuing to engage with the irish government and on friday my right honourable friend the chance cancer of dublin will be at the intergovernment conference. i'm actively to three how and when external facilitation could play constructive role in efforts to restore political dialogue. this will form part of my discussions with parties. but some mps felt progress was too slow. according to the reporting commission, there should be no illusions about a lack of political leadership in belfast on it is to end paramilitaries on. the end of an reporting commission concluded that a key factor in bringing premature is on tv and was resolution critical structures in northern ireland. can she explained

the essence of formal talks between the essence of formal talks between the liberal party since february? mr speaker, our people are said earlier. the best thing for northern ireland is if their letterboxes and back into the assembly and make decisions on their behalf. as a memberof decisions on their behalf. as a member of government, support solution across the whole united kingdom and what is it operating properly. the report of the independent reporting commission actually illustrates that this is a point where the parties in northern ireland have to choose one of two sides. either they are on the side of getting the figure back up and running, or so they are on the side of growing para meddlers and all the dangers that brings with it. mr speaker, the right honourable gentleman does make an important point. the independent reporting commission has delivered its first report, and it is clear that action

that need to be taken and would benefit everybody in northern ireland the ministers to make those decisions. we have passed a bill that would enable civil servants to make continued decisions, to allow the running of public services, but clearly that is no substitute for elected politicians in stormont. the foreign secretary has described secretly shopping the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. basing the foreign affairs committee the first time, jeremy hunt said the uk p0p first time, jeremy hunt said the uk pop at response would have to be considered if turkey's allegations turned out to be true. saudi authorities said that jamal khashoggi was killed in a road operation in its consulate in istanbul. just ahead ofjeremy hunt's appearance, turkey made its first official statement about how they believe he was killed. first official statement about how they believe he was killedm first official statement about how they believe he was killed. it has just been announced by the turkish prosecutor that jamal khashoggi was a p pa re ntly prosecutor that jamal khashoggi was apparently strangled as soon as he went into the consulate in istanbul.

what is the position of the government now on that murder? jamal khashoggi's motor is incredibly shocking and i think i have spoken more openly and strongly about it than any western foreign minister that i am aware of. in a clear that if the press stories were true, and it appears increasingly likely that they are true, then will the map what happen would be completely contrary to our values. i been up from the people that our response has to be considered. the two recent skalak firstly, we do have a commercial relationship, and there are jobs commercial relationship, and there arejobs in commercial relationship, and there are jobs in the uk and the north—west and south—west of those states. the secretary was asked about the challenging situation the lease. there is a proxy war between

saudi arabia and iran in yemen. this has the potential to escalate into a much bigger and dangerous conflict. there is all worth the risk of a run of gaining nuclear weapons. ijust think in that context and looking at other interventions that we have made in that region in the last 20 years we just have to be very careful about any action that we ta ke careful about any action that we take that there are unintended consequences. take that there are unintended consequences. i think it is important to be considered in this case. how has the foreign office in concerned about the actions we see more recently, for example the back of the cooperation council, the support for various actors who frankly raise more questions than the hip and sister, in the case of lizardlike syria and other parts of the world. -- world? i think we have looked at the new saudi leadership

and frankly there have been things that we have thoroughly approved of, and things that have caused us great concern. and things that have caused us great concern. we have at some of both. obviously jamal khashoggi's motor, when we finally find out the results of the investigation, will be something that will help us create a more accurate picture. is there really very much doubt? well, i think we have two, we have some more and news on the survey, and there is more news emerging. i think gresini house still stands, the way that we decide ultimately to react to that will depend on first or whether or not there is a credible saudi, a credible independent investigation, so the facts are clear. also how saudi arabia reacts to those facts. imean, you saudi arabia reacts to those facts. i mean, you know, the extent to which we get due process to the

people involved, and the extent to which they give us confidence that this cannot and will not happen again. the foreign secretary jeremy hunt. back to the lords, now, where pierce complained that they are being kept in the dark over brexit. after the brexit secretary, dominic raab, refused to appear before the eu committee. its shares said the committee had a responsibility to react to any brexit agreement in time for the response from hollerman. it is part of accountability to parliament to support our work and not frustrated. as the minister agreed that if brexit is at least in part about restoring the sovereignty of this parliament, the government should set an example by engaging in a mature, constructive way, with its committees, rather than, as mature, constructive way, with its committees, ratherthan, as the mcgrath has done, effectively refusing to give evidence. he said

the predecessor david davis had severed parity with british parliament. it is jarran reed we find ourselves in a situation where michel barnier is briefing meps almost daily and sharing draft texts when select committees in westminster are kept in the dark. when select committees in westminster are kept in the darkm course, we are fully committed to facilitating the work of the committee is. the secretary of state has made ten parliament three appearances in the nine sitting weeks since his appointment. debbie ministers have given evidence that ofa 40 ministers have given evidence that of a 40 occasions to arrange a committees. under the secretary of state has appeared once in front of his committee and has committed to appear ina his committee and has committed to appear in a game when we have a deal and we have sent a report back on. lord calum. finally, it was the last prime minister's questions before remembrance sunday. remembrance sunday will mark the centenary of the armistice that ended the first world war. as the prime told him in

question time, it is being marked in a failure from late. as my right honourable friend may also know, the germplasm will be laying a wreath at the centre this. armistice they stash what armistice gives us is an opportunity to come together to remember the immense sacrifices made in war, but also to join with our german friends to mark reconciliation and the piece that exist between nations today. the army would from those who served in, countries. all my right honourable friend drew me when she goes to the senate next sunday in paying tribute not only to our own war dead from this country, but to those 3 million who came from the commonwealth to serve in the cause of freedom? i will certainly not been to bridge this weekend. i'll be laying a wreath in delhi, pay my own tribute. i know on the whole this whole house paying tribute to those who suffered and died. i think my honourable

friend the highlighting best buy of confusion that was made by soldiers from around the commonwealth. he has highlighted particular those from india. ialso highlighted particular those from india. i also pay tribute to my honourable friend for his own military service. we must never forget that over 74,000 soldiers can from undivided india. and lost their lives. 11 of them won the victoria cross that outstanding bravery and he will know they played a crucial role in the war. the prime minister. and that brings us to the end of wednesday in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me again at the same time tomorrow. goodbye for now. hello there. many parts of the country had a largely dry halloween evening, but the rain has begun to pep up across central and eastern areas. through the night, these weather

fronts will affect much of the central and eastern side of the uk. further west, light winds and clear skies mean it will be a chilly start to this morning with some frost for northern ireland, mist and fog in western scotland. further south and east, because of more cloud rain, it will be a milder start with temperatures 7—10 degrees. this morning will be a soggy one through central and eastern areas. some of the rain will be heavy through the morning. but the band of rain heads east, becoming confined to the very far southeast. brighter skies to the west will filter through some areas. a few showers in western scotland, where there will be wind chill in the high ground, as their air will be cool. still fairly mild in the south and south—east, temperatures 11—12 at best. heading into friday, this ridge of high pressure means a fine start of the day, but to the west we see this deep

area of low pressure, it is actually ex—hurricane oscar. it will be a chilly start to friday, with fog and mist around. lengthy spells of sunshine. later in the day, it goes downhill towards the west. increasing wind and rain. temperature—wise, double figures for many of us, just about, in the afternoon. not too bad given the sunshine. this deep area of low pressure skirts past the north—west of the uk. it will some very windy weather friday night and saturday across the northern half the country, with a band of rain affecting northern ireland, scotland, and into western parts of england and wales. but many parts of eastern england, the south—east, should see dry all day, with good spells of sunshine. a gusty day across the board with very windy conditions in the northwest. potentially disruptive wind gusts of 60 miles an hour. but temperature—wise in the mid—teens celsius across the board. ex—hurricane oscar clears northwards saturday night into sunday. we look to this next area of low pressure which will push up into the south. this will be not as intense as we expect on saturday, but could bring windy weather to the south—west corner with outbreaks of rain across a good

portion of england and wales. some heavy in the south—west. sunshine for scotland and northern ireland with lighter winds there. temperatures 12—14 degrees. so yes, the weekend will be mild, especially on saturday. windy at times on saturday. gales in places. some rain around but also some sunshine. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers

in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: new detail on the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. a turkish prosecutor says he was strangled as soon as he entered the saudi consulate. with the us mid—term elections less than a week away, president trump puts himself at the centre of the campaign. more than 90% of the world's children are breathing toxic air, according to a new study by the world health organization. the amazing story of how a spinal implant that's helped three paralysed men walk again. france begins a national investigation to the high number of babies born without arms or hands.