this is bbc news. the headlines at 2pm: environment secretary michael gove says theresa may's brexit deal isn't perfect but is the only choice we have got to recognise that if we don't vote for this deal, the alternatives are no deal or no brexit. labour say they'll call for a vote of no confidence if mps reject the deal and say the government must publish its legal advice tomorrow. if they don't produce it tomorrow then we will start contempt proceedings. this will be a collision course between the government and parliament. teachers shouldn't be expected to act as substitute parents, according to the chief inspector of schools. as president macron visits the scene of riots in paris, he warns a state of emergency could be re—imposed in france. and coming up in half an hour, the week in parliament looks back

at a frenetic week in westminster. good afternoon. the environment secretary michael gove has said the government can win the crucial commons vote on theresa may's brexit deal in nine days' time. dozens of conservative mps have said they won't support the agreement. mr gove, one of the original leaders of the leave campign, said the deal was not perfect, but warned that the alternative would be no deal or no brexit. labour has confirmed that it will call for a vote of no confidence in the government if the prime minister fails to win the backing of mps. our political correspondent, jonathan blake reports. one final photo for theresa may at the g20 summit in argentina,

before returning to face the battle over her brexit deal. she must convince enough of her mps to back it when parliament votes in nine days' time. the area i have the greatest concern... now one of the leading voices in the leave campaign, who at times has had big worries, says although it is not ideal, it does what it needs to do. this deal of course is not perfect, but it does provide those of us who campaigned to leave with an opportunity to take back control of our borders and have control of our immigration policy. it means we end the huge automatic sums that go to the eu every week and it gives us the capacity in huge sectors of the economy to diverge if we think that is right. michael gove‘s support is seen as key to the prime minister's

survival. but had he considered following summerfest colleagues out of the cabinet? i thought long and ha rd of the cabinet? i thought long and hard about the deal but i concluded that while it is not perfect, it is the right thing to do. it is because i understand and appreciate and feel uncomfortable with parts of this deal but i also understand and appreciate how many of my colleagues feel. the plan to avoid a hard border in northern ireland if a trade deal can't be reached in time is the focus of debate. mps have demanded to see in full legal advice some suspect warns the uk could be stuck in that backstop arrangement indefinitely. the attorney general will give parliament a summary. that is not enough for some. the first thing i should say is i don't want to go down this path. i said to the government two weeks' ago and i said last week, "do the right thing, you have been ordered to produce this advice, just produce it." if they don't produce it tomorrow, we will start contempt proceedings, this will be a collision course between the government and parliament. that then has to be debated in the house and an order can

be made of contempt. the prime minister's been working hard to convince the country about her brexit deal, but now she must hope enough mps have been won over too. labour has warned if she fails it would push for a vote of no confidence in the government. there are nine days to go until parliament has its say. in our belfast newsroom is the dup's brexit spokesman, sammy wilson. mr wilson, afternoon, thanks for coming in to talk to us. are you intending tojoin coming in to talk to us. are you intending to join labour coming in to talk to us. are you intending tojoin labour in forcing the government's hand to publish this legal advice? we are. we supported the humble address in the house of commons two weeks ago. we gave reasons for doing so at that stage. i understand that ministers don't like to publish and there is a convention they normally don't publish legal advice, but this is a unique situation where are taking a

decision that will have huge ramifications for our country for the next generation, that secondly we have signed an agreement which is a legal agreement and we now have nit—picking the european union is when it comes to legal agreements, and therefore i think it is very important that everyone understands what they are signing up to legally at what the ramifications are for oui’ at what the ramifications are for our country. as was ever quick, of course, for people in northern ireland, how the backstop agreement will affect us. there is no secret about this, you know already and if you didn't, the sunday times has helpfully published a letter that was given to cabinet ministers in which the attorney general says the irish backstop, which comes into place if they cannot come up with a solution to keep the border between the republic and northern ireland without any kind of controls, would endure indefinitely. but there is no secret about that. it is indefinitely until something else comes into its place. the prime

minister is going around telling people something different, that this is a temporary arrangement that will never be used, its an insurance policy, we can get out of it, and the attorney general is saying something different. we can get out of it, so you're saying the prime minister is telling people we can get out of it and you can't get out of it? yes, because the prime minister is giving the impression that we have to do to get an agreement with the eu and we can get out of it when we know full well and indeed i think the attorney general‘s view is that the eu could make it very difficult for us to get out of it. if the eu decide that the conditions are not met, even though they may well be, the party which ensures the conditions are not met when we are locked into it. it's a nuance of the legal agreement, the legal advice that i think parliament need to know. the prime minister has given this impression that if you do

not act in good faith or do not work towards finding a solution, then of course they would be in breach of obligations. i don't believe that's the case and i think we need to know the case and i think we need to know the attorney general‘s take on that. you will have the chance to question the attorney general tomorrow he makes a statement in the commons. but you make of michael gove's interview today in which he said the choice is between this deal, however imperfect, and the very real risk of no deal at all? i'm really surprised at the stance which michael has been taking on this. i spoke at rallies with him during the brexit campaign, he was most insistent that we have got to leave and we should leave with a good deal and his part of the prime minister's view that no deal was better than a bad deal. this is not only a bad deal, it's a rotten deal, and it's a deal which i think should not be given support by

anyone who really wants to see the objectives of brexit realised. but he has his opinion, a large number of people in the house of commons don't share it, a large number of people across the united kingdom don't share it and we want to know what the legal advice he and other cabinet ministers received from the attorney general as to how much of this deal binds us to the existing eu arrangements. your agreement with the fizz out of party in the dup says, the dup agrees to support the government on all motions of confidence. we have had the labour party say that if theresa may's dealers folded down, as you would hope it would be, he will move the motion of no—confidence in government. presumably the government. presumably the government would be confident she would never support that because your agreement says he would be with the government when it comes to the crunch. if this deal is voted down we have no reason to have no confidence in the government's even

though they are the ones pushing it? this deal would be dead in the water and the government would be forced to change policy. that is what our intention is, get this deal voted down, get the government to get on track for a more realistic deal and a deal, more importantly, which delivers on their manifesto and the commitments which the prime minister made time and time again since the referendum. the prime minister must be bitterly regretted doing this deal with you if you record policy but then helped to leave her in place, trapped in the store man's land where she can't get a policy but can't have a general election. land where she can't get a policy but can't have a general electionlj think but can't have a general election.” think i regret should be how many of her own party she has a limited. we are probably fairly inconsequential now as far as the vote in the house of commons is concerned because she has a limited so many within her own party whether on the remain side or the leeds side. we could be spectators and this deal would still

not go through because of the way in which the prime minister has broken promises to people who trusted her. sammy wilson, dup mp, thanks very much forjoining us. parents should not expect schools to police children's eating and exercise, or toilet train pupils according to england's chief inspector of education. amanda spielman says that while schools can teach pupils about issues such as healthy eating, the answer to the obesity crisis still lies at home, and parents shouldn't abdicate responsibility. our correspondent jenny kumah is here now. what is the thrust of her argument? she has been in thejob for around two years and she is proving to be quite an outspoken person when it comes to issues that she feels passionately about. it seems that theissue passionately about. it seems that the issue really here is about what you learn, when, and who should teach it to you. things like toilet training, which you may think is obvious how you learn that, but there can be a number of people involved in the child's life and so

the responsibility can be shared on a number of issues. in a speech later this week that she will be giving two teachers and social care professionals, she will be making clear what she feels there's not a school's responsibility. so if we ta ke school's responsibility. so if we take the issue of knife crime and have a look at some of her speech, she says that she believes the lines of responsibility are getting blurred and while schools can play a role in educating young people about the danger of knives, they cannot be a pa na cea the danger of knives, they cannot be a panacea for this particular societal ill. she will say it is up to everyone to work together to find a solution. on the issue of obesity, they have been recently to studies which question the effectiveness of anti—obesity school programmes. she will say that she believes youngsters being overweight, while schools can teach children about the importance of healthy eating and exercise, they cannot take over the

role of health professionals and the a nswer role of health professionals and the answer lies in the home and parents should not have their responsibility here. she has particular criticism for pa rents here. she has particular criticism for parents who send their children to start school in nappies, unable to start school in nappies, unable to use the toilet, and she says... even at four years old. and she will say toilet training is the role of pa rents say toilet training is the role of parents and killers and should not be left to schools. only in the most extreme cases should parents be excused this most basic of parenting tasks. it seems that she feels has happened is overall the burden of responsibility only regional fisheries has begun to fall on schools and in response, the department for education is saying that they are giving schools the powers and the resources to keep children safe and healthy. in the editors about a balance and presumably there will still be many situations where teachers, even if they don't want to come are ending

up they don't want to come are ending up having to take on some of these responsibilities to make up for a few years in the home. there has been a bit of a reaction to this story on twitter. some teachers voicing their support while others saying that this is yet another attack on parents and schools have a role to play in supporting parents. thank you very much. the ministry of defence is understood to have warned personnel that a russian journalist has been seen acting suspiciously outside a military base in berkshire. a spokesman said timur siraziev, who works for the moscow based broadcaster, channel one, was picked up by mod security cameras and refused entry. the fashion group ted baker has said there'll be an independent investigation into allegations of forced hugging by its chief executive, ray kelvin. staff at the global chain, which employs more than three—and—a—half thousand people, started an online campaign, accusing the 62—year—old of verbal, physical and sexual harassment, which he denies. the french president emmanuel macron has arrived back in paris for an emergency meeting with senior

ministers after some of the worst rioting in the french capital for years. more than 100 people were injured in saturday's anti—government protests, including 23 members of the security forces. the latest figures from the police say more than 400 people were arrested. cordelia hemming reports. the morning after. time for the clean—up operation. washing away the anti—macron graffiti which now covers much of the front of the arc de triomphe. saturday's running battles between riot police and protesters were of a different order from the trouble that is seen at regular demonstrations in paris. police fired tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons. masked protesters hurled projectiles and set buildings on fire. what began two weeks ago as a peaceful protest by the so—called yellow vest movement against rising fuel taxes has now evolved into a far broader

show of anti—government anger. at the g20 in argentina, the french president condemned the violence. translation: what happened in paris has nothing to do with the peaceful expression of legitimate anger. no cause justifies that authorities are attacked. that businesses are plundered, passers—by orjournalists are threatened. emmanuel macron has now returned to paris following the summit to assess the damage and hold an emergency meeting. the government insists much of the violence may well have been caused by rioters and extremists of both the left and the right. whilst many survey the damage, macron now faces a dilemma in how to respond to a grassroots movement which has no formal leaders. our paris correspondent hugh schofield is there for us now.

he was out amongst the protesters yesterday. i am pleased to see he is now safely in the studio in paris. it was an extraordinary day and night. howth road do you think the government has been by the scale of these protests? it has been taken by surprise. they have really underestimated the nature of the movement. i should say they have misunderstood the nature of the movement. i don't think it is their fault, this is a new kind of movement. this is france's in surgeries past meeting facebook, it is something that is new. what happened yesterday was that it was a sign of the movement becoming more radical. i think many people who support the yellow vest did not turn up support the yellow vest did not turn up in paris, the numbers were not

big, but those who did were the ones who wanted to have a go. and then it is quite clear that there were many people from organised rioters, the far left and right who make the business out of doing this and wait for the opportunity to comment and latch onto whatever protesters going on. they were professional rioters who were leading at all. but let them they were also yellow vest protesters of the more radical side who werejoining in protesters of the more radical side who were joining in as well. it all ended and they all went home but what next? will they come back next saturday? already the shopkeepers who saw their premises rector yesterday are worried this will be repeated again. maybe next week the police will harden off the area. but then when will the rioters go? they could go anywhere. it is organised ina random could go anywhere. it is organised in a random way, farfrom any traditionalform of in a random way, farfrom any traditional form of organisation or

anything like that, it is organised on facebook and twitter and the people gather, and it could happen again. briefly, is there any indication from the politicians that they have a sense of how they might peel of the less radical from the radical? i think one hope is that the more radical it gets, the more violent it gets, and yesterday was a paris violence, but will somehow discredit the movement as a whole and will see it's discredit the movement as a whole and will see its beginning to disintegrate in a way that perhaps we have seen in the past. i'm not sure that is a good bet. there is broad support in the country for what the yellow vest movement stands for and so there is enormous pressure on now on poroshenko two to do something like, so spend at least the next rise in the fuel tax. thanks very much. the headlines on bbc news... environment secretary michael gove says theresa may's brexit deal isn't perfect but is the only choice.

labour say they'll call for a vote of no confidence the deal and say the government must publish its legal advice tomorrow teachers shouldn't be expected to act as substitute parents, according to the chief inspector of schools. a major climate change summit gets underway in poland today with representatives from nearly 200 countries attending. representatives from nearly 200 countries are attending and such is the sense of urgency attacking the problem, they have started work one day early. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath is at the conference. by by the urgency in the views of the negotiators? the last couple of months we've had one report after

another from scientists all around the world highlighting the urgency of tackling climate change and highlighting also the few years that are highlighting also the few years that a re left highlighting also the few years that are left to make a significant difference, but the report said on november was that basically the world has 12 years to basically cut its emissions in half if it wants to keep temperature this century from rising more than 1.5 degrees. that was a very stark message from the scientists and it has galvanised people in the political process. this is the first chance they have had since that report to get together and do something about it and this meeting is starting a day early, feeling the pressure from science but also some pressure from politicians to get on and do something. has the changing attitude in the united states made any difference? i think people here are very conscious that the united states is a major player in tackling climate change but also recognising that president trump is serious about pulling the united states art, so for the next few years they have

parked that particular issue. it has had some impact on the survey on other countries, made them less courageous and their ambition to tackle climate change, but people here are so focused on what they have to do, which is, for a rule book for the paris agreement on the it work, they have hardly talks much about the united states. that doesn't mean that president trump is farfrom their thoughts, doesn't mean that president trump is far from their thoughts, there will be an event to next week to highlight the importance of fuel as the united states will be taking pa rt the united states will be taking part in —— and that the united states will be taking part in. that will draw the ire of many delegates who feel there are other ways of tackling this problem and that call isa tackling this problem and that call is a feel of the past and not the future. thank you very much. the trump administration has suspended its plans to increase tariffs on imports from china from ten to 25%, which were due to come into force next month. the move follows a meeting at the end of the g20 summit in argentina between donald trump and the chinese poresident, xijinping.

beijing has agreed to buy more goods from the us. our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. they met over dinner for two and a half hours, donald trump on one side of the long table, president xi on the other. at the end of it, a breakthrough of sorts. the us has agreed not to go ahead, for the time being, with the next wave of tariffs that were due to kick in onjanuary the 1st. in return, according to the white house, the chinese have agreed to increase the amount of agricultural, energy, and industrial products they buy from the us as a way of reducing the trade deficit. but what that amount is remains to be determined. the relationship is very special, the relationship i have with president xi, and i think that is going to be a very primary reason why we will probably end up getting something that will be good for china and good for the united states. translation: i am looking forward to this meeting between our two countries, so we can exchange ideas on issues of mutual interest, and jointly map out a future for chinese—us relations.

in the meantime, negotiations will begin on american concerns about issues like intellectual property theft. this will be greeted with relief by financial markets around the world, fearful of the consequences of an escalating trade war, but this is a temporary truce, not the end of hostilities. three astronauts will blast off to the international space station tomorrow, two months after the dramatic failure of a soyuz spacecraft sent the previous crew hurtling back to earth in an emergency capsule. russia suspended all manned flights after the accident — the first of its kind in over 30 years and a blow to moscow's pride in its space programme. but the soyuz is still the only way for astronauts to reach the space station, which makes space an increasingly rare example of us—russian co—operation. our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford reports. and there is lift—off of the soyuz... this was as routine as it

gets in space travel. launch number 137 of the soyuz spacecraft, carrying a russian and an american to the international space station. but moments after blastoff, things went badly wrong. these pictures were released after an investigation by russia's space agency found a problem with the rocket booster system. but it's been hailing the soyuz emergency systems, which catapulted the crew back to earth. now a new team are running through their preparations for the launch. this was their final exam, proving they can handle all procedures and any emergency. despite the drama last time, nasa's astronaut says she's ready for her maiden flight. it makes us very focused on what we need to do. i think it's made the whole team refocus on the importance of every detail. we're very confident in this vehicle after the incident. russia's space agency boss was confident, too, at this event marking 20 years

of the iss. dmitry rogozin outlined bold ambitions in space as he and nasa stressed warm relations despite the cool political climate. i don't see any problem, mr rogozin told me. there is trust. i spoke to president putin about this, and he's glad it's working. the soyuz is currently the only way up to the international space station. a rare example, then, of collaboration between russia and america. both sides say that cosmic collaboration will continue even as relations here on earth become increasingly hostile. russia's proud of its record in space that stems back to the days of cold war competition. the iss united old rivals, but as that project reaches an end and nasa plans a new station to orbit the moon, russia's role remains unclear. the space programme makes russia as a great power, and sends a political challenge

to the russian federation. because how will we cooperate in post—iss era? but this soyuz will head for the iss, its crew reassured that the aborted launch was the first in 35 years. this was their chance to try their own soyuz ahead of the countdown to blastoff. now let's take a look at the weather prospects for the afternoon ahead. mild and even a bit of sunshine here in london. the best obasa njo the best obasanjo have been across the north—east of scotland but also sunshine coming and going for the worse. we have had thicker cloud with shari burst of rain and that will push eastwards the evening and overnight. it will be quite windy across central and southern parts of

the country. light winds of further north, cold layer moving down from the north—west, so one chilly night for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps wintry showers over cold ground and the risk of highs first thing on monday morning here. but apart from a fewer showers, it will be bright across the north of the country and that cold weather will migrate southwards as the day wears on. but southern and south—eastern areas will hold onto them out, breezy and cloudy conditions until after dark. but the cold air winds out and tuesday will be chilly. dry bread with lots of sunderland. it chilly across northern areas of britons who. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: environment secretary michael gove says theresa may's brexit deal isn't perfect but is the only choice. labour say they'll call for a vote of no confidence if mps reject the deal — and say the government must publish its legal advice tomorrow. teachers must not be expected to act

as substitute parents, according to the chief inspector of schools. there are boos from the public as president macron visits the scene of riots in paris — he warns a state of emergency could be reimposed in france. now on bbc news it's time for a look back on the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, our look back at the last few days here at westminster. coming up, with debate about to begin on theresa may's brexit agreement, mps ask if she's really ready for no deal if the commons rejects her plans. ijust don't believe that if your deal goes down,

you are the kind of person who would contemplate taking this country into a no—deal situation. a labour mp reveals he's living with hiv, and urges others to get tested. it is better to live in knowledge than to die in fear. hear, hear. also on this programme: i will be at the political studies association annual awards. but first, theresa may has been out and about all week trying to drum up support for her brexit plans. on tuesday, the prime minister visited the winter fair agricultural show in powys, to chat to farmers. then it was on to northern ireland where she met the five main political parties at stormont after a visit to queen's