i'm babita sharma in london. the headlines: the eyes to the right, 311, the noes to the left, 293. extraordinary scenes in the british parliament. theresa may's government suffers two significant defeats over her brexit deal with the eu. just hours into the the first of five days of a crucial debate on the deal, the prime minister is now fighting for her political life. the choice before parliament is clear. this deal, no deal, or the risk of no brexit. i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: two senior us republicans senators say they are now certain the saudi crown prince is guilty of the murder ofjamal khashoggi. india faces a explosion in the number of lung cancer cases. doctors say high levels of air pollution are to blame. even when we are looking at the

lungs of so—called non—smokers, we hardly see pink lungs. welcome to the programme. it is midnight here in london, where the british government has suffered two major defeats in parliament as it begins a five—day debate on prime minister theresa may's brexit deal with the eu. mps voted to give themselves a greater say on what sort of brexit there should be if the house of commons rejects her deal next tuesday. our political correspondent laura kuenssberg reports. parliament time, the place where teresa may must persuade.

she doesn't want to accept she is defeated — not yet. but for the first time in decades, before the prime minister had even had the chance to speak today, a painful hat—trick. the ayes to the right, 311, the noes to the left, 293. her government was beaten three times. look at them! "look at their faces", they cry, the sight of a government that doesn't have support it can rely on. ministers found in contempt, forced now to publish the full brexit legal advice. this house has spoken, and it is of huge constitutional and political significance. it is, i think, unprecedented for this house to find government ministers in contempt. in light of the expressed will of the house, we will publish the final and full advice provided by the attorney general to cabinet.

the attorney general‘s private advice to cabinet will meet the public glare. then, another flank. mr dominic grieve. the purpose of this amendment is to ensure that, if we don't resolve this issue next week, that there will be further amendable motions to be considered. in other words, former remain rebels demanded more powerfor parliament if theresa may's deal is rejected next week. an even bigger defeat — more influence for mps if the government's plan falls. multiple cabinet ministers say privately there is no way parliament will back the government. a few brave souls inside think it might be possible, so what's her pitch? i have spent nearly two years negotiating this deal. if i had banged the table, walked out of the room, and at the end of the process delivered the same deal that is before us today, some might say i had done a better

job but i did not play to the gallery. i focused on getting a deal that honours the referendum, sets us on course for a bright future, and i did so through painstaking hard work. don't let anyone here think that there's a better deal to be won by shouting loud. don't imagine that if we vote this down, a different deal will miraculously appear. the alternative is uncertainty and risk. so i promise you today, this is the very best deal for the british people. i ask you to back it in the best interests of our constituents and our country and with my whole heart i commend this motion to the house. this ordeal is about endurance, as well as ideas and arguments. to vote for this deal would be to damage our economy, to make our constituents poorer, and to take a leap in the dark for the future of this country. mr speaker, labour will vote against this deal, a bad deal for britain, a bad deal for our economy, and i believe, a bad deal for our democracy. our country deserves better than this. but the reason we are here is and always was the tears inside the tory party — in full display tonight. i really can't believe that there is a single member of this house who sincerely believes that this deal we have before us is a good deal.

actually, there are a lot. and if i may say... but look — there were. there's one. plenty! i've no stake in this government anymore, but i still think it's the right to do. beneath the camouflage, we find the same old eu institutions as the customs union and the single market, and all of it adjudicated, by the way, by the european court ofjustice. if we vote for this deal, we will not be taking back control but losing it. i will give way. i'm very grateful to the right honourable gentleman for giving way. he appears to be one of those who prefers the grievance to the solution. my right honourable friend the prime minister has come up with the solution. what's his big idea? i was coming to that! i will not vote for this deal on any other basis than it goes to the people for their approval. the governing party split in every direction,

right in front of our eyes. a week tonight, they will have to choose which way to go, which corridor to walk through. is there a real chance of pulling together parties divided, parliament divided — maybe the country, too? the government will strain everything to make its case to survive. but ultimately it is this place, parliament, that will decide. so a series of setbacks for theresa may in getting her deal through parliament. how is it likely to play out over the next few days? iain watson is our political correspondent. two major defeats for the government, one being held in co nte m pt government, one being held in contempt for not issuing the legal advice about brexit. they are now going to get that, they will tell us tomorrow when we will get that, but secondly this question of mps having

a greater say over what shape brexit should take if the deal goes down next week. and i think what is significant about both of those is that shows it how difficult eventually will be for theresa may to get a deal through in the first place, because in the first motion, this question of contempt, backing that motion was the dup, the northern ireland party, that usually props northern ireland party, that usually pi’ops up northern ireland party, that usually props up theresa may's government. they don't like the proposals for what would happen in northern ireland over the border, so they effectively defected, voted with other opposition parties and inflicted that defeat. if they are in the same mind in a week's time, then she is in trouble. secondly, what i think is interesting is that the type of people backing this alternative view, in other words, if theresa may's deal goes down she comes back after three weeks at most to tell parliament what she will do next, and the kind of people who are backing giving parliament more say area backing giving parliament more say are a mixture of mostly conservative rebels, 25 of them, and those who actually want to have if you like a

softer exit, britain perhaps joining the european free trade association, an arrangement similar to norway. and there are also among them those who are backing a new referendum. so it is likely people will be pushing for those as a kind of plan b, some in which those who are keen to have a clean break exit, who want britain to trade on world trade organization rules, will not like one bit. and what theresa may will be arguing to them is if they don't get behind her deal next week and they are going to have the type of brexit they don't like and perhaps no brexit at all. wow, ok, getting our head around all of that, if the deal doesn't go through, then what are the options for the prime minister? well, the option she has is to try to renegotiate, but it will be a very limited scope, with brussels, and then come back after a few weeks with an alternative plan. the question is whether she gets the space given to do that, because the labour opposition say that they would table what is called a confidence vote, and that would effectively mean they would be

inviting people to vote for no confidence in the government, to get rid of her. and some people on her own side don't like her tactics, well, it just needs own side don't like her tactics, well, itjust needs 48 of her own mps to try and oust her from power in the first place. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: the us is threatening to pull out of a cold war nuclear arms treaty over what it calls russia violations of the agreement. speaking at a nato meeting in brussels, us secretary of state mike pompeo said moscow has been test—flying a missile that violated the treaty for more than a decade. the list of russia's infamous act is long. george, ukraine, syria, election meddling, skripal, and now of the kerch strait, to namejust election meddling, skripal, and now of the kerch strait, to name just a few. in light of these facts, the

united yesterday declares it has found russia in material breach of the treaty and will suspend our obligations as a remedy, effective in 60 days, unless russia returns to full and verifiable compliance. also making news today: chinese president xijinping has arrived in lisbon for a two—day state visit to portugal. it comes just ahead of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. president xi is expected to sign cooperation agreements between the two countries in various fields, including energy, science, technology, infrastructure, culture and education. at least 24 construction workers have been killed by separatists in its eastern province of papua, according to officials who say the men, who were building a bridge, were shot. it is thought the murders happened after some of the workers took photographs of papuans marking what they consider to be their independence day, on i december. italian police say they have arrested the suspected new head of the sicilian mafia, 80—year—old settimo mineo. 45 other alleged mobsters were also arrested, in a major blow to organised crime

on the mediterranean island. the previous head of the sicilian mafia died in prison last year. scientists say some of the world's most unusual sharks and stingrays are on the brink of extinction because of threats like commercial fishing. 50 species are on the list, including the biggest fish in the sea, the whale shark. experts say losing even one of them would wipe out millions of years of evolutionary history. a new report has found a dramatic globalfall in terrorism in the past year. according to the global terrorism index, the number of people who have died from terrorist—related attacks fell by nearly 30% in 2017. but there was a spike in terrorism in south—east asia last year. the report found more than 600 people died in attacks. armed groups in myanmar and the philippines have been blamed. earlier i spoke to steve killelea,

the chairman of the institute for economics and peace, and i asked him what the global terrorism index tells us about how safe the world is. well, i think if we look at the last year, there was a 27% reduction in the number of people killed through terrorism, which is quite remarkable. and if we go back to 2014, which is when it was at its peak, we have had now 44% reduction in deaths since then. so that is a drop from about 34,000 people being killed to approximate the 18,000 800. but what it would highlight, even though we've had this remarkable drop, we still have 67 countries where more than one person has been killed through terrorism —— 18,800. yes, and that is a change, isn't it, in the last say few

decades or so from when we look at the situation, say, 39/11. i'm wondering from you what you would assess as the regions we should be concerned about —— pre—9/ 11. assess as the regions we should be concerned about -- pre-9/11. what we have found is a really strong reduction in the hotspots of terrorism like syria, iraq and is mainly on the back of the breakup of isil, but also every go down to nigeria, which was the other major hotspot, the military there have pretty much defeated boko haram. what we have found is the remnants of isil have moved to other areas of the world, particularly the sahill, in sub saharan africa, and also we have found that there is a shift over from have found that there is a shift overfrom some parts have found that there is a shift over from some parts of southeast asia, as well. and so we are finding that terrorism in myanmar has been increasing every year for the last four years, with approximate the 300 people being killed there in 2017. similarly, if you went to the philippines, we are finding in the philippines, we are finding in the philippines that there has been an

upsurge of terrorism there as well, and with similar increases. at the thing which most people don't realise about the philippines, they focus on mindanao and the islamic terrorist there, but there is also a communist group from the north of the philippines which is also launching major attacks. in fact, 168 towns and cities have suffered more than one death from terrorism in the philippines in 2017. it is remarkable. tell me, when you collate all of this information to release the findings today, what for you is... you say that there has been a dramatic drop in the terrorism threat, but, you know, when we look at the areas of most danger, what for you is the area that we should note that isn't as dangerous as we might think? well, this is going to be counterintuitive for most people, but the region which has got the least terrorism in the world is latin america. yet latin america has the highest homicide rates in the world. you

wouldn't believe it, would you? and it almost doesn't compute, does it, when we think about how much coverage latin america gets, in terms of its murder rate in the violence there. you are saying that that doesn't actually look at the global... doesn't match the global picture of terrorism. no, well, there's only two countries we would say have moderate rates of terrorism, and that is colombia and mexico, and both of them are well under 100 deaths. so i think from memory colombia is about 40, mexico is about in the 20s. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the dangerous levels of air pollution in india. doctors say it is causing a lung cancer epidemic. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up

around the factory. i am feeling so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11am this morning, just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drills just a few moments to cut through the final obstacle. then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite number from dover. this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: theresa may's government suffers two significant defeats on her brexit agreement with the eu, just hours into the the first of five days of crucial debate on the deal. two senior us republican senators say they are now certain the saudi crown prince is guilty of the murder ofjamal khashoggi. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post reports on president xijinping's ‘hands on‘ role in negotiating a trade truce between china and the united states. the paper quotes us economic adviser larry kudlow, who was impressed to see a government leader so engaged. the straits times carries a report on singapore possibly becoming the first country in the world to ban the sale of high—sugar drinks. the ministry of health is hoping to tackle rising rates

of obesity and diabetes. and finally, the japan times covers a nissan board meeting to consider a replacement for ousted chairman carlos ghosn. the paper identifies current ceo hiroto saikawa and executive board member toshiyuki shiga, as the early frontrunners, ahead of a decisive vote on the 17th of december. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? yes, let's look at what is trending right now. this handwritten letter by albert einstein about the concept of god has sold at auction in new york for nearly $3 million. the nobel prize—winning scientist wrote the letter to german philosopher eric gutkind in 1954. his sceptical remarks are seen

as a key statement in the debate between science and religion. more now on one of our top stories, and two senior us senators say they're more certain than ever that the saudi crown prince was culpable for the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. south carolina republican lindsey graham says he has high confidence that mohammed bin salman knew in advance — describing the saudi royal as crazy and dangerous. he made those comments shortly after being briefed on the matter by the cia director, gina haspel. saudi arabia is a strategic ally and the relationship is worth saving. but not at all costs. it will do more damage to our standing in the world and our national security by ignoring the crown prince and by

dealing with him. —— banned by dealing with him. —— banned by dealing with him. —— banned by dealing with him. —— than. earlier i spoke to bbc state department correspondent barbara plett usher about how the white house and cia view mr khashoggi's murder differently. the white house has emphasised the nature of this. the senators are taken away from the evidence that it could not be anybody else apart from the crown prince. and number of them we re the crown prince. and number of them were saying that you would have to be blind not to see that it was he who issued the order and we question thejudgement of who issued the order and we question the judgement of anybody else who can not connect the dock ‘s and see that this is the case. with these allegations of the two senators, what is then next for relations between saudi arabia and the trump administration. the trump administration. the trump administration has come out firmly in support of the saudi prince. so

that relationship continues as it has been at the senate feels that a message, a strong message has not been sent and it should be sent and thatis been sent and it should be sent and that is that violating international norms means it can not be business as usual. the senate will try to send that message with the measures it can take. they have a few options, one is to block arms sales, one is to get new and tough sanctions, one is to withdraw military support for the saudi led war in yemen. that is the resolution that has been voted on, there has been a vote to advance that measured to debate and that will be discussed although it probably will be discussed although to get the numbers to pass the resolution is another thing. one of the things the senate faces is that there is a lot of anger about the affair but there is no unity on how to proceed. doctors in india are warning the country is facing a lung cancer epidemic and say high levels of air pollution are behind the rise.

one study shows rates of the disease in the capital delhi up by around 50% over a 25—year period andrew plant reports. i's army of taxidriver keeps the country ‘s economy moving. but drivers like manner wash up paying a high price. 16 hours a day breathing in highly polluted air, the equivalent of smoking 20 cigarettes a day. i know that this is bad for our health. but i need the money. smoking, exercise and lifestyle all affect cancer rates. studies show a direct link between high air pollution and more cases of lung cancer. the air quality here is hovering around the 300 mark. that is classed as very unhealthy but thatis is classed as very unhealthy but that is heading towards the end of the scale, hazardous. and surgeons

who say they see the effects. not just more cases of lung cancer but cases in patients who are far younger than before and, crucially, cases in people who have grown up in non—smoking households. one study here analysing 25 years worth of data showed the cases of lung cancer rose around 50% between 1988 and 2012. today, the scenario is that even when we look at the lungs of non—smokers we rarely see pink lungs. it is a rarity for me to see pink lungs today, especially in people from delhi. this man hasjust had his lung tumour removed. the golfball sized lump was spotted in 2015. now he is 41 years old. he has never smoked and he says he believes the air pollution at his home helped causes cancer. a doctor told me it

is either because of pollution or smoking. that i do not smoke at all. even when my child cost it scares me to think that he may be a victim of lung cancer due to pollution. the world health organization says that across the planet, over 90% of people breathe polluted air and say it is the cause of over1 million premature deaths across india each year. doctors here say that delhi is now facing a lung cancer epidemic and the fear is that the air that millions of indian people are breathing today will lead to increasing levels of lung cancer in the decades to come. you have been watching newsday. i'm babita sharma in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. we will be looking at the massive drop in the dow in the united states. and before we go, we'll leave you with these pictures of president trump visting the bush family at blair house — ahead of wednesday funeral of george bush senior. earlier, mr trump paid his respects to the 41st president who is lying in state at the rotunda

on capitol hill. we can take you to the scene there lies where as you can see, president george bush their inner casket as mourners continue to pay their respect. earlier on tuesday, the former secretary of state to make state, colin powell, joined other us generals from the campaign against iraqi to pay their respects. as have tourists and also americans. honouring the president. stay with us honouring the president. stay with us here on bbc world news. more to come. hello dad. yesterday was a lot

colderfor many hello dad. yesterday was a lot colder for many of us and temperatures dipped below freezing quite readily after dark across scotla nd quite readily after dark across scotland so we have a hard frost with freezing fog. for many the cloud has rolled it over the last 12 hours, introducing a milder theme in southern areas but from that mild air comes into cold air we have seen some wintry issues over the hills of wales. they will move into the hills of northern england and perhaps the midlands. a hard frost in the north. that is where we got that area of transition where we could have my singers and some snow over the hills. further south it will be quite grey hill fog because we have a lot of low cloud. low—level fog will clear eventually and then it is bright and driver for many of us, much more cloud through the day ahead with outbreaks of rain, hill

snow for scotland in the afternoon because we hang on to that cold air. further south it is milder. that mild airwill further south it is milder. that mild air will continue with us through wednesday night with yet more atlantic weather systems running in. this time they are dragging the mild air right across scotla nd dragging the mild air right across scotland as well so temporarily we lose that cold air here through the course of thursday but we pick up cloud. outbreaks of rain and that may ease through time but there is more to come the west later. there will be leaden skies for many. the bride is perhaps northern and eastern areas and it a mild day for scotla nd eastern areas and it a mild day for scotland included more than ireland. however, the rain is the next developing area of low pressure and that could turn out to be a deep area of low pressure was potentially disruptive wind and it will pull in some cold air to northern scotland as well. a lot to think about for friday. guess there is more heavy rain, the potential for friday. guess there is more heavy rain, the potentialfor blizzards in the north of scotland and the risk

of severe gales. gusts reaching 70 or 80 miles of severe gales. gusts reaching 70 or80 miles an of severe gales. gusts reaching 70 or 80 miles an hour. that is through the course of friday. from the start of friday through to the end it looks like a windy day across the board. that area of cloud and rain in the north turns to snow in the hills and possibly wintry across the pennines is well and a windy day throughout that there will be peaks in the dust of wind and we could have more rain waiting for saturday. on friday it starts relatively mild but as we get the north—westerly wind in temperatures will tumble once again. and this is the weekend. as we go through the weekend we have further areas of low pressure to come in so it remains unsettled times and a windy picture. i'm babita sharma with bbc news. our top story: the british government has suffered two significant defeats in parliament over brexit. mps found the government in contempt of parliament for refusing to publish the full legal advice on the draft agreement. mps then voted to give themselves a greater say on the next move if they reject mrs may's deal next tuesday. two senior us republican senators

have spoken of their certainty that the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, is guilty of the murder of the jamal khashoggi. it follows a briefing by the cia chief, gina haspel. and this video is trending on bbc.com. a handwritten letter by albert einstein has sold at auction in new york for nearly $2.9 million. the famous scientist wrote the word "god" is nothing but the expression and product of human weaknesses. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news: stephen sackur speaks to conservative mp owen paterson on hardtalk.