welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley — our top stories. the ayes to the right, 311, the noes to the left, 293. more brexit trouble for theresa may — 3 big defeats for her government in parliament — but the british prime minister is insistent. the choice before parliament is clear. this deal, no deal or the risk of no brexit. two senior republicans briefed by the cia now say they are certain the saudi crown prince ordered the killing and dismemberment of jamal khashoggi. stocks tumble on wall street as investors worry about the latest threats to the us economy — and relations with china. a u—turn for macron. the french president backs down in the face of protests. he's suspended new fuel taxes but will it be enough? the mafia ‘boss of bosses‘, settimo mineo, is arrested in sicily along with dozens of other suspects.

hello. in one day, the british parliament has inflicted a series of defeats on the government over brexit — which further weaken the prime minister's authority, and could give the house of commons far more say on britain's future relationship with the european union. the government was also forced into a climbdown over its refusal to release the full official legal advice it's received on the brexit agreement — ministers were found to be in contempt of parliament. all this drama just before theresa may opened 5 days of debate on her deal. nick watt reports from westminster. it was the day when parliament, to

coina it was the day when parliament, to coin a phrase, took back control. the government has suffered a major defeat that could shape the nature of brexit and how britain is governed. the eyes to the right, 307. nose to the right, 311. that was the first of three defeats. whistle ministers declared in co nte m pt of whistle ministers declared in contempt of parliament after refusing to publish the full legal advice on brexit. labour said this was unprecedented in modern parliamentary history and had an immediate impact. we have listened carefully a nd immediate impact. we have listened carefully and we will publish the final and full advice provided by the attorney general to cabinet. and then in perhaps the most important moment of the day, mps gave parliament new teeth if the brexit deal is rejected. 321. nose to the left, 299. the eyes have it. the eyes have it. mps would then be able

to table alternative plans. it has been a0 years since the government lost so many votes on one day. that ministers are wondering if this may help theresa may. one cabinet minister said to me that this is a wa ke minister said to me that this is a wake up and smell the coffee moment for brexiteer ‘s. do they want to buy down the prime minister ‘s deal and, after today, risk parliament voting for a much softer brexit? theresa may it opened the brexit debate was an impassioned defence of her deal. looking around this chamber i know we can reach this moment. so i promise you today that this is the very best deal for the british people. i ask you to back it in the best interest of our constituents and our country. and with my whole commend —— hearti commend —— heart i commend this

motion to the house. boris johnson struggled to command the house.“ we vote for this deal we will not be taking that control but losing it.|j am very grateful to the right honourable gentleman for giving way. he appears to be one of those who prefer the grievance to the solution to the right honourable prime minister has come up with a solution. what is his idea? one tory rebel on brexit. it means parliament is flexing muscle. parliament is beginning to say to the prime minister you need to get this deal through us and you have to listen to parliament. i think everybody, whether you voted leave all remain, it was always about parliamentary sovereignty. the inconvenience for the prime minister is that she lost her majority here in parliament as the parliament takes back control, she does not have a majority. which is why we encourage you to go for a free vote next week to respect that and to give every mp at chance to

vote. a brexiteer thinks the government defeat should not be overblown. i would say parliament's teeth are not that sharp because the amendment only looks at the process in that process into play if the government agrees to it and there is a negative as will as a positive because if, at the end of the day, this amendment leads to a vote on no deal, and it succeeds, that is the parliaments as we do not want no deal, that is a bigger constitutional crisis. and where do we go from the? one labour mp believes the vote today on brexit will kill off one option. believes the vote today on brexit will kill off one optionlj believes the vote today on brexit will kill off one option. i think no deal was always dead. dead in the water. there is no majority in parliament for no deal and i also think the government does not want to lead us down that path because it would be catastrophic. they have already said that we would need to

stockpile medicine, but it will be very bad for the country and the economy. i don't believe for one minute that the government wants to leave the eu without a deal. a new parliament able to challenge and even humiliate the government took shape in front of our eyes today. perhaps this will prove a mixed blessing for either lee did theresa may. she could find that the parliament has handed her a lifeline on brexit. nick watt reporting there. more on all the very latest for you, on our website, including another possibly significant development — an appealfrom scottish politicians to a senior official of the european court ofjustice. his legal opinion — which the court tends to follow — is that a country which has decided to leave the eu can change its mind during the exit process without needing the consent of the other member states. that and more at bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. let's get some of the day's other news. police in argentina have made their first arrest over

robert moller has told a federal court that president trump's former national security adviser michael flint should be given little to no jail time. he has been interviewed as part of the investigation into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia during the 2016 election and has big whopper at it, according to the office of robert max remak. —— robert mueller. accused russia of breaching a nuclear arms reduction treaty that dates back to the cold war. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, warned that the united states would withdraw from the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty within sixty days unless russia came back into compliance. a delegation of houthi rebels has arrived in sweden, where peace talks with the yemeni government are due to get underway this week. a government delegation led by the yemeni foreign minister is due to arrive in stockholm on wednesday. the us state department hailed the talks as a ‘vital first step'. the governing body of world athletics has extended its ban on russia, which was

imposed three years ago, because of a state—sponsored doping programme. the iaaf said its conditions for reinstatement had not been met — even though the world anti doping agency voted in september to declare russia compliant. two senior republican senators have emerged from a private briefing with the director of the cia to say they're now more certain than ever that the saudi crown prince had a role in the murder ofjamal khashoggi. the cia has concluded mohammed bin salman "probably ordered" the killing of the journalist — who was also a prominent critic of the saudi government. but president trump has been far more equivocal. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. gena aspel, donald trump was much worse the director of the cia left senators in no doubt. hind closed doors she spelt out the agency's conclusions about the murder of khashoggi. that mohammed bin salman

was responsible for the killing of the saudi journalist. khashoggi, a us resident and columnist for the washington post died inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october. senator lindsey graham, a leading critic of the crown prince said the briefing confirmed his view that mohammed bin salman was culpable. there is not a smoking gun, there is a smoking sort. you have to be wilfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organised by people under the command of mohammed bin salman and that he was intricately involved in the demise of mr khashoggi. the saudis have charged 11 people but denied the crown prince was involved. the us secretary of state insists there is no direct evidence to connect mohammed bin salman to the death of mr khashoggi. donald trump says the cia's findings are not conclusive and he has refused to condemn the

saudi crown prince. the administration is looking increasingly isolated in its view.|j have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, ordered the killing, monitored the killing, knew exactly what was happening and planted in advance. if he were in front of a jury advance. if he were in front of a jury he would be convicted. the briefing has only strengthened the resolve of senators to seek consequences for what they believe happened in istanbul. the next move will be a vote in the senate to end us military support for the saudi led war in yemen. share prices in the united states have fallen sharply, amid fears of an economic slowdown. investors are also worried that talks between the us and china won't defuse the growing trade war bewtwwen the two countries. on wall street, the dowjones index dropped by almost 800 points — or 3.1%. i'm joined by our business reporter kim gittleson. so, kim, there's one signal that every investor on wall street has been paying attention to and it's flashing red.

what is it and why are they so concerned? if you can bear with me right now it is called the yield curve and it sounds a wonky and it is wonky but it correctly predicted every us recession that has ever occurred in the 21st and 20th centuries. the formal definition is that it is the difference in yield between a ten year treasury bond and a two year treasury bond. the idea is that typically you need to be compensated more to wait to get your money back. you normally need to be paid more and ten year bond than on a two year bond. the problem and what we are seeing now is when investors are willing to be paid less for waiting longer. that is essentially what we are seeing. the idea is that they do not think the us economy will be growing well into the future and

they want that steady stream of cash. so what we see on wall street is that the yield curve is getting close to flattening. that is not the scariest scientific and scary sign is when it inverts and that is when we will start to see big red signals flash. right now it is getting a little closer to that point in time and that is what causes the jitters. stood as a potentially scary sign and politicians should pay attention. a president who is primarily a businessman, is very likely to comment on this. what has been his reaction? a president are not only pays attention to what happens on wall street that takes his performance in the presidency to what us investors are doing. we have not seen him comment necessarily on this particular dip what we saw in the past few hours president donald trump tweeted once more again about the so—called truce between the us and china. he did not seem to indicate that there was a truce but he said he believed that one is

coming although he threatened to impose more tariffs if china did not relent. that will not please investors. asian markets have followed us markets lower. the japanese market is down nearly 17 the us markets are closed on wednesday so we will need to another day to see what they do in reaction to this latest tweet. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: from relativity — to religion. albert einstein's so—called "god letter" sells at auction for nearly three million dollars. 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 bbc news, the latest headlines: theresa may's goverment suffers three 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 republicans senators say they're now certain the saudi crown prince is guilty of the murder ofjamal khashoggi. the french president, emmanuel macron, has suffered a major setback to his reform programme after agreeing to suspend a proposed fuel duty rise which had brought thousands of protesters onto the streets. the government said the increase would be postponed for six months. the demonstrators, who have become known as the yellow vest movement, have brought paris to a standstill for the past three weekends, with huge rallies which have turned violent. lucy williamson reports from the french capital. support for france's yellow vest protesters goes far beyond those standing in the cold. the solidarity at this roundabout in beauvais is sometimes deafening. three weeks after the movement's original stand against fuel tax rises, its aims and its divisions have broadened, but there's still widespread public support. last saturday in paris,

hard—core groups and agitators joined in with tactics of their own. but the violence hasn't stopped support for moderate protesters. and today, a government climb—down, a temporary freeze in three kinds of fuel costs. translation: no tax is worth jeopardising national unity. i am suspending these taxes for six months. we want to find just and effective ways to apply them. if we don't, we'll bear the consequences. president macron is accused by many here of behaving too much like a king, unwilling to compromise on his vision or listen to protests against it. but this movement, led by social media, with widespread support, has broken that pattern, and with it the notion of macron‘s absolute power. the protesters in beauvais today said the government's offer wasn't enough. this movement is now

not just about taxes, but the cost of living, the minimum wage and broader questions of inequality. translation: we need a total rethink of people's income. it's not just about the fuel tax. that's what sparked the movement, but behind that are several decades of social suffering. this movement brought together a range of people through social media, without a recognised leader or political group. some in the movement have been attacked for trying to negotiate with the government or simply for appearing to speak for the movement at all. benjamin cauchy says he received hundreds of death threats from fellow protesters after being described as a spokesman. yes, my life is in danger and i'm frightened, not only for my children but i want to continue this strike. with fresh protests planned for saturday in paris, the government is trying to isolate the movement's hardcore. in the face of growing violence, a security problem is much simpler

for them to deal with than a political one. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. doctors in india are warning that the country is facing a lung cancer epidemic because of high levels of air pollution. one study shows rates of the disease rose by around 50% in a generation, with surgeons seeing more cases in much younger patients than ever before. andrew plant reports from delhi. india's army of taxidrivers keeps the country's economy moving. but drivers like manoj end 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 that is heading towards the end of the scale, hazardous. and surgeons 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 are non—smokers and 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 a1 years old.

he has never smoked and he says he believes the air pollution at his home helped causes cancer. the air pollution at his home helped cause his cancer. a doctor told me it is either because of pollution or smoking. but i do not smoke at all. even when my child coughs, 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. former president george w bush and his wife, laura bush, have paid their respects to his late father, who is lying in state in the capitol rotunda. mr bush was accompanied by his wife, laura, their daughters, jenna and barbara,

and his brotherjeb. they shook hands and hugged members of the public who had come to the capitol to pay tribute to the former statesman, who died on friday aged 9a after a life of service as a world war ii hero, head of the cia and wartime president. police in argentina have made their first arrest over the attack that led to the cancellation of the copa libertadores final, one of the most anticipated football matches in the country's history. the match was postponed twice and will now be played in spain on sunday for security reasons. italian police say they've arrested the head of the sicilian mafia, along with dozens of others, during raids in the city of palermo. it's thought settimino mineo had been chosen as the new godfather in may. the italian government called it one of the biggest blows to organised crime for years. lebo diseko has more but the raid by police in the city

of palermo, their targets the top tier of sicilian mafia. 36 alleged mobsters were arrested including what they say is the boss of bosses, settimo mineo, and 80—year—old chula who is said to have been chosen as the cosa nostra new leader. some of the cosa nostra new leader. some of the bosses were also arrested. translation: the provincial commission had not meant since 1993 and a former head, toto rina, was arrested. police gathered evidence by tapping the phone of a senior member and carrying out secret surveillance. the suspects are accused of extortion, fire up offences, arson and more. the interior minister matteo salvini

said the raids were an extraordinary operation by police. the deputy prime minister has called this a powerful low against organised crime. —— blow. a handwritten note about religion, penned by nobel prize—winning physicist albert einstein, has sold at auction in new york for nearly $3 million. the so—called "god letter", written in german, was bought by a private collector. andy beatt reports. final call... 2,a00,000 dollars. sold! applause . a applause .a light applause . a light applause at the sale of the letter by one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, grappling not with sides by the concept of religion. apologies to god, i think. the controversial note was a bit by the nobel prize winning scientist

when he was 7a, the year before his death. it is seen as einstein's clearest statement on the meaning of life and philosophy. the physicist also uses on his jewish identity... britain to be german philosopher eric gutkind it is seen as a key statement between the sides and religion in shows and other side of the genius whose theory of relativity changed the way we understand the universe. last time it sold for $a00,000. the prize this time, including commission,

nearly $2.9 million, twice the estimates. it's one of art's most prestigious awards and this year, for the first time, there wasn't a painting in sight. four films were shortlisted, and just a few hours ago charlotte prodger was declared the winner. this is herfilm, shot over the course of a year, and all on a smartphone. in a very personal work she explores issues such as gender and identity, with the countryside playing a starring role. thejudges praised charlotte prodger for interweaving thoughts with landscapes. many of her friends helped narrate the film, using her diary entries as a script. much of it about coming out, in scotland. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbc mike embley. more news on our website. thank you for watching. hello there.

yesterday was a lot colder for many of us and in fact temperatures dipped below freezing quite readily after dark across scotland, so we awake to a hard frost with freezing fog. for many, the cloud has rolled in over the last 12 hours, introducing a milder theme in southern areas but when 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, southern scotland for the rush. a hard frost in the north. that is where we got that area of transition where we could have icy conditions 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 in the north and then it is bright and dry 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 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 scotland as well so temporarily we lose that cold air here through the course of thursday but we pick up the cloud. outbreaks of rain and that may ease for a time but there is more to come from the west later. there will be leaden skies for many. brighter perhaps in northern and eastern areas and it a mild day for scotland included northern 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 with potentially disruptive wind and it will pull in some cold air to northern scotland as well. a lot to think about for friday. there is more heavy rain, the potential for blizzards in the north of scotland and the risk 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 as well and a windy day throughout. there will be peaks in those gusts 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. this is bbc news, the headlines the british government has suffered three 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 republican senators in the us have said they're more

certain than ever that the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, was guilty of ordering the murder of jamal khashoggi. the journalist was killed at the saudi arabian embassy in istanbul, in october. they were speaking after a briefing by the cia. share prices in the united states have fallen sharply, because of fears of an economic slowdown, and doubts about talks between washington and beijing intended to defuse trade tensions. the dowjones index closed down three percent lower