the government publishes its legal advice on brexit in full, one day after being found in contempt of parliament. the six page document says the proposed backstop arrangement with the eu to prevent a ha rd arrangement with the eu to prevent a hard irish border good in your indefinitely. theresa may denies trying to hide the truth. we will have the latest from westminster as the second day of debate on the government brexit deal gets under way. also this lunchtime... the british academic — matthew hedges — who was jailed for spying in the united arab emirates says he endured "psychological torture". one of the days when i tried to, again, tell the truth to the interrogators, their reaction was to make me stand for a day, wearing ankle cuffs. ryanair rya na ir faces ryanair faces legal action after cancelling hundreds of flights over the summer, but refused to compensate passengers. world leaders gather in washington for the funeral this afternoon of former president george hw bush. a medicalfirst in brazil — the baby born after its mother

was given the womb of a woman who was dying. in sport on bbc news in the next half—hour, after 11 years under the ownership of mike ashley, newcastle united could be sold in a matter of weeks. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the united kingdom could become stuck in ‘protracted and repeating rounds' of negotiations to leave the european union if it enters the so—called backstop arrangement — according to the government's legal advice that was finally published today. it says the backstop — to ensure there's no hard border with northern ireland — could endure indefinitely if no solution is found. this morning the cabinet minister and prominent brexiter — liam fox —

said there's a danger that parliament could "steal brexit from the british people," after the government lost three commons votes yesterday. our political correspondent ben wright reports. have you lost control of brexit, prime minister? on the seas by battling on the third beleaguered brexit plan, theresa may headed off to prime minister's questions this morning and a parliament that has proved its readiness to defeat the government. ice on the right, 311, knows the birth, 293. defeated three dans yesterday, mps forcing the government to publish its legal advice and backing if the put parliament in the driving seat if theresa may's deal is voted down next week. and this morning one brexiteer cabinet minister was fuming. i think that there is, as i have written recently, a real danger that the house of commons, which has

a natural majority for remain, may attempt to steal brexit from the british people. and he wasn't alone. the league the most important thing is to wait for the prime minister's brexit deal, that is the way to secure the future for the country. parliament will deliver on brexit, thatis parliament will deliver on brexit, that is a job, we should know that is ourjob and i remain optimistic and confident about that. it is a message that ministers hope all convinced tory brexiteers do that but the deal on offer or risk derailing the holding, but their opposition to the compromise is clear. if the government lose the meaningful vote, i will vote against this deal, we should go back to brussels, make a final offer, and make them know that we would walk away and contemplate no—deal. make them know that we would walk away and contemplate no-deal. the legal advice was published this morning which said that britain could be left indefinitely in a customs union with the eu as part of the effort to prevent a hard border between northern ireland and the

republic. we have seen the detail of the legal advice, we have seen the faqs that the government try to hide. mr speaker, this government has given northern ireland permanent membership of the single market and the customs union. the legal advice is clear and it states, despite statements of the protocol that it is not intended to be permanent, in international law, the protocol would endure indefinitely. he will see that the advice that he is holding in his left hand has no difference from the statement that was giving. indeed, i might take up the personal challenge from the right honourable gentleman, i have myself said on the floor of this house, that there is indeed no unilateral like —— pull out of the backstop. labour said the newly published legal advice spelt out the backstop arrangements more starkly. was the government has been busy

saying that it is intended to be temporary, this document shows that on legal analysis, it is in during until another agreement takes its place. theresa may will spend the next few days imploring tory mps to back next week, but she faces an uphill battle. the deal disappoints most of her fractured party, and the opposition is lined up against it. what happens then is anybody‘s guess, from another referendum to leaving with no—deal, all mps are talking about a possible plan b. the house of commons now has a guaranteed say in shaping the next steps with an amendment to the government plan, but there is yet no consensus and with the brexit date written into law, time is running out. in a moment we'll speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. but first to our legal correspondent clive coleman is in westminster. you've read it in full, what is most significant for you? when lawyers are asked to give legal

advice, they are asked to speak frankly and i think many people will conclude that the language and tone of this legal advice is far more stark and frank than the government's presentation of the legal implications of the withdrawal agreement. in particular in relation to the northern ireland backstop, these words, despite statements in these words, despite statements in the protocol that it is not intended to be permanent, and the clear intention by the parties that it should be replaced by alternative permanent arrangements, in international law, the protocol would injure, indefinitely, untila superseding agreement takes its place. there it is in black and white. and in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the backstop will continue indefinitely. the uk can't force the eu to conclude that kind of agreement. essentially what i think that does, it punctures the government's

optimism on that issue, whereas article 50 of the lisbon treaty allowed the uk to pull out of the eu, there is no provision within the withdrawal agreement to allow the uk to pull—out of the backstop and that, i think, to pull—out of the backstop and that, ithink, is to pull—out of the backstop and that, i think, is going to pour petrol on the flames of the political debate battle rage and rage. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. extraordinary times in westminster. if the prime minister's deal isn't approved next tuesday, talk us through what happens next. ifi if i peeled is not approved, it is possible that mps will seize control of the process, —— if a deal is not approved. what we saw last night was the wise men of the tory party, the greybeards, pushing through an amendment which means that it will be up to parliament to say what should happen next so, they are

already preparing for plan b, trying to sketch out a strategy for it if mrs may's deal goes down in flames, all of which said, i do not expect the prime minister to just sit back and accept defeat. we know that mrs may is a fighter. and the signs are, she will meet with tory brexiteers, to try and maybe come up with your own initiative or a new amendment to try and address their fears over the northern ireland backstop, and the danger of remaining trapped in this customs union. so far, there is no clarity about what that new sort of amendment might be, but i think it tells us that mrs may are simply not going to accept defeat. she's going to fight this all the way. the british academic who was held in solitary confinement for months in the united arab emirates on spying charges, says he felt as if he was being mentally tortured. matthew hedges was jailed for life but returned to the uk last month after being pardoned.

in his first broadcast interview, he said he was pressurised into confessing after aggressive questioning gave him panic attacks. matthew hedges and his wife daniela tejeda spoke tojohn humphrys. matthew hedges had been arrested a few days after he arrived in dubai, where he had gone to do research for a phd. he was accused of spying and was held in solitary confinement and then sentenced to life in prison. he was pardoned and allowed to come home, and this morning, he did his first broadcast interview with me on today, with him, and his wife, daniela tejeda, who has fought out for his release. matthew told me how he had been treated by his captors. there was no light. i wasn't allowed to do anything to try and distract myself. you couldn't listen to a radio or anything of that sort? not until i had started a court case and my mental health had deteriorated quite substantially.

then i was allowed some form of distraction. where you shackled at all? yes, i was. whenever i had to go to the bathroom or, on occasion, use the shower, i would be escorted by four guards and i would wear ankle cuffs. whenever i was transported between different premises, i was blindfolded and handcuffed. and you had to stand up for quite a long time. yes. one of the days when i had tried to, again, tell the truth to the interrogators, their reaction was to make me stand for the day wearing ankle cuffs. all day. yes. did you feel that you were being tortured ? psychologically, correct, yes. it felt like it. and you weren't able to consult lawyers or to talk to daniela? i wasn't able even to talk to the embassy officials until i had signed all the confession statements, this was about the sixth

or seventh week, when i first saw the embassy, so the emiratis what they had wanted. and do you know exactly what you confessed to? because you don't speak arabic. i don't. all i know is that i confessed to being an mi6 agent. they said you were a captain. yeah! i have literally no clue about this, but they asked me what rank i was, and they postulated, are you a first lieutenant, a second lieutenant, a captain, major, and i panicked, and i said, i'm a captain. it took the british foreign office six weeks even to confirm where he was being held. the couple told me that must not be allowed to happen again. it is potentially something that could have been avoided, had it been dealt with differently a long time ago, but it wasn't because of rules and protocols and relationships with a purported ally, but it shouldn't happen again.

you mean it mustn't happen again. it mustn't happen again. and people have that responsibility, to demand their government to change things. and matt, if you were to talk to the foreign secretary, what would you say to him? i would thank them for their efforts, but i would also strongly advise them to heed dani's experience and to maybe look at ways and means in which they could improve their ability to do their work abroad. and your future now? immediately? try and relax. and then in the new year, we will maybe start to find ways and means to clear my name. you're not going to give up on that? no. i don't think it would be the right thing to do. especially seeing what dani has been

doing, how strong she is, that gives me the courage to keep moving forward and not only fighting for my own case, but to try and raise similar issues for other people in those situations, of which there are many. well, thank you both very much indeed. the civil aviation authority is taking legal action against ryanair over its refusal to compensate thousands of customers for delays and cancellations earlier this year. the disruption was due to strikes by ryanair pilots and cabin crew but the airline says the strike action amounts to "extraordinary circumstances" and as a result it does not have to pay. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. ryanair rya na ir staff ryanair staff on strike over the summer. this was frankfurt. and this was dublin. outside ryanair‘s

headquarters. disputes in several countries over working conditions and paid lead to numerous strikes and paid lead to numerous strikes and severe disruption for thousands of passengers. tom spencer says he will never fly rya nair of passengers. tom spencer says he will never fly ryanair again. of passengers. tom spencer says he will neverfly ryanair again. he of passengers. tom spencer says he will never fly ryanair again. he was best man, had organised an expensive stag do to watch motor racing in frankfurt, but the day before, their ten tickets from manchester on ryanair were suddenly ten tickets from manchester on rya nair were suddenly cancelled. they made by rearranging plans at great cost, but the airline has refused to pay him any compensation. ref money lost i just refused to pay him any compensation. ref money lost ijust feel let down andi ref money lost ijust feel let down and i really do feel like ryanair just treat their customers with com plete just treat their customers with complete contempt. if an airline refuses to pay you can appeal to an independent arbitration group which ryanair had signed up to. aviation adr found in the favour of passengers it by the summer strikes, but ryanair passengers it by the summer strikes, but rya nair is passengers it by the summer strikes, but ryanair is refusing to pay

compensation at that is why the civil aviation authority says it is taking the airto civil aviation authority says it is taking the air to court. the airline compensation process is a disaster, really, i cannot think of something that we're more often about, customers who cannot seem to get compensation across a whole range of airlines, and that is why we believe that airlines should introduce automatic compensation. that airlines should introduce automatic compensationm that airlines should introduce automatic compensation. if your flight automatic compensation. if your flight is delayed more than three hours or cancelled then under eu law you are entitled per passenger on a short flight to 250 euros in compensation but if there are what is called extraordinary circumstances at play, like bad weather, then the airline doesn't have to pay out. this dispute is about whether strike action falls into that category. in a statement, ryanairsaid into that category. in a statement, ryanair said that courts in other european countries have ruled that strikes do qualify as extraordinary circumstances. but if there is a court case in britain it could have implications when any of us fly in the future. our top story this lunchtime:

the government publishes its legal advice on brexit in full, a day after being found in contempt of parliament. and still to come... a new report finds the home office has still not established the full scale of the windrush scandal. coming up in sport later on bbc news, the olympic and world track cycling champion dani rowe is retiring from competition. the 28—year—old said she wants to stay in the sport. world leaders have gathered in washington to pay their respects at the state funeral of former president george hw bush. his body has been lying in state at the us capitol and it will soon be moved to the national cathedral for the funeral. george bush senior, who served as the lust us president between 1989 and 1993, died on friday at the age of 94. rajini vaidya nathan reports. a fitting farewell for america's lust president.

ahead of his state funeral, tens of thousands of people who lined up to pay their respects to george hw bush. mourners of every age and background united in their grief. there was also a special goodbye from his two—year—old service dog, sully. president trump will be a guest but won't speak at the service. the late president bush insisted he was invited, ending a feud between two families who once traded insults. preparations are under way here at the national cathedral in washington dc for the state funeral. former presidents barak obama and bill clinton will also attend, as well as foreign dignitaries, including prince charles and germany's angela merkel. wednesday is an official day of mourning in the united states. a chance for the country to remember a man whose public service few can match.

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, washington. our north america correspondent nick bryant is at the washington national cathedral. a few people arriving, set the scene, what is the mood like? america is saying goodbye to the last president of the generation that served in world war ii. there is an extraordinary gathering at the national cathedral. all the living presidents will be here, with their families. and of course, first and foremost, george w bush, the 43rd president who will be eulogising his father, the lust president. such a life of service to reflect on, it began in the pacific. he was shot down by the japanese, a congressman in texas, and ambassador in china. a

vice president under ronald reagan and then of course the presidency itself. he only serve one term, written off as a political failure but history has reassessed his legacy. such a key figure in bringing the cold war to a peaceful end. the key figure in bringing about the reunification of germany and that is why angela merkel is here and also john and that is why angela merkel is here and alsojohn major and prince charles representing her majesty the queen. a global recognition of one of the world's great statesman. nick bryant, in washington, thank you. the home office failed to act on repeated warnings about the negative effects its immigration measures would have on the windrush generation and has still not established the full scale of the scandal — that's according to a new report by the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office. it accuses the home office of failing to protect the rights of people who were in the uk legally. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. newsreel: the empire windrush brings to britain 500 jamaicans... they were invited over to help

rebuild post—war britain. but many of the children from the windrush generation were never given official documents to prove their rights to legally remain in the uk. the scale of the scandal was first exposed earlier this year and led to heated debates in parliament. how many have denied pensions, how many have lost theirjobs? this is a day of national shame. today's report by the national audit office says it's still not clear just how many people have been affected by the windrush campbell and the full extent of problems caused by the way the home office dealt with immigration policy, previously known as hostile environment. it also says the home office acted too late, despite repeated warnings and that many of the cases could have been avoided. the way in which it implemented its policies increased the risk of mistakes being made and even at this stage, we don't think

they've shown sufficient interest in finding out who might be affected and putting right the wrongs they might have suffered. since the scandal came to light, more than 6500 calls have been made to a special task force set up by the home office to help people sort out their legal status. about a third of those cases have now been resolved. but 164 people have been removed or detained, even though they might have been a long—term uk resident. the home office says it's determined to right the wrongs of the past and has set up a review to learn lessons from what's happened. you are not surprised by what's in this report then, no? but campaigners say the government is taking too long, causing more uncertainty for those affected. this is the tip of the iceberg. what is quite clear seven months on, there is no urgency in a sense

of there are people out in the caribbean and africa that need to come back to britain, or given the choice to come back to britain. the compensation scheme itself won't start until spring. the national audit office is now recommending the home office put better measures in place to help stop similar problems in the future. adina campbell, bbc news. councils will discover tomorrow how much funding they'll be getting from the government next year. it comes as new research shows that a growing number of authorities are investing in property and renting it out to boost their income. but there are fears that the investments mean taxpayers' money is being put at risk. andrew sinclair reports. this family have been tenants here at dairy farm near great yarmouth for the last five years and while peter is out ploughing, his wife sally—ann is running a very successful care farm for people with disabilities. the important thing is for them to have fun on the farm. it's a therapeutic session so they not only learn new skills,

they actually have the time to be with the animals, to be outside in the fresh air. norfolk county council owns 17,000 acres of farmland and it has 145 tenant farmers. we charge commercial rent for farm tenants. we collect our rent, at the moment it'sjust over £2 million a year and we return at least £600,000 of that to the county council's general funds each year. here is another way that councils are making money. this retail park in keighley in yorkshire is owned by essex county council. its commercial property portfolio is worth £40 million and also includes a tower block in watford and four industrial units in guildford. we are receiving about £1 million a year from our investments via the commercial funding property. that goes some way to helping us

square of the circle but to put that into some context, we have to make savings of around £60 million in 1920. as i say, it helps, of course it does its £1 million, but it's not the answer. research by the bureau of investigative journalism has found the number of councils investing in property has doubled in the last two years. norwich city council has just spent £6 million buying this bank building. it also owns a gym in ramsgate and a cold store in corby. ipswich borough council has just bought a share in this retail park which should generate enough income to cover its entire waste collection bill. but investing in property comes with risks. councils are gambling gigantic sums in a game of monopoly they don't understand. obviously professional investors invest prudently in a balanced way. but councils are not set up to do this, they are gambling with taxpayers' money and buying property that no professional would touch with a barge pole. but with council budgets coming under more and more pressure, many authorities see property

as a way to help plug the gap. andrew sinclair, bbc news, norfolk. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has today accused the government of creating a "hostile environment" for people on benefits as it rolls out universal credit. this week the roll—out for the system is being completed for new claimants across scotland. the government says universal credit is getting more people into work, but it has been blamed for a rise in food poverty. chris clements has been to an area in inverness where people have been on universal credit for five years. the residents here account for a fifth of all universal credit claimants in the highlands. one of them is douglas, an alcoholic and wheelchair user. he's been on the benefit for more than a year. it's all right when everything's kicked off and you are getting your payments, it's fine then. from that point when you claim

first, the amount of time you have to wait until you get a proper payment. i know you get it all back dated, but backdating is nothing when you are left with nothing. so what happened with you then, where you left with nothing, as you say? i was going to the food banks with my support worker. the dwp says it apologised to douglas for the delay in his payment. universal credit has already been blamed for rising rent arrears and foodbank use in the area. the highland council claims introducing universal credit has cost it £2.5 million. money it's since as the uk government to pay back. its former leader is now the local mp. everybody at the beginning and as i've said all the way through, this theory of bringing in a single payment is a fine idea, there's nothing wrong with that. what we saw immediately were problems with people falling into arrears because of the delayed payment process.

raigmore hospital. self—employed home help helen, is recovering from a neurological illness. she'd been on universal credit until march this year. because her ward doesn't have wi—fi and because she needs to reapply online, helen must travel from her bed in the stroke unit to a citizens advice office in the grounds of the hospital. it makes me feel really unhappy, really upset. i've still got my flat, i still need to pay my bills. yeah, i'm not that hopeful about it actually. no, i'mjust dreading it. especially having to go to see someone just to prove that i can't do this and i can't do that. you know, i'm not looking forward to that. the dwp says there are complex reasons for the rise in rent arrears and foodbank use seen in the highlands and that neither

can solely be blamed on universal credit. 9000 people are already on the benefit here, another 13,000 will begin their migration to the new system next year. chris clements, bbc news, inverness. doctors in brazil say that a healthy baby girl has been born after the mother was given a womb transplanted from a woman who was clinically dead. before the birth — the baby's mother was given drugs that weakened her immune system to prevent her body attacking and rejecting the transplant. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson is here. it sounds extraordinary, tell us more about it. it took place in sao paulo in brazil. the patient was a 32—year—old born without a womb. it isa 32—year—old born without a womb. it is a rare condition. she was given this womb from a woman who was

clinically dead, so her brain was no longerfunctioning clinically dead, so her brain was no longer functioning and she died very shortly afterwards. what happened was, six weeks after this operation, which was successful, the 32—year—old started having periods and her womb was functioning. seven months later, her own egg, which had been fertilise was transplanted into her. the little baby is now nearly a year old. is it a medical first? her. the little baby is now nearly a year old. is it a medicalfirst? it is, they are extremely rare, womb transplants, only 39 in the world so farand 11 transplants, only 39 in the world so far and 11 babies born so far. but this came from a woman who was clinically dead. it is usually a woman who is living who donates her womb to her daughter. on this occasion, the woman was deceased. they have tried to do it ten times before but it has never worked before. there is no surgical risks

to the donor and also, they are saying the donor group is just a larger group and it means perhaps many more women might be able to be helped to have babies. thank you. time for the weather. we have low cloud, murky weather and rain around. the mothers there is in the south of the uk. a reservoir of cold air across scotland. minus four celsius and no chance of getting above freezing all day. foremost a jump above freezing all day. foremost a jump in temperatures, going from 4 degrees yesterday afternoon up to 13 this afternoon and the changes brought about by