were exposed to a russian—backed propaganda campaign on social media during the 2016 presidential election. the studies say sites run by youtube, facebook and others were used to spread propaganda to help donald trump get elected. official sources in yemen suggest violence has continued to erupt sporadically in the port city of hodeida, despite a planned ceasefire agreed last week between the government and its houthi rebel opponents. violent clashes have continued for several days since the truce which is a key gateway for vital supplies of aid to the country's people. protestors have once again taken to the streets of budapest for the 6th consecutive day against viktor orban's fidesz government. the latest focus is the headquarters of hungarian state television, which the demonstrators accuse of being a fidesz mouthpiece. now on bbc news, time for a look back at monday in parliament. hello and welcome to

monday in parliament. for theresa may, it is deja vu all over again. i'm about to table a motion which says the following... this house has no confidence in the prime minister... the prime minister rejects calls for another brexit referendum. another vote which would do irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics. and mps put an internet giant on the spot. it is true that amazon are single—handedly killing the high street? all that to come and more but first, another week and another motion of no—confidence. this time it was the labour leader rather than her own mps who moved against the prime minister. this is unacceptable in any way whatsoever. mr speaker, the only way i can

think of ensuring a vote takes place this week, i am about to table a motion which says the following... this house has no confidence in the prime minister... due to her failure to allow the house of commons to have a meaningful vote straight away on the withdrawal agreement and a framework for future relationships between the uk and the european union. that will be tabled immediately. thank you. labour say that if the government refuses to allow time to debate that largely symbolic motion, it will table a vote of no—confidence in the whole government. which would take priority in the parliamentary timetable. jeremy corbyn made his move after theresa may confirmed that the so—called a meaningful vote on her brexit deal, the one that was pulled last week, will not take place in the week beginning january the 14th. the brexit debate was also curtailed

last week will restart in the week beginning january the 7th, after mps returned from the christmas break. mrs may also revealed the timetable when she appeared before mps to update the house on last week's eu summit in brussels. one where she berated european commission president jean—claude juncker for his use of the word nebulous to describe political debate in the uk. the prime minister told mps that she reflected their concern about the northern ireland backstop, the insurance policy to keep the irish border open after brexit if there is no trade deal. i explained that the assurances we already agreed with the eu were insufficient for this house. and we have to go further in showing that we never want to use this backstop and that if it is used, it must be a temporary arrangement. some of the resulting exchanges at this council were robust. but i make no apology. imake... i make no apology for standing up for the interests of this house and the interest of our whole

united kingdom. she said that they offered assurances that it will be less likely the backstop would ever be needed. and these conclusions, in the statement by the council and in the private meetings with me, my fellow eu leaders could not have been clearer. they do not want to use this backstop, they want to agree the best possible future relations with us, there is no plot to keep us in the backstop. brexit is onlyjust over 14 weeks until the uk leads the eu. and i know many members of this house are concerned that we need to take a decision soon. my right... my right honourable friend, the leader of the house will set our business on thursday in the usual way. but...

i can confirm today that we intend to return to the meaningful vote debate in the week commencing 7th ofjanuary and hold the vote the following week. the sunday newspapers suggested that key people in downing street were preparing for a second referendum to break. but the prime minister said mps had to honour their duty and finish the job themselves. finally, let us not break faith with the british people by trying to stage another referendum. another vote which would do irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics. another vote which would likely leave us no further forward than the last. and another vote which would further divide our country at the very moment we should be working to unite it. and let us not follow the leader of the opposition, and thinking about what gives them the best chance of forcing a general election.

for at this critical moment, in our history, we should be thinking not about our partisan interest, but national interest. jeremy corbyn accused theresa may of leading britain into a national crisis. an unacceptable deal is on the table! no amendment has been secured, renegotiations have been rebuffed and not even mere assurances have been offered. and the prime minister's shoddy deal no longer even has the backing of the cabinet. the prime minister ran away from putting a deal before parliament, because even her own cabinet has doubts. and she herself admits parliament will not back it. so we are left edging ever closer to the 29th of march deadline without a deal and without even an agreed plan in cabinet to get a deal. the prime minister has cynically run down the clock.

trying to manoeuvre parliament into a choice between two unacceptable outcomes, her deal or no deal. the debate on the meaningful vote was pulled at the last minute. and the prime minister has now wasted five weeks having achieved nothing. not a single word renegotiated, not a single reassurance again. this last week has embodied the failure, chaos, and indecision of the heart of this government's shambolic handling of brexit. today, they have been dragged kicking and screaming to announce a date to restart the debate. after two years debating, the prime minister has designed a deal that she knows she cannot deliver. it doesn't have the support of this house. mr speaker, it is time to call time on this government. it is a laughing stock.

the snp leader later successfully demanded an urgent debate on the eu summit. the prime minister also had problems convincing her allies in northern ireland. will the prime minister today tell us exactly and precisely what she has actually asked for to deliver on the key concerns about the legally binding indefinite nature of the backstopped with no right for this country to accept on its own terms? what i am asking for is to ensure that we can deal with the concerns that the right honourable member has expressed about the issue of whether the backstop will or could be indefinite or so, to wait to do with that, the first is to ensure that no arrangements are brought in place to make sure it is not triggered and the second is to ensure that if it is triggered it is only temporary. the prime minister may be aware that the bookmakers has been offering 66 to one against a deal passing parliament, but even money on a referendum and even money

on the them could it be that the cabinet ministers to announce a second referendum. does she think this is a plan foil to her or are others simply better at math? laughter. i'm not sure the right honourable gentleman should spend too much time in the betting shops. i'm not sure the odds on the liberal democrats are very good at all. theresa may spent almost two and a half hours at the despatch box, shorter than her recent three—hour marathon sprint. but as usual, there were deep divisions in the comments on the best way forward. there were calls for an immediate vote on her break to do, other mps argued for a second referendum orfor the uk's exit from the eu to be delayed. the prime minister knows that no better deal will be found in europe and that no majority will be found in westminster.

she also knows that no deal is disastrous. she delayed a vote because she knew her deal would fail to get the support it needed. she can employ the same logic again. will she confirm that she holds the power to seek an extension for article 50? it is of course... first of all, the government does not... the government holds the power to seek an extension for article 50. any extension of article 50 would have to be agreed with the european union. but i have been clear. i have been clear that what i believe is the right course of action having triggered article 50, having undertaken the negotiations is that we ensure we leave the european union on the timetable that we have already set out. i was one of the members who would and will support the prime minister's deal, but i have to say prime minister that what's coming back to me from business, from industry, from the city is that we are now haemorrhaging support and investment on a daily basis and it's getting worse. can i say to the prime minister that if she said to the european union,

you can stick the £39 billion of taxpayer money, where the sun don't shine, lest we get little movement on the backstop, she wouldn't be called nebulous, so will be called the iron lady. i say to my friend that i think as i have said to other members of this house, it is important for us to remember that actually, there would be some finance obligations for us. we are committed that the prime minister still agrees with the south, but is listening to very few other people. lastly, no less impressive than her predecessor sirjohn major called for an extension of article 50, but stubbornly, she still refuses to listen to any advice on this. please, with the prime minister listen for once? i have been listening.

that is why i am discussing with the european union in relation to the issue of the backstopped to seek assurances members want. there was a change of heart from jacob rees—mogg, who last week called on mrs may to step down. may i congratulate the prime minister for winning the confidence for the conservatives and this house last week and that i commend my confidence too. may i address the unfashionably view of the prime minister today? i think actually this matter is resolvable. and many of us who have been sceptical about the deal so far could be persuaded to vote for it if there was a legally binding protocol saying that as is normal with international treaties, if a temporary arrangement ceases to be temporary, that neither side can unilaterally withdraw. and in any event under international law we would have the right to abrogate those parts of the treaty as a privilege if it

were not to be temporary. so i say to the prime minister, keep calm, and carry—on. you're watching monday in parliament. don't forget if you miss our daily round for westminster life, or want to watch it again, find it on the bbc iplayer. your local shops may be packed with shoppers ahead of the festive season, many feel the future is bleak and mps on the house and local government and communities committee have been trying to find out whether the high street has a feature in the face of online competition. —— future. the committee chair began with a direct question. is it true that amazon are single—handedly killing the high street? 82% of retail in the uk is in a physical retail rather than online.

so only 18% is actually online, which we are part, but a relatively small part. and i would agree with my fellow panellists, there is a huge amount of innovation on the high street. that is partly because consumers have changed they way they want to shop. they want to shop for the savings they had always done, which is price, choice, convenience, some of that they are finding online. and that is a great opportunity. but they're also finding a lot of innovation on the high street. if we look at the success of the high street, this is something we need to know more about, statistically. it just seems like... i have asked the question here and there seems to be some not a lot of knowledge about the impact perhaps of online and the way it relates to independent retailers. do we need more research? possibly not. it seems to be answer to that one. no problem.

let's move on. amazon said they work with one business who are just opened its third physical store. retail has always been a mixture of great offers, great prices, great convenience, but also a bit of theatre and a bit of innovation. that is what she has demonstrated. and i think we are very... we are not experts on selling in the high street. we have had pop—ups and to test how things work, and what was selling online a physical space, but they have been very small. but we are interested in working with communities around the places we operate. there have been angry allegations in the house of lords over the and about conditions of lord lester. the former lib dem peer resigned last week after the committee found that he harrased a woman.

he denies all the charges. but it was voted by 101—78 to reject the disciplinary committee's conclusions. peers reflected on the lessons from this case. the moral is that it is impossible for members of this house to be impartial when we are judging one of our own. we should agree on what we think are fair procedures. and, as dame laura cox has said, we should then make the process entirely independent. i feel very sad about this whole business and sad for the complainant, i'm sad that the commissioner has had a tough time, i'm sad for lord lester and his wife and his family, and i want us to make a pledge to behave better as men and women who try to remake our world. we want an equal society and you came and we will only achieve that when there is mutual respect between men and women. i'm not saying and i have never said that the house should believe lord lester rather than ms sanghera. i do not know who is telling the truth about this matter and i am not naive.

i recognise that otherwise respectable men do very odd things in relation to sex. i have constantly argued that the only fair and effective way to determine who is telling the truth is to follow the procedures which include cross—examination which are accepted in courts of law and in other disciplinary tribunals. there is no effective representation of the accused. there is no oral representation by counsel. there is no cross—examination of the relevant witnesses. these defects, and i regard them as defects, are especially important when of in the case of ward lester, the allegations relate to events some 12 years previous. —— in the case of lord lester. i wonder whether he would tell the house whether he has heard the noble lady,

baroness kennedy's intervention, which absolutely emphasised that conduct and standards of conduct have moved on and that the context to which he refers is not the context in which women today expect to be treated. when you read the sentence, "sexual harassment, bullying, and groping is all too common in the house of lords," what does that make you think? that we really need to take women seriously. there is another generation who are not going to tolerate that kind of behaviour, nor should they. if the committee code of conduct is fit for purpose, then why was it not used within three years of the alleged offence? why did the complainant wait for another seven years? now, just a minute. just a minute, i... read what she says! why did she wait another seven years? she waited another seven years

for political reasons, not for trauma! not for... and this is where we get to the... this is where we... this is... order, order! order! it is not outrageous! it is shameful! order. is it appropriate to undermine somebody who does not have a chance to answer? i would invite the noble lord to stop this now. i'm not taking any advice from the noble lord. he's already talked about hypocrisy. i bow to his expertise in thatand... what i'm asking my friends... look. i'm embarrassing myself. what is... every woman... you're notjust embarrassing yourself, you're embarrassing all of us! i identify with baroness hussein—ece because i myself have suffered in the in the way she suggests.

but that doesn't mean that all men are guilty and men are entitled to just as much a fair trial as us women, but the women mustn't be precluded from bringing their complaints. but there must be a fair process whereby the men feel as protected as the women who accused them, particularly in this #metoo environment. i find the debate on misconduct by members of this house and of the commons, a rather sad and distasteful affairs because we are asked to sit injudgement of our friends and colleagues. and that really cannot be right. the commons has a much longer history, many more cases in the commons and in this house. there was the marconi scandal in which three cabinet liberal members but shares in marconi. knowing they had a contract. today, there would be injail. eventually a select committee of the house of commons is said to them all. —— exempted.

they were totally guiltless. in fact one of them was later named lord chief justice. lord baker there finding humour. the government was defeated in the lords. they demanded an independent review of the programme. a former co—chair of the conservative party was among critics of the programme. what started off as a policy specifically designed to be run as an internal discussion within communities as to what could be considered to be extremist views, it was supposed to be a genuine non—criminalised safe space. something that i supported, it became a policy which was not done by the community but became a policy which was done to the community. the government now has to decide whether to try to reverse that defeat when the counterterrorism and border security bill returns to the commons. earlier the government rejected

criticism from the united nations expert who accused ministers of being in denial about the state of poverty in the uk. last month he said that during a 12—day tour of the uk, he encountered misery and staggering levels of child poverty. the question that check and the minister said the government would consider his findings carefully at him though his symptoms are very wrong. the government knows that the report welcomes the simple vacation —— simplification of the benefits system through universal credit and the recent budget announcements to help tackle in work poverty. compared to 2010, income inequality has fallen, the number of children in work as households is at a record low and there are i million fewer people in absolute poverty

including 300,000 children. why instead of constantly hiding behind cherry picked statistics like today is the government not listening and learning? why does the government not listen and learn, go out and talk to people in poverty like the repertoire did, i listened to the special repertoire say on radio four that people receive no funds between five weeks up to 12 weeks when they enrol onto universal credit. my lords, that is just plain wrong. and frankly undermines the credibility of this report. a labour peer quoted directly from the report. there are 2.8 million people living in poverty in families who are all adults in the household work.

how can this be and what is the government going to do about it? let me give the noble lord just one example. so, a couple with three children, that couple only have to work between them 2a hours a week. 12 hours each, say. they would then be able to be in receipt of benefits equivalent to the salary of £35,000 a year plus their housing support. does the noble lord think that is unfair? the work and pensions minister. the government is putting forward employee reforms it describes the government is putting forward employment reforms it describes as the largest upgrade in workers' rights in over a generation. the legislation is designed to offer better protection to agency workers and those on zero—hours contracts in the so—called gig economy. staff had to be told details

of their rights from their first day at a job including eligibility for paid leave and sick leave. the business secretary outlined what the government calls its good work plan in a statement to mps. we will bring forward legislation to give all workers a right to request more predictable contracts and address the obstacles that employees can face in building up continuous service. we will legislate to end the injustice faced by waiters and waitresses and other staff in the hospitality industry who have tips left for them by customers, end up in the hand of their employers. behind the secretary's declaration of high employment lies a dark truth, nearly 4 million people are insecure work. 1.4 million working in the gig economy, and at a time of low wages, stagnating productivity, and endemic financial insecurity across the uk, i would hope for something a bit today. big today. proposals that not only made our workforce feel secure, but also ensure that its human

capital was genuinely valued as the linchpin of britain's industrial strategy. there is nothing to tackle zero—hour contracts. perhaps the most disappointing of all is the absence of meaningful action to tackle these. i find it extraordinary that our government say they can have a good work plan yet fail to tackle zero hour contracts. and the good work plan brings us to the end of monday in parliament. thank you for watching. i hope you canjoin me again at the same time tomorrow. bye for now. hello there. we're looking at a spell of wet and windy weather today across the western side of the country. the heaviest rain and strongest winds are always across the western

parts, that's close to this area of low pressure. weather fronts here, it's not one of those fronts that's going to come along in a dead straight line. there are pulses of energy running along the front and that brings uncertainty with the timings of our band of rain. nevertheless, if you're heading outside over the next few hours, the winds will be picking up and we'll see the rain getting into many western areas. in east, though, probably a dry start to the day but it is that bit cooler. the big pressure chart shows this area of low pressure quite nicely just to the north—west of the uk, with tightly—packed isobars telling you it is going to be windy. we've already seen there will be gales around across western parts. the winds could gust to 65mph across parts of wales and south—west england, particularly around the coasts and the hills. similarfigures to northern ireland. these areas also having some heavy rain, which could bring the risk of some localised surface water flooding issues. now, as i say, there's some uncertainty with this band of rain that will slowly and erratically push its way eastwards. it could clear eastern scotland a bit more quickly, but with showers following, and although most of the day will be dry across east anglia and south—east england, i couldn't rule out an odd passing shower here. wherever you are, though,

with the southerly winds blowing, it will be a mild day. temperatures between 10 and i2 celsius. through tuesday evening, the rain will finally arrive and slowly push its way eastwards across east anglia, south—east england, north—east england too, before clearing overnight. our low pressure's still there for the middle part of the week. weatherfronts wrapped around the centre of low pressure. what that means is we'll have a blustery day on wednesday with a mixture of sunshine and showers, but the showers will tend to merge to give some lengthier spells of rain at times across western and southern areas, leaving the best of any dry weather and sunshine to the north and east. it'll start to get a bit cooler across the north of the uk, but those temperatures getting close to normal for this time of year. still relatively mild in the south. for thursday, the low pressure still on the charts, but it's filling, so we won't see such strong winds on thursday. the showers will be with us, mainly affecting the north—west of the country although a few will run through the english channel and clip into south—east england. sunny spells between the showers. temperatures close to normal in the north. still relatively mild further south.

that's your latest weather. bye for now. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: it's official, russia used every major social media platform to spread propaganda and influence the 2016 election. the starving children of yemen. a special report from inside the country, as pro government forces suggest the ceasefire in hodeidah has been broken. back on the streets of budapest. protestors vent their anger against the fidesz government. the german government promises compensation to survivors of the kindertransport program, which rescued jewish children from nazi germany and brought them to britain.