the former chief of nissan — carlos ghosn — has appeared in court in tokyo — telling thejudge he has been wrongly accused. he entered court handcuffed and with a rope around his waist. he is facing allegations of failing to declare millions of dollars in income. an 18—year—old saudi woman who spent two days barricaded in a hotel room in bangkok to avoid being sent back to her family is now in the care of the un refugee agency. rahaf al-qunun said she wanted asylum in australia because she'd be killed in saudi arabia. the north korean leader, kimjong—un, is in china for talks with president xijinping. it will be their fourth meeting and will fuel speculation that a second us— north korean summit will take place soon. president trump said at the weekend that a location would be announced shortly. now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello and welcome to

monday in parliament. our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords in this programme, parliament is back and brexit is back, the labour leader accuses theresa may of playing for time. what guarantees do we have from the secretary of state that faced with yet another humiliating defeat, the prime minister won't just run away? the removal of cladding from high rise tower blocks in the wake of the grenfell tower tragedy. councils up and down the country and to operate within the law of theland and that does not allow us just to go in and look at the cladding from other peoples buildings.

too much like show business? televised debates between the party leaders. the media reporting becomes all about how well or not the leaders performed. who looked good, who answered the best questions. but first, the festivities are no more and brexit is back. parliamentary exchanges on the saga that never ends, restarted as mps return from their two week festive break. but first, the festivities are no more and brexit is back. parliamentary exchanges on the saga that never ends, restarted as mps return from their two week festive break. theresa may insisted on sunday, that the critical commons vote, sometimes called the meaningful vote, on the controversial eu withdrawal agreement will go ahead and will not be postponed the second time. that vote will be on tuesday of next week but has anything changed since the politicians adjourned for christmas? to labour leaderjeremy corbyn, was quickly on the attack. with less than three months until we reach the article 50 deadline, there can be no more hiding

and no more running away. this issue, this issue will define britain's future and should not be decided by the internal machinations of the conservative party. said that the prime minister had shamefully pulled the big vote in december. i fear the reason why so many of her cabinet is in the dark is because there is nothing to know. and if this is the case, what guarantees do we have from the secretary of state that faced to get another humiliating defeat, the prime minister won'tjust run away? onto the no deal preparations being carried out in kent. the transportation secretary who has a phd in incompetency and running ministries has awarded a shipping contract to a company that does not have any ships and even today, we see the farce of lorries being lined up to stage a fake trafficjam in kent to pretend to the eu that the government is ready for a new deal.

a stunt that the association described as window dressing and one of the drivers described it as a complete waste of time. the government is fooling nobody. these preparations are too little too late. the reality, mr speaker, is that he opposes the preparation for no deal which any responsible government needs to make, why the same time saying that he will vote against the deal. it is that internal machinations in the labour party that he needs to address and the fact that there is nothing in his contribution to the house today that he's sought to clarify that it is time that he now came clear does the leader

of the opposition retain the position of the manifesto that they are going to respect the referendum result? or does he agree with his shadow secretary that he wants a second referendum? we are nowhere near a consensus, either in this house or in the country, about what new arrangement with the european union we are actually asking for, let alone those which we are likely to achieve. and now we have a completely ridiculous urgent question from the leader of the opposition who has no idea what he wants, but just feeling that he needs to say something and try to have a point about the crisis. speaking with regret that we return after the christmas break with no progress on the government of the withdrawal agreement and returning with no prime minister in parliament. she can't be bothered to be here. we are just days away from the deadline to protect our economy and the prime minister is not in parliament to explain her lack of progress, why is the prime minister not responding to this urgent question?

it is now clear beyond doubt that her tactic is to run down the clock and deprive parliament of any alternative to her brexit proposal. can ask the government to make one decision in the national interest now, which is to rule out the disaster that a no deal with brexit would be for this country. he is right as to the concern of a no deal outcome and to vote for the prime minister's deal because that is the only deal that is on the table and reflects over two years of hard negotiation with the eu. once again we've had a representative of the government make a nebulous statement that can

be summed up in three words, nothing has changed. it is groundhog day again. we are now only 81 days before we risk crashing out of the eu. so will he stop playing chicken, show a bit of leadership and hold the meaningful vote this week so we can get on without delay? whatever happens next, i know my right honourable friend will agree that having a second referendum would do nothing to move this debate forward? will pray further division and confusion, let this get on and prepare to implement a heavily amended deal or no deal and deliver brexit on the 29th of march this year. the british government triggered article 50 in march 2017, they did so with the aid of the labour party without any semblance of a plan. the result as people see, is a parliament consumed by chaos and disorder. when a permanent secretary is not happy about being asked to spend money, they seek a ministerial instruction to make it proper. i have today had in writing, from the department for transport,

confirmation that the permanent secretary of the department sought such an administerial direction. does this not prove that no deal is a bluff? i warmly congratulate sirjohn redwood. does the government understand that opposition to the agreement goes way beyond the irish backstop and includes paying huge sums of money with nothing now down over the future partnership? and worse still, plunging us into 21 more months of endless disagreement with all of the uncertainty that will bring. one of our most distinguished ex—civil servants estimated this morning that the comprehensive trade agreement

could be reached in 2025. and five years after the backstop. if he does not agree with this estimate, why does he not agree with that? i don't think it surprises the honourable lady that i disagree with that assessment and we start from a position from equivalents and after 45 years of close cooperation, we are looking to put in place an agreement based on shared values and because you have a framework in the form of the declaration which has a construction for negotiation. the case of radcliffe, the british iranian woman is a matter of life and death and the words for np, therefore the comments that tough rhetoric will do nothing to help her who is hoping to go on hunger strike because of the standard of care she is receiving just been sentenced

to five years in jail after being accused of spying. she denies the charges. she was on a holiday visiting her parents with her young daughter when she was imprisoned. united nations has declared imprisonment illegal and arbitrary. but yet, her treatment and iran has gotten considerably worse in the past two weeks. and the last two weeks, she has been given a ration of food which is slowly decreased, she has been told that the calls that she was allowed to make herfamily and husband in london have now been restricted and further restricted she has also been told that she will be denied medical access even though she has discovered lumps on her breasts. in light of this, nazanin has said

she will go on a hunger strike. iran does not recognise your nationality which is why it is not impossible to this case treated as a normal consular case and access is not treated that way by iran. we have noticed that if she is to be treated as an iranian national, which are not the stage where she would be illegible for parole, we would hope and believe that is action that we could take. so will the minister stated state agree with me that when the foreign office says that iran is holding nazanin to diplomatic advantage, tehran needs to in fact, because every day they continue her unjust detention to the big christmas getaway was not quite that way for passengers using the airport

in late december. 1000 flights were either cancelled or diverted, fewer than 140,000 passengers were affected. it was not the result of bad weather or industrial action, it was all caused by drone activity. so how could drones have caused so much disruption? the transport secretary made a statement to mps. the police and now leading the investigation into this criminal activity i am clear that when they're caught they will receive the maximum sentence for this senseless criminal act. working extremely closely with airport, the home office, the ministry of defence and the police to make sure our national airports are fully prepared to handle any incidents like this in the future will stop i am certain the government is making actions that they will not be disrupted in the future and aircraft can safely use our key transport hubs and criminals misusing drones can be brought tojustice. the proportionate measures are in place to protect aircraft

and avoid potential conflict through legitimate drone activity. so we'll issued his additional protections around airports at a particular focus on the runway. it is good to learn that the government might finally listen to the advice of industry on extending drone exclusion zones, it is unfortunate this advice was not considered sooner. the government's approach to drones is been chaotic and clearly has no faith in his ability to deal with serious incidents. it is no surprise to learn from the media that during the incident, the secretary of state was stripped of his command by the security

services due to his inaction. i fully accept what he says about the adequacy of the laws and the deterrent effect of the potential sentences. but the moment it would be possible for anybody to go on the internet, and by a simple but substantial device which they could use maliciously, not as in this case to try and close down an airport, but to fly into the engine intakes of a plane that was landing or taking off. does he recognise that this disruptive technology is not new, but it is notjust about come about due respect to my honourable friends were disrupted during the travel episode, it is notjust about the traveller, but it's what on the ground, should a tragic event bring it down on the community which enable us to represent an fundamentally, it is not just about airports or aeroplanes, what would happen if the chair of the select committee

said if someone should use it to attack a piece of infrastructure? refinery, an oil refinery, or a large drone hitting the front of a high—speed intercity train? the secretary of state must understand the consequences of the situation and the impact on peoples lives as nothing is done about it. one of the issue of drones. mrs our round—up this is our round—up of the day. a blueprint for the future of the health service in england. now, to the offer an important public service, or to trivialize politics? televised leaders debates aren't to say the least controversial. for decades, many have not happened. usually because one leader — generally the one with most to lose

— has simply pulled out of the debate and stop the programme. 2010s of the first debate between the three party leaders. by 2015, the panel speakers had grown rather large. now an epetition calling for an independent body to be in charge of future tv leaders debates has attracted the signatures of 135,000 people so triggering a debate in westminster hall. there is a clear expectation among the public. leaders of political parties are much more visible and much more accessible than they were previously. the public, i believe, want greater opportunities to see the political leaders in action, and interacting with one another in order for them to build up a more complete picture of who they are, and what they stand for. my honourable friend would agree with me that it should definitely the case that there should be a commission rather than being left

to the prime minister of the day to left to their political whims and we also agree that maybe we also should have a deputy leaders debates within the whole framework as well. i thank the honourable member for the intervention. he makes a great point which i will go on to develop later. if we are going to have regular leader debates and make them, and formalise the process, that it is absolutely right that it is managed by way of independent commission as he rightly says, to take it out of the hands of politicians. one mp turned to the first tv leaders debate in 2010. i've remember getting back after campaigning and go to the gym and putting the headset on and listening. the only thing i remember about it was the phrase i agree with nick. it was a very useful thing for electors to help make up their mind how to vote. you raise a claim and that debate.

isn't that a problem for both sides that it should actually be someone with a credible possibility of being prime minister. what we ended up with clegg—mania and a disastrous coalition government. whether we liked or not we watched the us presidential debates, which always seem to be the centre point of the whole presidential campaign but i don't know how many votes won or lost by the debates, i know richard nixon lost, but the matter of fact is that it's built into the constitution, although they have a president and i make it very clear that our prime minister is not a president, and we should constrain the role of the prime minister, this is a way the public can have at least some comfort that the person that will be leading the government is able to answer questions in a format that they can access.

voters elect 650 individual mps from which our government is then formed. my experience from previous elections both for this place and to the scottish parliament with debate taking place is that they suck the oxygen away from local campaigns, and rather than focusing on the merits of each candidates, they focus on the doorsteps about what will happen in the debates, or what hasjust happened in the leaders debates. the media reporting becomes all about how well or not each of the different leaders performed by someone who looks good? who answered the best questions? how did the broadcasters appear? and it is not about the substantive issues of an election campaign. in the nhs in england has

published its blueprint for the next ten years. it will focus on preventions — the strategy will shift away from hospitals to where gp surgeries where patients will be treated closer to home. the plan sets out how the nhs will spend more than the £20 billion earmarked for the service over the next five years. the health secretary explained more to mps. it means, patients receiving a high quality care, closer to home supporting our growing elderly population to stay healthy and independent for longer. more personalised care more social prescribing empowering people to take control and responsibility through prevention and personal health budget. more support from others by improving maternity services. more support for parents in the early years of a child's life, so we can be the best place in the world. and that this country can be the

best place to be borne in every sense of the word. surely he agrees a prospective social care is not possible to have a plan for one sector without having a plan for the other. they are not my words, they are the words of the foreign secretary. i agree with them. it's a shame he does not agree with the foreign secretary will stop by the way, the former secretary of promised, alongside the ten year plan we will also publish a long—term workforce plan. where is it? he has not done it. we all want to know where is the staff coming from to deliver the ambitions that have been outlined. he talks of doing more for mental health services. we are down in the

numberof nurses! he cites the funding himself at 3.4%... which is actually back to what the nhs receive. about and a million extra patience, does he not think it would be more honest to describe funding per head thanjust a honest to describe funding per head than just a total? scotland spends £163 or more per head. maybe he should aspire to spend the money on patients and then the nhs can keep up. i'm glad that the secretary of state says he will listen to clinicians if they want to change legislation. i think many of those and members on the side of the house would wish he and his colleagues had listened to us when we had said and what about the problems with the landfill legislation six years ago. but that the one side. the biggest challenge facing the nhs is indeed the increase in the number of older people with two, three,

or more long—term chronic conditions. they need more joined up services in the community and at home. the local nhs has been asked to put forward its plans for these new services by april. they can't do that without proper long—term funding for social care. more than 100 blocks of flats are still covered dangerous flammable substances. the use of cladding high—rise boxes has come under intense scrutiny since the blaze that tore through the west london tower block on the night of 14th ofjune 2017. 72 people died in the grenfell fire. in the house of lords, a question arose about the number of blocks that still had the cladding is that this was the minister's reply. my lord, 116 social sector

buildings have started or completed remediation. the 44 buildings remained in the social sector and the are plans and commitments in place. in the private sector, 203 buildings plans and commitments in place including that have started or completed remediation with regard to the remainder, 69, the secretary of state wrote to local authorities december 2018 to offer further financial assistance. my lords does the agreement agree that it's 18 months after when the blocks covered an unsafe cladding, can the lord tell the house or the department is doing? it is reg retta ble department is doing? it is regrettable but we are in this position and totally regrettable that there was such a fire. what remains the case is that these figures indicate we have plans in place for all buildings other than

those 69 where the secretary of state wrote to local authorities urging action and offering financial assistance to ensure that happens. the most important thing is to get these buildings in a position where they are safe and we are well on the way to doing that. we have to operate within the law of the land and we cannot just operate within the law of the land and we cannotjust go and take cladding of other buildings. the authority for ensuring it happens rest with local authorities. they can require private owners to make that action. i wish to make that clear now. i asked the minister whether he shares the frustration of some of and the anger of many residents that the enquiry itself has been postponed for nine months and what tangible steps is the government actually taking to make sure that the lessons are learned and error no future tragedies of this sort? my lords, it would be

unwise of me to comment on a judicially lead enquiry and i think the reasons are there for the delay and it is important we get this right. we wish to read them at proceed at pace but we want to make sure lessons are learned and acted upon. it is a complex situation. suffice to say we are in regular touch and speak to grenfell united about progress and discussions continue in that regard. that it is important that we learn the lessons and proceed at pace and that we make sure no such thing happens again. that is it for this programme. david will be here for the rest of the week. from me, goodbye. hello there.

northern parts of the uk on monday were particularly blustery. winds gusts in excess of 70 miles an hour for some. but i think its eastern areas that will see the strongest winds through the day ahead. the swirl of cloud, this area of low pressure, the area of low pressure, lowest drifting away eastwarl across the lowest drifting away eastwards across scandinavia but we are still bringing in brisk wind and those wind coming down from the north. actually feel to the weather. as we go through the day, that brisk northerly wind will feed a couple of showers in across north—eastern areas. some spots will be dry with spots of sunshine. breezy for all of us spots of sunshine. breezy for all of us but particularly windy close to the east coast. the eastern coast of scotla nd the east coast. the eastern coast of scotland we are likely to see gusts of 40-45 scotland we are likely to see gusts of 40—115 and similar wind gust extending down coast of england, reaching 50 mph. high tides as well and there is the

potential for some coastal flooding. temperature wise we are looking ties between six and nine degrees but when you consider the strength of the wind it will probably feel colder than that. as we go into tuesday night, there is still a brisk wind in eastern areas bringing a couple of showers. further west, dry weather. winds are light in parts of western scotland and england, they could see a touch of frost. many other places will stay a few degrees above freezing. during wednesday, a lot of dry weather in the forecast. still quite breezy but not as windy as it would have been on tuesday. the potentialfor cloud and showers to blow in across eastern areas and bigger cloud ringing rain into northern ireland and western scotland late in the day. that average down a little bit but that will not last as we move out of wednesday into thursday, high pressure builds its way in and we bring ourair in pressure builds its way in and we bring our air in from the west, from the atlantic. that will progressively turned things milder from the west. that is as we head towards the end of the week. a lot

of cloud in the north—westerly floated it may be the odd spot of patchy rain. but the bright to be parts of eastern scotland and close to the south coast. which are struggling in the south but turning mile towards the north—west and brought us through the end of the week and at the weekend, it will fill milder. there will be cloud and perhaps some rain at times in the north. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: 50 days after he was first detained, former nissan chairman carlos ghosn makes his first appearance in a tokyo court — he says he's been wrongly accused. a fourth visit to china by north korea's leader — and there's speculation about another meeting with president trump. while the actor kevin spacey appears in a us courtroom —

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