this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00pm: the eyes to the right, 303. the noes to the left, 296. the house of commons has voted to limit the government's tax—raising powers in the event of a no—deal brexit. departures at heathrow were temporarily suspended earlier after a drone was reported to have been sighted. a court has ruled that a scottish government investigation into complaints of sexual misconduct against the former first minister alex salmond was unlawful. also coming up, president trump to make his first prime—time tv address to the nation. it comes as the partial government shutdown in the us reaches its 18th day, making it the second longest in history. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, broadcaster henry bonsu, and former trade minister lord digbyjones. stay with us for that. good evening.

the house of commons has voted tonight to limit the government's tax—raising powers in the event of a no—deal brexit. the cross—party amendment to the finance bill attracted the support of 20 conservative mps. but ministers say the change is minor and technical and simply an inconvenience. during the day, the prime minister came under more pressure to rule out leaving the european union without a formal deal, as our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. will my travel be affected when we leave the eu? you might have heard this on your radio. what about documents for driving? a new government advert about brexit. will mobile roaming change?

specifically, advice on what might happen if we leave without a deal. but in parliament, an increasing number of voices are saying that can't be allowed to happen, including ministers. it is essential that we should be able to continue to trade. it's why i've always been clear, representing very strongly the views of small business and large business, that no deal should not be contemplated. then tonight, a government defeat on the issue. the ayes to the right, 303. the noes to the left, 296. 20 conservative mps voted with labour and other opposition parties to limit the government's powers in the event of no deal, having argued that must not happen. well, i have to say that no deal is a terrible deal and it would be a gross dereliction of the responsibility of members of this house to inflict a no—deal situation on our constituents. this won't block no—deal, but showed how many mps are opposed

to it, and are prepared to use pa rliament‘s processes to frustrate it. there is now a serious risk we will end up crashing out of the eu with no deal in just 80 days‘ time. i'm worried that we could come to the crunch and parliament wouldn't have the powers to stop it happening. i think we have a responsibility not to just stand by. number ten has not ruled out leaving without an agreement but would much prefer to get the prime minister's plan through parliament. part of the government's strategy has been to show it is ready to walk away, initially to try to persuade the eu to give them a good deal, now to try to convince mps that what's on offer is the best option. but this morning, senior cabinet ministers joined the chorus of warnings against no deal, including the home secretary. is no deal still an option? and the work and pensions secretary, who told colleagues history would take a dim view if they pressed on with that outcome. others, though, aren't so concerned,

and think the threat of no deal has been overplayed. some saying those trying to block it are anti—brexit. i'm not concerned about no deal, because we trade with very large economies around the world on world trade terms, and we know that, at last, the government is getting going, preparing for that. and when you hear all these hysterical stories, you have to ask why. why are we going to be so stupid as to stop drugs and food and car parts coming to us? that may be a few disruptions, but i don't see it being a disaster at all. the government says we are leaving the eu in march no matter what, but with parliament flexing its muscles, ministers may not have sole control over exactly how. for the second time in a month, there's been major disruption at a british airport because of reports of drone activity. flights from london's heathrow were stopped for an hour this evening raising fears of a repeat of the chaos seen at gatwick airport last month. heathrow, which is europe's busiest airport, has said it's working

closely with the authorities to implement the latest technology to combat the threat of drones. this report by our transport correspondent tom burridge. europe's busiest airport is tonight almost back to normal after a drone sighting temporarily closed the northern runway. this flight radar website shows how atjust after 5pm this evening, all departures from the airport were suspended. some passengers were left waiting on the runway. so, we all boarded the flight and then we were told that we wouldn't be departing until the police said it was safe. they had a police helicopter circling above and the emergency services came onto the runway to see if they could find the drone. and the door kept opening to the aeroplane, we did not know if we were getting off or staying on. after about an hour we were told that we were good to go, so we took off.

departures were suspended for less than an hour and flights continued to take off from the southern runway. unverified videos are circling on social media. we do not know if the flashing object is a drone, but a bbc cameraman who was at heathrow and works with drones is certain he saw it. i noticed way up in the sky, about 300 feet up, these lights, green and red, flashing. 0bviously attached to a craft that was offering still in the sky. the traffic had slowed by that point, so it was quite safe to watch this thing, and i watched it for about a minute or so, and it was staying there up in the sky, not moving left or right. heathrow said it suspended all take—offs as a precautionary measure and the police are investigating. on twitter, the transport secretary said the military was preparing to deploy the equipment used at gatwick and heathrow should it prove necessary. it was just before christmas when tens of thousands of passengers

were stranded at gatwick and elsewhere. all flights at the airport were suspended across two days. sussex police are still investigating and no credible arrests had been made. yesterday, the department for transport said it would increase the exclusion zone for drones around uk airports, and give the police new powers to investigate offences, part of a raft of measures. but many in aviation have been calling for action to counter the threat of drones for a long time. after the disruption at gatwick, i was told that heathrow was already trialling some of the latest anti—drone technology, like devices which try to jam the signal drones need to operate, so the suspension of some flights here today again raises questions about how vulnerable britain's airports are. the police presence around the palace of westminster is to be boosted in the run—up to next week's main vote on the government's brexit plans. it follows the intimidation and harassment experienced by some mps in recent months, which culminated yesterday in the conservative mp anna soubry being called a nazi and a traitor because of her opposition to brexit.

our home affairs correspondent june kelly has the latest. westminster, a place synonymous with free speech. soubry is a liar! but on the green nearby, the protest yesterday degenerated into chanting personal abuse against the tory mp anna soubry during a live bbc interview. i do object to being called a nazi, actually. soubry is a nazi! right, apologies too if you're offended by what you are listening to. i just think this is astonishing. this is what has happened to our country actually. anna soubry is a prominent pro—eu backbencher. she was forced to walk back to work surrounded and barracked by a group who continued right up to an entrance of the houses of parliament. this is one of the most heavily

policed parts of the capital, but at no point on her route did officers step in to deal with the intimidation. scum! the police have the right powers and they have the skills and most of them have the common sense to know how to police, keep people safe whilst supporting democracy, how to do it. yesterday, they didn't do it. yesterday, they did the wrong thing where they completely refused to intervene. just to stand on the pavement! today, more police were deployed around parliament and they were laying down the law to protesters. meanwhile, a senior scotland yard officer was offering reassurances. we've taken all the allegations from yesterday. we're looking into all of those and we're taking advice as to whether of the incidents from yesterday met any criminal threshold. and in the house of commons, there was this from the speaker. it is frankly intolerable if members of parliament and journalists go about their business in fear. mps are being subjected

to unprecedented levels of abuse. last autumn, protesters turned up at the home of the leading brexiteerjacob rees—mogg and started addressing his children. lots of people don't like your daddy, you know that? no, he's probably not told you about that. 0n social media, women politicians have been threatened with violence and rape. the mp diane abbott has been a major target for the trolls. and during the eu referendum campaign in 2016, the labour mp jo cox was murdered by a far right extremist. her successor is one of those appealing for calm. we need to absolutely dial down the rhetoric when it comes to this sort of overheated language around brexit. you should not have to go to work and expect to take this

sort of abuse. today at westminster, a different chorus for anna soubry. and so say all of us! for she's a jolly good fellow! and tonight it's emerged that all mps have received new security advice. june kelly, bbc news. work has begun to dismantle the roof of the house in salisbury where the former russian spy sergei skripal lived. it's believed that timbers in the roof of the building may have absorbed traces of novichok, the substance used to poison mr skripal and his daughter yulia in an apparent attack by russian agents. the scottish government has admitted acting unlawfully in its handling of allegations of sexual misconduct against former first minister alex salmond. the current first minister, nicola sturgeon, said it was deeply regrettable her government had to settle the legal challenge because of a procedural failure. a separate police inquiry into the allegations, which mr salmond denies, is still going on, as our scotland editor sarah smith reports. taking care not to look triumphant, alex salmond today believes he has inflicted an abject humiliation

on the scottish government, forcing it to admit breaching its own procedures while investigating complaints of sexual misconduct against him. i'm not putting out the bunting today. yes, i'm glad to have won. i'm really, really sad to have been forced to take this action against a government i led for almost eight years. mr salmond clearly considers this to be a significant victory, even though what was decided today was about process. it wasn't about the substance of the allegations against him — allegations he continues to vigorously deny. in court, mr salmond's legal team argued the scottish government breached their own procedures because the official investigating the allegations had significant contact with the complainants before the investigation began. it reveals a significant degree of assistance given by the investigating officer to the complainers, bordering on encouragement to them

to proceed with their formal complaints. lawyers for the scottish government denied the complainers had been coached or encouraged but accepted the rules had not been followed. in relation to one specific aspect of the procedure, there was a failure. the court will now adjourn. after finding the government's inquiry to be unlawful, unfair and tainted by apparent bias. first minister. nicola sturgeon played no part in the inquiry but admitted there was a flaw in the government's procedure. in one aspect of the application of that procedure, the scottish government processes have fallen short and i deeply, deeply regret that. she said it is possible the government may eventually launch a fresh investigation, and she apologised to the women who made allegations against alex salmond. my particular regret is for those

who brought forward complaints because they had a right to expect the process notjust in the main but in every respect would have been robust. it's also important to say that today's proceedings have no implications, one way or the other, for the substance of the complaints or the credibility of the complainers. alex salmond won a procedural legal victory today. the details of the allegations of sexual misconduct have not been tested in court and he is still facing an ongoing police inquiry. mr salmond denies all the allegations against him. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. a former youth football coach has died in a car crash on the day he was due to go on trial for historic sexual abuse of boys under 16. no one else was involved in the crash. michael carson had pleaded not guilty at an ealier court hearing. the 75 year—old's car crashed into a tree.

0ur correspondent richard conway is in peterborough. michael carson, or "kit" carson as he was better known, was well—known in the football industry, a coach at norwich city, peterborough united, cambridge united. peterborough united refused to comment. nine of the alleged offences took place in this area. today the case file was closed because kit carson was killed yesterday morning just 15 minutes before his trial was due to get under way at peterborough crown court, where he was to face of indecent assault and one count of enticing a child to engage in sexual misconduct. police say that no other vehicles or persons were involved in the collision. the decision to end the collision. the decision to end the trial is perhaps inevitable

under the circumstances. it is a decision that has left a degree of anger among former players of kit carson who i spoke with today. there isa carson who i spoke with today. there is a degree of shock at his death and also a degree of anger that they will be denied the chance to see him within the justice system. the headlines on bbc news: the house of commons has voted to limit the government's tax—raising powers in the event of a no—deal brexit. departures at heathrow were temporarily suspended earlier after a drone was reported to have been sighted. scotland yard says the police presence outside parliament is to be boosted, after some mps including the conservative anna soubry, experienced abuse and intimidation. president trump is preparing to use a national televised address from the oval office to warn that the us faces a ‘humanitarian and security crisis' on its southern border with mexico. he'll appeal for the public to unite behind his plans for a wall, which the us congress is refusing to fund. that dispute has led to a us government shutdown which is now into its 18th day.

we can hear now from our washington correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan. what are we expecting the president to say? we do not have many details from the white house apart from the talking point you just mentioned on that he will state his case for building a wall. we have heard this before throughout the election campaign and his he has said that he will build awol. back then he said that mexico would pay for it, something they will clearly not do. now he asks for congress to stump up the money but the democrats refused to sign on to a budget proposal. and thatis to sign on to a budget proposal. and that is the impasse we are right now. a 18 of the shutdown, 800,000 government workers without pay. that is why this matters. now you have donald trump making the case for a

wall when you have 800,000 people not taking home a pay cheque. he is trying to use this address to shift public opinion and make sure that more people to support his arguments, including his arguments that their eyes human trafficking that their eyes human trafficking that happens at the border and that a lot of drugs, cross the border as well. in that eight minute prime—time address, less than three hours from now, that is the sort of thing we might expect will that checkis thing we might expect will that check is the keeping an eye on the speech? -- fact checkers. sarah saunders said that some 400,000 —— 4000 suspected terrorists had been apprehended at the southern border. that is simply not true. most suspected terrorist to enter the us do so via the airport. and that is the vast majority, this year and last year. that is our true and even kellyanne conway said that

was not true. but what you have is misinformation. it is being used by the white house to support their argument for the wall. and the democrats are jumping that as well. democrats are jumping that as well. democrats will give a response to night on television after we hear from donald trump. they were keen to be make sure that they also got their time to set out their arguments. it is unusualfor a televised address to have a democratic rebuttal but this is a highly charged debate, whether or not this wall should be built, and the wider issue of controlling immigration here in the united states. pulsing to suggest that the majority of the us citizens seem to think the wall is not necessary. the democrats need to be

careful to night that they don't mess up the numbers of people who think that the shutdown is the fault of donald trump. i was looking at some other numbers as well in terms of the blame game. 51% of americans blame president trump. but 30% or so lame democrats. there are people who also blamed the democrats. and this is as we have discussed many times a divisive issue. what the president wa nts to divisive issue. what the president wants to make sure of is putting out there why he believes this is a crisis. that is the language we have been hearing from the white house did highly charged language. you need to balance that with the fact that you have 800,000 workers, not all of them are democrats, who are not taking paycheques home. there is also concerned that there are people who are calling in sick who work in airport security because they are not getting paid. in terms of keeping borders secure, airports could be less safe than they were in

a few weeks ago and that the concern from some people. thank you for that. the north korean leader kimjong—un has arrived in beijing at the start of a surprise visit to his key ally china. mr kim, who travelled on his armoured train across the border, met his chinese counterpart president xi jinping amid reports of preparations for a fresh summit with president trump. john sudworth reports from beijing. it was like a send off. kim jong—un and his wife were shown boarding their bullet—proof train in pyongyang accompanied by the usual adored in this —— adoring state media commentary. they arrived in beijing on mr kim's birthday. china's is unlikely to give him any unpleasant surprises. the us has no such qualms. so kim

john's fourth visit underlies the strength of the bond and shows that if nuclear diplomacy with america fails he has other options. preparations are now under way for a second trump— kim summit. mr kim has so second trump— kim summit. mr kim has so far made few real concessions. north korea has long used its nuclear weapons to play the big powers of each other. precisely the reason some argue it is unlikely to ever give them up. the latest young victim of knife crime is a 14—year—old boy who's

died after being stabbed in waltham forest in north—east london. the metropolitan police is investigating. the past year has been one of the worst for knife crime, with violent offences in england and wales at their highest level since 2011. most people caught carrying a knife are adults. but the latest figures show one in five is under the age of 18. 0ne mother we've spoken to says she's living in fear that her teenage son could also become a target. the family have been speaking to our correspondent adina campbell. we've disguised their identities and their words are spoken by actors. i have had to scale back on work in order to ensure i know where my son is. because, i believe, these risks are very real. this single mother is terrified her son could soon be killed by gangs. i am fearful, i am scared. i do wonder whether this

is going to be the last time that my son is going to come back. and it's not long before things get heated between mother and son. there's people that want to target you. what people? a whole area, due to where you live. i didn't grow up at 14 and see anyone murdered or stabbed on the floor. you said this was normal, what you are seeing. what do you mean by normal? if i heard tomorrow that someone got stabbed to death, i mean, you'd feel sorry, but at the same time, like, people get stabbed every day. do you ever worry? you worry all the time where your children are. we are living in times where children are meant to bury their parents, not parents burying their children. how many friends have you lost? two. do you ever worry about you being hurt? you can't always stop it. i don't really think about it. i'd ratherjust live my life than be worried 24/7

if i'm going to die. the 14—year—old boy is no longer at school after being excluded, but his mother says he was unfairly treated. the bbc has seen documents showing her efforts to get him back in school, but as time goes on, she fears the worst. children are dying for the most silliest reasons, because somebody doesn't like someone, because of where somebody lives. we have now allowed them to be in environments where they are getting hold of marijuana. i smoke because i'm stressed, because my friend's dead. we've also seen evidence from police confirming he's been the victim of several unprovoked attacks, including being chased by boys with masks armed with knives. you can get stabbed at any time.

you can't stop it. like, you don't know when you're going to die. what's it like hearing him say this? we are failing these children. do you feel like you are losing your son? yes. i'm losing him to the streets. to the failings in our system. adina campbell reporting there. we will be taking a look at the papers. broadcaster, henry bonsu, and former trade minister, lord digbyjones — that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with chris fawkes 0n on monday, the week started with a lot of cloud, much brighter but cooler on tuesday that the weather is cunning and will return to square one as it turns cloudy. the high pressure with ezra few weeks is still there to the west of the uk. hot wind will come in for immortal

north—easterly direction, that is significant because there will be more cloud across eastern england, spreading into central england as the day goes by. forced to start the day in northern england and scotland but that will cloud over in the north—west with outbreaks of light rain getting into scotland and perhaps northern ireland. that will leave the best of any limited sunny spells in western areas of england and wales, where the best of the afternoon sunshine is most likely to be. through wednesday evening we will see the thick cloud and rain dribble its way southwards into northern england but was clear sky fell across wales in south—west england, here we will seek damages below freezing and a touch of frost is possible. whereas it will be much milder in scotland and northern ireland thanks to the thick cloud. at is associated to the warm front. three says they will push southwards through england and wales. you will notice a lot of cloud then across england and wales. here is the front itself. still thick enough to bring inafew itself. still thick enough to bring in a few spots of rain is at work southwards across england and wales.

temperature wise, highs of six or seven celsius across southern part of the uk but further north notice it turns mild. temperatures at nine or10 it turns mild. temperatures at nine or 10 degrees for northern ireland and scotland. a lot of dry weather around. not much has changed over recent, really, thanks to this big amplitude jetstream pattern but there are signs that the blocked pattern is beginning to break down later this week and we will see some su btle later this week and we will see some subtle change in our weather. friday looks like being another largely dry day with a lot of cloud around in the cloud could be thick enough to bring a few passing showers into north—western areas of scotland. temperatures continue to rise a little bit. still above average for this time of year with averages between eight and 10 celsius. was significant changes as we head into the weekend. weak weather fronts push southwards across the uk bringing rain through friday night. that will still be around saturday morning in the south but we will have a clear and what will follow will be a mix of bright spells and

scattered showers, the majority of showers across the north—western parts of the uk. despite the north—westerly wind, it is not a true norwest so it is not that cold. temperatures above normal for this time of year with highs of nine, 10 celsius and that stays mild as well for the second half of the weekend and then we could look at a little bit of rain at times. by and large, dre that cloudy and mild weather. two temperatures through sunday reach a higher gain of around 8— 10 celsius. and mild week end in store. looking at the weather patterns into next week, let's look at the jetstrea m next week, let's look at the jetstream pattern. it looks very different. there are no massive amplitude patterns in the jetstream but rather a smaller scale ridges and troughs carrying areas of low pressure targeting iceland initially but over time they will probably work into more central parts of scotla nd work into more central parts of scotland and so the weather becomes more changeable. it will get windy. spells of rain around next week and some big swings in temperatures. 0ften mild but when these weather

fronts come through cold weather follows a nd fronts come through cold weather follows and we could see some wintry showers around at times. that is normal course for this stage of january. hello. this is bbc news with clive myrie. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. 0ur our guests are still with us. it is good to see you both. i am glad you have come around. first, the headlines: the house of commons has voted to limit the government's tax—raising powers in the event of a no—deal brexit. departures at heathrow were temporarily suspended earlier, after a drone was reported to have been sighted. scotland yard says the police presence outside parliament is to be boosted, after some mps, including the conservative,