tonight at ten, we're live at westminster where mps have inflicted another defeat on the government at a decisive moment in the brexit process. the eyes to the right, 308, the noes to the left, 297. mps voted to give theresa mayjust three days to come up with a new brexit plan if her current one is defeated next week. but the prime minister told mps that her plan was the only realistic one and the only way to avoid crashing out of the eu without a deal. the only way to avoid no deal is to vote for the deal. isn't the prime minister bringing back exactly the same deal she admitted would be defeated four weeks ago? the house of commons has now embarked on five days of debate, leading to the main vote on the prime minister's brexit plan next tuesday. also on tonight's programme... police say 14—year—old

jayden moodie, knocked off a moped in east london and fatally stabbed, was deliberately targeted. police close the m6 motorway in both directions, after a group of suspected migrants is discovered in the back of a lorry. look at me! how dare you close your eyes! and the favourite is the favourite at the baftas, after the dark period comedy starring 0livia coleman gets 12 nominations. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... a difficult night for league 0ne‘s burton albion against title holders manchester city in the first leg of their league cup semi—final. good evening from westminster, where the troubled brexit process has taken yet another dramatic turn,

putting theresa may under even more pressure. earlier today, before the debate on the prime minister's brexit deal got underway, mps voted to give herjust three days to come back to parliament with a new plan if the current one is defeated. mps have now started their five—day debate on mrs may's plan ahead of the big vote in the house of commons next tuesday evening. we start tonight with this report by our political editor, laura kuenssberg. 0ne purpose and one direction. the prime minister has to push parliament to support her. to avoid what she claims will be no deal or no brexit at all. the only way to avoid no deal is to vote for the deal. the deal protects jobs and security and delivers on the referendum and he should back it. jeremy corbyn!

but time and her authority is scarce. manyjust don't believe her. if her deal is defeated next week, as i hope and expect it will, will the prime minister do the right thing and let the people have a real say and call a general election? there is real rage around the place, though. notjust squawking over number ten's approach. suspicion is that the government knows mps will reject their brexit compromise next tuesday and is just trying to run down the clock. so a group of mps wanted to force the prime minister to produce a plan b if she loses within days. which, in normal times, the man in the chair might not have allowed. myjob is not to be a cheerleader for the executive branch. myjob is to stand up for the rights of the house of commons. extraordinary, because the speaker, john bercow, let a vote on that

happen, dead against convention. i have never known any occasion when any speaker has overruled a motion of the house of commons. extraordinary, too, because of suggestions he ignored the advice of his officials. whether you might consider under the circumstances publishing that advice... and extraordinary because of the level of anger that produced. i have to tell you i am absolutely hopping mad. do people in this house have any idea how out of touch the general public think we are most days? over an hour, the commons blew its collective top. i would suggest to some of my honourable friends who are getting somewhat overexcited that perhaps they should don a yellowjacket and go outside. before the rebels beat the government for the second time in 2a hours. the ayes to the right, 308, the noes to the left 297.

so if theresa may loses again on tuesday, she will have less than a week to come up with new goods. take a breath for a moment. for number ten, this is about trying to get through the brexit compromise it's taken more than two years to reach, where we leave the union and have our own control of immigration but keep close economic ties. but there is so much disquiet over the terms of the deal, it's turned into a bitter, open stand—off between parliament and the prime minister. theresa may's control of this process is long gone and mps are consumed by this moment. the actual arguments for and against the deal at the start of this vital debate were almost mute in comparison. the house should now give citizens and businesses the certainty they seek. the way of doing so is to back this deal after two yea rs of hard fought negotiation

that the prime minister has secured. promises of more control over the controversial backstop arrangement to guard against a hard border in ireland fell flat and, for the first time, labour suggested officially this is all such a mess that our departure from the eu could be delayed. i actually genuinely think we cannot do it on the 29th of march this year — it's not viable for so many practical reasons. maybe, but that is certainly not the prime minister's intention. if anything is clear, though, it's this tonight — what happens next is not only up to her. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. so, the vote on the withdrawal agreement negotiated by the prime minister, which was meant to have taken place before christmas, is now being held next tuesday at the end of five days of parliamentary debate. but what exactly is in the deal that mps are voting on? 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports from chelmsford.

away from westminster, life goes on. unlike brexit. take a number card from me... if only theresa may could magic up an agreement. chris, the close—up magician, joined us to help pull a crowd, talk brexit, and find out what is still mystifying. give the queen of diamonds a tap. something weird's going to happen, your card is going to come back to the top. face to face and on facebook. i'mjohn pienaar, the bbc‘s deputy political editor, and i'm in chelmsford in essex, more specifically at the market, and here they voted to leave. while mps wrangle, people want answers. what's the big question in your mind? when will we be free of eu rules so we can run our own country? 0k, well, look, here it is, under mrs may's plan, we would stay under eu rules, as we are now, for this transition period, maybe until the end of 2020 and more, if we end up doing that. let's get out and we will still be breathing the day

after, i can assure you. you hear that a lot — many questions, not enough answers, and can any trick help mrs may make her big problem disappear? the dup and tory rebels seeing the so—called backstop as a threat to the union with northern ireland. so, this question into facebook from john godfrey — what is the solution for ireland? theresa may would say she has the solution — a transition period and then a full deal takes over where the whole of the uk is on the same footing, no problem with moving goods on the irish border but if you are not there, if the deal is not ready then the backstop kicks in which is different treatment for northern ireland. it's closer to europe, unacceptable to the unionists and all across the critics in the house of commons they say we could be stuck there for years. theresa may offering reassurances, seeking more. so far, they're not buying it. as for the latest promises of a vote in parliament on whether to use the backstop and one at the stormont assembly in belfast, well,

it's sitting again, on future eu rules touching northern ireland. no sign these have helped much either. what has been agreed? the deal on citizens' rights means brits and europeans keep the right to live and draw benefits wherever they are settled and the brexit transition, that allows time to negotiate a final trade deal, if it can be done in time and prepare for change. it runs from march until the end of 2020, with the option of an extra year. what is bothering people at the magic show? there is a bill to pay. what's the big question for you? why do we have to pay the £39 billion divorce bill? £39 billion, that's the divorce bill. of course the uk would save billions in eu contributions. but others on the other side would say if the economy takes a hit, we'll lose that money which is the sort of money that could go on public services in britain. nhs, hospitals and everything. that's the plan? yes. mps having their big debate. what is the big question for you? how will brexit cut back on immigration? that's one of the big promises of brexit. and we know it's still being worked

on between know that low skilled workers from europe would have no more preferential access and some businesses are worried about getting the workers they need. why can't us brits do them jobs? ok, that's the answer that a lot of people give. but of course brits have got to be persuaded to get those jobs and their employers have to be persuaded to train for them but there are still worries in public services and private companies, and when it comes to skilled workers, it's still being worked out, what sort of access there's going to be there. no one knows what's next. if there's a deal it's just the start of maybe years of wrangling about the future, rows about staying closer to europe or a fresh referendum coming soon. if nothing is agreed, maybe the outcome some want and many fear most. john pienaar, bbc news, chelmsford. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, is with me. are we in a position where we are seeing parliament, in this case the comments, doing battle with

government and number ten? absolutely and it is open hostility. it is an absolute battle being played out in front of all of our eyes but it is the latest and probably now the most frenzied stage inafight probably now the most frenzied stage in a fight that has been waged over many months now. almost week by week parliament has been getting one poor and then another and another on the brexit process and alongside that the impact has been, day by day, number ten and the prime minister has been ceding control of the process “— has been ceding control of the pi’ocess —— one has been ceding control of the process —— one paw. the question in the next couple of weeks will be to what end? remember, parliament might feel pretty solid in the fact that they don't like theresa may's deal but they are absolutely not solid on the question of what they would like to do instead and that is something they will have to play out with themselves if, as we expect, the prime minister's deal is to be good next week. on that very point, how do you see the range of possibilities and options after next

tuesday? it is not so much plan b as plan ar— z. there are so many different rival factions of mps on both sides of the house of commons who in the front deck maggot —— in different groupings have different preferences, whether a tight relationship with the eu, something like the relationship norway has, or something much looser like the canada option, the relation canada has threw a trade deal with the eu, whether that is leaving at the end of march with no official deal at all. but it is still the case that, depending on the very fluid political dynamics all round this, there are still people in government who believe, and i think with some justification, there is still a chance that not necessarily next week but may be on a second attempt oi’ week but may be on a second attempt or maybe even a third attempt, that something like the prime minister's deal maybe with some changes, might sneak through in the end. as we said just a few seconds ago, as things stand, parliament is not united on a better plan. all the while, the

clock is ticking down more loudly tonight than it has ever been. laura, we will talk again tomorrow. thank you very much. let's pick up on one of the biggest obstacles to the agreement. it is the so—called backstop — that's the insurance policy which aims to prevent a hard border between northern ireland and the republic if there's no deal. many mps believe it would leave northern ireland too closely bound to eu rules. today ministers suggested the stormont assembly could have a say in any new eu rules being applied in northern ireland. but given that the assembly hasn't sat for two years, some mps say the offer is worthless, as our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. being british in northern ireland for some involves banging the drum for your identity. we understand there are two traditions here. there is an irish tradition and a unionist tradition. but we don't wish to cause the irish tradition any problems. decades of violence

between british loyalists and irish republicans are now in the past. modern rules dictate both communities must govern northern ireland together but that uneasy partnership collapsed two years ago over a flawed green energy scheme. the country is falling apart without the government. one of the major sticking points is this. campaigns to get legal recognition for the irish language have failed in the face of opposition from the largest unionist party, the dup. language is about choice and it is about rights and a number of commitments were made to our community. is there a danger that this one demand from the irish language act is holding back progress in many other areas? i would flip that question and say, isn't it time that the dup moved on this? sinn fein, the largest irish nationalist party, refuse to go back into government unless a number of requests are met.

we have to give people some confidence that it is doable. i do believe that it is doable. but it will only be doable with political will, with political leadership. it will only be doable if the issues at the heart of the impasse, the issues of rights are dealt with. another obstacle is brexit. the dup has categorically rejected the controversial backstop, that plan to avoid a hard border, which again puts them at odds with sinn fein. without devolved government, life in northern ireland has stagnated. around £2 billion worth of projects are on hold. there is a debt crisis in the schools and patients have the longest waits for treatment in the uk. yet there have been no official talks here between the parties for more than ten months and still no sign of any new compromises being offered by either side. 0n brexit, the dup has shown its ability to dig in its heels, even with the party's supposed allies in the conservative government. and they have been equally resolute

when it comes to irish nationalist demands, refusing to agree to sinn fein‘s requests in particular over the irish language. they have a list of demands that they need to see dealt with before they will come back in and deal with the issues that need to be dealt with and i think that's totally u na cce pta ble. some people may say this looks like stubbornness on both sides that achieves nothing while ordinary people suffer the consequences. there is not a stubbornness from our perspective. we want to get back into the assembly and executive. we stand only on our mandate. if sinn fein wants to stand on their mandate, come into the assembly. day to day, life marches on. but without a government, it will get harder. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. the perspective in northern ireland with emma va rdy. that's all from westminster tonight

on the first day of this five day brexit debate leading to one of the most significant parliamentary votes of modern times, which takes place next tuesday. we'll be back tomorrow to see if there's any evidence that the mood among mps is changing and, with it, the likely outcome of the vote next week. in the meantime, back to clive. huw edwards, many thanks. police believe a 14—year—old boy who was murdered in east london last night, was the victim of a targeted attack. detectives say jayden moodie was knocked off a moped by three men in a car, who then got out and fatally stabbed him. the vehicle thought to have been involved has now been found. 0ur correspondent adina campbell is in leyton for us tonight. police tonight say they have made a significant development in this investigation. the car they believe was involved in the attack that led to the deaths of 14—year—old jayden moodie has been recovered this evening less than a mile away from

here. it is more than 2a hours since the teenager was killed. even though police are yet to make any arrests they have stepped up neighbourhood patrols in this area. those who knew jayden moodie says he was outgoing and knowledgeable with an interest in nature. the iii—year—old, who was under age, had been riding a moped illegally in this part of east london when he was hit by a car yesterday evening in what police say was a targeted attack. he was then stabbed multiple times by a gang of three men and died at the scene. his death has devastated this local community. jayden called me grandad. he was going to start the boxing training. his auntie and that, they bought him gloves, they were setting him up. so it's not that jayden didn't have any future. the teenager is the youngest victim of knife crime in london over the last 12 months. leyton is a busy part of east london but it's known for problems with gang—related violence and drugs.

a report last year found that those gangs were increasingly using young people and gps technology as part of their competitive criminal activity with rival groups and in some cases, inevitably, leading to people losing their lives. i have a 14—year—old son myself. very concerned about him. i will do anything i can to protect him. and thinking that somebody, some parent has lost their child and they ain't coming back, it is deeply, deeply upsetting. last year was the worst for violent crime in england and wales since 2011 and in london alone, 132 people were killed. more than half of those cases involved knives. since last night's attack, police say they have stepped up patrols in the area, including at local schools. absolutely shocking.

i didn't sleep last night thinking about that and i think about his family and his friends, what actually happened there. 14 years old. the police are here. i'd like to reassure them in terms of our efforts every single day to keep them safe. so far, no one has been arrested but police say they are continuing to make house—to—house enquiries as part of this latest murder investigation. adina campbell, bbc news. a man has been arrested after a number of suspected migrants were discovered by police in the back of a lorry, on the m6 motorway. drivers faced long tailbacks when the vehicle was stopped by officers near stoke—on—trent. police say they're assessing the welfare of those found in the lorry. 0ur correspondent richard galpin is here. what more do we know? this began this afternoon when the police stopped a vehicle on the m6 motorway between junctions 15 and i6. stopped a vehicle on the m6 motorway between junctions 15 and 16. it is

now being reported that 27 people came out of the back of the lorry and the police are saying that one man has been arrested. it is thought to be the driver that has been arrested and there are reports he is being questioned by immigration officials. ambulances were also on the scene and we think that is partly to make sure that all the people coming out of the lorry were 0k. as you say, there have been huge delays on the area on the m6, lanes have been closed for many hours affecting many people, including football fans, who were heading to the carabao cup match in manchester between manchester city and burton albion. the conservative mp for south thanet, craig mackinlay, has been cleared of breaking the rules on election expenses. he'd been accused of submitting false returns during the 2015 general election, when he beat the then—ukip leader, nigel farage. a senior conservative party official who oversaw his campaign, marion little, has been found guilty of encouraging or

assisting an offence. donald trump has walked out of a meeting with congressional leaders, after democrats told him they wouldn't fund his border wall. it was the latest attempt to end a partial government shutdown, that's causing increasing hardship for 800,000 federal employees who are not being paid. last night the president made his first televised address to the nation from the oval office, calling the situation on the border with mexico, a "humanitarian crisis". but the democrats accuse him of holding the american people hostage. 0ur north america correspondent, nick bryant reports. washington is stuck in what seems like an unending loop of gridlock and disfunction. just three sleeps away from breaking the record for the longest government shutdown in us history. my fellow americans, tonight i'm speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. summoning all the authority the oval office conveys, donald trump restated the case for his long—promised wall,

claiming it would protect americans from murderers entering illegally from mexico. how much more american blood must we shed before congress does its job? good evening. america's polarisation was on prime time display with this double act rebuttal from the democratic leadership. we don't govern by temper tantrum. no president should pound the table and demand he gets his way or else the government shuts down. then why do wealthy politicians build walls, fences and gates around their home? oh, my god! like him? nowhere was this presidential address more closely watched than in the living rooms of the 800,000 government employees who are not being paid. this is so offensive to me as a researcher. i'm sorry! but what ashaki robinson heard from this billionaire president actually escalated what for her is a personal financial crisis. he doesn't get it and he doesn't care. i think it's obvious, when you don't

mention federal workers. we've been out of work for...how many days now? 16, 17 days? didn't even mention us. it's like we don't exist. chris, did anything the president say tonight persuade you the shutdown is the right thing to do? no. did not. at all. the widespread view in washington is that the president last night failed to shift the needle, that this was a fizzer of a speech urged upon him by aides. and it's heightened republican concerns that the trump white house is losing this political blame game. president trump came to capitol hill to rally his party and later on he walked out of a meeting with democrats claiming it was a total waste of time and tweeting, "bye—bye". so, will he ultimately declared a national emergency that could allow him to totally bypass congress? nick bryant, bbc news, washington. 22 people have been arrested in the last two days in a series of police raids aimed at tackling illegal drug supplies in cumbria.

the aim was to disrupt what detectives say was a so—called "county lines" drug dealing gang, which allegedly moved drugs and people from london and coventry, to barrow—in—furness. the undercover operation was in direct response to an unprecedented number of drug—related deaths in barrow early last year. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan, who's been investigating the problems in the town over the last 12 months, has sent us this report. they go back down into this cycle of addiction. their children are doing 0k, however the long—term impact of that is a concern. we've had children picked up from school and ta ken without knowing where they are going by social workers to a new family. police, we've got a warrant! misusing drugs can have many dire consequences. a dawn raid on a suspected drug dealer. the man they are after is allegedly selling on behalf of a drug gang from london.

£1000 in cash is found and he's quickly detained. the arrest of this man in barrow was the culmination of months of police work. there were other raids in the town this morning, too. but perhaps more significantly, arrests in london and coventry as well, with police alleging that drugs were moved hundreds of miles to be sold here in barrow. in london, this woman was detained on suspicion of money laundering. in coventry, officers confiscated some heroin and crack cocaine. 22 people in total have been arrested over the past two days. it's been many months of intensive work. it has. this has been a painstaking operation, which started over 12 months ago and it was our response to the number of drugs deaths we saw in south cumbria, particularly in the barrow area. indeed, there were 12 drug—related deaths in barrow between december of 2017 and april last year. an unprecedented number for a town of 67,000 people. gangs from london coming here to add

to the ready availability anyway of illegal drugs. at this infant school, they are too familiar with the effects of drug abuse. you've had children who were actually born addicted to heroin. yes, we have had a couple of children come through school. 0n the morning police were interviewing suspects, nicky brewerton was in a meeting helping a family who misused drugs stay together. almost a third of children here have some involvement with social services. how much of your professional time is spent dealing with the consequences of substance misuse? overall, it's probably around 60—70% of my time is around social work. it is actually doing the supporting of families and parents coming to meetings. but you're a teacher? yeah. i've learned to be a social worker! the drug deaths are prompting change. 0utreach workers from a charity of former addicts now visit the local hospital, furness general, to entice patients

with drug and alcohol problems to choose life. there is no better place to be than giving back to somebody at their most desperate, desperate hour. and when you sit with them and start telling them about your story, and you just see them start to identify with where you've been and what you've done. the outreach team, policing, better support services, is making a difference. there have been just five drug deaths since april. five too many perhaps, but the town seems to be heading in the right direction. michael buchanan, bbc news, barrow. manchester city have thrashed league one side burton albion 9—0 in the first leg of their league cup semi—final. it's the furthest burton have gone in any competition, but pep guardiola's side, who currently hold the trophy, put the visitors to the sword, with striker gabrieljesus scoring four goals. it's film awards season and fresh from her triumph at the golden globes,

0livia colman has another nomination for best actress in this year's baftas, for her role in the dark period comedy the favourite. and the film leads the field, shortlisted in 12 categories. bohemian rhapsody, first man, roma and a star is born, each have seven nominations. here's our arts editor, will gompertz. who did your make—up? we went for something dramatic — do you like it? you look like a badger. the favourite is a darkly comic period drama set in the 18th—century court of queen anne, who is played by 0livia colman in a warts—and—all performance. alongside, her two co—stars, emma stone and rachel weisz. makes a sound but releases no shot. well, the favourite is clearly the favourite, but, will it win? what do you think, larushka? let's start with best film. i think the favourite is odds—on favourite to win, stick your money on it now. i think period dramas always do incredibly well, especially at the baftas. i think its biggest rival will be roma, beautiful memoir of childhood from alfonso cuaron

of his time in mexico. all right, larushka — best actor? i think it is less of a competition that it is in the best actress category, for once, this year. well, rami malek won the golden globe for best actor for his transformation into freddie mercury. but i think this is christian bale's nomination to lose. i think he was just astonishing in vice. it was a total transformation as dick cheney. the vice—presidency as mostly a symbolicjob. is mostly a symbolicjob. right, right. ok, best actress? embarrassment of riches this year. there are so many, i'm pleased to say, female—driven dramas. but i think it's got to be a competition between the wonderful 0livia colman for the favourite — surely she's got to win on home turf — but huge competition from glenn close in the wife