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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: mps have inflicted another defeat on the government — at a decisive moment in the brexit process. ba sybarite, 308, the nose to be left 297. -- be ayes. mps voted to give theresa mayjust three days to come up with a new brexit plan — if her current one is defeated next week. the only way to avoid no deal is to vote for the deal. is an the prime minister bringing back exactly the same deal she admitted would be defeated four weeks ago? —— isn't. 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. police say they have found the car believed to have been involved in the murder of 14—year—old jayden moodie — who was knocked off a moped before being fatally stabbed in east london. president donald trump has walked out of a meeting with democratic
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leaders as negotiations broke down on the 19th day of a us government shutdown. a man has been arrested and 27 suspected migrants are detained after they were found in the back of a lorry stopped by police on the m6 in staffordshire. look me! how dare you?! close your eyes! and, there's one clear ‘favourite' among the bafta nominees, as awards season picks up steam. we'll take a look at the contenders. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers kate andrews, the associate director at the institute of economic affairs, and the political journalist, jane merrick — stay with us for that. good evening.
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the troubled brexit process has taken yet another dramatic turn with theresa may being placed under even more pressure. toda, before the debate on the her brexit deal got under way, mps voted to give the government he just 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. 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.
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if her deal is defeated next week, as i hope and expect it will, will the prime minister to 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
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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
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than a week to come up with new goods. take a breath for a moment. for number 10, 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 years 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,
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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. let's speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley, who joins us from westminster. nick, a continuation of the debate that was suspended just before christmas. are we hearing any different kinds of arguments as a result of some christmas cheer or not? the simple answer is no, not really. many of the arguments we have heard today and i suspect many of the arguments we will hear of the
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next four days in parliament, too, are the same ones we wear hearing in december. and, crucially, it does not appear yet, anyway, that anything big enough to change the opinion of the conservative mps who are against this deal, it does not seem are against this deal, it does not seem that anything big enough to change their minds has happened. yes, the pm has offered some assurances, as she sees them, northern ireland, a bunch of them we re northern ireland, a bunch of them were published earlier today. they don't seem to have been enough so far. 0ne don't seem to have been enough so far. one interesting development tonight, the daily mirror newspaper is reporting that the government is thinking about accepting an amendment to the withdrawal agreement which would enshrine the eu laws on workers' writes in british law, the same ones that europe has at the moment would end up europe has at the moment would end up being transferred into uk law and potentially the uk could end up replicating some of the changes the eu makes down the line —— workers'
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rights. my understanding is that number 10 rights. my understanding is that numberio are rights. my understanding is that number 10 are considering accepting that amendment, which i think would be seen as an attempt to win over potentially some labour waverers. i think if the government is going to get this through it is going to need at least some backing from labour backbenchers. it is very unlikely it will get the backing of the labour frontbench. you see verdi different ways that the government is trying to find different groups —— there be different. you know what? it still seems extraordinarily unlikely that theresa may will make up those numbers. as we heard in laura's piece that, if she doesn't, if she loses the vote, she has a very short time to come back to parliament with a plan b and faces the prospect of a bunch of other different ones being brought back by mps as well. was she might be reaching out to labour with a suggestion that there might be an
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attempt to enshrine workers' rights, european law in relation to workers' rights into british law, there are members of her own party, 20, winner yesterday, and other bunch of rebels today who voted against the government and is, of course, the dup are implacably opposed to the deal as it stands at. yes, absolutely. it still seems extremely unlikely, barring a minor miracle, that the prime minister is going to win over the dup over the next week or so. so you happy brexiteers in her party who, some of whom, it is almost impossible to convince, some of them can be convinced, but she would need to convince almost all of them and win over the dup and get some labour waverers to come over to her side to win that vote next tuesday. that seems like a gargantuan task and has four weeks. there doesn't seem to, so far anyway, have been the movement that would need to happen to suggest
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there is a trajectory that means that it there is a trajectory that means thatitis there is a trajectory that means that it is possible. so at the moment, where we are sitting just now, very few people have changed their minds from december, the prime minister still needs to win over dozens minister still needs to win over d oze ns of minister still needs to win over dozens of them if she is going to win next tuesday. that seems extremely unlikely. 0k, win next tuesday. that seems extremely unlikely. ok, but, is there a possibility that the government and theresa may have realised, 0k, we are going to lose it, but it is how much we lose that dictates the future direction of travel? if it is within 20 or 30, perhaps, i will have some authority to go back to the european union and try to get some sort of concession. if it is much, much more than that perhaps i am finished. if it is much, much more than that perhaps i am finishedlj if it is much, much more than that perhaps i am finished. i think you are absolutely right. the numbers will absolutely matter if the government is defeated, how much it is defeated by. if it is well over 100 it becomes hard to see how theresa may wins over those 100
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people to get her deal back on track without some major concessions. 0ne school of thought that has been bandied about in parliament that isn't in the official position, that some mps have smack you lebanon, if it isa some mps have smack you lebanon, if it is a queue mediating to feature goes back to brussels and says there is no way i'm getting this through, we have to make big changes, it is —— a school of thought potentially. if there is a fairly small margin of defeat for the government, it is possible that the pm goes back to brussels and says, look, we are nearly there, there are 30 mps i need to win over and then we are the finishing line. we can get this done. give me else. give me something on the that i can go back to these mps and say here it is, we have won another concession, let's do this, let's get this done and over. the problem is, every time the prime minister has tried to get
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assurances, she got something but it has never been enough. she has never, so far, managed to come back to parliament with something that changes the game, that wins over a large swathe of mps and gives her some comfort in this process. so we have been speaking for months about what the prime minister is going to brussels to get, whether it will be enough, whether it is possible she will get that game changer. itjust hasn't happened yet. is it possible it could happen if she loses the vote ? it could happen if she loses the vote? yes. anything in this process now seems possible. but it is so far from guaranteed that i don't think anybody is banking on it being a definite. so if the pm does lose that vote next tuesday it really will now open a pandora's box, because mps can then force different alternatives onto the table and try and test whether they can get them through, rather than what the prime minister's achieved. nick, thanks
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for that. we hope nick talking about the backstop. one of the biggest obstacles to agreement 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
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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. it 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.
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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.
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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 headlines on bbc news: the prime minister's plans for brexit have received a major setback after mps defeated the government for a second time in 2a hours. police say they have found the car believed to have been involved in the murder of 14—year—old jayden moodie, who was knocked off a moped before being fatally
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stabbed in east london. president trump calls a meeting with democrats to end the government shutdown a total waste of time, as both sides dig in. 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 reports. those who knew jayden moodie says he was outgoing and knowledgeable with an interest in nature. the 1a—year—old, who was underage, 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.
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his death has devastated this local community. jayden called me granddad. he was going to start the boxing training. his auntie, and that, they bought him gloves, they was 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 is 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. yeah, i have a 14—year—old son myself. i'm very concerned about him. and i'll do anything i can to protect him.
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and thinking that somebody, some parent, has lost their child, and they ain't coming back, it's 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. 1a 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 27 suspected migrants were discovered by police in the back of a lorry on the m6 motorway. drivers faced long tailbacks
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after part of the motorway was initially closed in both directions, after the vehicle was stopped by officers near stoke—on—trent. it is understood those on board were medically assessed and transferred to immigration officials for interview. 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 is 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 has the latest. 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,
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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 itsjob? 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 homes? 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 aren't being paid. this is so offensive
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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 said 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. but it has heightened republican concerns that the trump white house is losing this political blame game. president trump came
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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 declare a national emergency that could allow him to totally bypass congress? nick bryant, bbc news, washington. it is film awards season, of course, 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 is 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. ..makesa sound, but releases no shot. well, the favourite is clearly the favourite, but will it win?
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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's less of a competition than 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. 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
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0livia colman for the favourite, surely she's got to win on home turf, but huge competition from glenn close in the wife, where she plays the apparently downtrodden wife of a nobel prize winner. so, while i was out being a drunken lush, you were seducing the luscious lynia? nothing happened. 0w! let's move on to best supporting actor. i think richard e grant for can you ever forgive me is likely, because he's never been nominated for a bafta. i've just come from having my teeth bleached. how do they look? he's almost a sort of minor national treasure, and his role in can you forgive me is a bit like withnail and i revisited. but mahershala ali — he won for green book at the golden globes. he could win. will win.
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dear dolores. d-e-a-r... and finally — best supporting actress? i think the two favourite ladies are the two favourites — rachel weisz and emma stone, and i think emma stone is going to swing it. fantastic to see a film which had three female leads this year. progress? maybe. but it is also worth noting that once again there was no female representation in baftas' best director category. will gompertz, bbc news. and we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with kate andrews, who is associate director at the institute of economic affairs, and the political journalist jane merrick. that is coming upjust after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it is time for the weather, with chris fawkes. the conditions with a north—westerly breeze continuing to work in. and so it is one of those nights that should stay frost free. temperatures in the towns and cities between around four and seven celsius. 0ver the last couple of nights, we have
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talked about the jetstream being blocked, this large amplitude pattern being slow to move eastwards and that is why we have had that loitering high pressure. but there are signs of change later this week. it takes a different kind of pattern and this less amplitude pattern is mobile, meaning weather systems will be able to move across the atlantic as we would normally see at this time of year. the friday, subtle changes in the weather picture. it will be a mild and cloudy day for most, perhaps a bit of sunshine to the east of high ground, the east of the east of high ground, the east of the pennines, eastern scotland, a few showers in the north—west scotland. temperatures mild for the time of year, highs between eight and 10 celsius. there will be more in the way of change as we head into the weekend, as thejetstream patent allows these weather systems to move in as the block breaks down. saturday sees a cold front move its way across southern england. a little bit of rain on that, not too much, and a warm front moving across scotla nd much, and a warm front moving across scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon. this will be bringing some heavy rain. temperatures are still on the mild
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side. highs between nine and 11 celsius, very marked at this stage of january. the second celsius, very marked at this stage ofjanuary. the second half celsius, very marked at this stage of january. the second half of the weekend stays mild as well. quite brisk winds around and the number of showers and lengthy spells of rain across the north of the uk. those temperatures, through sunday afternoon with some brighter spells we could see highs getting up to 1213dc, very mild indeed. there will be further changes as we look at the weather in the next week. on monday again it is a fairly quiet weather picture, more in the way of sunshine across southern parts of england and wales. rather cloudy in the north—west with some passing showers. we are still on the mild side but temperatures coming down a little bit, highs between eight and 10 celsius, and if we look at the jetstrea m 10 celsius, and if we look at the jetstream again, as we look into next week's weather, it will be taking a different kind of pattern with these less amplified ridges and troughs. some of these troughs will be firing low pressure systems towards the uk, and that is going to
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be bringing a spells a fairly wet and windy weather at times. relatively mild at the start of the week but there might be a tendency to get some cool weather as cold fronts to get some cool weather as cold fro nts m ove to get some cool weather as cold fronts move through. that can actually bring some wintry showers for some of us as well, so it is one of those weeks that is unsettled, quite windy at times with spells of rain and some pretty large swings in temperatures from one day to the next. that's your latest weather. goodbye for now. hello. this is bbc news with clive myrie. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. mps have inflicted another defeat on the government — at a decisive moment in the brexit process.
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