this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am... theresa may warns mps a failure to deliver brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy." the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, spells out what labour will do if theresa may loses the vote on tuesday. we will table a motion of no confidence in the government at a time of our choosing but it's going to be soon, don't worry about that. a bbc investigation reveals gambling addicts were able to sign back into existing online accounts by just making minor changes to their personal details. emergency services continue to battle the snow in europe with a number of ski resorts and mountain villages having to be evacuated. if the weather is changing and the snow gets heavier, the big problem is that the roofs crash down. a new system that allows people to donate to the homeless

via a contactless payment in the street is being piloted to try and deter beggers. and dateline london takes a look at us—china trade relations and whether peace will break out. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. the prime minister has said a failure to deliver brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy." writing in the sunday express, the prime minister has urged mps to back her brexit deal in tuesday's crucial commons vote. many of the other sunday papers are dominated by reports of plots and splits around brexit,

with the sunday times saying downing street has uncovered a plan by backbench mps to take control of the brexit process if mrs may loses the vote on her deal. meanwhile, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has reiterated his party's promise to table a motion of no confidence in the government if they lose tuesday's vote, but would not give details of when this would take place. with me is our political correspondent, susana mendonca. thank you forjoining us. just two days to go until the big vote, a lot of drama and manoeuvring. and a key question, what happens if and when theresa may does lose that vote? no hint of her plan b but more from the opposition leader? if theresa may loses and that is what is expected to happen on tuesday, she has three days, three working days to come back with a plan b. we don't know if

she has a real plan b. she would have to come back with that. it was supposed to be 21 days but because of the speaker allowing mps last week to change the timetable it means she has less time. labour have been talking a lot about this idea of wanting a general election and having a vote of no confidence in the government in order to spark that. but no clarity as to when exactly they will trigger that vote of no confidence. what we had from jeremy corbyn today speaking to andrew marr was again him being cryptic about when but giving us the suggestion it could be sooner rather than later. we will table a motion of no confidence in the government at a time of our choosing but it is going to be soon, don't worry about that. barry gardiner used the word immediately, that's why i'm perhaps getting over excited but i'm assuming that you'll do it very quickly? andrew, don't get too excited about it! there's only two days to wait until the vote. it's myjob. i know it's yourjob but it's two days to wait until the vote. we'll have the vote and then you'll see.

still no real clarity, hinting it will happen quickly but clearly there seems to be a great deal of tactics in all this. in the meantime, the prime minister and other senior ministers are desperately appealing to mps to get behind her. it's that last ditch attempt from the prime minister today. this vote is meant to happen in december and it was delayed, partly to try to give the pm more time to win over mps but it looks like she could still lose significantly and they are talking out —— about potentially 100 tory mps go against the government which would be massive against the government. she has written in the sunday express, basically appealing to mps who might be on the fence thinking, should i go for this or not, the perhaps ones who want there to bea not, the perhaps ones who want there to be a brexit and think that maybe if we end up not supporting theresa

may's deal, it might not happen altogether. and also to those who are worried about the prospect of a no—deal brexit and perhaps that could be the outcome if there is no agreement on this particular deal. appealing to them. we have heard from stephen barclay, the brexit secretary, the third one of course, who has been talking to andrew marr and he made the point that the vote is going to be challenging for the government, they know it will be difficult. we talked about how, if they do lose the vote on tuesday, there are plans in place but he did not specify what they were. he is making it clear that the government's view is that those who are ideological pure, trying to stick to their stances on the basis of ideology, they could end up not getting what they want in the long term. the point for brexiteers like me is that the risk posed by people in parliament who stood, the vast majority stood on a manifesto to respect brexit, both the labour party and conservative party manifestos said they would respect

the referendum result. but it is self—evidently the case that the risk of parliament acting in a way that frustrates what was the biggest vote in our history has increased. that was stephen barclay. it is becoming quite clear also that parliament itself, mps could play a decisive role in what does happen. theresa may has not said what her plan b is, plenty of others are saying what they would like to happen. plenty are saying what they would like to see happen and there area would like to see happen and there are a lot of different perspectives. there is an article in the sunday times quoting various people in the government who are concerned about the prospect of parliament, effectively a backbench mps having more of a say over the direction of what is discussed in parliament and what is discussed in parliament and what is discussed in parliament and what is voted on. this comes off the back last week of the speaker giving mps the opportunity to change the timetable. what they are suggesting

is that they could change the rules so is that they could change the rules so that emotions proposed by backbenchers have precedent over government motions. —— motion is proposed. it is clearly something the government is concerned about. jeremy corbyn was asked about the issue of the speaker and backbenchers and he said he was not sure it was happening in the way that has been suggested and that actually, as far as he was concerned, the speaker has done a good job of making sure that parliamentarians have time in the house to debate issues and he sees that as a positive. the speaker himself, john bercow, will have a pretty critical role to play in deciding what happens next and which motions and amendments are called and only last week we saw him break with precedent to allow this move which ended up with the government being defeated. exactly, and that was pivotal. as i mentioned before, it means the government now only has

three days to come back with its plan b as opposed to 21 days and thatis plan b as opposed to 21 days and that is only one example of where the actions of the speaker, he has taken on an amendment which has impacted on the government's processes and its timetable. if there are other amendments that the speaker calls, which perhaps are not the ones the government wants to see tabled at that time, that is obviously a disadvantage to them. certainly, i suppose for backbench parliamentarians, we have heard a lot over the past few months and year about whether parliament would step up and take a direct approach in actually steric brexit and i think that is what we are seeing them attempt to do right now —— steering brexit. thank you very much for now. concerns about britain's post—brexit agreements with switzerland and up to 70 other non—eu countries have been raised by the chairman of the commons international trade committee. last month, the international trade secretary, dr liam fox, announced that the uk had approved an interim trade deal with the swiss

but the snp mp angus macneil said greater clarity was needed. our business correspondent joe miller, reports. being in the eu doesn'tjust allow you to trade freely with 27 other member states. because over the years, brussels has negotiated agreements with dozens of countries around the world, including south korea and mexico, and those agreements bring down tariffs, they reduce regulation, and effectively make it easier to move goods and services across borders. last year the international trade secretary, dr liam fox, told the bbc he hopes all a0 of those agreements will be rolled over after brexit, and that 70 countries had already agreed to do so in principle. last december, he told parliament of his first triumph. of course, we have now actually initialled the first of those

major trade agreements, which is with switzerland. which is responsible for almost one fifth of the total trade within those agreements. others will follow. but the snp mp angus macneil, who chairs the international trade committee, which oversees dr fox's department, has written a letter to the secretary of state, in which he expresses concern about details of this accord. he says there has not been sufficient information about it and even raises the prospect that the freedom of movement of people, which is currently a condition of the deal between the eu and switzerland, would have to be accepted by the uk. a government spokesperson said the arrangement with switzerland replicates the existing one as far as possible, and we know that more details will be forthcoming. but if these 39 odd agreements are to pass through parliament in time for a possible no—deal brexit, thatjust leaves 11

weeks to avoid disruption with many trade partners. a man has been released on bail after being arrested in connection with incidents in westminster earlier this week. james goddard was detained by officers yesterday morning near st james's park tube station in westminster, on suspicion of a public order offence. last week a number of mps raised concerns about safety in westminster. a man has been arrested following the death of an 11—year—old boy in a hit—and—run collision in greater manchester last night. a car was found abandoned a short distance from the scene in beswick. the 31—year—old suspect remains in police custody. the gambling commission has told the bbc it plans to close a loophole that allows problem gamblers to continue betting online even after they've signed up to a self—exclusion scheme. 5 live investigates has seen evidence that those who self—exclude can easily sign back in to accounts.

gamstop says it has helped more than 50,000 people self—exclude but now the gambling commssion says it plans to ask betting firms to build in enhanced identity verification to prevent customers gambling using incorrect details to access their accounts. let's speak to labour mp carolyn harris who chairs a cross—party group of mps on gambling. tell us first of all what you make of this elevation from our collea g u es of this elevation from our colleagues at five live about this loophole which allows people who acknowledge they have a problem with gambling themselves to go back online. are not at all surprised. it's just not fit for purpose and never has been. they have had five yea rs never has been. they have had five years to get it right and they are no further on in actually identifying what they need to do to be really effective service. and

where do you think the problem lies? is it with the gambling companies themselves? do they need to do more to address this? i will always say they need to be more because they are exploiting vulnerable people and a lwa ys are exploiting vulnerable people and always have and in my opinion always will. we have to be slightly protectionist here and say that it ta kes protectionist here and say that it takes more than just tweaking a system to make it work. they really need to go back to the drawing board. it needs to be able to ban an individual online, it needs to be able to ban the actual resource that people use and they also need to be able to work with the banks to stop credit and debit cards being used for gambling when somebody has a problem. the problem seems to be that people who have self excluded, they have said that they want to stop gambling and stop doing this, if they have eight laps, they can just use slightly different details and continue to gamble online —— a lapse. if somebody has a drug problem and you put the drug dealer

in prison, it will not stop that person having a drug problem and this is what this is. it is putting a plaster over a really serious problem. it has to be a robust system and it just problem. it has to be a robust system and itjust isn't fit for purpose. he say it has to be robust but you also see it is a serious problem —— you say. do you think more efforts need to be made to tackle the problem at source, to allow people who do have difficulties with this to get the sort of help and treatment they need to break that cycle? you have hit the nail on the head. there is no treatment. we have good treatment centres but they are very few and nobody is really acknowledging this apart from those who have an interest in it, as being a dangerous addiction. we have to accept that we have people out there who are vulnerable to gambling and they are being exploited by an industry which only seems to care about profit and certainly not people. we have seen this move to reduce the stakes for

the fixed odds betting terminals, but if anything that seems to have simply driven more people to use the online sites instead. that reduction has not yet come in and we have had to fight tooth and nail to get it. it will happen in april thankfully but we had to fight the government to make sure we got it and sooner rather than later. we cannot look at online gambling and say people are not using those terminals, because in reality the bookmakers are pushing to get people to use terminals more this side of the state reduction. 0ne terminals more this side of the state reduction. one does not equate to the other at the moment. many thanks for talking to us. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may has warned mps preparing to vote on her eu withdrawal deal, that a failure to deliver brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy." the head of a scheme designed to help problem gamblers says she is "deeply concerned"

after an investigation found people were able to cheat the system. parts of germany, austria and sweden are suffering exceptional amounts of snow, with a number of ski resorts and mountain villages having to be evacuated. sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre now. hello. a big match this afternoon in the premier league, spurs could move up the premier league, spurs could move up to second in the table if they beat manchester united. the big subplot at wembley is that the spurs manager, marussia pochettino, is tipped to take over at united in the summer tipped to take over at united in the summer “— .we . we know we needed three points to be in the race for the premier league the top four at the end of the season. all that happen around

them all the rumours, or the things that you know that happen is going to happen because that is football. you do yourjob, i need to do myjob and we accept that business is how it is. but my focus is to try to find a way to win the game. you get tested every single game in the premier league, no doubt about it. but of course this is against a top side. and of course if we want to get closer to them and go past them, we need a good performance and a good result. there is one other match in the premier league today, everton taking on bournemouth. both are everton taking on bournemouth. both a re level everton taking on bournemouth. both are level on 27 points and victory would take one of them into the top half of the table. spurs against united kicks off at az30pm and there is commentary on radio 5 live both matches. the former leeds united and south africa forward phil masinga

has died at the age of 49. he was capped 58 times by south africa and played at the 1998 world cup in france. he died injohannesburg after a long illness. this time tomorrow the australian open will be under way and andy murray should have finished his first match and possibly last. he revealed a few days ago that retirement would be sooner days ago that retirement would be sooner rather than later because of the constant pain he feels following hip surgery. today, roger federer paid his tribute to murray's career. it is hard as top guys because we know andy very well and we like him. he does not have any enemies and he isa he does not have any enemies and he is a good guy and a hall of fame, legend, everybody would substitute his career with his and he is a great guy. it is a tough one but down the road he can look back and

be incredibly proud of everything he has achieved. great britain's dave ryding is is out of the world cup slalom after failing to finish the first run in tricky conditions. his podium finish on new year's day, a fourth and 11th places have helped him to fifth in the overall standings but he slid early on in his run in switzerland and he will not take part in the second run. japan's mirko suzuki is a new world darts championship having beaten lorraine winstanley at the lakeside. it comes with a cheque of £12,000. she was unseeded and is the first asian player to win a world title in the men's or women's game. the england bowler harry gurney took two wickets on his debut for the melbourne renegades but they still suffer a heavy defeat to the brisbane heat in the big bash. chris lynn hit this six into the crowd and who would catch it? what about this

foran who would catch it? what about this for an effort but he just missed it. unlucky. lucky did not break his leg! former zealand captain brendon mccullu m leg! former zealand captain brendon mccullum was one of the victims of harry gurney but his 69 helped his tea m harry gurney but his 69 helped his team to 192—4. the home side fell well short, all out for 91, a defeat by 101 runs. that is about it, there isa by 101 runs. that is about it, there is a lot more on the bbc sport website with all the build—up to those football matches this afternoon and also the latest head of the australian open. i will be back with more in the next hour. thank you. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says he is optimistic that washington and turkey can agree on a way to protect america's kurdish allies in syria after its troops leave the country. mr pompeo was speaking in the united arab emirates during a middle east tour aimed at reassuring allies after president trump abruptly announced his decision to withdraw us troops. let's talk to barbara plett usher,

our correspondent in riyadh. mike pompeo sounding optimistic that a way can be found to protect the kurds but do you think that is going to reassure those who are very concerned about the effects of the us pull—out? concerned about the effects of the us pull-out? it is one element, one of the fallouts of the us pulling out of syria. its kurdish allies are at risk of a turkish attack. in terms of that issue, it will at least signal... excuse me, to allies that the americans are trying to come up with a solution. mike pompeo said that his envoy had been...”

will let you get your voice back! there is obviously a lot of dust and dryness in the air. but it is an important issue, barbara? yes, mike pompeo said his envoy had been in north—eastern syria talking to the kurds there and was going to turkey so there is active diplomacy going on to try to come up with a solution that will ease the security concerns of the turks because they see these syrian kurds as a terrorist threat and that will also protect allies of the us who have been fighting side by side with them against islamic state for the past number of years. mike pompeo did not say what the deal might be. i have been rumours could involve some sort of border agreement, perhaps a force that is a cce pta ble agreement, perhaps a force that is acceptable to both sides but that is very much speculation at this point. mr pompeo has not given any indication of what the agreement might entail. there are other things that have concerned allies about a

us troop withdrawal as well, particularly the idea that the americans would be pulling out of territory that in effect they control, and that would open up space for the syrian regime, backed by iran and russia, to move into it. mr pompeo has said they are not retreating, it is a tactical change, they can also —— always carry out military operations with their many assets in the region but as far as allies are concerned, it still means they are not actually holding territory that can be used as leverage in terms of the outcome in syria. there was a lot of concern when president trump suddenly announced this withdrawal and although we are now being told it is under way, disappear as though the military commanders and others have made sure that this withdrawal is a much slower and more carefully phrased pull—out. —— phased. much slower and more carefully phrased pull-out. -- phased. the rhetoric has changed since mr trump

made his announcement. at the time he said they had defeated the islamic state group and our boys are coming home. now his advisers are saying that we have not completely defeated the islamic state group. it isa defeated the islamic state group. it is a position they held all along and they are repeating it. yes, we will pull out, as the president said, but it will be a slower withdrawal and done in a way that makes sure he does not give an advantage to islamic state group and also to countries like iran and russia. they have been trying to roll it back a bit and slow it down and mrtrump himself roll it back a bit and slow it down and mr trump himself has said, we need to take these things into consideration, rowing back as well. there has been a lot of confusion about the plan because it seems like mr trump's team about the plan because it seems like mrtrump's team are about the plan because it seems like mr trump's team are scrambling to respond to his abrupt and unilateral move in december and that is not fill them with a lot of confidence either. thank you very much. three skiers have been killed in an avalanche in austria, and a fourth person is still missing. the group, who are all thought to be from germany, are believed to have

made their way to a ski route in lech, which had been closed off three skiers have been killed in an avalanche in austria, because of the risk of snow slides. rescue teams found the bodies of three men late last night, but had to break off the search for the fourth person, because of heavy snowfall and the danger of a further avalanche. parts of germany, austria and sweden are still suffering exceptional amounts of snow. police in austria say three skiers have been killed in an avalanche and a fourth person is still missing. a number of ski resorts and mountain villages in the country have been evacuated. bethany bell reports from annaberg in the alps. the little town of annaberg is blanketed in white. like many mountain regions in germany and austria, it is experiencing unusually heavy falls of snow. these sensors are there to protect houses from avalanches. the authorities are struggling to remove the snow. these volunteer firefighters are working to clear the roof

of annaberg's primary school. stefan 0bermaisser from the lower austrian fire brigade says they need to ensure the building is safe enough for children to enter. the big problem is that the snow is very heavy so we have about 3.5 metres on the roofs. and that's the big problem. because if the weather is changing and the snow gets heavier, the big problem is that the roofs crash down and so it is very dangerous for the people who are living here. cars have been buried under several metres of snow. and it is a constant struggle to keep paths and roads clear. in neighbouring germany, the army is helping to clear away snow. several areas have been declared disaster zones.

and there is more snow on the way. the risk of avalanches remains very high. bethany bell, bbc news, annaberg in the austrian alps. almost a fifth of councils in england have introduced a ban on begging, yet only ten of 244 fines issued have been paid. a new system that allows people to donate to the homeless via a contactless payment in the street is being piloted in peterborough to try and deter beggers. jo taylor reports. 28—year—old max says he has been homeless for two years, and has no choice but to beg. he is standing metres away from a sign saying he is not allowed to beg. the amount of money he makes varies from day to day. how much? £7.90. it's notjust money people donate. while filming, a passer—by gave him a jumper and food. that looks warm.

yeah, a big woollyjumper. around the corner i meet andy, not his real name, who says he is homeless. due to his circumstances, we have protected his identity. i got sacked injanuary because of the pressure of the job. my mental health went downhill. across england, 5a out of 302 councils told the bbc they have introduced a public spaces protection order prohibiting begging. but only 244 fines have been issued over four years, and only ten of those have been paid. some spare change, please, ma'am? home office advice is to only use the power against genuine anti—social behaviour, and not target the vulnerable. peterborough council banned begging last year, but have not issued a single fine, as they want to give those that beg the opportunity to get off the street first. now they are trying something new. a contactless donation point. you just put your card up

to the screen and it will immediately take £3, which goes into a charitable donation. right. we want to make sure the money goes to the right place so we can provide support to get them off the streets, so they don't have to beg in the first place. the money goes into this and it will fund a number of different initiatives. is it actually going to work in stopping people holding their hand out? this is about making inroads. it will still go on, but it's about to what extent. over three months, almost £1000 has been donated through the contactless point. that is helping to fund a new day centre which offers homeless people services. the main aim is to get people off the streets for good. now it's time for a look at the weather. lots of snow causing huge problems across europe but not much sign of it here yet. we can get all the details. no snow here but red weather

warnings —— wants an avalanche warnings —— wants an avalanche warnings in austria and switzerland. no snow for us, far too mild today. something a bit cold is developing across the north with temperatures dropping in scotland for the rest of the day, already almost subzero wind chill in lerwick. 0utbreaks the day, already almost subzero wind chill in lerwick. outbreaks of rain in western scotland, they will turn wintry of a higher ground and temperatures dropping. away from that, the skies will brighten this afternoon for most, most places becoming dry, still a bit cloudy and damp in the south with highs of 12. tonight, the colder air in the north of scotla nd tonight, the colder air in the north of scotland will transfer down to the east of the uk, with its showers from eastern scotland into eastern england. a frosty start across much of scotland. the rest of us are frost free but cooler than this morning. some morning showers in eastern counties.