welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america changes to her brexit deal, and around the globe. ahead of a crunch vote my name is lewis vaughanjones. in westminster on tuesday. our top stories: the alterations involve the backstop — the guarantee of no hard border theresa may and eu officials agree in northern ireland. european commission president "legally—binding changes" jean—claude juncker warned to the brexit deal, if the deal was voted down ahead of a crucial vote in the british parliament. today we have secured legal changes. there was "no third chance". now is the time to come together to back this improved brexit deal us aviation authorities say and to deliver on the instruction they believe the boeing 737 max aircraft, of the type that crashed in ethiopia of the british people. on sunday, is airworthy. airlines around the world have grounded nearly 80 planes over safety concerns. european commission president investigators have found the voice jean—claude juncker warns voting down the deal would put and data recorders but it will be a while before the findings everything at risk. in politics, sometimes are made public. you get a second chance. it is what we do with the second chance that counts because there algeria's ailing president, will be no third chance. abdelaziz bouteflika, has pulled out of a bid for his fifth term in office, investigators recover the voice and data recorders from the ethiopian air crash. following widespread protests. but as more airlines ground the type of plane involved — now on bbc news —

monday in parliament. hello and welcome to monday in parliament. the menus from westminster. the government announces the outcome of the latest brexit negotiations —— main news. the prime minister, and my right honourable friends, the secretary of state from exiting the eu, have secured legally binding changes that strength and improve the withdrawal agreement and political declaration. feelings run high in the commons as mps complain about a lack of time to consider any new brexit proposals. the government is being utterly irresponsible and reckless. is this incompetence or is this just co nte m pt incompetence or is this just contempt for parliament? also on the programme, the home secretary defends his decision to strip

shamima begum of her british citizenship, but leaver vichy was britain's responsibility. -- but labour say she was britain's responsibly. now we know that baby is dead. but first, the brexit negotiations continued on monday with the uk again seeking changes to the eu withdrawal agreement. the prime ministerflew to the eu withdrawal agreement. the prime minister flew to strasbourg for talks with jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission. ministers promised mps a vote on the brexit deal on tuesday. the mood in the commons was tense, with mps saying they wouldn't know until the last minute what they were being asked to vote on. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn secured an urgent statement from the government in the hope of hearing from the prime minister. to ask the prime minister... if she will make a

statement on progress made in achieving legal changes to the eu withdrawal agreement and the timetable for approval in this house through a meaningful vote. timetable for approval in this house through a meaningfulvote. hear, hear. thank you, mr speaker. as negotiations are ongoing, thank you, mr speaker, as negotiations are ongoing on this matter and are at a critical stage, i am ongoing on this matter and are at a critical stage, lam new ongoing on this matter and are at a critical stage, i am new to update the house on the latest developments. clearly, i cannot pre—empt the sensitive discussions. lam sure pre—empt the sensitive discussions. i am sure the house understands that i'm not able to share details engage in speculation about talks that are still ongoing. but i can assure the out that as soon as there has been a conclusion to the negotiations the house will be updated. the meaningful vote will take place tomorrow and the motion will be tabled today at head of that debate. it is then there's house will face a

fundamental choice, backed the brexit deal, or face prolonged uncertainty. this is a government in chaos with a country in chaos because of this mess. i left my office at 20 past three, at that time downing street was unable to confirm he would be responding to my question. and it seems that the what's up group for a lottery or something has chosen the memberfor worcester tre blow to the house. when my question was to the prime minister. if the deal was rejected again he hopes the prime minister would be willing to compromise. this chaos, mr speaker, i cannot go on much longer. the fate of people's workplaces and jobs and businesses is at stake the longer this government fails to negotiate and simply give up to give government fails to negotiate and ' ' u government fails to negotiate and simply give up to give up after dinnerand simply give up to give up after dinner and then further delay. it is time for answers. we are 18 days away from the scheduled uk exit from

the eu. 18 days. and yet this government still has no plan to protectjobs and government still has no plan to protect jobs and living government still has no plan to protectjobs and living standards. the prime minister is guilty of neglect. she has proven incapable of governance , neglect. she has proven incapable of governance, incapable of negotiation, and utterly, utterly incapable of leadership european union has known for some considerable time that we have this vital vote tomorrow. supposing they do actually offer to pull some rabbit out of the hat sometime late tonight, what does this say about the bad faith in which they have been negotiating? minister. it is our determination to progress negotiations in good faith. we have done so throughout. i'm sure the european union will want to show its good faith by meeting the concerns of their sales. the minister is asking us to accept, as a parliament, about two and a half yea rs parliament, about two and a half years after the referendum he is

going to give us less than, well, maybe a few hours to have a look at the deal that the deal that the prime minister may or may not include a sometime overnight so we can have one of the most important votes this entire parliament will hold. that is not acceptable, is it? withdrawal agreement gives certainty to the british and european citizens most affected by brexit. it gives our businesses the certainty of a transition period. it brings certainty about the size of the bill we have to settle. does my honourable friend agree that the one individual who is bringing uncertainty by his refusal to negotiate on a compromise is, in fa ct, negotiate on a compromise is, in fact, the leader of the party opposite. given the opposition are requesting effectively an extension to the meaningful vote, would the minister take from this that we, perhaps, should consider putting off the vote until parliament has time to consider what the prime minister brings back? i note my honourable

friend's representations, but the governor disley we will be having a meaningful vote tomorrow. he government promised a statement on the bretton negotiations late in the day. it emerged it could take place rather late in the evening —— brexit negotiations. it added to the fraught move in the commons. on the government's website at the moment, there is a month—long consultation on the door closure warnings on the tee allah. so there is now more consultation on door closure warnings than the entire future of our country and what will happen with brexit —— dlr. doesn't he think that the government is being utterly irresponsible and reckless? is this incompetence or is this contempt for parliament? i hear what the right honourable lady says. i think it is important that we treat of this business in a responsible way and pa rt of business in a responsible way and part of treating it in a responsible way means ensuring that colleagues,

parliamentary colleagues, and very importantly backbenchers, have the opportunity to express their will. both in written and spoken form, as well as by boat. sol both in written and spoken form, as well as by boat. so i don't want to reach a premature judgement. letters keep an eye on this as the day unfolds. for those of us who find the palpitations are starting in relation to the week ahead of us, could i ask, at the words like as the day unfolds is quite inducing of panic in some members, even those who do not have an executive role, could i ask is there a precedent on such an important matter that members are not being given 2a hours just to plan, to discuss points of common interest amongst others from other benches and so on, is there a precedent of this sort of

decision—making? precedent of this sort of decision-making? the answer to the honourable lady, i am sorry if she is concerned, i don't cavil at that, these are very important times for all of our. and he said there would not be a precise precedent. the particular circumstances of brexit are a little different from anything else that has previously occurred. and later in the evening, a government minister came to the commons to update mps about the brexit negotiations. the prime minister and my right honourable friend the secretary of state for exiting the eu have secured legally binding changes that strengthen and improve the withdrawal agreement and political declaration. the houseboat clearly on the 29th of january, when it voted in favour of honouring the decision of the british people and leaving european union with a deal that networks of uk. the primary issue was the northern ireland

backstop. this house said it needed legally binding changes. and today thatis legally binding changes. and today that is what the prime minister and the secretary of state have achieved. and, tonight, we will be laying two new documents in the house. ajoint laying two new documents in the house. a joint legally binding instrument on the withdrawal agreement and protocol on northern ireland and a joint statement to supplement the political declaration. the first provides confirmation that the eu cannot try to trap the uk in the backstop indefinitely and that doing so would be an explicit breach of the legally binding commitments that both sides have agreed. i will wait to see the detail, but as i understand it, this document, the withdrawal agreement, is being placed on the table, as it were, tonight for a vote tomorrow. this agreement are unchanged. and if lam this agreement are unchanged. and if i am wrong about that and that this

document has been changed, i am sure i will be corrected injust a minute. that cannot be described as legally binding changes to the backstop —— legally binding changes to the backstop — — legally legally binding changes to the backstop —— legally binding. we will have to see what they are in full. allow the attorney general to change his opinion under international law the backstop would endure indefinitely. the secretary of state has gone on about changing the peace process guarantee. that is what the backstop is, it is a peace process guaranteed. we should not call it anything else. despite the spin, that guarantee remains in place and it must remain in place. can the secretary of state confirmed that the government is still bound by the political guarantee that it entered into in december2017, political guarantee that it entered into in december 2017, that it is the uk government's responsibility to come up with a way of managing the irish border that complies in its entirety would be belfast agreement is? you are watching monday in parliament with me, kristiina cooper.

the home secretary, sajid javid, was called to make an urgent statement about shamima begum. the teenager from london who fled this area to join the islamic state group in 2015. he has stripped of her british citizenship because the government believes she can claim bangladeshi nationality and, as such, hasn't been rendered stateless. at the weekend, her baby, which she said is her third died in a syrian refugee camp, mrgabbert said her third died in a syrian refugee camp, mr gabbert said he regretted the baby's camp, mr gabbert said he regretted the ba by‘s death camp, mr gabbert said he regretted the baby's death but defended his actions. it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the details of an individual case, although clearly the loss of any child is a tragedy. but if i may, i will address some of theissues but if i may, i will address some of the issues that have been raised. first, these decisions are made very carefully, where citizenship depravation is made decisions are based on advice and intelligence

from the security services, from counterterrorism police, and specialist security and legal officials in the home office. when people dedicated to keeping our country people dedicated to keeping our cou ntry safe people dedicated to keeping our country safe irfan in formed a recommendation, any home secretary should listen very carefully. second, we are unable to provide support to british national is within its area as the uk government does not have a consular presence there —— syria. third, the status of a child does not change if their pa rents‘ a child does not change if their parents‘ british citizenship is subsequently revoked. the shadow home secretary, diane abbott, deplore the chain of events that led to the death of shamima begum's baby. when she was 15, shamima begum made a very bad decision. and it is arguable that much of the tragedy that has engulfed her since then flows from that decision. it is also

the case that in recent times she has made some reprehensible state m e nts has made some reprehensible statements in the media. but the home secretary will be aware that on this side of the house we believe that she and her baby should have been allowed to return home. now we note that baby is dead. we believe she should have been allowed to return home, because this schoolgirl, born and brought up in bethnal green, was britain's responsibility. and, as it happens, this is a general view of the president of the united states, but above all, bringing the mother and the baby home would have given the baby a chance of life. instead, the home secretary, in the face of a media outcry, chose to strip shamima begum of her citizenship. the home secretary will be aware that many

authorities content it was done in legally because she was not a dual national. i can only repeat article 15 of the un declaration of human rights, everyone has a right to a nationality. no wine should be arbitrarily deprived of their nationality ——no one. arbitrarily deprived of their nationality --no one. it wasn't long before things got heated with the security minister heckling. we understand the issue of keeping british people safe, but this was a british people safe, but this was a british baby who is now dead, and i put it to the home secretary nobody on this side of the house condones... on this side of the house condones. .. stupid on this side of the house condones... stupid man. order! order! order! mrwallace, please, i respect your governmental responsibilities and the seriousness with which you take them, but i do

appeal to you just to listen to the exchanges. you can always look wise, thatis exchanges. you can always look wise, that is not difficult for you, but it is therefore you to listen. they insisted the government couldn't have intervened to save the child. this government is committed to protecting british citizens, but it is very different but it comes to a war zone where there is no concealer lessons. that is a fact notjust under this government, it has been factual and successive government and it is true for many other european countries for the same reasons we don't have a consulate presence, they don't. whichever british citizen in syria in that war zone that the lady might be referring to, whether a child or an adult, especially in the case of a child, as much as someone might want to, if there is no concealer presents, there is no way for british authorities to provide any type of assistance. aviation expert and investigating what caused

ethiopian airlines boeing 7117 to crash soon after takeoff on sunday. all 157 people on board were killed. it is the second time in six months of this type of rolling 737 known as the max eight has crashed in the first few minutes of flight. last october a lion air plane crashed into the sea off indonesia, killing all 100 and 89 people on the flight. in the house of lords, a labour peer who is a former pilot voiced his concerns about the significance of the two accidents. my lords, i flew the two accidents. my lords, i flew the 737 200 and 300 and in my day we had a rule. if it can go wrong from it will go wrong. industry seems to have lost sight of this rule. i believe everybody involved will be shown to be in dereliction of their duty. a ruling that not need to be informed of the new system on cost grounds, the faa for agreeing to it,

agreeing after initially imposing the position. reports suggest the latest crash is related. what will the noble lady of the minister do? can she explain why the government is not taking immediate action to ground this aircraft until they have had satisfactory explanation of the crash? my lords, as the noble lord pointed out, the investigation into the liner accident is still ongoing and obviously the accident happened only yesterday. we are working very closely with people discussing the accident who are working with the us federal aviation administration and any decision to ground flights is taken at an international level is. the key is sharing information. large batches of darter and now the releva nt large batches of darter and now the relevant safety authorities to

highlight specific problems, yet tomorrow, they will discuss the aviation safety regulations, which in the event of a no deal brexit will cut us off from the automatic flow of information that the noble lady of the minister has referred. my lady of the minister has referred. my noble friend agree that while safety must of course be the principle of consideration, the confidence of air travellers is also very important. when one has two accidents involving a new model of aircraft within quite a short time, thatis aircraft within quite a short time, that is always the source of a particular concern, and in matters of these kind, in matters of this kind, it is usually better to are on the side of caution in taking action, and even to be premature rather than to let things run on. action, and even to be premature rather than to let things run onlj agree with my noble friend that it is right to are on the side of

caution. the aircraft was a boeing 737 max eight as it was in the previous crashed and there has been lots of speculation as to whether there is a link. it is to early to speculate on the cause of any similarities and that will obviously bea similarities and that will obviously be a line of investigation. what advice would she give reddish citizens who are thinking of travelling on one of these aircraft in the near future? my lords, as i said, safety is our number one priority. the fibrillation and she and authority lead the way on that for us in the country —— civil aviation authority. any of the 737 max eight, they did a full assessment taking into account the findings ofa assessment taking into account the findings of a lion air accident. the department and see a car are in close contact with the operator to ensure that the aviator is safe. the press secretary has been pressed a year earlier than planned. and the rudd appeared before the committee ahead of the chancellor spring

statement later this week. she was challenged with figures from the house of commons library. freezes on benefits in 2010 mean that by next year and out of work single parent with one child will be £888 worse off and a single... a couple with two children working to divide hours a week on the minimum wage, they have seen the minimum wage increase, will still be £1845 a year worse off than they were back in 2010. that is a huge amount of money to take out of the system. the ones in work who are able to take advantage of the reduced rate are the ones able to benefit from the rise in the national living wage, many families will not be disadvantaged by this. the example of the married couple with two children at work. they have lost 1800 quid. it will be useful if we get the example by correspondence, but some examples of

things that have improved our standard of living for people, removing the seven waiting days, that too weak one of hp, the increase of the work allowances, the two week run ofjf a and support, plus there has been additional things around free entitlements for child care as well, so an example, the example of the person working however many hours a week, depending on the age of their child, could benefit from that. the living wage has gone up by 14%. people have suffered huge losses, nothing to do with the universal credit. we are actually talking about the benefits, they haven't changed benefits during his period in which the living standards have been cut. and they have been cut. so we are not saying we doubt the calculation. we are saying we haven't seen the basis of

those calculations, and it would be possible for me to produce other calculation where people are better off because they have benefited from the list of things that we... but we do accept that overall, even universal credit is more generous than the legacy system... groups of people. over roll, £2 billion a year more generous. we accept the whole system is less generous than if there hadn't been a benefit freeze. how can it be right that we are still, given that we are ahead of our target on saving in the benefit part, how on earth could it be right to expect people to live on the subsystems living? universal credit is not enough to live on. do you agree? the point you are asking about is the four—year freeze that will come to an end next year. just recall the purpose of the freeze was twofold, one of which was to make

the welfare benefit system sustainable so we could afford it because in 1997 and 2010 it had gone up because in 1997 and 2010 it had gone up by because in 1997 and 2010 it had gone up by over 60%, and i think that was 84 billion in real terms. up by over 60%, and i think that was 84 billion in realterms. but people had to be able to afford to live on it. that is the practical consequence. it. that is the practical consequence. but people had to pay for it as well. the government has tried to target support in the areas where it is needed most and where it delivers on the government's aim to try to get more people into work. that is why we have seen the changes, why have we have seen the changes, why have we have seen the changes to the run—on, the work allowa nce changes to the run—on, the work allowance and the takeaway. that is where the money has been put in additional to the national living wage which has gone up in the past year.. wage which has gone up in the past year. .. to get the freeze lifted this year. i have private conversations with the chancellor, mrchairman, buti conversations with the chancellor, mr chairman, but i am satisfied that right amount of money has gone in and instead of trying to address the freest, to address low incomes, one

of which is the national living wage and the others i have set out. so the freeze will stay? the freeze will stay. we end with a celebration. it is a savvy and fiat anniversary of the commonwealth. members of the royal family led anniversary of the commonwealth. members of the royalfamily led by the queen went to westminster abbey for a service to mark the occasion. the theme of the event is encouraging the 53 member countries to protect their natural resources and the environment. the subject prompted an array of contributions in the commons. many of us were rather disappointed that in 1972 when wejoined the rather disappointed that in 1972 when we joined the european rather disappointed that in 1972 when wejoined the european union, the commonwealth was treated somewhat shabbily. can i get a commitment from the government they are now going to work full—time as an independent country with an ability to do free trade deals outside the european customs union to create the greatest free trade area in the world, namely the commonwealth? like all international organisations, it is not perfect. cani organisations, it is not perfect. can i say that one thing i have noticed in all the years i have been

in this place that it is still quite difficult, still quite difficult to have serious policy discussions with people, parliamentarians like duff on issues of common concern. it is difficult. i know this is a year that we have much greater influence in the commonwealth, and could she promised me that she would look at how we can really facilitate serious policy discussions across the commonwealth, so less junkets and less having an enjoyable receptions and morse and serious work on policy. brings us to the end of monday in parliament. david corner will be tracking brexit development for the rest of the week, but from me, goodbye. hello there.

storm gabbin will be very close to the north—west of the uk late on tuesday, but we have strong to gale force winds quite widely early this morning. we also have this spell of rain in northern england, wales and the south—west by this stage that will run south—east which could be heavy rain for a while. as it clears, the wintle eased out a little. sunshine and showers and with his wet weather coming to the north—west wind really starts to pick up once again. drawing in some cold air, so this is the arrival of storm gavin, and winds touching 70 or 80 miles storm gavin, and winds touching 70 or80 miles an storm gavin, and winds touching 70 or 80 miles an hour in northern ireland and western scotland, especially near the coast. rain pushes into england and wales overnight and we get the wind picking up here, typically 50, 60 mile an hour costs. it stays windy into wednesday, a slow easing of the winds, sunshine and showers, rainy

northern ireland later and temperatures in double figures.