a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers without a formal agreement. in north america on thursday they'll vote and around the globe. on whether to request an extension my name is mike embley. to the process. our top stories: the prime minister has warned that an extension would be a long one unless mps backed a deal soon. the ayes to the right — 321. the noes to the left — 278. britain's parliament votes to reject a no—deal brexit, but still, under current law, the uk could be leaving the european union without any boeing has temporarily grounded its entire global fleet of 737 max aircraft. the us federal aviation agreement at the end of march. administration said the decision was prompted by new evidence at the scene of the fatal boeing grounds its entire worldwide ethiopian airlines crash, and also fleet of 737 max aircraft newly refined satellite data. as new evidence is uncovered about the most recent fatal a vigil has been held outside crash in ethiopia. a secondary school near sao paulo we are just hours away in brazil to remember from the announcement on whether former soldiers the eight people shot dead will be prosecuted over by two former students. northern ireland's bloody sunday shootings in 1972. most of the victims were teenagers. we hear from the officer ten others were injured in the shootout. who gave the orders. the attackers, aged 17 and 25, well, we thought, in fact, that we were under attack. later killed themselves. now on bbc news —

wednesday in parliament. hello. you're watching wednesday in parliament. another day, another government defeat on brexit. the ayes to the right — 312. the noes to the left — 308. so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock. mps vote to rule out leaving the eu without a deal. the prime minister offers them a say on whether to do a practise delay brexit. the house needs to face up to the consequences of the decision it is taken. and in other news, the chancellor delivers his spring statement but is it enough? what has he offered today for the government to do

the most basic thing and keep my children in school? mps have voted to reject a no—deal brexit. the government was defeated by four votes on a cross party amendment that opposes leaving the eu without a withdrawal agreement. the ayes to the right — 312. the noes to the left — 308. the vote does not change the law which currently says the uk will leave on march 29. but it does give a clear indication of mps thinking just to week before britain is due to leave. a later attempt to delay brexit with a slightly longer transition period was rejected. in a third vote, mps confirmed their decision to reject a no—deal brexit at any point. the ayes to the right — 321.

the noes to the left — 278. a government defeat by 43 votes. several ministers abstained and at least one has resigned. the government had asked mps to back emotion brewing out leaving without a deal on 29 but crucially not ruling out a no—deal brexit later on. as on tuesday, the prime minister gave an immediate response. the house has today provided a clear majority against leaving without a deal. however, i will repeat what i have said before. order. the house must calm itself. a long time to go today, subsequent days. keep calm. the prime minister.

mr speaker, these are about the choices that these house faces. the legal default in uk and eu law remains that the eu will leave the eu without a deal unless... order. ..unless something else is agreed. the onus is now on every one of us in this house to find out what that is. the options remain the same she said including another referendum which she rejected or negotiating in other deal which she said would not be available. mr speaker, i also confirmed last night that the client to approve leaving without a deal, the government would bring forward a march and would see if the house would agree with negotiating extension to article 50 which is a logical consequence with the votes of the past two days. the leader of the house will make an emergency business statement to change tomorrow's business. mr speaker, tonight this house is once again definitely ruled

out no deal. the prime minister said the choice was between her deal and no deal. in the last 24 hours parliament has decisively rejected both her deal and no deal while an extension of article 50 is now inevitable the responsibility of that extension lies solely and squarely at the prime minister's door. we are in a constitutional crisis. and we're in a constitutional crisis, a making of the prime minister that has run down the brexit clock and what we see from the prime minister is a denial of the facts that she has faced two enormous defeats on her meaningful vote. her deal is dead and i am delighted that the house of commons tonight has given a very clear expression that this house under no

circumstances or no time limit wants no deal. mps will spend thursday debating whether or not brexit should be delayed. the votes followed a debate that was due to be opened by the prime minister but theresa may as we have just heard is still struggling with her voice. so the environment secretary michael gove stepped in. he began by pointing out that both labour and conservatives stood on election manifestos promising to deliver the brexit referendum result. it is vitally important that we honour that manifesto promise, those instructions and our democracy. and those outside this house who sent us here to act on their will and to deliver that mandate will take a very, very dim view of those who seek to frustrate, deny or dilute the mandate that we were given. but there was confusion over what the government motion actually meant. will my right honourable friend confirm if it is still the policy of her majesty's government to keep

no deal on the table otherwise how will we get a better deal? my right honourable friend makes a point. the motion which stands in the prime minister's name and which i will vote for this evening makes it clear that we should not leave on march 29 without a withdrawal agreement. but it doesn't take no deal off the tail because as i underlined earlier, the only way in which that can be done, comprehensively, is either through revocation or agreement to a deal. and a former conservative accused the government of leaning on its critics. it's a shameful carry on, when the former chairman of the conservative party is whipped against to the extent that she will not push that amendment to the vote. this house will be denied the chance to take no deal off the table. that is the truth of it, isn't it? the right honourable lady is a distinguished criminal barrister, now i know

what it is like to be cross—examined by her and i now know why lawyers are paid by the hour. if we do choose to leave without a deal on march 29 there will be economic, political and constitutional challenges that this country will face. we are a great country. we would get through it. we would in due course ensure that this country was more prosperous, freer and more successful. and government has been working hard in order to ensure that we can be prepared for any eventuality and we can mitigate the risks of leaving without a deal. but there would be cost to industry and consumers. if we were to leave march 29 without a withdrawal agreement, we would be treated as a third country by the european union and that would mean that we would face tariffs on many of our products. and i am acutely aware that some of the highest and most severe tariffs would be imposed on food. he speaks as though there is some distance between him and the tragedy that has just outlined but isn't it the case that he is the senior

author of the tragedy that he has just outlined? doesn't he feel any sense of shame and any sense of responsibility and should he not apologise for the mess that we are facing? it is the responsibility of those who voted against withdrawal agreement last night. northern ireland has been acting under an executive two years. and he gave a stern warning of the star particle consequences if there is no deal. we in the circumstances would have to start formal engagement with the irish government about further arrangements for providing strength and decision—making in the event of that outcome. that would include the real possibility of imposing a form of direct rule. that is a grave step and experience shows us that it is very hard to return from that step and it would be especially difficult in the context of no deal. as a result of last night's vote, we face a series of unpalatable choices. the government has put forward a motion tonight that i hope the members will support and that

will ensure we do not leave on march 29 without a deal. but this has to decide what it wants and that is why i agreed with the honourable gentleman. this house has been very good at saying no and insufficiently statesman—like in supporting the prime minister in her efforts. it is now make your mind up time for this house. it is critical, it is critical that members of all sides respond appropriately. on this side of the house we have never accepted that there should be a binary choice between the prime minister's deal or no deal. between very bad or even worse is not a meaningful choice. and it would be a very sorry and to the negotiations. yesterday the house overwhelmingly voted to reject the first of those options, the prime minister's deal.

today we had the chance to reject the second. we should do so with as big a majority as possible. the mantra that my deal or no deal needs to be dead and buried tonight. the successful amendment came to rule out a no due process. the main backers where the labour mp and his constituency neighbour, the conservative dame caroline spellman. in the end she decided she could not support her own proposal. i do believe that if this house cannot back a deal that takes us out of the eu, we will be letting millions of ordinary people down. and quite frankly we don't deserve their votes if we do that. now the house knows i don't support the uk leaving without a deal in place.

it would be disastrous for the economy, especially in my region. the manufacturing industry employs so many people in the west midlands, has given so many young people that start of a well—paid skilled job, and we are already losing jobs and my region in part through brexit. she was pleased the government had refused a motion ruling out no deal on the 29th of march. the greater majority afforded by the government motion of obtaining a really large majority in this house against a no—deal brexit is greater than the opportunity that is afforded by my amendment which carried on the 29th of march. so, i really appreciate the offers of support from other parties but i will be withdrawing my amendment. she can't withdraw her amendment, heramendment has not yet been moved. her amendment is frankly in the hands of the house of commons. the right honourable lady puts forward an amendment and then chooses not to move it, that's for her judgement. and people can make their own assessment of that. it's perfectly possible for other signators to it who do stick with the wish to persist with it to do so. this so—called malthouse compromise signed by remain and leave supporting conservatives included delaying brexit until may 2019.

for future relationship is of course much more important even than a withdrawal agreement. which this house keeps turning down. it will decide ourfuture prosperity and security. so, this amendment focuses on that long—term goal given the obvious difficulties of the short—term goal of the withdrawal agreement. i know the objections, i've heard that monsieur barnier won't have it, he's already said that he won't have it. it seems to me that if we don't proceed on our partjust because michel barnier has said he won't have it, then we would never get anywhere in these negotiations. and secondly, that this is a managed no deal. as i say, i would much prefer a deal. but if we can't sign one, it is better to have a plan b that avoids chaos, that gives us years to craft a proper trade deal as part of a future relationship. so i urge colleagues on all sides whenever their views on wider european issues to look favourably on this amendment. we live in a free vote world this day so if necessary, ignore your whips, you can be nice of them tomorrow, we need ways out of this impasse. this is one.

two weeks before the brexit day, we have a responsibility to be clear what the default position is. the government has maintained for all this time that the default position is no deal. well, that's not on any more. we have to now decide tonight to vote tonight to change the default position to say we will no longer have a default position as no deal because it is too irresponsible. you are watching wednesday in parliament with me, david cornock. still to come, the chancellor unveils his spring statement on the nation's finances. before mps began their latest debate on brexit, theresa may and jeremy corbyn clashed over the outcome of monday's debate

and vote on the prime minister's deal, a vote she lost by 149 votes. the labour leader said that defeat had killed off the deal. the prime minister has previously said you can'tjust reject no deal, you need to be for something. so, with her own deal now so decisively rejected, can we be informed by the prime minister, what is she now for? does she know recognise the labour alternative, the five pillars we put forward, is the credible show in town available and ready to be negotiated ? isn't it time she moved on from her red lines and faced the reality of the situation she has got herself, her party, this parliament and this country into? the honourable gentleman talks about not wanting no deal yet repeatedly votes in a way that brings no deal closer.

can i say, the deal he is proposing actually has been rejected several times by this house. i may not have my own voice, but i do understand the voice of the country. in 16 days, the united kingdom runs a risk of crashing out of the european union with a no deal. and we know from the government's own analysis that that will crash the economy. why doesn't the prime minister show some leadership today, do the right thing, and whip all her mps to take no deal off the table on the 29th of march and forever? you could only take no deal off the table by doing one of two things. revoke article 50, which means betraying the vote of the referendum, or agree a deal. if the right honourable gentleman wants to take no deal off the table, he should have voted for the deal.

after the principle actors had had their say, it was time for other mps to question the prime minister, and one of the main issues was knife crime. there have been a spate of attacks in recent weeks, including the murder of 17—year—old jodi chesney. she was killed in a park in romford. her local mp was one of several backbenchers to ask about the issue. when two—thirds of those carrying a knife escape custodial sentence and when one in five repeat offenders avoid prison, what assurances will the prime minister give that we are serious about getting tough on knife crime, and does she understand why so many people are fed up with soft sentencing? nearly a fifth of people convicted for a second or subsequent time of possessing an illegal knife are spared a prison sentence. we would not accept this for firearm offences. will the prime minister look again

at sentencing guidelines, the sentencing practise to ensure that anyone carrying an offensive weapon gets the sentence they deserves? we are very clear thatjudges must have the powers they need to impose sentences for serious violence and knife crime. the law already provides for mandatory prison sentences for a second offence of carrying a knife and conviction of a knife or weapon offence is now more likely to result in some form of custodial sentence and for longer than at any point in the last ten years. last year, 690 children were attacked or threatened with a knife in the west midlands. parents are terrified. police officers across the country agree that there's a link between the knife crime epidemic and the prime minister's decision as home secretary to cut 20,000 police officers from our streets. is she the last person standing to deny that link? we have taken steps to increase the work we're doing

in relation to knife crime. i understand the home secretary met with the chief constable of the west midlands at the end of last week to discuss policing in the west midlands. can i say, she refers to the decisions that were taken by the government in 2010. those decisions, yes, led to some difficult decisions in terms of public sector funding, but they were taken because of the appalling set of circumstances in the economy left by labour. and tackling knife crime was a major theme of the chancellor's spring statement, which followed prime minister's questions. philip hammond announced £100 million of extra funding for six police forces in england and one in wales where serious violence is highest. he told the commons action was needed now to stamp out the menace of knife crime. the prime minister and i have decided exceptionally to make available immediately to police forces in england an additional £100 million over the next course of the year. to pay for additional overtime,

targeted specifically on knife crime and for new violent crime reduction units to deliver a wider cross—agency response to this epidemic. he made a number of other announcements on housing, technology, tackling climate change and addressing poverty. in response to rising concern by head teachers that some girls are missing school attendance due to inability to afford sanitary products, i have decided to fund the provision of free sanitary products in secondary schools and colleges in england from the next school year. despite being upbeat about the uk's economic prospects, the chancellor admitted that he was "not where i had hoped we would be today" after tuesday night's rejection of the government's brexit deal. he set out what leaving the eu without a deal would mean. higher unemployment, lower wages, higher prices in the shops.

that is not what the british people voted for injune 2016, which is why all of us have a solemn duty in the days and weeks ahead to put aside our differences and seek a compromise on which this house can agree in the national interest. assuming a brexit deal is agreed over the next few weeks and the uncertainty that is hanging over our economy is lifted, i intend to launch a full 3—year spending review before the summer recess to be concluded alongside an autumn budget. it will set departmental budgets beyond the nhs to reflect the public‘s priorities between areas like social care, local government, schools, police, defence and the environment. the chancellor also said that if the uk had an orderly transition to a future economic partnership with the eu, there would be a multibillion—pound deal dividend. the shadow chancellor called that a bribe.

even today, the chancellor has tried to use the bribe of a double—deal dividend or threat to postponing the spending review to control mps into voting for the government's deal. what we're seeing is not a double dividend, we are seeing brexit bankruptcies as a result of the delay in the negotiations. we have just witnessed a display by the chancellor of this government's toxic mix of callous complacency over austerity and its grotesque incompetence of the handling of brexit. whilst teachers are having to pay for the materials their pupils need, working parents are struggling to manage as schools close early and their children are sent home, 5,000 of our fellow citizens will be sleeping in the cold and wet on the streets tonight, young people are being stabbed

to death in rising numbers, and the chancellor turns up today with no real end or reversal of austerity, and to threaten us because this is what he means, that austerity can only end if we accept this government's bad deal over brexit. people who live in these islands have suffered through austerity for a decade. according to the benefits for it is made harder for 27 million people across the uk. this is the biggest policy behind rising poverty. costing families an average of £340 a year. if the freeze continues, by 2020, it will have driven 400,000 people into poverty. this must end now. i welcome the statement and the news that despite the best efforts and consertive efforts of those who think that by talking the uk

economy down, they can somehow stop us leaving the eu, and it's pleasing to note that employment is up, job creation is up. the government finances are in a better shape and i think it does show that we don't need the eu as some kind of economic crutch in order to enable us to stand on our own two feet. if we do get the orderly brexit that i know he and i want, can i urge him to consider schools funding in the spending review schools in my constituency who are doing enormously important work, but they are facing increased challenges with pupil volatility, complexity, rising demands, they have to do more and i would invite him to ensure that they had resources to match. i'm sure that the chancellor may have noticed that there are children over the country, including in the prime minister's constituency, and amongst these children, my children sit who will no longer be able to go to school all day on a friday anymore because my son's school is going to shut at 1:00,

like 15 other schools in birmingham and hundreds of schools across the country who have been getting in touch with me, including the prime minister's constituency. i'm sure they will be writing to her because they are certainly writing to me — what has he offered today for the government to do the most basic thing and keep my children in school? what is been given today, what will be given in the csr? and i hope he is looking forward to seeing my children because i am bringing them to be looked after by him every friday at 1:00. i shall look forward to it, mr speaker. look, today is not a fiscal event and the opportunity to look at spending priorities in the round will happen at the spending review. what i have described today, though, is a world where improving public finances mean that if we can lift the brexit cloud from our economy, get that certainty restored, we will have choices

and that is something, frankly, that we have not enjoyed in this country for a decade now because of the consequences of the crisis under the last labour government. and we end where we began with government defeats, this time in the house of lords. ministers lost votes on the trade bill, one of which would make it harder to leave the eu without a deal. the government will have to decide whether to try to reverse the changes in the commons. and that brings us to the end of wednesday in parliament, another dramatic day. thank you for watching. i do hope you would join me at the same time tomorrow to see whether mps do call for a delay to brexit. bye for now. hello again.

storm gareth brought us some very windy weather as it moved clear across northern europe. it is moving across northern europe. it is moving across parts of denmark. in the atla ntic across parts of denmark. in the atlantic you can see further active weather fronts moving atlantic you can see further active weatherfronts moving in. we're not done with the spell wet and windy weather just yet. more done with the spell wet and windy weatherjust yet. more strong weatherjust yet. more strong weather is on the way. chances are you will encounter some rain at its heaviest across parts of scotland, northern england and wales as well. these are the kind of temperatures to expect. feeling cooler given the strength of the wind. it will be a blustery day coming up on thursday. you can see how tightly packed the isobars are. pressure bringing the morning rain. it will be a soggy start to the day. pretty windy as well. the rain clears away quite quickly in the morning followed by sunshine and blustery showers. we will see sunshine moving out further south as well. it will be a blowy kind of day. gusts of wind at 50

miles an hour across the most exposed locations, and that will knock the edge off these kind of temperatures. feeling quite chilly across western scotland with those showers streaming in. thursday evening and overnight those showers continuing in the north for a time. northern ireland, england and wales, it turns cloudy with outbreaks of rain. some of the rain could be heavy as well. the contrast in temperatures thursday night, mild in the south, 10 degrees in cardiff. much colder at three in aberdeen. friday, a cloudy and damn start to the day for the england and wales. the rain not far away for england. it should brighten up with sunshine. blustery showers and some white, a bit of snow expected in the high ground in scotland. ranging from seven to 13 degrees. on the weekend, it stays blustery and stormy on saturday and there is the risk of

snow around as well. an intense area of low pressure on the forecast on saturday. wet weather for most of us. saturday. wet weather for most of us. some white on the charts. there is the risk of some snow developing on the northern edge of this system across parts of scotland. the worst of it is at 200 to 300 metres of evelyn —— elevation. that is your weather.