the us has sanctioned two turkish ministries and three senior government officials in response to the country's military offensive in northern syria. this comes as the war looks set to enter a new phase with syrian government forces on the move to help kurdish fighters under attack from turkey. protests have erupted in barcelona after spain's supreme court sentenced nine catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison. large crowds of protesters clashed with police at barcelona's international airport. margaret atwood and bernardine evaristo have been named the joint winners of the 2019 booker prize after the judges broke their rules by declaring a tie. the pair will split the prize money, each taking home about $63,000. margaret atwood is the oldest winner of the book prize and bernard is the first black winner. —— bernadine.

now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the programme on the day the queen came to westminster for her 65th state opening of parliament. coming up, after the grand ceremonial, it's down to business with a pledge from the government to get brexit done. my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of october. with no commons majority and an election predicted, borisjohnson‘s plans may have little chance of becoming law, but he defends his ideas on fighting crime, the nhs and the environment. in important respects, this country is the greatest place to live and to be.

the greatest place on earth. butjeremy corbyn isn't impressed with what's on offer. the prime minister promised that this queen's speech would dazzle us! 0n closer inspection, mr speaker, it is nothing more than fool's gold. so, after a wet weekend, the state 0pening was always going to be a rather soggy affair, but early morning rain cleared away, so the crowds lining the mile were able to stow away their brollies and catch a glimpse of regal finery. her majesty left buckingham palace in a horse—drawn carriage, making her way down the mile to parliament square and into the palace of westminster. the queen no longer wears the imperial crown to read her speech, so it was carried in front of her by the lord chamberlain, the marquess of chumley.

she was accompanied by her consort for the day, the prince of wales. with her majesty in place on the throne, it was time to bring in mps. the procession of black rod from central lobby to the commons took place in time—honoured fashion. but history was made by sarah clark, the first woman ever to hold the post, though she got the same response from mps as her male predecessors as she approached the chamber. the door slammed in herface, the traditional expression of the lower house's primacy over the lords. so black rod had to knock. black rod! mr speaker, the queen commands this honourable house to attend her majesty immediately in the house of peers. and there was another further tradition to observe.

the microphones didn't quite pick up dennis skinner, the labour mp for bolsover, whose signature quip at this point in the proceedings was a terse "i'm not going". and with that, mps filed towards the lords. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn leading the way, though with little chit—chat between the two. finally, before the speech got under way, a lost tradition was revived, as robert buckland, the lord chancellor and justice secretary, decided to deliver the speech to her majesty in full wig and gown. although having handed her the parchment, he decided not to walk backwards down the steps and instead turned his back on the monarch. and with that, the queen delivered the speech, written for her by government ministers. the first item on the menu, brexit. my government's priority has always been to secure the united kingdom's departure from the european union

on the 31st of october. my government intends to work towards a new partnership with the european union based on free—trade and friendly co—operation. my ministers will work to implement new regimes for fisheries, agriculture and trade, seizing the opportunities that arise from leaving the european union. an immigration bill ending free movement will lay the foundation for a fair, modern and global immigration system. my government remains committed to ensuring that resident european citizens who have built their lives in and contributed so much to the united kingdom have the right to remain. there were two other major themes — crime and the environment. my government is committed to addressing violent crime and to strengthening public confidence in the criminal

justice system. new sentencing laws will see that the most serious offenders spend longer in custody to reflect better the severity of their crimes. measures will be introduced to improve the justice system's response to foreign national offenders. my government will work to improve safety and security in prisons and to strengthen the rehabilitation of offenders. my ministers remain committed to protecting and improving the environment forfuture generations. for the first time, environmental principles will be enshrined in law. measures will be introduced to improve air and water quality, tackle plastic pollution and restore habitats so plants and wildlife can thrive. legislation will also create

new legally binding environmental improvement targets. a new world—leading independent regulator will be established in statute to scrutinise environmental policy and law, investigate complaints and take enforcement action. proposals will also be brought forward to promote and protect the welfare of animals, including banning imports from trophy hunting. in total, 22 new bills were announced. as well as brexit, crime and the environment, there was a promise to support and strengthen the nhs — with a new body to investigate serious health care incidents — laws to implement new building safety standards in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster and a move for all voters to have to produce id before voting. well, after the queen had read out the speech, peers packed up their ermine robes, for now at least, and mps returned to the commons, where they later began debating what had been proposed.

as is tradition, the leader of the opposition got to speak first, and jeremy corbyn said what many around westminster are thinking, that a general election might be just around the corner, leading to another queen's speech sometime very soon. there has never been such a farce as a government with a majority of —45 and a... and a 100% record of defeat in the house of commons setting out a legislative agenda they know cannot be delivered in this parliament! i'm grateful to the right honourable gentleman for giving way. the prime minister gave the right honourable gentleman the opportunity having a general election tomorrow. had that general election taken place tomorrow, if he'd have been successful, he would've been going to the council of ministers this weekend to negotiate. why did he reject that opportunity

when he's been calling for it all the time? quite simply, mr speaker, because we don't trust the prime minister. mr speaker... mr speaker, this government has had three and half years to get brexit done, and they've failed. the only legitimate way to sort brexit now is to let the people decide with a final say. this speech, mr speaker, this queen's speech today was supposed to herald an end to austerity and a new vision. instead, it barely begins to unpick the devastating cuts to public services. would he agree that the climate and nature emergencies demand

so much more than just the six words they were accorded in the speech and an environment bill that will widely weaken the protections we currently enjoy as members of the eu? and would hejoin me in calling for a comprehensive green new deal to decarbonise the economy by 2030 so we can show we're genuinely serious about the climate crisis? i absolutely agree with her. what we need is a green new deal. we need a green industrial revolution, and we have to face up to the reality of the climate emergency. if we don't, the damage to the next generation and the one after that will be even worse. he turned to the pressures on the nhs, schools and police, and he concluded... the legislative programme, mr speaker, is a propaganda exercise that the government cannot disguise. this government has failed on brexit for over three years. they're barely beginning to undo the damage of a decade of cuts to our public services. it does nothing for people struggling to make ends meet,

does nothing to make our world a safer place or tackle the climate emergency. the prime minister promised that this queen's speech would dazzle us! 0n closer inspection, mr speaker, it is nothing more than fool's gold! jeremy corbyn. borisjohnson, of course, doesn't have a majority in the commons, one reason why so many westminster watchers think there'll have to be a general election before the year is too much older. but the prime minister came out fighting for a queen's speech that's been described as a wish list that could well form the basis of his election manifesto. we aim to create a new age of opportunity for the whole country. and as we prepare to get brexit done by october the sist, we are setting out now our vision of an open, global, free—trading

united kingdom, a high—wage, low—tax economy with the highest environmental standards, new protections for animal welfare, the best place to invest, the best place to start a business, the best place to start a family and send your kids to school and without being chauvinistic or disrespectful to anywhere else in the world, in important respects, this country is the greatest place to live and to be. the greatest place on earth. he turned tojeremy corbyn‘s stance on brexit. first, he was opposed to a no—deal, now he seems to be opposed to any deal. first, he was in favour of delivering brexit, now he wants a second referendum. first, he wanted an election, he's actually wanted an election for quite a long time. now he'd much rather not. he resembles a janus, a push—me, pull—you facing both directions at once,

and yet unable to decide for either. his policy on cake is neither having it nor eating it. and frankly, i fear for his political health because we can all see the soviet—era expulsions that are taking place in his circle. as one by one, his lieutenants are purged, as lenin purged the associates of poor old trotsky. the prime minister was challenged over whether he'd bring in legislation to protect military veterans from prosecution. this government understands that no one can escape justice for a crime that they have committed. but we also understand that there should be no unfair prosecution when no new evidence has been produced. turning to schools, he said the party believed in standards and investment. a lib dem interrupted.

how does he think young people's opportunities are going to be affected when the air and space, the chemical industries, food and drug association have written to him saying the manufacturing sector is going to be very badly damaged by his deal an industry that employs overi million people and is worth just under 100 billion to the uk economy each year? may i respectfully suggest to him that might be a good reason, if it were true, which it isn't, but it would be a good reason for his party to support a deal. the leader of oppostion seems to suggest there was not much about the environment in this speech. can the prime minister confirm that the uk is leading the world on the environment? leading the world on helping developing countries fight back against climate change and in this queen's speech, which i have in my hand, there were new measures on the water quality, on air quality, on committing to reducing emissions, on protecting our wildlife

and our plants and our planet? well done! i'm so grateful to my honourable friend because she gives me the opportunity to point out that it is this government that is doubling spending on climate change to {11.6 billion over the next five years. that is a colossal sum, more than any other country. we are leading the world in tackling climate change and setting a blistering pace for our friends and partners across the world. well, the debates on the queen's speech isn't limited to the prime minister and the labour leader. mr ian blackford! the snps westminster leader was due to speak next, but many mps left the chamber rather than stay in their seats to hear ian blackford's take on the current political situation. i am deeply saddened. in truth, i am, like many across these countries, i am frightened. frightened of the future that this prime minister and this government are planning for citizens across scotland and across the united kingdom.

the terms "crisis, chaos, catastrophe" are now every day terminology in the united kingdom. mr speaker, this is alarming. i fear that the past few years have numbed many of us to the looming disaster to a no—deal brexit. he moved on to talk about threats to mps. there are too many members of this house that are being threatened and the behaviour that is exhibited in this place. the behaviour exhibited in this place is a clarion call to those that wish to send threats to members of parliament. and i appeal to everyone, i absolutely appeal to everyone to think about where we are. to think about the importance of the next few days, and all of us, and i mean all of us, have a responsibility of calling out misbehavior whenever it happens.

but the snp didn't escape censure itself. i have had abusive, well goodness knows, mr speaker, i've had all sorts of abusive texts from all sorts of people. but i have to tell the honourable gentleman, that includes supporters of his own party. one of the most depressing sets of conversations i've had the last few days, is talking to members who've decided not to stand at the next general election, because a number of them have said they are not going to do so because they frightened, either for themselves or for their families, or more often, for their staff. he's asked memebers of this house to call out misbehaviour, would misbehavior the leader of the opposition, the leader of the snp, sorry, saying that the snp want to radically reform welfare, but don't actually want the powers transferred from this house to hollyroot? would it be the leader of the snp trying to say that scotland's crime figures are better, when serious and violent crime is at its highest level in scotland under the snp?

it's not muchjob to give advice to the scottish conservatives i would respectfully say it might be a bit better if you try to engage positively and proactively, with the position is scotland in. the lib dem leader thought she'd spotted a joke in the queen's speech. she said, "the government's new economic plan would be underpinned by a responsible fiscal strategy." because this queen's speech is predicated on the uk leaving the european union injust over two weeks. and analysis after analysis shows this will leave a massive hole in the public finances. but the liberal democrats are crystal clear. whether it is a hard or soft brexit, whether it comes with a red rosette or a blue one, whether it is proposed by the former prime minister, the current prime minister or the leader of the opposition, there is no form of brexit that will be good for our country.

here, here! and the liberal democrats will continue to fight to stop brexit, to secure a people's vote with the option to remain in the european union, to give the public the final say on the brexit deal. a recent lib dem convert had a related point to make. would she also agree that this is a desperately anxious time for british citizens living elsewhere in the european union, who face not knowing whether they are going to be able to have health care six months from now and what is going to happen to their pensions, it is entirely intorable and avoidable. sarah wollerstone. well, down the corridor in the lords, the government repeated its one nation message. the legaslative programme laid out out today represents an ambitious new domestic agenda under the leadership of my right honourable friend, the prime minister. with a set of liberal one nation

policies that combine the power of free markets with strong public services, we aim to unleash everyone. potential, no matter who they are, or where they live. it's people and buildings, new money for our schools, so every child gets a world—class education no matter where they grow up, investment in transport and technology so prosperity reaches all corners of the country, and measures to tackle violent crime, protect our police, and restore trust in our criminaljustice system. all of these, my lords, are measures to protect and promote the people of all four corners of our nation and to rejuvenate our country by renewing the ties that bind us. labour describe the queen's speech as a little more than the market testing of borisjohnson‘s manifesto, but taking it at face value, lady smith said there were things that she could support. we welcome legislation regarding domestic abuse, improving mental health, protecting children and young people from online harm, and dealing with the poor management of private pension schemes. some of these important issues

were already being considered by the previous prime minister and indeed in previous queen's speeches. and others have been championed for some time by colleges from across his house, including many from these benches. but my lords, there are a number of key issues missing. where is the promised verterans bill? there is nothing on housing. and there is more about being seen to be tough on crime than genuinely tackling the causes. the lib dems called for a referendum, followed by a general election. that election, my lords, whenever it comes, will be a battle of values to a greater extent than any election in our recent history. on our side, will be those who will embrace the future, celebrate diversity, and would put the country on sustainable, environmental, and economic path. against us, will be those who hanker after the past, who see tolerance as a sign of weakness and who

propose short—term fixes to long—term problems. my lords, next month will be pivotal to the country. the conservative who seconded the humble address in the lords, the motion thanking the queen for coming to parliament to make the speech, was the author, lord dobbs, who wrote the political thriller house of cards. my lords, i dream of the days when we are beyond brexit. we cannot go on as we are in, ripping up the roots of our democracy, tolerance, self— restraint, that sense of responsibility to others, without which, our individual rights are meaningless. when president gi of china came to this parliament a few years ago, i presented him with one of my books, house of cards. it is quite a hit in china, i'm told. they think it's a documentary. laughter.

i wrote a dedication for him, and this is what it said. "where we agree, let us rejoice. "where we disagree, let us discuss. "and where we cannot agree, let us do so as friends." perhaps that is naive, but i hope not. but today, who would look at our system, our recent conduct, and hold it up as an example to follow? lord dobbs. well, before any of the serious stuff gets under way in the commons, mps are treated to light—hearted speeches from two backbench mps. the formal purpose, as in the lords, is to propose and second a motion on the queen's speech.

the proposer was the conservative, lee rowley, who became an mp two years ago. having witnessed only 0ne queen speech today, i search for advice on how to do it this afternoon. and discover the best definition was laid out by my runnable friend from sutton coldfield in a speech in the 1990s. myjoy quickly turned to horror when having read his remarks i found i had been given a privilege by the treasury bench which is and i quote, "usually according to some genial old codger on the way out." now, mr speaker, i know that brexit has aged us all these last three years but i did not realise that my runnable friends government saw it affected my youth so badly. nor how can they were to apparently get rid of me. we meet today in troubled times. at the end the longest parliament recession since the civil war, it is a time which more experienced members of this house tell us new recruits isjust not normal. 0ur precious body politic lies bloodied, poisoned by rancour and entity. and until the hope of the last few days, paralysed by competing legitimacy. seconding the motion was sarah newton, who had an idea about how to unite mps. what do we do when we are under pressure, when we are anxious, when success seems so far away?

what do we do when our personal lives, with our families in good times and bad, in our communities when we get together, whether in collective acts of worship or when our beloved football or rugby teams are playing? what we all do on these occasions is we sing. we sing because it makes us all feel good. what songs could we sing? i thought perhaps we should begin with queen possibly under pressure, which would be apt as with a ticking time scale a brexit deadline approaches at the end of october, don't stop thinking about tomorrow by fleetwood mac. could focus our minds on our future relationship with europe and the need to respond

to the threats. after suggesting songs by gloria gaynor and johnny cash, she finished on a high note. the beatles could point us in the right direction with their song we can work it out. after all, mr speaker, that is what the nation expects us to do. sarah newton with what beatles fans might call "a fab solution". and that's it from me for now. the queen's speech debate continues for another five days, and david cornock will be with you at the same time tomorrow to guide you through what's been happening in the lords and the commons. but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye.

the good news is that you still bring some sunshine so got some tube values for most of us, the weather is of him dry, there will be one or two showers around but the wet weather we will have had through the course of the night in northern areas is moving out to the north sea and we're somewhat of a gap between weather systems. the temperatures we re weather systems. the temperatures were see them running hopper from seven in aberdeen to ii in london, but of a nip in the air but not to god. here we are on tuesday, between position, one in the north sea and another approaching ireland, the weather front, so partly cloudy skies, just the possibility of one oi’ skies, just the possibility of one or two showers but on the whole most of us, tuesday is looking too bad at all. go on tuesday and into

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