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into northern ireland from great britain, but if something is likely to be transported kurdish—led forces, many of them injured, have pulled out of a key town in north—east syria, during a temporary five—day truce. on to the republic, they left ras al—ain, along with huge numbers of fleeing civilians. a us withdrawal has paved the way for a turkish military offensive in the region. chile has announced it's extending the state of emergency to cities in the north and south. rioting has continued in spite of a curfew imposed for a second consecutive night. protesters clashed with police in the capital, santiago. eight people are known to have been killed. australian newspapers have blacked out theirfront pages, to protest against to strict national security legislation. industry insiders say the media is subject to a regime of intense government secrecy, and journalists risk criminal charges just for doing theirjobs.
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now on bbc news, a look back at saturday in parliament. if we have been half—hearted europeans, then it follows logically that with part of our hearts, with half our hearts, we feel something else. a sense of love and respect for european culture and civilisation, of which we are a part. he said the agreement provided for a real brexit, hello there, and welcome taking back control of money, to this special edition laws, fisheries and trade, of saturday in parliament, as the commons and the lords sit and removed the northern ireland backstop. he moved on to the customs at a weekend for the first time in 37 years to discuss arrangements for northern ireland. borisjohnson‘s brexit deal. our agreement ensures, and i quote, unfettered access, but the prime minister is defeated market access, for goods moving from northern ireland to the rest of the united again, as mps back delay. kingdom's internal market. it ensures that there should be the ayes to the right, 322. no tariff on goods circulating within the uk customs territory — the noes to the left, 306. that is between great britain and northern ireland — unless they are at risk of entering the eu. it ensures an open border, an open border on the island of ireland, a common objective of boris johnson remains defiant... everyone in this house. and it ensures for those living i will not negotiate and working alongside the border, a delay with the eu. there will be no visible or practical changes to their lives. the commons spent five hours debating the latest brexit deal, they can carry on as before. with theresa may making her first
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public comments since standing down. if you want to deliver brexit, if you want to keep faith with the british people, if you want this country to move forward, then i believe that this is a good vote for the deal today. arrangement, reconciling the special circumstances in northern ireland opposition mps say what's been with the minimum possible agreed this time is even worse bureaucratic consequences than the deal she negotiated. at a few points of arrival voting for a deal today won't end brexit. in northern ireland, he knows that, if given the option, that people will reject his bad deal and it is precisely to ensure and choose to remain that those arrangements in the european union. are acceptable to the people and peers, too, remained of northern ireland that we have divided on the way forward. made consent a fundamental element an extension would, by definition, of this new deal. increase the uncertainty. a second referendum would and he looked to the uk's increase the uncertainty. future relationship with the eu, a general election to determine this issue pledging to involve mps, would increase the uncertainty. and he said when it came to regulation, no—one believed in lowering standards. this was supposed and ourfirst decision, to be the easy bit! on which i believe there will be well, i look forward to the difficult bit. unanimity, is that in any future or maybe not. trade negotiations, with any country, our national health service will not be on the table. it had been billed super saturday,
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the first commons weekend sitting since the outbreak cheering he said he thought the best of the falklands war in 1982. deal had been achieved, in front of mps, borisjohnson‘s and there was a burning desire re—negotiated withdrawal agreement, the divorce arrangement for to get brexit done. the uk's exit from the eu. further delay is pointless, the plan had been for mps expensive and deeply corrosive of public trust. to vote on whether or not and people simply will not to give it the go—ahead. understand how politicians can say with one breath that they want delay to avoid no—deal, and then with the next breath that they still want but former conservative delay when a great deal sir oliver letwin changed all that. is there to be done. he'd put down an amendment now is the time, now is the time, to withhold approval for the deal until the legislation to enact mr speaker, to get this thing done. it was safely passed, and i say to all members, automatically forcing the prime minister to request a further postponement of brexit let us come together to end... until the 31st of january. and people simply will not understand how politicians can say pundits predicted there could be with one breath that they want just a smattering of votes in it — delay to avoid no—deal, and so it proved when the letwin and then with the next breath that they still want delay when a great deal amendment was put to mp5. is there to be done. now is the time, now is the time, the ayes to the right, 322. mr speaker, to get this thing done. the noes to the left, 306. and i say to all members, let us come together to end... the ayes have it, the ayes have it. let us come together as democrats unlock! a defeat for the government by 16. to end this debilitating feud. the result meant that, let us come together as democrats under the law known as the benn act, to get behind this deal,
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the prime minister would have the one proposition that fulfils to write to the eu asking for brexit to be delayed. the verdict of the majority, but which also allows us to bring but he struck a defiant together the two halves note in the commons. i continue in the very strong belief of our hearts, to bring together that the best thing for the uk the two halves of our nation. and for the whole of europe let's speak now, both is for us to leave with this for the 52 and for the 48. new deal on october the 31st. let's go for a deal that can heal this country. borisjohnson. and, to anticipate the questions the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, that are coming from the benches saw nothing positive opposite, i will not negotiate in what had been agreed. a delay with the eu. he has renegotiated the withdrawal agreement and made it even worse. and neither does the law he's renegotiated the political declaration and made that even worse. compel me to do so. i will tell our friends and colleagues in the eu exactly what i've told everyone in the last this government has sought to avoid 88 days that i've served scrutiny throughout the process, and yesterday evening made empty as prime minister. promises on workers' rights that further delay would be and the environment. bad for this country, bad for our european union, the same government that spent the last few weeks and bad for democracy! negotiating in secret to remove from the withdrawal agreement legally binding commitments the prime minister must now on workers' rights and the environment. comply with the law.
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he can no longer use the threat this government cannot be trusted of a no—deal crash out and these benches will not be duped. to blackmail members this deal, mr speaker, would inevitably and absolutely inevitably to support his sell—out deal. lead to a trump trade deal. jeremy corbyn. well, that turned out to be the only vote of the day, with the leader of the commons indicating he now planned to hold a meaningful vote on monday instead. forcing the uk... so, how did we get here? as campaigners for a second forcing the uk to diverge referendum began marching outside from the highest standards to urge a fresh vote, and expose our families once again to chlorine—washed chicken borisjohnson set out to explain 00:05:27,435 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 and hopefully sell his deal to mp5. and hormone—treated beef. he said the prime minister couldn't be trusted. there was no guarantee the uk would keep pace on environmental standards and borisjohnson had promised there would be no border in the irish sea. voting for a deal today won't end brexit. it won't deliver certainty. and the people should have the final say. the longest—serving mp said he'd back the deal on one condition. i will vote for his deal once we have given legislative effect to it.
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when he goes on to negotiate the eventual long—term arrangements, he will seek a solution where we have the same completely open access across the channel, across the irish border, to trade and investment in both directions with the european union that we have now. boris johnson didn't answer that directly but said he wanted a partnership with maximum trade. the snp‘s westminster leader said there was not one reference to scotland in the agreement. the prime minister has returned from brussels to present a deal that he knows that we all know is actually worse than theresa may's deal. a deal that would see scotland shafted by this united kingdom government — left at an economic disadvantage, with scotland's views and interests
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totally disregarded by this prime minister and his government. the prime minister's deal removes protections on workers' rights. it puts a border down the irish sea and, according to the government's own analysis, will damage our economy on a scale greater than the financial crash. today, hundreds of thousands of people will be outside, demanding a final say in a people's vote. isn't the truth that the reason a prime minister refuses their calls is because he knows that if given the option, the people will reject his bad deal and choose to remain in the european union? this deal puts northern ireland, yes, in the uk customs union but applies de facto or the european union customs code. yes, it does. read the detail.
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it also puts us in the vat regime, and in the single market regime for a large part of goods and agri—food, without any consent upfront, contrary to the agreement made in december 2017 which said only regulatory difference could happen with the consent of the executive and the assembly. it drives a coach and horses through the belfast agreement by altering the cross—community consent mechanism. it was once said that no british prime minister could ever agree to such terms. that's what you said, sir! indeed, those who sought the leadership of the tory party said that at our conference. will he now abide by that? and please, reconsider the fact that we must leave as one nation together. the prime minister asks us
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with passionate words to vote for his deal with our hearts. but my head can't get round the fact that we are being asked to accept his words in trusting ignorance. he has refused to share the impact assessments. and he only revealed this 535 page legal text today for us today. how could plaid cymru ever support his billionaires brexit? i would gently remind her of what she and i both know, and i'm a fan of her normally but what she and i both know is that wales voted to leave and i think she should respect that. isn't the truth that this deal takes a wrecking ball to our social and environmental standards? and the reason he won't put it back to the british people is because he knows full well that they see through his bluster and they can see that this is a profoundly bad deal? caroline lucas. the statement from the prime
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minister went on for two hours and then it was on to the debate on the agreement itself. borisjohnson‘s predecessor, theresa may used it to make her first public comments on the deal. i hope the whole house will forgive me if i say that standing here i have a distinct sense of deja vu! i know how you feel! but today's vote is an important... rebel, shouted a conservative mp. i intend to rebel against all of those who don't want to vote to deliver brexit. cheering. when this house voted overwhelmingly to give the choice of our membership of the eu to the british people, did we really mean it? when we voted to trigger article 50, did we really mean it?
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when the two main parties represented in this house stood on manifestos in the 2017 general election to deliver brexit, did we really mean it? i think there can only be one answer to that and that is yes, we did mean it. yes, we keep faith with the british people and yes, we want to deliver brexit because if this parliament did not mean it, then it is guilty of the most egregious con trick on the british people. if you don't want no deal, you have to vote for a deal. businesses are crying out for certainty. people want certainty in their lives. our investors want to be able to invest and want the uncertainty to be got rid of. they want to know this country is moving forward. if you want to deliver on brexit and keep faith with the british people and if you want this country to move forward, then vote for the deal today. cheering.
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theresa may there. much of the debate centred on sir oliver letwin‘s amendment, withholding approval until the legislation implementing the agreement was passed. in effect, forcing a delay beyond october the 31st. the brexit secretary saw no merit in it. his amendment would render today's vote meaningless. it would cause further delay when our constituents and businesses want an end to uncertainty. and are calling for us to get this done. mr speaker, the public will be appalled by pointless further delay. we need to get brexit done by the 31st of october so the country can move forward and i ask my right honourable friend in that spirit to withdraw his amendment. but his honourable friend declined. i am moving this amendment to ensure that whichever way any future votes may go today or next week or the week after that we can be secure in the knowledge that the uk will have requested an extension
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tonight which, if granted, can be used if and to the extent necessary and only the extent necessary to prevent a no deal exit. there were strong opinions on both sides of the argument. in voting for the amendment by the right honourable member of dorset west, we will be forced, even if a deal is approved to seek an extension to the 31st of january, underlying that the benn act had only one motivation, to delay brexit and stop it. if that passes, my guess is, and there is an extension, that legislation will go on and on and on and we will never leave. and the right honourable lady is absolutely right. if you want it done, vote against the letwin amendment, and get legislation through by the end of october and get brexit done. the difficulty is that the impression the government is giving is that by insisting
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that the benn act be effectively subverted and removed that it has other intentions of taking us out at such a gallop that this proper scrutiny cannot take place. and i wish the government would just listen a little bit because i think it would find there is much more common ground on this than it has ever been prepared to acknowledge, instead of which it continues to give the impression that itjust wants to drive a coach and horses through the rights of this house to give proper scrutiny. it doesn't cause delay, that exercise has to be gone through anyway. so it is not to vote to delay, it is a vote to get on with looking at the next stage. a stage which is going to have to look up. what it does provide is an insurance policy against signing up to a deal that is not what it seems with the risk of a no—deal brexit to boot. if we accept the amendment, we will not have a meaningful vote today. we will not unlock the door to the deal being passed. we will have voted, i'm afraid, in the terms of that motion for more delay and i'm afraid on that basis
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that i would urge everyone who wants us, no, who wants us to honour the referendum mandate to recognise that amendment, however sincerely it has been put, is unnecessary and the question all of us must answer when we return to our constituencies is, did you vote to break the deadlock? did you vote to end the division of these days? did you vote to bring the country together? i know members across this house would support the government this afternoon to do just that. cheering. michael gove speaking just ahead of that vote on the letwin amendment. peers returned to westminster today, the conservative former leader michael howard urged mps to back boris johnson and warned of the economic impact of further uncertainty. an extension would, by definition,
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increase uncertainty. a second referendum would increase uncertainty. a general election to determine this issue would increase the uncertainty. yet these are the outcomes are urged upon us by those who complain that this deal would cause economic damage. so i beseech them to consider and reflect if they are democrats, they must respect the result of the referendum. if they are realistic, they must recognise the damage to our economy that the prolonged uncertainty which rejection of this deal would bring about. if they have the interests of our country at heart, and i know they do, they must see that this deal presents a unique opportunity to resolve this most intractable issue and to move on and bring our country together again. i commend the prime minister's deal to your lordship, serve. labour called for a second referendum. if this is the best brexit,
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that a brexit believing prime minister considers can be delivered, then why not seek that public mandate for it? my lords, anything less would be a dereliction of duty. for the conservative and unionist party, to be hailing this deal is good for all parts of the united kingdom, when it leads to disintegration, is frankly shameful. but typical of the lengths that the current prime minister will go to try and preserve the unity of the english conservative party. my lords, everyday that goes by, every additional day adds to public uncertainty, aggravates public anger and makes the task of restoring that confidence, that very precious confidence, that much more difficult. it is already going to take years.
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on thursday evening, catching my train at euston, i overheard one young woman discussing with her companion brexit, and i heard her say, "thank god, it's over." well, my lord, it isn't yet. but it really should be. get brexit done is meaningless. because we know that whatever happens today, brexit will not be done. we will be on the starting blocks with brexit. this was supposed to be the easy bit! well, i look forward to the difficult bit, or maybe not! we have seen a remarkable transformation in the prime minister from being a bit of a buffoon to being a bit of a statesman. oh, yes. there is no doubt about that. he's actually brought... this is what troubles the house. this is a deal he might actually pass and we might actually leave europe. this is an important and exciting day for us. this deal is so good
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because there is no backstop, no border and the border in the irish sea, there is no border on land, the border on the sea is largely a filter because most of the trade between britain and northern ireland in the future would be frictionless as it is today. the other great advantage of the deal to northern ireland, it gives a unique position with the foot in both camps. one in europe and one also in our own country. i accept the judgment of two prime ministers who did more than anyone else to end an 800 year conflict in the island of ireland. blair and major, who have warned against instability and i have to say, and i accept theirjudgment far more than the present prime minister, who famously said, as regards to the border in ireland, that the consequences were no greater than moving from camden to islington.
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what ignorance of the history and culture and the sentiment of the people of that province coming from a british prime minister. john reid. and that debate in the house of lords ended without a vote. all eyes will now turn to the commons on monday where the government is hoping to put its case again. mandy baker will be with you then, you can catch her on bbc parliament on monday night at 11pm, or search for monday in parliament on bbc iplayer. but from me, alicia mccarthy, and on our saturday in parliament special, goodbye. some quiet weather around, at least to start this week,
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a lot of dry weather around over the next few days. starting with a frost in parts of scotland especially into aberdeenshire and a lot of cloud down towards east anglia in south—east england and here we have outbreaks of rain, especially the further east you are to couple of showers elsewhere in england and wales most places will be staying dry, more on the way of sunshine coming through during the afternoon although there will be range when the day bearing down on shetland. as we go through the night and into tuesday morning, england and wales will see the lower temperatures here under some clear spell and with light when staying quite breezy in scotla nd light when staying quite breezy in scotland and northern ireland there will also be some fog patches developing, dense across parts of england and wales, especially towards the midlands in southern england slowly clearing on tuesday morning to sunny spells and a dry day. scotland and northern ireland have a bit of cloud around, some rain in the files north of gotland. —— far north of scotland.
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welcome to bbc news, i'm james reynolds. as kurdish force, many of them injured, pull out of a key town we look at how recent events are redrawing the map of the middle east. violent clashes in chile's capital, as protests against the high cost of living continue. a curfew in major cities is extended to a second night. australian newspapers black out theirfront pages, in a fight back against strict new security laws. and egypt's valley of the kings yields its biggest treasures in more than a century — 20 colourful coffins dating back three millenia.
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