hello, i'm ros atkins and this is outside source. the uk government has published its new withdrawal bill to turn borisjohnson‘s brexit deal into law. downing street says mps will debate the legislation over three days before voting on the whole package — but opposition parties says more time is needed to scrutinise it. we'll be live in westminster withjonathan blake to explain the latest developments. your questions are welcome. mass protests are continuing in lebanon, as the government approves economic reforms to try to calm public anger. canadians go to the polls to decide whether to give justin trudeau's liberal party a second term in office. and four drugs companies in the us have avoided a trial in ohio over their role in

america's opioid epidemic. that's all coming up on outside source. they've done so by paying fines of well over $200 million. here we have it, published in the last hour. the british government has just published its eu withdrawal agreement bill, ten days before brexit is supposed to happen. the bill is 110 pages long. mps have to read it quickly. they are being asked to approve it and vote on it in the coming days. if mps approve it, brexit on 31st of october becomes much more likely. not certain, because it has to be ratified by the european parliament as well.

but, and it's a big but, we don't know if parliament will support it whenever the vote happens. we don't know if parliament will resist the very tight timetable it's been given. and we also don't know if parliament will support amendments that would effectively wreck the deal. this is tim shipman of the sunday times saying the withdrawal bill, let battle commence. this person at the huffington post says, a bit of history, the bill gets its first reading in the comments now. laura kuenssberg says, the hope to get it through by getting mps to sit until midnight tomorrow and wednesday and then hope to get to the final stage on thursday so the legislation goes to the lords on friday. not everybody is happy with this. chris leslie from labour says it's really dangerous. the government want to ram a bill of such significance through the commons with just three days scrutiny. give some other examples, treaty of rome, 30 days,

the maastricht treaty, 29 days. lots of different comparisons. jonathan blake is at westminster for us. a few things to go through, jonathan. first remind us of the core jonathan. first remind us of the co re co nte nt jonathan. first remind us of the core content of this deal, please. the withdrawal agreement bill, which mps have been introduced to this evening, and will be looking through line by line before they get to debate and vote on it in the days ahead, effectively translates the deal reached by borisjohnson with the eu into uk domestic law, and here is a copy of it, fresh off the press from the house of commons over the road. if i read you the elaborate introduction, you'll hopefully get a feel for it does, implement and make other provision in connection with the agreement between the eu and the uk and article 50 of the treaty of the european union, which sets out the arrangements for the uk's withdrawal from the european union. so overall it puts in place in uk law the terms

of the deal reached between the uk and the eu. it's notjust a rubber stamp exercise, far from and the eu. it's notjust a rubber stamp exercise, farfrom it, as you suggested. going to contain details and explanations and procedures which are not in the deal itself, and it is those points which will perhaps be the most controversial and attract the most attention over the coming days, as mps come to terms with what exactly —— how exactly the current intense temperament the deal, and they may well be some uncomfortable reading for mps all sides. turn i am pulling up for mps all sides. turn i am pulling up this for mps all sides. turn i am pulling his copy for mps all sides. turn i am pulling up this copy from our colleagues in westminster. my my guess is, jonathan that, despite doing that, that is not going to

allay all concerns on that issue. no, buti allay all concerns on that issue. no, but i wouldn't expect government to suddenly move or say, we'll give you a few more weeks to look at this, because the deadline of october the 31st is, in case we hadn't noticed, rapidly approaching at the end of next week, and the government wants at all costs to get the deal through before then, so the timetable is the timetable. nevertheless, there may well be further protestations from mps that they haven't had a chance to read it and formulate their amendments and put those down. there will be opportunity to do that, but a lot of mps are clearly, as you outlined, concerned there is not enough time for them to diejust concerned there is not enough time for them to die just all of this and amend it as they see fit, and they could register just one amend it as they see fit, and they could registerjust one big opposing move to the government's timetable, when tomorrow there will be what's called a programme motion, which sets the timetable for this to go through parliament and, if that is resisted, it's hard to see the next step from there, certainly the

government wants to get this through in what would practically buy record time by the end of next week. thank you, jonathan. last week, boris johnson reached a withdrawal deal with the eu. this is called a protocol text. this will replace parts of the original withdrawal agreement — something the eu said wouldn't happen. bbc‘s reality check team has broken the agreement down on the bbc website. the vast majority is the same as theresa may's deal — but there are changes. the whole of the uk will leave the eu customs union, meaning all of the uk will be involved in future trade deals the uk makes. gone is the irish backstop which kept the uk in the eu's customs union until a new trade deal with the eu was agreed.

that was very popular. but boris johnson had to avoid a hard border of any type on the island of ireland, and his solution is to mean that there is a legal customs border between the northern ireland and republic of ireland, but that's a technicality, because in practice that border would be in the irish sea, so goods that come to great britain into northern ireland or the other way will definitely have to be checked, and as such northern ireland will see alignment with the republic of ireland and not necessarily with great britain, and has caused huge consternation among unionists and, in particular, the dup. earlier on the the government tried to hold a vote just on the deal itself — rather than the whole bill — but that was stopped by the speaker. these are his reasons. in summary, today's motion is, in substance, the same as saturday's motion, and the house has decided the matter. today's circumstances are,

in substance, the same as saturday's circumstances. my ruling is therefore that the motion will not be debated today as it would be repetitive and disorderly to do so. the prime minister's official spokesman called it disappointing. i imagine there were a few other words too. downing street added that the speaker had "denied the chance to deliver on the will of the british people". what he says he did was simply apply known parliamentary rules. as i was mentioning, amendments to this bill could make the government's job harder. here's hillary benn from the opposition labour party. i think you are likely to see an amendment seeking to put this whole deal back to the british people, because that's actually the way to get brexit done. you are likely to see an amendment saying we should remain in a customs union. that would help solve part of the problem on the border between gb and northern ireland,

where there now will be a customs border. the chronology we are following over the last few days is, on thursday, we an agreement between boris johnson and the eu, then on saturday parliament convened by special sitting, borisjohnson tried to put a deal to the vote but instead mps backed an amendment put forward by the former tory mp oliver letwin. he was one of those kicked out of the conservatives by borisjohnson. that withheld parliament's approval on the deal until the bill implementing it becomes law. so that meant borisjohnson had to ask the eu for a brexit extension — something parliament forced his hand on some weeks ago. let me show you... this is boris johnson shaking jean—claude juncker‘s hand, but this is the extension request he sent. he left

it unsigned, but procedurally that makes no difference, and he did request a brexit extension. and he also sent a second, signed letter, where he says it would be a mistake to grant the extension. he did decide to sign that letter. brexit secretary stephen barclay defended the move in parliament. what the prime minister made clear is that we would abide by the law, and what lord pannick has confirmed, amongst many others, is that the prime minister has done so, so there is no question as to the commitment from the prime minister. but, of course, he disagrees with the action, and it won't surprise any members either of this house or the european council as to what the position of the prime minister is and his commitment to leaving on the 31st of october. borisjohnson said he wouldn't ask foran borisjohnson said he wouldn't ask for an extension to brexit, he did so on for an extension to brexit, he did so on saturday. he also said a few

months ago he would never support any sort of customs border in the irish sea, but he is now supporting that option and, in terms of the numbers, jonathan, the dup, the democratic unionists, are against mr johnson's plan. how does that affect the arithmetic? they are ten votes the arithmetic? they are ten votes the prime minister could do with, because he doesn't have a majority in the house of commons, so they would have been very helpful to be on—board from the start with his brexit deal but, as you say, they are and, at the moment, they are doing all they can to suggest they might well be willing to stand in the way of getting it through parliament at every possible opportunity, even if that means throwing their votes behind an attempt to put this deal to another public vote, may be, and change the terms of the deal to keep the uk in a customs union with the european union in future. both things, of course, that the government doesn't want. the dup are not essential to

borisjohnson getting want. the dup are not essential to boris johnson getting this want. the dup are not essential to borisjohnson getting this deal passed. he can find the numbers elsewhere. but things will be incredibly close for him, so every vote counts, and if those ten votes that make up the dup go against the government at every turn, it's going to be even more difficult than it would have been for him to get it passed. of course, we are focused on boris johnson's passed. of course, we are focused on borisjohnson‘s deal passed. of course, we are focused on boris johnson's deal and his passed. of course, we are focused on borisjohnson‘s deal and his former brexit, but there are types of exit at other mps would prefer, people who are not opposed entirely but would propose a softer brexit. is there any suggestion that people might try and coalesce around a softer form of brexit? yes, i think the attempted change to this legislation which will receive the most support of all those put forward in the next couple of days is an attempt to keep the uk, as i say, ina is an attempt to keep the uk, as i say, in a customs union with the eu, which would mean that goods coming in and out of the uk would not be

subject to taxes or tariffs, but it would mean the uk couldn't strike independent trade deals of its own with countries around the world. that is something the government doesn't want, and there is, at first reading, some provision in this bill that the mps are going to debate and vote on in the next couple of days to make sure, or at least an attempt by the government to make sure that it only passes if the political declaration, setting out the uk's future relationship in broad terms with the eu, remains as it has been negotiated. so perhaps an extra stumbling block there for amendments to receive support. i appreciate you taking us through it. very complicated, and we are at a critical juncture. complicated, and we are at a criticaljuncture. tomorrow begins three days where mps will potentially debate and eventually vote in a series of different ways on the form of brexit borisjohnson would like to see happen, by thursday of next week as well. we will come back to brexit across the

hour. stay with us on outside source — still to come... thailand's king strips his consort of all her titles for being disloyal. the extradition hearing of wikileaks founder, julian assange, will go ahead next february after a judge declined a request by his lawyers to delay proceedings. assange faces 18 charges in the us including conspiring to hack government computers. he was forcibly removed from the ecuador‘s embassy in london back in april, where he'd spent seven years seeking asylum. richard galpin was at westminster magistrates court. i think what was most interesting to see was julian i think what was most interesting to see wasjulian assange himself in the dock, in the sense that he was looking quite smartly dressed, clean—shaven, but he seemed to be really quite frail stop for example, the districtjudge asked him to give his name and date of birth, and he really struggled to get his words

out, and appeared not to remember, certainly for a few seconds or so, couldn't remember when he was born. he also went on to say he didn't understand what was going on in the court. so i think a difficult day for him. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... the uk government has published its new withdrawal bill to turn borisjohnson‘s brexit deal into law. now some of the main stories from the world service. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says he's giving up his efforts to put together a new coalition government after an inconclusive parliamentary election. this clears the way for president reuven rivlin to offer mr netanyahu's centrist rival, benny gantz, a chance to do so. neither mr netanyahu's likud nor mr gantz‘s blue and white party gained enough support in the september election to govern on their own. spain's socialist government has confirmed that it will exhume

the remains of the former military dictator, general francisco franco, on thursday. it follows a lengthy legal battle to remove his body from the valley of the fallen monument which commemorates the victims of the spanish civil war. franco's remains will be reburied the same day in a municipal cemetery just outside madrid. and two anglers have been filmed very close to a giant "plug hole" in a reservoir in central england. overflow water goes down the hole into a tunnel and eventually flows into the river below the dam — which is not somewhere the anglers would want to go. they did move away safely in this instance. lebanon's government has approved a package of economic reforms in an attempt to quell the country's biggest protests in years. in the last five days, hundreds of thousands have marched to oppose government corruption and the cost of living. and the measures being offered

to them include steps to cut lebanon's huge deficit, slashing politicians‘ salaries in half and giving financial help to families in poverty. here's prime minister saad hariri. translation: these decisions are not designed as a trade—off. they are not to ask you to stop expressing your anger. that's your decision to make and no one gives you a time limit. if the early elections is your demand, then your voice will be the only decision—maker i will personally support your demand. the protests started in beirut on thursday. that was when the government proposed a monthly tax on whatsapp voice calls. the tax was quickly scrapped. but the unrest escalated. martin patience explains why. this was a country that fought a devastating civil war in the 1980s, and the way to end that war was a power—sharing agreement. that cuts across religious

and sectarian lines, so basically in lebanon your politicians represent religious groups. now, they dominate political life, but where it breaks down is if, say, for example, you want a job in a bank and you are not sunni or shia or christian, you perhaps won't get thatjob. and many will say, yes, that's kept the peace in lebanon for the last 30 years, but what it's meant is you have a mentality of divide and conquer, so there's no national outlook. it's a very sectarian... everything is based on sectarian politics, what is right for the sunni bloc, the shia bloc, the christian bloc. what the protesters on the ground are saying, enough of that, we've had enough of that. we need to look forward and move forward in terms of lebanon itself, and that's what they are demanding, an end to the old way of doing politics here. the message of these

protests is serious — but the protests have been upbeat. there have been fireworks. and this was sunday night. adj a dj playing to a big crowd who are dancing, singing, chanting at times. thousands turned out in martyr‘s square to dance, sing and chant. and despite the new reforms that have been announced — so far the protests go on. bbc arabic‘s ali hashem is in beirut. this is downtown beirutjust a few hours after the prime minister offered his reforms, according to the prime minister. the salaries of current and former mps are going to be halved. the new budget will have only 0.6% deficit and the banks are going to cover this difference. new taxes aren't going to be imposed on people and he is going to try to work on solving the energy crisis. the people over here seem to be reacting negatively to this initiative, and that's why we can see as many people here

as there were yesterday, and also in other squares in beirut. people are still demonstrating, calling for the resignation of hariri and the resignation of the parliament and new elections. such demonstrations in lebanon are unprecedented, and that's why, in several cities, people were heard calling and shouting. i'd like to ask this lady, why are you still in the square? in downtown, why are we still here? yes. we are still here because i want my kids to have fresh air. i don't want garbage under my house. i don't want them to get weird viruses and the doctors don't know why. i want my husband to work in lebanon and not in africa to support my family. did you listen to the prime minister hariri's speech? yes. what do you think? i think he's trying his best, but it is not enough. we've been listening to the promises for so long. i think it's time for a change. there is a lot of young people and educated,

and they can take their spaces and make a difference. thank you very much. this was one of the points of view here in beirut. four drugs companies in the us have avoided a trial in ohio over their role in america's opioid epidemic. the firms will pay $260 million, and it was a last minute deal — the trial was due to start today. in the us almost 400,000 people died in opioid overdoses over the past 20 years. samira hussain is in new york. i'm curious, were these fines because the companies accepted they had out actions that were wrong? the companies had said, look, they are going to pay these fines and the fines will go towards implementing drug fighting plans, and to help

stop this opioid epidemic. that said, they were very clear they did not accept any kind of wrongdoing. a lot of people were looking to this case is sort of a bellwether, to see just how well other counties and other states could implement their own lawsuits to try and get some of these companies to be held accountable. remember, the people that settled in this case are not just the drugmakers themselves, but the state also went after some of the state also went after some of the drug distributors, and that's really been a new tactic in this war against the opioid makers, that you are seeing a lot of states trying to go after notjust the people who made the drugs but also the people who sold them. so one company that was implicated in this lawsuit that decided not to sign onto the settle m e nt decided not to sign onto the settlement is the boots alliance, the pharmaceutical company, and they are going to set a trial date for a later time, believing they can probably win in court. just so i

understand, the money goes to the state or it may in turn be passed on to families of victims? half of them emily is being allocated to go directly to programmes within the state to try and help people that are addicted to these drugs. —— half of the money is being allocated. that's been one of the biggest things that states have been saying, look, as a result of these opioid drugs and overdoses, their states are unable to actually help the number of people that are addicted to these drugs, and the ripple effect it's had on their society. thank you. two call centres in india which are suspected to be instrumental in defrauding thousands of victims in the uk have been put out of business after a joint operation conducted by city of london police, microsoft and the indian police service.

this retired businessman doesn't know much about computers, but when he was offered an antivirus package bya he was offered an antivirus package by a p0p‘up he was offered an antivirus package by a pop—up ad he thought it was a good deal and signed up for 12 years protection. this is the order acknowledgement of me agreeing to pay these people £566. a few months later, the phone rang at his devon home. it was the firm who'd sold him the security package with some worrying news. they said, we've just discovered a serious problem on your computer. they told him to take a look at he saw on screen what appeared to be a russian buying guns. he was informed this man had taken over his pc. all the while, this man on the phone kept saying, oh, my god, this is really serious. and he was just increasing my level of anxiety to the point where i was in total panic. the security adviser told him it could make the problem

go away with a payment of £4000 to a bank in india. he'd been the victim ofa bank in india. he'd been the victim of a common fraud. now an international police operation has seen raids on call centres in calcutta, india. among the firms targeted, the one which had rang that man. it sister criminals that we will pursue you wherever you are, we will pursue you wherever you are, we will pursue you wherever you are, we will work with law enforcement and the private sector and do what we need to to bring you to justice. on cue he now says he feels are full but he hopes his experience will stop others falling the same scam. tag if you are particularly keen on brexit and all the details in this extraordinary story, in the last couple of hours, the uk government has published a european union withdrawal agreement bill, 110 pages of it, and this is what mps are being asked to discuss from tuesday through to thursday. there are lots of signs that tomorrow will bring

votes of huge significance for boris johnson. we will keep talking to you about this in the next half an hour. hello. we're going to take a look at some of our weather stories from around world, starting in the united states, where we've got a cold front working its way eastwards. ahead of that, some thunderstorms broke out across dallas, and this is what they did. yesterday evening, silhouetted by the lightning, you can make out the final of a tornado that actually made landfall across the north of dallas. it brought some damage, but tha nkfully dallas. it brought some damage, but thankfully no reports of injuries or fatalities. we've got still a front with us, big thunderstorms in drawer north from the gulf of mexico, and they are likely to provide some torrential rain. in texas in the next 24 hours, but the weather system continues east, and with that

cooler westerly winds are feeding m, cooler westerly winds are feeding in, so temperatures are dropping, with the forecast of high of ii in denver. a bit further south and east, heading into india, we've got some big clouds across southern areas of india, but out in the arabian sea, this area of crowd, an area of low pressure, looks likely to develop into a cyclonic storm. once it develops, there is some uncertainty as to exactly where it is heading, but it could perhaps have impacts towards omagh and, may be bringing heavy rain to western areas of india. meanwhile, we have a tropical storm which has been affecting japan. this storm system is undergoing its transition into a normal area of low pressure, which is why it doesn't really look like a tropical system. it's bringing heavy rain to eastern areas of japan, the risk of localised flooding, perhaps landslides in the mountains, with the weather improving from the south

in the next day. elsewhere in this pa rt in the next day. elsewhere in this part of the world, we are looking at me largely a dry picture for eastern china, with warm sunshine. quite cloudy. in china, with some showers, and a typhoon is likely to cross the mariana islands in the next 24 hours. in new zealand, called south—westerly winds bring a spell of snow, and at about 600 metres elevation and above we could see six to 12 centimetres, so some localised disruption. in europe, this weather front could cause some issues. big thunderstorms popping up across parts of northern italy but, in the next few days, the focus of torrential falls of rain will be north—eastern spain and southern france, where there is a risk of localised flash flooding developing in the next few days, which could well make some news headlines as we go through tuesday and perhaps wednesday. for us, looking at the weather picture for tuesday, some changes afoot across northern scotland. it will be a cloudy day

with outbreaks of rain. otherwise, a dry and bright day, the best of any sunshine tomorrow in southern parts. that is your weather.

uk government has published a new withdrawal bill which will, if it is supported by parliament, turn the " b rex it" supported by parliament, turn the "brexit" dealer boris johnson supported by parliament, turn the "brexit" dealer borisjohnson into uk law. downing street says mps will debate this legislation over three days before voting on entire package. opposition parties say that there is not enough time to properly scrutinise it. mass protests are continuing in lebanon, as the government approves economic reforms to try to calm public anger. we will be live in canada in a moment, because they have been voting, voting has been going on in the last few hours, deciding whether to give justin the last few hours, deciding whether to givejustin trudeau's liberal party a second term.

and thousands take to the streets of santiago in chile railing against rising living costs in the country. we're just hours away from getting the first results in canada's general election. here's prime ministerjustin trudeau voting earlier. he leads the centre—left liberals and is trying to win a second term. a year ago that looked straightforward. a straightforward. couple of scandals have hit him pretty a couple of scandals have hit him pretty ha rd. in many ways, this election as a referendum on justin trudeau, in many ways, this election as a referendum onjustin trudeau, issues like gender equality and refugees. here in canada, the celebrity that once promised a different kind of

politics, now battling just to stay in power. justin trudeau's main rival is the conservative leader andrew scheer. he's from the rural province of saskatchewan. like many conservatives, he's for lower taxes and reduced regulation. he's also been focused on the prime minister. this was on sunday. is this the samejustin trudeau who lied about balancing the budget, who broke ethics law not once but twice? the ethics ruling he mentions there centred around a scandal involving an engineering and construction company called snc—lavalin. it employs 9000 canadians. it's also facing criminal charges for allegedly bribing officials in libya. that connects tojustin trudeau because canada's ethics comissioner found that the prime minister lent on his justice department to get the charges dropped. that was one scandal. photos ofjustin trudeau wearing dark face paint on three seperate occasions created another. he positions himself as a champion of multi—culturalism and minority rights — that's a harder position to hold

with photos like that in the public domain. despite these pressures — the prime minister is still very much in the running. here he is on sunday. the choice is clear, my friends, in this election, we need to get out, over the rest of today, we need to be super active with neighbours, with friends, as volunteers, right across the lower mainland, right across the lower mainland, right across british columbia, right across british columbia, right across the country, as canadians come together, to choose forward! despite appearances this isn't a presidential contest. canada has a parliamentary system — so it's all about parties winning individual seats as a route to controlling parliament. this is the breakdown when parliament was dissolved. all those red dots are justin trudeau's liberals, they had the most seats of any party by far. but they only had a majority of seven. and the polls suggest that majority may go. if that happens, they'll support

from the new democrats led by jagmeet singh. mr singh and his party are more left—wing than the liberals. potentially, there may be some compromises to make. that potential joining up, political joining compromises to make. that potential joining up, politicaljoining up, is being focused on by the conservatives. a government led byjustin trudeau with the ndp calling the shots would be the worst outcome, it is a coalition canadians cannot afford, we can only imagine what the ndp price would be to keepjustin trudeau in power. lyse doucet, with us in montreal. i wonder what you are learning about canada as you study the election campaign? this is a country that prides itself on its middle ground, federal system, compromises among the richer and the poorer provinces, but there have

been some worrying strains in this election, that has caused many commentators to say, tone down the electoral rhetoric, could tone down the mudslinging, work together after this election, provinces will have to work together, after this election, and therefore it is not just a test of the strength of political support, for the parties in canada, it is also, in some ways, a test of the strength of canada, and canada wants to keep the things about it that are very canadian. what you have now is leaders from the left to the right trying to take the left to the right trying to take the mantle of the once best suited to run this country. i want to pull up to run this country. i want to pull upa to run this country. i want to pull up a couple of polls and surveys that are relevant to what you are saying, stay with us. this survey here shows the issues canadians care most about, at the top, health care, underneath climate change and the cost of living. house prices are going much quicker than wages in

canada, this graph shows us how, from 2008, all the way through to the present day. the blue line at the present day. the blue line at the bottom shows have average wages, almost entirely flat. the yellow here is the average price of a house. interestingly climate change has become tied up in the debate about the economy. oil and gas is a big industry for canada. and the conservatives say environmental regulation is costing the countryjobs. here's the head of one energy company. we have been in a four—year cycle of, i we have been in a four—year cycle of, lam we have been in a four—year cycle of, i am going to call it, we have been getting beat up, the industry is in been getting beat up, the industry isina been getting beat up, the industry is in a state of... disrepair. some voters see climate change as more than just an economic issue. climate activists already say the government isn't doing enough as it stands, and they're worried the conservatives will make the environment even less of a priority. here's one activist.

we have seen that parties typically ta ke we have seen that parties typically take advantage of the environmental movement to get votes and we want to see more concrete action, we want to see more concrete action, we want to see notjust promises. i'm keen to talk more aboutjustin trudeau, what have been his tactics to counter what has been a difficult year? well, we were on the campaign trail with them, talking to other journalists, who have been there with his team throughout the 40 days campaign, it is clear, like many politicians now, he got advice from election experts about what to focus on. told not to focus on justin trudeau, as i have been saying, his rivals have made him the issue. instead to focus on moving forward, thatis instead to focus on moving forward, that is his election promise, let's focus on the future, not these past four years, where he has made mistakes, and there have been

scandals, political and personal scandals, political and personal scandals, which have dogged him. and so that is where he is trying to move ahead. his rival, andrew scheer, has been in the election debates, questioning the moral authority ofjustin trudeau to rule, only to find himself getting some big questions asked, like, for instance, he forgot to tell canadians he has an american passport! quite a big detail in this country. he also called himself an insurance broker, in fact, he was not qualified as an insurance broker. very tricky ground, very slippery ground, when you try to fight someone on the turf of your personal, your personal credentials, to ta ke personal, your personal credentials, to take the highest office in the land. i know that polling is very tight, listening to you and thinking about 2010, in the uk, parties which never formed coalitions suddenly had to. is there a tradition, a tradition of coalition building in canada if there is a need? coalition

governments are not a tradition in canada, analysts say the last one they can remember dates back the first world war! governments have often ruled in the minority, and what they try to do is get allies to help them get through specific pieces of legislation which means you are always trying to find your friends in the house, depending on what the issue at hand is. more discussion of coalitions this time with the ndp and the left, jagmeet singh. he may take away some of the left—wing vote from justin trudeau, particularly when it comes to issues of climate change. he once said, i would join the liberals in a coalition, got some pushback on that. and andrew scheer, basically fear mongering, saying, look how much that will cost us, if the liberals and the ndp form a coalition. people did fact checks on that, and the things he had accused the new democrats and liberals of doing, raising taxes, etc, has never been said by those particular

parties. a lot of discussion about it. one of the big issues is, who gets the chance to form a minority government, andrew scheer of the conservatives is saying, if i get more seats, i will form it. that is not the tradition in canada, president says that the prime minister does not get pushed out of office, he will only get pushed out if he resigns or dies or is dismissed. he will remain in power, evenif dismissed. he will remain in power, even if he only gets one or two seats less, he still gets that first chance to try to form a government and show he has the confidence of the house. if there is a huge gap, some questions will be raised about whether he will get that. when the votes are finally counted, it is likely to be justin trudeau votes are finally counted, it is likely to bejustin trudeau who will be given the first chance to form the government, unless the conservatives do much better than the polls have been saying now. thank you for taking us through it, we will keep a close eye on that, polls shot in a few hours, we will get the first results almost

immediately, we will be guided through those in the coming day or two. thailand's king has stripped his official consort of all her formal rankings and titles, accusing her of disloyalty. she was only appointed royal noble consort injuly, becoming the first person to hold the title for nearly a century. the thai palace released these pictures around the time and she is a major—general, and a former nurse as well as a trained pilot, this was one of dozens of images of her which caused the palace website to crash as thais went online to check them out. here's another of her wearning a pa ratrooper‘s uniform apparently about to leap out of an aeroplane. this was the announcement in the royal gazette earlier saying

those accusations made against sineenat wongvajira pa kdi. it is not that unusual, in the past, we have seen this condemnation, of the people who have been demoted, working at the palace and their m ista kes working at the palace and their mistakes have been detailed in the royal desert. this is the first time the royal consort has been mentioned publicly on what she has done wrong, according to the royal are set. tell us according to the royal are set. tell us about this role? thailand has a very strict law in thailand, people who criticise the king or queen, then they could be imprisoned for five to 15 years. so, what we can say is that the royal consort, it is the first time this position has

been brought back in nearly a century. so, and she has been seen with the king, in the past, even one month after she was appointed, the palace has released a set of photos of hers, with the king. what has the reaction been in thailand? this is massive, lots of people talking about it, especially on bbc thailand, daily traffic has risen six times, this hashtag, hashtag says it is bigger than we thought, that has been retweeted more than1 million times in less than 12 hours. stay with us, we will be finding out why thousands of people have been turning out in the chilean capital, santiago. abortion and same—sex marriage

is set to be decriminalised in northern ireland from midnight tonight. opponents of the changes following legislation at westminster made a late attempt to block those changes, but failed. our northern ireland correspondent, emma vardy, has the story. their call has been hard. at midnight tonight a law passed by mps in westminster will take effect, overturning northern ireland's near total ban on abortion and legalising same—sex marriage. finally our rights and our health care are being brought into the 21st century. this has been a long time coming. thousands of women in northern ireland have campaigned for this change. abortion has been illegal even in cases of rape. denise was unable to terminate her pregnancy after she was told her baby had a fatal condition and was likely to die in the womb. when you get that news, it hits you like a bus, you just can't believe what you're hearing. i was too sick to travel, which left me with the experience of being trapped in northern ireland and in the vulnerable state

of being pregnant with a child that was going to die. having been through that experience what does this mean to you today? it's a victory for women's rights the change in the law is extremely contentious, vehemently opposed by a number of northern ireland's religious and anti—abortion groups. this is an imposition from westminster, it's not wanted in northern ireland. this is an historic day, it's the day when the people of northern ireland will have to face the reality that abortion has been forced on us against our will. ..to consider a private members bill on the defence of the unborn child. inside an attempt led by the democratic unionist party to thwart the change. sinn fein refused to take part, calling it a cynical political stunt. and less than an hour after they arrived, the dup walked out. it is a very sad day and i know some people will want to celebrate today.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the uk government has published its new withdrawal bill to turn borisjohnson's brexit deal into law. staying with brexit, steve barclay, the business secretary, has admitted that northern ireland businesses will have to fill out export declaration forms. but speaking to peers during an evidence session of the lords eu select committee, mr barclay said it would not be the case jonathan blake is at westminster and has more information on the withdrawal agreement bill. the bill, which mps have been introduced to this evening, it will be looking through —— there will be looking through it line by line, before they get to vote on it in the days ahead, effectively translates, with the eu

into uk domestic law. here is a copy of it, fresh from the press, house of it, fresh from the press, house of commons across the road, if i read you the slightly elaborate introduction, you will get a feel for what it does, implement and make other provision in connection with the agreement between the eu and the uk, and article 50 of the treaty of the european union which sets out the european union which sets out the arrangements for the united kingdom withdrawalfrom the arrangements for the united kingdom withdrawal from the european union. overall, it puts in place in uk law the terms of the deal reached between the uk and the eu. it is not just rubber—stamp exercise, far from it, this is going to contain details and explanations and procedures which are not in the deal itself. and it is those points which will perhaps be the most controversial, and attract the most attention over the coming days, as mps come to terms with exactly how the government intends to implement the deal, there may well be some

uncomfortable reading for mps on all sides. especially steve barclay, brexit secretary, he was asked if paperwork would be required, for businesses in the northern ireland, then he said no, then he had to correct himself, it looks like it will be the case, there will be paperwork for northern irish businesses. here is the secretary, telling us the withdrawal agreement bill is now before parliament. he goes on: keir starmer is his counterpart in the opposition labour party.

wild animals in circuses act 2019, given more time to be examined by the two houses of parliament here in the two houses of parliament here in the uk, than the withdrawal bill will do in the three days... lots of details going on. the events at westminster are being closely watched by the eu. the withdrawal deal must be signed off by both the uk and european parliaments. the brexit coordinator for european parliament, guy verhostafdt spoke earlier. we we re we were advising to the conference of presidents, there has to be full ratification, in britain, before we can do the final vote. full ratification, that is all the legislation passing? you know that better than i do! laughter

adam fleming, asking the questions of guy verhofstadt, adam then recorded this a little later. the parliament position is that they will be the last people in the chain to approve the brexit deal, which means they want the legislation in the uk to go through every single one of its parliamentary stages, for the european parliament gets involved. officials say, that means it is virtually impossible they will be voting on it at this session in strasbourg this week, which means if the uk is to leave on the 31st of october, the european parliament will have to be recalled for an extraordinary session, at some point next week. they are not ruling out voting on a deal this week, they just think it is really, incredibly unlikely that it will happen. there isa unlikely that it will happen. there is a real sense of frustration, people like guy verhofstadt, european parliament "brexit" coordinator, he seemed really annoyed when he was leaving a meeting today, although not sure if he was annoyed at the journalists

for asking him about it again or whether he is annoyed about the whole situation in general. in terms of when it comes to the issue of an extension to the process, that is not a matter for this extension to the process, that is not a matterfor this place, the european parliament, that is a matter for the european council, where member states are represented. they will have to decide whether they want to talk about a longer extension beyond the 31st of october, which might need a special summit of eu leaders, no one is keen about having that, or is it a much shorter extension, which may be they could approve in writing. as we say, all the time, the real action is in westminster. at least 11 people have been killed in protests in chile during the last few days. there's now a state of emergency in cities across the country and riots and looting are continuing. this unrest was sparked by a hike in the price of metro fares. that's since been suspended but protests have widened and now are focused more generally on rising cost of living and inequality. already around 1,500 have been detained. there's a night—time curfew

in the capital santiago, as well as the coastal cities nearby. and many banks, schools and shops are closed. these are live pictures from santiago. reasonably large crowd has turned out. we can speak with america's editor here in the bbc newsroom for the world service. —— americas editor. did this come out of the blue? we had very large school strikes from university students a couple of years ago, expressing some of the similar themes that you were hearing in these protests. university students talking about inequality, lack of access to universities for poorer students. university collapsing because of a lack of investment. this time around, many protesters experiencing

the same level of social malaise, about the chilean market economy which was brought in during the government of general pinochet, basically based on privatising most sectors of the economy. the man at the top, a billionaire, that presumably puts him in a focal situation when talking about inequality! he was the president in charge at the time of the university strikes, so now we have him having to deal with another set. it is very difficult for him to deal with that, he is being seen, he has been seen dining in expensive restaurants, while protests a re dining in expensive restaurants, while protests are taking place, so, there has been resentment against this more distant political elite in chile. specific demands that would placate these protesters, if the president said, i am doing a, b, c, would that work? he has already said that he will withdraw the increase in the metro prices, he has also said that he would like to listen to them, to sit down and listen to them

about their concerns. this is a much... many people in chile, many protesters talking about themselves, like the file shown in france, this isa like the file shown in france, this is a wider protest movement, with no real central demand, tight demand, to the government. —— giletsjaunes. apart from wanting the government to do more for them, to pay attention more. thank you very much, we appreciate it. i feel like i have ifeel like i have said i feel like i have said this a few times, we are on the eve of a day of huge importance for the united kingdom and its future outside of the european union. the withdrawal bill has now been published by boris johnson's government, debated across three days, crucial votes may start as soon as tomorrow. we will have

all of the details on tomorrow's outside source. we will see you then. the outlook has changed a bit, still high—pressure dominating, but how we get there, that looks a little bit different now. later on this week, before then, wet and windy weather arriving across more northern parts of the uk, temperature should be rising further south. the rain is just waiting on the wings at the moment, high—pressure keeping it fine and dry, for the most part. leading to some mist and fog patches around parts of southern england and south wales. lifting slowly in the morning, we will see more sunshine arriving, always a bit more clout as you move further north, stronger breeze means a milder start. cloudy day for scotland and northern ireland to rein in the final, otherwise, drier, better day across

the south—east, after the rain and drizzle that we had on monday. could see a little more light rain coming from that weather front, a lot of rain across france, across spain, the weather for the start to push down across northern parts of the uk. wetter weather arriving, western scotland, heavy rain, turning wetter and windy across northern ireland. elsewhere, generally dry, that area of cloud across the south—east and east anglia could bring one or two showers. those temperatures not changing a great deal, 12 to 15 degrees. the weather front will wea ken degrees. the weather front will weaken as they drift across england and wales, but the area of low pressure gets closer to the north west of scotland and the winds are set to strengthen, gales, maybe even severe, gust of 60 mph or more in the north—west, blowing in a lot of showers too. heavy, potentially thundery. sher was pushing down into england and wales, the main weather front sneaks down, producing a little bit of rain, those

temperatures 12 to 15 degrees. we see the back of the weather front, from south—east england, low pressure sitting to the north. —— southwest. still windy weather, that arrives on scene, getting drawn up from the south. gales for a while, although the wind should ease later, rain pushing through the irish sea, turning wetter in northern ireland, north wales, and north west england. a bit slower now. colder air to the north, warmer air to the south, this is where we will see temperatures rising across southern parts of england and wales. you can see the warm aircoming in england and wales. you can see the warm air coming in behind the weather front, bringing warm air coming in behind the weatherfront, bringing that warm air coming in behind the weather front, bringing that rain which continues to push slowly north into the start of the weekend. wetter start to the weekend, not just across northern ireland, and also northern england, but rain heading into cumbria, perhaps into north wales for a while. away from here, for southern and eastern areas, dry, quite a contrast of temperatures once again. ten,

northern scotland, 16, 17, south—eastern parts of england. now to the outlook, looking at getting rid of that area of low pressure, windy weather for the second half of the weekend into scotland. that moves away to scandinavia, and we see this area of high pressure building. ina see this area of high pressure building. in a different place, essentially it will move towards the uk. it does mean, because of where it is starting from, we draw down cooler air. looks like it will be dry. probably notice, any warmth across england and wales will not last into the following week, temperatures dropping away. a little bit of sunshine, chilly wind across northern and eastern coast, looks like it will still be dry.

tonight at 10:00, the speaker of the house of commons, blocks a government attempt, to hold a vote on its brexit deal. borisjohnson had hoped mps would have their say tonight. but the speaker said the deal had already been debated, at the weekend. speaker: my ruling is, therefore, that the motion will not be debated today, as it would be repetitive and disorderly to do so. so, where does the ruling leave government efforts to fulfil its pledge, of brexit taking place before the end of the month? also tonight — prince william has expressed concern for his brother harry and wife meghan, after the couple admit struggling with the scrutiny of the tabloid press. despite unionist objections, abortion is set to be decriminalised in northern ireland, from midnight tonight.