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you're watching bbc news at nine with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: borisjohnson launches a final bid to deliver his brexit deal by the end of the month — but he faces oppositon from mps angry at the lack of time given to examine the detail. the idea that we are going to be bounced, as a country, out of the european union in a period of a few days, without politicians being given the chance to look carefully at the basis on which we are making this decision, is wrong. there will be crucial votes again tonight, but if mps reject a proposal to speed the withdrawal bill through the commons by thursday, borisjohnson‘s deal is unlikely to be passed by the october 31st deadline. how does the government expect to get a brexit deal done in such a tight timeframe? i'll be talking to matthew parris, political writer and former tory mp, at a quarter past nine.
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northamptonshire police are expected to travel to the us to interview the american diplomat‘s wife who fled the uk after being involved in a fatal car crash. abortion has been decriminalised in northern ireland and same sex marriage has been legalised after westminster voted for the changes in july. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, wins a second term in office but loses his majority in parliament and will need support from smaller parties to carry on governing. and ahead of their rugby world cup semifinal against new zealand, eddie jones claims england were spied on during training.
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good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. boris johnson will urge mps to back his brexit deal later, as he launches a final bid to get the uk to leave the eu by the end of the month. he'll seek the support of members of parliament in two crucial votes today. let's take a quick look at what we're expecting to happen. mps will vote later on whether to back the prime minister's withdrawal agreement bill, which was published yesterday. the 110 page long document details how parliament is expected to put the deal that mrjohnson agreed with the eu into uk law. if mps do back the bill, they will then be asked to approve what's called a programme motion which sets out the timetable for the legislation‘s passage through the commons. but opposition mps say the intensive three—day schedule will not be enough time to scrutinise the bill. if that programme motion is approved, the bill will then move to the committee stage — which will continue on into wednesday —
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with the aim being to get it through the house of commons by the end of thursday. but mps may put down amendments — such as a customs union or second referendum. both are bitterly opposed by the government, which could pull the bill altogether if either gets through. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. the government's new plan to deliver brexit next week. 110 pages. legislation which, if it passes, will pave the way for the uk to leave the eu. ahead of today's debate, the prime minister said, i hope parliament votes to take back control for itself and the british people and the country can start to focus on the cost of living, the nhs and conserving our environment. the public doesn't want any more delays, and neither do other european leaders, and neither do i. but opposition parties are angry. they think the government is moving too fast by proposing to give mps just three days to scrutinise the bill.
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at every stage, mr speaker, the government has been running scared of this house and democracy and its now attempting to force through a flawed brexit deal which sells out people's jobs, rights and our communities. mps will vote later on the basic ideas in the legislation. if they give the green light, they will then vote on the government's timetable. if ministers lose, it will be a big blow. but if mps agree, line by line scrutiny begins. the next few days won't be plain sailing because opposition parties are going to try and change the legislation to include things like a closer relationship with the eu and a second referendum on whether we leave at all, either of which would throw borisjohnson‘s plans into disarray. things at westminster have been far from straightforward recently. the next few days will have some twists and turns, too.
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our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. hello. i know there have been lots of big and significant days in this process , of big and significant days in this process, but this is really another significant one? it seems teen that every brexit day is a big one, this is another humongous moment. —— it seems to me that. borisjohnson is poised to win an important victory when mps vote for a second reading of the bill, which is the symbolic sums up to the deal. that is not the same as getting the legislation through parliament, and that mr johnson looks like running into the buffers just minutes after his second reading vote. on timetabling for getting the legislation through, you might think that all sounds a little bit technical, what is the first about? it matters because
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borisjohnson first about? it matters because boris johnson can't get first about? it matters because borisjohnson can't get his package through at the breakneck speed that he wants, in other words with the commons dealing with all 110 pages in three days, he will have to bust through his october 31 deadline. it also suggests if mps are prepared to d efy also suggests if mps are prepared to defy him over the timetabling, they may also be able to prepare to defy him over the details of the bill, in other words to inflict further damaging defeat. this morning we heard from the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry, who was pretty clear that the labour party where absolutely nothing to support mrjohnson‘s timetable. and the idea that we are going to be bounced, as a country, out of the european union in a period of a few days, without politicians being given the chance to look carefully at the basis on which we are making this decision, is wrong. so, of course, we don't agree with this. this is an artificial timetable,
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the 315t of october, and we don't see why we should play borisjohnson's game. it sounds like you won't be supporting it, based on what you said there, then? i don't want to pre—empt... i mean, i came on to talk about harry dunn, i'm sorry, i... we are going to have the shadow cabinet later on today and we will make those decisions, but i can tell you, you know, the conversations we've had so far, we are outraged at the way in which the government are behaving. the stakes over this timetabling saga go up and up and up and up. why? no one really knows what happens when you scupper a government's timetabling for legislation. in normal times the government would say you want more time, we will give you more time. is borisjohnson time, we will give you more time. is boris johnson likely to time, we will give you more time. is borisjohnson likely to do that? not
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really, he has said october 31 is do—or—die so if he will not give mps more time, what does he do? one thought is he just says, forget it, i willjust pull thought is he just says, forget it, i will just pull the thought is he just says, forget it, i willjust pull the bill. a huge move but it could be a moment when borisjohnson decides again to say, right, it's my way or a general election. have a lesson to the housing minister robertjenrick this morning, when he was asked what happens if mps pass amendments to the legislation and it seems to suggest that the government just would not accept them and which the bill. we don't want to compromise the integrity of the deal negotiated with the eu, this is a good deal, it isa with the eu, this is a good deal, it is a win—win for the uk. with the eu, this is a good deal, it is a win-win for the uk. forgive me for interrupting, if you have it amended in a way you find unsatisfactory, pulled the whole thing rather than let parliament a... that will be a decision for the prime minister, we will not compromise on this deal, it is a good deal which delivers on the outcome of the referendum and it's the only deal which both eu and the uk consider good, that can take the whole europe forward. another
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humongous day and we really don't know how it will pan out if, as expected, the government is defeated on its programme motion. but there seems to be the possibility that mr johnson could make the programme motion a non—negotiable, as his housing managers seem to suggest, that they would make any amendments tabled to the bill is unacceptable. —— as his housing minister seem to suggest. it seems to be this bill on my terms on my timetable, or i might pull the plug. we can speak now to drjack simson caird, senior research fellow in parliaments and the rule of law at the bingham centre for the rule of law. norman said timetabling matters, how realistic is it for the government to get this parliament through by close of business on thursday?”
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think it is very difficult, it is clear timetabling has become a political issue but i want to make sure that there are strong objective reasons why this timetabling stages —— i want to make clear. irrespective of political will? exactly. a constitutional bill such as the withdrawal agreement is a highly complicated constitutional bill which will change for the long—term however constitutional arrangements work, the main comparison is the eu withdrawal bill passed in 2018, the common stages took place over three months, which is arguably the amount of time you need for a bill likely to be scrutinised and for mps to propose amendments. this is notjust giving amendments. this is notjust giving a chance for political opponents to do what some are speculating they want, it is about a democratic process , want, it is about a democratic process, one of the things that distinguishes the eu from —— the uk for more authoritarian states, that changes to the constitutional
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considered and people have the chance to understand them before they become law. three months versus three days in the example you are talking about, based on that, it does not seem like it will fly? gulp the withdrawal agreement has been around since november but it is different from the withdrawal agreement. it covers the future relationship which matters notjust for the constitution but for the public to understand what role parliament will play in setting the future direction for the relationship between the uk and eu, which ordinarily you would want to see debated and thought through other ap of time. and when some government ministers talk about parliament debating this for three yea rs, parliament debating this for three years, how much are we talking about new material that mps have to consider as opposed to what they have been talking about for the last three years. this is a bill of
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unprecedented complexity. leaving the eu, as experts have said for a long time, is one of the most complicated constitutional events to ta ke complicated constitutional events to take place, it is really difficult and there is a lot of legislative detail that needs to be examined, so that needs to happen in terms of explaining how the process will work, and then more practically there are arrangements about how, for example, the protocol will be implemented, the famous northern ireland, which is now called the front stop. parliament need to think about supervising the exercising of these powers to make law without parliament having a say, as it does come over primary legislation. these are big constitutional questions you would want to see parliament examining in some detail through select committees and the like. to pick up on what norman said, even if
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borisjohnson were to win on the second reading, which, slightly confusingly, is the first time mps have to vote on this, even if he was to get a first victory in a vote as prime minister, that is not the same of him getting this deal through parliament? it is important to recognise that the second reading would be a big moment, theresa may had to resign before this spill was even presented, it would be huge to get the second reading over the line because it would say that mps, in principle, consent to the idea of the bill. that is a big moment. but what they are saying in effect is we agree you need to pass this bill to leave with a deal, you need to pass this in order to leave with a deal, but we really want to examine the detail, and that is a really democratic function that uk parliament performs, whatever is in charge need to put forward amendments and test the reasoning of the government. is it still possible
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that the uk will leave with a deal on the 31st of october? yes, but i think we would like to see all the possible parliamentary time between 110w possible parliamentary time between now and then used so that parliament can fulfil its democratic function of scrutinising major constitutional change. dr jack simson caird, of scrutinising major constitutional change. drjack simson caird, thank you very much for your time. harry dunn's parents have told the bbc they feel as though they‘ re being constantly lied to by officials. the 19—year—old died in a crash outside raf croughton with a car owned by us citizen anne sacoolas, who later left the uk claiming diplomatic immunity. northamptonshire police is set to confirm later that officers will travel to speak to her as part of its inquiry. all this comes as the foreign secretary revealed new details regarding the timeline of events surrounding ms sacoolas‘ return to the usa. let's take a look at that —
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on the 27th august, harry dunn died after his motorbike was hit by a car. then on september the 5th, the foreign office asks for anne sacoolas‘ diplomatic immunity to be waived. then on the 15th september, she leaves the uk for the usa. the police were told the day after, but it's only coming to light now that they didn't pass the information on to harry's family for ten days. earlier, the lawyerfor the dunn family spoke to the the bbc about that revelation and the impact it has had on the family. it is astonishing that they have kept this information. where is the flow of information? they are entitled to be kept up to date on the progress of the case and bay have not, it has led to frustration and anger. what was the justification given? none, i think the foreign secretary said last night he wanted to wait a couple of
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days to clarify a couple of things, they are clearly being careful to stick within the parameters, but equally you have to keep the family informed. what has gone wrong, we do not know, we are calling for investigation to those answers. the headlines on bbc news... mps have criticised plans to push key brexit legislation through the commons by the end of the week. a vote will be held later on a proposed three day timetable. officers from northamptonshire police are going to travel to the us to interview a woman involved in the crash which killed harry dunn. abortion has been decriminalised in northern ireland and same sex marriage has been legalised after westminster voted for the changes in july good morning, in sport... there are suggestions of spying at the rugby world cup, as eddiejones claims someone was filming england's training session in the lead up to saturday's semi—final against new zealand.
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sheffield united beat arsenal last night, a goal from lys mousette giving them their biggest win since returning to the premier league — they're up into the top half of the table. england defender lucy bronze has made the shortlist for this year's women's ballon d'or, after a great season for her country and club lyon. ellen white is also named. more to come on all of those stories later in the hour. back now to brexit, and borisjohnson will urge mps to back his brexit deal, as he launches a final bid to get the uk to leave the eu by the end of the month. over in strasbourg the president of the eu council, donald tusk, has been making what he says is his last statement to the eu parliament before he ends his time in the role. speaking about brexit, he said eu leaders are consulting on a possible extension, but made it clear that the eu is determined britain
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should leave with a deal. on the council's site, we have just finalised the necessary steps for the eu, and the legal texts now with you. the european parliament has a role to play and it is important. the situation is quite complex following events over the weekend in the uk, and the british request for an extension of the article 50 process. i am consulting the leaders on how to react and will decide in the coming days. it is obvious that the coming days. it is obvious that the result of these consultations will very much depends on what the british parliament decides, or doesn't decide. we should be ready for every scenario. but one thing must be clear, as i said to prime ministerjohnson on saturday, a
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no—deal brexit will never be our decision. our brussels correspondent adam fleming is in strasbourg. donald tusk has made no secret of the fact he is incredibly sad about the fact he is incredibly sad about the idea of the uk leaving the eu, sending determined still that there will be a deal. we saw an image of jean—claude juncker, the commission president, sending more tired and frustrated with the process? donald tusk says he is consulting with eu leaders about the prospect of an extension, another delay to the brexit process beyond the 31st october i think the consultations will step up a gear either tonight if the withdrawal agreement does not go through at its second reading vote in parliament, or if the timetabling motion means the passage of that bill will be spread out over a longer period than the government's intended rapid—fire couple of days. however, if it goes
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to second reading in the timetable is maintained, i imagine he would probably wait until the end of the week to see the state of the parliamentary process before he really kicks up a gear for the consultations about an extension, and chatting to a really senior eu diplomat, he said at the summit a couple of weeks ago, one of the big stumbling blocks as well they have a special summit to approve an extension. it sounds like what they decided was if you need an extension until the end of january 2020, what was in the benn act prime minister's unsigned letter, you could do that probably in writing, not any special summit, unless one member state objected and made everyone come to brussels. the only reason you would need special summit was if you needed a much longer extension into next year for a needed a much longer extension into next yearfor a bigger needed a much longer extension into next year for a bigger reason needed a much longer extension into next yearfor a bigger reason rather than getting legislation through, thatis than getting legislation through, that is interesting detail about the extension process. when donald tusk
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first arrived we shouted at him, saying give us a finger is crossed for the deal going ahead, he would not, he is far too professional. what is your sense of the length of extension that officials might be minded to give the uk if one was required? itjust needed a little bit of time to get the legislation completed, maybe in the house of lords or something, if it had been amended, i could imagine a really short extension to the end of november, because the new european commission which was meant to come in on november one has been delayed and will not comment until december one now. the rationale for making brexit day october 31 was that the
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uk would be clearly out by the time the new commission took office, so because of that delay, you could delay brexit on the eu site com pletely delay brexit on the eu site completely painlessly for another month. then you have a question of whether you stick to the prime minister's letter which reflected the benn act, taking you to the end of january next year. if you're looking at solving a much bigger problem or having an election or referendum or a stalemate the uk is just massive, you would have a longer extension, people have talked about that being untiljune next year, the eu does not vote on its next long—term budget untiljune and one of the worries is that uk could block the big decision. then you have people saying why not extend until the end of december 2020, that is when the transition period or implementation phase is meant to end? that would be a need to end point for any further article 50 extension. you could imagine the uproar in the uk if the uk was staying on until december 2020 when you see how much uproar there is about is staying and even a few days beyond october 31. that is a
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discussion for eu leaders in a couple of days when the situation where you are is much, much clearer. with me the political writer and broadcaster and former conservative mp, matthew parris. good to have you with us. we all get quite fixated at times on dates and number of mps backing certain things, but we are fundamentally looking, as our previous guests said, atan looking, as our previous guests said, at an issue of unprecedented constitutional complexity. do you see any way this will get through parliament in the next three days? yes, if mps are prepared to cave in, basically, i'm not debate things properly, and the lords are prepared to cave in under debate things properly, it could just about be done. i don't see much sign that mps
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are preparing to cave in in that way. we all make a lot of plus about 135 pages or whatever, there is another 130 pages small print, that is because it is the vivid and easy way to make a sticking point, but most mps don't read most of the words of most legislation most of the time, it is the broad principles that mps really want to think about and allow to settle. it is the broad principles, the big changes from mrs may's deal, that they want to think about. to use the old adage that the devil is in the detail, will mps wa nt to devil is in the detail, will mps want to scrutinise this in fine detail, and lots of members of the public might think most mps are used to looking at this sort of language in minute detail, but perhaps they are not? youjust don't have in minute detail, but perhaps they are not? you just don't have time in three days to look at my new detail, some mps are very good at that, others aren't, but they will certainly be a cutting—edge rougher about the detail, but the real
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motivation will be the broad principles rather than the detail, and the two big broad principles that i think are the sticking point, what is the border with northern ireland being moved to the irish sea, as it were... the front stop, as we call it, rather than the backstop. we will amputate our foot so we do not get caught in a trap. and the other is the length of the implementation of the transition period, and whether mps will be able to have a say about whether they do or don't accept the free trade arrangement that the government may or may not have negotiated. presumably you will say to mps, don't get fixated on the date of the 3ist don't get fixated on the date of the 31st of october, you had to look at this properly, but the prime minister has famously said that the uk will be leaving on october 31, do you think this is really his final chance to get that? the prime minister says all kinds of things and that the turnout not to be the
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case, nobody is really fixated on the 31st of and if the prime minister can get a deal, i think that will be fine with most people. they are using the fixation with the date, the government are using a fixated with the date, in order to bounce mps into considering this without thinking it through. do you think we are now ever closer to the prospect of a general election?” think so. it may well be that mps try to put down amendments of the bill gets a second reading of its timetable motion, which is not at all clear, especially the timetable motion, but if it proceeds to actual consideration that i think mps might put down amendments which may cause borisjohnson to put down amendments which may cause boris johnson to simply put down amendments which may cause borisjohnson to simply say this will wreck the bill, throw it up in the airand will wreck the bill, throw it up in the air and let's have a general election. matthew, finally, i would like to get your thoughts on this, people will be watching this and some people will be thinking that if mps are putting forward amendments
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it is purely to wreck the bill, to delay brexit, to stop brexit, do you think it is that orgy you think mps will genuinely be given pause by the amount of material they need to consider and the constitutional significance of it —— do you think it is that all do you think? it is a member of both, you pick your mp and ta ke member of both, you pick your mp and take your choice, so to speak. but i think many mps want a deal, but they wa nt to think many mps want a deal, but they want to look at this properly and think about it hard and there may be elements of this deal they want to change. some people will propose a customs union for the whole uk because they want to wreck the bill, others because they think it is a good idea. some will propose a second referendum because they want to stop the bill, others because they think the british public ought to be consulted, you can't generalise. good to happy this morning, matthew parris, thank very much. —— good to have you this
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morning. abortion has been decriminalised and same—sex marriage is to be legalised in northern ireland, after a landmark ruling came into effect at midnight. the first same—sex weddings could take place as soon as february next year. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. good morning, chris. an absolute watershed moment for northern ireland, in terms of its legislation it has been pretty socially conservative compared to the rest of the uk? that's right, it has been a big moment for northern ireland, no matter what side of the debate in theseissues matter what side of the debate in these issues yuan. major changes to two touchstone social issues here, firstly in same—sex marriage, as of midnight the law has changed so it is open for gay couples to get married here, five years after england, scotland and wales made that move. it will take awhile for arrangements to be set up, the first same—sex weddings in northern ireland will be held, appropriately
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enough, in the week of valentine's day next year. abortion has more controversial here, previously it was only legal in circumstances where there was a serious and permanent risk to a woman's health, so that amounted to a near ban. as of midnight, abortion has been decriminalised here, the government have until march two up with legislation to provide for abortion services. it is not clear under which circumstances abortion will be available in northern ireland, but under the terms of the legislation the condition of a serious and permanent risk to a woman's health will be removed, so abortion should be available if there was just a risk, and in some other circumstances. people who have campaigned against that change will say northern ireland has gone from having one of the most restrictive abortion laws in europe to one of the most liberal, others will say the most liberal, others will say the changes long overdue. thank you very much, chris page in belfast.
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joining us live from bristol is drjennifer thomson. she's the author of abortion law and political institutions: explaining policy resistance and is a lecturer in comparative politics at the university of bath. thank you very much forjoining us. obviously you will have been looking closely at events in northern ireland, particularly over the last 24 ireland, particularly over the last 2a as. abortion is been decriminalised, same—sex marriage has been legalised, do you think it will be a smooth transition forces? i think it will be fairly smooth and that there is clear public support for reform on these issues from the citizens of northern ireland. recent polling in 2018 by the northern irish cup life and times survey found over 70% of respondents thought abortion was a woman's right and there is equally strong support across the political communities, across the political communities,
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across supporters of different political parties, this is something that i think the political discourse around this issue does not really match up with the way ordinary people in northern ireland feel. that brings me onto my next point, how striking an example is for that policy resistance has been overcome by pressure from the grassroots from the ground up? i think this is a huge victory for the multiple generations of campaigners at this point who has been arguing for change on this issue in northern ireland. seeing change on abortion move in this direction is quite striking given that we seen resista nce striking given that we seen resistance to abortion law in, for example, the contemporary usa, in poland, inserting global discourse. this does really send a clear signal that progressive change on abortion laws can happen and is going to
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happen across the island of ireland. not everyone sees it as progressive so we can expect to see further protest, demonstrations, wants the law come into practical effect?” think there will be the potential for protests and arguments against the change. the recall of the assembly yesterday was done in order for particularly the dup to signal their distaste with the way this change has happened, with it coming from westminster and not coming from the local assembly in stormont. we now enter a period of interim change as well where there will be a period of public consultation before the final legislative framework is decided upon that has to take place by the end of march next year. this means we will see the potential for conservative voices to emerge and to argue against the change but importantly what came into effect at
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midnight last night forces the uk government to legislate for abortion ina much government to legislate for abortion in a much wider range of circumstances than have been allowed for in northern ireland for many, many years. thank you. it's emerged the audit firm ey, which signed off on thomas cook's financial health before its collapse also wrote a report used to award its former boss a £5 million bonus. the bonus, paid to former boss manny fontenla—novoa, followed a heavily—criticised 2007 merger with mytravel. senior ey staff are appearing before a panel of mps investigating thomas cook's collapse. our business presenter dominic o'connell is here. iimagine i imagine there will be some tough questions. it goes back to the idea ofa questions. it goes back to the idea of a conflict—of—interest. in 2007, thomas cook bought two to form a
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very big company to try and dominate the uk holiday package. it didn't work out like that but the former chief executive manny fontenla—novoa was going to be paid a bonus the following year if the companies had been successfully integrated. ey wrote the report saying he had done a good job so he got his bonus. the point of contention is that ey was at the time also an auditor to the firm. the idea that an auditor is being paid by the people who employ it to write reports that might lead to those people being paid bonuses isa to those people being paid bonuses is a clear conflict—of—interest. these days, audit firms will not do that generally. they have a self—imposed ban on doing this kind of advisory work. auditors are supposed to scrutinise but it seems more and more in the world of business that they themselves are being scrutinised. absolutely. the role of auditors is up for grabs and
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following the collapse of carillion in particular there has been a big enquiry into the role of auditors. this is about how independent auditors are and what are audits really saying? are they saying the accou nts really saying? are they saying the accounts can be absolutely trusted and they've checked every transaction? the reality is that isn't what it's about but what should it be about? what should auditors be doing, what should they be paid and what other kind of work should they be allowed to do? thank you. a few minutes later than normal, time for a look at the weather. good morning. for many of us, a dry day with sunny spells developing. mcleod across northern ireland and western scotland with some drizzle and some rain across the highlands.
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you can see that rain pushing across the far north of scotland and then later on more sweeping in from the west. temperatures ranging from 11-15 north west. temperatures ranging from 11—15 north to south. through the evening, you can see patchy mist and fog forming. rain coming in across northern ireland, western and northern scotland accompanied by gusty winds. temperature wise, falling to about eight but in rural areas we could see temperatures as low as this. quite a lot of dry weather around and a weather front close to the south—east will introduce cloud and showery rain. heavy rain coming in accompanied by gusty winds. hello this is bbc news. the headlines.
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borisjohnson's promise to take britain out of the eu by october 31st faces a crucial test in the commons today. mps will vote on the withdrawal bill, and then they will then have to approve the government's plan to allow three days to scrutinise it — a timescale many mps have criticised. officers from northamptonshire police will go to the us to interview an american diplomat‘s wife who left the uk after being involved in a fatal car crash. abortion has been decriminalised in northern ireland and same sex marriage has been legalised after westminster voted for the changes in july time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. and we're going to have to start this morning with the thing that's trending pretty much everywhere in the world. there's a new star wars film on the way — and today we got to see the trailer. the two—minute teaser clip was put out on twitter and has already had
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nearly 70,000 retweets. it says "the saga will end, the story lives forever. watch the final trailer for star wars — the rise of skywalker. so, let's have a look. it's an instinct. a feeling. the force brought us together. we are not alone. good people will fight if we lead them. people keep telling me they know me. no one does. but i do. long have i waited.
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and now... ..your coming together... ..is yourundoing. dramatic as ever. but you're going to have to wait until christmas to see the film in cinemas. next — for the past few days we've been bringing you updates of protests happening in lebanon. but there was a moment ofjoy that's being celebrated online with the story being shared over 100,000 times already. eliane jabbour told cnn she was driving through the baabda district, just south of beirut, when a crowd of cheering protesters surrounded her car. her 15—month—old son, robin, was with her. when she told them, "i have a baby, don't be too loud", this is what they did. and beware, this should come with a trigger warning for any
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parents of young children. # baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. # baby shark! doo doo doo doo doo. # mummy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. # mummy shark! doo doo doo doo doo. # daddy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. doo doo doo doo doo... i think that is making people smile! and now let's have a closer look at what's most popular on the bbc website at the moment. this is a story which has just appeared in the last short while. a terrible story about an 83—year—old man dying and two other pensioners being injured after they were attacked in the woods. police scotla nd attacked in the woods. police scotland saying they were seriously assaulted at bergen hall woods at 9am yesterday morning. this story is
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now becoming the most read on the bbc news app —— birkenhall woods. a 35—year—old man has been arrested. looking down, the second story is brexit by the way, and the most watched is the story of gurpreet who isa sikh watched is the story of gurpreet who is a sikh and has been trolled by people putting her workouts on instagram. they are saying it's not the sort of thing that sikh women should be doing. she says she wants to prove them wrong and is on a mission to show the world that sikhs can be "bad as", in her words. that is it for today. what is all this about spying and rugby?
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it has all got very interesting. as england trained this morning ahead of their rugby world cup semifinal against new zealand, it was suggested there could have been some covert filming going on. this is where england are training in tokyo. and apparently someone was spotted with a long lens, in one of those nearby apartments. not that coach eddiejones minded too much, he himself said it could have just been a fan. there is definitely someone in the apartment block filming but it might have been a japanese fan. don't care, mate. ithink have been a japanese fan. don't care, mate. i think you've got a long—range camera, mate. care, mate. i think you've got a long-range camera, mate. he doesn't appear to worry that someone was trying to take a look at his tactics ahead of the big game this weekend.
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concussion substitutes in football are one of the things being pushed for by the fa, to help deal with the effects of head injuries. it comes as new research has found former players are more likely to die of dementia than people of the same age range in the general population. that followed claims that former west brom strikerjeff astle died because of repeated head trauma. one of the things we are pushing very ha rd one of the things we are pushing very hard on today and i've spoken to uefa and fifa today, is to introduce concussion substitutes as quickly as possible. if anyone has a head injury, you don'tjust have a doctor looking at them quickly, you can send somebody else on to play while that player is assessed to make sure we move away from time pressure on doctors to make really important health decisions. and that story features on some of this morning's back pages. the daily express among those to focus on it — "football's dementia bombshell"
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the headline there. the mirror go with the line that some players have offered to donate their brains to research. their main story though is tottenham manager mauricio pochettino saying hisjob is "under threat". and the guardian also carries the dementia story — as well as sheffield united's win over arsenal last night — "blades cut flimsy arsenal down to size" they say. and they certainly did, their biggest win since returning to the premier league. summer signing lys moussett scored the only goal of the game at bramhall lane, on his first start for the club. defeat for arsenal means that they stay fifth, as sheffield united mnove into the top half of the table. tonight, tottenham are back in action with manager mauricio pochettino admitting for the first time his job is on the line as they prepare to take on red star belgrade in the champions league. they made the final last year, losing to liverpool — but their first home game of this season's campaign ended in a 7—2 thrashing by bayern munich — and they go into tonight's match with just one point. captain harry kane says
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it's the toughest spell he's had at the club. when you look at the results, it's not been easy. every player wants to win, we all want to be winning games but it's another challenge in my career and the club's career and the teen's career. it is just about trying to overcome that. by contrast, manchester city have two wins from two, they haven't conceded a goal so far — and tonight they welcome atalanta to the etihad. the italians are making their champions league debut, and they're yet to win a game in the group stage. but manager pep guardiola knows his side has weaknesses. in this competition, be strong in the boxes and this season we are not very strong in the boxes. that's why we have to improve. of course, we have time, tomorrow we have this chance to improve and improve. we
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need six more points to qualify. there's commentary from tottenham's match, as well as updates from manchester city, on radio 5 live tonight — kick—off is at 8 o'clock. when bury were removed from the fa cup, there was always going to be one team getting a bye into the second round because of the odd number of teams in the draw. and last night, when the first round draw was made, the last side left in the pot was... ..chichester city, who are the lowest—ranked club in the competition. they'll get £36,000 in prize money — and they said they'd be making a donation to bury. and finally, have a look at this incredible display of skill. as freestyle skier andri ragettli, leaps on a bike to set off a training routine which helps with balance and core stability.
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a real mix, we saw a bit ofjuggling there before he works his way around there before he works his way around the course. well worth having a look at those pictures. it took him 232 attempts, amazing! that's all the sport for now. the headlines on bbc news. mps have criticised plans to push key brexit legislation through the commons by the end of the week. a vote will be held later on a proposed three day timetable. officers from northamptonshire police are going to travel to the us to interview a woman involved in the crash which killed harry dunn. abortion has been decriminalised in northern ireland and same sex marriage has been legalised after westminster voted for the changes in july.
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it's the 115—page bill the government published last night and mp's will spend the next three days debating and voting on it, and by friday borisjohnson hopes it will be enshrined in law. the prime minister has urged mps to back this timetable, saying: "the public doesn't want any more delays, neither do other european leaders and neither do i." but opposition mps say there's simply not enough time to scrutinise the bill. our reality check correspondent chris morris is here. you are one of a select club who has actually read this, you are up last night reading through the 110 pages. a lot of it refers to other bits of law, so if you really want to understand what some of that 110 pages means, you've got to go and
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read other laws to find out. there's a lot to look at. that video we had at the end of the sport of the guy in the gym, i've seen somebody retreat that saying here's what we've got left to do in the brexit process! the analogy is quite striking. also, in addition to this bill, there is an impact assessment which runs to 60 odd pages. i know that you are currently working your way through that. pick out what you have seen of note in that impact assessment. one of the interesting things is the bill itself is pretty vague in what it says about the protocol on ireland and how that will work. a lot of what is in the bill is stuff that was in the withdrawal agreement originally went to reason they agreed it. a lot of that legal preparation will have been done before. the new stuff on island is pretty vague, it relies on ministers having the power to use things —— the stuff on ireland. the
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impact assessment is interesting because it goes through in some detail the bureaucracy and the cost that people doing business in northern ireland will have to face in terms of customs, vat and excise, ta riffs in terms of customs, vat and excise, tariffs administration, its regulation. it builds up a picture of what we're hearing from a lot of businesses in northern ireland that this deal is as good for us as theresa may's because it sets up complex clunky theresa may's because it sets up com plex clu nky system theresa may's because it sets up complex clunky system whereby in particular the trade between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, there will be a de facto border for customs and regulations and there will be a lot of form filling. there will be a lot of time and energy spent on dealing with a much more complicated system than the absolutely free trade they had both north and south with the republic of ireland and east—west with the rest of the uk at the moment. since the
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beginning of the brexit process, you've examined the legislation to deal with it in minute detail right from the start so i'm interested in getting a gut feeling from you as to whether three days is enough time to get through all of this detail, to scrutinise it properly. from memory, when theresa may's government was hoping to get to the stage of publishing the bill and then scrutinising it, people are talking about a couple of months to be left to do it properly. this is probably the most important change in the law we had in this country for decades. imean, we had in this country for decades. i mean, getting into the eu was one thing that coming out is a much bigger thing because of the way it has developed during the time we we re has developed during the time we were members. it is basically taking the whole of our economy and all the million moving parts and leaving it from one system to another. scrutinising that in three days is an almost unimaginable challenge. i
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don't think it can be done to any degree possible. the government argument is yes but once we've left, then the bigger part of the operation if you like would be deciding where we go from there, what kind of trading relationship we have in the future and some of that is still up for grabs. there are things in the bill which worry opponents of the government because they seem to circumscribe the way parliament might be able to act in the future and the way it might be able to influence the debate about what kind of final settlement we end up what kind of final settlement we end up with. thank you. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau has won a second term in office — although he is likely to fall short of an overall majority. with most results in from the country's general election — the prime minister's liberal party is well ahead of the main challenger — the conservatives led by andrew scheer. mr trudeau will now try and gain the support of other parties to help him govern. drivers of electric cars may soon use special green number plates, to help them benefit
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from incentives, such as cheaper parking and being able to drive in bus lanes. it's part of plans which hope to boost electric car sales, and help the government achieve its target of net zero emissions by 2050. tom burridge reports. imagine you could zip out of this congestion into the red lane, just like a taxi or a bus. well, under government plans, electric vehicle owners like rod... bristol particularly is bit of a higgledy—piggledy mess of... ..might in future be allowed to do exactly that. i think that would be a huge plus. that would probably have my commute time and would be a real incentive to me in driving a car like this. green numberplates, which could look something like these, would, ministers believe, make it easier for councils to introduce incentives like free parking or access to the bus lanes. driving in a bus lane won't change my mind. i'd be up forjust driving an electric car because it's better for the planet. it seems a good idea if you could move a bit
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quickly through a city. there's too many cars on the road anyway, and i think a better incentive would be to make the bus is cheaper. ultimately councils decide which incentives to introduce and where. the government hopes by making electrics more visible it can drive change. we are pumping out the fumes from diesel and petrol that literally kill people, so we want to change that, and one way to do that is to raise the awareness of what i think is a quiet revolution going on on our streets, which are more and more though and zero carbon cars. in norway's capital oslo, electric cars are everywhere. there numberplates start with an e. incentives such as free parking and open access to bus lanes have helped convert consumers there. the rest of the world, including the uk, is playing catch—up. electrics are still a fraction of all new vehicles bought in britain today. improving charging infrastructure is key, but the government hopes incentives like being able to drive in the bus lane could help us make the shift. but the upfront cost of an electric is a big barrier for many of us.
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a wider choice of more affordable models will be critical so they can become mainstream on our streets. tom burridge, bbc news, in bristol. japan's emperor naruhito has formally proclaimed his ascension to the throne in an elaborate ceremony. the 59—year—old officially began his reign in may after the abdication of his father, the then—emperor akihito. but, in a series of traditional rituals, his ascension has only now been formalised. a full celebration parade was postponed out of respect for the 80 victims of typhoon hagibis. and now, finally, how about this for something brave, or perhaps a bit stupid. two anglers in small boats have been filmed dangerously close to a giant "plug hole" at a reservoir. they were spotted on saturday a few metres from a 66ft—deep overflow hole at derbyshire's ladybower
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reservoir. severn trent water, which owns the reservoir, warned people boating and fishing there to keep "well away" from the plug hole and to stay safe. that is number three on our most watched. now it's time for a look at the weather. we had a rather misty and murky start to the day across central and southern parts of england. still a bit of fog out there but it's lifting. that is the scene in somerset at the moment. as we go through the rest of the morning, the fog will clear away and there will be sunny spells developing across england and wales. further north, a bit more cloud with some bright skies in eastern and south—eastern scotland. rain affecting the far north of scotland but for most of us today it's going to be a dry day. maximum temperature is about 12—15. through tonight, a bit more rain across scotland, also towards
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western scotland. some mist and fog patches developing in central and southern areas with clear spells. turning a bit chilly across england and wales with temperatures down to five. not quite as cold as that further north. some rain moving in through the weather system. need to keep an eye on this area of low pressure and this warm front which will spreading across south—eastern england during wednesday. that could bring some rain particularly late in the day into the evening. elsewhere, some brighter skies and sunshine for northern england, the midlands and across wales. temperatures on wednesday about 12—15. on thursday, a messy picture. one weather system in the north—west, the warm front in the south—east, quite a bit of cloud initially on thursday. we've got some cloud moving eastward, one or two showers. further rain spreading into northern ireland and the west
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of scotland. a bit of cloud down to the south—east but again, some brighter and drier weather in between. maximum temperature is about 12—15. into friday, a weather system moving south—eastward, another one moving from the south—west. a clash on friday, warm air is coming in from the south—west, cold air coming in from the north. as they meet, some heavy rain moving in across south—western areas. it could snow for some of us particularly over the tops of the mountains. really quite a chilly day towards north—western areas with temperatures about 8—9. further south and east, temperature is about 14 south and east, temperature is about 1a or 15. quite a bit going on, quite a bit of a messy picture. certainly some mist and fog during the mornings, actually to start off with as well. still some uncertainties in the forecast as we
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go into friday. it's worth keeping an eye on that because for many of us, over the mountains some snow.
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hello, it's tuesday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. older people with eating disorders — an invesitgation for this programme has found some nhs eating disorder clinics have a cut—off age for treatment. what breaks my heart more than anything is i have a little grandson now, he's just two, anything is i have a little grandson now, he'sjust two, and it was his birthday the other week and he, you know, wants to give everybody a piece of cake and everything and i can't, ijust piece of cake and everything and i can't, i just can't piece of cake and everything and i can't, ijust can't do it. we'll talk to sylvia barr, who was diagnosed with anorexia in her late 50s. boris johnson will urge mps to back his brexit deal again today, in a final attempt to get the uk to leave the eu by

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