an indigenous brazilian has been killed inside a protected area in the north of the country. community leaders say paulo guajajara was shot in the head by a logger who had invaded a reservation. the logger was shot and killed in the clash. iraqi security forces have fired tear gas and rounds of live ammunition to disperse tens of thousands of anti—government demonstrators — in the biggest turnout since the conflict broke out a month ago. protesters are demanding sweeping changes to the country's political system. the online property rental company, airbnb, is to ban bookings by guests who intend to use the accomodation for house parties. it follows the deaths of five people in san francisco, where a party ended in a shootout on halloween night. the company says screening of customers will be improved, now on bbc news, time for a look

back at the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. it's on. the uk will vote on december the 12th — as borisjohnson argues a general election is the only way to push brexit forward. this endless, wilful, fingers crossed, "not me, guv" refusal to deliver on the mandate of the people, and that is, mr speaker, to refresh this parliament and give the people a choice. labour backs a general election because we want this country to be rid of this reckless and destructive conservative government. the parties begin to set out their stalls. and the lib dem leader says she should be included in any tv debates. will the prime minister

commit today to take part in those three—way debates, or is he going to run scared of debating? and tributes tojohn bercow as he retires as speaker. the longest serving woman mp praises him for throwing open the commons to youngsters. there were those who resisted change and said we cannot have all these children here in the house of commons, we've got work to be done. borisjohnson finally got what he wanted. after three failed attempts, the date for the general election has been set for thursday december the 12th. on monday he'd had one last go at getting the election through under the fixed term parliaments act. but although he won the vote, he didn't get the two thirds majority — 434 mps — that he needed. so on tuesday it was time for a different approach, this time putting through a short bill calliing for an election. i think this delay is becoming seriously damaging to the national interest because families can't plan, businesses can't plan, and a climate of uncertainty is not

only corroding trust in politics but is beginning to hold everybody back from making vital, everyday decisions. he did get a majority of 30 for his deal in principle last week, and if the subsequent time of this house had been devoted to the committee and report stage of the house, following the ordinary principles of government, we would be well on our way to leaving in the middle of november. so, can i with respect say to my right honourable friend, can he find a slightly better basis for fighting this election, when we get to the campaign in due course? there is only one way now to move this country forward and to have that debate and that is to get brexit done and there is only one way to get brexit done, in the face of this unrelenting parliamentary obstructionism. this endless wilful, fingers crossed, "not me, guv" refusal to deliver on the mandate of the people,

and that is, mr speaker, to refresh this parliament and give the people a choice. labour backs a general election because we want this country to be rid of this reckless and destructive conservative government. a government that has caused more of our children to be living in poverty, more pensioners to be in poverty, and more people to be in in work poverty. i shall be voting against an early election today and encourage as many of my colleagues as possible to defy the threats and blandishments to do so, because the reality is that the uncertainty of the outcome of a general election most certainly does not take no deal of the table. the honourable member says the snp has tried to obstruct brexit. well, mr speaker, guilty as charged. mps had managed to change the rules

for the day so that they could amend the general election bill — and propose allowing eu nationals and 16 and 17 year olds to vote — a move backed by the lib dem leader who pointed to the example in scotland. where you see on polling day at four o'clock in the afternoon, young people from fifth year and 6th year leaving school, walking down the road, and going en masse to the polling station. and it is a sight to behold, it is a positive step. i have to say, there were many conservative members who were sceptical of this who in scotland have come roundto the idea after seeing it is a successful change. in the end the amendments to give eu nationals and 16 and 17 year olds the vote were not selected, and mps voted against a proposal from the snp and the lib dems to have the election a few days earlier on december 9th. the bill then went off to the lords, where two peers challenged the idea that voters would be put off by the winter weather.

it's not the weather or the time of year that's important, it is whether people feel that their votes are going to be important and valued and matter. and the great reforming liberal whig government of lord gray was indeed elected on the 10th of december 1832. so there's a good president. i would remind this house that i was first elected for the caernarfon constituency for plaid cymru in the last midwinter election we had in february 1974. yes, it was dark, yes, it was wet, and, yes, it was very, very cold. but when the good people of caernarfon saw dozens of young people committed to a cause, knocking three or even four times on the doors, they realised how much it meant those young people and they swung our cause. lord wigley. if you wanted to know what arguments the parties were planning to put to voters,

there wasn't long to wait. the last prime minister's questions before the election set the scene. the prime minister's planned sell—out deal with donald trump means... ..means yet more national health service money being siphoned off into private profit. isn't the truth that this government is preparing to sell out our nhs? our health service is in more danger than at any other time in its glorious history because of his government, his attitude, and the trade deals he wants to strike. mr speaker, i do indeed agree there is a stark choice facing this country at this election and it is between economic catastrophe under the labour party, £196 billion programme taking away money from companies and putting it on a pointless

renationalisation programme, putting up taxes or corporations, on pensions, on businesses, and at the highest level in the whole of europe, that is the economic catastrophe he offers. but he also offers a political disaster. this prime minister's extreme brexit will take a wrecking ball to the economy and cost scotland and the united kingdom up to £70 billion a year. you know, mr speaker, we can talk about the impact of brexit and they howl and complain because they know the reality is going to damage people lives. isn't the truth is that the prime minister is willing to throw scotland under his big red bus to deliver his brexit? no matter what the cost. talk about brexit and the complaint in the in the know the reality, it will damage people ‘s minds. isn't it the truth that has mind if government under the big red bus to deliver his backs. in banner what the cost. comes to the close of nine

years of misrule, misinformation. and broken promises and fails, we have a simple choice. we can back oui’ have a simple choice. we can back our country by voting or be let down once again by one of these deeply divided westminster parties who offer nothing but more brexit careful dish) cows. offer nothing but more brexit careful dish ) cows. the people voted to leave the union. people deserve to hear from a voted to leave the union. people deserve to hearfrom a leader voted to leave the union. people deserve to hear from a leader that wa nt to deserve to hear from a leader that want to stop brexit and build a better future, will the want to stop brexit and build a betterfuture, will the prime minister commit to take part in those very debates? i was secured to run scared ? those very debates? i was secured to run scared? they want the promises ke pt run scared? they want the promises kept and i'm not disposed to believe

in the promises of the poor democrats when they said they want to revoke the referendum, don't mention brexit at all. that's a liberal... that's the budget of hypocrites among them, they statement in allowing better policy of death and delay. but then? very things that have to happen before mps can get boot divisions. the first is that they need to elect a speaker, sat down visually, very good to see in the election of a new speaker before the general election so we assume speaker before the general election so we assume that parliament returns we will see them re—elect the

incumbents because of that takes place quickly. so that's a quick process. emotion moved, asking mps to relax, that could happen really quickly. if not, in the process will ta ke quickly. if not, in the process will take a day of parliament ‘s time. this avastin. after that, mps and peers have to be sworn in, usually that takes around 2— three dates to convert because there are so many, thatis convert because there are so many, that is something that potentially could happen, much quicker if possible but everyone would have to agree. and the third thing is the state opening of parliament. again also is about whether or not of all special happen not just also is about whether or not of all special happen notjust rack if so, when that would happen and that would depend on the queen's availability. your use -- using the

speech with all the ceremony but it doesn't have to be like that. no, it can be more strip back, back in 2017 after the election there was a quite after the election there was a quite a pared down queen ‘s speech was much less of the ceremony and pedantry. but it's possible for parliament to be opened without the queen attending in person. people called commissioners are able to do that so they could be an option the government may choose. it depends on who the government is. that is adjourned after a general election if we continue with the same by mr and the government that we currently have, that i feel they had a queen speech very recently, they don't have an edge and she set out, and we would see someone else government and someone else hold mickey as their neighbour want to set out what their neighbour want to set out what their domestic agenda is. it's possible we could have a queen speech before christmas. it's

possible, the fee for examination, tend to take place around 7—10 days. within a general election. these things can be expedited but only if there is the political will to do so and their —— that cannot be guaranteed. so we have a christmas break. they had a lengthy debate on the queen speech. but is a set number of days for the debate when oui’ number of days for the debate when our savant? we usually assume it'll be 5— six days, it doesn't have to happen. it's possible to condense it, there are certain rules about when votes on queen speech are held and those votes helped — track tape is initiated. if the government and mps are willing to change that, it might be that they can make a change to the rules temporarily in order to condense things. if you are

government they wanted the gauge of the view that rack your opinion, you have a tight timetable to get that through parliament. yes and they would have to start again with the drawl agreement bill. so if the government that we currently have is returned following the election, there would have to begin with the first and second reading again and if the were to condense a ceremony that happen at the beginning of the session, and get agreement, they're living themselves little time and doing that around christmas they would see — backs up to see we can sittings. obviously all this depends on the government getting in that wa nt to on the government getting in that want to leave the eu. if labour gets into power, it's a very different scenario because the said they would go back to the eu and renegotiate. but what if there is a hung parliament or a coalition

progression right, that means is things will take more time. and it will be a waiting game for everybody to see what a government can be formed and whether the government can command the house. we'll await kenny to see what happens. thank you very much for coming onto the programme. now let's take a look at some other news from around westminster. mps and peers had their first chance to debate the initial report on the grenfell tower fire. 72 people died as a result of the fire on the 14th ofjune 2017. the report concluded that the tower did not comply with building regulations and criticised the handling of the blaze by the london fire brigade. in the commons, mps stood for a minute's silence to reflect on the tragedy and the loss of life. many who lived together, died together. husbands and wives, parents and children were found in each other‘s arms.

it is still the case that there are men, women and children, up and down the country, sleeping tonight in buildings with that cladding. gre nfell tower would not have happened, mr speaker, to wealthy londoners. it happened to poor and mainly migrant londoners. i think one of the most shocking features that has come out from consideration of what happened at grenfell tower is this issue of the way in which those people had been genuinely raising matters about safety and felt that those matters and in some cases they were just completely ignored. one of the worst of many disappointments is the naming of the firefighters we've been talking about already who risked their lives in that bonfire made by corporate greed and the distain and complacency of politicians over many years. what do we know about

the science of ageing? the lords science and technology committee has begun an inquiry and heard first about the impact of the multiple medications many older people are taking. most of the patients i see now are on ten, 15, 23 drugs. that's a huge number of drugs to be able to take, let alone to be able to remember to take them. and those drugs are used in conventional doses and contested —— been tested, in younger populations who have exclusion criteria for trials and tests and people who don't have the multiple diseases. so when we use a drug and the dose that is licensed at the moment we are often poisoning the elderly because of the dosage we are using. mps demanded legislation to increase prison sentences for animal cruelty be brought in before the election. the legislation has passed its first parliamentary hurdle, but looks set to run out of time before the end of the session on tuesday. this cross party

agreement for this bill. it is a short bill which she knows i have the permission of the secretary of state here to say this, we support this bill, we can crack on. it could be done and on the statute but before dissolution, why won't she do this even at this late stage? put it on the order paper for monday or tuesday. i can reassure her that a conservative government will put this bill on the order paper very soon after we are reelected to serve this country. mps have approved a bill allowing civil servants in northern ireland to continue spending money — in the absence of devolved government. power sharing between the parties in the stormont assembly broke down in january 2017. because there's no executive in belfast to make decisions westminster has to step in. there was a fond farewell to the speaker's chaplin, rose hudson wilkin, who's been appointed bishop of dover. the shadow leader of the commons made a tearful tribute. we know you will go on to greater things. and are proud to have crossed paths with you. a true pilgrim's progress.

from jamaica to canterbury, as aretha franklin would say, respect. mps approved the suspension of labour mp, keith vaz from parliament for six months. it follows newspaper revelations in 2016. a report by the commons standards committee said he'd "disregarded" the law by "expressing a willingness" to help buy cocaine for male prostitutes and there was "compelling evidence" he had paid for sex. it recommended keith vaz‘s suspension after he was "evasive and unhelpful" during the investigation. keith vaz himself hasn't commented on the accusations — saying he's receiving treatment for a serious mental health condition. but the debate on the report quickly turned into an angry exchange between the conservative who'd made the original complaint to the committee and

the speaker, john bercow. i do, in all sincerity, and kindness to the state of the honourable gentlemen, show so antenna, man, for the will of the house and show some sensitivity. you have made your point in making a complaint, which the honourable gentlemen had every right to do, and the committee has determined the matter. it would be, ithink, seemly, if the honourable gentlemen speedily brought his speech to a conclusion. thank you once again for more help and advice mr speaker. the honourable gentlemen to resume his seat. it is not help and advice. i'm telling the honourable gentlemen what the position is, don't mix it with the chair. if you've got a couple more sentences to utter, you will do so. if you want to dilate at length, you will not. mr speaker, i will bring my remarks to a conclusion, but it is clear to me, and it will be clear to the public, that to the fagend of your tenure in your chair you are defending

the indefensible and your very close relationship with the honourable member in question. the house can come to its own conclusions. the standards committee has come to it. its own conclusions, and mr speaker, the public will come to theirs. thank you very much. andrew bridgen and john bercow. not all mps have such a testy relationship with the speaker — many had warm words as he prepared to retire after a decade in the chair. borisjohnson led tributes on wednesday. you've done more than anyone since stephen hawking to stretch time in this particular session. laughter. and as we come to the end of what must be the longest retirement since frank sinatra, mr speaker, i'm sure the whole house willjoin me in thanking you and hope you enjoy your retirement the same thing you have prescribed

to the rest of us. the labour leader listed some ofjohn bercow‘s achievements. vast expanded the use of urgent questions which has been overwhelmingly popular with all government ministers opened up the number of emergency debates which is even more popular with even more government ministers. in the tradition of other speakers, you have stood up for parliament when it has to be stood up for that i think we think you for that. and those tributes continued for several hours the next day — the longest—serving woman mp said john bercow had opened up the house to young people. everybody recognises that's a thoroughly good thing, but you had to fight for that. because there were those that resisted change and said we cannot have all of these children here in the house of commons, we've got work to be done. and you relentlessly and in a principled way, pushed for it, and i thank you for that. a veteran tory had an anecdote. i was at a primary school, you always get the difficult questions there and i was asked

what is the rudest thing anyone has ever set you in politics? and i thought for a bit and said you know it's when someone came up to me in the street and said good morning, mr bercow. alan duncan. the new speaker will be chosen on monday, here's gary connor with a look at the candidates. there were nine mps jockeying to replace him. the first — conservative sir henry with a true saying he left cross party support. chris bryant, labour, is a former church of england vicar who wants to be an umpire, not a player in the parliamentary game. harriet harman is the mother of the house of commons, and twice labour's acting leader. she plans a great reform

agenda if she wins. labour's meg hillier has chaired this committee since 2017, and wants to repair what she calls reputational damage to parliament. sir lindsay hoyle is the most experienced. he has been the senior deputy speaker since 2010. dame eleanor lange is another deputy speaker after a promotion. if she gets the top job she will work to restore trust in our democracy. sir edward lee has been a conservative backbencher since 1983 and would be a traditional speaker who does not speak too much. a northern ireland minister until last year and says the speaker he will not make up parliamentary procedure. and finally dame rosie, a deputy speaker sincejune 2017, and a former labour chief weapon.

—— chief whip. she will adjudicate rather than dictate. gary conor. well, who better to ask about the challenges facing the new speaker than dr ruth fox from the hansard society. i think the next speaker is certainly, in terms of how they are running what they are saying in the hustings events that have been taking place in the run—up to the election i think they are likely to promote themselves more as umpires rather than players, and certainly there's been a lot of criticism of the speaker and his creativity and innovation. a number of the runners in this race are saying that they will stick more to the rules and not be loading the dice in favour of one side or the other. however, the candidates, if they get the job are going to have to deal with the political context in which this speaker has found himself. so they may have to deal with a hung parliament.

they will still possibly have to deal with parties that are quite fragmented. they may have to deal with independent mps they have to take account of in these decisions that they make and so they could still face some of the same challenges. dr ruth fox from the hansa rd society. and if you're gripped by the speaker's election why not join us on bbc parliament on monday afternoon from 2:15. in a special programme you can follow all the news and views as the election unfolds through successive ballots until we end up with the name of the next occupant of the big chair. daniel brittain will be here with special guests and i'll be bringing you updates from pa rliament‘s central lobby as the voting gets under way. so dojoin us from a quarter past two on monday. but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye.

hello there. wins have already been picking up. stormy weather taking us through saturday. gales and heavy rain which for some of us will cause some disruption to travel and potentially some damages well. your bbc local radio station will keep you up—to—date. you can see this swirling area of cloud on our earlier satellite picture. this is an area of low pressure which has been deepening as it has been approaching the british isles and on the southern flank, see all of these isobars are squatting together, it shows us a swathe of very strong winds continuing to develop right now across parts of wales and the south—west of england. some very heavy rain to be had here as well. there are met office yellow warnings in force for the strength of the winds. strongest through the morning, gusts of 60—70 and maybe 80 mph on exposed post and is the day

wears on, the strong winds will tra nsfer wears on, the strong winds will transfer further east across the south midlands, entered east anglia. those wins could be quite damaging. they will also be some heavy and persistent rain slowly pushing eastwards and northwards. but at the same time there will be parts of northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland that see precious little rain. they will be sunny spells and the winds he will be light are so not a bad day but for the northern half of scotland, here there will be heavy and persistent rain which could cause flooding and easterly winds gusting to 60 mph. a lot going on through the day ahead for top top temperatures of 13 — 15. planning to head out during the evening, the wins will only slowly ease. into the first part of sunday, it should be a little more calm out there. still some rain at times on sunday, low pressure still very much in charge

but notice not as many isobars on the charts so the wins will be considerably lighter. around the centre of that area of low pressure, showers or longer spells of rain spiralling around the uk but it is not all doom and gloom, you can see some breaks in the cloud as well. there will be some spells of sunshine and those top temperatures, 10 degrees in aberdeen and 1a in cardiff. it stays unsettled with further debbie —— heavy downpours and then for the middle of the week, it will pick up a northerly wind and it will pick up a northerly wind and it will pick up a northerly wind and it will feel rather chilly.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with babita sharma and roger johnson. our headlines today: ahead of the first full week of the election campaign, labour and the conservatives make big spending pledges. the vietnamese community comes together for a vigil for the 39 people found dead in a lorry in essex. airbnb promises to crackdown on party houses after five people are shot dead in the united states. lewis hamilton edges ever closer to another racing landmark. he's on course to win his sixth formula 1 world title at the us grand prix later today. a very good morning to you. it was a very wild yesterday for some of us,

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