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iranian violations of the international nuclear accord. the iranian foreign minister described the move as legally baseless and a strategic mistake. the europeans say they hope the agreement can still be saved. the impeachment trial of donald trump has moved a step closer. the house speaker, nancy pelosi, says a vote on sending articles of impeachment to the senate will take place on wednesday. senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, says the trial is likely to begin next tuesday. taiwan's president, tsai ing—wen, has told the bbc that the island has no need to declare formal independence because it already is an independent country. ms tsai said last week's presidential election, in which she won a second term in office, showed taiwanese people did not like being threatened by china. now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament.
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hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament, as the foreign secretary warns iran it faces a stark choice. the regime can take the steps to de—escalate tensions and adhere to the basic rules of international law or sink deeper and deeper into political and economic isolation. but labour wonder why the us president does not like the current iranian deal. we all suspect that it is trump the toddler's main issue with it, but can he confirm the prime minister was correct? also: no big ben bongs for brexit,
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a peer called a truce. people who have won the brexit debate should not be triumphalist. borisjohnson has that donald trump will produce a replacement for the iran nuclear deal. the comments came as the uk, france and germany accused tehran of breaching the terms of the agreement. the european allies which remain part of the troubled nuclear deal despite the us president's opposition said iran was meeting its commitments. it eases sanctions in return for iran agreeing to restrictions on its activity in an effort to ensure tehran did not acquire a nuclear weapon. in the commons, the foreign secretary told mps that the e3 referred the matter to the drm. he said they had no alternative. time and time again we've expressed our serious concerns
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to iran and urge them to come back to compliance. time and time again in its statements, and more importantly through its actions, it has as refused, undermining the very integrity of the deal. and flouting its international commitments. he said iran had a choice. the resume can take steps to adhere to the basic rules of international law or sink deeper and deeper into political and economic isolation. so iran's response to the drm will be a crucial test to its intentions and its goodwill. we urge iran to work with us, to save the deal. we urge iran to see this as an opportunity to assure the world that it's nuclear intentions are excessively peaceful. and urge them to choose the alternative path and have the full range of activities that flout international law and destabilise the region.
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they contrasted that statement with what the prime minister had said. president trump is a great deal maker by his own account and others let's work together to replace the jc poa and get the trumpet deal instead. that's what we need to see. that would be a great way forward. so in the space of two or three days the prime minister has gone from signing a joint statement with france and germany, calling for the retention and restoration of the jc poa for calling for it to be scrapped and replaced by some medical trump deal. she had questions about the prime minister's remarks. can he confirm that in his discussions with his american counterparts that they have said that one of the problems with the jcpoa was that, to quote the prime minister, "it was negotiated by president obama". we all suspect thatis president obama". we all suspect that is trump the toddler's main issue with but can he confirm the
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prime minister was correct? based on what the prime minister said this morning, are we now to understand that despite anything the foreign secretary said in his statementjust now and everything contained in the joint statement at the weekend, it is now official policy of the uk government to replace the jcpoa and get a government to replace the jcpoa and geta trump government to replace the jcpoa and get a trump deal instead, and that that would represent a great way forward. and if that is not official government policy, why did the prime minister say it? and why is he walking all over the foreign secretary's patch? dominic rather said the prime minister fully supported the agreement stop that is the clear position, he said it on many occasions, and the honourable lady, draw breath, allow me to respond to her remarks, she then made a whole series of attacks, as usual, on the us administration, which seems to rather cloud herjudgement in this area.
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it's not just president area. it's notjust president donald trump but also president macron that have argued for a broader deal with iran. let's go back to this morning's interview with the prime minister where he said, and i think it bears repetition, on breakfast tv this morning he said let's replace it, jcpoa, with the trump deal, that's what we need to stop a president trump isa what we need to stop a president trump is a great deal maker by his own account by many others. let's work together to replace the jcpoa and get the trump deal instead. foreign secretary, i'm very happy to support you from these benches but you seem support you from these benches but you seem to be getting more support from the snp than your own prime minister. how seriously do you think tehran takes us all now? i think the prime minister wants to maintain this deal, or he is now advocating for its replacement. cannot credibly hold both positions. which one is the policy of the government? the right honourable gentleman isjust government? the right honourable gentleman is just wrong. government? the right honourable gentleman isjust wrong. of government? the right honourable gentleman is just wrong. of course you can want to preserve this deal
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but be ambitious if it is possible to bring in the united states and iran intoa to bring in the united states and iran into a broader approach meant, dealing not just with iran into a broader approach meant, dealing notjust with the nuclear issue but the wider disabling activities and that's the positive we are pursuing. agreeing the dispute resolution is a good thing but to be frank, only doing so after six months of, to use the foreign secretary's own words, serious and systematic non—compliance is weak. the jcpoa is time—limited. it would never prevent iran having a nuclear weapon. it would only delay the chances of that happening, but it can't do that if, to use the foreign secretary's own words, it's just the shell of an agreement stop me there are weaknesses to the jcpoa, it is time—limited and there are other weaknesses, we have never said it is the perfect deal but it's the only deal in town which is restraining the behaviour of iran and to the extent that we've now got to the situation where iran is not complying with those restraints, we have to trigger the rm as a matter
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of the credibility of the deal and of the credibility of the deal and of us as the e3. dominic raab. regional airline flybe has struck a rescue deal with its investors and the government. the shareholders have agreed to put more money into the loss—making airline and the government has agreed to review air passenger duty. flybe carries about 8 million passengers a year from airports including birmingham, cardiff and southampton to the rest of the uk and europe. borisjohnson to the rest of the uk and europe. boris johnson told to the rest of the uk and europe. borisjohnson told the bbc there was no doubt about the importance of the airline. there's been talk of a cut in air passenger duty on domestic flights to help flybe, but environmental groups said that would be reckless. the transport minister emphasised that flybe was still a growing concern. we are working very hard but there are commercial limits to what a government can do to rescue any particular firm, but be government can do to rescue any particularfirm, but be in no doubt. we understand the important role flybe plays in connectivity across
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the whole of the uk. this government is committed to ensuring the country has regional connectivity it needs. several mps with airports in their constituency stressed the importance of flybe to the local economy. constituency stressed the importance of flybe to the local economylj wanted of flybe to the local economy.” wanted to mention air passenger duty, i don't want to put the minister ina duty, i don't want to put the minister in a corner but i want to see him expand more on what can be achieved with apd, which has long beena achieved with apd, which has long been a concern for airlines and operators. we leave the eu at the end of the month, which might give a chance to consider what freedoms there could be rain state aid rules going forward. i don't expect the minister to make going forward. i don't expect the ministerto make any going forward. i don't expect the minister to make any sweeping announcement from the dispatch box but hope he is closely considering this alongside his officials. she tries to tempt me onto apd and it would help house if i start i make it clear that transport ministers never talk about air passenger duty, it is a matter for the treasury and i won't change that now, so the treasury and i won't change that now, so no comment the treasury and i won't change that now, so no comment on—air the treasury and i won't change that now, so no comment on—air passenger now, so no comment on—air passenger duty.
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we have an uneven playing field, minister, around apd and other regulation around regional airlines and airports which has, without doubt, contributed to flybe's current predicament so longer term cani current predicament so longer term can i ask the minister whether there's any appetite within government to address this and the crippling impact it's having on the regional connectivity that he and the prime minister rightly referred to this morning. although i recognise what the honourable gentleman has to say, our regional airfields are crucial to our regional collectivity and i'm acutely conscious of that and we are looking at all policy options. does he realise that air passenger duty is a damaging tax to the economy, costs jobs and there have been reports given to the department of transport and the treasury that show abolishing passenger duty would actually... lead to an increase in tax income and have a beneficial inta ke tax income and have a beneficial intake on the economy and jobs and
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will he look at those reports?” have heard the comments loud and clear. there's something of a pattern here, we had the collapse of monarch, thomas cook and now potentially the collapse of flybe. when we took evidence on the select in the last parliament on the collapse of thomas cook, the evidence we had from the business and the trade unions was the same, the government was asleep at the wheel. can i ask the minister what lessons they have learned from that collapse and what they are doing to ensure passengers are protected, critical routes that connect regional towns and cities are supported and also that the taxpayer doesn't end up footing the bill for another corporate failure? minister. i hear what the honourable lady has to say. i am sure she will know it is a highly volatile market. i don't accept her comparison. with the minister agree with me that firstly it is wrong to politicise the flybe situation, as members
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opposite have managed to do so far this afternoon, and also work to include this vital airline continuing to serve the south—west and beyond should happen?” continuing to serve the south—west and beyond should happen? i would encourage the minister to do all he can to support flybe, its workforce and protect passengers, but can he assure the house that his government will simultaneously and fully accepted its responsibilities to protect the planet? over the coming months it will become ever more apparent that tackling the climate emergency means rapid changes to high carbon sectors and aviation must decrease and are not increased, so instead of bailing out polluting companies every time there's a crisis and in this instance doing so ina way crisis and in this instance doing so in a way that would increase emissions, does he agree that the government should develop just transition plans for high carbon industries, retraining workers in new sustainable jobs, involving unions and local communities and in this case enhancing rail connectivity? i think she is overlooking what we are seeking to
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do with aviation playing its role in reaching the 2050 target. asi reaching the 2050 target. as i said, we will consult with the committee on climate change. the honourable member for future transport is working hard on diversifying the aeroplane market and bringing forward the consolidation plan. we are open to goodideas consolidation plan. we are open to good ideas about how we can decarbonise transport in this department. paul maynard. you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, david cornock. don't forget, if you miss our daily round—up from westminster you can catch up via the bbc iplayer. ministers have come under pressure to reverse cuts to legal a, but question time in the comments showed labour's shadow justice secretary said legal a human right and they referred to the un report on poverty in britain by the special rapporteur. what people need as a basic right from the government ‘s action, not words. the un special raconteur said
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these cuts overly affected the poor and disabled people —— raconteur. labour is calling for a return to all legal a funded advice and this would be a lifeline to the single mother standing up to the lousy landlord, the workers standing up to a bullying boss or the migrants fighting cruel home office policies. doesn't it say everything about whose side the government is on that it is deliberately preventing these people from defending their hard—won rights? mr speaker, rights? mrspeaker, ido rights? mr speaker, i do not accept that and igo mr speaker, i do not accept that and i go back to my earlier point, we believe in access to justice and in particular to early legal support for those people who absolutely need it. we have pilots, we have the innovation fund coming forward and this government remains firmly committed to helping those people who need early legal support and legal advice. several mps raised the issue of domestic abuse where the government plans to toughen the law. a conservative said a key related
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factor lay in organised crime. cou nty county lines drug gangs are involved in the largest exploitation of our children this country has ever witnessed. children from all walks of life are being groomed by these gangs. given that women and girls are particularly at risk of being abused and exploited, what steps is the government taking to ensure that the criminaljustice system is doing more to protect our women and girls, in particular using the modern slavery act? thank you, i'm very grateful to my honourable friend, a citizen of london and westminster raising this point, mr speaker. and i know she brings a huge amount of expertise in this knowledge in this specific area. which is to be welcomed. this government recognises the risk to girls and young women who are exploited by these ruthless gangs, and that's why the home office provided £400,000 this financial year for young people's advocates in london,
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manchester, and the west midlands to work directly with gang affected women and girls, especially if they have been victims or at risk of sexual abuse by gangs including county lines. i can assure her that colleagues in the home office are also working with the police, crown prosecution service, to take full advantage of powers in the modern slavery act. a labour mp highlighted a rise in domestic abuse at the time of major sporting events. with the six nations coming just in a few weeks' time, what work is the minister doing to work with the rugby union across the uk to try and explain at the front of stadiums, to television programming, to working with the rugby players themselves to explain that domestic abuse is clearly wrong and there is never an excuse for it and there needs to be more investment to tackle the causes of it which includes these sporting events? i think the honourable gentleman makes a very, very good point highlighting the fact that domestic abuse is out there in so many different areas, not always where we expect to see it.
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so, with regard specifically to rugby, i would need to go away and ask a few questions. but i thank him for raising it in the chamber today and for highlighting the importance of why we need to bring forward the domestic abuse bill, and to really see and end to these abhorrent crimes. another labour mp raised the issue of convictions for rape. in west yorkshire, the number of rapes reported increased by 25% last year, but just li.1i% of those cases resulted in someone being charged. and the same is true across the country. so, what is the government doing to ensure that the criminaljustice system is properly resourced and that it doesn't let down victims and add to the trauma that they have already experienced? as i said mr speaker in my first response, we are putting 20,000 extra officers into the system, we are putting £85 million into the crown prosecution service, and we are increasing expenditure on both rape centres and isvas,
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although i'm sure in those areas, there is more we can do. there is also a review urgently under way to see what further steps we can take. but i believe those actions i've outlined already which are taking place as we speak will move us back in a happier direction. chris philip, and isvas are "independent sexual violence advisers". now, the debate on last months queen's speech setting out the government's plans for new laws goes on. the focus was on education and local government, and several mps took the opportunity to make their maiden speeches. by convention, these are noncontroversial, and focus on the new member's constituency. a newly—elected conservative mp is a former chief executive of the social mobility foundation. i'd like to bring social mobility back into the debate in this house as much as i can because last year, it was referred to fewer than half the times it was in 2016. and yet, many of us in this house have stories of having been socially mobile ourselves, we all represent parents in our constituency who are concerned that
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their children may not have as good a life as they had. and that should be at the core of what i think we should be doing here. rachel hopkins took over from gavin shuker as mp for luton south. they were both educated at the town schools. my predecessor talked about the importance of access to good quality comprehensive education for our young people being integral to social mobility. but i will go a little bit further to say that it's actually vital to tackle social injustice. another newly—elected conservative said he'd be campaigning on behalf of children with special educational needs. when i was 12 years old, i was told i had a reading and writing age of an eight—year—old but i risked leaving my school. i was diagnosed with both dyslexia and dysrexia. i was lucky i had great support
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around me and was lucky to have a couple of key individuals who were with me at school who saw something in me and help me turn the situation around. the sad reality is that for far too many young people with special educational needs, this is not the case through no fault of their own. as well as fighting for ipswich, if there is one thing i can do in public life, it's dedicating myself to helping these children to ensure that they have every opportunity to achieve their full potential. another new tory recalled his time as a barrister representing the most vulnerable people. i'd begun representing matthew in court when he was 12 years of age. he was a young man from a terrible background, but had more talent in his finger than i have in my body. he gave the best at 12 years of age mitigation in a courtroom that i have ever heard. for seven years, i tried to keep him out of prison, and ultimately i didn't succeed. and it is one of the great indictments of my society, or our society, that if matthew had been born to a middle—class couple, he would be stood where i am now. and we must do everything to make sure that matthews does not fall through the net.
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and a scottish liberal democrat who took an snp seat reflected on her constituency. my predecessor in his own maiden speech mentioned our whisky distilleries, but i would also like to mention north east fife's increasing number of gin distilleries such as eden mills, pilgrims, darlings of kingsbarns, and lundon links. having come to this house directly from the drinks industry, i hold a general certificate in distilling. i would be more than happy to tutor members on distilling. laughter. wendy chamberlain from north east fife, where you're unlikely to go thirsty. now, over in the lords, boris johnson's withdrawal agreement is being studied in depth with opposition peers threatening to try to amend it in the coming days. at the beginning of the bill's committee stage, one lib dem said this was happening in the context of triumphalism by brexiteers, including attempts to get big ben to bong at the moment of brexit. people who have won the brexit debate now and we are going to be
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leave the european union have not got to be triumphalist because if people go on being euphoric, and what the prime minister again said in the sunday times referred to as having paroxysms ofjoy", and in this case it was that it was going to be baby boom as a result of these paroxysms ofjoy, which is why i was wondering what we if big ben was going to bong... nevertheless, if people behave like this, it will not do any good in this country for bringing the country together, and for healing the wounds, the very serious wounds that have on. —— that have been caused by the whole brexits debate and that which go on. there are many, many people in this country, my lords, who are not full of paroxysms of joy, sexual or otherwise. but who are full of dismay, they are feeling a sense of loss
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which is akin to bereavement, and a grieving process has onlyjust begun. opposition peers tabled changes which would replace the government's settled status scheme for eu nationals with a new system which simply required them to declare rather than apply for their right to stay in britain. they also want eu nationals to be issued with physical proof of their right to stay here rather than just be given a code from the government website. we ask that we shift to a declatory system in which eligibility is the basis on which one has rights. not the application system. and as we have set out in the amendment, it is perfectly possible to continue to give incentives to registration whilst establishing that declatory system which will ensure that a whole load of vulnerable people are not
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criminalised on the registration when that registration date passes in 2021. my lords, i beg to move. one green peer said the measures but why the measures that dow that they wanted to remain part of europe. i'd like to talk about a report from the 10th of october when brendan lewis was quoted as saying that eu citizens who don't apply for settled status face deportation. now, i ask the noble lords to put themselves in the shoes of an affected citizen here in the uk. they've come quite, recently been here for many decades and thing about which set of words you have heard more clearly. which set of words will be affecting your sentiment, your understanding about your place in the united kingdom. and i think everyone knows that
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but people will be hearing worrying about, fearing, are the words "threatened with deportation". this does risk creating confusion among employers and service providers and will impede eu citizens' rights to access services to which they are entitled notwithstanding the protections new clause seeks to provide. such an approach also needs to eu citizens who have not applied for documentation suffering inadvertent discrimination compared to those who had. this is, my lords, this must be giving you deja vu because this is exactly what happened to the windrush generation. the government is adamant that we must avoid the situation where not now but years down the line, eu citizens who built their lives find themselves here struggling to prove their rights in the uk. the minister also said that so far the number of nationals
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seeing their status refused was five and it was not enough to appease opposition peers and there will be votes on these moments that make and if you're wondering what ward proved was talking about big ben bonking for present, it is out of action with the whisper tower being mystery, his response was saying that it would cost half—million pounds to get the bell to chime in january the 31st. 50,000 pounds a bong as the speaker put it. the prime minister agreed that was too expensive but he is investigating a crowdfunding option orfinding a ball for a investigating a crowdfunding option orfinding a ball fora big bang bong. that is it for tuesday in parliament. i do hope you canjoin me at the same time tomorrow for wednesday in parliament, including the prime minister's questions. thank you for watching, by for now.
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hello there. tuesday was another very windy day across the board, particularly england and wales, which saw another area of low pressure move up from the south. taylor is a bit better with england and wales seeing a bit of sunshine and wales seeing a bit of sunshine and a blustery day. it will remained windy across the north of scotland with strong winds and high clouds across the area of low pressure. slow to clear from the south—east and east anglia. a wet start to wednesday but it will brighten up as it moves away. a of sunshine around. if few showers in the west. most of these in the north—west of scotland and some heavy snow on the hills. damages ranging from seven to around nine or 10 degrees in the south—east soa nine or 10 degrees in the south—east so a little cooler there. as we had through thursday, and other wet and windy day on the cards, particularly windy day on the cards, particularly windy across the west of the country where we will see gail's, gusts searching 240 or 50 or maybe 60 mph
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exposure. rain here as well with but a bit dry in the east. a mild day for england and wales and quite cool in the north.
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welcome to bbc news. my name's mike embley. our top stories: britain, france and germany trigger a formal dispute process over iran's violations of the international nuclear deal. translation: we believe it makes sense to save this nuclear deal for the future because it prevents iran from getting a nuclear bomb. the impeachment charges against president trump will be sent to the senate on wednesday. a trial could start within days. after her resounding election victory, taiwan's president tsai ing—wen tells the bbc china needs to face reality. a very strong message from the people of taiwan. that is, they don't like the idea of being threatened all the time. the royal couple are welcome in canada, but the details of prince harry and meghan's new lives

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