new status — as they step back from being senior royals. the couple will stop using their royal highness titles and will receive no public funds for royal duties. lawyers for president trump issue their first formal response to his impeachment saying it is an attack on the american people. a six page letter describes the charges as unconstitutional and a brazen attempt by his rivals to interfere in the upcoming presidential election. the lebanese capital beirut has seen its worst violence since anti—government protests began three months ago. the red cross says more than two hundred people have been injured. those are the headlines on bbc news. businesses are warning of price rises, after the chancellor sajid javid

said the uk would not align with eu regulations after brexit. in an interview with the financial times, mrjavid said some firms would lose out, but added that they'd had three years to prepare for changes. our business correspondent katy austin reports. what doing business between the uk and the eu will look like in the future is still unknown. the food and drink, chemicals, medicines, vehicles and aerospace industries have said they want to remain in step with the eu's regulations from 2021 to stay competitive. now the chancellor has said they will not have alignment. we will not be a rule taker, we will not be in the single market and we will not be in the customs union and we will do this by the end of the year. he also said there will be an impact on business one way or another. some will benefit, some will not. what sajid javid has said here was not entirely new. borisjohnson‘s government

has since autumn indicated it will not seek to remain aligned with eu rules after brexit. what is more new is the chancellor getting a message to businesses that they need to accept that, and they need to prepare. the eu wants the uk to stay closely aligned and to keep a level playing field in an environment competition and labour standards. the chancellor did not specify where britain would diverge but food and drink producers warned that if a trade agreement brings friction, prices will rise and carmakers said additional requirements would add billions to cost. the british chambers of commerce said time to prepare was key. when the regulatory changes come clearer than the government needs to give business enough time to prepare for those. and enough support. and we hope to see the chancellor in the upcoming budget make some real recommendations that will kick—start the economy. the chancellor's message today was opportunities lay ahead, businesses want convincing they will be able to grasp them.

now on bbc news, our world travelled to the cauca valley in colombia to find that farmers are now caught between new criminal gangs with devastating consequences. for years, i have been reporting on the uk's voracious appetite for illegal drugs. i have watched the market being flooded by cocaine that's cheaper than ever. so i've come to colombia, where 70% of the world's cocaine is produced, to find out why. i'm getting rare access, a chance to meet the cocaine producers in one of the most dangerous places in south america. and to meet the smugglers who are sending the drugs abroad. how many of those shipments would you expect to reach europe? criminal gangs are killing anyone who stands in their way.

those gangs are never far away. some armed men have been spotted nearby. i want to discover what's happening now in colombia that's making cocaine in the uk more available than it's ever been. for 50 years, colombia was home to the world's longest running civil war but in 2016, a historic peace deal was signed with the main rebel group, the farc. a new future was the promise — newjobs, new roads — all negating the need for the farc to produce cocaine to finance their political goals. but just a year after signing the deal, cocaine production reached record levels — up nearly a third to around 1.5 million kilograms. i am heading to an area

where the cocaine trade begins. this road takes me to one of the main cocaine—producing parts of colombia. what i'm hoping to do here is to meet some of the farmers who are growing the coca leaves. colombia has spent billions of dollars eradicating coca plantations, so farms are well—hidden. when you come here, you begin to realise how absolutely professional these criminal gangs must be if they can get a tiny amount of cocaine from these remote areas to the bars and clubs of britain. the peace deal weakened the farc, allowing other criminal organisations and dissident farc members to seize control. abandoning political ideology, the groups make cocaine production more efficient. this is a perfect spot to highlight the different gangs that are trying to vie for control of cocaine. from this valley, downwards,

is controlled by the clan del golfo. behind me, over there, is the eln. this side is the eln as well — different branch. the roads at the bottom, they are are controlled by another group called los caparrapos. after hiking for hours, i arrive at the coca field. how old are you? shouldn't you be in school — wouldn't you prefer to be in school? the peace process promised farmers they'd get help to grow legal crops, roads would be improved so they could access markets, but of the nearly 100,000 farmers who signed up, more than half are still waiting for any help.

does it pay well? all this effort and you can get maybe $150, maybe $220 every two months? these farmers also start the process of turning innocuous leaves into one of the world's most addictive drugs. a shack is well hidden. this is where i'm told the next stage of the cocaine process happens, and i'm told it's disgusting.

i can assure you, it certainly smells awful. first, they add limestone, then ammonia. it's hard to believe that people will snort all these poisons — not to mention the environmental destruction they cause. the chemicals that they are adding will run off down the hill, into the rivers that we have been walking through today. guys, we have to leave. 0k. there are people coming, there are people coming. some armed men have been spotted nearby.

this emphasises how dangerous this entire region actually is. in the dead of night, the young men return and continue the production process. the incident that made us run turned out to be four members of the clan del golfo being arrested by the army. to when we left last night, this was covered and left, so all those leaves become this. it stinks. the next stage is add heat to remove the water and turn it into pure cocaine paste. then it's sold to the criminal gangs. they have crystallising labs, where they will add more strong

chemicals, such as sulphuric acid, and turn this paste into white cocaine powder. so if you could produce more, you would produce more? there's lots of people have been killed in colombia because of cocaine. violence is spreading across colombia. a coca valley in south—west colombia has turned into one of the most dangerous regions of the country since the peace deal was signed.

this is home to the indigenous nasa people. there are nearly 200,000 of them and colombian law grants them the right to rule their ancestral land. they live out here, in these rural areas, in the hills and mountainsides — and this area used to be controlled by the farc. exercising their rights meant that, for decades, the nasa suffered under the farc. but since the peace deal, things have got even worse. as different gangs now compete for territory, the nasa are being attacked from all sides. more than 50 of them were killed last year. the un has described their situation as dire.

wilmer invites me to attend a meeting of some of the victims of the violence but, before we set off, he insists we perform an ancient custom. this is a spiritual ritual that the indigenous tribe perform before they go to anywhere dangerous and, essentially, you have to walk in a certain way towards this circle. under this rock? record levels of cocaine production

are only worthwhile when the drug can reach its foreign market. these roads are of strategic importance. so the reason this area matters to the gangs, the criminal gangs, is not because of what's grown here? throughout the journey, wilmer is nervous, intensely focusing on each vehicle we pass. it is an uneven fight and ijust wonder why you don't let them use the routes.

the consequences of opposing the gangs soon become very obvious. so what happened here then? cristina bautista was a 30—year—old indigenous leader. but her bravery made her a target. just ten days before my arrival, she was killed alongside her four indigenous guards.

we finally arrive at the village of tacueyo. this meeting has been organised by the peace commissioner, forced by a spate of killings to confront a community that feels abandoned by the government. applause. just tell me about cristina. what sort of person was she?

the peace deal was negotiated by the previous president amid opposition from many members of the current government. they have been in powerfor almost 18 months under the leadership of president ivan duque, who has been accused of failing to support the agreement. i grabbed the chance to put the concerns of the nasa people to the peace commissioner. so a lot of people in this area believe the recent violence is a direct consequence of this government failing to stand up for the peace deal. that is — they never said that. they tell that to me. the peace agreement was designed to be implemented in 12 years. we are beginning. we are in the transitional process. so this is not the reason, the reason is not the trafficking. i don't know if they told you... but...

no, absolutely. is this an interview? this is being filmed. is that — are you ok with that? yeah, but i need to be prepared with that because you are asking me questions... 0k. um, right. because we were trying to get an interview with you in bogota next week. yeah. we will do that. but the interview never happened. and with that, off went the government officials by military helicopter, rather than riding risky, rutted mountain road. the nasa people have their own blue uniformed security guards, of whom canas verdasco was one. last february, he was part of an unarmed team that recovered these weapons and arrested eight farc dissidents. the incident made him a target and in october, the father of six was assassinated in front of his wife.

wearing this uniform increasingly requires courage. this man survived the ambush that killed cristina bautista. given what you have seen, and the dangers involved, why do you continue to do this?

the violence is driven by the vast fortunes to be made getting cocaine from the mountains to the markets. this northern part of colombia, by the caribbean coast, is hugely significant for growing bananas. but the huge number of containers needed to send the bananas overseas provides a perfect opportunity for the drug smugglers to send cocaine abroad as well. this is the port of zungo embarcadero, a key smuggling spot. the shallow waters mean containers are carried by tugs to a floating port three hours away, where large ships will take them on to europe. i'm off to meet a man who sends up to a ton of cocaine to europe each month. and he's not the only one. dozens of smugglers use the port, working for different groups, but all paying taxes, access charges, to the clan del golfo — currently the biggest organised crime group in colombia. how easy is it to transport cocaine out of colombia?

for real?!

in any one year, you will try to get 12 shipments to europe. how many of those shipments would you expect to reach europe? how much do you get paid for sending this through? so you make about $150,000 per shipment? and you've been doing this for six or seven years, so you have earned millions doing this. do you take cocaine? no. why?

but others are not so squeamish. colombia's most famous export has never been in greater demand in the uk. before heading to columbia, i met someone who was interested in talking to the farmers. so earlier, i asked you did you know what happened to the coca plant and you said no, so i want you to have a look at this video. in nottingham, meet 25—year—old lewis bradwell. he started taking cocaine as a teenager. what was a regular habit is now an occasional hit if friends are doing it. he's keen to know about the origins of the drug and readily agrees to chat to the farmers, so we arrange a 6,000—mile conversation about cocaine. so you never take cocaine yourselves?

smart lads. you feel a buzz, a rush, uplifted. you have plenty of energy. you could stay awake for two or three days on end. yeah, afterwards, you feel terrible. you feel crap the next day. i started when i was probably about 19. it's put in front of us everywhere. i've seen it from a young age. you can't really get away from it.

that was the main reason i wanted to stop doing it in the first place, because the cost was through the roof. i would be spending £200 easily — £200, £300 a week — which is your two—month wage easily, every week, just on cocaine. it's been an eye—opener talking to you both. i am shocked how young you both are. and no—one, at 16 years old, should be dealing with such stresses of getting you 12 years in prison or getting killed by another rival gang. thanks, guys.

some areas of colombia are facing a perfect storm. they feel the government has failed the peace process, allowing new murderous gangs to exploit the vacuum. they, in turn, are eyeing the vast fortunes to be made supplying increasing demand from wealthy foreigners for cocaine. both production and consumption of the drug are at record levels, leaving these communities feeling ignored and helpless. hello.

it's bitterly cold out and about. it looks like it will be the coldest night of the winter so far. and frost, ice and increasingly patchy fog will feature in the forecast for the next few days. in fact, with some sunshine and a lot of dry weather as well — although the sunshine will tend to fade as these weak weather fronts come around our area of high pressure and bring more cloud with them. but for the most part, it's dry. we do have a showers lingering in the north and west of scotland, particularly in the northern isles, and a few rain and sleet showers coming into eastern parts of england — especially east anglia. so with a widespread frost, —5, —6 in the countryside. ice obviously is going to be a concern, particularly where we have had the showers, but it has obviously been so damp. and freezing fog, particularly in the likes of the severn valley up through the welsh marches, the cheshire plains, but not exclusively here — some for northern ireland, parts of scotland as well, which will struggle to lift. but, again, for most of us, it is dry, there'll be plenty of sunshine, which may be a bit hazy in the north with the approach

of this next weather front, but temperatures should get to about average where we clear the fog. so some bright and crisp sunshine. however, we do pull in more cloud and a stronger breeze and even a little bit of rain for the far north of scotland, the northern isles, and that cloud will tend to hang around as we go through sunday night and into monday, which means if we run the temperature profile through the night — the drop in temperature — it doesn't not get quite as cold through tonight, the coming night, sunday night into monday, across northern areas as it does again, a harsh frost for many of us further south. and again, some freezing fog. that is going to be a concern for the morning rush hour on monday. some dense patches around, being patchy makes it more dangerous, as well, if you are travelling, so do watch out for that in the coming mornings, including this morning. 0therwise, monday looks like another day, once that clears, of bright weather but pretty cold weather. more cloud, though, will thicken up across scotland and northern ireland with the approach of this weather front, which will then bring actually we think a little bit of drizzly rain in through tuesday. but nothing significant because that high builds back in once again for the rest of the week.

so monday, yes, it looks like another cold night come monday into tuesday across many southern and central areas, but we do get some rain for the far north of scotland, but look how it peters out as it sinks just southwards, introducing more cloud for the day on tuesday to central areas. brighter skies following. brighter but cold with patchy fog towards the south as well. but basically, with high pressure on top of us, apart from that weather front and the odd shower around through this morning, it does look like a largely dry picture until the end of next weekend. bye— bye.

hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri. buckingham palace has announced the new arrangements for prince harry and his wife meghan, saying they'll no longer be working members of the royalfamily — and will no longer use their titles of ‘royal highness‘. harry and meghan will step back from royal duties, but will continue to be patrons of charities they've chosen to support. this report from nicholas witchell contains some flashing images. the deal has been done. they are walking away from the british monarchy. they will earn their own living and they will spend most