this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11. prince harry and meghan will no longer use their hrh titles and will give up royal duties, under a new agreement with buckingham palace. prince harry will also lose his military positions and the couple say they intend to pay back taxpayers‘ money used to renovate their windsor home. this is the scene live at sandringham where it's business as usualfor the queen as she attends church. last night she said harry and meghan will always be much loved members of her family. the queen is arriving.

our royal correpsondent jonny dymond is here. this has been a turbulent few weeks? turbulent few months for the queen. in particular, the last two weeks or seven days, extraordinarily difficult time for her. we understand she has been very closely involved, driving these negotiations, wanting them wrapped up negotiations, wanting them wrapped up quickly. going into the church there, sent many magdalen church on there, sent many magdalen church on the sandringham estate. herfaith very important to her and after last week she has had, a chance for her to gather her thoughts and take solace in the comfortable surroundings of the track. a very difficult few days, very personal statement from her last saturday night. emphasising with real warmth how harry and meghan were still valued members of the family and how she hope to see the man she understood the scrutiny of the last

two years understood the scrutiny of the last two yea rs have understood the scrutiny of the last two years have been difficult and encouraging them to have happiness ina new encouraging them to have happiness in a new life for carving outreach other. talk us through the terms of the agreement that has now been struck up with harry and meghan. how clea n b rea k struck up with harry and meghan. how clean break is this? i think it is a very clea n clean break is this? i think it is a very clean break. as clean as it can be when there are ties of blood as well as professionalism. they are of course still members of the royal family but that is not much in the way of royal duty left. there is no royal duties to do, there are the military appointments will go, particularly the captain general say of the royal marines which is very close to harry's hard. there will be no royal tours, public funding, they will repay the money that was spent on their house, £2.5 million or so. it is very difficult to see quite how royal they remain. and the titles. they can selljust about be his and her royal highness is but they want to use that title any

more. you don't strip someone that carry of that title. he was born to it but they have said they will not use h rhm any more. you have to ask just how royal are the new asked how much of a clean break, as clean as it comes. there are some unanswered questions. how much of the time will be live in north america and here, what sort of commercial activities that will undertake. how much their security will cost, well they pay for all of that security? the security front is interesting. people have spoken about that, i was speaking to some very senior officials from the palace this week, he said he thought the security staff had been a bit overblown, it was not as extensive as everyone thought. they know that money is a difficult issue and that is why there is the repayment of the money to frogmore cottage, they know that. at the same time, it is an accident of birth that harry was born to be a royal, it seems a little unfair to say you can forget the security, you

are on your own now but it is an u na nswered are on your own now but it is an unanswered question. as to the rest of it, what will they do with a time and how will they make sure that doesn't encroach, impinge, corrupt the name of the royalfamily, they say there will always uphold the values of her majesty. the palace has pointed to various principles that they will uphold but that is a work in progress. one thing we do know, the palace will have no oversight of them. i asked a palace official that directly. i was told no, no oversight at all. they are independent. clearly, this was the deal. if they wanted independence, they could no longer have a royal role. we have ended up with almost no royal role apart from being members of the family. let's look at the pictures of the queen once again arriving at church. in sandringham, just a few minutes ago. beautiful sunny morning there in sandringham. and of course, some people are

saying in a way, we are ending up with a slimmed down monarchy, which is what other monarchies have. by force of circumstance. prince andrew stepping back, head harry and meghan stepping back, head harry and meghan stepping back. it can't have been the way it was planned. we know prince charles has in putting this idea forward for some years. the idea forward for some years. the idea that essentially the royal family should be the line of succession as far as working indivisible royals are concerned. so that would be the queen, prince charles, prince william and eventually of course prince george. but this is not the way that anyone would have wanted it to be done. let's not forget something, when we're talking about clean breaks and all of that. harry and meghan were, and remain, stars, and they managed to reach the bits of the population here and around the world that are the royal seven, particularly younger people, they got through to the social media generation, people ofan the social media generation, people of an ethnic minority. it is a loss

to the royal family and perhaps of an ethnic minority. it is a loss to the royalfamily and perhaps in of an ethnic minority. it is a loss to the royal family and perhaps in a sense they have dealt with this, it isa sense they have dealt with this, it is a real loss to the star power and to their brand and their ability to reinvent and refresh themselves. they would be doing hundreds of engagements they would have done, so that workload presumably shifts now onto the remaining members and of course prince andrew not doing royal duties either. so quite a lot of extra work the others will have to do presumably? there is extra work. and of course, prince charles is already carrying out a lot of the duties that the queen used to carry out. the queen is still the sovereign, no question about that, but prince charles is now the one who carries out all the overseas work to the queen yesterday. and quite a lot of the sort of semi—state works used to do. you left really with william and kate. the duke into cambridge to do this kind of work. suddenly you see what a slimmed down monarchy means. they carry out around 3.5 thousand

engagements. prince philip used to work like a dynamo, that is not happening any more. the need to think about how much they can handle, how thinly they want to spread themselves. there will be other issues, the question of the military appointments that prince harry had. who's going to take those on? that will be a sensitive matter, particularly the royal marines, that will be a very sensitive matter. there is a fair amount of disappointment in the military about how that has turned out. they don't like to see thatjob kind of passed around and handed out. there is thinking to be done about the royal family in the future but for the moment, the deal is done. new measures to protect victims of stalking will come into force in england and wales from tomorrow. police officers will have the power to issue "stalking protection orders" which ban alleged offenders from contacting or approaching their victims while a complaint is under investigation. andy moore reports.

the minister for women visiting a stalking helpline whose staff are in the front line of dealing with the problem. what's your experience of the first phone call? it's believed one in five women and one in ten men will have to deal with stalking at some stage in their lives. these new protection orders will give police extra powers to stop offenders in their tracks while further investigations are being carried out. these are really ground—breaking orders that the police will be able to apply for to protect victims of stalking but also to make sure that the perpetrators are getting the treatment programmes they need to break this cycle of abuse or stalking. a protection order will usually stay in place for a minimum of two years. anyone who breaches it could face five years in jail.

campaigners have welcomed this initiative saying the orders are a powerful new tool to stop stalking, but they are warning anyone who breaches an order must be arrested immediately. andy moore, bbc news. the conservative party chairman, james cleverly has confirmed that the government is considering moving the house of lords outside london, as part of a range of options to try and connect the whole of uk with politics. speaking this morning, mr cleverly said such ideas demonstrated the government were determined to ‘do things differently‘. it's one of a range of things that we are looking into. but fundamentally, what this is about is it is about demonstrating to people that we're going to do things differently. the labour party lost millions of voters because they failed listen. i've been speaking to our correspondent pete saull who explained more about the potential relocation.

it has something they are at least looking at. this follows on from a report on the sunday times this morning which suggests they have already identified york as a potential location for the second chamber to move up there in a matter of years. birmingham is apparently also in consideration. the report goes as far as to suggest that they have identified a site next york railway station for house of lords. i think this is very early stages, logistically, a lot of hurdles would have to be overcome. it suits conservatives in government to be talking about this because they now represent a lot of constituencies in the midlands and north of england that they did not before and this is pa rt that they did not before and this is part of what they called the levelling up agenda. as james cleverly was saying, they want to be a government of the people, they have to be closer to the people. there is an acknowledgement across political parties that people feel there is a real disconnect team

westminster and voters lives. we have seen through the brexit vote, subsequent elections too. so a lot of politicians have been talking about this, conservatives have already talked about moving their headquarters out of london or at least pa rt headquarters out of london or at least part of the operations out of the capital and one of the labour leadership contenders, lisa nandy, has talked about in her view labour moving their headquarters out of london too. so, this idea of bringing politics a bit closer to voters lives is one that i think we will hear an awful lot more of in the coming years. the australian government has promised 76 million australian dollars — that's around £40 million — in aid to the country's tourism industry to help it recover from the impact scott morrison's announcement comes golfball—sized hailstones have hit parts of the state of victoria. recent heavy rains have dampened many of the country's bushfires, but forecasters have warned of severe storms in victoria, which could lead to flooding.

phil mercer is in sydney and has more on the extreme weather changes. the weather here is so capricious, so changeable and unpredicatable and extreme. we have had very heavy rain in the last couple of days in parts of eastern and southern australia. parts of queensland have received more than 300 millimetres of rain so it is a welcome relief for a country in the grip notjust of a bushfire crisis, but of a very serious drought as well. some of the fire affected regions have not received as much rain as the authorities would have liked. but for the first time in a very long time, less than 100 fires continue to burn in south—eastern australia but with all this rain, given the land is so dry, there is an expectation we will have flooding. roads have been closed and also the threat of contamination.

that all that ash from some of those bush fires could of those bush fires could flow into rivers and contaminate water sources. so australia's climate and weather is often complicated and always extreme. the government, scott morrison in particular, heavily criticised for his handling of the crisis as prime minister he has now announced financial for the tourism sector. yes, a lot of money. millions of pounds will be pumped into the tourism sector of australia. much of it will go to convince australians to continue their holidays in bushfire affected parts and other parts australia. there are reports that many australians have cancelled the holidays because they would presumably feel

quite unsafe going to certain parts of the country. certainly anecdotally speaking international visitors also starting to cancel their holidays and you can understand how all around the world these pictures of these ferocious fires have been broadcast on television and online for weeks and weeks so australian government is keen to try to appear some of that reputational damage. but, given the scale of this disaster, more than 10 million hectares of land have been scorched, it will be a very tough job, i think, for australia to rehabilite its international reputation as a safe and welcoming place to come. hundreds of people have been injured in the lebanese capital, beirut, in the worse violence there in three months of anti—establishment demonstrations. the lebanese president michel aoun has called on the army to restore calm. rich preston has this report, which does contain some flashing images.

running battles with police, these are the worst scenes in months of mostly peaceful demonstrations. protesters clashed with security forces in several areas of the lebanese capital. they are demanding reform and an end to what they call a political elite who steered the country to its worst economic crisis in decades. the country currently has no government and banks are limiting cash withdrawals to sometimes as little as $50 a week. protesters are frustrating because it has been over three months now and there is no answer from the government, will be have a new government? all of these protests have been demanding have not come true. meanwhile a camp used by protesters caught fire. it's not clear how the blaze started.

lebanon's president ordered the army to restore calm. saad al—hariri who resigned as prime minister in october, said the clashes threatened civil peace. the red cross says more than 200 were injured in these latest clashes. officials said 15 people had been detained. for many, the sound of explosions on the streets of beirut bring back unwelcome memories of a civil war that brought 15 years of pain and suffering. the result of which, is the political system of modern lebanon. a system which now these protesters say is not fit for purpose and must be changed. the bodies of some of the passengers and crew members of the ukrainian passengerjet that crashed in tehran earlier this month have been repatriated.

a special ceremony was held this morning, east of the capital kyiv for the arrival of the bodies. 11 of the 176 victims were from ukraine. iran has said the plane was brought down by a missile fired in error amid tensions between tehran and washington. it's11.17am. the headlines on bbc news... the queen attends church at sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. the couple will no longer use their hrh titles and will give up all royal duties from the spring. in other news, powers come into force this week to stop stalkers from contacting or approaching their victims while police investigate allegations against them. sport and for a full

round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. england's progress in the third test against south africa has again been halted by rain, after they made a stunning start to day four in port elizabeth. they removed south africa's last four wickets for just one run, inside 25 minutes. that left them 290 runs behind, so they're now following on and they're 15 without loss, still a long way off england's first innings score of 499 — but there's been no play for over two hours because of rain. they're hoping to start again at 12.30. saracens have apologised for mistakes made in relation to the salary cap regulations after the club was relegated from rugby union's premiership. in a statement, they said they understood that the decision was made "in the wider interests of the premiership and english rugby". exeter chiefs chief executive tony rowe is among those who've criticised the way in which the club has dealt with it and says they have more to hide. here's our rugby union correspondent chris jones.

according correspondent chrisjones. to him, saracens have1 choice according to him, saracens have the choice of putting it all out in the open, going back years. clearly if he is correct, they have more to hide and relegation is the more palatable option. this also throws into question the salary cap governance which is being investigated, the governance of premiership rugby in itself, and we keep going back to november. what would have happened if saracens, then, at the time of the initial sanction, had got their house in order, try to get some players off their books, try to get players to ta ke their books, try to get players to take pay cuts, rather they kicked it into the long grass for a few months and it is badly costing. the weather has well and truly turned in melbourne, with the australian open starting at midnight our time. the air quality has improved but organisers have other things to worry about now, as our tennis correspondent russell fuller reports. sunday has been a beautiful day in melbourne but there are thunderstorms on the way and the forecast for the opening date is for heavy rain. it could cause havoc

with the schedule but many not many people will be complaining after the terrible fires. three courts with roofs so the show will go on, including the match against williams against coco gauff. can she win as she did in wimbledon? ash party, novak djokovic and three british players in action. dan evans and johanna konta. that is very much whether permitting. the air for now is absolutely fine. it doesn't feel it will cause an headache for the next few days. after more than a year out conor mcgregor made his return to the ufc and it lasted all of forty seconds. it was one of the most

highly anticipated comebacks with the irishman fighting donald ‘cowboy‘ cerrone in the early hours of this morning in las vegas — but after mcgregor landed a series of blows in the first round — of blows in the first round the american quite simply failed to recover. despite, his speedy win, he says he still has some things he needs to work on. that opening might have been my mind rush, a bit too eager and when i knocked him down, i may have rushed to the opening shots and had to reset, control the head, step to the site and land the stoppage close, so that would be what being out of the cage for 15 months looks like so i still hope to correct, and add and correct. ali carter will be playing in today's final at the masters snooker, after making it through for the first time. (00v)he beat shaun murphy 6—3, closing out the match he beat shaun murphy 6—3, closing out the match with a break of 97. twice a world championship finallist, he was only invited to play when ronnie o'sullivan decided to give the tounament a miss this year. he'll face stuart bingham

for the title — it's live on bbc two from 1pm. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. president trump's legal team has set out its response to the impeachment charges against him, saying they violate the constitution and fail to show that any law was broken. a six—page document issued by his lawyers argues that next week's trial in the senate amounts to a dangerous attack on american democracy. our washington correspondent ben wright says president trump's lawyers will argue it's an attempt to interfere in this year's presidential election. they had to do this, it was a demand of the senate. they had to sketch out the legal argument. for months president trump has

railed on social media and elsewhere as what he sees as an unjust and unfair impeachment process that has been under way and capitol hill that he now has to put down his defence in writing. they are essentially arguing they think the two impeachment arguments, one alleging an abuse of power and the second obsctructing congress are constitutionally and legally invalid and do not stand up to scrutiny. his lawyers argue there is nothing in these impeachment articles that says he has done anything wrong or illegal. they do not dispute some of the basic facts of this that he made a telephone call with the president of ukraine back injuly and talked about launching an investigation intojoe biden and to his son hunter. they say there was no pro quid pro is not that they hope that this does enable removing but that is what democrats say debt happen and they hope moving donald

trump from office. a mass protest is being organised in the lake district over complaints that the area is becoming more like a "theme park" than a national park. hundreds of people are expected to meet in the village of grasmere next month to oppose plans for houseboats, zip wires and tarmac paths. but the authorities say their concerns are unfounded, as peter marshall reports. it is obvious why many are protective of the landscape of the lake district. it is a unesco world heritage site. world famous. but some believe now is the time for of the biggest borders people are coming up this and saying enough is enough has to stop. andy astle, a retired postman, says enough is enough.

the dangerously is we are going to kill the goose that lays the golden egg. people are coming for it as a leisure park. there are places that such as blackpool and alton towers. here, we have to maintain the beauty. the company behind it says they would be recreational launchers, not houseboats. there has been anger over 4x4 vehicles using remote lanes in the park and plans for zip wires, try to trails and a ski lift have led to calls for a day of activism against such developments. the protests will take place on saturday, february the 1st and the organisers have lofty ambitions. they say it could be the biggest protest concerning protection to public spaces for the lake district has ever seen. local mp says he understands the concerns, he is calling for balance. for much of the la ke calling for balance. for much of the lake district that is the very

commercial set of activities, nightlife,, lots commercial set of activities, nightlife, , lots of commercial set of activities, nightlife,, lots of things for the family during the day. that is part of the lake district to experience. we don't want to let that creep into the more tracker parts of the lake district so you undo the other part of the deal which is that quiet and peace and calm. in a statement the la ke peace and calm. in a statement the lake district park authority says... in a statement the lake district park authority says... just before the weather, some details about something coming up tomorrow. the bbc will be publishing its online briefing document in which immigration will be under the spotlight. to answer some of your questions on the future of the government's immigration policy, we'll bejoined in the studio by the director

of the migration observatory, madeleine sumption, and our reality check correspondent, chris morris. that's at 12.30pm tomorrow afternoon. you can get in touch using the hashtag bbcyourquestions, by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or texting 85058. texts will be charged at your standard message rate. high pressure in charge of the weather which is why it will be dry once again today. underneath a clear sky we had a lot of frost this morning and there is still some area of fog, not many but they are affecting the areas of the m5. that fog could linger through the afternoon, elsewhere, a lot of sunshine although high cloud moving down from the north—west, the thickest cloud affecting north—western scotland and northern ireland is where it is more mild, else were still chilly. temperatures

like yesterday, the fog persisted well be a bit colder than that. that fog may thicken up during this evening and overnight, transferring its way eastwards towards east anglia. further north, more cloud coming down to scotland and northern ireland, not as cold here but a widespread frost for wales, midlands and some of england. some of that fog still around for rush—hour, it may well linger through the morning before lifting and sunshine coming out. sunshine east of the pennines and in north—eastern parts of scotla nd and in north—eastern parts of scotland where it will be very mild for the time of year.

hello this is bbc news, with ben brown. the headlines: the queen attends church at sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. the couple will no longer use their hrh titles and will give up all royal duties from the spring. in other news — powers come into force this week to stop stalkers from contacting or approaching their victims — while police investigate allegations against them.

golfball—sized hailstones hit parts of the australian state of victoria, with storms leading to fears of flooding following the bushfires. now on bbc, news it's time for dateline london with carrie gracie. hello, welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week — in difficult days, and with more to come, iran's supreme leader invokes god's help. but how much will that help? "it was a perfect phone call", protested the us president in an all caps tweet as his trial began.