this is bbc news, i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 3.00: the queen attends church near sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. the duke and duchess of sussex will no longer use their hrh titles and will give up all royal duties from the spring. i think the whole country will want to join in wishing them the very best for the future. in other news, police in england and wales will have more powers to deal with stalkers with new protection orders from this week. world leaders meet in berlin to try to bring to an end nearly nine years of fighting in libya. huge hailstones hit parts of australia, with storms leading to fears of flooding following the bushfires.

and the hernia mesh implants used with little or no clinical evidence. find out more about that exclusive report and other highlights from the victoria derbyshire programme, in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the queen has attended church near sandringham this morning following the agreement with the duke and duchess of sussex that they'll step down from royal duties. the queen has said she supports prince harry and meghan‘s decision to lead a more independent life away from what she called the ‘intense scrutiny‘ they've faced. under the agreement, their hrh titles will be dropped and they will no longer receive public funding. here's our royal correspondent daniela relph.

the queen at a church near sandringham this morning, after what must have been a difficult time for her, both as monarch and as a grandmother. just behind her, her son, the duke of york, whose own stepping back from royal duties has been an added strain for the queen in recent weeks. families are always a problem and i think she has dealt with it incredibly well. ijust think it is a shame. and it is a shame with the little one as well. yeah. for the whole family, it is a shame, william, charles, everybody. as long as we are not paying for the lifestyle they hope to live, then i don't have a problem with it. and from the prime minister, there was backing for the couple's plans. i think the whole country will want to join in wishing them the very best for the future. i said before that i was sure that the royal family, which has been around a very long time, would find a way forward and i'm sure it will. big decisions have been

made in recent days. these royal walkabouts will be no more for harry and meghan, as their life as working royals ends. palace officials say the couple now wish to pay back money spent on their home in windsor. they will also pay commercial rent on frogmore cottage. there is a quid pro quo in this relationship between the royal family and the public and the taxpayer, and they were not playing the game. and i think the fact that they have acknowledged that and they are handing back that money makes everything right again. so canada will be home for most of the year. immigration rules mean that harry, as a british citizen, can stay in canada for six months at a time on a visa. the status of meghan‘s application for british citizenship is unclear, especially if most of her time is spent outside the uk. details of the couple's new security arrangements will not be made public. from meghan‘s estranged father, there was a harsh assessment

of the choices his daughter and her husband have made. every young girl wants to become a princess and she got that. and now she is tossing that away for... it looks like she is tossing it away for money. but i think both of them are turning into lost souls at this point. the plan for harry and meghan now could serve as a blueprint for future generations of royals, if it works. and that will be assessed by senior members of the royal family in a year's time. in the coming weeks, harry will carry out some final royal engagements. it will feel like a goodbye, as harry and meghan move to a new country and begin to carve out a new life for themselves beyond the royal family. daniela relph, bbc news, buckingham palace. our royal correspondentjonny dymond says the couple's move to north america is a loss to the royal family's appeal. 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 in the uk and around the world that other royals didn't. in particular, they got through to younger people, they got through to a social media generation, they got through to people from ethnic minorities. it is a loss to the royal family, as well as perhaps a sense that, 0k, we've dealt with this now and we can move on. it is a real loss to their star power and their brand and their ability to reinvent and refresh themselves. earlier, i spoke to the canadian royal historian, dr barry mackenzie. he says prince harry and meghan can expect a warm welcome in canada. canadians in the last ten days have expressed a certain amount of anticipation of how this is all going to unfold, so i suspect that as they always have, the duke and duchess are going to have a very warm welcome in canada, particularly now that we know there's been some sort of resolution within the royal family and a final decision has been made.

how much real interest will there be in the life that they build for themselves among canadians? i think there is going to be a great deal of interest. the media attention that has followed them since the beginning of their courtship will continue in this country. i think the canadians, generally, because we don't have a reactive tabloid press, will probably give them more privacy domestically than they may receive elsewhere, and certainly i think that is probably part of the decision they are making behind all this in choosing to make canada their home. do you think there will be an expectation that they do make themselves seen, given the fact that they want privacy, but there will be an expectation that they play some kind of role in national life there? the sense that i'm getting is because canadians have been wrestling in the last ten days with what this is going to look like. but now it has been made quite clear by the statements from buckingham palace and the duke and duchess that they intend to completely cut ties with officialdom. i think canadians will more

or less respect that, though they may still hankerfor the odd public appearance. not in any official capacity, but certainly at events and so on. i think that is the balance that canadians were hoping they were going to strike. there is talk about what happens with the security for harry and meghan, and who will foot that bill. i imagine that has piqued the interest of canadians? it certainly has. until we know the full details of that, canadians will be a bit uncertain about the future, but given the precedent that has been set by the daughters of the duke of york and some other examples like that, i think canadians are fairly confident that some sort of satisfactory balance will be struck, since they are planning to live here, not as working members of the royalfamily, but as private citizens. i think there is an expectation that probably, from their own means and perhaps with some help from the prince of wales, that will largely be privately funded. so any suggestion that that may come from

state funding would not go down well? it has been a bit of a sticking point in the last ten days in canada, yes. i think a lot of people were curious about how that would unfold, and even though we don't know the details, the hinting that we are hearing tends to suggest there will be some sort of balance. i'm not sure canadians will be prepared to pay that high of a security bill for people who will be living here essentially as private citizens. just a final thought, thinking of the word citizen. we heard in ourfinal report that harry would have a right to stay for six months at a time in canada on a visa. do you think people will be looking to harry to commit more broadly than that, and to seek canadian citizenship? certainly, he would have to undertake the same kind of processes as any newcomer, and i think canadians would be delighted to think that one day harry would perhaps share his citizenship between canada and the uk. i wouldn't be surprised if that is the road they choose to take, principally because it would give

them a lot more freedom in terms of movement, and rather than be constantly worrying about deadlines and that sort of thing. so i think canadians would be delighted to imagine that some day in the next few years, we would see harry taking an oath of citizenship to his grandmother in her capacity as queen of canada, and they would warmly welcome him as a canadian citizen. people suspected of stalking in england and wales could be ordered to stop contacting or approaching their alleged victims while they are being investigated. from tomorrow, investigating officers will be able to apply to magistrates for a stalking protection order, even before someone is charged with any offence. anyone breaching their order could face up to five years in prison. charlotte gallagher has more. the global superstar rihanna, and the hollywood actors john cusack and sandra bullock. just some of the high—profile victims of stalking. this kind of harassment usually only makes the headlines when celebrities are involved, but it is

frighteningly common. in england and wales, one in five women and one in ten men will experience talking at some point in their life. —— stalking. in 2014, i was almost murdered by an ex partner. i had ended the relationship and he was starting to stalk me, so i was being harassed, stalked, he was contacting me on all sorts of platforms. and this was hundreds of times a day. tomorrow, police gain new powers to tackle stalking. they will be able to apply for court orders that will ban a suspect from contacting or approaching their alleged victims while officers are investigating. if suspects breach the order, they could be jailed for up to five years. it is a good step and the fact that they hold a criminal sentence if they are breached is good. the ministerfor women visiting a helpline for

stalking victims. staff here are on the front line of the problem. 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 the it perpetrators are getting the treatment programmes and so on that they need to break the cycle of abuse and stalking. it is hoped these new powers will prevent cases like alice ruggles, who was murdered by an ex—boyfriend who had been stalking her. her family say these court orders could have made a critical difference. earlier i asked steven lingley — head of operations at the suzy lamplugh trust — whether he welcomed the new stalking protection orders. yes, here at the trust, we support these orders. it gives a proactive tool to be place to prevent further abuse. ——the police.

the complexities of building an investigation and bringing charges are well recognised, and these are a really valuable precharge tool to protect victims. would you imagine that they would be employed in every case where suspected stalking has been reported? should it become routine that these orders are put in place while an investigation is going on? clearly, we want stalkers and perpetrators of this horrible abuse to be prosecuted, so we wouldn't want the investigations to be paused or delayed in bringing people to justice for this. but they are a complementary tool, i think. how difficult can it be, during an investigation, if an alleged perpetrator is still in contact with the victim? yes, this abuse has gone on for years normally, so delaying any blocks of that abuse, whether that is for criminaljustice oi’ otherwise, while the police are building an investigation, prolongs that abuse and continues the damage it is doing and we need to stop it. one of the issues that some commentators have raised on that is

that it is great in theory, but the proof of the pudding will essentially be in how these orders are employed by the criminaljustice system. yes, indeed. we need to take some learning from the domestic violence protection orders, when they came in. training was given to the police and the criminal justice authorities, the consistency of the enforcement and follow—up is critical. just getting the order is... isn't enough. they need to be enforced and supported to protect the victims of this abuse. so when you talk about training, tell us a bit more about where you think there may be areas where the police need more guidance. yes, obviously this is relatively new guidance for the police. the legislation has been inactive for some time. a bit like with everything across the sector. police training needs to be enhanced, online training is complementary

and is good, but actually, for something like this with the damaging nature of that, perhaps an old—fashioned training of police officers and classrooms trying to understand the nature of this abuse is really important. this is the latest step in a process that has seen the whole issue of stalking and harassment being taken more seriously. do we now have a complete and effective framework in place, do you think, or are there still elements that haven't been looked at? it is developing. it has come on a long way. we have had the legislation for over 20 years, and i think the prosecution and the police have struggled with defining it. i think that is changing and i think these orders will support that. there is still a long way to go in terms of how we understand and recognise... and it is experience that the courts need to test this legislation, but it is a positive step forward to protect victims. 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 the uk with politics. speaking this morning, mr cleverly said such ideas demonstrated ministers were thinking differently. it's one of a range of things that we are looking into. but fundamentally, what this is about is demonstrating to people that we're going to do things differently. the labour party lost millions of voters because they failed to listen. the headlines on bbc news: the queen attends church near 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 deal with stalkers as new protection orders take effect tomorrow.

and in sport, saracens have accepted their imposed regulation from the union and have apologised. they have been harassing 17—24, to give them a chance for success in the quarterfinals for the reigning champions. with england's cricketers, they are still the 200 i’u ns cricketers, they are still the 200 runs behind after being forced to follow on. and if the women's super league, women's arsenal lost to chelsea and manchester city will move to the top of the table. i will be back at 4:15pm with an update. see you then. borisjohnson hasjoined the german chancellor angela merkel and the presidents of russia, france and turkey at a summit in berlin aimed at bringing peace to libya. the united nations wants to halt the flow of foreign weapons and troops into the country,

where libya's internationally recognised government is being challenged by general khalifa haftar and his libyan national army. arriving in berlin, mrjohnson urged an end to the fighting. we are saying, "look, folks, this has gone on long enough. it's a disgrace." yes, we got rid of gaddafi back in 2011, but it's time now to move on and to bring libya together under the un, that's what we want to do, we want to have a un led peace process. and stop this jockeying for position. the people of libya have suffered enough. it's time for the country to move forward. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in berlin, jenny hill. she said getting the warring factions around the table is significant, but expectations for the summit are low. yes, the situation in libya is now so volatile and complicated that officials here in berlin actually think the fact that they have managed to get so many key players into the city to discuss this is,

in itself, an achievement. chief amongst those people are, of course, the two men at the very heart of this conflict, the man who is internationally recognised as being libya's prime minister, and then this warlord who has been challenging him from the east of the country. there was some concern that one or both of the men might not turn up, but they are both here. in fact, they met with angela merkel and her foreign minister before the summit started separately, because actually neither man wants to sit down in the same room at the same time. really critical to these talks is the presence of these otherforeign powers. there are something like ten or 11 different countries represented here today, and that is because many of those foreign powers, countries like russia, turkey, the united arab emirates, have been supporting the rival factions with troops, money, weapons and exacerbating what has become a very chaotic situation in libya. the hope of today's summit is that a lasting ceasefire can eventually be negotiated,

but in order to do so, the thinking here in berlin is that that foreign involvement must stop. given the complexity of the situation, how high are expectations that things will change? they are very low. even before the summit began, officials who had been organising it have been trying to dampen down much in the way of expectations. there is a document on the table, but whether we will see something being signed it is hard to say. we know that the warlord i was talking about, is challenging the internationally recognised government in tripoli. he refused to sign a treaty in moscow earlier in the week. he met recently with the german foreign minister and indicated he does want to see a ceasefire, but of course has conditions he would like that. the summit has taken place, or is taking place, just after general khalifa

haftar has blockaded a number of libyan oil export terminals, which has rather ratcheted up the tension here. so i don't think many in berlin or further afield have great expectations of today. but one official here in berlin and said to me, if we managed to achieve is that we three is the current situation and it doesn't get worse, that in itself will be cause for celebration. 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. the areas of australia worst hit by bushfires are now at risk of flash flooding and power cuts as a result of rain storms.

in the state of victoria, many of the fires have been put out by the storms, which have also seen property damaged by giant hailstones — asjohn mcmanus reports. australians have been praying for rain, but they weren't expecting this deluge from the heavens. a downpour of hailstones in melbourne in the middle of the australian summer. after months of high temperatures which fuelled hundreds of bushfires, the weather has turned dramatically. the country's bureau of meteorology has issued storm warnings for the state of victoria, but there is no way to predict hailstones of this size. this birthday party abandoned because of the sudden onslaught as people huddled together for shelter. the hail was so intense it was able to shatter corrugated roofs. and this is a cricket pitch. play not surprisingly abandoned. such a freak storm.

i was watching television, i went into the bedroom and ijust looked out the window and the gumtree, which is two storeys high, just disappeared. there were some lucky escapes. so mum and dad were on their way back from lunch with relatives today. and they've just come through this area and a storm hasjust gone whack and a tree fell down on the front of theircar. but there could be more to come in the next 2a hours. john mcmanus, bbc news. snow storms have overwhelmed parts of canada and the us as authorities advise many residents to stay home and stay safe. social media showed people had begun to literally dig out of their homes after snowdrifts blocked their doorways. tiffany sweeney reports. wind howls. the most easterly part of canada, newfoundland in labrador, has declared a state of emergency, as blizzards took over the city. the storm dumped as much as 30 inches of snow.

officials in the capital, stjohn‘s, ordered businesses to close and vehicles off the roads due to extreme weather conditions. prime ministerjustin trudeau said canada's public safety minister was in touch with authorities and monitoring the storm. he said, "we're ready to help if needed." from the look of abandoned roads, most people stayed inside voluntarily. some are getting ahead by shovelling, to make less work when it's all over. the state of emergency has forced one local taxi company to take its vehicles off the road for the first time in its history. one resident shared this incredible video of his garage door being lifted, only to find a wall of snow the other side. officers say they are on call and available to respond to emergencies in the capital, and to prepare for power outages — keep flashlights and food and water on hand. tiffany sweeney, bbc news.

what would you give for a chance to re—visit your childhood home? one artist has taken the ultimate trip down memory lane by recreating her parents' living room, along with the corner shop they ran during the 1980s — and everyone is welcome to drop in. monika plaha went along to take a look. with very little money, but lots of determination, an influx of south asian immigrants stepped onto the business ladder as shopkeepers. this is like one of my old family photo albums... dawinda grew up in herfamily‘s corner shop in 1980s wolverhampton. corner shops that were video shops like my parents owned were so significant back in the day, because it really provided an essential lifeline to them in terms of back home. it closed down after ten years, but over three decades on, she bought her father's old shop back to life through rediscovering old objects. the idea came from one very special briefcase. so, talk me through what's

in this briefcase? so, this briefcase is my father's old briefcase. and really, this is where the whole project started. i opened it up and it had been put away in storage for many years. i started to look through it and i found that there is something here to be explored. there is an amp fuse, sold for the 35p. i don't think you can get anything that cheap any more! this was in the shop where your dad worked? yeah. did you ever use this back in the day? i used to use it and treated a bit like a toy, really. and like the till behind us, it was just fascinating to press all these buttons and just be a little girl and see what was going on. and in the new exhibition, the corner shop isn't the only thing that's been recreated. welcome to my home! wow, this is brilliant. it's a blast down memory lane. and people are invited for a house—warming.

this is a recreation of dawinda's living room from back in the 1980s, which most of us can probably relate to. i know i certainly can. in fact, i still have this wallpaper in my house today. i had three of these two shoe boxes. ——tissue. and let's face it, an asian household wouldn't be the same without food on the table. it's amazing. i walked in and i was like, i'm pretty sure i've been in this living room several times before in my life growing up. this isjust something i've needed to see today. it just makes everything come alive for me. every little object has so many layers. i love it so much. i was amazed, how they have put it all together. i have got relatives with a house that still looks like this! putting this together has been a journey of discovery for dawinda. she has taken a trip back in time to share a culturally historic past. the living room in south asian communities is the linchpin. it keeps everyone together. i want them to come in together in the space and stay

as long as they want. i want them to have a custard cream and sit on the sofa and watch the film. and get a real sense of what it was like for me and my family growing up in wolverhampton in the 1980s, and get a real sense of our lived experience. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello, there. cold, frosty start, but largely sunny day sums up the weekend very nicely and, indeed, as we head on into the new working week, we're going to have high pressure holding on to bring us a lot of dry weather with variable cloud and good spells of sunshine. it will remain on the cold side. here it is, this big, very strong area of high pressure dominating the scene as we head through sunday night. more weatherfronts, more isobars across the north of the country, so north and western scotland breezier, cloudier and less cold to start monday morning. further south, under those clearer skies,

it's going to be another cold one, and even frost and fog patches around, too. high pressure with us as we head through monday. these weather fronts encroaching into the north and west of the uk, bringing thicker cloud, the odd spot of rain at times and it will be quite breezy, too, some of that cloud pushing into northern ireland and much of western scotland and north—west england too. and many central, southern portions of the uk will be cold and sunny. temperatures in single figures for most.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the queen attends church near sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. the duke and duchess of sussex will no longer use their hrh titles and will give up all royal duties from the spring. i think the whole country will want to join in wishing them the very best for the future. in other news — police in england and wales will have more powers to deal

with stalkers with new protection orders from this week. world leaders meet in berlin to try to bring to an end to nearly nine years of fighting in libya. i will be back with you at full pm. —— at apm. and now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look at some of the highlights from her programme this week. hello and welcome to the programme. over the next half an hour, we'll bring you highlights from our show in the last seven days. this week, we reveal that more than 100 different types of mesh devices to treat hernias by nhs trusts in england and scotland are being sewn into patients and some haven't been properly tested. it has led to the claim that patients are being treated like guinea pigs. because certain types of mesh implants, which are permanent,