president trump's new peace plan for the middle east has been embraced by israel, but condemned as a conspiracy by the palestinians. they were offered no part in the process. his proposals offer israeljerusalem as its capital and recognition of its west bank settlements. palestinians are offered cash and a truncated territory threaded between settlements. the authorities in hubei, the chinese province at the centre of the outbreak of a new respiratory virus, have reported a further 25 deaths. across china, the total number of infections now stands at almost 6,000. the world health organization said stopping the spread of the disease was its top priority. the united states says it is disappointed at britain's decision to give the chinese telecoms company huawei a limited role in the development of its 56 mobile network. the government in london said huawei would be excluded from sensitive sites, including military bases and critical infrastructure.

it is 2:30am. you are up—to—date with the headlines. now, it's time for a look back at the day in parliament. hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. coming up: mps line up to condemn the decision to allow chinese tech firm huawei to be involved in the next generation of uk telecoms. can i say to my honourable friend i am deeply disappointed in this decision now? this is a faustian pact with the chinese communist party. would he agree with me that this country must never find itself in this position ever again? mps approve plans to end the automatic early release of some prisoners in england and wales. peers learn about the rise and rise of social media and fake news. unfortunately, the way

to amplify yourself on social media is to be shrill rather than accurate. and there's a quick geography lesson in westminster hall. ask people out there, they'd say antarctica. "oh, yes, polar bears." it is not. it's penguins. polar bears, north. penguins, south. but first: "regrettable and disappointing" that was the verdict of tory mps as the government officially announced it's decision to allow chinese firm huawei a limited role in the uk's 56 network. now, 56 is the fifth generation upgrade to mobile communications and it's set to dramatically increase data speeds and internet capacity. but the decision to include huawei could upset the united states, which has urged the uk to block the chinese firms access, on the grounds of national security. huawei will be barred from sensitive geographical locations such as nuclear sites and military bases and its share of the market will be capped at 35%.

well, huawei firmly denies it's an arm of the chinese state. the foreign secretary came to the commons and tried to reassure mps. we have looked at the issue of how to maintain network security and resilience over many months and in great technical detail. we would never take decisions that threaten our national security or the security of our five eyes partners. as a result, the technical and security analysis undertaken by gchq's national cybersecurity centre is central to the conclusions of the review. thanks to their analysis, we have the most detailed study of what is needed to protect sg anywhere in the world. he said the government would take forward several recommendations, firstly with what he called "world—leading regulation". second, the review also underlined the need for the uk to improve its diversity in the supply of equipment to telecom networks. currently, the uk faces a choice of only three major

players to supply key parts of our telecom network. and this has implications for the security and the resilience of those networks, as well as for future innovation and market capacity. and we are also partnered with like—minded countries to diversify the telecoms market. because it's essential that we are never again in a position of having such limited choices when deploying such important new technologies. he turned to what he called the "vendors who posed a risk to uk telecoms". high—risk vendors should be, first of all, excluded from all safety related and safety critical networks in critical national infrastructures. secondly, excluded from security critical network functions, and thirdly, limited to a minority presence in other network functions up to a cap of 35%. and be subjected to tighter restrictions, including exclusion from

sensitive geographic locations. dominic raab hardly mentioned huawei by name, but other mps were less reticent. guarantees about the safety and security of the network going forward are now absolutely crucial if huawei is to be involved in building the 5g network. it is for ministers to make decisions in our national interest now and going forward. and never to be held hostage by shifting transatlantic geopolitics. a rush by the government to throw itself into the arms of president trump to secure a trade deal must not govern everything that it does. the huawei issue first came to the surface during theresa may's time in office. she backed the government's decision. i commend the government for taking the decision which protects our national security, but also recognises the interests of our economy, that is right for the uk because it recognises the construction of our networks and our capabilities and gives us the toughest regime in the world. my right honourable friend

has already referenced the fact that we never have had and never will have high—risk vendors in our most sensitive networks and that this decision has no effect on our ability to share intelligence with our allies. the conservative party likes to brand itself as the party of security. but many will think that this decision is born out of weakness. it is come about as a result of short—termism and decades of underinvestment. the prime minister has gone for the cheapest, least secure option, but it doesn't take a genius to work out why huawei is so competitive in cost. it's the chinese communist party branded as a company and the conservative government has chosen low cost over security. and criticism wasn't limited to the opposition. even if were not an arm of the chinese government, the 2017 law requires to take instruction from the chinese intelligence agency. and in the future, the size

and complicity of the problem —— complexity of the problem of trying to protect against is enormous. even huawei alone, forget the rest of china, has tens of thousands of researchers working on this. so i am afraid the only way to protect their safety is to ban it. excluding high spenders from any provision is one way we can encourage companies and states that do not operate under international norms and business standards. that is why this decision is regrettable. and would he agree with me that this country must never find itself in this position ever again? mr speaker, can i say to my honourable friend i am deeply disappointed in this decision now? i have spoken at length in the past to security officials and they will always tell you that defending in the cybersecurity is a game of catch—up. always catch—up against the next algorithm change. you can never guarantee that you spot it sometimes until it is too late. and the reality about the

5g network, mr speaker, is that it is fundamentally different. there will be less and less centralised function and more and more go to the periphery. which is exactly where huawei will be. i cannot work out whether it is naivety or arrogance that prevents the uk government seeing the high risks presented to our national security by huawei. this is a company that is financed by the chinese communist party. and we are going to give them an open door to our security. he talks about huawei as though it's some kind of chinese answer tojohn lewis. this is a faustian pact with the chinese communist party. he needs to be honest about it. 0n the regulatory aspect, mr speaker, it strikes me the government is getting this the wrong way around. they will introduce what it says in the statement, is this robust regime for telecom regulation. surely that should come before giving a green light to something as dangerous as huawei into the 5g network. and the question then becomes what if the new regime decides that what the government hasjust green—lighted is too dangerous?

is there an opportunity to stop? we will make sure that in legislation, we have the full panoply, notjust the powers, but of enforcement mechanisms. dominic raab. now, mps have approved government plans to end the automatic early release of some prisoners in england and wales, a commitment in the conservative manifesto at last month's general election. the justice minister chris philp explained the changes that will come in from the first of april this year. it has been 47 days since the general election. and these orders before us today, these regulations deliver on a critical manifesto commitment. taken together, they ensure that the most serious violent, and sexual offenders spend two thirds of their sentence in jail, rather than half of their sentence as is currently the case.

by making this change, by making sure they spend two—thirds rather than one half of their sentence injail, we both protect the public and ensure thatjustice is better done. and he had an example. 84% — 84% of rape convictions had a standard determined sentence. 84% of rapists incarcerated were eligible for automatic release at the halfway point. and we take the view — that is simply not right. whilst we will not oppose this order today, we do however have some issues. the government have not made the case to demonstrate why this change is the best way to protect the public. 0n the evidence we have been presented with so far, the case to support this order, we feel, has not been made. the government's own assessment of these proposed laws

say that they could increase the prison overcrowding, significant cost could be introduced, and it could lead to increased prisoner violence. the gravest risk, however, is that if prisoners spend more of their sentence in prison, then less of their time on release with a licence, which can actually lead to the increased risk of reoffending. so, whilst we are all sympathetic to the victims of crime, who will feel like maybe justice hasn't been done, what we must not do is introduce an increased risk of violence in reoffending after they finish their term. a labour mp saw several serious cases of grooming and child exploitation in her rotherham constituency. she supported the principle but had a warning. longer sentences will not make the changes we want unless they are underpinned with safeguarding when the offender is released. too often, survivors tell me that they have no knowledge of their offender being released until they find out on social media. i still remember the day that my nan saw my dad's killer for the very

first time after being released afterjust 18 months. the anger, frustration, confusion and sheer grief that flashed across her face, especially when he raised the glass to her as we drove by, which was a real clincher. but this is an experience that is shared by far too many. with victims feeling severely let down by the current automatic halfway release point. because what is the purpose of a prison sentence? well, there are several. the first is to protect the public from the offender. the second, to ensure that victims feel thatjustice has been done. a serious offender serving just half a sentence does not provide victims and victims' families with that sentence justice. dienna davison. now, cast your mind back to the general election in december. one of the big headlines was about a sick boy asleep on a hospital floor because there were no beds available. the yorkshire post broke the story, but it was quickly undermined by posts on social media casting doubt on its authenticity. a lords committee is investigating misinformation, including different standards of fact checking

between traditional and social media. the bbc explained its approach to tackling fake news. 0ur name is very important. so, we produce trusted news, we also debunk as much as we can the fake stories that we come across. during the indian elections, for instance, talking about india, we had the reality check team out there, looking at specific stories. we also have been working with tech platforms and global publishers to work out how we can have a fast alert system for disinformation during elections. we experienced during the general election the incident of the boy on the floor of leeds general infirmary where our story was done with the utmost professionalism, one of myjournalist checked all of the facts, the story was verified by the hospital, and yet, the narrative was able to be destabilised by fake media accounts, by people with sinister motives.

and before any action was taken, for the platform to confess that our story was true and the conspiracy theory was not, the damage was done. so, i do think the rapid alert system actually is a very positive step forward and is one that should be explored further. but are traditional media organisations doing theirjob properly? you all talked about your role in holding politicians to account and the importance of a free press. what level of fact checking should we be expecting from you, from news organisations, on the claims that are made? very high. i mean, i think, speaking for my trade, that i am thrilled by the development of the fact—checking industry. i think it's been one of the most

exciting sort of spontaneous things that have happened in the whole debate. but let's be honest. it's also an indictment of the journalistic trade because fact checking used to be called journalism. lord harris challenged the bbc on its election coverage. do you have a duty to say, well, yes, there is a completely out there statement made by the conservative party or labour party or the liberal democrats? we work very hard during the election to ensure that there was real—time fact checking. so during the leaders debate, for instance, there was real—time fact checking. which has been built on and this has become more and more something we need to address, and also very robust interviewing. let's take a hypothetical argument that we are debating whether or not the world is round. and you would feel it necessary, some of you, to have a representative of the flat earth society to say,

"oh, no, it is not." and now, how do you define at what point should you be striking a balance? 0r say actually, this is the facts? what it is really all about? the bbc has editorial guidelines and impartiality that is fundamental to that. but it is due impartiality. 0n issues like climate change, we ensure that we take into account impartiality in the light of what science tells us. i think policy, they are at the heart of that. i do think we should be able to be much more determined when it comes to shutting down the flat earthers, shutting down the holocaust deniers and the climate change deniers. there are certain issues and topics were the science and the facts are indisputable and the debate is not necessary. the committee explored the relationship between traditional

news organisations and social media. to a greater extent than i think we will perhaps like to admit, social media is media now. in the sense that it is the gateway to other media. and unfortunately, the way to amplify social media is to be shrill rather than accurate. and he said journalists were under pressure to get clicks on social media to guide people into traditional news formats. you're watching tuesday in parliament, with me, alicia mccarthy. don't forget you can find all our programmes on the bbc iplayer, just search for parliament. the health secretary has told mps the government is making funds available to ensure all support is being provided to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus in the uk. on monday, matt hancock urged people who had returned from the affected city of wuhan in the last two weeks to "self isolate", meaning they should stay indoors and avoid contact with other people.

can i ask the secretary of state what screening plans are in place to screen those arriving in the uk from china, and can i also ask, has a contingency firm been established to tackle the potential effects of the coronavirus? well, of course it's incredibly important that we have appropriate measures in place for those who have returned from china, not only those who are returning from outside of wuhan, but also those should they return from wuhan, those are being put in place. of course we are making budgets available to ensure that all support necessary is given. elsewhere in the session, mps raised the preventable deaths of at least seven babies in the last two years at east kent hospital's nhs trust. following the desperately upsetting news headlines last week about the preventable baby deaths in east kent, including harry richford, aged just seven days old,

whose death was described by the coroner as "wholly avoidable " , will the secretary of state join me and harry's family and calling for a full, transparent public inquiry? here, here! the health minister described the steps the care quality commission, the c00, have been taking. i'd like to reassure the honourable lady that the cqc have conducted further investigation of the whole trust last week, and will take enforcement action if necessary. i've asked them to provide a summary report in 14 days, that was on monday. also, the health service's examination board have examined 26 individual maternity cases and have reported on 15. they have also been asked on monday to complete their work within 14 days and send a summary to give us further information. 0pposition mps were angry about the situation in accident and emergency departments. i don't know if the minister is aware, but we have a winter every year. we've had one for the last 71 years. these are the worst a&e waiting times in history and they're the culmination of the policies

that his party has followed for the last nine years. the cuts in social care, the number of gps driven out of the practice, the failure this government had on health provision, all of this has led us to the worst a&e waiting time in history and the minister's answer doesn't start to look at the failure that he has delivered! thank you. as i pointed out, demand has significantly increased in a&e. he asked about gps. i'm sure he knows our commitment for 50 million more gp appointments, 6000 more gps. i'm sure he would also welcome in his own constituency that £19 million investment by this government in 2017 and a new urgent treatment centre, which will serve

his constituents and is due to start work this summer. thank you, mr speaker. between winter 2018 and 2019, we saw the proportion of the target fall by 7% of patients at risk. in october last year, i warned the minister of these very real dangers, and he refused to meet with me to even discuss this. can you now answer the question, why further funding was not made available to stop staff and patients in for mary being put at risk? i remind the honourable i have to pay tribute to the staff at bradford for their work in doing this.

i want to pay tribute and thanks to the staff at bradford for their work in doing this. we are the party that is investing in our nhs, in our a&es, and in our staff. he should welcome that. edward argar. finally, it's 200 years this week since the first sighting of the continent of antarctica. the arguments continue over who spotted the huge "continent of ice" first but the threats to its future are growing. satellite data has revealed thwaites glacier which is the size of the uk is melting rapidly which could mean huge changes for us all. mps heard warnings of a bleak future unless more is done to tackle climate change. the world faces the greatest challenge ever faced for thousands of years. unless we do something about it and do something dramatic and urgent, we are facing an environmental catastrophe in the antarctic, also across the globe. he said it was remarkable how little people knew about antarctica. there is no trees, no roads.

no people. apart from scientists, the brave people they are. it consists purely of ice. most people know that's where polar bears come from... do they? almost nobody picked me up! most people would say "antarctica, oh yes!" the south is the south is powered by ice completely. it's not, polar bears are from the north. he said britain had led the world in exploration, scientific research and international action to protect the continent and looked ahead to the un climate change conference cop26 to be held in glasgow this year. and cop26, we must now pledge ourselves to strain every sin

—ew to come back climate change. this is the 200th anniversary of the continent. if we do not combat climate change, our descendants will not live to celebrate the 400th anniversary. the antarctic serves as a bellwether for the changing climate. some data from scientists recently produced suggested that there's now an onset of irreversible instability. which started on a track where we can't reverse that. that would lead to sea levels rising by several metres which would be catastrophic. losing three trillion tonnes, whether these resources be animal, we would be foolish to think it ponders us to think about what lies hanif. that there is not already a quiet gold rush under way. i think by greed rather by necessity.

the antarctic is home to 70% of the world's freshwater. 70%! can we afford to see that ice melt into the sea, which is not freshwater? that would have a terrible effect on our ability to supply our world and all its living creatures with freshwater. there were other modern threats too. the use of drones has been restricted, and the use for recreational purposes by tourists in antarctica is banned. antarctica is suited for accuracy of satellites, and since the treaty was signed in 1959, of course we know technology has advanced massively and rapidly and the fear amongst many is that some of the technology being used and tested on the continent could be used for military purposes elsewhere. the government praised the work of the british antarctic survey.

thanks to scientists just like these, we know that antarctica drives the global ocean and atmosphere and is fundamental to understanding our planet. antarctica is a unique place, and a barometer of the global impact of climate change. the challenges of operating there mean that international pressure is essential. —— corporation. —— cooperation. changes observed by scientists in the polar region show how crucial it is that we agree a new conference of deal in glasgow to address climate change. that will be a tough test of international diplomacy, but we are ambitious and determined that science shows us we have no choice. heather wheeler. and that's it from me for now, but do join me at the same time tomorrow for another round up of all the news from westminster and the highlights from prime minister's questions. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye.

temperatures are set to climb over the next few days but it's still cold enough as we start wednesday morning for the risk of some icy structures, particularly where we still have moisture or snow lying around. some travel disruption is possible. as we go for the day, we start off with showers from northern england and scotland, wintry over the high grounds and then some rain in from the west. moving from the north of northern ireland, getting to scotland, really heavy rain. also living in snow over high ground. some of that rain getting into northern england as well. .2 males under southwest and brighter skies across the eastern half of england. certainly dry towards the south and a milder day. as we go free wednesday night, pushing outbreaks of arena northwards across scotland. elsewhere, we see a lot of cloud feeding from the south—west, some

mist and feeding from the south—west, some mistand a feeding from the south—west, some mist and a murkiness and drizzle. really a mild starts to thursday morning, certainly compared to what we had recently and it is going to be going to be a mild end to the week. we was the summer outbreaks of rain at times.

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