the american golfing legend tiger woods has been involved in a car accident in los angeles. authorities say there's no evidence he was "impaired." he suffered multiple injuries to both legs and has been having surgery. the la county sheriff says the car hit a central reservation and ended up several hundred feet from the road. two committees of the us senate are investigating last month's deadly riots at the capitol building by donald trump supporters. police and security officials are blaming intelligence failures leading up to january 6th. there's been conflicting testimony as to whether the national guard was requested. the prime minister here in the uk has confirmed that government ministers are considering the case for so—called �*vaccine passports�* — a certificate or proof of covid status that might decide if people are allowed access to flights, public events, or pubs. borisjohnson has emphasised what he called the considerable difficulties involved.

now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament hello there, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. on this programme, the health secretary comes under fire for his handling of covid contracts. will he commit to recovering every penny piece of taxpayers�* money from those companies who provided us with duff ppe? of course where a contract isn't delivered against, we do not intend to pay taxpayers' money. more trouble for the government in the lords over its trade bill and striking deals with countries which commit genocide. we've failed - to predict genocide, we've failed - to prevent genocide, we've failed to protect victims of genocide _ and we've failed to prosecute perpetrators of genocide. - the genocide amendment.

is a modest attempt to begin to address some| of those failings. and scotland�*s first minister unveils her plan for easing lockdown, but unlike borisjohnson, only sets goals for two months ahead. i know that people across the country are anxious for as much clarity as possible. i want to give as much as possible today while avoiding giving false assurance or picking arbitrary dates that have no grounding at this stage in any objective assessment. but first, labour has called on the health secretary to apologise for awarding millions of pounds of contracts for what it called "duff ppe". a judge recently ruled that the health secretary had "breached his legal obligation" by not publishing details of contracts signed during the pandemic within 30 days. matt hancock has insisted that was the "the right thing to do", arguing his team had been focused on sourcing was a little bit late". at health questions,

his labour shadow questioned where some of the money had gone. we saw nurses resorting to bin bags and curtains for makeshift ppe, hundreds of nhs staff died, and his response was to pay a pest control firm £59 million for 25 million masks that couldn�*t be used, to pay a hedge fund based in mauritius 252 million, again forfacemasks that were inadequate, and to pay a jeweller in florida 70 million for gowns that couldn�*t be used. so, will he take this opportunity to apologise, and will he commit to recovering every penny piece of taxpayers�* money from those companies who provided us with duff ppe? of course where a contract isn't delivered against, we do not intend to pay taxpayers' money. but of course also we wanted to make sure that we got as much ppe as we could into the country. and whilst of course there were individual incidences that we all know about and that highlight how

important it was to buy ppe, there was, as the national audit office has confirmed, no national level shortage. and that was because of the incredible work of my team and the amount of effort they put into securing the ppe and doing the right thing. unsurprisingly, many of the questions focused on the announcement of the road map out of england�*s lockdown announced by boris johnson on monday. visiting a school on tuesday, the prime minister said he was "very optimistic" covid restrictions in england can be lifted on the 21st ofjune, but warned "nothing can be guaranteed" and urged everyone to "continue to be prudent". well, mps had questions for the minister about the easing and the vaccination programme. can the ministerjust clarify. the link between the vaccine programme and the road map, because it's the return - to normality as far as possible that we want to see _ as soon as possible? it's only because of the success of the vaccine programme that we're able

to set out the road map in this way, so the vaccine is good for you, but it's also good for all of us, because by taking a vaccine, you're helping protect yourself and you're helping all of us get out of this pandemic situation. another conservative said his constituents wanted reassurance. that they will be able to get a second dose of the same vaccine within the specified time schedule. replying this time, the vaccines minister. the nhs is already reserving. second doses, and actually last week, we began informingj the front—line primary care networks and others - of the second dose schedule. i can reassure his constituents if they've had a pfizer first - dose, they will get a pfizer. second dose within 12 weeks. if they've had an oxford firstl dose, they will get an oxford second dose - within the 12 weeks. he will be aware that the danger is we could be hitting our vaccination targets overall, but certain groups are left behind. and many local mps want to have some transparency about what is happening locally.

to date, black people, - who account for around 3% of the population, make up 1.7% of those vaccinated, _ whilst white people, | who account for 86% of the population, make up 82% of all those - vaccinated in england. we appreciate there is still work to do, l and our vaccine uptake plan addresses that. l opening up by dates, not data, as described by the prime minister yesterday, will allow prevalence in the general population to continue, unfortunately increasing the number of people affected by long covid. so, what discussions has the secretary of state had with the secretary for work and pensions to ensure proper financial support is available for those afflicted by long covid, including a continued £20 a week uplift of universal credit? thank you very much, mr speaker. of course, long covid is an incredibly serious condition for some and is part of our considerations and deliberations.

but ijust want to correct her on something that she said, because the road map sets out indicative dates that we will not move before, but of course we'll be guided by the data, and hence the five—week gaps in between each step to make sure you have four weeks to see the impact of the step and then one week of advanced notice on the go, no—go decision. matt hancock. the government has been heavily defeated in the lords in the latest stage of the long—running dispute over preventing the uk striking trade deals with states which have carried out genocide. much of the concern centres on abuses by china. ministers have resisted the idea of giving the high court a say on whether a future trade partner has committed genocide, so peers pressed for a compromise which would allow a committee of retired judges in parliament to make that assessment. this is a genuine, reasonable, decent compromise which meets the government�*s desire to avoid the courts while allowing for a serious

interrogation of the facts. we�*ve failed to predict genocide, we�*ve failed to prevent genocide, we�*ve failed to protect victims of genocide and we�*ve failed to prosecute perpetrators of genocide. the genocide amendment is a modest attempt to begin to address some of those failings. the western world has to get off its knees and start to stand up to china before it is too late. the genocide of the uighurs, of which there is now overwhelming evidence, is a sample of how the chinese communist regime will treat every race and people it subjugates. so, in this bill, my lords, we can make a small start by tackling the issue of trading with a country which commits genocide. peers argued that china blocked any possibility of prosecution in an international court. and so it turns us. all into bystanders. that's the problem. and when asked to declare i a genocide, our government

says, "it's not a matter for parliament. - we can have debates about it and have committees, - but it's a matter for| a competent court." and of course what that means is that we don't act at all. - part of the reason why we should go down the road which lord alton has so convincingly laid out to us is not simply to reveal a genocide that is currently in progress or may be, that�*s to be determined — but there�*s very good circumstantial evidence which should be tested and courts are good at doing so — but, my lords, to limit the further extension of that atrocity while it is happening. this debate is remarkable. incredible number of powerful, principled, passionate speeches from all around the house. you have united the house on this matter of principle, and it shows that this is not about politics, this is not politicking,

this is about ethics and morality and having a clear conscience. one voice was raised in support of the minister. i would warn people to be . minded that if they think that by passing this kind _ of amendment we are going to be free to stop the world - unilaterally taking on powers of china, then we need to think again. - i was say to the noble lady, baroness falkner, what we�*re doing in scrutinising this trade bill is trying to ensure that we match the uk�*s commitments with its actions, including human rights and international obligations when it comes to trade, preferential trade. the uk can act, and when we act, many people still look at how we pass our legislation in this parliament and our behaviours around the world. we can lead by example, and in many cases we have done so.

they will always have i the opportunity to hold the government to accountl for its trade policy wherever parliament itself has - identified credible reports of this most heinous . crime of all, genocide. so, it is not the substance that we are disagreeing i with today, it is the means i by which this should be done. but the minister�*s arguments did not win the day. have voted content — 367, not content — 214. so, motion b—1 is agreed. ministers may try to overturn that heavy defeat when the trade bill returns to the house of commons. you�*re watching tuesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy. now back to the easing of lockdown restrictions. in holyrood, scotland�*s first minister, nicola sturgeon, set out her plan, saying she hoped to reopen the economy — including shops, bars, restaurants, gyms and hairdressers — from

the last week of april. scotland�*s youngest pupils began returning to the classroom on monday, heading back for the first time since the christmas break. that phased return is in contrast to boris johnson�*s plan, which will see all youngsters in england at their desks on the 8th of march. and unlike borisjohnson, nicola sturgeon didn�*t set out a long—term programme for easing restrictions, only announcing plans for the next two months, with changes every three weeks. from the 5th of april, it is our hope and expectation at this stage that the stay at home restriction will be lifted. we would aim for any final phase of school return to take place on this date. communal worship will also, we hope, restart around the 5th of april, albeit with restricted numbers to begin with. however, in deciding the exact date for this, we will obviously take account of the timing of major religious festivals, for example easter and passover.

so it may be a few days earlier when communal worship can restart. i know that people across the country are anxious for as much clarity as possible. i want to give as much as possible today while avoiding giving false assurance or picking arbitrary dates that have no grounding at this stage in any objective assessment. i am as confident as i can be that the indicative staged timetable that i�*ve set out today from now until late april, when the economy will start to substantially reopen, is a reasonable one. and in mid—march when we have made further progress on vaccines and have greater understanding of the impact of the initial phase of school return, ihope we can set out in more detail on the further reopening that will take place over april and may and into a summer when we hope, really hope, to be living with much greater freedoms than we are today. there is nothing about what happens after the 26th of april. this isn't a road map out of covid, it's a holding document for the next

eight weeks. everyone understands that we might not be able to give people absolute certainty, but they were expecting the first minister to give them some kind of hope. many will have tuned in today precisely because they were expecting to receive that. they didn't tune in today expecting to be told to tune in again in three weeks' time, and they have a right to be disappointed. i want to be optimistic. and i am equally patient, but can i ask - the first minister with the ultimate goal is? because i think it's important that people understand - what lies ahead. is it suppression of the virus using testing, tracing - and vaccination, but accepting there is some risk as we do. with flu each year? or is it elimination with zero covid and the prospect - of continuing restrictions over a longer period - including further lockdown? you�*ve got to try for as close elimination as possible in order to keep the virus as low as possible. so even if you don�*t achieve absolutely no covid, the very act of trying keeps it at levels that are safer for us

then to open up. can we have an assurance from the first minister that the vaccine passports or certificates won't be used to access public services in this country? first minister. i wouldn�*t support the access of public services be based on anything like that. i do think it�*s important that we firstly do not get caught in any sort of preconceived idea of what...because i think some people mean different things when they talk about vaccine passports or vaccine certificates. so we shouldn�*t close our minds to that, you know, yellow fever certificates exist for travel to some countries, so there may well be scope for vaccination giving you the ability to do certain things that without vaccination, you might not be able to do. nicola sturgeon. meanwhile, wales�*s first minister, mark drakeford, has said it wouldn�*t be safe for all children to return to school at the same time. three to seven year olds have

gone back to classrooms in wales this week, but some older pupils may not attend until after the easter holidays. with all children at english schools expected back in two weeks, the welsh tory leader said the delay was "regrettable". the two leaders clashed at first minister�*s questions in the senedd. how can you allow, if there is any headroom going through the month of march, for school children to remain out of school and be opening up other parts of the economy by lifting the restrictions? has education slipped down your priority list? or if it is still your number one priority, will you make sure that any headroom that develops in the month of march, means schoolchildren return across all your groups in wales. returning children and young people to face—to—face learning is the top priority of this government. but we will do so in a way that is consistent with the science and the advice that we have. we will return students to schools as fast as it is safe the advice we have is it would not be safe to do

what he is suggesting. however, if it�*s the policy of the conservative party in wales to return children to conditions that are not safe for them orfor their staff, then let him say so. this government will not do that. we will follow the science. plaid cymru�*s leader called for care workers in wales to be paid at least £10 an hour. according to the resolution for the foundation, - first minister, more than half of all care workers in wales . currently receive less - than the real living wage — poverty wages — in other words. and that was unacceptable before the pandemic, - and it is certainly. unacceptable now. that's notjust my view, - it's also the view expressed recently by your party's deputy leader, angela rayner, - who has called for the _ government in england to commit to a care workers minimum wage of £10 an hour. - are you prepared to match that commitment to a £10 an hour. minimum wage for all care

workers here in wales? i of course, if my party in westminster succeeds in persuading the uk government to make such payments, that will be money that will come to wales to allow us to fund such a commitment. but i always have to ask myself where the money will come from week by week. he asks me to spend money he hasn�*t got and i haven�*t got. i�*m keeping a running total of his many, many unfunded commitments that he constantly tries to press upon me. mark drakeford. spotify has rejected claims that it exploits and underpays musicians. a senior executive from the company told mps on the culture committee that music streaming has helped artists find new audiences. but he faced criticism over the way spotify shares revenue with musicians and songwriters. musicians are mostly miserable because of the system and the way that it operates. do you understand why they�*re so miserable?

well, you know, this is definitely a difficult time, and it's particularly difficult because of the circumstances and because of so many of the sources of revenue that are normally available to musicians. i know, but this predates covid. covid has certainly made things much worse, but this predates covid. musicians, on the whole, the ones that we have heard from, and we have heard from a lot of people, they hate the model, the spotify model, and they feel totally ripped off by it. well, i would take issue with the fact that every musician hates the model. most musicians — the overwhelming majority that we have spoken to — hate the model. they feel cheated by the model and many of them say they simply can�*t afford to live off music, despite the fact that some of them are very successful,

winning awards for their music, but your model keeps them in low. i think it's useful to put some data on the table to be able to talk about that, because then it becomesjust a matter of opinion. if you look at artists in general, in 2015, only 16,000 artists made up 90% of all streams, it was a relatively small group of people. now in 2020, 57,000 artists made up 90% of the streams, so that's four times the number of artists at the top because of streaming and because of discovery, because of the ability of artists of all kinds to find an audience. right back at the start of this inquiry, we had evidence - from nadine shah, i'm sure you know of her work, - this is what she said to our inquiry, it's . on the record, she said, "as an artist with a substantial i profile, "a substantial fan| base, critically acclaimed, i don't make enough. money from streaming. "i'm in a position now where i'm strugglingl to pay my rent.

"i'm embarrassed to talk i about these issues publicly. "i'm a successful musician. but i'm not being paid fairly "for the work that i make. "often, artists are encouraged not to ask these questions." . how do you feel, given that you're the head of global. affairs at spotify, how do i you feel when you hear that from an artist - like the nadine shah? well, obviously, it is unfortunate that she feels that way, but i think there are a couple of things that need to be clarified. i don't know what agreements she has with labels and publishers. i don't know what the economic terms are of the split of the revenue that she might have agreed to with her label. i know what we pay, and i know that close to 70% of every pound that we generate to get paid to those intermediaries that represent artists. spotify recently signed a deal with the duke and duchess of sussex, under which

the royal couple�*s charity will receive an undisclosed sum in return for making podcasts. why pay harry and meghan all that money? _ well, it's, you know, the end of the day, it goes back to attention economics. you know, the product is valued on the base of how many users it can attract, how many streams it will attract, which in turn determines how many advertisers are willing to advertise on the podcast. in other words, i they're box office. you see them as box office. yes. in terms of the talent that goes into podcasts, yes. and let me just say that there is clear evidence that we have developed that having podcasts offerings on the service benefits music consumption. so on the whole, there is a virtual cycle... yeah. ..that occurs when you have the full offering of both music and non—music audio available on the surface that people on the whole will tend to consume more. so everybody benefits, | harry and meghan save the music industry?

well... that's a good line. that seems a little bit premature, and they are not the only act that we've signed, we've signed dozens of those, and we will continue to do that. horacio gutierrez there. now, labour has called on the government to take urgent action to support people and businesses through the crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. official figures show that the uk economy has shrunk by nearly 10%, a record fall, due to the impact of coronavirus restrictions. using an opposition day debate, labour�*s shadow chancellor called on ministers to take immediate steps to protect family finances. 0ur economic recovery is at stake, and the chancellor cannot afford to get it wrong. he cannot continue to duck the big decisions nor to go missing when he is most needed. she called on the chancellor to cancel a plan to end the temporary increase in universal credit,

reverse a freeze on the pay of key workers, halt increases in council tax, and provide start up loans to 100,000 new businesses. if economic support does not go hand in hand with the imposition of necessary public health restrictions, then we cannot get a grip on the virus nor will economic activity returne to normal. and if infections are not reduced, not only will restrictions be in place for longer, but people will lack the confidence needed to get out and start spending again. but the government argued that conservatives had put the economy on a stable footing after labour mismanagement. it is because of our economic record that we have been able to place the protection ofjobs at the heart of our covid response with the furlough and the other business support measures. mr speaker, as the chancellor said last month, sadly, we have not and will not be able to save everyjob and every business. but i am confident that our economic plan is supporting

the finances of millions of people and businesses. he was right, and it isjobs that will remain at the heart of the chancellor's economic plan, as we work together to build back better and level up the whole of the united kingdom. with the delay of motion, you can see how clearly, i how little this union has to offer to the people in scotland. it's little wonder thatl more and more scots, now in 21 consecutive polls, are waking up to the reality| that only an independent - scotland can provide the fair, just economy we all need. people in the real world get that this is a government that�*s actually making some tough decisions. they understand that paying down 80% of labour�*s £150 billion deficit enabled us to pay 80% of people�*s wages. they understand that this is a government that lifted 1.74 million people out of income tax altogether.

lives have been needlessly lost, life chances are being squandered and people are suffering. so we must make a different choice. we must choose not the smallest state but an active and empowering state. we must renew our public services, not starve them of resources, and as we seek to recover from this crisis, the state must work in partnership with business. well, the end of that debate labour�*s non—binding motion was passed after conservative mps didn�*t take part in the vote. and that�*s it from me for another day, but dojoin me at the same time tomorrow for a look back at the day here at westminster, including the highlights from prime minister�*s questions. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.

wednesday is set to be an exceptionally mild day, particularly where you get to see a little bit of brightness, but even if you keep cloud and outbreaks of rain. that was the picture in the scottish borders during tuesday. there�*s more rain to come on wednesday courtesy of this pipeline of cloud ploughing in from the southwest. first part of the day still brings met office amber warnings in force for parts of central and southern scotland. rain also affecting north—west england and wales. some patchy rain elsewhere. a few clear breaks, too, but a very mild start to the day. quite a windy start as well, although the winds will be easing just a little as we go through the day. we�*ll see those outbreaks of rain continuing across parts of northwest england, parts of northwest wales, heading into southern and central scotland. a little bit brighter for parts of northern ireland and certainly the north of scotland, some sunny spells here, and where it stays dry and fairly bright with hazy sunshine for central and eastern parts of england, temperatures will get all the way up to 15,

16 or 17 degrees. as we head through wednesday night into thursday, this band of cloud and rain will sink southeastward across england and wales. clearer skies behind with some showers. overnight lows between five and ten degrees. as this weather front lingers in the southeast corner during thursday, it will continue to bring cloud and some outbreaks of rain. but for the most part, thursday, actually, not a bad looking day — some good spells of sunshine. the winds will be a little lighter, particularly down towards the south. still quite breezy further north where there will be some showers, which mayjoin together into slightly longer spells of rain across northern scotland at times. temperatures down a little bit on wednesday�*s values, but still above where they should be at this time of year. into friday, there could be fog patches around first thing, particularly for central and southern parts of the uk. the odd spot of rain just skipping across the far north of scotland, but otherwise, a dry day. that early fog lifting to leave some spells of sunshine,

and top temperatures between ten and 12 degrees. then, as we head into the weekend, high pressure will be firmly in charge of the weather. frontal systems maybe just grazing close to northern scotland, perhaps northern ireland, giving a little bit of rain here, but generally, the weekend will be drier with lighter winds. the nights, though, will be quite chilly, and that could lead to some patches of fog.

a very warm welcome to bbc news. i�*m mike embley. our top stories: golfing legend tiger woods crashes his car in los angeles. he�*s undergoing emergency surgery for multiple injuries. the interior was more or less intact, which kind of gave him the cushion to survive what otherwise would have been a fatal crash. us security officials in charge of defending the us capitol during last month�*s riot blame intelligence failures. these criminals came prepared for war, they came with their own radio system to co—ordinate the attack, and climbing gear and other equipment to defeat the capitol�*s security features. i am sickened by what i witnesses that day. and anger outside georgia�*s government buildings after the arrest of the opposition leader, nika melia.