president biden has said he will lay down red lines to his russian counterpart in their meeting on wednesday. speaking after a summit of nato leaders, mr biden acknowledged that he faced a tough opponent in vladimir putin. he insisted the us would respond if russia acted against its interests. the bbc understands that the british prime minister borisjohnson and his australian counterpart, scott morrison, have agreed the broad terms of a trade deal. a formal announcement is expected on tuesday about what would be the first trade agreement negotiated from scratch since the uk left the eu. the outgoing chief prosecutor of the international criminal court says she has asked judges to allow her to open a fulljudicial investigation into murders carried out during the war on drugs in the philippines. around 12,000 filipinos have reportedly been killed

now on bbc news, monday in parliament. hello and welcome to monday in parliament, as ministers delay plans to lift england's lockdown rules. the pause will save thousands of lives by allowing us to get the majority of the second jabs done before restrictions are eased further. the end of an era, as northern ireland's first minister stands down. mr speaker, let us be good neighbours. thank you for allowing me to speak. over and out. and four years after the grenfell tower fire, why is it taking so long to make homes safe? hundreds of thousands of people are living in buildings we now- know to be unsafe. some even still wrapped in the same flammable i

cladding as grenfell. but first, boris johnson has delayed the lifting of lockdown restrictions in england by up to four weeks. the rules were due to be eased next monday, with current limits on social contact removed. instead, they will remain in place, possibly until 19 july — although weddings and wakes with more than 30 guests can go ahead, with social distancing. the prime minister announced the delay during a news conference in downing street. he said it would allow millions more people to be vaccinated amid rising cases of the delta variant. but there's been anger from the hospitality and entertainment industries — and anger, too, from some mps over borisjohnson�*s decision to share the news with tv viewers before them. so, the media have the statement in advance, there will be a public press conference at 6pm and the last people to know about the changes to the covid regulations will be

members of parliament. this is clearly very disrespectful to parliament, and probably a contempt of parliament. i find it totally unacceptable that once again, once again, that we're seeing downing street running roughshod over members of parliament. we're not accepting it. the speaker said mps were only offered a statement on the day after he intervened. i was told no decisions have been taken, that no decisions will be taken till the cabinet meets. the fact is i am being misled, this house is being misled. it is not acceptable. so, at 8.30pm, mps got the chance to question the health secretary on what the prime minister had announced two—and—a—half hours earlier. mr speaker, i know so many people have been working so hard, making sacrifices, being cautious and careful

and doing their bit to help this country down the road map. i know that people have been planning and arranging important moments, and that businesses have been gearing up to reopen. so, it is with a heavy heart and faced with this reality we've made the difficult decision not to move ahead with step four next week. instead, we'll pause for up to four weeks, until the 19th ofjuly, with the review of the data after two weeks. during this crucial time, we'll be drawing on everything we know works when fighting this virus and we'll use the extra time to deliver the extra protection we need. despite the incredible uptake we've seen in this country, there are still people we need to protect. 1.3 million people who are over 50 and 4.5 million over—40s have had a firstjab, but not yet a second. the pause will save thousands of lives by allowing us to get the majority of these second jabs done before restrictions are eased further. tonight's announcement

was both predictable and, sadly, predicted, and many of our constituents and local businesses will be deeply disappointed. 0ur constituents did what was asked of them. they queued up for vaccination. we praised them in this house. the secretary of state shed tears on the news and boasted "cry freedom" on the pages of the spectator. and yet, now, we're in the grip of a delta wave spreading with speed, and our constituents face further restrictions. mr speaker, the prime minister's complacency allowed this variant to reach our shores. on march 25, there were warnings of a new variant in india. it's reported that ministers first learnt the delta variant was in the uk on the 1st of april. the government red listed pakistan and bangladesh on april the 9th, but didn't

red list india until april the 23rd, by which point 20,000 people had arrived from india. mr speaker, our borders were secure as a sieve. i happen to support these measures and the caution the government is showing. but could i suggest to my right honourable friend that one - of the reasons for the _ disappointment many people feel is the use of wordsj like "irreversible"? tonight, sir patrick vallance said that we will be living i with covid for the rest of our lives. _ if there is a vaccine—busting . variant that threatens another 100,000 lives, these measures will not be irreversible, - and we have a duty to be - completely honest with people about the bumpiness of the road ahead. i by what date does he expect all adults to be fully vaccinated with both doses? and would that not be a more appropriate time

for the removal of all restrictions, rather than setting another arbitrary date, when younger adults will not be fully protected? the secretary of state, i know has set out that it's not the government's policy to get to zero covid. indeed, that's not possible. could he say whether it's the government's policy to maintain a low prevalence of this virus? and if it's not, can he confirm the prime minister's sentiments today that july the 19th is a terminus date? and can he rule out bringing back restrictions in the autumn and winter, when we see a rise, an inevitable rise, in what is a respiratory virus? well, it isn't inevitable. i don't think it's inevitable. it may happen, but it isn't inevitable because we also have the planned booster programme to strengthen further the vaccination response. but it is absolutely clear, based on all of the clinical

advice that i've seen, that a goal of eradication of this virus is impossible. indeed, there's one part of this country that tried it for a bit in the summer and it found it to be impossible. and therefore, we must learn to live with this virus. matt hancock. it's important to remember that the announcement affects england alone. in scotland, from 28june, bigger groups will be able to gather in cafes, pubs and restaurants — although they'll still have to observe social distancing. in northern ireland, limits on indoor gatherings are scheduled to be relaxed next monday, while wales's first minister has promised an update this friday. to belfast now, where arlene foster has formally stepped down as northern ireland's first minister six weeks after she was ousted as dup leader. the new dup leader, edwin poots, has nominated paul givan as the new first minister, but this still has

to be agreed with sinn fein. in her resignation statement, arlene foster urged northern ireland's political parties to stick to a language and cultural deal they agreed to in january last year — an issue that now threatens the existence of devolution. let us realise on every corner of this house that people live here who have an irish identity, a british identity — some have a british and irish identity — some are british and northern irish, and there are new emerging identities. but for all of this place is a place called home. we can poke each other in the eye and have a competition of "my identity is better than yours," but it is only by respecting each other�*s identity that we will move forward. and the beauty of the union is that we can have all of our identities and live here side by side. she ended her resignation statement with these words. let's be generous. our lord told us the parable of the good samaritan, and i'm sure we've

all heard it. but remember, two people passed by, they closed their eyes to the injured jewish man. now, mr speaker, i haven't always made the right calls. none of us are perfect. but at the end of the parable, our lord asks, "who is your neighbour?" the one who stopped to offer help. remember, stopping meant the samaritan reaching out across the religious divide, and it also meant him reaching into his own pocket and paying a price to provide shelter for the injured man. our lord concludes the parable by saying, "go and do likewise." mr speaker, let us be good neighbours. thank you for allowing me to speak. over and out. applause. arlene foster's resignation means that sinn fein�*s michelle 0'neill also loses her position asjoint head of the northern ireland executive. she reflected on their work during the pandemic. arlene and i were certainly

thrust into working very closely together over that time, even to the point where arlene joked at one stage that we were in each other's bubble. but we were trying to do our best. that's the long and short of it. we worked together to try and do our best to lead us through the pandemic, working alongside all other ministerial colleagues. i note the words that you've made in your final statement, talking about the need for everybody to work together to deliver for everybody, to come at things in a way that there's more that unites us than there is that divides us. there were warm words, too, from her successor as dup leader. i believe history will be very kind to arlene. . it should be kind to her because she has done. a considerable course of work in ensuring i that we move forward. and even after the difficult - times of 2017 with the collapse of devolution, the commitment was there to ensure _ that we could get. back together again. political opponents also paid tribute, but the sdlp also had a warning for her successor.

and it is important that this juncture to reflect on the fact that devolution has been restored here on the basis of a five—party agreement, a new decade, new approach. and all of those commitments need to be honoured. they need to be delivered. you have carried yourself with the utmost dignity. even when that at tu brute moment came from those you would've called your friends, i think you held yourself with incredible dignity. mr speaker, it would be fair. to say that we have not always seen eye—to—eye and have hadl our fair share of disagreements over the years. some of them could even be described as heated, - but i know members will find. that hard to believe given that we're both such shy characters. naomi long. there's now a seven day period for the approval of a new first minister

and deputy first minister by sinn fein and the dup. sinn fein has suggested it may not support a new dup first minister unless legislation on the irish language is approved by ministers before the 10th ofjuly. you're watching monday in parliament with me, david cornock. tributes were paid across the commons to mark the fourth anniversary of the grenfell tower fire in west london, in which 72 people died. the palace of westminster was lit in green to mark the anniversary. since the tragedy, the government has created a £5 billion fund in england to remove unsafe cladding from the highest—risk blocks over 18 metres, as well as a loan scheme for those in smaller buildings that need changes. but there are still concerns over the speed of the works and the costs being faced by owners. the grenfell community has steadfastly campaigned for justice and for change. but it has come too slowly.

hundreds of thousands of people are living in buildings we now know to be unsafe — some even still wrapped in the same flammable cladding as grenfell. many are first—time buyers who have watched their dream of homeownership become a living nightmare in unsellable, worthless homes. i welcome the building safety fund, but funds alone are not enough — not least at least because of the extremely slow progress in allocating them. we need active intervention and leadership. so, will the secretary of state commit that all buildings will be made safe not just from acm cladding, or at least in the process by this time next year? and will he free homeowners from the burden of the costs and anxieties of being trapped in unmarketable, unsafe homes? the government defended the measures it had put forward and their progress. earlier this year, i set out

the next steps in our plan to ensure that homes in this country are safe. we are providing {5.1 billion to ensure that unsafe materials like cladding are removed from people's homes as quickly as possible. 95% of those high—rise flats that have the acm cladding that was on the grenfell tower have now either been remediated or have workers on site as we speak — and 65% have been completed. i want to see that work finished by the end of this year, and we will be doing everything that we can to ensure that happens. but one labour mp said the measures had not gone far enough. i've listened to the words this. afternoon, but my constituents are rightly furious now - with the government betraying the promises that they . would not be responsible for the financial costj of rectifying building safety defects. and the delays in the - government loan scheme just added insult to injury. another pointed to a further pressing issue facing residents.

as a result of delays in the processing of applications to the building safety fund, increasing numbers of eligible developments in my constituency are finding themselves subject to soaring buildings insurance renewal costs. will the government finally accept that it needs to step in and resolve this problem with the industry as a matter of urgency? well, as a matter of fact, of acm buildings within greenwich and woolridge, the 23 that have registered, 21 have completed remediation, one building has been removed, and one building has started. of those buildings with the application to the building safety fund, of the 94 registrations made, 31 have been confirmed as eligible, 27 have been assessed, and 12 have been redrawn. so, great progress is being made. i am working with the insurance industry, and we should ensure that they bring forward market proposals, not simply have the exchequer step in and subsidise them. robertjenrick. at their meeting in cornwall over the weekend, the leaders of the world's seven leading economies the g7 demanded

an immediate ceasefire in the tigray region of ethiopia. called to the commons to make an urgent statement on the situation, the foreign office minister, james duddridge, said the government was "deeply concerned" about the humanitarian crisis in the region. there is no sight of an end. it has taken a terrible, terrible toll on the people of tigray — more than 350,000 people are assessed to be in famine—like conditions in total more than anywhere else in the world. and sadly, this is expected to rise. a regionwide famine in tigray is now likely if conflict intensifies and impediments to delivery of humanitarian aid continues. this crisis has been caused by insecurity, an ongoing lack of humanitarian access, and the deliberate destruction of agriculture equipment and medical facilities. it is a man—made crisis. i can announce this afternoon that the uk government will provide a further £16.7 million in aid from our regular programme elsewhere in ethiopia, and divert that

towards the conflict in tigray. ethiopia, as has been said, has seen huge strides forward on poverty, and our trade partnership has been hugely important. and we all want to see a prosperous and democratic ethiopia. but the war and famine of the 1980s is also seared into the memories of the british people and the world, so it is especially heartbreaking to see the current famine, civilians hacked to death, rape, destruction of food and health capacity, tens of thousands displaced, and hundreds of thousands cut off from assistance. two million people have been driven from their homes, - many across the border into sudan. _ and 350,000 people, according to the un, i are now in phase five — - which means they are quite literally starving to death. the minister replied that he also didn't want to see a return to 1984, although there were "chilling similiarities". now, mps have told the commons that witnesses who gave evidence to a tribunal looking into abuses by china

against the uighur muslims have faced intimidation from beijing. a series of hearings in london gathered evidence on whether alleged human rights abuses in the xinjiang region constitute a genocide. an eight—member panel, chaired by the barrister sir geoffrey nice, heard from about 30 witnesses. a former conservative party leader explained what had happened. on wednesday, the 9th ofjune, the government of the xinjiang uighur autonomous region held a press conference featuring relatives — it's a disgrace, this — of uighur exiles abroad coerced to give statements claiming to falsify the testimony of those who had given evidence to the uighur tribunal. we know already that the chinese government monitors, intimidates, and harasses uighurs living abroad, including uk citizens — and we've seen members of this house, as well, attempting to be intimidated. we're very concerned about members of the uighur diaspora, including in the uk, being harassed by the chinese authorities. this is an effort to intimidate

them into silence, force them to return to china, or to co—op them into providing other information on other uighurs. and this activity, mr speaker, is unacceptable. we've raised our concerns directly with the chinese embassy here in london. having attended the tribunal myself, i can tell the housel that the evidence i is truly harrowing. i therefore ask the minister, what assessment have - the government made on the credibility of. the evidence that's been l presented to the tribunal? will the government be . testifying at the tribunal? and will the minister himself be attending the tribunal? . we are not in a position to provide evidence or testimony, or official support of the tribunal. we have engaged with — i've engaged personally with sir geoffrey nice on this measure. my honourable friend, the minister for human rights in the other place,

has spoken with him, i understand, no less than four different occasions. we are following the work of the tribunal closely, and we will be studying clearly any resulting report that comes out of the tribunal. listening to these reports, the latest in a series of accounts of disappearances, deportations, and detentions of uighurs outside of china, it is clear that the ccp have no problem with coercion outside of their own borders. the eyes of the world will be on the chinese government at next year's beijing winter olympics. a diplomatic boycott by the uk would send a clear signal that this sort of transnational repression is totally unacceptable. does the minister agree that this boycott is necessary? as, without taking meaningful action, we can only expect more of the same from the chinese state. the minister said no decision had been made about diplomatic attendance at the games. a conservative long—time campaignerfor the uighurs attended the tribunal. she told of the horrific experiences of one woman

who'd given evidence. and, for her bravery to give evidence to the inquiry, she had herfamily paraded on tv by the chinese authorities. the right thing for the minister to do would be to support public of the tribunal. otherwise, we end up as the united nations — a broken flush when it comes to holding china to account. nusrat ghani. to the lords now, where peers have pressed the government to ensure pregnant women and new mothers get better information about the safety of the coronavirus vaccinations. there's concern that women have not been coming forward due to continuing worries about the effect of the jab. the uk's vaccine advisers said in april that pregnant women should be offered a covid jab, after a study in the us found no safety concerns with the pfizer and moderna vaccines. during question time in the lords, a peer cited the example of a close family member called for a jab while she was breast—feeding who rang her surgery. they said it was nothing to do

with them, but ring the main vaccine booking line, who said, "just ask the person who vaccinates you," who said, "oh, i don't know, i'll have to check." last week, channel 4 reported this is a widespread problem for pregnant and breast—feeding mums. it's evident that there is no clear guidance to front—line staff on what to tell mums. can this be remedied as a matter of urgency? well, the noble baroness alludes to a problem that is, i'm afraid, commonplace in the health care system, which is an acute sensitivity about giving advice to those who are pregnant because people are very, very concerned about giving the wrong advice — and sometimes, that leads to no advice being given. and that is a problem that we are aware of. but can i reassure the noble baroness that material is given to those on the front line? a conservative peer wanted to know what proportion of pregnant women were being vaccinated.

and what proportionl of those offered have accepted the vaccine? and what proportioni have had two doses? so, what is the mechanism for linking this data - with follow—up in relation . to the outcomes for women and their babies? she highlights a situation where it is very difficult. a third of women, of course, don't know that they're pregnant, and when they are pregnant, their data is first caught at the hospital where they decide to have their birth. and those databases aren't easily linked. we don't have a counter signal for pregnancy at the moment — therefore it isn't an acute priority. but i do take her point and will look into it further. to tackle the risks - of stillbirths and emergency caesareans amongst mothers who are given birth who havej contracted covid—19,- as we see the vaccination programme extend further, i particularly into the young age groups, will the noble lord the minister look| at prioritising pregnant i women for vaccinations? and i particularly refer to those in the later. stages of pregnancy.

the minister said their were clear vaccination protocols. we are sticking to those protocols. the fact that you're pregnant doesn't seem to have itself a direct impact on severe disease or death. so, at the moment, there isn't clear evidence for putting in or changing the prioritisation of pregnant women. but we do constantly review that — and, of course, we're all naturally very concerned to protect both the mother and the child. lord bethell. finally, there was an apology to the commons from the conservative mp, daniel kawczynski, afteran inquiry found him in breach of parliament's bullying and harassment policy. the commissioner for standards found that he had acted in an intimidatory and threatening manner towards two members of staff, after technical difficulties had meant he'd been unable to attend a virtual committee meeting. i had been trying to get online to an important committee meeting. after many attempts throughout

the day, i was still not connected and had to leave the meeting. i did not swear nor raise my voice, but my behaviour led to two complaints. i have reflected on my behaviour. i accept it constituted bullying and, as such, was entirely inexcusable. the circumstances were stressful for the staff who were assisting the committee and for me. i apologised to them before, and i apologise to them again and to the house unreservedly. i will never repeat such behaviour. thank you, mr speaker. an apologetic daniel kawczynski. and that was monday in parliament, thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me at the same time tomorrow for tuesday in parliament. until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now.

hello. monday was a day of contrast. still hot and humid in london. the temperatures were soaring by the middle of the afternoon, we reached the highest temperatures recorded so far this year and that was 30 celsius in greater london. now, it was a different story further north and west because of the weak weather front that was spilling in across scotland into the north of england. behind it, the wind direction changing to a northwesterly and that brought with it some fresher air and a marked contrast. look at sunday's highs across northern ireland, 25 degrees, the warmest day of the year here. by monday, those temperatures were down quite sharply. it looks as though that fresher feel will continue to be the theme of the weather into tuesday, as well. starting off with a good deal of dry weather, our weak weather front just a band of cloud lingering first thing in the morning but there will be a lot of sunshine coming through in area of low pressure bringing in some rain into western fringes of scotland by the middle part of the day and the winds increasing here. so, we're looking at around ten to 18 degrees as the overall

high but futher south and east 25 is not out of the question. down a touch, but still that is 77 fahrenheit. that weather front that is bringing the rain is going to bring some heavy bursts of rain for a time across scotland overnight, but as we move into wednesday, it will be a fairly weak affair by then as it moves out of the scottish border into the north of england and parts of north wales. behind it we'll see some sunshine as well, top temperatures of around 1a to 18 degrees ahead of it and starting to drag up more heat and humidity once again, 28 degrees not out of the question. and it is this heat and humidity which may well trigger off some sharp thundery downpours late on wednesdau towards the end of the working week. why? we've got this warm humid air starting to move up from spain and into france and could trigger some sharp thunderstorms moving across the channel.

there's a lot of uncertainty just where these thunderstorms are likely to crop up and so, it's worth keeping abreast of the forecast but anywhere across eastern england could be at risk of real torrential thundery downpours from time to time. further north and west, a drier and brighter affair on wednesday. top temperatures down considerably and we are looking at 13 to 22 degrees.

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