michael, do you support this expulsion of alastair campbell?s who voted for other parties this time around andi for other parties this time around and i have sympathy for them trying to ship to the position on brexit but rules and regulations need to be upheld. —— trying to shift. but rules and regulations need to be upheld. -- trying to shift. john? it is petty and vindictive, and it is funny to watch the far left enjoying witch hunts of their own to expel alastair campbell. party policies for a second referendum, withjeremy corbyn is moving to a second referendum, the best communicated they have had and the labour party has been chucked out in this feels like a cynical spin operation by the labour party. he said he was voting for another party and given what the tories did to michael heseltine for saying the same thing, isn't that fairenough? saying the same thing, isn't that fair enough? he said it after he voted, he did not campaign for the liberal democrats, no one has a picture of him leafleting for them. he answered a question when he wa

with alastair campbell, some people might not have that much sympathy with him being expeued that much, essential that bind members is that you also bought the same one, but the more interesting question is if someone as tribal as alastair campbell has only ever voted for the labour party, and charles clarke has only ever voted for the labour party likewise, and of people as this really labour is them are not voting for the labour party, there is the much more interesting question and more fundamental existential question for labour which is this being repeated in large numbers throughout the country? if it is they are in real trouble. in terms of both parties sticking together now, whatever the position ofjeremy corbyn on a second referendum, whoever ends up leading the tory party, both parties risked alienating part of their support base and there is also talk of challenges to the labour leadership, as well. that remains a possibility, but labour mps who are critics ofjeremy corbyn and would like to see him replaced are cautious about that and they saw how it went in 2016 which was v

i think the way alastair campbell was kicked out so way alastair campbell was kicked out so abruptly and labour leadership right now about the nature of its control over the party, about how it resolves the dilemma around another referendum and how it responds to the electoral hammering it received in the european elections. i think the clear majority of voices from the labour party at the moment are very much on the side of alastair campbell. we've become used to tom watson being pretty starkly at odds with jeremy corbyn watson being pretty starkly at odds withjeremy corbyn and he is again today. not only does tom watson think there needs to be another referendum and the pledge needs to be made quickly but he thinks it was spiteful to get rid of alastair campbell who is laboured to his fingertips in this way. mr watson said the labour party needed to be broad—minded and pluralistic, and allow these voices to be aired within the labour tent. labour insists that alastair campbell broke the rules. it's a straight case of having broken the party rule book. there was an interesting inter

they also had the expulsion of alastair campbell. from this, of who knows? that also sent a signal that labour is very hard on... new labour activists perhaps not as hard on those who have been accused in the past of anti—semitism and other misdemeanours. some instances of people making serious threats against mps have taken a long time to resolve, and alastair campbell saying he has voted lib dem, and there seems to be some discussion within the labour party, including deputy leader harriet harman, as far as she can see within the rules, there are none being broken. if you mention you voted for another one after the polls closed, you are not encouraging anyone else to vote for it, because the polls have closed. it seems to be a bit of a spartacus moment of other senior labour figures from that era, including former cabinet minister charles clark, who also said they voted lib dem, effectively daring the labour party to expel them as well. it is not a happy position to be in and not a happy position to be in and not a happy position t

what do you make of tom watson saying it was spiteful for alastair campbell to be expelled from the party? he has spent his whole political life in the labour party. surely it can‘t have been an easy choice. i'm not sure because i don‘t know why europe has suddenly become this core issue for alastair campbell. i cannot remember him actually putting a very strong european case at any time in the past and i just think he european case at any time in the past and ijust think he has used europe as a stick to fight other battles. the labour party is now in an existential crisis. we are in danger of elimination if we are not careful, if we don‘t get our act together, and this is no time to be fighting personal battles. we need to pull together to try and work out how we concentrate our policies, how we change the policies of the party, andi we change the policies of the party, and i have made it clear, i am probably closer to alastair campbell in terms of why we should be fighting for remain, why we should have a second referendum, but i don‘t think fighting an internal battle on a wider issue

so it is notjust alastair campbell thatis so it is notjust alastair campbell that is the problem. of the brexit debate this past week. it is a curious day in which to expel him because this is the when the ehic has opened its investigation into the allegations of anti—semitism within labour and of anti—semitism within labour and of course alastair campbell has pointed to those within the party who have not been expelled for the anti—semitic views. who have not been expelled for the anti-semitic views. absolutely, some labour mps doing the same on twitter this afternoon as well. this has been boiling overfor this afternoon as well. this has been boiling over for about this afternoon as well. this has been boiling overfor about three yea rs. been boiling overfor about three years. labour has really struggled to get a lid on claims it is failing to get a lid on claims it is failing to deal with anti—semitism. today the equality watchdog has come out and says it is going to look into whether or not the party has acted unlawfully, whether it has discriminated against people from a jewi

remember tony blair's closest adviser at number ten, alastair campbell?o help swing labour behind another referendum. now, he has been expelled. i don't feel i've left the labour party. i'm still in the labour party, as far as i'm concerned. and i will always be labour. and i suspect that i will be in and around the labour party longer than some of the people who are in and around jeremy corbyn at the moment. the prime minister in office, but not in power — no longer a taunt, just how it is. and for theresa may, the time for tears and pain are over. we can guess the questions that will come next, but not a single answer at a defining time in british politics and the country. in the past hour, we have been hearing from leaders at that eu summit as it came to end in brussels. our europe editor katya adler is there. all of those leaders who were in a room with theresa may are of course well aware of the leadership contest under way for those who want her job, but when i asked her earlier, they didn't seem very keen on a new brexit negotiation after mrs may's

remember tony blair's closest adviser at number ten, alastair campbell?dem to help swing labour behind another referendum, a now he's been expelled. i don't feel i have left the labour party. i'm still in the labour party as far as i'm concerned. and i will always be labour. and i will always be labour. and i suspect that i will be in and around the labour party longer than some of the people who are in and around jeremy corbyn at the moment. the prime minister in office but not in power. no longer a taunt, just how it is. and for theresa may, the time for tears and pain are over. we can guess the questions that will come next, but not a single answer at a defining time in british politics and the country. well, in the past hour we've been hearing from leaders at that eu summit. our europe editor katya adler is in brussels for us tonight. clive, the summit ended a few moments ago and then his closing statement donald tusk the president of the european council described brexit as the best vaccine, he said, against anti—eu propaganda. brexit as the best vac

for labour in the european elections, are they going to suffer the same fate as alastair campbell? backlash they have suffered following the expulsion of a nalyst suffered following the expulsion of analyst campbell, which has been juxtaposed with the fact that the equalities watchdog is now investigating the labour party over anti—semitism and its failure to deal with anti—semitism, the last thing they want is more alastair campbells out there. but the treatment of alastair campbell just reflects the current turmoil in the labour party over whether or not mr corbyn is going to pivot to openly campaignfor corbyn is going to pivot to openly campaign for another referendum. now, there are some newspapers this morning speculating that mr corbyn is indeed poised to make a big announcement, saying he would embrace another referendum. i have to say i've seen no sign of that, instead, it seems to me team corbynite enforcing radio silence and not really wanting to engage with this argument at all, which is understandable when you look at the pressures on mr corbyn. yes, there isa pressures

and then on top of that you've got the sacking of alastair campbell, sorry, expulsion of alastair campbellhatjeremy corbyn's in a circle is a stalinist clique, while an amnesty has been called for anyone who is saying we can't support labour because they are not supporting a referendum. so it is quite a complex but deeply split position in labour, not that it's not a deeply split position in the tory party as well, but... and just to embellish on that, the problem is when you get these huge divides and then they go on for a period, they start kind of manufacturing or creating other divides, don't they, other ruptures and other fractious problems. absolutely, and what jeremy corbyn has been trying to do is balance a party which is broadly remain, but especially in the north, has a lot of supporters who leave supporters. he has effectively described those calling for a referendum as left—wing intellectuals, and that is the sort of language that the leavers in the tory party and others have been using, so if you like, they are using the same kind of language suggesting this is a left—wing plo

the i pictures alastair campbell who is taking legal advice after he was thrown out of the party todayhat labour grandees have dared jeremy corbyn to expel them from the party after they too admitted voting for other parties. the daily mail brand it ‘labour‘s day of shame‘ after a formal inquiry was launched today into allegations of anti—semitism. the financial times leads on the news that china's largest online retailer has selected hong kong rather than new york for its next fundraising round amid an increasingly broad trade war with the us. the metro pictures formerjls singer oritse williams, who has been cleared of raping a fan, ending an ordeal his ex—bandmate described as ‘three years of hell'. the guardian suggests john bercow risks the fury of hard—line eurosceptics after he said he plans to stay in his post as speaker of the house of commons. and the times claims jeremy hunt is losing support to michael gove in the conservative leadership race because mps believe he is flip—flopping on a no—deal brexit. we will begin with the financial times, matt hancock the health secretary

it follows the expulsion of alastair campbell yesterday for backing the liberal democrats. home secretary charles clarke said he too had voted lib dem, and that labour's treatment of mr campbell had been a disgrace. bob ainsworth, a former defence secretary, said he had voted for the greens. let's get more on this from our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who is in westminster. it is interesting when you have high profile names and the parties being expelled, because they are saying they have no faith in it. that's right, and a few people falling over themselves, particularly, from the same era, if you like, as alastair campbell, to hold their hands up and say i also didn't vote for labour at this time. but unfortunately for them, according to the party rules, that doesn't mean they face being expelled. nevertheless, alastair campbell describes this as a strange decision. he says he will always feel like he is a member of the labour party and he has said that some people will draw comparison to what he described as the lack of rapidity with which people have been exp

largely by alastair campbell who technically is not currently a labour figure so i am not sure how that a debate today so you have had on the one hand campbell who is extremely vocal for another referendum and very partial on that front and then you also have had campbell saintjeremy corbyn will end up losing his front bench over this. that he is making a big mistake by not taking a firmer sta nce mistake by not taking a firmer stance on on the beautifully backing another referendum. at the same time, you have had lynn mccluskey today, the general secretary of unite, saying jeremy corbyn should move further away from the singer referendum and all of this feeds into this whole debate within labour which isjust a into this whole debate within labour which is just a split if the tories over brexit. and jeremy corbyn did this week following the european pollen entry elections did say another referendum is looking inevitable but that is not enough. he did and he did not as usual. inevitable but that is not enough. he did and he did not as usualm was fence sitting in what makes this situation

meanwhile, labour expels tony blair's former spin doctor alastair campbell for voting lib dem in the

it will be interesting to see what comes out of that in terms of what alastair campbell now says, isia on this because he doesn't want to prejudice his appeal, but he will be appealing against the decision to expel him. let's return to the conservative party leadership. housing minister kit malthouse has become the latest tory mp to join the race to become party leader. mr malthouse is... mr malthouse said the campaign "cannot be about the same old faces" and described himself as "the new face, with fresh new ideas". he's been speaking to bbc breakfast. we need three steps, really, to get us out of this jam. first of all, the conservative party has to unify, secondly, we have to produce a brexit plan that will get us out on the 31st of october, and thirdly, we need to move onto a compelling domestic agenda that will attract the support we need to win a general election. the first two, the unity and brexit plan, i have already proved that i can do, we get it back at the end of january with the malthouse compromise, and i believe i can do that again this time. that will be my primary a

labour's deputy leader says his party's decision to expel alastair campbell, tony blair's former spinst week, was "spiteful". tom watson said hundreds of thousands of labour party members voted against their party over its stance on brexit and there should be an amnesty against further expulsions. several other senior labour figures have also backed mr campbell. the scottish government has published legislation that could pave the way for a new vote on scottish independence, if the westminster government allows it. the bill contains no details on when a referendum could be held or what the question would be, but first minister nicola sturgeon says the legislation would give people in scotland the "opportunity to choose a better future". 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. most of these young people couldn't vote in the last scottish referendum five years ago. nicola sturgeon wants to give them and the rest of scotland a say on independence again next year. her problem is she needs the authorisation of the uk government in westminster. what is the point of trying to legislate fo

labour‘s deputy leader tom watson says he thinks it was "spiteful" to expel alastair campbell from theb designers and psychologists from outside europe. now the business news. chinese telecoms giant huawei has asked a us court to speed up its legal battle with the us government. two weeks ago, the trump administration added huawei to a trade blacklist, banning american companies from working with it without specifict government approval. huawei today said it set a dangerous precedent and warned it will harm billions of consumers real madrid has overtaken manchester united as the most valuable european football club. a study of club‘s enterprise value by kpmg estimates its worth at £2.91 billion. the valuation is based profitability as well as popularity along with broadcasting rights, sporting potential and stadium value. wh smith has been ranked the uk‘s worst high street retailer for the second year in a row, according to a which survey. the poll, which covered 100 retailers, rated the chain "very poor" for value for money and in—store experience. in contrast richer sounds and john l

they contrast his suspension with the rapid expulsion of the former spin doctor alastair campbell forons. the party now has to decide what to do about peter willsman. let him stay, or kick him out. chris mason, bbc news. the inquest into the deaths of 8 people in the 2017 london bridge attacks has heard that there were ‘opportunities galore' to detect the plot beforehand. the lawyer representing some of the victims' families told the old bailey there was evidence the attackers had been in contact for several months. police deny missing opportunities to foil the attack, as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. dumping a mobile phone to avoid any surveillance, just days before the attack. meeting in the street in the small hours of the morning. re—fuelling a hire van as they head toward central london on the night itself. this is what m15 surveillance officers might have seen if they had been following the three men. representing the families of six of the eight people killed, gareth patterson qc said today, there were opportunities galore for this attack planning to b

for the former prime minister tony blair alastair campbell you can see him getting high five here from the digital vladimir putin. and but the trailer has been released by the b. b. c. it has gone down to well take a look. it's t the united kiningdom i have won many great victory. but none of them made me truly happy. because until now the greatest victory has eluded me. that's i mean for you. unbelievable response online tweets like this what kind of weird western propaganda is thi- on my favorite comments at once he voice as a flamboyant freaks because he actually is first to bob interestingly though the russians on happy only that's a question for you is -- he looked about trailer not impressed rush at night that they think that this is anti russian propaganda the print and complaining that the bbc did also permission to use his image. there have only been to pilot shows made at twelve minutes long at but given the reaction will they ever see the light of day. we found this to come during taking part in that it's going to be very upsetting to see i'm intrigued you would like. to the

they contrast his suspension with the rapid expulsion of the former spin doctor alastair campbell fors. the party now has to decide what to do about peter willsman. let him stay, or kick him out. chris mason, bbc news. the inquest into the deaths of eight people in the 2017 london bridge attacks has heard that there were ‘opportunities galore' to detect the plot beforehand. the lawyer representing some of the victims‘ families told the old bailey there was evidence the attackers had been in contact for several months. police deny missing opportunities to foil the attack, as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. dumping a mobile phone to avoid any surveillance, just days before the attack. meeting in the street in the small hours of the morning. re—fuelling a hire van as they head toward central london on the night itself. this is what m15 surveillance officers might have seen if they had been following the three men. representing the families of six of the eight people killed, gareth patterson qc said today, there were opportunities galore for this attack are plannin

alastair campbell — tony blair's former communications chief — is expelled from the labour party — aftero deal brexit would be political suicide for his party. the only way you can get over parliament blocking a no deal exit is to change parliament and that would be a general election, that would be catastrophic. the equality and human rights commission launches a formal investigation into the labour party over claims of anti—semitism. the london bridge inquests — new details about how one

meanwhile, labour expels tony blair's former press adviser alastair campbell for admitting he voted lib in the european elections. also tonight... the family of the ringleader of the london bridge attack says they reported to him to the anti—terror hotline two years earlier. a mother appears in court charged with murdering her two teenage sons. on the streets — how the number of homeless people with a physical disability is increasing. and as the cricket world cup gets under way this week, could hosts england lift the trophy this time? and coming up on bbc news... we will have the latest from baku ahead of tomorrow night europa league final between arsenal and chelsea. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. theresa may has arrived in brussels for her final european summit as prime minister. responding to the crushing defeat of the conservatives in the european elections, she conceded the results were "disappointing" and it would be for her successor now to deliver brexit. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt — campaigning to succeed her — said that leaving europe without a deal wo

now, alastair campbell is speaking candidly about living with depression.n after being burnt in a napalm attack in iraq. he thought his family were dead. but, nearly 30 years later, he will be here to tell us about an incredible discovery. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the prime minister is promising to end what she calls a postcode lottery of support for those escaping domestic abuse. councils in england are being told they need to give more protection to thousands of women seeking refuge from abusive relationships. charities say the moves are positive, but want to know how much money will be provided. local authorities have been obviously squeezed over the years and have been looking for cuts, easy cuts to make. and unfortunately refuges have been one of the main casualties of that. so the real beauty of this, of putting a legal duty on local authorities to provide refuge spaces, means that they are going to have to do that. talks between senior conservative and labour politicians will resume later in an effort to

it's an interesting set of scenarios that we could be facing thanks very much alastair campbell in the meanwhile the. irish prime minister lee ever at that island face a potentially dangerous situation given that the next it could run the risk of ripping up the withdrawal agreed. that's been made by and it would said it would try to defeat this by strengthening its ties across the e.u. and the e.u. make no mistake they have said that whoever the successor is there certainly will be no renegotiation of the current withdrawal agreement to go but up there from london thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera a court decision in kenya deals a blow to gay rights supporters eritrea celebrates its 1st independence day since signing a peace deal with neighboring ethiopia but there is still discontent. logan a welcome back well as we go into spring and as those temperatures begin to rise we do have the threat of wildfires that are on the increase i want to take you over here towards israel shirts and video that has come out across the region they are now dealing with while far as across parts of the

breaking news coming in, and that is labour says the decision to expel alastair campbell from the party shadow attorney general shami chakrabarti said parties have automatic rules for people who vote for other parties, but added that mr campbell could be allowed back. she said, many people had decided not to vote for labour for heartfelt reasons and they should not be grounds for expulsion. she hopes the review will be conducted quickly. there has been a backlash to his expulsion from labour with other leading labour figures saying they voted for other parties as well in the european elections. the deputy leader tom watson yesterday called the decision spiteful. the uk's first 5g network — which should allow mobile users to download entire films in seconds — is being switched on today.ee is starting the service in six major uk cities, with ten more locations due to come on line by the end of the year. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones reports. the first new masts have been fitted out, the network has been switched on. now, 5g can make mobile network users reach everyone an

alastair campbell has refuted that comments he made before the european elections amounted to supportabour party after voting for the lib dems in the european elections. he told radio a's the today programme that tactical voting was not grounds for expulsion. jeremy corbyn just has to look at his own constituency, islington. he has to look at that poll today, a1% of labour members, according to you yougov, did not vote for the labour party. now, he can pretend that he can get rid of all those people and somehow labour is going to build a position that will win a general election, at the moment that seems to me to be impossible. more importantly so far as i'm concerned, unless the labour party adopts a credible, coherent position, commits to a people's vote and campaigns on it, then they will be complicit, in my view, and helping boris johnson become prime minister... so if the policy... if the policy stays in the area that it is at the moment, short of saying, there should be another referendum on any brexit deal, you would not be able to vote labour in a general election? well, i vot

tom watson said expelling tony blair‘s former spin doctor, alastair campbell, for voting liberal democratendence referendum has been published at holyrood. the scottish government wants to put the question of independence to a new public vote in the second half of 2020. however, the bill does not set out key information on the key issue of when a referendum could be held or what the question would be. the prime minister has repeatedly refused to allow a second vote on scottish independence. footage of the london bridge attackers preparing in the days and hours before they killed eight people in 2017 has been played at the inquests. the court was shown images of rachid redouane buying a kitchen knife from a shop in east london, which was used in the attacks. 0ur correspondent richard lister is at the old bailey. the inquest was shown around two hours of video the inquest was first shown footage from a lidl supermarket in east london showing rachid redouane buying twelve—inch ceramic kitchen knives used in the attack. its looks in the video like a perfectly ordinary transaction. he has to g

eight jeremy corbyn comes under pressure over labour‘s position on another brexit referendum alastair campbellob are split over whether to leave the eu with or without a deal — she says she still wants an orderly exit. i've always taken the view that the best option for the uk was the leave the european union with a deal. the inquest into the london bridge attacks has heard how the ring leader became radicalised.

among the first guests are alastair campbell and joe swash.r is quite excited at the prospect. a p pa re ntly apparently vladimir is quite excited! until now, the greatest victory has eluded me... that of number one track show in the uk! so watch out, graham norton, i'm coming for you! wow! extraordinary! i know it's real, but he's quite a big... he is quite big compared to his guests, if you seen a picture of his guests. 0k. you seen a picture of his guests. ok. i look forward for that. when i was in russia for the world cup last summer... i don't keep your diary! what year is it now? 2019. it was la st what year is it now? 2019. it was last year. there was a shop in a big market that entirely sold vladimir putin calendars. memorabilia? there was a topless one with him riding various animals. did you purchase one? i bought one for my sister. i had to i suppose. i have seen one of him wrestling an alsatian. there was a leopard, a horse, an eagle. fishing? topless fishing. where are you starting? this is a really sad serious story about footbal

tony blair's former spokesman alastair campbell has welcomed reports that the labour party may reviewd not heard anything officially yet from the governance unit. researchers say people who eat ultra—processed foods, such as chicken nuggets, ice cream and some sugary breakfast cereals, tend to be less healthy and die earlier. the studies in france and spain suggest levels of consumption of such foods have soared, but the findings aren't conclusive. here's our health and science correspondent james gallagher. this is ultra—processed food. they're the foods that have been through the most industrial processing and often have a long list of ingredients on the packet. it includes items like fizzy drinks, crisps and read meals. ultra processing is a new term, so do we know what it means? crisps and sweets. chicken nuggets from mcdonald's. processed meats, bacon, sausages. pasta, white bread that has been processed multiple times. a lot of stuff in packets. processed hams, that sort of thing, little chicken bites, that sort of stuff. heavily processed foods, like burgers, are everywhere in

tony blair's former spokesman, alastair campbell, has welcomed reports that the labour party may reviewwed', although he said he had not heard anything officially yet from the governance unit. the men's cricket world cup is under way at the oval in london. england are taking on south africa right now in the first match. prince harry was there to open the tournament, and delivered a short speech and met young cricketers before watching england take on south africa. a pet cat that was stuck on a railway bridge for six days, sparking a major rescue operation, has walked home. five—year—old hatty got trapped on the 30 foot section of the royal albert bridge, which connects plymouth and saltash, on friday. firefighters spent hours trying to rescue her while network rail planned to close the line, to help save her. hetty‘s owner, kirsty howden, described the moment her pet finally returned home. it was such a shock to hear her and an answer the door and in she popped. so yes, overjoyed. i know when the firemen left her they blocked off the gaps she was in so she could no longer walk out onto

also, tony blair‘s former director of communications — alastair campbell. and stand for. i think that changes things. obviously what happens now in terms of the tory party leadership will be important, but i do not think anybody can pretend there is now a mandate for no deal. i know nigel farage is grabbing the headlines today but i think deep in his heart he will not think deep in his heart he will not think it is that great. he got a third of a third, just over one in ten people in this country voted for his party when he said it was all about democracy. the real change for me is the fact the lib dems and greens and snp in scotland and plaid cymru in wales, parties who are pro—remain and anti—brexit have done well. you want there to be a second referendum. the labour leadership have not gone for that. jeremy corbett overnight seemed to indicate potentially changing position. has not reiterate what has previously been the mantra which is, we will honour the result of the referendum. do you see the labour party shifting? the labour party membership shifted

alastair campbell — tony blair's former communications chief — is expelled from the labour party — afterfor the liberal democrats in the european elections. jeremy hunt — one of the 10 contenders for the tory leadership — says pursuing a no deal brexit would be political suicide for his party. the only way you can get over parliament blocking a no deal exit is to change parliament and that would be a general election, that would be catastrophic. the equality and human rights commission launches a formal investigation into the labour party over claims of anti—semitism. the london bridge inquests — new details about how one of the attackers became radicalised. a group of school children injapan have been attacked by a man carrying knives — a child and an adult have been killed. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. good afternoon. after failing to complete his match at the french open in four hours last night in the fading light, kyle edmund took only seven minutes to wrap up a win this morning. all the details later. we will be getting a good look at the weather forecast as well. sun

it follows the expulsion of alastair campbell yesterday for backing the liberal democrats.charles clarke said he, too, had voted lib dem. bob ainsworth, a former defence secretary, said he'd voted for the greens. the chinese firm huawei has warned that the us‘s decision to put them on a trade blacklist will harm billions of customers. washington recently added huawei to a list of companies that us firms cannot trade with unless they have a licence. they say the telecoms company is a national security threat because of its close links to the chinese government. huawei denies the allegation. legislation paving the way for a new referendum on scottish independence is to be published at holyrood. constitutional relations secretary mike russell will give a statement to msps on wednesday afternoon on the "next steps on scotland's future". this will include details of the bill and of plans for a "citizens‘ assembly" to discuss brexit and independence. game of thrones star kit harington has checked into a wellness retreat in the us, reportedly for stress. the actor who played jon s