chris mason, oui’ john mcdonnell there.political correspondence is at westminster. ahead of that interesting debate? good evening, there is the sense that brexit conversation and debate and disagreement is ratcheting up this week. firstly, tomorrow, david davis, the brexit secretary faces questions in the house of commons on the first day back for nps questions in the house of commons on the first day back for mps and peers in the autumn term. the eu withdrawal bill, the central piece of legislation that is needed to make the process of brexit legal and untidy legislation that took us into the eu economic communities, that was in 1972, that act, the unpicking of it, that is what the eu withdrawal bill is all about. it will dominate parliament for months to come and we will see opposition parties, the —— there will not be any parties, the —— there will not be a ny votes parties, the —— there will not be any votes this week, they are in one week's time. at the start of next week. very quickly, it will disappear again. week. v

chris mason reports.michel barnier at last week's talks. a huge sticking point is money, the divorce bill. today, mr davis insisted the uk would not be pressured into paying more than its fair share. we are basically going through this very systematically, a very british way, a very pragmatic way of doing it. and, of course, he's finding it difficult, and he wants to put pressure on us, which is why the stances this week in the press conference. bluntly, i think it looked a bit silly, because there plainly were things that we've achieved. and yes, there were spiky exchanges between the two men at thursday's news conference. mr barnier has since spent the weekend on the banks of lake como, in italy. he told a conference here he does not want to blackmail the uk, but added... meanwhile, the rows about leaving the eu return here this week. the planned new law that is needed to make it happen will be discussed in the commons, and remember, the prime minister's parliamentary predicament is precarious. she nurs

ranks very much, chris mason.bout what chris was referring to, the reaction in washington. i also got the view from washington from our correspondent richard lister — i asked him whether president trump's latest tweets indicated any shift in us policy. i don't think there is any great change in direction indicated by these tweets. in some ways they are fairly neutral for a president who has talked about unleashing fire and fury on north korea, who has tweeted about the us being locked and loaded, said talking is not the answer. there is not quite that same extreme tone in these tweets, but there are some interesting things. he talks in one of the tweets about south korean appeasement not working with north korea. that is a fairly tough comment against your main ally in the region. especially given that the south koreans have in fact bended to american will in terms of the militarisation of their part of the peninsula in recent weeks. donald trump says very clearly that that kind of approach will not work on the no

chris mason, bbc news. for a "clear misuse" of official figures after he restated a referendum pledge that up to three—hundred—and—fifty million pounds a week extra could be spent on the nhs after brexit. the head of the statistics watchdog wrote to the foreign secretary saying he was disappointed at the claims. mrjohnson has now responded and chris mason is here now. it is extraordinary. this is all about a single sentence or two sentences in this a000 word article that boris johnson wrote for the telegraph. he said once we have settled our accou nts said once we have settled our accounts with the eu we will take back control of £350 million a week. many of us have pointed out that it should go back into the nhs. 2a hours on, this letter from the chair of the uk statistics authority, the most senior civil servant in government responsible for official statistics saying, i am surprised and disappointed that you have repeated that figure. this confuses gross and net contributions and he concludes, it is a cl

chris mason, thank you for that update.st —— next prime minister. he was speaking to andrew marr this morning. lib dems are calling for what they call an exit from brexit. early onjo swinson said leaving the eu would make it harder to promote british values. politics feels broken. to me, to many in this room, and to so many far beyond this conference hall. we are absolutely right to fight for an exit from brexit. applause brexit will make it harder to follow oui’ brexit will make it harder to follow our values, to protect human rights, to tackle climate change. to solve global problems. an exit from brexit is necessary, but it is not sufficient. because this culture clash continues. and the populists stoke this tension. they do it deliberately. they talked in a simple sound bites that scapegoats different groups. it's all someone else's fault. as liberals we know this is nonsense. the nigel farage, donald trump, angry shouty slogans are not solutions to anything. donald trump, angry shouty slogans are not solutions to anyth

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. now on bbc news, witness. hello, i am lucy hockings. to witness, here at the british library in london. this month we have another five people who have witnessed extraordinary moments in history first—hand. we will be remembering a royal wedding injapan, a remarkable feat of engineering under the alps, and a new way of giving birth. but first, we are going back to august 1947, when india gained independence from britain and was split into two countries, mainly—hindu india and mainly—muslim pakistan. partition affected the lives of millions of families. mohammad amir mohammad khan's was one of them. i am mohammad amir mohammad khan, known as sulaiman to family and friends, the raja of mahmudabad. i am from a muslim family which once ruled a very large feudal estate, including the beautiful a palace in mahmudabad in which we still live. but the indian government is laying claim to my property, saying that it is enemy property. no—one is paying for it, so these days, everything is crumbling. this dispute goes back to 1947. the partition of

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.members of myanmar‘s rohingya minority are continuing to flee into neighbouring bangladesh, escaping a military crackdown that began after attacks on police positions a week ago. nearly 73,000 have fled, with human rights groups accusing the myanmar army of atrocities and indiscriminate violence. the treatment of buddhist—majority myanmar‘s muslim rohingyas is the biggest challenge facing leader aung san suu kyi, accused by critics of failing to speak out for the persecuted. sanjoy majumder has the latest from the bangladesh—myanmar border. it is a long and torturous flight to freedom. these rohingya are fleeing persecution back home. those who cannot make it on their own are helped along. leaving them behind could get them killed. so they labour on, bringing with them whatever possessions they could carry, some far too young to understand what has happened. this is the mainland route through which the rohingyas are now entering bangladesh. on the other side of the mountain is myanmar,

chris mason. business leaders have expressed the concern about the pace of the talks.britain. meanwhile 100 companies have signed a letter to negotiators stressing the importance of a great transition deal soon. the government in bangladesh will build a camp to accommodate a00,000 rohingya muslims who have fled their homes in the are because of a military crackdown. the authorities also say they'll impose restrictions on their movement, to stop the refugees settling in other parts of the country. the un secretary—general has urged myanmar‘s leader aung san suu kyi to end the military offensive. in an interview with the bbc‘s hardtalk programme, the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, said myanmar‘s leader, aung san suu kyi, had to reverse this. this is a situation where the military have the upper hand. you are blaming the military, not aung san suu kyi? who is responsible? it is a complex situation. it is clear there is pressure from the military side to do what is being done on the ground. of course, i would expect that the leader of the country would be able to

chris mason. sack boris johnson for his comments. he told the bbc as the party conference continues in bournemouth that it was perfectly possible he could become britain's next prime minister. he said the labour party and conservatives were in internal civil wars. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is there. sir vince cable briefly back to london to talk to andrew marr, and striking the tone he was adopting, going on the offensive. yes, and insisting that he was being serious about being the future prime minister. talking to liberal democrat members, they put on a brave face. they are trying to stay upbeat. there is reflection going on about just why they did not upbeat. there is reflection going on aboutjust why they did not do better in the general election earlier this year. the question for the new leader, sir vince cable, can he boost morale and increase their vote s ha re ? he boost morale and increase their vote share? that is what the party needs. despite winning four extra mps, t

our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. m this shows the splits at the top of government. they are talking about boris johnson's view, theresa may's view. the opposition says that that shows they are split at the top. yes, collective responsibility, you are such a traditionalist! what happened to that? that is the essence of all of this. there has been such a conversation and such a kerfuffle about all of this in the last 2a hours, leaving people like me with a croa ky hours, leaving people like me with a croaky voice, we have been doing so much talking. it is astonishing, borisjohnson penning much talking. it is astonishing, boris johnson penning a much talking. it is astonishing, borisjohnson penning a 4000 word article for the daily telegraph yesterday, the kind of thing that normally would go through weeks and weeks of drafts and revisions, and downing street would be across every detail. i am told they only found out about this very, very late in the day, and some conservative mps are not exactly pleased. let's have are

chris mason, bbc news.a "clear misuse" of official figures after he restated a referendum pledge that up to £350 million a week extra could be spent on the nhs after brexit. the head of the statistics watchdog wrote to the foreign secretary saying he was disappointed at the claims. earlier i discussed the fallout from borisjohnson's article with the chief political correspondent at the independent, john rentoul. i think he drafted it as his conference speech and then realised that theresa may is going to make an important speech in florence this week on friday. he wanted to influence her position in that speech. was annoyed that, i think they held the cabinet committee without him while he was in anguilla dealing with a hurricane. so he wa nted dealing with a hurricane. so he wanted to make a speech but wasn't allowed to buy number ten and decided to publish it in the telegraph anyway. he sounds frustrated by it, doesn't it? the fa ct frustrated by it, doesn't it? the fact he has raised yet again that £350

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.73,000 rohingya muslims have now fled to bangladesh from myanmar since the army there began a campaign against militants less than two weeks ago. more are fleeing all the time. sanjoy majumder is at the border. it is now a massive influx, the sheer number of rohingya refugees coming into bangladesh from myanmar. the border is just a short distance that way. they are coming from every direction, men, women, children. some very young and some incredibly old and finding it difficult to walk. earlier today we saw plumes of smoke from inside rakhine state, presumably villages that were burning there. refugees we have spoken to have come with dramatic testimony of how they were allegedly driven out of their homes. some have seen people killed at close range. they are all heading now towards one of several temporary refugee camps which are set up on this side but already these camps are teeming with people and agencies are really concerned about the sheer numbers of people they have to take c

chris mason, bbc news. with me isjohn rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent.ar and people ask what he means by that movement. this article is pretty incredible, laying out his positive vision for brexit. and it reads like his conference speech. i think he drafted it as his conference speech and then realised that theresa may is going to make an important speech in florence this week, on friday. he wanted to influence her position in that speech, was annoyed that i think they held the cabinet committee without him while he was in anguilla dealing with a hurricane. he wanted to make a speech but wasn't allowed to make a speech but wasn't allowed to buy number ten and decided to publish it in the telegraph anyway. he sounds frustrated. the fact he has raised yet again the £350 million emblazoned on the side of the leave bus that many of us spent many weeks travelling around on during the referendum. he got into trouble over that statistic and he is against the other he is again! it was a very foolish move to mention that number again. he didn't need to do that. i

chris mason, bbc news, at wet —— westminster.westminster. how big a battle is mrs may facing over this brexit bill? you get a sense of just how over this brexit bill? you get a sense ofjust how high the stakes are by listening to the brexit secretary david davis, who told mps this bill is crucial, essential, vital. why? because it paves the way for our departure from the eu. it is the legislative gangplank to quitting europe, because it repeals the legislation which took us into the legislation which took us into the then european common market, way backin the then european common market, way back in the 1970s. for that reason it isa back in the 1970s. for that reason it is a big green brute of a bill. more than 60 pages, which means there is ample opportunity for critical mps to tackle numerous amendments for staying in the single market, the customs union, demanding mps have more say over the shape of legislation. it provides many possibilities to delay, to dent or even derail brexit. and that means mrs may has to tread an extr

chris mason.arty conference in torquay, new leader henry bolton has warned that mass immigration is harming british culture and overwhelming public services. but in a major shift on ukip‘s position he added there should be no cap on the number of migrants who can come to the country, instead calling for an australian—style points—based system to manage figures instead. across the uk, however people see their community is changing and they have little or no voice in the way those communities are being shaped. the environment they live in and the services provided to them. they are rarely consulted, and when they are, it isa rarely consulted, and when they are, it is a matter of procedure, rather than care for their opinion. doctors surgeries are being closed, police numbers are being cut and crime is increasing. multiculturalism is swamping or displacing our own british culture. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening

chris mason, bbc news.estigation into a crash on the m5 in south gloucestershire yesterday in which four people died. a woman and two children are critically ill and remain in hospital. tomos morgan is thatjunction 15 of the motorway now. the police have been giving an update of their investigation. what have they been saying? well, the northbound roots here between junctions 1a and 16 remains closed as the police continue the clean—up operation here behind me. this was a high impact, high—speed collision and due to the severity of this crash, the clean—up operation is taking longer than the police expected. you can see the forensic team is continuing to clear the debris behind me. this happened around 2:30pm yesterday afternoon. a lorry travelling southbound crashed through the central reservation and struck two vehicles travelling northbound. four people were killed. three were taken to hospital with life—threatening injuries. among those, woman and two children. the public were stuck in queues due to the

our political correspondent chris mason reports.k and the eu, david davis and michel barnier, still some way apart after three rounds of talks. a huge sticking point is money. today, mr davis insisted that the uk would not be pressured into paying more than its fair share. we are basically going through this very systematically in a very british way, a very pragmatic way, and of course he's finding it difficult and he wants to put pressure on us, which is why the stance this week in the press conference. bluntly, i think it looked silly, because there plainly were things that we have achieved. and yes, there were spiky exchanges between the two men at last week's news conference. mr barnier has since spent the weekend here at a conference on the banks of lake como in italy. he said he does not want to blackmail the uk, but added: there are extremely serious consequences of leaving the single market and it has not been explained to the british people. we intend to teach people what leaving the single market means. the future of europ

thank you for now, chris mason in the rain. let's go to chris mason in the rain. the sun in florence. in all seriousness though, actually, why florence? such a beautiful city. the perfect backdrop for such an important speech. everywhere you go you spot the history and the links which go all the way back to medieval times, between florence and the uk. back then in the 13th century, the bankers in the city with the painful treasurers and tax collectors were so treasurers and tax collectors were so rich they lent money to the english kings. there is an u nfortu nate english kings. there is an unfortunate that note in history. the english kings did not want to pay back their loans. spot the theme? fast forward to today, and theme? fast forward to today, and the europeans want to know whether they are going to get their money back. the principalfocus tomorrow. what is theresa may going to commit suing terms of transition period, what sort of money will they get in the short term and will britain commit to the money at o is for things like pensions and that's? interesti

we should say our esteemed colleague chris mason has it on high authority from downing street that thisolute rubbish. they say it is to be not true. maybe we should move on? tim shipman, also an esteemed colleague, says a tory source who has discussed the plans with theresa may's inner circle, saying they are planning to approve a politically explosive brexit bill of up to £50 billion after the conservative party conference in an effort to kick—start the talks and negotiations with the european union. it means britain would pay between £7 billion and £17 billion a yearfor between £7 billion and £17 billion a year for three years after brexit before ending the sizeable direct payments. i don't know if you believe that? the trouble is, it's about time somebody put a figure on what we are going to have to pay. i think the onus is on michel barnier and the eu, they are the ones selling this thing. we are the buyers, if you like, and they should come up with it. we fight estimates of any thing from 40 billion to 100 billion. let's start with the actual figure so that we know what it is. then

and as chris mason said when you were talking to him earlier, it is so secret it is on the front pagellegedly she has agreed a £50 billion brexit deal, so she wa nts to a pprove £50 billion brexit deal, so she wants to approve this after the conservative party conference in 0ctober, conservative party conference in october, in a bid to try and kickstart talks with the european union, and britain would pay between £7 billion and £17 billion a year to brussels, and downing street com pletely brussels, and downing street completely denying this and saying there is no truth in it. a source close to tim shipman or close to number ten, close to tim shipman or close to numberten, i close to tim shipman or close to number ten, i should say, sorry, close to tim shipman or close to number ten, ishould say, sorry, a source close to theresa may, says they are planning how to do the brexit bill, and whether to do it as an early payment. again, it is coming back to numbers, and we still don't know what the bill is going to be. we still don't know what the cost of the negotiations is going to be. an

chris mason is in downing street. good morning to you, chris.is be about theresa may saying to the cabinet, the ink is effectively dry on her speech, or will she be still open to suggestions for changes, perhaps? that is a very good question, and the honest answer isi good question, and the honest answer is i don't know, but suffice to say, we do know from the last week yes, there are clearly tensions around there are clearly tensions around the cabinet table about the exact tone and thrust and detail going into the speech. what else do we know? we know a draft has been circulating, there was a snap taken of olly raynor and is, the now former senior civil servant, holding that the draft as he walked up the street around a week ago. we know that borisjohnson, the foreign secretary, had seen a draft of the speech, prior to his intervention on saturday. we don't know is the extent to which to go back to the reference of the ink, whether the ink is still being spilt, as far as the speech is concerned whether the cabinet has been presented this morni

that is chris mason, our political correspondent at westminster.off rocks. lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter are involved in the operation off treyarnon bay. one man has been rescued and taken to hospital but a second man is still missing. let us get the latest. what more can you tell us about the search operation? this major search operation? this major search operation got underwayjust after half past two this afternoon and got underway following an emergency call from a member of the public who reported seeing two people in the sea. lifeboats were involved, the new key has since returned to base but there are still two lifeboat involved including the local coastguard, there are lifeguards from the local area and a search and rescue helicopter. there were two men who were believed to be fishing on rocks in the bay in cornwall. many people might know that area, it is popular with families, swimmers, anglers as well. when they got the call, the emergency services were told that they had both been swept into the sea. we have not been told much m

chris mason in downing street, thank you.men whose children have been harmed by the epilepsy drug, sodium valproate, have been evidence to a public hearing in central london. the european medicines agency is holding a safety review of the drug, designed to control seizures, to establish whether new warnings about taking it in pregnancy are reaching patients. the drug has been linked to physical abnormalities and autism in children, as our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. lily and ian's son was diagnosed with severe learning difficulties when he was three years old, caused by the epilepsy drug sodium valproate that lily took when she was pregnant. the couple say they asked doctors if it was safe to take the drug while expecting and were then horrified to discover they had been wrongly reassured. devastated. upset. angry. i just been wrongly reassured. devastated. upset. angry. ijust felt that i was let down by the health service. upset. angry. ijust felt that i was let down by the health servicem is estimated te

thank you, chris nations. —— chris mason.w chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said labour is preparing for government with "war game type scenario planning", including what to do if there were a dramatic fall in the value of the pound. he was speaking last night at a fringe meeting in brighton organised by the campaign group, momentum. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports from the conference. is this the day the labour party changed definitively? the conference is voting to give mps less power, and members more say in future leadership elections. policy is changing, too. labour is now an anti—austerity party, commmited to opposing spending cuts and pay restraints. and at a fringe meeting last night, the shadow chancellor seemed to suggest this is creating new enemies. plans would be needed to oppose a tax on a left—wing labour government, including a potential run on the pound. we will face all the challenges that i am sure you discussed before i got here and paul mentioned as well. and we have got a scenario plan for

. —— chris mason is in manchesterfor us now. —— chris mason is in manchesterfor us now.n streets which are being flooded by conservatives, the mood set by their expectation and contemporary reality. that big leap forward and the reality of the crushing reverse inflicted upon them by the electorate. and, for the second weekend this month, the prime minister here encountering her faithful for the first time since that election upstaged by her foreign secretary. we will chew the conference foreign secretary. we will chew the c0 nfe re nce cover foreign secretary. we will chew the conference cover more in a moment. first let's get up to speed with my colleague, jonathan blake. setting the stage for the conservative party's annual gathering in manchester. their first conference since the bruising election result in june. but what, or who, will delegates be talking about? borisjohnson has made sure brexit is top of the agenda on day one. in an interview with the sun newspaper, he sets out four conditions for britain's exit from the eu. the transition period after march 2019 sh

chris, thank you very much, chris mason there. silverton will be here with a full round up of the day's news when we'll be joined by viewers on bbc one. but first let's get a little more on the trajectory of hurricane irma and hurricane jose. the bbc weather presenter, ben rich, explained what was known about its path. right now, irma is passing just to the north of cuba. you can see it here on the satellite picture. if i set that running, you can see the way the storm is gradually moving westwards. it's been scraping along the north coast of cuba, but has come close enough to weaken the storm a little bit. remember, these hurricanes, when they make contact with the land, they tend to weaken. they need the warm waters of the ocean. this storm has weakened a little bit. sustained winds at the moment, 130 mph. down on where they have been, but that still makes it a category four hurricane as the storm continues to work its way westwards. it then looks like, and this is what we're waiting for now, really, it looks like the storm is g

let's get a flavour of the debate, first from our political correspondent chris mason.g powers back to this place, westminster. it is now the job of the government to make that a reality and it is what the eu withdrawal bill is all about. secretary david davis. lunchtime is launched and the man responsible for turning it into law told mps it was vital, because... it ensures that on the day we leave businesses know where they stand. workers‘ rights are upheld and consumers remain protected. this bill is vital to ensuring that, as we believe we do so ensuring that, as we believe we do so in an orderly manner. and so begins the wrangling in parliament on delivering brexit. this planned new law intends to change everything by changing a thing, cutting and pasting through swathes of eu law and turning it into uk law the day after brexit. it will dominate proceedings here for months to come. labour say they will vote against the bill because of the powers it gives the government to change the law with little scrutiny. if ever so much for taking back control. and there is no p

our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. is shows the splits at the top of government. at the moment it looks like boris is safe. it is extraordinary, this, really. such an amount of conversations, it has provoked such conversations, it has provoked such conversation at westminster, it has even left my voice a little croaky. in conventional political times, there is no way a foreign secretary could make this kind of intervention, 4000 word essay in a newspaper which downing street only found out about very late the day, without risking being fired. but of course, these are not normal times. the prime minister is weakened after the general election. boris johnson sees himself as a bit of a standardbearer, if you like tom for brexit, given that he was a vociferous campaigner for it during the referendum. but there are some tory mps who simply see this as a leadership bid. taking a look at my notebook yesterday, when i was making some calls, thieving, desperate, profoundly disloyal. it isa desperate, profoundly disloyal. it is a

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.th this debate and what you made of it, and what were the pressure points?” what you made of it, and what were the pressure points? i think he got a real sense of the complexity as to what will happen here over the next 18 months or so. it was a legalistic decals argument at times in the house of commons, but extricating britain from a0 years of laws and directives from the eu, it was never going to be simple. the argument from the government is that it needs these powers, it has thousands of laws that it needs to bring over into uk law. so, they need to have these. —— these pretty unusual powers to do that. david davis‘s speech was peppered with words like stability, order, and he is concerned that on the day that we leave there is not complete chaos and he wants people to know that there will be a legal system in place. it hasn‘t stopped labour saying that when the vote comes, that will come on monday, in a good sign for theresa may, there is not much evidence of a growing rebellion

chris mason, bbc news.t crackdown in myanmar‘s rakhine state. un officials had planned to visit rakhine today, but they say the government has blocked they say the government has blocked the visit. sanjoy majumder is on the border with myanmar and sent this report. the army e they= . heel» to ‘ ;i%’ buti ‘;i% challenging. "amen; raining and mg and w: ’ see and w: ’ ‘and.ee actually, some of mud everywhere. actually, some of the aid agencies have provided some umbrellas for them to get a bit of shelter. what's happening new arrivals are being registered and an aid truck at the far end from where they are able to receive some relief supplies. the whole point is for the army to take control of what had been until now a very chaotic aid operation. the concern for the international aid agencies is there hasn't been enough attention paid by the international community. the american ambassador to bangladesh has been here this morning to get a sense for herself of the increasing crisis. the hope from the aid agenci

chris mason, bbc news.reventable. melissa mathieson, who was 18, was strangled three years ago by 19—year—old jason conroy. alexandra house in bristol specialised in caring for people with asperger‘s syndrome. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the story. awarning — his report contains details some viewers may find upsetting. she was a lovely girl. she was bubbly, bouncy. she was the type of girl that would have anybody. always smiling. i miss her. we all miss her. melissa mathieson could be challenging — she had asperger‘s and adhd, but her family did not want moved 100 miles away from her home in berkshire to a care home in bristol. they argued she was vulnerable and they would not be able to support her. in october 2014, jason conroy, a fellow resident at the care home, strangled melissa. he decided to kill her in order to have sex with her. they were both let down. it is shocking, the amount of mistakes that were made. they all add up to a shocking event. and my daughter has taken the

our political correspondent chris mason has more on that.e. westminster. it is now the government's. to make that a reality. it's what the eu withdrawal bill is all about. secretary david davis. this lunchtime the man responsible for turning it into law told mps it was vital because...m does ensure on the day we leave businesses know where they stand, workers' rights are upheld and consumers remain protected. this bill is vital to ensuring as we leave we do so in an orderly manner. so begins the wrangling in there, in parliament, on delivering brexit. this planned new law intends to change everything by changing nothing, cutting and pasting vast swathes of eu law and turning it into uk law the day after brexit. it'll dominate proceedings here for months to come. sir keir starmer. labour say they will vote against the bill because of the powers it gives the government to change the law with little scrutiny. so much for taking back control. there's no point the secretary of state or the prime minister saying we wouldn't use these powers, take

chris mason, bbc news.ations. scottish dawn and ns131 are aliases of the neo—nazi group national action, which was proscribed last year. the home secretary, amber rudd, said the groups were racist, homophobic and anti—semitic. the home secretary has said that the groups will be proscribed, or banned, from tomorrow. so people belonging to the group, encouraging others to support them, taking part in or arranging events organised by the group will be a criminal offence, and the maximum penalty is up to ten years in prison. 85 groups are banned, but only one has been banned under anti—terror laws, is a far—right group, that is national action, and that was banned in december. the home office believe that ns131 and scottish dawn are aliases of that group, national action. i‘m looking at the website of scottish dawn. that‘s still up and running? the ban is not in place until tomorrow. but it says it is a new identitarian social movement, it talks about the state, the state that we live in where our own people ar

chris mason, bbc news, westminster. at westminster. the ukip mep, hello. this must be a great day for you. another key moment in this progress. it's been a0 months since the referendum, they could have done this the week after but at least they're doing it, better late than never. it's the beginning of the process whereby we start to leave, so process whereby we start to leave, so this bill is overdue, let's hope it gets voted through on monday. you point to the vote on monday, those telling us here today they are not minded to vote for the bill on monday evening express very specific concerns. they are concerned about the henry viii clause, but essentially too much power and a government of the day having the ability to push things through without proper parliamentary scrutiny. are there not genuine concerns? the same people have been consent of the last a0 years when we've given away vast amounts of legislative power to the eu, they we re legislative power to the eu, they were perfectly happy with that. this isn't abo

chris mason is in westminster. you we re chris mason is in westminster. your knees for a long time, a very long meeting? yes, it was, i was in the street when the meeting was in the street when the meeting was going on inside and we don't know what was discussed but the length of it points to the amount of detail that cabinet ministers wanted to delve into. we understand the prime minister went round the table one by one, allowing them to make their views known on the latest d raft their views known on the latest draft of this text which has been circulating within whitehall and has been seen by some cabinet ministers over the last week. when you look through the history books as i have been doing, you get a sense of how long the cabinet meeting was at two and a half hours, we found one of two hours and 45 minutes when the uk crashed out of the exchange rate mechanism in 1992. you will notice the pattern, another discussion over oui’ the pattern, another discussion over our relationship with europe. the prime minister will flash this all out tomorrow, and

joining me now from whitehall is our political correspondent chris mason. is, reassuring words for those in the caribbean, do you think? michael fallon giving that interviewed today after the cobra meeting up, which he chaired, involving officials and ministers across whitehall as they coordinate the british government's response. clearly, there is a sense of irritation from those in government as what they see as unjustified gritters is that has come their way from labour leader jeremy corbyn, and from two select committee chairs, so senior mps that felt the british government response wasn't as quick as it could have been. they are clearly emphasising they have done as much as they can and will continue to do as much as they can. for instance, they point to the royal fleet auxiliary mount spurra, to the royal fleet auxiliary mount spurr a, which is a boat that they have deployed to the caribbean in anticipation of the hurricane season. so not in response to these particular storms, but acknowledging that at this time of year, you do tend to get hurricanes

chris mason is in manchester for us now.ening from the centre of manchester where the prime minister and her husband had just swept into the conference centre in the last couple of minutes to be met by the president of the conservative convention. she will meet activists in the coming hours as they arrive here forfour orfive in the coming hours as they arrive here for four or five days of chewing the political fact. here for four or five days of chewing the politicalfact. the big question is the extent to which brexit will dominate the conversation after the second time ina conversation after the second time in a month that the prime minister's weekend has been dominated by an intervention from her foreign secretary. could the next few days bring unity to the conservative party? horribly not the issue of brexit dominates the agenda. the prime minister was to talk about domestic issues. her foreign secretary has other ideas. in an interview with the sun newspaper, boris johnson in an interview with the sun newspaper, borisjoh

our political correspondent chris mason has the latest. theresa may, already, before the conference had started, and on the issue of augustjohnson, it raises the whole question of her leadership again because borisjohnson‘s ambitions are nothing if not fairly transparent. and so by doing what he has done, notjust on brexit, but by straying onto territory way over the remit of the foreign secretary, student debt and public sector to pay, it raises the question which has dominated the margins of this conference which is ultimately about the shelf life of this prime minister. i think what we will get repeatedly from conservative spokesmen and women is a desire to speak about anything but brexit. talking about domestic political priorities. they are keenly aware that conservatives in this government will be defined and see their time dominated by brexit because it is this gargantuan issue that looms over everything in politics. but they want to try, when they have the chance, and they see they have the chance, and they see the next few days as

chris mason is in westminster for us. good morning to you.thing unusual about this, that it was a perfectly normal, as fraser nelson was telling us, for the foreign secretary to make interventions on what is an international subject. judging by the newspapers today, there has been a rather different interpretation of mrjohnson‘s activities. a rather different interpretation of mrjohnson's activities. yes, certainly when i was making phone calls yesterday at eating to conservative mps, there were differing opinions, to put it mildly, about boris johnson's intervention. it provoked so much conversation, people like me are sounding rather coarse. what we have here, an extensive article, that is almost an understatement. it was a dissertation, a treaty is, if 11,100 words long. downing street did know it was coming but i'm told they only knew pretty late in the day. it hasn't gone through the usual clea ra nce hasn't gone through the usual clearance procedure is that a ministerial speech would normally do, when downing street would have it in ple

our political correspondent chris mason is in our salford studio.g lot the labour party managed to dodge a lot of the brexit troubles, not the conservatives this week? yes. theresa may on the position of brexit, and borisjohnson, when he makes these kind of splashes, it raises the whole question around her leadership again because boris johnson's ambitions are nothing if not fairly transparent. and by doing what he has done, not only on brexit but by straying onto territory way over the rematch of a foreign secretary, talking about which jude and depth and public sector pay, it raises the question about the shelf life of the prime minister. i think what we will get repeatedly from conservative spokesmen and women over the next couple of days as a desire to talk about anything but brexit. talk about the domestic political priorities. they are keenly aware that of course conservatives in this government will be defined and see their time dominated by brexit because it is this gargantuan issue that looms over everything in politics. but they want to tr

well a short time ago i spoke to our political correspondent chris mason about the significance of theresaion — particularly after her recent trip to east asia. in the statement mrs may reflects on her talks, and the conversations that have been going on roughly the same time the un security council. she adds, in the context of sanctions in the un looking at new measures, this is now even more pressing. the international community has universally condemned this test and must come together to continue to increase the pressure on north korea's leaders to stop the destabilising actions. the tricky thing is that when she had strong words to say on the plane on the way to japan the other day, there were some pretty strong words that came out in reaction to that from beijing from the chinese government, where she suggested china could be doing much more regionally, the chinese we re much more regionally, the chinese were suggesting theresa may was offering commentary from the sidelines that wasn't necessarily useful. that was the context, the reaction from downing street and i suspect there's ab

our political correspondent chris mason reports.that will provide the legal toolkit to compliment brexit. after a day of debate last week, more debate this afternoon, this evening and into the night. without this bill and this legislation, as cross—party committees have recognised, there would be significant legal uncertainty and we wouldn't be in the best place to get a deal between the uk and the eu on market access so this bill, whether you support or oppose leaving the eu, it's a bill people should support because it provides us with continuity and stability and the best chance of getting a good deal through this process. last week, when the brexit secretary made the case for the bill, oppositions mps and some conservatives said it gave the government too much power. labour say they accept the result of the eu referendum, but... our position is we oppose the bill tonight because we want parliamentary scrutiny, we want democratic accountability of an elected government in how it reacts to the result of the referendum and that is

european union withdrawal bill before a vote takes place on monday. 0ur political correspondent, chris masonre they key issues up for discussion? it is such an important piece of legislation, this. and there is a big row developing around it. definitely. when people like me stand on grass like this and talk about constitutional change, it can be quite dull. but this is significant. the biggest constitutional change, the way we are governed, since october, 1972, when we signed up to what is now the european union in the first place. the challenge the government now faces is unravelling that. essentially in 1972 a pipe was built from here to brussels and laws flowed through them. 433 regulations in total. the government has to work out what it is going to do. it is concluded everything changes but nothing changes. everything will be copied over in one go. the challenge in the government is it does not give a chance for scrutiny of what they are doing. that is why labour does not like it. the use of what is known as henry viii powers, dating back to 1539. this has nothing to do with his love of

that report from chris mason.osecution service by the police used evidence supplied by paedophile hunters. just two years later, hunter evidence features and 44% of cases. this report from john kettle. the police say paedophile hunters are vigilantes. they pose as children online, film their meetings with people who groom them, and post their videos on social media. you've arranged to meet a 14—year—old boy here today, for sex? no. you have — do you want me to get the cellphone out and show you? the police are on their way. i'm a paedophile hunter, mate. that's what i do. you are under citizen's arrest. in 2014, 11% of cases for meeting a child following sexual grooming contained paedophile hunter evidence. two years later, that has grown to 44%. look, i think that's an embarrassing figure for british policing. look at the success that's being achieved. recognise, of course, the dangers of vigilante behaviour, but then do something about it. bring it within the criminal justice system. will there ever be a situati

our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster.ing street the long—time today! what should we be reading into this unusually long meeting? what is striking is how long the meeting lasted and how limited downing street are in what they are saying afterwards, in fact they are not saying anything at all. normally afterwards reporters like me will get told the gist of what was kicked around and we know the gist is the speech tomorrow but as far as specifics are concerned we have learned nothing. clearly there was choreography with the chancellor and prime minister leaving almost hand—in—hand. when you scour the history books as we have been doing the last half—hour, i think you have to go back to september 1992 to find a cabinet meeting that lasted longer at two hours a5, compared with two hours 30 today. what was that cabinet meeting on 25 years ago? on the uk crashing out of what was known as the rem, yes another row about the european union. before tomorrow we understand jean—claude juncker at the european commission will speak to t

should be just as concerned about who's trying to move in on herjob. 0ur political correspondent chris masonin salford us tonight. we must talk about a brexit, but i do want to talk about these policy announcements we are likely to hear. would anybody dare to shush boris? there are plenty who would like to no doubt about that. whether anybody can convince him it is a good idea is the bigger question. what is really striking is that a couple of weeks ago when we had that treatise, that thesis, from borisjohnson, the 4100 word article in the daily telegraph, there were some who were clearly irritated by that within the conservative party, but if restores and had listened to those irritations and had decided to act upon them, one would think he might not have chosen to talk to this newspaper on the eve of his party conference and be as candid as he was, not just about conference and be as candid as he was, notjust about brexit but about plenty of other topics beyond his remit as foreign secretary. —— talk to the sun newspaper. so clearly he wa nts to to the sun newspaper. so clearly he wants to

out his vision for what he called a glorious future outside the eu. 0ur political correspondent chris masoncampaign that divided the closest of colleagues. borisjohnson made the case for brexit then... is it not time we took back control? and he has restated it now and resurrected an old row by repeating this. it is perfectly true and verifiable that there is slightly more than £350 million a week that we do not control. the head of the uk stats authority said today this is a clear misuse of official statistics, something that has angered boris johnson. but some cabinet colleagues aren't thrilled with the foreign secretary either. i don't want him managing the brexit process, what we've got is theresa may managing the process. she's driving the car, to continue the allegory, and i'll make sure, as far as i'm concerned, and the rest of the cabinet are concerned, we help her do that. so this is back—seat driving? yes, you could call it back—seat driving, absolutely. borisjohnson‘s article argued for a bold and positive brexit, leading to claims of cabinet splits and attempts to undermine the