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gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, quebec. commons on tuesday. but labour's brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, said the votes this week were not the last chance to alter the british approach there would be other opportunities in the coming weeks. here's our political correspondent, susana mendonca. dark clouds are gathering ahead of a crucial vote for the government this week. backbench tories are threatening to rebel and labour says this will not be their only chance to do so. the idea that this tuesday or this wednesday is the last chance saloon on a single market deal is misconceived. there will be another chance with those bills. i hope we get significant victories this week on the things that matter, which is the meaningful vote, the customs union. the "meaningful vote" refers to giving parliament the power to force ministers back to the negotiating table and have a final say on what to do next if there is no deal between britain and the eu. the government wants ministers to keep hold of that decision—making power. peopl

gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, quebec.im jong—un. there are hopes it will begin a process that leads to north korea giving up its nuclear weapons. mr kim has already arrived in singapore — this was him being greeted at the airport. and a short while ago his motorcade — flanked by his security team — whisked him through the streets of singapore. and barbara plett usher is in singapore for us. asummit, a summit, really, that not so long ago would have been unthinkable. what are the expectations that the hopes for it? we are not quite sure what to expect, really. it is so much driven by the will and personalities of two unpredictable men. we know the broad outline of the trial, the us wants north korea to give up its nuclear weapons and kim jong—un wants assurances about his security if he we re assurances about his security if he were to take such a step, and also sanctions lifted. —— lifted. but we do not know what he is ready to put on the table when it comes to his programme. the president prides himself on being a great

thank you gary 0'donoghue.al counsel robert muller expressed concerns that paul ma nafort expressed concerns that paul manafort would try to influence witnesses into his investigation into russia's role in the 2016 election. a mother and daughter part ofa election. a mother and daughter part of a female terror cell have been jailed as part of plans for a knife attack in the area around the houses of parliament. rizlaine boular has been jailed of parliament. rizlaine boular has beenjailed for 16 years, of parliament. rizlaine boular has been jailed for 16 years, her mother mina dich has beenjailed for six yea rs mina dich has beenjailed for six years and nine months for helping her. her younger sister safaa boular 18 was convicted last week are planning a separate terror attack in the area around the british museum. 0ur the area around the british museum. our home affairs correspondentjim collie reports from the old bailey. rizlaine boular, 22, has been told that she is serving a life term with a minimum of16 th

gary 0‘donoghue in texas, thank you.brexit as tory rebels threatened to vote against a key amendment. in the end, the government won the day over how much say mps will get over the final brexit vote. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has been watching developments at westminster. call off the troops. we voted to leave the european union, so the government‘s trying to transfer all european law into british tradition before there is a final deal. but the tories have already come to blows over who is really in charge if things go wrong at home. a small but noisy group of tory mps have been pushing the government on what happens if parliament says "no" to the final brexit deal that‘s negotiated with the european union. they wanted a legal guarantee they would be able to send ministers back to the negotiating table to try again. theresa may and her ministers were adamant they need the option of no deal, of walking away. this fight has been about who is really in charge, parliament or number 10. last week, the prime minist

for more on the situation on the ground my spoke earlier with donoghue, who is in the border town of brownsville, texas. what does this now mean for many of the children detain where you are and across texas? tery: i don't think it means they will be reuwith their parents overnight. we looking at somewhere between 3000 and 4000 separated since the autumn. we have no idea at this stage how many of those children have been reunited by now, but we know that around 230 separated in the last five weeks one. there are a lot of people to put back together. the diiculty is finding the space to house them, to accommodate them together. we know the president is asking the defense secretary to come up with places, other agencies as well. of course, the argument of the administration was that this splitting up of familien was a deteto migrants coming in over the border illegally, lyand presumhe logic of their position now is that those numbers will increase. now they've removed the deterrent. rajini: what has been the reaction from the wider community where you are to this executive order? gary:

gary 0'donoghue, there. very sorry that it went down.ere, and giving his response to what has been going on. i think the president is actually speaking at the moment. we are just not going to do it. i would beg to say that because we are also busy, ijust beg to say that because we are also busy, i just mentioned beg to say that because we are also busy, ijust mentioned to the senators, that we are going to cancel and postpone tomorrow's congressional picnic. we have a congressional picnic tomorrow, and i wasjust walking over to congressional picnic tomorrow, and i was just walking over to the oval office, and i said, you know, it doesn't feel right to have a picnic, for congress, when we are working on doing something very important. we have got many things that are important. talking about trade, many things, but it did not feel right to me, so, we will be officially postponing the congressional picnic for tomorrow, will make it another time when things are going extremely well, and they are going for the country extremely well. we have

for more, here is the bbc‘s gary 0'donoghue. two biggest economies just moved a step closer to a full—blown trade war. this latest round of us tariffs covers some 1,100 separate product lines, containing what the administration calls industrially significant technologies. washington's view — china is stealing its intellectual property, and unfairly subsidising its own industries. the levies range across a number of sectors, including aerospace, information and communications, robotics, and cars. the tariffs will be imposed from 6 july. we're just going to do $50 billion on $50 billion of high—technology equipment and other things coming into the country, because so much of our secrets — you know, we have the great brain power in silicon valley, and china and others steal those secrets, and we're going to protect those secrets. those are crown jewels for this country. america has a trade deficit with china of $375 billion. and beijing is just the latest trading partner to feel the brunt of donald trump's robust america—first stra

she was ridden by colm 0'donoghue and trained byjessie harrington, more known for her success injump victory in the irish 1,000 guineas. confirmation of the starting prices — alpha centauri the 11 to a favourite winning from threading at 7 to 1 and veracious at 1a to 1 in third. england's women play a t20 double header against south africa and new zealand at taunton tomorrow, fresh from setting a new t20 world record score of 250 in their match with south africa at the same venue on wednesday. confidence in their camp is therefore soaring after setting the new benchmark. we have put a lot of hard work into power hitting, but the aggression we wa nt to power hitting, but the aggression we want to go out in t20, we are working hard on soap to go out there and geta working hard on soap to go out there and get a world record, it was a great experience. how early in the innings did you think this might be a world—record ? innings did you think this might be a world-record? tens or 11 are over and we talked about the fact we did not even want to think about their scorer, but it started to

dario donoghue for us in quebec. —— gary owed on the.eational cannabis. it fulfils a campaign promise by the prime ministerjustin trudeau and makes the country the first of the g7 states to legalize the the production, sale and consumption of the drug.the initial timeline for legal pot sales called for it to be available byjuly ist, canada's national day, but august or september now appears more likely. sales to anyone under 18 would be banned under federal law but provinces and territories could set their own age limits. senator tony dean voted for legalisation, and we can speak to him in ottawa. thanks very much for your time. canada already legalised cannabis for medicinal use, why recreational? because we've recognised in canada, and the government has recognised, the harms of cannabis, particularly to young people. we have the problem of world leading consumption of cannabis by young people, one in 320-25 cannabis by young people, one in 320—25 —year—olds, one in 515—19 —year—olds, there are health problems associated with that and

and at 12.30 the bbc‘s gary 0'donoghue tests a pair of glasses which provide sighted help for blind people

from quebec, our correspondent gary 0'donoghue reports.mmit he had thought about skipping altogether, he was off, defiant in the face of a clutch of world leaders still furious with america's unilateral trade tariffs. the warning signs that something was wrong came early when the president showed up late for a leaders' breakfast on gender equality — one of the few areas where there had been hope of a meeting of minds. while officials worked towards a final agreement all the leaders could sign up to, the president was sticking to his position, blaming former us leaders for allowing the rest of the world to take advantage of america on trade. it's going to change, 100%. tariffs are going to come way down because we... people cannot continue to do that. we're like a piggy bank that everybody‘s robbing, and that ends. and it was clear the president didn't much like how he was being spoken to. a moment captured in this photograph, later posted on social media by the german chancellor herself. but when she faced the cameras, she said a common st

we will get the latest from our correspondents gary donoghue later in the programme, who is followings summit in quebec. in the meantime you are watching bbc news. the housing charity, shelter, says more than a million people are stuck on waiting lists for social housing — often for years on end. figures from the charity show a national shortfall of 800,000 houses. the charity says the gap is caused by a lack of new—build social homes and has called on the government to build more. our correspondentjon donnison joins me now to tell us more. take us through how bad the figures are. one of the aroom alarming things from the figures is the fact that people are waiting for a long time, soa that people are waiting for a long time, so a million house holds are waiting for social housing, 65% of those households have been waiting for more than a year, 25% of them have been waiting for more than five yea rs, have been waiting for more than five years, and in some cases, much longer than that. now the worst affected area, many of them were in london, and the south—east of england, no surprise

ten hit, but she became the fastest winner, in the history of the coronation stakes eith colm 0'donoghuedanny cirpriani will make his first start for england in almost a decade when they play south africa in the final test this afternoon. he'll start at fly—half, replacing george ford. england are 2—0 down in the three test series, and boss eddiejones says it's no secret that his side are stuggling. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. more in the next hour. thank you. a fresh campaign to try to tackle plastic pollution is being launched by the bbc today. it's being fronted by sir david attenborough, who says he's "astonished" by the public‘s response to the issue following the tv series blue planet ii. it comes as new footage reveals how plastic is killing seabirds on a remote island off the east coast of australia. simonjones reports. searching for food but these sea birds are all too often finding and eating pieces of plastic. tens of thousands of flesh—footed shearwaters nest on this remote island hundreds of miles off the eas

john donoghue from either going after i founded the company we gathered a small team we told them anyone who wants to be part of this and is willing to devote at least ten hours a week to the project let me know when. exchange will give you a share in the company in the form of company stock options always look we received about two hundred applications we selected just under one hundred engineers who are collaborating with us on a feasibility study has been done and i'm sure you go over to. the students from munich found a temporary workshop in los angeles where they can put together their part after transporting it to california. they still need to qualify for the run through the test track. that means putting the prototype through its paces to show they can handle the final round. as they start building the pod they realize that crucial parts are missing they were held up at constant without these parts they won't make the final round but there's still another week to go. other students working on the hyperloop as a hobby they don't get class credit for it or a salary. only the cost o

richard galpin, bbc news. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue is in quebec city. to his comments about letting russia back in? will someone agrees with him and that someone is the italian prime minister. giuseppe has only been in powerfor a week, he thinks it's a good idea. but he is about the only one if he does think that. the british have made their view very clear if through theresa may is worth. and i don't see any reason why the germans would particularly like that either because of their concerns. and that is kind of an extraordinary intervention, completely unforeseen, no indication that that was the president's view in many freaking second before in the white house. so thatis second before in the white house. so that is what people are still digesting here. at the same time, they are digesting the entrenchment of positions over international trade and tariffs. when actors to explain to viewers, we're imean, the i mean, the comments about russia are incendiary enough and prior to that, we thought that this summit would be really dominated, didn't we? by th

i'm joined from quebec city by our correspondent gary 0'donoghue.does it not, given the terrorists that president donald trump has slapped on some of his allies. the tone in the run-up to the summit has been pretty sour, as you say. the canadians, the europeans curious about the aluminium and steel tariffs be president has imposed on them. and thatis president has imposed on them. and that is certainly something they will raise here. the canadian prime minister has already called them insulting, unacceptable. today, he added laughable to that list of adjectives. people are saying this is going to be the g6+1 because that level of isolation the us will face in terms of allies. there is a real? here whether or not this gathering, which normally produces a bunch of pretty anodyne it, universally a cce pta ble pretty anodyne it, universally acceptable statements at the end of it, whether there will be able to agree on a final statement at all because that question of the tarus has riled the us allies significantly. there are other things they will discu

signed an executive order bringing the policy to an end, as our washington correspondent gary 0'donoghueh of the rio grande in texasis this stretch of the rio grande in texas is where many tried to enter the united states. every week some drown in the attempt. those who make it face arrest and prosecution. it is at centres like this that adults and children were being separated, leading to those now notorious images of children apparently housed in cages. the national and international outcry was in the end too much, even for president trump. he struck a defiant tone while doing his u—turn. so the democrats want open borders. let everybody, in. let everybody pour in, we don't care. let them come in from the middle east, let them come in from all over the place. we don't care. we're not going to let it happen. and, by the way, today i signed an executive order. we're going to keep families together, but the border is going to be just as tough as it has been. thousands of children have been separated from their parents in recent weeks, and no one really knows how long it will take to reuni

crying 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue is by that centre in mcallen. he is helping me understand the those people in the facility must pass. this is the first place people are brought to when they are arrested. when they are caught crossing over the rio grande from mexico into the united states and apprehended by border protection people, they are brought to a huge centre like this and this is where they are processed. because of the 0—tolerance policy now in place, this is where the parents are effectively put into the criminal justice system and therefore separated from their children. they stay here for two or three days and go to federal custody. their children are sent off to separate institutions where they may stay for weeks at a time. the parents than go to court and a couple days and the problem is that when they come out, they do not necessarily know where their children are. we have been here just their children are. we have been herejust a their children are. we have been here just a few hours today at the centre. i can tell you during those view hours we have seen constr

gary 0'donoghue's been testing a new pair of glasses in washington, dc.e lived here for more than three years, i've never been able to experience this walk alone. but that just changed. of course you have the reflecting pool on your right hand side, and i can see way off in the distance the washington monument. what's helping me do this is a service called aira. the name a nod to artificial intelligence and, i'm told, something to do with egyptian mythology. egyptians aside, though, it combines a dedicated smart phone connected to new custom—made glasses with a camera between the lenses, with an impressive 120—degree field of view, both horizontally and vertically. tap a button on the phone twice and you're connected to a trained sighted agent who gets your video feed. while there are other apps that connect sighted help to blind people, it's the combination of the tech and the quality of the agent that makes this feel different. the tasks it can help with can be a simple or as complicated as you want, from booking a car to helping you keep up with your s

studio: gary 0'donoghue in quebec, thank you.as been approved and that has been approved from the 2019—2020 season. those footballers work so ha rd season. those footballers work so hard they needed little break in the midwinter. that has been announced by the football association. a 90—year—old woman is seriously ill in hospital after being attacked in her bed in north west london. iris warner was discovered by her son at her home in brent. 0ur correspondent simonjones is in brent. is there any progress or leads that police say they are following in their efforts to catch whoever was responsible for this horrific attack? police this morning have continued to search iris warner's home to find any information as to who was responsible for this. we know that she was found by her son on monday. she was drifting in and out of consciousness. she was raised to hospital. doctors thought she may not survive as her injuries were so bad but she has pulled through and remains ina bad but she has pulled through and remains in a very serious

over trade tariffs are already threatening to overshadow the meeting. 0ur correspondent, gary 0'donoghueery controversial tariffs on steel and aluminium? it is usually a pretty anodyne meeting, this annual get—together of the rich and powerful countries. they end up normally with some sort of vanilla statement at the end of it, but this one looks to be different, so different that they are renaming it g six plus one, and the one being the united states with the imposition of those steel and aluminium tariffs on most of its best allies. so that will be a bone of contention, here. already people such as justin of contention, here. already people such asjustin trudeau and macron have voiced their problems with it. he added another additive to that, he called it laughable. so that will be on the agenda, today. and there will be other things to which may not please the president. things like climate change, reducing plastics in the ocean, those things not very high on his agenda. the one possible area where they might get agreement is on issues around gender equality and perhaps girls' educat

let's speak to our correspondent gary 0'donoghue who joins us from ursula detention centre in texas.dren are being kept separately from their parents? this particular centre where i am now, is one of the centres were effectively deep pa rents a re centres were effectively deep parents are separated from the children, so as soon as they are arrested and come across the river and rio grande into the united states, they are caught and brought toa states, they are caught and brought to a centre like this one, behind me. the adults are processed into the criminal justice me. the adults are processed into the criminaljustice system and at that point the children are separated from their parents and sent on to other centres in southern texas and throughout the country. this has been one of the hugely controversial places in the last few days, just because of some of the images that have emerged about children being kept in cages, about children, small children crying for their parents when they are taken away. in the last few hours i can tell you all so that while we have been here, constru

signed an executive order bringing the policy to an end, as our washington correspondent gary 0‘donoghuend children were being separated, leading to those now notorious images of children apparently housed in cages. the national and international outcry was, in the end, too much even for president trump. but he struck a defiant tone while doing his u—turn. the national and international outcry was, in the end, too much even for president trump. but he struck a defiant tone while doing his u—turn. so we are keeping families together, and this will solve that problem. at the same time, we are keeping a very powerful border and it continues to be a zero tolerance. we have zero tolerance for people that enter our country illegally. thousands of children have been separated from their parents in recent weeks and no—one really knows how long it will take to reunite them. it‘s going to be a herculean task, if you will, because it‘s going to require a lot of transparency in finding out exactly where these children were separated from the families and where those parents are. the churches are oft

live now to washington and our correspondent gary 0'donoghue.es, looks like it. it was a lengthy interview and he did a separate discussion with journalists who were hanging around the north lawn watching him do this, so, i mean it was an extraordinary impromptu decision, and there were some extraordinary things he said. talking about north korea, there, he said he would be having a discussion with north korea on sunday which we take to mean the leader of north korea. that he had swapped phone numbers with kimjong un, that he largely solved the problem as you heard him saying that, and that was one of testify subjects he ranged across the whole spectrum, he should come and present afternoon live from the north lawn. take your chances simon. afternoon live from the north lawn. take your chances simonlj afternoon live from the north lawn. take your chances simon. i will see you there! he had a few words about g7 and justin trudeau. yes, he was, again talked about the russia part of that particularly, the question that he threw into the mix an hour