i wanted to ask you about the death of grace millane, the british backpacker who died in your country her murderand ina appeared in court and denied her murderand in a news appeared in court and denied her murder and in a news conference last month you apologised on behalf of your country to grace my family. let's ta ke your country to grace my family. let's take a look. there is an overwhelming sense of hurt and shame that this has happened in our country, a place that prides itself on our hospitality, on our manaakitanga, especially to those who are visiting our shores, so, on behalf of new zealand, i want to apologise to grace's family. your daughter should have been safely and your daughter should have been safe here and she wasn't, and i am sorry for that. why did you feel that you wanted to apologise? new zealand is a place that really prides itself on its hospitality. i used the word manaakitanga and that speaks to if you come to new zealand we want to treat you with great hospitality. that is something new zealanders hold up high. to have that young person's life tragically cu

has a 26—year—old man has appeared in court in auckland and denies murdering british backpacker grace millanezealand. good morning from downing street where theresa may's government is facing a vote of confidence after mps overwhelmingly rejected her brexit deal. 202. the noes to the left 432. labour tabled the motion after the prime minister lost by 230 votes, the biggest defeat of modern times. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, has said he profoundly regrets the vote to reject the withdrawal agreement. he said the government now needs to explain how it intends to proceed with brexit. let mejust sure let me just sure you be seen behind me. downing street is busy to date with journalists waiting be a appearance of theresa may, expected to head off to the commons for prime minister's questions at midday. there will be a debate on the confidence motion in the government. the vote will be at 7pm. it is anticipated that the government will not be defeated in that motion. tory rebels and the dup mps say they will support the government. another day of high drama. before christmas, theresa

a 26—year—old man denies murdering british backpacker grace millane in new zealand.ing from downing street, where theresa may's government is facing a vote of confidence after mps overwhelmingly rejected her brexit deal, inflicting the worst defeat on a government in modern british politics. in the past hour, the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier has said he "profoundly" regrets the vote to reject the withdrawal agreement he negotiated with theresa may. he said the government now needs to explain how it intends to proceed with brexit. with 432 mps voting against, it was the biggest government defeat on record and the biggest conservative rebellion, while just 202 voted for the withdrawal agreement offered by the prime minister. that's a very substantial defeat of 230 votes for the prime minister's deal. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports on a momentous night. the ayes to the right, 202. the noes to the left, 432. and with that, theresa may's deal was rejected by mps, the heaviest government defeat in the commons for at least 100 years. so now what? t