that was turned over by the house of clergy, who decided that that was insufficiently inclusive. what is really interesting is that it is the church within that has rejected this report. this is not members of the congregations, who actually would have supported it. it was members of the clergy, who felt it challenged the clergy, who felt it challenged the notion that the church should be open to everybody. i believe it is an embarrassing night for the bishops themselves. to be clear, the house of clergy believe that the report was too liberal, or are not liberal enough? i think one would say not liberal enough. it maintained the status quo. you've got to remember, this process of three years of discussions cost the church more than £300,000. many lesbian and gay christians began to talk intimately in these shared conversations about their personal lives. it was costly, it was also courageous. and when the report was published last month, they felt that because it maintained the status quo, being that there can be no special blessing of same—sex marriage in church, and no service,

members of the house of clergy voted 100 to 93 against the so—called "ta ke note" motion. uspected poisoning of the half—brother, of north korea's leader, kimjong—un sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. they've lost at this stage of the champions league six times in a row... and arsenal are trailing once again in their round of 16 tie first leg around half an hour had gone, the german champions took the lead in the 11th minute through arjen robben. his spectacular goal making arsenal's challenge even harder. bayern had been in total control at the allianz arena. laurent koscielny foul for a penalty, taken by alexis sanchez, saved by manuel neuer, came back to the chilean and he tapped it in for a goal that could prove crucial for arsenal. about sa minutes gone and bayern munich 1—1 arsenal. real madrid are playing napoli in tonight's other game. and it's1—1. the italian side took lead at the bernabeu. lorenzo insigne with this long range goal embarrassing goalkeeper keylor navas. but karim benzema equalised around ten minutes ago with this header.

the house of clergy of the three bodies, so your ordinary rank and file vicar, it seems they've votedeal with it. yes, they are the ones who have to deal with parishioners every sunday. with someone parishioners every sunday. with someone saying that they are being rejected. the idea is that, at some point, some way down the line, perhaps the church is moving closer to officially sanctioning gay marriages. let's go to the times. an ultimatum on nato spending. i cannot understand why a country like germany, the fourth or fifth understand why a country like germany, the fourth orfifth biggest economy in the world, doesn't pay its way. what's that about? they said they would. one of the nato agreements is that you spend 2% of gdp on defence. it's notjust what you spend, it is what you spend it on. it is that troops can interoperate and so on. only five countries actually spend that 2% of gdp. that headline, he is right. i agree with him. he has said so many different things about nato, and some very worrying. this is a man who was not willing to affirm a long—standing commitment to one o

but it was the house of clergy which voted 93 in favour and 100 against, those seven volts, which meansis report has not been taken note of. what that means is it cannot form the basis of any moves forward for the anglican church in this country. it cannot be referenced again for at least five yea rs. referenced again for at least five years. so to some extent, the last three years of shared conversations, an impassioned debate, a personal plea today from the archbishop of canterbury, failed to achieve what they wanted. and let's remember. the bishops said this was not the end of the process. all they were saying was that at the moment marriage in church should remain a lifelong union between a man and a woman. that was turned over by the house of clergy, who decided that that was

in the house of clergy, 93 in favour, 100 against, thank you for watching. bley. hello. wednesday was a real mixed bag of a day right across the british isles. for some, after a dull start, it turned out to be a really glorious day, dare i say, almost springlike. for others, my word, you had to wait. eventually in the east some saw some brightness after a thoroughly miserable day. it depended on where you were in relation to the weather front which started life in the south—west and moved ever further to the north—east. into the channel islands, eventually brighter skies into the south—east. it won't be a cold start to the day. given all the cloud around, the front has not quite disappeared. we still have a vigourous area of low pressure close by to the north of scotland to start that day. notice the isobars squeezing together. that could well signify some gusts of wind around 30, if not a0 miles per hour to start off the day. and you will have some rain and blustery showers, especially so in northern and western parts of scotland, and maybe the odd bit close

in the house of clergy, 93 in favour, 100 against, with two abstentions. f deliberation on the issue of same—sex marriage. so the motion was lost. the debate itself, which lasted more than two hours, contained passionate and sometimes painful disclosures on both sides of the argument. outside of these walls we are being heard as lacking in love. its purpose was not to please everyone, but rather to give a steer to the way we order our lives as god's people. please do not vote for this measure, we deserve better. your lgbt sisters and brothers deserve better, both here in the church and in the country. all sexual expression outside the lifelong and permanent union of one man and one woman is sinful. lesbian and gay christians who held an all day vigil outside church house broke into song as news of the results filtered through. i think what we've seen is a breakthrough of understanding of love and people coming together, really understanding the lgbt community. just before the debate, archbishopjustin welby held a private meeting at this church in an attempt

that was turned over by the house of clergy, who decided that was insufficiently inclusive.ime minister has met donald trump at the white house. at a joint press conference the president made it clear bbc mundo reports that venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, has demanded the us apologise and withdraw sanctions imposed on the vice president. that's unlikely. the us accuses tareck el aissami of drugs trafficking — for his part the vice present says the claims are imperialist aggression. the united nations has warned of a serious escalation of the conflict in eastern ukraine. an official said that since january the distance between government and rebel forces has narrowed to a few hundred metres, and that in some places they are almost face to face. that is from bbc ukrainian. here is another element of how donald trump's administration is impacting on america and the rest of the world. let's look at america's position in nato. in the past mr trump has called it obsolete. he's also said a lot of these countries are paying what they are supposed to be. —— are not paying. he

in the house of clergy, 93 in favour, 100 against, with two abstentions. ered a devastating blow to three years of deliberation on the issue of same—sex marriage. so the motion was lost. the debate itself, which lasted more than two hours, contained passionate and sometimes painful disclosures on both sides of the argument. outside of these walls we are being heard as lacking in love. its purpose was not to please everyone, but rather to give a steer to the way we order our lives as god's people. please do not vote for this measure, we deserve better. your lgbt sisters and brothers deserve better, both here in the church and in the country. all sexual expression outside the lifelong and permanent union of one man and one woman is sinful. lesbian and gay christians who held an all day vigil outside church house broke into song as news of the results filtered through. i think what we've seen is a breakthrough of understanding of love and people coming together, really understanding the lgbt community. just before the debate, archbishopjustin welby held a priv

of the clergy and citizens of the great state. thank you for the privilege of inviting me into the people's house. let me offer congratulations to those who have been reflected into leadership position. i want to congratulate new members. i look forward to work withiing all of you. we have lost dear friends who have served in this house. our hearts are heavy as we continue to mourn their passing. let's pray for the safe return. -- thank you to nancy wine man. [ applause ] finally, i have to find her -- thanks for my wife, son, and other two sons for their love and support. great to have katy down here. thank you. [ applause ] the connecticut general assembly met in special section. in support of our state's economy and workforce. i signed in protected 8,000 jobs at the aircraft. [ applause ] equally important -- across every corner of our great state. it nearlily doubled their spending to almost $700 million per year over the next decade and beyond. i want to thank all of you for that all of you who participated in that special section. in recent years we have secured similar investments. taken to

of the clergy and all the citizens of our great state. thank you for the privilege of inviting me into the people's house. let me offer my sincere congratulations to those of you taking on new and important leadership roles, as well as those who have been re-elected into leadership positions. i also want to congratulate the new members sworn in today. i look forward to working with all of you. let me note, since we were last year together, we have lost some dear friends, including mary fritz and betty bokis, both of whom served in this house. our hearts are heavy as we continue to mourn their passing. as always, let us thank connecticut's brave men and women serving around the globe and pray for their safe return. thank you as well to my dear friend and the best lieutenant governor in the country, nancy wineman. [ applause ] finally, i have to find her -- thanks to my wife kathy, my son daniel and my two other sons, for their love and support. great to have kathy and daniel here, thank you. [ applause ] the connecticut general assembly met in special session. you met to take historic action in support of