the leader of the house and summed up the leader of the house and summed up the move. —— mood. this has been a difficult week for parliamenthas been even harder for those who have come forward to report their experiences of inappropriate behaviour, harassment or abuse. their experiences are why we need to change. as i said on monday it is a right, not a privilege, to work in a safe and respectful environment. the prime minister has written to all party leaders, and i am pleased to say they have all agreed to meet to discuss a common, transparent and independent grievance procedure. now, plans to cut membership of the house of lords by a quarter were unveiled this week. the lord speaker commissioned the report amid concern over the increasing size of the upper chamber. there are currently 799 eligible members of the house, making the lords chamber second only in size to china's. it recommends a two—out, one—in system, so only half the peers leaving over the next decade or so would be replaced. new peers would serve only 15—year terms, and existing peers might be asked to leave to keep numbers down. the electoral reform soci

six paintings from claude monet's houses of parliament series, the largest number on show together ino escape conscription in france. decades later, he spent three winters by the thames, working on dozens of canvases. the palace of westminster was seen as being gigantic. it was commented on the fact that the victoria tower was the tallest in europe and is the one that monet represented in this picture. he didn't paint big ben at all. and there was a fascination for the houses of parliament as a symbol of the british empire, and as a symbol of wealth at a time when france really in difficulty. and what drew him to westminster was the weather. he would come to the houses of parliament in winter and make sure there was fog because he was not in london otherwise. and he always walked from the savoy where he stayed, at about 4pm, so that he could catch the sunset, and have this backlit effect on the houses of parliament. and through that effect, the sun refracting through the fog, he managed to achieve these extraordinary pictures. and impressionists in london is at tate britain until apri

well as you said it will go in front of the federation council which is the upper house of parliamentnd then it will have to be signed by putin as well now what this law means is it's an actually in addition to an existing media law and what it means is that all media outlets that are registered abroad or that are funded from abroad could have to register as foreign agents and now in practice what that means is that the ministry of justice here in russia will decide which outlets could become foreign agents and those media outlets will have to go through additional audits still they'll have a further bureaucratic burden and they'll also have to label all their content with a label for an agent so it's not clear how that will affect the work of media outlets it might mean more restrictions on who you could talk to where you can film and so on so it could it could make the work of media outlets labeled as such harder of course i mean it could be a lot harder to get interviews if you if people have to label themselves as a foreign agent the deputy speaker of the duma spoke with v.w. abou

trying to report a story in a foreign country and that may help to explain what russia's lower house of parliament did today the duma unanimously passed legislation that would force some international media outlets to register as foreign agents of the movie is seen as a retaliatory step against the united states washington recently demanded that a criminal funded station register with the u.s. department of justice and as you guessed it a foreign agent the legislation has now received the backing of russia's upper house of parliament and president vladimir putin but is expected to have no problem and be signed into law all i want to bring in our correspondent in moscow now emily sherwin emily good evening to use the legislation has now passed the duma can you explain the next steps for looking at. well as you said it will go in front of the federation council which is the upper house of parliament and then it will have to be signed by putin as well now what this log means is it's an actually an addition to an existing media law and what it means is that all media outlets that are registered abroad

trying to report a story in a foreign country and that may help to explain what russia's lower house of parliament did today the duma unanimously passed legislation that would force some international media outlets to register as foreign agents of the movie is seen as a retaliatory step against the united states washington recently demanded that a criminal and funded station register with the u.s. department of justice and as you guessed it a foreign agent the legislation is now received the backing of russia's upper house of parliament and president vladimir putin but is expected to have no problem and be signed into law i want to bring in our correspondent in moscow now emily sure when emily good evening to use the legislation has now passed the duma can you explain the next steps for looking at. well as you said it will go in front of the federation council which is the upper house of parliament and then it will have to be signed by putin as well now what this law means is it's an actually in addition to an existing media law and what it means is that all media outlets that are registered abroa

third reading this afternoon and then it will go to the federation council which is the opera house of parliament and then it will have to be signed into law by president putin now what this law means or what it is it is an addition to the existing media law and what it means is that media outlets that are registered abroad or that receive foreign funding can be. named as foreign agents and what that means in practice for those media outlets who are named by in this case the ministry of justice the ministry of justice will be deciding is that they face much higher bureaucratic burden they'll have to be subjected to frequent audits and they also will have to label their content with the label for an agent so that could mean restrictions on where they can film where where permits are given and who they can talk to so it could make the work of those media outlets much harder as you mentioned the russian president vladimir putin still has to sign off on this he still has a number of steps to go through he supports the idea let's give a listen to what he had to say. on the street talking media in the

philip hammond there, on his way to where we are standing at the houses of parliament, to deliver hist short journey to the houses as we follow the chancellor's car on that shortjourney to the houses of parliament. noisy here as always on budget day. security helicopters ahead but the chancellor on his way to the palace of westminster. we will have prime ministers questions and then he will stand up in the commons. a few lines urging from downing street this morning telling us downing street this morning telling us the budget will adopt a balanced approach, continuing public investment into health while investing in the nhs and public services and tackling what they described as the chronic shortage of housing. a few pointers perhaps to what we might hear from housing. a few pointers perhaps to what we might hearfrom philip hammond in the next couple of hours. full analysis here on bbc news. autumn budget for over 20 years. as we head towards life outside the european union, can spreadsheet phil move beyond the numbers and tell us about the shape of things to come? good morning, live

city's river the thames held a special fascination with its pollution grittiness and fogs the houses of parliament had just been completed with what was then europe's tallest building a powerful symbol of the british empire the houses of parliament along the river thames became an obsession for monet at one point he was working on a hundred different calluses at the same time trying to perfect the light the mist and the fog that enveloped london and for the artist became his impression of the city jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. quick look at stories making headlines now a spanish judge's order. to be remanded in custody pending an investigation of potential trial of the catalonians independence push spain's state prosecutor has also requested a european arrest warrant for ousted leader card is pushed him on to and for others . to show up at spain's high court on ickes ations of the balance addition a misuse of public funds under abdel-hamid in brazil as in madrid. does put. the political leadership in disarray if all these people that the people are going to jail for the next few weeks they wi

city's river the thames held a special fascination with its pollution grittiness and fogs the houses of parliament had just been completed with what was then europe's tallest building a powerful symbol of the british empire the houses of parliament along the river thames became an obsession for monet at one point he was working on a hundred different calluses at the same time trying to perfect the light the mist and the fog that enveloped london and for the artist became his impression of the city jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. with. the cells as it is on the top stories. syrian state television says the army and its allied forces have pushed to isolate of the eastern city of the dead as of last remaining syrian stronghold and the capital of an oil which province bordering iraq. is tracking those developments from gaza and top on the turkey syria border. today earlier in the day there was some fierce fighting today. where i saw defense lines hold for quite some time until they were broken by shelling now those areas have been told by the syrian army backed by different militias and they say. c

city's river the thames held a special fascination with its pollution grittiness and fogs the houses of parliament had just been completed with what was then europe's tallest building a powerful symbol of the british empire. the houses of parliament along the river thames. at one point he was working on a hundred different at the same time trying to perfect the light in the fog that enveloped london and for the artist became his impression of the city jessica baldwin. all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen the address. that's out is there a. quick recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera an arrest warrant for the ousted leader of catalonia is expected to be issued on friday. lawyer says the move has already been approved in madrid but there's been no official word from the spanish capital whose demand is currently in belgium and as peaceful resistance from cattle and. we can expect a long and. the fury in which the spanish state has attacked a beautiful european nation is outrageous and is threatening us all but we cannot fail we must fight it. as catalans have always

urgent work is needed to renovate the houses of parliament according to officials. to film the state of the building and the work that needs to be done. one option being considered by mps and peers is to move out of the building completely while the work is done; i think there is a danger that if you move out of the palace, many of our traditions which are there to support democracy, notjust because people like tradition. they keep us going as the oldest functioning democracy in a major company —— country in europe. 0nce democracy in a major company —— country in europe. once we are row, who knows what will happen. we may return to a completely different scenario. and you can see more on that story in a special programme tonight, when we'll be broadcasting live from the houses of parliament at 6.30. there's been a call for a review of safety guidelines — following a report into the sinking of a work boat after a collision with a catamaran on the thames last year. two men, who were not wearing life jackets, needed to be rescued from the river following the crash with

urgent work is needed to renovate the houses of parliament. z lateef has been given rare access to have a look at the scale of the problem. now, it down here below ground in the basement where the major problems are. andy, you're the chief engineer. tell us, what is going on down here? well, down here is where all the engineering services start. we've got ageing systems, and we've got things like gas alongside steam, alongside high—voltage electricity — you know, these are just things that you wouldn't have, and you wouldn't want to have. we make our way through what feels like never—ending corridors of cabling and pipes, so intertwined that for decades it's been a case of patch and mend. this is the engine room, if you like — it looks like a bit of a mess. it is a mess, and it all needs to be replaced, and it is of an age where it's all starting to fail, and this is all part of the fire risk that we've really got with the palace at the moment. hi, there — it's andy piper. we're about to go in the sewage plant room below speaker's green. so jus

be moving towards an improvement process which would require a two thirds majority in both houses of parliamentause of the scale of the support to his former party, if the process does push through, it would suggest his tenure is coming to an end but he does seem to be remarkably belike don't leave office. he is clinging on as it were but notjust him who is being removed, his wife grace mugabe and other supporters of him and her. indeed, that seems to be the crystallisation of the crisis, the crystallisation of the crisis, the fact that he was seemingly intent on securing her the candidacy to ta ke intent on securing her the candidacy to take over from intent on securing her the candidacy to take overfrom him. leaving aside a long—standing ally of his, and it is really sort of lead to this criticism from the army and really forced their hand, as they did last week, in order to facilitate the crisis and ultimately one would expect for set from office as i say it is very much the case that he wa nts it is very much the case that he wants his wife to succeed him and she is not particularly well li

with the dup being a part of the conservative government's wafer thin sort of seating in the houses of parliamentt is very difficult for theresa may to navigate this. of parliament — it is very difficult for theresa may to navigate thism will be extremely difficult and interesting. i think they have ten days, well, that is the deadline they have set. yes, that is right. the next european union summit taking place. absolutely, so it is very sensitive, it will be very difficult and there is no clear solution. what is your expectation that we will get some kind of progress within ten days on the issue of trade? and the issue of northern ireland ? issue of trade? and the issue of northern ireland? you would think so. northern ireland? you would think so. i mean, it is very important, you know. thinking, it will sort itself out in the end. that is not good enough for the uk. you have to get somewhere. let's move on, talking of strategy, negotiation, and lack of headway, it would seem. we had more discussions going on in germany, of course, this time last week, talking about the collapse of coalition t

being operated with some other stories making news around the world lawmakers in russia's lower house of parliament have passed measures that would force some international media companies to register as foreign agents the move comes after u.s. pressure on russia's state funded r t channel to do the same american intelligence as alleged r.t. was used to meddle in the two thousand and sixteen election russia denies these allegations. iran's state media has said the death toll from sunday's earthquake on the country's border with iraq has exceeded five hundred and thirty it was iran's deadliest quake in more than a decade more than thirty thousand homes were damaged and survivors say it has been slow to reach them. four people have been killed and nearly a dozen injured in a shooting at an elementary school in northern california a gunman carrying a semi automatic weapon and two handguns opened fire at multiple locations before he was slain by police two children are among those wounded turning out to australia where more than sixty percent of the people have given their support to same sex marriage

the upper house of the australian parliament has approved a draft law paving the way for the legalisationed by the lower house of parliament after australians voted overwhelmingly in favour of the measure in a nationwide postal survey. a large international study suggests that people who remain single into old age are a0% more likely to develop some form of dementia. researchers from university college london also found that those whose partners had died had a 20% greater risk. we are asking you to your comments on that story. to get in touch. let us move on on that story. to get in touch. let us move on and discuss the latest in regards to brexit. downing street insists negotiations on the uk's so—called brexit "divorce bill" are ongoing following reports a significantly bigger offer has been made to the eu. the bbc understands the government is now prepared to pay up to 55 billion euros in an attempt to facilitate talks on a future trade deal. tom stevensonjoins me now. he's the investment director at fidelity international. what do you make of these reports? many are saying a divorce b

the law is expected to be passed by the lower house of parliament in coming weeks. vour of the measure in a nationwide postal survey. here is something surprising — space is filling up with junk. old bits of rocket, fragments of spacecrafts, even old satellites, are all up there, and the amount of rubbish just keeps growing. now, a british team is hoping to solve the problem, with a spacecraft that could grab some of the space junk and bring it back to earth. our science correspondent rebecca morelle explains. trois, deux, un — lift—off. blasting off. for decades, we've been launching into space. but what goes up rarely comes down, and space has become crowded with junk. the remove debris spacecraft could be the answer, the world's first attempt to test how we can clean up celestial clutter. it will see if it is possible to snare a satellite in a net, and review how effective a harpoon is. it will then bring everything back down, burning up as it enters the earth's atmosphere. it has been assembled in surrey, and has cost £15 million. this is the last chance to see i

a lot of members in both houses of parliament will try and see it down. guardian front page is that for the rebels are not convinced by the brexit u—turn, if it has been one. it depends on what rebels you are talking about. if you talk about the remainer rebels, there's another way to look at this vote. those who don't want brexit to happen could do the ultimate suicide vote, vote it down and call a general election, a vote of no—confidence. is basically destroying their own government. there is a possibility of that. that's interesting because how many people would vote to break down the deal but then vote to have confidence in the government because jeremy corbyn is worse? secondly i think it is prime territory, which would be good for the government, for at last some centre—left people to say actually we aren't corbyn, we are an alternative to your moderate centrist person. the daily express, i know this is music to your ears. booming britain's economy. i'm grateful that you are highlighting this because what really annoys me is when news coverage of a

us corporates, they should have changed those treaties whilst they had the majority in the houses of parliament developing countries worried about capital flight, money finding its way into tax havens. don't you even have a pang about that? i don't know what the expression tax haven means. nor do you. tax shelter. you are talking about offshore financial centres. they have transparency to the highest standards. infinitely higher than what exists in the us. speaks volumes about the complacency. thank you very much. 0nto other stories now. after a weekend of more allegations of sexual misconduct, conservative, labour and snp — the latter led to the resignation of scotland's children's minister — the tally of investigations reads like this: ten mps are facing questions, one cabinet minister has resigned and another is the subject of a cabinet office inquiry. theresa may met other westminster leaders today to discuss the scandal and afterwards announced a new grievance procedure for parliamentary staff. it was also a very eventful day for the government. i'm joined by chris cook. a lot has been goi

it is also crucial for everyone working in this parliament, be they working for a member of parliament or the househorities or a journalist working in this parliament that there are proper processes in this parliament for people to be able to report misconduct and for that to be dealt with and i think that is very important and i am gratefulfor him for saying that he will meet with me and i hope other political party leaders, i see the leader of the snp is nodding his head at this point, will look at this issue. can i associate myself with the remarks made by the prime minister when she spoke about zero tolerance for these sexual harassment allegations. i would like to work with the government to make sure we have a system that we can be proud of to protect all members of the houses of parliament. it's long been rumoured that the party whips who enforce discipline keep a note of mps' misdemeanours to use as leverage against individuals. one labour mp accused the prime minister of ignoring concerns about that. i would like to thank the prime ministerfor her opening words about the role of the revela

it is expected to be passed by the lower house of parliament in coming weeks.nwide postal survey. we are starting to get details of the upcoming royal wedding of prince harry and the american actress meghan markle. kensington palace announced they will marry in may at windsor castle. ms markle will be confirmed into the church of england before the service.

city's river the thames held a special fascination with its pollution grittiness and fogs the houses of parliament had just been completed with what was then europe's tallest building a powerful symbol of the british empire the houses of parliament along the river thames became an obsession for monet at one point he was working on a hundred different calluses at the same time trying to perfect the life the mist and the fog that enveloped london and for the artist became his impression of the city jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. and that's all for me on this news hour thanks for your time trying to end this up on the other side of the break there. the sam's in archaeology graduate from iraq he's also a part time going to billings pergamon museum which includes a reconstruction of the famous ishtar gate in babylon most of the people he's showing around came to germany as refugees this is just one of several billion museums taking part in the project called a meeting point and as well as bringing people together one of its aims is to emphasize the contribution of migrants right up to the present d

city's river the thames held a special fascination with its pollution grittiness and fogg's the houses of parliament had just been completed with what was then europe's tallest building a powerful symbol of the british empire the houses of parliament along the river thames became an obsession for monet at one point he was working on a hundred different calluses at the same time trying to perfect the light the mist and the fog that enveloped london and for the artist became his ensuring impression of the city jessica baldwin al-jazeera london everybody's with darren in a short while the al-jazeera news out with the whole robin until next. oh is it when they're on line we were in hurricane winds for almost like thirty six hours these are the things that has to address or if you join us on set a member of the ku klux klan we struck up a relationship base is a dialogue tweet us with hostile intent stream and one of their pitches might make an actual join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera november on al-jazeera. in a historic visit the pope will travel to me and my bangladeshi bringing m

city's river the thames held a special fascination with its pollution grittiness and fogs the houses of parliament had just been completed with what was then europe's tallest building a powerful symbol of the british empire the houses of parliament along the river thames became an obsession for monet at one point he was working on a hundred different calluses at the same time trying to perfect the light the mist and the fog that enveloped london and for the artist became his ensuring impression of the city jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. here's the tale of a have made a break for freedom at an israeli before apparently changing her mind security camera footage shows the female hippo heading out of the gate while the security guard looks on helplessly and after a brief taste of freedom she turns around and heads. this is the same. in two thousand and fourteen. asleep. on everything we're covering right yeah. video on demand. life there as well. but i'll be back in a moment with much more the day's. with us. the sky what they should be no borders up here. only horizons. as an airline we don't bel

city's river the thames held a special fascination with its pollution grittiness and fogs the houses of parliament had just been completed with what was then europe's tallest building a powerful symbol of the british empire the houses of parliament along the river thames became an obsession for monet at one point he was working on a hundred different calluses at the same time trying to perfect the light the mist and the fog that enveloped london and for the artist became his ensuring impression of the city jessica baldwin al-jazeera london now it's time for support his. lord thank you very much will he says may assess the city will celebrate the astros first ever and will be a championship title with a parade on friday they comprehensively outplayed the l.a. dodgers in game seven of the world series and he's home and reports. this is the stage that all high school players and fans three miles away in a title contest up to six really games of the world series game for. the houston astros were away from harm and that might have given them the upper hand in dealing with the pressure and a two run har

just turned eight o'clock here in moscow our top story this hour lawmakers in russia's lower house of parliament voted in favor of forcing media outlets which are funded from abroad to register as foreign agents it is in response to similar pressure placed on r.t. america in the united states with the details his. first of all we wouldn't be hearing this news from the russian parliament if it wasn't for the american department of justice which forced r.t. america to register as a foreign agent in the u.s. the russian government promised to fight back and we can see that it's happening but to make similar demands for foreign media in this country to register as foreign agents russia is all legislation required amendments and they have just been a. approved by the russian duma and now the draft bill will be moved on to the upper chamber of the russian parliament for a final vote the amendment has it that a media outlet may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia if it receives money from foreign countries i.e. their governments international organizations or foreign organizations for a

the houses of parliament thank you very much for that bonnie. bring in our social media producer and what's a conversation online i imagine a lot of people talking about this store and with stories like this i usually go to an advance search feature on twitter plug it into local trends but if you happen to go on and you search for palestine you end up having a bit of an issue even if you type in the occupied west bank on twitter's regional trends it still doesn't appear this is despite the fact that nearly three quarters of countries worldwide now recognize the state of palestine so in israel at least however twitter is defining it several of the top trending conversations today revolve around the balfour declaration now many people are still talking about prime minister may's decision to mark this and ten or a with pride as she told parliament last week mohammed here has one post saying that. and he really captures the sentiment of a lot of posts that i've seen today that while you are celebrating with pride many people are still feeling pain no

resume tomorrow and disgust that impeachment, which would need a two thirds majority in both houses of parliamentt could take weeks to carry out that process and oust mr mugabe as president if there is that two thirds road. i've been speaking to one member of parliament from the opposition mdc and he said it is time mr mugabe left office. iam angry i am angry mr mugabe is still president when he lost in several yea rs president when he lost in several years so he has no business at statehouse. we gather there will be an impeachment process if he doesn't resign in the next few hours. how long would that take to impeach him? it depends, it could take a few days ora it depends, it could take a few days or a few months, but the beauty is that it or a few months, but the beauty is thatitis or a few months, but the beauty is that it is a process provided for in the constitution. i think it is now the constitution. i think it is now the only hope for the country that the only hope for the country that the president is removed in terms of that section of the constitution. we saw thousands of people demon

make sure we can have a system that we can be proud of that will protect all members of the house of parliament. can i also pass on my condolences to the family and friends of frank dodd for his untimely death. can the prime minister tell the house how much a working single parent can expect to lose because of the roll out of universal credit? >> can i first of all say to the honorable gentleman that i'm grateful for him for agreeing that he wants to work across the house on this important issue. he referred to sexual misconduct. i think that is important is that any processes that are put in place don't just look at sexual misconduct, but look at issues like bullying as well because i think that is also important. he's raised universal credit with me before. he knows the reason we've brought into place universal credit is that when people are in the workplace they are able to keep more of the money that they earn. i believe that's an important principle. it underpins what we're doing. >> mr. speaker, the reality is that working single parents could lose an average of 1350 pounds per year becau

city's river the thames held a special fascination with its pollution grittiness and fogs the houses of parliament had just been completed with what was then europe's tallest building a powerful symbol of the british empire the houses of parliament along the river thames became an obsession for monet at one point he was working on a hundred different calluses at the same time trying to perfect the light the mist and the fog that enveloped london and for the artist became his ensuring impression of the city jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. still ahead on al-jazeera it's been sixty year since a russian stray dog became the first living being to venture into albert space. and find out what has caught this all for in india so angry peter will have that story in support. and you're out of your sport now appear michel thank you so much french footballer patrice evra has been banned for at least one match after kicking a supporter in the head you a for have open disciplinary proceedings against him in the suspension could well be increased the incident happened before massa's europa league game against

russia's lower house of parliament backed the measure, which was drawn up after washington ordered theer as a foreign agent. astronomers say they've discovered a planet about the size of earth, with a mild climate which could harbour life. called ross 128b, it's a mere 11 light years away. researchers believe the planet's temperature could range from —60 to 20 celsius, making it a promising place to search for life beyond earth. are they out there? life, is it out there, that is what i mean. a 500—year—old painting of christ by leonardo da vinci has been sold in new york for a record price of $400 million. after eighteen minutes of frenzied bidding, this was the moment the hammer went down on the artwork, which is known as salvator mundi, or saviour of the world. we moved to the alarm of da vinci, the salvator mundi... we moved to the alarm of da vinci, the salvator mundi. .. christie suggested that salvator mundi would sell for about £76 million. they knew that was likely to be exceeded co nsta ntly. knew that was likely to be exceeded constantly. nobody could get how come the way. da

russian officials say a new laws which will categorise overseas media —— russia's lower house of parliamentasure, which was drawn up after washington ordered the russian state tv channel, rt, to register as a foreign agent. astronomers say they have discovered a planet about the size of earth, with a mild climate which could harbour life. called ross 128b, it's just eleven light years away. researchers believe the planet's temperature could range from —60 to 20 celsius, making it a promising place to search for life beyond earth. 50,000 children under the age of five are expected to die in yemen this year. that is according to the charity save the children. the crisis began in 2015 when houthi rebels believed to be backed by iran ousted the president and took control of parts of the country. a coalition led by saudi arabia began a campaign of air strikes in an attempt to restore the government. clive myrie has been to the front line city of taiz, where fierce fighting continues. it shouldn't be like this — children fed through plastic tubes, not because of nature, but because of man. nuwara

another look at some other stories making news around the world lawmakers in russia's lower house of parliament have passed measures that would force some international media companies to register as foreign agents the move comes after u.s. pressure on russia state funded r.t. channel to do the same american intelligence has alleged r t was used to meddle in the two thousand and sixteen election and allegation that russia denies. iran steve media has said the death toll from sunday's earthquake on the country's border with iraq has exceeded five hundred and thirty it was iran's deadliest quake in more than a decade more than thirty thousand homes were damaged and survivors say it has now been slow to reach them. chancellor angela merkel and other european leaders are expected today to reinvigorate talks aimed at implementing the paris climate accord those negotiations are underway in the german city of bonn protests in the city have tried to put pressure on delegates from more than one hundred ninety countries to do more to curb climate change. us secretary of state rex tillerson has called for

introduce new measures protecting women, while in italy hundreds were invited to the lower house of parliament women on the streets of istanbul in a show of solidarity. this demonstration was initially barred by turkish police. the women openly denouncing the government's gender policies, saying they will remain on the streets for as long as they can. around the world, anti—violence campaigners were making their voices heard. with marches on the streets of paris... in lisbon, to remember the a70 women who've died as a result of domestic violence in portugal since 2003. and in italian parliament, a historicalfirst, 1,300 female victims given the floor to speak uncensored. among them, serafina strano, a doctor attacked and raped by a patient. translation: i managed to present myself here today because i'm alive. i want to underland that i did not and do not feel ashamed about what happened to me. while i was being attacked, i thought about all women who suffer violence in italy and the world. her courage and that of many others welcomed by the speaker of the house. translation: it's no longer th

s upper house of parliament and the former leader of the liberal democrats party he told attendees that the international community must take punitive measures against saudi arabia to prevent its leadership from further destabilizing the region britain support and saudi arabia's actions in the enemy. is as foolish as it is reprehensible. it is very clear that war crimes have been committed in the conflict in yemen both in relation to india's going to use attacks on civilians and by using aid and starvation as a weapon of war britain's silence on these matters is the murderous and shame the saudi led war in yemen has gone on for two years now it was launched by crown prince mohammed bin. in that time thousands have been killed and millions displaced on top of that mohamed bin sandman has pursued other aggressive policies including a recent crackdown inside the kingdom which saw hundreds of people arrested among them senior members of the royal family and some of saudi arabia's richest businessman britain has very strong ties with the saudi government hundreds of millions of dollars worth

make sure that we can have a system we can be proud of that will protect all members of the house of parliament. can also pass of my condolenceo the family and friends of frank for his untimely and sad death this week? mr. speaker, can the prime minister tell the house how much a working single parent can expect to lose because of the rollout of universal credits? >> can't i first of all say to the honorable gentleman that i'm grateful to them for agreeing he wants to work across the house on the important issue. if i may just say, he referred to sexual misconduct. i think what is important is actually that any process put in place don't just look at sexual misconduct a look at issues like bullying as well. i think that is also important. he's raised the role of universal credit with me before, as he knows the reason why we fought to put in place universal grid is to ensure that when people come the people are encouraged into the workplace and whether in the workplace they are able to keep more of the money that they are. i believe that's important and it's what we're doing and we will continue

that she's going to be able to do that or extraordinary stuff isn't made barkha outside the houses of parliament in london thank you. leah i mentioned the multi media circus and i say that because you have the usual helicopters in the sky watching the car pretty patel's car on the ground but before that it's right well it's been a fun one to follow literally along with about twenty two thousand other people that we're following pretty patel's flight from nairobi to london they were using flight tracker to do so you could do it here people tweeting about it along the way that's an eight hour flight people were commenting about it like i said the whole time watching it play out really like a movie it went on so long that people started using the hash tag has pretty landed yet one person saying it's not often u.k. politics are more entertaining than kenyan politics but here we are one u.k. tabloids headline reads it's pretty shambolic the prime minister forced to sack second cabinet member in a week her name was also trending in israel with many thanking her for trying to get more funding for the m