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lords and parliament as a whole had a proper say, in his opinion, lords and parliament as a whole hadrsay, in his opinion, in lords and parliament as a whole had a proper say, in his opinion, in the detail of the final brexit deal. so lord heseltine. news coming in in the couple of minutes. he has been sacked as government adviser after voting against article 50. tomorrow, the chancellor, philip hammond, will deliver the first budget since last year's referendum. there are growing calls for him to allocate more money to social care in england, and to help firms cope with business rate rises. the efforts to balance the government's books are far from over, and, as our economics editor kamal ahmed explains, the age of austerity is likely to be with us for some years to come. bridges over the tyne, on one side gateshead the other newcastle, the front line in the battle to fix the economy since the financial crisis, cuts have bitten here. one example, local parks are now paid for out of the health budget after a 90% fall in funding. the economy locally has grown, but below the national av

incidentally meet the lords was not the first lords experience of this sort of thing. 0ver my career,in three different documentary series. so we have been looked at before. and indeed we were ahead of the commons by four years on allowing all our proceedings to be televised. i am clear, we ought to allow this sort of thing. absolutely. all the proceedings should be televised and available as they all are now. it is a fair question on warts and all. some of the warts may be, for example, staff, who i don't want to see exposed on television. that is not what theyjoined for. you have to be protective. in terms of documentaries, absolutely. and indeed we are in the middle now of a further documentary series on the elizabeth tower, known to many as big ben, which is being restored and rehabilitated. channel 4 will be doing a three—part programme on this and they will come out in the course of the year, showing about the clock tower and about the work that's done on it. it is being done with public money in the name of the public. why not let them see that? thanks very much forjoining us o

now the lords is more party political balance.ir and brown governments faced confrontation with the lords of anti—terrorism measures and things like that all the time. and the need to respond to defeat and to negotiate and sometimes back down was well understood on the labour side and fairly familiar. for conservatives this is quite new. so the coming together of those two things makes it feel very important to the government but in some respects it is actually fairly routine and i think, as i have said, the lords will probably be back down, so it is not going to be one of those historic confrontations. and that key question is, to backbenchers wanted back down meg russell. it was a special parliamentary day on wednesday. philip hammond presented his first budget. and, curiously, it was also his last budget, at least his last one in the spring. from now on, the annual budget reverts to the autumn. the chancellor hoped new money for social care in england would be the good news story to grab the headlines but things didn't go accor

lord bridges.this has does not insist on the amendment to which the other posters agreed. to clarify the vote that you saw a reference to, not co nte nt vote that you saw a reference to, not content were the predominant result in that result announced by lord fowler which means that has come down on the side of the government. if that were the higher figure, which it was, it has come down on the side of the government, which tends to fit in with the pattern that was predicted by those at westminster this evening, that as at westminster this evening, that as a result of what the house of commons decided to do with those two amendments earlier, that the house of lords, having initially decided to put those amendments back to the house of commons, will no longer pursue that issue in the same way. that would appear to be the case on the basis of what you have seen in the basis of what you have seen in the last few moments. now let's bring you up—to—date with the sport. his tim. it's the fourth and fina

throwing out the lords amendment, that change made by the house of lords which now means that again, brexit bill has gone through the commons unchanged. so what happens now? immediately go straight up the corridor to the house of lords where they will now look at those again. they will discuss it again for a couple of hours and aside whether they would dig their heels in. or whether they are going to back down and let the elected chamber get its way. there is a very similar majority in both cases. way. there is a very similar majority in both caseslj way. there is a very similar majority in both cases. i had expected a bigger tory rebellion. that is the one they were exercised about, tory mps had taken on board and believed theresa may‘s commitment, on eu citizens. they we re commitment, on eu citizens. they were much more worried about this issue of the final vote. we know on the first vote there were two conservative mps who voted against their government. i think the interesting thing about both of them is that they are both in seats which the liberal democrats used to hold, there

lord describes.district, there are other areas, bath, the cotswolds, oxford, cambridge and so on and that is undoubtedly the case, my lords. you're watching our round—up of the day in the commons and the lords. still to come... more tributes are paid to sir gerald kaufman, the veteran labour mp whose death was announced last weekend. the week brought gloomy industrial news from south wales. doubts were raised over the future of 1,100 workers at the ford engine plant in bridgend. ford revealed changes to its planned investment in its new dragon engine. the unite union said it would use "all its might" to fight for the future of bridgend's nearly 2,000 workers. the town's mp spoke about the uncertain situation during the annual commons debate on welsh affairs. tariffs are absolutely essential for ford. the vital nature of making sure there is free tariff access into europe is critical. she will know that the impact of the ford factory and the prospect of losing 1100 jobs there would have an impact righ

we are heading straight back to the lords. my lords, the votes content 386, not content is 268.ontent is have it. giving the news that the government has been defeated in the lords by quite a substantial margin, 366 two 268. this was expected. a resounding defeat for the government, but having said that it will go back to the commons and they will go back to the commons and they will change it. this is a similar debate and a similar scale over the rights of eu citizens. a huge debate for the government, as you say, what happens now is that the lords carry on and have the third reading, the final stage of the bill for them and thenit final stage of the bill for them and then it is passed over to the house of commons probably sometime next week. they to consider the changes that the lords have made. theresa may believes this bill should go through unchanged and she says that downing street believe it is a brief bill which does one thing, trigger article 50 which gets the brexit negotiations going on. they do not see it there should be anything else written but the lords see it dif

, lord newby. government made it clear from the start that it wouldn't listen to anybody, and we are going to have another go, we think they are completely and utterly wrong, and we intend to press that argument to the last. labour have said the house of commons has broken, there is no point in pursuing it when there is no chance of victory. the government is causing major anguish to people in terms of eu citizens in the uk, and we think that they need to be forced to think to the last minute about whether they really want to impose that on people. we are being inundated people in touch with us saying that their lives have been made a misery, and in all conscience we cannotjust made a misery, and in all conscience we cannot just sit made a misery, and in all conscience we cannotjust sit by and made a misery, and in all conscience we cannot just sit by and wave that through. what about this idea of a meaningful vote? david davis has given assurances that parliament will be fully involved, why don't

now the lords is more party political balance. and brown governments faced confrontation with the lords of anti—terrorism measures and things like that all the time. and the need to respond to defeat and to negotiate and sometimes back down was well understood on the labour side and fairly familiar. for conservatives this is quite new. so the coming together of those two things makes it feel very important to the government but in some respects it is actually fairly routine and i think, as i have said, the lords will probably be back down, so it is not going to be one of those historic confrontations. and that key question is, to backbenchers wanted back down on this, or do backbenchers privately support what the lords is asking for? meg russell. it was a special parliamentary day on wednesday. philip hammond presented his first budget. and, curiously, it was also his last budget, at least his last one in the spring. from now on, the annual budget reverts to the autumn. the chancellor hoped new money for social care in england wou

in the lords, lord henley responded to criticism about the way the new benefit had been managed.of the problems with the new benefit. in 2013 the government introduced a rule that when you first claim benefit you're not entitled to any money for the first seven days. the problem is when universal credit came in because it is paid monthly in arrears it means you get no money at all for six weeks. and although that doesn't sound very long, the typical family in social housing has only got £200 in savings and some people are in debt. social landlords are now saying tenants are getting big arrears, they're seeing people turning to payday lenders, and even to loan sharks, even the noble lord, lord freud, recently told the work and pensions select committee that the seven—day waiting period should be dropped. there are safeguards in place and we introduced the universal credit advances for new claimants. claimants can apply for an advance immediately if they are in need and can received up to 50% of their ward soon afterwards. i go back to the original point, the important point is to

francine: thanks so much, lord lamont and lord falconer.ervice sector expanded in february and we had that data 30 minutes ago that may indicate economic growth will slow this quarter and you may see pound 12230. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: your turn, janet yellen. markets are expecting a speech and a margin rate hike. abandon, doescans that ask man the french position? snap charges on its trading debut. will they make a profit. good morning, everyone. tom keene is in new york. we have quite a bit today. we are looking to a lot of french speakers. we are looking at the markets. i am extremely interested in brexit. the we've got sterling on move. as the prime minister speaking yet. sterling is already on the move. they are on the back of a dominant service sector. of thekes a huge chunk economy expanding the least. investors are worried that growth may slow and theresa may will speak any moment. tom: i can't understand the language. karen is telling me she is not speaking. snap is remarkable. adam will join us from london. brian will join

my lords, this is a matter of principle.imple matter of principle of being prepared to do the right thing because it is the right thing and being prepared to say so and that is what i hope these benches and members on all sides of the house, not all members, but members on all sides of the house, including the bishop's bench, will be prepared to do when it comes to taking the vote. the reason why i cannot support these amendments is the fundamental flaw that lies at the heart of these amendments is that they will create more uncertainty in particular for the million british citizens living abroad. the noble lord said we should trust the british government. the home secretary's written a letter to all of us in which he says, i reassure my colleagues that parliament will have a clear say. this is the same home secretary who wanted companies to list every foreign worker. this is the same home department that has a minister who wants eu workers, for companies to pay £1000 per eu worker. how can we trust the home secretary? the l

thank you, lord chiefjustice. that the committee has given you the opportunity to set out your position. you have done so very clearly. i will do so with the whole of the history of this problem onjune 15th here in parliament. we shall look forward to that. i'm relieved to be able to say that the committee produced a report on the office and role of the lord chancellor a couple of years ago which takes more or less the same view, but not in such clear and robust terms as you were able to. i'm sorry, there's no point in mincing words. indeed not. why i feel so firm about this is that in the financial times article, the lord chancellor went on to say that, and i can see the force of her concern, that when the powers in the european court are repatriated the decisions of the courts will come under greater scrutiny. well, it really is absolutely essential that we have a lord chancellor who understands her constitutional duty. yes, thank you. i think we need to move on, however. before we leave controversy entirely...

number one is when it is in the house of lords, we have seen the house of lords this week bearing theirnt circles that if the commons could overturn those amendments bumble laud them —— from the lords, then the lords would throw in the towel and not want to be accused of thwarting the will of the people on brexit. there will be no such qualms on the great repeal bill, they think, and the second danger identified by ministers is that the scottish parliament may say that under the original devolution settlement that great repeal bill would need their consent. asi as i said, perhaps the prime minister najib you vulnerable on such a small majority. here's chris cook. a busy college green here in westminster is a sign that something is about to happen in parliament. tomorrow is budget day, which is a day when the government usually looks at its most imperious. the whole structure of the day really favours the people in power. it also comes as the conservative party's racking up enormous poll leads, consistently in double digits over the labour party. but might that mean that we are overstati

as the house of lords overstepped the mark?ten we have this process. the house of commons looks at something and then it comes to us. all we can do is ask them to think again. what i think is significant as the speeches we had from people that have been involved in negotiations, people that a senior lawyers from all parties, saying this is the right course of thing to do. not only morally but pragmatic. i would thing to do. not only morally but pragmatic. iwould hope thing to do. not only morally but pragmatic. i would hope that the house of commons looks at this seriously and we did rates. —— and read the debate, reconsider. the argument is that this does nothing to help the 900,000 british people living in other eu countries. by taking it off the table, it is no longer a priority for france or italy. i heard that's knocked down several times to really debate. to be honest, it's not what they are saying to us. so many eu national are saying that this is the writing today. it isn't the case. don't you think that the way to star

we are at lord's, but it's not a test match.on bbc news: it's a three match ban for zlatan ibrahimovic. the manchester united striker accepted a charge of violent conduct after elbowing bournemouth‘s tyrone mings in the head. as so—called islamic state fighters are gradually being driven out of their stronghold in iraq, the scale of their atrocities is being revealed against one ethnic group in particular. the yazidi people are ethnic kurds whom is have given two options: to convert or die. the un human rights commission has called it genocide. 5000 people so far are believed to have been killed. over 3000 mostly women and children are being held captive, many traded as sex slaves. thousands of men and boys are missing. some yazidis have managed to escape and seek sanctuary in germany. naomi grimley reports from one refuge hidden deep in a forest in the south west of the country. a secret location in south—west germany. 80 yazidi women and children now live in this safe house after being violently persecuted by so—called islamic

our look at the best of the day in the commons on the lords.is programme, another spanner in the works for ministers eu departures planned, peers vote for one more alteration to the government ‘s brexit bill. it ensures that parliament has the critical role in determining the future that we will bequeath to generations. i find it quite extraordinary that your lordship is spending hours here and basically what is an effective amendment. ministers are urged to reconsider the ending of their policy to give lone refugee children sanctuary in britain. they are pulled to our shore for safety. closing the scheme will not stop that pull factor. and labour criticises the ending of automatic entitlement to housing benefit for 18—21—year—olds. this will make significantly more young people forced to rough sleep in our country and will make them increasingly vulnerable. first, the brexit bill has cleared the house of lords but with two significant changes made by peers, the bill that starts britain's eu departure process must now return to the house of com

you can't be contemptuous about the lords and the functioning of the lords in seeking to improve, refinedify legislation. rarely the scene of minute by minute political thrillers, but today peers were eager to create a drama. is the government heading for a defeat on the brexit bill today? government heading for a defeat on the brexit bill today7|j government heading for a defeat on the brexit bill today? i sincerely hope so. this is the lord's doing theirjob, which is scrutiny. should theirjob, which is scrutiny. should the government brace itself for defeat on the brexit bill? no, of course not. we should do what the people said. the goal is to guarantee the rights of eu citizens and nearly 3 million others who have made their home here, she is worried she might have to leave after we leave the eu. as a european citizen living here i never thought about this happening so you don't take that into account and all of a sudden you are confronted with that and that is not your fault so you should be protected from the uncertainty around that so it would be good if the uk government can make

lord fowler.ent, receiving royal assent later in the week. but if you thought that meant sighs of relief all round in downing street, anothercloudhad goggedug, ! somewhat unexpectedly, on theresa may's horizon. while westminster was busy watching its own political manoeuvrings on monday, scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, announced that with the brexit button about to be pushed, she would be seeking a second independence referendum between the autumn of 2018 and spring 2019. the last referendum in 2014? a question we put to polling expert professorjohn curtice from the university of strathclyde. the honest answer to that question is no, in that for much of the period since september 2014, including most of the period up tojune 2016, of last year, on average, the polls said yes 47, no 53. that, in truth, is still the average in the opinion polls, but that said, what we do need to bear in mind il fi—iéf fhl £1535 fi—iéf fhl ifll lifiéi got in 2014 is much higher than we would have anticipate

they will be concerned, i did my best in the house of lords. i thought we had strong arguments, here on the face of the bill. equipment has been so stubborn about this, even when it is in their interest. so when they don't face the legal challenge further down the line, they have still been so do stubborn as to reject it. i would say to theresa may, i know the government has moved, has given assurances. but i think she has prime minister has to be very clear, speaking in the house of commons and she's making statements, i think she has to give those assurances to her eu citizens and also to british citizens living in europe. what about those who say including the liberal democrats that labour peers are caving in, you should just carry on the fight? they would say that. if i thought there was any chance of winning i would be floating tooth and nail, and the government increases its majority and has been so stubborn, it would be an empty gesture, it is an empty gesture for tory mps to say they are above the zenit sit on their hands. it would be a

he made it clear where he stood this afternoon in the lords.e's a europhile. he thinks the country shouldn't have voted to leave the european union, let alone proceed in the way that the government has done. but to sack him? as an advise orin the -- advisor in the department of communities and local government. he's not got a cabinetjob. he's become a bit a thorn in theresa may's side. they're obviouslyjust wanting to really slap him down and make a point that the lords might be tolerated on this occasion, but they better watch out, and everyone had better watch out, and everyone had better get in line. the commons better get in line. the commons better not play funny business when the bill comes back there. they better get on and pass it. also this isa better get on and pass it. also this is a message to the commons as well. i think, yeah. is a message to the commons as well. ithink, yeah. it's is a message to the commons as well. i think, yeah. it's the fact that he's a big beast. when he says something, we all write about it. that's really t

a lot of the speeches made in the lords... ifi of the speeches made in the lords...at is why it is useful to have a revising chamber, not trying to thwart the will of the people, they are saying to the elected house we think you should think again. these are mature, experienced people. lots of people. you, for example. what i'm saying, people who have lived, who have experience. who are going to bring their experience to this. very interesting that the government was defeated in this particular endeavour. we are talking about an amendment to try and guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk. on the point about the eu citizens: do they not need reassurance? wouldn't this give them reassurance? i would go further, and i will come to that. you did interrupted me, but...|j go further, and i will come to that. you did interrupted me, but... i am so you did interrupted me, but... i am so sorry, you did interrupted me, but... i am so sorry, digby. the house of lords is like a nonexecutive director of the country. it revises, advisors, kicks up a stink. it must not overr

my lord's i thank the noble baroness and noble lord, lord palmer, for their time and commitment to thethat the government intends to make client money protection mandatory in line with the recommendation of the review chaired by the noble baroness and noble lord palmer. this will ensure that every agent is offering the same level of protection giving tenants and landlords the financial protection that they deserve. the government, my lords, will protect on how manneder to client money protection should be implemented and enforced. that's taken the wind out of my sail! laughter will the noble lord, the minister, accept my thanks. the house will recall that we put into the housing bill the reserve power to do this, but at that point the government weren't quite convinced. we did the report along with the noble lord, lord palmer, we made the recommendation, only published yesterday. so today's news is really good for tenants and for landlords, because it means that if any letting agent goes bust or makes off, their money is safe. so i hope he will accept my thanks. my lords, i certainly w

my lords, does my noble friend realise that the appropriate reply to the noble lord kinnock lies in thel according to saint matthew? chapter six, verse 19. laughter. ask the bishop. yes. perhaps the right reverend prelate would like to comment? would the noble baroness, the minister not agree with me the best way of answering lord paddick‘s question is to ensure the government arranges with our european partners to deal with security issues first and foremost and separately from trade to make sure there is no moment when we fall off a security cliff? the noble lord is quite right in the sense that the prime minister put these aspects of negotiation right at the forefront. i have been in debates in the last few weeks talking about how that cooperation... we have been world leaders in those areas. it is so important as we go forward. but it is all part of the whole deal and that is bearing in mind the context in which we operate. with what the noble lord just said, would my noble friend agree that as we begin this long and difficult process, intemperate remarks are hardly helpful? well, i

was for was it as lord catalyst for change? was it as lord tebbit says, he - a catalyst for change?was coming down the road and thought, hey, i am a what was coming down the road and thought, hey, lam a man what was coming down the road and thought, hey, i am a man of peace, tebbit put it, as lord tebbit put it, rather cynically. but as lord tebbit put it, rather cynii or, was yeqehf—qheiq as lord tebbit put it, rather cynii or, was it siesceicis n as lord tebbit put it, rather cyniioir, was it something it, as lord tebbit put it, rather cyniioir, wes it something better” say. or, was it something better than that? indeed, what happened ian paisley? a journey ended up with the chuckle i think you - say there was a strategy there perhaps there was a strategvthere ! it to to a and it was to push things to a agreement. he was constitutional agreement. he was successful in doing that. g have iii‘iu'z . . ; last act was actually to say his last act was actually to bring down - assembly. we are bring down the assembly. we are looking forward - to next week and looking forward now to next

the lords beat the government by more than 100 votes.o force ministers to say people from other eu countries can stay here, and to say so now. it seems to me a win—win for principle, humanity, decency and honour. and i hope the house of commons will now follow the example of the lords and make sure that it confirms this improvement to what was otherwise a pretty dire set of legislation. it's very arrogant to assume that your argument is the only one of principle and yours is the only moral one. once people start using words like "high ground", "principle" and "moral", i think it's a load of humbug. they voted so that nearly 3 million people, like engineer alexandrine cantor, whether from france or finland, poland or portugal, can have a guarantee they can stay in the uk after brexit. she got the keys to her new flat here just yesterday and doesn't want to leave. the first days after brexit was like a feeling of heartbreak. my fear is the job i left everything for is now uncertain as well. and isjust...| invest... now my life is here and

the government has said they are disappointed with what the lords have done. peers have felt it necessary to amend this bill. and then i think they will try to overturn this once it goes back to the commons. it thank you very much. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages. at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the former trade minister, lord digbyjones & the broadcaster and campaigner, henry bonsu. the european commission president, jean claude juncker, has unveiled plans for what's being called a ‘new chapter‘ for the eu after brexit. he's made a speech to the european parliament, outlining ‘five pathways to unity‘ that will be considered by eu leaders at a summit in rome in march. translation: the future of europe should not become hostage to elections, party politics or short—term domestic use of success. however painful and regrettable brexit maybe, it will not stop the eu as it moves to the future. we need to move forward. we need to continue. maria joao rodrigues is the v

forget about the lords. at all which is what he seems to be saying today, what is the point of the constitutional process... should it have been in the manifesto, you should not vote against it. when it comes to ping pong what the lords does is scrutinised but they do not oppose what the elected chamber has done. they said this is what we want you to look at. the comments will look at it again and then at everybody agrees citizens of the eu should stay here and that will no doubt be the case. the tories may have said we need to have as much concerned for our citizens in the eu as we have for eu citizens here but you cannot keep having vote after vote after vote because it is about not to not wanting brexit not to happen. you cannot... at the people is not going to be upended by having these two amendments. it is safeguards, two wm llllll... l .,l to two wm lll—fir l w to stop ‘wihiat ; ‘what would be ‘what would bog punishment f of what would be the punishment budget and now this fear about what is going to h

>> it is twight actually amazing that we are very much with our lord in the desert. so lent is like going out with him into the desert in order to experience his victory over temptation and then in order to experience also that his victory over death in the resurrection. so with the words that we hear as we receive the ashes, remember man that you are dust and to dust you shall return. those are biblical words. that's like the death sentence of the human race that our god gave to adam. and so it is meant to remind us of our need for a savior. that is a big part of lent, that i need jesus, that i need to be with him. and so i'm not alone. i'm not even just alone with him, i'm there with the whole church, with all of the angels and saints, with all my brothers and sisters journeying towards easter in the desert, mindful of our mortality, really to receive what jesus christ has to offer. >> let me ask this, then. it would seem to me if it is a season of penitence, an important would be sacrament of confession, reckon iation. is that practiced more abundantly during this

however, a significant number of lord supported this amendment, lords such as lord wigley and baroness if parliament word to vote against leaving without a deal, the uk should seek to remain in the eu and reverse the results of the referendum. and i should say to my honourable and right honourable friend is, that the european union member states and the european union institutions read the proceedings of this house very closely and they will have read that and it will have raised their interest, because that is precisely what they would like to see happen. whilst this has been badged as a meaningful vote, the reality is some would seek to use this to overturn the results of the referendum. the government and prime minister... good idea comes from across the floor. that is exactly what concerns us. the government and the prime minister have been crystal clear, the people of the united kingdom have seeped to leave you —— have sought to leave the european union. we seek to do this in a way which is most beneficial. what we will not do is accept anything that will not do is accept anything

house of lords because they are unelected.mmons will look again at changes the lords have made, as we heard there on eu citizens and their rights and a meaningful vote. it's likely the commons will overturn that. there are some conservative rebels, there weren't many last time around. the question is whether that revolt grows. the ones i've spoken to are looking for assurances from the government, and they sound like they are going to that. it seems likely those changes will be overturned. then it has to go back to the lords. i think there, it's down to what labour do. there it is a coalition of the liberal democrats, labour, a few conservatives and crossbenchers. are there enough of them. having spoken to people i didn't think they want to people i didn't think they want to block this any further. they've said publicly they don't want a frustrated, the question is whether they are willing to send it back to they are willing to send it back to the commons one more time. it could be done and dusted by midnight. the commons one

the lords beat the government by more than 100 votes.o force ministers to say people from other eu countries can stay here, and to say so now. it thinks to be a win— win for principles of humanity and honour. and i hope the house of commons will now follow the example of the lords and make sure it confirms this improvement to what was otherwise a pretty dire set of legislation. it's very arrogant to assume that your argument is the only one of principle and yours is the only moral one. once people start using words like high ground, principal and moral, i think it's a load of humbug. they voted so that nearly 3 million people, like engineer alexandrine cantor, whether from france or finland, poland or portugal, can have a guarantee they can stay in the uk after brexit. she got the keys to her new flat here just yesterday and doesn't want to leave. the first days after brexit was like a feeling of heartbreak. my fear is the job i left everything for is now uncertain as well. i invest... now my life is here and i don't want to, i don't wan

the government suffers its second defeat in a week in the house of lords over brexit. parliament on any final deal. this is exactly what theresa may said she wanted to do and all the house of lords has been doing tonight is debating that and putting it on paper. i'm disappointed but i expect it will be overturned in the house of commons. money for new grammar schools in england is expected to be announced in tomorrow's budget. the cia refuses to comment as the website wikileaks publishes what it claims is evidence the agency uses a wide range of computer hacking tools. also in the next hour — the illegal trade in rhino horn takes a dramatic turn, with a raid on a zoo in paris. poachers broke into the wildlife park and shot dead rhino vince,

former lords leader lord strathclyde said the bill could be passed as early as next week.e able to carry on in the way that she has always intended. a former head of the cia has said an apparent leak of thousands of the agency's files is incredibly damaging. the documents, which have been published by the website wikileaks, appear to reveal attempts to hack into electronic devices to gather intelligence. one file suggests the cia and m15 had discovered how to record conversations using a microphone in a samsung smart tv, even when it appeared to be turned off. the cia has refused to comment on the documents' authenticity, but the agency's former director michael hayden said he was very concerned. this seems to be an incredibly damaging leak, in terms of the tactics, techniques, procedures and tools that were used by the central intelligence agency to conduct legitimate foreign intelligence. in other words, it's made my country, and my country's friends, less safe. police searching for missing raf gunner corrie mckeague are investigating whether a bin lorry is linked to his

the lord is not quite as busy as it was earlier.ns — passed this bill a couple of weeks ago without any changes. but the upper house — the lords — has now voted for this amendment. that means that the bill now has to go back to the commons. the government expected this. here is a quote from david davis, the brexit minister. he said he was expecting parliamentary ping—pong. that is a good phrase, because this bill could go back and forth several times. let's get some help describing what has happened. tom bateman is live for us in westminster. is the government in the commons is likely to back down on this amendment? i don't think they have any intention of giving ground on this. that's because it was always their aim, their hope and their desire to get this bill through the uk parliament, that authorises theresa may to start the brexit process, to go on and begin those brexit negotiations. they wa nted those brexit negotiations. they wanted to do that without any conditions being slapped on them by mps or members of the house of lor

the lord chiefjustice of england and wales has strongly criticised the lord chancellor, liz truss, forfailinghe judiciary. last year, lord thomas and two high courtjudges were described as "enemies of the people" by the daily mail following a ruling that parliament had the right to vote on triggering article 50, formally beginning the uk's exit from the eu. earlier this month liz truss told the lords constitution committee that she was a "huge believer" in the independence of the judiciary, but drew the line at saying what the press should print. a view put to lord thomas. i think criticism is very healthy. if you've got something wrong, fine. but there is a difference between criticism and abuse and i don't think that is understood. i don't think it is understood either how absolutely essential it is that we are protected because we have to act as our oath requires us, without fear or favour, affection or ill will. and it is the only time in the whole of myjudicial career that i had to ask for the police to give us a measure of advice and protection in relation to the emotions that were bein

the lords of course are the unelected chamber.ill have to give way, the liberal democrats say they will dig their heels on this, and less labour and the crossbenchers to side to join with them then the government should get their way later tonight. as we await the second vote, let us look back at the last couple of hours, how would you characterise the debate? it has been interesting because we have heard from tory mps and labours, talking about eu citizens in particular saying that we have a moral duty to give them a guarantee and they can stay here. we have heard from people like nick clegg, talking about his dutch mother, his spanish wife, saying they have lived here for years, paying their taxes and they have raised children. they should be given that assurance that they will be allowed to stay. david davis the brexit secretary responding to all of that, says he feels that he does have a moral obligation to those three eu citizens. but he also feels he has the obligation to more than a million brits living in other eu countrie