coming in. still to come: the foreign secretary borisjohnson is in moscow meeting his counterpart sergey lavrov. the uk and russia have not always had the best of relationships, so we will see if thatis relationships, so we will see if that is going to thaw. a chat with a couple of russian experts. we fig: is the headlines this morning on bbc news... the prime minister has said the first she knew about allegations of inappropriate conduct by former cabinet minister damian green was when she read about them in the media. the comment comes after the woman who made the allegations, kate maltby, told bbc news that she spoke toa maltby, told bbc news that she spoke to a senior downing street aide about his behaviour last year before mrgreen about his behaviour last year before mr green was promoted. she complained that mr green fleetingly touched her knee in a pub in 2015 and later sent her a suggestive text. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, is in russia meeting his counterpart, sergey lavrov. it's the first official visit to moscow by a british foreign secretary for more than fi

borisjohnson she will be talking more optimistic saying it is a defining moment in our history and how she will prove the doomsayers wrong. the difficulty is, there is no sign of brussels being prepared to move. the big countries, germany and france seem determined to try and france seem determined to try and eke out more commitments from the uk in terms of how much cash we are prepared to put on the table for the divorce bill. on the difficulty there, mrs may doesn't want to have two hand over more money because of a reaction that might provoke amongst brexiteers on her back benches. what's the significance of this being the fifth round of talks, where are we? give us a chronology, and where do we have two be by a certain period? it was hoped at this stage eu negotiators would think we would be done enough to show we are serious about the divorce arrangements. then we can move on to talk about a trade deal. we are desperate to nail down the nuts and bolts with our future trading deal with the eu. the mood music coming from brussels, they do a thing we have done enough, we have put eno

the foreign secretary borisjohnson is going to make a speech about north korea. he's expected to say diplomacy and dialogue are the way forward. we'll bring it to you live. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning. use the hashtag #victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. from today, owners of older, dirtier vehicles will have to pay an extra £10 to drive in central london. the scheme, known as the t—charge, is designed to reduce air pollution and has been described as the toughest emmission standard of any major city in the world. the move has been welcomed by some health charities and environmental groups, although some say it doesn't go far enough. steph mcgovern has been finding out. the t—charge will be charged on top of the congestion charge up was introduced here a few years ago. the idea is to reduce pollution in the city. the london mea sadiq khan has improving air quality as 30, particularly for children who have been hit hard by the pollution in the city at the moment. in terms of h

secretary borisjohnson had this was what the foreign secretary boris johnson had to this was what the foreign secretary borisjohnson had to say about this was what the foreign secretary boris johnson had to say about that speech when he returned home from a jog speech when he returned home from a jog this morning. good morning. are you disappointed but it‘s going to be shelling out 20 billion for the eu? no, it's a great future. is this what britain voted for? yes. a bit mumbling, probably understandable. in case you missed it, he was asked whether he was disappointed that britain would be shelling out 20 billion to the eu, he said, no, it‘s a great speech, they‘ll love it. he was asked if that was what britain voted for and he said yes. the fourth round of brexit talks are scheduled to begin on monday after they were pushed back by a week. are you going to resign? no, of course not. i don't want him managing the brexit process. we can speak now to our political guru, norman smith, who‘s in florence. this is a massive date for brexit negotiations, the prime minister is trying

bring you a tweet from foreign secretary borisjohnson in response to what has been described as a breakthrough in brexit negotiations this morning. he says congratulations to the pm for her determination in getting today's deal. we now aim to forge a deep and special partnership with our european friends and allies, while remaining true to the referendum result. taking back control of our laws, money, and borders the whole of the uk. borisjohnson there on twitter. let's get the latest weather update. lots of talk about snow this weekend, what is the forecast? we've had a lot already today. through the weekend, some of us will see more. let me show you some of our lovely weather watchers pictures taken this morning. look at the depth of that snow in cou nty look at the depth of that snow in county down. we have some lying snow here, a lovely dog in the foreground. as we keep ourjourney going throughout the country, this picture taken in shropshire. again, you can see it is a beautiful scene, almost christmas card material. this was worcester this morning, showing the snow falling h

. borisjohnson refuses to rule out military action against syria. the foreign secretary says another chemical attack could force the uk to act. if the americans choose to act again and ask us to help i think it would be very difficult to say no. we'll get reaction to those comments throughout the programme. should a student—led campaign against israel be banned from university campuses? as the charity commission investigates, we have an exclusive report and hear from jewish students who say they feel threatened. my my friends helped me to get out of the crowd, i felt claustrophobic, my friends helped me to get out of the crowd, ifelt claustrophobic, i had a panic attack, i couldn't breathe and i felt that my chest was tightening up. and should the government be allowed to to delay publication of its anti—pollution strategy until after the election? it's being argued over in court today. we'll have the details. hello. welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning. we are also talking about designer cats. the gene that gives floppy ears can also cause arthritis. some v

borisjohnson, he is really touted as a potential leader, he would like the canon to be kicked as long down the road as possible, because the further away we get from europe, probably the less toxic he is the particularly voters in london. george, the tory manifesto, how much of that will be seen today? the absences are as notable as what will be in the queen's speech. nothing on grammar schools, nothing on means tested fuel payments, nothing on scrapping universalfree school meals, nothing on the so—called dementia tax. school meals, nothing on the so-called dementia tax. so does labour have a point in saying, actually, without that, where is the mandate? yes, in a hung parliament, the government doesn't have a mandate for its manifesto. the house of lords isn't bound to support it, and the confidence is determined by which measures you can pass through the commons, so in this situation, mps of all parties become far more powerful. even with the dup, it even ta kes a powerful. even with the dup, it even takes a future rebel for the government to lose so it will be a very u nsta ble governmen

. dominic hughes, bbc news. the foreign secretary borisjohnson will meet his american counterpart rex tillerson later today, for the first time since mr tillerson was confirmed as president trump's secretary of state. the two men will be attending a meeting of foreign ministers from the 620 countries in germany. the us state department has indicated that mr tillerson will try to provide a comforting message to countries made uneasy by the apparent changes in america's foreign policy positions. president trump has suffered another set—back in his efforts to finalise the line—up of his cabinet. his choice for labor secretary, andrew puzder, has withdrawn from the nomination process after several republican senators said they would not support him. mr puzder has admitted that he once employed a housekeeper who wasn't legally allowed to work in the us. social care for elderly people is on the brink of collapse in some parts of england, according to the charity age uk. it says more than 50,000 people are now not receiving any help, despite struggling with essential daily tasks such as

money which will be freed up. he ends the article by saying borisjohnson and philip hammond who have also been on brexit delivers this summer must understand the surest route to a bad deal or no deal at all is to carry on behaving as they are. they must stop their games now because the sta kes for stop their games now because the stakes for britain's future are too high. that's an insight into those disagreements as i look around to see if anyone else is arriving but i don't think so. these, the highlights or lights depending on your perspective on a week of cabinet turn oil. i do not want to managing the brexit process. we have theresa may managing that process, she is driving the car and i'm going to make sure that as far as i and the rest of the cabinet are concerned we help her do that. the uk government is driven from the front and we have the same destination in our sights and that's getting a good deal for brexit. as for back—seat driving, there is one driver in this car to use amber's metaphor which is often used, it is theresa. we are very clear we all have one focus and w

, boris johnson this morning, borisjohnson said there would be no change in the status of gibraltar without the consent of its people. well, i think the position of the government is very clear, which is that the sovereignty of gibraltar is unchanged, and it is not going to change, and cannot conceivably change, and cannot conceivably change without the express support and consent of the people of gibraltar, and the united kingdom, and that is not go the change will stop thanks a lot! that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 10:30am. loads of you getting in touch about the financial pressures on care leavers, christian has e—mailed, stu d e nts leavers, christian has e—mailed, students are exempt from council tax, so no reason why we shouldn't give care leavers the same support. although 18 is the legal age for adults and, the transition from adolescence varies from person to person. those who have been in institutional care likely to cope than other teenagers, this is sensible. robina says, as well as exemption from council tax, it would be good to have a centre whereby

. theresa may and borisjohnson are set for a potentially awkward reunion at the united nations general assembly later, after the foreign secretary was accused of "backseat driving" by setting out his own vision for post—brexit britain. ryanair has published a full list of the 2000 flights that it's cancelling over the next six weeks. the budget airline has admitted it "messed up" the planning of holidays for its pilots. 400,000 passengers are likely to be affected by the error. the operator faces a compensation bill of more than £17 million. tom burridge has more. the online tide of extremist propaganda from so—called islamic state is not slowing down, according to research. they say that people in the uk make more attempts to find jihadist material online than those in any other european country. the group is calling for new measures that would see technology companys ta ke that would see technology companys take on more responsibility as publishers and distributors of this content. police have been given more time to question two men arrested in connection with the parso

negotiations to leave the european union began. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has said mrs may will make a generous offer, and he hoped the rest of the eu would respond ina similarspirit. the government is to use money from its aid budget in an attempt to reduce the flow of migrants from africa across the mediterranean into europe. people who have started on the journey will be encouraged to return home; there will also be help for those in need. the un says seventy thousand have made thatjourney so far this year — and nineteen hundred have died. two men have died after a crane collapsed at a building site in crewe. another man, who is believed to be the crane driver, is in hospital with serious injuries that aren't thought to be life—threatening. the occupants of a house damaged by the falling crane were not injured. we are now going to hear from theresa may in the house of commons. i felt that was essential to bring this to the attention of the house this to the attention of the house this morning. mr speaker, what happened in the early hours of last wednesday was one of

kind of questions you want to ask. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has been described, it seems, by some diplomats as a joke. 0ne newspaper has quoted an unnamed minister in europe that "there's not a single foreign minister who taken seriously, they think he's a clown who can never resist a gag". it's not for me, i mean for us as professional diplomats, any foreign minister democratically elected and appointed, is a serious foreign minister for appointed, is a serious foreign ministerfor any appointed, is a serious foreign minister for any country and we will a lwa ys minister for any country and we will always deal seriously with them. 0bviously you've been here because of the relationship between denmark and britain. going forward, how do you see economic relations? france has made clear it wants to attract as much business from britain as possible to effectively capitalise on brexit. would denmark look to attract british business? we do our day to day business at the embassy. even before i came here, one part of the ambassador's job was to attract british investment into denmark

to the likes of borisjohnson, saying that cabinet ministers must and focus on their own ambitions that on the ambitions and aspirations of ordinary people —— that they must not focus on their own ambitions. but you guessed it, boris has again stepped into an almighty row after a fringe meeting last might when he was talking about libya. he suggested that the city which has seen some suggested that the city which has seen some of the worst fighting as isis has been driven out, mrjohnson suggested that all that needed to be done and i was the bodies to be cleared away and it would be a prosperous business tourist centre. a lot of people have viewed that as a glib cross, and acceptable, and, frankly, as if the foreign secretary was almost making light of a terrible bloodshed there has been in that city. this morning when we caught up with mrjohnson he really didn't want to talk about it. mr johnson, two tory mps say you should be sacked because of what you said about clearing the bodies in libya. is that appropriate language for foreign secretary? you regret what you said? take c

president from office. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has said a us presidential visit to britain is more likely in 2018 than this year. previously he has said he sees no reason to rescind the invitation to donald trump for a state visit although no date had been fixed and all mention of the trip was left out of the queen's speech. radical action is needed to help integrate immigrants into radical action is needed to help integrate immigrants into society, according to a group of mps. in a new report, the all—party—parliamentary group on ‘social integration‘ warns that the immigration debate has become polarised. it's renewing calls for the government to make english lessons compulsory. the home office says it already funds community cohesion projects, including some focused on language. women who've left the armed forces have told this programme the government is not doing enough to support them with mental health problems. campaigners have told us there's a ‘hidden‘ population of ex—service women who are suffering similar problems to male veterans — such as post—t

caught fire. borisjohnson, the container or why it caught fire. boris johnson, the foreign secretary, is that everybody should keep calm and go about their lives ina keep calm and go about their lives in a normal way. he said it is important not to speculate at the moment. he said, british transport police and transport for london are on it. they will update their websites when they have more information. although we don't know what happened, injuries have been reported. people have been stretchered onto ambulances. sophie raworth confirmed that a woman was stretchered onto an ambulance with her legs wrapped up with injuries to her legs wrapped up with injuries to her legs wrapped up with injuries to her legs and face. that ambulance has now left the scene. she confirmed that two ambulances left the scene. an explosive ordnance disposal team is looking at forensic clues, trying to piece together what happened. we should be able to hear from robin, an eyewitness who was at the scene. she told us what she saw. there were two people outside and the woman on the pavement with blood aroun

base. the foreign secretary borisjohnson said he had no doubt syrian president bashar al—assad's forces were involved in the chemical attack. funerals for two of the manchester bombing victims will be held later today. 22 people were killed when suicide bomber salman abedi detonated a device as crowds left an ariana grande concert. a service will be held for 29—year—old martyn hett at stockport town hall, which will also be screened onto the street outside for members of the public. another funeral will take place for 15—year—old megan hurley from merseyside. the american tennis player venus williams, who is due to play at wimbledon next week, has been involved in a car crash which led to the death of a 78—year—old man. a police spokesman told the bbc they were investigating the incident in florida, which happened earlier this month. williams‘ lawyer said the tennis star "expresses her deepest condolences to the family" affected. more than a quarter of women who are overdue for a cervical cancer test don't know screening is available, according to cancer research uk. the c

johnson division —— liam fox. david davis called borisjohnson a failure and there were tory mps threatening to kick each other in various pieces of anatomy. philip hammond repeatedly briefed against. anna super —— soubry now talking about leaving the party. it is easy for my position, someone party. it is easy for my position, someone who supports the labour party and it is for me to have a partisan enjoyment in the tories ripping themselves to shreds, but chris patten said the disastrous decisions have left the country in a terrible mess and already because we have the referendum to sage the internal divisions of the tory party, and we have the snap general election to destroy the labour party, but these internal divisions within the conservative party have left this country a laughing stock in europe and that is my fear, that we don't have a united government, we don't have a united government, we have a prime minister without authority and brexit negotiations have not even begun. what you think about soubry saying she is thinking about soubry saying she is thinking aboutj

much, norman. well, the secretary of state for communities, sajid javid is due to arrive. borisjohnson has said, "my con dough labses to the victims of last night's despicable attack. we must never allow hate to divide us. " with me are three members of an interfaith group. thank you all for joining us. i know that you have all been working together through the night to make sure that, do what you can to make sure that communities come together. we are going through difficult times. the communities are worried. there is a lot of stress. in the community. there is a lot of angen in the community. there is a lot of anger. we need to channel that anger through the right channels and ensure that anger doesn't turn into something uglier and we also need to make sure that we, as people of britain, as britons, as people of london, we are all in it together. we are not in it as muslim orjew as christian. if part of our community, in this case it is a muslim community targeted, we are all together shoulder—to—shoulder as you see now and we are really so grateful to so many jewish see now an