even if the british pm is not there, i will have the british people in my hearts. because britain belongs to europe in a way that britain is part of europe. so brexit or not brexit, we should not forget that the european continent has a duty when it comes to britain, because without churchill and without the resilience of the british people, we wouldn't be here at where we are now. so i'm everything but in a hostile mood when it comes to britain. but i don't want others to take the same avenue, because, let's suppose for one second that others would leave. two, three, four, five — that would be the end. how do you balance that in brexit negotiations? on the one hand, wanting to keep uk close, as you've said. but on the other, wanting to ensure that others are put off leaving. i mean, could those negotiations not turn nasty? when it comes to negotiations, the european union and the commission, having been tasked with this negotiation, will negotiate in a friendly way, in a fair way, and we are not naive. so will there be a fee to pay? it will be... sorry... reflec

the initials for the british intelligence spying agency. >> reporter: the british government was outraged. utterly ridiculous, should be ignored said the british signals intelligence community. the prime minister's office added we made clear to the administration these claims are ridiculous and should be ignored. we've received assurances they won't be repeated. but president trump said no apology was necessary. >> all we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. i didn't make an opinion on it. that was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on fox. and so you shouldn't be talking to me. you should be talking to fox. >> reporter: after the press conference, spicer told reporters he was just passing on news reports from various outlets. i don't think we regret anything, he said. for the president, the merkel visit was a chance to mend fences. he had tweeted, i told you "time" magazine would never pick me as person of the year despite being the favorite. they picked the person who is ruining germany. >> i've always said i

andrea, this was an attack at the very heart of british democracy, at the very heart of the british state. i'm near downing street, i'm right beside britain's ministry of defense building, and this happened obviously all around parliament. we've got unconfirmed reports so far that one woman is dead. that's from the reuters news agency, quoting doctors, but no official confirmation of that, and up to a dozen people injured, and as we've been saying for the last while, this does appear to be some kind of double incident, one involving a car, the second involving a man with a knife. but you know it's a very long time since there has been an incident around the palace of westminster itself. there was a famous bomb attack here in the 1980s, when a conservative lawmaker was blown up by irish republican terrorists. of course with the 7/7 bombings which killed more than 50 people, and a few years ago, there was an attack by a man with a machete on a soldier lee rigby, who was murdered in daylight in pretty horrific circumstances by one of two men who first rammed him with a car. so you know, lond

something like 90% of the british people if you believe the british people if you believe the polling on this believe that being in the single market is a good thing and therefore a majority of those who voted leave wanted to stay in the single market and she is not even bidding for that. it seems right that parliament should be able to say to the government, at the point that the deal is returned, that we do not like it, go back, negotiate something better because we are leaving the european union, it should be to something that is the better for our country. how hard are you prepared to dig in your heels? ye have more peers than mps, are you prepared to keep going on this? it sounds like labour will not prolong the agony. the great shame is that we have a conservative government taking us off the cliff edge of a ha rd taking us off the cliff edge of a hard brexit that was not on the ballot paper and hand—in—hand with them is the labour party. the liberal democrats will continue to have the courage of our convictions and say that leaving the single market was never on the ballot

it has been a british protectorate since 1713, emotions in the uk. it has been a british protectorate since1713, i think. a long time. this is designed to provoke. spain does have a veto on this deal. it seems that the gloves are off. does and surprises that it has happened so soon? not at all. my view is that the whole divorce bill thing is also designed to to pluck 60 billion euros out of the air, it is a figure that's meant to rile and meant to get the uk on the back foot. if i was advising the british government, which i am not, i would say that in a complex negotiation many facets, the actual amount of money is the very la st the actual amount of money is the very last thing you decide when everything else has been decided so this strikes me as something completely on its head. as liam says of course this will come, are you going to take this cv is and who gets the cat, like in every divorce. the cuts will be later! 0ur cat correspondent, tonight, jo! spain is where most britons living in europe live as well which adds another facet to it. to be

you knew of course that there were a lot of eurosceptics in the british parliament and in the british public. i never thought it would happen. i thought that the british people would stay in the eu and fight from inside for reform of the union, but not leave it. i think it was a bit unthinkable but now we are here, it is a sad day but we have to get the best out of this very sad situation. tom nuttall, you have been looking at theresa may's letter and the reaction to it, particularly from the european parliament, what is your assessment of where we are tonight? well, in some respects, i think eu officials will have been comforted by the letter. in particular, it did not contain the threat we have heard from number ten before that britain would prefer to leave with no deal than with a bad deal, but there was one particular remark which has raised a few eye brows remark which has raised a few eyebrows and that was the linkage of security policy with the negotiations to come. some people, i think, are seeing that as a veiled threat for britain to withhold co—operational security in int

british cycling and at team sky. andy murray is into the quarterfinals after winning hsi second match at the dubai 0pen, he brushed aside spain's gullermo garcia—lopez in straight sets the world number one needed just under an hour and a quarter to complete the win. this is murrays first tournament in five weeks, since his fourth—round defeat at the australian open injanuary. he had a bout of shingles during that time. he's got germany's philipp kohlschreiber in the last eight. that's all sport for now. clive myrie will be going absolutely bonkers, because manchester city have just scored a second. 2—1 in that fa cup replay against huddersfield. i know people will be staying with the bbc news channel, even clive myrie! children as young as four will learn about healthy relationships under new plans for all schools in england. pupils in secondary schools will be taught about the dangers of sexting and online pornography as part of the sex education. ministers say current teaching is "increasingly outdated". elai

british. this is what he wrote to his uncle in 1776. nymphs of this i'll are a wonderful tribute tatian -- are in wonderful tribulation. you cannot walk without running the imminent risk of being ravished, they are so little accustomed to these vigorous methods they do not bear them with proper resignation. and we have the most entertaining court-martial's everyday." there you have colonel rowdon. next we have our second antagonist, lieutenant colonel balfour. he was a 38-year-old scotsman. he had also been present at bunker hill, brandywine, germantown. he had served on the staff of general william howe. at the time of the heinous incident, he was commandant of charleston, which had surrendered to the british in may 1780. i searched high and low for a portrait balfour, and it just as soon to be one. i searched repositories and archives on both sides of the atlantic and made numerous inquiries. al i could find in terms of pictorial representation of balfour was a fictitious one. it comes from

british poets. you can keep on asking me, would you come from? —— where do you come from? the right question is where we go green? —— where are we going together? i am always asking journalists not to be in the situation i have to defend islam. letters co m e situation i have to defend islam. letters come together and understand that there is something which is positive. -- let us come together. do you understand that some in the west might feel threatened by this. of course, because of the media coverage as well as the actions of some. this is stopping the positive contributions of so many. we are happy with muslims when they are on the pitch, sport, music. let us talk about the intellectuals, the artists, let us work with people out of the grassroots level, citizens like you and be that we put in the country. my point is that one day we have to come and to get a deeper understanding of this religion, not the negative perception, 75% of the europeans have a negative perception of islam. but

of the british. this is what he wrote to his uncle in 1776. the fairness of the file are in wonderful -- the fair nymphs of isle are as -- are so little accustomed to these figures methods that they don't wear them with the proper resignation. and of consequence we have the most entertaining court marshals every day. colonel you have rodden. next we have our second antagonist, lieutenant colonel balfour. he was a 38-year-old scotsman. had also been present at bunker hill. he had served on the staff of general william howe. at the time of the hayne incident he was commandant of charleston. and low for a portrait of belfour and there just doesn't seem to be one. i searched repositories and archives on both sides of the atlantic and made numerous inquiries. al i could find in terms of pictorial representation of balfour was a fictitious one. it comes from a novel written by authorouthern off the -- which is based on the story of isaac hayne and of course balfour is a major villain. william moultrie desc

this is the seat of british democracy. this is the seat of british power. next door is downing street. so the attack itself is extremely symbolic, even though we do not know the perpetrator, the identity of the perpetrator, we have to be careful and wait for the next few hours to see who is going to take responsibility for the attack. >> how quickly did first responders descend upon the scene? how quickly did parliament put into lockdown and how quickly were you moved out of that area? >> it's unbelievable how swift the response was. i mean, just a few minutes. we've heard, i mean i heardwo bangs, obviously there we shots, but suddenly, it's two minutes, suddenly the entire area was controled by police officers, ambulances, police cars, motorcycles, and suddenly helicopters, quite a few helicopters were in the sky, some of them basically landed near the parliament to obviously evacuate some injured but it really was very impressive, the swift response of both the police officers and also i think the medical community, and of course, it took them about ten m

two british trainee doctors — part of a large group of students who joined so—called islamic state have been killed in iraq. sex education is to become compulsory in all schools in england with children as young as four being taught about healthy relationships. coming up on newsnight that the man behind some great tv satire. he will tell us about comedy and politics and whether he's laughing at politics now. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the house of lords has dealt the government its first serious blow over the brexit bill — which will trigger the formal process of leaving the eu. they've voted by a large majority to give european union nationals, who already live here, the right to stay in the uk. the prime minister has so far refused to give any such assurances until british citizens on the continent get similar guarantees. the issue now goes back to the commons, where the government will attempt to overturn the decision. our political editor, laura kuennsberg, reports. they have voted, contents 358. not contents 256. so the contents have it. "wow!" you can hear them say. t

so while she is living there working as a british agent, a flash cable comes into the british headquarters on 5th avenue manhattan, where their intelligence service was located, and is said, the admiralty desperately needs the vichy naval ciphers. the italian naval ciphers. they did not have to explain why the italian naval ciphers were so desperately needed. it was well known that the british fleet was spread perilously thin across the eastern mediterranean and that they had been attacked en masse, it could be a debacle. betty is told by her handler that there is an admiral in washington who has control of these ciphers. can you get them? it just so happens that betty's family knew alberto before the war, and he had known betty when she was a 12-year-old girl. now betty was determined to show him she had become a woman. so betty meets the admiral, in his 60's and portly, two grown children and wife, but betty invites them over to her house, and it is not long before he is seeing betty twice a week and spending the night at her house in georgetown. during this relationship it continues for

yet their british husbands face no such cultural barriers. they are free to continue their lives as they wish. ritu is leaving london. she is departing without securing a divorce, but with hope and faith that she will be able move forward with her life. when i was getting the blessings, you feel that inner strength in you, and you feel so positive, the vibrations around you and you just think, "yes, things are going to work out," and i hope with the grace of god, that ijust get what i want. to say there is a mixed bag of weather on offer this afternoon would be underplaying the case. when this picture was taken by our weather watchers, you notice how threatening some of the cloud looks. if we move for hundreds miles towards the north—east, the fife coast wasn't doing very well on that picture was taken, and that sort of condition is all tied in with this sort of weather front, the emphasis on the slow—moving, which is producing strong rain and snow. some sunny spells and some hefty showers. that weather fronts doesn't move very far very f

the headlines: the head of the french car company psa has played down fears of british plant closures, after its takeover of vauxhall. he says he has faith in the uk's 4,000 workers. as long as we improve the performance and we become the best, there is no risk they should fear. president trump has signed a new executive order, imposing a ban on travellers from six mainly muslim countries. iraq is no longer on the list. 13 potential uk terror attacks have been prevented in almost four years — according to counter—terrorism police — as the public is urged to be vigilant. a zoo in cumbria has lost its license — after almost 500 animals died there in the last four years. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll bring you the latest reaction to president trump's newly revised travel ban — that's coming up in the 100 days programme at seven. in france — pressure grows for francois fillon to withdraw from the presidential race — we'll find out if he's likely to fight on. and 30 years after the zeebruge

i assume, for the british, even more so. her but it wasn't only on the british side and in brussels, all parties at the moment trying to sound friendly and constructive as this news came out. catherine, do you think there is any sense that the risks of brexit have been overstated? catherine: no. i mean, in terms of the risks being overstated, we have so far seen that all of those scare stories about the economy have not so far come to fruition. melinda: which theresa may said in her remarks. however, the economy is flourishing the brexit hasn't started yet. to see what happens when they unravel the details of all of these laws. task they aree confronting is in or miss. there are only 400,000 civil servants and at the same time, negotiating with it e.u. on all of these treaties amounting 40 years of legal documentation -- they will be trying to negotiate new trade packs with other countries. ?elinda: will they be many people on the you side say no, they cannot simultaneously negotiate the divorce and try to get bilateral trea

so you're polish at home, british at school? poland play england at football, who do you want to win? hard to say. a draw? england play romania? england. england? jamie vardy, i think he might put two goals in. even got a scorer, that's great, well done. the children in this school speak 31 languages. across the town 150 languages are spoken. slough may look a model of integration, but even our most diverse town wants change, 54% voted for brexit. so has slough had enough of immigration? the only thing about brexit and immigration. (bleep), you're in the right place. why? no comment. a lot of the guys, they lose theirjobs to people that come from you know, from around europe and stuff like that. they literally do, do they think that they do that or they actually do? they actually do. why do they get the jobs? maybe they work harder, maybe they want it more, i don't know. i think it's too much immigration here. there's too many polish people and too many, i don't know, the indian people. it's hard to find, like a english person h

the british surgeon david nott and young maram, whose life he helped to save. british cycling and team sky are under intense pressure tonight after a scathing attack by the head of uk anti—doping who accused them of failing to keep proper records of the medical substances given to their cyclists. nicole sapstead told mps that there were no records concerning a mystery package delivered for sir bradley wiggins in france on the eve of a race in 2011. our sports editor, dan roan, reports. this wasn't sir bradley wiggins' most famous victory, but it mayjust be the most controversial. last year, it emerged that the day the former team sky rider won the criterium du dauphine in france, back in 2011, a mystery medical package arrived for him. but what was it? former british cycling coach, simon cope, was the man who delivered it, but today told mps he was none the wiser. why would i ask? i didn't think anything was untoward, you know, it's a national governing body, why would i question the integrity of our governing body, basically? it's not asking, it's not about

questions remain for british cycling to a nswer questions remain for british cycling to answer on a range of fronts. commentator: and it will be britain in a world record time. they hope today will begin the process of doing that. david ornstein, bbc news, in manchester. our top story this lunchtime. warnings of a national crisis in policing in england and wales — a scathing report warns of a shortage of detectives and says victims are being let down. coming up: snapchat — you'll know what this is all about if you use it. now the company's been valued at £20 billion. i'll be asking our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones, why? coming up in sport at 1:30pm: uk sport and british cycling have outlined the next steps that are being taken as part of the independent review into the culture of british cycling's world class programme. at some point in our lives, one in four of us will experience a mental health issue. but many people hide their problems from their employers for fear of it impacting on theirjob. now the government's trying to encourage businesses to improve mental he

she was very critical of british cycling and team sky. she said there was no audit trail, effectively no record—keeping of the medical substances going in and out of the manchester velodrome where both organisations have their headquarters. therefore she was unable to determine at this stage of the ongoing investigation if the substance was flumecyl or a powerful steroid, which under certain circumstances can be deemed illegal because of performance enhancing benefits. nicole sa pstead because of performance enhancing benefits. nicole sapstead said they had received an allegation that it was the steroid. as you can hear now, she was scathing when it came to the lack of record—keeping. now, she was scathing when it came to the lack of record—keepingm now, she was scathing when it came to the lack of record-keeping. it is very clear from our investigation that there is no audit trail, of what is going in and out, of a comprehensive supply of medical products. what you say is an incredibly serious matter. there are laws around the disp

that is kind of a stereotype of british people. possible according to the spanish paper that british politicians will use this to argue in favor of tougher anti-immigration measures. claire: police are saying they believe the attacker acted alone and that he was inspired by international terrorism. >> that is definitely the direction the investigation is taking. infamous lead is being followed by the popolice. there's a feeling in a lot of papers that it was just a matter of time for this kind of attack to take place in london. the wall street journal says the u.k. had been spared a major terrorist attack since the london bombings of 2005. you can see this article today saying with this bloodshed, a low from terrorism is ending in the u.k.. we have seen similar attacks in in europe.s lots of papers are focusing on this new kind of terrorism we are seeing. this paper talks about a low-cost terrorism. lone wolves carrying out these attacks perhaps all by themselves. saw the attack on the christmas market in berlin and in nice on bast

it is all about offering that greater british experience. so those are the people who will stay in itment talk us through who is going to work in it. in dubai most of the hospitality industry is made up of ex—pat workers or parts of asia or indeed from the uk and europe. what mix do you have? i know you're passionate about getting yng people into the industry? with regards to the recruitment drive. we started our recruitment drive. we started our recruitment drive. we started our recruitment drive about 18 months ago which is out of the norm when you're opening a hotel. wanted to bring fresh energy and new blood into dubai rather than just bring fresh energy and new blood into dubai rather thanjust bringing people from other hotels. that british experience is really important. so we have taken people over from important. so we have taken people overfrom london who important. so we have taken people over from london who are actually, who know that british experience, our executive head chef is from manchester for example. so he our executiv

this brushup with the brew tiss -- british government. this time yesterday sean spicer was citing claims from this fox news contributor when pressed sean spicer started reading pages of media reports from the past two weeks. >> "the new york times" reported sean hannity went on fox days after the election, heat street, andy mccarthy, sara -- >> just to be clear the press secretary's job is to provide the media with information. not the other way around. let's go to cnn correspondent brian stelter. also political commentator, jason -- and served as advisor for the trump campaign. here the president talk to fox, talk to fox, you, sir have talked to fox, are they standing by the judge's comment in that clip? >> in one statement it says judge napolitano stands by his report on fox and friends. it's an opinion show and napolitano was a guest a few days talking about this idea. his exact quote was this he said three intersection sources have informed fox news that president obama went outside the chain of command and basically suggested the bri

adam raphael who is a british political commentator. brexit first and the house of lords is very exercised about eu residents in britain and trying to make sure they continue to be welcome here. is this a bit of humanitarian good sense or an attempt to throw a spanner in the works of the government's brexit plans? there are quite a lot of spanners that lie ahead. do you see this as being that or is it trying to do something for people who are resident here? the government has made it quite clear that although this is a negotiating point, people who are already here are going to stay here. my own view is that the lords would be much better advised to concentrate on the real issue, which is parliamentary consent, to whatever final deal there is than this particular point. i personally am not concerned about this. i can understand people who are here in this country, 3 million or whatever, who are anxious about their future and would like it resolved. but the europeans have made it clear they will not do anything until after brexit has bee

the carnage sent shock with as across the british isles while scores scores of mutinieers, scattered to the far shores of the north atlantic. concern years ago hearing the name hermaney i would have conjured up visions of the harry potter's sidekick. the mutiny was far less memorable. especially in the united states. it has remained for historians a little known event that truth be told, i happened upon by chance. guided only by a vague interest in embarking on a topic set during the era of the american revolution. unlike the south pacific saga of the bounty, eight years earlier, the butchery aboard the ship in 1797 generated few heroics. the tale is not easily romanticized with little to watch captain bly's epic survival and the adventure odd've othe bookies crew. but the blood bath in puerto rico's passage did have profound consequences, consequences for the infant american public that continued to resonate today. was we all know resonate today. not withstanding the iconic goal of the american revolution, voiced by tom payne to an asylum for mankind. many in the united states, part

this low pressure close to the heart of the british isles, at the heart of the british isles, at the heart of it the rainfall can be quite intense and could turn quite readily to snow across parts of the midlands. further south, the wind quite noticeable, four times above the gusts 60—70 miles an hour on expose coastal hills in the south—west. as we get into the small hours of monday, so that system fades away, the skies clear and there could be a touch of frost in one 01’ there could be a touch of frost in one or two spots. aplenty in scotland. new cloud and rain comes into the south—west, tied in with a fast moving system which will cause real problems during the course of the day across parts of france. if you are heading that way, check on the forecast. that system eventually will pull away from the far south—west leaving a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some of the more persistent showers are likely to be found in northern and western parts of scotland. there will be a dotting the showers to the eastern side of the pennines as well. quite a bit of cloud in the fi

british market for much of its car sales? indeed. so whether the europeans will place tariffs on us even with a clean break remains to be seen. we shouldn't fear it because britain will be in an extremely strong position to sell ca rs into extremely strong position to sell cars into continental europe and around the world post—brexit as a consequence of i7% lower currency and 10% tariff on continental cars which we may have to impose for a while, but certainly not cononly possibilities because we want to main tin the manufacturing age. psa, the new owners, say they'll return opel and vax hall to profit —— maintain the manufacturing age. —— vauxhall. they want to make savings, so if you are viewing this from france or germany, you might say, look, britain at the moment uncertainty, we should concentrate on things nearer to home? most manufacturers will want to have the highest return to their shareholders and if britain can produce cars more efficiently and cheaper than in continental europe, they are going to back britain.

legislation into british law. the great repeal bill will give parliament — or the devolved assemblies — the power to scrap, amend or improve eu laws. let's get more with our economics correspondent andrew walker. you are all over this? you are all over this? you will be in a minute! we have the questions we have been asking you all this week. let's get straight into these, and thank you for those. let's start with david who says what happens if there is no agreement two yea rs happens if there is no agreement two years after article 50 is triggered? 0ne years after article 50 is triggered? one of two things, there is an option in article 50 for this two year period to be expanded, it has to be agreed unanimously by the departing country, britain, and by all the remaining ones. if at the end of that stage they think it is in their interest to extend the negotiations they can do that. what it would mean would be that, for about what that extension is, the european treaties would continue to apply to britain for

the british people spoke. the ayes have it. the british people have been led to expect a future that seems unreal and overly optimistic. this is an historic moment from which there can be no turning back. britain is leaving the european union. we are going to make our own decisions and our own laws. i'm sad. i am deeply sad. there is no reason to pretend this is a happy day. thank you and goodbye. i choose to believe in britain and that our best days lie ahead. hi there. mixed weather fortunes for today's weather picture. some will have the best weather so far. western areas will have rain today. rain coming from the south and west. across eastern areas of england, the air has been coming up from the near continent, and that will bring temperatures into the low 20s in the warmest spots. as i said, the warmest day of the year so far. a mild start to the day with temperatures staying in double figures, 11 to 12 degrees as we start off. always the risk of pulses of rain affecting northern ireland. western areas of scotland looking

in the eu. 0nce british citizens elsewhere in the eu. once the broad understanding of thoseissuesis eu. once the broad understanding of those issues is down, only then will there be feature discussions about a trade agreement. so how will converting all these eu rules into british law impact on our lives, if at all? currently, european law governs many areas, from employment law to food regulations, from the environment to health and safety. wyre davies is here to explain how things might change. 0ne one of the big claims during the referendum campaign was that the uk will be able to make its own laws, free from brussels law. sovereignty would return to parliament — the uk would be taking back control. so now the great repeal bill white paper has been published, in which areas of our lives could we see changes? let's ta ke a look at workers' rights. at the moment, the eu says that most people don't have to work more than a8 hours a week, unless they want to. there are voices that say that restricts british industry, workforces are less

residents this country but british residents in the eu. should the two not be done at the same time? that is the government ‘s argument and you might have thought that the representatives of the british people living abroad would have made the same argument that when they appeared before a select committee did not say that. they said the government should give the unilateral guarantee to the eu citizens living in britain because they argued it will help to ensure that our rights are protected in the other 27 member states. in the end the british government controls what happens in britain and does not control what happens to british people abroad and we will all be continuing to argue very strongly and actually other 27 member states to do that. i think the committee felt this is about leading by example and i think in the end we will reach an agreement where everybody who is currently in place can stay because it is the right and proper thing to do. and nobody is envisaging for a second that either britain or the other 27 will six peopl

these men were part of a group of a dozen british medical students that went tojoin so—called dozen british medical students that went to join so—called islamic state in 2015, although they were at school here and their parents were working as doctors here in the nhs they were of sudanese origin so theirfamilies had they were of sudanese origin so their families had sent them to a private medical school in the sudanese capital khartoum to study medicine but then they became radicalised beforejoining is and one of the two meant became infamous for taking part one of the two meant became infamous fortaking part in one of the two meant became infamous for taking part in an islamic state recruitment video. you can see him a p pa re ntly recruitment video. you can see him apparently teaching medical students about anatomy and at one point he addresses the camera directly and calls on other doctors to go and join them in islamic state trying to form the fledgling medical service form the fledgling medical service for the group. we have now heard at the weekend he was travelling in a convoy of v

you try to employ british people and use british products. my business partner and i are both british born and bred, we try to focus on this market. our industry is worth tens of millions of a year in the uk. in the uk, our biggest competitors are aus the uk, our biggest competitors are a us firm and a firm based in dubai. people aren't really aware of that. we try to work with british scientists and british suppliers, except for our sheer butter, which we import from ghana because it is traded over there, so we have that traded over there, so we have that traded organic shea butterfrom ghana. everything else is from british comedian kay suppliers because we want to boost the economy and with —— british suppliers. what happens to you and your company from here on in? national insurance is one factor, i am curious what you are thinking and doing in terms of the fact that we are not too far off from triggering article 50. does that impact on you, have you been thinking through that process?m has a huge impact on us, actually. we are complyi

it will become british law. but mrs may, the british law. but mrs may, the british prime minister, is not expected to go ahead and trigger article 50, the mechanism for starting the brexit process, for a couple of weeks yet, even though as of tomorrow morning she will actually have the power to do so. of tomorrow morning she will actually have the power to do som is coming up to a year, a few months away from that year, when that referendum result took place. chris, you and i were very busy that night. a lot of time was spent about scotla nd a lot of time was spent about scotland and how it was going to vote, and the majority remain vote which was the case in the end. today, tell us more about the significance of what was said by scotland's first minister and the ramifications of what she said. yes, here is the potted history of scotla nd here is the potted history of scotland in the uk. in 2014 they had an independence referendum in scotland, and there was a majority for staying within the uk. at the scottish national party, which dominates

the biggest impact will be for british citizens. currently, as a british citizens. currently, as a british citizens. currently, as a british citizen and therefore a european citizen, they have the right to travel through the european union. after brexit, this will certainly be an uncertain status for the next two years, and britain, therefore, as a british citizen, they lose that right to travel through 27 other states. as a european citizen or a citizen of the eu, they may lose access to one state, being britain. this makes the whole process complicated. yet. it will affect the visa free travel between the european union and britain. they continued to negotiate their own short—term visa policy. it is really the settlement rights that has been the attraction of eu citizenship, uk citizenship, and particularly for asian families, who we are told are looking at that as attractiveness. it is that freedom that eu citizenship provides these individuals. speaking to rico hizon. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the new york times leads with a

. >> live to london for british prime minister's question time. each week the house of commons we bring you prime minister teresa may taking questions from the house of commons wednesday morning on c-span2 and invite your participation via twitter using hashtags emq. prior to question time members are finishing up other business. live to the floor of the british house of commons. >> they were each afraid and palmer. i'm sure members of the house will join me in offering deepest condolences to their friends and families. and the security investigation continues and two have been arrested and remain in custody. i have ministerial colleagues and others and further such meetings later today. >> may i echo her sentiments and congratulate her by next weekend since last week. i congratulate the prime minister, austin 50. this is the momentous action for the whole of the united kingdom and the campaign to stay in, recognize we ought to use this party, sole support of both sides for negotiations to deliver the whole of the united kingdom particularly north

blackwell, it would necessarily compete with british citizenship, of course, because we are, as british citizens, at the moment, eu citizens. so, in effect, eu citizenship operates as an additional benefit to the benefit of being a british citizen. the problem will come with the member states, in persuading much of the political opinion that has become very much opposed to the rhetoric coming out, certainly from this government, about the way in which we are approaching our european partners. they will see this as additional rights given to citizens not in the eu, rather than retaining rights we already had. and it is about, if you like, crossing a psychological barrier in making the point that this is about keeping an existing right. but is this idea really a runner? setting aside practical debates and discussions, is ita practical debates and discussions, is it a runner or is guy verhofstadt perhaps articulating very much a personal idea? it is certainly something he personally believes in, of course, but he does have a lot of sympathy, in the parliament and with member states, the ke

especially when british ships came into american ports. this was the british defense coupled with the very pragmatic argument that they lived by their navy. without their navy, they were vulnerable to invasion. that had been brought home to them visibly in the american revolution when they lost control of the english channel for the first time in decades, lost control to the french and the spanish. i digress. on the other hand, there is absolutely no doubt as well that british officers interpreted the orders that they received permitting them to impress ted suecserters and to compensate foreign vesls en those belonging to neutrals, they interpreted those orders very liberally. propelled in part by the fact that virtually everyone when a ship was compensated stood to gain a portion of the profits from the commander in chief, in this case, in the west indies on down to the lowest cabin boy. timothy pickering who is not in my view a very laudable individual does, nonetheless, deserve ample credit for having pressed the issue of impressment re

the cornerstone of british policing — the bobby on the beat. but are these vital community posts being eroded as forces juggle their priorities? that's one of the warnings in a stark report from her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary. after five years of budget cuts, some forces aren't making the right tough calls over how to use their resources. it's raised what it calls a red warning flag to those struggling forces. some have been downgrading 999 calls if they're short on officers. that means they don't have to respond as quickly. the hmic also says domestic violence calls to some forces have been downgraded because of a lack of specialist officers. 0therforces have ignored leads on organised crime because it would stretch their resources. 0nly durham is delivering outstanding policing. neighbourhood policing, that proactive, preventative presence of police officers in communities is eroding even further, so that means they're not stopping crime from happening in the first place and that's what the public want to see. this isn't in all fo

harry, if it came to a choice between being european or being british, what is it for you? british. i don't classify myself as european. do you see a tension between the values that britain represents and the values that scotland represents? yeah. because i always feel like there has been a big tension between scotland and england and i would identify myself more with scottish if it came to values. i think we have completely different values. to be british represents being an imperialistic, capitalist, unfair society where people don't matter. whereas in scotland, we are more equal and we are inclusive and we care about trying to help each other and trying to make everyone better, notjust the people at the top. i am british and i think i have hit into the culture down in england as well as in scotland. but if brexit makes scots inclined more to a european world view, it also changes the independence proposition. it adds an important new obstacle. outside the single market, and if the uk is outside the customs union, you are talking about some form of border control and some substant

british cycling, defined by medals and glory. but now there is an image crisis amid a damaging tide of bullying and sexism allegations. all have been denied, but today, the man tasked with salvaging the sport's reputation told me it was time for cycling to say sorry. do you owe riders and staff an apology today? we've already met with groups of both riders and staff and we've made it very clear that where there's been failings, we apologise for those. we recognise them, but we're going to do something about them and move forward. so there was a bullying culture then here at british cycling? i think there have been some well reported instances where behaviour was unacceptable. today, with training here continuing as normal, british cycling unveiled a 39—point action plan, designed to overhaul governance and athlete welfare. it all stems back to last year, when former sprint cyclist jess varnish complained about sexism and bullying amid a culture of fear at the sport's high—class performance programme. and she's not alone. a de

it represents 13% of the entire british economy. if we look the other way, the eu exported by more to the uk in money terms than vice—versa. this figure here, $360 billion in the same year. so it runs a large trade surplus, over $80 billion, with the uk. so you can argue, from that point of view, it has more to lose in these negotiations. but the eu as a whole is far less reliant on britain than the other way around. it is actuallyjust16% of all eu exports that come to the uk. and they account for barely more than 3% of the bloc‘s economy. of course, different countries and industries armed more reliant on the relationship of uk. the german car industry has a huge amount to lose, as does the uk's financial industry. we speak to the director of the german association for foreign policy for more on this. good morning and welcome to world business report. good morning. it is interesting, it yesterday we all sides in this debate, the uk prime minister, and of course angela merkel and other leaders in europe, theresa may said we want

until then, british prime minister theresa mai's statement today in the british house of commons about the british exit from the european union. >> statement, the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. today the government acts on the democratic will of the british people. and it acts, too, on the clear and convincing position of this house. a few minutes ago, in brussels, the united kingdom's permanent representative to the eu handed a letter to the president of the european council on my behalf confirming the government's decision to invoke article 50 on the treaty. the article 50 process is now under way. and in accordance with the wishes of the british people, the united kingdom is leaving the european union. we are going to take this opportunity to build a stronger, fairer britain, a country that our children and grandchildren are proud to call home. that is our ambition and our opportunity. and that is what this government is determined to do. mr. speaker, at moments like these great turning points in our national story the choices we make define the character of our nation.

i'm really inspired by the vote the british people made. it shows democracy works and ordinary people can really change history if we enough people of our cause. it's very inspiring as we start the new chapter of our future. you don't share that optimism?” think what came out of the prime minister's statement today was a different tone than we have seen over re ce nt different tone than we have seen over recent weeks. and perhaps a creeping recognition of the complexity and the risk that is facing us as we enter into the most difficult negotiations this country has ever seen. is there a recognition that is finally here? has ever seen. is there a recognition that is finally here7m practice, what the prime minister recognised today was this was firing the starting pistol. there will be at least two years of negotiations around the divorce, and probably a great deal longer talking about our future relationship. that is why it is so important we get it right. two big hurdles to get over, the divorce bill, which is anything up to 60 billion eu

from the british crown. there are so many stories like that that are deeply, deeply embedded in the history, of this country, but of course, just as the pennsylvania state house -- built by the way by one of the early members of the carpenters company -- became independence hall because that is where the declaration of independence was signed. by the same token, carpenters' hall deserves to be visited and to have our visitors, especially our countrymen, know that that first continental congress set the stage for the second continental congress and the declaration. it is part of the story, and when you come to philadelphia , you have, of course, to go to and dependent colleges he the hall -- go to independence and the liberty bell, but you should also, if you're going to be in chronological order, you should go to carpenters' hall first. independence hall second, and the new museum of the american revolution third. then, you have the constitution center. and so, once that step-by-step, visitors to philadelphi

a deadly attack on the doorstep of british democracy. a terrorist rams pedestrians and stabs a police officer outside of parliament. ffour people are dead and 20 are injured. we have the latest from the scene. sarah: i'm sarah kelly. thank you for joining us. for people are dead and another 20 injured after an attack outside of the houses of parliament. the attack began when a crowd drove into a crowd on westminster bridge. the vehicle driving the short distance along the bridge, around the corner and into the railings outside of the houses of parliament. an attacker then stabbed a police officer standing guard and was subsequently shot by police. now the british prime minister was rushed to safety during the attack and has offered condolences to the victims, a major police investigation is now underway. and authorities are treating the incident as terrorism. reporter: panic in the heart of london. only meters from the houses of parliament, the injured lie on the streets. police say there have been multiple casualties. [sirens] reporter:

the article 50 process is now underway and in accordance with the wishes of the british people the united kingdom is leaving the european union. this is a historic moment from which there can be no turning back. britain is leaving the european union. we are going to make our own decisions and our own laws, we are going to take control of the things that matter most to us and we are going to take this opportunity to build a stronger, fairer britain, a country that our children and grandchildren are proud to call home. that is our ambition and opportunity and that is what this government is determined to do. at moments like these, great turning points in our national story, the choices we make to find the character of our nation. we can choose to say the task ahead is too great, we can turn our faces apart and believe it can't be done or we can look forward with optimism and hope and to believe in the enduring power of the british spirit. i choose to believe in britain and that our best days lie ahead. and i do so because i'm confident we have the vision and the plan to use this moment to b

david 0rnstein there from the british cycling centre in manchester. well that's all from me tim hague at the bbc sport centre. join me for updates throughout the evening, but now, it's time to join katherine downes live from the principality stadium in cardiff for this week's inside six nations. has it really been two weeks since eve ryo ne has it really been two weeks since everyone was talking about the italian confusing tactics against england. since scotland got that big win over wales and ireland kept alive their title hunt with the dominant performance over france. the drama kicks off again here the

they have rejected a british government plan for the two sides to agree the terms of the uk's status outside the bloc while negotiating its departure. after officially starting the process of leaving the european union, the british government is due to set out its plans for post—brexit legislation. the british prime minister says britain can hold on to its trade benefits with the eu, even after leaving. the ousted south korean president, park geun—hye, has arrived in court for a hearing that will decide whether to approve an arrest warrant against her over a long—running corruption scandal. a federaljudge in the us state of hawaii has extended the suspension of president trump's travel ban on six mostly muslim states for an indefinite period. the ruling means it cannot be enforced, while being contested in court. now it is time for our news review. what's making headlines around the world 7 ourfirst paper is the guardian, with a photo that many of the papers have on their front pages today, the momentjust after the article 50 letter was delivered to the president of the europea

way of life, to change the british way of life, to attack british democracy, was doomed to failure and to that end, she said, parliament would sit as normal as westminster tomorrow. mps and peers will be sitting as normal despite what happened here today and the fact that all of westminster has beenin the fact that all of westminster has been in lockdown for the last few hours, that is now over and people are allowed to go back to their homes, but 20 people or so, casualties injured, being treated in hospital, including french schoolchildren, police officers and a woman who fell into the river thames from westminster bridge when the car was attacking pedestrians. that is the latest from westminster at this police cordoned, where there is still a lot of police activity, ambulances, police cars, the police helicopter moving around all the time. i will hand you back to the studio. thank you, ben. more from ben brown and the team and westminster coming up. police say they are treating today's attack as a terrorist incident. since 2014 the threat level for international terrorism in the uk