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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

the president also did not apologize to the british government for suggesting that british spies were behind the wire tapping. >> and just to finish your question, we said nothing. all we did was quote a certain very talented legal mind who was the one responsible for saying that on television. >> reporter: asked by a german reporter whether it was a mistake to blame the british spy agency, the president passed the buck to fox legal analyst andrew napolitano who first raised the possibility. >> i didn't make an opinion on it. that was a statement made by a very talented lawyer on fox, so you shouldn't be talking to me, you should be talking to fox, okay? >> reporter: an hour later, fox news responded. >> fox news cannot confirm judge napolitano's commentary. fox news knows of no evidence of any kind that the now president of the united states was surveilled at any time in any way, full stop. >> reporter: the wire tapping claim escalated into an international incident after white house press secretary sean spicer defended the president thursday. from the white house podium, spicer repe

and then last year, i should add, there was an attack on a british very beloved british parliamentarian, jo cox, not by an islamic terrorist group, that was by a right wing radical fanatic. at this stage we have no idea who has perpetrated this attack, what might be the motivation behind it. i can tell you, regardless of who is responsible or what drove this attack, this certainly is putting a real fear into the hearts of british people, because although everyone in the united kingdom understands that there is an elevated threat, that we do live in dangerous times, as i said before, this is the center of london. this is the seat of power. this is a bustling area. you can see all of those red double decker buses now lined up, stuck as they lock down that entire area. anyone who has been to london, who has spent time in london, has been to this area. and presumably most of these people wouldn't feel unsafe in this area, because there is a heavy police presence around. one simply, wolf, does not expect this sort of thing to happen in broad daylight, for a car to be able to go over westmins

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

at the same time we have an ambition at british cycling to be a world —class ambition at british cycling to be a world—class governing body. i think there are many parts of our organisation where we have gaps and be recognised those gaps. where those gaps have affected individuals we apologise for that, but we are very serious about taking lessons, improving performance and achieving that world—class governing body status. to turn to the independent review into the culture, how shocking, from what you have seen, is the report? issues in terms of behaviours and harassment and bullying is unacceptable. the report has highlighted some issue is that we as an organisation need to address. do you all riders and staff an apology? we have already met with groups of riders and staff and have made it clear that where there have been feeling we apologise for this, we will do something about them and move forward. so there was a bullying culture? some well reported insta nces bullying culture? some well reported instances where behaviour was unacceptable. do you accept that has been a wind at al

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

yes it is a british asian view on our history. both the british raj and asian history. and being british asian, i can stand back and look at it on everyone‘s point of view. i hope it is a very balanced film about turbulent events in our history, but now moving forward 70 yea rs in our history, but now moving forward 70 years later, i think it isa forward 70 years later, i think it is a timely reminder of what happens when politicians all leaders start using hate to divide us, because it can only lead to destruction and death in my opinion. fantastic to talk to you, i‘m looking forward to seeing it from top to bottom. we need your support, british cinema needs british audiences! well we are giving you that support. it is in cinemas from tomorrow and of course because it is the news channel, mark kermode will be here to review it, i‘m sure that he will do it kindly, on the film review, so we willjoin mark for that. nice to see you. let‘s move onto one of the other stories, when the former prime minister gordon brown and his wife sarah lost their babyjennifer after

do you now intend to sue british cycling? i've asked my lawyer to take a close look at it, but until the main report is com pletely at it, but until the main report is completely released, that's all we can do, take a look at it is never been about money for me, just about doing the right, fair thing. british cycling responded to the league strip with a statement excepting without sufficient care and attention to the staff and 0ffaly culture and that while they disobey the factual accuracy, they it there was not adequate oversight leading toa was not adequate oversight leading to a failure to address to address early warning signs. staying with cycling a british rider simon yates when the sixth stage of the paris to nice race today and held on to win the stage by 17 seconds are now worth up to eight in general classification with stages remaining. france retained overall lead. for one hour, brighton have moved by level on points with newcastle at the top of the championship after a convincing 3— nil win championship after a

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

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

then british prime minister theresa may and other party leaders speak on article 50. that starts a two-year process. councilat, a european president speaks after receiving the official letter of separation. during this week's prime ministers question time in the british house of commons, prime minister theresa may to questions on the official triggering of the uk's exit from the european union. this is 35 minutes. house of commons. >> the names of those who died have been released. members across the house join the offering our deet condolences to the friends and families. 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 fo

our british people in portugal? yes. our british people in portugal being seen as a drain on the health service in particular? there will be for sure those who use more the health care service. they have been given a wonderful tax deal. in a way this is an issue and iam deal. in a way this is an issue and i am interested in what you are saying, but in a sense it is a very short—term issue because it will be resolved soon as brexit is declared. the noises coming from the government are not extremely reassuring. i thought the exit bill was going to be the first thing on the agenda. this is the point. it could be another year or so before the fate of eu nationals living in britain is even touched on. because of this different relationship with ireland it does not matter for you, does it? this is the problem, we do not know. as far as i am aware, because of the common travel area and all kinds of legislative stuff that support that architecture between the two islands, as far as i am aware it does not apply to irish people

court, begin hanged three british sergeants and booby trapped their bodies. he blew up the king david hotel, which was at that point the most luxurious hotel in the middle east, a wing was also devoted to be the nerve center of the british mandate. 91 people were killed. and this broke the back of -- broke the spirit of the british occupation and they withdrew, and turned over the problem of palestine to the united nations. now, just to underscore the effect in history, after 9/11, when american troops went interest -- into kandahar and osama bin laden's compound, they und a copy of begin's memoir, and he wanted to know how a terrorist leader becomes a prime minister and wins the nobel peace prize. it's a trick that very few people have accomplished. after the british left, begin turned his attention to palestinians and there's a little village outside of jerusalem. i visited it. now a psychiatric hospital. very weird. the psychiatrists have their offices in what were palestinian homes and the grounds are occupied by lunatics but it's -- it was a palestinian

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.

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.

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

"trump and spicer's remarks about british wiretapping are absurd and dangerous." ambassador, thank you very much for joining us. how has it been like generally to watch what's been unfolding in our country given your knowledge of our country and then specifically to see british intel dragged into this whole mess? >> that part of the story has been a bit disappointing, i have to say, because it first of all popped up as something that sean spicer read out from fox news and fox news may have got it from r.t., so that raises a number of questions about whether there was some russian hand in it. but then after that, spicer made a comment which suggested it had some substance to it. then the story ran. it looked like after nimble diplomacy by people in the nsc and the british government that it would die but then it came up again during the press conference that the president gave with chancellor merkel. he declined to say that the story was not valid and sean spicer, again, then said, if anybody has anything to say, they should talk to fox news, and so on. so as a res

this was a nationwide referendum of the british people, and the british people spoke. the ayes have it, the ayes have it. the british people have been led to think of a future that seems unrealistic. 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'm deeply sad. there is no reason to pretend that this is a happy day. we already miss you. thank you, and goodbye. i choose to believe in britain and that our best days lie ahead. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.

the day will come when the british will re—enterthe day will come when the british will re—enter the vote, day will come when the british will re—enterthe vote, i hope. in a fortnight, eu leaders will meet in italy to celebrate 60 years since the treaty of rome was signed, a foundation stone of the european union. but brexit will undoubtedly overshadow the party. theresa may, who left the summit last night, insists she will trigger the start of brexit by the end of the month. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has been clear about one aspect of the talks to come. the future cost of access to eu markets. it's not reasonable, i don't think, for the uk, having left the eu, to continue to make vast budget payments. i think everybody understands that, and that's the reality. but there will have to become from eyesisin but there will have to become from eyes is in talks about money, trade, the rights of you're citizens and more. an eu state has never left the clu b more. an eu state has never left the club before. the risks for both sides are high. the headlines on bbc news: a drug addic

my kids are british, my husband is british. i never asked anything from them, i just want this card for reassurance and i felt like i was dealt with really unfairly. aurelia is on the neighbourhood watch committee. when two coppers came round to talk about a burglary, her youngest son thought the worst. lorenzo stood in front of me, saying "you are not taking my mum, you're not taking my mum." oh no! when the police arrived? yes, because he thought they were coming to get me. sabine von toerne is a midwife originally from germany who has lived in britain for 13 years. her eight—year—old boy was born here. she has not been rejected, she cannot even apply. you were training at the nhs and you now work for the nhs? correct, yes. but that doesn't count? well, because i have only started work two years ago, in february 2015, and before i was a student, did not have specific insurance, i now haven't got the years together, sufficient years to get by permanent residency document. did you ever imagine when you first kenya all these

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

nor is british cycling. yes. yes. the minute i from there, he is the chair of the culture media and sport select committee. a little later on, we caught up with him and we as first reaction as what here today. —— as to what he heard today. we are trying to establish how british cycling and team sky administer the anti—doping policies. what we have heard today is that they don't. not to satisfaction. there is not proper records being kept. that should be at the heart of any good policy on anti—doping. it isa any good policy on anti—doping. it is a pretty damning indictment of the way that things have been won in british cycling and editing sky. —— and at team sky. this has been a damaging day for both organisations. both have been keen to promote the benefits of clean, drug—free cycling. questions will persist past this point. thanks, we will be talking about it again, no doubt. manchester city and championship side huddersfield are playing for a place in the fa cup quarterfinals tonight. it's a replay

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