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Three, by London Bridge. Two, one and lift off but that three, two, one and lift off but that the rise of starliner, a new era in human space flight. And could this capsule one day take paying passengers into space . And coming up on bbc news, after a week of speculation about mikel arteta, well have the latest on the managerial situation at arsenal. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Mps vote this afternoon on the Prime Ministers plan for the uk to leave the European Union at the end of january. Borisjohnson urged the commons to back his Withdrawal Agreement bill, and said it was time to discard the old labels of leave and remain. But his critics are angry that previous safeguards on the environment, workers rights and child refugees have been watered down or removed from the bill. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. Suddenly it seems so simple. Time after time, this Prime Minister and the last have come to parliament to get mps to back their brexit deal. But this morning, borisjohnson arrived knowing this time he was certain to succeed. He told mps their backing for his deal would allow the country to move on. Now is the time to act together, as one reinvigorated nation, one United Kingdom, filled with renewed confidence in our National Destiny and determined at last to take advantage of the opportunities that now lie before us. Jeremy corbyn criticised the governments handling of brexit but acknowledged voters had sent all politicians a message. We recognise the clear message from the British Public last week, however they voted in the referendum of 2016, and understand their determination to end the never ending cycle of the Brexit Debate and get back to solving the day to day issues that challenge them in their daily lives. But he said labour will not back this bill, partly because of changes the government has made. The legislation now rules out any further extension to the transition period during which ministers hope to negotiate a trade deal. Uk courts will now be able to reconsider rulings made by the European Court ofjustice. Gone is a protection for refugee children in europe with family in the uk, and a clause on strengthening workers rights. Those things, ministers say, will be dealt with in separate legislation but that is not enough for labour. We warned before the general election the Prime Ministers brexit deal was a terrible deal for our country and we still believe it is a terrible deal today. And while the government argues the election result gave it a mandate, the Scottish National party claims its plan is at odds with what many voters want. Scotland could not have been clearer last week. We did not vote for brexit and returning the snp with a greater mandate shows scotland still totally and utterly rejects brexit. But borisjohnson knows he now has the numbers to do as he wants. The oven is on, so to speak it is set at gas mark 4, we can have it done by lunchtime, or late lunch. Todays vote is not the end of the Brexit Process far from it. There are months of negotiations to come but the arguments that have raged here for so long about how, when, if the uk would actually leave the eu were settled by the election result and, although opposition parties will try to hold the government to account, there is little they can do to change the course that has been set. Jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is at westminster. Norman, the Prime Minister says the up norman, the Prime Minister says the up and is on and he has a big majority so presumably this vote is pretty straight forward but what happens after that . pretty straight forward but what happens after that . I think it is a given that the brexit bill will go through and mrjohnson has a majority of 80 seats and it cant be stopped. What was striking i thought was the tone of mrjohnson. He did not adopt a triumphalist tone and instead sought to reach out to vanquished mainers, even citing Shakespeares Romeo vanquished mainers, even citing sha kespeares romeo and vanquished mainers, even citing Shakespeares Romeo and juliet, saying we should not be like the montague is and calculates commit the feuding families for ever fighting with each other. That said, iimagine it fighting with each other. That said, i imagine it is Wishful Thinking because there are a large degree of distrust of mrjohnson personally and also of his brexit deal, compounded by the fact he had stripped out of the bill some of the safeguards negotiated by parliament, safeguards negotiated by parliament, safeguards on employment rights, the role of parliament, on child refugees. 0n role of parliament, on child refugees. On top of that there is a fear that no deal is back on the table if he cannot meet his hard 12 month deadline to secure an agreement by the end of the transition period and a broaderfear that he is looking for an agreement that he is looking for an agreement that puts us at some distance from the eu, which could threatenjobs and manufacturing in this country. Will the warring over brexit end after today . Well, if you read your romeo and juliet, i think you will find the two ill fated lovers ended up find the two ill fated lovers ended up dead and im not ever sure the feuding families ever made peace. Norman, thank you very much. Norman smith, our assistant political editor. Well, steering the economy through brexit will be top of the agenda for the man whos been named as the new governor of the bank of england, Andrew Bailey. Mr bailey, a former Deputy Governor at the bank and the current head of the financial conduct authority, will take over from mark carney in march. The chancellor, sajid javid, said he was the standout candidate for the role. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. It is the most important appointment so it is the most important appointment so far by the newly elected johnson government. Good morning, everyone. Sajid javid, the chancellor, chose an establishment insider to succeed mark carney as governor of the bank of england upon a career Civil Servant Andrew Bailey. Im delighted to announce that the next governor of the bank of england will be Andrew Bailey. We said we were looking for a lead of international standing, with expertise across monetary, economic and regulatory policy. And in Andrew Bailey we have found just that. With this appointment come to be governor of the uk central bank, Andrew Bailey has reached the pinnacle of the Financial System but he has been very close to the top of it for at least 15 years. That means he will fit in easily, surrounded by a lot of familiarfaces, fit in easily, surrounded by a lot of familiar faces, but it also means he has been there before and after many of the things that went wrong. From 2004, at the bank of england presided over the credit boom that pumped up the Housing Market and led 2008 banking crisis, Andrew Bailey was the chief cashier but you can still find his signature on old £20 notes. He was also the man running the bank of englands emergency measures to handle the financial crisis. In 2013 he was the Deputy Governor in charge of the regulation makejob governor in charge of the regulation make job banks had governor in charge of the regulation makejob banks had enough money and such javid with the treasury minister in charge of banks and regulation when the co op bank, chaired by methodist minister paul flowers, collapsed under the weight ofa £1. 5 flowers, collapsed under the weight of a £1. 5 billion black hole. It will now be mr baileys to try to prevent financial trouble on a much larger scale. The bank of england will be is there to ensure the government does not fall back into recession. I dont think its likely it will happen but a bit of a push from the bank to ensure there is sufficient liquidity will be quite necessary , sufficient liquidity will be quite necessary, to calm some of the fears and uncertainty that businesses are bound to appeal over the next year. At 1. 5 , inflation is below target but today figures showed government borrowing rising and at the last count the economy was not growing at all. Getting the top job count the economy was not growing at all. Getting the topjob is count the economy was not growing at all. Getting the top job is one thing, succeeding at it is another. Andy verity, bbc news, at the bank of england. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, is here. He takes the helm at a crucial time . And that is why the chancellor and government had gone foot stability, credibility, continuity because although as andy said in his report, there were some issues around individual crises of various buttons while he was head of the initial conduct authority, thatjob is a difficultjob and you will necessarily get no credit when you solve problems and if there is a small problem, you get all of the incoming for it. He is a lifer at the bank of england, signing those £20 notes and an adviser to sir eddie george in the late 90s when they were first given their independence and i think this is a government, because it is perhaps doing radical things elsewhere in terms of trade policy and brexit, they want that stability and indeed they want that stability and indeed the chancellor chose to present this announcement in the very room where the bank was given its independence by gordon brown 25 years ago. Thank you very much, faisal islam, our economics editor. Heavy rain is causing major disruption for thousands of people embarking on a christmas getaway. Road and rail journeys are being disrupted in parts of southern england on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Both the railway line and the m23 motorway between london and brighton were closed because of flooding while a landslide near guildford caused further problems. Tolu adeoye reports. This is what heavy rain overnight has led to in the surrey, a landslip this morning near guildford causing major disruption along the main railway line. Flooding is effecting travel across the south east of england with delays and cancellations for many passengers. We have a number of problems. We have four or five landslips across the whole of the region and in addition we have multiple flooding sites. 0bviously addition we have multiple flooding sites. Obviously the worry we have at the moment is the extreme rainfall we have already experienced is going to carry on. Problems also on the roads. The m23 has been partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks. Highways england says contractors are working ha rd to clear england says contractors are working hard to clear it as soon as possible. Much of the disruption on the transport network is for those heading for gatwick. Passengers heading for gatwick. Passengers heading to gatwick from london victoria are some of the lucky ones as there are still direct trains running but anyone coming from brighton is being asked to find alternative means of transport and to allow extra time. Normally come on the busiest friday before christmas, we expect there to be problems at the airport and there are but this time it is on the trains because it the severe flooding. It is very difficult to get to orfrom flooding. It is very difficult to get to or from britains second Busiest Airport this morning. The met office has issued Severe Weather warnings for heavy rain, saying what on road will cause delays in some areas into saturday and sunday. The Big Christmas getaway not offer the start. Tolu adeoye, bbc news. The parents of harry dunn are meeting officials from the Crown Prosecution Service to find out if the woman accused over his death will face charges. 19 year old harry died when his motorbike was in collision with a car driven by Anne Sacoolas. She left britain shortly afterwards, claiming diplomatic immunity because her husband worked for the Us Government at an raf base in northamptonshire. Duncan kennedy is at the cps offices in central london. What is happening today is they will come here in the next 20 minutes or so and they will hear the decision whether the main suspect in the case, Anne Sacoolas, is to be charged or not. Its a very big day in the port harry dunns parents, who are en route from northamptonshire, the place where the accident took place at the end of august when that collision took place between the car driven by Anne Sacoolas and their son harry on his motorbike. All along the family have been pressing for Anne Sacoolas to come back from the United States and what they want in particular is for her to be charged with dangerous driving. They dont want any other charge because with dangerous driving they believe that could lead to extradition and cyclist back from the United States. It needs to be dangerous driving, they say, because it carried a similar penalty in the states extradition of Anne Sacoolas. Only then can extradition ta ke sacoolas. Only then can extradition take place but the problem for the family which they recognise is that when she left in september, and settlers claimed diplomatic immunity and although the Foreign Office have since said she no longer has it in the us, her lawyers will argue that she did have diplomatic immunity when she was hit in the United Kingdom and therefore will not be liable for the charge and that crime. Either way, which awaits this pans out and whatever charge follows, this could take many months and possibly years if we start getting into extradition. Duncan kennedy reporting. The time is 13 14. Our top story this lunchtime. Mps vote on the Prime Ministers brexit plan for the uk to leave the European Union by the end of january. And still to come. As a new law banning military style guns comes into force in new zealand, we return to christchurch, to see how the community has responded to the mosque shootings. Coming up on bbc news englands womens cricketers end 2019 on a high, winning their twenty20 series against pakistan 3 0. The Prime Minister of australia, scott morrison, has apologised for going on holiday in hawaii this week, while the nation endured raging bushfires and record temperatures. Two volunteer firefighters have died while being deployed to a huge blaze near sydney, and the fire service say it would be a miracle if more homes were not lost tomorrow. Phil mercer reports theres no end in sight to australias brutal summer. Many of the bush fires are unstoppable. They are easily started and spread quickly. More lives have been lost and houses destroyed. In New South Wales, 100 fires are burning, and the Emergency Services are stretched to the limit. The firefighting effort is a military style operation. A squadron of water bombing helicopters is supporting hundreds of boots on the ground. This is a giant air crane a helicopter that is flying in to suck water out of the dam, to be used on the main fire front thats just over the ridge. And this sort of operation is happening time and time again. Two volunteer firefighters were killed when a tree fell on theirfire engines south of sidney. The tragedy prompted australias Prime Minister to cut short a holiday in hawaii. Scott morrison has apologised for going overseas during a time of crisis. Its just unfortunate that its come at such an awful time, particularly for those living in and around sidney and New South Wales. And its just devastating to be here and seeing whats happening there, so im pleased to be returning. As the debate over the Prime Ministers leadership rages, so do the fires. For those on the front line, its exhausting and dangerous work. It was scary. And, er, when you see flames come over the top of you, and its that hot that you can feel the burning through protective clothing and masks, where youre actually breathing hot air and the airs hurting the back of your throat, it is hot. In south australia, a catastrophic warning has been issued, and emergency crews are battling 120 fires. Parts of New South Wales are bracing for similar conditions on saturday. Officials say it would be a miracle if more homes werent lost. Residents in vulnerable areas have been told to leave while they can. Phil mercer, bbc news, bago, New South Wales. In new zealand. Military style semi automatic guns will be banned from tomorrow. It follows the massacre of 51 people during friday prayers at two mosques in christchurch in march. A nationwide amnesty has seen over 50,000 firearms destroyed across the country since then. Danny vincent reports. A community struggling to grieve. This is not only a place of worship, but also the scene of an attack that shocked the world. Friday prayers bring a moment of reflection, but also pain. What happened here changed new zealand. With unity came a warming of the need to guard against extremism. On the 15th of march, a lone gunman walked into this mosque, armed with a semi automatic, military style weapon. He killed 51 people and injured dozens more. New zealand is now determined to make sure nothing like this ever happens again. And this is what theyre doing about it. New zealand plans to destroy nearly all high powered semi automatic assault rifles. Centres like this one have been set up across the country, and tens of thousands of gun owners have been forced to hand in their firearms, as part of an amnesty. In the centre we visited in christchurch, these are some of the guns that have been handed in injust one day. And why do you think its so important that these guns are now off the streets . As you can see, all of these are semi autos. They can take up to 30 or more magazine capacities. Sks, again, semiautomatics. These are the go to firearms for Mass Shootings worldwide. But while the ban was swift, its not without its critics. This is the hand loaders range, on the outskirts of the city. In a country where theres roughly one firearm for every four citizens, the people here represent decades long traditions of gun ownership. Weve had a really world class, i would say almost the best in the world, history of low firearms crimes in new zealand, because we regulate the people, not the firearms. But none of this legislation is doing that. Across the country, tens of thousands of guns have been handed in. The police are keen to deem the ban a success. But they admit its impossible to predictjust how many more guns are still out there. Danny vincent, bbc news, christchurch. Here, events are taking place to commemorate the lives of the two victims of the terror attack near London Bridge last month. The funeral of jack merritt is in cambridge, while theres a Memorial Service for saskia jones in stratford upon avon. Both were stabbed to death in the attack by convicted terrorist usman khan when they attended a conference at fishmongers hall. Our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. They had graduated from Cambridge University a year apart, with masters degrees in criminology. Jack merritt was 25, saskia jones, 23. Both were at the start of their adult lives but, today, they were being mourned, after being killed in the fishmongers hall attack three weeks ago. At the Holy Trinity Church in stratford upon avon, where William Shakespeare is buried, close family and friends of saskia jones were remembering a sensitive, committed young woman, whod wanted to join the police, who was working on a Prisoner Education project, but was killed by one of those she was helping. Terrorism often seems something far away, thats not going to affect this sleepy town in warwickshire. But this has really brought it home, that this is something that really can affect peoples lives here in stratford, and people have been very touched and moved by that, and shocked by it. At great st marys in cambridge, the university church, an almost simultaneous Funeral Service forjack merritt, whose body was in a wicker coffin, in keeping with the ethical way he lived his life. Hed helped run the learning together project that organised the conference next to London Bridge, at which they were killed. Saskia jones and jack merritt had both been at the event in fishmongers hall three weeks ago when the attacker, who had recently been released from a long prison sentence for terrorism offences, suddenly started stabbing people. The vice chancellor of Cambridge University wrote this week of the unspeakably tragic loss of two bright young people, and asked that the manner of their deaths should not overshadow the way they lived their lives. Daniel sandford, bbc news. A woman who was raped and sexually abused as a teenager by a group of men from telford has told the bbc she believes girls are still being sexually abused in the shropshire town. Four men were sentenced yesterday for their part in her rape and indecent assault. Shes been speaking to our correspondent, sian lloyd. Wellington, near telford, an area at the centre of a Child Sexual Exploitation scandal going back decades. The exact extent of the abuse still isnt known. Girls were trafficked, sold for sex in the surrounding area, and some were taken further afield. 17 years after she was first abused, aged just 13, this woman has now been able to speak about what happened. My life was ruled by them. Every day, getting picked up, taken here, there and everywhere. Meeting so many men. I cant even put a number on it. It was a living hell. Her evidence has led to the conviction of four men, who have now begun prison sentences. Mohammed ali sultan was described by a judge as a dangerous man, and jailed for eight years for her rape and indecent assault. He had previous convictions for similar offences against young girls. Former taxi driver Mohammad Rizwan was sentenced to five and a half years. Shafiq younas and Amjad Hussain will both serve four and a half years. All guilty of indecent assault. She was abused by other men too, who have yet to be brought tojustice. They threatened to kill me and they threatened to kill my family. But it was also physical abuse they were doing to me. And i think from seeing that, i believe what they were going to do. I really do truly believe that they would have done that. Some of the abuse was carried out in this churchyard, but she was not alone. A Police Investigation into the trafficking and prostitution of young girls in the telford area led to a number of convictions seven years ago. This victim believes Vulnerable Children are still being targeted here. It makes me feel sad that some girl, or many girls, could be out there now feeling the way i did, going through what i did. I know how it feels, and i know how scared they must feel, but they must tell somebody. The help is there now, not like it was back then. An independent inquiry is scrutinising both the extent of Child Sexual Exploitation in this area and how the authorities responded. It has a lot to consider, and its findings are not expected before 2021. Sian lloyd, bbc news, shropshire. For decades, israels Beitar Jerusalem Football Club was known for violence and racism within a hardcore group of fans, but the club has been trying to change its image, and its new owner has taken on unruly fans. Our sports correspondent, alex ca pstick, reports. Match night at the teddy stadium, home to beitarjerusalem, one of the biggest clubs in the country, with a loyal, passionate following. They come from all corners of the land, with a hardcore of fans who go by the name of la familia. Theyre raucous, but theyve also earned a notorious reputation for being racist proud their team is the only one in israels top division that has never selected an arab player. Their behaviour was a huge problem, but this man took them on his style, confrontational. The way that i chose was to sue personally for damages, of damaging the reputation of the club. Ive zero tolerance for racism, absolutely zero. The scale of the challenge was laid bare when fans disrupted a pre season open day at the training ground. These protests aimed at new signing ali mohamed, a christian from niger, with a muslim name. But inside the stadium, there have been no racist incidents during the current campaign. And ali mohameds goal scoring has only provoked a positive response. Close by, jewish and arab children from west and eastjerusalem play together, in a project known as team of equals. Its doing its bit to help bridge the divide in this complicated city. The organiser is also responsible for monitoring all discrimination in israeli football. Ourjob is to make everyone understand that there is a difference between what you can do outside and what you can do in the football stadium. And i think, slowly but surely, everyone is moving in that direction in israel, and especially beitar. The atmosphere is very much changed in the past year. While things have calmed down, the real test will come if, or when, an arab israeli joins this club, who steps out onto this pitch in the yellow and black colours of beitarjerusalem. In israel, pulling people together in a common cause is difficult, but at beitar, the new owner is showing a way to bring unity. Alex capstick, bbc news, jerusalem. A new era in human space flight with those words, the new starliner capsule blasted off from Cape Canaveral this morning. Its a craft that one day could take space tourists into orbit as paying customers. Starliner is on a test flight to the International Space station, but the voyage hasnt gone as well as hoped, as our science correspondent Jonathan Amos explains. And lift off. The rise of starliner. And lift off. The rise of starliner. A new era of human space flight. But things havent quite gone to plan. Boeing launched the capital on time, but the capsule failed to fire its engines that would take it to the space station. Boeing has built the craft to sell seats to anyone who will buy them. In the first instance, that will be the American Space agency. Nasa hasnt been able to launch its own astronauts to orbit for nearly nine years. When it retired to the shuttles in 2011, it ceased to operate space vehicles and it brought seats to the space station in russian capsules instead. But soon, nasa will spend its money hey grade grades on american astronaut taxi services. The goal being that nasa wants to be one customer of many customers, in a very robust commercial marketplace for human space flight in the future. We also want to have numerous providers that compete against each other on cost and innovation. The innovation the ultimate goal being we want to drive down costs, increase innovation and increase access to space in a way that we have never seen before. Another enterprise, californias space x company, has already completed the test flight of its astronaut capsule. The dragon craft made a flawless trip to the lab in march. It looks set to start flying astronauts for real in the next few months. What we dont know is how far behind boeing will be. Engineers are trying to fix the problem of the stored capsule. If they can, the starliner will arrive at the space station on saturday. Time for a look at the weather. Heres nick miller. Thoroughly wet start to friday and the christmas getaway for some of us. These are the last couple of days of rainfall