As an explosion rocks the Afghan Capital kabul. It comes a week after a Major Taliban attack on a high profile hotel in which more than 20 people died. Three teenaged boys have died after being hit by a car, at a bus stop in west london. The collision involved a black audi. A 28 year old man, who was inside the car, has been arrested. There is relief for a thousand workers at Aerospace Firm bombardier, as massive tariffs will not now be imposed by the us by the us authorities. The Prime Minister has welcomed the landmark ruling. The release of serial sex attacker, john worboys, has been put on hold. It comes after two of his victims won the first stage of a legal challenge. Paris is on high alert for flooding. Record rainfall has caused the river seine to burst its banks, in one of the wettest januarys in paris in more than a century. Hundreds of homes have been evacuated, and tunnels and roads have been sealed off. Now on bbc news its time for the week in parliament. Hello and welcome
The week in parliament. Coming up in the next half hour the bill putting eu law on the uk statute book clears its first hurdle in the lords, but theres a hint of the battles to come. At this Pivotal Moment in our history, we cannot, we must not, indulge in that very british habit of just muddling through. Mps vote to move out of parliament for a multi billion pound repair programme, after warnings theres a risk of it burning down we must recognise that as time passes without competence of action, those risks only increase. Also on this programme, its stand in day at Prime Ministers questions, where Emily Thornberry attacks the government and the dup for not backing votes at 16. They are not the coalition of chaos, mr speaker, theyre the coalition of cavemen but David Lidington says that labour put up the age for doing all sorts of things. Raised the age to buy fireworks to 18, and raised the age for using a sunbed to 18 but first, after two days of debate and 190 speakers, the eu withd
In parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. On this programme can we trust the Civil Servants to be neutral over the effects of brexit . I have maintained this document as propaganda from top to bottom. A hundred years since women got the right to vote. But female peers say theres a long way to go in the fight for womens rights. You have to ask yourself what is meritorious, who decides what is the value . And after Donald Trump Tweets about the state of our nhs, an invitation is issued to the us president. Showsowwleaders hip. L i think i have done overall more than 20 years, with some discontinuities. I never had the occasion to question the impartiality or objectivity of the of Civil Servants. Quite often they have said things that i did not want to hear but i would never accuse them with with the recent accusations leveled against them. I think we should be proud of our Civil Service and i reject the smears against them. He will be familiar with this
Parliament. 0ur round up of an especially long day at westminster. A day that ended with mps giving initial support to the bill that tra nsfers initial support to the bill that transfers thousands of eu laws into uk law. The ayes to the right, 396. The nos to the left, 290. There was a passionate debate. It was a peacetime power grab over the legislator, by the government over parliament in 100 years. Added to the vast majority of honourable members in this house actually want to create a chaotic brexit. Also on the programme, more anger over the governments scheme to provide working parents with extra Free Childcare. This doesnt strike me as high Quality Childcare but another broken manifesto commitment akin to their betrayal on working tax credit in 2015. But first, a landmark government bill that casts and paste dozens government bill that casts and paste d oze ns of government bill that casts and paste dozens of european laws into european law has cleared its first parliamentary hu
In parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. On this programme. On track or off course . The Party Leaders have different takes on the brexit negotiations. Just at the moment when britain needs a strong negotiating team, we have a cabinet at each others throats. Why did Monarch Airlines collapse . Is it all the fault of the b word . This is a sign of brexit beginning to bite. And is the government ignoring local democracy when it comes to fracking for shale gas . Every level of local government had turned down a fracking application. But first. When mps returned to westminster after their three week conference break, the battle over the unfolding of brexit was soon resumed. Days before the Prime Minister endured her trouble hit speech at the conservative party conference, shed been in italy, addressing european leaders in florence. There, theresa may set out the governments aims and objectives as the uk goes through the lengthy negotiating process for eu