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And englands cricketers make key breathroughs on the opening day of the second test in adelaide the first day night match in the history of the ashes. And, in half an hour here on bbc news, dateline london discusses why irelands border could be a brexit barrier, come monday. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The us senate has approved a sweeping tax reform bill, putting President Trump on course for his first major legislative achievement since he took office. These changes are the biggest tax overhaul since the 1980s and would see a sharp cut in Corporation Tax bringing it down from 35 to 20 . Despite the democrats voting against the bill, the republicans won by 51 votes to 49. The bill must now be combined with a version passed by the lower house of representatives, before it can be signed into law. The democrats leader in the chamber, chuck schumer, said the republicans would pay the price at the ballot box. My my republican friends will ultimately pay consequences for this bill and beyond. The Republican Party will no longer be the party of tax cuts for middle class people. The passage of this bill today will be about the new Republican Party, one that raises taxes on the middle class and abandoning its principles for its paymasters. But the president s legislative success comes as us media reporting that his son in law, jared kushner, has been implicated in the investigation into claims of collusion with russia. Our washington correspondent, laura bicker reports. Michael flynn, a retired three star general, left the court in washington to a familiar chant. Lock him up. Hed once encouraged donald Trump Supporters to use a similar version against rival hillary clinton. The 58 year old played a key part in mr Trumps Campaign and often travelled with him. If i did a tenth, a tenth of what she did, i would be injail today. He was rewarded with the post of National Security adviser, but was forced to resign afterjust 23 days when his contacts with russia to discuss us sanctions were disclosed. On the 29th of december, Michael Flynn spoke to the Russian Ambassador on the phone in the first of a series of calls. On the 15th of january, Vice President mike pence said that sanctions were not discussed in those calls. Only after the 9th of february, when a newspaper revealed general flynn did discuss sanctions, did pressure increase and Michael Flynn lost hisjob. As part of his guilty plea, prosecutors said mr flynn is now cooperating with the investigation. Us media claims he will testify that senior members of the trump team, including mr trumps son in lanared kushner, encouraged flynn to make contact with russian officials. The white house is now trying to distance himself from flynns actions, and the lies he told to the fbi, but having reached a plea bargain to co operate, what else has mr flynn told the inquiry and what further revelations are to come . White house officials have indicated that President Trump is likely to announce next week that the United States will recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. The status ofjerusalem is highly contentious, with both israelis and palestinians claiming all or part of the city as their capital. Critics have warned that the decision by donald trump could jeopardise peace negotiations. All Government Departments have been advised by the National Cyber Security Centre not to use russian Anti Virus Software on systems containing sensitive information. Kaspersky lab, which has aoo million customers worldwide, was banned from Us Government networks earlier this year. The Company Denies any links to the kremlin. Jon donnison reports. Cyber Security Software like that provided by Kaspersky Lab requires extensive access to the files on a computer phone or network to look for viruses. Our mission has always been to protect. Kaspersky is used by consumers and businesses as well as some parts of government to protect systems from criminals and hackers. But now a new warning about russian Anti Virus Software, amid fears it could be used for spying. Secrets of global significance. At britains National Cyber Security Centre, they say theyve not seen actual proof of such espionage, but theyve told Government Departments not to use kaspersky for systems containing sensitive data. This is specifically about entities that may be of interest to the russian government and so for us thats about National Security systems in government, of which there are a very small number. Kaspersky lab has already denied allegations that its been used for espionage in america. We dont do anything wrong. They are just speculating about some rumours, opinions and there is zero of the hard data. 400 Million People use kaspersky products around the world, but Officials Say theyre not telling the general public to stop using it. Kaspersky lab denies any wrongdoing, but todays warning is another sign about growing fears over the risk posed by russia. Professor Alan Woodward is from the Surrey Centre for Cyber Security. I asked him why this warning is being issued now. It is interesting when you read the warning, it is very nuanced, unlike the american one which is a blanket ban, do not use it for that they have been weighing this up for some time. What the national sosanya the National Centre for Cyber Security has been under pressure. Do we use it or not question that they have said for the most sensitive systems, those Holding Secret and toxic information, we note on balance russia is acting aggressively to the uk and you should not use Russian Software in general. That tends to mean customer ski, because they are the biggest outlet for that they have taken some time. If you read the statement it is quite balanced. The russian government has been quite aggressive inside the space. The time has come where you cannot take any more risks with this sensitive information. Who are kaspersky . We heard a bit in the report. What more can you add to it . My report. What more can you add to it . My own experience, i did a lot of work with people like europol for example, and Law Enforcement agencies across europe have had very good experiences. They have been very cooperative and their software is very good. From a domestic perspective i would not hesitate to use it. Ive tended to believe eugene kaspersky. He has a background himself in connection with the russian government but i do not think they themselves are overtly co operating, in the same way that most technologies in the United States would probably say they are not cooperating with their government. It is one of those situations where you cannot divorce it from the fact it is in a country that has a government which has been quite aggressive to the uk. On that story, the whole issue with Antivirus Software is its provenance. If we look to america, we have china, another one also which has a very heavy tech sector is israel. Who are the main players . Well, israel, mostly names that people probably wont have heard of in israel. They tend to be more at the leading edge was that they spin out of their research arms. A lot of it quite often goes to america, gets bought and is used in america. Interestingly, one of the things that happened with kaspersky and which kicked it off now, there were stories about certain classified information from a contractor ending up information from a contractor ending up on kaspersky systems which were then leverage by russian intelligence services. There is evidence that the Israeli Intelligence services were also inside kaspersky systems without their knowledge from looking for some of this data. It has some very high privileges, Antivirus Software. You can look at anything on the machine. It looks like it may have been sending some of it back. The warning that was issued said it was targeted towards Government Departments. How widely used is Kaspersky Software for home users, for the likes of me and you, and should we be worried as well . M for the likes of me and you, and should we be worried as well . It is very widely used. 400 million users around the world. Many people i know use it. I dont happen to use it but very many people use it. I think it is one of those things where, if you dont have anything particularly sensitive from a classified perspective on your machine, i wouldnt personally worry about it. Are they interested in what the likes of you and me have on our machines . Probably not. They are after classified documents. That is what this statement particularly pertains to. It will be difficult and this is probably why it has taken the National Centre so long to put this statement out. Other people would think, if there is a risk for classified documents, maybe i should be cautious as well stop the sort of system is the statement refers to are relatively small in number. The thing that kaspersky will worry about is that people will run scared in general and stop using it in domestic situations could just as you have said. They do not want that. Time for the headlines. A 14 year old boy has died in hospital after being found unconscious on the ha rd after being found unconscious on the hard shoulder of the m6 to seven motorway in Greater Manchester yesterday afternoon he was found nearjunction three. It is thought the teenager was involved in a collision with a car. It is feared there could be hundreds ofjob losses at toys r us after the retailer announced it would close around a quarter of its uk stores. The move would see the closure of 25 shops. It is part of a deal with the owners to renegotiate debts with landlords. It is thought Christmas Trading and gift vouchers would not be affected by the move. Five men have been injured after car hits pedestrians in brixton in south london. Police were called in the early hours to stockwell road. The car, a vw golf, was abandoned at the scene. Officers believe the incident occurred shortly after an altercation between the occupants of the vehicle and a number of people. The men were taken to hospital, but are not in a critical condition. No arrests have been made. Two former Police Officers who leaked allegations that pornographic images had been found on the work computer of the now first secretary of state, damian green, were in flagrant breach of their own code of conduct, according to the former attorney general, dominic grieve. The comments come as mr green repeated his insistence that he didnt view pornographic material. The Police Officers who have made these allegations, well, there is a dispute between them and damian green about whether or not there was pornography on that computer, which was seized from his Parliamentary Office in a police raid in 2008. Damian green has consistently denied it. The two Police Officers said it was there. Yesterday a former met detective claimed he had no doubts whatsoever that it was damian green was back in pewter that had the information on it. Meanwhile, conservative mps have been rallying around damian green. Their argument really is that the material which these officers are talking about was confidential. It was required as pa rt confidential. It was required as part of a police operation. So people like tim lawton and Damian Collins are making that point. The former chief constable of Greater Manchester police, sir peter fahy, has made similar points, saying that actually Police Officers should never. Actually Police Officers should never. Even retired officers should never be releasing material which is not relevant to the investigation that it was acquired as part of yesterday we had brexit secretary david davis is throwing his weight behind dominic greene. And on newsnight last night. Dominic grieve, the former attorney general, said that the conduct of these Police Officers is being called into question. They choose to put material that an ordinary citizen would be prohibited from acquiring under Data Protection rules into the Public Domain on their own judgment. There is a way of dealing with that. If you think something is relevant used to it by a proper official means. You do not go freelancing like these officers have done. It has a smack of the police state about it. If you think about it, there seems to be a beef between damian green and the police. What is going on . This will date back to the raid on his office back in 2008. At the time, damian green was a Shadow Home Affairs spokesman, he was given information from the home office which he used to attack the then labour government. The leaking quarry was launched and the police we re quarry was launched and the police were called in. As part of that investigation his office was raided, his computers were taken, and a civil servant, a home office civil servant, was fired. No one was charged as a result. Conservative mps at the time were hugely critical of the fact the police got involved. They said it was a politicisation of the police force. The first person to bring forward these allegations around the alleged pornographic material which they say was on damian greens computer was bob quick, at the time the assistant commissionerfor the quick, at the time the assistant commissioner for the met, who was responsible for that raid on damian greens office. We heard a very profound denialfrom greens office. We heard a very profound denial from damian greens office. We heard a very profound denialfrom damian green at the time, accusing bob quick of holding a grudge essentially against him. Where is all of this leading . This should all come to a head in the next few days. A senior civil servant, sue gray, from the cabinet office, is looking at these allegations and separate allegations that damian green also denies around alleged inappropriate behaviour towards the conservative activist. Her report, we are told, could land on the desk of the Prime Minister at any point in the next few days. At that point it will be down to theresa may to decide whether or not there will be any consequences for damian green as a result of this row. That was tom barton speaking to me earlier. The headlines on bbc news reports in the us claim President Trumps former National Security adviser Michael Flynn, who has admitted lying to the fbi about his dealings with russia, is preparing to implicate Donald Trumps son in law, jared kushner. The us senate has passed a tax reform bill President Trumps first big legislative achievement. It will mean a significant reduction in Corporation Tax, and a lower rate for some individuals. The uk National Cyber Security Centre has told Government Departments not to use Anti Virus Software written by a russian company, if their computers contain information related to National Security. We are going to show you some pictures coming to us from hanover in germany where police in the Northern City are gathering and preparing themselves for protests that are taking place. About 600 delegates are therefore a two day congress. The purpose of this is to elect a new leader of the afd party. Protesters have been sitting in the road, putting up umbrellas as police have been using water cannon for sabitzer is really cold out there, to try to break up the crowds. If you wonder why they are using such measures, i will take you back to april when a number of officers were injured when clashes took place with demonstrators in the western city of cologne during the last afd congress. When i say afd, it is the alternative for germany. Why are we talking about them . Alternative for germany. Why are we talking about them . Joining the general election in september, they ca ptu red general election in september, they captured nearly 13 of the vote, almost 100 seats, in the parliament. A real watershed moment in post war german politics. Just after that election,