good morning from westminster. the bill giving theresa may the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu has cleared its final hurdle in parliament, and will now become law. the brexit secretary, david davis, said the uk was on the threshold of its most important negotiation for a generation. our political correspondent chris mason reports. contents, 118, not contents, 274, so the not contents have it. with those words the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debates here in the house of lords and in the house of commons are, for now at least, done. one thing came out very clearly in all the debates. it is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad forforeign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. i think the quicker we get on with this process the better. the house of commons had overturned two suggested changes to the plan s n
and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, crystal palace have already uspet the leaders, chelsea, this month can they do the same to arsenal? good evening. international pressure is growing on russia to abandon its support for syria s president assad in the wake of last week s chemical weapons attack on a rebel town. tonight foreign ministers from the g7 group of industrialised nations have been meeting in northern italy to consider a coordinated response which could include support for new sanctions on moscow and damascus. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, said america would hold to account those who committed crimes against innocents anywhere in the world. from lucca, our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. contemplating italy s past glory and syria s president horror present horror, borisjohnson syria s president horror present horror, boris johnson and syria s president horror present horror, borisjohnson and rex tillers
international pressure is growing on russia to abandon its support for syria s president assad in the wake of last week s chemical weapons attack on a rebel town. tonight western foreign ministers from the g7 group of industrialised nations have been meeting in northern italy to consider a co ordinated response which could include support for new sanctions on moscow and damascus. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, said america would hold to account those who committed crimes against innocents anywhere in the world. from lucca our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. contemplating italy s past glory and syria s present horror, borisjohnson and rex tillerson were turning up the international heat on president assad and his russian backers. this morning rex tillerson deliberately started his day at a memorial to note the atrocity in 1944, the massacre of local villagers, and drew a direct parallel to the gas attack last week. we will rededicate ourselves
there is growing international pressure on russia to abandon its support for syria s president assad, in the wake of last week s chemical attack. but there s little sign russia will risk its strong military interests in syria. western foreign ministers from the g7 group the uk, the us, japan, italy, france, germany and canada have been meeting in italy, trying for a co ordinated response which could include new sanctions on moscow and damascus. from lucca our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. contemplating italy s past glory and syria s present horror, boris johnson and america s secretary of state rex tillerson are in lucca to turn up the international heat on president assad and his russian backers. this morning, rex tillerson very deliberately started his day at a memorial to a nazi atrocity in 1944, the massacre of local villagers, and he drew a direct parallel to the gas attack last week. we will rededicate ourselves to holding to account any and all who co
on arsene wenger as arsenal are beaten 3 0 by crystal palace in the premier league. indistinctive speech. if mumbling in television dramas really annoys you, we ll put different acting styles to the test to see which ones you find acceptable. and carol has the weather. always perfectly clear is carol with the weather. good morning. eight chilly start to the day, for some a touch of frost around but for most it will be dry with sunny spells, variable amounts of cloud, except for the north and west of scotland where there is more rain around and later we will see some gales. further details in 15 minutes. thank you, carol. lovely there this morning. good morning. first, our main story. donald trump and theresa may have discussed what they call a window of opportunity to persuade russia to drop its support for syria s president assad in the wake of last week s chemical attack. the prime minister and the us president spoke on the phone last night as foreign ministers from the g7