a man has been arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. and cameron norrie, the last brit standing at wimbledon, is trying to reach his first ever semifinal, battling belgian david goffin. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the cabinet office minister, michael ellis, has confirmed that borisjohnson was aware of a complaint about alleged inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher before appointing him deputy chief whip, but had forgotten he was told about it. lord mcdonald, the former top civil servant in the foreign office, said downing street had not told the truth when it said the prime minister was not aware of any formal complaints. labour s deputy leader,
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
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Tojill rutter, senior fellow at daniel sandford there. let s speak to jill rutter, senior fellow at the uk in a changing europe, which is an organisation that carries out independent research on uk eu relations. she is a former senior civil servant in downing street. thank you very much forjoining us, jill rutter. how much comfort could the prime minister now take from this, the metropolitan police investigation is over and he hasn t received a further fine? the prime minister will received a further fine? the prime minister will no received a further fine? the prime minister will no doubt received a further fine? the prime minister will no doubt be - received a further fine? the prime minister will no doubt be deeply . minister will no doubt be deeply relieved he has not received further fines. i think part of the problem, though, for the prime minister is also the met police in your clip or talking about this thorough investigation taking place, because they are not releasing