12/03/2017 BBC Weekend News

Westminster prepares for a battle over Brexit as ministers tell MPs -

don't stand in the way of the Government's Bill.

Labour says it will fight for changes to the Bill

in the Commons tomorrow, putting them on a collision

What we can't have is the, the either house of Parliament

reversing the decision of the British people.

On the front line in Iraq, as the Iraqi Army makes more gains

We've heard three car bombs going off in the distance,

we've also had a lot incoming mortar fire.

You can hear now the sounds of battle.

Violent clashes in the Netherlands between the police and Turkish

protesters, as the diplomatic row between the two

And Tottenham on their way to an FA Cup semifinal,

after demolishing London rivals Millwall.

The Brexit Secretary, David Davis, has called on MPs to reject Lords

amendments on the Brexit Bill passing through Parliament

and to give Theresa May a "free hand" in negotiations

Mr Davey say it would not be acceptable for par. To try to

reverse the will of British peep. If MPs pass it Theresa May could

trigger Article 50 this week. Our chief political correspondent

reports. Theresa May wants to get on with it.

For months she has vowed to kick-start Brexit talks by the end

of March. But some here in Parliament are fighting to get

safeguards written into law before the negotiations begin.

Today the Brexit secretary tried to reassure MPs and peers they would

get a vote on the Prime Minister's final deal with the EU. But... What

we can't have is the, the either House of Parliament reversing the

decision of the British people. They haven't got a veto on it. What does

it mean otherwise? People talk about meaningful votes. What does it mean.

Peers have defeated the Government twice, and Labour's standing firm.

What we say to the Prime Minister and I wrote to her on Friday,

reflect on what the House of Lords has said by majorities of nearly

100, they have sent back two important issue, this issue of the

EU national, reflect on it. Don't have this obsession with getting

Article 50 triggered this week. The two line Brexit bill is still making

its way through Parliament. Last week, the House of Lords made their

change, the Government will try to overturn these in the Commons

tomorrow. If they succeed, the bill returns to the Lords almost

immediately, and if they give away, the final stage of Royal Assent

could be completed tomorrow night. So the Government has Parliamentary

hurdles to get over this week but ministers seem confidence that

Theresa May will be able to stick to her original plan. Formally telling

the rest of the EU, that the UK is ready to started negotiating its

exit and attention is turning to exactly what kind of deal, if any,

the UK can get. The Prime Minister has said publicly

that no deal for the UK is better than a bad deal, but that would mean

tariffs on exports under World Trade Organisation rules.

My fear is that what this is really about, is us deliberately, not the

Prime Minister, but others deliberately ensuring that we have

no deal. And no deal pretty soon and in that event, we jump-off the cliff

on to WTO tariffs and nobody in this country, the people don't have a

say. Mr Davis admits the Government is preparing a

contingency plan in case there is no deal but he doesn't think it is

remotely likely. It will be tough. There will be tough points in this

Negredo, but it is in everybody's interest that we get a good outcome.

Parliament's debate about the bill isn't over but after Mondays of

talking about the talk, formal negotiations will soon be under way.

Iraqi forces have made more gains in west Mosul -

the largest city still under the control of the

Government troops, backed by a US-led coalition,

recaptured the east of the city in late January, after more

Now they say a third of the west, which is almost completely

Around 600,000 civilians are believed to be trapped inside.

Our Middle East correspondent Orla Guerin is with Iraqi forces -

you may find parts of her report distressing.

Caught below, hundreds of thousand of civilians.

This is the place where IS proclaimed its Caliphate,

here it was born, and here Iraqi forces say it will die.

On the ground, they are advancing, but struggling to hold

Then frantic gunfire towards a threat overhead.

An IS drone maybe carrying explosives,

This is as far as we can go for now, as you can hear there is a lot

of gunfire in the area, there are snipers in

We have cover here, so we won't be moving from this position,

but within the last half an hour or so, we have heard three car bombs

We have also had a lot of incoming mortar fire, you can hear now

The IS fighters that are in this area are putting

Troops using every weapon, even home-made rockets.

Then, the rush to retrieve a casualty.

We can't say how many have paid with their lives, Iraqi forces don't

But commanders say they have to defeat IS here, or fight them

And as the fighting rages, more weary civilians leave

scarred neighbourhoods, where they have been caught

Few may have endured more than this man.

IS put an anti-aircraft gun near his house.

An air strike, targeting the extremists, brought

My daughters were under the concrete of the house.

They didn't let me see them before they were buried.

As well as losing his daughters and his

He prays God will destroy IS, as they have destroyed Iraq.

Orla Guerin, BBC News, Western Mosul.

Dutch riot police have broken up a rally in Rotterdam in support

of the Turkish President, as the diplomatic row between

The Turkish family affairs minister, who'd tried to join the protesters,

has been escorted by police to the German border and expelled.

Negotiation, but it is in everybody's interest that we get a

good outcome. Parliament's debate about the bill isn't over but after

Mondays of talking about the talk, formal negotiations will soon be

under way. Wanted to campaign ahead of a

referendum in Turkey, hoping to win over Turkish expatriates.

Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports

Not our usual image of the Netherlands.

This was the wound the dog left behind as riot police

used considerable force against Turkish demonstrators.

They were angered by the Dutch government's refusal

to allow their politicians to attend a campaign rally in support

He is counting on the backing of more than a million Turkish

citizens living in Europe to expand his powers back home

But his minister for families wasn't allowed to address them.

The second Turkish minister turned back by the Dutch government.

TRANSLATION: In Holland - Holland as a country that speaks

of freedom and democracy - we were faced with very

we should treat women in Turkey. about women's rights and tell us how

All this followed President Erdogan's far stronger

language at a rally, denouncing the Dutch as "Nazi

Those words have infuriated several European governments,

including Germany's, mindful of the Nazi

occupation of Holland during the Second World War.

With are willing to deescalate, they do not help and are unacceptable.

But this is also the collision of two electoral campaigns in Turkey

The Dutch go to the polls first on Wednesday.

It's been a tense campaign, dominated by the anti-immigration

He blames the Prime Minister for allowing immigrants in,

It's unclear how the weekend violence and the extraordinary

diplomatic crisis with Turkey will influence Dutch voters, making

big choices against a background of rising populism across Europe.

The intelligence services are to provide the political parties

with advice on protecting themselves against hackers.

It will come from experts at GCHQ's National Cyber Security centre.

Several politicians have been calling for more assistance,

saying they fear that hackers might try to influence future elections.

Rail workers in three parts of the country

go on strike tomorrow, as the dispute that's caused months

of chaos for Southern Rail commuters spreads to the north of England.

Conductors working on the Merseyrail, Northern

and Southern services are walking out in a row over their future role.

Danni Hewson is at Liverpool Lime Street station.

Aren't 2,000 workers are expected to go on strike tomorrow, with the

north expected to bear the brunt of disruption, there are 19 main picket

lines at driver depots across the affected network which stretch from

here in Liverpool up to Newcastle and down to Sheffield. Of course it

is not just rail users who are being advised to allow extra time for

their Jonnies to and from work tomorrow. -- journeys, the road

network is expect to be congested and rail users consider alternative

transport. It may have been business as usual today but here in Liverpool

and right across the north, commuters are bracing themselves for

chaos. From midnight rail workers with the RMT union will begin a 24

hours strike affecting thousands of passengers.

I don't know how I am going to get home. We will just have to see what

desort out tomorrow. It will be packed. A lot of people will be

strand and won't know where to go. If you are not from the area. The

companies affected are Northern, the UK's second largest operator which

serves passengers across the north including Leeds, Manchester,

Sheffield, Newcastle and Liverpool. Only 40% of their services will run.

Mercy rail which serves mainly Merseyside will run trains every

half an hour rather than 15 minute, and Southern which will still round

90% of services. The row was triggered by proposed

changes to the role of the onboard guard, changes the union says risk

jobs and safety. We believe that services operated on a driver only,

driver controlled operation are fundamentally less safe, and every

train in the UK should retain a second safety critical person

onboard. Efforts to resolve the dispute in

recent weeks have broken down. Operators say they need to modernise

and safety won't be compromised. We put safety at the heart of

everything we do. The Rail Regulator has the indicated this is as safe as

conductor operation of the doors, this isn't about who opens and

closes the door, this is about giving customers what they want. For

now, both sides are at an impasse and few expect tomorrow's disruption

will be the last. In football, Leicester City have

confirmed the appointment of Craig Shakespeare

as their new manager. Shakespeare will be in charge

until the end of the season, having won both his games

as caretaker manager, following the sacking

of Claudio Ranieri last month. Tottenham Hotspur are through to

the semi-finals of the FA Cup, after thrashing League one Milwall

6-0 in the last Cup game to be Millwall had already knocked out

three Premier League teams on their run to the quarterfinals,

but as Katie Gornall reports it was the Premier League

side which progressed. Tottenham were already on their way

to Wembley, it is where they will play next season while their new

home is finished. But here was their chance to travel there early for an

FA Cup semifinal. First they had to get Bassong Millwall, a team on a 17

match unbeaten run, and when Harry Kane limped off after six minutes

they looked like it could be a frustrating afternoon. The England

striker was replaced by Eriksen who one swing of his boot turned the

momentum in Spurs's favour. Great finish from Christian Eriksen. In

their rush for a second goal Son fumbled his first touch but he made

up for it. He makes amend with a beauty. He has played in the shadow

of Cane for much of the season but his movement was too much for

Millwall and he scored again after half-time. Viewing wouldn't get much

easier for Millwall's manager after Spurs added a fourth. The fifth goal

of the game, the first for Janssen after open play, there was more for

more after Son completed a hat-trick. This was the last FA Cup

tie to be played at White Hart Lane, but to natural's tournament

continues.