this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 11:00. barack obama's spokesman says president donald trump's accusation that his predecessor ordered his phones to be tapped is "simply false". sinn fein describe the stormont assembly elections as a watershed — after coming within one seat of drawing level with the democratic unionist party. reunion to the majority in the assembly has been ended and the notion of a perpetual majority has been abolished. concerns over the impact for 4,000 vauxhall workers in britain as a french car company reportedly reaches a deal to buy general motors' european operations. also in the next hour we'll take a first look at tomorrow's front pages. including the sunday telegraph which leads on president from's claimed

that barack leads on president from's claimed that ba rack 0bama leads on president from's claimed that barack 0bama orchestrated a watergate style phone tapping operation. and in the film review — mark kermode gives us his verdict on the ‘viceroy‘s house‘ and the rest of this week's top releases. good evening and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has accused barack 0bama of having his phones at trump tower in new york tapped during last year's presidential election. in a series of messages on social media, president trump called mr 0bama a "sick man" and compared the alleged bugging to the watergate scandal. a spokesman for mr 0bama said claims that he had ordered surveillance of any us citizen were "simply false". 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant reports. it was warm handshakes and friendly bonhomie on inauguration day

as donald trump peacefully took power from barack 0bama, two men fiercely hostile in the election campaign, coming together in a show of presidential and personal civility. but early this morning donald trump launched the kind of public attack on a predecessor which in modern times is completely without precedent. "terrible," he wrote in a twitter tirade. a pro—trump rally outside his tower in new york, a skyscraper that donald trump claims was a crime scene. but he made his allegations without offering any proof or saying they came from intelligence briefings or reading reports from a right—wing

website, breitbart news. it is extraordinary for a president to allege this against anyone let alone his predecessor, without citing any evidence. a key former aide of barack 0bama has shot back at donald trump, saying no president could order a wiretap, he says. he said things were put in place "to protect citizens like you". during last year's election campaign the fbi opened an investigation which is still ongoing, looking into investigations between donald trump associates and the russians. the whole truth and nothing but the truth. this week the new attorney general jeff sessions faced calls for his resignation for not disclosing meetings he held with the russian ambassador. donald trump's national security adviser michael flynn had to resign last month because of conversations about us sanctions against the kremlin with the same ambassador. we will have made america are

greater than ever before. donald trump began this week with a widely praised speech on capitol hill which was supposed to reset his presidency. but this is a speedy return to the kind of angry attacks that many think are farfrom presidential. and nick said that the language that mr trump has used about barack 0bama goes against the unwritten rule that current and past presidents do not attack each other. it is worth reiterating that the president of the united states has just called his predecessor seek and bad. dwelling on that language, we have never heard anything like that before. the white house has not produced any evidence to back up the allegation of criminality, nor have they said where the allegation has come from which harnesses a strong suspicion that president trump had read a report on a right wing news

website, breitbart news, and reacted angrily on twitter. that raises questions about his temperament. it is worth saying that barack 0bama's statement in response was restrained and in certain circumstances it raises questions about the judgement of president trump. it also shows he is prepared to trash one of the unwritten conventions of us politics which is this— that presidents past and present do not launch personal attacks on each other. this club is attacks on each other. this club is a chummy club and it is because the occu pa nts of a chummy club and it is because the occupants of the white house have a high regard and respect for the office of the presidency. donald trump has signalled in this that he is not going to be bound by those conventions. sinn fein are celebrating their best ever showing in elections to the northern ireland assembly. they've won 27 seats, just one less than the democratic unionists. sinn fein's president, gerry adams, said it was "a watershed election" and the end to a permanent unionist majority in northern ireland.

the two parties now have three weeks to try to agree a new power—sharing coalition. from belfast, chris buckler reports. sinn fein believe they have changed the political picture in northern ireland. if this election was a battle in the long fight between unionism and nationalism, they are claiming victory. clearly, the unionist majority in the assembly has been ended and the notion of a permanent or perpetual unionist majority has been demolished. the dup are still stormont‘s biggest party, but they could only watch as republicans ate into their sizeable lead from the last election, just ten months ago. many voters were motivated by the harsh words of the campaign. at one stage, the dup compared republicans to crocodiles. now they've bitten back.

in order to go back into government, sinn fein are calling for arlene foster to step aside as first minister, while a public inquiry takes place into a financial scandal, linked to a botched green energy scheme. it's a demand that's angered mrs foster's party. now we've got to pick up the pieces after having a brutal election, and i think that the party which has got most to be concerned about, as to how it repairs the damage, is sinn fein. for so long the big beast of politics here, unionism is facing a fresh roarfrom nationalism. just months ago, they seemed to be working together, but in unionist east belfast, where the cs lewis square has been built in honour of the author's mythical tales of battle, there is concern about what's emerging. our whole government system is not working for the people who need it, right, because they're up there squabbling over very little, to be honest.

republicans are out again in force, so they are. we should get off our backsides, get out and vote now. 0nce hailed as the champion of unionism, a statue of edward carson stands outside stormont. today his political successors feel on their guard, and no—one is sure if a deal to restore power sharing is within their grasp. chris buckler, bbc news, belfast. and chris told me a little bit more about what we could expect over the coming days and weeks, in light of the changed situation the dup now finds itself in. it is fair to say the dup have not had a great election but they remain the biggest party. but the wider context is not good for them. the last election was just last year, and they were returned with ten seats more than sinn fein. now that is down to just a single seat between the two parties. there has been a reduction in the number of assembly members, from 108 to 90, so it is not quite a reduction of nine seats,

but nonetheless it is bad for them and puts them into a different position going into these talks. the dup would still have the right to be first minister, they still hold a lot of strength. sinn fein, as you can see, feel very buoyed up by their result. and as a result we have two parties going in determined to hold their corners. the difficulty for everybody might be that there is a cementing of positions and that could make negotiations very hard. why is there this flagging up of needing more time to form the coalition? why is this a problem now? because three weeks is not a long time. and although these parties were working together in coalition and were talking about working for a shared future and doing a job of government here just a matter of months ago. it has become clear since

the collapse of that government in january that really they were covering the cracks. they have deep divides over a lot of things. brexit, the irish language, education... the list goes on and on. and to get them back together again after the harsh words of that election, it will be tough. this has become personal as well as political. arlene foster's words of talking about republicans as crocodiles, "if you feed them they will come back for more", she said. if anything it fired up support for sinn fein. it got their voters out. and perhaps that was something of an own goal for unionists. but beyond that, sinn fein talking about arlene foster as having to step aside as first minister during these talks... sorry, after these these talks, while the inquiry goes on into the botched energy scheme, that is also personal, and something that will be difficult for the dup to take.

ultimately, unionists have been wounded but they still have a certain amount of strength. that makes negotiations very hard and tough, and three weeks is a lot of time to try to get through all of these difficulties. the french carmaker which owns peugeot and citroen is reported to have reached an agreement to buy vauxhall from general motors. an official announcement is due on monday but talk of a deal has raised concerns about the future of vauxhall‘s two uk factories at luton and ellesmere port. more than 4,000 people are employed across the two sites. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. this vauxhall plant is one of the more efficient car—making factories in the world. 66% of the vehicles made here are exported, mostly to europe. but the workers here may have new bosses from monday, when it's likely that the company which makes peugeot cars, psa, confirms it's bought vauxhall and 0pel. but with too many factories in europe and not enough demand, psa is likely to have a long, hard look at which plants to keep

open and that puts vauxhall under the microscope. vauxhall employs just under 2,000 staff in its ellesmere port plants which make astras. the whole area, the whole plant's really worried. because it's going to affect a lot ofjobs in the area in ellesmere port. there's nothing here, is there, if vauxhall goes. there's nothing, is there? bad, really bad, mate. its van—making factory in luton employs 1,400 people. i'm optimistic about the future of this plant, here in luton, but really, the prospects of car manufacturing in the uk will come down to the kind of deal we get out of brexit. in all, vauxhall makes just under 200,000 cars a year. psa has capacity to build more cars in its own plants. it doesn't need these plants in britain, and, of course, there are obstacles in the way with currency fluctuations, the problems posed by brexit with freedom of movement, freedom of movement of parts as well. the government says it is cautiously optimistic that it will be able to limit the job losses

as a result of this deal, possibly by providing the kind of assurances it gave to nissan in sunderland. we don't know what those assurances are for sure, but there are quite a few british—based car makers that will be watching very carefully. only this week, nissan said it now needs £100 million to support car manufacturing in the north east. bmw said it might make battery—powered minis in germany instead of britain, and ford looks like it could be shedding more than 1,000 jobs in wales. so the pressure will mount on theresa may to support the automotive sector at the very time she will be in intensive talks with the eu over brexit. joe lynam, bbc news, in luton. somalia says 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region, amid a severe drought that is threatening the lives of millions of people across the country.

somalia is one of four countries the united nations says is on the brink of famine. stephen 0'brien, the un's under—secretary—general and emergency relief co—ordinator, is in south sudan — he explained some of the challenges aid workers are facing there. what we need from the local government, and i've had discussions with the prime minister, we need access. access when you have terrible security conditions over the country means that aid workers... 0ne worker has died here, bravely delivering aid. they need to be able to get to deliver and we need the protection of civilians. thousands of people have taken part in a march and demonstration in london today to protest at cuts to nhs services. 0rganisers say theresa may's demands on austerity in the nhs represent a real risk to patients and safety. people travelled from across the country to attend the march. the government says it is investing

an extra £10 billion. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn addressed the crowd in westminster. theresa may could not wait to get to the united states to discuss trade agreements with donald trump. i tell you this — we're going to block any trade agreement that gives that gives a green light for us healthcare gives a green light for us healthca re companies to gives a green light for us healthcare companies to come here and strip out our national health service. the headlines on bbc news: barack 0bama's spokesman says president trump's accusation that his predecessor ordered his phones to be tapped is "simply false". sinn fein describe the stormont assembly elections as a watershed, after coming within one seat of drawing level with the democratic unionist party. concerns over the impact for 4,000 vauxhall workers in britain, as a french car company reportedly reaches a deal to buy general motors' european operations.

sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good evening, jessica. good evening, jessica. good evening. it has been a busy weekend. starting with football. liverpool have moved up to third in the premier league, with a 3—1victory over arsenal at anfield. firmino and mane gave liverpool a 2—0 lead, before danny welbeck pulled one back. wijnaldum then popped up, a minute into injury time to ensure jurgen klopp‘s side took all three points. a lot of focus will be on arsene wenger‘s decision to leave alexi sanchez on the bench. he said it was tactical. i'm strong enough and lucid enough to analyse the impact. and i don't deny that alexis sanchez is a great player. i bought him and i always played him and i think he has done

very well for us, but the decision like that is not easy to make. but you have to stand up for it. the day's are the results. zlatan ibrahimovic this the penalty as manchester united were held to a 1—y for draw with bournemouth. middlesbrough are in the relegation zone after losing against stoke. a high school game at watford ended 4-3. at high school game at watford ended 4—3. at crystal palace on their first game since january against stoke. in scotland, rangers are through to the semi—finals of the scottish cup. a hat—trick from joe garner helped them beat hamilton academical 6—0. in the day's other cup quarterfinal, hibs beat ayr 3—1, and in the premiership kilmarnock lost at home to motherwell 2—1. one other football story for you, england's women are underway against world champions the usa in their second match of the she believes cup.

the international friendly tournament will serve as a warm up for england ahead of this summer's euros. it's been a positive start by both teams. a brilliant reaction save by england goalkeeper siobhan chamberlain midway through the first half has kept them in the game. at half—time it's 0—0. after losing their opening game against france, england need to win this match to keep their hopes of winning the competition alive. the grudge fight between david haye and tony bellew is underway at the 02 arena in london. the build up was pretty hostile, considering there's no belt upforgrabs. what a fight it is. the fighters didn't touch gloves at the start of the bout. it's been a largely scrappy fight so far, big punches being thrown by both boxers. david hayes seems to have if you troubles with his leg. he is

stumbling quite a bit. but neither boxer billy landing the all—important boxer billy landing the all—importa nt punch just yet boxer billy landing the all—important punch just yet —— really landing. it is live now on radio 5 live. britain has won two golds at the european indoor athletics championships this evening in belgrade. laura muir clinched the 1500m title, which is the 23 year old's first major senior title. she crossed the line in a new british and championship record time. and she'll be aiming for double gold as she goes in the 3,000m final tomorrow. the second gold came in the 60m metres, where richard kielty‘s defended his title. he'd dominated the heats and did not let up in the final, crossing the line in 6.54 seconds. andy murray has chalked up his first tournament win of the year at the dubai championships. after a shaky start, the world number one saw off fernando verdasco in straight sets. it's the first time he's won this tournament and means

he extends his lead over novak djokovic at the top of the world rankings. that's all sport for now. thank you, jessica. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has announced that he will visit moscow in the coming weeks, in an attempt to improve relations with russia. it will be the first such trip by a british minister for five years. talks will focus on british—russian relations, and disagreements over russia's actions in ukraine and syria. the foreign office said the trip did not signal a change in policy towards russia. i've been getting more details from our political correspondent eleanor garnier. i think it is a sign ofjust how bad the relationship is between the two countries that this will be the first visit by a foreign secretary in five years. indeed, the russian ambassador in london has said that dialogue between the two countries is important, and certainly in the last few months

i think it's fair to say there's been a fair bit of dialogue. we have had borisjohnson accusing moscow of war crimes, he has criticised cyber attacks as dirty tricks, called for protests outside the embassy in london and said there should be no lifting of eu sanctions over the ukraine. so there will be plenty to talk about. but i understand this will not be an attempt to reset the relationship. the foreign secretary will stay robust where the two countries have differences, but as you point out, it is a difficult relationship. there is a way to go to improve it. do we know, why now? interestingly, the announcement of this visit comes off the back of a foreign affairs select committee report this week which did say that the relationship between the two countries was at its most strained point since the end of the cold war. and i think it is the importance of this relationship, throwing the new us president, his predictions about what kind of relationship you would

like to have with russia, what we get from the prime minister and the foreign secretary is that it is better to engage them to ignore russia, and that it is important and in britain's national interest to engage with russia. talking about engagement, i understand the policy has been described as engage but beware. what should we read into that? yeah, that's something both the foreign secretary and prime minister have said a number of times. in fact, just recently the foreign secretary said we do need to engage with russia, but we are not silly and we are not resetting this relationship. we will continue to be robust, but we do think that the only way to make progress is to be in the same room as the country. so i think that's what we can take to mean by engage but beware. another point to that from the foreign affairs select committee report, they said that not

engaging was not a long—term foreign policy option for the uk. they said, yes, it might be uncomfortable, but in the end it might produce results, it might clarify where the countries agree and disagree, especially on key issues like counterterrorism, and that may provide the basis for any progress in improving the relationship going forward. the united nations estimates that over the past seven days 15,000 children have been forced out of the iraqi city of mosul, where a mass exodus of civilians is happening. iraqi government forces are pressing into the western side of the city, but are facing fierce resistance from so—called islamic state. the un says it has seen a significant increase in displacement in recent days. as david campanale now reports, the hamam al alil refugee camp is approaching maximum capacity. the desperate escape from fierce fighting in western mosul. an endless stream of thousands of people. these residents of iraq's second city have nothing on their feet.

and un aid co—ordinators say they've escaped with nothing, no luggage and the bare minimum of clothes. inside the city, islamic state are using car bombs, suicide attackers and snipers to resist the iraqi army's advance. as battles rage in these residential areas, civilians are being forced out from their homes. but as they run, they must first evade the merciless tactics of islamic state fighters, who openly admit residents are useful to them as human shields. translation: we fled at night. families which are caught fleeing are beaten, the men executed and women are sent back home. we hardly managed to escape. iraqi government forces, backed by western allies, are making headway against the islamists, and are advancing north of a sprawling military base near the city's airport. but mosul has 750,000 inhabitants.

those displaced by the fighting have to endure wet conditions as they wait for the military to organise buses or trucks near a checkpoint to the south of the city. translation: the number of people who have arrived at this point is around 1,000, including women, men and children. they're in a desperate condition. they're malnourished and in a dire need of water and food. they're in a very miserable condition and they need medical and health care. the camp intended for internally displaced people is now close to its maximum capacity, with 150,000 places already occupied. agencies are already calling the battle for mosul the worst humanitarian crisis they've seen globally in a decade, but they're expecting it may be about to get a lot worse, with is fighting to hold on to its last foothold in iraq. construction is under way, the united nations says,

to accommodate up to 250,000 people in just this one camp. the government has promised to crack down on companies who lure people into paying subscriptions with the offer of free trials. it's estimated they cost customers up to £200 million a year, after people forget or don't know how to cancel. new rules, expected in next week's budget, will force firms to make their terms clearer, as frankie mccamley reports. these sales on the high street are clear enough, signs like this pop up all year round. but head online and do you really know what you're getting? whether it's a free month video subscription, health products or music streaming services, who actually reads the small print? victoria jennings says she accidentally signed up to amazon prime when shopping online. it was like six months later, i was going through my bank account and i found they took £79.99

or £69.99 out of my account. i didn't realise. i contacted them and they did refund it. amazon says the sign—up process is clear and transparent, explaining free trials automatically convert into a paid membership. research by citizens advice suggests many of us don't read the terms and conditions properly and end up falling into a subscription trap. it estimates two million people then have trouble getting out of that contract, losing on average between £50 and £100. that means this could be costing consumers in the uk up to £200 million. now the government is consulting on ways to avoid these subscription traps by ensuring customers are notified before payments are taken and making the terms and conditions much shorter and clearer. what tends to happen is people sign up, all in good faith, for a free trial or one—off

discount only to then find, as a result of incredibly complex terms and conditions, they end up having money taken out of their account without their knowledge for things they neither want nor need. but it's notjust down to business legislation. consumers are advised to be more proactive and read the contract. frankie mccamly, bbc news. we will be discussing the front pages of the papers in about three 01’ pages of the papers in about three orfour minutes. joining me pages of the papers in about three or four minutes. joining me today i've got independent‘s chief political commentator and broadcaster and commentator charlie wolf. join us for that in a couple of moments. we will find out what some of those lead stories are, including donald trump, who has hit out at his predecessor barack 0bama, accusing him of tapping... well,

wiretapping his offices at trump tower. plenty more on that and the papers. join me in a few moments. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines. barack 0bama's spokesman says president donald trump's accusation that his predecessor ordered his phones to be tapped is "simply false". sinn fein describe the stormont assembly elections as a watershed — after coming within one seat of drawing level