hello, i'm philippa thomas, this is outside source. islamic state militants disguised as doctors have attacked a military hospital in kabul, leaving more than 30 people dead. translation: when he fired only i felt down on the ground. but doctor shot my colleague. somehow i escaped using the backpacks that. —— the back exit. the us says all options are on the table to deal with north korea and will not consider entering into negotiations the country's leader. this is not a national... rational person. at least 19 teenage girls have died in a blaze at a children's home and what other. and as the world prepares brexit, the british government boasts of an economy continuing to grow. as we start negotiations to exit the eu, this budget takes forward plan to prepare britain for a brighter future. the uk government has published its annual budget, we will bring you the details.

more than 30 people have been killed after militants from the so—called islamic state attacked a military hospital in afghanistan. it happened in the capital, kabul. the four gunmen, disguised as doctors, targeted the sardar daud hospital, which is the biggest in the country. all four attackers were eventually killed during a stand off with the military. james robbins has more. smoke billows from afghanistan's largest military hospital. a small group of four largest military hospital. a small group offouror largest military hospital. a small group of four or five is extremists have overwhelmed its defences and are using guns and grenades to attack both medical staff and patients. some can flee to window ledges high above the ground. one sends out a

message, pray for us. it takes helicopters laden with afg ha n it takes helicopters laden with afghan special forces to launch a counter attack and several hours of fighting to kill the attackers. translation: i was in the operating theatre when a suicide bomber wearing a white doctor's uniform came in and opened fire on me. when he fired only i fell down on the ground. the attacker shot my colleague. somehow i escaped using the backpacks that. the afghan president said the attack ona the afghan president said the attack on a hospital trampled human values. but the inability of his security forces to protect such an obvious target raises fresh doubts about the ability of a fragile, often corrupt governments, to prevail against extremists of the taliban and is. now that isis is on the road to defeat in iraq and syria, you have

to ask, where will these guys go? where will these terrorists go? u nfortu nately, where will these terrorists go? unfortunately, afghanistan, as long as it remains unstable like this, is highly attractive to groups like isis for relocation. which makes afghanistan look more vulnerable than ever. no wonder america's top general there has been urging the dispatch of thousands more international troops as military trainers to try to stop the rot. it's been a big day for the uk economy, with the government publishing its annual budget. chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond says the uk economy has defied expectations with robust growth since the vote to leave the european union. reflecting the recent strength in the economy, the obr has upgraded its forecast for growth this year... next year from

its forecast for growth this year... next yearfrom i.4% its forecast for growth this year... next year from 1.4% to 2%. as we start our negotiations to exit the european union, this budget takes forward a plan to prepare britain forward a plan to prepare britain for a brighterfuture. forward a plan to prepare britain for a brighter future. it forward a plan to prepare britain for a brighterfuture. it provides a strong and stable platform for those negotiations. it extends opportunity to all our young people. it delivers further investment in public services and continues the task of getting britain back to living within its means. we are building the foundation of a stronger, fairer, more global britain. the office for budget responsibility is leaving some room for movement. the guardian's economics reporter katie allen tweeted this from its briefing... "the obr's flame—thrower of uncertainty gets its budget day moment". let's see if i can show you the picture. i really want to and i can't. she shows a graph where you could see the growth coming up going down. room for uncertainty is what can say. and political opponents say

the government isn't doing enough to tackle brexit uncertainty. labour mp ian murray says.. "an hour of budget statement and chancellor didn't even use the word brexit. extraordinary. largest economic headwinds and he ignores it." angus robertson from the scottish national party says... "jaw—dropping that given brexit is the biggest challenge to our economy there was not a single mention of it in the budget." was there enough brexit in the budget? here's our political correspondent rob watson. ina weird in a weird way, although the word brexit was not used once, it was com pletely brexit was not used once, it was completely the context in terms of the government wanting to hammer home that there is economic growth out there, but absolutely a message toa out there, but absolutely a message to a domestic audience in the uk that, though, when we leave the eu we will have to continue with austerity just in case we will have to continue with austerityjust in case things go wrong on britain might need to borrow more money, but if we will

not be having so many immigrants from the european union, local people, young people, need more skills and better training to continue to make britain competitive in the wider world. studio: if you look at the nhs, there are lots of workers from the rest of europe? absolutely, you have to remember there are 3.2 million eu nationals living here and an awful lot of employers in the uk, whether the state sector, things like the hospitals, or the private sector, they are deeply fearful of a brexit that did not continue to allow high numbers of people to come from the european union, both skilled and, it has to be said, not so skilled. some chancellors like to be more dramatic than others and have giveaways and dramatic announcements, did you feel this was more cautious? absolutely and it is not like mr hammond is

trying to pretend he wants to be seen trying to pretend he wants to be seen another way, he takes pride in the nickname spreadsheet phil. he is trying to lose sure a domestic and an international audience that brexit is not the end of the world, britain will reply its national debts and be competitive in the world. it is one thing to say that and look calm like mr hammond, an awful lot of economists and the financial markets are many businesses say that we will have to wait—and—see, we feel there even certain about brexit indeed. the outlook for the uk economy is rather different to what the international monetary fund had predicted — it warned that recession would follow a leave vote. here's the bbc‘s katty kay reminding imf managing director christine lagarde of her negative outlook. the imf had been pessimistic about the prospects for the british

economy if brexit were to take place. actually, it has not panned out like that so far. ayew revising your folk —— forecast on the british economy, post brexit? we publish the update to the world economic outlook. we will be very attentive to the industrial activity results, service activity results, the way that sterling is behaving and so on and so forth. if we get something wrong, we are the first to admit. but, as you said, let's watch. you don't think the imf got it wrong in this case? we revise, as ijust said. moving on another developing the story, a new twist in the death of king john mann, the half brother of the north korean leader. —— a new twist in the death

of kimjong—nam, the half—brother of the north korean leader. the son of the dead man — and the last known male in the kim bloodline, perhaps a potential future leader — has released a video statement from his hiding place. here it is. my my name is kim han—sol, from north korea, part of the kim family. here is my passport. my my father has been killed in a few days ago. i am currently with my mother and sister and we are very grateful to... and we hope this gets better soon. there are a couple of things that are odd about this video. you'll have noticed the bit where kim han—sol‘s audio is cut and his mouth is covered. the other thing is that the group that have released this — cheollima civil defense — is an unknown quantity. if you look online,

its youtube account has only recently been registered. iam not i am not quite sure what has happened there! i asked our asia pacific regional editor celia hatton what she makes of this mysterious video. for a few hours when it first surfaced, no one was really clear about the identity of the young man in the video. it looked like kim han—sol, but we have not seen him in public or quite a few years and it was not until south korean intelligence officials confirmed his identity, said, yes, it was him, but they did not want to go further to talk about the video itself. part of that reasoning, i think, is nobody really knows very much about the group that posted the video on

youtube, the cheollima civil defense group... which we have never heard of. no, they are not one of the un officially recognised refugee groups known for bringing refugees from north korea to south korea, not associated with any foreign government or any ngo that we know. my government or any ngo that we know. my personal theory is maybe kim han—sol himself is behind this group, because it has a bit of a whimsical name, he is a year—old young man. it is named after a mythical horselike creature known in korean and chinese culture for travelling far distances. he is very isolated and i guess he is also in danger? it is agreed that he is in a lot of danger. even before his father was killed it was quite clear that that family was targeted. they areafamily that that family was targeted. they are a family of immense interest because, really, if the current

north korean regime falls, if kim jong un for whatever reason is taken out of power, this branch of the kim family are the natural ones to sleep in. kimjong—nam family are the natural ones to sleep in. kim jong—nam before family are the natural ones to sleep in. kimjong—nam before he was killed was the eldest son of kim jong un, in korean culture that place in the family holds a lot of power and respect, so the son of the eldest son will now be kim han—sol, he holds the power. to come back to the assassination of his father, the diplomatic fallout continues. what is the latest? that malaysia, in one state of malaysia, zero wax, after of the malaysia and mainland, in borneo, people there are rounding up north korean workers with expired passports, more than 160 have been rounded up and detained by immigration officials in malaysia, those officials say they are talking

to the federal government in kuala lumpurto to the federal government in kuala lumpur to decide what to do. that leaves about 36 north korean workers still on valid work permits inside malaysia. they are really interesting, they are the workers who have long been seen to be doing thejobs who have long been seen to be doing the jobs that are too dangerous for malaysians to do, jobs in mining and construction. clearly the malaysia authorities have changed their minds about the value of having these they are being very proactive in making sure... checking work permits and anyone with an expired one is in custody of the malaysia and immigration authorities. us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, says north korea must show positive action before the international community can take kim jong un's regime seriously and discuss ways of reducing tensions on the korean peninsula. the comments come after north korea launched four missiles over the weekend. here is miss haley.

i appreciate all of my counterparts wanting to talk about talks and negotiations. we are not dealing with a rational person. if this was any other country we would be talking about that and it would not be an issue. this is not a rational person who has not had rational acts, who is not thinking clearly. i can tell you the stance of the united states is that we are re—evaluating how we will handle north korea going forward and we are making those decisions now and will act accordingly. barbara plett usher is that the us state department in washington. barbara, this re—evaluation and demand for positive action from north korea, watched you read into it? we got the same message here from the state department, probably not in quite as blunt language, and i think that is the policy the americans have heard for a while. they are open to dialogue with north korea but only if it shows it is

serious about what the americans wa nt to serious about what the americans want to talk about, ending banned weapons tests like the kind we saw a few days ago and showing they are serious about the nuclear arising, which the north korean side said they will never do. —— about denuclearisation. he also responded toa denuclearisation. he also responded to a chinese suggestion that in order to address can things down, the chinese are quite worried about the chinese are quite worried about the escalation of tensions on the peninsula, there will be a freeze for freeze, that the south koreans and stop theirjoint military exercises, which north korea says it isa exercises, which north korea says it is a threat and says it is responding to, in exchange north korea would stop missile testing. america has said that as apples and oranges, our exercises are purely defensive because of the threat from north korea, north korea is defying international law. but there is a re—evaluation going on and the state

department said that secretary rex tillerson will be going to korea, japan and other areas next week to deal with what the american seat as an increasingly dangerous situation, trying to generate a new approach which will be a challenge to come up with new ideas, it has always been difficult trying to figure redhead to deal with north korea. difficult trying to figure redhead to dealwith north korea. that difficult trying to figure redhead to deal with north korea. that was very diplomatically put, it will be a challenge! at least 19 teenagers have died in able is near guatemala city, stay with us. died in a blaze. more on our big uk story today. after the chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond delivered his budget, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn described it as built on unfairness and failure. this was a budget of utter

complacency about the state of our economy. as a complacency about the crisis facing public services and complacent about the reality of daily life for millions of people in this country. entirely out of touch with that reality of life for millions. this morning, over1 million workers will have woken up not knowing whether they will work today, tomorrow or next week. millions more workers know their next pay packets will not be enough to make ends meet. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... more than 30 people have been killed after militants from the so—called islamic state attacked a military hospital in afghanistan. the four gunmen were disguised as doctors. arab lawmakers in israel's knesset

are outraged after it voted for a law that could stop mosques using loudspeakers for the call to prayer. that is on bbc arabic. the airport serving nigeria's capital city is closed from today. abuja's international airport normally handles 5,000 flights a day. but it needs runway repairs, so for six weeks flights will diverted to a tiny airport in kaduna. that is on bbc halsa. this girl has become the youngest person ever to qualify for the national spelling bee. five—year—old edith got through with some rather difficult words. firefighters in guatemala say that at least 19 people have died in a blaze at a children's care home. the home was about 25 kilometres south—east of the capital,

guatemala city, near a town called sanjose pinula, you can see it on the map there. about 25 others were injured in the fire. will grant is following the story from cuba. it is just it isjust one it is just one of those awful stories that periodically appear from central america, as you said in your introduction it was at a children's home. we believe at least 19 people have died, probably nine of them children, according to one volunteer firefighter on the scene. images of desperate family members turning up to find out information about their loved ones, and some confusion about how it actually started. there have been suggestions in the guatemalan media that there was some form of riot in the children's home last night, it was a mixture of a children's home for children who had been rescued from

human trafficking but also it has been suggested in the local media that it has also been doubling up as a detention centre forjuveniles. i think there are some difficulties suggestions that abuse might have taken place. suggestions that abuse might have ta ken place. whatever the suggestions that abuse might have taken place. whatever the cause, it seems the blaze started in one of the bedrooms and quickly ripped through the entire building, leaving this devastating situation that is still unfolding. turkey and germany are not happy with each other at the moment. so much so that both turkey's president and foreign minister have likened the german government to nazis. as you can see, today the country's foreign ministers got together. here's the german take on that meeting. translation: are meeting today was good, honest, friendly and open but also contentious and hard. i made clear that the equations of modern germany would not see germany and attacks against democracy and justice are not acceptable. this is the freest country that ever existed

on german soil. but turkey's complained, "in germany we see many politicians and the press are very harsh and very anti—turkey, and we even see islamophobic sentiment." one of the reasons for this tension is because of a referendum that's taking place in turkey in april. president erdogan wants a constitutional change that would radically enhance his powers. here's jenny hill to explain why that's affected the relationship with germany. turkish voices in the heart of germany. 3 million turks live here, in effect it is turkey‘s fourth largest electoral district. so the president needs their support if he is to change the constitution and extend his powers. not everyone will dance to his tune. translation: erdogan is provocative and desert to strengthen national sentiment in

turkey. he wants the turkish people to believe it is the western powers against turkey. translation: actually there is huge opposition to the erdogan regime in the turkish community here, but there is nearly no cove rage community here, but there is nearly no coverage in the media about it, so no coverage in the media about it, so germans think that every turkish person supported organ, which is simply not the case. but there is significant support for mr dorgan, as his foreign minister found on the campaign trail in hamburg. the german authorities stopped other rallies, citing security problems. a furious turkish president likened them to the nazis. translation: of course he benefits from the controversy, it is his intention. he sees germany as a colony and he proved that when he said if the german government stops them from campaigning here then they will be confronted with an uprising. this morning crisis talks, little change. ankara insists it will

continue to campaign in germany and despite pressure from berlin, a journalist from the german newspaper is still in a turkish jail. translation: people should have the right to campaign freely, then voters can decide what is right or wrong. germans have to accept that. the relationship between berlin and ankara is often stormy, though seldom to this extent. there is a lot of stake. remember, angela merkel was the main architect of that deal between the eu and turkey. turkey holds back asylum seekers in return for billions of euros. arguably it is that tie which stops this relationship from falling apart. old music, new divisions and a bitter tone from ankara. germany, it warns, must decide whether it is a friend orfoe. the economist has released its annual glass—ceiling index

measuring gender equality in the labour market. this is on international women's day. let's bring up the winners and losers, if you like. of the 29 oecd countries ranked, iceland, sweden and norway are the top three places to be a working woman. south korea, japan and turkey are the worst. michelle fleury is in new york. hello. tell us some more about how they work out these rankings? they look at a range of statistics from labour participation, pay, maternity benefits, paternity benefits. they average everything out, that is how they have come together with this. what is interesting, one of the things that jumped out what is interesting, one of the things thatjumped out at me is that if you look back to 2005 they were talking about the number of women in the labour force, the talking about the number of women in the labourforce, the labour participation rate, they said it was

60%. fast forwarding ten years, and advanced —— in advanced, industrialise countries, it has only crept up to 63%, so you have not seen a crept up to 63%, so you have not seen a great deal of progress from 2005 to 2050 when talking about industrialised nations and women in the labour market. —— two 2015. where does the usa rang? 20th. the uk is 22nd. donald trump has tweeted about this. at the moment i believe there are two female cabinet members in his government. well done, michelle fleury. very quick. that is it from this edition, but to do is stay with us. —— but to do is stay with us. if you have watched over the next few days you know there is plenty of severe weather around the globe, no more so severe weather around the globe, no more so than around the western

indian ocean where that cyclone has been wreaking havoc in madagascar. it approached as a cyclone with winds in circulation of well over 100 mph tightly wrapped around the eye, but the clouds have become more disorganised. enawo has been weakening, that is relative, it is still a very powerful storm and will bring further damage and disruption to infrastructure, majorflooding likely and landslides and the possibility of further fatalities. the wind will continue to weaken but as it tracks southwards, potential rain to come over the high ground. that water has to go somewhere, hence the risk of flooding and, indeed, landslides. as we end the week, the storm will clear the south coast and hopefully things can start to settle across madagascar. elsewhere across africa, a dry day in cape town, downpours across the interior of central and southern africa, gusty winds along the north coast. i will talk more about that

ina coast. i will talk more about that in a moment. severe weather crossing the planes in the midwest usa, it is clear in the eastern seaboard and taking the rain with it. and improving story behind it as high pressure builds, very strong winds battering the great lakes, cold winds pushing to the north—eastern states. another area of low pressure bringing more rain and mountain snow into the pacific northwest and the rockies. snow because the frontal system pushes into cold air, a tight dividing line between the cold to the north and milder conditions to the north and milder conditions to the south. along this own, fronts tracking west to east, hence the prospect of some snow pushing across the high plains and eventually snow across the north—eastern states later in the week. we will keep an eye on that. into austral asia, heavy rains, the re m na nts of austral asia, heavy rains, the remnants of the cyclone across northern queensland, high 20s in melbourne. it is fine enough in the north of new zealand but in the south, torrential rain around the

bay of plenty, expect further flooding through thursday. into south asia, showers across corolla and down towards sri lanka, increasing chance of rain and mountain snow towards the himalayas. across the north coast of africa it is tied in with a deep area of low pressure a cross is tied in with a deep area of low pressure across the eastern mediterranean, with strong winds and heavy rain pushing further eastwards. for greece and turkey does not look very good over the next few days. a mixed picture across europe, fine and warm across siberia. what about the uk? nick miller will update you in half an hour. hello, this is outside source. let's look through some of the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. islamic state militants disguised as doctors have attacked a military hospital in kabul. they killed more than 30 people, including doctors, patients and staff. tech companies have been

responding to the new leak of classified cia information. this latest data dump includes details of how the company hacks phones, televisions and computers to eavesdrop on conversations. events and demonstrations have been taking place around the world for international women's day. we've been talking to the head of the imf, christine lagarde,