welcome to bbc news, broadcasting at home and around and around the globe. i'm gavin grey. our top stories: riot police deploy a water cannon at turkish protestors in rotterdam after the dutch government stops two turkish ministers addressing a rally. earlier, the dutch government prevented two turkish ministers from addressing the rally. president erdogan described the dutch as "fascists". translation: do you know anything about politics or international diplomacy. they are nervous and they are cowards. they are fascists. after abandoning its one child policy — china says 18 million new babies last year is still not enough to prevent the ageing of its population. joni sledge — a founder member of the iconic pop group sister sledge — has died aged 60. the group's hits included

we are family and he's the greatest dancer. a diplomatic row between the netherlands and turkey has worsened as the dutch government prevented two turkish ministers from addressing a rally in rotterdam. dutch riot police used water cannons to break up hundreds of turkish supporters who'd gathered to demonstrate against the dutch government's decision. earlier the turkish president described the dutch as "nazi remnants and fascists". sarah corker reports. in the centre of rotterdam, dutch riot police were brought in to disperse hundreds of pro—turkish demonstrators. they're angry because the dutch government banned a rally

in the city about next month's referendum to expand the powers of the turkish president. these extraordinary scenes came just hours after the turkish family minister was stopped from entering her consulate in the city. this was her response. translation: this building belongs to my country and i am a minister. there is no such implementation in any international practice. i don't accept this. i reject this. she was later detained and escourted out of the country. she later tweeted: in ankara, protesters threw eggs the netherlands had blocked supporters from holding rallies

because of security concerns. however deporting an official text this row to a new level. translation: he she was declared an u nwo nted translation: he she was declared an unwonted foreigner by the dutch governor and the rules dictate that an unwonted foreigner must return to the country they came from. in ankara, protesters threw eggs at the dutch embassy. there were demonstrations too in istanbul. it all started on saturday when another minister was blocked from landing in the netherlands. that provoked these harsh words from president erdogan. translation: they don't know anything about politics or international diplomacy. they are very nervous and cowards. they are nazi remnants, they are fascists. the dutch election is next week and the government there feared that comparison was described as

crazy. germany was also described as nazis after they blocked rallies as well. these scenes marked a new low in diplomatic relations between turkey and the netherlands. aylina kilic — a journalist following turkish issues here in london — joined me earlier. she explained what president erdogan is trying to achieve. what he wants to do now is he wants to gain the support of the turkish diaspora, which is why he is also leading the election campaign, into europe especially. what will the scenes like this, though... we've had these pictures beamed in to us in the last few minutes... what will the scenes like this be doing domestically, do you think? well, domestically, these scenes will actually help the situation in erdogan‘s hands, because he has been campaigning for a long time for the presidential system. and, as you may know, turkey has been faced with terror

attacks in the last few months. and he has always used this, and especially a july 15 coup attempt, which was the reason why he's saying that the referendum system should be resolved with a yes vote. so these scenes will actually, in his own thing, strengthen him, do you think? yes, definitely strengthen him, but at the same time it's also polarising and dividing the turkish society. because what they're doing is — what turkish officials are saying is that those who say no are terrorists, and are siding with a terrorist organisation. as you know, the soldiers who carried out thejuly 15 coup attempt, has been branded as a terrorist organisation by turkey. so they have been using this as a way to say that people should say yes in the campaign.

0k, do you think we are now likely to see more protests? is there strength of feeling, do you think, with so many turks living in other eu countries, that there is a strength of feeling, that some of these protests might now spread? definitely, yes, because it plays with the nationalist voters. i mean, the nationalist leader of turkey, the party leader, he has called out to turks who are nationalists to go out on the streets in europe and protest, about what especially happened in rotterdam. and so i think this would especially play out into their position, because what they want to do is cause the public to have the anger against this. because obviously what's happened in rotterdam is a situation where the turkish minister has been turned away, and although this is actually a breach of the turkish constitution itself, because the turkish constitution says that no political campaign can be carried out

in a foreign country for propaganda purposes. now, there are going to be lots of people who look at the language that president erdogan has used, this idea of calling them remnant nazis, fascists, and using that, particularly in the netherlands, is very, very controversial. yes, definitely, because... but it definitely really does help the yes voters to have a huge reason to campaign more for what they want to respond in the campaign. but do you think he had deliberately chosen those words and then used them, or do you think, when he gets up to give a speech, he's not quite sure what he's going to say, and he just happened to pluck those words out? i think he definitely knew he was going to use those words, because obviously his base, his voters, ak party voters, they obviously are coming from a religious base. so this will affect them,

so he knows what to say, definitely. and for more analysis on this diplomatic spat and what's behind it, you can go to our website at bbc.com/news at least a0 people are reported to have been killed in twin bomb attacks in the heart of the syrian capital damascus. the bombs targeted buses carrying iraqi pilgrims to the city's ancient cemetery, which houses shia muslim mausoleums. this is the largest attack to hit damascus in some time. a suicide bomber detonated his device in this commercial district in the centre of damascus, killing at least a0 people, injuring dozens more. the target was shia pilgrims visiting a nearby cemetery. president assad wants to present his country as returning to normal, but as we can see around,

from the destruction, that's a long way off from happening. richard conway in damascus. let's round up some of the other main stories: security officials in washington have arrested a man with a backpack, who scaled a perimeter fence in the grounds of the white house. president trump was at the residence when the breach happened. mr trump described him as a troubled person and thanked his secret security staff. italian police and protesters have clashed in the southern city of naples. it's where thousands were demonstrating against the leader of the anti—immigrant northern league party. italian media says violence broke out when a group of masked anarchists hurled molotov cocktails. british police investigating the disappearance of a young girl, madeleine mccann, in portugal nearly ten years ago have been granted more funds to extend their inquiry. the additional eighty—five thousand pounds will allow the search to continue for another six months. the three—year—old went missing from a holiday apartment in portugal

while her parents were at a restaurant nearby. huge rival rallies have been taking place in the south korean capital seoul. the protests were, for and against the country's disgraced president. park geun—hye is said to be in a state of shock following her impeachment, as her opponents press for criminal charges. despite friday's court ruling confirming her impeachment over a corruption scandal, she remains inside the presidential compound. the world's facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1916. that's the assessment of the united nations which says more than 20 million people face the threat of starvation and famine in four countries in africa and the middle east. £3.5 billion are said to be needed byjuly —

to avert disaster. this report from our world affairs correspondent richard galpin contains images you may find distressing. for months now, it's been known that millions of people, including young babies like juda jaba in yemen, have been starving. she was just four months old when a bbc team met her in december. across yemen, hundreds of thousands more children have so little to eat they are struggling to stay alive. and the threat of mass starvation is affecting three other countries. this is a refugee camp in south sudan, which, like yemen, has been torn apart by conflict, families forced to flee their homes, and left with little to eat. already a famine has been officially declared here, with almost half the population in urgent need of help. we stand at a critical point in our history. already, at the beginning of the year, we are facing

the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the united nations. now more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. without collective and co—ordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death. of the huge number of people the un says are now in danger, almost two million are in nigeria, nearly five million in south sudan, nearly three million in somalia, and more than 14 million in yemen. the un is predicting that, without serious help, 1.4 million people could die before the end of the year unless more aid money is found. they're calling for 5.6 billion to tackle this crisis. aid agencies on the ground say at the moment they do not have enough money to deal with the rising demand for help. a child who suffers from severe, acute malnutrition, unless they are treated,

there's a high likelihood that they will die. if they are treated, then they can recover completely, and the cost of that treatment can be as little as $80. apart from conflict, another major cause of the crisis is drought. this is somalia, which has been particularly hit hard. in this hospital in the capital, mogadishu, doctors have been treating people who travelled almost 200 miles to get medical help. in most of the cases the death cause is dehydration. we are doing the rehydration of the child and we give them also some antibiotics as well. with the lives of so many children like these now at risk, the un believes the global response must be quick. richard galpin, bbc news. in georgia a number of people have been injured in clashes with police

over an apparent parking dispute. hundreds of people gathered outside the police station in the city of batumi — reportedly in protest at the arrest of several people for refusing to pay a parking fine. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to clear the crowds. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: some flipping good news from florida. the sea turtle returning to the ocean after an unhappy accident. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours then the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years hisjunior. we heard these gunshots in the gym.

then he came out through a fire exit and started firing in our huts. we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville prison in an eight—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much do you think? i don't know really. i've never been married before. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: dutch riot police have broken up a rally in support of the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, in rotterdam. earlier, the dutch government prevented two turkish ministers from addressing the rally. mr erdogan described the dutch as fascists. the indian prime minister,

narendra modi, and his bjp party are celebrating after a landslide victory in elections in uttar pradesh. the state is the country's most populated and influential. it is a decisive victory for mr modi, especially after his blunder over withdrawing high value banknotes. from delhi, sanjoy majumder reports. the man who is on everyone's lips... modi, modi, modi! ..and whose control over india is now absolute. prime minister narendra modi has just delivered a stunning victory for his party in the country's political heartland, uttar pradesh, and at the bjp headquarters, it's time to celebrate. the party now controls more than half of india's state governments, leaving the opposition trailing in the dust. translation: this is a historic win.

the people of uttar pradesh have put their faith in prime minister narendra modi. translation: his hard work speaks for itself. he's always working for our country's development. how could you not trust him? these mightjust be local elections, but there is a reason why the bjp and its supporters are so pleased with the victory. it means that narendra modi's grip over india has consolidated after this victory. it means that he has very few challengers looking ahead to the next general elections in 2019. and, most of all, it means that he can take risky political decisions and win. late last year, indians faced massive cash shortages after mr modi's shock decision to ban high—denomination banknotes. it effectively sucked out more than 80% of the total currency in circulation, creating hardship for many, especially in rural areas. but, as these election

results have showed, it has had little impact on the fortunes of india's prime minister. sanjoy majumder, bbc news, delhi. china says more than 18 million babies were born last year, and its decision to allow couples to have two children instead ofjust one has achieved notable results. but it may not be enough to prevent problems caused by its ageing population. andy beatt reports. in the world's most populous country, with nearly 1.4 billion people, the birth of a baby comes every 1.75 seconds. 18 million babies were born last year. that is up 10%, with the trend set to continue until the end of the decade. translation: we predict that the annual number of births, up to the year 2020, will fluctuate between 70 million and 90 million, due to the influence of the universal second child policy.

the policy has started to show its effect, and fertility rate changes are within our expectations. china's controversial one child policy ended in 2016. for 40 years, brothers and sisters were forbidden. those who broke the rules could face forced abortion or sterilisation, as well as financial sanctions. it is estimated that 400 million births were prevented. now, the communist party is investing heavily in the next generation, improving healthcare and education. and building facilities for mothers and infants across the country. but, while births are now rising, there are fewer than officials had hoped. many women are choosing not to have that second child. decades of restraint on family size means small families are the cultural norm. it is a problem for beijing. a growing workforce is essential to support its ageing population.

and time is running out. by the year 2050, it is estimated that one in every four chinese people will be older than 65. a giant green sea turtle has been returned to the sea off the florida keys, a month after becoming tangled in a crab trap. it is a triumph for workers at a turtle hospital who have worked hard to get the creature, who is at least 50 years old, back in the wild. janey mitchell has more. joy, as jolly the female turtle is released back to the wild off the city of marathon, florida. jolly was named after the wildlife officers who helped rescue her from multiple crab trap lines last month. weighing in at 150 kg, she made a quick recovery from the partial amputation of her right rear flipper. her release is timely.

the nesting season in florida keys starts in april. so she, being a mature female, she can get out there in time to date and hopefully lay some eggs. breeding is all the more crucial in view of the green sea turtle's listing as a threatened species in the atlantic ocean. it's really important to get a turtle this mature back out into the wild. they're sexually mature, which mean they're reproductive, and sea turtles aren't reproductive till they're 20 or 25 years old. jolly is probably 50—plus years old, so that's when we want to make sure we get out, so she keeps making baby turtles. jolly could live to 100 or more, so well worth shelling out for her treatment and care. janey mitchell, bbc news. more than 30 years ago, the brazilian city of cubatao became known as the valley of death, because of its severe air pollution. photos emerged of the effect of that

pollution on newborn babies. three decades on, the authorities are trying to clean up the air, as camilla costa reports from cubatao, in the south—east of brazil. 36 years ago, this place was known as the valley of death, a city where the levels of air pollution were so high that children were being born with malformations. cubatao, which might be the world's most polluted city... these pictures from 1981 show just how bad it was. cleiton jardao remembers what it was like to live so close to a complex of over 20 industries. translation: once i saw a child here, running and screaming. it's the rain that bites, he said. i didn't know what that meant, but later i realised it was the acid rain, which burned the skin. when brazil chose cubatao to set up its first industrial park in the 1950s, this seemed like the perfect place for it, as it is very close to santos, the largest port in latin america.

but this mountain range behind me traps the air, the clouds and the pollutants inside, effectively turning the city into a greenhouse. change finally came with real—time monitoring of the air, and filters in the chimneys of factories. translation: brazil was one of the last to adopt simple solutions that other countries already used, like filters. once we had an agency to oversee the industries, the quality of the air improved. industrial activity is still responsible for high levels of contamination in cubatao. now an environmental engineer and a teacher, cleiton says the city has to do more. his students barely know about what happened in the ‘80s, he says, but he believes that keeping the past alive is the best way to prevent future mistakes. joni sledge, a founder member of the iconic pop group sister sledge, has died aged 60.

together with her three sisters, she recorded several massively successful hits, including he's the greatest dancer and we are family, which went platinum and became an anthem of unity and female empowerment. let's have a look now at the time the group came to see us last year at bbc news. joni is singing in the middle. # all of the people who are around us, they say # can they be that close? # just let me state for the record... # we are family. # i got all my sisters with me. # we are family. # get up, everybody, and sing. chicago has been celebrating all

things irish at this year's st patrick's day parade. traditional dying green of the river kicked off, marching bands, dancers and the odd leprechaun paraded through the streets for the thousands of people who came to watch. a driver in china has ended up on the roof of a house, after trying to avoid an accident. he said that, as he tried to get out of the path of a motorised tricycle and an oncoming car, he accidentally put his foot on the accelerator rather than the brake. the result was, to say the least, embarrassing. fortunately nobody was injured in the incident, and he was rescued by local police. he must have had a night on the tiles, i reckon. hello there.

saturday brought northern ireland its warmest day of the year so far. it won't be repeated today, but we will see some sunshine. this was the sunset on saturday evening at county fermanagh, and 16 was the temperature that we reached, that's 61 fahrenheit, at the giant's causeway. we had 18 in the sunshine in the south—east, and it was on the whole a fairly decent day for most. however we did have that weather front around. the rain has been pepping up, some fairly heavy bursts of rain in the south, even the odd rumble of thunder off the south coast. so we do have notjust one but two weather fronts to contend with for sunday, an awful lot of cloud, misty, low cloud, hill and coastalfog, so for most, sunday is going to get off to a mild start. so this rain in the east obviously bringing a very different day for eastern england, and some damp weather in northern ireland in the morning, moving quite soon across into wales, the south—west, western scotland. remember, all the time it is going to be a grey and misty start.

so some low cloud shrouding the hills, and coastal fog as well. but behind this first weather front and ahead of the next one we may well have some brighter weather up through the east of wales, the midlands, into parts of northern england and central scotland. but still quite murky near the east coast of scotland, compared with saturday, and that next rain band is getting into the west. now, all the time, the rain in eastern areas will be fizzling out. it looks as if the rain further west, as it heads its way in across the mainland of the uk, will tend to turn more showery as well. but there will therefore be a lot of cloud around and more limited brightness. but it does look pleasant for northern ireland into the afternoon, western fringes of the uk. and that means we will see some sunshine, but it will not feel as warm as it did during the day on saturday. temperatures only 12—14 degrees. and then through the night, as the skies clear further, we are in for a chillier night. we could have a frost, a light frost, as we head into monday morning. perhaps the far south and east still quite cloudy, so still escaping. but, with high pressure building

in for the start of the week, it does mean the weather is settling down. so monday looks like a decently dry day, with some springlike sunshine, just not the springlike temperatures we saw through the first half of the weekend. but still, 14 or 15 with some sunshine is pleasant enough. but that weak weather front is starting to invade from the north—west. the breeze is increasing, so tuesday does bring more cloud further south on that weather front, not much rain. and it is hanging around into wednesday, as well, before the pressure tries to build back in again, and the weather fronts mostly pester northern and western parts through the coming week. but you can see the risk of some thicker cloud in the south on tuesday. still a lot of cloud into wednesday. as ever, there is more detail on the website. bye bye. the latest headlines from bbc news. i'm gavin grey. dutch riot police have broken up a rally in support of the turkish president, hours after one of his ministers was refused entry to the turkish consulate in rotterdam. police carried out mounted charges at the protesters, who had gathered outside the consulate as the diplomatic row between the two nations escalated.

fatma betul sayan kaya, turkey's minister of family and social policies, had arrived by road on saturday ahead of a rally planned to help harness the votes of turks living in the netherlands. she's now been escorted by dutch police to the german border. an intruder has been arrested after scaling a fence and entering the grounds of the white house. the man was carrying a backpack, although it didn't contain any dangerous material. president trump was in the building at the time of the incident. that's it for me, the breakfast team will be here at six. now on bbc news — the week in parliament.