this is outside source. we will begin in germany, after months of uncertainty the social democrats look like they are going to join forces with angela merkelli look like they are going to join forces with angela merkel i am convinced the deal can be a basis for the good and stable government the country needs and many in the world a re the country needs and many in the world are expecting of us. there has been a deal done in the us senate. they have agreed add two—year budget deal. that has to be sold to the house of representatives and of course president too. looks like north korea's leader is going to send his sister to the opening ceremony of the winter olympics, we will find out what we know about her. the usjustice department says it has taken out a major cyber crime ring which traded in stolen identity, we will learn more about that. you might remember back in september

outside source was in germany for its election, and all of these months on, we finally look like we have a coalition government, angela merkel will be the chancellor, that much was predictable, what we didn't see in september was that the social democrats would help herform see in september was that the social democrats would help her form a government. we didn't see it coming because he said he wouldn't be doing it. but when angela merkel offered the finance ministry, the foreign ministry and labour policy the social democrats couldn't resist. here is the chancellor first of all. translation: i am convinced the deal we have reached can be the bay situation for a good and stable government our country needs and many in the world expect of us. and the working plan that will improve life in germany and will help push oui’ economy life in germany and will help push our economy into the future. this is what the new german

parliament looks like, this big black block represents angela merkel and the two conservative party's which she represents. the red is the social democrats, both had poor elections but it looks like they will make it work. here is martin schultz, the man who said he wouldn't form a coalition ex playing why this is the right plan. what we have managed to include in the treaty about the european union, and its future, will initiate a fundamental change of direction in europe. with this treaty germany will return to having an active leading role in the european union. mr schultz said germany will pay more into europe's budget, that will be music to the ears of mr macron, he will have further reform, he wa nts a he will have further reform, he wants a joint budget for the eurozone, but perhaps unsurprisingly that hasn't gone down with the far right party afd. they were one of the stories of the election in september. their hay are with 94 seats, their first reputation

september. their hay are with 94 seats, theirfirst reputation in september. their hay are with 94 seats, their first reputation in the bundestag. this is what one of their seniorfigures has been saying today. mr schultz will ensure that the european policy is made in the social democrats head quarters in the future. we are getting a fiscal union, a european finance minister, and probably a european investment budget. one wonders why macron does not immediately move to the federal chancery. the reason the afd did so well is because both of the big parties suffered in the election because of their support for mr merkel‘s open door immigration policy, you may remember, back in 2015, summer of 2016 over two million people came into germany at the peak of the migrant crisis and some political lessons appear to have been learned because this new coalition deal says there will be a cap on the annual intake of between 180 and 220,000 people. well, a bit earlier i spoke to european regional editor here in the bbc news room. i

wa nted editor here in the bbc news room. i wanted to understand how much reel influence the social democrats would have, over germany's government and angela merkel. well the finance ministry is the main thing, that signals a clear shift away from the policies previously of wolfgang should be her, he hasn't been finance minister since october but broadly speaking the cdu and its epitome was driving a policy of austerity, she was very tightly controlled in terms of the loa ns tightly controlled in terms of the loans that germany was prepared to extend to other countries in the eurozone and putting a social democrat in charge of the ministry signals there may be some sort of shift. it is not as clear as saying, that german policy is going to change completely because the agreement that was drawn up now, specifies that the broad policy on

respecting eurozone budgetary rules must stay, but broadly speaking, the social democrats in favour of a europe that shows more solidarity, we might see some shift overtime on that issue. let us talk about the zero zone and the european union, schultz is pro european as it is possible to get really. angela merkel still enthusiastic but not as enthusiastic in terms of integration. are we likely to see the german position shift on that? angela merkel‘s position has shifted slightly, in the post—brexit years and also with manual macron being such a volleyballable passionate sport over a more integrationist sta nce sport over a more integrationist stance to europe. there have been signals that germany would consider things it would have discard. like a eurozone budget, these sort of

thing, now the germans won't necessarily come up with the same proposals as macron but what will happen is that there will be a shift broadly and that axis, the franco—german axis that is key on the future of the eurozone will now be able to form policies and move forward. up to now the last few months and the uncertainty created has left a vacuum at the heart of europe. . so the two big parties had a disastrous election creating the new government, the party which got the most coverage on election night was the afd. it is the bundestag, where does it fit into the political equation? you can be sure that eggs is egg, that the afd will be extremely voluble about any attempts to increase bail outs to indealted euro done countries, for example they will seeks to maximise some of the potential for

in terms of showing the german public they are looking after taxpayer dollars which is a very very important issue, something that angela merkel has made a big deal of in the past, so they are very much, they are waiting in some ways, because at the moment this coalition agreement hasn't been signed, sealed and delivered, it still has to be voted on.st result of that in a postal ballot is expected in early march, it is conceivable that the social democrats will reject it. if that happens all bets are off. if that happens all bets are off. if that does we will look at another election. that not going to happen. we will see. martin schultz believes he has done enough in the negotiations to deliver that something he his party will back. he better hope so, if not it's going to better hope so, if not it's going to bea better hope so, if not it's going to be a very interesting election with

support for the cdu, they all have slipped in the polls since the last election in september. we can be sure neither of those parties want an election soon. the leaders of parties in the senate say they have reached an agreement on a spending build. no—one would suggest it is perfect, but we worked hard to find common ground and stay focussed on serving the merge people. after months of legislative log jam, this judgeest deal is a genuine breakthrough, after months of fiscal bring manship, this budget deal is the first real sprout of bipartisanship and it should break the long cycle of spending crises, that have

snarled this congress, and hampered oui’ snarled this congress, and hampered our middle class. if you are watching those clips, you can be forgiven for thinking, what exactly is changed ? forgiven for thinking, what exactly is changed? there was a huge gulf in positions between the republicans and the democrats so what has given? i have been talking to catty in washington. it was that a retherapy a rare thing in washington of senators doing what they are meant to do, working together to try and get things done. as you heard there both sides being pretty complimentary ant the other. they didn't deal with the tricky issue of immigration is what changed. they took that out of the bill all together and dealt with the financing and managed to come to something that satisfied both sides. the republicans got more financing for the military, democrats got more for the military, democrats got more for health care programmes and emergency relief. this have to send to it the house of representatives and see whether king men there sign

on to it. where did the immigration go? it hasn't been resolved. that is what democrats are saying in the house of representatives. you haven't said you would have you a proper discussion on the dreamer, young people brought to america illegally by their parents and some democrats are saying we are not going to carry on funding to budget, because our agreement is the leverage we have, so that whole immigration issue has the capacity to muck up this deal. the president's press secretary says he is pleased the deal is being reached. that is interesting because did you see what the presidents we saying yesterday? i would shut it down over this issue, i can't speak for everybody at the table but i will tell you i would shut it down over this issue, if we don't straighten out our border we don't have our country. we know the president wants to build a wall along one of america's borders with

mexico. here is catty on whether there has been progress to funding mr trump's wall. no, because so far the democrats need to sign on to funding that way and not agreed to do so, along with other restrictions to what are legal immigration programmes like the viva lot trisystem, that is what the democrats didn't want to do. it is interesting to hear the president saying that. last time round he felt when there was a shut down that was a winfor when there was a shut down that was a win for republicans and for the white house and a lot for the democrats so he is trying to run the second part of this movie and see if he can get himself another one and blame the democrats f the president doesn't want to keep the government open, whatever people in congress do isn't going to make much difference. i wanted to talk to her about this. do you remember this photographs? it seems the president was inspired. here is a washington post story reporting that last month mr trump

met top generals to tell them to think about a parade of their own. there is an unnamed official quoting him as saying it was one of the greatest parades we have seen. we will try and top it. the white house has been claiming mr trump was joking there, but evidently some people took it seriously, and if america did go for this, it wouldn't be the only one. we have mentioned france, international parade dates back to the 1880, it is to celebrate a key turning point of the french revolution. then there is this, victory day in russia where you see a lot of military hard wear in moscow, if that is your thing, you also get a lot of that in pyongyang every year where the north koreans go for it. interestingly and i only found this out today china has upped the number military parades since xi jinping became president. the

chinese are flexing their military muscles a bit more. this isn't something the americans have sought to do. national public radio told us while the president tends to shy away from this because it can seem like they are trying to be like their would war adversity —— adversaries. it's a new world order now, perhaps mr trump... we have had general mattis, the secretary of defence saying the pentagon is looking at plans that it is their job to look at them, he has confirmed that america is mulling this idea of a militaryer parade. in the last hour on our programme i spoke to a republican congressman and a republican who is the former us defence secretary bill coen, both told me they didn't think this was awe good idea, they said why are we spending this money on military parades which can cost millions of

dollars, when what we need to do is make sure that american planes are flying enough, that american military members are getting pay checks, there are useful things that they should spend it on. the congressman said it wasn't a very american idea. 1993 george w bush held a military parade in order of vetera ns held a military parade in order of veterans but it was a one off event. this isn't something that american presidents have wanted to do. stay with us on outside source — still to come. this video of korea expert robert kelly being interrupted by his children became world famous. he tells us what it's like to become an unwitting celebrity. victims of the serial sex attacker john worboys have been given

permission to challenge the decision by the parole board to release him. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw explains the next stage of the process. a dossier of evidence, the reasoning, the material, everything that underlines the parole board's decision is being delivered to lawyers for the victims and also the lawyers for the victims and also the lawyers for the victims and also the lawyers for sadiq khan the mayor of london who is bringing the challenge, it is a lever arch file of documents and files, so they will be going through that to find out for the first time why has this decision been taken? when they have seen decision been taken? when they have seen the reasoning behind that, then they can formulate their arguments to ta ke they can formulate their arguments to take them to the next step, which is the hearing next month. there is a possibility, isuppose, that is the hearing next month. there is a possibility, i suppose, that if the reasons were so solid and so grounded in, in evidence, they might decide to abandon it. i think that is unlikely at this stage, everything is up in the air. republicans and democrats

in the us senate have hailed a breakthrough in efforts to avert another government shutdown. but it still needs to be approved by the house and the president. syrian activists say the continuing bombardment by government forces of the last big rebel—held area near damascus has killed another 32 civilians. more than 100 people have died in the eastern ghouta region in the past two days. the united nations says the scale of the syrian government's offensive has increased dramatically in recent days and has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. taiwan has been stuck by a second earthquake in two days. this time it was magnitude 5.7 quake — and again the east coast was affected. 67 people remain unaccounted for after tuesday's earthquake. and 7 people are confirmed to have died. police in china have started

using sunglasses with mobile facial recognition technology, that are hooked up to a database of suspects, allowing officers to scan crowds. that story's on bbc.com. 36 people in various countries have been charged for their alleged involvement in running a cyber—crime service responsible for more than $530m of losses. the gang is said to have dealt in stolen credit cards and passwords and engaged in bank fraud and id theft. are all these people in america or other countries? absolutely not, they are across five different continent, including asia, europe, australia, and of course, the united states, in countries as diverse as

ukrainian, kosovo, the uk, the us and russia, this is a global operation, and the data they stole and sought to sell also comes from round the world including about three—quarters of a million bank details from hsbc customers in the uk. if they had these bank details who would they be looking to sell them too? too? to? they ran this forum which has been round on the dark web since about 2010, and what they would do is they would have various levels of membership, anyone could apply to become a member and you could buy various illegal things including identity, bank detail, ,viruses including identity, bank detail,,viruses from including identity, bank detail, ,viruses from different sources round the world with krypto currencies and other forms of unidentified transactions so it was a global market place, very similar toi a global market place, very similar to i suppose a legal market place on the regular internet thatjust

to i suppose a legal market place on the regular internet that just sold all of this stolen date that that was presumably gained in various hacking attempts. the charges have been issue, joe but have the people been issue, joe but have the people been picked up? only 13 have been picked up. it is an ongoing basis gateshead, the justice picked up. it is an ongoing basis gateshead, thejustice department won't tell us which 13 of the 36 have been found, but what they have told us it is an operation that involvings more than 20 law enforcement agencies is round the world, including british, one of the people who was picked up is a 29—year—old brit, and this is an operation that is carrying on in many countries round the world so no doubt we will hear about some further arrests in the coming days. days. who co-ed or naits this? this has been co—ordinated by thejussi jaaskelainen —— us justice department. interpol has played a big part of this, i suppose, many of

the crimes have taken place in the us, in the usjustice department saying that all 50 states are affected. people in all 50 states have suffered on behalf o, because of these crimes, so out makes sense that the us justice of these crimes, so out makes sense that the usjustice department has taken the lead. it includes law enforcement agencies is across the world, including in ukrainian the ringleader supposedly comes from ukrainian, the guy who started the forum in 2010. thank you joe. there isjoe forum in 2010. thank you joe. there is joe live with us from new york. let us about the and goldman sachs. let us about the and goldman sachs. the investment bank goldman sachs is warning that many crypto—currencies could continue to fall and may reach zero. bitcoin has fallen about 70% from its peak of almost $20,000 in december. here's one analyst. he is saying this is is a move by the big banks to warn about krill toe currencies is. this is the sort

of thing they kind of, the pessimists have been saying for a long time. time. really they are questioning the economic value, the krypto currencies add. they are questioning whether or not it can behave as a currency. there is an argument that the mainstream finance world don't like it because it will disrupt the market so the point you do away with banks but i think really, the concerns are justified. there is do we need currencies that don't have central banks backing them up. i don't know if there is a case for that, accept in the dark markets they talk about in the report. markets they talk about in the report. a pakistani court has sentenced a man to death for murdering a student who was falsely accused of blasphemy. five others got life sentences. the student was mashal khan. last april rumours spread that he'd posted blasphemous material online. he was dragged out of his university accommodation in the province of khyber pakhtunkhwa by hundreds of fellow students. they killed him.

mr khan was studying at abdul wali khan university. it's named after a local secular political leader and its website talks about "the crying need to join together the human society irrespective of caste, colour or creed". evidently his murderers didn't concur. shumaila jaffrey has more from islamabad. dough due to security concerns, the proceedings were held in the central jail. there were dozens of policemen deployed around the venue and a large number of people, including lawyers and journalist, and activists and families of the accused were present. only those who have got security passes could go

inside. and the mood outside the jail was sombre and there was a feeling of anxiety. mr kahn's family in its reaction thejudgment has said that they don't feel that the justice has done, and that they will appeal against the acquittal of 26 accused in this case. mr kahn's case, many people believe was a watershed moment for the country, because it triggered a debate round pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws. mr kahn was accused of blasphemy by his university fellows and he was dragged out of his hostel room, and he was later shot and was lynched by the mob. but despite the fa ct lynched by the mob. but despite the fact that there was a discussion, even on the floor of the parliament this issue was discussed for the

first time, and legislators from different political parties the were of the view this law should be amended, but nothing has been done so far to change it. now a break from the news of the day. remember this moment? what will it mean for the wider region, i think one of your children... it was one of the most watched videos of the year. professor robert kelly was in the middle of a live interview with the bbc from his home in south korea when his two children burst into his office. they were followed shortly after by his wife who tried to do a bit of damage limitation. professor kelly's in london for the broadcast tv awards tonight, the video is up

for tv moment of the year. we couldn't let him come so close to our studios without getting him to talk to us again. i don't think of myself as a celebrity or anything like that. it certainly didn't, i don't mind it. many people have sent us gifts and wrote kind e—mails and we is have had a lot of communication about the video in the last year, but it mean it's not anything that we really sought, it is kind of like, because i'm not in that kind of profession, i'm not in that kind of profession, i'm not in the media business, people like take photographs of me like, getting out of my car and buying milk as kos toe and i came through immigration, immigration officer recognised me, it is weird, anything that we really sought, it is kind of like, because i'm not in that kind of profession, i'm not in the media business, people like take photographs of me like, getting out of my carand photographs of me like, getting out of my car and buying milk as kos toe andi of my car and buying milk as kos toe and i came through immigration, immigration officer recognised me, it is weird, everywhere people are like "you're that guy? " yes i am. i

don't know anything about being a celebrity. if he wins i'll let you know. the weather is on the wayne. —— way. the weather is on the wayne. —— way. the ongoing drought in south africa cape town, this was the satellite picture on wednesday, this cloud producing rain in zambia, storms in the eastern cape, western cape still dry but we have a bank of cloud coming in. that will steam its way towards cape town, later on friday. and this is how we get rain in this part of south africa, at this time of the year. bands of cloud coming in from the southern oceans but it is normally dry at this time of year and this rain isn't going to amount to much. it won't last long, dry sunny weather and the temperatures continuing to soar again. now, a different story this time in indonesia, this is nearjakarta, a ranging dangerous river as a result of some very heavy rain we have seen, leading to some mudslides as well. this is the wettest time of

the year in this part of indonesia, you usually get an average of about 300 millimetres of rain during february, and you can see the clouds there, round jakarta, continuing to bring rain. let us move northwards. there is a lot of dry weather across other parts of asia, we have seen snow injapan other parts of asia, we have seen snow in japan but other parts of asia, we have seen snow injapan but the high pressure is moving in so we will lose the snow shower, it has been cold in south korea in the run—up to the winter games but it is likely to get colder. cold air this time, in europe, this is paris, france, and considering how mild it has been over the past few weeks and we had the flooding in the river seine, this is the first taste of winter we have seen for a some time. not a lot of snow but it meant the eiffel tower was closed on tuesday, disruption to travellers as well. and there is probably more snow to

come. we have a lot of cold air in france, spain, some colderairfora while in the uk. this weatherfront is significant because there is more on it as it an rears in that colder air, we may find significant snow fall. temperatures above average and snow to lower levels in france, not just paris, so further travel disruption is likely. that is friday. bear that in mind. we have some sunshine in the alps. the earlier snow is heading to north east europe and we have heavier rain in the eastern med train yasm at home we will have more of an atla ntic home we will have more of an atlantic influence, i won't be as cold, wet and windy at times, more on that later on. goodbye. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. after months of uncertainty, germany's chancellor closes in on a deal to form a coalition with the centre—left social democrats.

translation: i am convinced that the deal we have reached can be a basis of the good and stable government that our country needs, but many in the world are expecting of us. just two days before the us government runs out of money, senators say they've reached a two—year budget deal. now they have to sell it to the house and the president. north korean leader kimjong—un is sending his sister to friday's opening ceremony of the winter olympics in south korea. we look into what we know about kim yo—jong. it is not much, to be honest. a pakistan court has handed down sentences in a blasphemy lynching case. one man has been given a death sentence and five others life terms for murdering student mashal khan. south africa's embattled presidentjacob zuma could step down

within the next few days. he's facing extensive corruption charges after a nine years in power. he has always said he is not guilty. nonetheless, there are increasing calls for the deputy president, cyril ramaphosa, and the new head of the governing party, to take over. he is holding direct talks with jacob zuma over how that might work. here's the official photograph of the two men meeting. it might be all smiles, but it is serious stuff, jacob zuma's days as president may be numbered. both men have acknowledged this needs to be resolved one way or another. has been a dramatic few days, but it seems like we are in the endgame today. cyril ramaphosa released a statement saying there would be a speedy resolution to the leadership crisis. mr ramaphosa met with the

president last night in a private meeting that has been described as both fruitful and yielding constructive constructions. —— discussions. we understand that mr ramaphosa has been able to come to some sort of agreement that would see presidentjacob some sort of agreement that would see president jacob zuma some sort of agreement that would see presidentjacob zuma resigning in the next few days. people in the african national congress itself have been desperate to have the president to leave power, not least because under his leadership the party has suffered a great reputational damage. he is seen as the man who has ruined the reputation of nelson mandela's party because of the allegations of corruption that have happened under his watch, and also the report of the incredible looting of state funds. mr ramaphosa, hoping to succeed jacob zuma as the president of the country, has promised to rebuild the party. for south africans here, for that to happen, the first move will be seeing a definitive end to the jacob zuma

era. that is the moment all south africans are looking for.|j era. that is the moment all south africans are looking for. i want to turn to one of the main stories in the uk. tesco is the uk's biggest supermarket. it is facing a potential bill of up to £4 billion - $5.5 billion — because of an equal pay claim brought by thousands of women. they claim that the mainly male staff in its distribution centres are paid more than its mainly female in—store workers. differentjobs of course — but they are making the case they are equivalent. here is one tesco employee of more than 20 years, pam jenkins. thejobs are the jobs are slightly different, but they are of equal value. we deal with customers, they don't have too. we ta ke with customers, they don't have too. we take the stock and reload the stock, they loaded off the lorry and we loaded onto the shelves. the company operates in 13 countries around the world, including the united states, parts of asia, including china, turkey, and a number of european countries. in britain, it's the country's largest private sector employer. it has more than 310,000 staff.

if this claim is successful, thousands could receive back—pay of up to £20,000 — over $27,000 dollars. and the case could have big implications for other businesses. lawyer paula lee is representing tesco women. the law has been there since 1984 that you can compare with a differentjob. that is 34 years to get your house in order. that is 34 yea rs of get your house in order. that is 34 years of having the advantage of paying an equally, and 34 years of making pay decisions and financial strategic decisions, 34 years where you have chosen to walk around what is hiding in open site. tesco says it is yet to receive notice of the claim, and it has always been a place for people to get on in their career, regardless of their gender, background or education, and we work hard to make sure all our colleagues are paid fairly and equally for thejobs they do." we are about to get a lot more

information on the gender pay gap. a new law mandates companies to publish the data by the end of the year. here's the british business secretary greg clark on this case. one of the reasons we have introduced this requirement to disclose what companies pay and how they pay men and women is to shine they pay men and women is to shine the spotlight on this. it is absolutely unacceptable that people should be paid less because of their gender. this transparency, i hope, will cause people to scrutinise practices that are revealed. an agreement between bangladesh and myanmar to repatriate more than 700,000 muslim rohingyas who fled to bangladesh last year faces big obstacles. one of them is the intense hostility

felt by the buddhist population of myanmars rakhine state to living alongside their muslim neighbours. five years ago there was an outbreak of sectarian violence, and some of the worst of it was in the ancient rakhine capital of mrauk u. jonathan head reports from there. these old temples are all that is left of what was once a powerful buddhist kingdom. they are a reminder to the rakhine people, some of the poorest in myanmar, of how far they have fallen. it is that sense of humiliating decline, a favourite theme of local politicians, which has stirred up a dangerous fear of being squeezed on one size by the burmese state, and one size by the burmese state, and on the other by a massive muslim population. five years ago, they

turned on their muslim neighbours. dozens died in this part of rakhine. many rohingya communities were com pletely many rohingya communities were completely destroyed. the survivors, confined by the government to squalid camps. this was the start of a bitter ethnic conflict which led to the flight of 700 refugees to bangladesh last year. but the rakhine neighbours have little sympathy, they have their own complaints. they blamed the government for their poverty. and they all had tales to tell of violent disputes with muslims. we can't have them here, they said. and yet they remembered living together peacefully once. nobody was sure why that had changed. all of the

statues, the images... ten works as a tour guide statues, the images... ten works as a tourguide and statues, the images... ten works as a tour guide and is also a rakhine political activist, fearful for his community. he was asked if he could accept the refugees coming back.“ we except the muslims now, they really have to follow the rules of law in our country. the existing laws ? law in our country. the existing laws? the existing laws. they cannot be citizens? there will be some muscle and people that can be citizens by citizenship law, but on the other hand, we are sure there area the other hand, we are sure there are a lot of illegal muslims from bangladesh. today, in this part of rakhine, you can see rohingyas only as ghostly figures by the roadside. there are muslim rohingya communities in mrauk u, but they are very tightly segregated. we have just been passing through one now.

we have been followed by police special branch. for most people, most foreigners visiting, the muslims may as well be invisible. we did eventually shake off the police escort and found a group of rohingyas working near the road. talking to us was risky for them. we have concealed their identities. they described a life of constant restrictions and constant fear. they live far from the bangladesh restrictions and constant fear. they live farfrom the bangladesh border. it would be a dangerous journey. live farfrom the bangladesh border. it would be a dangerousjourney. and yet, even now they think that they may eventually have to join the refugee exodus. there is more on that story and all of the stories that recover on the bbc website. —— that we cover. interesting legal conundrum in the netherlands.

a judge has asked the european court ofjustice to decide whether a group of britons living there will retain their eu citizenship once the uk leaves the eu. this matters because if it rules that those citizenship rights remain for these people in the netherlands — that could apply across the eu. anna holligan's in the hague. this group of five british nationals described themselves as the forgotten people. they say they've been living in a state of limbo, they described the dutch judges‘ decision as incredible and say they are delighted. the case refers to article 20 of the lisbon treaty, which lays out a european citizens‘ rights when they are members of a european, eu state. but it doesn't say what happens to those european citizenship rights if a country leaves the union. lawyers representing the of five british national is the dutch judge

to seek clarity from the ecj, what would become of those rights after brexit, after march 2019. in phase one of the negotiations they confirmed, negotiators, britain, and the eu 27, that british nationals would be allowed to continue to live and work in the eu, in the country in which they currently reside. many of these people fear they would be landlocked if their freedom of these people fear they would be landlocked if theirfreedom of movement is not guaranteed. so, that is what they are seeking clarity on. this is really only the first stage. it isa this is really only the first stage. it is a small case. if the ecj agrees to provide that clarity and decides that the eu citizenship rights are inalienable, in other words they will continue to exist after brexit, they could potentially affect more than a million uk citizens that are currently living and working here on the continent.

the uk government has been looking into how different kinds of brexit may affect the economy. it's not good news. their forecasts suggest all areas will suffer lower growth, especially if britain leaves the eu without a deal. over 15 years, london would see 3.5% lower growth than it would otherwise have had. in the west midlands it would be 13% smaller. and in the north east it would be 16% smaller. those figures are already being challenged, and it's important to point out that forecasts are often wrong. all this comes as the prime minister is under pressure to spell out exactly what sort of a partnership she wants with the eu. here she is speaking in parliament earlier today. we will be robust in our arguments,

asi we will be robust in our arguments, as i have said right from the beginning. we will hear noises and all sorts of things being said about positions being taken. what matters is the position that we take in the negotiations as we sit down and negotiate the best deal. we have shown we can do that, we did it in december and we are going to do it again. all this come as theresa may holds the first of two key meetings with her senior ministers to try to hammer out their brexit positions for the next stage of negotiations. iain watson, in westminster. there may some people scratching their heads and thinking, how come they haven't thrashed this out a little bit earlier? maybe because you talk about negotiations. negotiations are still going on in the cabinet, the so—called war cabinet, a brexit subcommittee meeting. today it was discussing northern ireland and such issues. over northern ireland, a lot could rest. there is a backstop option

that the government has agreed. if all else fails, we would have full alignment between northern ireland and the irish public. that is not being they will be following the same rules after brexit, but they will be looking for the same kind of outcome, a similar outcome for food standards, for example, energy supply. what isn't clear yet in the cabinet is what they are going to be asking for in trade talks. they think that might unlock a better relationship between the uk and the republic of ireland after brexit. but so far there has been no consensus around the cabinet table as to what that should be. as far as we are aware, from this evening, the lack of consensus persists. some of it is incredibly technical about what kind of equipment would constitute new infrastructure, would make it a hard or soft border? some of it is far more ideological driven and we were not expecting, and have not got a definitive answer from today fulham talks. another brexit subcommittee tomorrow. this is all focusing towards the main

discussions on our future relationship with the european union. ona relationship with the european union. on a day—to—day basis, a lot of the cabinet members are concentrating more on what they want to get from a transition deal from what happens, effectively, in two yea rs or what happens, effectively, in two years or so immediately after we leave. that is something the government is hoping to get thrashed out with brussels by the third week in march. to some extent, that is taking up the time. but they are still unresolved issues. help me out, just before you go. it feels like we get two points where they really have to decide what they want from brexit. is the final backstop tomorrow, or could it actually be fudged for the next few weeks and months and still deal with the eu as the negotiations go on?” months and still deal with the eu as the negotiations go on? i don't think the next few months, there will have to take a decision before that. it could well be a few weeks. first of all, as i say, the transition needs to be thrashed out. then the future relationship. they are still trying to work towards getting that sorted out by october.

they could have time to give mps what they call a meaningful vote. there are some rumours, no stronger than that, that perhaps the prime minister might make her third big speech on brexit. she may go to lancaster house to set the ball rolling, and again in florence, when she was increasing the financial contribution, it might be that she makes a speech in the next few weeks that allows the cabinet to add differences. she might come to a conclusion. that is by no means definite. we hear that the foreign secretary is making a speech of his own on what he calls a liberal brexit. no date on that, but we may have some sense, until this is settled, of competing visions. good to talk to you. a liberal brexit, we can add that to the lists of brexit we are considering, soft brexit, ha rd we are considering, soft brexit, hard brexit, now liberal brexit. it has been intriguing to watch

north korea manoeuvring as the winter olympics approaches. we understand that yunjong won is sending his sister to the opening ceremony in pyeongchang in south korea. his sister is called's. —— kim yo—jong. she was promoted last year. she is a full sister of kim jong—un. when she makes that trip she will be the first immediate kim family member from across the border to go south for 65 years. stephen mcdonald is in south korea. here he is. the south korean government is interpreting this visit by kim yo—jong as a big push by the north to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough during the olympics. the problem is that she is subject to the united states sanctions following allegations of her involvement in

human rights abuses. for this reason, the south korean government has been in talks with allies in washington to try to achieve a green light for her to attend. however, another member of the north korean delegation is even more problematic. he is subject to united nations sanctions, a travel ban and assets freeze. that means if he were to cross the border into the south, this country would technically be in breach of un sanctions. so, the south korean government is also in talks with the un security council to try to find out what the implications of that are. the relationship between turkey and the united states is under pressure. for almost three weeks, the turkish military has been attacking kurdish fighters in the afrin region in northern syria. those kurdish fighters had actually been armed by the us. it's the latest step in a confrontation that's pitting two key nato members

against each other. the bbc‘s turkey correspondent mark lowen reports. sport is friendlier than politics by a long shot. turks and americans training together in an istanbul and american football team. the rivalry is amicable between the countries it is amicable between the countries it is less so. the nato allies are at each other‘s throats over syria, politics, human rights, even suspending the granting of visas last year. a relationship in crisis felt here. in the political climate currently, you don't know exactly what is going to happen. i think the leaders of both countries have quit triggers in terms of temperament. that has been shown with the visa ban. we have two individuals leading two big countries with this type of mentality. you can't predict what is going to happen tomorrow or the next

day. turkey is now bombing turkish fighters in syria who were armed by the us. for ankara they are terrorists, for washington, partners against the islamic state group. the risk of a direct clash between nato's two biggest armies is growing. we don't have a problem with the united states. we have suffered together, we have voted together. but if we have lost 30,000 lives in this country because of the terrorist organisations, and if we look at the united states, seeing that they are giving ammunition, giving expertise, american soldiers are turning out. this is the point where we must start. but the row goes deeper, to a cleric blamed for the failed coup here, who lives in the failed coup here, who lives in the us. with his extradition looking unlikely, turkey detains us

diplomatic staff, enraging washington. pro—government media is hammering home the message. polls showed nearly two thirds here cv us as the main threat to turkey, a relationship crucial for security and trade is worst for decades. joining nato and could take you to the west. this country, which struggles continents, started eu membership talks 13 years ago. as relations with both have grown more hostile, turkey has realigned itself towards russia and arab countries that do not criticise the state of democracy here. that is serious. turkey is too important for the west to lose. it has left these turkish stu d e nts to lose. it has left these turkish students aiming to study in the us watching anxiously, caught up in a wider conflict. i am most concerned about my family. the situation with the united states, if it gets worse, they cannot come to the united states. once they remove the travel

visas, nobody can go there. when you go to say you are going to study in the us to somebody in an eastern pa rt of the us to somebody in an eastern part of turkey, they don't like that. they think you are betraying your own country. back on the pitch, the turks and americans practice their moves. but for the leaders, solving a relationship close to breaking point is the urgent problem to tackle. we have just got time to talk about this. i am glad we do. new analysis calculates that a briton 10,000 years ago would have looked liked this — dark brown skin and blue eyes. he's known as cheddar man because his skeleton was unearthed over a century ago here in cheddar gorge in the south west of england. it was found in gough's cave and this replica now lies in its place. jon kay can explain how scientists tried to estimate what this person looked like. one, two, three.

putting flesh on his bones. the face of cheddar man finally revealed. by extracting his dna and scanning his skull, experts say they have created him in unprecedented detail. and he looks very different from what they were expecting. the hair, the eyes, the face. that combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking. something we would not have imagined. and to also get from the dna details of his biology. the fact that he couldn't digest milk as an adult. that is something that came really with the advent of farming. and 10,000 years ago people didn't have that. look how he's changed. this is what scientists used to think he looked like. a reconstruction from 20 years ago when dna analysis was nowhere near as developed. cheddar man and i share a common female relative. this is modern—day cheddar man. adrian targett lives in the same village and shares dna with the skeleton found

in the gorge. so, time to meet his ancestor. do you want to see your great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather? ok, here he comes. and... oh, my. what do you think? it is remarkable, isn't it? i think there is probably some resemblance. yes, i think there are certainly other members in my family who he bears a resemblance to. yes, some of my cousins. you can see that in there? yes. i think my eyes are blue! lets have a look. they are blue! they are blue. his hair is not quite as grey as mine is. or my beard! so 10,000 years after he died, 100 years after he was found, finally a face to fit the name of adrian's ancestor. jon kay, bbc news, cheddar in somerset.

john huh finishes this edition of outside source. the frost on wednesday night, a lot more limited to what we had the previous night. not as chilly for many into thursday. the reason lies with the position of the jet stream. it stretches across the atlantic. very strong at the moment. it is important because it separates the cold air to the north and warm air to the south. blue and orange colours there. little ripples that will send slightly milder air away at times. one little ripple is heading our way on thursday. a weather front on that will bring cloud across parts of northern england, wales, northwest england and the rest of the day. something a little bit heavier to end the day. to the north of scotland and

northern ireland, we have some slightly milder air compared to what we are used to. sunny spells in between, and actually start, because the breeze picks up and it is not going to warm up in any great hurry. tuesday evening, that rain pushes in from the west. a cold front is barely a future as we start thursday. it becomes more of one into friday. it opens the door to north—westerly wind and taps into that pool of cold air. it turns chilly on friday. lots of showers around in the morning. rain, hail, sleet and snow, turning primarily to snow across scotland and northern ireland. some sunshine in between. more sunshine and showers to the second half of the day across many areas. temperatures back into single figures and dropping away later on across the south. it leads us into a cold night. another ripple on the jet stream, sending another finger of something milder towards us and that will take all day for the

weather front to come in on saturday fully. on the forward edge, we have that cold air in place. quite a bit of snowfall for scotland, as the atla ntic of snowfall for scotland, as the atlantic weather front pushes its way. it turns back to rain, the south—westerly wind dominating. most places will see rain dominating. east anglia and the south—east will stay dry as we get into the evening. right conditions across the north. temperatures up to 10 degrees in one two spots thanks the west flow. that is pushed off into the continent on saturday night. the potential of quite an area of low pressure developing. want to watch on saturday night. we could see severe gales to take us into sunday and quite a bit of snowfall across the scottish mountains before we go back into the cold north—westerly wind. sleet and snow is possible across the country thanks to the strength of the wind. the snow is really accumulating on the scottish mountains and the irish hills. temperatures dropping again once more. a cold night follows, sunday night into monday. the breeze stops

the temperatures dropping too much. still frost and i surrounded to the new working with. half term for some of you. a half term to keep the woollen cloths handy. some of the rain will turn into sleet and temperatures will slowly creep up later. we still have the jet stream rushing out of north america. we have this bigger disk forming. when we get a big dip like that, we get a low pressure which is stubborn. it will have an influence in the weather. we can see weather fronts running around it, small areas of low pressure at times. on the cold aside, it will stay cold. some mild and wet spells and it will be windy at times. tonight at ten — victims of the serial sex attacker john worboys are given permission to challenge the decision to release him. the fulljudicial review hearing will take place in the high court on the 13th of march, and worboys will stay

in prison until then. he's served less than 10 years, and last month, the parole board was criticised when it announced he would be freed. we'll have the latest on worboys‘ appearance in court today, and the next stages of the legal process. also tonight... a report from the syrian region under intense bombardment from government forces, and the extent of the human suffering there. what was the outcome of today's talks around the cabinet table on the next stage of the brexit process? tesco could face a bill of £4 billion, as hundreds of thousands of female employees make a claim for equal pay.