hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. russia agrees to a daily five hour ceasefire in syria's eastern ghouta — it'll start on tuesday — the first break for the rebel stronghold. this britain's labour leader jeremy corbyn sets out his vision for trade post brexit — calling for the uk to form a new customs union with the eu. it could spell trouble for theresa may's strategy. the beast from the east blows into europe — temperatures are falling and so is the snow. and donald trump faces criticism over his proposal to arm teachers. we'll hear from anthony zurcher in washington. welcome to outside source... we start the programme in syria. russia has announced it will establish a humanitarian corridor out of the syrian rebel

enclave of eastern ghouta. the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta has endured one of heaviest bombardments of the syrian civil war, hundreds of people have been killed in the last eight days. russia says the ceasefire will be in place from 9am to 2pm, every day, across eastern ghouta, starting on tuesday and a "humanitarian corridor" will be created to allow civilians to leave. the us, rights groups and syrian media have said russian planes have carried out the air strikes on eastern ghouta, including on hospitals. what medical clinics are left in the area have been overwhelmed by wounded civilians and have very few supplies left. let's hear a little from some of the injured on the ground — and the doctors treating them. my

my brother—in—law came in, and in the missile from the plane hit. i didn't feel anything, my son, the missile from the plane hit. i didn't feelanything, my son, nine yea rs didn't feelanything, my son, nine years old, gone. we want this ordeal to end. our people are simple people, they are exhausted. they just want a bite to eat, they don't wa nt just want a bite to eat, they don't want anything. we don't want anything more, stop the wars, stop all the destruction against my people. translation: in the hospitals of eastern ghouta we are suffering from an extreme shortage of medical needs. we receive ten to 20 people at once and our staff are exhausted. the nine days the escalation has been night and day and the staff have been working nonstop. there has been no calm whatsoever, there hasn't even been time to catch i's breath. the blood is flowing, the hospitals are overflowing with patients and there is no place to evacuate them. voices of some of those still trapped. earlier, i spoke to mahmoud ali

hamad from bbc arabic about the humanitarian corridor, and what it means for the people of eastern ghouta. if you look at what the russians are trying to achieve, it is similar to what they have done over a year ago in aleppo, where they attempted to reta ke in aleppo, where they attempted to retake the city on behalf of assad's regime. at the latter stage of that procedure meant, and after days of bombardment, basically carpet bombing the whole areas, they would announce in cooperation with the syrian regime for the opening of corridors, and that would allow civilians should they choose to meet those pockets and enclaves where they have been stuck since 2013. so i think the russians are drawn to show they are taking measures to minimise the level of, and it did

not work in aleppo, and it is hard for it to work in ghouta. pooter had almost three times the number of civilians we had in aleppo. plus in aleppo, people knew that they were going about 50 to 60 kilometres away. for ghouta buzz mcafee port to accept the russians terms, getting out of ghouta, and living just behind the gunmen and the armed militias, means being displaced 300 kilometres away to the north from their home towns and villages. and for them, for at least the people we spoke to today, they said we are not prepared to do this, to actually be forced to relocate, to be displaced, and this is the only way to save your life, they say we are not prepared for this option, because we have seen what happened to the civilians of east aleppo, and for east ghouta, we believe that the russians have the same fate in store. this is the sentiment that we

are getting from civilians in the east ghouta. that is part of a problem they are having in actually implementing such a plan. another one is that all those different militias working with the assad regime to basically continue besieging east ghouta, they are composed of different shia militias, and the population of east ghouta is majority sunni, so you can imagine they went feel comfortable handing themselves over because basically they don't know who sounds they will fall into. this is one of the things we keep hearing from civilians in ghouta. they save the seven years they wanted to get us, and now it is their chance. no one is going to walk to them and we are not going to be received with open arms. the leader of britain's opposition labour party, jeremy corbyn, has backed the uk remaining in a permanent customs union with the european union after brexit. the shift in policy could lead

to labour teaming up with rebels in the governing conservative party to try to defeat prime minister theresa may's brexit strategy. mr corbyn was speaking in coventry in the west midlands, an important centre for the british car industry. he said the industry was dependent on components crossing borders freely in europe. we've long argued that a customs union is a viable option for the final deal. so labour would seek to negotiate a new, conference of uk eu customs union to ensure there are no ta riffs customs union to ensure there are no tariffs with europe and to help avoid any need whatsoever for a hardboard in northern ireland. let's remind ourselves of what a customs union is. it's a group of countries with a single set of tariffs

on goods from outside. within that area goods move freely, without tariffs. but member countries cannot do their own separate trade deals, they have to be agreed jointly. and that's why the uk government wants to leave it. here's the international trade secretary liam fox. remember that only the bharatiya of britain's traders with the european union. —— the minority. the imf estimates that 90% of global trade will be outside the european continent, so we have to give ourselves the freedom to have the agreements necessary to maximise britain's share of that increased trade because that is where the prosperity of the next generation will live. on friday the prime minister theresa may is due to give another speech fleshing out what the government wants from brexit. she's expected to say that britain

wants the right to diverge from some european standards over time. but 20 months after the referendum, everyone is still asking for more detail. let's cross over live to westminster, because my colleagues there, jonathan blake, is monitoring all of these events. let's start off with whatjeremy corbyn has been saying. this into context for us? what we got today from jeremy corbyn was a point, which puts it at a distinct different position to the government's. labour's position on brexit has been evolving, you could say, confused, others would say, for some time now, butjeremy corbyn, as you heard, stood up and confirmed what the party has been strongly hinting about in the recent days and weeks, that if it were in government, it will seek to keep the

united kingdom in a customs union with the european union. so they we re with the european union. so they were delivered on the referendum and ta ke were delivered on the referendum and take the uk out of the eu that they have a different approach to the conservative party who are in government and keep the uk in a customs union, whereas the government would like to take us out of that particular mechanism. the detail is less clear. the charge that has been levied at the government time and again is that it is trying to have its cake and eat it, take the benefit of being a member of the european union whilst existing outside. jeremy corbyn's desertion has two a certain extent left the labour party open to the same charge because he said whilst he would want to keep the uk in a customs union with the european union, he would still want to have influence on negotiating trade deals, which would affect the uk's national interest. the european

union is likely to say if you are not in the european union that you cannot have a say on trade deals negotiated by the european union. so the big selling point does put labour ina the big selling point does put labour in a different place to the government, but the detail as to how those positions would work is far less clear. we are expecting to hear from theresa may on friday. thank you very much, jonathan blake in westminster. donald trump has been hosting state governors — inevitably the topic came back to gun control. there is currently a state inquiry into law enforcement's response to the school shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school. but here's what the president said. i got to watch some deputy sheriffs performing this weekend. they weren't exactly medal of honour winners, all right. the way they performed was frankly disgusting. i

really believe, you don't know until you test it, but i really believe that if i ran into them, even if i didn't have a weapon, and i think most of the people of this remark would have done that too. anthony zurcher in washington. the president really speaking his mind, as per usual. yes, as per usual. hypothetical heroism is the easiest kind, and sarah huckabee sanders the white house press secretary came out afterwards and said he wasn't really literally talking about running into the building, it was talking about how he would want to take a leadership role, and like everyone else, trying to ta ke role, and like everyone else, trying to take some sort of a leadership role, and contrasting it with what the deputies did or did not do at that particular time. i will leave it up to the viewers if that was an accurate interpretation of what donald trump said. after the president spoke of the floor was

opened up to the state governors. this is what the washington governor had to say about the proposal to armed teachers. i have listened to the first grade teachers who don't wa nt the first grade teachers who don't want to be pistol packing first grade teachers. i have listened to law enforcement to have said they don't want to train teachers as law enforcement agencies, which takes about six months. ijust think this isa about six months. ijust think this is a circumstance where we need to listen, that educators should educate and richard not be foisted upon this squad is ability of packing heat in first grade classes. now i understand you have suggested this, and we suggest things sometimes we listen about it, maybe they don't look so good a little later, so ijust suggest we need a little less tweeting here, a little more listening, let's take that off the table and move forward. that was the table and move forward. that was the washington governor addressing the washington governor addressing the president. anthony, a lot of concern over this concern about arming teachers within schools. right, and the democratic governor

of washington, washington has been one of the state that has been very active in opposing some of donald trump slack policies, particularly in immigration, so it is not surprising to hear their governor the very strong in his question of that arming schoolteachers policy. we are talking about millions of schoolteachers. right now about 60% of the american public has concealed handgun carry licenses, —— about 6% of the american public. it is a massive undertaking. it is not surprising to hear some of donald trump's critics try to pick that aparta trump's critics try to pick that apart a bit, although i will note there is a sheriff in ohio who is offering within his county free handgun training for public school teachers. he says he already has 300 teachers. he says he already has 300 teachers who have signed up to get training, so in some quarters that seems to be a welcome option, a way of countering school gun violence. thank you for putting that into context for us. stay with us on outside source —

still to come... the film studio co—founded by disgraced producer harvey weinstein is to file for bankruptcy; we'll have the latest from new york. five people have now died following an explosion at a shop in leicester last night. authorities say it could take some days to establish the cause of the blast, and that some people may still be unaccounted for. police said the search at the scene will have to continue in leicester. this operation for the emergency services will carry on while there isa services will carry on while there is a possibility that someone might be trapped in a void. to give up is not correct. once the thorough job has been completed, the site will be secured, made safe and a proper

investigation into what happened will take place. and eu have knowledge of how many people there may still be trapped? not really, bearing in mind it was a shop premises with a flat above, that is why we have been asking all day, it someday hasn't seen somebody they expected to see today, please ring leicestershi re expected to see today, please ring leicestershire police and let us know who that person is and as much information about them as possible. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? russia has agreed to a five hour daily ceasefire in syria's eastern ghouta starting on tuesday. it'll be the first break for the rebel stronghold. bbc arabic report that saudi arabia has opened applications for women tojoin its military. women have until thursday to apply for positions with the rank of soldier. the decision is one of many reforms enhancing women's rights in the conservative muslim kingdom. a dangerous attempt at to summit

pakistan's k2 mountain in the winter has been aborted. a russian attempt of the solo attempt after he argued with the rest of the expedition. he then set out a loan before turning back a day later. and a lot of people online have been reading about the global shortage in raisins. it is caused by a drop in production in california. the uk is hit hard. it is the biggest importer of dried fruit, but don't be too concerned. this current shortage has come too late to affect the cost of hot cross buns, for this year, at least. let's bring you up—to—date with the outside source business news. reports suggest that harvey weinstein's new york film studio — the weinstein company — looks set to file for bankruptcy. several media outlets say that talks to sell some of the business‘ assets have broken down. joe miller is in new york.

so they couldn't find a buyer? no, they couldn't. in fact, this looks like it's the end of the road for the weinstein company first let's talk you through what happened here, after dozens of allegations of sexual harassment surfaced in october, the company got rid of harvey weinstein and tried to wind down and find a buyer. that wasn't too easy. eventually it found a conglomerate that was adjusted in buying it for about $500 million, and that look like it was going ahead, untilan and that look like it was going ahead, until an extraordinary intervention by the new york attorney general a couple of weeks ago, and he filed a civil rights lawsuit, saying he didn't want this deal to go ahead unless there were assurances that the people who are allegedly involved in this sexual harassment, or involved in covering it up, would not benefit from the

sale, and that the employees, some of whom were victims of the alleged harassment, would keep theirjobs. it looked like both parties could not agree this would happen, and therefore the weinstein company is saying it has no choice but to file for bankruptcy. another story we want to have a look at. according to this particular tweet, which suggests there are quite a few people out there who are lying about owning bitcoin, i guess weather status or something. 50 cents admits he has never owned and is not now own any bitcoin. what is going on? the latest hilarity in the 50 cents ba n kru ptcy the latest hilarity in the 50 cents bankruptcy proceedings. 50 cents, the rapper, also known as curtis james jackson said, he has been filing for bankruptcy for a while. the court has essentially asked him to prove that the wealthy flaunts on social media is not real. —— 50

cent. first he had to defend instagram posts that his lawyers said were fake money. now we have the filings that say that 50 cents, who had been bragging about making 8 million in bitcoin from one of his albums in 2014 actually made nothing. he says, so long as a press story is not irreparably damaging to my image or brand i usually do not feel the need to publicly deny the reporting, so in other words he thought that owning bitcoin or looking like he did, was good for his brand, and when news organisation started reporting that committee kept quiet, but apparently, according to this filing, he never did own any of it. thank you, joe miller in new york, as always. let's keep the news on the os business news. here is a question to you, would you like to know when a recession is coming? it could be simple. how many women are

pregnant? it could suggest that the rate of women becoming pregnant tends to fall seven months before the start of a recession. our business reporter explained it to us. business reporter explained it to us. we are looking for certain data points that might give us a centre for what happened in the future, why they are related, who is to say. they are correlated but not necessarily causing the thing happening. this particular bit of research looked at 109 million birth records, and found that since 1988 there have been big recessions in there have been big recessions in the us, three of them, and almost six months before them, you could see fewer women were getting pregnant. that is the sort of interesting data point they are looking here. maybe you are sitting down with your partner at the table, trying to figure out what the future will look like for you. do you want

to bring a child into the world? if you do, you are optimistic about the future, so the idea is you might not have lost your job future, so the idea is you might not have lost yourjob yet, or got that promised bonus, but you're not really do this together at getting it, so you will put off having a kid in the hopes that things might improve. if you have an opinion on that, you know where to get in touch. the smartphone event is underway in barcelona, the mobile world congress. global sales of smartphones fell by over 5% in the last three months of 2017. in the battle to be another one, samsung is still beating apple, selling over 80% of all —— still beating apple, selling over 80% of all -- 18% still beating apple, selling over 80% of all —— 18% of all handsets last quarter. apple were second, and this is the interesting part of this story. rounding off the top five phone makers were three chinese companies, huawei. rory cellan—jones

explains what is going on. companies, huawei. rory cellan—jones explains what is going onlj companies, huawei. rory cellan—jones explains what is going on. i think what has happened over the last few yea rs what has happened over the last few years is people for chinese companies, they are just going to be in the chinese market. that is a huge market, plenty for them to play at that, but they are showing here in barcelona that that is not enough of them. huawei in particular have a huge presence here, a vast stand, and they say they are probably about number three in the world right now and they have ambitions to be number one. i went and visited them five yea rs one. i went and visited them five years ago when they were just getting into smartphones. their ambition seemed unlikely. they said they would be number three by now, they would be number three by now, they have kind of done it, so don't count them out. europe is in the grips of a deep freeze. and it's because of this, a bitterly cold front, dubbed the "beast from the east", that is sweeping arctic air from siberia right across the continent. it's expected to continue having a big impact in the coming days — bringing sub—zero temperatures

to many regions. here in the uk, it's sent temperatures plummeting. these are some of the key pictures that have come into the bbc newsroom from across the country. snow has been falling in many areas, including london. it's disrupted some public transport services, and caused dangerous conditions on the roads. if things pan out the way they're predicted to, it could be britain's coldest spell since 1991. this is rome. residents of the italian capital woke to a rare blanketing of snow. it's the coldest weather they've had in six years. there's always someone making the most of it. this is st peter's square in the vatican. priests among the manyjoining in the fun of a snowball fight. and this weather it hasn't been putting off the brave in germany.

these are swimmers taking to an outdoor pool in munich. that's despite the temperature dropping to around minus ten degrees celsius in the area. it is not over yet, these are warnings that are in place across the uk, across all of these regions. yellow regions indicating that the weather is possible to go really, really cold. let's get a full update from nick miller. widespread cold air across much of europe. you may have heard about sudden stratospheric warming. the result of that, what goes on high in the atmosphere, is what we are seeing right now across europe. you can see all the blues here, the cold air spreading from siberia, from russia, across much of mainland

europe and into the united kingdom, and with that blue, with that very, very cold air, the source region for the air, to badgers have fallen as low as —40 celsius, there are many places that will see snow over the next few days. —— temperatures have fallen. significantly the relations of snow in places. it is stormy through the mediterranean, a lot of the white showing up will be falling as heavy snow. there are not many places immune from seeing significant snow as we go through the rest of the week, because this cold air is hanging around. it is in no hurry to move away and we will potentially see at the end of the week an even bigger weather system heading towards the british isles with significant disruptive snow. it is one of the coldest, snowiest periods we have seen across europe. we start our round—up in north

america, where the planes of the us and the mississippi valley have played host to some very heavy rainfall through the weekend. in fa ct, rainfall through the weekend. in fact, the ohio river, the biggest victory of the mississippi river, it does mean we have had extensive flood alerts issued. since that it was on moderate alert, with the levels reaching 65 foot. anything above 59th that will trigger those alerts, but almost all communities adjacent to the ohio river have been on alert. water is continuing to recede through tuesday as high pressure builds. our hire can only hang on for so long here, because we will see the showers developing across is to parts of texas on tuesday, and eventually coming together in a more well formed weather system, which then is going to push its way further north latest tuesday, but particularly on into wednesday. it tracks all the way across the plains, along with some

southerly winds, and will push more heavy rain into ohio on wednesday. this story far from over. new zealand saw some very heavy rainfall through the weekend. 300 millimetres injust the space through the weekend. 300 millimetres in just the space of saturday falling across part of the north ireland. again, an ongoing story here, new zealand has been hit by many areas of low pressure in recent weeks, and if we take a look at the latest satellite picture, we can see another one here queueing up and the tasman sea. it will bring a spell of strong winds, yes, but more importantly through the course of wednesday it will be the heavy rain once again that affect the south island. we can take a little bit of closer picture for wednesday. auckland has had the worst of the rain but further south that system covering a good part of the south island through the data stop a little bit closer to home now, let's head across to europe, where the cold continues. sunday night, parts

of northern russia, —41 celsius but even closer to home across scandinavia, low as as low as —35 in sweden and norway, and that is where we are pulling our airfrom at the moment. all the way across this really right the way down into southern europe, that cold air spreading, blasting out into the atla ntic spreading, blasting out into the atlantic too. meeting up with slightly warmer air across the warmer waters of the mediterranean, cooking up some pretty nasty low— pressure cooking up some pretty nasty low—pressure systems here for the next few days and stop some strong winds and heavy snowfall romania, heavy rain to turkey, and look at this mess across portugal, spain and the south of france on wednesday. further north, the easterly winds continue to blast from siberia. plentiful snow showers in the forecast scandinavia and also for the uk and a significant wind—chill as well. as ever, i will leave my colleague to give you more details on that injust colleague to give you more details on that in just half an hour. hello, this is outside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom. russia agrees to a daily five—hour ceasefire in syria's eastern ghouta. it'll start on tuesday — the first break for the rebel stronghold.

britain's labour leader jeremy corbyn sets out his vision for trade post brexit, calling for the uk to form a new customs union with the eu. it could spell trouble for theresa may's strategy. every day, outside source features bbcjournalists working in over 30 languages. your questions are always welcome. #bbcos is the hashtag it's six months since hurricane harvey hit texas, killing 68 people and forcing more than 40,000 to flee their homes. more than 60 inches of rain fell, causing devastating flooding. laura trevelyan reported from houston on the impact of harvey last august, and has returned to find out how people made homeless by the ferocious storm are faring.

houston underwater. this was the catastrophic flooding caused by hurricane harvey. as record rainfall saturated the city, again using neighbourhoods and turning lives upside down. it's an emotional moment for gloria, clutching snoopy as she shows where she was rescued from as the floodwaters rose. as she shows where she was rescued from as the floodwaters rosem as she shows where she was rescued from as the floodwaters rose. it was devastating. i just couldn't from as the floodwaters rose. it was devastating. ijust couldn't believe it. i look at it and it is still hard. her home of over 20 years is uninhabitable, and she didn't have flood insurance, like thousands of others in houston. now she is living ina others in houston. now she is living in a hotel, paid for by the federal emergency management agency, but she doesn't feel safe. i have to

barricade myself in here every night because there is so much going on out there. prostitution every night, quys out there. prostitution every night, guys driving by one night, shooting eight times towards this hotel. i had to get on the floor. what impact as it had on you personally, being out of your house for these past six months? i'm on medicine for depression, i have got to the point where i really wanted to die, and asked god to take me home. volu nteers asked god to take me home. volunteers from a houston charity are helping rebuild gloria's home. hopefully she can return in march. mother nature did what she did and we are helping people recover as best we can. federal officials are trying to help families like gloria's get back home. people do expect someone to fix it. our role is not bad. we want to help

everybody in every way we can as quickly as we can but in doing that we also have to be mindful of the taxpayer dollars that we are spending. here is how this suburb looked in august. the neighbourhood was deliberately submerged, as officials let water out of the nearby reservoir to stop it overflowing. dan and virginia did not have flood insurance, and are still trying to rebuild. six months on, we're not home yet. we vacillate between saying, do we want to be in this house or do we want to start over somewhere else? this house or do we want to start over somewhere else ?|j this house or do we want to start over somewhere else? i describe it asa over somewhere else? i describe it as a roller—coaster of emotion. it was the horror of being flooded, being a house with two small children and a new dog, and the craziness of the last six months, trying to rebuild your life. as houston recovers from the impact of harvey, the next tara came season is only four months away. this is a sprawling coastal city, with bayous

like this which i won a ball to flooding. so is anything being done to protect houston against future hurricanes. it did not disconnect as to whether you work for otherwise, the floodwaters came and you were adversely affected. the mayor knows all too well how exposed to city is. rejecting it is a long—term project. it is important for the city to take steps towards mitigating flooding. why use need to be expanded, there needs to be more retention places put in place. that is the full comfort for gloria, still waiting to go home, traumatised by the flooding. hurricane harvey destroyed homes and lives. houston's rebounding, but the road to recovery

isa rebounding, but the road to recovery is a long one. russia has announced it will establish a humanitarian corridor out of the syrian rebel enclave of eastern ghouta. the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta has endured one of the heaviest bombardments of the syrian civil war — hundreds of people have been killed in the last eight days. russia says the ceasefire will be in place from 9am to 2pm every day, across eastern ghouta, starting on tuesday and a "humanitarian corridor" will be created to allow civilians to leave. with me is lyse doucet, our chief international correspondent. you know this area, you have been there before. the conditions that people there are suffering under our unimaginable. the un secretary—general called it hell on earth, where you have nearly 400,000 people who have been besieged,

encircled in that suburb of damascus since 2013. in the last eight or nine days, they have seen some of the heaviest bombardment since this war began. there is also the impact and pressure on the people of damascus, who have had barrages of missiles, mortars fired from the rebel groups who are based in that enclave, and it is for that reason that russia and the syrian government are saying that this is not a germanic terry and crisis as many in the world are saying, it is a battle against terrorism. —— it is not a humanitarian crisis. there are many saying that the corridor will not allow things to come through. people have to decide to leave through the corridor, that is the thing we saw in aleppo in 2016.

russia and the syrian government also offered these corridors, many people didn't leave because they we re people didn't leave because they were afraid of the consequences if they did. they didn't have anywhere to go, so they decided to stay where they were. in some cases in aleppo, rebel groups stopped people from leaving. more than a year on, there is even more people living in this area, they are more afraid about leaving because they have nowhere to 90, leaving because they have nowhere to go, they don't want to be transported to a distant province where they have no family, no relatives, no one to seek refuge with. also they don't know what the rebel groups are and what their goals are, and if they are going to stop people from leaving. we will have to wait and see if people will ta ke have to wait and see if people will take advantage of the corridor. it is meant to be safe, will it be? are you convinced, confident that there will be eight is fired during those five hours? there will not be a

ceasefire as we know it, because russia has said time and again that certain groups will not be included. it is also excluding partners of groups like al-anda, which gives them a licence to keep fighting. we have heard the same message from the syrian government as well. how will this compare to what happened in aleppo? each situation is different. this is up particular concern for the government because it is on the edge of damascus. it also comes at a time when they want to finish it off, they want to take this area. there is a real determination to try

to continue to push out the rebels. there were intense discussion to some of the rebel groups. the government made it clear that they would not negotiate with the hardline linked to al-anda. in some cases, the rebels refused to leave, and this is what happened. thank you. don't forget you can get much more detail on our top stories on our website, including extensive coverage of the crisis in eastern ghouta. one week ago, 110 nigerian schoolgirls were abducted from a town in yobay state called dapchi. it has taken a week to have that confirmed — at first, the state government said the girls were simply "missing". this is what is left of the school.

this was the classroom. it's now empty, but last monday students and teachers were running to bushes nearby as boko haram militants stormed the school. katalla bukar‘s14—year—old daughter aisha is among the missing girls. he's begging the nigerian government to act quickly. translation: as of now, we are disturbed because it is monday and the children have spent seven days with those militants. they have never experienced such a thing in. until this moment, there are no hints about their whereabouts was the buying here to speak on behalf of the fathers of the abducted girls stop no more, no less, we need maximum contribution of every camp

in the world. we also need the help from the state and federal government to help because they have not experienced this will stop i know they were abducted by militants and where ever they are now they are mentally affected because the oldest among them is only 20 years old. i can't explain further because i am not with them. both the state and federal covered have said they will bring them back soon. we are in a bad situation. me and the family are ina bad bad situation. me and the family are in a bad situation. his anger is felt by many of the parents. they want answers over reports that soldiers withdrew from checkpoints in the town. some of them are angry that the military had claimed to have defeated boko haram in the area just last month. nigeria's president has apologised and declared a national disaster. his information minister said, "we want to assure nigerians that no stone will be left unturned in our determination to rescue these girls." it's not surprising

that these kidnappings are being compared to the abductions in chibok, a town that's only 300 kilometres away. unicef says, "we have not forgotten the tragedy of the chibok girls from four years ago, when 276 girls were abducted by boko haram militants." still, large number of the girls have not returned. and now this. these figures from unicef show the dangers faced by teachers — over 2,000 teachers have been killed by boko haram and 1,400 schools destroyed since 2009. our correspondent, stephanie hegarty, is in lagos. it seems that finally the government is starting to take control, to step up is starting to take control, to step up their efforts to find the girls. they said they deployed all of the

airpower they can, they have surveillance aircraft monitoring the region. but it is a week later and many parents are still angry and confused about how the federal government is dealing with this. we have had comparisons to what happened with the kidnapping in 2014, lots of people criticising the government and saying they did not learn anything from that incident. at least this time we have an acknowledgement that this has happened, and we have some movement, although it has been slow, from the government to try and find the girls stop the big question is, why won't the school is being protected by the army? the governor was angry at the military for pulling out from a checkpoint and week before. there has been much criticism of that. the army said in their defence that they can't man every single school, every single village in the entire region. but this was a big school, close to

1000 students, so lots of people we re 1000 students, so lots of people were asking why it was not a priority to protect those girls. the democratic republic of congo is facing an uncertain political future. this is the president, joseph kabila — he has overstayed his time in power. his mandate expires at the end of 2016, but there is no date for another election. people have been protesting on streets in kinshasha — two people were killed on sunday. two weeks ago, we brought you a report from the border with uganda on the flow of migrants escaping violence and hunger. now we have a report from bunia where a bitter ethnic conflict is starting up again. catherine byaruhanga has been there — this is her report. three friends who only have each other. they ran for two days after

their village was attacked. their pa rents a re their village was attacked. their parents are gone, so they have to fend for themselves. fighting has erupted here between rival ethnic groups. but when i asked the boys which tried they belong to, they have no idea. children have taken the brunt of this conflict. the boys are staying with francoise. she has lived through war before and knows what it is like to run away from home with nothing. she has opened her doors to over 40 people, but can't look after all of them. translation: the government needs to assist them so that i can help them all. this places in the open, and they feel cold. there is no mattress, no food, clothes. the

fighting is happening out here in the countryside. it is too remote and too dangerous for aid agencies to reach. some have stayed behind, but not out of choice. this church is now abandoned. there are no more masses. the catholic church is one of the most powerful institutions here in the democratic republic of congo. the fact that priests and nuns have fled is a sign of the level of insecurity in this region. this woman has spent her life farming, but now she can barely find food to feed her children. she can't afford to go to bunia, the safer town. translation: we know the situation is difficult here, but what can we

do? because we can't travel to ten two without money. it is to far to travel without kids. we are forced to live in this church. across the trc, nearly 5 million people have been driven from their homes will stop the president has delayed elections, leading to a power vacuum and a web of conflicts. the un has its biggest peacekeeping force in the country, but it's struggling to protect civilians. the government doesn't seem ready to take responsibility. the only person who would talk to us is the army spokesman, but he says the fighting isn't their problem for now. translation: this is not a military mission, it is about reinstating public order, so it is commanded by the police. if they believe the

situation is getting worse, the army will take hold. meanwhile, like many children, the three boys are trapped ina children, the three boys are trapped in a country sliding further into chaos. the turkish president has been strongly criticised after telling a little girl who was dressed up in military uniform that she would be honoured if killed while fighting. recep tayyip erdogan was speaking at a meeting of his ak party in the southern town of kahramanmaras. here's mr erdogan with the child. and if we take a closer look you can see her maroon beret, which is of the type worn by the turkish special forces. mr erdogan is quoted as saying "we have our maroon berets here, but maroon berets never cry." he then goes on to say, "she has a turkish flag in her pocket too. if she's martyred, they'll lay

a flag on her, god willing." there's been plenty of criticism on social media but mr erdogan has often glorified martyrdom in the past. here's the bbc‘s selin gerit in istanbul. it was a jubilant scene for sun, but difficult to watch for others. he told the little girl that she should be honoured if she got killed in a military operation. those who were watching at the scene started chanting slogans in his favour, asking them to —— asking him to take them to the combat zone. criticism erupted on social media. some said it was akin to child abuse, another saying, you can't wish her dead. he has been criticised for a long time

for promoting martyrdom. it is seen as one of the highest honours of islam. over 30 turkish soldiers have got killed in combat in recent times, they are considered as martyrs here in turkey, every police officer and every soldier killed on duty is considered a master. —— a martyr. let me take you tojerusalem, where christian leaders have taken the rare and sudden step of shutting one of their holiest sites — the church of holy sepulchre. let me show you what happened on sunday. the big wooden doors to this 1,000—year—old doors were closed indefinitely in a land and tax dispute. moments earlier, these leaders of catholic, armenian and greek denominations, had strong words for the israeli authorities, accusing them of a "systematic campaign" on christians in the holy land. worshippers are forced

to pray outside. signs are put up in solidarity which read, "stop the persecution of churches." the church objects to an attempt to tax its property, which the authorities injerusalem view as commercial. they fear that proposed property laws would let the state claim church—owned land. here are church leaders talking about it. it breaches their obligations which guarantee the rights in what seems to be an attempt to weaken the christian presence injerusalem. we decided to take this unprecedented step of closing the church of holy sepulchre. but on the other side of the debate is the mayor, who is trying to get

about $186 million in uncollected taxes on church assets. take a look at this tweet. well, the church attracts thousands of worshippers and tourists every year. we know it as a key site for christians who believejesus was crucified, buried and resurrected there. let's hear from some of the visitors there. iam i am disappointed because i did not know it was going to be close. i came to jerusalem may know it was going to be close. i came tojerusalem may need to see the church. all over the rolled, i have never heard of any church paying taxes anywhere. what is this new idea? we wanted to visit the

actual grave, right? the most important thing for us. we received this information yesterday that it would be closed. we hope for a couple of hours, but apparently it is closed for a longer period. i feel disappointed. a lot of disappointment indeed. china's communist party has proposed removing a clause in the constitution which limits presidencies to two five—year terms. this means president xijinping could remain as leader after the end of his second term in 2023. the censors have gone into overdrive, and people have been trying to get around the firewall. here's the reason winnie the pooh — the cartoon regularly compared to president xi — has been banned. here's professor steve tsang to explain china's constitutional changes. it is significant largely innocent because the office of the state president is so largely significant. he asked for it and get it knowing

full well that there is a significant price to pay in terms of the party establish and being uncomfortable with it. and also the population is uncomfortable with it. he has consolidated power, he doesn't need to extend his office as state president in order to stay in power beyond 2023. he has already done that in october. he is doing it, and the difference is that in 2023, he can go on state visits. there is not a lot else that he needs this office in order to do. on top of that, he has his thoughts being written into the car isjewish and of the chinese communist party. the only other party who had that was the founder of the republic of

china, nobody else had ever achieved that apart from him. if you would like to comment on any of our stories, use the hash tag. goodbye. hello. it is one of the coldest, snow and yes weeks in the uk for yea rs. snow and yes weeks in the uk for years. the weather is making us sit up years. the weather is making us sit up and take notice. the meteorology behind it is interesting as well. we're used to the jet stream powering from west to east across the atlantic, but it is attacking us from the north—east. something really unusual, you don't get to see it often at all. that is the reason it often at all. that is the reason it is so cold and why some of us have been hit by frequent snow showers, particularly in the north—easterly flow. going in to a morning, two amber warnings from the met office. up to ten centimetres of

snow, the likelihood of some disruption. of course, you need to check the situation if you're heading out at any stage on tuesday. the showers towards south—east england fade into the afternoon. the store will work through the pennines, into the midlands and wales. northern ireland and western scotla nd wales. northern ireland and western scotland will avoid the snow showers for now. they will see sunny spells. it is bitterly cold and feels colder in the wind. tuesday night into wednesday, again the hard whites are the snow showers coming in. the court of the heavier ones starts to move further north. it is bitterly cold overnight and again feels colder in the wind with a hard frost. instead of the showers heading in from the north—east, there is a kilt to the flow, so the heavier snow showers start to attack north—east england and eastern and northern scotland. this is where we have the ample warning in force for

wednesday into thursday. again, then in metres —— ten centimetres or more in places. the heavier snow showers coming on this flow here, which is less north—easterly, more easterly. snow showers are possible elsewhere, an area could run into parts of south—west england, dumping some heavy snow. possibly some coming into northern ireland as well. some sunny spells as well. these are the maximum temperatures and if you factor in the wind, it is colder still as the wind gets stronger later in the week. this storm has been named emma. it will run moisture into the cold air, which is a recipe for snow. it may not look like this as we go into friday, but i want to show you this, meaning we could have some blizzards in strong winds, and could be seriously

disruptive. through friday, it sta rts disruptive. through friday, it starts to move further north across the rest of the uk. some particularly nasty, disruptive snow towards the end of the week. that is a possibility. keep in touch with the forecasts. going through the weekend into next week, look at the jet stream, it is now flowing west to east, but is far south from us. we are still in the blue, but we're not as cold because we have lost the jet stream coming from the north—east. does that mean for next week? initially less cold, but u nsettled week? initially less cold, but unsettled with areas of low pressure. still the risk of snow. we will keep you updated. but right now we're the grip of some serious winter weather. tonight at ten. labour spells out its plans for leaving the eu and says britain does need to be in a customs union. speaking in coventry, jeremy corbyn said it his aim was to protect british jobs

and to secure tariff—free trade with the eu. we want to be able to develop the economy in this country for the benefit of all, to invest in those communities that are left behind, those areas that voted leave as well as those areas that voted remain and we develop an effective trade relationship with europe in the future. mr corbyn also argued that a customs union would avoid the creation of a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. we'll have detail and reaction. also tonight... the number of people known to have died in an explosion and fire in a building in leicester has now risen to five. warnings in place across the uk, as bitterly cold weather sweeps in from eastern europe.