they're expected to hammer out details ahead of this week's eu summit. fox news — trump is expected to detail his plan to combat opioid addiction. there's reports the death penalty may be sought for certain drug traffickers. here on the bbc news website a major breakthrough offers hope to multiple sclerosis patients. the results are from an international trial that was able to stop the disease and improve symptoms. and finally on south china morning post, hot off the press: sd—printed cars will be in mass production in china by 2019. a company from italy says it's edging closer to mass production of the vehicles, which would cost about $10,000 us and reach maximum speeds of 70 kilometres per hour. that is quite phenomenal. so let's begin. with me is nina trentmann from the wall street journal. let's little talk about russia. lots

of press coverage , let's little talk about russia. lots of press coverage, as you expect. this article from the uk is focused on the spy scandal and the attempted assassination of sergei skripal, and his daughter. boris johnson assassination of sergei skripal, and his daughter. borisjohnson has made a few days here. what is he said now? he's travelling to brussels to brief new ministers —— brief eu ministers on what is happening. the allegation is that russia has violated what is pledged under the chemical weapons convention that russia signed in 1993, as did the uk, which involve destroying all of its chemical stockpiles. they filed yesterday that they had done so. the question is where this nerve agent, novachok, came from. so this is an

interesting situation which could involve the un security council in call for recession, and also the un general assembly finding that russia has violated its treaty. this is the latest line on this ongoing diplomatic storm that is bring between the uk and russia. we had the uk diplomats expelled, which was to be expected. in the meantime, as we have been saying, vladimir putin gets this resounding success in an election which we all knew he would. and the financial times looks at claims that perhaps there was reading, with cctv footage supposedly showing a la boxes being stuck —— showing ballot boxes being stuck. cheers mate yes, and people has said that they had been forced to vote or instructed by their employers. -- yes, and people have

said. it remains now to be seen what happens, given that suddenly appeared and has been gunning for 18 yea rs. appeared and has been gunning for 18 years. i think the constitution only allows in this last term. in a couple of years, we will be talk about what happens. he may do what he did last time, in which he sees somebody else appointed for a term, then he comes back. it is an interesting scenario as it played out. lucy hockings was there in russia for the bbc. and sort of talk about how they put out the —— pull out all the stops at the poly sessions to get people to turn up. they have entertainment and live music, tryjim miller people out. yes, and cookies, in order to get people to vote. they are saying that 70% of the voting population did actually show out. —— trying to draw

people out. but a run within this from the outside was said that there is no real opposition. alexey valley —— alexei navalny was barred from being involved. we have sinagra number of years. in the end, vladimir boughton has made sure that everybody was banned from taking pa rt everybody was banned from taking part any meaningful way at, shape, 01’ part any meaningful way at, shape, orform, before part any meaningful way at, shape, or form, before election day, and even weeks before. —— putin. not surprising, the result. let's look 110w surprising, the result. let's look now at bloomberg, what it is calling a key eu summit. meetings going on in brussels. they are tragic, with a transition deal. it is interesting because of the spy scandal with sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia skripal, fighting with allies

in hospital this fell off the radar a little. it was dominating headlines, but now it is all about the spy scenario. of course, with brexit... it is or is coming back. -- it is brexit... it is or is coming back. —— it is always coming back. the idea is, release the british idea, is to get a written promise by the eu that there would be a transition deal that would extend to 2020, that would include britain remaining part of the customs union and of the single market. —— ideas, orat least the british idea. the question is whether or not it will come through because the eu has been saying that thatis because the eu has been saying that that is only going to happen if

there is a final agreement between there is a final agreement between the uk and the eu on the irish question, and the question of whether there will be a hard border after brexit between ireland and northern ireland or not. it seems so far that after theresa may rejected the first proposal that the eu made, that there is quite a — it is a difficult situation. it will be interesting to see, given that michel barnier seems confident he can geta michel barnier seems confident he can get a transitional agreement. we will watch this space. this is important for so many companies. there will be some sort of status quo beyond march next year. 0k, let's ta ke quo beyond march next year. 0k, let's take a look. this is an interesting story from the online version of fox news, looking at donald trump seeking the death penalty for some drug traffickers in a plan to fight the opioid crisis. this is a huge crisis in the united states. he has a ready made a big

speech about his policy on this. it is quite interesting. some people are reading the story surrounding his ideas and thinking of rodrigo duterte in the philippines, and is dense and drugs. donald trump has in the past voiced his admiration for these measures that rodrigo duterte has been taking. of course, the philippines has long been an ally of the us and asia. but rodrigo duterte is clearly over 70 law, and having people killed in extrajudicial killings. this is something that is supposed to be announced later today. it seems, according to federal law, that there are some cases in which they can be the death penalty for drug—related offences. it remains to be seen in what way or form it comes through. it is, as you said, a huge issue in the us. we had 40,000 deaths in 2016. and in

addition to this, they are also talking about trying to reduce supply, talking about trying to reduce supply, so it will cannot get the drugs any more, and also to have some sort of public information campaign to make people wore to make more aware. we will keep a close eye on that story. —— to make people more aware. “— on that story. —— to make people more aware. —— we will keep a close eye on that story. this story now, this is about rewiring the immune system. yes, this interesting, howard has been described. according to the story, the idea is that you remove, 01’ to the story, the idea is that you remove, or reset and immune system to zero, by use of cancer drugs, and then do a transplant of bone marrow and blood from the patient‘s own body at because that part is not affected by multiple sclerosis, if you have it, and have it address

like that. it seems more effective than the traditional way of treating with drugs. they are singing treble results. some people who have been wheelchair—bound, their bodies function again in a normal way. they are able to walk and not be wheelchair—bound any more. but they are doing a seven test in relation to different doesn't cancer, as well. they are basically we wiring immune system. —— but they are doing a similar type of test to different types of cancer, as well. thank you for coming in, nina. we've run out of time for the 3d printer car. but if you're interested in that, i will retweeted and you can read it your leisure. —— retweet it. have a great day. hello there. after another very wintry weekend, we are heading closer to the spring equinox, and the weather will turn slowly milder through this week.

but on sunday, here was the scene in york. we had a lot of fresh snow fall across eastern parts of the uk, and also in the south—west too. in fact, we've had an amber warning in force from the met office for that heavy snow. it expires at 3am. but 20 centimetres of snow in one or two places. so we are likely to see ongoing travel disruption in the south—west, even after that amber warning has expired. we've still got this cold easterly wind, with biting windchill in the south once again. the winds won't be a strong, though, as we had through monday, down to the fact that high pressure is building, and that will bring a lot of dry weather too. bitterly cold to start monday morning. temperatures around about —2 or —3 degrees, even in the towns and cities. it could be as low as —8 degrees across parts of scotland. still some snow showers lingering in the south—west early monday morning. particularly down towards the channel isles, and perhaps along the south coast of england we will start to see a few more snow showers. but a lot of dry weather as we work our way further north across the country.

a really sharp and widespread frost first thing in the morning. plenty of dry weather on the cards away from the far south. we will continue to see a few snow flurries, particularly in the channel isles, with other places looking dry. cloud working in from north—east england and eastern scotland too. could be a flurry or two of snow under that cloud. temperatures still on the cold side for this time of year, 4—7 degrees. certainly not as cold as it was during the weekend. through the week ahead, things are set to turn milder. after a largely dry start to the week, there will be some rain later on in the week. high pressure dominates the weather through monday and on into tuesday. winds are coming in from a slightly the different direction. not quite as cold, although still, temperatures not doing great for this time of year. on tuesday, a weak weather front bringing rain showers in parts of wales, as well as to the south—east. elsewhere, a largely dry day. best of the sunshine for parts of northern ireland, western scotland and north—west england. temperatures around 6—9 degrees by the time we get to tuesday. then as we go to the middle part of the week, you willjust start to notice the yellow colours.

this is a milder air mass which is starting to move in from the atlantic, pushing away those cold easterly winds that have been with us for some time. wednesday, it's a north—west, south—east split. southern and eastern areas, largely dry and bright with some sunshine. there will be some patchy rain for scotland and for northern ireland. temperatures take a little below average for this time of year, but we are back into double figures. that's it for now. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. stranded — heavy snowfall traps drivers for hours overnight. more than 70 are sleeping in an emergency shelter. the a30 is still closed. yellow ice warnings are in place across much of the country. sarah keith—lucas will have the latest forecast. it is cold and icy to start this

morning, but we are expecting a dry day, with some sunshine. things eventually turning a bit milder through this week but certainly are lots of live snow still today. i will bring you all the details in about 15 minutes. good morning, it is monday 19 march. also this morning: international weapons inspectors are due in the uk