welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: nasa celebrates a perfect landing on mars, as the insight mission sends back its first image of the red planet. it's a very, very nice looking picture. it looks pretty flat, which makes ourjob very easy to do. and, uh, it's time to get going. a warning for britain, as president trump says the brexit deal could damage us—uk trade. ukraine imposes martial law, after sunday's naval clash with russian warships off the coast of crimea. tears of joy for the families reunited after indonesia's recent earthquake and tsunami. and paying tribute to bernardo bertolucci, director of last tango in paris and the last emperor, who's died at the age of 77.

hello, welcome to the programme. nasa's insight probe is not the first to land on mars, but it does carry the greatest of expectations — unlocking the mysteries of how mars was formed and by extension, the origins of earth. insight touched down earlier after a perilous descent through the red planet's atmosphere. it was soon delighting nasa engineers back on earth, as our science correspondent victoria gill now reports from california. touchdown confirmed! cheering after a six—month journey and a perilous descent, relief and joy at mission control. i am over the moon, it's like incredible.

this is my first mission, i mean i feel like, i still feel nervous, like i don't know, the adrenaline is still going through me, but we're on mars, insight worked, it was a soft landing, everything was perfect, which is so rare, and now ijust want more data, i want to see what's happening on mars! nasa's insight lander plunged through the martian atmosphere at 12,000 mph, touching down slowly and safely to send its signal home. and here are the first pictures it's sent of its new home. insight will carefully examine its surroundings so scientists can select exactly where to place scientific equipment. we're going to give mars its very first checkup in 4 billion years, and we're going to do that by deploying the first seismometer to the surface of mars ever, and that'll measure mars quakes, and then we're going to deploy a thermal mole, and that'll dig down into the surface and measure the thermal gradient and take mars' temperature. as the insight lander studies

the deep interior of mars robotically, it'll be sending data back here to mission control in california, and people here'll use that data to work out exactly how rocky worlds like earth, mars and the moon actually formed 4.5 billion years ago. they lovingly call this the centre of the universe. 0k, are you guys ready? here we go! back in the 1970s, astronauts drilled into the moon to take its temperature and study its structure. it is going right in! almost 50 years on, now the same analysis can finally be carried out on mars. a two—year mission begins, building a picture of the hidden depths of the red planet. president trump has intervened in the brexit debate, warning that theresa may's deal with the eu may make it harder for britain to trade with the united states. downing street insisted the agreement will allow britain to have an independent policy — meaning it can sign a new trade agreement with the us.

0ur washington correspondent danjohnson told me more about president trump's reaction. well, he certainly wasn't saying anything to be helpful to theresa may. she's looked like a prime minister without many allies in the uk at the minute, and she certainly hasn't found one today over the other side of the atlantic. she, of course, hopes that after brexit, the uk can form good, strong free—trade agreements with countries around the world, but the us will be one of the biggest and most important partners that an independent uk would be hoping to trade with. well, these comments from donald trump today saying that the sort of withdrawal agreement she has negotiated, that she is now pursuing, may not allow trade with the us, will certainly come as a blow. and this is notjust an accident that donald trump has intervened in this way, not the first time he's cast doubt over the way the prime minister was negotiating brexit.

well, this is what he said when he was asked earlier today what he thought of the current brexit withdrawal deal. sounds like a great deal for the eu, and i think we have to do this... i think we have to look at seriously whether or not the uk is allowed to trade because, right now, if you look at the deal, they may not be able to trade with us and that wouldn't be a good thing. i don't think they meant that, i don't think that the prime minister meant that and hopefully she'll be able to do something about that, but right now, as the deal stands, she may not — they may not be able to trade with the us. now, we don't know how closely donald trump has actually read the withdrawal agreement.

how much of the detail he's across, but he seems to have picked up that the tone of the agreement is that there will be closer ties between the eu and the uk for some time to come, not just through that transition period to the end of 2019 and 2020 but perhaps even beyond that, especially if the issues around the northern ireland border can't be sorted out. so that's the sort of thing that he's picked up on, that he believes may make trade with the us more difficult, and we understand that donald trump has got his own links with people on the brexit side in the uk, so it seems like he's fairly informed. he's certainly taken a strong view that the current format of brexit won't be good for uk us trade. danjohnson in washington there. let's get some of the day's other news. mexico has called for a full investigation by the united states into the use of tear gas against hundreds of migrants who forcefully attempted to cross the border on sunday. 42 people were arrested by us border patrols, after jumping over the fence that separates the two countries. the incident prompted the us to close the border for several hours. the former trump campaign aide george papadopoulos has failed

in his legal attempt to delay the start of his two week prison sentence. mr papadopoulos pleaded guilty last year to lying to federal agents investigating alleged ties between russia and the trump campaign. us prosecutors said paul manafort, president trump's former campaign chairman, has reached a plea bargain agreement by lying to the fbi. special counsel investigating the russian meddling into the us election said the breach meant there was now no reason to delay sentencing. in august, paul manafort was convicted of financial fraud related to his work as a consultant in the ukraine. staying in the ukraine, it has declared martial law in part of the country after the seizure of three

of its naval ships by russia. the measures will be introduced on wednesday, and for now, will be focused on tightening security. russia claims it has acted legally, but ukraine says it's the latest in a series of provocative acts in recent years. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. off the coast of crimea, russian border guards on collision course with the ukrainian navy. the russians target a tug boat. the hint is less than subtle. later, russian forces shoot at, then seize the tug, and two other ukrainian vessels. this apparently a mayday from a ukrainian sailor as the russians storm his boat. a russian replies. the vessels were towed to russian—controlled crimea. 23 ukrainian servicemen have been detained. after the dramas at sea, the political battles over who's responsible. moscow's reaction — don't blame russia.

officials here have been presenting what happened as a ukrainian provocation in russian territorial waters. well, ukraine rejects that, and insists this was an act of aggression against its navy. 0n the streets of kiev, they agree. "death to russia", he shouts. protests and pyrotechnics outside the russian embassy. ukraine's president, petro poroshenko, called for 30 days of martial law in parts of the country. meanwhile, at the united nations, this warning for moscow. the united states will maintain its crimea—related sanctions against russia. further russian escalation of this kind will only make matters worse. to some, the incident is a reminder ofjust how dangerous the russia—ukraine conflict is. the war continues to be live,

and the war could escalate any moment, while endangering the relationship between russia and the west. at sea and in the sky, russia has sent a clear message to ukraine and to the west — don't mess with moscow. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. dr michael slobodchikoff is an associate professor of political science at troy university in alabama, who's published two books on russian relations with post—soviet states. he told us that could develop into something a great deal worse. at this point, it'sjust a skirmish and a stand—off, however, it could develop into something much more serious down the road. we're going down a road

where the skirmishes keep intensifying and getting more serious, which will lead us eventually down a road towards open hostility and conflict between multiple players. well, what do you think the intent is here on both sides, the motive, if you like, for upping the ante? i think the motive on the ukrainian side is to shed light again on the situation with crimea and russia having helped in the south—eastern part of ukraine, and to get more weapons in its battle to retake eastern ukraine. i think for the russians, it's — the motivation is to ensure that people realise that they really do believe that crimea belongs to them. they have annexed it and they are willing to defend it. doesn't this put the onus on the west now to stand by ukraine and also stand up to vladimir putin?

i think the onus is on the west to try and mediate a solution and to develop a solution. i think neither ukraine nor russia will back down, and it becomes imperative for the west to really resolve this crisis, and to bring all sides together and to try and resolve it. dr michael slobodchikoff. it's two months since a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the indonesian island of sulawesi. hundreds of children were separated from their families and more than 2,000 people died, with large areas being declared mass graves. but as rebecca henschke reports, in recent weeks, there have been some extraordinary family reunions with their missing children. five—year—old jumadil is reunited with his mum, a week after they were separated by the powerful quake and tsunami. translation: when he saw my face, he started crying and hugged

me so tight. he didn't want to let go, he was so scared. his grandfather shows me where he was playing on the beach that day. "building sand castles here", he says, "not knowing what was about to happen." mobile phone footage, filmed from here, captured the moment when the huge waves hit the bay of palu and rushed through shops and homes and mosques. jumadil‘s family searched for days in the rubble, looking for his body. it was a post on social media that led them to him. it's believed he was carried away by a police officerjust in time. translation: it's just extraordinary that he survived. it's just an absolute miracle. social workers have reunited more than 14 children with their parents. three weeks after the disaster, victory is meeting his family,

just when they'd almost given up hope. translation: at the hospital, we opened bodybag after bodybag, but we didn't find him. it turns out that he saw us on television and he cried out, "that's my mum ! " a student had found him washed up in the rubble and had taken him back to her town to care for him. he's moved to another city with his parents. schools here are not back to normal yet, and his grandma wants him to be safe. jumadil has to go back to the beach each afternoon to help his mum. translation: he is still traumatised. if the lights go off, he gets very worried and runs into my arms. he gets flashbacks. a whole generation here is traumatised. this healing workshop a chance

for children still living in tents to forget for a while what happened. with minor quakes still being felt here, they also recite songs about how to stay safe if another big one strikes. rebecca henschke, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: paying tribute to bernardo bertolucci, one of the giants of world cinema, who's died. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world. the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister.

before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: nasa has successfully landed a probe on the surface of mars, sparking jubilation at mission control. president trump has warned britain the brexit deal could damage us—uk

trade, in a fresh blow to prime minister theresa may. matthew hedges the british academic who was jailed on spying charges in the united arab emirates has been pardoned and could be home as early as tuesday. he'd been sentenced to life in prison last week but the case prompted intense diplomatic efforts by the foreign office. mr hedges had always protested his innocence but officials in the uae say he's still considered to be a spy, as our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. matthew hedges' six month ordeal is almost over. five days after being handed a life sentence, he will soon be home. mr hedges will be permitted to leave the country once all the formalities are complete. the hoped for announcement came this morning, but with it a sting in the tail. the authorities in the united arab

emirates still accuse matthew hedges of spying. he was part—time phd researcher, part—time businessman, but he was 100% a full—time secret service operative. but his wife has always maintained his innocence. she's campaigned for months to secure his release. in my heart i know what matt is, he's a phd researcher. his colleagues know it and his family know it, and hundreds of academics round the world know it, and that's all that matters. the most important thing really is that now we'll have him back home safely and he'll be able to finish his thesis. matthew hedges knows the uae well — he worked there for several years before starting his phd on aspects of the country's security policy. the government here doesn't think that should have landed him injail. we've made it very clear for a number of months now, that we see no basis in these allegations. they have reflected on that, they have taken the action they can, which means that matthew hedges is going to be reunited with his family.

the uae remains convinced that matthew hedges was indeed a spy. he was certainly researching some sensitive areas, including the country's military capabilities and its role in the war in yemen. but what he and most academics would regard as perfectly legitimate, the uae saw as suspect. in the end, it seems the uae put its relationship with britain first. it's an ally, a major trading partner, and a big importer of british made weapons. more than 100,000 uk nationals live and work there. every year, over a million britons go there on holiday. there's a lot at stake. matthew hedges' family say the ordeal has taken its toll and that he'll need time to recover. his life and career, put on hold six months ago, are about to resume. paul adams, bbc news. general motors has announced plans to halt production at five factories in north america and cut

more than 111,000 jobs. the move follows slower car sales and rising costs, partly caused by tariffs on imported steel introduced by president trump. the us carmaker is to focus on its line—up of trucks and electric and self—driving vehicles. david cohen, a professor of political science at the university of akron, explained how important general motors was to the overall economy of ohio. much of northern ohio is built on heavy manufacturing. and auto jobs and the other companies that depend on those auto jobs, like parts suppliers, are heavily dependent on the big automakers, not only domestic, but also foreign, within the state of ohio. so general motors, when they announced that they are going to be closing the lordstown plant,

in the youngstown area, that's a huge blow to north—eastern ohio, because you have so manyjobs that are not only directly impacted by that, by the people who work at lordstown, but on the people who work at lordstown, but also on the other companies in the supply chain that are dependent upon that plant and supplying parts for those cars. the economics of the automotive industry are complex, so how much responsibility can we put at the door of the white house and president trump's trade policies? certainly donald trump and white house policies are partially to blame — they're not completely to blame. part of the blame goes to the american consumer, whose tastes have changed over the years. and now two thirds of the cars that were sold in the united states last year were trucks and suvs and crossovers, as opposed to sedans. the lordstown plant produces the chevy cruz, which is a compact car, and so it's not that profitable

a carfor gm to be making. however, you know, donald trump, when he was campaigning, and in office, has initiated a trade war with not only competitors to the united states, but also allies, including canada and mexico. and the trade war, steel, tariffs that he has imposed on steel, according to general motors and other automakers, has jacked up the prices of those vehicles and the raw materials. general motors blames $1 billion lost in revenue because of the trade war. so how will that affect president trump in ohio, which of course is such a crucial state in the presidential elections? well, ohio is not only a crucial state, it is a must—win state. no republican has ever won the presidency without winning the state of ohio. so i think this is very damaging, especially if indeed gm does go ahead and shutdown that plant

in 2019 like they have promised. the italian film director, bernardo bertolucci, widely regarded as one of the giants of world cinema has died after a long illness. he was 77. his career spanned more than half a century and his films included the iconic last tango in paris and the last emperor. lizo mzimba looks back on his life and achievements. look! this was perhaps bernardo bertolucci's masterpiece. the last emperor, the true story of pu yi, only a small child when he became china's last imperial ruler. it swept the oscars, winning nine academy awards, including best film and best firector for bertolucci himself. the historical epic, years in the making,

was also a movie—making milestone. it was the first film allowed to be shot in beijing's forbidden city, something the director felt was essential for his vision. i couldn't find another place like the forbidden city. this is an incredible, amazing, huge place. i mean, hollywood never dare to build a set like this one. years before, his early film the conformist had been an influence on directors like spielberg. he went on to make one of the most controversial films of the 1970s. last tango in paris shocked audiences with its sexual content. before her death, actress maria schneider said the way the director and her male co—star, marlon brando, decided to film one scene made her feel as if she'd been assaulted. bertolucci denied this, saying she was aware in advance of the violent nature

of the scene in question. in recent years, he'd been in ill health but still travelled the globe, doing everything from being celebrated with a star on the hollywood walk of fame to being presented with an honorary palme d'or at the cannes film festival. he'll be remembered as one of cinema's greats, much of whose work is as powerful today as when it was first experienced by audiences. the italian film director, bernardo bertolucci, who's died at the age of 77. that is the way it is looking this hour. you are watching bbc news. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @duncan golestani. hello there.

well, we certainly started off the working week on a pretty chilly note for most of us, didn't we? if it was too much for you, i can offer you something just that little bit milder. but unfortunately, it comes at a price, turning increasingly wet and windy over the next few days. let's take a look at the main culprits. it's these areas of low pressure pushing in from the atlantic, and they will move across the uk a little bit later on today, and they will bring some extremely wet weather at times, but also some mild weather. so we lose that easterly flow that has been coming in off the north sea. the winds swing round to a south—westerly, coming in with that area of low pressure, drags in the milder air. but the winds will be gusting to gales or severe gales over the next couple of days. we start off, though, with a little bit of patchy mist and fog around. but as the breeze picks up, that'll help lift that. a chilly—ish start, as you can see, with temperatures into low single figures first thing. but it won't be long before that cloud and rain starts to move into the south—west. so it's going to be a wet start across cornwall and south wales, and into northern ireland as well. slow improvement here

for you as we go into the afternoon. let's take a look at the finer detail for this afternoon and see what's in prospect. there's the brighter weather starting to push into cornwall through the afternoon. double figures, but some heavy rain into the south—west, across wales, the midlands and stretching up into the north of england. the rain shouldn't arrive into the east of england, so here it should stay dry and relatively bright. but we'll see most of the rain starting to ease out of northern ireland as we go through the afternoon. it stays relatively dry, windy with it across much of scotland. by the end of the day, you can see that rain starting to show its hand across the south—west. so, that moves through overnight. the next area of low pressure moves through. and thenjust look at the isobars squeezed together. that's where the strongest of the winds are going to be across the southern flank of that area of low pressure. so we could see gusts of winds in excess of 60mph in exposed coasts, maybe higher, and it will bring some heavy rain particularly through northern ireland, south—west scotland and north—west england. although the rain is lighter in nature further south, it's still going to be pretty

windy with it as well. in terms of the feel of things, i did promise you something a little bit milder. double digits, in fact, mid—teens for many. but when you factor in the wind and the rain, it's probably not going to feel very great out there. and it's not long before we see another area of low pressure moving in, bringing some heavy rain. this time, the emphasis is across central and southern parts of england on thursday. so, wet and windy again to the south on thursday. something drier, brighter and a little less windy by the end of the week. this is bbc news, the headlines: nasa has successfully landed a probe on mars. there was jubilation at mission control in california, after it survived a dramatic seven—minute plunge to the planet's surface. it's already sent back its first image from the red planet, kicking off two years of scientific discovery. ukraine has declared martial law in part of the country, after russia's seizure of three

ukrainian navy ships. it follows a naval clash in the kerch strait, off the coast of crimea, which was annexed by russia in 2014. a number of western countries have condemned moscow's actions. president trump has suggested britain's brexit agreement with the eu could leave it unable to negotiate a free—trade agreement with the us. his comments, two weeks before a crucial vote in the british parliament, are a fresh blow to prime minister theresa may.