welcome to bbc news. i'm ben bland. our top stories: trump's plan to end the shutdown — "give me the money for my border wall and i'll lift the threat to deport a million immigrants." police in northern ireland say a suspected car bomb has exploded in londonderry. at least 66 people are killed after thieves target an oil pipeline in mexico with devastating consequences. and could this break the brexit deadlock? a former british prime minister says parliamentarians should have a vote hello. president trump has proposed what he's calling a compromise on us immigration policy, in attempt to end a row which has resulted in the longest partial shutdown of the federal government in american history.

speaking from the white house, mr trump said he would lift the threat to deport almost a million immigrants for three years. these include young undocumented migrants known as dreamers. but in exchange, he demanded billions of dollars for a security wall on the border with mexico. in order to begin building the trust and goodwill necessary for real immigration reform, vote more elements to my plan. —— there are two more elements. number one is three years of legislative relief for 700,000 daca recipients, brought here unlawfully by their parents at a young age many years ago. this extension will give them access to work permits, social security numbers and protection from deportation, most importantly. secondly, our proposal provides a three—year extension of temporary protected status or tps.

this means that 300,000 immigrants whose protect the status is facing expiration will now have three more years of certainty so that congress can work on a larger immigration deal, which everybody wants, republicans and democrats. 0ur correspondent david willis in washington was watching the speech. he says president trump did address some of the democrats‘ main concerns. even before president trump had made his announcement, the democrats were saying that he doesn't go far enough. but there is plenty of what the president outlined, i think, that will give some democrats pause for thought for the simple reason it contains many measures they wanted to see. investment in drug detection technology, ports of entry, more border agents and immigration judges and of course a reprieve, albeit temporary, for about a million migrants who had been

threatened with deportation, and it opens the government and brings this whole crisis to an end. the sticking point, as you say, of course, is that wall. the democrats hate any thought of that project. they believe that it is unnecessary spending, they believe it is an affront, if you like, to american values. but, you know what? the ball, really, now is in the democrats‘ court. because if they can just get past the wall thing, the government could potentially open and they could have many other things they want to see, as far as the immigration measures are concerned. it's up to them, now, really. there were two things that struck me from president trump's address. 0ne, he was trying to clarify about the world, saying it is not a solid concrete structure from sea to sea, he was saying it would be at

strategic reach —— strategic locations and trying to reassure. 0n the other hand he was quite robust in his attempt, saying that he promised to fix the crisis on the southern border and he intends to fix it one way or another. so mixed signals there. very much so, yes. carrot and stick, if you like. classic donald trump. from that statement that you mentioned, i intend to keep that promise one way oi’ intend to keep that promise one way or another, i took that to me that he retains the right to declare a national emergency. something that he has threatened to do on more than one occasion. it would inevitably cause banks among even those on his own party —— in his own party. —— cause angst. there are those who would say it is an example of residential overreach and would almost certainly lead to court challenges. but i think he is feeling the heat, president trump. he wants to be seen to be the one who is willing to negotiate with all this. because he is copping it, as

far as the opinion polls are concerned. the majority of americans polled have consistently blamed the president more for this current government shut down then blamed the democrats. that was david willis, and a little later we will be hearing from a professor at the american university in washington, dc from his take on how to shutdown could possibly on. —— possibly end. police are investigating after a bomb exploded in the centre of londonderry in northern ireland. there are no reports of injuries in the blast outside the city's courthouse. police had just started evacuating nearby buildings, including a hotel, when the explosion took place. the area has been sealed off and people are being urged to stay away. details are still coming in. there's been universal condemnation of the attack from politicians. the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley, said she was concerned at the reports coming from londonderry and was "being kept informed by psni." democratic unionist party leader arlene foster tweeted: "this pointless act of terror must be condemned in the strongest terms. 0nly hurts the people of the city.

perpetrated by people with no regard for life." sinn fein mp elisha mccallion said the incident had "shocked the local community," adding that derry is a forward moving city and no one wants this type of incident. at least 66 people are now known to have been killed when an oil pipeline exploded in mexico. dozens of others were injured in the blast. it happened as hundreds were taking fuel from the leaking pipe on friday night. a major crackdown on fuel theft was announced in december, but the plan has led to severe shortages in a number of mexican states. richard galpin has this report. with this huge fire enveloping the area, people screamed for help as they tried to escape the flames. but many didn't make it. more than 60 people were killed.

those who witnessed the fire erupt horrified by what they had seen. translation: i was in my house and saw the explosion. the 1315321: we re the 1315321: were taken —— taking people services were taken —— taking people to hospital as quickly as they could. translation: i was in my house and saw the explosion. i was worried and really shocked. there were lots of people around. hundreds of people had come to this area earlier to fill containers with fuel spurting out of a pipe which had been deliberately ruptured by thieves. there are currently fuel shortages in the country. despite the danger, soldiers at the scene allegedly did nothing to warn people. translation: i believe that these lives would've been saved

if the soldiers had done theirjobs to remove people and not let them get close. they did nothing. they were there in groups, but they never said, "get away, because it could cause an explosion." "ge fueliy, because it "ge fuel shortagese it crack down theft. crack down thett. this. shutting down key pipelines by shutting down key pipelines until! are by shutting down key pipelines entilj are properly despite they are properly secured. despite has happened the president is what has happened the president is not going to change this policy. translation: rather than stopping te§e§§ti§e strategy, the fight against the the strategy. the fight eeeinstrtbe , ~ 1 ~ the strategy. the fight eeeinstrthe , ~ 1 ~ theft of fuel will be illegal theft of fuel will be strengthened. we will continue until these practices are eradicated by giving alternatives to people so they do not feel they have to take this action. meanwhile, in the aftermath of the fire here, forensics teams have been examining the remains of those burned to death. continuing fuel shortages in mexico could mean this will not be

an isolated incident. let's get some of the day's other news. the constitutional court in the democratic republic of congo has rejected an appeal by the defeated opposition presidential candidate martin fayulu and upheld the victory of another opposition candidate, felix tshisekedi. last month's poll was marred by widespread allegations of fraud and martin fayulu petitioned the court, saying he was the true there've been more clashes between the yellow vest protest movement and police broken in france, on the tenth consecutive weekend of demonstrations. protesters in the western city of bordeaux threw fireworks, metal bowling balls and cobblestones at police, who responded with water cannon. skirmishes also broke out elsewhere, including in paris. protesters across hungary have taken to the streets for more demonstrations against new rules on overtime, that the opposition has dubbed "the slave law." employers can ask their staff to work up to 1100 hours overtime a year and defer payment for up to three years.

demonstrators also complain about pro—government bias in the media and corruption. there are fears that 170 migrants trying to reach europe may have drowned in two sinkings in the mediterranean in recent days. more than 50 are said to have died in the waters between spain and morocco. and in another incident, an italian navy helicopter managed to rescue three people from the sea off libya on friday. two sudanese citizens and a gambian were airlifted and taken to lampedusa. survivors said that when the boat set out, it had been packed with 120 people. we know that survivors have been rescued at sea yesterday by the italian navy, 50 miles off the libyan coast. they were brought to

lampedusa. this morning we spoke to the survivors and the survivors reported they left libya on thursday night on a dinghy with 120 people on board. and after ten hours of navigation, the dinghy started having problems and started to sink. many people drowned. and these three survivors managed to stay afloat until the arrival of the italian navy helicopter, which rescued them and wrought them to a safe port. —— brought them. they told us that on board there were ten women, one of them was pregnant. and two children, actually, one was a toddler. two months old, so he was very, very young. so the missing people, according to this information, are about 170. with the brexit deadlock continuing, the former british prime minister, sirjohn major, told the bbc that the house of commons should be given a vote on all brexit options.

the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, said only two "credible" options remained: close ties with the eu based on a customs union, or another public vote. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. when it comes to brexit, there are strong arguments on all sides but, as yet, no agreement. some think one way through would be a series of votes in parliament testing the different options to see if mps can get behind one. the prime minister still needs a deal. if she cannot deliver one that parliament accepts, then she needs to become a facilitator and mediator to find out what parliament will accept. i personally would hope she would put down a series of motions so that members of parliament can indicate their preference. in here there is deep division about what should happen now

theresa may's plan for brexit has been emphatically rejected. one mp is trying to force the government to let parliament indicate its view with a series of non—binding votes. the key thing is to bring into play what has not been brought into play up to now and that is, does the house of commons have a view on the direction the government should now take? some mps are trying to seize control of this process from the government to give parliament the power to force a delay to brexit if no consensus can be reached. today, labour's shadow brexit secretary said a pause now seems inevitable and, if no agreement can be reached, his party must consider giving the public another say, upping the pressure onjeremy corbyn to back another vote. a public vote has to be an option for labour, it has to be an option for labour. after all, deeply embedded in our own values are internationalism, collaboration and cooperation with our european partners. that is what we are about. so far, the prime minister has been against that option

and during the brexit debate earlier this week, some in her own party warned against backtracking or delay. with my heart and soul, i vote for the promise of brexit that must be fulfilled. back brexit and make sure we leave, lock stock and barrel. now is the time to walk away from this european union. on monday, the prime minister must make a statement signalling her next steps but despite talk of compromise, it is not yet clear who is prepared to budge. alex forsyth, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, the young puppeteers getting a helping hand from one of the world's masters. donald trump is now the 115th president of the united states.

he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first — america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel but the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot, a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records.

this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has proposed a compromise to end the longest ever us government shutdown if he's given the money to build his border wall he'll lift a threat to deport a million immigrants for three years. police in northern ireland say a suspected car bomb has exploded in londonderry. politicians of all parties there have condemned the attack. let's have more on president trump's speech to address the government shutdown. earlier, i spoke to political historian professor allan lichtman, based at the american university in washington dc, and asked him just how it would all end. donald trump and his advisers should have known that his offer of was absolutely dead on arrival. the

democrats and republicans previously have resented a plan with 25 million dollars for border security and donald trump turned it down because it offered permanent protection for the dreamers and the citizenship. all he is offering now is temporary protection with no plans to protect them to get past part to citizenship, and the only reason they are unprotected is donald trump himself removed the protections for the dreamers. either way, himself removed the protections for the dreamers. eitherway, he himself removed the protections for the dreamers. either way, he is really giving the democrats is nothing because the deportation of the dreamers is on hold in the courts anyway, and that's not likely to be overturned. in fact, this is a plan that has support neither from democrats, nor from plan that has support neither from democrats, norfrom donald trump plan that has support neither from democrats, nor from donald trump of that far right allies, and a prominent far right pundit who donald trump has listened to, has already planned this plan calling at

amnesty. this was just a political stu nt amnesty. this was just a political stunt as demonstrated by the fact that in the first half of the speech he reiterated what he had previously his oval office address about the grave dangers of drugs and murderers and rapists is coming across unprotected parts of the border, which is absolutely false. the great majority of drugs coming from ports of entry and the crime rate for illegal immigrants is lower at than that from nativeborn americans. you describe it as a stunt, but is it not perhaps a very canny and well timed one, because at the point where 800,000 federal workers are really feeling the pain of the shut down, the narrative they may take yea rs, down, the narrative they may take years, well, the president has put off on the table and it is the democrats have rejected it. donald trump is very good at putting on a show and very good at deflecting and

distraction and shifting blame. he has done that quite brilliantly in this speech. whether or not it will move public opinion, though, which has solid lead lane team for the shut down because of his stubbornness on a wall that is not going to do any of the things he claims it is going to do. the previous speech did not move public opinion one inch. maybe this one is a little bit shrewder and maybe it will move public opinion a little bit, until the polls dramatically shift, let face it, the democrat have no incentive to give trump is bortle wall, and meanwhile, the far right hates the idea of giving even pretty meaningless temporary reprieve for the dreamers. poland has bid an emotionalfarewell to the long—time mayor of gdansk, pawel adamowicz. he was stabbed to death on stage last week at one of the country's biggest charity events. police say around 115,000 people

turned out for a funeral mass at the city's st mary's basilica with many more watching on giant screens outside. the bbc‘s adam easton was there. pawel adamowicz‘s death has been felt deeply and is being mourned farfrom this 14th century basilica. he was proud to be from gdansk, the city that gave the world solidarity, a polish movement that overthrew communism without shedding a drop of blood and led to the fall of the berlin wall. solidarity‘s leader and former president lech walesa was among the mourners. mr adamowicz was mayor here for more than 20 years. he was so popular, he was re—elected five times. thousands of people queued in freezing temperatures to try to get into the church for the funeral. but many, many more, tens of thousands,

gathered in the streets outside the church to watch on large screens and bid farewell to their mayor. in his time, gdansk transformed from a dull, grey port town into a modern and dynamic european city, one that he'd opened to migrants and minorities. that made him a hate figure for many on the right. but what has so stunned poland was the manner of his death. at poland's biggest annual charity event, he had just thanked the crowd for giving so generously when his assailant rushed him. just out of prison for armed robbery, his attacker, who reportedly has mental health issues, said he blamed the mayor's former party for his incarceration. his death has begun a debate about hate speech in a country where labelling political opponents as traitors has somehow become acceptable. more than 20 people have been arrested in the last few days for making death threats on social media.

president andrzej duda has called on poles to unite despite their differences. the tragedy for poland is that it took the death of the mayor for that call to be made. adam easton, bbc news, gdansk. the duke of edinburgh has been seen driving again just two days after he was involved in a serious accident. prince philip, who's 97, was seen by several photographers entering the queen's sandringham estate from the main road in his new car. on thursday, he was involved in a dramatic car crash on a nearby road where his vehicle overturned. our royal correspondent johnny dymond gave this update. one of the women who was in the car that was struck in the collision has now been identified. she's given an interview to one of the sunday newspapers. emma fairweather is 115 years old, she broke her wrist or had her wrist broken in the collision with the duke's car. she was in the kia

and was on the passenger side. as i say, she has spoken to the sunday newspaper, she is still apparently very upset about the accident, unsurprisingly. and she says that the palace has not been in touch with her, the palace did say it had been in touch with both the driver and passenger yesterday. meanwhile, as you say, the duke has been seen back behind the wheel on the sandringham estate. that might surprise some. others will say of course he has every right to do so and i understand that he took a police eye test today and passed. how to pass on a lifetime's experience as a puppeteer? nigel plaskitt is doing just that after decades working on productions like the satirical tv show spitting image and the muppets. an afternoon alone with my favourite

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brighter skies on the way for some of us for part two of the weekend. it's a rather grey, cold start to the weekend across much of the uk. and a cold and wintry feel and look to things in the lake district, for example, with the snow on the ground. a snow on the ground. sharp frost. at east anglia do to a sharp frost. at east anglia down to as well. temperatures just above freezing. there is a weather front as we go into sunday. an area of cloud, rain and hillsnow as we go into sunday. an area of cloud, rain and hill snow in scotla nd cloud, rain and hill snow in scotland as well. there that in mind if you are venturing to higher ground. breezy with a few showers in scotland. a fair amount of cloud around but still drizzly. may catch around but still drizzly. may catch a show in the far west of wales and cornwall looks like a brighter day. temperatures topping out at around

four to eight celsius. a weak weather front across northern england into parts of wales and it moves further south on sunday night, barely any rain still associated with that. a rather more widespread frost as well as monday starts. into monday, we look at the big picture here. a little nose of high pressure keeping things reasonably settled across much of the uk. this weather front will show its hand as we go deeper into the day. what we notice isa deeper into the day. what we notice is a cloud increasing, wind picking up is a cloud increasing, wind picking up as well. could see some gusts up to around 60 miles an hour or so, and here comes the wet weather. some rain and hill snow associated with that, especially into scotland. much of england and wales, sunny spells. temperatures on the chilly side at around four to eight degrees. monday

night, this area of wet weather, maybe some wet snow on the back edge, all sweeping southwards clearing away from the far south—east on tuesday morning. tuesday, some sunny spells and showers in the north—westerly wind pushing in. sleet, kl and a north—westerly breeze. at the going to the week, it says chilly. some frosty nights around. one of two showers across western parts of the uk buta showers across western parts of the uk but a fair amount of dry weather with variable cloud and sunny spells. this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump has proposed what he's calling a compromise to end the longest partial shutdown of the federal government. he said he'd lift the threat to deport almost a million immigrants for three years. but in exchange, he demanded billions of dollars for a security wall on the border with mexico. politicians in northern ireland have condemned a suspected car bomb explosion near the courthouse in londonderry.

the democratic unionists leader called it a pointless act of terror. the local republican sinn fein mp said the incident had shocked the community. there are no reports of any injuries. at least 66 people have been killed and dozens injured in an oil pipeline explosion in mexico. it happened as hundreds were taking fuel from the leaking pipe on friday night. a major crackdown on fuel theft was announced in december, but the plan has led to severe shortages. now on bbc news, brazil seemed set to become one of the most successful nations