hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. in an attempt to end the longest partial federal government shutdown in american history, president trump has proposed what he's calling a compromise, on us immigration policy. speaking from the white house, mr trump said he would lift a 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, there are two more elements to my plan. 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 protected 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 it 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. 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 shutdown than blame the democrats. 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. declan harvey reports from belfast. the charred remains of a vehicle smouldering. ruth lower north by the force of the blast. local resident said their places it shook when a device exploded. despite city centre location, no—one was injured. although a busy hoteljust omitted from the blast was evacuated —— just metres. police and sniffer dogs combed the eric checking other vehicles for a risk of a secondary device. it seems like this —— things

like this are a welcome —— unwelcome reminder of londonderry‘s troubled past. and the fresh damage done to the city pav reputation. no—one has claimed responsibility for this bomb yet but it has chorus of yet but it has prompted a chorus of condemnation from politicians all sides. the democratic unionist pa rty‘s sides. the democratic unionist party's arlene sides. the democratic unionist pa rty‘s arlene foster sides. the democratic unionist party's arlene foster described it party‘s arlene eosteldesclibed_it a — :: act of party‘s arlene eosteldesclibed_it a £1" 3: act of terror which as a pointless act of terror which must be condemned in the strongest terms. the sinn fein mp alicia mccallion said the local community is shocked and in particular, the many elderly residents who live in the area. she added that derry is a forward moving city and no—one wants this. mark h durcan said whoever is responsible for this explosion outside a ship street courthouse in derry really hasn't got the message that the people of derry do not want this on our streets. reaction, too, from the government in london and

dublin. the british secretary of state for northern ireland karin bradley said she has been briefed on developments while the irish foreign minister said he utterly condemned the attack and said there was no justification for acts that seek to drag northern ireland back to acts of violence and conflict. 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 mar—tan 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 winner of the poll. 71 people are now known to have died in a fuel pipeline explosion near mexico city. the accident happened as crowds of people from a local village filled up containers with fuel to use in their vehicles or sell on the black market.

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. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth reports. when it comes to brexit, there are strong arguments on all sides but, as yet, no agreement. tastings the {ffeer‘t ae‘aw 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. 0ne 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. if the brexit deadlock isn't resolved, northern ireland and the republic of ireland — stand to be most affected if there is no deal in place. the brexit deadline is fast approaching. it's the main conversation, you know, what it is going to mean to different businesses. people are still on edge because theyjust, they can't see what the outcome is going to be. when this near—invisible land border becomes the uk's new frontier