you're watching bbc news, i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: president trump's plan to end the shutdown — "give me the money for my border wall and i'll lift my threat to deport a million immigrants". police in northern ireland say a bomb has exploded in londonderry. there's been widespread condemnation. the constitutional court in the democratic republic of congo rejects a defeated opposition candidate's appeal. felix tshisekedi is the new president. could this break the brexit deadlock? a former british prime minister says parliament should have a vote on all possible options. and the young puppeteers getting a helping hand from one of the world's masters. hello and welcome.

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 — for three years — a threat to deport almost a million immigrants. 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. david willis reports from washington. please raise your right hand and repeat after me. welcoming a new citizens into the country, president trump posted on naturalisation ceremony at the white house before outlining his plans to keep certain people out of the united states. all right, well it is my privilege now to be the first to call you my fellow americans. applause. from the

diplomatic reception room of the white house came a distinctly undiplomatic message, america's immigration system is badly broken. iam here immigration system is badly broken. i am here today to break the logjam and provide congress with a path forward to end the government shutdown. and solve the crisis. on the southern border. as a candidate for president, i promised i would fix this crisis and i intend to keep that promise one way or the other. our immigration system should be the subject of pride, not a source of shame, as it is all over the world. our immigration system should be the envy of the world, not a symbol of disunity and dysfunction. amongst a package of measures that he knew would prove irresistible to many democrats, was an offer of temporary relief for around i million

immigrants threatened with deportation. they include the so—called dreamers, children of people who came here illegally. this extension will give them access to work permits, social security numbers, and protection from deportation, most importantly. 300,000 immigrants who is protected status is facing expiration will now have three more years of certainty so have three more years of certainty so that congress can work on a larger immigration deal which everybody wants. but then came the quid pro quo, in return for all of this, the president is demanding close to $6 billion to build a wall along america's southern border — the democrats hate. if we build a powerful and fully designed see—through steel barrier on our southern border, the crime rate and drug problem in our country would be quickly and greatly reduced. some

say it could be cut in half. senior democrats were quick to ground the president of the plant and nancy pelosi put it thus: those workers are now taking to charity food banks and growing numbers, air traffic controllers and airport security screeners are among the government workers that are not being paid. and in orderto the government workers that are not being paid. and in order to get them back to work on one side or the other in this seemingly intractable dispute has to blink first. david willis, bbc news, washington. let's get some of the day's other news. the un says it believes that 170 migrants trying to reach europe may have drowned in two incidents in the mediterranean sea in recent days. —— have drowned in two incidents in the mediterranean sea in recent days.

a rubber dinghy with 120 people on board sank in the sea off libya on friday. more than 50 people are also said to have died in the waters between spain and morocco. at least 73 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. there have been more clashes between the yellow vest protest movement and police 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. police are investigating after a bomb exploded in the centre of londonderry in northern ireland. there are no reports of injuries in the blast, just outside the city's courthouse. declan harvey reports from belfast. the charred remains of a vehicle, smouldering.

the roof clearly blown off by the force of the blast. local residents said their windows shook when the device exploded just after 8:00 in the evening. despite its city centre location, no—one was injured, although a busy hotel just metres from the blast was evacuated. a large cordon was put in place as police sniffer dogs combed the area checking other vehicles for a risk of a secondary device. scenes like this are an unwelcome reminder of derry‘s troubled past and already, business groups have expressed their frustration at the fresh damage done to the city's reputation. no—one has claimed responsibility for this bomb yet, but it has prompted a chorus of condemnation from politicians all sides. the democratic unionist party's arlene foster described it as a pointless act of terror which must be condemned in the strongest terms. the sinn fein mp elisha 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 type of incident. the fdlp representative, mark h durkan, said: reaction, too, from the governments in london and dublin. the british secretary of state for northern ireland, karen bradley, confirmed she's being briefed on developments while the irish foreign minister simon coveney said he utterly condemned the attack and said there was no justification for acts which seek to drag northern ireland back to violence and conflict. a strong 6.7—magnitude earthquake has hit northern chile. the quake struck at a depth of 53km some iskm south—west of coquimbo. one person is reported to have died and thousands of homes lost power.

the constitutional court in the democratic republic of congo has rejected appeals challenging recent presidential election results. they have confirmed the winner as felix tshisekedi and he is expected to be sworn in, despite the challenge to the results by runner—up martin fayulu. opponents of mr tshisekedi claim he made a deal with outgoing presidentjoseph kabila. the bbc‘s louise dewast is in the capital kinshasa. a short time ago she told me what the judges had to say. the constitutional court in this country has never overturned election results, so this decision was somewhat expected. tonight, they announced that they were rejecting two appeals — the first from the runner—up, martin fayulu, who got 34.8% of votes, but he claims he got 60% of votes and asked the court to consider a recount. the other challenge was from another

candidate, theodore ngoy, who asked for a cancellation of results due to the exclusion of 1.26 million voters in four constituencies. so after deliberating for eight days — for several days, the court announced tonight that they were rejecting those challenges and confirmed that felix tshisekedi won with 38% of votes and we expect him to be sworn in within ten days. now we have seen some reaction from martin fayulu since this ruling has happened. what has he had to say? so, felix tshisekedi, when he becomes president, will face legitimacy concerns because even though he's from the opposition, an opposition party, there are claims from his opponents that he made some kind of back room deal with outgoing president joseph kabila, who they say

helped him rig the results in exchange for letting kabila and his party remain influential behind the scenes — claims that tshisekedi denies. but the question now is what will martin fayulu say? he already issued a statement this evening, calling on his supporters and the international community not to recognise felix tshisekedi as the winner of these elections. the other question, of course, is what will the international community do? the african union, who usually stays on the sideline, so to say, when it comes to elections, issued quite a strong statement a few days ago, saying that there were serious doubts about the conformity of the vote and asked the authorities in this country to postpone the final proclamation of results. obviously, that hasn't happened. but the african union is sending a delegation to kinshasa, the capital, here on monday. it's unclear what exactly they will be able to achieve because the court's decision is irrevocable. louise dewast in kinshasa for us.

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.

and 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 that 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.

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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 world news. the latest 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. let's return to our top story now. brad bannon is president of bannon communications research, a political polling and consulting firm. hejoins me now from washington. brad, thank you very much for your time. donald trump is offering a

compromise of sorts on an issue very due to the democrats' heart. why shouldn't the democrats agree to a lease to talk about this? -- very due to. 1st of all, i don't think it isa due to. 1st of all, i don't think it is a compromise. the president gets what he wants, which is $6,000,000,000 to build a wall that americans don't want and experts think we don't need, and in return america gets very little —— $6 billion. all the president offered to do was to extend the deadline for deporting dreamers by three years. now the democrats have proposed a much more comprehensive measure to this problem, by offering to increase money for border security by billions of dollars and providing a path to citizenship, for a earned citizenship, for all documented immigrants. so the president wants what he wants, but he gives america

very little and he does very little to solve this complex problem. very little and he does very little to solve this complex problemm there some evidence that donald trump is shifting a little bit? is 110w trump is shifting a little bit? is now talking about the well—being not a continuous wall, is going up in high priority areas, should he not be rewarded for moving a little bit? —— dewald not being a continuous wall. he'sjust trying to the wall. a wall is a wall by any other name. and most americans don't want the wall. most experts don't think it will do anything to stop undocumented immigration. and the president does nothing to deal with the larger problem that we have in this country, 12 million undocumented immigrants who have lived here for years and may productive lives as american citizens. the president wants everything he wants and gives very

little to americans and his proposal does absolutely nothing to solve the very complex problem. polling is showing that donald trump, at the moment, is being blamed for this partial government shutdown, more than the democrats, could this be an attempt to deflect the bad pr on to the democrats and could it work? allah think it is all smoke and mirrors. all the national polls i have seen show that americans blame the president for this shutdown by a two to one margin. this is a pr opportunity —— oh, i think. he does nothing to solve the problem in the hopes of reversing the hostility that americans have bought him for bringing down the entire national governments, basically fora bringing down the entire national governments, basically for a pet project that americans don't want and experts don't think will work.

brad bannon in washington, thank you very much for your time. thank you. poland has bid an emotionalfarewell to the longtime 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.

gathered in the streets outside the church to watch on large screens and bid farewell to their mayor. 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 a 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. gag??? rte tfiikfifi iekv'f'é—éif f f for making death threats on social media. presidenthdieg e.-. the tragedy for poland is that it $ 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. andy moore reports. prince philip was fortunate to escape with only slight injuries from thursday's crashed near

sandringham. two women and a baby we re sandringham. two women and a baby were in the other car. emma fairweather was one of them. she was treated in hospital for a fairweather was one of them. she was treated in hospitalfor a broken risk. now she's spoken to the sunday mirror saint prince philip should be prosecuted if found to be at fault. buckingham polis said it had been in touch with her two which are good with the —— wishes. she said she had only heard from a police liaison officer. she told the paper "i'm lucky to be alive, and he hasn't even said sorry. it has been a traumatic and painful time and i would have expected more from the royal family." yesterday would have expected more from the royal family. " yesterday prince philip was spotted again driving sandringham, without a seatbelt. norfolk police said suitable words of advice had been given to the driver. buckingham palace did not comment. yesterday morning, the police passed a police eyesight test, it is standard procedure after an accident like this. police say because of the crash are still under

investigation. andy moore, bbc news. —— because of the crash. 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. ah, an afternoon alone with my favourite book, broadway musicals of the 1940s. # but now it's time to go home! for porn! so, when i teach the actors how to use these puppets, i have to make it so that it kind of becomes second nature to them, so they're giving the voice, and he speaks a little like this — hello, hello, hello, this is me!

yeah, yeah, yeah! mmm...who are you? yeah, this is me. so they have to learn how to sync the puppets to their own voice, how to use their hand with it at the same time, not forgetting to open and shut the mouth. that's the basics of it. # and there's a fine, fine line between the wonderful and goodbye # i guess if someone does... what's going to pull the audience's focus is the eyes. but what you have to do is you have to learn that halfway house where you're not doing too much work with your face otherwise you'll pull focus from her. hi, i'm cecily redman and i play the part of kate monster and lucy the slut. trying to get both synced at the same time is difficult and it's definitely been a skill to kind of get your head around. but eventually, actually, you kind ofjust start speaking

for the puppet as if it'sjust kind of second nature, so it does come eventually, but it's taken a bit of time. me love tv. yum yum yum! the british comedy actor windsor davies, who starred as the sergeant major in the bbc comedy it ain't half hot mum, has died at the age of 88. he quickly became a star of the show as he bullied the members of an army concert party in wartime india. davies also topped the pop charts and appeared in several carry on films. to stay with us. much more coming

up. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @regedahmadbbc. hello. the prospect of brighter skies for some of us for part two of the weekend after what was a rather grey, cold start to the weekend. a very wintry feel and look to things for some of us. here's one weather watcher view from the lake district. and we are starting with a frost across particularly parts of scotland, a sharp frost in places, down to —7, —8, so parts of east anglia could be down to —6 as well in the countryside. we've had some cloud overnight into sunday morning. temperatures just above freezing. and there is a weather front moving down across scotland and northern ireland as we go on through sunday. that has then an area of cloud, rain, hill snow especially in scotland as well, so bear that in mind if you're venturing to higher ground. that will slowly move on through. brighter skies follow. breezy with a few showers in north—west scotland. light winds for england and wales. still a fair amount of cloud around, maybe still drizzly, one or two spots. may catch a shower the far west of wales and into cornwall, looks like a brighter day, though for east anglia and south—east england compared with saturday, and temperatures topping out at around 4 to 8 celsius. now, that weak weather front will be across northern england into parts of wales on through sunday evening, moves further south on sunday night,

barely any rain still associated with that. some clear spells around as well, so you try your luck with those early on monday if you're viewing the total lunar eclipse, and a rather more widespread frost as well as monday starts. so then, into monday, we look at the big picture here. there's a little nose of high pressure keeping things reasonably settled across much of the uk. this weather front, though, will show its hand into parts of scotland and northern ireland as we go deeper into the day. now, what we'll notice from that is a cloud increasing, the wind picking up as well. in fact, could see some gusts in the western isles deeper into the day up to around 60 miles an hourorso, and then here comes the wet weather. some rain, some hill snow associated with that, especially into scotland. whereas much of england and wales with variable cloud and sunny

spells, will stay dry, and temperatures still on the chilly side at around 4 to 8 degrees. as we go on through monday evening and monday night, this area of wet weather, some rain, some hill snow, maybe a bit of wet snow on the back edge, all sweeping its way southwards, clearing away from the far south—east on tuesday morning. following on from that, on tuesday will be some sunny spells, some showers on the north—westerly wind pushing into western parts of rain, sleet, hail, some snow to the hills and it will feel chilly on tuesday and particularly in that north—westerly breeze. and beyond that, as we go deeper into the week, it stays chilly. some frosty nights around. one or two showers particularly across western parts of the uk, but actually a fair amount of dry weather with variable cloud and sunny spells. this is bbc news. the headlines: f? if? i 33 .et tie tee ;e’ e5? tii‘l‘;:_1 to end the longest partial shutdown of the federal government. politicians in northern ireland have near the courthouse in londonderry. the democratic unionists leader the local republican sinn fein mp

said the incident had shocked the community. there are no reports of any injuries. the constitutional court in the democratic republic of congo has upheld the victory of felix tshisekedi in last month's presidential election. the court ruled there was not enough evidence to justify a recount, requested by the runner—up martin fayulu.