this is bbc news. the headlines at 11.00: theresa may will brief ministers on talks with party leaders and senior mps as she tries to end the brexit deadlock. police speak to the duke of edinburgh who was seen driving without a seat belt 48 hours after being involved in a crash near sandringham. president trump's latest offer to end the longest government shutdown in us history is rejected by democrats. politicians from all sides in northern ireland condemn a car bomb attack in londonderry. police say they believe the vehicle was hijacked a short time before the explosion. two people have been killed and 1a others hurt in a fire at the french ski resort of courchevel. and coming up in dateline london correspondents working for international media organisations give us their take on the minister's historic parliamentary defeat this week. theresa may is expected to hold

a conference call with her cabinet ministers this afternoon, as she prepares to outline her next steps to break the brexit deadlock. the prime minister is seeking consensus on her deal to leave the european union, as some backbench mps look at ways to seize control of brexit legislation and prevent the uk leaving without a deal. tomorrow will be another big day in the commons, with mrs may making a statment in the house outlining the next steps the government plans to take. then on january the 29th there'll be a commons vote on the prime minister's strategy. the uk is due to leave the european union on march the 29th, in accordance with article 50, although amendments are being put forward seeking to extend or suspend that process. with me is our political

correspondent, nick eardley. the prime minister, she has been talking to various mps and party leaders over the last few days, any evidence she has got anywhere? not yet, no white smoke coming out of 70 whitehall suggesting a breakthrough. we have had liam fox, the international trade secretary on the andrew marr show this morning talking about the idea that the backstop, the most controversial pa rt backstop, the most controversial part of the prime minister's deal that in peoria ‘s so many conservatives and the dup suggesting that perhaps an alternative arrangement could be reached with the irish government, the uk

government and the irish government perhaps coming to a bilateral agreement which would remove the need for the backstop. very early stages in that sense and that being floated on the andrew marr show this morning. 0ne floated on the andrew marr show this morning. one thing andrew fox —— liam fox is against is the idea of a customs union. that is labour's policy and some have suggested the prime minister want to pivot towards that position to win over some labour mps to potentially get the deal through. liam fox was scathing of that idea this morning, saying it would not honour one of the key pillars of delivering brexit which is having your own trade policy after we leave. you have a leave population and remain parliament. parliament hasn't got the right to huack parliament hasn't got the right to hijack the brexit process because parliament said to the people of this country, we make a contract with you, you make the decision and we will honour it. we are getting is

someone we will honour it. we are getting is someone who are opposed to the results of the referendum trying to huack results of the referendum trying to hijack brexit and steal the result from the people. that was liam fox and an interesting battle, potentially emerging between parliament and government and mps, a large group of mps trying to see if they can find a way of delaying brexit, delaying a no deal or stopping any idea of a no—deal brexit and delaying article 50? there is so much frustration from mps on all sides it has to be said including a few conservatives. the government hasn't listened to the will of parliament and at some point you'll have to have votes that will test that. one of the people frustrated at the way the government has done this is the labour brexit spokesman, keir starmer. let's listen to what he had to say a few minutes ago. all they have to say is

i will not go on with this mantra about deal or no deal, i will not ta ke about deal or no deal, i will not take is that without a deal. if she moved into that space, i am not going to hold a gun to your head about no deal, i will be reasonable and that will shift the position. the government has been pretty categorical that it isn't going to rule out new deal at the moment because it thinks it needs that as pa rt because it thinks it needs that as part of its negotiating arsenal with the european union. so what you will see over the next few days is mps trying to force the government to potentially take no deal off the table. two particular plans we have learnt, one is from yvette cooper, the labour mp. the idea is if no deal has been reached by the european union by the end of february, mps would be able hold a binding vote which would say to the government we want you to go back and try and extend article 50. it needs to discussed and the gauche

gated with europe but the idea is we would then tell the government it needs to try and do that. the second is from dominic grieve, the former attorney general, conservative mp, who once parliament to be given the power to put some ideas on the table and be voted on. normally it is down to the government. he wants a position saying if we have 300 mps saying let's discuss that option, the commons would get a week to discuss it and vote on it. it is all pa rt discuss it and vote on it. it is all part of parliament and many mps saying we don't trust the government to do this properly, we want to take control. but as with so much of this process, it has been dominated by the questions of how you do various things and none of them are guaranteed to happen. all right, we will keep watching throughout the day. police have spoken to the duke of edinburgh after he was photographed driving without a seat belt on a public road, just two days

after his crash with a car carrying two women and a baby. one of the women says no—one from the royal family has contacted her to offer an apology since the accident on thursday. emma fairweather was left with a broken wrist and told the sunday mirror that she's lucky to be alive. andy moore reports. prince philip was fortunate to escape with only slight two wemenaada—baby- buckingham palace said it had been in touch with her to offer good wishes, but ms fairweather said she had only heard from a police liaison officer. she told the paper "i am lucky to be alive and he hasn't even said sorry. it's been such a traumatic and painful time and i would have expected more of the royal family." yesterday, prince philip was spotted

driving a new land rover. he was photographed driving without a seat belt. norfolk police said "suitable words of advice had been given to the driver". buckingham palace did not comment. yesterday morning, the prince passed a police eyesight test. it's standard procedure after an accident like this. police say the cause of the crash is still under investigation. andy moore, bbc news. 0ur correspondent simonjones is at the scene of the crash in sandringham, and sent us this update. that's right, this is where the crash happened on thursday afternoon and anyone who thought after the crash the duke might decide to take more of a back seat when it comes to driving, would have been wrong. because he very quickly took delivery of a new land rover and then, as you say, was seen yesterday, was pictured driving on a public road without wearing a seat belt. now the police say they have been made aware of those pictures

and they have offered him words of advice. now in theory, anyone caught driving without a seat belt on a public road could be fined 100 on the spot, or if it goes to court, they could be fined £500. but i think in the aftermath of the crash, the police have just taken the decision to have a quiet word in his earand remind him the need to wear a seat belt and probably when it comes to many people, to be seen to be wearing a seat belt after the crash here. meanwhile, lots of coverage in the papers today, particularly of one of the woman who was involved in that crash who is saying, although she broke her wrist and it was an horrific incident as far as she was concerned, she hasn't had any sort of apology from the duke of the royal family? she's been giving more details. emma fairweather has been saying she feels lucky to be alive. she was heading along this stretch of road after a day out with friends at a beach.

she was with a friend who was driving and her friend's baby was in the back of the car. she said they were going down this road at about 50 mph, not the speed limit of 60 mph, just at 50, when they saw and land rover pulling out and they were unable to avoid it. she says with the trauma that she's been through, she expected a full apology from buckingham palace. but she said in actual fact what she got was a phone call from a police liaison officer and she said the police liaison officer said something along the lines of, the queen and prince philip would like to be remembered to her. and she thought, i don't really know what that means and in my view, that isn't an apology. as regards buckingham palace, they do insist that words of well wishes have been exchanged between the parties, but i think it's the perception here and what emma fairweather is expecting. she feels this call from a police liaison officer was simply not enough and she says with what she's been through, she would have expected maybe some flowers or a personal call from a member

of the royal family. senior democrats have described president trump's attempt to end the long running government shutdown as a "non—starter". the us president had offered to temporarily protecti million immigrants from deportation, if congress agreed to fund a wall along the mexican border. the shutdown is now in its fifth week, and is the longest in american history. at least 73 people are now known to have died in a fuel pipeline explosion near mexico city. the governor of the state of hidalgo says more bodies were found at the site. the blast 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. 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. a rubber dinghy with 120 people on board sank in the sea off

the libyan coast on friday. more than 50 people are also said to have died in the waters between spain and morocco. an 18—year old man will appear in court tomorrow, charged with the murder of a boy in east london. 14 year—old jaden moodie was stabbed to death after being forced off his moped in leyton, earlier this month. the metropolitan police is continuing to look for four other suspects who fled the scene. 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 8pm in the evening. despite its city centre location, no one was injured,

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. si t’% 3:3 as: ....., .._ g prompted a chorus of condemnation from politicians on all sides. the democratic unionist party's arlene foster, described it as... 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 type of incident. the sdlp representative

mark h durkan said, "whoever is responsible for this explosion outside bishop street courthouse in derry, clearly hasn't got the message that the people of derry don't want this on our streets". 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. declan harvey, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister is to update cabinet on her talks with party leaders and senior mps on brexit negotiations. police say they have offered "suitable words of advice" to the duke of edinburgh after he was seen driving without a seat belt two days

after being involved in a car crash nearsandringham. a proposal by president trump to end the partial closure of the us government has been rejected by democrats — as the longest shutdown in history continues. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's richard. we'll start with tennis. wimbledon champion angelique kerber is out of the australian open after suffering a stunning defeat in the fourth round. she was beaten in straight sets, 6—0, 6—2 — by the world number 35 danielle collins. the american, who's making her debut in melbourne this year, tookjust 56 minutes to defeat kerber. there is not too much to say, it com pletely there is not too much to say, it completely was not my day. i was not playing the tennis i can play. she played really well. she played one of her best matches to be honest. she had every ball in the court and she moves good. for me, it was not

my day, not she moves good. for me, it was not not my she moves good. for me, it was not my day, not my good tennis but credit to her, she played a good match. home favourite ashleigh barty won nine games in a row to beat maria sharapova and book her place in the last eight. having lost the first set, barty broke twice in the second and went on to win 4—6, 6—1, 6—4. she will face eighth seed petra kvitova, who beat amanda anisimova. rafael nadal is through to the quarter final after beating tomas berdych in three sets. the number two seed won a third set tie break and has not dropped a set in the tournament so far. he'll face frances tiafoe, who advanced with a win over grigor dimitrov. the reigning australian open champion roger federer is on court right now against 14th seed stefanos tsitsipas of greece. federer won the first set on a tie break, but the greek took the second. he then won the third as well. there

is live commentary on radio five live sports extra, the bbc sport ‘s website and act. liverpool managerjurgen klopp described his team's win against crystal palace yesterday as "massive". their 4—3 victory extended their lead at the top to seven points. it was far from straightforward against a determined palace side. but two goals from mo salah helped liverpool to claim all three points and maintain that cushion at the top of the table. second placed manchester city can close the gap at the top to four points today, if they win at bottom side huddersfield town. mark hudson is in caretaker charge of the yorkshire team after the departure of david wagner. and city boss pep guardiola says his side can't afford to under—estimate their opponents huddersfield, orfocus too much on liverpool. forget the table, focus on huddersfield now. the conditions are freezing and every time we play against them, especially in the cup,

last season we weren't in the late minutes. always been complicated. focus on what you have to do. with the start of the six nations less than a fortnight away, england head coach eddiejones, has been stoking up the rivalry with ireland. the two sides meet in dublin in their opening game. and ahead of what's likely to be a pivotal match, jones claims that irish fly—half johnny sexton gets preferential treatment from officials. he said, "sexton has the bat phone to the referee. when he talks, the referee listens." ronnie 0'sullivan will play judd trump in the final of the masters snooker at alexandra palace today. 0'sullivan was 4—0 up in his semifinal against ding junhui before ding won the next three frames. but the seven time masters champion

recovered to win the match. it wouldn't have minded if i could last because i love that guy so much. ijust enjoy playing and i enjoyed the occasion. he is a special guy and a special talent. dave ryding was back on the slopes this morning with just three world cup events remaining before february's world championships. buoyed by his night slalom victory earlier this week at the crans—montana invitational, ryding lies in 15th position going into run two later today — 1.47 seconds off the pace. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. more than 70 years after the liberation of the nazi concentration camps, the remains of six unidentified victims of the holocaust will be laid to rest today. the ashes have been kept at the imperial war museum, and will be interred at a jewish cemetery in hertfordshire. a little earlier laura marks, chair of the holocaust memorial day trust explained to me how the imperial war museum came

to have the remains. the imperial war museum were having a tidy up and they came across these remains that have been cared for that for many years. nobody is sure how they got there but now they have come to light, there is a question of what you do with them. the honourable, caring thing to do has been a decision to bury them, so they are being given a fulljewish burial by the chief rabbi this morning and the chance for people to really reflect on it. it is usually significant because next sunday is holocaust memorial sunday so this is fitting? yes, it is a chance to reflect on the murders, the genocide of the holocaust and the other murders and genocide perpetrated by the nazis and the genocides in cambodia, darfur r4 and bosnia.

genocide didn't end in 1945. what this allows us to do by having six individuals is think about the normal people who get caught up in terrible things that go one around the world and continue to go on. and to give us a chance to reflect and think about intolerance, the growth of hate crime and the sort of hate crime we are seeing on the rise in europe and britain today and think about what it means and where it can lead to these six people. about what it means and where it can lead to these six peoplelj about what it means and where it can lead to these six people. i suppose ina way, lead to these six people. i suppose in a way, six people representing 6 million people in some ways and we don't know anything about them except one was a child? they no one was a child and there were five adults. these could be anybody‘s great—grandparents adults. these could be anybody‘s great—grandpa rents or adults. these could be anybody‘s great—grandparents or grandparents. anybodyjewish, they could be related to them. such was the scale of the holocaust. it is worth thinking about them as individuals whatever your background. people

continue to kill each otherjust because of who they are. therefore it could be any others, it could be any of ourfamily, any of our friends where the situation becomes simply intolerable and people start to become torn away from their homes and slaughtered, simply because of who they are. these people, one of them was a child and there couldn't have been anything that child did, oi’ have been anything that child did, or indeed the adults, that led them to auschwitz, the gas chambers and the crematoria. this gives us a chance, even though we don't know these individuals, we know they were ordinary people and ended up in the most extraordinarily, orfull ordinary people and ended up in the most extraordinarily, or full of circumstances. so most extraordinarily, or full of circumstances. 50 a most extraordinarily, or full of circumstances. so a chance to learn the lessons and remember the lessons of what happened when they died? absolutely and next week is holocaust memorial day and there will be 11,000 events going on around the country. it is a great

opportunity for people to go and learn... especially the younger generation who don't know everything about what happened ? generation who don't know everything about what happened? the younger generation learn about it at school, the older generations don't know about it, where do people know about these things that happen? there is more on the school curriculum now about the whole holocaust and the war? yes, it is on the curriculum but many people who are older know very little about what happened and there is an opportunity online, on there is an opportunity online, on the holocaust memorial day website, you can read stories from individuals, who may bejust like these people, whether in the holocaust, rwanda or the r4, there isa holocaust, rwanda or the r4, there is a chance to find out individual stories and when you hear about a person's story and the normal life they were living and due to circumstances that were nothing to do with them, they were ripped out of their homes, sent away and

murdered, it gives you an opportunity to think about how we need to treat people today here. two people have died, and 1a are reported injured, in a fire at the ski resort of courchevel in the french alps. the pre—dawn blaze forced the evacuation of about 60 resort workers from a three—storey building. four people were seriously injured, and three were flown to hospital by helicopter. the bodies of the two victims were found inside the building. rescue teams searching for a two year—old boy, who fell down a well in southern spain, have begun drilling in an effort to reach him. julen rosello's parents say he fell down the 300 feet drop in malaga last sunday. miners are now drilling a tunnel next to the well, wide enough to allow rescuers to be lowered down. a man has been charged with flying a drone near heathrow airport on christmas eve. george rusu is accused of using a drone on a field near the runwayjust days after a scare at gatwick grounded

more than 1,000 flights. he's due to appear in uxbridge magistrates' court on tuesday. astronomers are eagerly awaiting a total lunar eclipse, or blood moon, in the early hours of tomorrow morning. if you look up to the sky after 4:30am tomorrow morning, you'll be able to see the eclipse, weather permitting, when the moon, the earth, and the sun line up for more than an hour. the next similar event won't take place until december 2029. it was a tweet that prompted a fiery response. when hannah summers revealed her four—year—old daughter esme had told her she wished she was a boy so she could be a firefighter, female fire fighters from across the world took to twitter to put her right.

iama i am a firefighter and i am a girl. hello as me. my name is samantha i ama hello as me. my name is samantha i am a girland hello as me. my name is samantha i am a girl and we are all firefighters. hello, esme, we are firefighters. hello, esme, we are firefighters and we are girls. women crews from all over the world then posted a string of pictures and videos to prove they exist. later esme's mum put up another post saying esme "firmly believes she can be a firefighter". now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. it was a bit to start some parts of eastern england and scotland this morning, —5, —6. it will stay cold for much of the week. more sunshine and offer and drier weather on the whole across england and wales. we do have showers in the far west and this weather front has brought rain

and mountain snow and will continue to do so as it comes into northern england and north wales. it will clear to the night leaving clear skies in the north for a time ahead of the next weather system but it will turn much colder, more widely overnight tonight. more widespread frost but again there will be quite a lot of cloud. this becomes instrumental particularly later in the day tomorrow when it will bring snow to the hills across many northern areas, even further south. it is still cold air. let's take a look overnight. a band of rain turning readily to snow, particularly over the hills. behind it, more cold air and wintry showers. you are watching bbc news. theresa may will brief her ministers today fifi? fill! efie’,f eef filfilifefeffiflifi fee? fill! efie’,f eef fiieiefefeeeifiefi talk fee? fill! efie’,f eef fiieiefefeeeflifi talk she is having with brexit as on talk she is having with brexit as she tries to end the deadlock. downing street warns mps not to try and block the uk's withdrawal from the eu. parliament has not got the right to hijack the bread six ——

brexit process. police speak to the duke of edinburgh who was seen driving without a seat belt 48 hours after being involved in a crash near sandringham. president trump's latest offer to end the government shutdown has been rejected by the democrats. politicians from all sides in northern ireland condemn a car bomb attack in londonderry. police say they believe the vehicle was hijacked a short time before the explosion. two people have been killed and 14 others hurt in a fire at the french ski resort. how it is time the dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london.

i'm carrie gracie. and us plans to tackle iran — a circusror—arnew—wanaw pact in prospect? my guests today... steve richards, british political commentator. annalisa piras, italian writer and film maker. abdel bari atwan, who writes on arab affairs. and brian 0'connell, irish writer and broadcaster. a warm welcome to you all. two—and—a—half years in the making and last week the british parliament finally got to vote on the government's eu withdrawal bill. european observers called it a shipwreck, a shambles and some other things not fit to repeat. what do our panel think? steve, you've been reporting british politics for most of your adult life. you first. this is the most extraordinary junction. everyone involved in politics in any form say this is the most extraordinary moment of their lifetime. for many reasons.

0ne, most fundamentally, i do a one—man show about politics. i was at the edinburgh festival last august i opened it by saying that