this is bbc news. the headlines at 12.00: theresa may will brief ministers on cross—party talks as downing street warns mps not to try and block brexit. parliament has not got the right to hijack the brexit process because parliament said to the people of this country, we make a contract with you, you will make the decision and we will honour it. labour's brexit secretary says the prime minister needs to row back on her red lines to break the deadlock. all, at this stage she really needs to do is say, "i'm not going to go "on anymore with this mantra that you back to my deal or no deal. "i'm going to have open discussion. "and i'm absolutely not going to take us out without a deal." police speak to the duke of edinburgh who was seen driving without a seat belt — two days 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.

police in northern condemn a car bomb attack in londonderry last night as "unbelievably reckless". two people have been killed and 1a others hurt in a fire at the french ski resort of courchevel. and what can our voices reveal about us? we investigate in ‘click‘ in half an hour. good afternoon. theresa may will 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 there 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 that process. well speaking on the bbc‘s andrew marr show this morning, the international trade secretary liam fox, hit out at mps trying to move amendments to the withdrawal bill, accusing them of trying to steal the brexit result from the people. you've got a leave population and a remain parliament. parliament has not got the right to hijack the brexit process because parliament said to the people of this country, "we will make a contract with you, you will make the decision and we "will honour it." what we are now getting out some of those who were

always absolutely opposed to the result of the referendum trying to hijack brexit and, in effect, steal the result from the people. the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer told andrew marr that it was up to theresa may to rule out a no—deal brexit if she wanted to break the deadlock. all, at this stage, she really needs to do is to say, "i'm not going to go "on anymore with this mantra that you back to my deal or no deal. "i'm going to have open discussion. "and i'm absolutely not going to take us out without a deal." if she even moved into that space... so is she just has to say it? if she moved into that space, my red lines are gone, i'm not going to hold a gun to your head about no deal, i'm going to be reasonable about it that would shift the position incredibly. that would be, in effect, to rule out no deal. well labour's calls for the government to rule out no—deal are not working so far. earlier, our political correspondent nick eardley explained the government's position.

it isn't going to rule out no deal at the moment 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've learned of, one is from the labour mp yvette cooper. the idea is if no deal has been reached with the european union by the end of february, then mps would be able to hold a binding vote, which would say to the government, "we want you to go back and try and extend article 50." that needs to be discussed and negotiated with europe. but the idea is that they would then tell the government that it needs to try and do that. the second is from dominic grieve, the former attorney general, conservative mp, who wants parliament be given the power to put some ideas on the table and to be voted on. normally, that's down to the government. he wants a position where if you've got 300 mps saying, "let's discuss that option,"

the commons would get, maybe a day, a week, or something, where it gets to discuss that and vote on it. that 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, then, it has been dominated by the questions of how you do various things. none of them are guaranteed to happen. 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 injuries from thursday's crash near sandringham. two women and a baby were in the other car, a kia.

emma fairweather was one of them. she was treated in hospital for a broken wrist. now she has spoken to the sunday mirror, saying that prince philip should be prosecuted if found to be at fault. 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.

our 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 women 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 or the royalfamily? 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, who 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. president trump has offered democrats a compromise package on immigration, in an attempt to end the partial government shutdown. but democrats dismissed the proposal as unacceptable. david willis reports from washington. undiplomatic message america's

immigration system is badly broken. i am here today to break the logjam and provide congress with a path irresistible to many democrats-l 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 a project 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. senior democrats were quick to brand the president's plan a non—starter, and the house speaker nancy pelosi

put it thus: adding later: those those workers are now taking to charity food banks in growing numbers. and in order to get them back to work, one side or the other in this seemingly intractable dispute has to blink first. david willis, bbc news, washington. 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. two people have been arrested after a car bombing in londonderry which police described as unbelievably reckless. officers say a warning was received minutes before the device went off in a hijacked vehicle. hundreds of people were evacuated from buildings near the city's courthouse. there were no injuries. declan harvey reports. 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, although a busy hoteljust 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 on all sides. the democratic unionist party's arlene foster, described it as... the sinn fein mp, alicia mccallion said...

she added that derry is a forward—moving city and no one wants this type of incident. the sdlp 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. declan harvey, bbc news. two people have died, and 14 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. 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 seatbelt 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. good afternoon. let's start with tennis and a shock at the australian open

because roger federer is out. the defending champion lost in four sets to stefanos tsitsibas in melbourne. federer took the first set on a tie break, before the 14th seed fought back to take the second, also on a tie break. tsitsibas won the third 7—5 before taking the fourth on yet another tie break. afterwards he declared himself "the happiest man on earth." federer may be gone from melbourne but rafael nadal is still there. he's 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. there was also a shock in the women's tournament. . .wimbledon champion angelique kerber is out 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 in just 56 minutes.

i think there is not too much to say, it was completely not my day, i was not playing the tennis that i can play. she played really well, i think she played one of her best matches, to be honest. she hit every ball in the court, she moved good. for me, it was not my day, not 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. in boxing, manny pacquiao cruised to a unanimous points win in his first fight as a ao—year old. he outclassed the former four—weight world champion adrian broner in las vegas, in what was the filipino's 70th professional fight. after the bout pacquiao said he'd be willing to face floyd mayweather in a rematch.

mayweather, who famously beat pacquiao in 2015, was watching on at ringside. manchester city can close the gap on liverpool at the top of the premier league 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 davidwagfietz= and city boss pep guardiola says his side can't afford to under—estimate their opponents, orfocus too much on liverpool. forget the table. forget the schedules. focus is huddersfield now in what conditions are freezing. and every time we play against them, especially there in the cup, first season, last season when we won in the later minutes, always have been and will be complicated. so focus on what you have to do. chelsea head coach maurizio sarri says his players

are "extremely difficult to motivate" following their defeat at arsenal. the gunners closed the gap on chelsea to three points in the race for the top four thanks to first half goals from alexandre lacazette and laurent koscielny. sarri made his displeasure known afterwards, and he did so in his native language of his italian so, he said, to make his message to his players "very'gleer? te§e§§ti§e- to our mentality more than anything else. 0ur mental approach. because we played against a team which mentally was far more determined than we were. i'm not happy. i'm not happy at all because because i prefer to come into the press room and indeed the changing room and speak to the players and speaking to you now as well and talk about the tactics and why we lost, perhaps, from a tactical and a strategy point of view. but the fact of the matter is that it would appear that this group of players are extremely difficult to motivate. something tells me he isn't happy.

that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. let's get more now on brexit — and theresa may is set to update the cabinet on her plans to break the deadlock — ahead of a statement in the commons tomorrow. reports in the sunday times newspaper suggest she's considering a bilateral treaty with ireland — in an attempt to remove the irish backstop. the backstop is the agreement to maintain an open border on the island of ireland in the event that the uk leaves the eu, without securing an all—encompassing deal. the backstop that is so low it by the dup. let's speak now to neale richmond,

senator for the ruling fine gael party, and chair of the brexit committee in the irish parliament. he joins me via webcam from dublin. what do you think about this bilateral treaty between the uk and ireland, is it the way around the backstop? absolutely not, it is a nonstarter. we negotiate as european union as a whole. ireland is the european union, so it is not something we can consider.m european union, so it is not something we can consider. it is not clear how the bilateral treaty that downing street, if they are thinking about this, how it would work and how it would circumvent the need for a backstop? we have seen proposals, this is just a backstop? we have seen proposals, this isjust a rumour in a newspaper. we would welcome any proposals from westminster and we are happy to see some after the rejection last week in parliament. but it must be realistic that

something the european union as a whole can accept. bilateral agreements with one party and the member state is not realistic. the backstop remains and it is a central problem for theresa may and had brexit plant and she is supposed to be coming to the house of commons tomorrow with some new proposals at least and an alternative strategy on brexit? we look forward to hearing what those proposals are, time is of the essence. we're less than 70 days away from brexit. the backstop is an essential part of any agreement to make sure there won't be a hardening of the border but we do intend for that never to come into place. we wa nt to that never to come into place. we want to negotiate the deep and meaningful trade and customs arrangements which will mean the backstop is irrelevant anyway. arrangements which will mean the backstop is irrelevant anywaym there any way of giving any ground that would help theresa may intends putting any time limit on the backstop which might help to get

this through parliament? why would we wa nt this through parliament? why would we want to put a time limit on insurance. it is something we don't wa nt to insurance. it is something we don't want to bring into force, but to have the withdrawal agreement in brexit theresa may has suggested and bearing in mind the backstop is an equally british idea as a european idea, we look forward to see what proposals can be made. we have to be cognisant proposals can be made. we have to be cognisa nt of what proposals can be made. we have to be cognisant of what the european union can accept. if you are right, there isn't any room for manoeuvre on this and that effectively means the dup will keep opposing the prime minister's deal and she will continue to struggle to get it through parliament? that is the responsibility of the british prime minister. we have negotiated in good faith with the british government. the backstop cannot be taken out, it is an essential part. we are keen to negotiate something and we have

negotiated something which is good for both sides. it isn'tjust for great britain, it is for the 27 remaining member states. she is still talking to mps, still talking to the eu and still talking to politicians in ireland. but as her deal reached a dead end and she hasn't got much more room for manoeuvre? she might get various assurances from the eu on the backstop but nothing that will be a game changer at this late stage of the game? the withdrawal agreement cannot be changed or reopened and it is the product of the torturous negotiation process. but we are prepared to listen about negotiations for the future. we never want to see a situation where the backstop comes into place but we do want the free trade with the uk asa do want the free trade with the uk as a whole and we think there could be something that could solve the

problem. neil richmond, thank you very much for being with us. more than 70 years after the liberation of the nazi concentration camps, the remains of six unidentified victims of the holocaust have been laid to rest today. the ashes have been kept at the imperial war museum, and have now been 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 there 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 full jewish 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 day 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 and bosnia. genocide didn't end in 19115. 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 on 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 hatred 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. 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 know one was a child and there were five 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 other just because of who they are. therefore it could be any of us, it could be any of our family, 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, 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,

awful 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 ? 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 the holocaust memorial day website, you can read stories from individuals, who may be just like these people, whether in the holocaust,

rwanda or darfur, 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. now, it's time for a look at the weather with helen. hello there. it was a bitter start for some parts of eastern england and scotland this morning, —5, —6. it will stay cold for much of the week, and again today, but there is some sunshine on offer and drier weather across england and wales. some showers in the far west. this weather front has brought rain and mountain snow and will continue to do so as it slowly clears from scotland and northern ireland moving into northern england and north wales. it will peter out overnight, and will leave clear skies in the north ahead

of this next weather system. but much colder more widely overnight, and a more widespread frost. but again a lot of cloud around. and this becomes instrumental, this weather system, later in the day tomorrow when it brings snow to the hills across many northern areas and even a smattering further south. it is still cold air. let's look at tomorrow evening. a band of rain turning readily to snow, particularly over the hills. behind it, more cold air and mmore wintry showers. and more wintry showers. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may will brief ministers on the brexit discussions she's been holding with party leaders and senior mps. police speak to the duke of edinburgh who was seen driving