good afternoon. theresa may will talk with her cabinet later before addressing parliament tomorrow on how she intends to break the brexit deadlock. meanwhile, with britain due to leave the eu on march the 29th, at least one cross party group of mps are discussing how parliament could take control of the process to avoid a ‘no deal‘ brexit. our political correspondent nick eardley has the latest. the clock really is ticking. on the 29th of march as things stand we leave the european union. the government struggling to find a plan for the future that parliament will accept. ireland tories say remains the sticking point. as for the compromise on the backstop that we could agree to in the future. compromise on the backstop that we could agree to in the futurem compromise on the backstop that we could agree to in the future. it is getting a great —— in agreement with aaron and to ensure we do not get friction across the border. quite what that looks like is not clear and the irish foreign minister

sounds far from convinced tweeting. .. and because sounds far from convinced tweeting... and because of the lack of obvious solution is some mps are worried about sleeping with no deal in the future and in the corridors of power and they are developing plans to take control. dominic grieve once mps to be able to put options on the table in parliament, things like postponing the departure date and maybe a second referendum. if the majority back then, the government will have to act. what this group is doing is trying to work within the normal traditions of the house, to try and insure that the house, to try and insure that the house of commons has a proper voice in what is without doubt the biggest crisis in our modern peacetime history. labour is also angry with the government accusing ministers of refusing to move far enough towards compromise.“ ministers of refusing to move far enough towards compromise. if the prime minister will not move her red line you concede that parliament will try and take control of the

process. that is because people are frustrated with the prime minister. i think frustrated with the prime minister. ithink in frustrated with the prime minister. i think in the next week or two other options will now be tested, one way or another. that idea infuriates brexiteers and they are adamant that the uk should leave at the end of march. we are getting some of those who were opposed to the result of the referendum trying to hijack brexit and in effect steal the result from the people. this afternoon, from her country retreat, the pm will update the cabinet on her latest thinking and tomorrow she will be in parliament to tell mps that as brexit day draws near, the pressure to come up with the plan is only increasing. there's been widespread condemnation of a car bombing outside a courthouse in londonderry last night. no one was injured, but a nearby hotel had to be evacuated. this morning police said they've arrested two people in connection with the incident. declan harvey reports. a reckless attack, police said. officers patrolling in derry city centre

last night had spotted the suspicious vehicle before a warning was received by the samaritans help line. police were in the process of evacuating nearby buildings, including a hotel, when the device exploded minutes later. a large church youth group were also being moved to safety at the time. local residents said their windows shook with the force of the blast. others were shocked to be so close to such danger. we were all in shock. in shock. very shocked. i thought this was a thing of the past so it is a bit, you know, i don't really know what to think, to be honest. it's understood the vehicle was a pizza delivery van and had been hijacked a short time earlier. it was left next to the city's courthouse. in a place were politics can be so divisive, today political leaders stood united. there is no justification whatsoever. nothing to be achieved whatsoever from an action such as this bar causing upset and... anxiety to the people of derry. the

democratic unionist party leader called it a pointless act of terror which must be condemned in the strongest terms. in the last hour police have described the device as crude and very unstable. clearly it was a very significant attempt to kill people here in this community la st kill people here in this community last night. i must emphasise, this bomb was put in a car in a local community. it was driven through the city. a single man thenjumped out of the carand city. a single man thenjumped out of the car and ran away down the road and left it here for the people of this community and your local police service to deal with. this afternoon a large cod and remains in place in the city centre. megan harby, bbc news. the duke of edinburgh has been spoken to by the police after he was photographed driving without wearing a seat belt — 48 hours after he was involved in a collision near sandringham. meanwhile one of the women injured in the accident says she's yet to receive an apology from the duke.

simonjones has the latest. behind the wheel again. prince philip in his new landrover. but something is missing. he is not wearing a seat belt. norfolk police say they have been made aware of these images, taken near to the entrance of the sandringham estate. the duke, they insist, has been given suitable words of advice. it comes just days after the crash along this busy road. in the panic and confusion, one woman feared the worst. emma fairweather was a passenger in a kia, driven by herfriend with a baby in the back that collided with prince philip's landrover. although his vehicle ended up on its side, he emerged relatively unscathed. she broke her wrist. emma fairweather told the sunday mirror, i am lucky to be alive and he hasn't even said sorry. it has been such a traumatic and painful time and i would have expected more from the royal family. the palace said well wishes had been exchanged with those the queen attended church without

thejoke. —— the queen attended church without the joke. —— duke the queen attended church without thejoke. —— duke of edinburgh. involved in the crash, but emma fairweather said she only received a call from a police family liaison officer, saying, the queen and the duke of edinburgh would like to be remembered to you. she says that is not an apology or a well wish. the investigation into the crash along this stretch of road is continuing. the duke passed the police eyesight test yesterday morning, but officers insist they will take any appropriate action if it is considered to be necessary. but the palace's response to what happened is coming under increasing scrutiny. simonjones, bbc news, sandringham. 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 knocked off his moped in leyton, earlier this month. police say they're continuing to look for four other suspects who fled the scene. two people have died and 22 others have been injured following a fire in the ski resort

of courchevel in the french alps. the blaze broke out in the middle of the night in an accommodation block for resort workers. it took 70 firefighters until daybreak to bring the fire under control. in the united states, democrats have rejected president trump's compromise plan on immigration, an attempt to end the partial us government shutdown. it is now the longest in american history, affecting some 800—thousand federal workers. david willis reports from washington. from the diplomatic reception room of the white house came a distinctly undiplomatic message america's 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. amongst a package of measures that he knew would prove irresistible to many democrats was an offer of temporary relief

for around a million immigrants threatened with deportation. 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 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. before we go — it was a tweet that prompted a fiery response. hannah summers revealed her four—year—old daughter esme wished she was a boy so she could be a firefighter, as the books she reads only include firemen. hello. i am a firefighter and i am a girl. women crews from all over the world then posted a string of pictures and videos on social media to prove they exist. later esme's mum tweeted that after the messages her daughter now "firmly believes she can be a firefighter". that's it for now. the next news on bbc one is at 5.35 this afternoon. until then have a good afternoon. you're watching

the bbc news channel. the number of major retailers warning of financial difficulties has reached its highest level since the economic crash of ten years ago. 38% of retailers listed on the stockmarket issued profit warnings in 2018 — a year in which a number of big—name brands disappeared from the high street. here's our business correspondent, rob young. it has been a truly dreadful year for retailers. new look closed dozens of branches. house of fraser collapsed into administration and had to be rescued. maplin has gone out of business. toys "r" us shut down. even for those stores that managed to survive intact, it has been a year of pain. according to new analysis,

36 retailers issued warnings about their profits in 2018 that's one in three of all of the general retailers listed on the london stock market and it is the largest proportion to the financial crisis a decade ago. retailers probably had one of the toughest years in living memory. there's a number of things that had been going on we've had weak consumer demand, combined with uncertainty around brexit which has really weighed on business confidence and, to some extent, consumer confidence as well. and as a result, we have seen a high number of businesses go into administration or undertake radical restructuring. data suggests we have become more cautious about spending on non—essentials. discounts than normal in an attempt to get us through their doors. in financial difficulty.

it's feared the coming weeks may bring more grim news for the high street. rob young, bbc news. two people have died after contracting a fungal infection, caused by pigeon droppings, at a hospital in glasgow. nhs greater glasgow and clyde has launched an investigation, with a room thought to contain machinery being identified as the possible source, as catriona renton reports. the two patients were being treated at scotland's largest hospital when they contracted the rare infection. it's thought the likely source is from pigeons that had got into a room not open to the public, thought to contain machinery. their droppings contained a microscopic airborne organism called cryptococcus. it is very unusual for people exposed to the fungi to get ill, but those with compromised immune systems can be vulnerable. the big problem with this is that it can cause meningitis, and as we know, meningitis is a very serious infection, it doesn't

matter what causes it, but if it's caused by this cryptococcus, it can come on quite slowly before you know what the problem is. nhs greater glasgow and clyde said one of the patients who was elderly died of an unrelated cause. another person has also died, but the factors contributing to this are still being investigated. the health board says the droppings have been removed and air filter units brought in. an investigation is under way. pest control experts say it's difficult to stop pigeons entering buildings. pigeons can exploit holes literally as big as this, if not smaller itjust depends on the structure of the building. most buildings are designed to be weatherproof, they're not designed to be bird—proof. as soon as they begin to nest, they will begin to leave droppings everywhere. the droppings will build up over time. obviously, the droppings are extremely hazardous. a spokesperson for the scottish government says control measures are in place and no further cases have been reported. catriona renton, bbc news, glasgow. cyber crime is costing individual local authorities millions of pounds.

it's a crime that can affect anybody and is a growing problem for public services like the police, local councils and the nhs — which hold vast quantities of sensitive material. ministers say they're toughening up their approach to cyber attacks, but critics believe far more needs to be done. our reporter robert cooper has been investigating the extent of the problem. it's meant disruption to public services and cost the taxpayer millions of pounds. held to ransom, the sixth form college that paid cyber criminals to release exam work. five days after an international cyber attack, patients in our region's biggest health trust are still facing disruption. cyber criminals and it's believed state—sponsored hackers have targeted public services here in the north.

mike starkey is the elected mayor of copeland borough council. there was no data lost or stolen as such, but the data was encrypted and it was put beyond our reach, so we couldn't access files. they asked for a ransom in bitcoin. you know obviously, the national cyber security adviser the national cyber security advised us against paying it but we would never have been in a position to pay it anyway because it would have run into tens of millions of pounds.

he says the attack crippled a range of council services. it kind of ground us to a halt for a significant period of time and the collection of town council tax and business rates, we couldn't send bills out when people were moving house. we couldn't make the relevant changes. so it was a huge inconvenience to the public that we serve that was out of our control. we asked all councils, nhs trusts and police forces in the north—east and cumbria how many cyber attacks they'd had in the last five years. of those that provided figures, more than half, 15 had experienced a cyber attack with a combined in total of 41 attacks. and in that time those public bodies spent more than £5 million on measures such as antivirus software and cyber security training. and this expert at durham university isn't surprised by the scale of the cyber threat. the amount of small incidences is very numerous. even small organisations, small businesses having threats and attacks coming their way. as you get to a large organisation or a larger public body, the number of threats is quite significant. so what can be done? this newcastle company

advises clients on how to keep the hackers out. much of what people need to do is just common sense and a lot of the mistakes that are being made and it is generally the mistakes being made that make people vulnerable, are pretty elementary. checking security software, checking things are up to date, checking antivirus software and making sure you keep it up—to—date. all these things are pretty basic but really, really important and very, very effective. no minister would speak to us about this, but the government's national cyber security centre told us that the uk was taking a bold approach to tackling this issue, making us safer. but, it said we would still need to adapt to future threats. meanwhile, the cyber criminals and hackers will keep on trying to find new ways to outsmart us all. 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. good afternoon. there's been a big shock at the australian open. the defending champion and six—time winner roger federer is out. he lost in four sets to stefanos tsitsibas. federer took the first set on a tie break, before the 14th seed fought back to win the next three — two of them also by tie—breaks. afterwards tsitsibas declared himself "the happiest man on earth." it's only the second time in 16 years that federer has failed to make the last eight in melbourne.

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 under an hour. 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. second—placed 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. pep guardiola has made four changes to the city line—up today: both sergio aguero and kevin de bruyne start for the champions. hudderfield caretaker boss

mark hudson has made six changes to his side. kick off is at 1.30 and you can follow the game via the bbc sport website. the former manchester united and england star paul scholes is in talks with oldham athletic about becoming their new manager. scholes has a lifelong affinity with oldham and watched their defeat at macclesfield yesterday. the latics, currently 12th in league two, are searching for a permanent boss after the sacking of frankie bunn last month. scholes is looking for his firstjob in management since retiring as a player in 2013. england will face australia this afternoon in theirfinal match of the quad series. it had been hoped that it would be a ‘winner—takes—all‘ encounter but the roses defeat to south africa in their second game put paid to that. but tracey neville's team still have a chance of winning the tournament. we can speak now to our reporter emily croydon, who's at the copperbox arena. hello emily. tell me, as i

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australia by this margin three times in their history. it will be tricky, how much disappointment is there because this australian matt is not the definitive final people might have hoped for? it wasn't in the game plan to get calculators out and start looking at goal percentage. england would normally play australia second up in the series but this was set up to create the kind of big final winner takes all situation. so it has been affected slightly. england will need to challenge themselves even more in order to beat australia today and put yesterday's shock defeat behind them. if tracey neville wants to know what her side are made of, today should tell her everything she needs to know. thank you very much indeed. ronnie o'sullivan and judd trump are just under way in the final of the masters snooker at alexandra palace. o'sullivan is chasing his eighth masters title, while trump is playing in the final for the first time in his career. you can watch it now on bbc two

or via the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. we shall have more for you throughout the day. richard, many thanks. 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. elizabeth throssell is a spokeswoman for the united nations refugee agency. she joins me via webcam from geneva. thank you for being here, what more do we know about these two latest disasters in the mediterranean? as you said, the shocking reports that

170 people have drowned or are missing in the mediterranean in recent days. the incident off the coast of libya happened either late on friday or early saturday. the italian navy picked up three survivors, two sudanese and one gambian national and took them to lap this up off the coasts of north africa and the other incident that happened a few days earlier, it is reported that 53 people drowned. one survivor was rescued by fishermen and taken to morocco, where they are said to be in hospital. sadly there have been many disasters like this in the past. how many migrants are still trying to use that route to get into europe? that is a very hard establish. what we have seen is a considerable decrease in the number of migrants and refugees who are attempting to cross the mediterranean to reach europe. it is significantly, the numbers for 2018 we re significantly, the numbers for 2018

were down by 50000 and massively down on the figures for 2015 and 2016. but the rates of deaths has remained constant. for every 50 people who reach europe's sherels, one person dies and that is a very high rate of death in the mediterranean. and that is why this tragedy has two ends. the people who set out to sea and who are in distress have to be rescued. what does that mean in practical terms, what do you want to see that changes in the mediterranean? you want to see more patrol boats, more rescue boats? we have seen a reduction in rescue boats and ngos and non—government organisations who have set out to rescue migrants have been hampered. we think it is crucial there are search and rescue efforts, saving lives at sea is paramount. it is something we are

calling for. you will know the argument some people put, the more rescue boats you have the more it encourages migrants to make the dangerous journey? we are talking about people, individuals at the risk of drowning? are we just going to let them drown? it is vital we save lives, it is part of international law at sea. if you think about the people who are prepared to set across the mediterranean in these rubber dinghies, the rubber dinghy that set of where 170 people are believed to have drowned, it is a tragedy waiting to happen. how desperate must they be to embark on the journey? and whether there are rescued vessels or not, they will still make that type ofjourney. we need to create ways where they don't feel they are forced to make these desperate journeys and that means countries working together. establishing safe and legal ways people who are fleeing

discrimination and conflict are able to make the journey safely. good to talk to, thank you for your time. all around the world, scientists are looking for the latest medical breakthroughs to help beat cancer and other diseases. and it's often with the help of the very latest technology that researchers make great progress, as our science correspondent richard westcott has been finding out in cambridge. this nobel prize—winning machine is revolutionising health care. to treat a disease, it helps to actually see the part that is going wrong. that is where a cryo—em microscope comes in. if you image it lots of different ways from lots of different angles, you can build up a 3—d model. that's right. by flash freezing the samples,

it can take images that weren't possible before, and it's quicker too. so what would have previously taken decades to get a single snapshot of the functioning ribosome can now be done in potentially months. or even weeks. this microscope at diamond light source is looking at a sample from a sick patient, so scientists can see his ribosomes. they are the tiny nanomachines that help build our bodies, but this one's breaking down on thejob. you have got close, closer and closer still. yeah? yes. i know this is a bit fuzzy, but how about this, the final 3—d image of the ribosome? compete with troublesome yellow lump, a protein that is meant the new microscope facility. at his cambridge lab, professor allan warren is using pictures to find a drug treatment. like testing keys for a lock, it is about matching up the shapes. so you literally need to zoom into here to see the shape that

you are trying to find. you're looking for a drug to fit that shape. correct. so the idea is we can find a drug that might sit at the interface between this protein and the rest of the ribosome, so we want to find something that will get into the groove and knock off this protein from the rest of the ribosome. it is so interesting that with all the modern technology, that a human being looking at the shape of the molecules are still really critical to your work. that's absolute true. you have 10 million trillion little ribosome machines in your body. when they break down, they have been led to several cancers. looking at their shape should mean scientists can find drugs that can help. richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. astronomers are eagerly awaiting a total lunar eclipse, or blood moon, in the early hours of tomorrow morning. it will be the last time the event will be visible from the uk for ten years. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh has the details.

we haven't got that, i am afraid but we will bring it to you in the next hour. if the weather is kind we will get a view of the blood moon. helen has the latest forecast. hello, another cold day awaits. it was bitter this morning. the cold theme stays with us for much of the week. at times, it'll feel colder still, particularly when the wind picks up. the biggest risk of snow is monday night. there will be widespread frost. hopefully, we will see more sunshine for the coming week.