this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11: police in guernsey have suspended their search for a missing plane, which was carrying the 28—year—old argentinian footballer emiliano sala and a pilot. the aircraft disappeared over the channel yesterday evening. the player had just signed for cardiff city from nantes. hundreds of fans have gathered in the french city to pay tribute. political tension in zimbabwe. we'll have a special report from the country as the president's forces are accused of a brutal crackdown, amid reports of opponents ltcomesas the lrish. primeministel will need a separate agreement to avoid a hard border ifithe—eve‘fii’ of a no deal brexit. british company dyson has announced that it is moving its headquarters from the uk to singapore. david attenborough is calling on

world leaders to do more to protect the environment, in a meeting with world leaders at davos. look at me. how dare you? close your eyes! and the favourite leads this year's oscars race with 10 nominations. british actors olivia colman and rachel weisz are both up for a gold stauette. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the talkradio presenter, daisy mcandrew, and the victims' commissioner and conservative peer, baroness helen newlove. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the search for a small plane whose passengers included cardiff city's

and was flying to cardiff after saying goodbye to his team—mates in france. the pilot is also missing, as our correspondent jon kay explains. hoping against hope. tributes at cardiff city, for their new star striker. he only signed at the weekend, a £15 million club record. but tonight, emiliano sala is missing without trace. he was so happy tojoin cardiff city. we have a lot of fans and supporters who is very concerned and we can understand their concern, eta! 2533“; to? a light aircraftflying from—there to his new club in cardiff. the pilot has not been named.

we've now searched over 1,000 square miles of sea, by day and night. the search continues, using assets from the uk and from france, alongside our own channel islands search assets. rescue teams have spotted items floating in the sea, but they don't know yet if they're from the missing plane. in argentina, the striker‘s father told a tv channel he was desperate for news. our thoughts are with his family, the pilot's family... while in cardiff, they'd hoped sala would bring much—needed luck. he looked the type of player and the type of person that the fans would have taken to. they'd already started making up songs for him, to sing about him on the terrace. so, you know, it's heartbreaking, really, really heartbreaking. just two months ago, leicester city played their first game here after that helicopter crash that claimed five lives. back then, cardiff city fans were offering comfort. tonight, the footballing world

is sending thoughts to this club. in nantes, more affection for a much loved player. before he flew out of here e it means, "the last goodbye". jon kay, bbc news. there is a growing crisis in zimbabwe, where the president is under increasing pressure following reports of a crackdown by his security forces. president emmerson mnangagwa has been forced to return from a foreign trip to deal with the situation and he's promised that any wrongdoing by his supporters will be dealt with severely. but the opposition mdc, the movement for democratic change, says the sharp rise in fuel prices has led to tension and violence. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding is in the capital harare and he sent us this report. grey skies, and an edgy mood here in harare. we film discreetly as soldiers and police gather in the city centre,

their crackdown still very much under way. suddenly, we stumble on a man in agony. a samaritan has brought someone called tatenda to us, hoping we can help him. we transfer him to our car to head to a clinic and hear his story. how long did they beat you for? two hours. it happened this afternoon. civilians simply rounded up and assaulted by soldiers. how many of you were there, that they beat? ah, we were more than 30. 30 of you? yeah. all of them beaten? yeah. it fits a pattern — more than a week now of systematic brutality by the security forces. but today the government told us it had nothing to apologise for, that a tough line was needed against violent demonstrators trying to block necessary reforms. committed to the future.

this government is focused on the next generation. it's prepared to make hard decisions. hard decisions, so that your children mayhaverageed—future; . , ,, ,, , our people should be concentrating on doing their work. the thrust is economic development, we must grow the economy. we want peace, we want unity amongst our people. but drive out of town and you'll quickly see why unity is a big ask. the poverty here is acute and getting worse. we've come to visit a nursery school. the headteacher joined last week's protests. she was hit and killed by an army truck. herfamily, in no mood

to forgive and forget. we will continue protesting until things settle. so you're not afraid? i am not afraid to protest. even though your mother was killed? i don't care, because we are angry. you can understand in poor neighbourhoods like this one why so many zimbabweans are so frustrated, and why, when their new government tells them things are going to get even tougher before they get better, people are not inclined to be trusting or patient. and guess who's watching zimbabwe's agonies with particular interest? today, we heard that robert mugabe may even be hoping to intervene. he's very sad about the killings. he's very sad about the internal chaos that is in the country. and he's very worried that people are going hungry, that people are worse off than what they were

in november 2017. as for the man beaten by soldiers, he's safe in a clinic now. his wounds likely to heal a lot faster than his country's. andrew harding, bbc news, zimbabwe. the irish prime minister leo varadakar has suggested that if the uk leaves the eu without a formal deal, they would have to work out a separate arrangement to protect trade and the peace process. the controversial backstop, the guarantee against a return to a hard border in ireland if there is no trade deal, is one of the main reasons that so many mps rejected theresa may's eu deal in parliament last week. today, mps have been putting forward more ideas on how to break the deadlock, as our deputy political editorjohn pienaar explains. morning, mr gove. another cabinet get together today. none of them know how brexit will end up, and despite last week's crushing defeat in the commons, all of them say they're behind

theresa may's search for a deal parliament might support. they're still backing her, for now. anyone in that house who wants to avoid no deal as passionately as i do, wants to deliver brexit as much as i do, and wants to avoid a people's referendum, which i think would be another, you know, another extension of all of these really tough conversations, needs to come together and support the deal. but the deadlock goes on, and today, a blunt warning from brussels that britain leaving with no eu deal would end freedom from checks on the eu's irish border. if you'd like me — to push me to speculate on what might happen in a no—deal scenario in ireland, i think it's pretty obvious. you will have a hard border. the border‘s been a big obstacle to a deal. the so—called backstop plan says the uk could stay inside eu customs rules, and northern ireland closer, to avoid stops and checks, avoid a hard border, if no final trade deal is ready by the end of 2021, and maybe longer. brexiteers fear being stuck under eu rules for years. the democratic unionists demand the same treatment for the whole uk.

we saw during the troubles that you couldn't close off every road across the irish border. so if the eu think they can do what the british army couldn't do in a0 years, and they can do it in a couple of months, good luck to them. but i think that this is a lot of bluff. but in dublin, ireland's leader insisted staying under eu rules was the only way to avoid a hard border. we'd have to negotiate an agreement on customs and regulations, that meant full alignment, so there'd be no hard border. the warning to westminster was clear. if the brexit deadlock isn't broken, it's notjust a threat to britain and the british economy. it threatens the border—free relationship that has helped underpin peace on the island of ireland. thejustice secretary wants mrs may

to rule out leaving with no deal. amber rudd wants tory ministers to be free to vote to stop no deal happening. and rumours inside government suggest other ministers want the same. where's the plan b? now there are moves by mps in both main parties to stop the uk leaving with no deal. business needs certainty. it needs the no—deal taken off the table and it needs that now. and the point of our amendment is to demonstrate the strength of support in parliament for ruling out a no—deal brexit. will you have the labour leadership behind you? i'm confident across parliament, across all parties, there is a strong view we cannot crash out on the 29th of march without a deal. the labour leadership could swing behind the latest moves to force mrs may's hand. various mps putting down proposals to stop a no—deal brexit. could the leadership back that now? yeah, labour wants to stop a no—deal brexit because of the damage it will do. if a resolution comes forward, in principle, yes, we can back it. theresa may's been under constant pressure from her brexiteers on one

side and pro—european tories on the other. now she's been warned that the no—deal brexit she's consistently refused to rule out could deliver the hard irish border all sides say they want to avoid. there's no clear way to reconcile these competing demands. time's running out fast. something has to give, and so far, no one's giving an inch. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. the british technology company dyson is moving its head office from wiltshire to singapore. last year, the firm announced it would make its new electric cars in singapore rather than the uk. dyson stressed the move had nothing to do with brexit. the number of people in work in the uk has reached a record high of 32.5 million. and the office for national statistics said the unemployment rate was now 4% — the lowest level since 1975. the bakery and cafe chain patisserie valerie has collapsed into administration,

putting more than 3000 jobs at risk. the company said attempted rescue talks with banks had failed. in october, patisserie valerie said it had uncovered "significant, and potentially fraudulent accounting irregularities". administrators kpmg said 121 sites would continue trading, but 70 cafes and concessions will close in the coming days. our business correspondent emma simpson has more details. business was valued at half £1 billionjust for months business was valued at half £1 billion just for months ago, it was supposed to be generating healthy product profits, selling cakes from around 200 stores, employing more than 3000 staff but it really was plunged into crisis when this huge and potentially fraudulent accounting irregularities were discovered. last week, the company said it was much worse than it had initially expected. today, it failed

to secure a financial lifeline from the banks and the administrators we re the banks and the administrators were called in. in a sign ofjust how dire finances were, 70 stores and concessions are closing immediately. so that is going to affect about 900 jobs, including this one here. there is a sign in the window saying it is not going to be opening tomorrow, is that quick. 121 profitable stores were told, profitable outlets, are still going to be trading as normal while the administrators are looking for a buyer, and the evidence that there will be interest. meanwhile, the shareholders who had once invested in this highflying company, they are said to be the pet be wiped out, including the largest shareholder, the executive chairman lukejohnson, one britain's top entrepreneurs. and there are lots of questions swelling as to why this potential for debt not be detected. prince william has questioned why world leaders have taken so long to take action on environmental challenges. he was speaking during an interview with sir david attenborough at a gathering of international leaders and businessspeople

in the swiss resort of davos. sir david told the prince that it was difficult to overstate the urgency needed to tackle climate change. from davos our diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report. davos — playground for the rich and conference hall for the powerful. but. lfmk ash“ abfihfif aqturgmonarchm” ' ' normally, i have to endure people asking me questions, so it's quite nice to turn the tables for once. and his subject — the global threat to the environment. how urgent is that crisis now? it's difficult to overstate it. the mechanisms that we have for destruction are so wholesale and so frightening that we can actually exterminate whole ecosystems without even noticing it. but note this — sir david wasn't the only one with a point to make.

prince william is no longerjust talking about protecting wild animals. why do you think the world leaders and those in key positions of leadership, why do you think they've taken so long, and there have been quite a few faltering steps to act on environmental challenges? what advice do you have for my generation? every breath of air we take, every mouthful of food that we take, comes from the natural world, and that if we damage the natural world, we damage ourselves. turning specifically to the people in this room, what is your message to them? care for the natural world. treat it with a degree of respect and reverence. the future of the natural world is in our hands. we have never been more powerful, we can wreck it with ease. the question, of course, is whether this call to arms falls on deaf ears, because not everyone here is as concerned about climate change,

and one of them just happens to be speaking here next, in exactly the same conference hall. the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, is sceptical about global warming and argued that growing his economy was as important as protecting the environment. many business leaders here say they do understand the threat of climate change, but now their words have to be matched by deeds. james landale, bbc news, davos. this is bbc news. the headlines: police in guernsey have suspended their search for a missing plane which was carrying 28—year—old argentinian footballer emiliano sala and a pilot. the aircraft disappeared over the channel yesterday evening. it comes as the irish prime minister says the uk and ireland will need a separate agreement to avoid a hard border in the event of a no—deal brexit. david attenborough calls on world leaders to do more to protect

the natural world, in an interview with the duke of cambridge, at the world economic forum, in davos. the family of a young woman, who died in a speedboat crash on the river thames, has urged the home secretary to step up efforts to bring her killer tojustice. jack shepherd went on the run before he was convicted lastjuly — in his absence — of the manslaughter of charlotte brown. helena lee reports. this is the last picture of charlotte brown, on the left, with her sister. three days later, she was killed by her date in a speedboat crash. this footage recovered from charlotte's phone shows jack shepherd speeding along the thames. oh my god, you're going so fast. "you're going so fast", charlotte says. soon after, they crashed and the boat capsized. he survived, but charlotte died in hospital. jack shepherd had been speeding and drinking. his boat was also defective.

he went on trial for charlotte's manslaughter last summer but didn't attend, and went on the run before his conviction. despite being in hiding, shepherd has won the right to appeal against his conviction. today charlotte's family met with the home secretary sajid javid. they demanded to know from him what was being done to find her killer. the home secretary has underlined his personal commitment to see that shepherd is arrested and that the current manhunt is given the necessary resources and priority it requires. 0ur message is clear. there can be no hiding place forjack shepherd. the bbc has been told there are records of jack shepherd entering the former soviet state of georgia, with no sign of him having left. charlotte's family say theyjust want him caught so he can face justice. helena lee, bbc news, westminster. the home office has announced an independent review

into the anti—terror programme called prevent. the policy, which aims to stop vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism, has been criticised in some quarters as unfairly targetting and alienating some communities. the security minister ben wallace announced the review and called for critics to produce solid evidence of their allegations. beefeaters at the tower of london are striking in a row over pensions. workers at the tower and at hampton court palace will not return until 6 tomorrow morning, after talks with historic royal palaces broke down. there were picket lines outside both sites throughout the day. historic royal palaces insisted the new penison was generous. the royal farce the favourite — and the netflix drama roma — have led the nominations for this year's 0scars, with both films receiving 10 each. two of the british stars of the favourite, 0livia colman and rachel weisz,

have been recognised and there was success too for actors christian bale and richard e grant. the academy aawards are held in hollywood next month. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has more details. did you just look at me? did you? look at me! look at me! how dare you! close your eyes! olivia colman giving what might well turn out to be an oscar—winning performance as a potty—mouthed queen anne in the favourite. alongside fellow british actress rachel weisz, who is shortlisted in the supporting actress category with co—star emma stone. i'm a servant. where would i get a horse? many of the scenes in the favourite were filmed here in the cartoon gallery at hampton court palace, which is now full of the costumes that featured in the film, including the one worn by olivia colman playing queen anne in her nightdress. now, queen anne also lived here in the early part of the 18th century when she was monarch, using this very space for her privy council meetings. the favourite has ten nominations, as does alfonso cuaron‘s roma, a memoir of his childhood growing up in mexico city.

it gives streaming service netflix its first—ever best film nomination and, should cuaron win best director, a very public platform on which to give his opinion about president trump's proposed wall. diversity is a theme amongst this year's nominations. black panther, a film celebrating black culture, is the first superhero movie to be shortlisted for best picture. along with two films exploring racism in america — spike lee's blackkklansman, for which the director gets his first nomination in decades and green book, an interracial road movie whose stars mahershala ali and viggo mortensen are both nominated. you never win with violence, tony. you only win when you maintain your dignity. dignity always prevails. almost every single person has told me they like the way i sounded but they didn't like the way i look. i think you're beautiful. lady gaga is in with a shout for best actress for her performance in the eight—times nominated a star is born. but she's got some stiff competition, not only from olivia colman, but also glenn close who is on top form in the wife. quiet, please. and...

action! so far, so diverse. although not so much behind the camera. there are no women, for example, recognised in either the best director or cinematography categories. a situation which many argue is caused by a lack of opportunity, not a lack of talent. will gompertz, bbc news. well, joining us now from los angeles is british songwriter and music producer al shux whose collaboration with kendrick lamar on all the stars has been nominated for best original song from the film black panther. it's good to see it, thanks for joining us. and many congratulations. where were you when you heard the news? thank you very much. i was at home this morning and it is pretty surreal still to know that its nominated. it is still sinking in? yeah, it's amazing. how

did the song come about? sinking in? yeah, it's amazing. how did the song come abounm sinking in? yeah, it's amazing. how did the song come about? it was a piece of music that i was working on my own and i met up with the other producer on the song, soundwave, producer on the song, sweet-dam it producer on the song, soundwavfi it to him and he responded to played it to him and he responded to it and he's been working played it to him and he responded to it ar kendrick en working played it to him and he responded to it ar kendrick lamar(ing played it to him and he responded to it ar kendrick lamarfor a - time, reh he took it to kendrick, and he so he took it to kendrick, and he worked more on the track and kind of took it to there. it's kind of amazing, but a superhero movie has garnered so amazing, but a superhero movie has garnered so many amazing, but a superhero movie has garnered so many nominations for the oscars. it's amazing. ithink it's the first superhero movie that's been nominated for best picture, and it's about time, really, but the director is a legend in the making and it's great to see him get that recognition he deserves. why did

think it has done so cluster of ——so well? a lot of things came together at the right time. the right artists, the right film. it's definitely a collaborative team effort. you are coming up against lady gaga, aren't you? yes, and that isa lady gaga, aren't you? yes, and that is a great tune as well and a great movie so it's great to be a part of brilliant company. are you wearing a tuxedo? we will see, i haven't fought —— thought that far ahead. you'd better start thinking about it, you have to look good at red carpet. i'm going to leave it out. good to talk to you, many congratulations. british songwriter and producer al schulz who is

nominated for best original song at the oscars tonight. at tonight's national television awards, ant and dec won best entertainment presenter for the 18th time in a row. that's despite ant mcpartlin‘s absence from a number of shows following his drink—drive conviction. the bbc drama, bodyguard, won best new drama, and richard madden won best drama performance. actor danny dyer won the best serial drama performance for his role as mick carter in the bbc soap, eastenders. and david dimbleby picked up a special recognition award having spent the past a0 years as the face of the bbc‘s political broadcasting, and fronting question time and every general election night since 1979. congratulations to them. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the talkradio presenter daisy mcandrew, and the victims' commissioner and conservative peer baroness helen newlove. that's coming up just after the headlines at 11:30.

now it's time for the weather with ben rich. the weather we have at the moment is nothing exceptional from this time of year. its standard winter fare. even low levels, it probably did come as a shock to the system. we have been in the grip, in the north of the jet stream. the wins— the atmosphere will shift a little further northwards. mild air to try to knows its way into the end of the week. this is glasgow. temperatures up week. this is glasgow. temperatures up to nine degrees but does it last? no, it doesn't. but relatively cold weather returns as we head on into next week. nothing particularly exceptional. we start with frost and iced —— ice and wintry showers. some wintry showers north and western parts of the uk. lots of dry weather

and some spells of sunshine, still chilly but even not quite windy. cloud will be thickening up across northern ireland. patchy rain here late in the day. this cloud will try to wobble its way further eastwards as we go on into the early hours of thursday and temperatures in western areas will tend to climb just a little bit where is further east and north, it's another cold and frosty night, maybe with the odd patch. some spells of sunshine. generally speaking, more cloud in from the west, rain into northern ireland and western scotland, snow over the hills, a chilly day to many but we start to bring milder air in from the west. because of this, a frontal system, our warm front. the west. because of this, a frontal system, ourwarm front. it the west. because of this, a frontal system, our warm front. it will bring patchy rain and this wedge of milder air. wind coming off the atlantic. also quite moist wind,

bringing its pensive cloud. some patchy rain, especially in northern and western areas. the best chance of brightness in the north—east of scotland. those temperatures, higher than they have been. however that won't last. we push a band of rain south eastwards, heavy rain and behind it, the wins switch round to north—westerly is which us —— which brings us back to that relatively cold air. temperatures between five and eight degrees. we are really back were we started on sunday. north or north—westerly winds, we will continue to see some cold weather, wintry showers feeding in across western and north—eastern areas, hard to be precise about the details of this temperatures struggling between five and seven degrees. this is where the jet strea m degrees. this is where the jet stream is likely to be an notice the

way that we in the british ours stay broadly speaking to the north of the jet stream. with that, our low pressure will always be close by. while the details are still to play for, it looks like next week will be like this, relatively cold, often windy, some rain and indeed some snow at times, nothing exceptional. for exceptional cold, we need an easterly wind and there is no sign of that any time soon.