hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. there's a lot of pressure on venezuela for a change of leader. the head of the opposition declares himself interim president with the backing of the usa, increasing the pressure on nicolas maduro to go. venezuela ns have ta ken to the streets in their tens of thousands today calling for change, and others in separate protests in defence of the president. in the uk, theresa may's brexit deal was dead in the water last week, but could her opponents now be willing to give it a second look? there is good news for us. to hope that a reformation of this deal could be achieved to make it acceptable. michael cohen, the former lawyer to donald trump, postpones an appearance to testify before congress because of what he says are "ongoing threats against his family" from the president. and we'll be talking about social media influencers, and why they're having to be more upfront about who's paying them. big news from venezuela,

the us has recognised an opposition leaderjuan guaido as the country's interim president. and the incumbent president nicholas maduro has responded just a short while ago. translation: i have decided to break off diplomatic and political relations with the imperialist government of the united states. get out of venezuela! enough of this intervention! here, we have dignity and we are ready to defend our country. juan guaido is already head of

venezuela's national assembly. last week, the assembly declared president maduro illegitimate. today, he was sworn in as interim president. and shortly afterwards, the us released this statement saying... take a look at these updates that have come in. countries in south america have followed the us to recognise juan guaido as interim president. columbia, paraguay, peru recognising this man. overnight, four people died in clashes between protestors and the police. and today, tens of thousands are taking part. police have fired tear gas at protesters. and they are marching on a symbolic date. today marks the anniversary of the uprising in 1958 that overthrew the military dictator

marcos perezjimenez. different scenes for supporters of president maduro, who have also turned out. the political context is that earlier this month, the president began a second term, but the opposition disputed the result. the economic context can be illustrated by this bbc video of a supermarket a couple of months ago. in the last three years, the venezuelan economy has shrunk by a third. the government blames us—led sanctions. a much more widely held view is that president maduro has badly mismanaged the country's oil resources. the us is encouraging other western countries to follow its lead. yesterday, the vice president mike pence put out this video. the united states supports the courageous decision

byjuan guaido, the president of your national assembly, to assert that body's constitutional powers, declare maduro a usurper and call for the establishment of a transitional government. this was president maduro's response. i spoke to the bbc‘s world service latin america editor candace piette. it's the timing of it. i think the opposition have been very quiet for some time and now they have found this charismatic young leaderjuan guaido who is prepared to stand up. it's a dangerous job to stand up for his country. at a time when this symbolic day, the national day against the downfall of a dictatorship, so bringing all those things together where people can safely come out on the streets with the call from juan guaido earlier this last couple of weeks for people to really come out and bring down maduro. there's nothing about maduro and his supporters in recent years

to suggest he's the kind of man who will accept this and go, which means there must be concern about where this process ends. the things that make a difference going forward, one is we need to see how the demonstrations pan out, how the government responds to the people on the streets. in the past, there have been very violent responses to people in large protests in venezuela. we also need to see the response of the military. mr guaido said clearly in his oath that he took that he needed the support of the military. this military infrastructure is enormous and has been paid and supported by maduro for decades. so whether that military will come out, that would make the difference in this situation. this is michael cohen, donald trump's former lawyer.

we've had an update on him from reuters. let's speak to anthony in washington. that is a strong accusation to make. did they provide details? not in that ribbon statement but they have referenced before that donald trump talking about investigating michael cohen's father—in—law for unnamed, unspecified crimes. he has said that several times, once in a 20 and once ina public several times, once in a 20 and once in a public statement in a television interview and it appears that michael cohen and his lawyers are taking that as a threat. there may be other instances with the do not go into any details. recall, michael cohen is going to prison and will serve a two—year prison sentence starting in early march so the opportunity to testify before this committee could be circumscribed by that. just to be

clear, once he is injail, there is no testifying. it would be very difficult for him. congress can make some sort of provision for but it would be much more difficult to get into testify in person. this would cause some frustration for democrats, i imagine, because this will be a big spectacle where cohen gives us a lot of details. when that announcement was made, that was considered to be must—see tv here in washington, dc. because michael cohen has alleged that donald trump pressured him into some of his dealings with moscow and trump tower as well as he was the one responsible for making payments to the adult film star that helped to by her silence before the 2016 presidential election wasn't michael cohen said that was at the direction of donald trump. this is a thing that democrats would have loved to ask about but it is a question whether he will testify to them because he is currently cooperating with the special counsel's office on their investigations but everyone

wa nts to their investigations but everyone wants to know if michael cohen is he the right hand man, he served as the personal lawyer and fixer for over a decade. so they were very curious to get his side of the story in person and under oath. thank you, anthony. ias and under oath. thank you, anthony. i as ever. let's stay in washington. here's the latest on the us government shutdown. this hasjust come in the last few minutes. donald trump says he will hold an alternative event to the state of the union address. that's because the speaker of democratically—controlled house nancy pelosi says she won't authorise the president to appear in the house chamber until the government is reopened. let's go straight to jane o'brien in washington. let's stay in washington. where will he go if not there? a very good

point. the white house has need plans they have talked about going to the white house or may be doing it from the side of his proposed water may be going to a different state and having a rally at style state and having a rally at style state of the union address. but really it is difficult to call it a state of the union address if he is not doing it in front of a joint session of congress because that is the whole purpose. constitutionally, it is supposed to be updating congress and has sort of morphed from there into addressing the american people as well. but its primary purpose is to address a joint session of congress and when nancy pelosi says that you were not invited, you are not coming to my chamber, really it becomes something else at that point. we just to see this in the context of the shut down a showdown between nancy pelosi and donald trump. yes, this is a test of wills between these two leaders and an example of the new reality in washington and that is the democrats

control the house of representatives and they can now put a check on donald trump which he has not had for two years because the republicans have controlled both the senate and the house and this is really a proxy battle in the struggle for the direction of the country. the wall is part of that struggle and now we are seeing again this showdown over the state of the union speech is another example of that struggle between the democrats, the republicans, nancy pelosi, donald trump. thanks, jay. so we have been to venezuela and stopped in washington, dc and that we turn to zimbabwe. zimbabwe's president is promising to take actions after a crackdown on the opposition and its supporters. more pictures of protests here. violence began last week during demonstrations against a hike in the price of fuel. rights groups say 12 people were killed. there were many videos like these being shared and showing injured protesters. primarily young men who have been

injured by security forces during this client down. this is president mnangagwa earlier. he cancelled the rest of his trip to europe to come home and deal with the situation. he's pledged to investigate the security forces, and said, "if required, heads will roll." whether that happens or not, people who own supermarkets in harare are looking to get back on track. they had been looted the past few days. we are getting reports on they are able to restock. remember, this kind of crackdown was common during the mugabe era. and while the end of that era in 2017 was a huge moment for zimbabwe, the current president served under mugabe and represents the same party. this is the latest report from andrew harding. here at state house in harare, the business of government is resuming as normal. now, the president has been swearing in a new prosecutor general,

the message here today very much from the authorities is that yes, there were mistakes here in the past week but it has been unfortunate. but the focus now must be on the future and on fixing zimba bwe's broken economy. all reforms are painful, but they are a necessary thing went to go through if this economy is to recover. tell me of any country which is having the kind of challenges that zimbabwe is facing and which are backing reforms are not painful. then i will be able to talk off my head to you. do you accept some of the protesters have legitimate demands, these are ordinary people frustated by the economic situation here and angry about the seemingly chaotic way in which government has implemented some of these reforms? to the extent of which there are economic difficulties,

to the extent of a banking reform programmes that are painful and to the extent that we have had some shortages, necessarily, the citizen has the right to express it is government with the way things are. but that is not ok to suggest that that is a right to take the law into their own hands. that will be wrong. the government here than insisting that the focus must now be on the economy and that yes, the law will take its course here and violent protesters will be prosecuted and the members of the armed forces, the security forces if they committed any excesses would also face the weight of the law. but that the international community must understand that this is a government with a plan and that plan is going forward regardless of the criticism of what happened here this past week or so. inafew in a few minutes, back to our lead story in venezuela and the fact that the american president is acknowledging the leader of the opposition as the interim president of venezuela. we will talk to barbara plitt usher in a few minutes. children have been turning

their backs on sugary drinks in the last nine years, according to the uk national diet and nutrition survey released today. nutritionist amanda ursell has been taking a look at the data. there is a reduction in the percentage of people having sugary drinks, and of those that are having them, there is a reduction in the quantity, so that is good news. but as you rightly say, we are still having double the amount of sugar both in children and adults that the government is recommending. and we are still having 36 billion litres of sugary drinks a year. so it's kind of good news that it's going in the right direction, but there's an awful lot more work to be done. and there's good news, too, around meat. saying that meat consumption has dropped on average from 7a to 72 pounds per day. as you say, fruit and vegetable consumption has not changed when you look at the trends. adults having around four pieces of fruit and veg a day. five a day is what is recommended, and for children it's now 2.8. so we have to keep banging the same old message home.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the head of the opposition in venezuela has declared himself interim president with the backing of the usa. and another amount of countries in f‘if': america. all activists and peaceful ; ziiaiiéi'ééiiiésiig gassgggg;tstazszzfs':m " that's from bbc arabic. police in arizona have arrested a nurse after a patient in a vegetative state gave birth. the suspect nathan sutherland worked at the clinic and has been charged with sexual assault and abusing a vulnerable adult. the patient went into labour last month. staff had no idea that she was pregnant. lots of you are watching this video

of a police officer in wisconsin. he jumped to safety after hitting ice. this happened on christmas day, but the police released the the footage to remind drivers to slow down in cold weather. you'll find that in most watched. big news from venezuela, the us has recognised an opposition leaderjuan guaido as the country's interim president. look at all the countries recognising this interim president. president maduro has called on the country's military to maintain unity and discipline after today's events. let's work out what the americans

looking to do here. barbara is live with us in washington, dc. i recall donald trump singh again and again that americans needed to stop trying to influence other country's politicians and change to the leaders were so why get involved here? it's a good question because here? it's a good question because he had adopted in his rhetoric and many of its decisions to be noninterventionist but he and his administration officials have been quite hard line on venezuela for some months now. they have imposed sanctions, they have been calling regularly that president maduro is a dictator and they have been squeezing the government and quite worried about the refugee situation and beginning a two columbia it the refugees have been going and they are afraid that a collapse of the government in venezuela will lead to refugees may be coming up to the us. that has got to be one of the

factors also but whatever the case, they have now decided to throw their weight behind this opposition leader mr guaido weight behind this opposition leader mrguaido andi weight behind this opposition leader mr guaido and i have been building also. earlier in the monument when president but was sworn in for another term that was a trigger point and he was planning to stay and you have mr guaido is the head of the opposition national assembly assuming a more active position and ready to challenge the president and ready to challenge the president and ready the state department was issuing statements at that point supporting him and welcoming him and so on. supporting him and welcoming him and so on. so they have been building this moment when it seems in a quantity move, mr guaido announced that he was going to be interim president and i mostly minutes, the white house without a statement saying the us pre—nice him. white house without a statement saying the us pre-nice him. putting is one thing but will offer him practical support they offer him practical support and advice? well, they have not gone into detail exactly what they are planning to do but what mike pompeo has said as they want to support mr guaido and help him with a plan to

set upa guaido and help him with a plan to set up a transitional government and then arrange free and fair elections and this will be the american dream that there would be an orderly tra nsfer of that there would be an orderly transfer of power in venezuela. so thatis transfer of power in venezuela. so that is what they want in the big picture to do. they have also said and this is a phrase they use often that they have all options on the table should mr miller out respond with violence or things get out of control they have not talked about military options. donald trump was asked what he said we are not considering anything to all options are on the table but what he talked about his economic options. so there has been consideration for a while about whether to increase sanctions to target the oil industry which is vital because that is a means of revenue for venezuela so if they decide to take punitive action that will be the first that probably. thank you very much and diverting us through that from washington, dc. sony says it's going to move its european headquarters from the uk to the netherlands to avoid disruptions caused by brexit. yesterday, dyson announced it

would move its headquarters from the uk to singapore. that raised eyebrows because its founder, sirjames dyson, was a very high profile campaigner for brexit. dyson's chief executive says it was not to do with brexit or tax, but said, "it's to make us future—proof for where we see the biggest opportunities." either way, the timing has not been helpful for those making the case for brexit. sony, though, has been explicit. it said the move meant "we can continue our business as usual without disruption once the uk leaves the eu". sharanjit leyl in singapore has more. it is the latest japanese company to flag this move to the continent in response to brexit. sony's rival panasonic has already moved its headquarters to amsterdam,

mostly because of tax issues as well. and japanese banks the likes of mufj, the financial group, they have all said they plan to move their main eu bases out of london. a number of japanese car—makers as well, you have the likes of honda and toyota have also expressed concern over the impact of a hard brexit and they are pretty much echoing their prime minister. shinzo abe expressing concern over a no—deal brexit on a very recent trip to the uk, saying it could hurtjapanese companies which employ up to 150,000 people within the uk. as we all know, of course, the uk is very much to leave the eu in march, but the two sides have yet to strike a deal. back to the us government shutdown. according to standard and poors, it's costing the us $1.2 billion per week.

that means it's almost cost the $5.7 billion donald trump is asking for his wall. michelle is with us from new york. i am curious to know how standard and pooras am curious to know how standard and poor as we calculate the cost of the shut down. there are a couple of things, is look at. they are going through the wages that are being withheld, they are adding them up and trying to then assume how much thatis and trying to then assume how much that is costing in output, the fact these government functions are not taking place. they are looking at the consumer spending that is not happening as a result of this because workers who have not been paid, there are contractors who have not been paid. that means it for a simple they might not be going out for a meal or are not spending money on transportation getting to or from work. all of these are being used to estimate and is important to make

that point clear that these are at this pointjust estimates. we also have one from the white house itself saying how this will affect growth in us and not the cost so much on a weekly or monthly basis but how much they think it will cost economic growth in america for the first three months of this year. at the moment, the white house council of economic advisers is saying it could reduce growth to zero if this carries on. thank you very much indeed, we appreciate it, michelle in new york. facebook‘s done with the bbc at the world economic forum in davos. here it details the billions its putting into improving security in order to regain the trust of its users. we've actually done a huge amount of work around election integrity. going back to november ‘16, it is important to remember that nobody was aware of that threat

at that time, in the run—up to the election that it would be around hacking and we were ready for that. but i don't think anybody expected interference from different countries coming in, bad actors coming in and getting involved so we have done a lot of work. one of the main things is just getting those fake sites off the platform, we don't want that on the platform. also around advertising, we are the leading company in the world when it comes to transparency around political advertising. will you change your business model when it comes this attention and the fact that facebook has not been seen to have been handling this well? the chief executive finally being grilled in congress about it to him about the initial response from facebook was just laughing it off. about the initial response from facebook was just laughing it offlj don't think we have ever laughed it off but i think we have not done a very good job on his explaining what oui’ very good job on his explaining what our business model is. so i want to be really clear here. we do not sell

information or people's data. that is not what we do. i think there is a discourtesy between having advertisements that are targeted to you and also having personal advertising and having protection of privacy. i think the two can go hand—in—hand. so what we do is use the information people gives us to make sure we can give to them really good person lost targeted advertising content that matters to them and is useful for them advertising content that matters to them and is usefulfor them in advertising content that matters to them and is useful for them in their lives. the reason we do this is so we can make our services for free so that 2.6 been people that are using oui’ that 2.6 been people that are using our platforms are doing that for free. having personal advertising and having protection of privacy. i think the two can go hand—in—hand. so what we do is weather on the way that is disrupted

but the extreme cold in canada and the us. here is the effect it has been happening. niagara falls partially frozen giving stunning scenes. to temperatures on the rise and that is because a winter storm is pushing him to most of the temperature rising here nicely on oui’ temperature rising here nicely on our profile here. the warm colour pushing to the great lakes through the day on wednesday but while we have got snow around the great la kes, have got snow around the great lakes, ontario, quebec, intense rainstorms in the south pushing through the tennessee valley with the risk of tornadoes and working his way to the east coast. so new york, boston, philadelphia and boston set to see heavy rain thursday. after days at subzero in new york, 1a degrees possible on thursday before cold air digs back and later on. freezing things over to ta ke and later on. freezing things over to take them into friday morning. some travel disruption possible. after that brief boost in temperature, not only in new york but also in boston, toronto and

montreal and through the weekend, temperatures are dipping back down again and it will feel colder to ta ke again and it will feel colder to take us into next week's for sure. australia with an area of low pressure mention and coming out in a second but also a tropical cyclone developing just off the north coast. that will stay out to see locally but that low pressure will have an impact on temperature is in the southeast of the next few days, dragging an airfrom the interior. 46 possible and adelaide, record—breaking potentially on a thursday afternoon and at melbourne up thursday afternoon and at melbourne up to around a0 celsius. canberra not too far behind as we head into friday. that burst of heat, you will notice and ligament melbourne and canberra all the temperatures drop away the week and into start of next week. perth it is warm and turn —— cold will turn warmer. the weather across the mediterranean is because they are battling out mild air to they are battling out mild air to the east and cold air to the west. producing lots of snowfall and rainfall across parts of northern

spain into tomorrow. the parts of europe much quieter with subzero temperatures here all day long on thursday and most of the snow will be across the likes of family but even here, it should not be too disruptive. though the balkans see quite a bit of snow too and we will focus on where the disruptive weather is across the mediterranean and across parts of spain, northern area still risk of flooding from heavy rainfall there and in the pyrenees where snowfall could cause problems. strong gusty gales and severe winds in the western mediterranean with big storms flooding in corsica and sardinia and intense through southern italy. brief respite in greece on thursday but big storms and the risk of flooding here into friday. as for us, tonight we see wintry showers for a us, tonight we see wintry showers fora time, us, tonight we see wintry showers for a time, clearing over to frosty tomorrow and sunniest in the east. bye for now. our lead story is from venezuela. the head of the opposition declares himself interim president with the backing of the usa. president maduro has called on the army to maintain order. venezuela ns have ta ken to the streets in their tens

of thousands today — calling for change, and others in separate protests, in defence of the president. in the uk, theresa may's brexit deal was dead in the water last week — but could her opponents now be willing to give it a second look? there is good news for us, to hope that a reformation of this deal could be achieved that could make it acceptable. china confirms it's detained a critic of the government — the australian government is asking questions, because he is one of their citizens. and we'll bring you the emotional final message a premiership footballer sent his family before his plane went missing over the english channel. now, this is intriguing.

some of the fiercest opponents of theresa may's brexit deal are starting to sound a little more positive about it. here's jacob rees mogg. i think there is good news for us, to hope that a reformation of this deal could be achieved that could make it acceptable. that upbeat language hasn't gone unnoticed. sebastian payne from the ft: he is not fearing that confident, but it is a prediction, nonetheless. —— feeling that confident. plus the dup. it's a party in northern ireland — it has 10 mp5. and so far it's opposed the deal. and the main issue for these

opponents of the deal is the backstop for the irish border. this ensures that if the uk and the eu fail to reach a trade deal by the end of next year, the uk will stay in the eu's customs union until a trade deal is done. and while you're in the customs union, you can't do trade deals on your own — something brexiteers want to do. the problem is that, despite some shifts in the mood music in westminster, the eu has repeatedly said there must be a backstop and it can't have a timelimit. we'll see. in the meantime, here's the eu's chief brexit negotiator. opposing no—deal will not stop no—deal from happening at the end of march. to stop no—deal, a positive majority for another solution will need to emerge. you heard the no—deal

reference there. here's the bbc‘s brexit jargon buster. no deal means, ‘leaving the european union and cutting ties immediately, with no agreement at all in place'. and no deal is the default if mps don't approve a deal or request that brexit happens later than 29 march.‘ some distance from the irish border is davos in the east of switzerland, one of those there is liam fox — the uk's secretary of state for international trade, who campaigned for leave. some countries don't yet believe that no—deal is a possibility, and one of the reasons that i and other ministers are here is to convince other countries that no—deal is a genuine possibility, and they need to prepare for that, because if they

do not prepare there could be a break, even if it is a temporary one in the trading relationship that we have with those countries. next from davos is george osborne. he was chancellor in the government which called the brexit referendum. and was kicked out of the government when theresa may took over. he's now editor of the evening standard in london. here he is on no deal. the gun is held to the british economy's head, if you like. russian roulette is a game which obviously you should never play, which there is a one in six chance that the bullet goes into your head. if you start pretending that we might leave without a deal, then that might become a reality. 29 march is the day that brexit happens. some want article 50 extended and the date pushed back. here's the prime minister on that. extending article 50, i don't believe resolve any issues. because at some point members of this house have to decide whether

they want to have a no—deal given this is the that quite a few times over had said that quite a few times over the last few months. to what degree is tuesday the last opportunity? the last few months. to what degree is tuesday the last opportunity7m will not be. i think there will be a lot more happening after next tuesday. what will happen on tuesday is mps will set out their own particular verses of brexit are indeed have to ablate it and whether to have another referendum for example or whether to move to a relationship that is much closer to the european union customs union relationship. none of those options may secure a majority and will then get a further vote by three from a on her deal as amended. we have been hearing some of the belief that those in her own party, their

language basically being somewhat rearranged, recalibrated along the same radio would make britain a slave state at the european union by suggesting that positively there might be the basis for a suggesting that positively there migtff'cze ' there, 5 for a suggesting that positively there migtff'czethere, s1far suggesting that positively there migt§bethere,s1faras suggesting that positively there migtff'cze ' there, 5 1 far as i and from i conversation here, is to until ‘ next at that but at that - but she will and then at that stage but she will try do is and then at that stage but she will try- do is get some kind of and then at that stage but she will try- do is get brussels id of and then at that stage but she will try- do is get brussels to )f and then at that stage but she will try- do is get brussels to get movement from brussels to get changes to the northern irish —— northern irish ensure it temporary. the difficulty is is temporary. the difficulty is based internally her own advisers that i cannot that. cannot be sorted recognised that it cannot be sorted out in terms of her future relationship with the - the relationship with the eu, the political declaration. it will probably need to be sorted out in terms of her future relationship with the eu, the political declaration. it will probably mean reopening the electron agreement, some of which the european commission has been very, very relu cta nt to commission has been very, very reluctant to do. they think it might open a pandora's box with other nations making beaded demands. we are not there yet, that means is they will not be any kind of closure

on this issue, farfrom it. they will not be any kind of closure on this issue, far from it. let's talk about the amendment. some —— some of these mps are trying to box in the prime minister, reduce her options. i believe the others are progressing in terms of gathering support? as a couple which are particularly interesting in that is where we have class party support. some have tried to say unless there isa some have tried to say unless there is a deal agreed by february the 26th, the article 50, the process of leaving the european union should be extended, in other words it should —— there should be a delay. economic domain party and opposition is considering whether to put its full weight behind this amendment, one is calling for article 50 to be extended until the end of the year so extended until the end of the year so that the uk would leave the european union until the end of the year to get my time for negotiations 01’ year to get my time for negotiations or possibly for another referendum. but it's not that may be too long or perhaps brussels would not agree to it said the negotiation that's going on at the moment about whether there

may be pressure for a short extension for article 50. the prime minister so far has had herface against that but i think they'll be quite a lot of support. not necessarily in but quite a lot of support and close to a majority next week for pushing for an extension if necessary. if he cannot come back with a deal today that it's agreed with a deal today that it's agreed with president to extend article 50 and delay their departure from the european union. always get to gate line. thank you much. that's always good to get you on. if you want when i'm brexit there is an awful lot on the bbc news website and the bbc news app. the search for the premier league footballer emiliano sala has been suspended again for the evening. he was flying from nantes to cardiff — he had just framed for cardiff city. the flight was almost directly north. but contact with the plane was lost close to the channel islands just off

the french coast on monday. this is the plane he was travelling on — a malibu aircraft, registered in the united states. police said they'd found no trace of it after a nine hour search today. only emiliano salah and the pilot were aboard. today it's also emerged that he sent a whatsapp voice message to his family in argentina while he was in the air. this is emiliano sala's father speaking. the hours go by and it makes me think of the worst. i just want them to find him. the last thing they said is that the communication ended when they crossed the channel.

the guernsey coast guard gave the bbc this update on today's search. it has been a long day. we have had lots of assets today from buk, a fixed wing aircraft from the uk, france, her own aircraft research, lifeboats, we have covered another enormous area at sea and lifeboats, we have covered another enormous area at sea and had not found anything other than the few bits of parts in a tent, none of which were related to the missing aircraft, unfortunately. you are concentrating on the search for a life raft with two occupants, we have not found that. and the light is gone now, so we had suspended the search for tonight. we'll get together tomorrow morning at 7am and decide let the way forward is. how is morale among the team? obviously you're desperate to find something and you must be pretty frustrated. it is, we have not given up hope. people have been working hard in the

day in the air, on the sea and on the ground and have done everything that we can, so the response has been tremendous also from the public who had been reporting objects on beaches, etc. but we'll have to make a decision tomorrow on the way forward. we are not expecting any more updates on that story today but as the sun comes up on thursday there will be more briefings from there will be more briefings from the police. stay with us on outside source — still to come: social media influencers have been told to be more open about who's paying them for plugging their brands. britain's most senior counter—terrorism officer has warned that right—wing extremists could exploit what he described as the ‘febrile' atmosphere around brexit. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has the story. march 2017 — the murderous attack outside the houses of parliament was the first of five terror attacks in six months.

since that day, police and the security service and m15 have foiled 18 other plots — most of them islamist inspired. four plots involved right wing extremists, they make up a growing amount of work for counterterrorism detectives, and now there are concerns the heated debate over brexit could stir things up further in. we saw a spike in hate crime after the referendum. that has never really receded, so there is always a possibility that people are being radicalised by the kind of febrile atmosphere we have at the moment, we want people to report anything that we think will lead to violent confrontation and people need to calm down. to thwart terrorism police need the help of the public, that is why a new campaign is being launched to encourage people to report suspicious activity. the new counterterrorism film will be shown at 127 cinemas across the country, reaching a potential audience of 5 million people.

it comes at a time when the terror threat level remains at severe, with police carrying out a record number of investigations. there are currently over 700 counterterrorism operations across the uk according to police. last year they received more than 13,000 calls and messages from the public about terrorism. one in five contained significant pieces of information or tip—offs. an added concern now for police is what happens if britain leaves the european union with no deal. counterterrorism officers say a no deal brexit would be a very bad thing, but the home office says it is working intensively to put no deal contingency plans in place. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the head of the opposition

in venezuela has declared himself interim president with the backing of the usa. nicholas maduro has called on the military to maintain order. the main stories from bbc world service is as well. the war of words between france and italy has continued. france's europe minister says paris won't enter into a "stupidity contest" with rome, and threatened to cancel ministerial visits. in recent days one of italy's deputy prime ministers has accused france of "colonising tens of african states", another called france's emmanuel macron a "terrible president". bbc world service. the gambia are celebrating with the opening of a new river crossing. the senegambia bridge links the two halves of the country, which is divided by the river gambia. it's set to revolutionise travel and trade in the country, and also help people in neighbouring senegal reach places too. australia says that china has confirmed that the author

young herjyoon is under detention. he's an australian citizen who arrived in guangzhou last week. he was was supposed to be travelling on to shanghai but never boarded the flight — and hasn't been heard from since. stephen mcdonell in beijing can tell us more about him. he has used is very popular social media platform, apart from publishing his own writings, his own novels if you like, two at times be very critical of the chinese government, and he was warned by friends not to risk coming back into the chinese mainland. i should remind people that in 2011 he was picked up by state security man, and there was a sort of deal struck to let him go as long as he did not say anything about it. it looks like

finally enough he has come back into the country and this has happened all over again. he arrived at the airport, his wife travelling on a chinese passport presumably went into the airport on another line, then she noticed there is may has been over there being grabbed by around ten state security. she was taken away around ten state security. she was ta ken away and around ten state security. she was taken away and interviewed herself and then allowed to take her child onto shanghai. she then went to beijing on the orders of state security, let's interviewed herself, has not been allowed to speak to her has not been allowed to speak to her has been and is not allowed to talk about that interview. —— was interviewed herself. he does not look good friend this australian writer. however, ishould look good friend this australian writer. however, i should add tomorrow in a extraordinary training the australian defence minister will arrive here in beijing for official meetings, and you have to think that he'll be raising this issue with the chinese government and asking what is going on here, because of course the fear is that australia could

slide into a similar diplomatic crisis with china as what is happening with canada in recent times with several canadians being held in another —— and another facing the death penalty following those extradition proceedings against a wildly executive in vancouver. stephen referring to the canadian robert lloyd schellenberg. last week his 15—year sentence for drug smuggling was changed to a death sentence. two other canadians michael kovrig and michael spavor have also been detained in recent weeks on suspicion of endangering state security. many believe this is a response to the detention in canada of the chinese executive meng wanzhou from the telecoms firm huawei. earlier this month the us state department updated its travel advice for us nationals saying: "exercise increased caution in china". it goes on "us citizens may be subjected to "prolonged interrogations and extended detention" for reasons related to "state security." one more thing from stephen —

it's about how bbc world news is being censored in china. stephen mcdonell tweeted this video of our output being broadcast on chinese tv. when we were covering brexit, no issues. and will bring about such as pointing his comments on brexit. —— a headline about george osborne in his comments on brexit. when the next headline mentioned young herjyoon being detained by state security, the screen went dark. stephen added: all coverage of young case goes to black here today." a british man who fled during his trial for manslaughter after a speedboat crash on the river thames — is no longer on the run. jack shepherd is being held by police in the former soviet republic of georgia, after handing himself in. he was sentenced in his absence to six years in prison lastjuly. he's appealling his conviction and,

speaking on georgian tv, he maintained his innocence. sarah campbell reports. there had been sightings far free“; the z 2: - ”z thailand. ‘sis‘: aftermfivthsm‘ht thsiisns. ‘sis‘: aftermfivthsm‘ht lack--- -:: handed ' run, jack shepherd finally handed himself the run, jack shepherd finally handed himself - the former soviet himself and in the former soviet state of georgia. a before sp% the justice, before speaking to the police i gave an interview to a police he gave an interview to a local television station. he said he was involved in a tragic accident in 2015 in which a lady called charlotte brown tragically died. charlotte was just 2a when she was killed. she was on a first date with jack shepherd. he'd taken her for a meal and then out onto the thames on his speedboat. charlotte took this footage on her mobile phone. they'd been drinking. he was speeding.

he let her take controls. the boat crashed and overturned. charlotte died. shepherd, who's now 31, was arrested, but vanished before his trial at the old bailey even began. he was convicted in his absence of manslaughter by gross negligence and sentenced to six years in prison. in today's interview, shepherd said he wanted to clarify something which he believed had been forgotten by the british press, that charlotte had been driving the boat. and something he said which he found hurtful, that reports suggested he had let her drown. since her death in december 2015, charlotte's family have campaigned tirelessly forjack shepherd to be brought tojustice. just yesterday, they met with the home secretary sajid javid, who told him all necessary resources would be available to find him. i know the world feels relief because it has been such a hard,

extensive three years. this of course is on the back of seeing the home secretary yesterday, and we would never have thought... but it is just overwhelming, really, and it'sjust sinking in. after months on the run, jack shepherd is now in the custody of georgian police, with extradition proceedings set is clamping down on influencers and social—media stars. these are people who have huge numbers of followers — and many get paid by companies to endorse products. well, now they are going to have to be far clearer about when that's happening. 16 celebrities including the singers ellie goulding and rita ora and the model alexa chung have agreed to declare when they post ads.

if they don't, they could be prosecuted. there's a lot of money in this. an influencer with around 10,000 followers on instagram could pocket £100 and some free products for a post. with 30,000 followers, you can get around £750. and with more than a million followers, you can earn around 10,000 per post. bbc trending has been following this. its editor is michael wendling. there are rules that they have to follow. they have not really been following them as far as we can tell. this has been a long—running saga. influencers most of the time to follow the rules. they may say #ad on their sponsored posts but there are clearly a lot who do not follow the rules here in the uk and elsewhere in the world. clearly the

regulator wants things to change. i wonder if consumers mind, if their followers mind. that it's a good question. i think there is a five —— savviness to social media users hurt can kind of tell that if someone is wearing a pairof can kind of tell that if someone is wearing a pair of trainers prominently, showing them off, they are paid to do that, but rules are rules. the regulator is going to insist people follow the rules, no matter if there is an implicit understanding that a lot of these posts are paid for. i was mentioning it is possible people could be prosecuted if they do not do this properly. is that a realistic possibility? i see this step as the next stage, because the here in the uk, in the us and around the world has steadily crept towards these threats, and this is a little bit more than a slap on the wrist, not much more. if this continues as far as the influencers though, you might be seeing some prosecutions in the

future. there is no telling. hard to see it right now, but clearly that pressure is being ramped up. thank it's a miracle. if you want more from bbc trending you can find them on facebook, twitter, and also they right longer blog post on the bbc news website as well. our lead story is the very fluid situation in venezuela. the leading opposition figure has sworn himself in as an interim president with bass within minutes of that happening donald trump recognised him as the interim president. other south american countries have followed suit but the president in venezuela is saying that the army must maintain stability. can one of the keeping meteorologist look at when forecasting the weather the air is coming from, and to get a prolonged severe cold spell class meant to be beneath the air to be

coming from the east or north east, siberia bringing that bitter chill in our direction. but we have had over the last couple of days if a northwesterly wind. that is meant to be called, not extremely but relatively cold, hence the mentoring chalice. over the next couple of days the air starts coming in from the last, from the atlantic. a mild, moist wind direction bringing a lot of crowd but also higher temperatures. liverpooljust of crowd but also higher temperatures. liverpool just an example, double digits friday and saturday. however we get northwesterly wind back heading into next week and i will turn cold once again. there's a starting off on a very cold pellet, with frost and some ice. so when three showers pushing across southeastern parts of the uk during the morning. eastern areas likely to have some ice. selling three showers pushing across southeastern parts of the uk during the morning. eastern areas likely to have sunshine that further west some crowd. the first signs of that moist, mild air pushing in from the atlantic. some outbreaks and been into northern ireland, 7 degrees in belfast, 19 printed and into thursday night it'll initially turn cold and eastern areas under clear

skies but as the crowd continues to advance from the west, temperatures will the client at the nightmares on —— cloud. by friday morning 10 degrees in the far southwest and in northern ireland and this heralds a very different type of weather on friday. those moist, mild atlantic wind is pushing across the country. a lot of cloud, outbreaks of patchy rain, temperatures for many of us backed up into double digits. however, that will not last because as we move there friday night on indy saturday we being a cold front into the picture. it will bring outbreaks of quite heavy rain. the rain moving —— a radically southeastward across the country but behind it we get back into those northerly winds bringing cold air backin northerly winds bringing cold air back in our direction so actually temperatures will drop as saturday wears on and we could see some snow mixing in with the rain as it clears away. sunday on we will find ourselves in the grip of this chilly, northerly wind. when three showers, the wind will be brisk, in

fa ct showers, the wind will be brisk, in fact potentially a very strong and nasty landfill on the thermometer sunday temperatures will be none too impressive, but add on the strength of the wind, that is what it will feel like. it will feel subzero across many parts of the uk, so certainly back into something rather chilly as we start the new working week. and on monday there is some uncertainty about the timing on this, but we could well bring a frontal system into the cold air. as he had seen a couple of times recently and a mixture of rain, sleet and snow coffee in the country. the greatest chance of snow over hills in the night that we at the time to lower levels as well and is temperatures between a80 degrees. we are staying tuned to the forecast and throughout next week —— four to 8 degrees. it will not be extremely cold like a light presented last winter, but it will be decidedly chilly and with low pressure is down in charge, it remains quite u nsettled. in charge, it remains quite unsettled. to sum things up next

week, it will remain rather cold with a potential for frost and ice. i think quite windy with rain and some snow at times. the air coming from the north will keep us rather chilly during next week. tonight at 10 — the man convicted of the death of charlotte brown, who was killed in a speedboat accident on the thames, has handed himself in. jack shepherd had been on the run in georgia. he'd been convicted of charlotte's manslaughter in his absence. charlotte died after being thrown from the boat during a date with mr shepherd in december 2015. her family reacted to today's development. he's almost acting like he's the victim. he doesn't seem to show any remorse for the fact that his actions have led to the loss of my daughter. we'll have the latest from tbilisi, as the metropolitan police prepare extradition proceedings. also tonight... this 1a—year—old's family say she took her own life, under the influence of disturbing material online. we confront the owners of instagram.

there is a picture of some slit wrists. that's from instagram. there is a picture full of blood.