this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at eight... former scottish first minster alex salmond appears in court charged with a number of counts including attempted rape — he denies all charges. i am innocent of any criminality whatsoever. police in england and wales say there's been a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crime. the sister of premier league footballer emiliano sala begs rescuers not to give up hope as they call off the search for his plane missing in the english channel. translation: i am asking you please do not stop looking for them. it has been three days and i still have hope that they are alive. and fears an entire sea in the arctic is being swallowed up by the atlantic ocean because of climate change. good evening, and welcome to bbc news.

scotland's former first minister, alex salmond, a man who has dominated politics in scotland and the uk for decades, has today been charged with two attempted rapes, 9 sexual assaults, 2 indecent assaults and breach of the peace. mr salmond appeared in private at edinburgh sheriff court this afternoon. afterwards, he strenuously denied the allegations, saying he was innocent of any criminality and would defend himself to the utmost in court. alex salmond was arrested yesterday by police who've been investigating allegations against him since last september. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. alex salmond arrived at edinburgh sherriff court this afternoon to find some die—hard reporters to greet him. ——supporters.

marching in straight through the front gate, he made no attempt to avoid the cameras or media questions. do you deny the charges, mr salmond? on his way to hear the formal criminal charges against him. inside the court, in a private hearing, which neither reporters nor the public were allowed to attend, mr salmond heard he is facing a total of 1a criminal charges. that includes two charges of indecent assault, nine separate charges of sexual assault and two charges of attempted rape. at this point in the proceedings, mr salmond was not required to enter a plea so he did not indicate to the court whether he intends to plead guilty or not guilty to those charges. half an hour later, he came out to declare his innocence publicly. so let me say at the outset, i am innocent of any criminality whatsoever. i refute absolutely these allegations of criminality, and i'll defend myself to the utmost in court. i've got great faith in the court system of scotland.

i've got recent cause to have great faith in the court system of scotland, and that is where i will state my case. first minister nicola sturgeon and the rest of the scottish political establishment are clearly rocked by the scale of the charges against the former first minister. well, i know this will be a shock to many people, but as police scotland have said today, these are now live criminal proceedings, and now more than ever it would be completely inappropriate for me, or anyone else for that matter, to comment in any detail. alex salmond dominated scottish politics for decades. first ministerfor seven years, he led the country into an independence referendum, which he didn't win, but which changed scottish politics completely. for the next few months, his battles will be in court, as he faces numerous serious criminal charges. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh.

there's been a big increase in violent crime in england and wales — it's up i9% compared to the year before. figures from the office for national statistics show that the number of killings, including murder and manslaughter, has increased by 14%, making it the highest it's been since 2007. robbery went up by i7%, as did recorded sexual offences. the number of firearms offences hasn't changed drastically — but knife crime has. it's risen by 8% with almost a0 thousand victims of knife crime in 12 months. a warning, june kelly's report contains distressing images. keelan wilson was 15 when he was set upon and stabbed late at night near his home in wolverhampton. this was keelan with his mother, kelly. as he lay dying he said, "tell my mum i love her". kelly lost her oldest child as she was expecting her youngest.

four—month—old seren will never know her brother. a number of teenagers have been arrested since the murder eight months ago, but so far no one has been charged. every day it is torture, it is not a life worth living. every day, if i catch myself smiling with the baby, ifeel guilty because keelan's not here, and i feel like i shouldn't be enjoying life at all, and i don't enjoy life. it's like a life sentence. and then you realise he's not coming home, and it's devastating, every single day something happens. there's no words, really. it's the west midlands force which is investigating the killing. crime here is up by io%, so above the national average,

urgent assistance! footage from one officer's body—worn camera shows how she suffered head injuries after she was attacked while trying to make an arrest. in recent months, there have been some appalling attacks on the elderly. peter gouldstone who was 98 was badly hurt during a burglary and died laterfrom his injuries. police chiefs stress such crimes are rare, but they and labour politicians have long been warning that losing 20,000 officers would affect the crime rate, and the government's response? don't make a link between fewer police officers and an increase in violent crime. the drivers are complex, you can't put it down to one thing, it is complicated. in birmingham, these residents, frustrated at not seeing any police, are now carrying out

their own patrols. we shouldn't be doing this, it is not up to us to do this, but rather than sitting at home and moaning about it, we want to get out and do it and that is what we are trying to do. the government says it is responding to the demands on police with up to £970 million of extra money in the coming year. june kelly, bbc news. the search has now ended for premier league footballer emiliano sala and his pilot david ibbotson, after their plane vanished over the english channel. they took off from nantes in france on monday evening on their way to cardiff. but contact was lost near the channel islands. sian lloyd reports. the family have questions about what happened, but today emiliano sala's sister wanted to focus on efforts to find her brother and his pilot. she believes they are still alive. translation: emiliano, my brother, he's a fighter.

emiliano sala sign for cardiff city at the weekend, but he's been missing since monday night, along with 59—year—old david ibbotson, who was piloting the light aircraft that disappeared off the channel islands. an extensive search operation has been carried out, but this afternoon a decision to call off the rescue effort was taken. that decision has been difficult, as you can imagine, not least because there are a huge number of people, both here in the uk, and in france, who have been involved in this search over the last three days. the 28—year—old striker had played for french club nantes. today, the captain said the team were not giving up hope. translation: we ask you to stand in solidarity with us, to be united, and to respect the family, who absolutely refuse to grieve, and continue to believe. but the conditions and terrain where the plane went missing have led rescuers to say any chance of the pair surviving was remote.

we have heard that the search for your brother has just been called off, what is your message, at this stage? translation: i'm asking you, please, don't stop looking for them. it's been three days, and i've still got hope that they're alive. it's terrible, it's desperate not knowing anything. we don't have certainty of anything. romina sala only arrived in south wales from argentina last night, and is being supported by relatives and her brother's footballing family, both here and in france. she told us she hopes to go to the channel islands, where her brother was last heard from. sian lloyd, bbc news, cardiff. the head of the trades union congress — frances o'grady — has told the prime minister to "stop playing to the bad boys at the back of the class" over brexit and to

"start listening". theresa may is trying to find a compromise with union leaders after her brexit deal was voted down by mps last week. jeremy corbyn is still refusing to hold talks with the prime minister whilst the possiblity of a no deal brexit is on the table, but labour itself is struggling to contain its own divsions on the best way forward. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. look who's come to tea. what will you be saying to the prime minister, mr mccluskey? len mccluskey, union leader, who has never even met the tory theresa may before, but since her deal went down, number ten badly needs help. don't hold your breath. i'm not full of optimism, but is this just a pr stunt for you, for the media, and for you to say that you've consulted with trade union officials, or is this a genuine attempt to see if we can talk about issues that matter to us? when does labour have to compromise? for me, it is really about the prime minister.

she needs to take an initiative, demonstrating she is serious, and opening up proper discussion. number ten is trying to show the unions, mps and you they mean business. a new promise tonight of more protection for new parents gt: 22254! 52; :~‘:"':‘ they hope that will show the government's mind, the prime minister, frankly, $ at the back of the class. he has a job on his hands, though, to keep labour in step on brexit. a tiny number ofjeremy corbyn's mps already back the prime minister's deal. a few more, privately, say they might, in the end, but right now, while leaving without a deal is still a possibility, jeremy corbyn went even talk to the prime minister about it. ——won't even. what we are calling for is the government to take no deal off the table, negotiate seriously with other parties,

and with the european union, in order to move in the direction of an agreement, which gives us the customs union, the market access and protection of rights. even though they haven't got the numbers to make it happen, plenty of labour mps and members are on the street, trying ——won't even. if there was another referendum, would you vote leave again? yes, but i hope there isn't, because why should we? did you vote twice for you to get in? i would like another referendum. i voted to leave. and what would you do now? i would vote to stay in. i would rather put myjob at risk by opposing brexit fan vote to put my constituents' jobs at risk by supporting it. ask different part of labour in different parts of the country what to do about brexit, and there are different answers. they are not split from top

to bottom, like the tories, but both our main parties struggle to stick to a single script. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. the chief executive of the aircraft maker, airbus, tom enders, has said it's a "disgrace" that businesses could still not plan for brexit. the company warned it could move it's wing—building operation out of the uk in the future if there is a no—deal brexit. earlier our business correspondent theo leggett gave us this update. airbus is a company, which even before the referendum, was explaining why brexit itself would be a bad idea. last year it warned that a no deal brexit would be catastrophic for the company, but now we are getting even stronger language than that and warnings that other countries would be very happy to take over the business, making wings for bus planes that is currently done in broughton in wales. and i think the reason for this is that in the past a no deal brexit was seen as something theoretical, that probably wouldn't happen. now, with the impasse in parliament it is

looking more likely. so, i spoke earlier on to katherine bennett, who is the company's uk boss and i asked her why airbus had chosen to speak out in such relatively undiplomatic terms now. we felt that we were getting close to crunch time, there was a lot of false allegations that a managed no deal could work and we just wanted to be clear, that for us it would be catastrophic, we would see chaos at the borders and our wing parts and our satellite parts could potentially get held up, and for me, as a uk business person, i do not want to see my country causing great international company like airbus being affected. obviously people who favour a hard brexit, as you say, it is not a bad idea, will accuse this company of scaremongering. they have done that in the past.

what airbus is saying is look, we have 14,000 employees in this country, another 110,000 jobs rely on airbus and the supply chain and so on, can they afford to take that risk? jaguar land rover has confirmed it plans to shut its uk plants for a week in april, due to potential disruption from brexit. a total of four plants will be affected. they were already due to close for a week for annual maintenance, but the firm has decided to extend the shutdown because of brexit uncertainty. bmw and honda are also planning similar closures. the headlines on bbc news... former scottish first minster alex salmond appears in court charged with a number of counts including attempted rape, he denies all charges. police in england and wales say there's been a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crime. the sister of premier league footballer emiliano sala begs rescuers not to give up hope as they call off the search for his plane missing in the english channel. sport now... and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton.

it's been a shocking second day for england in the first test against the west indies in barbados. joe root‘s men seemed well set after bowling out the hosts for 289. but their batting order collapsed after lunch — opener keatonjennings with just 17 runs — as england were bowled out for 77. kemar roach did most of the damage, taking five wickets for 17. the west indies chose not to enforce the follow—on and are currently 61 for 2. chelsea and tottenham are in action in the league cup semifinal second leg. tottenham have a one—goal lead from the first game but are missing a number of key players including the injured harry kane and dele alli. the score at stamford bridge is currently 1—0. monaco have suspended manager thierry henry afterjust three months in the role.

henry was hired in october but has overseen a poor run which has left the 2017 french champions struggling in the relegation zone in ligue un. henry's assistant franck passi will take training tomorrow. his predecessor leonardojardim is reportedly in the frame to take charge once again. this is why henry has fallen out of favour. in 20 games in charge, he's won just five, drawn four and lost 11. not the start to his managerial career henry would have envisaged when he took charge in october. one more football line for you and two—time premier league winnerjohn obi mikel hasjoined championside side middlesbrough on a deal until the end of the season. the former chelsea midfielder was a free agent after a spell in the chinese super league.

he played for nigeria at last summer's world cup and won the champions league in an 11 year tennis and petra kvitova and naomi osaka will play for the australian open title this weekend after both won their thursday semi—finals in scorching conditions. the winner of saturday's showdown will also claim the world number one ranking... and for kvitova, it will be her first grand slam final since her hand was injured in a knife attack in 2016. to be honest, i am not believing that i am in the final. it is kind of weird to be honest as well. i did not note that i was even going to play tennis again. it was night and all nice time to be kneeling as

well. mentally, it was very tough as well. mentally, it was very tough as well as physical. it took me a while to believe to have the people around me again. in the men's draw rafael nadal is into his 5th melbourne final, he outclassed stefanos tsitsipas in three sets. he'll face either the world number one novak djokovic or lucas pouille, who play their semi—final tomorrow morning. i have to keep doing that think that iam doing. i have to keep doing that think that i am doing. keep playing the way i am playing. let's see. that is my goal. i am doing a lot of things well so i cannot complain much. i am just focused on trying to do the things that i keep doing and expect. england's matthew fitzpatrick is leading the dubai desert classic after the opening round. the world number 39 from sheffield carded eight birdies including the last four holes to finish on 65 for the day. he's a shot clear of eight others including compatriot callum shinkwin who got this eagle on the 17th.

that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10.30pm. thank you. the man who killed a woman in a speedboat crash on the river thames in 2015 and then fled the country, will appear in court in the former soviet republic of georgia tomorrow for an extradition hearing. jack shepherd was convicted and sentenced in his absence to six years injuly, for the manslaughter of charlotte brown. the 31 year old says he hopes to overturn the verdict. today the home secretary, sajid javid,told the georgian authorities that charlotte's family wanted justice to be served helena lee reports. jack shepherd, charlotte brown's killer, handing himself in to georgian police yesterday, after ten months on the run. my name is jack shepherd, i was involved in a tragic accident in 2015, in which a local,

charlotte brown, tragically direct shepherd was convicted of the manslaughter of charlotte, on the left. three days after this photograph was taken she was killed in a speedboat crash. this is the upturned boat, moments after it happened. charlotte was found unconscious in the water, and died in hospital. her sister said she is shocked at howjack shepherd appeared on georgian television. it seems like he has actually convinced himself that he is innocent in this situation. he has been found guilty and convicted of manslaughter. how can someone continue now, still, to be in denial about their actions? tonight, jack shepherd is being held in this detention centre in georgia. his lawyers are deciding whether or not they will fight his extradition back to the uk. right now, i have information based

on my client that he was threatened by some people, that if he goes back to great britain, if he goes to jail in great britain he will have big problems there. it's not clear whether shepherd will refuse to come back. the former head of extradition at the crown prosecution service says he is more likely to want to come home. i have no doubt the conditions there are absolutely horrendous, and if he fights this extradition process and tries to drag this whole process out, then he will have a really miserable time. and i suspect one of the reasons he has handed himself in is because he doesn't want to be a fugitive and wants it all over with. charlotte's father says his thoughts are with his daughter. the pain and devastation of losing charlotte is perhaps hiding my feelings i have towards shepherd. so i think the process needs to see its way out. nothing will bring charlotte back.

tomorrow, shepherd is expected to appear in a georgian court for the first time since he handed himself in. helena lee, bbc news. scientists meeting in norway are warning that climate change is redrawing the map of the arctic. in what researchers claim is the first sign of a major modern climatic shift, they say the barents sea, which has been part of the arctic ocean for 12,000 years is being swallowed by the atlantic. from the norwegian arctic, our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. sea ice, formed in the high arctic. it helps create a cold, fresh surface layer that acts as a cap on warm, saltier waters beneath. but with climate change, there is less sea ice getting to norway's barents sea. the north barents sea has been dominated for 12,000 years by sea ice flowing down from the high arctic. it had an arctic type of climate

for the last 12,000 years. we are probably witnessing the first modern example of a rapid climate shift event where the arctic shrinks in response to global warming. scientists say the barents sea could effectively become part of the atlantic in as little as a decade. let's imagine this is the north barents sea. this blue layer here represents the cold, fresh water flowing in from the high arctic. it is forming a cap on this layer of clear, warmer, saltier water coming in from the atlantic. but now the high arctic is changing, look what's happening. we are going to use this to give you a very simplistic demonstration. that, in a sense, is what's happening. and it is having a profound effect.

research from ships over 50 years in the barents sea shows the more it mixes, the warmer it gets. and the warmer it gets, the more it mixes. but what does the warming mean for creatures that live in the barents sea? lisjorgensen says species like this brittle star could struggle it is a snail giving e this sea slug loves cold water, too. so does this remarkable squid. if too many species are lost to the ecosystem, no—one knows what will happen. everything is depending on each other. so, if you pop the ecosystem in one place, there will be a cascade of effect all through the ecosystem.

this is a special part of the world where the sun is just returning after a two—month absence. the profound changes here may be influencing the uk's weather. scientists can't be sure yet. but they say they are struggling to keep up with the human impact on the planet. roger harrabin, bbc news, in the norwegian arctic. welljoining us now is dr yueng—djern leen, an oceanographer at bangor university and a lead investigator from the changing arctic ocean research programme. you so much forjoining us. it worrying report by roger. what is causing the effect that your view? that was a really nice study that he reported on by the region and

colleagues. we published one at a similartime colleagues. we published one at a similar time that showed is actually the signal that is coming up from the signal that is coming up from the atlantic ocean which provides a lot of the warm salty water from the sea as well as the high optic ocean. so the water coming and said the ba rents so the water coming and said the barents see has become salty what is the cause of that? global warming. ocea ns the cause of that? global warming. oceans in general have been storing all the excess heat that the atmosphere has stored as a result of the increasing and that atmosphere. the oceans are transporting data around the globe, including up and said the north atlantic and the ba rents said the north atlantic and the barents sea. at this place is getting warmer, are the place is getting warmer, are the place is getting colder? this is a globally

average signal. it is not saying everywhere in the ocean is getting warmer and everywhere sea level is rising. if we look at the projections of sea—level change as well as heating in the ocean and see level temperatures rise, it is not the same. however, on average, almost parts of the global ocean, we are getting big rises in temperature and certainly anywhere around the coast of the uk, into the north of us, are really experiencing warm seas. what then is your biggest fear about this morning we are getting? in particularfor that about this morning we are getting? in particular for that barents sea, what this means in terms of losing the warming ocean, needs that not only can sea ice melt like a farm at

the barents sea, even in the winter, also any ice imported and formed in the north of the barents sea being brought into barents sea, it starts to melt before it gets past a certain point in the barents sea. otherwise, it is always open to the atmosphere, which means in that case that they heats from that warm atla ntic that they heats from that warm atlantic water is not available to be exchanged directly with the atmosphere. so that can destabilise atmospheric patterns, which then has an influence on whether that northern european regions. affect us in the uk? exactly. that is what we are speculating. we are seeing more and more extreme weather, and we believe that is part of, the ocean

is part of the puzzle because we think the extra heat that the ocean is provided to the atmosphere is helping to stabilise the polar bear attacks which talks about the north and south gradient in the atmosphere that keeps the jet stream stable, and keeps the cold air to the north of us where we experience the warmer net atlantic atmospheres. the destabilisation of the atmosphere, sometimes we get cold air, sometimes warm air, which basically tells us we are getting more, more variable weather and as a result, more extreme at that as well. your hand actions were very expressive and it helped me understand that. people will be listening to you and watching that report and thinking what can be done and is very specific as that is, of course we all know about the global challenge

of trying to tackle climate change, but what about this? in this specific instance, i think getting yourself educated will bring it home to you why it is so important to be concerned about the planet and to be concerned about the planet and to be concerned about the planet and to be concerned about how things are changing. i mean, i do not fearthat my children will not see the arctic that i had experience as an oceanographer because i know that they will not experience the same one i have experience. it will be different. i am pretty sure what we have now, work hard to consider what is important and what is worth saving. that is a very sombre assessment. we are going to have that day i am afraid. thank you so much for talking to us. now it's time for a look at the weather a cloud moving east. returning

milder. some in northern scotland. thought patches and eastern parts of england, later in the night. these are temperatures at the end of the night. still getting into frost and easton england before temperatures recover going into the morning. it will be a chippy start across eastern parts. we will continue with some patchy rain across less than parts of the day goes on. some sunday spouse to the east. there is a great deal of cloud around on friday. a brisk wind coming in as a slightly milder direction for us. we are going to feel that change. many of us are in double figures, again, it is cold by sunday. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: former scottish first minster alex

salmond appears in court charged with a number of counts including attempted rape — he denies all the charges. i refute absolutely these allegations of criminality and i'll defend myself to the utmost in court. a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crimes — recorded by police in england and wales. the search for the missing plane, in which the footballer emiliano sala was flying to wales on monday, has been called off. his sister has pleaded for the search to continue. and fears an entire sea in the arctic is being swallowed up by the atlantic ocean — because of climate change. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has said it is "highly likely" that labour will support yvette cooper's brexit amendment, which would give the uk more time to negotiate with the eu by delaying the scheduled march

29th departure date. he's been speaking to hardtalk presenter stephen sackur. i have been talking yvette all the way through. remember, she moved a motion amendment to the finance bill to prevent a no deal, we supported that. i have been talking to yvette through that, so have the leaders of this. it is likely we will support it, but we have to go through our normal process. highly likely. so we can assume... you wouldn't say that lightly. we can assume the labour party will give official backing. my recommendation is that we do but we go through our normal process within the party, there will be consultation with the leader and the chief whip. but you think the party will end up whipping that a vote? i spoke to yvette, her analysis is the same as mine. if we reach a situation where the prime minister cannot bring forward a deal and has the overall agreement of parliament, we are then left with a matter of weeks and it is physically impossible to go out in any deal that will be brought forward at that time period, so therefore we're faced

with a no deal situation. so the best thing to do is to put article 50 off, yvette has put forth the idea to put it off to the end of the year but she said this is subject to amendment, so could be three months or six months and that will come out in the debate. what we are trying to do is what the prime minister has failed to do, which is trying to build a bit of consensus across the party in the house of commons. you can watch the full interview with john mcdonnell tonight on hardtalk at half past midnight on the bbc news channel. back now to brexit — and if you're baffled cso by all the jargon that's constantly bandied around by politicians and journalists — we have some help for you. all day bbc news has been breaking down the language about brexit that is routinely used, but rarely explained. some of these come from the hours

committed to here. the backstop is an important. —— is an important issue for me and my family. we have seen the history in the past. i was brought up with the history of blood he sent a in the hunger strikes and how volatile and hostile they can be. do you think the backstop will almost bring an end or a new ways to it? at the moment the uk is a member of the eu and we share a border with ireland, also a member of the year. the government said the uk wants to pull out of the single market and customs union so that means we will have the same rules as other eu member states. that is problematic if we had trade in the crosses the border several times a day sometimes. so what this backstop does is says if we cannot find a solution that would maintain the border infrastructure in those checks, less visible and if we cannot find some way of allowing the checks to go further, this backstop would mean the whole of the uk would

remain part of the customs union and continue to have some roles that are the same as the eu but northern island that would have more roles than the rest because there are more trade with the rent really make rest of ireland. —— make more trade with the rest of. but some people hard brexit is no deal and other people hard brexit is having a deal but not being in the customs union. these are being in the customs union. these a re two being in the customs union. these are two terms that unlike some of the others you will discuss today, there is no formal definition and we kinda make it up as we go along. also bear in mind many brexiteers do not like the notion of hard brexit they call it clean brexit. the custom union has to do with tariffs and goods and the fact that within the union become a block of countries, there is no tariffs on the goods between those countries but however, a tariff would be

applied to goods coming into that begin again, am i correct?|j applied to goods coming into that begin again, am i correct? ithink you are begin again, am i correct? ithink you a re pretty begin again, am i correct? ithink you are pretty much. they are taxes on the stuff that is right into a country or a block and that is the gist of it. you don't need me now. the only thing i will say, the other thing we do any customs union if you have a common external tariff. you charge tariffs on goods coming in and everybody charges the same tariff and what that means is that limits our ability and a customs union to strike trade deals with other countries because it in a union we have to keep our tariff the same is the other members. the cover the very basics of trade. if country able to sell something to contribute but there is no trade arrangement, these rules will tell you how much you are supposed to pay and how much country b has to pay to receive but there are a lot of things these rules do not cover. they don't cover it for example all of that paperwork that you need to

fill in, use the producer but also the transfer company, they don't cover rules around checks at the borders, they don't really cover standards, though the very much set by individual countries and groups of countries. so they are very basic which is why a lot of countries to try to have trade arrangements to build on those and improve trade arrangements. this tool we are flogging big time today on the bbc website. just to prove that it works. hopefully. soft brexit first. a definition of soft brexit, here we go. leaving the eu by saying aligned to the eu closely as possible,... you'll notice there with a lot of

cuts in there for reasons. bbc dot com come at some stage there was talk of calling the website bbc die coach at uk forest baffling or terms we don't quite understand. but i think too many people might have teach us about that. forward to brexit for all of those answers. what does it typing when you say when will all in? that's meant when will all end? let's have a go. 0h dear. computer says no. will all end? let's have a go. 0h dear. computersays no. laughter will all end? let's have a go. 0h dear. computer says no. laughter i only got to win. we have broken it. the supermarket, iceland, has admitted deleting its name from 17 own brand goods containing palm oil instead of removing the ingredient. these images show where the iceland name has been taken off some of its frozen desserts. the firm pledged last year to stop using the oil in iceland branded goods because demand for it having a devastating effect

on tropical rainforests. it blamed manufacturing issues for failing to meet its self imposed new year deadline. the venezuelan leader nicolas maduro is facing ever deeper international isolation, after neighbouring countries joined the united states in recognising opposition leaderjuan guado as interim president. amid economic freefall in venezuela, mr maduro responded by ordering american diplomats to leave venezuela. but washington says he no longer has the authority to break off diplomatic relations. here's what us secretary of state, mike pompeo had to say earlier. all member states who have committed toa all member states who have committed to a poll of the inter—american democratic charter must not recognise the interim president. —— must not recognise. the time for debate is done. the regime of former president nicholas maduro is illegitimate. his regime is morally bankrupt.

it's economically incompetent and it is profoundly corrupt. it is undemocratic to the core. and within the last hour, the us senate has blocked a bill, backed by president trump, that would have ended a partial federal government shutdown. tomorrow hundreds of thousands of federal workers will miss their second paycheque due to the closures, but the economic impact is stretching even further. by some estimates the shutdown has already cost the us economy close to $6 billion. one business which has been hit hard is parsnipity cafe in witchita, kansas. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan went to visit and spoke with owner cynthia wilson. our building is about 30% federal offices including fbi, secret service, department ofjustice, and these are all furloughed so if they are not working, they are not eating at our restaurant and if they are not eating here, our bottom line has gone down 30

and even on one day 50% from last year, at the same days last year. so, even though we are 1 million miles from washington, dc, where a lot of government workers are employed in an area, you are really feeling the impact? absolutely. people hear that 800,000 government worker number but that does not address the fact that for everyone of those workers who isn't shopping, isn't it dining out, isn't going to the movies, isn't buying a car, everyone who owns businesses that serve these people, we are feeling the hit as well. the staff has really been hit hardest by it because i have had to cut hours for them, drastically for some of them. so, how are you getting by in this difficult time? well, there's a little bit of good news to the story. the people of wichita are starting to rally around us and they are starting to come in and eat lunch here and say, we are here, one lady said

we are here to save parsnipity cafe. they are coming in with their article from the paper saying, we heard you were having some problems, we are here to support you. and i think this is a way that people can feel like they are doing something to help the situation that is clearly too big for us to solve. what is your message to the politicians in washington, dc? my message is, open the government, get people working, get people out there boosting the economy, get the money flowing again to all the mom and pop shops like ours and all the other businesses and when that is open, then have your discussions. take that pressure off of the country, off of us, and then have your discussions while everyone is not being hurt by it. the rise of drug resistant superbugs is as big a threat

as climate change — according to health secretary matt hancock. overuse of antibiotic drugs is partly to blame. under new plans, the number of antibiotic prescriptions is to be cut by 15% over the next five years. antibiotic use in england and wales has already fallen by 7% since 2014. but the number of drug resistant infections has still risen by over a third. as our health correspondent dominic hughes reports, the search for new, more effetive drugs could be vital. this is what resistance to anti—bacteria look like in a laboratory. this is what it is like to live with. the pain, come frightening. having to stay on them to actually function normally. this is all of your medication? talk me

through it. i take this daily. two different types of antibiotics. for 18 years, catherine has been plagued bya simple 18 years, catherine has been plagued by a simple urinary tract infection. the bacteria causing it are resista nt to the bacteria causing it are resistant to most antibiotics. now come all this medication just about keeps her on her feet. why can't they care something as simple as what i thought was an uncomplicated you're in infection in my late teens? which is led to a lifelong of health the lee mikell for me to be honest. in a lab at birmingham university these researchers are pa rt university these researchers are part of a global effort to track with drug resistance. a threat that many believe if left unchecked could speu many believe if left unchecked could spell the end of modern medicine. up until about 15 years ago, many companies were making new drugs. if one stopped working due to resistance, there was another one in the cupboard we could use. that cupboard is now getting very empty. so what makes bacteria at resistant? antibiotics are effective when

molecules of the drug into the bacteria cells. but the cells have a sort of pump which expels them the molecules before they can work for some drug resistant bacteria have more pumps so expelled the molecules faster. changing the bacteria possibly teens could switch off these pumps allowing the jokes to work again. if we were able to find ways of stopping these pumps working, it might allow us to reduce drugs we already have but for a new purpose and different types of infections but also when developing new antibiotics we might be able to prevent resistance to them occurring. it is here in hospital intensive care departments where the most vulnerable patients are at risk of infection that new drugs are most urgently needed. turning lab discoveries into real—world solutions takes time and money, investment is coming, but with resista nce investment is coming, but with resistance growing, time is critical. and for catherine, this clu b critical. and for catherine, this club fight is also highly personal. to me, it is major. and to the

people around me who care about me, they know how serious it actually is. and the awareness needs to be out there. the headlines on bbc news... former scottish first minster alex salmond appears in court charged with a number of counts including attempted rape — he denies all charges. police in england and wales say there's been a steep rise in the number of violent crimes — including knife crime. and the sister of premier league footballer emiliano sala has begged ten—year—olds in liverpool in 1993 says she is disgusted by a new oscar nominated film about the boys who killed her son. she wants its director vincent lambe to withdraw from the oscars' after his film detainment was nominated. he insists he never intended any disrepect to the family,

but won't pull out of the oscars. colin paterson reports. do you know why we want to talk to you, jon? detainment is a 30—minute drama about the murder of the two—year—old james bulger in liverpool in 1993. it uses the actual transcripts of the police interviews with the two boys who killed him, ten—year—olds robert thompson and jon venables. this week, it was nominated for an oscar. the film's irish director believes it's an important work. the public opinion at the moment now is that those two boys were simply evil, and anybody who says anything different, or gives an alternate reason as to why they did it, or tries to understand why they did it, they get criticised for it. i think we've got a responsibility to try and make sense of what happened. why didn't you tell the bulger family you are making the film? i mean, it's something that we did think long and hard about, and i wanted to meet with them to try to explain, you know, why we made it...

this is afterwards? afterwards, yeah, and also why we didn't get in touch. this was long after it was at screenings and film festivals? yeah, yeah... was that a mistake? so, i do regret not telling them about it sooner. more than 120,000 people have signed a petition, calling for the film to be withdrawn from the oscars. his mother, denise, says the nomination has left her family distraught. seeing the images of actors playing, especially james, it's just... it's horrendous. i just can't get that image out of my head again of him being led away. i think it shouldn't get the oscar. and if he feels that strong about hurting the family, then i think he should pull it himself. the director says that won't be happening. i wouldn't withdraw it from the oscars. it's like saying, you know, should we burn every copy of it, you know? i think it would defeat

the purpose of making the film. and whose idea was it to take him? the controversy has now even started to make headlines in hollywood, where in exactly a months time it could be named an oscar winner. colin paterson, bbc news, dublin. a growing number of young people in the uk are embracing alternatives to dairy products. a new survey suggests more than a quarter of them have cut their dairy consumption in the last couple of years. but the research shows little change in attitudes to dairy across the population as a whole. here's our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith. i'll have a mocha, one shot, with oatmeal, please. soya, nut milk, oat milk — whether in a coffee shop or supermarket, we are being confronted with a host of different tastes. while the vast majority of homes still have dairy as an important part of their diet, our survey has highlighted a different picture for people under 24. camilla was runner—up

on the apprentice and has a business selling dairy—free milk. she does not see it in direct competition with the dairy industry. people that have had dairy é to take it out but why take it out if you can have, you know, your oat milk latte when you go out with your friends? there is no harm in having both in your diet. while we have seen some people say they have cut down on the amount of dairy that they eat and drink in the last couple of years, the survey shows almost exactly the same percentage of people say that they have increased the amount of dairy that they eat or drink. that would certainly explain why sales of non—dairy milk have increased without seeing a fall in milk sales. traditional milk sales are fairly static but there is huge growth in the non—dairy variance so our almond milk sales have doubled in the last 12 months and our coconut milk sales have trebled. this is how they should be going into the herd in about three

and a half years' time. but she is gorgeous, she was bornjust before christmas, hence the name holly. fiona is a dairy farmer in bolton and says that while the industry faces plenty of challenges, she's not worried about shifting habits her generation. habits in her generation. ijust think it is a trend, to be honest. i think, like a lot of things, trends come and go. whole milk is very nutritious and it is great for the body. i think the secret to carrying on farming is to open your farm up, show people how honest you do farm and sell it locally, to local consumers. what could be better for the environment than knowing that your food miles have gone just the distance from your house to the farm? for now, fiona is happy to put in the hard graft winter is not usually the time of year we associate with getting out in the garden, but there's growing evidence that pruning and digging could be one of the best ways to shake off the winter blues too. tim muffett has more. lots of people think

that a garden closes down at winter, but, actually, it's very much alive. we've got birch trees, we've got some prunus trees, we've also got dogwoods, and we've got lots of bulbs — snowdrops. we've got some cyclamens as well, and we have crocuses and lots of different types of grasses as well. the winter garden in wakehurst, west sussex. 33,000 plants, thriving at the temperature drops. the main thing about this garden is that it's here to inspire. without doubt, this garden is beautiful to look at, but does it go deeper than that? many believe that during dark, cold winter months, plants can have a more profound effect. we talk about connecting to nature, that can be in very wild places, but evenjust in a garden environment like this,

there's a whole set of stimuli that can make us feel alive, perhaps on a sort of dark or unhappy winter's day, and it can sort of make us feel positive again. not all plants flower in the summer. you know, there's a small group of pollinating insects that are out in the winter and there's a group of plants that think, hang on, i'm going to grab that opportunity, actually reach out to those pollinators. so maybe have a strong colour or a strong scent. this is actually a relative of one of our native dogwoods. we do a little horticulture trick here. we cut these down to the ground in the spring and they produce very, very strong, very richly coloured stems. if it was just a degree or two warmer today, the bumblebees would actually be as gardeners, we can manipulate some these evolutionary strategies what a feast for the eyes.

now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. some mild airon some mild air on the way for us and for everything in the garden as well although it will not last very long, by sunday it will get cold once again. the moderate moving in now behind this weather front taking some rain, a little bit helps snow in scotland east. in this high pressure behind it, the warmer colours here, originating from south of the uk, that will lift the temperature is quite considerably compared with what we have seen this week. before they come down again. the weather front is moving use with clouds, some outbreaks of rain and still some cross ahead of that. and fog patch is around at the moment. these are temperatures at the end of the night coming up about everywhere but into double digits for some places. again it feels very different at the starting tomorrow but a lot of cloud around. some

outbreaks of rain and throughout the patchy nature, the other rain through eastern scotland tends to clear away and we will brighten up little bit here. a few glimmers of sunshine. there is a stronger when coming in from the west but again thatis coming in from the west but again that is mother direction for us. milder in northern scotland and double figures, quite widely for many of us. we have left back out from the cold of the week so far. showing you double the limit friday evening. it will get a waiter through scotland. still some patchy rain elsewhere around. vigorous weather system targeting us on saturday. the further west to release. tapping into a bitter cold airagain underthe release. tapping into a bitter cold air again under the scotland on saturday, some of us here could see some show, saturday, some of us here could see some snow, northern ireland will get a every of rain moving through pushing into weston scotland and wales. it went from the south—westerly direction at this stage in the east of all of the rain will stay dry during daylight hours and you get temperatures still into

double figures for some of us. this low pressure system will spread that rain south and east as we go through saturday night and as he begins to edge her way towards the east on sunday, look at this. the wind direction change once again. arrows are now coming down from the north. that is a colder direction and on sunday temperatures take a debt. some sunny spells around in the west, east they could still be operative rain for the north you and some snow. gust of wind will be higher than average shown here. temperatures back down into single figures and factor in the win for some of us it will feel closer to freezing. for some wintry showers around him sunday night and into monday morning, almost feeling like we are back to square one. more on that online. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the world's divided over venezuela. the us has strengthened its calls for nicholas maduro to go. the regime of former president nicolas maduro is illegitimate. his regime is morally bankrupt.

it is economically incompetent, and it is profoundly corrupt. after yesterday's protests the eu and much of latin america have joined us calls for regime change — but russia, and china, are opposed. donald trump's been forced to postpone his state of the union address until the government shutdown is over. former scottish first minister alex salmond has appeared in court — facing 1a charges including two counts of attempted rape and nine of sexual assault.