this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 8: nissan confirms that plans to build the x—trail suv in the uk have been scrapped in favour of japan. the government says it's disappointed. i've worked hard, the workforce has worked hard to secure it, and it's a big blow to car making, to sunderland, and to all of us to have lost it. theresa may says she has new ideas on brexit ahead of her return to brussels for talks on the irish backstop. an underwater search has been taking place off guernsey to find the missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and his pilot. the mother of missing libby squire has thanked people helping to search for the hull university student as the police hunt enters its third day. the pope has arrived in the united arab emirates, becoming the first pope to visit the arabic peninsula. and manchester city beat arsenal 3—1

to close the gap at the top of the premier league to just two points. and in half an hour, kenneth branagh speaks to tom brook about his new film, all is true, in talking movies. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the car maker nissan has confirmed that it's scrapping plans to manufacture its x—trail 4x4 in sunderland, reversing a decision announced two years ago. the x—trail will now continue to be made in japan instead. in a letter to staff, nissan said a number of business reasons were involved but that uncertainty about brexit was not helping. the government's business secretary says it's a blow to the car

industry and the region. our business correspondent rob young reports. the nissan x—trail. it will now not roll off the production line in sunderland. britain's biggest car factory had been due to start making the diesel 4x4 soon. it had been persuaded to build it here after receiving reassurances from the government over brexit back in 2016, but nissan has today confirmed it's cancelling that planned investment. at a time when we're looking to future investment, a bit of prosperity and good news for the sector, it's come at a real bad time. the x—trail will instead be built in nissan's home country, japan. the company says a few factors are to blame, including lower demand than forecast for the x—trail and new vehicle emissions standards in europe. sales of diesel vehicles in the eu fell last year by 1796. sales of the x—trail were also down

sharply, falling by 24% in europe. as nissan exports 80% of its uk output, what happens abroad affects sunderland. as well as the commercial factors that have led to this decision, nissan has also said the continued uncertainty about the uk's future relationship with the european union is not helping it plan its future. big businesses tend to stay out of politics so the company's choice to highlight brexit means it's clearly a concern in the minds of executives. the car industry has long been worried about potential changes to trading rules after the uk leaves the eu. well, it's devastating news for our city and the region. any loss of future production at the plant makes it less stable, but i can't say i'm that surprised. you know, the uncertainty around brexit is always a factor now in any decisions made in manufacturing. after reassuring nissan in 2016, ministers hailed

the company's original decision. today there is disappointment. it's a significant blow because this was a piece of really good news, an expansion of over 700 jobs in what is one of our most successful plants. so i've worked hard, the workforce has worked hard to secure it, and it's a big blow to car—making, to sunderland and all of us to have lost it. it's thought a few hundred jobs were due to be created to build the x—trail. they will not now materialise. but nissan is still investing in a newjuke model and its next generation qashqai, and says sunderland's workers have the full confidence of the company. rob young, bbc news. the prime minister has said she's determined to end the brexit uncertainty, promising to return to brussels with new ideas and to make sure the uk leaves the european union as scheduled on march the 29th. the backstop guarantee to keep the irish border open will be

central to any fresh talks in brussels after mps voted last week to seek "alternative arrangements". here's our political correspondent chris mason. after a week when parliament had its say and mps voted to back theresa may's brexit plan if she could change one key part of it, the prime minister has said she's ready to do just that. but what are the new ideas? i asked the border force months ago to advise me to look at what alternative arrangements were possible, and they showed me quite clearly you can have no hard border on the island of ireland, and you can use existing technology,

it's perfectly possible. the only thing missing is a bit of goodwill on the eu side. the sticking point is how to keep an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland under all circumstances after brexit. the existing solution, the so—called backstop, is deeply unpopular in parliament. its critics say it binds the uk and northern ireland in particular too closely to the eu. the government says it's working hard to find a solution it can take back to brussels. the prime minister could be back there by the end of the week. work is being done to find an alternative to the backstop, and the attorney general is looking at legal changes that could be requested to put a time limit on the backstop or to find a mechanism where the uk could leave it at a time of its choosing. but as things stand, publicly at least, the eu is opposed to all of these options.

my concern is that when we talk about or when they talk about alternative arrangements, they are talking about revisiting things that have already been rejected. the british prime minister and the british government resiled from an agreement that they made with 28 other governments. it demonstrates exactly why we need a backstop. labour argue theresa may needs to shift her position and keep closer ties with the eu. you must get a deal through parliament that is acceptable. that means you must change your red lines about a customs union. it means you must look again at the way in which the future political framework is so vacuous. brexit is just over seven weeks away. there is no sign yet of a break in the deadlock. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:1i0pm and 11:30pm.

this evening in the papers, our guests joining me tonight arejohn rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent, and rachel cunliffe, comment and features editor at city am. the pilot of a light aircraft has died after the plane crashed near a landing strip in north essex. essex police says emergency services were called to a "serious incident" in belchamp walter, near the border with suffolk, at around midday. the next of kin of the pilot, who was in his 50s, have been informed. a man has been charged with the murder of his mother at the family home in wolverhampton. west midlands police arrested matthew page on friday following the discovery of mary page s body at an address injames street. officers have confirmed that the 68—year—old had suffered a head injury. a postmortem examination was inconclusive. an underwater search has been taking place for the plane that went

missing over the channel two weeks ago carrying the footballer emiliano sala. the striker, who'd just signed for cardiff city, disappeared with the pilot, david ibbotson. daniela relph reports. off the channel islands, the search for emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson has resumed. this vessel was commissioned by the air accident investigation branch to carry out a survey of the sea bed over four nautical square miles. working close by is this boat, the morven, paid for by the sala family after a campaign raised more than £300,000 to fund it. preparing to leave the harbour yesterday with the latest sonar technology on board, the morven's crew were hopeful of finding some trace of the aircraft. we tow these sonars just off the sea bed and it gives us a very high resolution picture. we can pick out small objects, the size of a tyre from a car, so the resolution is really, you know, very, very tight.

emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson went missing after their aircraft disappeared onjanuary 2ist, en route from nantes, in france, to cardiff. the official search was called off, but almost a week ago some seat cushions were recovered on a beach in northern france with the sala family desperate for the search to resume. emiliano sala's club, cardiff city, played their first home game since his disappearance yesterday. they won in a ground filled with tributes to the footballer, with tears from the manager, who said he felt his new star signing had been with them. the latest search is expected to last for the next three days. the mother of 21—year—old libby squire has thanked her fellow hull university students for helping to search for her. libby went missing after a night out in the city on thursday. police say they are extremely concerned for her welfare.

megan paterson has this report. after another freezing night in hull, police searches have resumed for missing libby squire. her family says her disappearance has left them broken. she was last seen leaving the welly club at 11pm on thursday. she got into a taxi and travelled near to her home, but since then, hasn't been seen. cctv cameras last picked up images of libby squire here on the junction of beverley road and haworth street at quarter to midnight on thursday. but it's not clear which direction she then travelled. she then travelled in. and this area remains a key interest to police. like, swarms of police coming here. yeah, they've been in our back garden, looking in houses and stuff. and just, like, yeah, they've looked through everything. more than 70 officers have been involved in searches so far. the taxi driver who picked her up and a man who spoke to her, as she sat on a bench, have both given help to police. 0fficers continue to

appeal for witnesses. people have asked what they can do to help. we continue to ask those living in that area to check their gardens and outbuildings, in case libby has taken shelter. and if anyone was driving around the area between 11pm on thursday evening and 3am on friday morning and has dash—cam footage, we would urge them to come forward by contacting us on 101. on facebook, libby squire's mum, lisa, has thanked everyone who helped search for her daughter, saying it was a great comfort to know how much her daughter was thought of. megan paterson, bbc news. elsewhere, thames valley police say they're very worried about a missing student from the university of reading. daniel williams, who is 19, was last seen seen in a student union bar in the early hours of thursday. all he was reported missing after failing to return to his student accommodation. at a news conference this afternoon, police say they've been searching around the university grounds

and daniel's student house. his disappearance is said to be out of character, and they've urged the public to report any possible sightings of him. from the university of reading, caroline davies sent this update. this is the last place that daniel williams was seen around 1:00am on thursday morning, here on the university of reading's campus. he is 19 years old. his parents have said this is very out of character for him. they have described him as a happy and normal teenager. when he left this club he was described as wearing black or blue jeans, a black hooded top and black shoes, with a black t—shirt with a white motif on it. police today have renewed their appeal to find out where daniel might be. thames valley police have been searching the grounds of reading university and the surrounding area and continue to do so until daniel is found. a lot of police officers have been on site over

the last few days looking for daniel and also many more officers that you can't see carrying out investigation tasks behind—the—scenes. that search that the police were speaking about has been taking place across these grounds and also in particular focusing on the woods just behind me. that's where the university lake is. he was on a path just next to the lake. it's still very cold here in reading. you can see that there is snow on the ground and the lake is at the moment frozen over. the police also appealed directly to daniel and they told him that he wouldn't be in trouble but to get directly in touch with them if he can see this appeal because many people want to know where he is. victims of crime will be given new rights to challenge the release of violent offenders under a review of the parole system. the change follows an outcry last year over the planned release of the so—called black cab rapistjohn worboys. it will mean that victims will not have to go to court to contest parole board decisions.

instead they'll be able to apply to the department ofjustice and present their objections. the headlines on bbc news: nissan says brexit is causing uncertainty — as it confirms that its new suv won't be made in sunderland, but injapan. theresa may says she has new ideas on brexit ahead of her return to brussels for talks on the irish backstop. a new underwater search is taking place off guernsey to find missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and his pilot. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's kat downes. manchester city are back up to second place in the premier league after beating arsenal 3—1. they'rejust two points behind liverpool who play west ham tomorrow it sometimes happens, said pep guardiola,

wouldn't they bounce back? it took less than a minute to do so. sergio aguero stunned arsenal and put his side ahead after just 48 seconds. but the gunners were going for a third straight league win. with ten minutes gone, they were level through laurent koscielny. city were sloppy and static at st james' park. here they were more ordered, constructive. before the break, aguero struck again. the second half was comfortable for city. after an hour, the contest was over. aguero claiming his hat—trick, albeit with a suggestion that his left arm played a part. 3—1 it finished to city, stringing off the newcastle debacle with a command performance. putting pressure on liverpool, who play west ham tomorrow. it's a tough, toughjob. we did it quite well

in terms of mentality, intensity and our rhythm. we are now thinking about everton, always a tough game, so a tough week for us. game by game, we will see how far we will go. it's 10 games unbeaten now for manchester united, since 0le gunnar solskjaer took over as manager. a goal from marcus rashford saw them beat leicester 1—0 to move up to fifth in the table. celtic are further clear at the top of the scottish premiership. their 2—0 win over stjohnstone means they're now six points ahead of rangers. their second goal came from new signing timothy weah. some of you might recognise the name. his dad george was once world footballer of the year and is now president of liberia. the women's fa cup has reached the fourth round stage stage and teams through to the fifth round include super league sides west ham, arsenal and holders chelsea.

also through are championship sides manchester united, bristol city, london bees and tottenham ladies. you can see the draw for the fifth round live on sportsday, at 6:30 tomorrow evening. cricket, and west indies captain jason holder will miss the 3rd test against england in st lucia after being suspended by the icc because of a slow over rate in the second match in antigua. windies won the game inside three days yesterday to take an unassailable 2—0 lead in the series. there's been more success for tom daley at the british national diving cup in plymouth. the two—time 0lympic medallist followed up yesterday's success in the 10 metre sychronised event by winning the men's individual platform today. and it was a big win too — his final dive scored over 100 points, and he finished 70 points clear of matthew dixon in second. daley‘s new diving partner matty lee finished sixth. i would say i was happy with it but i was happier with the gold medal

but there was a lot there that i could have improved on. i'm a perfectionist so i would not be fully ha p py perfectionist so i would not be fully happy unless i get a straight ten on everything. but at this time of the season i'm happy with that and looking forward to going to the world series events then going on to the world championships later on in the world championships later on in the year, too. and there was a shock result in the women's 3 metre final as millie fowler won herfirst individual national title. commonwealth gold medallist and european champion grace reid finished last, while kat torrance came fifth. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on those stories on the bbc sport website. that will include the build—up to the super bowl between the new england patriots and the los angeles rams, live on bbc one from 10:a5pm. you can see more about that on president trump has repeated his intention to withdraw us troops from syria but says he is planning to keep a military base in iraq in order to watch iran. he was speaking in an interview

with the television network, cbs, during which he also said that sending the military to venezuela was "an option." 0ur washington correspondent, chris buckler, said mr trump was questioned in depth about his foreign policies. this was a pretty wide—ranging interview on cbs's programme, face the nation. in which donald trump was asked time and time again about his foreign policy and that's not least because some in his intelligence agencies have been given very different messages from the white house itself. president trump made clear he did disagree with them on a number of issues, for example he is determined to bring american troops back from the middle east, however they believe that might be premature in some cases. they are concerned about the potential from groups like isis rebuilding. he did say he would retain a presence in iraq and he said that is partly because of iran and their nuclear ambitions. i want to be looking a little bit at iran,

because iran is a real problem. that is news, you are keeping troops in iraq because you want to strike iran? no, because i want to be able to watch iran. we have an unbelievable and expensive military base built in iraq. it's perfectly situated for looking at all over different parts of the troubled middle east, rather than pulling up and this is what a lot of people don't understand, we are going to keep watching and we are going to keep seeing and if there is trouble, if somebody is looking to do nuclear weapons or other things, we are going to know it before they do. another international relationship being closely watched is that between the us and venezuela. whenjuan guaido declared himself as interim president of the country rather than nicolas maduro who claims he is the leader, we had trump come out shortly afterwards and said he was backing

juan guaido and that he believed he was the only democratically elected figure in venezuela. certainly a member of the national assembly who he believed was important for taking the country forward and not nicolas maduro. he was asked about that as well and what america will do in the future, beyond just backing guaido. being asked several times, he refused to rule out the idea that potentially, america could be involved militarily. what would make you use the us military in venezuela? it is something that is... it's an option. would you negotiate with nicolas maduro to convince him to exit? he has requesting a meeting, and i have turned it down, because we are very far along in the process. you have a young and energetic gentleman, but you have other people within that same group that have been very, if you talk about democracy, it's democracy in action.

a number of months ago, he wanted to make. —— meet. but now, because you are at this crisis point, would you negotiate that? i would say this, i decided at the time, no. so many really horrible things have been happening in venezuela. no desire to build a relationship with nicolas maduro. 0n the other hand, he is clearly keen to develop hhis relationship with kim jong un. he described his relationship with him, the north korean leader, as really pretty good. saying they had "great chemistry". he even suggested there was the potential that he could do a deal with him. if you look at iran and what president trump has being saying, he has got clear concerns about their nuclear programme, but not as many concerns about north korea's nuclear ambitions. that is despite what many in his intelligence agencies have been saying. he said he planned to meet kimjong un, he would reveal details of where and when that summit will take place by tuesday. that is when he gives

his state of the union address inside congress. you heard president trump speaking about venezuela there. well, the uk and other european governments have given president maduro until midnight venezuelan time to call fresh elections — otherwise they say they'll recognise his rival juan guaido as the country's leader. the political protests of the last few weeks come amid an ongoing economic crisis — with many people struggling to survive, as our correspondent james reynolds has been finding out in caracas. at the sunday market in this district of caracas, there is food — but not everyone can afford it. miriam has only managed to get a few vegetables for her mother and her son. translation: i'm trying to see what i can get a hold of. you have to work around so much to find affordable prices. hyperinflation raises prices here every day.

venezuelan money is useless, says this man who runs a banana stall. what do you do when someone begs forfood, i ask him. translation: i can give out one or two bananas, there's not much more i can do. i can't give out my goods for free. a crowd gathers. marisa is desperate to tell us that she has lost almost 20 kilos. a commotion then begins. a man shouts praise for president marduro. "maduro, get lost," shoppers yell back at him. a few years ago, this would have been unthinkable. this was a pro—government district. but years of shortages have had their effect. access to food has become a vital part of this country's conflict. the government controls what comes

in and out of venezuela, so the opposition is now planning to set up food centres outside this country's borders. the day—to—day fight to get food and medicine has worn down much of this country. it's sent millions into exile. for those who remain — there is little else to think about. officials in the australian city of townsville are deliberately flooding several residential neighbourhoods after record rainfall that has swollen a dam beyond capacity. residents in and around the north—eastern city have been warned of "risk to life" and "unprecedented flooding" that could inundate up to 20,000 homes. people have been told to seek shelter on higher ground. former broadcaster and journalist william davis has died — after heart failure

at the age of 85. he was born in germany and moved to the uk at the age of 16 after the second world war. following a successful career in fleet street, hejoined the bbc and became a presenter on the world at one and also edited the satirical magazine punch. his daughterjacki said her father was a ‘self—made man' who had a passion to have "champagne with everything". the pope has arrived in the united arab emirates, becoming the first pope to visit the arabic peninsula. pope francis was greeted by abu dhabi's crown prince — who invited him to take part in an inter—faith conference. but there's been some criticism of the timing of the visit, due to the uae‘s involvement in the devastating war in nearby yemen. the pope's three—day visit

will conclude with a mass which 120,000 people are expected to attend. our correspondent dany abi khalil met some of the christians who have been waiting for his visit. the pope's first ever visit to the arabian peninsula. 130,000 people are expected to attend his mass. those are the lucky ones who got tickets. now, people here have been telling me that they are very excited. the mood isjubilant, and some of them told me that they a lwa ys some of them told me that they always hoped to go to rome, but they are happy with rome coming now to them, as they say. it is really a historical event. and i am so happy to have him in the east settlement i am living in. iam to have him in the east settlement i am living in. i am so excited about being part of the moment. very

excited to see the pope, even though we have seen him before, it is a happy experiences cm here in the united arab emirates. 0h, happy experiences cm here in the united arab emirates. oh, my god, this is a dream come true because i never expected in this place where we live, and before we go, i will see the pope's visit happening. there are more than a0 churches here in the uae is serving about1 million christians. all of them are ex pats million christians. all of them are expats or borno. there are no liberal christians here. therefore these churches are not allowed to preach among muslims of the country. in saudi arabia the religious tolerance and freedom of worship is very reduced, almost nil. and of course people are expecting that step—by—step, there, there will be changes. i am expecting that the

signal which is given here will spread in the wide region, but we will see if it is a dream or if it isa will see if it is a dream or if it is a reality. most raffle winners walk away with a bottle of wine, a box of chocolates. or a gift voucher, but how about a six—bedroomed georgian manor house forjust a £2 stake? as increasing number of properties are sold via raffles, the advertising standards authority is receiving more complaints about prizes that were too good to be true. jon cuthill reports. this was dunstan low in 2017, announcing the winner of his house. i believe you've just won a house. no way! yes! dunstan owned melling manor in lancashire.