in places, and that's where above in places, and that's where they are going to stay this week. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines: wreckage from the plane carrying the missing cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson has been found. the plane carrying the two men disappeared en route from nantes in france to cardiff and today's discovery follows a privately—funded search operation. 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. 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. and manchester city beat arsenal 3—1 to close the gap at the top of the premier league to just two points. and at 10:40 and again an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, john rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent, and rachel cunliffe, comment and features editor at city am. stay with us for that. a very good evening and welcome to bbc news. wreckage from the plane which disappeared with cardiff city footballer emiliano sala and pilot

david ibbotson on board has been found in the english channel. david mearns, a marine scientist who is directing the private search, said tonight that wreckage of the plane was located early this morning by the survey ship fpv morven. mr mearns went on to say, "as agreed with the air accidents investigation branch they moved the geo ocean iii over the position we provided them to visually identify the plane. mr mearns added, "the families of emiliano sala and david ibbotson have been notified by police. the air accidents investigation branch will be making a statement tomorrow. tonight, our sole thoughts are with the families and friends of emiliano and david." let's go straight to guernsey and get the latest from a reporter, john fernandez. what can you tell us? within the last two hours, david

mearns, who has coordinated this private surge on behalf of the sala family, he came on to guernsey, off the morven which had been scouring the morven which had been scouring the english channel for most of today, to tell the media that some sign of this wreckage, the plane which has been missing for 13 days, has been fined. at the moment, the air accident investigation branch, the vessel that they have coordinated comedy geo ocean iii, is still out there, at the location where they believe they have found the aircraft. it was believed to have contained cardiff city footballer ben mike and dave ibbotson. this location is to the worst of alderney and to the north of guernsey, just off one of the major shipping lanes. for most of today, two vessels have been searching a four miles where aeronautical zone. the geo ocean iii is still there, but earlier today, it was the private surge vessel, the

morven, sponsored by the crowdfunding operation on behalf of the sala family, had found some sign of the wreckage. now the salvage operation is going over to the air accident investigation branch, and the morven is in the harbour behind me. what can you tell us about the surge and what is going on. as you said, it was privately funded? are privately funded surge that david millns has been coordinating, very well known shipwreck hunter. they find some sign of the wreckage at 930 this morning. they had been trying to get out for quite some time. it was the very windy conditions in the channel which had stopped them up until now. these difficult conditions are laid yesterday and they were able to get out at three o'clock this morning and within about two hours of being out and doing a great pattern, what david mearns called mowing the lawn on the area, going up and down across this two square nautical

miles that they had split up between the vassals, they managed to find some sign of this vessel. this was because of the tidal currents, they knew where to go to. last week, two cushions were found near normandy on a beach, and that led them to believe exactly where they find the missing aircraft. thank you very much. john fernandez in guernsey with the very latest. 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 its 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 17%. 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. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 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 505, 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 5 body at an address injames street. officers have confirmed that the 68—year—old had suffered a head injury. a postmortem examination was inconclusive. 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. 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." our 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. 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 giving 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 of 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 president 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. nissan reverses a plan to build a new axa in the uk. the x—trail was to be made at its sunderland plant, creating hundreds more jobs. the government says the decision‘s a disappointment. i've worked hard and the workforce has worked hard to secure it and it's a big blow to carmaking, to sunderland and to all of us, to have lost it.

the changing market for diesel vehicles is a big factor, but the company says brexit uncertainty isn't helping. also tonight. wreckage has been found in the channel from the plane that vanished with footballer emiliano sala on board. the prime minister says she's determined to deliver brexit on schedule and will go back to brussels with new ideas. anger, and a search for answers, in the brazilian valley engulfed by mining waste. and aguero! and manchester city beat arsenal to narrow the gap at the top of the premier league. good evening.

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 business secretary greg clark 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, but nissan has today confirmed it's cancelling that planned investment. when we look into future investment, prosperity and good news for the sector, it's come at a 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 emission standards in europe. sales of diesel vehicles in the eu fell last year by 17%. sales of the x—trail were also down sharply, falling by 24% in europe. but nissan also said today: the original decision to bring new work to sunderland was made after nissan received reassurances from government ministers. big businesses tend to stay out of politics, so the company's choice today to highlight continued uncertainty over the uk's eu withdrawal means it's clearly a concern in the minds of company executives. the car industry has long been worried about potential changes to trading rules after the uk leaves the eu. well, it is 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 surprised. the uncertainty around brexit is always a factor now in any decisions made in manufacturing. after reassuring nissan and its workers over brexit in 2016, ministers hailed the decision to build new models in sunderland. today, there's 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. i've worked hard, the workforce has worked hard to secure it. and it's a big blow to carmaking, to sunderland and to 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. our business editor simon jack is here. this announcement was made, nissan said a variety of reasons was the cause. what stands out for you? i think this is predominately a diesel issue, the speed and pace of the decline of diesel demand has caught a lot of manufacturers flat—footed so the case for having diesel cars made in the north of england going into europe is not there, the way it was two and half yea rs there, the way it was two and half years ago. but they chose to send a message which is widespread amongst the industry, that brexit is not helping an brexit is making the uk a less attractive place to invest if you are a car manufacturer. we've seen you are a car manufacturer. we've seen the proof of the pudding in the 80% fall in investment in the uk car industry in the last three years. it is not just industry in the last three years. it is notjust talk, follow the money,

it's not coming to the uk. one other thing has come up in conversations with government sources over the weekend which presses the urgency on this, is one of our biggest new markets his career, we've had big increases in sales there but it ta kes increases in sales there but it takes six weeks for cars made in the uk to get to southeast asia. at the moment, those trade deals will not roll over on the 29th of march so we will be loading cars onto ships which are going to take six weeks to get there, not knowing what status the cars will have when they get to the cars will have when they get to the other end which is why an increasing number of people in cabinet are saying some kind of delay while we figure this out is necessary. simon jack, thank you. in the last hour, it's been announced an underwater search off the coast of guernsey has located wreckage from a plane that disappeared over the channel two weeks ago. the footballer emiliano sala, who had just signed for cardiff city, was on board, along with a pilot, david ibbotson. sarah campbell reports. the search to find the plane was expected to take three days, but on the first morning, it appears to have been located. this vessel was commissioned

by the air accident investigation branch to carry out a survey of the sea bed over four nautical square miles. and working close by was this boat, the morven, paid for by the family of emiliano sala after a campaign raised more than £300,000 to fund it. these pictures were taken yesterday as the morven, with the latest sonar technology, prepared to leave harbour, its crew hopeful of finding some trace of the aircraft. sala and the plane's pilot david ibbotson went missing after their aircraft disappeared onjanuary 21st, 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. and this evening, the marine scientist david mearns, who directed the privately funded search operation, tweeted that the wreckage of

the plane carrying the footballer had been located early this morning. 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. and sarahjoins me now. what more do we know? what do you expect to happen next, 110w what do you expect to happen next, now the wreckage has been found?m will be two weeks tomorrow since the plane carrying the footballer went down in the channel. the official search, as we had, had been called off at one point, prompting the family to set up this crowdfunding campaign to help find the wreckage, which it now appears has been successful. we are expecting in the morning to get more details from the air accident investigation branch but obviously for the family and of course, the family of the pilot, they must be hoping that some of those many questions they have as to what happened may now be answered. sarah campbell, thank you.

the prime minister says she's determined to deliver brexit as scheduled on the 29th of march, promising to return to brussels with new ideas. 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 mp5 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 border force months ago to advise me to look at what alternative arrangements are possible, and they showed me quite clearly you can have no hard

border on the island of ireland, and you can use existing technology as 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 close 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 in addition, the attorney general, the government's most senior lawyer, 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 went back on an agreement that they made with 28 other governments and that 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. villagers living downstream from the mining dam which collapsed

in brazil last week have spoken of their anger at never being told about the risks of the site. more than 300 people died or are missing after a massive mud slide in the south east of the country, with the mine's owners accused of putting profits before safety. they had installed emergency sirens at the dam, but they never went off. our science editor david shukman has this report from the site at brumadinho. mile after mile of mining waste surged downstream, killing and destroying on an unprecedented scale. a once beautiful valley is now filled with sludge. and even now, more than a week after the disaster, rescue workers are still finding bodies swept along in the deluge, provoking more anguish and anger. a crowd denounces the company that owns the mine, vale, for failing to keep people safe. this man lost a friend at the mine,

who had said the dam was leaking before it collapsed. and these student volunteers told me this kind of catastrophe just shouldn't happen. i think brazil has to, like, do a law and start to work everywhere in brazil, to work with these companies, because it has happened again. people died there. so that's really stronger. that, like, hurts our hearts. when the dam broke, a warning system should have alerted everyone downstream, but vale now says the deluge was moving too fast for that to happen. so there was no sound from this siren near the home of mario fontes. last year, vale calculated the likely impact of the dam collapsing. this satellite image shows how the sludge actually spread. we don't know how accurately vale predicted this. but did the company share its conclusions? "no, there was never any alert or training", mario says. "no information, absolutely nothing

about us being at such risk". at a meeting in one community where everyone has suffered a loss, a public prosecutor accused vale of putting profits first and not investing enough in maintaining the dam. if you spend less in maintaining... how can i say, maintenance? you go up with profits. and they don't care about the risks. this is the problem. vale has sent engineers to see the damage. but they did not want to talk. is it true that vale knew there were risks the dam would collapse? i can't, i'm sorry. our request for an interview with vale was turned down. instead, it said: amid so much death and destruction, the problem for vale is that so many people here now question everything it says.

the company insists that it did everything required of it under brazilian law. but the fact remains that whatever safety systems were in place, they simply failed. and in the wake of what happened here, there are growing fears about the many other mining dams in brazil. there is an official system for rating how risky they are but at the moment, few can trust it. david shukman, bbc news, in brazil. let's take a look at some of today's other news. the mother of a missing 21—year—old hull university student has thanked everyone who's been helping in the search. libby squire was last seen on thursdayjust before midnight, getting out of a taxi following a night out. police say they're pursuing a number of leads. meanwhile, police are continuing a search in reading for another missing student. 19—year—old daniel williams from london was last seen leaving a student union bar in the early hours of thursday. police say his disappearance is completely out of character. pope francis has landed

in the united arab emirates, becoming the first pontiff to visit the arabian peninsula. he was greeted on arrival by abu dhabi's crown prince, who escorted him to meet the grand imam of egypt's al—azhar mosque, one of islam's most prestigious centres of learning. ahead of the visit, the pope made an impassioned plea to the warring parties in yemen, urging them to ease the plight of millions of people threatened by starvation. the pentagon has confirmed it is sending extra defence personnel to the us border with mexico. it says the three—month deployment will mean approximately 11,350 active duty forces will be supporting customs and border protection agents. venezuela's embattled president nicholas maduro has a few hours remaining until a deadline given by the uk and other european countries for him to call fresh elections as a way to address the country's political crisis. if he refuses, they say

they willjoin more than 20 other countries who have recognised his rivaljuan guaido as the legitimate head of state. but speaking this evening, mr maduro rejected the possibility of abandoning power or calling new elections. despite shortages of basic goods and crippling hyperinflation, he still has some support, as our international correspondent orla guerin reports from caracas. standing firm with the revolution. in the slum neighbourhood of petare, some cherish the memory of hugo chavez, the firebrand socialist who ruled venezuela for years. for now, these people are sticking with his hand—picked successor, nicolas maduro, as the best hope for the poor. and if the revolution has run out of steam, they don't admit that here. local officials, saying they've come with a love for the people,

and promising to sort out chronic problems, like getting the buses running again. joel, a jobless father of two, tells me he will be with mr maduro until death. but he admits that their country is now divided. what you see here is the other side of the story, staunch supporters of president nicolas maduro. they say that he is their legitimate president, he is the guardian of the revolution and they want him to stayjust where he is. they say chavismo has brought lasting benefits for all. translation: take the universities. before, only one group in society could get educated. now everyone can study. and the government provides medicines and food, notjust for me but for everyone.

in among the crowd, officials from the colectivo, a pro—government committee that controls the neighbourhood, in particular, the distribution of government rations. we have been told by locals here that if you back the opposition, you risk going hungry. the authorities keep a close eye on poorer districts like petare. president maduro can't afford to lose them. when some did protest here recently, the area was flooded with security forces. undoubtedly, president maduro has support here in this cradle of chavismo. and it seems that publicly at least, he still has the backing of the army. the venezuelan leader appears well entrenched and if he is to be unseated, it could take time. orla guerin, bbc news, caracas.

with all the sport now, here's karthi gnanasegarem at the bbc sport centre. good evening. premier league champions manchester city made sure to remind challengers liverpool of their presence today by beating arsenal 3—1 to move to within two points of the top spot. liverpool don't play until tomorrow. while manchester united have now won nine of their ten games since ole gunnar solskjaer was appointed as their interim manager. natalie pirks reports. manchester city have been wobbling of late. to hunt liverpool down, the champions needed to start well. how's that for getting stuck in? a torrid ten minutes followed for arsenal. this could get very embarrassing, very quickly. but then city left laurent koscielny unmarked from a corner and arsenal were right back in it. nerves were starting to jangle, but a classy team move saw sterling's perfect pass present aguero with a tap in. no chance of missing from there. the argentinian was on a hat—trick, but it would be a controversial one.

was he given a helping hand? as arsenal protested, aguero celebrated. city were making it look rather easy, showing they have the bottle for a title fight. there's always room for improvement, though, when your manager is a perfectionist. no need for the mood, pep. 3—1 the final score with a standing ovation for a hat—trick hero. over to you, liverpool. in the earlier game, manchester united were looking to keep their momentum under ole gunnar solskjaer. paul pogba has looked like a man reborn lately.