hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. european nationsjoin the us in recognising venezuela's opposition leaderjuan guaido as the country's legitimate president. but the country's powerful military is still backing nicolas maduro. on brexit, here in london mps are pressing on with trying to find an alternative to the controversial irish border backstop. elsewhere in europe, the message remains consistent. we need to know from britain — and this is the critical point — what it envisages. the wreckage of the plane carrying emiliano sala is discovered at the bottom of the english channel, and a body is seen inside. and the grammy—nominated rapper 21 savage is revealed to be british, despite his reputation built on a tough us upbringing. uk, france, germany and other eu members states have recognised

juan guiado as venezuela's leader. despite president maduro still being in power. mr guiado is the opposition leader — a week and half ago he declared himself interim president — and the us immediately backed him. he spoke earlier. translation: this recognition from france, germany, spain, the uk, poland, lithuania, belgium, the czech republic, portugal, estonia, more than 20 countries, is the recognition of you, the venezuelan people, who have never stopped fighting, and will never stop fighting until we achieve democracy and freedom in venezuela. from now on, 4th february will be known at the day that the world recognised the sacrifice, and the fight for freedom in venezuela. we know at lesat 16 eu countries are backing mr guaido.

others, like greece, are supporting president maduro. we have this from the british foreign secretary: we have also heard from angela merkel. what we have said before stands true. until yesterday, no presidential elections were called for, therefore guaido is now the person with whom we are talking and with whom we expect to initiate and

election process quickly, he is the legitimate interim president for this task, from the german perspective and from the perspective of many european partner, we hope it will be rather short we know at lesat 16 eu countries are backing mr guaido. others, like greece, are supporting president maduro. russia is a staunch maduro backer and accuses the uk, germany and others of attempting to "legitimise usurped power". mr maduro himself says he's revising bilateral relations with eu member states. his government released a statement which "expresses its most energetic rejection of the decision adopted by some european governments, in which they officially submit to the us administration's strategy to overthrow the legitimate government of president maduro". and here is mr maduro speaking on spanish television. translation: if you want

peace as an old saying go, prepare for war. i like to say it another way — if you want peace, prepare to defend it. we are preparing to defend the right to peace. at the moment in ottawa in canada, there's an emergency meeting of countries from the americas region. justin trudeau is the host. for years now, we've witnessed the break down of democracy in venezuela, and a dictatorship willing to use force, fear, and coercion to retain power. the violation of human rights and the complete disregard for the rule of law shown by the regime has been both inexcusable and unacceptable. canada has not only called on the regime to cede power to the national assembly ,but also imposed sanctions on maduro and his officials. this is whatjuan guaido's claim to power is rooted in.

he became the president of venezuela's national assembly on january the 5th. mr guaido's claim to power is based on the elections for the assembly. maduro's claim is based on the presidential elections — though there remain many questions about how they were conducted. president maduro still has backing of the army and the supreme court. there has though been defectors — including one of the country's top judges christian zerpa, who fled to the us in early january. stephen sackur‘s been talking to him for the bbc‘s hardtalk. do you support american sanction, do you support america's talk of military options being on the table? here's james reynolds wrapping up all today's developments from caracas. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has already dismissed europe's recognition of the opposition leader, he says that europe is not in a position to give ultimatum, and bear in mind, that mr maduro still has powerful allies, notably russia, china and turkey. i think it's clear now what the opposition‘s strategy is. firstly, mr guaido, the opposition

leader who has declared himself the interim president wants to get as many countries round the world to recognise him at possible. he's already getting that from the west. and also the opposition is looking to see how far us sanctions against venezuela's state—run oil industry bite. they may deprive the venezuelan government of money they need. and then, finally, and perhaps most importantly, the opposition is looking to funnel humanitarian aid from neighbouring countries possibly from colombia, through into venezuela, that is not yet happened but that is potentially an important step because it would make the opposition a practical player in the conflict, and not simply a symbolic movement. let me understand whatjuan guaido

wa nts to let me understand whatjuan guaido wants to co—if he were to become president. does he promise elections very soon? that is basic will i one of his main goal, he said that he's going to call free elections as soon as the government of nicolas maduro accepts the transition. he calls maduro an usurper and says he needs to step down, once he does the first thing they will do is call for elections, another concern in venezuela is humanitarian aid, juan guaido has stressed this point over the last few day, saying that the humanitarian aid is going to enter the country soon, and he has urged the country soon, and he has urged the military personnel to allow the aid to enter the country. he gave a statement today and he said he had reports that the military personnel we re reports that the military personnel were intending to intercept the humanitarian aid, that were supposed to be go through colombia.

i know you follow venezuela media closely, how has the reaction been to this big ans nounsments from europe? -- announcement. in wens we have two narratives, we have a country that is deeply divided along political line, venezuela has two parliament, the two supreme courts so parliament, the two supreme courts so it has two sides of the story for everything. on the pro government side we see the recognition ofjuan guaido as the legitimate president of venezuela, or interim president by the european countries, as illegitimate, on the opposition side it has been well received according to the immediate yasm and what about the demonstrations we had a big demonstration on wednesday, then another one this saturday, are there any more planned for this week? there are plans for more demonstrations, juan guaido is going to announce them, in the coming day, he said the key date in the up coming week will be february

212th. we will have to see what is going to happen on february 12th. we also have february 6th, that is supposedly the day when more humanitarian aid is going to arrive, in colombia, according to reports and to whatjuan guaido has been saying, we will have to see what happens in venezuela next. thank you very much indeed. appreciate the update. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we'll go live to new york where the mexican druglord joaquin el chapo guzman is waiting for the verdicts in his trial — and the list of charges is long. we will update you on what they the parents of a 21—year—old student, who went missing in hull last week, have appealed for help infinding her. libby squire hasn't been seen since late on thursday night,

when she was spotted sitting on a bench near her home. police have said that while miss squire's location is "not known, this does not mean she has come to harm", and that they "must carry out a thorough investigation and explore all possibilities." her mother said she just wanted to know her daughter was safe — and her disappearance was "breaking her heart". please come forward with any information might have. wejust want libby home. libby home. libby we just want the know you're safe. please get in touch with us any way you can. the whole family is missing you, especially me and your dad, sisters and as your brother. i miss you so much. it's breaking my heart not knowing where you are. i love you more. this is outside source live

from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. european nationsjoin the us in recognising venezuela's opposition leaderjuan guaido as the country's legitimate president. but the country's powerful military is still backing nicolas maduro. at least ten people have been killed in a car bomb in a popular shopping area of somalia's capital mogadishu. the target was a busy restaurant where government officials often go. bbc afrique. pope francis has delivered a speech in the united arab emirates calling for a halt to wars in the middle east. it marks the start of the first ever visit by a pontiff to the arabian peninsula. bbc arabic. liam neeson has sparked a race row after making comments about once wanting to kill a black person. he says he walked the streets with a weapon, hoping to kill someone as revenge after someone close to him was raped by a black man.

that's on our website. this is the mexican druglord joaquin el chapo guzman— the head of the powerful sinaloa cartel. he's waiting for the verdicts in his trial in new york. it's lasted three months — all been detailed on the bbc wesbite — and there's plenty to report. el chapo is accused of having a sound—proof murder room. and of bragged about raping teenage girls. there's a long list of charges — he's pleaded not guilty to all of them. nada tawfik‘s in new york — she's reported on the whole thing. so tell us what has been happening today. well, ross, thejury actually at the moment, is deliberating, the proceedings this morning were a bit delayed and that is because of some stunning revelations that came over the weekend, several news outlets had complained about the secrecy

round this case, and so the judge ordered that court documents be released, which actually included claims that el chapo has routinely raped 13—year—old girls and drugged them, saying they were have it preponderance minutes to him and gave him vitality, those shocking revelations, concerned his attorney, they put out a statement saying they we re they put out a statement saying they were salacious, that he denied that happening and they concerned this would be prejudicial tojurors so thejudge went would be prejudicial tojurors so the judge went through and asked if they had seen those reports and he said he was confident there was integrity with the jury. the jury began deliberations a short while ago and they are correspondenting as we speak. do we get on guidance on how they take? -- deliberating. this isa how they take? -- deliberating. this is a ten count criminal indictment

ranging from charges that el chapo ranging from charges that el chapo rana criminal ranging from charges that el chapo ran a criminal enterprise, that he imported and distributed cocaine, used firearms, had conspiracy to money launder and the jury is used firearms, had conspiracy to money launder and thejury is going through evidence that was presented to them, over 11 weeks in court. so if you can imagine they have a verdict sheet of eight pages, where they have to go point—by—point to find out whether he was guilty or not guilty of those individual charges, so, it is really hard to tell how long they will take. and it will really, when we find out how long the deliberations last, give insight into how well prosecutors presented this case, a case they have been working on for over a decade. . do the prosecutorses a spire to seeing him jailed in new york state? well, ross, that will be determined by court martials at sentencing if he is found guilty but certainly they that do want, if he is found guilty to be injail in the us at a

maximum security prison, and that is of course because he is known, he became almost a mythical figure for escaping high security prisons in mexico, twice and also evading ca ptu re mexico, twice and also evading capture several times so that is why this trial, here in new york and his detention here in new york, there was so much planning that went into it, including make sure that he had an escort of armed police, and you know, bomb detecting trucks taking him to and from the course house, that would be the next challenge for officials if he is found guiltyer, here, making sure he is securely imprisoned in the united states. thank you. the trial is in brooklyn. but of course the story centres around mexico. lourdes heredia is a mexican colleague of ours here in the bbc newsroom. here she explains how the trial is being followed by her compatriots. the trial ofjoaquin guzman, known as el chapo has been closely followed by all mexicans, sometimes with disbelief,

sometimes saying "oh my god, of course, this is notjust a movie but it's the reality in mexico." it was more than 200 hours of trial, more than 50 witnesses and some of the details that came out did cause a lot of anxiety in mexico. it's nothing new about the corruption in my country, but i think the amount of details we could know in this trial, were a little bit scary. there was even these accusations aboutt the ex—president took a lot of money, $100 million or something like that, they said no, that is true, that is not true, that is a complete false accusation, so we don't know what's true and what's a lie, but my god, the details that were there of the torture, of people being buried alive. the amount of negotiations they did between them and how they punish the people who didn't follow the rules, it has been awful, and the main thing is that this is not a movie. this is not, you know, something that you read in fiction and i think that's, as a mexican how you end up feeling a little bit unease about how come someone like that, you know, managed to escape the prison, not once, but twice, and even three times, the security in the trials, they were not, he won't escape again.

you know, managed to escape the prison, not once, but twice, and even three times, the security in the trials, they you know, managed to escape the prison, not once, but twice, and even three times, the security in the trials, they were not, he won't escape again. of course being followed closely and whatever happens to him i think you know, managed to escape the prison, not once, but twice, and even three times, the security in the trials, they of course being followed closely and whatever happens to him i think mexicans feel it is well deserved and even if he is not in mexico he is in the united states, he is paying for his crimes. the light plane that went missing wit the premier league footballer

emiliano sala on board has been found — and a body has been seen within it. this is an image of the wreckage on the sea bed of the english channel. emiliano sala and the pilot david ibbotson were the only two on board. uk authorities, called the aaib, say "tragically, in video footage from the remotely operated vehicle, one occupant is visible amidst the wreckage. we're considering the next steps, in consultation with the families of the pilot and passenger, and the police. " the wreckage was found on sunday, two hours into a after privately—funded search had begun. david mearns was the leader of the search. he's spokena about whether the plane will be brought up. i , here, it is in the hands of the aaib to

make that decision i spoke with the family last night, the family desperately want the plane to be recovered, they feel that is the only way, that is the pathway, to a nswer only way, that is the pathway, to answer these questions, what happened to the plane, why it crashed, you know, why, why was the, his life taken and they feel the plane is the only way of recovering is the only way of doing it. they would like to see it recovered, but i don't think that can be a privately funded recovery, like we did with the search. the plane was taking sala from nantes, where he'd played for several years — to wales where he'd just completed a £15 million move to cardiff city. it disappeared just north of guernsey. the official search operation was called off after three days — as all hope had gone. but then an online appeal raised 370,000 euros for the private search. here's david mearns on that. it was a remarkable thing, for a

family, even through a crowd, you know, a crowdsourced funding or go fund me site to go out there so quickly, and to locate the plane, in cooperation with the aaib, to be fairto cooperation with the aaib, to be fair to the people involved in the search and rescue, when they were looking for survives, they pulled out all stops, this was one of the biggest rescue efforts that ever took place in guernsey, in terms of the number of boats and aircraft out there multiple times over a number of year, why the aaib didn't immediately transition inan underwater search you have to ask them that question. they told me they felt they couldn't learn anything from the plane, they also thought the plane would be broken, it would be hard to locate, that is what triggered the privately funded search, the family of emiliano sala

didn't accept that and they wanted to conduct this this is the news on alphabet. michelle is with us. these numbers can be hard tojudge, what is good and bad news for a company of this scale. well, i am still poring through the numbers right now but i can tell you this, broadly speaking, alphabet reported soaring sales and profit. if you look at it in context, we are in the middle of earning season, we have heard from a couple of other name, facebook springs to mind. they reported blow out earnings, we are seeing the same thing now with google. it comes at a time when many certainly in washington and more broadly are questioning or have concerns about fa ke questioning or have concerns about fake news, about the way that

consumer data is being used, and i guess what these results tell us is they their dominance, google and facebook in online advertising remains strong, just take revenue for example, it was up 22% from a year ago, they made about $39 billion in revenue, contributing to the bottom line. of course the other thing to watch out for which i will try and look through more closely is their driverless car business, that is the side where people have a lot of hopes pinned, certainly when it comes to the company's future ambitions. that is a company on a roll. here is a company with plenty of difficulties. the fate of one the most famous names in american retail could be decided today. sears department store filed for bankruptcy in october — but today, a court in new york will be asked to sign off on a rescue plan. that begs the question what is the rescue plan? well, look, at the moment, there seems to be two

choices, either this company, this retail chain which was once the biggest in america, in the way you andi biggest in america, in the way you and i think of walmart today, people used to think about serious. now it is reduced to a future where we are talking about the survival of maybe 400 scores —— stores about cross the country. the other option is liquidation, so the judge country. the other option is liquidation, so thejudge has adjourned for the day, they get back, we expect a decision possibly as early as wednesday, maybe thursday, and at stake is really what happens to the stores and what happens to the employees. now, in all of this the potential bayer is eddie lambert. he is considered a controversial figures he is eddie lambert. he is considered a controversialfigures he is either seen as a saviour controversialfigures he is either seen as a saviour of sears or the person who helped drive it into the ground. and that is why the judge is considering whether or not he is the best person but the company says there is no plan b. 0k, thank you very much the app—payments company revolut is drawing some heat

for its latest ad campaign on the london underground. there's the first one, it says "to the person in south london who bought a drone just before christmas, was it you?" that's a joke about the gatwick drone incident late last year. and here's another one — "to the 12,750 people who ordered a single takeaway meal on valentines day — you ok hun?" that one kicked off today when people accused the app of "single—shaming". in fact, revolut released a statement apologising, saying: "we did not pay enough attention to the copy and the tone." many people have been quick to point out the campaign is incredibly similar to one from spotify a few years ago — "dear 3,749 people who streamed it's the end of the world as we know it after the brexit vote, hang in there". and there's a broader point here — this is an article from lovemoney.com, a finance website — pointing out the privacy issues involved, and the fact these

companies are boasting about how much of their user's data they have access to. over the weekend we saw a dramatic rise in temperature, across the united states, mid west after the dangerous cold of last week, temperatures rose by round 35 degrees. you can see the orange colours there. the deep blues remain locked in place across canada, where it will remain cold throughout the week. we have seen cold pour south in the west coast, round this area of low pressure. it has brought u nsettled of low pressure. it has brought unsettled weather during the weekend to parts of california, heavy rain and flooding. we have seen further heavy snow not just to the mountains, even down to lower levels. dusting of snow in seattle during sunday night into monday. this area of low pressure will bring further wintry weather in the rockies and as it pushes on to the central plains it will turn into an

intense low, with strong winds, heavy rain and significant snow? place, high pressure builds in, so conditions will settle down across the west and even into california but it will remain cold. let us head to australia are we have seen let us head to australia are we have seen phenomenal amounts of rain, because of this monsoon low, across parts of queensland, some dramatic footage emerging from this part of the world, hopes enupdated, river levels running at record highs because of torrential rainfall. more rainfall in this part of the world, this monsoon low isn't going anywhere fast, it is like an area between cairns and mckay bearing the brunt of these thunderstorms, with townsville seeing further flooding. we have a front across the south—east of australia, which will bring storms to melbourne and sydney, these will appear over the next few day, notice that for cairns, the next four orfive

next few day, notice that for cairns, the next four or five days look like the threats of more violent storms which could lead to flooding. across into europe. notice the orange colours pushing into the west, it is it turning milder, in fa ct west, it is it turning milder, in fact for much of this week it is set to turn milder as the atlantic comes back to life. bringing weather systems to the north—west. bands of rainfairly systems to the north—west. bands of rain fairly strong winds. we have u nsettled rain fairly strong winds. we have unsettled weather across the eastern mediterranean, heavy rain and thunderstorms, very warm indeed for the time of year, best parts of greece and into the balkans, it does look like there is double figure values stay in place for london and for paris for the next four or five days thanks to the south—westerly winds. temperatures coming closer to near normal, so for this week it is looking changeable. milder weather but it will be fairly unsettled at time, stay tunes for a full uk weather forecast in mark hello, i'm r mark os atkins, hello, i'm ros atkins,

this is outside source. european nationsjoin the us in recognising venezuela's opposition leaderjuan guaido as the country's legitimate president. but the country's powerful military is still backing nicolas maduro. on brexit, here in london mps are pressing on with trying to find an alternative to the controversial irish border backstop. elsewhere in europe, the message remains consistent. we need to know from britain, and this is the critical point, what it envisages. the wreckage of the plane carrying emiliano sala is discovered at the bottom of the english channel. and a body is seen inside. and we'll be reporting on parts of australia where flooding is so severe there are crocodiles roaming the streets. 53 days to go until brexit. and six days since parliament voted

to replace a key part of theresa may's deal with the eu — the irish border backstop. today we saw this — a working group made up of leave and remain conservative mps. their plan is to try and find an alternative to the backstop — that will still avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. here's one of them. the reason we are here today is because we would like to find practical and constructive solutions which allow us to leave the european union with a mutually beneficial deal that works for all sides. the government set up this group because it says it has "significant support" for the so—called "malthouse compromise". yes, yet another piece of brexitjargon for you. i'll let laura kuenssberg take that one. this compromise plan would extend the transition, or the status quo, to 2021, costing an extra £10 billion, but during that time the government would,

in theory, prepare more intensely for leaving with no formal deal and negotiate a new version of the controversial backstop. remember, the backstop is a mechanism to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. it says that if the uk and the eu fail to agree a trade deal by the end of the brexit transition period, that's by the end of next year, then the uk must remain in the eu's customs union until a deal is done. brexiteers hate this as the arrangement could potentially be indefinite, and when you're in a customs union, you can't make your own trade deals, which was the big pitch from lots of brexiteers. so now this group has been set up to try and find an alternative to it. the eu is still resisting that idea — this is the irish foreign minister. the irish government's position is clear and i think the eu's position is clear, too. we spent 18 months

negotiating the complexity of the withdrawal agreement. that withdrawal agreement is going through the ratification process on the side of the eu and, of course, we want to provide assurances and clarity to the uk to assist the ratification process on the uk's side. but certainly, from our perspective, on some of the core issues, particularly around the irish protocol and the backstop, it's already a series of compromises that is actually designed around the british red lines. we also had this from angela merkel — who is still asking for the uk to explain what it wants to replace the backstop with. translation: there are definitely options for preserving the integrity of the single market, even when northern ireland is not part of it, while at the same time meeting the desire, if possible, for no border controls. to solve this point we must be creative and listen to each other. and such discussions

can and must be had. this means we can still use the time to reach an agreement — if everyone shows goodwill. but we need to know from britain, and this is the critical point, what it envisages. so far this is what we know about what's been envisaged — "a trusted trader scheme" — that would avoid physical checks on goods crossing the border. this would mean "mutual recognition of rules" with the eu. and "technological solutions." the irish prime minister is underwhelmed — he says the uk is reviewing ideas that have "already been rejected," and added it was very frustrating that the uk was "going back to the idea of technology." tom edgington from bbc reality check has been looking at whether technology can solve the backstop question. i talked to him earlier. so, certainly, technology has been

held up as a possible solution to the irish border problem. but i think it's really important to first of all acknowledge that at the moment there is no border between an eu country and a non—eu country that is entirely frictionless. so, we have been looking at sweden and norway. so, sweden is in the eu, norway is not, although it is in the single market, and their border is 1000 miles long and is seen as one of the most advanced custom borders anywhere in the world. now, these two countries have developed a really sophisticated computer system which allows goods to be declared even before they leave the warehouses. but once a lorry crosses the border, it is required to stop so that can allow checks to be carried out and it also involves

a degree of paperwork, too. and some lorries will be pulled out at random, they have these sort of giant x—ray scanners, which will scan the lorries to make sure they are not carrying things that they should not be. so at the main crossing point you have about 1300 lorries, which are processed every day. each one takes about 20 minutes to do. now, it is impressive, definitely, but it is certainly not an invisible border, and i was actually talking to a former swedish customs officer, his name is lars carson, and he actually did a report for the european parliament which looked at this very question of how you solve the irish border question with technology, and he said to me that he thinks the technology exists but technology alone will not eliminate the need for checks, you also need a high degree of trust between the countries and similar product standards. but, remember, all of this still involves some degree of infrastructure at the border and that is at the crux of the issue here, because what people want to avoid at the irish border is any infrastructure because of the fear that it

could create tension. but even if there is not technology that exists right now off the shelf that can be applied to the irish border, is there technology that with the right of element could at least feasibly be delivered in short term? so, there has been a suggestion that you could use something like bluetooth or gps, navigation technology. so, for example, you could have a lorry driver that has a mobile phone in his or her pocket and once that lorry crosses the border it would have a satellite in the sky that would register that and tick a box on a computer somewhere and be logged, and that is certainly the sort of solution that lars carson thinks could be possible. similarly, you could have a sort of microchip system. so you would have microchips that sort of stick to boxes onto the consignments, they are scanned before leaving the warehouse, they cross the border and once they reach their destination they are scanned at the other end. by the independent trade experts i have been speaking to have told me that, look, this is unlikely to be cheap first and foremost and crucially,

it will probably take a few years for this sort of system to be implemented. there are also some practical problems. what happens if a company does not register to use the scheme? you are asking a lot of trust from people. and there is a more fundamental problem which is eu law. eu law as it currently stands says there are some goods which have to be physically checked under single market rules. so you can have as much technology as you like, but it does not get around the fact that when it comes to certain food, plant and animal products, this stuff needs to be checked at the designated border inspection posts at the point that they enter the eu. it's notjust in westminster the backstop is being discussed. earlier today in brussels, hilary benn, chair of the brexit select committee, met the secretary general of the european commission. and spoke afterwards. they will not reopen the backstop or the withdrawal agreement but i got the impression that they might be prepared to consider some additional

statement of legal protocol, but the big issue in their mind is — will anything get a deal through the house of commons? let's speak to our political correspondent jonathan blake at westminster. jonathan it has been six days since that amendment was passed, it is ha rd that amendment was passed, it is hard to overcome the suggestion that mps are moving at this at a leisurely pace given that the e —— uk leaves the eu at the end of march. yes, it is written in law then in the end of march that we will leave with or without a deal. but as you have suggested, there is no sense necessarily of any urgency to find the key to unlock the deadlock. in the key to unlock the deadlock. in the negotiations have reached the end of theirfirst the negotiations have reached the end of their first phase but as you

have rightly said, the house of commons passed an amendment or voted in favour of commons passed an amendment or voted infavourofan commons passed an amendment or voted in favour of an amendment that effectively said it would support theresa may's deal if that key problem of the backstop was replaced with alternative arrangements and the race now want to find out what those arrangements might be. there are various suggestions doing the rounds. you spoke of the mps meeting government ministers and officials talking about a separate plan to do away with the backstop and essentially replace it with a free trade agreement. but there is no guarantee that will become government policy. nevertheless, downing street has said they are looking at various potential solutions with a sense of urgency and we expect the prime minister to at some point go to brussels to put these new plans, whatever they will be, to the eu and see what their response will be. obviously, we have the fundamental deadline of the end of march but are their earlier deadlines that either the eu or

theresa may must pay attention to? only really the self—imposed one that theresa may promised parliament, she will give an update to the house of commons on the 13th fairway, so any week's time roughly, and they will be the possibility for mps to vote probably the next day. in terms of any other deadlines, thatis in terms of any other deadlines, that is really it because you had a deal that was agreed and u nfortu nately for deal that was agreed and unfortunately for the prime minister she was not able to get that past here at westminster, so that means it cannot be ratified, so changes must be made. but we are in a state of limbo looking ahead towards that deadline at the end of march. can i ask a question that comes up from our viewers outside of the uk, as the government government doing anything else? does it get any policies through while it is also dealing with brexit? there are things happening, but brexit has dominated parliamentary timetable so

much that very little of any significance, really, is getting done, in terms of new laws being passed or government business being done. there simply is not the time or the space and the capacity within government or parliament to achieve anything else of any great significance. mps must spend so much of their time passing or scrutinising the legislation that is required for brexit and the government must devote so much of its time to try to find a solution to the brexit negotiations or preparing for no deal that it really blows everything else out of the water. i mean, stuff happens, but it has really been suppressed and brexit takes priority. thanks, jonathan, appreciated. lots of brexit analysis on the bbc news website. stay with us on outside source — still to come... the us rapper 21 savage is arrested by immigration

officials who say he's actually british and must be deported. a primary school in birmingham is defending its decision to teach children about same—sex relationships after 400 predominantly muslim parents signed a petition against it. the teacher andrew moffat, who's been awarded an mbe for his work in equality education, claims he has been threatened. some parents say their concerns are not being listened to. seema kotecha sent us this report. parkfield community school, a primary rated outstanding by ofsted. but now at the centre of a row after its pupils are being taught about same—sex couples and gender i to day from as young as four. the majority of stu d e nts from as young as four. the majority of students come from muslim families and some are not happy with

the syllabus, like this mother, who does not agree with homosexuality. she has asked to remain anonymous over fears of being targeted. everyone is different and we accept it, but forcing it upon our children to know at such a young age. we would be ok if it were secondary school about my daughter is in year three. ijust do not agree with it at all. what would you say to those people watching at home who might think that your views are homophobic? i have a gay friends and i know gay people and i accept how they are, but i am not against them, it is just not what we are about. this all stems from a programme called no outsiders, through storybook characters children are taught about same—sex couples and aims to promote equality and diversity and british values. its architect is the school's assistant head teacher. this is the successful

element of the work we are doing in school and its key for our work and we will continue doing it. many pa rents we will continue doing it. many parents at the school are backing the programme but the critics are passionate and it doesn't seem as if this argument will subside any time soon. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story: european nationsjoin the us in recognising venezuela's opposition leaderjuan guaido as the country's legitimate president. but the country's powerful military is still backing nicolas maduro. monsoon rains in australia are leading to mass evacuations in townsville, in northern queensland. more than a metre of rain has fallen in a week — something we're told happens once a century. here are some of the latest pictures.

streets are now rivers. 20,000 homes are at risk of flooding. the city's dam is filled beyond capacity. on sunday officials had to release the dam gates — deliberately flooding nearby areas. this drone footage gives you a better sense ofjust how much water there is. roads, homes, cars are all under water. firefighters are using boats to go house—to—house incase to go house—to—house in case people are stranded. the australian army is also helping with rescue efforts. now a lot of record—breaking weather in australia at the moment. there's been record high temperatures. and now this in townsville. now, that's in tropical northern queensland so it usually gets monsoon rain, but not like this. and it's life—threatening. here's abc reporting on police officers left clinging to trees as they were trapped

by rising floodwaters. flooding isn't the only danger though. this picture was sent to the bbc from a resident in townsville. a crocodile spotted on the streets. and not the only one. and here's the advice from the police. here's local reporter clare armstrong in townsville. we've actually been flooding since about wednesday, so this is our fifth or sixth day of flooding. townsville is lucky in that there area townsville is lucky in that there are a lot of defence force members based here and there are about 1800 personnel assisting emergency crews,

police, volunteers with evacuations. there is an estimated 20,000 homes at the moment at risk, that is about at the moment at risk, that is about a quarter of townsville's homes. it is too early to suggest how many have flooded but i understand that number to be have flooded but i understand that numberto be in have flooded but i understand that number to be in the thousands already at this stage. to a story we covered last week. this is the bahrainy footballer hakeem al araibi arriving at bangkok's main criminal court. shackled and bare foot. he begged the thais not to send him home — sayin he's sure he'll be tortured there. mr al araibi holds refugee status in australia, but in november he visited thailand on honeymoon and was detained. this story dates back to 2014. hakeem al araibi fled bahrain. he'd been convicted of vandalising a police station and was sentenced to 10 years. he denies the charges. he fled to australia where he was granted asylum.

but in november, he was arrested at bangkok airport under an extradition warrant. well, there's been a lot of high—profile support for hakeem al araibi, especially from the former australian captain craig foster who travelled to thailand. we see him in shackles being led into a court. that suggests to us and the picture demonstrates clearly to every player around the world that if you come to play an international game in thailand, you are not saved. ——safe. jonathan head was outside the court in bangkok. that is their main priority, to make sure that he does not go back. in the meantime, he is stuck in prison here. we have seen delegations

coming from a number of international bodies. there is the former stone international captain craig foster, a vocal advocate and supporter of this man. and we have representatives of fifa, the fee for professional association and calls have come from the olympic committee, the international olympic committee and various governments including the australian government where this man is living now, asking the thai authorities to release him, suggesting they should not have to wait for this lengthy legal process to go through and that this is damaging the reputation of thailand and they should let him go. it is worth remembering, bahrain never sought an interpol red notice, that's an international arrest warrant, until the man and his wife applied for a visa last november to visit thailand for their honeymoon which suggests that thailand informed the bahrain and they use the red notice tojustify informed the bahrain and they use the red notice to justify keeping him. so they have said there is no legal basis for holding him and the

crime he is alleged to have committed in bahrain is a mockery. and we hearfrom people committed in bahrain is a mockery. and we hear from people like craig foster today that if thailand persists and then the end this man is sent back to bahrain, they will push for sanctions which would bar thailand from holding any kind of international football events here. this is a football mad country with a growing domestic football industry andi a growing domestic football industry and i think that surely would make the thai authorities reconsider and wonder about the cost of persisting with this case against this bahraini footballer. bizarre story now from the us. this is 21 savage. he's a hugely successful rapper, he's been nominated for grammies, topped the album charts, generally done very well. if you've not heard him, let's put that right. rap music plays. and he's talked and rapped extensively about being from atlanta, georgia.

but now he's facing deportation to the uk, which is where the immigration authorities say he's from. his real name is shayaa bin abraham—joseph. the us authorities say "mr abraham—joseph was arrested and taken into custody because he is illegally present in the us, and is also a convicted felon." monique judge, the root magazine writer said... we're all waiting to find out. savage's lawyer says she's hoping to ‘clear up any misunderstanding' adding... here's bbc journalist charlotte gallagher talking to me earlier about this. this is a bizarre story. he is huge

in the atalanta rap scene. he is up for a few grammies. he talked about growing up in atlanta and how he took a gun to school himself when he was 12 and he was dealt to drugs. we had this revelation yesterday that he was arrested and found out that he was arrested and found out that he is from britain. within the last few minutes we have had a further statement from his lawyer which says that immigration officials knew that 21 savage's immigration status in 2017 he 21 savage's immigration status in 2017 wase star's-af—s s: —— . w —— >—— . 21 savage's immigration status in 2017 was done sage: s: —— . w —— >—— . 21 savage's immigration status in 2017 was done about := a . w é 77—7 . 21 savage's immigration status in 2017 was done about it—' a . w é 77—7 . 21 savage's immigration status in 2017 was done about it until»: h» 21 savage's immigration status in 2017 was done about it until he é 77—7 . nothing was done about it until he was arrested at the weekend. his mother lives in atlanta, is that not correct? yes, the statement from his lawyer is not suggesting that he is not british but that he came over with his family and stayed in

atla nta, with his family and stayed in atlanta, so it is the fault of the family,. but it looks like he is definitely british. we seem to have a conclusion that he is not american. the point of him being a convicted felon, did you know that? the lawyer acting for him is suggesting he is not a convicted felon. are you keeping up? it kind of makes sense. he was convicted of drug charges in 2014 but his lawyer has said that is not true and they are using that as an excuse to hold him. one update we have had, thejury in the trial in new york has been sent home and there will be no verdict today. we will update you tomorrow. see you tomorrow. good evening, ourfirst good evening, our first full week good evening, ourfirst full week in february brings a change of fortune

in the weather. we saw that yesterday, beautiful day in the south—west, this is cardiff, 14 degrees is the high. the cloud of last week a distant memory. south—westerly winds driving and slightly less cold air in the south—west but unfortunately it brings with it a change of weather tight. it looks like this week will be unsettled and at times, off to a quite breezy if not gale like a start. the breeze picks up and the cloud gathers from the west on tuesday, bringing showery outbreaks of rain. sheltered eastern area seeing the best of the sunshine and a cool feel at 6 degrees. solder —— further south and west, ten or 12 hour high. the rain pushes across the country, some of it across the night and turning heavy as well. a blank at of cloud across the country. although that front will ease away we have plenty of isobars across the uk which means it stays breezy and plenty of showers. up

into the far north and west, the west of scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere, decent spells of sunshine around. that weather front will move across the south coast and into the south—east, pulsating north and south, so it could produce a wetter weather throughout the on wednesday. highs of 11 degrees. cooler in the far north at six or seven. the rain will ease away through wednesday night, sky is all clear, winds lighter and that means that at the same time we could potentially see more significant snow across the highlands of scotla nd snow across the highlands of scotland for a time. the rain, and it will be rain elsewhere, moves erratically eastwards as we go into thursday. that will clear and leave some clearer skies and sunshine, again that westerly breeze driving and more showers along west facing coasts by the middle of thursday afternoon. temperatures again, similar story, six up to 10 degrees hour high. but when we move out of thursday and friday we could see

more of a significant change, area of low pressure potentially winding in from the atlantic could bring with it the of gales. we have this basis world of frontal systems moving through, plenty of isobars in the charts in the winds will strengthen. we could see gales across the south—west and some of that rain turning heavy for a time as well. so something to keep a close eye on with friday's weather. perhaps a drier and brighterfor the east through the daylight hours. but as we get towards the weekend, it is as we get towards the weekend, it is a when they start with that low pressure centred on the north of the uk and we will see some showers. the southern flank is where we will see the strongest of the winds driving those showers. mostly along west facing coasts but some will push further inland as we go through the day on saturday. it is breezy, seven up day on saturday. it is breezy, seven up to 12 degrees the high. as we move out of saturday, there is the potential for low pressure to drift off into scandinavia and high

pressure to build. there will be a—level of uncertainty as to what will happen further ahead and where that pressure is likely to set, but it looks like the potential is there for something, to develop as we get into next week. high pressure looks likely to take over and there will be some colder nights next week but a calmer story for all. take care. that's all. to build a new model in the uk. a letter has revealed the investment was conditional on the new x—trail model being made in sunderland. it's deeply disappointing to me and to the workforce that the extra jobs that would have come from the x—trail will no longer be available. well, how much of a role did brexit play in nissan's decision? also tonight... search teams confirm they've sighted a body in the wreckage of the plane carrying the missing footballer emiliano salah and his pilot. the daily cost of venezuala's

crippled economy, as the uk backs the opposition leader as interim president. if you buyjust this much, you've spent a third of the average monthly wage, and prices are skyrocketing. they've doubled in a month.