hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the riddle of the irish border contrinues to overshadow the uk's brexit dealings. today, the prime minister went to northern ireland to promise she's taking the issue seriously. i'm determined to work towards a solution that can command broader support across the community in northern ireland. donald trump prepares to give his second state of the union speech. we're expecting news of a new summit with kimjong—un and an improbable bipartisan message. liam neeson insists he's not a racist after this recording from an interview promoting his latest film is released. i'm ashamed to say that, and i did it for maybe a week, hoping some "black bleep" would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know, so i could kill him. and we report from australia, where two people have now been killed by severe flooding in parts of queensland. the prime minister has visited today

as well. let's start with brexit. it's a week now since theresa may and parliament voted to in favour of trying to change the withdrawal deal that the prime minister had told us couldn't be changed. she's been to belfast today to further explain her plans, and as ever, the irish border backstop is at the heart of it. i fought hard to make the case for the deal as it stands. i believed it could command a majority in the house of commons. but i've had to face up to the fact that in its current form, it cannot. and the need for changes to the backstop is the key issue. while there were those in northern ireland who spoke in favour of it, it is also true

that the backstop was not supported by the two main unionist parties here. and it's also influenced mps in england, scotland and wales who voted against the deal. i can only deliver on the commitments we have made if i can get a deal through the uk parliament. and meetings with mps across the house show that i can only get a deal through parliament if legal changes are made to the backstop. if you'd missed the last week, this would all be very confusing, as the prime minister is arguing for changes to a deal that she negotiated and that she said was the best available deal. emma vardy‘s in belfast, too. it was a difficult visit for her because it was only a couple of months ago at the end of last year that theresa may was in northern ireland facing a very similar audience of business leaders, and back then, she was championing her deal. she was asking people to go out and support to go out and support the backstop, to support the existing withdrawal agreement.

and then back here today because of that dramatic u—turn that you spoke about, having to explain to business leaders in northern ireland why she had to make that change. back injanuary, mrs may's deal was badly defeated in parliament. then last week, parliament and the prime minister backed an amendment that demanded that the backstop in the deal be replaced. the backstop avoids a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland by keeping the uk in the eu's customs union until a trade deal between the uk and the eu has been reached. that's a long—term concern. the short—term concern is what happens if there's a no—deal brexit, which means no arrangements for what happens. here's theresa may again. there will be arrangements in place to ensure that we deliver no hard border. our commitment to that remains. what parliament has said, what the house of commons has said is that they want to see changes to the backstop as it currently exists within the protocol as part

of the withdrawal agreement. the issue that has always been one that parliament has raised, it's been raised across all sides of the house of commons, is the potential indefinite nature of the backstop. that's the issue we look to address. there are a number of ways to do it, looking at alternative arrangements, discussing with mps who put forward the proposals on that, looking at the legal changes that will be necessary to give the legal certainty. but the commitment to no hard border absolutely remains. there are no clear statements on how the uk and eu will avoid border checks if there is a no—deal brexit. but the guardian has reported in the last few hours that ireland and the eu are discussing an emergency fund to offset

the impact on the irish food industry if the uk leaves without a deal. but despite these preparations for a no—deal brexit, everyone agrees border checks can't happen. that's because of northern ireland's history. it endured several decades of fighting between those that wanted it to stay in the uk and those that wanted it to be part of the republic of ireland. thousands of people died between 1968—1998, which was when the good friday agreement was signed. here's one man who guarded the border during the conflict. from my time as a teenager in the british army in the mid—70s to my last post as an assistant chief constable in northern ireland,

i have worked on the border, i have worked with the military, i have worked with the police. and all the advantages and positive things that have happened since the good friday agreement, i'm very aware of. in the dark old days, we had the border, and sometimes people called the border area "abandoned country", where sadly police officers and those responsible for border controls on the civilian side simply could not operate without military cover. because they themselves became targets. those that legitimised the insurgency saw anything that represented the ground forces of the british as fair game. there was a leap of faith, shall we say, that together both sides of the border would try to have a new beginning. and that is indeed what happened. the area was demilitarized. things became more normal. peace is now advancing in the area. that is why there is great concern, because while brexit says we will have control of our borders,

it is not clear what the backstop actually means. the prime minister and unionists in northern ireland are adamant that at no stage can northern ireland have a different relationship with the eu, so any solution must not cross that redline. this is the other side of the equation. mairead mcguinness is vice president of the europrean parliament. from the european perspective, we are very clear that we have been through the hoops on this, we have looked in detail at what would avoid a hard border on the island of ireland and come up with the text that is in the withdrawal agreement, which indeed the british prime minister herself proposed and accepted as the best deal, the deal that's on the table. this is from jack maidment at the telegraph... this is from the time set.

jonathan blake, help me out. how much is new? how much is the restating of positions? there are different positions clearly in cabinet. we have some senior ministers who are very much enthusiastic about brexit and maybe even enthusiastic about brexit and maybe eve n co nte nt enthusiastic about brexit and maybe even content to contemplate eight no—deal brexit. but then you have others, philip hammond, amber rudd, among them who are horrified about the prospects of the uk leaving the eu without a deal and would like to do anything they can to prevent it. but also as he was saying there, potentially warn people about the risks of it as they see it. the splits in the cabinet over brakes are nothing new, they have been there all along. theresa may has had to tread a fine line to keep her

cabinet on board and as we know over the last month, several of them have resigned and whether in protest at her original plan thrashed out back in the summer last year at chequers are over the withdrawal agreement reached more recently. as we head into brexit they can but there is broad agreement in the cabinet that her deal can i buy this one major problem, one major point of the backed up, if the right way forward. but there are differences of opinion about where the focus should be. i think if this reporting is correct, then the prime minister is expressing a bit of frustration about the number of cat administers talking about any potential delay to brexit. that is one bit a policy. here is another. this is from jack maidment at the telegraph... that has left some of us confusion

goes about the whole point of the amendment was she didn't want to get rid of the backstop. yes, it has got us rid of the backstop. yes, it has got us scratching our heads here in westminster as well. the parameters are's words earlier were ambiguous and not clear if that was a rare unguarded or un—scripted answers from theresa may which let us know what she was really thinking about where she was really adding or if that was just a slightly confusing choice of words, which people have jumped on and tried to add meaning to the isn't necessarily there. certainly dentistry have set weak or considering all the options, whether thatis considering all the options, whether that is a change to the backstop via an exit clause or a time limit, also alternative arrangements or can't replace a backstop but you are right, last week and with the house of commons voted to pass mimas was called for alternative arrangements to be put in place at the norman army backed up. is that a change? is army backed up. is that a change? is a replacement? you get a different a nswer a replacement? you get a different answer from whoever you ask. thank you very much and become a jonathan

in westminster. tomorrow, i'm going to brussels because on thursday, the prime minister is going to brussels to talk to the eu so that is the next day that we are focused on in terms of a potential development in the brexit story that we have long given up making any predictions on. let's go to washington now. in five hours, donald trump will deliver his second state of the union address. you'll remember this was initially delayed because of the government shutdown. now it's on. this is what the white house is briefing, as per the wall streetjournal. .. that's the official white house line. this is what the president tweeted this morning... so un—attacked there on the media

and other democrats on an issue that dates back to november. what does jane o'brien think of all this talk about bipartisanship full? if president trump's tweets today are anything to go by, then that bipartisanship is not going very well. he has criticised senate minority leader chuck schumer, taunting him over losing the senate. and he is talking about his wall, and the wall is the biggest issue that drives the republicans and democrats apart. he wants funding for it. they are saying no, it's going to come up tonight. you can guarantee that. and it's a big red rag to the democratic bulls. and this speech is happening today because it couldn't happen before because of the standoff over that wall funding, but has any progress been made

on that or could we be back to a shutdown in a few weeks? i really hope not, but yes, that is a possibility because we've just got ten days before those talks come to an end. the deadline is up where they have got to reach a compromise and come up with some kind of solution, but as the democrats are not going to fund the wall, donald trump says he will not take anything less. he is not open for another outcome. he has already dismissed them as a total waste of time. so what are the options? it is a shut down or it's a deal. we just don't know which. we could also see a declaration of a national emergency. but either way, this remains the biggest sticking point and that's what makes this state of the union address address so extraordinary, is that it's coming against this backdrop of deep political division, deep partisan rancour and neither side seems to be

wanting to give an inch to the other. president trump is also expected to announce a date and location for a second summit with north korea's kimjong—un. and the speech comes as a us special envoy to north korea is travelling to pyongyang to prepare for it. remember, president trump first met mr kim in singapore lastjune. the two leaders signed this agreement promising to "work toward complete denuclearisation" of the korean peninsula. but reuters reported today that a confidential un report suggests north korea is continuing to defy economic sanctions aimed at pressuring it to give up nuclear weapons. and last week, president trump dismissed a report by his own us national intelligence director which stated that, "north korea is unlikely to give up all of its nuclear weapons and production capabilities even as it seeks to negotiate partial denuclearization steps to obtain key us and international concessions." i asked jane what we expect president trump to say on north korea later. the latest that we are getting from the white house is that he is unlikely to announce a date tonight, but the great thing

about donald trump is that until he speaks, you really don't know what he's going to say. we are being told that he is spending the last few hours before the speech actually going over these issues with his speech writers behind closed doors, finessing the last little tweaks to the script, but then again, whether he sticks to the script, i'm sure he will by and large, but he may add the odd flourish, he may add a little surprise. we just don't know. donald trump made several key pledges in his first state of the union speech a year ago. our correspondents in washington have been looking at whether he's managed to keep those promises. the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. but there is much more work to be done. we will continue our fight until isis is defeated. fast—forwa rd to december 2018

when president trump tweeted that the us would be pulling troops out of syria, saying that isis had been defeated. and we have won against isis. we have beaten them and we have beaten them badly. we have taken back the land. many experts and officials dispute that statement. while isis has lost much of the territory out in the middle east, it still has a large presence in it syria and iraq, with an estimated 30,000 fighters. and at the start of this year, isis claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion in a syrian city. i am asking congress to address the fundamental flaws in the terrible iran nuclear deal. so what fundamental flaws is he talking about? well, of the deal is narrowly focused on iran and its nuclear programme.

it does not include other possible threats. i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. yes, he kept his promise, and he's made it part of a broader policy to counter what he calls iran's malign and terroristic activity. but pulling out of the deal has also damaged us credibility because in fact iran was and still is sticking to its terms. it has strained relations with america's european allies because they helped negotiate the accord and are sticking with it and critics argue that ditching a carefully crafted arms control agreement makes a middle east less stable, not more. tonight, i'm calling on congress to produce a bill that generates at least $1.5 trillion for the new infrastructure investment that our country so desperately needs. infrastructure investment was not a new idea for donald trump. he talked about it relentlessly on the 2016 campaign trail and promised new bridges and roads and tunnels and airports in his inaugural address.

the $1.5 trillion price tag in his state of the union was new, but since then, he has done almost nothing to make it a reality. we are going to rebuild america's crumbling infrastructure. congressional legislation has been nonexistent and while infrastructure investment is something that traditionally both parties can agree on, there seems to be very little interest in bipartisan cooperation right now. stay with us on 0utside source, still to come: canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange is unable to access millions in digital currency following the sudden death of its founder. he had not share the passwords. four children aged between three and eight have died in a house fire overnight in stafford. their motherjumped from a first floor window with her baby and her partner. their injuries are not life—threatening.

sima kotecha reports. windows shattered, the inside of the house blackened by the fire that ripped through the upstairs. it happened close to 3am in the highfields area of stafford. eyewitnesses say it sounded like an explosion. four children were killed — eight—year—old riley holt, six—year—old keegan unitt, four—year—old tilly rose unitt and three—year—old 0lly unitt. three people managed to survive the blaze — the children's brother, two—year—old jack, their mother, 24—year—old natalie unitt, and her partner, 28—year—old chris moulton. firefighters say they managed to escape byjumping out of an upstairs window. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom.

0ur lead story is: the riddle of the irish border contrinues to overshadow the uk's brexit dealings. today, the prime minister went to northern ireland to promise she's taking the issue seriously. some of the main story from bbc world service. angelina jolie has visited camps in bangladesh for muslim rohingya refugees in her capacity as un envoy. she told the refugees that she condemned the world's failure to prevent over 730,000 of them being driven from their homes in myanmar. that's from bbc burmese. a russian couple have been detained in malaysia for the alleged abuse of their four—month—old baby. the pair were filmed swinging the infant in kuala lumpur during a street performance to fund their travels. that's from bbc chinese. in spain, jose mourinho has accepted a one—yearjail sentence, which he won't have to serve, and a fine of almost 2 million euros. he reached the deal with prosecutors

who accused him of tax fraud. let's start with the canadian cryptocurrency exchange quadreegacx. this is what you used to see on their site, but if you go to the site now, there's a message now, those liquidity issues started when the founder gerald cotten passed away unexpectedly in december and he took the passwords to much of the site's infrastructure with him. that means $190 million of customer holdings are locked inside and no—one can access them. astonishing story, raises all sorts of questions. here's zoe kleinman taking some of them on. so, cryptocurrency fans will tell you that the currency regulates

itself in the way that all the transactions that are made are stored. they are stored in a permanent way on lots and lots of different computers and what that means is that nobody means is that nobody can go in and fake an exchange or steal money. and they said this makes it more secure than the banks because banks can get hacked. things can go wrong. but actually what we are seeing here is that without that sort of backbone of regulation, when things go wrong, they really go wrong. there was another exchange a few years ago that was raided by the fbi because some were also using cryptocurrency for illegal means and all the money went and that was it, gone. now you can't phone up your branch manager and say help me, i need my money back. it has disappeared. while it is a volatile currency and the people who invest in it gamble in it and make a lot of money but it is not for the faint hearted. report now on gold in south africa. gold is crucial to south africa's

history and economic development. but in recent years, the industry has stagnated. vooman imkizeh has been looking at efforts to revive it. johannesburg, the city of gold. the city was built on the back of gold mining. an industry that has formed the backbone of the south african economy for over 100 years. the mines around the city had produced half of the gold ever mined on earth, however the once world leader now languishes in eighth place. according some experts, the gold might be running out. in 19705, the mines produce 100,000 tonnes ago but it has shrunk the 145 tonnes of gold, the industry would employ over 300,000 workers and other figures are just over 100,000 and shrinking.

with no new major investment in decades, and with some of the deepest mines in the world, the industry is finding it increasingly expensive to find the precious metal from the ground. the depths of the gold mines mean there are only so far that humans can go, however the trade unions will have to be brought on board due to fears that automation will create for the job losses. but technology may be the only answer. this goal has run tests using small robots and using the automated tunnel drones and for the industry to survive, more companies will have to embrace new methods of digging the precious metal from the ground. and to finish this half hour — a report from robin brant on the chinese government's efforts to economy. to strive for victory in china, a splurge infrastructure spending and more than $300 billion this year and a cut to bank reserves. they don't have to keep as much in the safe so they will loan out more for spending. but there are limits. infrastructure spending, and the ra i lwa ys infrastructure spending, and the railways and bridges is not with this man is hoping for. but the banks are not much help either. even

ina banks are not much help either. even in a stimulus, it is not private firms, tech startups like his that the government aims to stimulate. it was not government money to get this company going in there will not be any money from the government if things get tough in the year ahead. what this company needs to survive and maybe thrive is more consumers, more shoppers in that is what the tax comes in. china has long relied on massive schemes like this to boost its economy. but now it's leaders think that consumers, not just bridge builders are the secret to success. the question is can a stimulus reach both? back in a couple of minutes' time.

i will start the baltimore show you the biggest story going on across the biggest story going on across the globe at the moment and that is the globe at the moment and that is the recent flooding we have seen across parts of queensland. even some fatalities from this vigorous monsoon low which has pretty much stationary across this part of australia. it will generate more very heavy showers and thunderstorms for the rest of this week and into the weekend. places like townsville have seen more than a year's worth of rainfall falling in a week. no surprise we have seen some catastrophic historic flooding in fa ct. catastrophic historic flooding in fact. heavy rain also affecting tasmania which is good news as we have seen very high temperatures, drought conditions and also some wildfires but the main concern is the heavy rain that continues across parts of queensland as you can see looking very thundering for the next four or five days. into looking very thundering for the next four orfive days. into north america, we have got very cold air across canada and also cold air plunging south across much of the west coast. felt very wintry indeed evenin

west coast. felt very wintry indeed even in california with low pressure bringing about heavy rain and flooding and some strong winds and snow to the sierra nevada's foursome also some snow across the pacific northwest like seattle and in some parts of the city seeing around ten inches of snow which is a fairly unusual occurrence there. this low will move to the rockies on tuesday and they will move eastwards across the plains and into the northeastern us through wednesday and thursday. some very strong winds, heavy rain and snow. cross into africa and let's assume him to the southeast. madagascar are into the indian ocean because we have got to tropical storms developing here. they will intensify over the next few days and one will move southeast but this one could come perilously close to malicious and reunion by the time we reach friday into the start of the weekend and it could produce some damage. this is one system to keep an eye on. cross into europe and look at the southeast, this intense area of low pressure is causing all

sorts of problems. we have got warnings out for a very strong winds across parts of italy and sicily and the service has issued red warnings for severe thunderstorms through wednesday. these could cause problems in flash flooding in the mix of large hailand problems in flash flooding in the mix of large hail and frequent lighting. this system will move eastwards into the eastern mediterranean and to the end of the week. temperatures in the northwest remain pretty impressive for the time of yearand remain pretty impressive for the time of year and a bit above the seasonal average across the british isles and remained mild in london and paris for the next three or four days. a little bit cooler as we head on into next week. but back closer to home, the rest of the week looks changeable with low pressure nearby and looking quite unsettled and milder and then they will be a risk of gales later on in the week. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. theresa may has been in northern ireland to talk about the irish border and brexit and she is

offering reassurances. i'm determined to work towards a solution that can command broader support across the community in northern ireland. donald trump prepares to give his second state of the union speech. it is on and four and a half hours' time if you're staying up late in the uk or europe. high level talks have been taking place and russia and we will get you details on that shortly. rhiannon neeson has been forced to say he is not a racist after telling a story of he wanted to kill any black man he can find. —— rhiannon neeson. the highest level talks between afg ha n the highest level talks between afghan officials and the taliban are for yea rs afghan officials and the taliban are for years taking place in russia and all of this is off the back of the

us and caliban announcing recently that they have made progress towards a deal that will see us troops leaving. america and its allies have beenin leaving. america and its allies have been in afghanistan since the months after the 9/11 attack in 2001. a key figure at the latest talks is the former president who came to power at the day after the taliban was overthrown by americans and we spoke earlier. we had a good gathering of afg ha ns earlier. we had a good gathering of afghans today. a very good meeting and officially we will be talking later on. here is a tweet he said before he set off, carrying a message of peace for all men and women and children of his beloved country but a man who is not there is the current president. there is no love lost here. that taliban refuses all direct talks from his government and the foreign ministry has put out a statement that those

meetings we do not seek and will not attend it. does he there include a former national security adviser, influential tribal leaders and this man, no, that is the president. this is the man i am talking about, he has ten delegates with him. here is a report. will become the momentum, a report. will become the momentum, a week after significant progress was made after separate talks between us essentials for officials in the gulf and while they focus primarily on us troop withdrawal, the talks here today have not only been about how to reach a peace deal but how the country might be covering in the future, where the taliban to become a mainstream political forest, and representatives said that the country's constitution will have to

be replaced by a more islamic one and politicians have pushed back against that saying the current system needed to be respected as does the progress made in recent yea rs on does the progress made in recent years on issues such as women's rights. on the issue of women's rights, i cannot see a single woman in the room and there is an awful lot of men so evidently some work to do there. us and caliban met a few weeks back and they released what they call a framework for peace in they call a framework for peace in the new york times is reporting it has a few more details on that and you can find the report online and they are saying an interim administration and afghanistan might include the current government and the caliban. and there is also talk of us troops leaving in exchange for a cease—fire. this is what they have said recently about the current afg ha n said recently about the current afghan constitution and it says that this was a major obstacle to peace and they go on to say the whole

thing was imposed by fern bell foreigners, a reference to what has happened in 2001. the taliban has ruled afghanistan between 1996 and 2001 and it wants the tax and also half of the country has some form of taliban presence and it is hugely powerful within afghanistan. there is no question that the attempt to get a peaceful negotiated solution for afghanistan is going to take a very long time and it is multilayered. we are just in the foothills of that. the first stage ina sense, foothills of that. the first stage in a sense, a very interim stage is the debate between the taliban and us, the taliban has consistently said we will not talk about issues to do with peace until we have a confirmation of a timetable of us withdrawal and withdrawal of foreign forces. it seems now at the

beginning of a framework that we are starting to get that and it is possible donald trump will get more detail about that and the state of the union address on wednesday. we do not have a definite time frame yet for that but what we are starting to see now that the moscow talks is something new and that is enter afghan talks with the caliban delegation and senior members of the afg ha n delegation and senior members of the afghan political world including the former president gathering together in moscow and starting the beginning of looking at the key question of if we have a peace deal, what will that look like? —— taliban delegation. what kind of rules will be drawn up and what part are we going to be playing? and we are starting to hear issues of grace with the taliban concerns and objections on the crane constitution and the head of the delegation was saying that was the main obstacle for us and are not happy with the crane constitution and did not think it was legitimate

and did not think it was legitimate and imposed by foreign governments and imposed by foreign governments and we want a very different constitution based on islamic principles. this is a story we touched on yesterday but it has become bigger since then, eibar has grown around liam neeson, denying he isa grown around liam neeson, denying he is a racist after claiming that he once set out to kill any black man he came across and these comments came through the independent interview, which is focused around a revenge killing and this is what he said... and his new film, liam neeson plays a character who wants revenge after his son is killed by a drug gang. this is the general ceiling to interview him about that but then heard the story. anyone hearing the thoughts that he is reporting year, would feel shocked and appalled in many ways. this morning he was on

good morning america which was an appearance he was booked before this story broke. after his comments about rape, revenge and race... he arrived at this manhattan television studio not to make an apology but offer an explanation. i am not racist... he admitted to set out to kill an innocent black man a0 years ago after a close person to him was allegedly raped. it would have been irish, scott, or rate, iwould've had the same effect. i was trying to... show honour to mine, stand up for my dearfriend to... show honour to mine, stand up for my dear friend and this terrible, maybe evilfashion. and i ama terrible, maybe evilfashion. and i am afairly terrible, maybe evilfashion. and i am a fairly intelligent guy and that is why it kind of shocked me when i

came down to earth after having these horrible feelings, likely no violence occurred ever thanks be to god. for today, it was supposed to be about promoting his new movie but instead he is trying to salvage his reputation. there has been outraged at the remarks but not universal combination. i am just shocked and i cannot believe he said something like that. i thought he was a dead quy~ like that. i thought he was a dead guy. it makes you have a little bit of fear, but we have to push through that and find the love. the 66—year—old has been one of hollywood's more bankable stars and will he faced a backlash at the box office? let's turn to australia now because two people have been confirmed to have died in this very heavy monsoon flooding we have seen ina heavy monsoon flooding we have seen in a place called townsville and northern queensland in australia. we

talked about it last night, some residents who have fled our returning home to see what they can salvage and what they are finding is that the station. there has been record—breaking rains for the whole week and a metre of rain at one point. thousands of homes still under and officials saying there is more rain to come. here are the pictures coming, and an idea of the scale of what is happening in the city. it is a city of more than 170,000 people and many of them are affected by this. we are also getting a better idea of how individuals homes have been affected, you can see a car here, and next to where a house would normally be, completely underwater. 0ther normally be, completely underwater. other pictures as well and this is when flood water started to write so quickly on sunday and we know some police and residents were stuck and had to climb up trees to avoid the waters and be picked up. this was posted on twitter, residents using

their own d to ferry people and their own d to ferry people and their pets from their flooded homes. a lot of stories being shared online about the spirit of people who stayed behind. this is one resident showing a picture here of a guy on his boat who has picked up a number of kangaroos who got stuck in the flags and another person here is telling one reporter that he has lost his tools, his boat and had a good sense of humour but unless the waters is rising in the boat is not going anywhere in the boat is not going anywhere in the near future. the the boat is not going anywhere in the nearfuture. the prime minister has visited just today and let's show you what the prime minister has said. there will be tens of millions been here in townsville to support the local community get back up on their feet test and those cash assistance payments on loans and of course the work that we will deal.

turn away from australia and to brazil, katie watson has been speaking to people who have survived the damn disaster a week ago. —— dam disaster a week ago. saved by canadian record company, sunrise record says they will buy 100 stories and close 27 including the flagship shop in london and they will listen to what customers want including a greater selection of music. lunchtime, a quick trip to the record shop. it has been a huge pa rt the record shop. it has been a huge part of life for music fans and some of music's biggest artists. now while100 stories have been saved, 27 are shut down including the one where it all started. a perhaps

inevitable consequence of the public who enjoy shopping in prison but embraced music online. people order online and are streaming and there is still a crowd of people who want to come and browse. we rely on other things now, streaming music, streaming tv and streaming films and they need to find a business model so they need to find a business model so they can survive. entered the owner of canadian sunrise records, hmv's owner of canadian sunrise records, hmv‘s new owners. owner of canadian sunrise records, hmv's new owners. we took over 80 stories in canada almost two and a half years ago and they are doing strong and doing well, profitable. we see hmv continuing on in the uk for a long time. the challenges are significant and hmv once made sales on cds and games which have been plummeting year on year but even

though many stories including this one, the flagship are closing, they are confident that hmv can exist up and down the country through its engineering in 2021 and beyond. here in the bbc news room, this is outside source and the lead story to make story concerns a brexit, the irish border continues to be a scene of contention. theresa may of various reassurances that she is taking the threat of a hardboard or seriously. —— hard board or seriously. the two sides of the n and's conflict have become toxic and jordan and the pictures earlier of people filing an and we know a prisoner exchange has been agreed brokered by the un and

an effort to generate enough trust between both sides. the cease fire and the port, on the western coast of yemen is crucial, for supplies needed by two thirds of human's population. at the cease—fire is failed, the world's where his humanitarian situation could get worse still. a reporter has been to a town in the province. we are with forces who helped human's military and militias reca ptu red human's military and militias recaptured the city a year ago. families are now fleeing here from front lines nearby. there is danger hereto, a grenade was thrown and his face was defaced, a seven—year—old entered. yemen's war is a war on

child. his fingers are shredded from a land mind. do you think that the cease—fire will hold? a land mind. do you think that the cease-fire will hold? a land mine every day. but if the cease-fire colla pses, every day. but if the cease-fire collapses, it will get worse and yemen, is that what you fear? yes. i fear the cease—fire, if it will not stop, it will be catastrophic for the citizen. it is already been catastrophic for so many. , but to make between coalition bombings and blockades and abuses. she and her two sons are all malnourished. the baby was vomiting, vomiting she

tells me, diarrhoea as well. the five—year—old has had multiple operations, drinking milk for adults made him severely ill, and they be was too expensive to buy. they drove the government out of the capital and matter is escalated when a study led coalition to the side of the government and the uk, france and the us backed the coalition and that has driven significant criticism because of civilians killed by air strikes. why the west continues to ally itself with the saudis. the study led coalition was in this war in the first place because it was invited to be there because of the so—called regiment president of yemen and it has taken a long time

for the international community to bring strong pressure to bear in making both sides around the negotiating table and it is quite clear now that it is a stalemate and it is not going anywhere and it will not be solved militarily. the united nations is strongly trying to go for a humanitarian access approach at the moment because it is so urgent. political steps will have to follow that. we will not be able to get any kind of resolution until the sides come together and another round of talks and that is proving very elusive. there were some talks over the weekend and they actually, these are redeployment talks that took place on a boat in the red sea and shows had difficult it is to find neutral territory and bring the two sides together in a way that they can trust child there and bring steps forward. —— can trust each other. more is available online from

bbc news. we next turned to brazil because it is now over a week since the collapse of a dam which killed people, happening in the southeast of brazil and the dental is at 13a but almost 200 others are still missing. katie watson has been meeting survivors. when the dam broke there was little hope for it doesin broke there was little hope for it does in the path of the delusion that followed. panic as driver struggled to save themselves. he was driving one of the tracks that day and it sounded like a explosion, he tells me. but he soon realised what had happened. translation: we saw the mud, and i told my friend ran, the mud, and i told my friend ran, the dam has burst. you can see the video, the truck from one side to the other and there was a moment we

realise that there was no way out and we had to wait, and at that moment i thought i was going to die. you see the supernatural force, everything, we ask god to protect us as seth was staring us in the face. this was the aftermath, and his pick—up was like a grain of sand tossed about in the chaos. i met him searching for the bodies of his brother and cousin in the slightest. this was their overturned car. my world has ended and we have been coming here every day since it happened. i knewi coming here every day since it happened. i knew i would not find them alive here but if we are not on top of the search authorities will stop looking and i want to get back the bodies of my brother and cousin. but in the sledge, the recovery effort has been slow. there has been a lot of rain in the past 2a hours and the firefighters are returning

to areas and helping with the extra water it might have displaced the mindset said they may recover more bodies. every so often they find something, a body bag front across the apocalyptic landscape to families waiting. the events of this past week or so hard to process. she was to become a grandmother and then be damn collapse, that dream ended. her daughter, son and pregnant daughter—in—law were killed when a wall of sledge slammed into the hotel they were staying and and her ex—husband and his wife died with them. she spells out the initials of carmella, louise, his partnerand the unborn baby lorenzo. translation: my kids were there and they were flown i do not know where, they'd dried from cranial trauma and

expectancy, that was the corner‘s verdict. i do not even know if it was a or quick death. the family price morning is made the harder because they have not found all the bodies that. katie watson, bbc news. there remains many questions about why this tragedy happened and you can find more details on the mining company that owned and operated the dam on the bbc news website. as well most of you may know, it is the chinese new year today and here is the new york times generally saying it isa the new york times generally saying it is a great national tradition watching the listener extravaganza and complaining that it was worse than ever. this is the chinese tb event of the year no doubt in your isa event of the year no doubt in your is a bit of that. still as he can see they really go for it and around

700 million people to name. people are not happy for one thing or another and this year it is because across the hall four our broadcast there were no pigs despite the fact that 2019 is the year of the page and that would seem like an oversight and this is a screenshot one person posted on the social media platform and this phrase tra nslates media platform and this phrase translates the year of the page has no opaque. and the screenshot this phrase has been censored and that it violated laws or regulations. the suggestion may be respectful of muslims. the only pig that i saw on four hours of television was one small comedy sketch when a actress had a pet the key ring and we saw and last year the children dressed up and last year the children dressed up as and last year the children dressed upasa and last year the children dressed up as a dog but this year no pigs.

china's population is 90% chinese and there are other muslim trainees within the country but there are chinese communities overseas watching and malaysia said they would have seen this and also given last year, there was a lot of controversy about a skit involving a trainees actor using blackface. there was a lot of sensitivities about offending international communities. so it is possible that this year, that china did not want to fixture a peg, in case it might‘ve offended anyone. to fixture a peg, in case it might've offended anyone. talk of chinese authorities being respectful of muslims needs to be put in context of muslims needs to be put in co ntext a nd of muslims needs to be put in context and it is calling on the un to launch an international fact—finding mission that up to a million muslims are being arbitrarily detained and political education cams. that is another

dimension to the story and that ends today's outside source. thank you for watching, i will be with you from brussels on thursday when the prime minister will be in town. hello there, january was a very dry month for the uk but mother nature will be making its best to make amends with a load of rain coming our way over the next few days and satellite pictures as an area of low pressure to the west of the uk and this area of cloud is worth keeping an eye on. this is quite a windy system as we get there wednesday night into the first part of thursday. we'll keep a close eye on that. for the time being on wednesday, essentially, we've got a weather front across the far southeast, so it's here where we'll have a lot of cloud to start off the day, perhaps a little bit of rain working in, especially as we go through the afternoon, we could just see another pulse running along that front. some uncertainty with that detail.

showers across western scotland and northern ireland may well merge to give a lengthier spell of rain through the afternoon, but i still think across north wales, the midlands, northeast england and northern and eastern areas of scotland, it should be a largely dry and bright day with some hazy spells of sunshine and it will stay mild. now, the uncertainty comes really through wednesday night and just how close these two weather fronts get. now, if they stay apart, we'll be looking at fairly brisk winds, spells of rain pushing eastwards across the country, a little bit of snow over the highest ground in scotland, but nothing significant. and as the rain clears through, we'll be seeing some showers coming into western areas through the afternoon with some spells of sunshine interspersed. temperatures—wise, well, around six or seven degrees across the north. it is going to be a bit cooler here, 8—10 degrees across much of england and wales. however, if those two fronts get a bit closer together and interact a bit more, we could actually get quite a deep area of low pressure. in that scenario, we could get some stronger winds across southwest england through wednesday night, and first thing thursday morning, a swathe of strong winds affecting some eastern counties of england. that is open to some uncertainty, but it's just something to bear in mind at this stage. now, towards the end

of the week of friday, we've got an area of low pressure moving in, and this is going to be bringing a spell of wet and windy weather across the whole of the uk. tightly packed isobars you can see here from this deepening area of low pressure and outbreaks of rain spilling into all areas as well. gales, even severe gales developing around that low, so it will be blustery everywhere. but notice for the vast majority of the winds are coming in from a southwesterly direction, a mild direction as those temperatures are up to 10—12 degrees widely across the uk. so a very mild february day. now, on into the weekend, that low pressure moves out into the northern north sea. we do have some cold winds working in across the far north of scotland, but otherwise, our winds are coming in from a west—southwesterly direction. still relatively mild, 8—10 degrees across england and wales with some sunshine. rain at times further north, but perhaps a little bit of snow over the very highest ground in scotland. heading into sunday, well, we could see another area of low pressure, this time targeting the south of the country. some uncertainty how far north this rain gets, so that's something we'll be fine—tuning over the

next couple of days. but there will be some showers across the north and west of the country. notice temperatures coming down. it will feel a little bit cooler as we go through the weekend, but still mild in the south. now, the trough driving those areas of low pressure over the weekend eases out of the way, and for next week is replaced by a ridge in the jet stream, this bulge you can see here. this is a classic blocked pressure pattern, so i think we'll start to see the weather becoming quite slow—moving in nature next week. with high pressure across the south, it means it's going to be mostly dry across a good part of the uk actually, with some spells of sunshine, some night frost and a little bit of fog by the morning as well. but across the far north, a bit more mobile, so we could see some cloud and rain at times and also some fairly strong winds. that's your weather. on a visit to belfast, theresa may assures business leaders, the government would prevent any return to a hard border, between northern ireland and the republic. the prime minister also suggested, she may not seek to take the irish backstop out of her brexit

agreement, but wants brussels to amend it instead. northern ireland does not have to rely on the irish government or the european union to prevent a return to borders of the past. the uk government will not let that happen. the prime minister heads to brussels on thursday, pushing for changes to the brexit deal — but is the eu listening? also tonight: four young children die in a house fire in the west midlands. police describe the scene as heartbreaking.