today at five ,the president of the european council, has condemned in the strongest terms, those he says promoted britain leaving the eu, without a plan to deliver it safely. on the eve of talks with theresa may in brussels, donald tusk said the eu was having to prepare for the "possible fiasco," of a no deal brexit. i've been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it. the prime minister has returned to downing street, after brexit talks with northern ireland's political leaders. we'll be live at westminster, and in brussels. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... the french club nantes has demanded payment from cardiff city, over the £15 million transfer of emiliano sala, whose plane crashed in the english channel. there's a warning on global warming, with the met office predicting we could be living in the hottest decade since records began.

in his delayed state of the union address, president trump appeals for republicans and democrats to set aside their differences. and hotel booking sites have been warned to end pressure selling, after the watchdog finds evidence of misleading discount claims. it's five o'clock, good afternoon, our top story is that the president of the european council, donald tusk, has spoken of a "special place in hell," for those who promoted brexit, without a plan to deliver it safely. and he warned of what he called the "possible fiasco" of no deal. he was speaking in brussels on the eve of talks with theresa may, saying he hoped the prime minister had a "realistic"

plan, to resolve the controversy over the irish ‘backstop,’ the mechanism brussels insists is necessary, to prevent a hard border after brexit and to secure the peace process. mrs may has been holding talks with political leaders at stormont, to offer reassurances she can secure a deal with brussels, that prevents future border checks. our correspondent emma vardy reports. they had a deal. they never wanted to see theresa may coming back for more negotiations here. and the mood in brussels is fiery. i've been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it. and no sign of budging on the backstop. while we expect that the backstop will never be used, we agreed again today it's needed as a legal guarantee to ensure there is no return to a hard border

on the island of ireland, while protecting the integrity of our european single market and customs union, and i think the events in london and instability in british politics in recent weeks demonstrates exactly why we need a legal guarantee. donald tusk has been told to expect a few headlines for his words. meanwhile, theresa may's been on her third trip to northern ireland in seven months. here, just as in westminster, the same divisions remain. she's quite the regular now, but has yet to find a way through. northern ireland's democratic unionist parties want the eu to agree legal changes to the irish backstop, the plan to avoid checks on the irish border. we reiterated again that the backstop was the problem in relation

to the withdrawal agreement and the brady amendment put down in the house of commons last week gives her the mandate now to go to brussels as she intends to on thursday and we look forward to hearing the outcome of that. their political opponents, the largest irish nationalist party, sinn fein, have called theresa may's plan to amend the backstop an act of bad faith. we are 51 days from the brexit deadline and the british prime minister has come here empty—handed. with the same old rhetoric. with no plan and no credibility, and frankly no honour. the tensions here mirror that of westminster with broadly one side urging theresa may to stick more closely to the eu in future and the other ones and much more independence for the uk. legal changes to the irish backstop is

what theresa may believes she needs to get the deal through westminster and after this she is off to brussels to try to extract something there. the irish prime minister will arrive in northern ireland on friday, the next 48 hours will be crucial. emma va rdy, friday, the next 48 hours will be crucial. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. in a moment we'll be speaking to our chief political correspondent vicki young to get the latest reaction from westminster — but first to our brussels correspondent adam fleming. donald tusk is no political neo fight, he knew what he was saying and how it would sound, his talk of special places in hell, but this is hardly the ideal thing to say before the meeting with theresa may. hardly the ideal thing to say before the meeting with theresa maym hardly the ideal thing to say before the meeting with theresa may. it is quite flabbergasted to hear what he said, the language was so undiplomatic. this was planned by donald tusk, he looked down at his

paper before he delivered that. and his team put that out on twitter afterwards. he definitely meant to do it. he has thought this for quite some time. he thinks brexit is a terrible idea and he hoped it could be reversed but he has now given up on that. he is pretty scathing about the campaign that led britain to leave the eu, so no surprise he said this, but quite surprising he said it in such strong terms. this was not aimed at the prime minister, this was aimed at some of the people who led the league campaign in the referendum. he was actually quite open to the idea of theresa may coming here to brussels tomorrow with a solution to solve the deadlock about the backstop —— the leave campaign. jean-claude juncker has been speaking as well? the irish prime minister leo varadkar was in brussels, as well, he was with

donald tusk and then he went to see the commission president, jean—claude juncker, and this the commission president, jean—claudejuncker, and this is what the irish prime minister had to say about the idea of there being alternative arrangements to the backstop as the mps in westminster voted for them last week. we have been quite creative already. the customs territory involving the uk, and at their request we had a review clause, and we provided a letter of guarantee, so i think we have been a very creative all along and maybe it is for those who have created this problem to be the creators now. then we heard from jean—claude juncker. creators now. then we heard from jean-claude juncker. the brexit

issue is not the question between the republic of ireland and the uk, it isa the republic of ireland and the uk, it is a european issue. and that is why we cannot accept the idea that is circulated around that the withdrawal agreement could be reopened. the backstop is part of the withdrawal agreement, and so we cannot reopen the discussion on the backstop. the eu is not prepared to reopen the withdrawal agreement, the 584 page divorce treaty which includes the backstop, although they are prepared to look at the political declaration which sketches out the shape of the future relationship. it is aspirational if not legally binding and that might satisfy the back benches for theresa may, but donald tusk rode out the idea of a unilateral exit mechanism for the uk from the backstop if it came into

force —— ruled out. he did not comment on the other idea of a time limit or some kind of end date being put on the backstop. very interesting. and now to vicki young. one hesitates to ask what the reaction has been to talk of special places in hell from donald tusk. you can imagine those responses, especially from the brexiteers. we interviewed the dup, sammy wilson. he said donald tusk was a devilish euro maniac and this is what nigel farage had to say, and the theme here which many people have expressed, it shows why we should be leaving the eu. being bullied by unelected bureaucrats, they say. not everyone felt like that, others said donald

tusk was just voicing what many people feel, that there were people who led the brexit campaign who did not have a plan and that is why we are in this situation with 50 games to go and seemingly still no deal on the table, but it is not the best language and the best atmosphere for theresa may as she heads to brussels looking for a compromise, the words from downing street, they feel that donald tusk and leo varadkar and others are saying they want a deal and they don't want the uk to leave without one. the logical consequence of that for them is that they will have to make changes to the backstop, whatever form they come in. whether theresa may will go with a definite plan or she will point out that there are three areas that the uk government is working on, we have got to wait and see, but she is going to dublin on friday night for dinner with leo varadkar so the diplomacy is building up if not the diplomatic language. indeed. vicki

young, and to you adam, thanks for joining us. and later in the programme i'll be speaking to german mep sven giegold to hear the reaction from the european parliament — and whether they see any hope for mrs may's visit to brussels tomorrow. the french club nantes have demanded payment from cardiff city, over the £15 million transfer of emiliano sala. the argentinian striker was on board a plane along with pilot david ibbotson, when it crashed into the english channel near guernsey, just over two weeks ago. the wreckage of the aircraft was found at the weekend. our correspondent, tomos morgan is in cardiff for us. this is the way football contracts are fleshed out, we assume, this request from nantes was expected?” suppose it was at the end of the day, football clubs are businesses and players are assets and nantes

have lost one of their assets and we re have lost one of their assets and were expecting a large sum of money. this payment was split into a number of sections that would have come in instalments over three years and they have said unless they get the first instalment within the next ten days they will begin the process of legal action against cardiff city. the total fee was said to be around £15 million from cardiff city towards nantes. cardiff have responded and they have said they had with —— withheld the first payment because they are not satisfied with the documentation, they were also surprised that the french club have asked for the sum of money when attempts are still being made to recover a body from the wreckage, from the bottom of the channel. as viewers would have remembered, the plane carrying emiliano sala and the pilot david

ibbotson went missing over the channel just over two weeks ibbotson went missing over the channeljust over two weeks ago. the public search came to a close when nothing could be found, the family we re nothing could be found, the family were determined to find a private search and the football agent of emiliano sala... search and the football agent of emiliano sala. .. sorry, search and the football agent of emiliano sala... sorry, the agent, he began a crowdfunding campaign on the internet that raised over £300,000 and a shipwreck hunter began searching privately and on sunday he found the wreckage at the bottom of the channel, 67 metres down, a couple of miles north of guernsey, and on monday a body was found in the wreckage and now the process has begun to salvage the wreckage and the body from the bottom of the channel. you have alluded to this, the possible consternation from cardiff and also viewers watching, frankly, that na ntes viewers watching, frankly, that nantes are trying to get this money while the wreckage and the bodies are still being recovered. it is a

difficult one. nantes held emiliano sala in such high regard so it will be interesting to see what their reaction is to their club demanding money at a rather strange time, and somewhat disrespectful, you might say, he was held in such high regard by the fans because he was one of the top goal—scorers in the french football league for the past couple of years. nantes not one of the best clu bs of years. nantes not one of the best clubs but still scoring significant goals for them and a number of premier league clubs were after his signature. the fans have paid homage to the striker that never was for the bluebirds, shrine has been set out in front of the cardiff city stadium that has been growing day by day. in homage to the striker, there will be questions asked of the line—out, if now is the right time to be demanding the first instalment

of the £15 million considering the search and rescue operation is still happening —— questions asked of why 110w. the headlines on bbc news... the president of the european council condemns politicians, who he says promoted britain leaving the eu, without a plan to deliver it safely. the french club nantes, has demanded payment from cardiff city, over the £15 million transfer of emiliano sala, whose plane crashed in the english channel. and there's a warning on global warming, with the met office predicting we could be living in the hottest decade since records began. manchester city could return to the top of the premier league tonight, victory against everton and and they will be leading liverpool on goal difference. after rival ramone vega could not get enough support for his bid. go thomas finished 20 seconds

off the lead in the opening stage of his first race of the year, individual time trial in southern spain —— geraint thomas. the met office is predicting that the decade from 2014 will be the warmest run of years since records began. it says temperatures in the world today are one degree celsius hotter than pre industrial levels. our environment and energy analyst roger harrabin is here. how much of a surprise this is with all of the warnings we have been getting? it is a surprise. scientists are backing it up. what the met office is doing with these forecasts is something rather cutting—edge, they can do forecasts three days ahead, it is very accurate for the next day, but beyond that they are stretching it. on the other hand they can do forecasts 100 years ahead, broadly

speaking, the temperature will be whatever it will be if we keep on pumping out greenhouse gases. what is new about these forecasts and what is really cutting—edge is they are trying to forecast something in between, forecasting five years, and not for the whole planet but looking at different regions, some regions will be colder but most will be hotter, especially the arctic and northern latitudes. other scientists say this is interesting and kind of predictable but they put a caveat on this, this is still cutting—edge and we should not stake the house on it. so what are they expecting us to do about it? the remedies are quite clear. scientists keep crying out for politicians to take stronger action but politicians find it difficult. any politician faced with urgent issues the day, social care 01’ urgent issues the day, social care or defence, whatever, they find it

difficult to look ahead to 30 years' time, and really make major investments. some governments are achieving things. the uk, it was announced cut its greenhouse gases again by 2.7% in 2017, but others are not following so well. president trump is resolutely against it and we have a mismatch between what the scientists say we need to do and what politicians feel able or interested today. is there an expectation that they will be some kind of comment or reaction or policy movement by the british government because this is the met office? the british government is in discussions with itself and others about what the target should be for the uk. ten years ago with the climate change act we were set a target, legally binding, achieving 80% cuts in emissions by 2050, and

in the light of the latest evidence on how fast climate change is progressing, faster than we thought, the government is considering whether it should say that by 2050 the uk will be producing virtually nil emissions. imagine how radical that will become a world without fossil fuels, the things that have made us wealthy, and politicians imagining that by the mid century we have got to be out of them. roger, thanks forjoining us. let's return to our top story now — and the prime minister has been holding talks with political leaders at stormont, to offer reassurances she can secure a deal with brussels, that prevents future border checks on the island of ireland. meanwhile in brussels — the president of the european council, donald tusk, has spoken of a "special place in hell," for those who promoted brexit, without a plan to deliver it safely. mr tusk spoke at a press conference with the irish prime minister leo varadkar, who has been in brussels today to meet with donald tusk and the president of the european commission,

jean claude juncker. theresa may was in northern ireland yesterday. mrs may met with business leaders in northern ireland yesterday to make reassurances of a brexit without a hard border, despite disputes in parliament regarding the idea of a backstop. let's go to belfast now and speak to declan billington — he sits on the northern ireland agri—food strategy board, which oversees food production in the farming industry. i want you to explain in practical terms, if you had border checks on the border between the north and the south as a result of a no—deal brexit, or no future trade deal being negotiated between the eu and auk being negotiated between the eu and a uk outside the eu, what would that mean practically to you? do all businesses in northern ireland they would not be able to trade across the border —— to all. the cheques require it systems and checks and paperwork, buyers and sellers become

importers and exporters, small businesses cannot handle that. the larger businesses will face horrendous tariffs, 30—50%, you simply cannot trade across the border with those kind of costs in a no deal scenario. what happens if we have tariffs completely cut from the british side? that becomes even worse because the uk cannot cut ta riffs worse because the uk cannot cut tariffs to europe without cutting ta riffs tariffs to europe without cutting tariffs to europe without cutting tariffs to the rest of the world. so there will be a flood of cheaper goods that were may be raised on hormones and other drugs, flooding the uk market, undermining the farmers across the uk. in northern ireland, north of the border they will be criminals who smuggle cigarettes and tobacco and laundry fuel today, and who will see this as a great opportunity to repackage

foreign meat as irish meat, smuggle it across the border and make tens of thousands of pounds per lorry—load. that risks the integrity of the market, the reputation, of business, and it promotes criminality on the border. so those people who suggest while it is not a desired outcome, and no—deal brexit would not be the end of the world, it could well be the end of the word? third of the farmers milk in northern ireland sell the milk south and we do not have the capacity to produce it in the north. their businesses will not survive. pig farmers who sell to the uk market, parts of the animal go to china, and in the no deal outcome we will not be able to export to china because we will not be making use of the european trade deals and the certification, so the price of the animals for production into the uk

will fall because not all of the animals arrive in the uk, so it every step of the day it is very painful for the every step of the day it is very painfulfor the farming every step of the day it is very painful for the farming community and very painful for businesses in northern ireland and painfulfor any farm in the uk trying to compete with tariff free imports, who have raised their products in completely different systems, applying welfare systems and environmental standards, and finding their markets undercut by countries who do not worry about anything like that. declan, thanks for joining anything like that. declan, thanks forjoining us. so how are those in the european parliament seeing the prime minister's chances of renegotiating her withdrawal agreement tomorrow? sven giegold is a german mep from the european green party — he's in our brussels studio. we have heard a representative of some of ireland boss mick farmers and businesses, talking about what a

terrible scenario from his perspective a no—deal brexit with mean “— perspective a no—deal brexit with mean —— ireland's farmers. so do you think theresa may is on a hiding to nothing when she goes back to brussels tomorrow to renegotiate the backstop? the awful problem is, the insula cuter described it well, he described it in clear terms what a no—deal brexit means —— the insula cuter. you could go on with the difficulties that will happen for the whole night and you would not come to an end, this is something which has to be avoided, and on the other hand the british parliament has said they do not accept this deal but has not found a majority for any constructive solution and this is why we are very much at the

beginning of the process again, and thatis beginning of the process again, and that is a shocking moment and it shows where populism can lead. theresa may has made it clear to the people of northern ireland that she and her government will not tolerate and her government will not tolerate a no—deal brexit or at least a border where there are controls between north and south, so she is striving to prevent the nightmare scenario. she is coming to brussels in good faith to try and get alternative arrangements. is the minor brussels open to listening to new ideas that might help for a consensus on this problem? —— is the mind of brussels. we have been working together on this for a long time, and the problem is that the so—called alternative arrangements only blur the fact that the red

lines of the british government are contradictory. it is a contradiction to say that we want no new border, no hard border, and on the other hand notjoining no hard border, and on the other hand not joining the no hard border, and on the other hand notjoining the customs union and notjoining hand notjoining the customs union and not joining a hand notjoining the customs union and notjoining a more creative solution is put down in the preliminary deal, and that is basically a contradiction in terms, and as long as there is no majority for any solution to get out of this contradiction in the house of commons, i have to say i do not know with all creativity, how to negotiate constructively with theresa may, which we will try, but on that basis of her mandate, hard to see any solution, although we have to do what is possible in order to get there. given the fact that

theresa may has clearly not backed down from her red lines and given the implacable itsy of donald tusk and jean—claude juncker, donald tusk talking about special places in hell, we are heading for a no deal exit? i have to say that i'm appalled by what donald tusk said and it reminded me of the saying in the bible, leave to see the things that are to see and leave to god the things that are to god. it is not his business to speak in this way. on the other hand, this must not divert us from the fact that finally the british public opinion and the house of commons have got to make up their mind what they can offer in order to make sure that the irish border remains open, and at the same time there is a solution to the impasse, and there has to be an offer. there is a solution to say,

well, finally, we might well close the irish border, that is not a solution, not acceptable to ireland and eu, and dishonest to those they have said in ireland that they will be no hard border. thanks for joining us. long—running strikes on northern rail services over guards on trains have been suspended after a breakthrough in talks. members of rmt union at northern rail have taken 47 days of industrial action and were due to walk out on the next two saturdays. the industrial action has caused huge disruption for rail passengers since the dispute began two years ago. the rmt said the company had offered a guarantee of a conductor on all trains. the home secretary, sajid javid, has defended the deportation of a group of people to jamaica, the first such flight since the windrush scandal. mrjavid said those deported

were foreign nationals who had committed serious crimes. our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell, is here — what's the latest? a short time ago the home office confirmed that 29 people did board a flight confirmed that 29 people did board a flight from the uk heading to jamaica today. there have been unconfirmed reports about whether or not the fight had taken off and how many people were on board. yesterday up many people were on board. yesterday up to 50 people were scheduled to be deported back to jamaica and a short time ago we had the official confirmation from the home office saying 29 serious foreign criminals we re saying 29 serious foreign criminals were flown to jamaica on a chartered flight. it were flown to jamaica on a chartered flight. it also went on to say that the crimes committed by these individuals amount to a combined sentence of more than 150 years in prison. this has been a highly controversial issue. campaigners and theirfamilies

controversial issue. campaigners and their families and other mps controversial issue. campaigners and theirfamilies and other mps have accused the government of acting too quickly considering the windrush scandal only emerged last year but the government has been very clear and in this statement we have had, they say these are considered to be foreign serious offenders who have had convictions for crimes like rape, robbery, and serious violence. thanks forjoining us. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has called for radical reforms to curb the power of the digital media giants. mr watson has accused the companies of what he called "surveillance capitalism", and warned the industry too often chose to profit from children, rather than to protect them. i think we live in the new age of surveillance capitalism where a tech monopoly is a hoover up all our personal data, turn it into a thing they call behavioural science, profit from it greatly but don't think -- profit from it greatly but don't think —— might don't give anything back to the citizens or the society

they live in. that has created a distorted digital markets that we need to deal with. i spoke to our media editor — amol rajan — and asked him if the case for serious sanctions or legislation against big social media giants was building up. i think the death of molly russell, the tragic death, has added momentum to this question. not of whether to regulate social media but how to do it. tom watson said there are enormous challenges and complexities there, what counts as social media, do new companies that are lodged tomorrow counts, where do you regulate global companies? and also how do you control these companies, when they have such vast amounts of data? tom when they have such vast amounts of data ? tom watson when they have such vast amounts of data? tom watson did move the dial on this policy question today, he announced three big things. labour would introduce a legally enforcea ble would introduce a legally enforceable duty of care on big technology companies, a new

regulator would be created which would specifically look at using competition law to try and break up some of these companies, stop companies like facebook acquiring the likes of instagram, and to give citizens greater awareness of their own data so they can in future sell its commerce certainly have greater control over it. some of these ideas will likely be on —— in an government paper on internet harms in the next few weeks. a lot of detail here is yet to be ironed out but we are moving towards a fundamental reconfiguration of the relationship between big technology companies and citizens in democracies. much more coming up. now for the weather. several spells of strong winds to come over the next few days and into the weekend. that is the main feature. with that will come somewhat weather at times.

that will spread east across the uk overnight and into the morning. you can see the rain poised to move in. more snow to the hills of northern ireland, northern england and scotland. a strengthening wind across parts of england and wales overnight, maybe up to 70 miles an hour. elsewhere through england and wales, the mersey to the humber, strong winds, 50 to 60 mph. very windy to start the day across eastern england. the winds will ease tomorrow, the wet weather pulls away and we are left with sunny spells, a few showers in the west. a fairly blustery winds. average speeds, gusts bit higher. after the very windy start to the day the winds will slowly ease. another reasonably mild day, temperatures down a bit through england and wales. more wet and windy weather to come friday into saturday. this is bbc news. the headlines... the president

of the european council condemns politicians, whom he says promoted britain leaving the eu, without a plan to deliver it safely. the french football club nantes, has demanded payment from cardiff city, over the £15 million transfer of emiliano sala, whose plane crashed in the english channel. there's a warning on global warming, with the met office predicting we could be living in the hottest decade since records began. and coming up, president trump appeals for republicans and democrats to set aside their differences, but will he keep his end of that bargain. let's get a round up of the day's sport and holly hamilton is at the bbc sport centre. by the end of the day manchester city could be back on top of the premier league, a position they haven't occupied since december last year. win at everton and they'll move above liverpool on goal difference. katie gornalll is at

goodison park for us. a week is a long time in football and here we go again — another potentially critical game in the race for the title... yes, it is amazing in this title race how the momentum has shifted from one to the other across the course of the last few days. if we go back a week ago liverpool had that opportunity to go seven points clear at the top. they slipped up, dropped points against leicester. now here we are with manchester having an opportunity to go back to the top of the table for the first time since december. city have their tails up, bouncing back from that defeat against newcastle. to beat arsenal, pretty impressively at the weekend. they are coming up against everton who are struggling. quite a bit of pressure coming into this. everton have not won back—to—back games since october, coming off the

back of a disappointing defeat against wolves where they did not get out of first gear. if you speak to the fans, the everton fans are quite divided over whether they want three points tonight which would help liverpool or whether they really mind losing. a lot of friends ina really mind losing. a lot of friends in a tricky position. it is a funny old game. thank you. west ham are investigating after a video emerged of a fan racially abusing mo salah during monday's draw at the london stadium. he was filmed on a mobile as he took a corner with insults directed at his muslim religion. in a statement the club said anyone identified commiting an offence will face a lifetime ban. fifa president gianni infantino will stand unopposed for the top job in world football in june's presidential elections. as we know an organisation which hasn't painted itself in glory in recent years. former tottenham defender ramon vega had planned to stand against him but failed to win the required support of five of the 211 member associations, leaving infantino to serve a second term. he replaced sepp blatter in 2016

following the corruption scandal. the first round fed cup match between great britian and slovenia is under way at bath university. katie boulter has won the first set of her singles game against ka—ya yuvan. 6-4. eight teams are taking part this weeks first round, with the winner of a play—off on saturday will secure a spot in the world group two in april geraint thomas finished twenty seconds off the leader in today's individual time trial at a race in southern spain, his first of the year. his last competition was at the tour of britain in september. he said on twitter afterwards: "not bad, not good, but as expected." "but nice to be back racing." speaking before the start of this five stage race he said the year ahead is all about getting in the best shape possible to defend his tour de france title. i am in decent enough shape.

done a lot of work down in la. just build on that now right through, at least my initial goal is in april and then, obviously, building up tojuly. maybe if i had not won the tour de france last year it would have been different. i want to be in the best shape possible going back. then the world is in yorkshire is welcome at the end of september. july, september, those are my big goals. first week of february is not so much pressure and just enjoy it a bit. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. president trump has called on republicans and democrats to set aside their differences, in his delayed state of the union address, after the partial shutdown of the government. he said congress had to choose between "greatness or gridlock," but warned that a wall was still needed along

the mexican border, to prevent illegal immigration. he also announced he'd hold a second nuclear summit, with north korea's leader at the end of the month, and he condemned what he called the ‘ridiculous' investigations against him, into alleged russian collusion. our washington correspondent, chris buckler reports. the president of the united states! it's a sign of the political state of this union that this address had to be delayed. democrats initially withdrew donald trump's invitation to speak amid a partial government shutdown. we must reject the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution, and embrace the fabulous potential of cooperation, compromise and the common good. but after two years, during which some critics have called mr trump america's most divisive president, the reaction of many democrats was telling.

away from the political differences, mr trump believes he has a positive story to tell about his presidency, particularly when it comes to the ecnonomy. an economic miracle is taking place in the united states and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics or ridiculous, partisan investigations. over his shoulder, the democratic speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, couldn't help but roll her eyes at the reference to the ongoing investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election, and claims of collusion involving the trump campaign. but the president got a warmer reaction from his political opponents when he mentioned the growth in jobs for women. you weren't supposed to do that! wearing white for gender equality, the group of democratic women stood out in the chamber, a fact mr trump couldn't ignore. we also have more women serving in congress than at any time before. their success in the mid—term

elections has given the democrats control of the house of representatives... usa, usa, usa! ..and frustrated some of the president's plans, particularly when it comes to border security. mr trump invited, as some of his guests, the family of a couple allegedly killed by illegal immigrants, an emotive attempt to get funding for his long—promise wall with mexico. in the past, most of the people in this room voted for a wall, but the proper wall never got built. i will get it built. this was a speech in which america came first, but mr trump made one significant international announcement, giving details of a second summit

with the north korean leader. my relationship with kimjong—un is a good one. chairman kim and i will meet again on february 27th and 28th in vietnam. mr trump's words were measured and he stuck largely to the script in his appeal for washington's politicians to come together, but there is a chance, with his sometimes angry tweets and off—the—cuff comments, that the president himself could threaten those relationships in the future. let's speak to our washington correspondent, jane o'brien. he stuck to the scripts, members of his party must be pleased about that. how did his speech go down overall? with those millions of

americans watching? it is difficult to say because there is always more than one audience with these types of things. his supporters will have heard one thing, his detractors another. the main message of bipartisanship is the one which is being already dismissed out of, quite quickly because it is all very well to talk the talk but now all parties have to walk the walk. there is very little sign of that happening even now. a very early testis happening even now. a very early test is under way, bipartisan talks to try and avoid another government shutdown next week. they have to come up with a compromise on immigration. president trump last night saying he wants that wall built and it will be built, and he wa nts built and it will be built, and he wants funding for it. emigrants showing very little inclination to give him the money he is demanding. —— democrats showing little inclination. it's hard to see where that compromise will come. everyone

i've spoken to here has very little appetite for another shutdown or a declaration of a national in, which is the other option. all eyes now on that friday deadline to see whether or not a compromise can be reached that will avert another shutdown. he said we must move away, america, from the politics of revenge, resista nce from the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution, and the reporter pointed out his inclination to tweet. and perhaps put out fairly vicious tweets at times. is there any likelihood, do you believe, from the last two years of his administration, that he could become the kind of consensus leader that many americans say they are crying out for? are you asking if he will put down on twitter? i don't think so. put down on twitter? i don't think so. that's the way he communicates most directly with his supporters. it is his instinct to lash out when

he feels he is under threat or being criticised from opponents. and former allies alike. consensus is not built via twitter. it is very ha rd to not built via twitter. it is very hard to see that he will change his position on that. but his supporters, and a lot of senators, republican senators, democrats as well, are saying, stay out of these sorts of sensitive negotiations, don't get involved, don't tweet about them. even as he was calling for unity and bipartisanship last night, just a few hours before he was taunting the senate minority leader about not winning the senate. he says one thing, he tweets another. as ever, thank you for that. the hillsborough trial has been told that as the disaster was unfolding, the match commander

david duckenfield said a gate had been forced and there had been glen kirton, who was in charge of media relations for the fa, during the 1989 cup semi final ,said he overheard the remark. the match was stopped after six minutes when overcrowding on the terraces caused a fatal crush that killed 96 liverpool fans. our north of england correspondentjudith moritz is at preston crown court. what more can you tell us about what was said in court today? we heard from glen curtin who has had a long career in football, in fa ct had a long career in football, in fact when england hosted euro 96 he was tournament director. in 1989 he was tournament director. in 1989 he was the fa's had of external affairs. he acted as press officer at hillsborough. he told the jury at preston here that when the terraces became overcrowded, and the match was stopped, he wanted to find out what was going on. he accompanied the fa's then chief executive, graham kelly, as they went to the

police control box in the corner of the ground. that is where they match chief superintendent david duckenfield who was running the police operation. he told the court that he remembers a conversation in which david duckenfield said to graham kelly that a gate had been forced, that there had been an in rush of liverpool supporters and that that had caused casualties. he also says he remembers mr duckenfield commenting that in his opinion the match should be abandoned altogether but didn't want to make that announcement at that point. he said he had a loss of angry people and there could be disturbances. —— a lot of angry people. mr curtin went on to talk about what happens around the opening of that game because the jury opening of that game because the jury here have previously been told that the match commander ordered the opening of an exit gate, and they have heard previously that when hc

was opened by the police, more than 2000 fans went through it. —— when the gate was opened. the defence qc askedif the gate was opened. the defence qc asked if he could remember exactly which gate and at what time. david duckenfield —— which gate david duckenfield —— which gate david duckenfield was referring to in the police control box. david duckenfield denies gross negligence manslaughter. the trail here at preston continues. thank you for that. some breaking news from police scotland. the bodies of two climbers have been recovered from, have been recovered. police scotland confirmed that the two men were recovered from ben hope in sutherland. and it was made, the recovery, by volunteers from the mountain rescue team. the coastguards and helicopter in the area as well. this happened today.

further details will be released in due course. police scotland saying the bodies of two climbers have been recovered from ben hope. we will bring you more information when we receive it. the headlines on bbc news... the president of the european council condemns politicians, who he says promoted britain leaving the eu, without a plan to deliver it safely. the french club nantes, has demanded payment from cardiff city, over the £15 million transfer ,of emiliano sala, whose plane crashed in the english channel. and there's a warning on global warming, with the met office predicting we could be living in the hottest decade since records began. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. a lot of red there. both down, a lot of green yesterday. on the new york stock exchange, both down to. not a

good picture. six of the biggest hotel booking websites have agreed to make changes designed to end misleading sales tactics. it follows an investigation from the competition watchdog. from september the firms, including expedia, hotels.com, and ebookers, will have to be clear about which hotels have paid them for higher rankings on their sites to end pressure selling. tom burridge reports. they are the big websites for hotel bookings worldwide, but are they really giving you the best deal or is their information misleading? you don't want to miss a deal. if you think it's a good deal, you book it there because you don't want to miss it. they always have the flashing "only so many rooms left" or whatever. a certain amount of pressure. they're quite cute with how they try to encourage you to do it. i will look elsewhere and find it cheaper, generally, so they don't have the best of credentials with me. claims like this on booking.com, that there are only five rooms at a hotel on its site, aren't quite as you'd imagine, says the competition and markets authority. you're being told that there are 15

people looking at the site right now and right now it turns out it means in the past week, we are told there are only three rooms available, and you think that means only three rooms in the hotel, and itjust means only three rooms on that particular booking website in the hotel. its investigation found the websites often give a false impression of how popular a room is and sometimes the full cost isn't displayed upfront. this lunchtime, booking.com says this hotel is in high demand. 14 bookings on the website today and only one room left for tonight. expedia is telling me there are only two deluxe double rooms left at this hotel. there's no suggestion that the hotels have been doing anything wrong, but the websites stand accused of pressuring us into clicking and buying. you probably also don't know that a hotel's ranking sometimes depends on how much commission the hotel has paid to the website and one consumer group says the tactics used to tempt us can be false. discounts and deals,

they're almost certainly not a discount or a deal. you'll find a much better price if you phone the hotel directly, tell them the price that you've found with the online travel agent and they'll match it, beat it or throw something in forfree. booking.com says it has agreed to make changes to ensure its website is transparent enough for consumers. expedia says it has been working with the competition watchdog to improve standards across the industry. the competition markets authority says the six big hotel booking websites have all promised to adhere to tighter consumer standards. not all were guilty of misleading consumers. let's take a look now at some of the day's other top stories. two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a teenager was stabbed in south london yesterday. the 19—year—old was attacked in battersea and died at the scene. police say the two men were detained after going to a hospital in central london. one of the uk's largest providers of public services, interserve, has reached a deal

with creditors to prevent its collapse. the company is contracted to carry out a range of duties in prisons, schools and hospitals. new shares will be issued, in a bid to halve interserve's debts. the fracking firm cuadrilla has called on the government to relax its limits on the size of tremors allowed, as a result of its drilling operations. under the present rules, fracking must stop for 18 hours, if earth tremors above a 0.5 magnitude are trigggered. cuadrilla resumed operations near blackpool last year for the first time since fracking was halted in 2011. crime rates, property prices and transport links, are some of the factors many consider, before moving to a new area. but what do young people think about? the radio1 newsbeat team, has been looking into what matters to people under the age of 26, including the number of bars and clubs in an area, as well as the quality of 4g coverage. here's daniel rosney.

we have looked at four different kinds of data. you just type in your postcode or your local authority and it ranks your area out of ten. it gives you more information. it looks as 11 factors for under 26—year—olds including number of bars, clubs and music events. as well as access to sports facilities and 4g. average rent prices and levels of unemployment are also used. esme is 18. she's a home carer and lives in bridport, west dorset. it's one of the bottom five areas to live in britain if you're under 26. that's what this new bbc analysis suggests. people tend to retire in towns like bridport, which is why there's a demand for carers like esme. it's nice that i know everyone, but if i don't want to go out in bridport, if i want to go for a proper night out as an 18—year—old, then i have to drive

about an hour, over an hour, to actually be able to stay up past one or two in the morning. apart from that, it's all right because i can drive. but if you can't drive, i don't see how you could grow up in west dorset, or anywhere, because there's nothing to do. it's quite isolated. and there's literally no big chains around here. i want to leave and i don't mind coming back, because i love it here. but i don't think i could just stay here forever because i think i need something to mix it up a bit. 60 miles away as bristol and that is one of the top five areas for serving its younger population, according to this research. shan describes himself as a proud bristolian, born and bred. every corner that you go to has history about it, has some sort of culture about it and has something unique, and it'sjust so nice because everyone here has a different background

and a different story about them and ijust love that about bristol. esme plans to move to gloucester in september to study nursing, but for her, west dorset will always be home. and you can find the ‘know your place' calculator on the bbc news website. time for a look at the weather. very windy weather on the way not just a nightspot for the next several days. several spells of strong winds coming into the uk. fairly quiet out there today. a bit of sunshine at times. hazy, at times. three tonight we will bring in thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. some snow to the higher hills of northern ireland and the pennines, scotland, north of the central belt, two or 300 metres. the winds strengthening across coastal

parts of wales and south—west england. 60 to 70 mph gusts. elsewhere 50 to 60 miles an hour winds. the strong winds transparent further east overnight, parts of eastern england with those very gusty winds as we start the day tomorrow. really blustery start, some rain, sun hill snow across northern britain. all of that slowly clearing eastwards as dotted brighter skies into the afternoon, some sunshine coming back. territory is not as high as they have been further south, up to around maybe 10 degrees. —— temperatures not as high. then a very small break and another area of low pressure coming on into friday, bringing more wet and windy weather. into friday, it will be a mess. a speu into friday, it will be a mess. a spell of heavy rain eased across the uk. the winds strengthening, northern ireland, wales, western england. gales is developing deep

into the day. gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour, may be more around the coasts. migrating further north and east through friday night and into saturday morning. along with the wet weather. it is mild on friday, a mild week but then again it is wet and windy. low pressure slowly clears away during saturday. but it's keeping a very —— very strong winds across parts of scotla nd strong winds across parts of scotland the first half of saturday, more wet weather, especially northern scotland. there could be flooding in places. potentialfor something very windy across southern parts on saturday night. colder by sunday. that wind could cause some disruption at times. several spells of wind over the next few days. that is your latest forecast. this programme contains scenes

of repetitive flashing images (e.g strobe lighting). tonight at six — calls for an apology from the eu president after hisjibe about uk's brexiteers. donald tusk took aim at the politicians who backed the leave campaign in the 2016 referendum. by the way, i've been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely. i think it was deliberately provocative, i have to say, very disrespectful to those of us who voted to leave the european union. he should reflect on what he had to say. we'll be asking what mr tusk was up

to at such a sensitive time in the negotiations. also tonight: molly russell's father and his search for answers — apple says it can't show him what she was looking at on her phone before taking her own life.