this is bbc news — i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 11:00: calls for an apology from european council president donald tusk as theresa may prepares to return to brussels, he heavily criticises politicians who backed brexit. by by the way, i've been wondering what the special place in hell looks like all those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan for how to carry it safely. for how to carry it safely. the father of 1a year old molly russell — who took her own life — calls on social media companies to give him access to his daugther‘s accounts. as venezuela's crisis intensifies, we gain rare access inside one of country's hospitals to find a health service collapsing. a rare moment of unity in a divided america — congress celebrates a record number of women in national politics. and at 11:30, we'll be taking another look at the papers with grace blakeley from the new statesman

and caroline wheeler, from the sunday times. good evening. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has been heavily criticised after saying there would be a special place in hell for those who promoted brexit without any plan to deliver it safely. he made the comments just hours before theresa may returns to brussels for more brexit talks. the remarks raise the temperature in what are already high stakes negotiations — not least over the vexed question of the so—called backstop designed to prevent a hard border between ireland and northern ireland. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports from brussels. what's coming into view?

a budge, a move, a sign of compromise? taoiseach, good morning, might you be willing to budge on the backstop? not so fast. hardly hidden fury from the eu president after claiming he wants to make peace. i've been wondering what that special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely. but lurking under that obvious anger at leave campaigners, an invitation to the uk — come forward with a solution for the so—called backstop, the guarantee against a hard irish border. give us a believable guarantee for peace in northern ireland, and the uk will leave the eu as a trusted friend. i strongly believe that a common solution is possible. but he must have known full well.

as the irish leaderjoked... there'll be terrible trouble. there would be terrible trouble over his condemnation of the brexit campaign. you bet there was. i hope i'm not going to hell, but, if i ever do, that is a decision for the lord almighty and not for the president of the european council. the man has no manners. i think it's extremely regrettable, not at all helpful, but it's a matter for him. he was absolutely right and it's painful for them to have the truth pointed out to them. we know now, don't we, the borisjohnson, david davis, ran a campaign without a clue about how they were going to deliver brexit or what brexit would look like. but the prime minister has to wind her way through, and the arguments start and end in belfast. mps rejected her brexit deal because they hate a nugget of it, the backstop. where, if there was no big trade deal done in time, northern ireland would stay much more closely tied to the eu. the prime minister has promised she will get a change, and the allies she needs in parliament demand it.

the backstop needs to be replaced, and that is her mandate, and that's what i expect her to take to brussels. but on the other side of the deep divide here, others angrily adamant the backstop has to stay. the british prime minister has come here empty—handed, with the same old rhetoric, with no plan, no credibility and, frankly, no honour. but with all those rival tribes around the continent, opening up a path to agreement in brussels seems far away. the prime minister will be the one walking into this tomorrow. at a time of hot tempers, it's cool compromise that is needed if she's to find a way through belfast, the demands of the brexiteers, and brussels. and remember, theresa may has promised a reluctant parliament that she can persuade this pair of firm friends to change their minds, but... i'm repeating myself by saying we are sticking to the line.

the withdrawal agreement is already a compromise. it's been agreed by 28 governments including the uk government, and we very much stand by it. do you agree with donald tusk that there is a special place in hell for brexiteers who didn't have a plan? i believe in heaven, and i have never seen hell. apart during the time i was doing myjob here. it's a hell. it won't be funny for either side if there is no way to agree. was it appropriate for donald tusk to use the tone he did to talk about british politicians? we are due to leave the european union in 50 days, with or without a deal. and the prime minister has a parliament to convince, a policy to try to change, and promises — big and serious promises — she needs to keep. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. and we're hearing that the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has written a letter to the the prime minister about his party's demands to support a brexit deal. let's get more from our political

correspondent nick eardley, who is in our westminster studio. the labour leader has written a letter to the prime minister tonight saying that there are five key things the labor party wants to see, if it is going to get behind a brexit deal in the next few weeks. some of these sound quite familiar. whatjeremy corbyn is saying, if you enshrine these in law, as negotiating objectives, then we will get behind you and get behind the brexit deal. the uk— wide customs union, calling for a brexit deal. the uk— wide customs union, calling fora number of occasions. there was a call to close alignment. significantly, it is not

repeating the language. the exact same benefits and in this letter jeremy corbyn calls for alignment, rights and protections, the uk standards keeping pay —— keeping pace. agreements on details of future security agreements. as i say, all of this is quite significant tonight because it is the labour leader sallying, if you get onboard with these five things, the labor party may back you and get a brexit deal. is that a realistic hope that the prime minister might suddenly say yes. they are not, and the hardest for all of them, to get

anywhere near, is the customs union. there are many in the conservative party who fear, you either remove or drastically reduce the ability. the independent trade deals. the labour party think that after talks with prime minister. laying on the table what they think should happen to provide a bit more detail about what that would look like. as well is perhaps being palatable to the prime minister and conservative party. there are some in the labor party who quite frankly will be extremely angry at the fact thatjeremy corbyn has put this down in writing. m

gates, a long—time standing jeremy corbyn critic, suggesting that he is opening the door to facilitating brexit is. thank you very much the talk you through. the father of molly russell, the 1a year old who took her own life in 2017 after viewing images of self—harm on instagram — is calling on social media companies to give him access to his daughter's accounts. ian russell says he wants to know more about why she killed herself but he can't access either her social media or her phone. as the law stands all the data belongs to the tech companies not the family. angus crawford reports. when a child dies, what happens to their online life, their messages, posts and pictures, their most personal data ? that's an agonising question

for molly russell's dad, ian. there's data on her electronic devices that we can't access. it won't do any good in molly's case, but of course, we might learn lessons that might help other people. i'm sure there's something on her instagram account... the family know she had at least one account on instagram, but there may be others. she used pinterest too. a month after her death, automated e—mails were still suggesting more accounts to follow. in law, that data belongs to the tech companies, not the family. but we now believe that the coroner is writing to instagram, pinterest, youtube and apple, demanding that they hand over anything they know about what molly did online. so why youtube? here's why. within a couple of clicks, we find videos about self—harm. many are meant to be positive, posted by people trying to help. but some of the images

are graphic and disturbing. and look — the same kind of bleak cartoons we know molly liked on instagram. then there's her phone. ian wants to know what's in it, but it's locked. apple says it would help, but their encryption means it's impossible to open. if you were to look in molly's phone, there may be key evidence. the only thing that provided that last final straw must have come through her phone or her ipod touch. we need to find out what it was that drove her to make that final decision that encouraged her to take her life at the end. it seems to me that the data on molly's phone should have become her parents' property. she died without a will. she was 1a. and everything else quite naturally returns to us as her parents,

and so should her data. in germany, it's different. in 2012, a 15—year—old girl fell in front of an underground train at the station. it wasn't clear whether she had ta ken her own life. her parents wanted answers, and had to take facebook to court to get access to her account. i think it's very important that there are laws orjudgments, anything that would help families, in this case, to get hold of the data, to retrieve the data, because it's personal. it's not data which belongs to facebook or instagram or google, for instance. molly's family are left with videos, pictures, memories. what they need are answers and for now, those remain

out of reach. angus crawford, bbc news. well today social media companies were accused of choosing to profit from children rather than protect them by labour's deputy leader tom watson. he said a labour government would create a regulator with the power to break up tech firms in a bid to rein in their enormous commerial power and influence. 0ur media editor amol rajan looks now at how this might work. as angus's report made clear, molly russell's father wants it to be much easierfor users to access information after a tragedy. but there's also the wider issue of how you shift the power from big tech companies back to citizens. the challenge here is we are in very new territory. new laws tend to use old laws as a starting point, but it's not clear that old laws are much use when it comes to the digital revolution. today, labour's deputy leader, tom watson, identified three areas that could be explored. first, competition law.

this is about the concentration of economic power. could existing or new competition laws be used to break up monopolies, or stop acquisitions such as facebook‘s purchase of instagram and whatsapp? second, data. it's too crude, as it were, to say that data is the new oil, but it is the most powerful commodity on earth today. could europe's new data rules, known as gdpr, be extended, to give citizens greater control and ownership of the digital trails they leave online? some policy makers, for instance, think tech companies should pay us for our data. finally, free speech and libel laws. this is about the limits of liberalism. what is it permissible to publish online, and who should be responsible? in germany, they've modified existing hate—speech laws to fine tech companies for leaving harmful content online too long. any new regulation will be need to be international, and armies of lobbyists are being paid to resist it. but the world has changed —

today's public square is digital, we've been joined from new york by sally hubbard, an expert on tech platforms and antitrust law. what do you make of this suggestion that some of these big media firms should be looked at more closely and stopped from growing any bigger?|j definitely stopped from growing any bigger?” definitely think they need to be looked at more closely and stopped from getting any bigger. every acquisition should be looked at, even small acquisitions. especially facebook. what would the argument being? facebook has caused a lot of problems to democracy, creating polarisation and data abuse, obviously, and it needs some competition to force it to do better. users need somewhere else to

go when they are unhappy when facebook is deceiving them, right 110w facebook is deceiving them, right now their biggest alternative is instagram but facebook owns instagram. they will have to unwind in order to allow some competition. clearly, by splitting firms up you create more competition. is there an issue whereby these big firms cannot share data and that takes away some of their power as well? facebook was recently reported they are planning to integrate whatsapp, faced with messenger and instagram on a single structure and i think that should be stopped. i have argued the trade commission in america should stop that. it would cement the monopoly power of facebook and it will allow

facebook to have a whole bunch of different ways to spy on users because it would be able to trace them across different platforms and we do not need facebook to increase its surveillance architecture. tom watson here said he would like to see a new regulator essentially with sharper teeth. do you think it is realistic we will create a watchdog that can bring some of these companies to heal? think that makes sense. either a new regulator or technology experts. in the us, the trade commission should get a team of technologists that understand how algorithms and competition works. by clearing these mergers, there was a lack of understanding of the competitive threats. we need more expertise in the agencies that do exist. thank you for your time.

if you're distressed about any of the issues raised in molly‘s story and would like details of organisations which offer advice and support —— go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information 0800 066 066. the headlines on bbc news: calls for an apology from european council president, donald tusk, as theresa may prepares to return to brussels. he takes aim at the uk's brexiteers. the father of 14—year—old molly russell, who took her own life, calls on social media companies to give him access to his daugther‘s accounts. as venezuela's crisis intensifies we gain rare access inside one of country's hospitals, to find a health service collapsing. president trump finally

delivered his annual state of the union address last night, after being delayed for a month because of the us government shutdown. the president spoke of unity and co—operation. but he also brought up some of the big issues that divide america, like abortion and immigration, and he vowed once again to build the border wall with mexico. he also announced that he will hold a second nuclear summit with north korea's leader this month. 0ur north america editor, jon soel reports. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel reports. madam speaker, the president of the united states! you emerge into the chamber like a prizefighter before a heavyweight championship bout, but donald trump, the great counterpuncher, had seemingly come with an outstretched arm, not a left hook. we must reject the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution, and embrace

the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise, and the common good. has applause ever looked less laudatory? there's a new political reality for donald trump — the democrats now control the house, and speaker nancy pelosi seemed almost mocking. this image went viral. and a new army of democratic women dressed in suffragette white, many of whom came into politics as a protest against donald trump. the president as healer could only go so far. in talking about the economy, he had a swipe at the mueller investigation. 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. and on the biggest and most divisive issue of the day,

the president is ceding no ground — his demand for money for a border wall. this was a nod to his base that he's not gone soft. no issue better illustrates the divide between america's working class and america's political class than illegal immigration. simply put, walls work, and walls save lives. the state of the union, for all the standing ovations, is a hugely rehearsed affair, but something unscripted did happen. all: # happy birthday to you...# congress came together in genuine support for an 81—year—old holocaust survivor, judah samet, who also emerged unhurt from the pittsburgh synagogue shooting. they wouldn't do that for me, judah. maybe not. so is this donald trump 2.0? no — it was a donald trump with some softened edges, but the same driving determination

to pitch himself as the angry voice of the downtrodden against the elite. john sobel, bbc news, washington. well, in his speech last night, president trump claimed the us and its allies have liberated virtually all of the territory once held by islamic state. today he said he expects a formal announcement, as early as next week, that is militants have lost all of the land they held in syria and iraq. he underlined that point today to allies from nearly 80 countries who've worked with the us to fight the group. we look forward to giving our brave warriors in syria a warm welcome back home. rest assured we will do what it takes to defeat every ounce and every last person with and the isis madness and defend our people

from radical islamic terrorism. breaking news coming into us concerning the wreckage of the plane carrying at the football emeliano sala and the pilot. according to the air accident investigation branch that body seen in the wreckage of the plane has been successfully recovered. clearly a very difficult time for the families of both of those men. no identification at this stage of that body but investigators saying they have successfully recovered the body in part of their effort to work out quite what happened, of course, after the plane disappeared two weeks ago and went down in the sea near guernsey. as pa rt down in the sea near guernsey. as part of that recovery work the suggestion was that would first tried to move the body to the

surface and then tried to bring the plane up so they could examine the wreckage more closely as they try to deduce what happened. the body has been recovered and presumably attem pts been recovered and presumably attempts will be made as soon as possible to make an identification. the united nations has warned venezuela's political leaders against using humanitarian aid as a pawn in the country's deepening crisis. government soldiers have been accused of blocking a bridge on the border with colombia, to prevent the delivery of humanitarian aid, much of it sent by the united states. the shipment is being arranged by the opposition leader, juan guadio, who is now recognised by many western countries as venezulea's interim head of state. but the socialist president nicolas maduro has denied there is a humanitarian crisis, and blames his country's problems on sanctions. our international correspondent, 0rla guerin, has gained rare access to a hospital in the capital, caracas. she sent us this report. it's not easy to get

inside venezuela's ailing health system — the government tries hard to keep the cameras out. but doctors brought us into one of the main public hospitals in caracas, determined that we should see the truth. and here is the reality behind the dream of free treatment for all — broken equipment that staff say is a symptom of government neglect. you get a real insight here into the state of venezuela's health service. these should be refrigerated, and it should be full of insulin. it broke down five years ago, and it's never been fixed. and just here at my feet there is a dead cockroach. the health service in this country is in a state of collapse.

nearby, we found medical waste including used needles, strewn around. this is one of the showers. sometimes there's no running water, so relatives have to bring in bottles. marea shows us where his nephew louise cooks his food — in the bathroom. luis is gravely ill with a brain tumour. his family have already spent all their savings trying to keep him alive, but it's not enough. "i still have to rent the surgical equipment they need for my operation," he says, "and buy all the supplies, even the gauze." every day that passes, he loses a little more of his sight. the hospital can't give the sick much more than a bed. under president nicolas maduro, this is the picture of health. well, take a look atjust how bad things are. there is mould growing all the way down the wall.

we are in the internal medicine department. this is the isolation area. this patient here has lymphoma, the patient here has tb, and we've been told he is receiving absolutely no treatment. so david can only rest and hope. he's 20 years old. his mother is grateful he's been admitted, he was turned away from another hospital because he didn't have enough money. "i'm feeling a little better now," he tells me, "i feel relieved." but then he admits he does have some pain. in the bed next door, 21—year—old carlos, a cancer patient and much—loved only son. his mother, diana, had just been told he needs a biopsy and she will have to pay for it. it would take nearly two years to earn the money —

if she had a job. for dedicated doctors here, like carlos prosperi, anguish, frustration and anger at the government. "i blame president maduro," he says. "we doctors have to tell the truth, "we have to do our best to save our patients, "but nowadays we can't, "we feel blocked because of a negligent government." doctor, you been speaking very bravely, very openly — isn't there a risk that something that could happen to you now because of what you've been telling us? "anyone can be afraid," he says. "of course i am worried, but i'd prefer to live in a free country rather than live in oppression and let my patients have nothing." just outside the front door, raw meat the sale and a discarded

scanning machine now somewhere for staff to sit. doctors say sometimes all they can do is help their patients die, not help them live. 0lga guerin, bbc news, caracas. homes have been evacuated and a major incident declared after a huge blaze swept through an 0cado warehouse. 200 firefighters have been tackling the blaze which broke out yesterday morning on the walworth industrial estate in hampshire. a 500 metre exclusion zone has been set up to keep members of the public safe, as fire officials warned of a risk of a toxic release or large cylinder explosion. at least four people have been taken to hospital after a gas explosion and fire in batley, this evening. west yorkshire police said the explosion occurred in a flat in the hick lane area of batley, in kirklees in west yorkshire, and they have moved people from the immediate area as a precaution. the force said a number of people received burns and are being treated in hospital but their injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. now it's time for the weather

with chris fawkes. but turbulent spell of weather over the next few days. wet and windy weather on the way. the first of these, this area of cloud bringing us these, this area of cloud bringing us way of strong winds across england and wales. low pressure continued to push eastwards as we head into thursday. whence clearing away from eastern england and we will start to see the weather improved. thursday, still very windy across parts of england and wales. it will take a good part for the winter to ease.