hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the mexican drug lord "el chapo" has been found guilty in new york. a ruthless killer, a violent drug traffickers, arms trafficker, money laundering, and the lip you later. el chapo was a man behind the curtains come he pulled the strings. —— manipulator. venezuelan leader nicolas maduro says the united states is being run by "white supremacits" and — and tells the bbc aid convoys are just a pretext for invasion. donald trump says he's not happy with a budget compromise that will keep the government open, because it doesn't provide all the money he wants for a border wall. and scientists are warning that nearly 200 species worldwide are under threat, and it's all beause of an animal we usually don't think of as a predator — the dog. the mexican druglord joaquin guzman

— much better known as el chapo — has been found guilty of multiple crimes in a new york court. he faced ten charges relating to drug trafficking. this is one of the agents who brought him to justice. el chapo was the leader of the sinaloa cartel, the cartel responsible for pushing thousands of tonnes of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, marijuana into our communities and neighbourhoods all across america. today's verdict is a victory for law enforcement. but more importantly than that, today's verdict is justice, justice for the many thousands upon thousands of victims of overdose. this trial lasted two and half months. nada tawfik covered the whole thing. we'll hearfrom her in a moment — first she looks back over

the trial in this report. gunshots. this raid by mexican marines was the beginning of the end of joaquin "el chapo" guzman‘s brutal rain as the world's most powerful drug lord. but it was the work of us prosecutors, who secured his extradition to new york and his conviction, that sealed his fate. after a blockbuster trial that saw some of his closest associates testify against him, el chapo was found guilty of ten criminal charges, including drug trafficking, murder conspiracy and money laundering. el chapo guzman is the most infamous, the most feared, the wealthiest narco trafficker in the world, and he directed tens of thousands of tonnes of high—grade cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine and heroin into the united states, as well as into other parts of the world, to include europe. for months, this federal courthouse in new york became the set of a compelling drama, complete with a captivated audience

and a colourful cast that included el chapo‘s beauty queen wife, emma coronel. prosecutors argue that el chapo‘s many escapes proved his guilt. jurors were shown this muted video of mexican marines trying to ram the door of one of his secret hideouts. the drug lord was in bed with his mistress at the time, and together they escaped naked through a hydraulic hatch installed in the bathtub, and down into a sewer tunnel. and when he was captured, it wasn't for long. the jury was shown one of his brazen escapes from prison in mexico, through a tunnel from the shower in his cell, where a motorcycle waited to speed him off. the trial also heard some jaw—dropping allegations. one witness testified that the former mexican president, enrique pena nieto, accepted a $100 million bribe from el chapo — a claim the politician has strongly denied. the trial allowed american prosecutors to detail the inner

workings of the powerful sinaloa cartel. jurors were told that in just four drug shipments, el chapo smuggled more than a line of cocaine for every person in the united states, using various decoys such as plastic bananas. the trial showed how el chapo could be brutally violent and paranoid. he ordered the murder of his own cousin and was known to personally torture and kill his enemies. he also spied on his associates using sophisticated technology that authorities later tapped into, giving them valuable evidence of his crimes. there were many more shocking stories thatjurors never heard. unsealed court documents included a claim that el chapo routinely drugged and raped girls as young as 13 years old, calling them "his vitamins". lawyers for el chapo denied the allegations. security has been a major feature of this trial, and now that prosecutors have won the conviction of the infamous drug lord, he is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison

under heavy guard. we will return to mexico and a few minutes to get reaction to that verdict. —— turn to mexico. latest from venezuala. the power struggle continues in caracas. this was earlier as anti—government protests resumed. remenber that their leader juan guaido declared himself interim president — and the us, and over 20 other countries have recognised that. this though is the other side of the story. president maduro has given an exclusive interview to the bbc‘s 0rla guerin. translation: venezuela is a country with dignity in the united states intends to start a crisis, this is pa rt intends to start a crisis, this is part of that charade. that is why

with all dignity, we tell them we don't want their crimes. their toxic food. their leftovers. we tell them no move venezuela has dignity and we produce and work in our people do not bake from anyone. —— bag from anyone. venezuela produces and works and our people do not beg from anyone. luke taylor is a freelance journalist in colombia. he's at a town on the border with venezuela where us aid trucks have been stopped. this image has been widely shared — showing venezuela blocking the roads so no aid can come in. i spoke to luke a little earlier. where i am right now, there are still around 40,000 venezuelans a day crossing the border into columbia. most of whom are coming because they can't get across the border, even maduro said today that there are no shortages of food and that venezuelans aren't beggars. but i've already had several

of them today and yesterday asking me when will the humanitarian aid arrive and the stream of people just continues. some opposition have been talking about trying to get that aid into venezuela even though maduro is blocking that. is that realistic? it is realistic. they are calling on the venezuelans themselves to carry this aid across the border. that will be carried out on the 23rd of february according to what the opposition leader has said today. it depends on the risk the venezuelan people are willing to take really. at risk and having they are the ones that will be putting themselves at risk and having to walk past the national guards if they wish to carry this aid to the border. how many other people have you spoken to have have you spoken to have been sympathetic to juan guaido? most of the migrants that come through into columbia are sympathetic tojuan guaido and see him as hope

and reinvigorating the opposition and say he's a fresh face that represents change for them. many of them don't know his politics nor his background, but essentially they believe anything is better than maduro. it looks very busy there, luke. presumably, this town has become overwhelmed. it has become overwhelmed. it has put a massive strain on the city and across columbia really, over one million venezuelans have entered columbia to reside since the crisis has begun and over three million in total have left, 40,000 a day coming just to buy toilet roll, eggs, basic foods they can't get across the border. where are all these people going to stay? many of them stay in rooms they rent with another 20 or 30 people and they pay a few dollars in the evening to share a room. many people will sleep in the street. it really seems of desperation. people are selling hair in order to buy bus tickets, to eat,

selling their bodies in some cases, doing whatever they can in order to survive. president maduro has told the bbc he thinks the us would like to invade venezuela. do any of the people you have talked to see the americans as being an unwelcome influence on the situation? a few individuals have expressed concern this could be a trojan horse for the us to enter venezuela as one of maduro's compatriots had said. but most really don't care at this stage if there are political strings attached. theyjust want to see the aid and for themselves to eat and for their families to eat but very few see this as as opening a door to the invasion. they are just desperate to see the aid. people are literallyjust passing me now with flags and banners in protests for the aid to be carried across the border. let's turn back to that bbc interview with nicholas maduro — because he had more to say to,

here's what he told 0rla about the white house and president trump. translation: listen, 0rla, please. it's a war. i pray that god enlightens you. it's a political war of the united states empire — of the ku klux klan that rules the white house, to take over venezuela. and they have created a political, communications and diplomatic strategy. they are warmongering in order to take over venezuela. do you really think the ku klux klan are ruling america? i believe that the extremist sector of the white supremacists of the ku klux klan is in charge of the united states. i believe it's a gang of extremists. let's speak to claudia plazas in miami. how representative is this view of the white house and donald trump

being part of the white supremacist come how widespread is that you in venezuela? this is rhetoric that we have seen for many months now and the pro maduro media. —— is that in venezuela. the opposition media is different. the polarised environment and venezuela reflects in the media and venezuela reflects in the media and in the way in which media outlets referred to the us and the administration of a president donald trump, this is not the first time maduro has referred to trump as being part of the ku klux klan or being part of the ku klux klan or being a white supremacist. this is also part of the rhetoric and narrative that has been used by foreign affairs ministers on social media. we also heard nicholas of maduro saying he thinks us aid as a pretext for invasion, is that something you have heard in the media? yes. something we have seen in recent weeks in the media and the

government media. the opposition media, the view is completely different. they have described the human aid as something that is absolutely necessary in the country due to the widespread shortages of food and medicine. this is not new. also today, the person in charge of the water near the border with colombia, referred to the humanitarian aid as a show. in a similar story, the defence minister lopez also said the humanitarian aid rhetoric was a show use to metal and venezuela affairs. thank you for talking to us. —— metal end. stay with us on outside source — still to come... while donald trump addressed his base at a rally in texas our cameraman is attacked by a man shouting obcenities at the press. gordon banks, england's 1966 world cup—winning goalkeeper, has died aged 81.

his family said he had been receiving treatment for kidney cancer. one of his successors for england, peter shilton, has also paid tribute. as a goalkeeper, he was up there with the best of all time. in that era and in modern era. and i think if you speak to anybody, that has met gordon, they will say he had time for them, he spoke to them, and i think that was the same with all the 66 world cup england lads, when i've met them. they're all like that and that's one of the reasons why they won the world cup, because they had such great character and were such good people. and gordon was in that line. i think a lot of people who met gordon say he had this very cheeky laugh and it was a special laugh he would do when things were funny and i think probably i'll remember him for that as much as anything.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... one of the most powerful cartel leaders in history, joaquin el chapo guzman, has been found guilty at his drug trafficking trial in the us. he faces a mandatory life sentence. here are some of the stories from bbc world service. a report prepared for the brazilian mining company vale indicates it was aware last year there was an increased risk that its brumadinho dam could collapse. at least 150 people died following the country's worst mining disaster last month. the bahraini footballer at the centre of an extradition battle has landed to a big welcome back in australia. hakeem al—araibi was detained in thailand after a request from bahrain which wanted him to return to serve a prison sentence.

following international outcry, bahrain backed down. bbc arabic. a man has pleaded guilty to a charge of affray after running amok with a power saw at a pub in manchester last friday night. he'll be sentenced next month. fortunately, no one was injured. well back to that top story. the trial of el chapo was in brooklyn, in new york. but obviously a lot of this story happened in mexico. i'm joined now from mexico city by ana gabriela rojas, bbc mundo. thank you for your time. tell us about the reaction to the verdict. in mexico, it is actually quite a normal day. the reactions were back then when el chapo was arrested come at the moment citizens are quite

normal. they come i spoke to some journalist where he is from, they say people are following on television, not surprise, they knew this was going to happen, just in the town of el chapo, in the mountains, they say the family of him was prepare and had been praying because they are christians and were preparing and asking to god that he was declared innocent but of course that didn't happen. the reaction so far but we saw in 2004, many people marching and doing protests for his ca ptu re marching and doing protests for his capture at that time was actually when many people said it was provoked by his cartel trying to do this national outrage but it didn't really spread much at that time either. the american authorities are very pleased with this verdict. but

to the mexican authorities think this will make any difference to the power of the sinaloa cartel? actually, it is too early to say, but it it already has happened, some change in the power of the cartel but that happened back then in 2017 and when he was extradited to the united states. then it there were some fights between the same cartel for the power and also with another cartel. they are now the most powerful cartel in the country. now sinaloa, the cartel of el chapo, had actually been losing some power since he was captured and extradited to the united states. thank you for joining us. let's turn to washington.

there is a provisional deal between republicans and democrats to avoid another government shutdown. there is a provisional deal between republicans it doesn't include any new funds for a mexico border wall. here's the president's take on it. i have to study it, i'm not happy about it, it is not doing the trick, but i'm adding things to it and when you add whatever i have to add, it is all going to happen where we are going to build a beautiful, big strong wall that will not let criminals and traffickers and drug dealers and drugs into our country. it is very simple. we don't have many details yet but the deal reportedly includes

funding for 88 kilometres of fencing at the border in the rio grande valley — a small part of the more than 3000 kilometres once promised by the president. there was also an agreement to reduce the number of beds in detention centres from almost 50,000 to around 40,000. anthony zurcher is in washington. the president said he will add things to it. that is not what the democrats had in mind. now. ithink they're going to be upset if donald trump tries to use already allocated funds from other projects, disaster relief funds to puerto rico or california. army corps of engineers building projects come if he tries to redirect this money towards a building more of the wall to boost those numbers up, more thanjust building more of the wall to boost those numbers up, more than just a $1.3 billion that congress appears to have authorised in this agreement that they have just breached. also the potential that he could go the emergency declaration route which would allow him to use of military funds but again any time you use money that is already been authorised somewhere else, there will be members of congress to see

that as a president overstepping of the authority, and also that money was meant for something else, it would be people who want that money to go to the direction they authorise it for. it could ruffle some furthers in congress and lead to possible lawsuits and certainly maybe even prompt some republicans who have invested interest in this money going elsewhere to speak out against the president. —— ruffle feathers. when we know if this deal becomes a formal arrangement? —— when do we know. the legislation this must be introduced, the language should come out tomorrow at the latest. they need to get this to a vote in the house and the senate before friday night or we will go to a shutdown. we are talking hours tomorrow at the very latest before that we see the exact details. thank you. let's talk about what happened last night. on monday night, donald trump held his first rally of the year. it was in el paso in texas — right on the border. thousands of cheering supporters,

an hour and 20 minutes of unscripted comments and... in the middle of that, all this happened. they have reached the lowest levels in the history of our country... that's our colleague, a bbc cameraman, being knocked to the ground by a trump—supporter who was yelling abuse towards the media. this man. the incident came after the us president heavily criticised the media. bbcjournalist eleanor montague was there, she tweeted... here's the president that night. when they get honest, when the media starts becoming honest, and may be they will because we have

done something that has never been done before. we have suffered a totally dishonest media and we have one media and we have won and it is driving them crazy. let's go back to anthony. some might be surprise given the tone at this rally it is so easy for supporters to get to the media. tone at this rally it is so easy for supporters to get to the medial have been to countless number of donald trump rallies and the set up is usually the media is in behind stanchions in the middle of the floor of the arena, so you can get trump supporters press right up against a fencing and they can yell or shake theirfists, against a fencing and they can yell or shake their fists, sometimes even people i have been interviewing before he began to speak or pleasant to me all of a sudden when donald trump starts lashing into the media, they turn on a dime and become more hostile. sometimes it is nonthreatening but when the political mood in the nation turns

south i think that is when you see these rallies and air a balance hovering over it and obviously when somebody can break into these pans, no security there provided by the campaign, they can get in to the reporters fairly easily so it seemed like only a matter of time before something like this happened. thank you. we send our best wishes to our colleague rob who was not hurt fortu nately colleague rob who was not hurt fortunately in that incident. canada's ethics committee is investigating whether the government helped an energy firm avoid a criminal trial. snc—lavalin is facing fraud and corruption charges related to contracts it received in libya. and just a few hours ago veterans affairs ministerjody wilson—raybould resigned amid allegations that senior officials tried to pressure her last year, when she wasjustice minister, to help the company. michelle fleury is in our new york bureau... it sounds complicated here. take us through why this is starting to

break through into the national consciousness in canada. snc-lavalin is not only a huge company in canada, also one of the worlds biggest engineering and construction companies come they saw dates back toa companies come they saw dates back to a case from 2012 in which it was caught up or found potentially to have a bribes to officials regarding contracts in libya. this drags on come here we are now in 2019, and there are questions service and whether or notjustin trudeau, lilley whether his office in some way intervene the attorney general at the time trying to help snc—lavalin avoid a criminal trial. asa snc—lavalin avoid a criminal trial. as a result of this, we saw the ethics commission come out and say the ethics watchdog in canada saying it was going to investigate this and we heard from justin trudeau saying he welcomes the probe and of course this all comes in an election year, he fights for reelection later this year, so a few months from now and

in the last three hours we have heard that the former attorney general of the centre of all of this down from her position as veteran affairs. this ethics investigation, doesn't have sufficient teeth in the view of commentators? —— doesn't have. there will be questions in the records of the pressure but the problem is so far, justin trudeau has said there is a limit to how much he will reveal in terms of conversations he had it with the attorney general siding privacy legal protection and i think his opponents are pushing for that to come out. whether or not the ethics investigator can force them to biltmore, that could be helpful to his political opponents. —— reveal more. all of this coming month before he is due to face reelection. thank you. see you in a few minutes. hello there. a historic a winter storm is currently leaving the shores

of hawaii but it has left some staggering weathers statistics in its wake. not only have we seen gusts of winds in excess of 190 miles an hour but we possibly have seen a record all time low, temperatures dipping as low as —24 celsius and yes, it brought snow. pretty unusual for them. now, that area of low pressure is now tracking eastwards across the pacific northwest and it could bring more stormy weather to areas where we have seen some pretty stormy weather in the last few weeks. at the same time, we have this significant area of low pressure moving up through the mississippi and ohio valley where we could see flooding rainfall here and then some freezing rain and snow as it bumps into that bitterly cold air sitting across canada. some of that snow could cause further disruption through quebec and new york state. we will have to keep a close eye on that although that storm will ease away, wednesday into thursday, and improving weather

across the northwest, it stays pretty unsettled with a further 20 cm of snow likely at lower levels close to vancouver and seattle. as for australia, a much quieter story again across queensland. it is been cooler in parts of victoria but the winds are now swinging around to more of a westerly so i think the cold air will recede a little bit. you can see what i was talking about. temperatures sitting in the high teens in the last few days but the mild air starts to squeeze back a little as those winds swing around to more of a westerly. temperatures on thursday into the mid—20s. still below where weather should be for this time of the year. there is a risk of pretty torrential downpours to the far south of queensland but they should be isolated showers. over to europe, all about this large area of high pressure building across much of western and now central europe. stormy weather across

the far southeast, strong winds, and heavy rain into greece and turkey but you can see where the dry, subtle sunny weather is sitting through portugal and spain and france, italy, lovely with a south—westerly flow, pretty mouth for flow, pretty mild for the time of the year. even that mild air sitting across scandinavia with temperatures well above freezing by daytime. temperatures across spain and portugal, 16 to 18 degrees. that mild air is set to stay with us as we continue towards the end of the week and just a little further into eastern europe as well. as for the uk, that bodes pretty well. it looks like it will continue to stay mild and largely dried, but dare i say, might almost feel like spring has arrived in the next few days. more details on that coming up in half an hour. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the mexican drug lord "el chapo" has been found guilty in new york. a ruthless killer, a violent drug extract figure,

arms trafficker, money laundering, and manipulator. el chapo was the man behind the curtains. he pulled all the strings. venezuelan leader nicolas maduro says the united states is being run by "white supremacists", and tells the bbc aid convoys are just a pretext for invasion. and measles is making a comeback in the usa, we have a new report from washington state. and we'll bring you the latest on brexit, with it looking likely mps will vote to finally approve or reject theresa may's exit dealjust one month before britain leaves. here's our trusty brexit countdown

clock. 45 days til brexit. and theresa may addressed parliament earlier. the talks are at a crucial stage, and we now all need to hold our nerve to get the changes this house requires and deliver breaks on time. "on time" means 29 march. and still there's no deal to present to parliament. no date for when there will be a meaningful vote in parliament. no specific proposal from the uk government on how they want the withdrawal agreement changed. no sign the eu will renegotiate the deal anyway. this is michel barnier last night. it is clear from our side that we are not going to reopen the withdrawal agreement, but we will continue our discussion in the coming days. all of which means a no—deal brexit remains a possibility. the bbcjargon buster says that means "leaving the eu and cutting ties immediately, with no agreement at all in place". and the warnings of what that

will mean for the uk keep coming. this is governor of the bank of england. a no—deal, no transition brexit would be an economic shock for this economy. it would also send a signal globally about the prospects of re—founding globalisation. next, this is a letter sent to environment secretary michael gove this week. it's from dozens of food industry executives who say "businesses throughout the uk food chain are now totally focused on working to mitigate the catastrophic impact of a no—deal brexit." the uk government's own analysis says across 15 years any version of brexit will damage gdp, but by far the most damaging event would be leaving without an exit deal. it's notjust the uk though.

this graphic from the new york times shows how other economies, notably france and germany, would also be exposed to the fall—out from a no—deal brexit. so there's pressure on both sides, but bear in mind for the eu, it's neverjust about numbers, it's about the endurance of an idea, and that changes the calculations. for the prime minister's side, she's always maintained no deal remains an option. and at the moment, she's not pushing this brexit stand—off to its conclusion with either mps or the eu. this is the leader of the opposition's reading of that. it appears the prime minister has just one real tactic. to run down the clock, hoping members of this house are blackmailed into supporting a deeply flawed deal. let's bring in alex forsyth from

westminster. alex, there have been some people entertaining the idea of a cross party deal on brexit. that didn't look very likely based on what we saw today? while the prime minister had issued invitations to the leaders of the opposition party, including jeremy corbyn, and he has met the prime minister to talk about exit. there have been letters sent between the two trying ostensibly to establish some sort of cross party consensus. at the point is they remains seriously significant differences between them. the real sticking point is whether or not whether the uk should state long—term in the eu... jeremy corbyn and the labour party said that is needed, enter reason note —— theresa may knows that if she went down that route, she would anger the conservative benches. that is why we are not seeing that cross party consensus, but now the prime minister is sticking to her strategy in trying to renegotiate the existing deal, in particular the tricky issue of the backstop to win over some on the conservative back

benches in order to get this deal through. today what she really tried to do was buy herself some more time, telling mps to hold their nerve, she is still talking to brussels and will come back. and if she does not come back by 27 february, she will give them another chance to have their say on brexit. but that is not satisfying everyone. alex, i was noticing there were no shortage of people worrying about a new deal brexit, but we should also reference the fact that some brexit tea rs reference the fact that some brexit tears are not so worried about that possibility? absolutely, and have not been since the beginning. theresa may used to say quite a lot that no deal is better than a bad deal. that is still the official government policy. there are plenty in the conservative party who say that no deal really is nothing to worry about. there may be some short—term disruption, but at the end of the day, we would trade on wto ta riffs end of the day, we would trade on wto tariffs and we would be absolutely fine. and we have heard

warnings not just from absolutely fine. and we have heard warnings notjust from mark carney to the country, but number ten has said they don't want a no deal situation and are working to get a deal. some in parliament on the backbenchers, on both labour and conservative sites, are trying to stop a no—deal brexit. so i think there is a majority in parliament who don't want to know deal, but a lot say that this has all been overblown and if we respect the referendum, we will be fine. that view is seriously controversial. this is a tweet from the european states —— space agency scientist who bumped into michel barnier this morning and tweeted about it. mr barnier told him that we've been trying to work towards the best possible outcome. he went on to say that mr barnier said he still doesn't know exactly what britain wa nts. doesn't know exactly what britain wants. alex, that is a recurring theme from the eu, saying they want more detail. what has been the

government's response to that criticism? this has been a sticking point. the eu says they need something to get it through parliament, what is it? you've come back with no fresh ideas. number ten says we are very clear, we want a legally binding change to that northern ireland backstop which would either mean it would be time—limited or the uk could walk away from it, or a whole different arrangement altogether, and that is what it will take to get the deal through. the problem is the eu is still saying that they need a backstop in there, they will not totally ripped us up and negotiate. so they have to tell them what they think will work, and it is that difference that means we are still at this impasse with no clear way through yet. thank you, alex. check out bbc dot com slash news for all the latest. 12 catalan separatists have gone on trial in madrid. they face charges including rebellion and sedition, all of which connect to an independence referendum in october 2017, and the declaration of independence from spain that followed.

at the time, riot police clashed with protesters outside polling stations as the vote was declared illegal and the spanish government imposed direct rule. well these pictures are from earlier, as some of the defendants arrived at court under armed guard. they've already been in custody for months awaiting trial. if convicted, some of them could face up to 25 years in prison. the most high—profile person on trial is the former catalan vice—president oriol junqueras. more senior still is the former president carles puigdemont, but he's in exile in germany. he claims he's been refused permission to testify as a witness. here's more of what he said. translation: from today, the spanishjudicial

system is being tested. in a democracy and in the rule of law, thejudicial system is one of the fundamental pillars. this is a stress test for spanish democracy. another defendant isjordi sanchez. he's tweeted. .. and one of the defence lawyers says fundamental rights are being violated. translation: if all fundamental rights have not been violated, then at the very least, all of their rights are being restricted. i read the constitution the other day. every right has been restricted at this proceeding. spain's prime minister tweeted earlier, saying... outside the court, hundreds of supporters and opponents of catalan independence gathered.

guy hedgecoe was there. this trial is extremely controversial in deeply divisive. defendants in the catalan independence movement say it is a show trial. the judges are biased against them, that it won't be a fair trial. the spanish authorities, the government, and the judiciary insist that is not the case, that the supreme court is fully equipped to deal with such a complex trial. but we've seen today a number of demonstrations around the supreme court, demonstrations by people on both sides of the divide. pro—independence demonstrators have been out on the streets calling for the trial to be called off, claiming that these are political prisoners who have gone on trial. on the other hand, we've seen spanish unionists weaving spanish flags and saying that these people should be thrown in prison, that they should be punished for the way they tried to break away from spain in 2017. the kind of tensions we've seen today are likely to continue

for quite some time, because this trial is expected to go on for at least three months. every day we bring you the biggest stories from around the world. more on the resurgence of measles. yesterday we looked at the phillipines, where's been a six—fold increase in deaths caused by measles. the majority who die are children. we saw pictures like these of hospitals where doctors say the cause is parents choosing not to vaccinate their children, and that that in turn is being driven by claims vaccines harm children's health and can cause autism, something for which there is no evidence. today, we turn to the us. measles was thought to have been eliminated there nearly two decades ago, but it's back. in the past month, there have been more than 50 cases in the pacific northwest.

danjohnson has this reports from washington state. do you know it later this is? what is it? families are in fear, worried leaving home could be a risky guessing game. baby leon is still too young for the measles jab and in this part of washington state, a quarter of parents have decided not to vaccinate their children. theirfreedom for exemption is kind of imposing on my right to take my kids to the grocery store and sometimes i forget this is happening and we have something planned. i'm like, "wait a second, we can't all go to the shop right now", that would be putting him at risk. clark county is one corner of america where measles has made a comeback, 20 years after officials declared the of disease had been

eradicated from the us. if you bring measles into a population that is not vaccinated, it's like throwing a match into gasoline, it will spread quickly. there are already cases across the river in the neighbouring state, oregon, and this is notjust about the medical challenge of containing this outbreak. there is suspicion, reluctance, and even complacency over the measles vaccine and that means there are schools here in this county where less than a third of the children are protected. we need you to say no more. these are the parents who fear the measles vaccine because of the widely discredited belief that it can cause serious side effects. they are here to persuade lawmakers not to stop unvaccinated children going to school. we have the freedom to choose the best thing for our family and the freedom to choose is an american right. i'm not going to spend my tax dollars in a state that will take my kids' rights away.

it is for them. he deserves to go to school, she deserves to go to school. they shouldn't have to be vaccinated and risk an injuryjust to do that. there are powerful names on their side, people like robert f kennedyjunior. we do not know the risk profile of mmr vaccine and that is deliberate. he refuses to accept the weight of evidence that says vaccines are safe. do i want children to get measles? of course not. why do you spread this doubt? i'm asking you to be responsible and ask the question. the questions are being asked. the vaccines are safe. safe from what? do they cause autoimmune disease? there is no evidence they do. there is plenty of evidence, but you are not looking at it. they remain a small minority but with over 100 measles cases now across the country,

other states are looking at tightening their laws too. danjohnson, dan johnson, bbc news, danjohnson, bbc news, washington state. measles is rising in other parts of the world, too. in europe, new figures from the world health organization show the number of cases have tripled in the past year to more than 80,000. most of those were in ukraine, where the conflict there has disrupted vaccination programmes. there were 5,000 in serbia. significant numbers in france and italy, too. in italy, the populist government has announced a drive to get all children under 16 vaccinated. that's a shift, deputy prime minister matteo salvini used to call vaccinations "useless and in many cases dangerous". here's the view of one expert in the us, on how to combat that sort of disinformation.

there are a few things that some of us have been pushing in this area. the first thing is that we should have evidence based communication strategies. so if we don't accept half—baked evidence in the vaccine development, and we don't, we should expect high quality evidence in vaccine communications. in the good news is that in the past few years, specifically five years, we have had a lot of studies that have shown effective ways of communicating with parents. and i would submit that because of that, even larger outbreaks have not happened. stay with us on outside source. still to come: scientists say dogs are the third—worst predator introduced by humans, and are responsible for the extinction of nearly a dozen other species. convicted criminals in england could be banned from driving taxis or minicabs, under new government proposals.

current guidelines allow councils to set their own driver standards, including whether to make the checks. our transport correspondent tom burridge has been speaking to a woman who was assaulted by a taxi driver. it is his car, i can't get out, he does what he wants. he's in control of that car, i'm not in control at all. sarah, not her real name, ordered a taxi from uber to get home. when herfriend got out, everything changed. he started making some inappropriate comments to me. they got a little bit more sexual and i started feeling uncomfortable. he turned around and put his hand on my knee, so ijust reacted and tried to move his hand off. but he then held onto my hand. you know, i was thinking, "is he going to rape me"? the driver assaulted two other young women, all within the space of three days. he was jailed for two years. i'd like to have an inspection on the outside. can i take your badge, please? in newcastle, some taxis were used by a gang to abuse girls and young

women over a number of years. since then, they've toughened checks, and the procedure for issuing licenses. in the past year, four taxi drivers who had previously been convicted of sexual offences have had their licence is taken away. and that's just here in newcastle. it is under the current system that if one local authority gets tough, there's nothing to stop somebody going to another area where the rules are not so strict, and getting a licence there. so in the northeast of england, counsels created a single licensing authority, making standards and checks the same. now the government wants to do something similar for all of england, and possibly wales, too. we need to know who is driving people around. if there are people out there who actually have been caught doing something bad before, then why the hell are they still on the roads? in the future, the government wants anyone with a sexual conviction to be barred from getting a licence. tom burridge, bbc news, in newcastle. this is outside source live

from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. one of the most powerful cartel leaders in history, joaquin el chapo guzman, has been found guilty at his drug trafficking trial in the us. he faces a mandatory life sentence. we will hear the story of these two women, widows of two men executed by nigeria in 1995. today, they told a court in the hague that the oil giant shell was complicit in a military crackdown which ultimately led to their husbands deaths. this all happened in ogoniland in nigeria, their husbands were leading mass protests against oil pollution there at the time. anna holligan can pick up the story. these are the women taking on a multinational company.

esther kiel told the judge she was suing shell not for the money, but to getjustice for herself and her people. i told the court who my husband really was, and ijust told them that i need justice. i want them to be exonerated because they did nothing wrong. we are going to demand our rights peacefully, nonviolently, and we shall win! their husbands were among thousands of nigerians protesting against the environmental damage caused by oil production in nigeria. they and seven other activists were executed by that then military government. afterwards, amnesty international described it as a sham trial. the group became known as the ogoni nine, and their deaths provoked an international outcry. this remains one of the most

sensitive cases in nigeria. the anglo—dutch oil firm denies the allegations. this story is having a big impact in nigeria. here's the bbc‘s is'haq khalid explaining the reaction from abuja. at the moment, the case is quite important because the niger delta is the oil—producing region of nigeria. the nigerian economy is largely dependent on oil, more than two thirds of the revenues are from oil, in nigeria is africa's largest democracy. and those problems that the agitators, the activists were talking about are still there. the environmental pollution, the poverty that people in the area are suffering from, and the general envelopment in that region. —— general underdevelopment in that region. so people here are quite talking about this case, saying it has once again highlighted

the plight of the oil—producing communities. we're going to learn about the impact dogs are having on wildlife in some parts of world. scientists say dogs have contributed to the extinction of nearly a dozen wild birds and animal species, and threaten almost 200 other species. that makes them the third worst human—introduced predators after cats and rats. navin singh khadka wrote the article on our website, and he came to speak to me earlier. there was a global report that has put it —— reported out this has happened in asia, central and south america, the caribbean... that covers different parts of the world. it is happening in so many places. in these are feral or domestic dogs? a combo. there are two types, feral and free ranging. in some places, i have seen feral dogs in nepal. but there are also places where dogs

owned by communities are just let free. for example, the latest report from chile, where it the ownersjust let them free and go about. and they come back after so many days. when they were interviewed, what they found was at the owners are not actually bothered that the wildlife was disturbed. they said that these dogs are actually protecting their cattle and the livestock from wildlife. so there is a social issue there, it is complicated in different places. but which species are under pressure from dogs? right, out of 200, there are around 30 that are critically endangered. for example, we have a bird in india. you have pygmy raccoons. there are different kinds of animals and also the iguana. 13 different types of

critically endangered, and so many others. there are 200 species which are now listed in the iuc list. sounds like a difficult problem to respond to? definitely, because there is both a cultural thing and this controversy because so many countries in the past you have tried to kill these dogs, that has proved controversial because there are concerns that should not be killed, and animal welfare organisations believe that there must be a comprehensive programme to deal with them. to manage, may be state —— spay or neuter, maybe vaccinate them because it is notjust dogs killing, but other issues as well. see you tomorrow, thanks for watching. hello there, we reached mid—february and there is a distinct taste of spring in the air which could last this week into the weekend, perhaps

in the next week, as well. the average for around this time of year should be between 7—9dc across the country, we could be looking at daytime values reading —— reaching the mid—teen values. overnight it will remain chile. this weekend, high pressure will dominate, bringing southerly winds to our shore. we should have a lot of dry weather, although weather fronts will always try and plague the western side of the country. for wednesday, that is the case with weather fronts close by, more clout across with urns —— western scotland and northern ireland. the sunshine across the southeast as the frog clears. light wind here, fairly gusty across the northwest corner. but given some shelter in that south—westerly and northeasterly corner, we could make 13—14dc but a very mild day elsewhere wherever you are. high—pressure still with us on thursday, tending to push these weather fronts further out into the

atlantic. and i think on thursday, we should see a drier air moving in that should help melt away the clouds. so i think thursday is looking like a sunnier day across the board with widespread sunshine and very mild temperatures above the seasonal average, 11—14dc. still got high—pressure with us for friday. cooler air behind this warm front will continue to move into the very far northwest corner of the country, something of a change here with effo rts something of a change here with efforts of rain. but elsewhere, a sunny start as any tenses and fog patch is clear way. it will be quite windy across the northwest. certainly a bit cooler with it, as for the south and east again with the sunshine, the lighter winds will be very mild by day. heading into the weekend, we could be looking at an east— west split with weather fronts trying to push in off the atlantic. further east, closer to

the high—pressure is seeing the best of the sunshine. there could be missed and fog to start saturday morning, the best of the sunshine in eastern scotland and england. outbreaks of rain, some getting a bit cooler in the far northwest, won't be very mild further south and east. on sunday, signs of another weather front moving in which could have a bit more energy to it. we could see operates of rain which could see operates of rain which could be quite heavy for northern ireland into the northern western scotland. some other on the sea coast, england and wales should be dry again with souther south—westerly winds and mild temperatures, 11—14dc. cooler in the northwest. it does look like this cooler air will worn out, it cooler into the start of next week before we start to see a return to former south—westerly. after an invigorated jet stream which will bring those weather fronts, able weekend and

become more undulating again through the week to allow a big area of high pressure to establish itself across the uk. into next week, we start off fairly cool with the rain in the northwest, becoming drier and milder again as pressure builds in. increasing sunshine, we could have chilly nights with some mist and fog returning. tonight at ten, an exclusive interview with the president of venezuela, who accuses the us of provoking a humanitarian crisis in his country. venezuela is in chaos, the economy is reeling and the president's opponents accuse him of corruption and incompetence. we speak to nicolas maduro, who accuses president trump of deliberately stoking up the opposition for political gain. translation: venezuela is a dignified country and the united states intends to create a humanitarian crisis to justify a military intervention. we report on the country's economic

problems and food shortages, but the president denies people are going hungry. we'll have more from president maduro, and the deepening tensions between venezuela and the us. also tonight.