this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8.00: the prime minister faces the threat of another defeat in parliament over her brexit deal tomorrow, as some tory mps threaten to rebel, but she insists she will deliver brexit by the end of march. 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 brexit on time. a suspect‘s arrested on suspicion of murder, after the deaths of three men in their 80s in exeter. two of the victims are thought to be twins. inflation has fallen to 1.8%, its lowest level for two years. a 100—year—old survivor of the nazis who died days after a drug addict tried to steal her handbag — today her attacker is convicted of manslaughter. a bbc investigation finds dogs are being bred and trained for illegalfights, in a lucrative black market. and banned for making homophobic comments on the cricket field, shannon gabriel of the west indies,

will miss four one—day internationals, after remarks about england's captain. the prime minister has again insisted the uk will be leaving the european union with a deal at the end of march. that's despite suggestions that mps could face a choice between voting for her brexit agreement, or accepting a significant delay to britain's departure. there have been reports that her lead brexit negotiator was overheard in a bar in brussels saying those could be the options put before parliament. meanwhile, some pro—brexit tory backbenchers are threatening not to support the government tomorrow, in a vote which they say could mean ruling out a "no—deal" departure. and there've been further

warnings from company bosses about the effects of a possible "no—deal" brexit. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. what is on theresa may's mind? what will she do if she can't get her plan through parliament? at the moment, things around westminster are on hold as the government seeks changes over the irish border but with brexit just over six weeks away... questions to the prime minister! ..some are worried the government is simply running down the clock. the prime minister must stop playing fast and loose. businesses are begging for certainty. the economy is already suffering. prime minister, you have come to the end of the road. he can give businesses certainty by voting for the deal. that is what gives business certainty. but could an overheard conversation in this brussels bar give a hint about strategy? itv news reports the pm's chief negotiator, ollie robbins, said the government might have to seek a significant delay to brexit day if it cannot get a new deal through parliament in the next few weeks.

notwithstanding brussels barroom chatter, will the prime minister rule out a delay of brexit beyond march the 29th? it is very clear, the government's position is the same. we triggered article 50. in fact, this house voted to trigger article 50. that had a two—year timeline that ends on the 29th of march. we want to leave with a deal and that is what we are working for. tomorrow mps will hold a series of votes. there won't be a new deal on offer, but even endorsing what has already been backed by parliament isn't easy. tory brexiteers might not back the government. we cannot vote for this as it is currently configured because it rules out no deal and removes our negotiating leverage in brussels. if the prime minister went through the lobbies for this tomorrow night would be voting against the guarantee she has given in the commons for months. it is madness. it is a sign of how fragile truce in the conservative party is.

without the backing of brexiteers, theresa may's majority is extremely vulnerable. a defeat tomorrow would only be symbolic but it would show once again just how volatile westminster is. so, it goes on. delicate conversations both home and abroad. the brexit debate is farfrom over, but leaving day gets ever closer. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent alex forsyth is in westminster tonight. is the prime minister staring defeat in the face tomorrow? quite possibly although no firm decisions have been taken. as you heard this is one of those complementary parliamentary processes which has become important given where we are with brexit. the idea tomorrow was that theresa may put down a motion saying that the house has accepted where things are at with brexit. the idea being it

would not be particularly controversial and fairly neutral. but if mps wanted to make changes with that through amendments, they could try to shape the course of brexit. what has happened is the wording of the motion the government put down means that when mps vote tomorrow, they would be accepting what they have previously voted on, and part of this previous vote was the idea parliament does not want a no—deal brexit, and that is not a cce pta ble no—deal brexit, and that is not acceptable to these brexiteers, which is why they are threatening or suggesting they might not support the government tomorrow, which is why there might be a defeat. the latest tonight is that there are discussions ongoing. we know a number of senior brexiteers met with government chief whip, the man in charge of discipline in the house of commons, earlier tonight, trying to get the government to change what the vote will be about tomorrow so they can back it. no final decisions oi’ they can back it. no final decisions or outcome so far but those talks i am told are still happening. 0k, am told are still happening. ok, so the bottom line is that the brexiteers still firmly believe that

if you take a no—deal brexit of the table, that will not be enough to force the european union to come back with a modified agreement. that is not the only reason that brexiteers support the idea of a no—deal brexit because there are some that think the concept has been overblown in terms of the possible consequences. they call it project fear and they say it would be fine to leave the eu and go onto world trade organisation rules. there might be disruption but they claim it would be short. that runs counter to warnings we have heard from businesses, business leaders and not least the governor of the bank of england, who talked about the damage to the economy leaving without a deal could do. it is not right to say this is just a negotiating tactic for some brexiteers. they believe that there is not ideal march the 29th, as is currently the situation, we should leave without a deal come what may. they do not want an extension of this brexit negotiating period and they do not wa nt negotiating period and they do not want a delay or another vote. i think that is where mines are being

focused in westminster. some people are pushing for the process to be delayed and more time given, and some people are strongly opposed to that and those two positions might shape the way people vote when it comes to any deal theresa may can bring back. but there are conservative mps who believe a no—deal brexit is the best option over and above an agreement? most of them he would talk to would say they would prefer to leave the eu in an orderly fashion, ie with an exit agreement in place. having said this, they say this cannot come at any this, they say this cannot come at a ny cost. this, they say this cannot come at any cost. they will not decide any exit agreement to ensure we leave with a deal and they would rather leave without a deal, either to not leave without a deal, either to not leave it all or to have our departure significantly delayed when negotiations continue. that is the position of some brexiteers as it stands. conversely they are conscious that the majority of mps and house of parliament, as we have seen through votes in the past, do not want a no—deal brexit and are prepared to try to stop it. i think it is that kind of negotiation,

those manoeuvres taking place on the back benches which are really shaping what theresa may can do in the next few days and weeks. thank you for that, at westminster. the department of trade is coming under fire for the lack of progress it's made in signing deals to ensure our trading relations with other countries are unaffected by brexit. the european union has trade deals with about 70 other countries, and leaked documents show that only up to seven will have been rolled over by the uk government by 29 march, when the uk is expected to leave the eu. there are reports that negotiations with many other countries are "off track". and it's thought that agreeing a trade deal with two key countries — japan and turkey — will not be possible in time. let's discuss this a little further with anna isaac, the daily telegraph's economics and trade correspondent. thank you for coming in. why has it been so difficult for liam fox, the international trade secretary, to

sort these deals out? the suggestion was it was going to be fairly straightforward and easy to do. wright, a copy and pastejob was straightforward and easy to do. wright, a copy and paste job was the line. however what we have at the moment is we have our country about to face potentially huge disruption with its single biggest trading partner, the eu. that is our offering to other countries at the moment... and not palatable. not palatable. they don't know what market access the uk will have to one of the biggest trading blocs in the world and that fundamentally changes the dynamics of striking a deal. in the absence of knowing what the future relationship will be like, we are a last palatable option for them. they are facing uncertainty. what are they signing up uncertainty. what are they signing upfor uncertainty. what are they signing up for with the uk? they don't know the answer. that is one of the reasons why the answer. that is one of the reasons why even the answer. that is one of the reasons why even before the list was leaked, we already knew there were plenty of frictions coming up in talks with japan about rolling over their trade agreement. and now we find that we have got problems with canada. many of the biggest and most

significant trade deals. it is easy to focus on the ones we have, the seychelles, mauritius, the faroe islands... but only 0.9% of trade with the uk is accounted for by those smallest 21 countries. what we must think about are the five biggest, the likes ofjapan and canada and south africa. they account for the big majority share of this 12.1% of trade we are talking about, so 16 billion we have rolled over and we have another 101 billion to get done. the department for international trade says, as you mentioned, 12% or so of our trade is with these countries, including the big ones like canada and japan. that's12%. there is still another 88%, so... ? a big chunk of that is the eu, so what we are facing is... we were told it would be so easy. the easiest trade deal in history, we we re the easiest trade deal in history, we were told come with the eu. when

you are that dependent on a trading bloc for trade, the relationship changes your dynamic with all your other trading partners. that is your offer. your offer was as part of the european union utterly different to your offer outside of it. people are going to in any negotiation use whatever leverage they can but they are also definitely not going to signa are also definitely not going to sign a deal when they don't know what they are signing up for. so how long are we talking about in trying to get a potential deal or even just trying to get a potential deal or evenjust a trying to get a potential deal or even just a rollover deal with the likes of japan and even just a rollover deal with the likes ofjapan and canada? are we talking at the end of the transition period or is it when we finally sign our comprehensive trade deal with the eu, if and when that happens? that could be seven or ten years down the line. it is difficult to answer but what we do know is if we were to get the withdrawal agreement through parliament or we were to agree a transition period on terms like those that have been discussed, we know that these countries have said that they will honour the eu's request, essentially, to treat the

uk like it is still a member of the european union during a transition period. so we retain continuity of trade in that situation. it is less straightforward outside of that situation and we have no idea of timescales. trade negotiations often ta ke timescales. trade negotiations often take many years to come to fruition and they can take a decade. we have really no sight of how long this could take. turkey is a very important trading partner for the could take. turkey is a very important trading partnerfor the uk because of its special relationship with the eu where it has a customs union rather than the customs union. and it must follow the eu plus might lead when it comes to trade negotiations, rather than a fully independent trade policy. that could ta ke independent trade policy. that could take as long as brexit takes to resolve. 0k, resolve. ok, so let's be clear... if we end up ok, so let's be clear... if we end up in the scenario of a no—deal brexit, which is ok for some of the conservative backbenchers, that not only means that the relationship with the european union in terms of a trade deal has been screwed up, it

potentially means that other trade deals with other countries outside the eu are screwed up as well. absolutely yes, the likes of south korea, a huge boom for the uk economy, is very important for some of the technology industry is in the uk because of some of the parts which come from that country. not only a potential screw—up as you say, but businesses are having to book shipments now and they do not know the duties they will have to pay on those shipments, the import ta riffs pay on those shipments, the import tariffs to pay on those shipments when they arrive and come into harbour. if you are trying to have any kind of continuity plans as a business, this is beyond a headache. this is massive and this is why we have stockpiling in the uk at the moment because people can't afford to wait this long for certainty. 0k. to wait this long for certainty. ok. thank you, anna from the daily telegraph. good to talk to you. fascinating stuff. we will find out more in about half an hour. i will

be talking to a business owner about how the questions over trade deals will affect them, in light evening, how this story and other ones being covered on tomorrow's papers? and later this evening, we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are political editor of the daily mirror, pippa crerar and political correspondent at the times, henry zeffman. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the bodies of three men in their 80s — two of them twins — were found in exeter. police say it is an unprecedented event in the city. the bodies were found a mile apart and all had sustained similar levels of injury. police are now trying to establish a motive, asjon kay reports. this is the large detached house in the exeter suburb of cowick where the 84—year—old twins were found dead. the brothers have been described by neighbours as private and eccentric. they've been named locally as dick and roger carter. they were such nice, quiet men. sylvia told me she'd lived near the twins for nearly 60 years. she said they once ran a grocery

shop and were always kind. they were so nice. you just... i just can't understand why somebody would do that to them. no, i can't understand it at all. police found the twins' bodies at the house yesterday afternoon. we did think it was unusual for the gates to be open. moments earlier, colin summers had noticed the property was unlocked. my wife and i, we sort of walked past it. we came back and thought, it's a bit unusual, because the gates were open, and you'd never see them open. it's the first time we've actually seen inside that garden for the 30 odd years i've been here. a mile away, another house, another crime scene. 2a hours earlier, on monday afternoon, police were called to this terraced property, where they've now erected an investigation tent at the front. here, they found the body of an 80—year—old man. police say, at the moment, the only thing linking the men at the two addresses is the level of violence used against them.

i know that this news will cause significant and understandable concern, given what is an unprecedented event in our city, which has shocked us all. i know that everyone's immediate concerns will be for the family and friends of the gentlemen involved in this incident. tonight, officers are reassuring the community in this cathedral city, and also appealing for information. sport now, and time for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. let's start by bringing you right up to date with the live champions league action. tottenham are taking on borussia dortmund in the first leg of their last 16 tie at wembley. eight o'clock it kicked off. it's stilll goalless there. lucas moura has gone close. spurs are still without the injured

harry kane and delle alli against the bundesliga leaders. mauricio potchetino has left kiren trippier on the bench, starting serge aurier instead. a lot of focus tonight on dortmund's 18—year—old wingerjadon sancho, now an england international after leaving manchester city in the summer. 0—0 in that one. as it is in holland between ajax and the holders real madrid. around 15 minutes played in both of those games. manchester united and paris st—germain have been charged by uefa following their match at old trafford last night. former united forward angel di maria had a bottle thrown towards him during the second half. psg have been charged with the setting off of fireworks, throwing of objects, acts of damages and crowd disturbance. united have been charged with the throwing of objects by fans and blocking of stairways. liverpool managerjurgen klopp has been charged by the fa following comments he made in a post—match interview after the premier league game at west ham last week. klopp‘s accused of questioning the integrity of the match referee or implying bias. the match finished 1—1 at the london stadium.

west ham midfielder declan rice meanwhile has decided to plege his future to england, despite having already featured for ireland. the 20—year—old has won three senior republic of ireland caps, all in friendlies, having turned out for his grandparents' country since under—16 level. west indies fast bowler shannon gabriel will miss four one day internationals against england following comments he made in the final test in st lucia. gabriel was charged by the icc for breaching their code of conduct. they didn't say if it was a homophobic slur, but based onjoe root‘s reaction, in which he said "don't use it as an insult — it's ok to be gay", the presumption is it was. heavyweight boxing champion anthonyjoshua is set to fight in the us for the first time. it's been announced that he'll defend his wba, wbo and ibf titles against american jarrel miller on the 1st ofjune at new york's madison square garden.

joshua, who's still undefeated, last fought in september, when he beat russian alexander povetkin at wembley. it's not the fight many hoped to see, but with deontay wilder and tyson fury set for a rematch he was running out of options. the big baby has said come to new york, come here, i am a big fat guy andi york, come here, i am a big fat guy and i like eating cheeseburgers and i talk a lot, we will have some fun and sell—out garden! it it was an offerjoshua could not refuse. some fa ns offerjoshua could not refuse. some fans will be upset but that is the business. if you ask for too much money, you miss the bus. it is that simple. as we've been hearing, racing has resumed following a six—day suspension after the equine flu outbreak, and because of that, it was free entry at musselburgh today — this was the first race of the day at plumpton. trainers and staff are having to follow strict criteria, as the british horseracing authority look to limit its spread further.

there's been a big shock at the welsh open snooker. masters championjudd trump has been knocked out by the world number 72 duane jones in their second round match in cardiff. trump has been the form player this season but struggled against his welsh opponent, losing the match by 11—2 frames. next, ronnie o'sullivan is through to the third round through. he was a four two winner against china's yuan sijun. o'sullivan made three breaks over 90 in the match. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10.30. prices are rising across the country at their lowest rate for two years. falling energy and fuel bills contributed to the slowdown. index, sat at 1.8%, below the bank of england's projection of 2%. wages are now going up faster than prices and so pay packets are going further every month.

but is it all good news? our economics correspondent andy verity reports. do you fancy some dinner? at home in bolton, melanie and jason are among millions of households who have benefited from cheaper bills. as a sales executive for a successful packaging company, jason has seen his wages rise faster than prices for five years, allowing to buy more with his pay, and other elements of the cost of living are getting more manageable. i think petrol is a lot cheaper than it was. it's still expensive, but cheaper, and we are charging too much for fuel as a country. but petrol, i would say, and i can't really think of much more that's been a lot cheaper. yes, certain foods. pay rises have been so weak for so long... the average rise out of 3.3% is the highest since 2009. compare that with prices, and your spending power, the gap between the two,

is growing faster than in five years. —— faster than it has in two years. we still spend carefully, but i am living a comfortable life. while the energy price cap played a part in driving inflation down, there is another factor, a global slowdown. the more people around the world want to buy and sell and trade goods and transport them around the world, the more oil they need to do it and, if there isn't enough to go round, those who want it most will pay for it, pushing up the price, but when the world slows down, that goes into reverse. there is plenty of oil and the price drops, and with it the price of energy. cheaper bills are making life more affordable, but, for now, at least, the global slowdown may have helped. will it last? in the past, what boosted our spending hours was each worker producing more per hour than before.

businesses could afford business beating —— inflation beating pay rises. but right now that is not happening. falling inflation means the gap between wages and prices is as big as it was on the eve of the eu referendum for the first time, which is great news, but it can only be short term. for the gap to get bigger, we need improvements in productivity, which have been lacking for too long. cheap oil and energy may have helped to boost living standards, but it's a by—product of the economic slowdown. the silver lining in better living standards is accompanied by a big, grey cloud. a ao—year—old man has been found guilty of the robbery and manslaughter of a 100—year—old woman in derby. polish—born sofija kaczan, a holocaust survivor, died of pneumonia just days after being mugged for her handbag. her neck was broken in the attack. artur waszkiewicz from london had denied the charges. our correspondent sima kotecha was at the trial, and has this report. she survived the horrors of the nazi

prison camps and chose to make her home in derby, but 100—year—old sofija kaczan's life was cruelly ended by a senseless attack. the man responsible — artur waszkiewicz, a heroin addict who was desperate for cash, so he could feed his drug addiction. today, a jury unanimously convicted him of robbing and killing her. it was late may, just before 9.00 in the morning. sofija kaczan was walking along here, making her way to church. she was approached from behind. waszkiewicz knocked her to the ground, snatched her handbag from her with such force that he ripped off its handle in the process, and then he left her bleeding, on the road. her neck and cheekbone were fractured. days later, her condition deteriorated and she died from pneumonia, which was brought on by the injuries. it was just terrible to see. she couldn't lift her arms, she couldn't feed

herself, you know... it was terrible, really. a frail, vulnerable woman, killed for a drug habit. waszkiewicz will be sentenced tomorrow. sima kotecha, bbc news, derby crown court. new footage has emerged of the hull university student, libby squire, on the night she disappeared. the cctv images show the 21—year—old near the welly club music venue in hulljust after 11pm on the 31st of january. police are continuing to search an area close to oak road playing fields, near the last known sighting of libby. a pilot accused of killing 11 people in a crash at the shoreham airshow in 2015 has dismissed claims that he had a cavalier attitude to flying as he begun giving evidence at his trial. it's the first time that 54—year—old andrew hill has spoken in public since he was pulled from the wreckage of his hawker hunter jet. he denies manslaughter by gross negligence. the girlfriend of the father

of murdered six—year—old alesha mcphail has denied being involved in her death on the isle of bute lastjuly. toni mclachlan — here on the right — was giving evidence in glasgow at the trial of a 16—year—old boy, who denies abducting, raping and murdering alesha. the teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, claims ms mclachlan killed alesha. the trial continues. social media companies should be made to take more responsiblity for cracking down on content that's fuelling knife crime, according to the home secretary. sajid javid says he wants measures to ensure technology firms clamp—down on gang—related material, in the same way they have targeted terrorist propaganda. bbc newsbeat‘sjim connolly reports. siren wails more people are being killed in england and wales by knives now than at any time since the second world war. rob was in a gang in

east london but moved away to escape his violent past. he spent six years in prison, but now goes around schools and colleges to try to stop others making the same mistakes. i started carrying a knife when i was 12. a knife because everyone was doing it at the time. i wanted to fit in. i stabbed quite a lot of people. and if i was to sit here and count, i wouldn't be able to count, because there was so much years i was in the gang life, and people remind me to this day about people i stabbed i didn't remember, you know? that's the gods honest truth. the first person to be killed by a knife this year died on this street in the early hours of new year's day. knife crime is becoming a grim daily reality. and the government knows it needs to do something about it. just down the road at kings college hospital, the home secretary has come to see where victims end up. one of the ways he wants to stop people getting to this point is by restricting content that incites violence, like some drill music, a genre of highly aggressive rap often linked to street violence. i actually think you can do a lot more

to police harmful content on the internet. at the moment, we don't have that legislation for it. i have this legislation for terrorist content, i have it for illegal child sexual abuse imagery, but we don't have that legislation today for that kind of content. and we're changing that. as a parent, i want my children to be able to walk around on any street and just feel that they are safe and that's why a lot more needs to be done. life is looking brighter for robert. but many people he grew up with are trapped in a gang lifestyle. back in my day, if i listened to drill music, i'm riding out 21w. like, if i was listening to drill music every day, the way it is now, i'm definitely committing crime. it's not helping. they're doing acts of people dipping and stabbing each other. that's not... that's glamorising and that's wrong. preventing more getting involved is the new priority for the authorities. jim connolly, bbc news. i'm nowjoined by social media editor of business insider, rosie percy. does this make sense to you, this

idea, getting these images off the internet? i wholeheartedly agree this is a massive issue for the uk and especially london, that we have to be careful about tackling it from every angle and careful not to oversimplify such complex and deep—rooted issues. there is existing legislation that stops inciting violence. it is illegal. so sajid javid does have that. and i do a great social media platforms have a great social media platforms have a huge responsibility on their shoulders to moderate the whole of their content, including but not just knife crime. it must be everything. last week instagram only banned self—harm images, a few days ago. we must look at platforms to ta ke ago. we must look at platforms to take responsibility for content in general but we also must look at... knife crime is not only caused by social media. someone with no experience of our knowledge of knife

crime will not see a post on social media and think, i am going to commit knife crime. it is part of a deeply rooted social issue already, so there will need to be some form of collaboration between government authorities and social media giants, who i also believe bear the responsibility of the content they host. it cannot be as simple as pushing it on one person. there must be a holistic approach, no question. absolutely. ina limited absolutely. in a limited sense, it makes sense to target people who post images, gang—related images of knives. the idea this is some kind of glamorous idea this is some kind of glamorous idea of the way that one should live, it is important to target that as well, write? absolutely important to target content posted, and although not all the content will be able to be targeted. you look at the way people share on platforms like whatsapp, with encrypted messages... we must target things available publicly

like instagram and facebook... if you can see them we should be able to do more to flag them... this raises the question of, how do you do this? the best example recently, martin lewis, the money saving expert, he worked with facebook where his face was used for fake scan adverts on facebook. he worked with them to get a report button only available in the uk for the first time, to report a scam. i wonder could that be reflected in a situation like this? could authorities work with facebook, instagram, twitter, everyone, to build such a button? this is gang—related, how does that then directly go to the authorities? there must be an investment of resources and time for the product development and human resource of how do you get the dots connected and flagged the content and act on the content as well? you alluded to this already... the idea that talking to facebook and youtube and these internet

online giants, that is the panacea for everything. to them to put on a button that restricts things get them to react in some way... yes. is there a danger that too many people will think, if the internet companies take care of all will be well. things will improve. i agree. at the beginning i said we have to be so careful not to put it on just one person and say there is a button which can fix it. have a button to flag what is on social media. education on social media was used in general. is social media being used to fuel this type of content with this type of crime? notjust about avoiding this type of crime but how to spot it on these platforms. kids will see it day in and day out and they're not being taught a response these platforms. they need to start to young age when the content is not already there

because you are then trying to fight a fire because you are then trying to fight afire and because you are then trying to fight a fire and it is already burning. are you getting any sense from your contacts, people you talk to in your daily line of work, that that side of this equation is being looked at. the mayers office in london is looking at that kind of stuff as well. i have had conversations with the mayor's office. a lot of information i get is very often, we are looking into it. it is important to us. i feel it is statistics driven. if someone can say we have had by amount of reports, i want to know what is done after the reports are received. good to talk to you. thank you forjoining us. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. this week has started off on a very mild note, and things are set to turn even milder later in the week and into the weekend,

with a few spots potentially reaching the mid—teens celsius. we have got quite a bit of cloud across the north—west of the country through this evening and overnight thanks to this weather front, which actually brings some light, patchy rain into the north—west of scotland. further south and east, under clearer skies and light winds, it could actually turn quite chilly by the end of the night, with a touch of frost and a little bit of mist and fog, and much milderfurther north—west. now, this is the weather front responsible for the rain in the far north—west, which will actually push northwards on thursday, and allowed this drier air to move off the near continent, which should melt away all of the cloud. —— more of the cloud. tomorrow is actually looking sunnier across the board, and it's going to be very mild indeed. now, we start off on a chilly note across the south and the east, but plenty of sunshine. eventually we should see the clouds melt away across scotland and northern ireland. it could be quite stubborn to clear from dumfries and galloway, but many places will see the sunshine and those temperatures will respond. we could see highs of 15 or 16 celsius. hello. this is bbc news with clive myrie. the headlines... the prime ministerfaces

the threat of another defeat in parliament over her brexit deal tomorrow, as some tory mps threaten to rebel. but she insists she will deliver brexit, by the end of march. a suspect‘s arrested on suspicion of murder, after the deaths of three men in their 80s in exeter. two of the victims are thought to be twins. a 100—year—old survivor of the nazis, who died days after a drug addict tried to steal her handbag. today, her attacker is convicted of manslaughter. a bbc investigation finds dogs are being bred and trained for illegalfights, in a lucrative black market. social media companies should take more responsibility for cracking down on content that fuels knife crime, says the home secretary. the political uncertainty surrounding brexit that we have been speaking about is having an impact on business. the lobby group, the british chambers of commerce, which represents thousands of businesses, warns that uk firms are being "hung out

to dry" by the government, while the motor manufacturer ford says a no—deal brexit would be catastrophic for the firm's operations in the uk and that it would do "whatever is necessary" to protect its business. one business owner concerned about planning for brexit is julianne ponan — owner and ceo of the healthy snack bar company, creative nature. it is good to see you. thank you for being with us. how is brexit affecting you? the uncertainty is a problem for small businesses. we have had to take on more warehousing space because we are having to plan ahead. if you asked me this last yeari ahead. if you asked me this last year i would not have been as worried but we're just over a month to go and nothing is in place. we do not only export to the eu, re—export outside the eu as well. what is

going to happen next? we heard from quite a few big companies at the start of this process, 18 months to two years ago, said there could be complications. i used saying as big as in close to the deadline, closer and closer to brexit, it is smaller companies of your size perhaps that might well be beginning to worry? definitely. small companies fight fires every day and they can adapt easily but when you are a month and a bit to go with no certainty we cannot physically adapt. we are putting everything in place that we can possible but we do not have resources like a large company to employ someone who are just a focus on brexit scenarios. that is the problem we're having. the government is putting into contingency plans. there is a no—deal brexit. theresa

may says her deal is the best deal and if she can get it through parliament all will be well. i happy about those assurances for business? it is all very if at the moment. it should have been done weeks ago. i'm ina should have been done weeks ago. i'm in a situation where i do not have the trust in the government right now. we're not being advised by government bodies on what is happening. that is the main scare. we do not want to have a perishable product on the sea and then we cannot get it through customs. that damages our and our clients as well. tell me about the countries you export to tell me about your country. we do gluten-free, dairy free and nut free. we to the 11 countries at the moment. we import a lot of our ingredients from peru, hawaii and also the eu. germany, for

example, we import shelled hemp seed. prices could rise. there is no guarantee that we are having to give clients sureties that we will not increase prices. with all of this happening, what is going to happen? to be clear, in 50 odd time, by the time we reach march the 29th, as far as importing some of the basic ingredients you need to quit you are not clear what the procedures will be to get that stuff in in order for you to continue with your business. that is why we have stockpiled for four months. you have stockpiled raw materials. we have had to. how much is that costing? write a lot. i would rather grow my business and employee new people. —— quite a lot. we usually hold £160,000 worth of

stock and we are now holding £200,000 worth. i would say to theresa may is, sort something out. get is a deal to narrow down what businesses have to prepare for and tell us what is happening because we need to know. thank you forjoining us. and 0. need to know. thank you forjoining us. and q. thank you. -- thank you. it once held vast swathes of territory in syria and iraq but now the islamic state group's last few hundred fighters are confined to a handful of tiny enclaves. around the town of baghuz in syria, they're surrounded by the us—backed coalition, who've launched what they've called the final battle against the militants. a cbs news team is on the ground in the area, where is had been holding civilians as human shields. charlie d'agata reports. us—led forces here say they are advancing today against the last remnants of isis militants, backed up by american air strikes and artillery. and by the hour, those isis fighters are losing one of their last lines of defence —

human shields. they have been pouring out of the last isis—held village in numbers no—one here had expected. the women and children — so very many children — sons and daughters of isis members, who were long gone, still fighting or already dead. this woman's husband was killed in an air strike, leaving her to care for five children on her own. what does it mean to you to see the end of isis? translation: they mean nothing to me. they are trash. they may have stayed with isis until the very end but the families here say it was not out of choice — they were forced to become human shields. the more families that come flooding out of that village, the easier it is for us—led ground troops to move then. —— move in. there are estimated to be around 500 to 600 is fighters left and top officials says there is no escape.

at some point when it becomes unwinnable for isis, are you expecting that they may surrender, or are you predicting a fight to the death? translation: we know that most of the fighters inside are the toughest left and they may be looking for an escape route but the only option is to surrender or die. families here told us there are not many civilians left. the latest to flee from isis may be among the last. the roughly 2,000 american forces here have been a vital part of this fight. kurdish—led forces will not allow us to film them but we have seen them everywhere from front—line fighting to screening out isis suspects who are trying to sneak out with those families. joining me in the studio now is fawaz gerges, who's professor of international relations at the london school of economics. he's also the author of isis: a history. it is good to see you. thank you for

coming in. is this the end of isis? not at all. it is the end of the physical, territorial islamic state which came into being in 2014. 7.5 million people have been indoctrinated in syria. thousands of isis fighters have disbursed with civilians in iraq and syria, who escaped from devastated cities. ready in iraq you have a low intensity insurgency. isis has been targeting security forces probably ona targeting security forces probably on a daily basis in iraq and the fight against isis will take years the physical state is no longer because ice is still have thousands

of fighters not just in because ice is still have thousands of fighters notjust in iraq and syria, they have also expanded beyond the borders of iraq and syria. —— isis. 20 or 30 countries have contingents of isis. what kind of threat does isis pose, bearing in mind that physical caliphate does not exist? are we talking about essentially terror attacks or are we talking about more of a structured force that could perhaps cause problems for the security forces, say in syria or iraq or neighbouring countries? you are asking multiple difficult questions to answer. even though isis has taken a major beating in iraq and syria, the ideology is still there. point two you still have thousands of fighters, leadership, resources. in

2007/2008, they were also defeated that they went into several communities outside the major cities and waited for the right moment. what we need for your own view is to understand is that isis and al-qaeda are symptoms of broken politics in the islamic world. the oppression, exclusion, abject poverty, lack of hope, a huge unemployment and —— among young men and women. al-qaeda could bide its time and resurface in the same way that al-qaeda in iraq was able to resurface in 2017. sadly the community international plays lip service to helping devastated society zheel, reconcile and the civil wars that are raging in yemen and syria. president trump will say

we have won against isis. the physical state is no longer but isis is not defeated, it is degraded. doesn't president trump have a point in that the physical caliphate does not exist. he is facing pressure at home the american should be pulled out harms way. it makes sense to pull out american troops. remember, donald trump made the campaign against barack obama between 2016 and 2018. ba rack against barack obama between 2016 and 2018. barack obama was the founder of isis, that was his motto. why? barack obama brought american troops from iraq in 2007. this was his claim to fame in the united states. look what donald trump is doing? he is pulling the only 2000 troops out of syria. this will come to haunt him unless you address the social and economic and the

conditions that have given rise to isis. he does not have the vision, nor the temperaments, to defeat isis for good. thank you forjoining us. they're dogs that have been trained for illegal fighting — underground matches that result in many being killed and seriously injured. a bbc undercover investigation has found that they're being traded around the world — including britain — for thousands of pounds. our year—long investigation was originally based on evidence from the charity, the league against cruel sports. tonight it has called for tougher policing of illegal dogfighting and tougher penalties. a warning, tom symond's report includes some distressing images of animal cruelty from the start. for more than an hour, this dog has fought for his survival... ..until this. he died the next day. they call this a sport, but it's illegal in most countries. the injuries are horrific. this is an italian investigator, who's been working undercover

for us for months. she was sent this video by one of the men who attended the fight. bulgarian ivaylo nikolov wants you to think he's delivering pets around the world, but one of his dogs chewed through the bars of its cage. we've been told he was involved in the trafficking of fighting dogs. the uk charity, the league against cruel sports, had been watching him. we found 29 countries across four continents where he is selling dogs. 29 countries? 29 countries, in four continents. that's big business. yeah, big business. bulgaria — this is where he lives, and where many fighting dogs are now coming from. our undercover investigator made contact, interested in buying one. he took the bait. he said he could get us "tested dogs, match winners." we used specialist pedigree websites to examine which dogs

had been bred from his. it turned out, ivaylo nikolov shipped one of his champions to britain, where it bred this dog. clues in the picture helped us identify its owner. he is kerry evans, who was convicted of dog fighting offences in 2014. this video was filmed in his back garden. nikolov‘s bulgarian bloodline extends to britain. and now, he's keen to do a deal with our investigator. he's offered us a fully grown fighting dog. the price is 3000 euros, and we're on our way to meet up with him. the dog is tested, ready to go. previously, he said, "keep it private". but he seems to trust us. he's now sending voice messages. a very greatjoy for me, when i meet people with such a great desire. and i'm not talking about sales, money or anything else, i'm only talking about the true,

pure love for the game. but this is the game. he sent us this video. the lighter dog is the one we're buying. by the end, both are covered in blood and the men have blood on their hands. it's time to meet, on the way to picking up the dog. he's made preparations. in his car, there's a box forthe dog, and... hello, ivaylo, we're from bbc news. but we're not about to give him money. so... we'd like to talk to you about your dogs business. the dogs you're trading around the world, how much money do you make from that? how much money are you making from it?

nothing. nothing? no. you're not making anything? you're not trading fighting dogs around the world? no. yes, you are. we've been watching you for some time, ivaylo. no. we know what you've been doing. is it right that the dogs you put into fight get injured and get killed? no. so, why do you do it? are you going to answer our questions? i don't know you, i don't want to talk to you. back in the uk, the scottish society for the prevention of cruelty to animals recently seized these dogs. with police under pressure when it comes to animal cruelty, charities lead the way. the crime is horrific and it leads to such dreadful injuries to the dogs. i think we've to get much tougher with their sentencing than where we are at the moment, with six months and a fine. as for ivaylo nikolov, we've heard nothing, butjust after we confronted him, his online social media profiles disappeared. tom symonds, bbc news. pupils at a welsh primary school have criticised

the organisers of a netball tournament, who've banned boys from playing this year. boys at a school in llandudno were told last month the competition at the urdd national sports festival is for girls only. the organisers say they'd made the change to encourage more girls to get involved in sport. chris dearden reports. training together. meet the girls and the boys of this netball squad. one of the highlights of the year is the urdd national sports festival. the qualifier takes place this week. some of these children have been training for a year or more. two weeks ago, they had a letter in bold capitals saying, "no boys allowed this year." the urdd have decided not to do any mixed teams anymore, so it's just girls playing netball. in my opinion i don't think they should do that because netball isn'tjust for girls, it's for boys and girls. the last year's year 6 they played netball, the boys. and the joy on their faces, they enjoyed it because

they had a new sport and they're just normally playing football. but the organisers of the urdd national sports festival say they also want to see more girls trying a new sport. they say there is a gap between the number of boys getting involved in sport and the number of girls and they are actively taking steps to close it. they say single—sex schools are allowed under the equality act if boys' extra strength could make the competition unfair. —— sports. i think we get plenty of chances actually because it is a fair game. we get plenty of chances and the boys get plenty of chances. it would not make a difference if the boys were there. it's sort of unfair for the boys as well. if the girls canjoin in with the boys' stuff and then the boys canjoin in with the girls' stuff. on the schoolyard, the boys are still in play. the school says it will be entering the tournament this year but some of the younger girls will step in on friday to replace the boys.

i can understand they have their reasons behind the decision. i think it would have been accepted better by the boys had they have known at the start of the academic year this was the decision, or possibly looking at an alternative that there was a boys only tournament, as they do with the football and the rugby. it's too late to change anything this year. tournament organisers say the decision was taken in september and the rules have been online but they will be reviewing things before next year's event. chris dearden reporting there. now it's time for a look at the weather. the milder air is with us for the rest of the week. the mild areas travelling quite a way up from the

south, from the canary islands fire spain. we do have more clout across scotland, northern ireland and the far north—west of england with spots of light and patchy rain. quite breezy. much of england and wales, quite a chilly night to come. we could see a touch of frost in the south east. it stays very mild further north west because of the cloud and the breeze. this is the weather front responsible for the cloud. the weather front should be responsible for the cloud. the weatherfront should be pushed further north westwards away from the country and help to break up the cloud. i'm hopeful to my we're looking at widespread sunny skies including much of the north and the west and temperatures will respond after the chilly start. it will turn mild for the time of year. further north we should slowly see the cloud thinning and braking. it might linger on. dumfries and galloway

might takea linger on. dumfries and galloway might take a while to clear. temperatures into the load to mid teens celsius. a few highs of 15 and 16 celsius giving good, lengthy spells of sunshine. high pressure still with us. the weather front coming back in across the north west. it will stay breezy as well. quite breezy across the board. clear skies and light winds across the south east. lots of sunshine around. the rain pushing into the north—west corner like i mentioned. by the end of the day most places should stay dry. a degree also warmer with a high of 16 celsius, well above the seasonal average. into the weekend it stays mild. a bit more clout across the west. the best of the sunshine further east. temperatures around the middle teens celsius for them next week high—pressure will re—establish itself. it will stay

settled with spells of sunshine. very mild by day but at night to be chilly, perhaps with a bit of mist and fog forming. temperatures well above the seasonal average. hello, i'm ross atkins. this is outside source. these are our top stories: president trump says venezuela is making a "terrible mistake" in blocking food aid entering the country. he met the president of colombia. we will play some of the press conference. also spanish politics... the government has failed to get its budget through parliament and we could be looking at a very early general election. also this gathering in poland hosted by the americans. the idea is to put pressure on iran but many americans with a senior european colleagues have not shown up to this. and in the phillipines the head of a news website is arrested and it's livestreamed on social media.