you're watching bbc news at nine with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines. shamima begum — one of three schoolgirls who left london in 2015 to join the islamic state group, says she wants to return to the uk so her unborn baby can be looked after. she went out there against the advice of the foreign office and went and engaged in the support or activities of terrorism, and if you come back, you must be prepared to be questioned, investigated and potentially prosecuted. the prime ministerfaces another rebellion on brexit in parliament as mps debate the next steps in the process. the european plane manufacturer airbus says it's going to stop producing the a380 superjumbo — the world's largest passenger airliner. reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. the nhs is launching a new scheme to get more people to have their blood pressure

and cholesterol levels checked, after 15 years on mars, nasa calls time on mars, nasa calls time on the opportunity rover, crediting the robot as having transformed its understanding of the red planet. and in sport, spurs take a big step towards the champions league quarter—finals after a 3—0 win over borussia dortmund. good morning 7 and welcome to the bbc news at nine. a london schoolgirl, who left britain as a 15—year—old to join the islamic state group, says she wants to come home. speaking to the times, shamima begum, who is now 19, married to an islamic state fighter and nine months pregnant, says she wants to give birth in the uk.

this morning the security minister ben wallace told the bbc that anyone whojoined is must understand that "actions have consequences". chi chi izundu reports. pictured for the first time in almost four years in a camp in northern syria, shamima begum, one of the three schoolgirls from bethnal green who left to join the islamic state group, which by then already had a murderous reputation. just 15 when they went, she told the times about their arrival in is territory. she told the times reporter, anthony loyd, that her friend kadiza sultana was killed in an airstrike. but she said the third bethnal green girl, amira abase, was still alive two weeks ago.

and shamima begum doesn't accept they made a mistake injoining the islamic state group. but she does say while she was with is she lost to make children through malnutrition and sickness. she is now nine months pregnant with her third child and is desperate to get back to the uk. the home office says anyone taking part in conflict in syria or iraq must expect to be investigated by police, to determine whether they have committed criminal offences and to ensure that they do not pose a threat to national security. our correspondent john donnisonjoins me now.

how easy or complicated would it be for shamima begum to return to the uk? i think it's going to be pretty difficult, as we heard in the piece, she is nine months pregnant, due to give birth any day now according to her and the security minister ben wallace has told the bbc this morning that she will not be offered any sort of consular assistance to return home. he said he was not prepared to send british officials to risk their lives and clearly a dangerous part of the world and that she would have to make our own way toa she would have to make our own way to a british consulate, possibly in turkey or lebanon and that seems unlikely, and she could in fact, sadik khan, the mayor of london, said she could be stopped from boarding a plane if they thought she posed a threat to the uk so i think it will be pretty tricky. and the times reporter calls her and

indoctrinated isis bride and she does not do herself any favours in the interview because she expresses no regrets about what she has done. she doesn't express any regret, and it was interesting listening to the journalist, because he said when she left the uk, she was 15 years old, young, and there was an argument that she had been indoctrinated and groomed into isis. this is four yea rs groomed into isis. this is four years on now, and i was listening to former senior figures years on now, and i was listening to former seniorfigures in years on now, and i was listening to former senior figures in the years on now, and i was listening to former seniorfigures in the police saying similar things that the situation is very different from four years ago when she left. then, the police came out, seniorfigures in the police said, she would be treated as a victim, but that's not the case now. has there been any reaction from her family or anyone acting on her behalf? not from the family itself in bethnal green and east london. but from a solicitor representing the family, he said

that he was glad that she was still alive and he actually pointed out those comments made four years ago by the police that she should be treated as a victim. and i think the government will have a very different view. thank you for that. a little more on what the security minister had to say on the today programme about the government message to those who want to return home. if you have been out there against the advice of the foreign office to go and engage in support 01’ office to go and engage in support or activities of terrorism, you should be prepared, if you come back, to be interviewed, questioned and potentially prosecuted for committing terrorist offences. she is currently in a syrian refugee camp and she made clear yesterday that there were no diplomats or british officials yesterday in syria at the moment. is your view that until she can find a british official she can say what she likes, but she's not coming home? we just

don't provide consular services in syria. it is dangerous. i'm not sending british civil servants and officials out into a still active civil war in parts of a failed state. that is why we don't provide that. so she has to find her way somewhere else where there is british consular support if she is to have any chance of prosecuting her claim to come home?” to have any chance of prosecuting her claim to come home? i can't comment on her individual case for potential legal reasons. i think the issue is, anyone in that situation would have to make their way to a place where there are consular services if they were trying to get back to the uk or indeed seek for the uk to give them some sort of support or whatever. that is just the rule across the country and the world, i think. security the rule across the country and the world, ithink. security minister ben wallace. meanwhile, the mayor of london gave his reaction to shamima begum's desire to return to the uk. i don't want to prejudice any potential case that might go but i am clear

that we have laws in place to make sure that the police and authorities can speak to somebody before they get on a plane to consider if offences have been committed. and if we think that anybody who comes to our country is a national security threat or might commit an offence, they might be stopped from coming to the country. if she arrives in this country and they can be interviewed at the port and see if offences have been committed. it's really important that the police and authorities look at each case seriously, but the wider point i would make is that we know, and we've spoken about in the past, there are children and vulnerable people being groomed and radicalised in their bedrooms in this country. i would say to any parent, big brother, big sister, anybody who thinks somebody they know might be being groomed, ring the authorities. the number is 0800789321, you can ring anonymously, and keep us safe and avoid any young person or honourable person being groomed 01’ radicalised by islamist extremists. i'm joined now

by gina vale, a research fellow at the international centre for the study of radicalisation at king s college london. thanks for coming along. i'm trying to recall if there is any precedent for a situation like this in the uk, someone for a situation like this in the uk, someone who has gone to join ias for a situation like this in the uk, someone who has gone tojoin ias —— iso is an iis bride in wanting to come back to the uk. we only have one case of that and that individual was detained on arrival and she had one child and at the moment it is understood that the child is in child protective services. as we have heard, it does sound as though the situation for years on from when shamima begum went tojoin is, the situation for her is very different. different than if she had sought to come back to the uk soon. this is what makes her case quite unique.

she travelled as a miner, she was 15, and her friends she travelled as a miner, she was 15, and herfriends were 15 she travelled as a miner, she was 15, and her friends were 15 and 16 and she has since become an adult during her time and she has since become an adult during hertime in and she has since become an adult during her time in islamic state but she has stated clearly that she has an allegiance to the group even though some aspects of living under islamic state rule were not to her liking. she still shows she is ideological committed to the cause and this is quite unusual for women. we've seen news reports recently where women have said they were lowered or groomed to be taken to islamic state territory, often by a male relative, and she is actually taking account of her own voluntary decision tojoin the taking account of her own voluntary decision to join the group. and saying the only reason she wants to come back is so her unborn child can avail of nhs care. how difficult would it be to even begin to think about de—radicalising someone who talks in that way? first we need to

look at demobilisation. we have seen that she has expressed interest in conducting violence for the group, that she is not fazed by seeing severed heads in islamic state territory, and it shows she has an affinity to the violence committed by the group, so the first stage is to try and take her away from a violent cause in the ideology and then look at possibilities for rehabilitation and de—radicalisation. rehabilitation and de-radicalisation. but as things stand, the authorities would presumablyjudge stand, the authorities would presumably judge that somebody saying this represents a danger to the uk. it is difficult to try and ascertain a security threat of her ascertain a security threat of her as an individual. there is no evidence, as of yet, to say she has engaged in any violence and even though she has remained within islamic state's strongholds for a long period of time, there is no evidence to suggest she has actually participated in violence herself and

this may be on account of the factory is a woman. islamic state only allowed to take up arms at the end of 2017 and we saw evidence of this in january 2018 end of 2017 and we saw evidence of this injanuary 2018 but end of 2017 and we saw evidence of this in january 2018 but we are end of 2017 and we saw evidence of this injanuary 2018 but we are yet to see any individuals prosecuted. but the government has to take account of an influence somebody might have, that might attack british values and way of life. we also need to consider the long—term effects of refusing to repatriate civilians such as shamima begum or others, particularly when those infa nts a re others, particularly when those infants are innocent and born into the situation through their parents volition and choice to be there and if we consider the long—term consequences of not repatriating civilians such as herself and others, we then risk increasing the strain and burden on already overstretched facilities within iraq and syria. how much do you think the government considers the court of public opinion in this, if you like?

clearly, if you look at public opinion at the moment people are saying, she's made her bed, she can lie in it. it's definitely a political issue and something of public interest. but that cannot be seen public interest. but that cannot be seen to influence policy, particularly with regard to her infant. if the infant is born inside iraq or syria, in this case, that infa nt iraq or syria, in this case, that infant has a right to british nationality and it is in our best interest to make sure the child has those rights. you talk about a strain on services abroad, but presumably if shamima begum was brought back, whatever would subsequently happen to her or her child, there would be considerable cost involved there as well. yes, but this is cost that we need to reinvest to ensure that in the long term a security threat is reduced. if we do not repatriate civilians such as shamima begum or others, there is a chance that authorities

inside iraq and syria will start to release prisoners or take matters into their own hands judicially, release prisoners or take matters into their own handsjudicially, so we cannot account for their own human rights within the conflict zone. so what would be the test for deciding whether somebody should be repatriated or not? everyone has a right to repatriation. they did not renounce their citizenship as such ina renounce their citizenship as such in a legal capacity. idea logically, they felt they had joined an islamic state, but there is no legal acknowledgement of the fact that they have adopted a new citizenship. it isa they have adopted a new citizenship. it is a tricky line to judge. exactly. gina, thank you for your time, talking about this case. and we will have more on this story throughout the day. theresa may is facing the threat of another rebellion by her own backbenchers today as she tries to preserve support for her brexit plan. the commons is due to vote on the next steps in the process, and some of the most hardline

tory brexiteers have said they cannot back the motion as it currently stands, claiming it effectively means abandoning a no—deal option. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster for us this morning. cani can ijust begin by asking you, in some senses, what is the point of today, because theresa may is not confident she will win today and she does not actually have an alternative plan yet, either, does she? you are right. in one sense today's and vote has no bearing on negotiations or the deal from mrs may and it's in tiley party management —— entirely party management —— entirely party management and the mood of westminster that matters, because if she were to face a significant revolt that would end the truth she has nurtured between her brexiteers and herself since she agreed to go back to brussels and they believe that if she were defeated tonight, her team, the eu would think there's

not much point cutting her a deal because she still cannot command a parliamentary majority and that was the message from the international trade secretary, liam fox, this morning. we are not an internal bay —— debating society and what we say will be listened to beyond our borders, particularly in europe. in the debate today is an opportunity to show that the house of commons is behind the prime minister in her bid to renegotiate the irish backstop, because if those who are watching believe that we are a united parliament that would deliver an agreement with the european union if the changes were made, they are more likely to happen. if we get division and conflicting messages, then it's likely to send a negative signal. so we have a responsibility today, i think, to show that parliament is speaking with one voice. and number ten say that if part of the european

research group vote against or abstain, then they expect that they will be defeated. i am joined by the leading brexiteers, mrjenkin. will be defeated. i am joined by the leading brexiteers, mr jenkinlj have not decided and we will still discuss about how we respond. it is a gratuitously divisive emotion that the government has tabled. we all supported the brady amendment, and some people found it difficult to support, but nevertheless it reunited the party and we are mystified as to why the government has decided to put down a much more divisive notion today. but you are right, today is not that important and it does not change the law or the price of fish, and if there are people undermining the prime minister's negotiating position, it is the ministers in the government to keep saying they are going to resign if there is no deal and that really does undermine the government negotiating position. but how do you respond to the warning from number

ten that if you defeat theresa may tonight, that is a sign she cannot command a majority, therefore she will not get any further concessions. we are not running the government. the government could do a lot to help itself by making clear that it has adopted the malthouse compromise, and they will not say that. but they are pressing the malthouse compromise as a replacement for the backstop and they will not confirm they are saying that. they could do a lot to help themselves instead of attacking their own supporters voted for the brady amendment, and deal with their own internal divisions. why don't you just accept, even though you might not like it, today's motion for the sake of party unity and party piece, because surely all will be achieved tonight is once again the fragile truce will be ended. that is one of the argument is weighing upon us, but on the other hand, we all voted against the spelman amendment last weekend and

we are now effectively being invited to endorse the amendment that rejects no—deal brexit. the government's own motion undermines their negotiating position. why are they endorsing the abandoning of the alternative to leaving with a deal? let me suggest is the reason is because parliament voted for the ta ke because parliament voted for the take no deal off the table a motion last month and were they to ignore it, the risk is that tory remainers would be incensed. to some incense we are sympathetic that the government is having tojuggle these different interests, but they could have put down a simple emotion. they say this motion is anodyne. have put down a simple emotion. they say this motion is anodynelj have put down a simple emotion. they say this motion is anodyne. i don't know how anodyne it is, but if they're ramping it up and saying it will blow the government negotiating position out of the water then it is not anodyne. downing street is desperate on this now. it would have been better if they had consulted the 100 or so mps that represent the majority of their backbenchers before tabling this motion. i think

the lack of consultation has not improved the atmosphere of trust. bernard jenkin, thank you very much. all the signs are that it could go either way with many of the key players still to decide which way to vote, but there's no disguising the real alarm in downing street and they could be facing defeat tonight. norman, thank you. the aerospace giant airbus has announced that it will end production of the a380, the world's largest passenger plane. the decision comes after its biggest customer, emirates, decided to trim its order. the plane first entered commercial service in 2007. airbus also announced better than expected fourth quarter profits. kim gittleson has more. when the airbus a380, the worlds largest passenger plane, took to the skies in 2005 it was considered a feat of modern engineering. but now the plane has come to an untimely end. dealing a blow to airbus and it

is expected that increased international air travel would lead to demand for big planes like this one. airbus said the decision to stop manufacturing the a380 came after its biggest customer, emirates airlines, decided to trim its orders for the plane. that made it no longer financially viable to continue to manufacture the a380. while the demise has been expected for some time now, the shift to smaller planes, like american rival boeing's stream liner 787 came faster than expected. in a statement the airbus chief executive said that the airbus chief executive said that the decision was painful but that the decision was painful but that the a380 would still be in the air for some time. the last delivery of the plane is set for 2021 and airbus said it hoped it would be able to reassign around 3000 workers. marking the end of the soup boat —— super jumbo era. our business presenter dominic o'connelljoins me now.

9000 jobs involved in airbus uk. are any of those jobs affected by the announcement? we don't yet know. 3500 are involved with the a380, and of those, the company has not given an official number but the guidance is about two or 300 affected in the uk but they are saying they are likely to be able to re—employ people to give an example of how important the airbuses, they are making them at one month, but other airbus planes, they are making 63 per month so it is a bigger effort for the smaller aircraft, although it was a giant commercial gamble by airbus because they spent a lot of money developing it but it has become involved with less importance. what are the decision -- factors behind the decision to end production because it's only been in production because it's only been in production for 12 or 13 years, which isa production for 12 or 13 years, which is a short period of time. the boeing 7117 has been in production

for 50 years, so this play will be —— plane will be 15 years old when they finish. the a380 was almost a plane after its time. just as it made its first flight, newer types of planes that were more fuel—efficient with two engines not four engines were coming along and airlines decided that the argument for the a380 was something they could look past and they could fly from secondary city bypass the hubs, so the idea that airbus could sell 1600 up to 2026, they ended up making just 250. but the big goal was to kill off the 7117 and itjust about did it. the last passenger 7117 was sold two years ago and it will continue as a freighter and will probably outlive the plane that was sent to kill it. so in light of all that, give us a health check for airbus broadly? the demand for commercial aircraft is fine, both airbus and boeing doing very well and the airbus share prices at an

all—time high and they claim they will make 900 aircraft, so despite killing off the a380, airbus is in rude health. dominic, thank you very much. detectives are continuing to question a man held on suspicion of murder after three pensioners were killed in their homes in exeter. the bodies of two 84—year—old twins and that of an 80—year—old man were found — less than 2a hours apart — at two separate addresses. police are linking the deaths by "the level of violence used". our news correspondent jon kay reports. in a quiet suburb of a cathedral city, the house where the 84—year—old twins were found dead. all day, police searched the large detached property, and a sprawling back garden. neighbours described the elderly brothers 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 known the brothers for nearly 60 years. she said they once ran a grocery shop and were always kind. 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. this note on the front door said a man of that age had been looking for new accommodation for himself and his pet cat. neighbours told us it had been on the doorfor weeks. police say at the moment the only thing linking the two attacks is the level of violence used against the victims. a 27—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. jon kay, bbc news, exeter. mayors and city leaders from across the uk are calling on the government to do more to tackle poor air quality. the group is pushing for 100% clean air by 2050 and are asking for £1,5 billion

to encourage people to scrap polluting vehicles, and use public transport. the government says it is already investing £3.5 billion in reducing pollution and the forthcoming environment bill will include new legislation on air quality. a group of private backers has agreed to fund the national unit which supports the 13 family drug and alcohol courts in the uk. the unit helped prevent children of parents addicted to drugs or alcohol, being taken into care. last year government funding was cut but now private backers and philanthropists have pledged £280,000 to finance the unit in the short term. the department for education says the courts offer important support for families. nasa has declared that the "opportunity" rover it sent to mars has officially eneded its mission, after nearly 15 years on the red planet. the robotic vehicle transformed our understanding of mars, by confirming that water once flowed there. andy beatt has more. designed to last just

designed to lastjust 90 days, opportunity landed on mars in 2004 and instead decided it would stay a while, spending the next decade and a half roving the eerie martian landscape, reliably sending postcards back home, including proof that water, the necessary building block for life, did indeed flow at one point in martian history. but then a summer dust storm covered the rovehs then a summer dust storm covered the rover‘s solar panels. on the 10th of june it sent back this image, before falling silent. now, after sending thousands of unreturned messages over the past eight months, scientists have come to the inevitable conclusion that opportunity is no more. it is therefore that i am standing here with a sense of deep appreciation and latitude that i declare the

opportunity mission is complete, and with it, the mars exploration —— rover mission is completed. but mars exploration is not over yet. a new robot will be launched in 2020 and curiosity, which landed in 2012, is still covering ground. like many on social media, it offered its own eltonjohn social media, it offered its own elton john tribute social media, it offered its own eltonjohn tribute to its fallen social media, it offered its own elton john tribute to its fallen for runner, saying that while your candle burned out long before your science ever will, but the death of the rover some have nicknamed oppy, marks the end of the longest serving space robot, which gave us the first glimpses of hope of the possibility of life elsewhere. let's have a look at the weather with mel coles. good morning, mel. for many of us the day started as it means to go on, an early taste of spring but we have fog in the forecast. temperatures expected to do well today and still drawing up

the mild airall do well today and still drawing up the mild air all the way from the south, so the mist and fog comes in through central and south—west england is taking a while to clear, but once it does, sunshine develops widely. hazy for southern scotland but the best temperatures are expected to be north—east scotland and the north—east higher ground in wales, above average for the time of year. as we head into the evening, under clear skies, temperatures will drop away, particularly for central and eastern areas where we could have a patchy frost and the return of the mist and fog and similar areas are affected first thing tomorrow. once again, rather like today, stubborn to clear, but for many, a fine and dry day with lengthy spells of sunshine on offer, the wind picking up across northern ireland in the far north—west of scotla nd ireland in the far north—west of scotland as the rain edges closer, but tomorrow temperatures could do even better. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... shamima begum, one of three schoolgirls who left london in 2015 to join the islamic state group, says she wants to return to the uk so her unborn baby can be looked after.

scared that this baby is going to get sick in this camp, used and i really wa nt get sick in this camp, used and i really want to get back to britain because i know it will be taken care of. went against the advice of the foreign office and went to engage in... you should be prepared to be questioned when you return and potentially prosecuted... the prime ministerfaces another rebellion on brexit in parliament as mps debate the next steps in the process. the european plane manufacturer airbus says it's going to stop producing the a380 superjumbo — the world's largest passenger airliner. reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. the nhs is launching a new scheme to get more people to have their blood pressure and cholesterol levels checked, after 15 years on mars, nasa calls time on the opportunity rover, crediting the robot as having transformed its understanding of the red planet. time now for the morning briefing,

where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. let's start with one of our main stories today. shamima begum, who's one of three schoolgirls who left east london in 2015 to join the so—called islamic state group, spoke to the times reporter anthony lloyd about why she wants to return to the uk. mr lloyd told the today programme about his impressions of the 19—year—old. i found her in a sprawling refugee camp called al—hawl in northern syria. which is home to 39,000 people, the majority women and children. and the majority of those civilians who have fled isis areas. she had fled the battle in baghuz in eastern syria, which is concluding now, which is for the last territorial slither of the caliphate. she had fled that too weeks ago and turned up in al—hawl camp. nobody appeared to know

she was there, no contacts had been made with british officials or aid workers. and when you were presented with her, did you know precisely who she was orjust that she was one of the three girls who left east london to head to syria? she spoke to me, she was veiled, she spoke to me in a london accent, i said, "you're a london girl, aren't you?" she said, "i'm a bethnal green girl." and then i knew. so then, we talked, there was no—one else, just her and i. and i said, can you lift your niqab so i can see your face? and she said, "yeah, i'm shamima begum" lifted her niqab. and she told you that she wanted to come home? she wants to come home. she said i'm desperate to get back to the uk. she's nine months pregnant, going to give birth imminently. and both her infant children have died in the last eight months in the isis pocket that's just collapsed down in eastern syria. does she believe that you will be allowed home?

er... she's... she doesn't, no. she's very worried about it, she wants to come back to the uk to give birth to her third child. well, i think it's so imminent, i don't think that's going to happen. she doesn't want her third child to die in syria, she is worried she'll be separated from her baby, she is worried she might go to prison for she doesn't know what her legal status is. and neither does anyone else. also speaking on the today programme was sir mark rowley, former head of uk counter terrorism, and a former assistant commissioner in the metropolitan police. he's now a member of the independent expert group of the commission for countering extremism. what the police and security services will be doing now is exec of what is required, a cold, rational assessment of the intelligence and evidence, what has she been up to, what offences has been she involved with and what risks does she pose if she comes

back to the uk? meanwhile she is in a camp in syria where there are consumer services and i don't imagine the foreign office will be rushing into syria to try and get hold of her. how possible would it really be —— consumer services —— to assess weather she remains as it we re assess weather she remains as it were the victim you once described or weather she should be seen as an active supporter of is who if she ever we re active supporter of is who if she ever were to return home should be prosecuted. it is quite possible, there is an enormous amount of intelligence gathered by british, american and other partner intelligence agencies on who has beenin intelligence agencies on who has been in the caliphate, what they've been in the caliphate, what they've been doing and what they've been involved with. some of that may have a bearing on our knowledge of her. secondly police have been working ha rd secondly police have been working hard to gather evidence based on things which have been obtained from the battlefield, people who have returned, things from social media et cetera. so there be an evidence basis and as the also there is the new offence of travelling to a designated area which i think has ten years imprisonment. the first case is, issue guilty any serious

offences? that may well prove to be the case. of course coming back there will be efforts to look at her mental health and weather she can be reformed and help. but also weather she is fit to bring up a child or weather it should be taken into care. air pollution across the uk, contributes to around 40,000 premature deaths and costs the economy more than £20 billion pounds every year, according to the royal college of physicians. today, city leaders from across england are calling on the government to improve air quality and take polluting vehicles off the roads. mayor of london, sadiq khan, spoke to bbc breakfast this morning. we know, in addition to the premature deaths you talked about, we know that there are children, particularly in cities, who have underdeveloped lungs, stunted lungs, and that's permanent. so their life expectancy will be shorter because of the poor quality air. we also know there are adults with a range of health issues

like asthma or dementia, heart disease and cancer, directly attributable to the poor quality air. and so it's notjust an issue about transport or about environment, it's a public health emergency. you've been doing yourjob in politics in different capacities for many years, i've been doing mine for a while, been talking about this for an awfully long time — why is it something we cannot get a grasp of? well, we're making progress here in london, we, for example, stopped buying diesel buses, we only buy electric, hydrogen or hybrid, and that has led to in parts of london a 90% reduction in nitrogen dioxide. we've stopped licensing diesel taxis, we've seen improvement of air around there. we've made sure that we clean up air around schools. you know there are 450 schools in london in parts of london where the air is illegal. that's why this 8th april we'll be launching the world's first ultralow emission zone, to get rid of the most polluting vehicles of our roads. vehicles off our roads. and what you talked about today is, we've gathered in london today leaders of cities and regions across the country, representing 20 million people,

and the really good news is, we have two members of the cabinet coming as well. the secretary of state for the environment, michael gove, the secretary of state for health, matt hancock. and i think working together, we can make real progress addressing the issue of poor quality air. ajudge has ruled that donald trump's former election campaign chairman paul manafort breached his plea deal with special counsel robert mueller by lying to prosecutors. the us district courtjudge ruled that manafort "made multiple false statements" to the fbi, mr mueller‘s office and a grandjury. the verdict means that manafort, who has been held in a detention centre in virginia sincejune, could now potentially face harsher sentences or have charges against him re—filed. he has pleaded guilty to some charges, avoiding a separate trial. he won hearts as the dogged detective in hit crime drama the missing. now, french detective julien baptiste is back for a new nail—biting spin—off show. this time, amsterdam's dark underworld is the setting for a thriller that's sure to set pulses racing.

we heard from the actor tcheky karyo who plays baptiste on bbc breakfast. i was feeling really proud to be welcome, getting such a big hug from the british audience. are you surprised by how popular the character ofjean surprised by how popular the character of jean baptiste is?” was, definitely. but it's also the work and the love, the team of the brothers, which they have for this french character, who is a real person they know from a long time ago. so he became this character in the series. and also the huge talent of this ensemble, you know, it's like a choir, ifeel like i am a voice going through there was... so easily to this could not have

happened because you walked away from this character in the first series, tell me about that? well, it is because i was, my daughter was just born and i read the story of dismissing boy, ifelt really anxious about it and i didn't want to sign for six months and to be hired for three years of. so i felt really stressed attrition but tom shankland, directed the first eight episodes of season one, he was so strong and so much humanity in the way he talked to me about the character and the story itself and the way he wanted to shoot it, this was, you know, travelling inside and after three months i felt in my stomach that i'm doing a mistake so i called and luckily, destiny took me by the collar. let's take a look

at what you're reading and watching on the bbc news app. our top story todayis on the bbc news app. our top story today is the schoolgirl shamima begum, 15—year—old who fled and left the uk for years ago to join is. she now says she wants to return to the uk but says she has no regrets about last four years. at number four... know your heart risk like your pin code — is the message. health organisationsjoining code — is the message. health organisations joining together to push us into the idea that we should a lwa ys push us into the idea that we should always be checking our cholesterol and blood pressure so that we can look out for signs and symptoms which can lead to heart attack and strokes. we're going to have more on that with our health correspondent dominic using just a few minutes. looking down at the most watched... numberfive, in looking down at the most watched... number five, in fact looking down at the most watched... numberfive, in fact it has gone up, the mini hospital cars calming

children. for any child going for an operation, it's a very stressful time for them, and the james cook university hospital in middlesbrough has this fleet of mini cars, this one is a little mini bentley, i think, so that children can drive themselves to their operation, distract them and hopefully reduce the stress. what a fantastic idea. that's it for today's morning briefing. sport now...and time for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. there you are, you have appeared! just like magic! good morning. good morning, for the first time this morning, we have found out, what the west indies fast bowler shannon gabriel, said to the england captainjoe root...that has led to him being banned from the first four one—day internationals. gabriel has now admitted asking root if he likes boys, and says he's deeply sorry for his comments.

this comes after root was heard on a microphone telling gabriel, "there's nothing wrong with being gay" and not to use it, as an insult. mauricio pochettino called his tottenham players heroes, after they beat borussia dortmund 3—0 in the first leg of their champions league match at wembley. patrick gearey reports. one glory, glory night despite everything.

in a ground they should have left against opponents rated among europe's best, tottenham thrived. among their many challenges is doing without the goals of the injured england captain harry kane. it requires the likes of lucas moura to improvise. but in nature, yellow and black is a warning. borussia dortmund lead the german league, and it took hugo lloris to prevent the tie. in his fingertips tottenham's grip grew stronger. minutes into the second half jan vertonghen picked out their favourite son, heung—min son, making the brilliant routine. vertonghen by trade is a grisly centre—back who had undergone some transformation. here he was upfront making it 2—0, that is why nickname is superjan. christian eriksen added another with the substitute fernando llorente. three. spurs supporters dream not of getting to wembley but of leaving for their new ground which is now several months late. their team it seems are moving far faster. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages. the daily mail concentrating on the

problems at chelsea. the daily telegraph focuses on declan rice of, the very talented west ham midfielder, who has played three times in friendlies for the republic of ireland but has now opted to switch to play for england in the future. he was born and raised in london but he did have irish grandparents. they were from cork in ireland, and he played since under

16 level for the republic of ireland but because he did not play any competitive matches, he can still make the switch. tributes have been made this morning to the youth team coach who's credited for developing the talents of manchester united's class of 92, eric harrison, who has died at the age of 81. after playing at halifax, hartlepool, barrow and southport, harrison became youth team manager at united, in 1981. he led them to fa youth cup victories in 1992 and 1995 and was praised for his ability to "make good human beings" out of young players. harrison, 81, who was diagnosed with dementia four years ago, passed away peacefully with his family by his side. there have been so many tributes to harrison already on social media, with gary neville tweeting, that he's lost his mentor, saying that he and other manchetser united players owe him everything. david beckham has posted on instagram, saying that he, on instagram, saying that he can still hear harrison yelling "no more hollywood passes" at him in training. and alex ferguson has released

a statement saying that eric's contribution to football, and not just manchester united was incredible... joining me now, is a member of the 1992 fa youth cup cup team ben thornley. thanks forjoining us, you heard the incredibly sad news last night but it must have brought back the memories of the class of 90 to? yeah, and incredibly fond memories of. eric was notjust a coach, he was somebody who helped us without pathway through life, with his commitment and what he instilled into us, he had a huge impact on the way our careers went, weather it meant staying at manchester united or elsewhere. hisjob was meant staying at manchester united or elsewhere. his job was to get us ready for life, really. and obviously, hisjob as ready for life, really. and obviously, his job as a football coach extended a lot further beyond

that. what was it that he said and did which made him able to make such great human beings out of you all, obviously, he was quite strict in what he was saying to david beckham about no more hollywood passes, but what did he do behind—the—scenes which made it so special?” what did he do behind—the—scenes which made it so special? i think when sir alex ferguson came in, he has gone on record as saying that he already had eric harrison there in his youth development role and it was a privilege for him to be there. and they worked closely together and just like back in alex, he had a way of being able to get the best out of players and knowing exactly what they needed and how to do that. he was very old school in terms of, he didn't go for the glitz and glamour, he recognised talent straightaway, but he was very aware that that talent needed to shine through but that hard work was first and foremost on his agenda and he made sure that we all knew that. ben,

thank you very much forjoining us and sharing your memories of the great eric harrison with us this morning. our thoughts go out to his family and friends and indeed all those that worked under him. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11.15. the headlines on bbc news... shamima begum — one of three schoolgirls who left london in 2015 to join the islamic state group — says she wants to return to the uk so her unborn baby can be looked after. the prime ministerfaces another rebellion on brexit in parliament as mps debate the next steps in the process. the european plane manufacturer airbus says it's going to stop producing the a380 superjumbo — the world's largest passenger airliner. nhs england is encouraging people to have their blood pressure and cholesterol levels checked, in a bid to reduce the number of heart attacks, strokes and dementia cases. health experts warn that millions of people are unaware

they are at risk because many of the conditions associated with cardiovascular disease carry no symptoms. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. let's just put this on your hand. having your blood pressure taken or getting your cholesterol tested. these are simple steps that can alert us to the danger of developing cardiovascular disease. through heart attack, stroke, and dementia it's the main cause of premature death and disability in england. but health experts are warning that not enough of us know if we're at risk. large numbers of people are dying prematurely from cardiovascular disease, which is largely a preventable condition. so that's why today we're launching these new ambitions focusing on the big risk factors, the big causes for cardiovascular disease, and we're referring to this is the abcs of prevention — atrial fibrillation, blood pressure, and cholesterol. so, in order to tackle

cardiovascular disease, within the next decade, doctors want to be able to detect and treat 80% of all those with high blood pressure, to check the cholesterol levels of three quarters of all 40— to—75—year—olds, and assess their risk of cardiovascular disease, and to treat, with statins, 45% of those found to be at high risk. these checks can be done quickly and easily by a gp or a practice nurse. doctors say we all know our bank pin numbers, but not the important numbers relating to our blood pressure and cholesterol that could save our lives. dominic hughes, bbc news. more than half of england's universities have fewer than 5% of disadvantaged white students on their books. that's according to new analysis from the national education opportunities network, which concluded that too few universities have clear targets to recruit white working—class students. the results show there are 3% at the university of oxford, compared with 28% at teesside.

based at london's coliseum, the english national opera prides itself on being first timerfriendly. the operas are sung in english and 500 tickets for each performance costjust £20. opera newbie carol kirkwood went to meet the cast and experience puccini's la boheme to find out more. here i am at the coliseum, home to the english national opera. tonight's performances la boheme by the composer pettini. before it starts, i'm going to go backstage and meet some of the cast. i think it's a great one to start with, it's got a lovely story that is something that people can relate to, it's about love and

relationships. i would say it's a very accessible opera, obviously, we are the english national opera, i don't know weather you are aware that everything is in english here. so you'll be able to, hopefully, if we articulate enough, be able to understand us completely and well, you're just in for a treat. do you get nervous before performing? before opening night, yeah. iwould not wish opening night nerves on anyone! the coliseum is the largest theatre in london's west end and it's the job of artistic director daniel green worth to fill the to thousands through hundred and 59 seats here. you're hoping to do that, daniel, with first timers like me but how are you going to do it? well, its about the spectrum of work, i love to say something for everybody. if you love a huge commercial musical, you will love la boheme. if you love sumptuous, imagery and film school music, you're going to love phillip dorsett. breaking down the barriers to opera is the here, to help people

it's understand it's not about what you wear, the ticket prices are affordable, we have 500 tickets for every singer performance for 20 quid, cheaper than a every singer performance for 20 quid, cheaperthan a movie every singer performance for 20 quid, cheaper than a movie in leicester square. the company in an effort to increase diversity has just announced they‘ re effort to increase diversity has just announced they're adding four more singers from black, asian and mixed ethnic backgrounds to their chorus, currently there is only one. i think if there are more parents within the ethnic minorities taking an interest and sending their children to music lessons, then we might have an influx of more ethnic minorities involved in the arts, because i think there was that i know who are doing very well, their parents insisted on them doing lessons. i think that is probably where we need to start. not long now until showtime. the orchestra are tuning their instruments. natalia and nicholas are warming up. stuart,

the ceo of english national opera, i can't wait, it's gotta be fabulous. it's going to be good, i think. i think you'll be crying by the end. it's about to start. 0h, oh, my goodness! that was brilliant! do you know, i didn't know if i would like something that was pure singing. but it was amazing! and not just the singing to acting, it was moving, it made you laugh, it made you cry, it made you feel good. it was brilliant! the victoria

derbyshire program will be coming up inafew derbyshire program will be coming up in a few minutes, victoria will be talking about the case of shamima begum. i will be back at 11 as well but right now let's take a look at the weather forecast. for many of us, we're going to have an early taste of spring but it has been a chilly start for some of us with some frost in places there stubborn fog in some spots in the south, central areas and towards the south—west. visibility is down to 100 metres in some places. but it's going to be mild and we are drawing in the mild airfrom the going to be mild and we are drawing in the mild air from the south. temperatures will do well as we head through the day. but that folk as i say is going to be quite stubborn, it will take until 11 o'clock. of it to lift and once it does, we're going to see sunshine developing northwards as we head through the day. the best of any brightness across scotland will be in north—east scotland, where we could see the best of the temperatures. may be also to the lea of higher ground in wales, too. widely temperatures above—average for the

time of year. heading into this evening, where we've had a bit of patchy cloud, that will tend to disperse and under clear skies the temperatures are going to drop away quite sharply and once again we could have a patchy frost, particularly in central and eastern areas, and the return of that mist and fog. that might extend a little bit north and eastwards so it will be quite dense in once again and tomorrow morning it may be stubborn tomorrow morning it may be stubborn to clear. here's a our area of high pressure, it has drifted a bit eastwards and it will allow these weather front to make eastwards and it will allow these weatherfront to make inroads, but actually for most of us friday is another decent day. once the mist and fog has lifted, most of us are going to enjoy plenty of sunshine. still breezy. we will see the cloud increase and the winds pick up in parts of northern ireland and north—west scotland. we mayjust start to see a bit of rain moving into the western isles before the end of play. temperatures tomorrow may be up and not on today. that theme continues as we head into the

weekend. it remains mild. and most places will be dry. but there is a bit of variation on that theme. on saturday we may have quite a bit of cloud down towards the south, which may produce some drizzle over the hills in wales and the south—west. away from that, a good slice of sunshine. the winds picked up once again through scotland and northern ireland. that's as the next weather front starts to show its hand. but once again, the temperatures above average for the time of year. heading into sunday the weather front will make further inroads as we head through the day. away from the western areas we will have another decent day, though. plenty of sunshine on offer. cloud increasing from the west, it will be breezy, and we continue with the mild theme as we head towards monday, but there may be some showers in the west. hello. it's 14th february, it's 10 o'clock, and i'm victoria derbyshire. the british teenager who left britain to join isis now says she wants to come home. speaking from a syrian refugee camp, 19—year—old shamima begum from bethnal green she says she's nine months pregnant

and has no regrets about heading for isis territory with her two school friends when she was 15. thousands of children across the uk will be walking out of school tomorrow to demand that politicians take stronger action on climate change. it isa it is a small price to pay you for standing upfor our it is a small price to pay you for standing up for our planet.