this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11pm: they eyes to the right, 258. noes to the left, 303. it's another humiliating defeat for theresa may and her plans for the uk to leave the european union. president trump is to declare a national emergency, to get the funding he says he needs to build a border wall with mexico. ministers warn that a young woman who ran away to join the islamic state group could face prosecution if she returns to the uk. if you come back prepared to be questioned, investigated and potentially prosecuted. and a&e waiting times in england are the worst they've been since four—hour targets were introduced 15 years ago. and at 11:30pm we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers polly mackenzie, who's director of the think tank, demos, and the deputy editor at the daily express, michael booker. stay with us for that.

good evening. theresa may has suffered another humiliating defeat to her brexit plans after mps voted against her proposals for the uk leaving the european union. the government had called for the commons to support the prime minister's efforts to renegotiate her withdrawal agreement with brussels. but some brexiteer conservative mps abstained, saying the motion effectively meant that a no—deal brexit would be ruled out. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. another test for theresa may. division. clear the lobby. another defeat for her brexit compromise. the ayes to the right, 258.

the noes to the left, 303. beaten again at the hands of the brexiteers. the opposition furious, too. she cannot keep on just running down the clock and hoping that something will turn up that will save her day and save her face. so it is surprising that the prime minister is not even here to hear the result of this vote. government ministers looked away, defeated. other frontbenchers openly furious at the eurosceptics. the conservative party is a broad church. we have... that is what our appeal is to actual the nation itself. but one group of that has taken over the pulpit, the choir stalls and indeed the belltower, and that is just simply wrong and it's causing problems for us to get this brexit deal through. of course, they played down the trouble they've caused. this has been a storm in a teacup today. this motion unfortunately had words which would have co—opted us

into taking no deal off the table and we just couldn't do that. that was the crux of today's hostility. as the law stands, we leave next month, with or without a formal deal with the eu. tonight, members need to give the government time to make good on this work. and as a house, to hold our nerve... jeering. ..to deliver a deal that addresses the twi risks of no deal or no brexit. you can hear the tension, because brexiteers don't necessarily believe the government's really up for that. if you take no deal off the table, that's the surest way of ensuring the other side to dig into their current position. that's just a fact of life. i think we all agree about the importance of keeping our nerve and actually, by keeping no deal on the table, it makes a good deal more likely. arguments are ringing around this place. many mps and government ministers

are convinced they must be ready to leave the european union without a deal, even if that causes chaos for the economy. but many conservatives, the opposition parties and quietly, some in the government, think taking that risk is madness, and they'll do anything they can to rule it out. the right thing for our country is to be as one in rejecting no deal and standing by, as this party once did, the people of this country, theirjobs, theirfutures, the prosperity of business and trade. can he not listen to the representatives of communities around this country who are deeply concerned about a no deal exit, and want this house's will to be respected? stop brexit now! labour is united on wanting to put the brakes on leaving without deal. what do we want? brexit! when do we want it? now! but, like the protesters outside this afternoon, they are sparring amongst themselves on so much else.

some mps even on the verge of quitting the party. the idea that the labour party is not together, and arguing against this tragedy, against this disaster, is, for me, entirely heartbreaking. for the prime minister, though, it's the pushback from her own side that's the real frustration. the downing street gates don't shut that problem out. our political editor laura kuenssberg reporting. brexit isn'tjust causing tensions among the conservatives, it's also threatening to fracture the labour party. there are mps thinking of leaving, dissatisfied with the leadership‘s stance over brexit and anti—semitism. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. jeremy corbyn‘s unlike any leader labour's had. easy for many members to follow, but not all, and not on europe. now there's talk of angry mps walking away from labour, and there's worry at the top of the party. i think people should stay and fight their corner.

we need an electorally viable labour party. the feeling among a lot of your colleagues now is this breakaway is unstoppable. well, i hope it isn't. i hope people should do everything they can to try and stop it from happening. you'll be trying to stop this breakaway? i'm definitely trying to stop it, yeah. i've been trying... i mean, for the last two years, i've been trying to hold everyone together. what do we want? people's vote! most labour members want their leader to strongly back a fresh eu referendum, and he hasn't. but now there's a group of mps hinting they may quit the party. we are being pushed to the edge, and that's all i can say at the moment. on brexit, on venezuela, on anti—semitism, on economic policy, we are being pushed to the very edge. but unhappiness over europe policy runs deeper than those contemplating a split. today, one labour mp delivered this blunt warning. my fear is that what we are now doing is we are helping to facilitate a tory brexit.

and the ramifications for our party, i think, will be severe. the trouble‘s about much more than europe. accusations of anti—semitism have been dogging the labour leadership, some say driving away support at every level. councillors leaving, thousands of members leaving over anti—semitism, the failure to tackle it adequately in their view, and also because our party's position on europe is out of sync with members and out of sync with what they see as our values. so i think more mps will go. sadly, some have already gone. i think more will go, and it's not being taken seriously enough. here, labour mps seem increasingly sure a breakaway by a core of colleagues is coming, and soon. but how many? half a dozen? more? some private donors are keen to fund a pro—european centrist movement. some ofjeremy corbyn‘s keen supporters would could say, "good riddance". valentine's day, celebrating harmony, though not in the labour party, where any split, big or small, could makejeremy corbyn‘s dream of power harder to fulfil. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster.

the white house says president trump will declare a national emergency to secure funding for a border wall with mexico. he will also sign a funding bill to avert another government shutdown. our north america editorjon sopel is at the white house. he says the president had been threatening this national emergency call and now he's going to deliver. if you go back of course it was mexico that was going to pay for that wall. that didn't happen so donald trump demanded 5.7 billion from us taxpayers. but congress didn't vote for that and so he shut the government down. that didn't work, so he reopened the government, ordered three weeks of negotiations. they have now come to an end and he is going to sign a bill tonight which will give him a fraction of that money. so instead he is going to declare a state of emergency. that is the nuclear option. because this is opposed by democrats as well

as republicans lawmakers who fear it marginalises them and also what would be to stop a democratic president in future, say, declaring a state of emergency over gun control or climate change? there are an awful lot of people who are warning him against this and it will face a legal challenge as well. nancy pelosi has come out and said this is a lawless act that the president is engaging in. now donald trump sold himself to the american people as the great dealmaker. this is proving to be an extremely elusive deal. the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, said it was important to remember that the president's power to declare an emergency are not unlimited, and can be blocked by congress. it is important to know that when president declared this emergency, first of all, it is not an emergency, what is happening at the border, it is an humanitarian challenge to us. the president has tried to sell it. putting that

aside, just in terms of the president making an end run around congress. eez let us respect what the committee will do and then walks away from it. but in any event, the president is doing a runaround about congress, about the power of the purse, you have heard me say it over and overagain, purse, you have heard me say it over and over again, article one, the legislative branch, the power of purse, the power to declare war, many other powers are listed in the constitution, and, of course, the responsibility to have oversight. so the president is doing end—around around that. and we will review our options. we will be prepared to respond appropriately to it. i know the republicans have some unease about it no matter what they say, because if the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency, an illusion that he wants to convey, just think of what a president with different values can present to the

american people. you want to talk about a national emergency? let's talk about today the one—year anniversary of another manifestation of the academic of gun violence in america. that is a national emergency. why don't you declare that an emergency, mr president? i wish you would. but a democratic president can do that. a democratic president can do that. a democratic president can do that. a democratic president can declare emergency is as well. so the precedent that the president is setting here is something that should be met with great armies and dismayed by the republicans. and of course we will respond accordingly when we review our options. first we have to see what the president actually says. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. a british teenager who says she has no regrets about running away to syria to join the islamic state group has been told she could face prosecution if she tries to come home. shamima begum, who's now 19, says she's pregnant and wants to return to the uk for the sake of her baby. she was one of three schoolgirls

who disappeared from east london just over three years ago when she was 15. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. this is the route across the desert taken by shamima begum as she fled, two weeks ago, from one of the last specks of territory held by the islamic state group. today, hundreds more is women were making the same journey, heading for this camp in northern syria. the same camp where yesterday, shamima begum, who is one of the bethnal green girls, reappeared after almost four years. she had travelled from london to join is with two school friends. one of those friends is now dead. she herself was married at 15 and has lost two children to malnutrition and disease. but she says going to join is was the right decision. i don't regret it. when i came, when i saw that there was like underground oppression and all this happening, it came as a shock to me, like, this is actually happening. did you ever see executions? no, no, i neverdid. no, but i saw a beheaded

head in the bin. what was that like, when you first saw that? these are the heads of captives? i was, it did not faze me at all. she told the times her schoolfriend amira abase was also still alive two weeks ago. amira's father, who thought until today that she might be dead, now wants the british government to try to bring the girls home. he says they were young teenagers who shouldn't be punished for their mistakes and he would go and get her if he could. never stay one minute here if i can go fly there to see her. and when you see her, what would you say to her? i don't know. but the security minister said the government can't help the surviving bethnal green girls where they are. well, we just don't provide consular services in syria. it is dangerous, i don't want to send british civil servants and officials out into a, you know, still active civil war,

in effect, in part of a failed state. so what are the options for shamima begum? the uk won't go and get her out of northern syria but would give her assistance if she made it to an embassy or consulate in turkey, for example. it is unlikely she would have her nationality stripped away, although the home secretary has the power to do so. if she returns to the uk, she could face prosecution for membership of a terrorist organisation or encouraging terrorism. irrespective of a prosecution decision, she would be offered the chance to enter a de—radicalisation programme. shiraz mayher, who has been studying is since 2014, says even teenage girls like shamima begum were helping the murderous caliphate. just by virtue of being there, they were building a kind of critical mass on the ground. they were having these children who were believed to be, called the so—called

cubs of the caliphate, that they would go on to be future fighters. but in the east london bengali community that shamima begum comes from, some say she must still be treated fairly and as the british citizen she is. from my point of view, she was a young child when she was groomed by isis. she was seduced by some twisted form of empowerment for muslims. but it is not as simple as, you know, a brainwashed jihadi bride. so that needs to be taken into consideration. but as the fighters of is continue to lose ground, the arguments about what to do with its supporters are going to intensify over the next few months. daniel sandford, bbc news. the case of shamima begum and the other schoolgirls from bethnal green highlighted the issue of young muslim women becoming radicalised and making the journey to syria. our correspondent sabiyah pervez has been speaking to four women from muslim backgrounds in bradford to gauge their views on the case and the risks of radicalisation. my name is rosema, i'm a youth cafe co—ordinator in bradford.

hi, my name is samar, i'm a phd student in business studies. i'm hiba maroof, i'm 20 years old and i work in media. i'm saf and i'm a boxerfrom bradford. we're in a restaurant in bradford with four young women from muslim backgrounds discussing the questions arising around shamima begum's desire to return home to the uk. she was 15 at the time, she is now 19, it's four years later and she's saying, ok, i'm pregnant and i want to come back. do you think she should be allowed to come back to the uk? it's not the kid's fault, she should take this possibility for her actions. we're giving the baby a chance to take advantage of our healthcare system, we're not doing it for her. no—one cares if she's taking advantage of it or not. she says she has no remorse, when she saw severed heads

in the bin, she didn't feel faced. i don't feel comfortable with someone who doesn't feel remorse and she believes in the utopia she's created. you've been groomed, it's your way of life, it appeals to you, but her decision to fly all the way to syria, to board that plane to go through security, to land and get there, to have this life, is all on her. so what needs to be done to make sure that people like shamima don't go out there? we need to talk, we need to stop this stiff upper lips society where we don't want to talk about things. we need to start talking and live in a society where we can have these open and frank discussions where we all have different opinions and can talk about them around the table. as questions are left unanswered on the future ofjemima baig,

it's clear from the discussions here best of shamima begum, it's clear from the discussions here that more needs to be done to protect young people from being groomed by radical fundamentalists. sabbiyah pervez, bradford. the headlines on bbc news: the government has suffered another defeat over its brexit strategy — theresa may's motion had asked mps to support its approach to leaving the eu. president trump says he'll sign a border security bill to avert a government shutdown — and he'll also declare a national emergency to fund his wall. a british teenager who ran away to join the islamic state group four years ago — and wants to return to the uk — has been told she could be prosecuted if she comes back. a&e waiting times in england have reached their worst level since the four—hour target was introduced in 200a.

new data from nhs england shows that during january, just 84.4% of patients were treated or admitted in four hours, against a 95% target. the last time the target was hit was in july 2015. the data shows more than 80,000 people injanuary waited four hours or more before they were officially admitted and a bed was found for them. the duke of edinburgh will not be prosecuted over his car crash last month in norfolk. the duke, who is 97, gave up his driving licence following the accident in which his land rover collided with another vehicle. the crown prosecution service says it's decided further action isn't in the public interest. from buckingham palace, our royal correspondent, jonny dymond has the latest. no doubt something of a relief for the duke of edinburgh and for the royal family as the crown prosecution service decides and announces it is going to take no further action. it said it had looked at the circumstances of that crash — the crash that took place almost a month ago and left two people

with minor injuries and the duke severely shaken after his car overturned. in particular it looked like the level of culpability, how much the duke was to blame, the age of the duke — as you say he is 97 — and the fact that as he said he surrendered his driving licence on saturday. the duke came in for some criticism, not for the first time in decades of service for the way he acted after the crash — driving so quickly after the crash and being seen without a seatbelt in the public road and taking his time to get in touch with the victims. so for buckingham palace, the announcement of the crown prosecution service will come as a relief, as well a chance to draw a line under the whole thing. campaigning has just ended in nigeria's presidential elections, which are taking place on saturday. it's the most populous country in africa with 196 million people, and forecast to become the world's third most populous by 2050. as much as half the electorate is aged between 18 and 35, and with the growing population,

there simply aren't enough jobs, especially for young people. the two main candidates in the elections president muhammadu buhari, and his opponent atiku abubakar, have both pledged to tackle unemployment, and fight widespread corruption. our africa editor, fergal keane's report from lagos contains some flash photography. it is a place of the most extraordinary energy. one of the world's fastest growing cities in africa's most populous nation. and on the streets of lagos, a people's democracy. what is the purpose of politics? passionate election arguments. all we want is a free and fair election. it is an election defined by youth and its discontents. more than 50% of young people are out of work or underemployed. like these men, waiting

by the roadside, hoping for even a day's work. you have no job? yes, i have nojob. it is unfortunate that nigeria is like this. we are graduates and there is nothing worth doing. almost half nigeria's population lives in extreme poverty, the highest proportion in the world. this, as hundreds of billions of dollars in oil revenues have been siphoned off through corruption. we travelled to an island near lagos to see the impact of graft on the hopes of the young. they were holding an election meeting on tamaru. "we need light, we need hospitals, we need water, we need doctors", the youth leader said. "you should vote wisely. don't be deceived". esther has three sons entering the jobs market. the family also host a relative who fled violence that's displaced 1.8 million people in the north—east. esther‘s youngest son, collins, aged 17, wants to leave. yes, i would like to leave nigeria

if i see a great opportunity like that, and advance to a better country. i feel like leaving this continent, africa, entirely. he's not leaving the country totally, but he's maybe going to try somewhere where it's going to be a little bit better than here, until it's time to come back. this is the choice for the young. here, signing a peace pledge, two men in their 70s. president buhari on the left, who's made only limited progress tackling corruption, and challenger atiku abubakar, who's had to deny corruption allegations himself. nigeria has been a democracy for 20 years, but the failure in that time to achieve radical change in rooting out corruption and tackling poverty begs searching questions about how the system works here. what is democracy for, if those elected to power seem incapable of truly

transforming their society? i went to see a veteran anti—corru ption crusader. debo adeniran was locked up on numerous occasions under military rule. with his young activists, he continues to hold politicians to account. eventually, we believe that through periodic election, we can effect the necessary change. without hope, life would be brutish and nasty and short. so we have to keep hope alive. but hope alone can't answer the needs of a population set to double in the next 30 years, and politics as usual will not suffice. fergal keane, bbc news, lagos. among the many british hopefuls at the oscars later this month, is black sheep, nominated for best short documentary. it tells the story of cornelius walker, a young boy from south london dealing with racism after moving to essex, following the murder

of ten—year—old damilola taylor in the year 2000. our arts editor, will gompertz went to meet him on the estate where he grew up. everything changed for me the day damilola taylor died. cornelius walker's mother and father had seen enough of peckham. they upped sticks and moved their young family to essex for a safer way of life, they thought. over here. ijust honestly wanted to help people who have been through what i've been through, and tell the story of young black man growing up in essex, and how hard it is for us to survive in this society. he found himself in a hostile environment, fuelled by racial hatred. it was a tough existence for a schoolboy, which he recounts to camera in the film. is it possible to say that you can see bad in someone... by just looking at them? look up there.

i didn't want to sit in front of that camera and be vulnerable. yeah. i didn't. it was the hardest thing i've ever done because i love my family so much, and i didn't want them to think that the things that they've done in the past still matter. i bleached my skin. i remember the first time i did it. i remember putting a load on my hand and going like that. looking at my skin in the mirror, like, "yeah, am i light yet?" it just felt like, when i was at school, it's like, i was... even the black girls would say i'm too dark or they'd make fun of my skin tone and my complexion, and... itjust, i kind ofjust felt insecure, like i wasn't good enough for anyone. i felt like the colour of my skin was the reason of it. oi, oi! what are you doing here? when people discuss racism, they always talk about it from an outward perspective.

"oh, he called me the n word". ok, but what does that do to you internally, in your subconscious, when you go home at night? and i think the way we are discussing racism might be wrong. even when you look at tv now, it feels good to see everyone being represented. and i think in time, it's going to happen. it's going to be a cliche. it's going to be normal to see every race represented properly. but i think london, or england, should i say, we need to step up more. we need to, like, it's tiring to basically have to constantly go to american tv to see yourself. black sheep is a powerful short film. it could well win an oscar. cornelius walker will be there in hollywood, a talented 27—year—old embarking on a new chapter in his life. will gompertz, bbc news. and we'll be taking

an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, polly mackenzie, who's director of the think—tank, demos, and the deputy editor at the daily express, michael booker. that's coming up just after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for the weather with ben rich. hello there. thursday turned out to be the warmest valentine's day in 21 yea rs. be the warmest valentine's day in 21 years. spring was certainly in the air. and temperatures in snowdonia got all the way up to 16.1 degrees. plenty of other places not too far behind. compare those values with the average for the time of year. we should be seeing 7—9d. as you can see, those values are pretty impressive. it is because the jet stream, the winds high up in the atmosphere, is sitting to the west of the british isles at the moment, allowing us to continue to tap into

this supply of mild air from the south. the jet stream also holding most of the frontal systems at for the time being. friday, for many places, a dry and sunny day after early morning mist and fog has cleared. it may be fringing into northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland lead in the day. windy across the north—west. breezy elsewhere. the temperature is doing well for the time of year. 11— 1a degrees quite widely. one or two spots may get to 15 or 16 degrees. as we go into the weekend, these fronts which have been at to the west begin to make a bit more progress. the first one a week affairon progress. the first one a week affair on saturday. not much more than a band of cloud across southern parts of the country as we start of the weekend. generally on saturday there will be more in a way of cloud. the chance of sunshine across north—east scotland and north—east england. temperatures 11— 1a degrees. as we move into sunday, the next weather front has more life about it, a bit more rain on this.

it will be moving quite slowly. northern ireland likely to see wet weather for a northern ireland likely to see wet weatherfor a time, at northern ireland likely to see wet weather for a time, at least on sunday. so that could fringing to the south—west of england and eventually into western scotland. if it is you are, largely dry with spells of sunshine. they breezy day but the breeze coming from the south —— the fed is you are. as we move out of sundar into monday, the weather front wishes eastwards. it wea ke ns a ll weather front wishes eastwards. it weakens all the while. this ripple may introduce rain for a time into the south—east corner. however, what the south—east corner. however, what the front does is it switches the wind direction subtly. more of a west or north—westerly flow pushing into was the british isles. the temperature is beginning to come down just temperature is beginning to come downjust a temperature is beginning to come down just a little bit. temperature is beginning to come downjust a little bit. the temperature is beginning to come down just a little bit. the values are still good for the time of year. single digit in the north still, double figures for the south. it is this area of high pressure we are