hello, this is the briefing. i'm ben bland. our top story: fury, as president trump seeks to secure funding for his border wall by declaring a national emergency. democrats say doing so would be be a "lawless act". the day after another crushing defeat. after failing to win backing for her brexit plan, what now for theresa may? taking the stress out of air travel. new hope for people with hidden disabilities. and stepping up the world's most sensitive science experiment. a major boost for the machine measuring ripples in space and time. coming up in the business briefing... amazon's big apple deal goes sour. plans for a vast new york headquarters are axed, amid a backlash from local politicians and community groups. also in business, high stakes poker in beijing as the us and china face off over trade. no sign yet of a way to end their destructive trade war. hello there.

a very warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. don't forget, we always enjoy hearing from you and your opinions on the stories we're covering today. tell us what you think. just use the hashtag, #bbcthebriefing. president trump has said he will declare a national emergency to get the funds he needs to build a wall along the border with mexico. both the house speaker, nancy pelosi, and senate minority leader, chuck schumer, described such a measure as "lawless" and an abuse of presidential power. emergency powers would allow president trump to divert money

from existing military or disaster relief budgets to pay for the wall. chris buckler reports from washington. the long border that divides the us and mexico is at the centre of america's own political divide. putting a huge barrier here has become more than a priority for president trump, it has become a point of all. yet after all his threats that he would not accept any funding bill that did not include more than $5 billion for his long promised wall commies had to accept congressional compromise. after all the talk, the legislation passed with little controversy or opposition. republicans were clearly relieved to avoid another government shutdown, but they know this fight is not over. i have just had the opportunity to speak with president trump and he, i would say to all my

colleagues, has indicated he is prepared to sign the bill. you'll be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time. this week, president trump held a rally beside the border in taxes, where he again made the pledge to supporters that he would build eight wall. declaring a national emergency could allow him to use funds from other funds, but could lead to legal challenge. did i say i was fighting a legal challenge? i'm a, that is an option and we will review all of our options, but when the president declares this emergency, first of all, it is not an emergency. trump administration's immigration policies have led to many protest and many americans will be looking to see where the president tries to find billions of dollars he needs. it is thought he is looking at military budgets and perhaps even disaster relief funds. mr trump once promised mexico will pay for the

wall, then he charged the congress. now he is relying on his own presidential powers, but in trying to build physical barriers, he knows he faces political ones. british mps have inflicted a damaging political defeat on theresa may's brexit plans by rejecting a motion that endorsed the government's negotiating strategy. more than a fifth of the conservative party failed to back the prime minister. this was the moment the result was announced in the house of commons. the ayes to the right, 258. the noes to the left, 303. the opposition labour party said mrs may couldn't keep ploughing on without a coherent plan. the uk is due to leave the eu in just over six weeks's time. we'll get some analysis from our europe editor katya adler in brussels in a few moments, but first, our political editor laura kuenssberg at westminster. this vote might not change much in theory, but it changes something in political practice.

remember, a few weeks ago, mps comprehensively chucked out the prime minister's compromise. since then, she has been trying to show to the european union that it's worth giving her a change to that deal and that she can keep her party and parliament together, but today those efforts failed. the tory party, once again, was split. well, it's not going to dramatically change thinking in brussels because the eu was already feeling that now was not the moment for them to act, because they don't believe that theresa may has a stable majority in parliament, and since she's trying to appease all sorts of different sides, the eu thinking is that if they give something now in order to keep mps on board, she'd have to come back again in maybe two weeks's time and ask for more again, a bit like oliver twist. and you can keep up to date with the latest brexit developments on our website. you'll also find a simple guide to brexitjargon. all of that at bbc.com/news.

britain's home secretary, sajid javid, has said he will not hesitate to prevent the return of british citizens who have supported terrorist organisations abroad. on thursday, shamima begum, a teenager from london who joined the islamic state in syria in 2015, said she wants to return to britain as she is nine months pregnant and wants to return for the sake of her baby. she was just 15 when she left east london with two other schoolgirls. ben ando reports. there are nearly 40,000 in this camp, more arrive each day, as their dreams ofan camp, more arrive each day, as their dreams of an islamic state caliphate crumble. among them, shamima begum from bethnal green. 19 years old and now pregnant with her third child, she says she has no regrets about what she did and what she saw. shamima begum and two friends left

the uk in 2015. what is now dead, the uk in 2015. what is now dead, the other missing, but the home secretary does not want her back. he told the times newspaper... shamima begum is not alone. the government estimates that 900 people travelled from the uk to engage in conflict in syria and iraq. around 181 in five are known to have been killed, while twice that number, 360, have already returned to the uk, with the same number still unaccounted for. and if shamima begum is one of those who makes it back, she can expect to be questioned and possibly prosecuted, but will she lose her british

citizenship? her family are asking for compassion, but some are urging the authorities to take a harder line, saying that actions should have consequences. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. save the children says that five times more babies than soldiers die because of world conflicts. figures from the charity show in the past five years, 0.5 million infants have been killed through starvation, disease, and lack of medical care arising from war. the worst affected countries include yemen, syria and afghanistan. cuba has accused the united states of secretly moving troops to several caribbean islands in preparation for an attempt to depose the venezuelan president, nicolas maduro. it said us military aircraft landed in puerto rico, the dominican republic, and other strategic locations in the region last week. a third man suspected of helping to poison the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter in britain last year has been

identified as a senior russian military intelligence officer. the investigative website bellingcat named him as denis sergeev. well, let's turn to our top business story now — amazon has dropped plans to build a second headquarters in new york, because of local opposition. the vast project at long island city, in the borough of queens, would have created 25,000 newjobs — according to the tech giant, as well as providing a boost for real estate developers in the former industrial area. but there was concern about its impact on the local community and criticism of $3 billion in financial incentives promised to amazon by city authorities. with me is mark davies, who is ceo of strategy consultancy, camberton. good to have you with us. when this

was talked about a year ago, a much trumpeted as something that would create jobs, who is trumpeted as something that would createjobs, who is the trumpeted as something that would create jobs, who is the economy, trumpeted as something that would createjobs, who is the economy, it clearly some in the local authorities felt it would, but almost an unexpected and ferocious backlash has done this deal in. almost an unexpected and ferocious backlash has done this deal inlj think because of the amount of money they were paying them incentives, it was more than $2 billion and anyone who has been to new york recently would be able to see that they could be spent on all sorts of things that would be more beneficial to the local community. yes, it was going to create 25,000 jobs and 25,000 well—paid jobs, they were saying an average of $150,000 salary, but look at the sort of people that is going to help, compared with the kind of people that might benefit from the money that is going towards amazon, just in incentives. given how much money amazon makes and how difficult it is the tax it in the traditional

way, the paper money in addition to that to set up headquarters, was seen that to set up headquarters, was seen by many to be wrong and when people started to say so, rather than come back and make the case as to how they would work with the community, amazon decided that they we re community, amazon decided that they were going to pack up and go. —— to pay it money. i'm not sure that when this is discussed at length over the coming days they are going to come out of it terribly well. and it is interesting because what we so often talk about is the ripple effect when a big corporation company moves to an area, small businesses, copy shops and sandwich shops benefit, but then of course, things that men could go up if there are more well—paid jobs in the area, so the ripples flow both ways. —— coffee shops. yeah, and this is the gentrification of the area and obviously for those who benefit, it is great news. it would make the place look very nice, but that is not actually do anything for the people that at the bottom of society and that was the question that is

being asked. this is a lot of money to spend on essentially middle—class venture and given that there are plenty of people who do not fall into that category in new york, it was felt by some of the politicians that questions of leaders at least needed to be asked. having had the questions asked, is undecided that they wanted to go. all right, thank you very much. -- amazon decided. stay with us on bbc news, still to come:. sevilla and chelsea remain on course to reach the last 16 of the europa league. but arsenal hit the buffers in belarus. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morale of the people, i'm terrified of the

repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no letup in the eruption itself. lava streams, from a vent low in the crater, flowed down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being, but it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded their new generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir, the russian for peace. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: president trump's seeking funding for his controversial border wall by declaring a national emergency. democrats say doing so would be a "lawless act". britain's political deadlock continues, after theresa may failed once again to win backing for her brexit plan in westminster.

flying can be stressful for many people, but if you have a hidden disability there may be extra challenges. britain's civil aviation authority says it's introducing a new rating for airlines, according to how well they assist passengers with conditions like autism. tim muffet has been to see how one airline is already making changes. come airline is already making changes. inside and you v your come inside and you will see what your plan is going to look like. flying was something this family avoided. as soon as she gets anxious, she goes crazy, she's hypersensitive to noise, touch. it does, to the untrained eye like a small child having a tantrum. virgin atla ntic small child having a tantrum. virgin atlantic are making this aircraft

available for people with hidden disabilities. autism, dementia, a hidden pain condition and a lot of them may not fly because it is too stressful. following a familiarisation visit tabitha and herfamily were familiarisation visit tabitha and her family were finally able to fly away. it is really important. i would not be able to go on holiday. in 2016, the civil aviation authority issued guidance to airports of how they should treat patients with hidden disabilities but from this summer, the cia's attention will focus on airlines, rating them on how well they treat those passengers. if an airline is rated poorly, what would happen then? passengers should complain to

then? passengers should complain to the airline and airport. if after that though a more systemic failures, we can take action. we have powers to enforce the regulations and make sure people provide good service for people with disabilities. airports are already rated the stock gatwick opened this sensory rated the stock gatwick opened this sensory space. how hard is it to travel if you are living with a dementia was back get quite anxious. since this has been introduced, it has made life a lot easier. it is all about regulating anxiety. gatwick offers passengers with hidden disabilities this so stuff made no they may need extra help. hidden disabilities this so stuff made no they may need extra helpm is so wonderful to see the transformation from a childproof

thatis transformation from a childproof that is pretty anxious to them coming here and immediately, there is such a karmic atmosphere. many believe hidden disabilities have been ignored by the aviation industry but expectations are rising. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello i'm tulsen tallott and this is your friday sport briefing, where we start with the news that five time winners sevilla remain on course to make the last 16 of the europa league, after winning the first leg of their last 32 tie by 1—0 away to lazio. elsewhere maurizio sarri has seen the pressure ease ever so slightly, after his chelsea side were 2—1winners away to swedish side malmo in the first leg of their tie. but it wasn't such good news for arsenal as they lost their opening leg 1—0 away to belarussian's bate borisov in a match that also saw alexandre lacazette sent off late on.

idid not i did not see the action but we need to control the frustration. it is bad news, this red card and next week we are going to play without him and we are going to think about the player we are looking for the next week. shannon gabriel has admitted that he asked the england cricket captain joe root if "he liked boys". the comment has led to gabriel receiving a four—match ban. the west indian fast bowler has apologised for the comment and says it had come during a tense moment on the field. juventus head coach massimiliano allegri says cristiano ronaldo will play later in their serie a match against relegation threatened frosinone. that was in response to a question on whether he'd be rested for next week's last—16 clash champions league clash against atletico madrid. juventus are unbeaten in serie a this season, and top the table 11 points ahead of second—placed napoli

as they target a record—extending eighth successive league title. translation: we need to think about beating the team and to do it in the best possible way to take the three points home. it would mean we would only need one more when to wean the league title. after that, we will think about the champions league. ——to win. world number one simona halep will play the number 4 seed, elina svitolina, in the semi finals of the qatar open later on friday. the romanian who won this tournament in 2014 had to fight hard to make it through though, after a draining 7—6 7—6 win, over germany'sjulia gorges in doha. while ukrainian svitolina accounted for czech qualifier karolina mutzovar. in the other half of the draw, the number 3 seed angelique kerber will face elise mertens in the last four. kerber saw off the world number 49 barbora strycova in three sets while mertens was a straight sets winner over number five seed kiki bertens.

and finally, he's been dubbed the next usain bolt — a 7—year—old boy from florida whose videos on instagram have gone viral and it's not hard to see why. meet rudolph ingram, known as ‘blaze', who has been smashing records on the track with other children unable to get near him. the tiny athlete completed 100 metres in just 13.48 seconds, only a few seconds off seasoned professionals. his father has been posting his videos online with a following of over 270,000. wonderful stuff. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that is your friday sport briefing. he does better at sport than i ever

did. the uk and us government's have announced a major $30 milion upgrade to the machine that detected gravitational waves three years ago. the improved machine will be able to detect collisions of black holes nearly twice as far away than it can at the moment. details were announced at the american association for the advancement of science meeting in washington, from where our science correspondent, pallab ghosh has sent this report. it is one of the biggest discoveries in the history of science, the detection of the gravitational waves caused by two black holes colliding ina distant caused by two black holes colliding in a distant galaxy. we have detected gravitational waves! we did it. that was three years ago. now, four kilometre long instruments that made the discovery are to be given an upgrade. they are already the most sensitive instrument in the world. inside are laces and mirrors that measure the tiny shifts caused by these mysterious waves from outer

space. we are just on the cusp of our understanding. those first signals coming in, the vibrations of space, time, besides we are picking up space, time, besides we are picking up from the collision of these cosmic objects arejust up from the collision of these cosmic objects are just the first information from back holes. have instrument is get more and more sensitive, we will hear more and more clearly the signals coming in with exquisite precision, stating how space time is being distorted. gravitational waves are ripples that is set across the universe. when the gravity southerly changes in space triggered by huge events like distant triggered by huge events like d ista nt stars triggered by huge events like distant stars exploding. over the past three years, there instrument of detecting the collisions are ten by coles. with the upgrade scientists will be able to detect many more. maybe three each day.

harder to detect other collisions of giant sounds that had collapsed or neutron stars. just one spotted so far. the new machine will be able to detect routine each month and they should be able to sit much deeper into the universe, further back in time, even to when it began, with a big bang. the upgrade will be carried out here, at the institute for gravitational research at glasgow university. they have the expertise to build the high precision instruments needed to measure the miniscule distortions of gravitational waves create. of 15 glass houses will be created and they will need to be in this deal is objects on the planet. the tiny motion, we measure that, and we have

to extra ct motion, we measure that, and we have to extract that information without losing anything. that means improving the efficiency of the optics, avoiding any light, and actually a fairly complicated of little improvements that altogether will roughly double the performance of the detect. the new upgrades will come on line in five years' time, a development that scientists say will enable them to look at some of the universe is biggest mysteries. —— universe's. an albanian opposition mp has been barred from parliament for ten days after throwing ink at the prime minister. edi paloka was pulled away by security guards after the incident, which left prime minister edi rama's face and beard flecked with blue. mr rama described the incident as "universal stupidity". the albanian police said they had launched an investigation and were considering criminal charges against mr paloka. stay with me on bbc news.

i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. we will have more on and amazon ditching its plans for the headquarter in new york. that was concerned about the potential impact on the local community. plenty more as well still to come. hello. the uk recorded its highest valentine's day temperature

in 21 years. and there is more mild to very mild weather coming in the days ahead. the highest temperature for valentine's day came in wales. here's a view from aberystwyth, but it was in bala the temperature reached 16.1 celsius. you can see the extent of temperatures into double figures and how far they are from the average for the time of year. yes, there is more of that to come and there's more sunshine to come in the day ahead, after another chilly start. friday starts on a colder note in scotland and northern ireland, compared with thursday and especially into parts of england and wales. there'll be a touch of frost around. the further south you are you could probably see some fog patches that could be dense in places. clearing by late morning or lunchtime, where they last the longest. and then it is just sunshine all the way for most. northern ireland cloud increasing, western scotland too. far north—west of scotland into the western isles seeing some outbreaks of rain moving in. but the colours there indicating just how much temperatures will rebound after that chilly start, back towards the mid—teens once again. 15 even 16 celsius once again, in the mildest places. and it will be quite windy, if anything it's much windier

than thursday, and especially into north—west scotland. these are average speeds but gusts in the western isles could be up to around 50 miles per hour or so. not as chilly on friday night into saturday, as this weak weather system moves in. another one following on behind later in the weekend but they are just delivering glancing blows to the uk. the most important thing is that the flow of air around these weather systems will maintain a southerly feed and will maintain the mild air. this is what we are expecting over the weekend — staying mild, quite breezy, dry for many but those weather systems i've shown you though will deliver a bit of rain in places, more especially occasionally in the west. early rain in shetland will clear away on saturday. more cloud across southern england, parts of wales, the midlands too, may be dealt a spot of drizzle to the south—west. sunny spells northern england. broken cloud northern ireland. sunshine to the east of scotland. cloud to the north—west and you'll see a bit of patchy rain. temperatures though are very similar. the warm spots into the mid—teens. part two of the weekend, on sunday, sees maybe some heavier bursts

of rain for a time in northern ireland, running into western scotland. any other rain to the west of the uk. the cloud here will be rather patchy. sunny spells in the east and, you can see from the temperatures, it is every bit as mild on sunday too. speak —— hello. this is the business briefing. i'm ben bland. amazon's big apple deal goes sour. plans for a vast new york headquarters are axed, amid a backlash from local politicians and community groups. plus — high stakes poker. the us and china face off in trade talks, as the economic cost of their tariff battle mounts up. and on the markets — after days of optimism, concerns creeping in that those talks might not be making much progress — that is starting to weigh

on the asian markets.