good afternoon. thejustice secretary, david gauke, says the government's main priority has to be the safety of the public when considering the case of shamima baygum. the family of the pregnant teenager, who left britain to join the islamic state group, say they'd welcome a police investigation into her actions — but want the government to help bring her home, sophie long reports. this is the al—hawl camp in northern syria, where the 19—year—old from east london is living as she awaits the birth of her third child. shamima begum says both her son and daughter died, and she wants to come back to britain so her unborn baby does not the same fate. herfamily, who had feared they would never see her again, have asked the government to help them get her home. but the justice secretary says there are risks to allowing people like shamima begum to return to britain, and they would look at her case very closely. what has to be the priority of the british government is ensuring the protection of the british people as a whole. we do have a number of powers in this area.

we have to act within those powers. but we need to make sure that the british people are not unnecessarily at risk. in a statement, shamima begum's family say as a british citizen she has every expectation to be returned to the uk, and be dealt with under the british justice system. shamima begum's case is not unique. some 850 people left the uk to join so—called islamic state. around half have already come back. some working against extremism say there needs to be more focus on what caused her to go, to prevent others from doing the same. i realise that she is a bit of a poster girl of that phenomenon of those young girls going off tojoin daesh. but if we take stock of what is happening, we need to see how she got there

and how we can stop other people from going down that route. the home secretary has said he would prevent people in terrorist organisations returning to britain. it is unclear what that will mean for shamima begum, who was just 15 when she left the uk for syria. sophie long, bbc news. friends and colleagues of the cardiff city striker, emiliano sala, are gathering in the town of progreso in northern argentina, where the footballer‘s funeral is due to take place. he died, along with pilot david ibbotson, when their plane went down in the english channel last month. cardiff manager neil warnock and chief executive ken choo are expected to attend. from progreso, natalio cosoy reports. for many of the residents of this small, argentinian town, it is too much to bear — a hometown hero returned to soon. translation: without a doubt we

would not have imagined everything we are seeing would not have imagined everything we are seeing now. would not have imagined everything we are seeing now. there are 3000 of us we are seeing now. there are 3000 of us but everybody is overwhelmed but still trying to give emiliano sala the sendoff he deserves. emiliano sala grew up playing football here in progreso, until he left, aged 14, to pursue bigger opportunities. after making his name playing in france, the 28—year—old was bought by cardiff city from nantes for a club record £15 million on the 19th ofjanuary. just two days later, the plane carrying him in the pilot, david ibbotson, from france to the welsh capital, disappeared over the english channel. after a two—week search, the footballer‘s body was found in the wreckage. mr ibbotson remains missing. translation: i would like to find a person in authority who says to me, this happened. but it seems like his death has led us to this. it was a shock for progreso, where his family, friends and childhood neighbours are now gathering to pay their respects.

mauns coming into this building of the ground of emiliano sala's childhood club to say their final farewells to the football player. later there will be a religious ceremony. and then the body of emiliano sala will be taken to be cremated, as per the wish of his family. ahead of today's service, sala's boyhood club, san martin de progreso, posted a message on social media saying... "we are waiting for you, like the first day you left, but this time to stay with us for ever, eternally in our hearts." natalio cosoy, bbc news, progreso. a man has appeared in court in exeter, charged with the murder of of three men in their eighties. alexander lewis—ra nwell, who's 27 and from north devon, is accused of killing anthony payne, who was 80, and 84 year old twins dick and roger carter.

he'll appear again in court on monday. a teenager has died two days after being stabbed outside a sixth form college in birmingham. the 16—year—old boy had been on life support since the incident in the highgate area on wednesday. another 16—year—old has appeared in court, charged with attempted murder before the boy died. a planned visit by the chancellor to china will now not go ahead. the news comes following reports that beijng pulled out of trade talks after the defence secretary gavin williamson indicated that the uk may be willing to deploy a warship in the pacific. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, is here. watto the treasury saying? the treasury have confirmed that philip hammond is not travelling to china. they also say that no visit was ever confront or announced. that is true. but there have been plans in the works for some time for philip hammond to make a brief visit to china to hold trade talks with

senior government figures. while a source tells me no final decision has been taken, it seems clear from the chinese side that this visit is off for now. this has happened just a few days after the defence secretary gave that speech in which he talked about britain's new aircraft carrier making it the maiden voyage to the pacific and also talking about china developing its modern military capability and commercial power in the context of state on state competition. any suggestion that speech has led to china —— led to that decision, has been played down. but it didn't help. it shows the government is conflicted about concern between china and the need for a close economic relationship, particularly post—brexit. economic relationship, particularly post-brexit. thank you. the former archbishop of washington has become the first former cardinal to be defrocked by the vatican, over allegations of child abuse. theodore mccarrick, here on the right, says he has no recollection of the alleged sexual abuse. pope francis has ruled that no further appeals

by mccarrick will be allowed. lady falkender, who served as harold wilson's personal and political secretary, has died at the age of 86. she was an influential, but not always popular figure, during his time as labour prime minister. lady falkender was accused by some of drafting mr wilson's resignation honours, which included a number of controversial peerages. with all the sport now, here's richard at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. the first of the day's fa cup fifth round matches is underway. brighton and hove albion from the premier league are taking on the championship side, derby county. and brighton have just gone ahead, through anthony knockhart. around ten minutes of the first half to go there. later on, newport county will be aiming to pull off what their manager says would be the biggest fa cup shock of all time. they've already knocked out middlesbrough and leicester, and this afternoon, newport, who are in league two, host the premier league champions manchester city,

with the chance to make it through to the quarterfinals. we've got to believe we've got a chance of winning. they are exceptional — the first team, the second team, or the third team. i think their under—23s would be good team as well. so it's going to be a very, very difficult evening, but we've got belief, we've got to go out there and play to the highest level that we can play at, and hopefully a few of them have an off day, because then it'll get interesting. great britain's men have suffered their first defeat in the hockey pro league. they lost 2—0 to australia in perth, to drop down to third in the table, behind belgium and the netherlands. britain's women also lost to australia — their third defeat in a row. the sprinterjames ellington says he has no doubt he ll compete at the tokyo 0lympics next summer — which is extraordinary, considering only two years ago it looked as though his career could be over, after he was involved in a serious motorbike accident. but the 33—year—old is now preparing to return to competition this season. david mcdaid has more.

this may look like just another training run but it actually represents a triumph of medical science and the human spirit. ellington lifting himself up. two yea rs ellington lifting himself up. two years ago james ellington lifting himself up. two years agojames ellington was a european champion relay runner and a two—time 0lympian. then he was involved in a motorbike accident. that is the scar that snapped my tibia and fibula. this was up here. there was blood everywhere. his injuries were conflicts and traumatic, especially for a professional sprinter in the best form of his life. physically i was capable of running some serious times that year. changing my life. and then boom, the medical experts we re

and then boom, the medical experts were highly doubtful. that he would ever run again? yeah. but mentally i have never doubted my comeback. having been rebuilt with screws and metalfibre having been rebuilt with screws and metal fibre rods and after two years of tough rehab, he is now back in his racing spikes training for a spring comeback. when you are down thatis spring comeback. when you are down that is all you dream of again. when you get your spikes back on for the first time, itjust you get your spikes back on for the first time, it just shows you you get your spikes back on for the first time, itjust shows you that you are in the right trajectory. what is the goal for you? my goal is to come back and be the same if not better than before. some people would say that is impossible. this year, 2019, my target will be the world championships. if i don't do it and get close to it, there is no doubt in my mind i would be at the 0lympics doubt in my mind i would be at the olympics in 2020,100%. doubt in my mind i would be at the olympics in 2020, 100%. given his progress to date, you wouldn't bet against him. remarkable story. you can keep across all of the fa cup action and watch live snooker from

the welsh 0pen action and watch live snooker from the welsh open on the bbc‘s website. that is all from me for now. back to you. thank you, richard. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:25pm. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with shaun ley. it's 1:15. more now on that court appearance. a 27—year—old man has apeared in court charged with the murder of three elderly men in exeter. alexander lewis—ra nwell was before magistrates in the city. 0ur reporter alex dymond gave us this update. alexander lewis—ra nwell appeared at exeter magistrates‘ court this morning during a short two—minute hearing.

during that time the charges were read to him, he faces five, three of which are charges of murder, and those are of 80—year—old anthony payne, who was found dead at his home in the city earlier this week and richard and roger carter, 84—year—old twins who were also from the city. the charges relate to incidents between the tenth on the 12th of february. he was facing a further two charges of grievous bodily harm with intent, and they relate to a further two incidents in goodleigh in north devon on the 9th of february, and exeter on the 11th of february. during the very short two minute hearing today, he was remanded in custody and will appear at exeter crown court on monday morning. the us vice president mike pence has pressed european countries to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. speaking at the munich security conference, the vice president urged the european union to stop undermining us sanctions on iran. the time has come for all of us to act. for our european

partners to stop undermining us sanctions against this murderous revolutionary regime. the time has come for our european partners to stand with us and with the iranian people, our allies and friends in the region. the time has come for our european partners to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal and join us as we bring the economic and diplomatic pressure necessary to give the iranian people, the region and the world the peace, security and freedom they deserve. vice president mike pence. thousands of criminals in england and wales will be tagged with gps trackers to allow authorities to constantly track them. the current tags, which are worn by around 60,000 offenders, are linked to a fixed address, such as an offender's home, with alerts generated if they are not there at certain hours. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. we have gps technology in our cars

and on our smartphones. now it's being used to track the movements of offenders and suspects on bail. this is a demonstration of how the satellite tags are fitted, using an expert who has helped set up the scheme. the ankle tag sends an alert if someone goes to an area they're banned from, or isn't attending a rehabilitation course when they should be. it gives us very detailed information as to where that person potentially has been, where they have been tracked. it gives us evidence to be able to present to the relevant criminal justice agency to take that appropriate action. the offender satellite tracking has been operating in three areas since last november. it will be rolled out across england and wales by the summer. tags will monitor 4,000 people every year. it will be used in cases of domestic abuse and stalking to keep offenders away from victims. david blunkett was the first

politician to trial satellite tracking, launching a scheme when he was home secretary 15 years ago. but progress stalled due to contractual disputes and technical problems. the government will be hoping it has more success this time. danny shaw, bbc news. lady falkender, who was political secretary to the former prime minister harold wilson, has died at the age of 86. formerly known as marcia williams, she was a controversial and powerfulfigure. she was the former labour prime minister's right—hand woman during his two periods in office during the 1960's and ‘70's, and was blamed for his controversial resignation honours list in 1976, a document which became known as the lavender list. i've been looking back at lady falkender‘s life with the former labour mp, austin mitchell. she was dedicated

to harold wilson, and people like bernard donoghue, his speech writer, who came into contact with her in the course of work, find her to talk. they found her too tough. it was almost as if she had the relationship with harold wilson. they had worked together for so long, it was a fairly intense relationship. she kept his feet on the ground, but in a sense, but i think power went to her head when she was his political secretary because she made contact with lots of people, some of them show business people, who she would not normally have come across. she idolised him. she put people like that on the lavender list. that was the accusation against her. do you think it was true? well, i think she admired some pretty curious people,

and i have no doubt she admired some good people and she put her friends on the list, that is all it was. harold should never have agreed to it. it should have been scrutinised more carefully. do you think it damaged his reputation? yes, it damaged his reputation. i interviewed her after that, in bed, actually, because she wanted to answer the critics. there were lots of criticisms from the conservatives, who thought this was a way of attacking harold wilson. can you imagine anyone in modern politics being able to have such an influence on a prime minister who was not an elected member of the party? yes, i can, because if you trust people and have a long—standing relationship, then you need somebody like that, to keep your feet on the ground, to keep you in contact with the real world. so she was good about that, but when i interviewed her,

it was a show business spectacular. she was in her mews house, claiming to be ill, and it was surrounded by the journalist and the press. i was a very raw interviewer, and i sat by the bad and she answered the question is like a stateswoman. it was effective theatre. she was certainly a theatrical figure in lots of ways, but she wrote once about harold wilson, "while i despair over his ideological limitation sometimes and i'm ready to resign to resign if necessary, if his tactical subtleties ever betray my beliefs." do you think she had a good measure of harold wilson, because some people accuse him of being more interested in tactics than ideology? he was a good leader in that his main aim was to hold the party together. she was a hindrance to that.

she had party positions of her own, and she wanted to persuade him in some cases. but i think it is a fair assessment of wilson, but not of wilson the prime minister because he was above that kind of thing. but he did hold the party together, and that was a great achievement. at times it infuriated her because it meant it was pandering to people she disliked. so there was a tension in the relationship. there is an any close relationship between the prime minister and his assistants. former labour mp austin mitchell. military charities say they are not able to cope with the rising demand for mental health support for veterans. at least 58 former servicemen and women took their own lives last year, according to estimates by campaigners. the ministry of defence spends £22 million a year on mental health, but charities say the whole system needs a rethink, as our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. gary still has nightmares

about his time in afghanistan. he did two tours of helmand and saw friends killed in combat. like many soldiers, gary has been left with visible scars, too. but his wound wasn't caused by bombs or bullets. he lost his leg after he fell on it, blacked out after self—medicating with drugs and alcohol. well, there was loads of help there for me. but like you say, it doesn't come knocking on your door. i'm worse now than ever i have been, to tell you the truth. i'm really, really bad, i am suicidal at the minute. gary is being helped by two other veterans who have set up a helpline for comrades in crisis. this is a message i got yesterday. lady calling, i won't tell you the name. she is worried her grandson is about to take his own life. so david calls him. eventually, i finally got him on the phone. we had a long chat. i got him to come down from his crisis point. he needs to know that there are people out there who can help him. for too many, help

has come too late. i never thought he was suicidal. you know, ijust thought he couldn't sleep. they can see that somebody, unfortunately, has lost their limbs or whatever. but with mental illness it'sjust invisible. the ministry of defence is stepping up research, support and funding for veterans‘ mental health. but it's notjust about money. it is the system that needs fixing. jonathan beale, bbc news. the organisers of the oscars say they've abandoned plans to present four awards during the ceremony‘s ad breaks. the decision not to broadcast the winners of categories including cinematography and film editing prompted hundreds to sign a petition in protest. among those who signed were martin scorcese, spike lee and george clooney. the 91st academy awards take place next sunday, and this year things haven't gone to plan. earlier i spoke to sandro monetti, editor in chief of hollywood

international film—maker magazine. i can't sleep because of this ongoing shambles. the 0scars should be held in a big top because the whole thing is becoming a circus. thn there is a decision to be made, you can trust the academy to make the wrong one. this latest gift is the latest in a series of mistakes which have infuriated the film industry and made the oscars, which should be the greatest showpiece for film total embarrassment for hollywood. spike lee was one of the signatories, and he said in comments he made about this that there were not be a film without cinematography so how could you give the award for best cinematography during the advert break? i suppose people would say it would be replayed in the televised ceremony so what is the fuss about? anyone who has been to the oscars knows that is a nonstarter because during the commercial break

the aisles are full of people standing up to go to the toilet, chat to each other, take selfies, how would a winner get to the stage and complete their speech and get off in time? it is a boneheaded decision that has no existence in practicality whatsoever. spike lee is quite right, so is quentin tarantino. this is the first 0scars in 30 years that will have no host. the last time that happened the show opened with rob lowe, not known for his singing, singing a duet with snow white. that will look a classic compared to this year. when you have no host, what happens if they have envelopegate again and they open up the wrong winner of best picture? who is going to run on stage to stop

it, is the producer coming down from the gallery? everyone on the academy resign, they are not fit for purpose and they are ruining the great institution of the oscars. has it had its day? it is going that way. some of us look forward to it, but we long for it to be good. 0ther award shows have figured it out like the grammys. they give out about a hundred awards before the cameras are switched on and last couple of hours as entertainment, musical performances and the awards. i can see what the academy is trying to do by reducing the number of awards. there is 2a after all, but the public only care about six or eight. is it possible this controversy is a clever bit of marketing

by the academy and the going to get a huge audience this time around because of it? i'd love to think they are that clever! it is keeping the oscars in the headlines but it is not the kind of positivity they want. it will be interesting to see how the viewing figures are because the ratings have gone off a cliff for the last few years. this is the first time in many years when three of the nominated films have made so much money at the box office and when the oscars are watched it is when people cheer on movies they have seen and help will win, so it remains to be seen whether this turns into a positive. it will be like watching a complete disaster, i can't wait! it is one shambles after another. it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. can you give us an 0scar—winning

performance? i will try! can you give us an 0scar—winning performance? iwill try! it can you give us an 0scar—winning performance? i will try! it is still mild, and the cloudy skies across south wales in southern england. it is misty and foggy around the coast, and further north we have more sunshine. this is where we will find the highest temperatures. quite bright across scotland and largely dry, the cloud increasing in northern ireland, and that will be a feature as we head through this evening and overnight, the strengthening southerly wind. the rest of the uk probably dry, and with strengthening winds we are blowing away a lot of low cloud out into the north sea so clouds will clear. tomorrow we have this ragged rain coming in from the west, sunshine in the morning, eastern scotla nd sunshine in the morning, eastern scotland and england, clouding over in the afternoon but not much rain, most of it clearing in the afternoon, increasing amounts of sunshine for the western sides of the uk. another mild day tomorrow,

looking at temperatures of 12—14 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the family of shamima begum, the teenager who went to syria to join the group calling itself islamic state, has called on the uk to bring her back "urgently". a 27—year—old man has appeared in court charged with the murders of three elderly men in exeter. alexander lewis—ranwell has been remanded in custody. thousands of offenders in england and wales will be tagged with gps trackers in a bid to cut the use of shortjail sentences. the tags will allow authorities to trace them 2a hours a day. the funeral of footballer emiliano sala, who died in a plane crash in the english channel last month as he headed for his new club cardiff city, is taking place in his native argentina. that will be later today. we will have more news at the top of

the hour. now, inside out. the programme exposes how easy it is to hack into smart devices in the house. and the suffolk vicar who races around five churches on a sunday in a bid to keep them going. hello, and welcome to inside out. how safe is your home? we're going to show you how hackers could get in through your smart devices. he's doing that from greece? yeah. so he's got control of the lighting system. meet the boy who's died twice. now thanks to a pioneering unit in cambridge, zach is learning to live again. the father, the son and the holy spirit... and helping to save our beautiful ancient churches. i spend a very hectic sunday with the super vicar from suffolk. the stories that matter closer to home. i'm david whiteley and this is inside out. hello and welcome to the programme.

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