this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11:003m. president trump warns the us will have to release hundreds of islamic state fighters unless the uk and other allies can take reponsibility for those jihadists who came from europe. hundreds of passengers are left with plane tickets they can't use, and hundreds ofjobs are at risk, as flybmi collapses. theresa may writes to every conservative mp urging them to put aside their personal differences over brexit, and come together in the national interest. a bbc investigation exposes films and photographs promoting animal cruelty and illegal blood—sports on social media websites. and dateline london here on bbc news in half an hour, discusses the labour leader jeremy corbyn s moves on brexit. that's at 11:30. good morning and welcome to bbc news.

president trump has said britain and other european allies should "take back" more than 800 islamic state fighters captured in syria and put them on trial. mr trump said the united states would be forced to release the jihadists unless they are taken into custody. the comments come as islamic state is facing the loss of its last stronghold in syria. just four years ago, is controlled vast areas of syria and northern iraq. it had taken control of raqqa and mosul. but the group's so—called caliphate has continued to shrink since then, and is now less than one small square kilometre on the euphrates river. militants are reportedly retreating and hiding among the local population as the battle for the village of baghuz enters its final stages.

our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. in a series of tweets, president trump said the caliphate was ready to fall and that american forces were pulling back after a 100% victory. but he warned that the united states will be forced to release islamic state fighters and that he didn't want to watch as they permeated europe. he said britain, france, germany and other european allies should take back over 800 is fighters and put them on trial. it is time, the president said, for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing. captured is fighters are currently being held by us—backed kurdish—led forces. responding to the case of shamima begum, the british teenager who went to syria to join is but now wants to go home, the uk government had said it will evaluate each case individually. peter bowes, bbc news. the labour mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has disputed

president's trump comments. speaking to sky news, mr burnham said anyone who left the uk to fight for the islamic state group shouldn't have an automatic right to return. if somebody leaves this country and joins a group that is actively plotting to harm and kill people in this country, it surely cannot be right that those people come and walk straight back in when it is convenient. i know some of those caught up in the manchester attack feel very strongly about this situation because of the echoes with the situation that happened there. so, no, i don't believe donald trump is right about this. i understand the legal complexities that the government will be facing but i would think the vast majority of people here in greater manchester will think, no, if you've left this country and walked away and joined a group plotting to harm us that you don't come back. we have news coming into us that the

lawyer representing shamima begum's family, the 19—year—old who went to syria, who is still in a refugee camp in syria, who left this country asa camp in syria, who left this country as a 15—year—old schoolgirl to be with islamic state, the lawyer representing shamima begum's family has put out a statement saying that the family has been informed she has given birth to a child. she was heavily pregnant when she was interviewed by times newspaper journalist in the camp a few days ago. the family have not had contact with shamima begum so cannot verify the information, but they hope to establish communication soon. the bbc has not yet had it confirmed from any other source that she has had a child. the statement in full

was released by the family's lawyer reads as follows... we, the family of shamima begum, have been informed that she has given birth to her child, and we understand that both she and the baby are in good health. as yet, we have not had direct contact with shamima. we hope to establish communication soon so we can verify the above. that is a statement in full from shamima begum'sfamily‘s lawyer. that has not been confirmed from any other source, but that is coming in from the family lawyer. we will bring you more detail on that, the family saying that she has given birth. stranded passengers are trying to find alternative

travel arrangements, after the airline, flybmi, collapsed. in a statement, the company blamed rising fuel costs, as well as challenges created by brexit. the airline, based near east midlands airport, has told customers it will not be able to reschedule any flights. colin campbell has the details. with all flybmi flights cancelled, hundreds of passengers including families on their half term breaks have had their travel plans disrupted. others have been left stranded abroad. all the flights on the return home have been cancelled. they said they would not give me a refund. i don't know how i'm going to get back. we are now off into austria for our skiing trip but there is a real concern as to how we are going to get home now the company has gone into administration. based in the east midlands, flybmi operated i7 jets, flying to 25 european cities. the airline, which has 376 employees, blames its collapse on a spike in the price of fuel and changes in the cost of carbon permits.

in a statement, the company said current trading and future prospects have also been seriously affected by the uncertainty created by the brexit process which has led to our inability to secure valuable flying contracts in europe. it's a horrible time to be any small airline at the moment. in europe, you have far too many seats, but too few customers and just looking at the numbers for flybmi, the average flight had only 18 people on it. passengers booked to travel with flybmi are being told not to go to the airport unless they have booked an alternative flight. the civil aviation authority say those affected should contact their travel agent, credit card or insurance provider to see if they can get a refund. colin campbell, bbc news. earlier i spoke to peter morris, chief economist at the aviation consultancy ascend.

i asked him what he thought had gone wrong at flybmi. basically, aviation is linked indirectly to the economy and with the uncertainty in the uk economy that transmits itself to aviation. they also have a problem of being caught between the low—cost carrier model at the bottom of the market and the network carriers at the top of the market, and the space left therefore regional operators is relatively limited. and so much of their business is to and from europe that clearly the massive uncertainty that clearly the massive uncertainty that exists regarding the aviation environment, which had been built up over a0 yea rs, environment, which had been built up over a0 years, suddenly looks like potentially could unravel in a very short space of time. it hits them harder than anyone. we were hearing in that report, too many seats, too few customers. 0n in that report, too many seats, too few customers. on average only about 18 seats per flight were filled for flybmi. you can look at different

times of year. 0bviously flybmi. you can look at different times of year. obviously this is the worst time of year for airlines, and the time they tend to go bust, when you have to get through the winter to get the summer bookings. but it's the uncertainty all the way across that i think affects it, particularly if you've got issues about freedom of movement for european citizens and so on, clearly the demand gets impacted as well. and fuel costs are being blamed particularly, as well as uncertainty over brexit. i think fuel costs have gone up and down, but one of the important thing was the mention that flybmi made of european contracts. clearly people do not want to give european —based contracts when the regulatory status of the airline might be in question. another ancillary factor might be is if you look at the devaluation of the pound that has taken place since 2016, then brits have basically got less money to spend on travel. and if

that carries on, that devaluation, there will be even less money to spend. so, are other smaller airlines vulnerable at the moment, do you think? yes, i think definitely. and to some extent, this even extends as far as i e:g., where the status in terms of share ownership and the flying rights the carrier has are starting to look slightly uncertain. so even the big boys might have some problem with the aviation environment. theresa may has called on conservative mps to put "personal preferences" aside and get her brexit deal through the house of commons. in a letter to every tory member of parliament, the prime minister said "history would judge us all" over the handling of brexit. she also set out what the government would be doing in the coming days to secure a withdrawal agreement that will get parliament's backing. the brexit secretary stephen

barclay is due to be back in brussels tomorrow for a meeting with his eu counterpart, michel barnier. later this week, the attorney general, geoffrey cox, is expected to make a speech in which he will outline how the government will eliminate any legal risk to stop the irish backstop becoming indefinite. and the prime minister is scheduled to have another meeting with the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, as well. with me is our political correspondent, pete saull. we have been hearing more about the government position particularly on the backstop today. theresa may in this letter today reiterates the fa ct this letter today reiterates the fact she will not change her approach. as far as she is concerned the best way to get a deal through parliament is to secure changes to the northern irish backstop, the safety net to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. she will be going back to brussels this week and the talks continue. 0n the andrew

marr programme this morning the culture secretaryjeremy marr programme this morning the culture secretary jeremy wright marr programme this morning the culture secretaryjeremy wright was asked about this and he was repeatedly asked by andrew marr whether he thought the changes would be sufficient if we didn't have to reopen their withdrawal agreement, because the prime minister has said we have to reopen what has already been agreed, but a suggestion perhaps from one of her ministers that that might not necessarily be the case. i don't think it's the mechanism that matters, it's the objective. if you can get to a place where the potential longevity of the backstop, the potential that the backstop lasts forever can be adequately dealt with, that's what we are all seeking to do. that is what parliament has been very clear it wants. it will back this deal if it can do something about the backstop. the mechanism is what we are discussing at the moment. but parliament needs to give the prime minister the space to go and have that conversation with brussels to see what we can achieve and if we can do something about that then i think it's very clear parliament will be prepared to support this

deal. that's quite interesting because the european union has made it clear they will not reopen the withdrawal agreement but could consider some changes to the political declaration side of the deal, which i suppose is the wish list looking towards what a future relationship might look like. having said all that, the brexiteers within the conservative party have been very clear that this needs to been very clear that this needs to be completely reopened and in some cases in their view removed entirely from the deal already in place so jeremy wright might not find much support among his picture to on all the issues people have raised is potential for us, we are dealing with, we are holding the party on brexit. there are those who have said we will split if we don't get the people's vote. we have kept the option on the table. so why split over that? john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, talking about the

conservatives not being the only party split over brexit. seven or eight labour mps thinking they might well have had enough withjeremy corbyn‘s leadership and the party's position on brexit and a lot of them feel it hasn't gone nearly far enough, specifically the call for another referendum, a so—called people's vote on brexit that is supposedly about labour party policy. if they can't bring about general action, that's what they will move towards. john mcdonnell at pains to say they are addressing some of the concerns of labour backbenchers and he feels a split would be counterintuitive. more meetings as ever in the coming week between the various british politicians and their eu counterparts. you outline some of them in the introduction. we are hearing theresa may has plans to speak to every single one of the 27 leaders of the eu countries in the next few days as well, as she tries to ramp up efforts to bring some

changes to the brexit deal. parliament was due to be in recess this week. they were supposed to go off on their skiing breaks, the mps, this week. that that has been cancelled. interestingly there is not much brexit stuff on the agenda this week was that they will be talking about everything else apart from brexit, so it shows once again the state of limbo we are in at the moment and this week will also hear from attorney general geoffrey cox on what the government is trying to achieve in terms of those legally binding changes that might be able to satisfy some of the brexiteers within the conservative party. our political correspondent pete saull, thank you. the headlines on bbc news... president trump warns the us will have to release hundreds of islamic state fighters unless the uk and other allies can take reponsibility for those jihadists who came from europe. the family of runaway school—girl shamima begum who fled the uk to live with the so—called islamic state group believe she has given birth.

hundreds of passengers are left with plane tickets they can't use, and hundreds ofjobs are at risk, as flybmi collapses. millions of workers could see their take—home pay fall from april when the amount they have to put into their pension pot increases. a bbc analysis of earnings suggests higher contribution rates for those in auto—enrolment pensions will hit pay packets, despite an imminent tax cut. rob young reports. building a pension pot, sacrificing part of our wages today to pay for a more comfortable retirement. since 2012,10 million eligible workers have been automatically enrolled in a workplace pension. from april, many of those employees will have to pay a bigger proportion of their pay into their auto enrolment pension pot. according to an analysis of earnings carried out for the bbc, the annual take—home pay of someone earning £15,000 a year will be £a9 lower, someone on £30,000

will take home £253 less. in a few weeks, many workers currently contributing 3% of their pay will have to put 5% in. this is quite a significant increase relative to what they have been paying to date and this will affect up to ten million people auto enrolled in the last few years. the potential impact of this change is substantial. the hit to net pay could have been bigger — a tax cut for most earners also due in april will soften the blow. some in the industry worry the hit to pay could lead people to opt out of saving for a pension. but speaking on a recent visit to this electronics factory, the minister in charge said she hoped that would not happen. we need to encourage people to save more and employers to take more of a role. i think that's exactly what we are seeing and we are going

to increase it slightly this year. the government regards auto enrolment as a huge success and will monitor what happens in a few weeks' time. some in the industry say worker contributions may have to rise even further if they want a decent retirement income. rob young, bbc news. more on the news coming into us this hour. the family of runaway schoolgirl shamima begum who fled the uk to live with the so—called islamic state group believe she has given birth. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford joins me now with the latest. this information has come from the lawyer representing the family. i should say this is not information the bbc has been able to confirm from any other source that shamima begum has had a baby or indeed that she was pregnant but the lawyer has said, we the family of shamima begum have been informed she has given birth to her child. we understand both she and the baby are in good

health. as yet we have not had direct contact with her but hope to establish communications with her $0011 establish communications with her soon so we can establish communications with her soon so we can verify the above. on his twitter feed, the lawyer went on to say that it was a boy. so it has not been verified by anyone at the bbc but the lawyer representing the family has said they have received information that she may have given birth to a son in the camp. there has been a lot of controversy since the news broke, the times newspaper having an interview with her the other day, controversy over whether she should be able to come back to the united kingdom and have her baby looked after, if she has had a baby, on the nhs and so on. if she has given birth, would that make any difference to her ability to come back to the uk? i don't think it makes a massive amount of difference. the government made it pretty clear they would not send anyone to go and fetch anyone from these refugee camps in northern syria who might have been there as pa rt syria who might have been there as part of the islamic state group. so i don't think that the changes that. whether or not she has a baby

doesn't appear to change that position. if she was to get to a country with a recognised government and get to a british consulate then i think and get to a british consulate then ithinka and get to a british consulate then i think a woman with a young baby, 01’ i think a woman with a young baby, ora i think a woman with a young baby, 01’ a woman i think a woman with a young baby, or a woman who i think a woman with a young baby, 01’ a woman who was i think a woman with a young baby, or a woman who was heavily pregnant, either way, saying they wanted to get documentation to come back to britain, that's the difficult question for the government. i think their position has shifted a little bit since friday. i think they have sort of started to britain, that's the difficult question n for the government. i think their position has shifted a little bit since friday. i think they have sort of started to people who don't have any other claim to be british citizens and can have their return to britain managed carefully, they might have to live under very strict conditions, monitored by the police and they would certainly be investigated. there is an issue about what nationality any baby might have, but again it looks pretty clear that if it can be verified that it was definitely the woman's baby and that woman did not have any other nationality then the

baby would probably also have british nationality. to be clear, she is considered to be a british national even though she is in syria? at the moment, unless the british government can find a number nationality she might have, they have to accept she cannot be rendered stateless, and therefore she has to be accepted as british. she isjust one she has to be accepted as british. she is just one example, she has to be accepted as british. she isjust one example, if she has to be accepted as british. she is just one example, if you like, of british and european people who went out to the caliphate to join islamic state. what about all the others? president trump has been talking about them, what happens to them now? they fall into many categories. there are people who have committed really heinous crimes and if there is sufficient evidence against them, people who might have been involved in beheadings and so on, then i think there will be a move certainly by the americans, to put them on trial. then there are groups of people who it is difficult

to find evidence against, but are believed to be fighters, and that's the hardest group. what do we do with people who may have been fighting with the islamic state group for the last four years but you don't have any evidence? there will be a temptation to leave them languishing as long as possible. then you get to the women and children who have been there supporting is by their very presence there, but it's hard to say they have been directly involved in heinous crimes, i think they are the ones who are likely to have their return managed back to the uk and there are various projects set up 110w there are various projects set up now that can deal with de—radicalisation and so on. now that can deal with de-radicalisation and so on. so, managed returns, but they will be very much under the watch of security services as being potential threats down the road to. security services as being potential threats down the road tolj security services as being potential threats down the road to. i think many of them well. we know from experience that it's notjust people who will take up weapons and try to do damage to people in the uk, but also people who can influence people using social media or by meeting

with others. there have been cases where young women have tried to launch attacks against the uk. so there is no suggestion thatjust because someone there is no suggestion thatjust because someone is a woman they wouldn't pose a threat. so there are issues where the police and security services will want to be convinced somebody has put that completely behind them, served the punishment for any crime they might have committed because being a member of islamic state is a crime, so a lot of people are likely to go to prison for a while. i think then there will be an acceptance that once people, when it is certain they no longer pose a threat, they can be reintegrated back into british society. daniel sandford, home affairs correspondent, thank you. videos and photographs promoting animal cruelty and illegal bloodsports are being shared on social media, according to a bbc countryfile investigation. in response, facebook and youtube have taken down some of the content, but material celebrating illegal hunting and cockfighting is still accessible, as tom heap reports. from hare coursing to cockfighting, these are the cruelest of so—called

sports with gambling at their heart. you may have thought these blood sports lived only in the past but today the power of the web has given them a new audience. we found evidence that some of the world's most popular internet sites like facebook and youtube are being used by illicit gambling rings to organise animal fights and also share disturbing and cruel images online with huge numbers of followers. it's about the money. it is purely about the betting. there's significant amounts of money made in this. we have intelligence suggesting that dogs can be bought for 25,000—30,000 pounds for a hare coursing dog with good bloodline. they are making six figures annually. purely from hare coursing. and they can live stream to their friends in the pub. we have infiltrated a number

of closed groups on facebook, groups believed to be sharing illegal blood sport material. they may not be publicly accessible but they have huge numbers of followers. and it's notjust facebook. we also found videos being uploaded and shared on youtube. we showed them our evidence and facebook did take down one profile that had been up for several years but others remain. facebook told us that their content must respect local laws and that they rely on reports from appropriate authorities so they can take appropriate action. youtube also removed some material and said it had clear policies that banned graphic content and animal abuse. tom heap, bbc news. and you can watch more on tom heap's report on countryfile this evening on bbc one — that's at 7pm. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. holly hamilton has that. more news

and reaction to newport county, not quite managing to defeat manchester city, even though they were playing on their rather sticky and muddy pitch. i think we were watching the same thing for stop it looks like a disintegrated chocolate digestive biscuit at the end! manchester city remain on course for what would be an historic four titles this season after beating newport county in their fifth round fa cup tie. it took city until the 51st minute to score at rodney parade but after that, two goals from phil foden and a fourth from riyad mahrez gave them a a—1 victory to qualify for the quarterfinals. they're also currently top of the prmeier league, they'll face chelsea in the league cup final next week and on wednesday they'll face schalke in the champions league last 16. guardiola though has played down talk of a clean sweep of trophies. we will see in may and june how we

have done. but it's important in february to be there. but we are in the final of one competition, we are in the premier league, the qualifiers for the fa cup, in the last 16 of the champions league. what can i say, delighted, congratulations and thank you to the players, but the result will be in the end. brighton are also in the last eight of the fa cup after beating derby county 2—1. anthony knockaert scored their opener with this excellent finish. derby manager frank lampard says it is now time to turn their attention on getting promotion to the premier league. we've had a nice run. two really good games against southampton and are difficult but interesting game against accrington and today we have shown ourselves in the second half. it sets us up quite nicely in the league, its clarity, the cups are done and we've had a decent run and

we have to keep producing good form in the league to try to win promotion. you'll have to wait until tomorrow night for the 5th round showpiece between manchester united and chelsea but this afternoon we've got bristol city and wolves at one o'clock, then doncaster host crystal palace at apm and the battle of the championship mid—table sides, swansea and brentford. and the women's fa cup 5th round continues this afternoon. the tie of the round though has to be the holders chelsea taking on arsenal in a repeat of last year's final, when chelsea beat the 1a—time winners 3—1. former england goalkeeper rachel brown finnis told us neither side will go down without a fight. both teams are relatively in form. certainly arsenal are flying high, not quite top of the super league but certainly, well, the league is in their own hands and they are still fighting on all fronts. i think they are the dominant force to be reckoned with in any competition this time around. but chelsea are

kind of a wounded animal i think at the moment. britain's laura muir set a new national record over the mile at the birmingham indoor athletics. she won in a time of a minutes 18.75 seconds, taking five seconds off kirsty wade's mark, which had stood since 1988. the time was also the fastest in the world this year and the third quickest in history. it proves she's in great form ahead of next month s european indoor championships in glasgow, where she'll defend both her 1500 and 3000 metre titles. i knew i was in great shape and for me it was about winning the race but i wanted to run fast and to get an opportunity to try and go for another record. 0n home soil, i couldn't miss it. i'm so chuffed to be able to do it. neil robertson will face stuart bingham in the welsh 0pen final this afternoon. bingham broughtjoe 0'connor‘s dramatic run in the competition to an end.

the world number 103 had beaten ding junhui and john higgins en route to the semi—final, but it was a step too far as he fell to a 6—2 defeat. the final begins at 1 o'clock this afternoon and you can watch via the bbc sport website and the red button. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. now it's time for a look at the weather matt taylor. it certainly feels like it. temperatures above average. . showers are walking away eastwards through the midlands