sake this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines: the family of shemima begum — the british teenager who ran away to syria to join the islamic state group — say she has given birth to a boy. 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. millions of workers could see their take—home pay fall in six weeks' time when the amount they have to pay into their pension pot increases. theresa may writes to every conservative mp, urging them to put aside their personal differences over brexit and come together in the national interest. and in half an hour here on bbc news, african diaspora diaries takes a look at what it's like being born to immigrant parents in a country where there's growing support for anti—immigration parties. good afternoon, and

welcome to bbc news. the family of shamima begum — one of three british school girls who left britain to join so—called islamic state — say they've been told that she's given birth. shamima, who's now 19, was found last week in a syrian refugee camp by the times newspaper. she said she wanted to bring up her baby in britain, as she had lost two other children while living with is. it all comes as president trump has called for the uk and other european countries to take back hundreds of members of is, captured in syria and iraq, and to put them on trial. jane frances kelly reports. the teenager, shemima begum, who travelled to syria to join is as a schoolgirl of 15 four years ago is thought to have given birth to a son. a statement from the family's lawyer

said mother and child were believed to be in good health but they were still trying to make direct contact with her. the birth comes as debate rages about the best way to deal with those returning from the is caliphate. us—backed kurdish forces are continuing their assault on the final part of its territory in eastern syria. in a series of tweets, donald trump urged britain, france and germany and other european allies to take back over 800 isis fighters that were captured in syria and put them on trial. he said the caliphate was ready to fall and if they did not act, america would be forced to release the fighters, warning they would permeate europe. the culture secretary and former attorney general agreed that britain would have to deal with its own citizens. if you are dealing with a british citizen who wants to return to this country, so they're only citizenship is british citizenship, we are obliged to take them back.

that does not mean that we cannot put in place the necessary security measures to monitor their activities and make sure they are not misbehaving. the shadow chancellor agreed with trump that britain should take responsibility for its citizens. we have to make sure we respond to our international duties of bringing war criminals to book. we will make that contribution. whether it's collectively, the hague or bringing them back here, we have to step up to the responsibility. i would rather they were under lock and key than somewhere else, potentially a threat to this country. a former head of the british army said it was a mistake to think is had been defeated. it is not 100% victory. we may well complete the recapture of the territory that they had, but the ideology and support behind it will continue and that will remain the struggle for this generation, perhaps the next generation. accepting fighters and their families back creates security

issues, and is often unpopular. many argue that to ignore them is to create an even bigger threat in the future. our home affairs correpondent daniel sandford explained more about what we know. information came to the lawyer who is representing shemima begum's family, and he said they had information that she had given birth, he went on to say it was a baby boy. they said they had not had direct communication with her, so they were trying to verify the information themselves. journalists in the camp have seen what appears to be a baby in the room with shemima begum, so it looks as if it is possible that she has given birth overnight. the only information she was pregnant in the first place came from her information interview with the times. it does look as if she has had a baby. she is a british citizen,

presumably there is a question about the rights of the baby to come to this country, being brought back to britain, but mum wants to come back. what are the options for the authorities in terms of admitting her and what they do with her if she comes back? the home secretary has said he will not hesitate to try and stop people coming into the country who have gone tojoin terrorist organisations. easy to say but not as easy to implement because if someone does not have any other option in terms of citizenship, yo cannot take away their british citizenship, not a 19—year—old. you cannot take away their british citizenship, not a 19—year—old. that means you then have to kind of accept that they may be british and therefore you have to allow them back into the country. it does not mean they are allowed to come back and resumed their lives, because that return can be managed using what is called a temporary inclusion order, they can be told they are not allowed to come back controlled things have been put in place, such

as for the police do meet someone of a plane, interview them, held in custody if they have been charged, they could be put under a degree of control, either using the measures or police bail, so someone would come back and be heavily investigated and to a degree controlled for a while. there are other options around the security service monitoring people's behaviour. depending on who it might be, shemima begum may not fit into this category, there is also what is known as the returning families project which is an attempt to try and reintegrate these sorts of people back into society, although so far a very small number of people have gone through that. it is not clear yet how successful that may or may not be. passengers with flybmi have been speaking of their frustration at the airline's abrupt collapse. the company announced last night that it's calling in administrators and cancelling all flights with immediate effect.

in a statement, flybmi said it had run into financial difficulties, partly because of brexit. thousands of customers have been affected as stuart flinders reports. it's half term and some travellers have begun their holiday not sure how it will end. i'm in a lay—by off the autobahn in munich. we've been caught up in the bmi saga today. we arrived at bristol airport to catch a flight only for it to be cancelled at very short notice. we are now off into austria for ourskiing trip, but there is a real concern as to how we're going to get home. flybmi say they can't organise travel with other airlines themselves, nor will passengers be refunded. there are unfortunately going to be a lot of people out of pocket. for those of you, for those people who aren't able to get a refund through their credit card holder, you may also be entitled to something back through your insurance. flybmi operates from regional airports, including newcastle

and bristol, flying to 25 european cities. the company blames rising fuel and carbon costs for its problems, but in a statement says... the futures of nearly 400 employees both here and abroad are also in doubt. this is the company's headquarters at east midlands airport. only one flight due out here today and that has been cancelled. the advice from flybmi, if you have booked a flight with them, is to consult your insurers or your credit card company, because they cannot organise an alternative flight for you. the company blamed rising fuel costs, uncertainty over brexit for its problems, but you only have to look at its figures. 29,000 flights last year,

522,000 passengers, sounds a lot but works out on average atjust 18 passengers on every plane. that is a lot of empty seats. i'm joined now from our bristol studio by paul charles. he's a former director of virgin atlantic. are you surprised by he was my lad? i are you surprised by he was my lad? ,it are you surprised by he was my lad? , it has been a basket case in the industry for some years. it emerged out of the carcass of british midland in 2012 which was sold to british airways and then what happened was its new owners try to make a great strategy of being a regional player. its hallmark was in being a regional player but it simply did not have the strategy on

destinations that people wanted to fly to. it had planes that buy very expensive to run and they were not enough passengers to fly on the routes that it was flying. when you combine all of that and a rise in the fuel price in recent months which has hit several airlines, there was no supplies that flybmi would go under. why would it go under when others have managed to survive? flybe has a different model, if focused regional operation, the planes were leased again, renegotiated, but flybmi was never actually a strong brand, so it wasn't able to compete against the bigger players in the industry with the consistently strong brand and strong marketing message, and in the aviation industry, which choose our players like there is no tomorrow and spits them out very quickly fa are not strong players, then you will find that flybmi was not able to survive in such a ferocious

market. what threat does this raise beyond just the company itself, which has obviously gone under, it is possible that someone else will step in and try to preserve something from this and they get out of administration, but leaving that point aside, what about the future of our regional air links in this country? we have quite a number of regional airports, some operating on small returns. a good question, because it throws into question the very essence of regional transport strategy in this country. first of all i think there will be some airlines that do pick over the bones of flybmi, already you are seeing loganair part of the same group, coming forward and saying it will run some services, you coming forward and saying it will run some services, you may coming forward and saying it will run some services, you may see some others, possibly even somebody like virgin atlantic who save they may be able to do something with a new cooperation with flybe. from a

regional airport perspective, yes, they rely on these tiny players to produce the revenue. a lot of regional airports as a result of this weekend's saga will actually be saying, can we find replacements for the revenues we were getting from flybmi? they have huge expanse of projects, such as at bristol airport and their planning and if they cannot get these revenues from these regional airlines, they will not be able to expand so fast. you cannot go able to expand so fast. you cannot 9° by able to expand so fast. you cannot go by train as easily, you cannot go by road because it is too long a journey for some people who are on business or leisure, so without these regional airlines, it is certainly going to lead to fewer passengers making short trips. police are investigating the murder of a 22—year—old man who was attacked in a car in brighton in east sussex. abdul deghayes died in the early hours of the morning after he was stabbed several times in a car that crashed. sussex police said he died from his injuries at the royal sussex county hospital.

it's emerged that two of his brothers were killed fighting for islamists in syria. his father has spoken of his shock at losing a third son. 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. here's our business correspondent rob young. building a pension pot, sacrificing part of our wages today to pay for a more comfortable retirement. since 2012, ten 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 £49 lower, someone on £30,000 will take home £253 less. in a few weeks' time, many workers currently contributing

3% of their pay will have to put in 5%. this is a significant increase relative to what they have been paying to date and this will affect up to ten million people who have been auto enrolled in the last few years. the potential impact of this change is quite 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 we need to encourage employers to take more of a role in doing that. and i think that's exactly what we are seeing and we are going tojust increase it slightly this year. the government regards auto enrolment as a huge success. it says it will closely monitor what happens in a few weeks' time. some in the industry say workers' contributions may have to rise even further if they want

a decent retirement income. rob young, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the family of shemima begum — the british teenager who ran away to syria to join the islamic state group — say she has given birth to a boy. 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. sport, and time for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. we're still waiting for our first upset of the fa cup fifth round weekend — could it happen at the keepmoat stadium where doncaster rovers take on premier league side crystal

palace? doncaster have it beat a top—flight side for over a0 years but i hoping to do so today. palace are in the fa cup fifth round for the third time in five seasons looking for a place in the quarterfinals forjust 1-0 to 1—0 to palace at the moment after 15 minutes. swansea against brentford also kicked off at apm and it is still no score in that game. the league one side are hoping to reach the last eight of this competition for the first time in their history. in the early afternoon tie, premier league wolves beat championship side bristol city 1—0 at ashton gate to reach the quarterfinals. just before the half—hour mark, ivan cavaleiro scored the decisive goal as wolves showed their quality in the first half. they hold on to a place in the

quarterfinals for the first time says 2003. we played very well. well—organised, good combination. a lot of chances that can kill the game and put it to bed. knowing that after that we are going to suffer, a tarteam, after that we are going to suffer, a tar team, very good team, and when they start putting those bowls around the box, it is very tough. they put as against the ropes. in the championship, middlesbrough are up to fifth in the table after a 1—0 win at blackburn. britt assombalonga with the only goalfor the away side. it's middlesbourngh's first win in four matches, while it's the first time blackburn have lost four successive games under manager tony mowbray. celtic could go eight points clear at the top of the scottish premiership with a win today against kilmarnock. that game kicked off 15 minutes ago.

still no score. kilmarnock would move in to third place with a win. ealrier motherwell secured a sixth consecutive league victory after a terrible errror from the hearts goalkeeper in added time allowed david turnbull to make it 2—1 to motherwell. motherwell defeated heart of midlothian 2—1 at fir park. they took the lead through an impressive effort from 19—year—old jake hastie. hearts got back into the game when steven naismith scored, lobbing the goalkeeper on his second attempt. then, in the 93rd minute, another 19—year old, david turnbull, scored the winner, as a mistake from goalkeeper conan doyle handed motherwell their sixth straight win. it's a busy afternoon too in the fifth round of the women's fa cup — there was a repeat of last year's final when holders chelsea beat arsenal. this time the score was 3—0 to chelsea. liverpool are also into the quarterfinals after a 2—0 win over millwall. manchester said looking for their second fa cup title, one step closer after they beat

totte n ha m step closer after they beat tottenham 3—0, and manchester united are also through to the next round. in the welsh 0pen final, australia's neil robertson is leading stuart bingham four frames to two in their best of 17 match. bingham is the reigning open engage champion, he won another frame before robertson took a three frame lead once again. super league early pace—setters salford red devils are playing bottom side leeds rhinos this afternoon. salford currently lead the table after winning both of their opening matches. they find themselves behind, the score at the moment salford 1a, leeds rhinos 20. that game started at 3pm, i said that they's other game. between hull kr and london broncos. that's all the sport for now.

i'll have more for you in the next hour. videos and photographs promoting animal cruelty and illegal more now on our top story: the family of the teenager shamima begum, who left britain four years ago to join islamic state in syria, believe she has given birth. it comes as president trump has demanded that european countries take back hundreds of islamic state fighters captured in syria and put them on trial. earlier i spoke to macer gifford. he fought alongside kurdish forces against islamic state for more than a year and a half. we can't give macer‘s real name for legal reasons. i began by asking him about his thoughts on the shamima begum case. she is certainly unrepentant, i see no evidence that she is any less of a threat now than she was when she first went out. i want the british government to treat her with extreme caution. we cannot get this wrong. people's lives are at stake. a lot of people are in the situation where they went out for whatever reason, some idealistic, but the reality of what they have seen and experienced might not only have an impact, deep psychological impact, but may have changed. what do you make of

donald trump's suggestion that it is down to us as european countries to, if necessary, bring these people back and put them on trial and punish them? —— views may not have changed. we do have a responsibility. i want to see the british government reintroduce legislation. it is currently far too broad, we need to tackle isis and their supporters. the priority of government has to be justice to the victims, thousands of people who have died, but also they have a responsibility to keep us safe. we cannot get this wrong. ifjust one of them comes back to commit a crime or an atrocity, would we ever forgive ourselves? the ideology is the question, because what they like to call the caliphate is now shrunk to a square kilometre, if that. once that has all gone, presumably the dilemma is not only the ideology but many of the people disperse and are more of a threat than when they are consolidated. yes, at the moment we are defeating

the physical islamic state, but actually the real challenge is easing the tension within the communities. people have seen syria ripped apart. isis have done untold damage to generations of young syrians, so the next phase of the anti—isis fight has to be investment, making people feel liberated, build schools, introduce a new type of democracy that makes all of the people feel like they are properly represented. will there not be a reluctance, particularly from the united states, uk, other european countries, when they see that will involve effectively a making peace, breaking bread with president assad? there is no sign that that is going anywhere. assad is a brutal dictator, he has done terrible damage. much of isis's early growth is down to his decisions. the tragedy is the civil war has dragged

on for many years. he has won, he beat the rebels in aleppo, he has the backing of the russians. what we need is a pragmatic approach to all of this. we need all of the parties, including sdf, in geneva and come up with a solution that works for everybody. 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 rare 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. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, pete saull, who explained more about the prime minsiter‘s call for party unity. theresa may is trying to be a peacemaker. increasingly there are exasperated and their colleagues with the european research group are pro—brexit tory mps. theresa may is saying to her colleagues, think about our place in history, let's come together, put our differences to one side and the national interest. net —— might act in the national interest. she is also insisting that there not be any change of tactics, she still intends to go back out to brussels, she has a meeting with jean—claude juncker later this week in which she will

again try to get the european union to reopen negotiations on that thorny issue of the northern irish backstop. quite interesting to hear today from one of her ministers, the culture secretary, who suggested that the necessary changes to that backstop could be made without reopening the withdrawal agreement. i do not think it is the mechanism that matters, it is 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 is what we are all seeking to do, that is what we have been clear that parliament wants, ii back there's the 11 can do something about the backstop. it'li 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 minster the space to have that conversation with brussels, to see what we can achieve, and if we can do something about that,

it is clear that parliament will be prepared to support this deal. although it was not explicit, the idea that you could sort this issue out without reopening the withdrawal agreement probably will not go down well with a lot of conservative brexiteers who would like the government to take a pretty hard line on this. interesting to note that fragile truce in the tory ranks is indeed very fragile. the defence minister said today that if it came to it, he thinks there should be a free vote on whether no—deal brexit should be taken off the table. he thinks that would be a catastrophe. putting himself at odds with the other wing of the tory party. that raises the possibility of some of these people having to resign or be sacked if they stick to their word and the government does not give way. what about labour? they could be the cavalry for theresa may, riding over the horizon, if they were willing to lend her enough votes to get her deal through and cancel out the hard line brexiteers. labour have made it clear that they will not accept a brexit deal unless the uk joins a customs union with the eu,

but it is fair to say that labour has its own divisions over brexit, and a lot of talk around westminster about a potential rupture within the labour party. we know for some time some backbenchers have been unhappy with the leadership, notjust because of brexit but also anti—semitism, venezuela more recently, that has caused some concern. the shadow chancellor was asked about this this morning and he said that all of that potential split would be pretty counter—productive. we really do not see why there is a need, because all the issues that people have raised is the potential for a split, we are dealing with it. brexit, we are holding the party together, though saying we both split, we have kept that option on the table and it might come about, why split over that? it is ridiculous. this debate continues on social media because labour activists have been trying persuade mps to sign up to a pledge that says that an mp would work

for the achievements of a labour—led government nder whatever leadership and they accept government under whatever leadership and they accept a labour—led government is infinitely better than any other election outcome. lots of labour mps have signed up to this pledge, but other labour mps notably have decided not to sign up, some making it clear that their pledge as their membership some making it clear that their pledge is their membership card which they have held and worked hard for for many years. also today a former, quite big figure in the labour ranks, former vice chair has decided that he is resigning his membership after 28 years, saying that it pains him to see what the labour party has become, citing particularly that issue of what he sees as the leadership's inability to tackle the anti—semitism issue. 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—30,000 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.