this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: the family of the british teenager who joined the islamic state group say she's given birth in syria. shamima begum says she wants to return to the uk after fleeing the last is stronghold. it comes as president trump calls on britain and other european nations to put captured islamic state fighters on trial. stranded flybmi passengers speak of frustration — after the airline went into administration and cancelled all flights. theresa may writes to every conservative mp, urging them to put aside their personal differences over brexit and come together in the national interest. millions could see their take—home pay fall when the amount they have to put into their pensions goes up. and the moment wolves overcame resilient bristol city at ashton gate to reach the fa cup quarter—finals for the first time since 2003. sportsday has all of today's fa cup action in half an hour.

good evening. welcome to bbc news. the family of shamima begum — one of three british school girls who left britain to join the group that calls itself islamic state — say they've been told that she's given birth to a boy. the 19—year—old is living in a refugee camp in northern syria, after fleeing the last is stronghold in the eastern part of the country. her family has asked the british government to help bring her home. it 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. daniel sandford reports. this morning came news from shamima begum's family that she's given birth to a baby son

in a refugee camp in northern syria. it adds another layer of complication to the case of the schoolgirl who joined is and now wants to come back. shamima begum first came to attention after leaving her home in east london with two school friends four years ago, aged just 15. she married an is fighter in raqqa and had remained with the group until fleeing the fighting two weeks ago. her family are asking the government to show compassion and help them get her home. the government has said that it won't hesitate to prevent people who went to join a terrorist group returning to britain. but concedes that people like shamima begum, who have only one nationality, may ultimately be allowed to come back. if you are dealing with a british citizen who wants to return to this country, and not a dual citizen — so their only citizenship is british citizenship — then we are obliged, at some stage at least, to take them back.

that doesn't mean we can't put in place the necessary security measures to monitor their activities and make sure they are not misbehaving. today, president trump called on britain and other european countries to take back people who'd gone to fight for is and put them on trial. he said 800 fighters had been captured, and if they were to be released, they might "permeate europe," as he put it. raffaello pa ntucci, who's been studying violent islamists for years, says the government will probably have to shift its position of refusing to accept responsibility for any is fighters. the uk needs to establish some sort of a process of what to do with its nationals that are out there. i think frankly, they're the uk's responsibility and some sort of resolution does need to be established, a due process that they can be put through. is‘s last toehold in syria, baghuz, is slowly being reduced to rubble. there is a fledgling project in the uk for handling any women and children of is who make it from here back to the uk called the returning families project. so far, it's only dealt with a handful of cases

and the funding runs out next month. daniel sandford, our home affairs correspondent. he told us more about how president trump's comments on captured fighters will be viewed by european countries. he seems to be suggesting the kurdish allies of the us government and us troops on the ground might set free the isis fighters in captivity. i think that seems unlikely, but i think this is a sign of the pressure that america is going to start applying on the european governments to take some of the is fighters that have come originally from their countries and are now being held in captivity, because, certainly, the kurds there do not want to deal with them, the americans don't want to deal with them, and someone will have to handle them and put those that can be put on trial, and otherwise deal with them in a way so they are not a threat to the public, and i think this

is a sign of the pressure the americans are starting to apply rather than a real threat to set them free next week, as it were. daniel sandford. joining me now from syria is hisham arafat, a syrian—kurdish freelance journalist, who in recent days has been inside the area where the last remaining militants are. thank you very much forjoining us. just how weakened is this group, islamic state? actually, the islamic state is in its last moment in baghuz, the small village in northern syria near the iraqi border. yesterday, the general commander of the kurdish forces announced that is has fallen militarily. it means it cannot do more counterattacks, it cannot expand more. although the fighting

continues in baghuz, but he continues in baghuz, but he continues within the remaining isis militants stranded with their families in that small spot against sdf and us—led coalition. families in that small spot against sdf and us-led coalition. how wise would it be, though, for the united states to pull out? actually, if united states pull out, the problem here would get more complicated in north syria. especially the ice is fighters who are in prison with the kurdish authorities —— the isis fighters. the us president talked about 800 fighters. it's not the matter of only 800 fighters. there are hundreds of their family members in the whole camp in north syria. in addition, the sleeper cell attacks. every day, there are attacks in the breeding areas as well. if now,

currently, this situation is this way, it's not stable commits chaos. what about if they pull out? this is from one side. on the other hand, if the us pull up from the area, the area will be threatened by two forces to attack the area. on one hand, the turkish invasion. if they attacked the area and hit the prisons or set those militants free, it will be great disorder and the islamic state or maybe the same group with another name will come back again. furthermore, the syrian regime led by militia is threatening the area as well. it will create great disorder. this is a big problematic issue, because these prisoners, these ices fighter prisoners, these ices fighter

prisoners, their european countries if you stick them back —— these ices fighter prisoners, their european countries refused to take them back. this... it's still a de facto authority. it has military force fighting, and even the courts and trials here in syria, there are only for local cases. there is nojustice world forforeigners for local cases. there is nojustice world for foreigners yet. that's a big problem can actually. hisham, it's great to get your perspective from syria. hisham arafat, relents journalists speaking to us from syria. —— a freelance journalist speaking to us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.30pm

and 11.30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are broadcaster caroline frost and the parliamentary journalist tony grew. a man has been arrested in brighton after handing himself into police investigating the murder of a 22—year—old man who was found stabbed in a car. police say the man is believed to have been present at the incident but they are looking to trace others who may have been involved. abdul deghayes was found in a crashed car in the early hours of the morning. 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. the aberdeen—based airline loganair has said it will take over some of the services provided by flybmi. hundreds of passengers were left stranded after the company filed for administration and cancelled all flights last night. in a statement, flybmi said it had struggled with higher fuel costs and uncertainty over brexit. thousands of customers have been affected, as stuart flinders reports.

it's a sign of how vulnerable small airlines are. 17 aircraft, 25 european destinations, not enough passengers. john carney did use flybmi for business travel. after spending £1500 with them last week, he received a text message yesterday saying his flights had been cancelled. the phone line is now dead. it's annoying. obviously, they must have known on wednesday that they were not going to be in business for very much longer and they were still happy to take bookings on wednesday. it's just a shame that they didn't give us more warning. flybmi says it can't organise alternative flights or give refunds. flybmi has blamed rising fuel and carbon costs for its problems, but also uncertainty about brexit, which it says has prevented it from negotiating contracts to fly between airports within the eu. but you only have to look at the airline's own

figures from last year. 18 was the average number of passengers on every plane. and that's a lot of empty seats. this isn't really because of brexit. flybmi is not disappearing simply because of that. it's going because the brand wasn't strong enough and not enough people wanted to choose to fly bmi. also the balance sheet was weak. they simply didn't have the cash to keep going. so when you combine all of those, you've got a very turbulent melting pot for an airline. flybmi operated from small regional airports including bristol, newcastle and aberdeen. the route between the city of derry airport and stansted received a public subsidy to promote trade and travel between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. nearly 400 jobs here and elsewhere in europe are now also in doubt. stuart flinders, bbc news, east midlands airport. with me now is david learmount,

a consulting editor at flightglobal. good to see you. first, how long has this airline been struggling? more oi’ this airline been struggling? more or less since it got its present name and its present ownership, since 2012. it was savable, but it has been struggling. it has not made a net profit during that time. things have been getting better and more recent years, but were still talking about net losses. it wasn't a good condition. but with the doing wrong? —— what was it doing wrong? not so much what it is doing wrong, it's just sort of an awful lot of competition out there. quite a lot of seats... it was that, really. if there are any nice roots it's

operating, easy jet there are any nice roots it's operating, easyjet or ryanair tend to drive it away. and try to specialise on the roots that the big quys specialise on the roots that the big guys weren't that bothered with. and those which would get a bit of business travel. routes to cities you might not have heard of comedy secondary or tertiary cities —— heard of, the secondary or tertiary. whether be a bit of a fight for the sum of the things flybmi have been operating? certainly. logan air will certainly be interested. it's a scottish airline. it has served, including the derry roots... people

get served on those routes. one of the factors flybmi said it was brexit. what is that going to cost for other airlines? i think it was... i think they were accurate in what they said. the airline has not been incredibly healthy over the last few years. that was a factor. i think brexit pushed it over the edge because one of the things it did, it had a based in munich. it took a lot of charter work from europe. it had actually said the europeans are relu cta nt to actually said the europeans are reluctant to do charter i had with us reluctant to do charter i had with us because they don't know what our status will be. officially after brexit, britain will be as far as aviation treaty is concerned, what they call "a third country". we will

have no special privileges. so this could be something other airlines flag up, do you think? ryanair has been fairly outspoken. ryanair is reasonably safe. it's irish, so he remains in eu airline. it has been bothered more than some by the location, its biggest base anywhere, which is sta nsted location, its biggest base anywhere, which is stansted in the uk. it's been negotiating with europe to try to understand as well as it can in advance how it will continue to operate, and i think there is a general agreement that air services will not be interrupted on the 29th of march, but there will be a lot of negotiation to do. david learmount from flightglobal, thank you very much for talking to us. we hope to

be speaking to a passenger who was affected by flybmi's collapse. the prime minister has called on conservative mps to put aside "personal preferences" and support a brexit deal in the house of commons. theresa may's plans were rejected in a vote last week but today one of her senior ministers indicated that there might be a solution to the disagreements within the party, that doesn't involve reopening the withdrawal agreement. ben wright reports. the lobbying of eu leaders will continue apace this week as theresa may tries to deliver on her pledge to secure legally binding changes to the irish backstop, the most contentious part of the brexit deal, there to ensure no hard border on the island of ireland. but today, one cabinet minister said changes could be made without reopening the whole agreement. if there are other ways of doing it that are just as effective, that perhaps we haven't explored... so you think a legal letter or codicil or something... ? well, as i say, i don't think it's the mechanism that matters, it's the objective. many brexit enthusiasts on the tory backbenches will not like that. they want the withdrawal deal

rewritten or the backstop ditched altogether. well, the european union has said that it won't reopen negotiations at all, but that is what you would expect them to be saying until the government goes with a very firm plan. i think the ball is in the government's court. the ayes to the right, 258. the noes to the left, 303. last week, divisions in the tory party were on full display when the prime minister lost another big vote on her brexit strategy. last night, she wrote to all tory mps appealing for unity, asking them to put personal preferences aside for the national interest. labour has divisions, too, and today, there was this appeal from the leadership to mps thinking of quitting the party. we are holding the party together on brexit. those who are saying, "well, we'll split if we don't get a people's vote," well, we've still kept that option on the table. it might come about. why split over that? meanwhile, businesses watch the political limbo with alarm. what we're concerned

about is the prospects of a no—deal. there's no such thing as a managed no—deal. it's absolutely catastrophic for us. the prime minister's missive to her warring party warns that a no—deal brexit will disrupt the economy and damage jobs. and it is the default position if parliament doesn't approve a deal by the end of march. but will theresa may really let that happen? it's one of the biggest unknowns in this crisis. what is clear is that soon, some mps, maybe even some ministers will try again to shut down the option of a no—deal brexit and force an extension to the brexit talks if the prime minister can't get a deal through. and today, president macron echoed what other eu leaders have said all along — the withdrawal deal is not renegotiable. this week, again, the prime minister's room for manoeuvre looks very tight. ben wright, 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 their countries. a man has been arrested in brighton after handing himself into police investigating the murder of a 22—year—old man who was found stabbed in a car. millions of workers could see their take—home pay fall from april, when the amount they have to put into their pension pot increases. since 2012,10 million eligible workers have been automatically signed up to workplace pensions. and from april, their contribution will rise from 3% to 5%. here's our business correspondent rob young. building up 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 put a bigger proportion of their pay into their auto—enrolment pension pot. according to an analysis of earnings, the annual take—home pay of someone earning £15,000 a year will be £49 lower, if they contributions on their entire salary. if they pay contributions on their entire salary. 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 quite a significant increase relative to what they've been paying to date, and this is going to affect up to ten million people who've been auto—enrolled in the last few years. so, the potential impact of this change is quite substantial. the reduction in take—home pay could have been bigger, but most earners will also benefit from a tax cut in april. some in the industry worry higher pension contributions could lead people to opt out of saving for a pension. but the minister in charge said

she hoped that wouldn't happen. last year, we already increased the amounts that people have to contribute. and some people were nervous that once we did that, we might see saving drop off. it hardly happened at all. the government regards auto—enrolment as a huge success. it'll closely monitor what happens in a few weeks' time. some in the industry say contributions from both staff and employers may have to rise even further if workers are to have a decent pension pot. rob young, bbc news. let's discuss this a bit more with annie shaw, a personalfinancejournalist whojoins us from alderley edge in cheshire. welcome. thank you forjoining us. how blunt an instrument is this, though, to automatically increase it for everybody irrespective of their circumstances? it's been one of the su ccesses , circumstances? it's been one of the successes, i think of government pensions policy. i think you had that little clip from amber rudd who

said when the contributions rate happened last time, very few drops from it. to get people to do the right thing, you get them, you opt them into something. they don't have to ta ke them into something. they don't have to take action rather than, in order to take action rather than, in order to opt out. before this auto enrolment was brought in from people had to sign up to a pension scheme when you got a job. you would be handed a big pile of documents from your pension scheme and a lot of people never got around to it, com pletely people never got around to it, completely bamboozled by it. this automatically puts them into the scheme and they have to actually ta ke scheme and they have to actually take action to opt out. this has been very successful. 10 million people have signed up through this auto enrolment. the thing is, as they said, the rates are going up because it's been introduced gradually. it's not been too much of

a shock to the people's weekly incomes. of course, in order to be meaningful, to give people a meaningful, to give people a meaningful retirement income, it's got to go up most of its being nudged up year—by—year. this is what we are talking about now. from april, people are going to see another chunk of their pay come out of their wages to go into the pension. but they do get tax relief on it. it is going to mitigate some of that. of course, it is for the retirement. it's good news that people are saving so they are not going be left destitute in old age. how much more has a got to go up by to produce an adequate pension? there are others they could do the sums better than i, but probably twice as much, really, to give people an adequate amount to live on. we have still got, despite a better state pension... the state pension is much higherfor those who

are on low incomes that have not been saving for themselves. this is a much better deal. it's kicking in much later. we've artie got a state pension over 65 raising. it's raising 268 and will probably go up higher. —— it's raising up to 68. perhaps people are sick or cannot find ajob, perhaps people are sick or cannot find a job, they need something that is going to look after them in their 60s until their state pension kicks in. as well as adding to the state pension, they are going to need possibly a bridge to a time when they're not working. you do not know how much you would prefer to work, but certainly as much as possible, i think, is the answer. how much of a balancing act is it in pushing this rate ever higher will also allowing people to opt out if they want to? you my friend if you're too ambitious, too few people want to stay in —— you might find if you

are. that is why if you put it up gradually, a little bit over each time, rather than having a big hit the first time they introduced it, i think that is quite subtle. it is the engine lens —— indolence and apathy. there will be those people actually really financially strapped for cash that are going to find it quite hard to have more taken from their wages. it should be thinking really carefully about whether the t really carefully about whether the opt out or not are really not to do so opt out or not are really not to do so if they can possibly help it. of course in my find to have to because they can't meet their other bills. —— of course, they might find they have to. it's about £5 a week for somebody on £30,000. you should be able to squeeze that, not having a couple of extra coffees or having, on your meal out,

not a starter. you can squeeze that somewhere. if you can possibly avoid opting out, don't do it. try to stay in your scheme because you're getting the money from your employer too. it's basically free money. annie shaw, personal finance journalist, thank you very much for talking to us. 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've got intelligence suggesting that dogs can be bought for £25—30,000, for a hare coursing dog with good bloodline. we've got hare coursers 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. you can watch more of tom heap's report on countryfile, which will be available shortly on iplayer. two—thirds of fathers of premature and sick babies are being forced to return to work while their child is in intensive care, according to research from neonatal charity bliss and bbc radio 5 live investigates. more than three—quarters of parents surveyed said they were not given enough time off when a child was born prematurely or with health complications. the research also suggests one in ten parents had to leave theirjob as a result of their baby's stay in hospital. at around 8.20pm, we'll be speaking to a representative from the charity bliss to find out more on this —

and we'll also be hearing from a father who was left with no choice but to be signed off as sick, after his son arrived 15 weeks early. it's a sight and sound that has all but disappeared from british streets — the rag and bone man with his horse and cart, calling out for unwanted items. now an exhibition in hull is marking the work of one well—known local rag and bone man who spent decades collecting the things people no longer needed. here's george norris's story. rag and bone! old... rag and bone! any rag and bone! i'm georgejr. the exhibition is george sr. josh, 22. basic, the story of my dad, 78 years on the planet with his horses, his passion. my dad has been doing

it since he was 15. our grand dad used to sell horses to the free trade and to the dockers back in the ‘50s. so what's the best thing you have ever got when you have been out? all sorts. these guys were the first recyclers. do you know what i mean? when i was 17, i had been out of school, i tried other things. my dad brought me a horse and cart. i went out for a couple of years. i enjoyed it. it was a lot of freedom. i have a few cousins still work it, but without these guys recycling,