this is bbc news. the headlines at eight o'clock... 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. a man has been arrested in brighton after handing himself into police investigating the murder of a 22—year—old man found stabbed in a car. 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 ther when the amount they have to put into their pensions goes up. and in half an hour here on bbc news, the travel show heads to morocco to find out why marrakech is so popular with lovers of modern african art.

good evening and welcome to bbc news. 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 pantucci, who has 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 are the uk's responsibility and some sort of resolution does need to be established, a due process 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. that was our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. 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. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 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 flmei. 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. 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 nos 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. today, 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 is 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 to

manoeuvre looks very tight. ben wright, bbc news. 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. you can watch more of tom heap‘s report on countryfile, which will be available shortly on iplayer. 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 percent. 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, 10 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. 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 10 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. us airforce transport planes carrying humanitarian aid for venezuela have landed at the colombian border where food and medicine is being stock—piled for distribution. president maduro has refused to allow the aid in, accusing the us of trying to organise a coup. american officials say the aid had been requested by the venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido who declared himself interim president last month. jon ironmonger reports. it is an operation both humanitarian and highly political. arriving on the colombian border, three us cargo planes carrying food, medicine and clothes for the people of venezuela. this is not the first shipment, nor will it be the last,

not only from the united states but we know many other countries arejoining as well. aid packages are being stockpiled at the request of the venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido, in colombia, brazil and the caribbean. speaking at a rally in caracas, the self—proclaimed interim president appealed to new volunteers to help carry supplies over crossings next saturday. he restated an ultimatum for the armed forces to back down. translation: once again, the message to the venezuelan armed forces, seven days for humanitarian aid to enter, a week for you to do the right thing and put yourselves on the side of the constitution. we are authorising the entrance of not only humanitarian aid but also humanity. us officials say venezuela is in the grip of an economic

crisis, leading to widespread hunger and a critical shortage of basic medicines. according to the united nations, 3 million venezuelan migrants have fled the country since 2015. us aid drops are intensifying the stand—off with nicolas maduro, who has called the operation a disguise for an invasion. he continued this week to stoke up hostility among the armed forces, saying, "yankee, go home!" juan guaido said he would announce further details on monday about his plan to get aid into the country, but it is a promise he could struggle to keep. maduro's still loyal military have barricaded bridge crossings and show no signs of giving way. 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 for full round up from the bbc sport centre. thank you, no major upsets in the fifth round of the fa cup, with crystal palace and wolverhampton wanderers making it through to the quarterfinal. palace won 2—0, thanks to jeffrey schlupp‘s early goal against doncaster, a lovely strike with help from a deflection.

max meyer's effort on the stroke of half—time doubled their advantage, and the league one side couldn't find a response. i thought that they did a fantastic job, really and they would be very proud, i would think of their performance because it wasn't even sort of game for long periods but luckily we scored two good goals that saw us through, so we got to be very happy with that than these matches are real banana skins, really because people don't give doncaster rovers in this type of tea m doncaster rovers in this type of team the credit that they should do. wolves beat championship side bristol city 1—0 at ashton gate in the early tie. ivan cavaleiro with the decisive goaljust before the half hour mark. city, who'd won nine games in a row in the lead—up, improved dramatically after the break, jay dasilva wasting their best chance as wolves hung on. and it could be said the game of the day was in south wales as swansea beat brentford. ollie watkins put the away side ahead. but two goals in four minutes

after the interval swung the match in swansea's favour. danieljames with the second of them. brentford were reduced to ten men before bersent celina made it 3—1. and they sealed the win late on, george byers picking his spot for swansea's fourth to reach the last eight two years in a row. 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. elsehwere, super league leaders manchester city won 3—0 at tottenham and liverpool and manchester united are also through with wins over millwall and london bees. the biggest win was for west ham, who beat the lowest—ranked side remaining, huddersfield, 8—1. celtic are eight points clear at the top of the scottish premiership tonight after the champions beat kilmarnock1—0. the main talking point came just before the final whistle

when scott brown scored a late winner in the 90th minute. however, after celebrating with some of the celtic fans, he was shown a second yellow card and was sent off. earlier, motherwell secured a sixth straight league win with a 2—1 victory over hearts. the big—hitting batsman chris gayle will retire from one—day internationals after this summer's world cup. the announcement was made by cricket west indies a short while ago. the 39—year—old will concentrate on twenty20s, a format in which he shines, holding the record for the highest individual score — 175 off 66 balls. australia's neil robertson is closing in on his first welsh open snooker title since 2007. he won the first two frames of the final session against stuart bingham to move seven frames to three ahead. bingham hasn't given up, though, he's on course to win the 11th frame, and close the deficit. live coverage is on the bbc sport website and bbc red button. what a contest at the dw stadium tonight, where

the world club challenge match between the super league champions and the winners of australia's equivalent, the nrl, meet. it's wigan against the sydney roosters. wigan have won this four times more than any other team. they need to do some serious work to make it five. they need to do some serious work to make it five. you can listen live on bbc radio 5 live sports extra. england wing chris ashton is out of his side's six nations match with wales this weekend. the sale sharks winger has a calf strain. it's a major blow for ashton, who made his first six nations start since 2013 in the win over france but has now been left out of coach eddie jones' 33—man squad. that is all from the sport centre for now, plenty to come later on.

macro let's return out to the collapse of the airline flybmi. and the impact particularly in mcveet on passengers. john carney from sunderland spent £1500 only last week. so you use them a lot. tell us when you bought these flights?” bought them on wednesday. they were booked in advance for the end of april. i travel to norway often on flybmi, or i did, so they will allow me to book the flights on wednesday, when obviously they were pretty far down the line of going into administration, i would down the line of going into administration, iwould have guessed, so that is disappointing. moving on, i hope that loganair can ta ke moving on, i hope that loganair can take over the route but flybmi have cancelled a lot of flights recently,

they have delayed a lot of flights, they have delayed a lot of flights, they are obviously having a bit of trouble and i think they could have given the passenger some more warning. how aware where you that they were struggling? —— were you. we had had some indications from some of the staff that the newcastle —based particularly might be under threat, but i didn't think they were struggling overall. there was a board reshuffle struggling overall. there was a boa rd reshuffle last struggling overall. there was a board reshuffle last year and a bit of rebounding, but it was it hasn't had any affects —— rebranding. having handed over this money, when did you find that there were going to be no flights? saturday evening, they sent me a text message to say all flights were cancelled, which was a bit different to the usual text messages that they send, so i got suspicious and i mentioned it to one of the people i was having dinner with and he looked on his iphone and found i had gone into administration. obviously, they time these things so that they tell the

passengers just as they are releasing the information to the press. how likely are you to get your money back? i'm not sure. they are not offering any refunds and there is a possibility that the card issuer, i paid a debit card, might be able to lodge a claim against them but there was nothing certain. you mentioned loganair might be in the market for taking over this route, but what are your alternatives if they don't? it is two flights from newcastle now, through amsterdam with klm. the problem is it takes around six and a half hours in totaljourney time, whereas the direct route was about an hour. so it is virtually impossible to have a business day using the klm option. john carney, we hope you get your money back and hopes to somebody leaps in and rescue is that route. thank you, bye— bye. 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 government says it's reviewing the help available. with me isjosie anderson from the charity bliss. we can also speak to lawrence quayle, whose son leo was born 15 weeks early — hejoins me from bedford. welcome to you both. first, lawrence, that must have been a very, very frightening time for you and your partner. tell us about leo. lawrence, we can't hear you at the moment, we are going to try and come back to you. i don't think it is you, we will see what we can do. josie, hopefully i can hear you, you are right next to me! how common a problem is this? sadly, it is a very

common problem. so babies who are born using neonatal care, that is around 100,000 babies every year in the uk, one in seven babies, which is not by any stretch of the imagination a rarer event. so of course, all of those debuts‘ parents had to content with their lives starting earlier because the baby is premature or starting it off with a very sick baby, it is a very different experience to what they we re different experience to what they were expecting. and because they are so poorly and so tiny, they can be in hospitalforfar so poorly and so tiny, they can be in hospital for far longer than paternity leave allows for, i suppose. of course. so paternity leave at the moment is only two weeks, but the average neonatal stay is eight days, so that already eats into a lot of that and babies who are born extremely premature can face neonatal stays of well over 100 days and dads will have no choice but to go back to work and, indeed, oui’ but to go back to work and, indeed, our survey found that two thirds are

forced back to work while their baby is still in hospital. what impact does this have on these families? sometimes parents are having their first baby and have got a lot to get used to anyway. yes, it is a huge upheaval and it is very overwhelming forfamilies. there upheaval and it is very overwhelming for families. there are lots of barriers that families face when the babyis barriers that families face when the baby is in neonatal care. it is very costly, lots of daily travel and extra expenses they weren‘t expecting, coupled with the fact that they have often had to start maternity and paternity leave earlier than they expected. and forefathers who have to go to work, they are back at work feeling traumatised —— for fathers. they are back at work feeling traumatised —— forfathers. we have over a third of dads reporting they have to take sick leave to be with their baby and manage some of that emotion. let's see if we can hear lawrence, thank you with us. we were talking about leo and how premature he was. just tell us how difficult a

time that was for you, juggling what yourfamily time that was for you, juggling what your family needed but watch your employer was asking you for. yes, i mean the main thing kind of came along the fact that we had no idea he was going to come early, there was no indication of its there was no time for us to do any research or anything like that and the whole thing happened so quickly and we transferred them to the hospital and obviously when leo was finally born and the competitions that came along with it, i literally found myself two days later on the phone toohey char, having back and forth whether ican get char, having back and forth whether i can get my paternity or whether i can take any of my annual leave, which i wasn't allowed to —— on the phone to human resources. the only thing i was offered was unpaid leave, which i couldn't afford and because i needed to be there for my wife and my newborn son, we had to ta ke wife and my newborn son, we had to take the option to stay down and inevitably i had to end up going to

the doctors and getting signed off with stress. what was the impact on yourfamily angela with stress. what was the impact on your family angela whyte in particular, who wanted your support? well, obviously, the main thing was trying to get this sorted to be able to be there for her. it is a hard enough time without all these things going on and as strong as she was, obviously, the stress of a potentially not being there was just like compound in it and potentially not being there was just like compound in itand making it worse. what would have helped you? just that security from my employer to be able to say, don‘t worry about it, we will have it sorted, you will be paid, just be down there with yourfamily. be paid, just be down there with your family. josie, you are campaigning fora your family. josie, you are campaigning for a change. what would you like to see? bliss would like to see an extra paid week of leave for both parents for every baby there —— week their baby spends in neonatal care. it is a huge burden on employers isn‘t it? care. it is a huge burden on employers isn't it? it is a huge burden for employers already. if an

employee goes out sick, not of the statutory sick pay can be reclaimed whereas parental leave pay can be reclaimed, so it would limit the burden on employers. are there any other part of the world where there is the kind of system you want already in place? yes, other countries do have prematurity leave. the republic of ireland introduced prematurity scheme just over a year ago and we want to see this extended so every baby is at neonatal care, whether full—time premature, so every baby is at neonatal care, whetherfull—time premature, their pa rents whetherfull—time premature, their parents have whetherfull—time premature, their pa rents have access whetherfull—time premature, their parents have access to support. lawrence, tell us about leo now, how is he doing? he is going to be 20 months this month. just like any baby, he is full of beans now. he is talking, walking, terrorising me and my wife, the usual things that you would expect, so i really couldn't fault queen charlotte's hospital in

hammersmith for the job that they did in supporting us and making sure we we re did in supporting us and making sure we were there to make that bond at the start, i think it has made all the start, i think it has made all the difference. he looks quite cheeky and quite rightly so. lawrence and josie, thank you both for joining lawrence and josie, thank you both forjoining us. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. another very mild day across the uk today, beautiful weather with some sunshine around. this evening it will stay dry for most but not in the north—west with some showers coming into scotland and northern ireland. not cold, temperatures typically between five and 9 degrees early on monday morning. we should be getting this in the daytime, these are the overnight temperatures. tomorrow, frequent showers in western and central scotland, some in northern ireland, one or two scattered