a british teenager who ran away to join the islamic state group in syria says she's given birth to a boy. shamima begum's family has asked the british government to help bring their daughter and her baby home. primarily, they'd like the government to recognise its responsibility to a now one—day—old child and to extend every help that can be given to have that child repatriated to the uk. also tonight: passengers left stranded by the collapse of flybmi are told to make their own way home. theresa may urges conservative mps to sacrifice their personal preferences and back her brexit deal. we have a special report from venezuela on the worsening humanitarian crisis there. every single one of these women say they have lost a relative in the last few years because of hunger or because of lack of medicine. and in rugby league, disappointment for wigan warriors, as they miss out on being crowned the best club in the world.

good evening. the family of a british teenager who ran away from home when she was 15 tojoin the islamic state group say they've been told she's given birth to a boy. shamima begum, now19, 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 is fighters, captured in syria and iraq, and to put them on trial. our home affairs correspondent 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 and travelling through turkey to the is stronghold of raqqa with two school friends. she married a fighter there and had remained with the group until fleeing the fighting two weeks ago. her family, through their lawyer, are asking the government to show compassion and help them get her home. they'd like the government to recognise its responsibility to a now one—day—old child and to extend every help that can be given to have that child repatriated to the uk. but the government has said it wants to prevent people who went to join the terrorist group returning to britain, though ministers concede that people like shamima begum,

who have only british nationality, may ultimately be allowed to come back. if you're dealing with a british citizen who wants to return to this country, and they're 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 that they are not misbehaving. but what of the 800 captured foreign fighters for is who originally came from europe and are now being held by america's allies in the region, the kurds? today, president trump called on britain and other european countries to take them back and put them on trial. he said that if they were to be released, they might permeate europe, as he put it. the uk needs to establish some sort of 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, baghouz, 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 is with me now. are we any clearer about what happens to shamima next? i think at the moment they stay way they are in a refugee camp in northern syria, but what her family would like to happen is they would like the government to issue paperwork both for her, because she does not have her passport, she had stolen her sister's passport or travel, and paperwork for the baby. the family hope that someone representing them could go to the camp with the paperwork, recover her from the camp, take it across the border and go to a british consulate, and they are hoping that

the british government would then manage a return to britain. they understand she will be investigated by police, that she may be put on trial, but they are hoping that someone trial, but they are hoping that someone will help them with the pipework and to manage her return. i have to say, at this point, there is no sign that the british government is in any hurry to do that. and what about donald trump's threat? how concerned will the uk and eu be about that? donald trump always thinks of himself as being a deal—maker accommodated his first salvo, you ta ke accommodated his first salvo, you take these fighters or they will be released by us, including the us and allies, and then they are going to permeate europe and because you all kinds of problems. it doesn't seem that likely that will happen, but i think he has put the european nations on a warning that there is a problem now, the kurds will soon lose interest in holding the is prisoners, their battle is almost over, and the european countries are going to have to think about what it is they're going to do with these hundreds of their own nationals who went tojoin the hundreds of their own nationals who went to join the islamic state, who are fighters that are currently being held as effectively prisoners

of war, and they will need to be processed. donald trump's solution — stick them on trial. it is not quite as easy as that, but someone will have to do something about it, because they won't be able to stay there forever. daniel, thank you very much. passengers who've been left stranded by the collapse of flybmi have been told they'll have to make their own arrangements to get home. hundreds of people were due to fly today after the airline announced last night that all its flights were cancelled and it was filing for administration. the scottish airline loganair says it will take over some of the services provided by flybmi. 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. their 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 flybmi. also, the balance sheet was weak. they simply didn't have the cash to keep going. so when you combine all of those, you have 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. humanitarian aid meant for venezuelans has been arriving in us military planes on the colombian border. president nicolas maduro denies there's a humanitarian crisis, saying the relief is a coverfor a us invasion and his troops will not let it through. but venezuela's opposition leader, juan guaido, has called for crowds to converge on the border to collect the aid. our onternational correspondent orla guerin reports from yare, where the lack of food and medicines are claiming lives. the eyes of the revolution are everywhere. president maduro's militia still

trying to keep the people in line. and in the town of yare, locals queue to sign his petition against the us. many here have given years to the socialist cause, and this was a venezuelan showpiece. but the facade is crumbling. if you need medical help in yare, you don't look to the government. it struggles to provide even a painkiller. you come here, to a clinic run by the catholic church, with support from the european union. outside, the local priest, padre pancho, tries to reassure his suffering flock, urging them to keep faith. translation: it's a catastrophe, a dictatorship. the people are on the verge of rising up. it's like gunpowder

about to explode, because every day is more difficult. the padre says between 10 and 20 babies are dying every month. and when we asked who had already buried a loved one, here was the show of hands. this is just one street corner in one town. everybody here has raised their hands. every single one of these women say they have lost a relative in the last few years because of hunger or because of lack of medicine. and imagine that across the whole country — imagine how many people may have died needlessly. we went from the clinic to the cemetery, with lisette and her granddaughter winifer. it's a year since they buried winifer‘s cousin.

they say the sweet natured, outgoing girl was admitted to hospital with a respiratory infection. there were no drugs to treat her. one day later, she was dead. "every time i remember her, i feel like crying," says winifer. "she was just 22, just beginning to live, and she was studying." "my auntjust cries all the time." and the further you go, the more suffering you find. in the countryside nearby, a landscape of lush beauty — until you look closer. this putrid stream brings parasites and sickness to the village of tocoron. it's the only drinking water. sojusobele has to do this every day. her dream of being a doctor

has been left behind. her family can't afford to send her to school. at 14, her lessons are about hardship. "before, we never went hungry," she told me. "we always ate well." "everyone is hungry now, and mums and dads have to stop eating so they can feed their children." her aunt, angie, is an example of that — going hungry herself to spare her children. her husband complained at work about how they have to live. the next day, he was dismissed from his governmentjob. her neighbour, esteban, also lives hand to mouth with his family. he can't let go of the dream

of venezuela's revolution. but for others here, it's long gone. orla guerin, bbc news, yare. "sacrifice your personal preferences and support my brexit deal in the house of commons." that's the message to conservative mps in a written letter from the prime minister, theresa may, after her plans were rejected in a vote last week. today, one of her senior ministers indicated the insurance policy to prevent a hard border with ireland could be changed without reopening the withdrawal agreement. our political correspondent ben wright has more. 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. but something like an extra document bolted onto the withdrawal agreement is unlikely to be enough for backbench tory brexiteers. they want the deal rewritten and 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're 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 to manoeuvre looks very tight. ben wright, bbc news. greater manchester police have apologised and said they will review their approach after failing to investigate racist graffiti. a ten—year—old boy found the words "no blacks" painted on three doors in his block of flats in salford. david yamba found it on the 8th of february, five days after his family had moved in. his fatherjackson reported it to greater manchester police on the same day but didn't receive any response until he tweeted about it last night. 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, ten million eligible workers have been automatically signed up to workplace pensions,

and from april, their contribution will rise from 3% of their salary 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, 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 pay contributions on their entire salary. somebody 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. rob young, bbc news. with all the sport now, here's karthi at the bbc sport centre. tina, good evening.

rugby league's northern and southern hemisphere's best teams clashed today in the annual world club challenge. wigan warriors took on the sydney roosters, and it was the australian side that can now call themselves the best in the world after a 20—8 victory. david ornstein reports. an atmosphere worthy of welcoming by an atmosphere worthy of welcoming rugby league's marquee match, nobody enjoys the world club challenge more than wigan, but in the sydney roosters, they face tayside are bidding tojoin them roosters, they face tayside are bidding to join them as four time champions, and they got off to an ideal start, brett morris scoring twice to wound the boot. when hemispheres collide, tensions can ball over, although if wigan felt a sense of injustice, they channelled it positively, tom davies darting,

diving, textbook retaliation. frustratingly for the home side, their quality going forward was not matched at the back, morris again capitalising to cross for a first—half hat—trick. do we can's credit, they never seemed to lose belief, and a majestic finish by liam marshall, confirmed by the video referee, kept the tie alive. but not for long, daniel tupou rising highest to land the final blow and ensure the roosters will fly back to sydney with the silverware and at the top of their sport. david ornstein, bbc news. it is time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's football results, as match of the day, and in scotland sportscene, follow soon on bbc one. wolverhampton wanderers will be in tomorrow night's draw for the quarterfinals of the fa cup after they beat bristol city 1—0 this afternoon. it's the first time wolves have reached the last eight since 2003. they will be joined in the quarters by swansea city and crystal palace. there was a repeat of last year's women's fa cup final between chelsea and arsenal in the fifth round of this year's competition. chelsea won again — this time the score was 3—0. bethany england scored two of those goals, as chelsea booked their place

in the last eight. manchester city and liverpool are also through to the quarterfinals. celtic have moved eight points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a 1—0 victory over kilmarnock. celtic‘s winner came from scott brown in added time. the win maintains brendan rodger‘s side's record of winning all of their domestic games in 2019. at the alpine world ski championships in sweden, there was a ninth—place finish for great britain's dave ryding in the slalom. he was third fastest on his second run, and his top—ten finish is his best result at the event. gold went to austria's marcel hirscher for a record—equalling seventh title. fomer champions neil robertson and stuart bingham are currently locked in battle trying to win snooker‘s welsh open title. robertson had taken a 7—3 lead, but bingham has come back to win the last four frames. it's now 7—7. the first to nine frames wins.

there's more on the bbc sport website. that's all from us. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. more now on our main story. a teenager who ran away from home tojoin islamic state in syria four years ago and now wants to return to britain has given birth to a boy. shamima begum was one of three 15—year—old schoolgirls from bethnal green academy who went to marryjihadi fighters. the lawyer representing her family has been telling the bbc what action they want the british government to take. primarily, they'd like the government to recognise its responsibility to a now one—day—old child and to extend every help that can be given to have that child repatriated to the uk. in terms of practical things, it in terms of practical things, it would be the issue of travel

documents, and allow the child to pass past borders and hopefully engage with the british consulate to come home. the british government have said they are not going to help anyone out of a refugee camp in northern syria, it is not something thatis northern syria, it is not something that is safe for british officials to do. so do you think there is any prospect of it ever being able to be in place where she could come home? it is interesting because a number of british journalists have managed to beat a path to that campbell and do an interview with her and they have been entirely safe —— that camp. and the idea that british officials are more concern for their safety tha n officials are more concern for their safety than british journalists is quizzical. it any event, if british officials aren't willing to go there, they are under no duty, private officials could go and just having the paperwork from the government would be helpful in putting that together. so if the

british government won't go, you would at least ask them to help to make it possible for someone to do so on behalf of the family? indeed, yes. you have seen the strength of feeling in the uk, many people saying, well, she has made her own bed, why should people help her home? use —— do you think the baby has changed that dynamic?” home? use —— do you think the baby has changed that dynamic? i think until today, we were talking about one person who had some agency and responsibility around getting herself the way she is but now today we are talking about two people, and one of them is an entirely innocent baby one of them is an entirely innocent ba by of less one of them is an entirely innocent baby of less than a day old, so i don't think it is arguable that a child should be left out where she is, or that child is, anyway, without every effort being made to put that baby back into health and a loving environment. i am sure nobody would want a child, a british citizen potentially, to grow up with

the isis narrative her mother had been exposed to. and has shamima begum's family in the uk yet had any direct contact with her all has all the contact been by essentially seeing the contact she has had with journalists that have managed to deal with her? the journalists that have managed to dealwith her? the family, nor myself, have had any contact with her. i have tried to reach out to officials who run that camp to no avail so far, for us, it is quite concerning thatjournalists are able to navigate that and speak to her even at her bedside, and yet her family members and their aren't even able to make contact and that is a question i want to ask, how is that being achieved? and how urgent is this from your perspective? i'm sure the british government have an awful lot of things on their plate and someone who went off to join islamic state wouldn't be at the top of the list of priorities. as i say, we are dealing with two people and one of them didn't go anywhere, they were

born in situ and are not responsible for where they are and all we are asking the british government do is to print some paperwork out in that child's name. so if the british government won't even press print on a printerfor the government won't even press print on a printer for the sake of the health and the life of a newborn baby, one has to wonder what the purpose of government is, if it is a force for good. the lawyer for shamima begum's family. time for a look at the weather forecast with tomasz schafernaker. it has been another very mild day across the uk today, temperatures got up to 15 degrees. the average this time of the year is closer to eight or nine, so we are way up there. monday is going to be a little bit cooler, we will have more cloud and the chance of catching some more showers and the reason is they weather front moving across the uk right now, introducing slightly less mild airoff uk right now, introducing slightly less mild air off the atlantic and without some showers, the showers evident tonight across scotland, one or two evident tonight across scotland, one ortwo in evident tonight across scotland, one or two in one or two other areas as well but on the whole, the weather

is looking driver most of us and still very mild, overnight lows of five or six in the north, nine in the south, this is the sort of temperature we should be getting in the daytime and this is only in the morning on monday. monday in seoul, frequent showers in scotland, some affecting northern ireland and the south could catch some rain too. uncertain how many showers but be prepared for at least a little bit of rain and is temperatures 9—12 at best, not quite the mid teens we have been enjoying so far. here is tuesday's weather forecast, in between weather fronts, one tuesday's weather forecast, in between weatherfronts, one moving away and another one just approaching the north—west of the country, and that means eventually tuesday, tuesday afternoon, tuesday night, we will see this weather frontier brushing the north—west of the uk, so that means rain for belfast, for glasgow as well and then sweeping across scotland overnight but towards the east and the south, it is going to stay dry, the south, it is going to stay dry, the skies will be a little on the

hazy side but the winds are still coming out of the south—west. this picture is for wednesday, you can see this milder air stretching out of the southern climes, approaching the uk, so that means temperatures are on the rise. the morning does look as though it will be cloudy with some rain around, particularly across northern part of the country, but by the afternoon, it will brighten up and temperatures will start to pick up again nationwide. 13, maybe 1a in the south, closer to 12 or 11 13, maybe 1a in the south, closer to 12 or11 in 13, maybe 1a in the south, closer to 12 or 11 in the north. as we head through thursday into friday, more sunshine on the way, really beautiful conditions once again in the forecast, temperatures in the south of around 16 in london and in fa ct, south of around 16 in london and in fact, friday and into the weekend, we start to see the jet stream from the south wafting up even milder air, could get up to 18 degrees come the weekend.