this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm. 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. 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. 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.

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 at 11.30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers tony grew and caroline frost — stay with us for that. the family of a british teenager, who ran away from home when she was 15 to join 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 he 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, the 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 national 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. 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. it seems to be suggesting that the kurdish allies of the us government and the us troops on the ground might actually 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 their countries, because certainly the kurds don't want to deal with them, the americans don't want to deal with them, and someone‘s going to have to handle them and put those that can be put on trial and otherwise deal with them in a way that 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. 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. earlier i spoke to aviation journalist david learmount, who described how the company's financial struggles

led to its collapse. it was saveable, but it has been struggling. it hasn't made a net profit during that time. things have been getting better in more recent yea rs been getting better in more recent years but we are still talking about net losses. so it wasn't in a good condition. loganair say they are willing to take over some of the services, will there be a bit of a bun fight? i think so. loganair will certainly be interested, it is basically a scottish airline, but it is expanding, and of course it serves, it has served, including the dairy route, services which are actually subsidised for the local community —— the derry route. i

don't think it will be long before someone don't think it will be long before someone else don't think it will be long before someone else comes don't think it will be long before someone else comes along. one of the factors fly bmi cited was uncertainty over brexit, so how much of that is going to cause a problem for other airlines, because they are all competing in the same economy? yes, they are. i think they were accurate in what they said. the airline has not been incredibly healthy over the last few years, so that was a factor, but i think brexit pushed it over the edge, because one of the things it did, it had a base in europe, at munich, and one of the things it did was to take a lot of charter work from europe. now, it had actually said the europeans are reluctant to charter a head with us because they don't know what our status will be. officially, after brexit, britain will be, as far as aviation treaties are concerned, what europe calls a third country. we will have no special privileges. 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. greater manchester police have apologised and said they will review their approach after failing to investigate racist graffiti. a 10—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 february — five days after his family had moved in. his fatherjackson reported it to greater manchester police on the same day but didn't recieve any response until he tweeted about it last night. 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. 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 cover for 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 international 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. 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 a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. it has been a packed weekend of sport. both crystal palace and wolves avoided the embarrassment of losing to lower league opposition to reach the quarterfinals of the fa cup. we will look at how wolves got there in a moment but we start at there in a moment but we start at the keep moat stadium where palace dismissed leaguei doncaster. a memorable day for doncaster rovers fans, and not just memorable day for doncaster rovers fans, and notjust because they were on bbc one. there was a chance of

seeing their team reach the quarterfinals of the fa cup for the first time in history, but at this stage of the tournament of the opposition can often be a step up. in fact, teams can be so much better, they make it look a bit too easy. jeffrey schlupp gliding through the rovers defence inside the opening ten minutes. doncaster needed to lift their game, as the premier league side continued to press. crystal palace unlucky not to be given a penalty for a possible handball, twice. so the visitors took it upon themselves. luca milivojevic over the top to andros townsend, and then max may have. and the premier league team in charge insert south yorkshire. doncaster needed a reaction, they got one and came close, but not close enough. alfie may. and thenjames carpenter could not quite find the mark. palace barely out of second gear. in

the end it was an fa cup story that never really got going. wolves beat championship side bristol city 1—0 at ashton gate, ivan cavaleiro with the crucial goal just at ashton gate, ivan cavaleiro with the crucial goaljust before the half—hour mark. city had won nine games ina half—hour mark. city had won nine games in a row in this tie run up. james da silva wasting their best chance to equalise as wolves hang on. the game of the day it could be said was in south wales, as swansea beat brentford, ollie watkins put the away side ahead. the two goals infour the away side ahead. the two goals in four minutes won the match in swansea's in four minutes won the match in swa nsea's faber, in four minutes won the match in swansea's faber, danieljames with the second of them, a great breakaway goal. brentford were reduced to ten men before it was 3-1. and reduced to ten men before it was 3—i. and they sealed the win late on, george byers picking his spot for swansea's forth, as they reach

the last eight for the second year ina the last eight for the second year in a row. it has also been the fifth round in the women's fa cup today, there was a repeat of last year's final, as the holders, chelsea, beat arsenal, this time the score was 3-0. arsenal, this time the score was 3—0. elsewhere super league leaders city won 3—0 at tottenham, liverpool and manchester united also through. west ham beat the lowest ranked side remaining in the cup, huddersfield, h- remaining in the cup, huddersfield, h— one. celtic are eight points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. scott brown grabbing a late winner in the 90th minute against kilmarnock, however after celebrating with some of the fans, he was shown a yellow card and sent off. australia's neil robertson has won his first welsh open snooker

title since 2007. he did let a four frame lead slip, again stuart bingham, but rallied. it is his 15th ranking title. australia's sydney roosters have beaten wigan warriors to win the world club challenge. a hat—trick from brett morris and this try from daniel tupou sealed victory for the australian side, who won 20-8 for the australian side, who won 20—8 and in doing so took the title for a record equalling fourth time. the england winger chris ashton is out of his side's six nations match with wales this weekend. the sale sharks flyer has a calf strain, a major blow for ashton who made his first six nations start since 2013 in the last win over france. he has been left out of coach eddiejones's 33 man squad. that is all for now. firefighters are tackling a moorland fire near stalybridge,

greater manchester. the fire service were called to the blaze on land off brushes road, millbrook, at around 9pm this evening. crews from ashton, stalybridge, hyde, oldham and bolton north are using specialist moorland firefighting gear to control the blaze. 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 savings 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. earlier i spoke to the personal finance journalist, annie shaw. she encouraged people not to opt out of these schemes if financially possible — and said those enrolled should expect further rises in the future. it has been introduced gradually so that it's not been too much of a shock to people's weekly incomes, and of course in order than to be meaningful, to give people a meaningful, to give people a meaningful retirement income, it's got to go up, and it is being nudged up got to go up, and it is being nudged up year by year and this is what we are talking about now, that from april people are going to see another chunk of their pay come out

of their wages to go into their pension. but they do get tax relief on it, which is going to mitigate some of that, and of course it is for their retirement. it is good news that people are saving so they are not going to be left destitute in old age. but of course there will be those people who are actually really financially strapped for cash, they are going to find it quite hard to have more take home from their wages. they should be thinking really, really carefully about whether they should opt out or not, and really not do so if they can possibly help it, but of course they may find they have to do because obviously if they can't meet their other bills. weight thousands of people have lined the famous canals of venice for the launch of the traditional carnival — which will run for two weeks. the water—based parade produced a certain wow—factor — which is unique to the city. freya cole reports. gracefully floating above the famed canals of venice, a woman performs

in the annual floating parade. above her, the mysterious man on the moon, a symbol of this year's carnival theme, ‘blame the moon', 50 years since the first landing. the venice carnival tradition dates back centuries and is famous for the stylised masks donned by revellers. translation: this event is wonderful because it is a way to express yourself to bring joy, and we really need it, all of italy needs it. we come from all over italy and abroad to come and attend the venice carnival, and it is very beautiful. the performance is full of lights, fire twirling, music and theatrics. an elaborate display to celebrate the rich history and culture of the ancient lagoon city. translation: the relationship with water is a founding element of the city and of life too, and therefore, we feel the need to represent on the water such an important event, the carnival, for the city of venice. locals and thousands

of tourists will take part in the two week carnival, which ends in time for the christian celebration of lent, a0 days before easter. freya cole, bbc news. and we ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers tony grew and caroline frost — that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather. it was a lovely day across so many parts of the country today, 15.6 degrees was the top temperature recorded in north west london. tomorrow will be cooler, right across the country we are expecting more clouds and also a chance of catching some showers, because weather fronts have just snuck in, the high pressure has drifted away a little bit towards the east, allowing the weather fronts to come

in. so it doesn't mean it is going to cool off dramatically, in fact it will be still above average for the time of the year, just not as mild. overnight lows, but a few showers. that is exceptional for a february night anyway so we are starting off ona night anyway so we are starting off on a very mild note. if you showers affecting england and wales, most will be across scotland and northern ireland, they will be quite brief, heavy and thundery, some hail as well, gusty winds too and the temperatures are by have already indicated, above the average, closer to seven, eight, nine, that sort of thing, 11 to 12 degrees. that was monday. tuesday we are in between weather systems, one in scandinavia, another off the atlantic, had a bit the wind blowing out of the south—west, still a mild direction, mild weather around, starts off chilly and bright but then the can see increase ahead of this next weather front. rain is see increase ahead of this next weatherfront. rain is in the forecast for northern ireland,

eventually scotland too, this will shear off towards the north—east, through the course of the day. that means the self stays dry. this is wednesday, so we have the mild air pushing back into the uk, this is the jet stream, that helps drive all of that mild air in our direction. early in the morning, still pretty cloudy, still some rain around, again that rain moves towards the north—east. behind it, these guys clear up north—east. behind it, these guys clearup and north—east. behind it, these guys clear up and already one or two areas could get up to 1a degrees on wednesday. from wednesday, those temperatures will start to rise back up temperatures will start to rise back up again, thursday and friday we could see them shooting up to the mid—teens widely across the uk, 16 or 17 degrees, and then this is quite extraordinary, really, friday night into saturday, the jet stream, a real southerly component to it, that means come saturday and sunday we could be nearing records for this

time of year, at least at the moment we are thinking around 18, the records are just a little over 19 degrees. that's it from me.