hello, i'm karin giannone. this is outside source. with the us coalition on the verge of declaring victory in syria, what now for the thousands of foreign is fighters and their wives who want to return home? we speak to one of them. i just want forgiveness, really, from the uk. like, everything i've been through, i didn't expect i would go through that. the us continues to put pressure on venezuela's nicolas maduro by sending aid to the country's border. and president trump will make a speech about the crisis shortly. more violence breaks out in indian—administered kashmir — this time a gunfight leaves four soldiers and 3 militants dead. and south african runner caster semenya challenges plans to regulate the testosterone levels of some female athletes. the us—led coalition in syria says it's on the verge

of announcing the defeat of islamic state militants. this is where all their attention is — the city of baghuz — the last pocket of territory held by the jihadists. as the stronghold weakens, thousands of is fighters who travelled to syria and iraq from all over the world are trying to return home — and so are their wives. one of them is british teenager shamima begum. she left the uk four years ago to join islamic state. now she's 19, and has just given birth to her third baby — she says her first two children died. she now wants to return home to the uk. she's been speaking to the bbc‘s quentin sommerville at a refugee camp in syria. you helped them. you helped the enemy of britain. but i wasn't the one that put myself down that i didn't want to be on the news, at first. i know a lot of people, after they saw that me and my friends came, they actually encouraged them, i did hear, yeah, a lot of people

were encouraged to come after i left, but i wasn't the one who put myself on the news. we didn't want to be on the news. i just want forgiveness, really, from the uk. like everything i've been through, i didn't expect that i would go through that and, you know, losing my children the way i lost them, i don't want to lose this baby as well. and this is really not a place to raise children, this camp. the story of shamima begum has raised huge debate on whether the 19—year—old should be allowed back into the uk, and looking more broadly, what is going to happen to all the is fighters who are trying to flee now that the jihadist stronghold is falling? more than 41,000 people around the world are thought to havejoined is in iraq and syria since 2013. france accounted for the highest number. but of those trying to return home, it's uk citizens that top the list. at the weekend, president donald trump tweeted... well, a number of european powers

have reacted to that. here's luxembourg and austria's foreign ministers. translation: i think that this absolutely should not be done over twitter. this is a problem of which we are aware in europe. and i believe in every country. and if we want to find a meaningful solution, then we have to discuss it and not send tweets back and forth. that doesn't make sense. translation: it's not in anyone's interest to be claiming that is fighters, who are under pressure, are now on his side. the kurdish fighters, the international alliance against isis, have all risked their lives to get hold of these people, so i can't understand trump's announcement. just setting them free — that has not been part of our talks. but we are aware of this demand from the united states. here in the uk, the home office said that...

the home secretary wrote this opinion piece for the times newspaper — the title sums it up. but it's certainly not as simple as that. for example, the home secretary can remove a person's british citizenship — but it's illegal, under international law to do that if it will leave them stateless. in the meantime, about 2,000 civilians are stranded in baghuz, because the is fighters there have blocked the roads, as the fight to secure that final stronghold continues. the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent paul adams looks at what could happen once the coalition claims victory. is this the end for islamic state? probably not. i know what you are

saying, look at all the territory they have lost. in 2014 the group controlled 10 million people, in large parts of iraq and syria. then the world took notice and took action. they have been on the retreat ever since, squeezed out of their last tiny pockets of territory. us backed forces in syria celebrate the defeat of isis in raqqa. the dream of a caliphate for islamic state is over but the leader is still out there despite numerous reports of his death. the last recorded message was in august and he called on his followers to persevere, despite setbacks in iraq and syria. those followers are still listening under are probably still thousands of them. expect to see more of this in the region, bomb attacks, killing and maiming large numbers of civilians. notjust in iraq and syria... islamic state has active franchises in afghanistan, libya, egypt and beyond. and yes, there will be more attacks in the

west as well. we cannot always say the attacks were planned or commissioned by the group but that is not the point. the point is the ideology alone is enough to inspire those attacks. and the ideology is very much alive. to understand why, just look at the places where it started. syria's civil war is not yet open over. iraq is still divided and anyone else with interest in the region, america, russia, iran, turkey, all with different agendas. splits along sectarian lines, along ethnic lines, regional lines... as long as those rivalries exist, the middle east will remain a deeply u nsta ble middle east will remain a deeply unstable place. a fertile ground for those who don't mind mixing extreme violence with a narrow, medieval version of islam. the pentagon says isis remains an active insurgent group in both iraq and syria. it warns that without continued pressure, it is likely to regain territory. as brexit negotations begin again this week,

the uk was hit with more bad news for its economy, with reports that honda plans to close its manufacturing plant in swindon by 2022, which would mean the loss of over 3,500 jobs. honda is expected to make an official announcement tomorrow. jonty bloom has more. if you look at the knock—on effects, the supply chain, the lorry drivers who bring all those parts into the swindon plant, that's 1200 people employed by honda alone, on top of the factory. there are car plants, parts makers all over the country that make things like exhausts, steering columns, lights, shock absorbers, and they will all be desperately affected by this. some of them also do work for other companies but this is a significant number who do nothing but manufacture for honda, and if the plant in swindon goes, those jobs will go as well. last year, honda produced 160,000 vehicles at the swindon factory, which means it makes one in ten of their cars manufactured in the uk. honda announced last month that it would close the factory for six days

in april to help it deal with any border disruption caused by brexit, and has warned about the threat of tariffs and delays on its profitability in the uk. but that's not the only factor that likely to be behind this decision. for instance, japan has just signed a free—trade deal with the eu which will bring down the tariffs on japanese—built cars in coming years. also today, seven mps have quit the main opposition party, labour, and set up their own group. here they are at the announcement. they gave a number of reasons for their decision, from labour's policy on brexit to allegations of racism in the party. here's one of them. i cannot remain in a party that i have today come to the sickening conclusion is institutionally anti—semitic. another member of the group, chuka umunna, called for other mps to join them. you don'tjoin a political party to spend years and years fighting for people within it.

—— the people within it. you get involved in politics and you join a party to change the world. so we invite you to leave your parties and help us forge a new consensus in a way forward for britain. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has responded in a statement saying, "i am disappointed that these mps have felt unable to continue to work together for the labour policies that inspired millions at the last election and saw us increase our vote by the largest share since 1945." labour's shadow chancellor went further. if you splinter off in this way, you lose your voice in the party, and if you do splinter off and you're going into another political platform, i think you have a responsibility to go back to the electorate, then, and in by—elections fight on that platform. and if you are no longer a labour party mp and you were elected as a labour mp, you should go back to the people. laura kuennsberg has tweeted...

to explain which is more likely, here's rob watson. i think it is definitely a big moment in one sense, and that is in britain's incredibly tribal system of politics were people are immensely loyal, for seven people to feel strongly enough to quit and make such a neck score stating critique of labour is a big deal. but you are correct that what is not clear at this moment is whether it is seven angry people or whether it is seven angry people or whether it is this much heralded realignment, a huge realignment of british politics in the wake of labour having moved off to the left, and the government

conservative party going to the right, and of course the seismic event which is brexit. potentially, could we see members of the conservative party doing the same thing? good question. i know personally lots of conservative mps who feel about their party that they don't recognise it. i won't talk gossip about town too much but there was a conservative mp i talked to, another conservative mp i talked to, another conservative mp i talked to, another conservative mp very pro—brexit, walking behind us, he used a word about this person that i wouldn't use on a family programme like this. feelings are running high. i think it is slightly different for the conservatives in that is one of them put it, a lot of labour mps feel jeremy corbyn is a revolutionary socialist, way out of the party's traditions, whereas they might not disagree with theresa may but they don't think she is a revolutionary. again, igo don't think she is a revolutionary. again, i go back to this issue... party loyalties are strong but up moderates in the labour party and conservative party very steamed up

an unhappy? you bet they are. technically speaking there does not have to be by—elections in the elections in each constituency and they can remain as the mp unchallenged. they can and i think in the short term they will. the independent group hasn't got off to the best of starts. here's mp angela smith speaking on politics live soon after the announcement. the recent history of the party i've just left has suggested it's not just about being black or a funny tinge... you know, different, from the bme community, but if thejewish community... a funny what? angela smith has since apologised. jim waterson from the guardian points out... here's more from rob on what kind of start the new group has got off to. it is immensely risky and already as you say got off to a tricky start. you could tell how nervous they were because one of them seemed to invent a new racial group, she said black and then funny tinge. i don't think anyone accuses her of being racist

but there is a sense ofjust how difficult it is in britain's political system to leave your party. people have intense loyalty. what they are hoping to test out is this idea that may be other labour mps would be willing to join them, because certainly many are unhappy with jeremy corbyn because certainly many are unhappy withjeremy corbyn as leader. whether they can attract some form conservatives... but whether they can capitalise on the phenomenon in british politics, hugely interesting, which is a lot of people, politicians but also plenty voters feeling rather homeless, given that the two main parties have moved off the centre. could you say it was one particular thing that caused this seven to break off in this way? it seems to bea break off in this way? it seems to be a mixture of brexit and anti—semitism. i could say the one thing that encompasses all of this, that they considerjeremy corbyn's world view and what they would see as his being anti—capitalist and anti—western as encompassing all of those things, and this that has led to

anti—semitism and what they would see as a totally disproportionate criticism of israel, and the big issue here, they feel he has not opposed brexit hard enough because he isa opposed brexit hard enough because he is a lifelong eurosceptic who sees the eu as a club of capitalists. i think that... his worldview is what really upsets not just these seven labour mps who left but plenty of others still in the party. it is only fair to say that ona party. it is only fair to say that on a matter of balance, there are of course thousands of members of britain plus mac labour party who likejeremy britain plus mac labour party who like jeremy corbyn and britain plus mac labour party who likejeremy corbyn and this idea of a radical worldview. for them, that is his appeal. stay with us, still to come... japan once more mothers to go back to work but this creates a shortage in childcare. we will look at what is being done about that. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is... with the us coalition on the verge of declaring victory in syria, concern mounts over what to do about the thousands of foreign

is fighters and their families who are trying to return home. other stories from the bbc newsroom... a summit of central european leaders in israel has been cancelled due to a row over poland's role in the nazi holocaust. poland withdrew after the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said that poles cooperated with the germans. that's on the bbc world service. brazil's mining regulator has banned the construction of new upstream mining dams and ordered the decommissioning of all such structures by 2021. last month, an embankment wall of a dam operated by brazil's largest mining company collapsed, killing almost 170,000 people, with 140 others still unaccounted for. the american sailor photographed kissing a stranger in new york's times square to celebrate the end of the second world war has died. george mendosa was 95. the photo became one of the most famous of the 20th century. president trump is due

in miami shortly to rally support behind venezuela's opposition leader juan guiado. the us has been backing him since he declared himself interim president last month. and one of the ways the us has been applying pressure is this... these us military planes are unloading food and medical supplies for venezuela ns. aid workers there say the people desperately need it, as hospitals are running out of medicine and children are going hungry. us senator marco rubio went to the colombian border on sunday. this was his assessment. what is happening here today, what is happening in venezuela is a man—made crisis of epic proportions. not caused by a natural disaster but by a man—made one, a criminal regime that is willing to starve and kill its own people before it gives up power. the president, nicolas maduro, who retains support of the army, has so far refused to let aid through. he calls it a cover for a us invasion. on saturday his vice president went as far

as telling the spanish newspaper el mundo that us aid was contaminated with carcinogens to poison the population. and so the aid remains blocked at the colombian border town of cucuta. but nowjuan guiado could be setting up for a possible confrontation on the border. he's urging people in all states to cross the border and bring the aid through themselves on saturday. he's calling it a "humanitarian avalanche". well, president trump will be giving his speech to florida international university in the next couple of hours. we expect him in the next few minutes. barbara plett usher is there. he wants to undermine his administration's policy to show strong support forjuan guiado as the interim president, what he calls the interim president, what he calls the legitimate president of venezuela, the week that matters because there is a stand—off

already... supposed to reach a climax on saturday, when the opposition will try to push through. that is one thing on the other thing isa that is one thing on the other thing is a large community here in florida of venezuelan and cuban americans who support what mr trump is doing here. so he has a very ready audience to hear his message and upload what he has to say, and possibly to vote for him because if they stick together as a voting bloc they stick together as a voting bloc they can make a difference in what isa they can make a difference in what is a swing state. all of those things are at play with mr trump about to speak. i know you are persevering to try to hear us over the noise. how far do we know the us is prepared to go in support ofjuan guiado, the opposition leader? so far the united states administration has said they are committed to supporting mrjuan guiado and we expect president trump will say this path to democracy is irreversible. we know it has been

three weeks since juan irreversible. we know it has been three weeks sincejuan guiado declared himself interim president and nicolas maduro are still there in the military still has not switched sides, so how long and what is the us prepared to do? trump says all options are on the table and his administration officials talk mostly about economics... it seems to be... sanctions especially oil sanctions... 0k. which cut off most of mr nicolas maduro's cash and they will no longer be able to pay people around him... thank you for our correspondent in miami. president trump reportedly considering tariffs... president trump is reportedly considering slapping tariffs as high as 25% on all cars imported into the united states, after a report from the us department of commerce highlights national security concerns. this could have huge global ramifications — 48% of cars sold in the us in 2017 were imported. that's about 8.3 million vehicles — worth around $192 billion. the bbc‘s andrew walker... the united states is a very

important market for many car makers around the world. in the case of the european union, it is the biggest single export market, accounting for 38 billion euros. those are the most recent figures. germany particularly, german car—makers have big operations in the us but they still ship an awful lot of stuff from germany. at the time that the commons department started this investigation, they did put out a document for consultation, inviting comments, and they indicated a number of areas where comments would be welcome. at a punch, you could see some of them having national security implications in terms of the contributions that research and development and the motor industry might make to the wider us industrial research and development operation, you could see some technological moving across, but

some don't look at all like they have security issues, like the implications for employment in the us, very important. why would this have any implications for security? i must say i find it very hard to see. let's turn to japan now, and the government wants more mothers to go back to work to tackle the country's labour shortage. the policy is called womenomics but has resulted in a chronic lack of childcare facilities. mariko 0i has been to visit the tech firm line, which thinks its on—site nursery is the answer. line is a company known to be friendly to working parents. the average age of employees is 34, and nearly half of them are women. to attract and retain them, the company recently opened an on—site nursery. having childcare at work seems like a perfect solution, doesn't it? you

might be thinking that this isn't that unusual, but actually here in japan line is one of a very few companies that offers it. prime minister shinzo abe has made his womenomics a policy to encourage more women to work, one of the priorities. he wants companies to be more accommodating to working mothers by allowing flexible working hours, and to see more leadership positions being filled by women. things are slowly changing but with an increase in the number of working mothers, japan now faces a chronic lack of childcare facilities. many japanese women still face a significant challenge, but the country's labour shortage has left no choice for some companies to be more accommodating to working mothers. bbc news, tokyo. saudi arabia has announced $20 billion of investments in pakistan, which is trying to boost its fragile economy. it comes as part of a high—profile asian tour by the kingdom's crown prince mohammed bin salman, who will also be travelling to india and china later this week.

pakistan's currently has $8 billion left in foreign reserves and has been looking to raise funds. the bbc‘s devina gupta had the story earlier. it is literally a knight in white shining armourfor it is literally a knight in white shining armour for pakistan, it is literally a knight in white shining armourfor pakistan, which is almost broke. this is the second time injust six months saudi arabia is giving out financial aid to pakistan. last 0ctober it gave $6 billion out of which about $3 billion out of which about $3 billion were given for the foreign exchange reserve, which is nearly over. now the saudi arabian prince, who is in pakistan on a two—day visit, announced a $20 billion aid package. this includes setting up an $8 billion oil refinery and investment in mining sector, in petrochemical sector, but for pakistan, it is the money that is much needed. it has had 12 bailouts

since 1980s by the international monetary fund, and it is trying to negotiate the 13th bailout with the imf but they have very strict austerity conditions, and with saudi arabia stepping in, now pakistan feels it is in a better position to negotiate. let's just tell you what we are expecting in the next minutes... we are told donald trump will be speaking at florida international university and we can see the live shot i think. yes, they are waiting to hear from shot i think. yes, they are waiting to hearfrom him, talking about upping the pressure on the venezuelan president nicolas maduro. i will be back in a few minutes' time. stay with us. cold air remains locked in place across much of north america and we saw more disruptive snow over the weekend across parts of california and the sierra nevada region. snow becomes more confined to the

southern rockies on monday. meanwhile we lose this winter storm, rain, sleet and snow to the north—east of the united states. big area of high pressure building and to keep things fine and settled, central canada through the mid west and central plain. some sunshine for and central plain. some sunshine for a time monday into tuesday, but the next winter storm will develop tuesday on into wednesday, heavy rain developing across the deep south. 0n the northern flank, cold airto see south. 0n the northern flank, cold air to see some heavy snow falling. meanwhile also another winter storm pushes into the pacific northwest, around the middle part of the week, causing travel disruption. this system causing travel disruption. this syste m loo ks causing travel disruption. this system looks like the major one across north america from mid week onwards, as it spreads eastwards, covering disruptive snow to the midwest. a cross into australasia, australia largely fine and dry for the rest of this week, and usually unusually dry across the northern territory. this feature is tropical cyclone 0mar, developed in the south

pacific last week and brought heavy rain and strong winds. now, brushed close by to new caledonia to bring heavy rain and large waves. the system remains out in open waters and moving towards the end of the week it looks like it will move perilously close to queensland to bring large waves and dangerous surf. it looks like the rain and strong winds will remain out in open waters. crossing to south asia, we will keep a lot of fine and dry weather across india and sri lanka around the middle part of the week but if we look towards the west here, an area of low pressure will be developing in iran and afghanistan, with extremely heavy rain and risks of flooding through wednesday to thursday here. it bumps into the higher ground and the himalayas and we could see heavy snow with an increase. closer to home, across europe a heavy area of high pressure, with lots of fine u nsettled high pressure, with lots of fine unsettled weather to be confident, things looking dry across the eastern mediterranean after being cold and wet and windy last week and

into the weekend. a widespread sunshine across the mediterranean in towards the iberian peninsula, plenty of sunshine across the continent. a bit of wind and rain pushing into parts of the british isles, and also ireland. thanks to these weather systems, which will deflect northwoods as higher pressure builds back in across the continent to bring us this very mild airfrom the continent to bring us this very mild air from the south. in fact, rooted as far south as the azores and ca nary islands, meanwhile, as far south as the azores and canary islands, meanwhile, eastern side of europe turns colder. for this week, thing settling down as high pressure brings lots of sunshine. however, although it becomes very mild, there will be issues with fog by the end of the week. hello, i'm karin giannone, this is 0utside source. with the us coalition on the verge of declaring victory in syria, what now for the thousands of foreign is fighters and their wives who want to return home.

we speak to one of them. ijust want... i just want forgiveness really from the uk. like everything we have been through, i did not expect i would go through that. president trump will make a speech about the venezuelan crisis shortly as the us continues to put pressure on nicolas maduro by sending aid to the country's border. more violence breaks out in indian—administered kashmir, this time a gunfight leaves 4 soldiers and 3 militants dead. and south african runner caster semenya challenges plans to regulate the testosterone levels of some female athletes. the us led coalition in syria says it's on the verge

of announcing the defeat of islamic state militants. their attention is on the city of bag—ooz — the last pocket of territory held by the jihadists. as the stronghold weakens, thousands of is fighters who travelled to syria and iraq are trying to return to their home countries — and so are their wives. one of them is british teenager shamima begum. the 19—year—old has just given birth to her third baby — she says her first two children died. she now wants to return to the uk. shamima begum spoke to the bbc‘s quentin sommerville. this was her response when she was asked about the manchester arena terrorist attack in 2017, that killed 22 people. it is like it is one thing to kill a soldier that is fighting you, it is self—defense, but to kill people like women and children, just like the people, like the women and children martyrs who are being killed right now unjustly in the bombings... it is a two way thing really because women and children are be ——being killed back

in the islamic state right now. it is kind of retaliation, like theirjustification was like, "it's retaliation," and so i thought that is a fairjustification. of course, caught up in the war has been millions of refugees who fled the violence — now many of them are hopeful they may be able to return home. sincejordan reopened a border crossing with syria last october, there ve been thousands of returns already. yolande knell has been to the border to meet some. this is the border with syria, and after years of people fleeing a brutal civil war, every day now there's a long queue to enter the country. so, all these people are syrians who been staying injordan, but they've now decided to go home, and it's not an easy decision at all to go back because they are going to be giving up all of their rights as refugees. mariam spent two years

in a refugee camp. translation: we want to go back to our country, to our house. there's nothing better. when we left, we hoped for calm, and now, god has calmed everything. since government forces retook rebel held areas last year, there have been thousands of returns. overtime now, people have been able to hear back from relatives of improved security. we start to see an interest of refugees to go back. at the syrian embassy in amman, refugees wait to sort out the paperwork they need to go home. it's costly. moussa has saved up $170 to register his daughter's birth injordan. she is one of the million refugee babies born during the war. soon, her father plans to take her and all his family back to daraa. it's where syria's uprising began.

but after all the turmoil, moussa is glad president assad wasn't overthrown. translation: if the islamic state group, the nusra front task and all those other fronts and factions had their way, syria would have been divided into a thousand pieces. instead, president bashar al—assad preserved a united syria. back at the border, more syrians head home. fighting has devastated much of their country, but people are desperate to rebuild their lives. four soldiers have been killed fighting militants in indian administered kashmir. the gun battle happened south of srinagar. that's the same area where 40 indian paramilitary police were killed in a suicide attack on thursday. sangita myska has more. in the early hours of this morning, the soldiers and security police

sealed off of a village in the district of pulwama. security forces say they fired warning shots into the air. militants immediately returned fire. hours of fierce fighting followed, leaving several dead, including soldiers and militants, some of whom indian police say were behind last week's terror attack. the aftermath of that attack was caught on camera. this was all that was left of the bus, part of a huge military convoy transporting over 2000 troops. it was blown up by suicide bomber adil ahmad dar, one of the new generation of kashmiris radicalised in a region where the majority of the population is muslim. the islamist militant group jaish—e—mohammad has claimed responsibility. based on pakistan, it has been fighting for kashmir‘s independence for nearly 20 years. both india and pakistan have recalled their ambassadors over the attacks, which india believes was carried out with pakistani support. pakistan denies any involvement. here's secunder kermani.

many officials have been pushing back against the allegations that the country was involved in last week's attack. they've pointed out, for example, that the suicide attacker was a local man from indian administered kashmir, and he is not a pakistani citizen. they have said that the indian authorities need to focus more on allegations of human rights abuses that are being committed by indian security forces, they say, in the region, which has fueled indian unrest and the violence. as you say, the group that claimed responsibility for this attack, jaish—e—mohammad, it is based in pakistan. it is actually a band organisation here, but it is widely seen as having close relationships with the intelligence services over the years. its leader is currently in protective custody. he has been there for a number of years now, but he is still able to release audio messages to his supporters. prime minister imran khan, when he came to power last year, said that one of the things

that he wants to do is improve the relationship with india. he said, for example, for every step toward pakistan that india takes, he will takes two steps towards india, but this issue of whether pakistan is still tacidly supporting militant groups or not doing enough to crack down on them remains one of the biggest obstacles to improving ties between the two countries. nigeria's president has fired off a powerful warning to anyone trying to disrupt the general election — just two days after the electoral commission postponed the vote. muhammadu buhari has told an emergency meeting of his all progressive congress party that anyone who tries to interfere would do so at the expense of their life. he also had strong words for the electoral commission. the reasons why such incompetence amidst itself has to be explained to the nation. after our election, we have to know exactly what happened. applause we have to tell our people

that we have to be patient and must also act in a very responsible while going peacefully to vote again. the opposition pdp reacted immediately — saying: "president @mbuhari s threat to the lives of nigerians is a direct call forjungle justice & an attempt to divert public attention from their closed session where details of the plots will be perfected." this is interesting. according to nigeria's daily post newspaper, mr buhari's party later refuted that statement — saying the president had been misinterpreted. both the ruling party and the opposition expressed anger at the vote delay — which was made on saturday, just five hours before voting stations were due to open. the electoral commission blamed problems with transporting ballot papers to parts of the country. here's mayeni jones in abuja.

the electoral commission on saturday gave a number of reasons for the delay. they said that it was bad weather. as you might be able to see behind me, there is a lot of haziness at the moment in nigeria. it is a season where you have stuff coming over from the sahara and that makes travelling by air quite difficult and leads to delays in flights. they say that that was partly the reason why some of the ballots couldn't be distributed, but they also blamed factors outside of their control, a couple of electoral offices have been set on fire in the weeks beforehand. they said that they wanted to be able to replace those election materials on time. the reaction to those excuses has been mixed. some people say that they understand that logistically, it is quite a big project for the electoral commission to carry out. 84 million voters, some parts of the country hard to reach, like the northeast of nigeria, which is still fighting which is still fighting off boko haram. but many people have expressed skepticism. they have said that the electoral commission underestimated what a big

task it was to plan a big election like the one in nigeria, and they should have been more prepared. i want to bring you some of the findings of a report by a british parliamentary committee looking into fake news. it concludes that facebook and its executives are "digital gangsters" who intentionally violated data privacy laws and anti—competition laws. it also says democracy is at risk from the malicious and relentless targeting of citizens with disinformation from unidentifiable sources, delivered through social media." and it calls for far stricter regulation for social media platforms to end the spread of fake news. here's the chair of that committee. rather having a system where the technology local companies apologise for things going wrong in repeating the same mistakes, we have proper system which imposes standard in the tech companies with the regulatory if they fail to meet their

standards. it is common in other industries, and we need to end the tech sector as well. the mps working on the comittee said they found it difficult dealing with facebook during the inquiry and that founder mark zuckerberg failed to show "leadership or personal responsibility" over fake news. facebook disagrees. we have given over ten hours to the committee and answered over 700 questions for the committee. this report is... we have fundamentally changed as a company since the start of this inquiry. if you want to know where our company prioritises, we invest. we invest a huge amount of people and technology to tackle the issues. here's our media editor amol rajan. the idea that facebook intentionally violated sets of laws and it talks about the issues like data privacy where it they are having people

leave these digital trails, and the other is around this think of competition and the mps are saying that facebook is a bully first being so strong. what this committee report does, it begins to lay out the intellectual left ink for the framework. the era of the self—regulation has failed and is over, but exactly what this new regulation looks like is something that this committee and everyone is still trying to break out. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come... a woman in the uk gets dna treatment for macular degeneration — bringing hope of a cure for a common cause of blindness. a small inflatable boat carrying 34 migrants, has been intercepted off the coast of dover. they include a number of women and children and were picked up

in a joint operation involving the border force and the rnli who brought them to shore and gave them blankets. three men have been arrested on suspicion migrants in the boat was intercepted off the coast. they are brought in to the parts of the velvet covered in blankets to protect them from the cold. that if our migrants were rescued, including ned, women, and children. at the moment, it is not clear what nationality they are. many recently have been iranian. they have been taken to be interviewed by immigration officials, three people were arrested. the lifeboat told in the event that used across the channel, but still the crossings continue. event that used across the channel, but still the crossings continuem is deeply concerning that we have

had another arrival today, and it underlines the importance of making sure that we have around the clock aerial surveillance of the doubt the english channel and up and down the french coast. it is important that we ta ke french coast. it is important that we take action to stop the traffickers. last year, 539 people attempted to cross the channel in small boats with 434 at them making the journey between october and december. the bbc believes that 90 people at this year have arrived at the same way. however, that number is just the same way. however, that number isjust a small fraction the same way. however, that number is just a small fraction of those that are right here in the back of lorries into our parts. the national emergency the was declared, when is now patrolling this waters, the other has still not arrived and is being repaired. lucy manning, bbc news, dover. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is?

with the us coalition on the verge of declaring victory in syria, concern mounts over what to do about the thousands of foreign is fighters and their families who are trying to return home. other stories from the bbc newsroom... a summit of central european leaders in israel has been cancelled due to a row over poland's role in the nazi holocaust. poland withdrew after the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said that poles cooperated with the germans. that's on the bbc world service. brazil's mining regulator has banned the construction of new upstream mining dams and ordered the decommissioning of all such structures by 2021. last month, an embankment wall of a dam operated by brazil's largest mining company collapsed, killing almost a 170 people, with 140 others still unaccounted for. the american sailor photographed kissing a stranger in new york's times square to celebrate the end of the second world war has died.

george mendosa was 95. the photo became one of the most famous of the twentieth century. australia's prime minister, scott morrison, says the country's three main political parties have been hit by a sophisticated cyber—attack on their computer networks. here he is. ido i do not propose to kyle into the detail of these operational matters but are cyber experts believe that a sophisticated state actor is responsible for this activity. australia is scheduled to hold a federal election in the coming months. while mr morrison did not reveal what information had been accessed — he did say there was no evidence of electoral interference. cyber security experts and local media are speculating which countries could be behind the hack. @chris uhlmann, channel nine political editor says " it is a state actor but agencies aren't willing to call which one. only a handful are thought capable:

israel, russia, china and the us." but china s foreign ministry was quick to deny the accusation. some specific media organisations have made attacks. china resolutely opposes this. we urge the media organisations to stop hyping up this. latika bourke — a journalist at the sydney morning herald — spoke to impact‘s yalda hakim. she says the australian government has faced a number of cyber—attacks in recent years, some of which have been attributed by local media, to china. there are four countries that could be the culprit here given the sophistication of the attack. those four countries at the united states, an ally of australia, russia, china, it is your own. right now, as

security experts, the media is saying, china has fallen on this, so everyone is looking at beijing. in some an saying that they are 99% confident that it was trina. let's make china has increased the country. many would say that they have been at the centre of this issue. we had implements at last to stop the chinese. this is by no means the first attack on the australian political system, but what is really different is the reaction from the government to the accessing of parliamentary e—mails, and now as the prime minister has unveiled in australia, the actual political parties themselves. florida international university — waiting for president trump. hello miami! i am thrilled to be

backin hello miami! i am thrilled to be back in the state that i left. but so many freedom loving patriots. we are here to proclaim a new day is coming in latin america. it is comic. —— it is coming. in venezuela, and across that west despair, socialism is dying in liberty, prosperity, and democracy are being reborn. today, our hearts are being reborn. today, our hearts are filled with hope because of the determination of millions of every day venezuelans, the patriotism of the venezuelan national assembly and the venezuelan national assembly and the incredible courage of its presidentjuan guaido. the people of venezuela are standing for freedom and democracy in the united states

of america is standing right by their side. whites that we are, president trump is reiterating —— president trump is reiterating —— president trump is reiterating —— president trump reiterating the support. nicolas madura however is still in power. there is us a point thatis still in power. there is us a point that is piling up at the border with colombia, and we are going to stay with that speech in a little bit more. newly elected and already doing an incredible job, more. newly elected and already doing an incrediblejob, governor ron. a man who i call especially when we are talking about cuba, venezuela, nicaragua, he knows a lot. he is a friend of mine, senator

marco rubio. a great governor, he gave ron a little bit of a head start. he did a fantasticjob in florida. former governor and now senator, rick scott. let's make donald trump going with that speech, expect —— donald trump going with that speech, expect -- donald trump going with that speech and expected to talk to military and venezuela to abandon the president nicolas madura. mr nicolas madura has criticised outside influence in venezuela's internal affairs. we will be back with the highlights of what donald trump has to say there. speaking to people of that the disability community in that crowd. —— venezuelan community in that crowd. south african runner caster semenya

is challenging plans by the governing body of athletics. it wants female athletes with high levels of testosterone to take medication to reduce their natural hormones. she has hyper—androgenism — that's when females have an elevated level of testosterone. the iaaf says female athletes with this condition have a competitive advantage. here's the organisation's president. acquired value for the eye aas —— iaaf, we are really here to defend them. but caster semenya's lawyers argue that regulations aiming to lower testosterone levels in athletes with her condition, is discriminatory, and that the olympic champion s genetic condition should be celebrated. the south african government is also supporting semenya, they released this statement saying that such a rule negates semenya's basic human rights. richard conway has more. this case has been a long time in

the making. in 2011, iaaf introduced his first hijohn—john the making. in 2011, iaaf introduced his first hi john—john and —ism regulations. it indian springs or what her case against them. —— it was suspended. iaaf published new research saying that action must be taken. 0lympic research saying that action must be taken. olympic champion has long maintained but she sees as her right to run. a judgement maintained but she sees as her right to run. ajudgement in this case is expected by late march. the outcome will have far—reaching implications for the competitive feature, alongside important issues and ethics and gender within her sports. let's go back in a second to talk about what donald trump is talking about what donald trump is talking about for venezuela and the us's support forjuan guaido who has

declared himself a time president and eight. we are mentioning earlier that they have a pilot said the to venezuela along the border of columbia. the president is not allowing it to insert venezuela. he is see this as a us invasion. this is see this as a us invasion. this isa is see this as a us invasion. this is a scene at the florida international university where donald trump is talking about the further pressured that the us intends to apply to venezuela's military. he says that the us knows where they have money heading throughout the world. nicolas madura has criticised us interference by the imperialist as he calls it. we will bring you the highlights of that. i will be back at the same time tomorrow. hello, this turn of the air, we like to ta ke hello, this turn of the air, we like to take a trip to the canary

islands. maybe for a taste of winter warmth. for a trade later this week into the weekend, we are going to bring a bit of the canary islands to the uk. northwest africa, the canaries, it indicates where the air is coming from, and more importantly, going to. keep going, keep going, all the way to the uk. it is going to get a little bit cooler on the journey to the uk, but we are still expected temperatures well above normal for the time of year. as the area is scooped up by this area of high pressure, the flow is bringing it up from canaries to us. it is high—pressure, which means a spell of dry weather coming our way does not affect the dry spell in february, that is something that we have to bear in mind going forward to these warm summer months. that is where we are heading for a time. bailey dry, and very mild, how mild? because the temperatures receives 80 celsius. —— reaching 18 celsius. we

will look at that just a moment. back to what to be have between but the end of the week. a recent satellite picture indicating that this is for tuesday and wednesday. i had at that, a gap between what the systems. a range of high—pressure and quitea systems. a range of high—pressure and quite a bit of sunshine to start tuesday. clyde is going to increase from the west. 0utbreaks tuesday. clyde is going to increase from the west. outbreaks of low rates in northern ireland, pushing the parts of northwest england and north dwells later in the day. similarto north dwells later in the day. similar to how we started off the week. taking a step backwards. the rain mostly across the northern part of the uk tuesday into wednesday. the further south you are, it was they essentially dry. trailing by their front they essentially dry. trailing by theirfront pushing on they essentially dry. trailing by their front pushing on through wednesday morning, but will turn dryer. some sunny spots develop big cup. temperatures nudging a little bit higher. that is a process that

continues, one front northwards, if you follow the isobars, that process is under way, canaries, you follow the isobars, that process is underway, canaries, here you follow the isobars, that process is under way, canaries, here we go. we are going to start with a lot of cloud, but it is a stretch of imagination on thursday. it could be apache rain especially towards scotla nd apache rain especially towards scotland and northern ireland for a time. probably, some of the spouse developing in and wales. 0n time. probably, some of the spouse developing in and wales. on friday, we are expecting increasing sunshine for england and wales. sunny on saturday. a mist of fog in place because the south of the uk. temperatures are nudging up, some places in the high teens. back to unusual feature of the weather coming into the area. those walking in the hills, when you walk in the hills, you note that temperature decreases with height when you go in the hills. low ground, may actually

be very similar to the temperature you find it to the higher hills. that goes against normal expectations, but in fact, that very same thing happened for one day last week when the warmest place in scotla nd week when the warmest place in scotland was the summit. there you go. a taste of the canaries on the way to the uk, and you can even take your hiking boots. bye—bye. this. tonight at 10: amid anger and recriminations, seven mps decide to leave

the labour party,over anti semitism, and the handling of brexit. they say they won't be forming a new break—away party, but instead will sit in the commons, as independents. you don'tjoin a political party to spend years and years fighting the people within it. i am leaving behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation. jeremy corbyn says he's disappointed, but labour's deputy leader says the party must change direction, orface more defections. our other main story tonight... in a shock move, honda is set to close its factory in swindon. 3,500 jobs, are at risk.