this is bbc news, the headlines: venezuelan soldiers have shot dead two people, near the southern border with brazil. more than a dozen others were injured when troops opened fire this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. on members of the area's our top stories: indigenous community. at least two people have been killed president maduro has closed the border to prevent at venezuela's border with brazil. international aid from coming in. troops and protesters clash, as foreign aid is the america r&b singer, prevented from coming in. r kelly has been charged with the clashes come as rival music ten counts of aggravated, criminal, concerts for and against sexual—abuse in illinois. prosecutors say the charges president maduro are related to the alleged abuse take place at the border of four victims. with colombia. three of them under the r&b star r kelly is charged the age of seventeen. the singer denies the allegations. with multiple sex offences, after decades of claims in the united states, and accuastions. house democrats have tabled in the united states, house democrats have tabled after decades of claims a measure aimed at stopping president trump's and accusations. emergency declaration. mr trump took the decison to bypass earlier today robert kelly was congress after it refused to approve $5.7 billion for the mexican border wall. the president says he will veto any measure to block his national emergency. accused of ten counts of sexual abuse involving forefeet times. —— for victims. now on bbc news,

and botswana considers lifting its ban on elephant hunting, to allow limited culling, and even canning of the meat for pet food. hello and welcome to bbc news. at least two people have been killed, and others injured, in clashes at venezuela's border with brazil. these are pictures from the brazil border. local media is reporting venezuelan security forces opened fire on a group of people who tried to block them from travelling there. president nicolas maduro closed that border with brazil to prevent foreign aid organised by the opposition from coming in. meanwhile an anti—maduro music concert has been taking place on the border with colombia. it's called venezuela aid live, and is backed by the british tycoon richard branson. the bbc‘s orla guerin is there.

live aid for venezuela. under the south american sun, a benefit concert in colombia for a nation in need. all taking place within sight and sound of the border crossing. and among the crowds, we found venezuelans forced to flee the crisis in their country. translation: i've been here in colombia for ten months. and i'm hoping that today will be the start of a new chapter for venezuela. we can do it. there are some a difficult lives, margarita tells me. our brothers and sisters are dying at hospital doors because there's no medicine. they die at home because there's no food. they search for scraps in the bins outside restaurants.

venezuela's embattled leader, nicolas maduro, hopes to drown out his critics with a concert of his own nearby. but for now at least, spirits have been lifted. well, the aim here is to raise money for aid and to raise hopes of change. and all of this will focus attention on the needs in venezuela. the real issue is whether or not the opposition will be able to bring convoys of aid through the border. and that will be put to the test very soon. backstage, richard branson told me this is the most important concert he's ever arranged. he's hoping the venezuelan soldiers nearby are listening. we are hopeful that they will lay down their arms and accept white roses, which they will be handed, and allow the supplies across. but if that doesn't work, we will continue with more concerts, and we'll keep the pressure on until finally humanitarian aid is let into venezuela.

but this was the scene at the border with brazil today. venezuela's military out in force to block any aid getting through. at least one protester was killed. the stage is set for confrontation here tomorrow. up ahead, the bridge is blocked. president maduro says his troops must keep the aid out. the opposition says they will be bringing it through. orla guerin, bbc news, on the venezuela—colombian border. and now we can show you what's happening on the other side of the bridge. this is president nicolas maduro's rival concert, just a few hundred metres away, over the border. it's called hands off venezuela and, as you can see, has also drawn a big crowd. 150 artists are taking part in this concert,

which is set to go over three days. our correspondent katy watson has been following events from caracas. i asked her if the humanitarian aid will eventually get through? it depends which side you believe. president oduro is standing firm saying he will not let this aid through. —— nicolas maduro. he has closed the border between venezuela and brazil, we have seen clashes break out there. on the colombian side, the border has not been close but he maintained the armed forces will be listening to him and not letting any unauthorised vehicles cfoss letting any unauthorised vehicles cross the border. but if you speak tojuan cross the border. but if you speak to juan guaido and cross the border. but if you speak tojuan guaido and his supporters that they are convinced they will get through no matter what. the concert on the colombian side of the border has been going on the several hours and juan guaido has appeared

on the concert. he is not allowed to leave and is well because he is under investigation and has been banned from leaving the country but he has found a way on the other side of the board of stop the question is, how he will get back. the right informal routes through the border and that is what the opposition says, that they will find more informal ways to get through. to be able to get the aid over to venezuela. we have got this situation of aid being blocked on one side, we have these concerts going on which means it is raising awareness but we do not know what actual impact it will have. we have had these skirmishes of violence. is there still a chance there will be more violence to come. 7 there still a chance there will be more violence to come. ? that is

what everybody is watching and waiting to see because nicolas maduro her spoken to the armed forces and told them not to let the hague through and every day the opposition politicians have been pleading with the armed forces saying you need to listen to us. this is an issue that affects all of you, all of your families, this is an issue that affects all of you, all of yourfamilies, in terms of food shortages, medicine at shortages. nobody is immune to the problems. that is the argument they have been using. it really depends on what happens on the day when they feel this is a humanitarian issue or going against nicolas maduro who says it will not. the opposition say they want to do this peacefully, although want to do is get the aid through. the us singer r kelly has been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in illinois. the 52—year—old has faced claims of sexual abuse against women for decades.

he has never been convicted and denies all allegations. the attorney general of cook county, kim foxx said the charges related to the alleged abuse of four victims, all under the age of 17. aleem maqbool reports. # i believe i can fly...# r kelly was at one point, quite simply, the biggest name in r&b, and he had massive crossover hits globally. through it all, though, allegations and rumours of sexual abuse against underage girls were never far away, and in 2008 he went to trial on charges of child pornography, after a tape surfaced, allegedly showing him having sex with a 13—year—old girl. but he was acquitted, when the jury decided the tape was not clear enough. some women were paid not to talk, but others started to come forward to say what had gone on. i did realise that he had a problem and i couldn't fix it. now prosecutors feel they have

enough evidence to press charges relating to four victims. earlier today, robert kelly was indicted before a cook county grand jury on ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. it appears a recent tv series speaking to alleged victims gave others the confidence to come forward, too. to try to getjustice against one of the biggest selling us stars for abuse allegations going back more than two decades. after those ten counts relating to offences between 1998 and 2010 were listed, a judge here did issue an arrest warrant for r kelly. and while there are those who feel much more should have been done years ago, he is due to appear inside this very courthouse in the next 2a hours to finally face those charges of sexual abuse against underage girls. aleem maqbool, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news:

sudan's president omar al—bashir has dismissed the federal government and says he'll replace it with a government of technocrats. he also sacked all state governors and declared a state of emergency for one year. popular protests calling on him to step down have been taking place since december. the united states says 400 soldiers will remain in syria after the remainder of its troops are withdrawn. 200 peacekeepers will stay in north—east syria and a further 200 will remain at the us base at tanf in the south. in december, president trump declared victory over islamic state militants, and ordered a rapid withdrawal of us troops. in the us, house democrats have tabled a measure aimed at stopping president trump's emergency declaration. mr trump made the declaration to bypass congress after it refused to approve $5.7 billion for the mexican border wall. the president says he will veto any measure to block his national emergency.

president donald trump has nominated kelly craft, currently ambassador to canada, to become us ambassador to the united nations. the nomination comes one week after his previous nomination, former fox news presenter and state department spokesmwoman, heather nauert, withdrew. our washington correspondent chris bucklerjoins me now. who is kelly kraft? kelly kraft is someone who is kelly kraft? kelly kraft is someone who has been the ambassador for the us and canada and has been involved in these negotiations to try and set up a new trade agreement between the country and mexico. she has some experience, she was under president w bush a member of the delegation at the un general assembly for an time and she is also in waca of the republicans. her husband is a very successful

businessman and they are eager diners to the party and there has been increasing speculation she would get thejob because been increasing speculation she would get the job because she been increasing speculation she would get thejob because she had the support of mitch mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate, and of some of president trump's inner circle. apache mixed record on appointments at various levels of government, not least his previous nomination? it is worth noting that the us has not had a representative as an ambassador to the un since the end of last year when nicky healy quit. she was somebody who was very highly regarded and her quitting came as a surprise. whenever there isa came as a surprise. whenever there is a period with a lot of foreign policy concerns, not least the clashes taking place in venezuela, andindeed clashes taking place in venezuela, and indeed president trump's removal from the middle east so it is a role

thatis from the middle east so it is a role that is very important. it is about working with allies and it is to be filled. as you mention, there has been this real concern about filling it because, up until a week ago, we thought it was going to be heather nauert he was the us state department spokesperson for awhile, close to mike pompeo but she decided not to go ahead with her nomination after a number of tabloid stories and also concerns about gravitas and experience and whether she had that to fulfil the role. ijust had a statement from the us secretary of state mike pompeo in which he talks about kelly kraft and he points out that she is extremely well qualified to do thejob that she is extremely well qualified to do the job at the united nations and think that is an indication that they want to feel this role as quickly as possible. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a chaotic countdown — three cabinet ministers make it clear they're prepared to vote

against the government — to avoid a no—deal brexit. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang — the name itself symbolizing one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope.

very soon, for the sake of the credibilty and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, "be hidden from the world for the rest of his life." this is bbc news, the latest headlines: at least two people have been killed, and others injured, in clashes at venezuela's border with brazil. president maduro closed that border to prevent foreign aid from coming in. the singer r kelly has been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. the singer has faced claims of sexual abuse against women for decades. the singer denies all allegations. three british cabinet ministers have defied government policy to warn that brexit should be delayed if parliament fails to approve a withdrawal deal in the coming days. the ministers made the remarks in a newspaper article. they said unless there

was a breakthrough soon, they would be prepared to vote against the prime minister, theresa may, to extend the negotiation process. our chief political correspondent, vicki young has more. time and time again theresa may has said the uk is leaving the eu on the 29th of march, in just five weeks time. a very different message from these three, david gauke, amber rudd and clegg —— greg clark have all made it clear that they would not accept a no deal scenario. it now publicly for the first time scenario they are saying that wrecked it would have to be delayed as parliament does not back a deal —— brexit would have to be delayed if parliament does not back a deal. in the daily mail they have a stark warning for their colleagues, it is time they said that many of our conservative parliamentary collea g u es conservative parliamentary colleagues recognise that parliament will stop a disastrous no deal brexit. if that happens they will have no—one to blame but themselves for delaying brexit. this is happening because on wednesday there will be an attempt by mps to seize

control of that wrecks at recess. these three suggesting they will be prepared to resign in order to break that move. this is piling the pressure on theresa may to get the changes on that deal to bring it back as early as next week and also piling pressure on their colleagues to get high on the deal. they are saying to the brexiteer is you want to brexit you have to vote for it, and what they are saying tonight is not government policy. meanwhile, the uk's opposition labour party has suffered its ninth resignation of the week. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has rejected suggestions of widespread bullying after the mp ian austin resigned over what he called a culture of extremism, intolerance and anti—semitism. here's vicki again — a warning her report does contain some flashing images. jeremy corbyn's under pressure — struggling to keep his party together after a week of turmoil. eight of his mps walked out, accusing him of allowing a culture of bullying, anti—semitism, and intimidation to take hold.

now, ian austin has quit too, saying mr corbyn isn't fit to be prime minister. i think underjeremy corbyn's leadership there's been a culture of extremism and intolerance that's been allowed to develop, and anti—semitism that's been allowed to develop and has flourished. and i thinkjeremy corbyn has not taken it nearly seriously enough, and i think he's incapable, if i'm honest, of dealing with it properly, and i think he's refused to get to grips with it. mr austin says he's notjoining the new independent group set up this week by other disgruntled colleagues. he doesn't agree with them about the need for another brexit referendum. mr corbyn is in spain today, holding meetings about brexit. this was his response to the latest defection. i'm sorry that he's decided to take that course of action. he was elected, like me, in 2017 at the general election under a manifesto that pledged to deal with poverty, injustice, and inequality in britain. that's how he was elected, that's how i was elected, and i think we should be campaigning on those issues.

when other labour mps, including luciana berger, resigned on monday, they partly blamed mr corbyn's failure to deal with anti—semitism. their message struck a chord with ian austin, whose jewish adoptive father was forced to flee the nazis. he must have had a bit of a morning... he told his former colleague jess phillips that leaving labour had been a painful decision. i've been thinking that i should have been doing this for months, for a long time. but i watched luciana on monday, and i thought in the end you have got to stand with her. yeah, and do you think more will go now as well? i don't know, i mean, i haven't talked to other people about this. and in a sign of growing anger in the party, another labour mp, siobhain mcdonagh, criticised members for a wave of abuse directed at her after rumours she might quit. mr corbyn's allies say the mps who've defected never accepted his leadership and have been trying to undermine the labour party's prospects. the expectation, though, is that ian austin won't be

the last to resign. a government panel in botswana has recommended lifting a four—year—old ban on elephant hunting. it would allow regular but limited culling and the canning of the meat for pet food. botswana is home to thousands of the animals — which are a big draw for tourists from around the world. the bbc‘s alistair leithead reports from botswana's okavango delta. botswana has more elephants than anywhere else — 130,000 of them, a third of the elephants left in africa. but some think it has too many. this is the destruction they can cause when they come into conflict with rural communities. elephants are just moving here around the rooms, just breaking our ploughing fields, killing our cattle, just breaking all the trees. two people have been killed

in the village in five years since the big game hunting ban came into force. since the government stopped the hunting, so the elephants became more and more and more. i think government can introduce hunting of elephants again, killing them so maybe they will be reduced. that's what they're planning to do. the cabinet delivered a report proposing to lift the hunting ban and to allow the regular but limited culling of elephants and the canning of their meat for pet food. high—end tourists provide botswana's second income after diamond mining. this lodge charges up to $7,000 a night per couple. some conservationists believe hunting would drive many away. as soon as we stopped the hunting, brand botswana grew around the world and botswana became the most sought after tourist destination in africa. the tourism arrivals,

the revenues paid, they all shot through the roof. my worry is it is going to knock the big picture and will have a negative impact on jobs, occupancies, government revenues etc. some wilderness areas are not suited to tourists. well—regulated hunting can be used as a conservation tool. and in an election year, hunting appeals to rural voters. well, this is the remains of a cow that was killed by predators, right on this join between the conservancy area over that side of the fence and the community area over here. the real cost of living next door to elephants, which knock down fences. the human—wildlife conflict is big, but so is the tourism money that comes with having so many elephants. botswana now has to decide whether culling and hunting is better or worse for the country's conservation. the 91st academy awards are being held on sunday, honouring the best films of the last 12 months.

the ceremony comes ahead of the opening, later this year in los angeles, of the academy museum of motion pictures. designed by the celebrated architect renzo piano, it's already being talked about as the best movie museum in the world. here's our arts editor will gompertz. hollywood's dream is coming true at last. nearly 100 years after it was first conceived, the academy museum of motion pictures will open later this year, with this statement giant concrete orb designed by the man behind the pompidou in paris and the shard in london. welcome to the £300 million academy museum designed by renzo piano. by renzo piano. about me is a 1000—seat state—of—the—art theatre, and here are the galleries. the 50,000 square feet of exhibition space will be used to present films, screenplays and the special

collections of movie legends, from hepburn to hitchcock. this is the crowning glory of renzo piano's vision for this new museum — a rooftop terrace where people can come and meet, a new public place for los angeles, where you can have a drink and take in the view of the hollywood hills. along with the old films and temporary exhibitions, there will be displays of famous artefacts, like ruby slippers from the wizard of oz and this furry beast. this is a werewolf head from american werewolf in london, john landis' 1981 film. they created animatronic heads that they called chango—heads, so that with the levers, the internal mechanisms, they were able to make the snouts grow and change. it was the first time anything quite like this had been done. the museum has the backing of major hollywood players, like actor tom hanks. the museum can allow us to look back at the things that we missed. the things that hollywood and the various power structures did not allow us to see. that is one of the things that is very exciting to me,

people making films, across the generations, since the invention of the camera. and yet the ones that we see are very limited, because the gatekeepers are limiting our access. we want to make sure that a lot of the stories, that have not been told, say about women film—makers or african—american film—makers, that actually played a major role in hollywood or outside of hollywood as independents, that those stories get told here. the oscars this sunday mark another tricky year for the academy of motion pictures, following previous accusations of being too white and out of touch. you sense then, that this new museum, with a mission to be open, inclusive and diverse is as much about its future as it is about its past. we will have lots of courage of the oscars this weekend here on bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @benmbland.

—— i'm @lvaughanjones we saw a top—10 bridger on friday of 18 celsius across west wales with lots of sunshine to much of the country. where we held on to low cloud mist and froggatt was chile, temperatures reaching eight degrees in the south coast. mostly sunny days, mild as well, but mornings will start quite chilly at times with a bit of frost and some mist and fog around. we see a return to mist and frog and low cloud across central, southern and eastern parts of england early on saturday. the weather front slowly encroaching into western parts of northern ireland bringing outbreaks of rain. elsewhere largely dry. let's zoom into central southern eastern england for this morning, we will have some fog patches around, maybe

not so much around southern counties like we saw on friday morning, but mostly it will be for the north —— further north, east anglia as far north as east yorkshire. it will melt away through the morning and we should see some sunshine a bit more widespread, this weather front across the rest will bring rain to northern ireland and spread across scotla nd northern ireland and spread across scotland into western wales and the south—west of england. the skies brightening behind it but ahead of it in the sunshine is where we will see the highest temperatures, 16, maybe 17 celsius can exceptionally mild for the time of year. through saturday night, we will see some cloud, mist and fog developing elsewhere, notice this green blue across south—eastern scotland, like wins, it will be actually start to sunday with a touch of frost around. we could have some mist and fog further north which had turned in the way and the part two of the weekend it should be another nice one with sunshine around. after that

cold start temperatures why be quite as high in the afternoon. —— want to be quite as high. into the start of next week, light winds and cooler air, so don't be surprised if we start monday morning with a bit of frost in there, again some mist and fog. that will burn away quickly through the day and monday looks like being another fine one with light winds and plenty of sunshine. a little more of a feature across the far north—west of the country where we could see a little of rain. in the afternoon off that cold start the temperatures rising to around 15 or16 the temperatures rising to around 15 or 16 celsius. very pleasant as we reach the middle part of the week, temperatures beginning to fall away into the latter part of the week, as we lose the warm southerlies and they are replaced with a cool 00:28:49,445 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 westerly from the atlantic.