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 on members of the area's indigenous community. president maduro has closed the border to prevent international aid from coming in. the american r'n‘b singer r kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated, criminal sexual abuse in illinois. prosecutors say the charges relate to the alleged abuse hello, and welcome. of four victims. three of them under the age of 17. at least two people have been shot dead by security forces the singer denies the allegations. near venezuela's border with brazil. in the united states, the soldiers are attempting house democrats have tabled a measure aimed at stopping to prevent the arrival of foreign president trump's emergency aid on the orders of declaration. president nicholas maduro, who denies there is a humanitarian crisis in his country. meanwhile an anti—maduro music concert has been taking place with less than five weeks until on the border with colombia. brexit, cabinet ministers have said venezuela aid live is backed they would vote against theresa by the british tycoon richard branson. the bbc‘s orla guerin is there. may's government there is well, as you will be able to hear,

because it is now in full swing and this location here is highly significant. we are just a short distance from a border crossing into venezuelan, a bridge that has been blocked by the troops of president nicolas maduro. today's avintia was organised by the british billionaire richard branson. we spoke to him a few hours ago annie said it all came together in just three weeks following a phone call he had with the leader of venezuela's opposition, juan guaido. juan guaido told him there was an urgent need for humanitarian assistance. he said it couldn't wait and concert was organised in record time. now, branson told us he felt many people we re branson told us he felt many people were unaware of the needs inside venezuela. he said babies were dying, people are suffering from malnutrition and that aid was urgently needed. he also said he hoped the troops, the venezuelan troops nearby, would hear the music

and would accept white roses which he said would be given to them tomorrow. the key issue here of course is whether or not the opposition is able to actually bring any aid through to venezuelan. president majuro —— president nicolas maduro has sent you make sure that doesn't happen. he issue will be put to the test tomorrow when large numbers of opposition supporters are expected to gather at the bridge very near here and they will be facing their own troops, venezuelan troops, who have orders not to let them 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 he 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. 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. president donald trump has nominated kelly craft, currently ambassador

to canada, to become u.s. 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. let's return now to our top story. our correspondent in caracas is katy watson. we sure we ——we saw orla guerin at that concert on the border between venezuela and the colombian border. any signs that it will cross the border into venezuelan this weekend? well, if you speak to nicolas maduro, he says that it won't be coming in. he's told his armed

forces to be on high alert and not to let any unauthorised vehicles ci’oss to let any unauthorised vehicles cross the border and is also closed the border with brazil, he closed late on thursday night and he said he will evaluate what he does with the colombian border. if you speak tojuan the colombian border. if you speak to juan guaido and the colombian border. if you speak tojuan guaido and their supporters, they say no matter what, this aid will come through, there are informal routes, smaller routes, it's a porous border and a really big border, they will get their radian no matter what so the question will be on saturday morning, when the trucks start moving, how the relationship with the armed forces will be. juan guaido has been calling on the armed forces to let this aid in, saying the most important thing is to look at yourfamily, the most important thing is to look at your family, look at the fact they need medicines and food. everyone in venezuelan needs these things. any to come into the country. its hoping to put it on the

hearts of minds of the officers. it will interesting —— will be interesting to see what happens on saturday. without this fairly bizarre spectacle down on the border ofa bizarre spectacle down on the border of a concert on and then a rival concert just a couple of a concert on and then a rival concertjust a couple of hundred metres away. what impact will these concerts have, if any at all? well, imean, concerts have, if any at all? well, i mean, when we found out richard bands —— richard branson was putting a concert on the colombian side of the border, it was a surprise but it's made a lot of noise internationally. nicolas maduro put on rival concert, it wasn't a surprise, if the opposition does something, the government does a kind of shadow event which it didn't gain the attention for that the rival concert on the colombian side did. it shows how the two sides are

very far apart, they are competing, and have lots of supporters ofjuan guaido trying to get this aid through, supporters of nicolas maduro who are loyal to nicolas maduro, saying this aid main not get through. there are more people who wa nt through. there are more people who want this aid through then don't. the question is, what the reaction will be when those two sides come together in the concern is that could be confrontations on saturday because of that. a hugely important weekend ahead and obviously that worry and fear of any violence in the background as we wait and see what happens with that humanitarian aid. you very much. here, labour has suffered its ninth resignation of the week, as the mp ian austin quit the party — while delivering a blistering attack on its leader, jeremy corbyn. mr austin said a culture of extremism, intolerance and anti—semitism within labour had left him ashamed — and he warned that other members of the party were considering following him. and tonight, theresa may is under

pressure from senior members of her own party over her approach to brexit. our chief political correspondent vicki young reports and just a warning, it 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. three 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 theresa may, to extend the negotiation process. vicki young explains more.

apologies, some technical issues there. that was clearly the wrong report. we'll come to that story from westminster later. the mother of a 15—year—old boy who died at the hillsborough disaster has told a jury how the football pitch looked like a battleground. dolores steele is the first bereaved relative to give evidence in the trial of david duckenfield, who was in charge of policing at the 1989 fa cup semi final. he denies gross negligence manslaughter.

three 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 theresa may, to extend the negotiation process. vicki young explains 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 greg clark, who have all made it clear that they would not accept a no—deal scenario. and now publicly for the first time they are saying that 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 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 the brexit process. these three suggesting they will be prepared to resign in order to back 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 behind the deal. they are saying to the brexiteers, you wanted brexit, you have to vote for it, and it is very clear that what they are saying tonight is not government policy. the identity of the teenage boy who was convicted on thursday of the murder of six year old alesha macphail on bute, has now been revealed, after a judge lifted a ban on his name being reported. 16—year—old aaron campbell, who abducted, raped, and murdered alesha last july was initially given anonymity in news reports,

because he's under 18. but media outlets, including the bbc, made a case for reversing the court order which protects his identity. lorna gordon reports. yo, what's up, guys? it's aaron campbell here... the first images of a teenage killer — freshfaced in the videos he posted on social media, they gave little clue of the cold, cunning murderer that he was. cctv from aaron campbell's own home showed him acting strangely on the night he killed alesha macphail. his mother contacted police herself, hoping the footage would eliminate him from the investigation. his victim was described in court as a sweet, angelic, innocent girl. alesha was just six. she'd been visiting herfather and grandparents, who lived on the island, when campbell took herfrom her home and brutalised and killed her. because of his age, her murder‘s identity was protected by law, but following an application by eight media organisations to name him, that changed. judge lord matthews said, "i can't think of a case in recent

times that has attracted such revulsion." "i intend to grant the application." "the press may name the accused and publish images of him." it's certainly a significant moment. it's not going to open the floodgates and get children under the age of 18 involved in court cases being identified. it really needs to be looked at as being an exceptional case based on the circumstances of the criminal trial. this is believed to be the first time a murderer under 18 has had his anonymity lifted in scotland, though it has happened elsewhere. but there are concerns from some that revealing his identity may prove counter—productive. what i would say is this is a most terrible crime, and i hope we never see it again, but actually what we need

is to rehabilitate this boy, and in order to do that, we shouldn't have named him. aaron campbell's acts were described as the wickedest, most evil crimes the court had ever heard. he'll be sentenced next month but has already been warned his release never come. the depraved nature of the acts carried out against alesha macphail have incited strong emotions. there were shouts in the courtroom here as the guilty verdict was read out. but the naming of campbell as her killer is unlikely to set any kind of precedent. a judge in any future case is entitled to take a different view, and a case such as alesha macphail‘s is extremely rare. lorna gordon, bbc news, at the high court in glasgow. this is bbc news. the headlines: at least two people have been killed, and others injured, in clashes at venezuela's border with brazil. president maduro closed the border to prevent foreign aid from entering the country. the singer r kelly has been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. the singer denies all the allegations.

this weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of the macpherson report, which controversially found the metropolitan police to be "institutionally racist". the inquiry examined the bungled police investigation of the murder of the black teenager stephen lawrence, who was stabbed to death in a racist attack in london in 1993. the report was damning about the met‘s failings — and critical of the policing of black citizens nationally. ahead of the anniversary, reeta chakrabarti spoke to three fathers and their sons about the report's impact and its legacy. the stephen lawrence inquiry was a watershed moment for the police. its chair, sir william mcpherson, shocked many by dubbing the metropolitan police institutionally racist. freddy nwaka was a young man then, now he's a father. his encounters with the police in london were difficult. back in the day, they were very

hands on and you was very much guilty of something, even if you had done nothing. so their approach was very, very argumentative. some of the things he had done and the way he had lived his past life, i've learned a lot from that. history inspire me a lot, so i get passionate talking about it. i try to share a lot with him so he doesn't have to go through the things i went through. even when it comes to dealing with the police, i've spoken to him a lot about how if they stop you how you conduct yourself, if you haven't done nothing wrong. so just be polite. tensions flared at the inquiry when the five white murder suspects gave evidence. men whom the police then had failed to properly pursue and prosecute, despite numerous tip—offs. disparities in police treatment were put under the spotlight, including stop and search, which black people were five times more likely to experience than white. driving past it was monkey chants, or the n—word would pop out. it was one more thing to navigate in society. that's how the police used

to treat roger griffiths. he lives in bristol, as does his son lawrence, a city visited by the inquiry. lawrence found stop and search an ordeal. i used to handle it pretty bad, i used to get arrested quite frequently forjust speaking my mind and kind of like my dad said, rebelling against the police, but nowadays ijust give them my information. freddy understands that anger, black people now are nine and a half times as likely to be stopped and searched as white people. police defend the tactic, saying it produces results. as does freddy, who thinks young black men have to accept it. i know at least five or six parents that have lost their children to gun crime and knife crime. we always say it's wrong and it's frustrating, but i would much rather the police stop and search a hundred children a day if it means it is going to keep my son safe, you know what i'm saying? it needs to feel that we're stopping you to keep you safe.

the exposure of police failings were accompanied by recommendations by mcpherson for the future. key among these was that police services should reflect their communities. leroy logan was a serving officer back then and gave evidence to the inquiry. what was it like for him working in an organisation dubbed institutionally racist? i was a supervising officer and i was chair of the black police association. i sensed a lot of deception being said about me, but i knew something was going to happen. you know, you can't push the boat out so far and it's not going to have ripples. did his son miles ever consider becoming a police officer? even though my father was a very big advocate to get young black men into it, yeah, personally i didn't want to get involved. because you didn't think this was a place for you? yeah. i guess so. yeah, definitely. even if you look at the streets nowadays, it is a very white, european—based force.

especially to interpret the city that london is, it doesn't show any diversity. this week, the present day commissioner of the metropolitan police said the mcpherson report had defined her generation of policing. a landmark case for the police and minority communities — all triggered by the brutal murder of one promising and innocent young man. thousands of people gathered this morning in sheffield to watch a special flypast marking the 75th anniversary of a crash which claimed the lives of ten american airmen. the flypast came about after a chance meeting between pensioner tony foulds, who witnessed the crash as a young boy and who's spent decades tending a memorial park to the airmen, and bbc brea kfast‘s dan walker. david sillito has the story. normally tony foulds‘ daily visit to the war memorial in this sheffield park is a moment of quiet and solitary reflection.

but today he was not alone. from first light, thousands had begun to arrive to share a very special moment. unbelievable, unbelievable. it's breathtaking, this. and then from a cloudless sky the planes began to arrive. his dream of a fly—past had come true. a commemoration that had begun with a chance encounter in the park with dan walker of bbc breakfast. the first thing i do, of course, is i always kiss them first. tony explained how as an eight—year—old he watched a us bomber crash into a nearby woodland. he felt the crew might have survived if he hadn't been in the way. and so there were some complex emotions as he once again waved at the plane, just as he had done as a child in 19114.

exactly 75 years on from that terrible day, here's tony in the exact same place, and who could have imagined what he's seeing today. does this help things for you? no, no. it never will. but surrounding him were thousands who had been touched by his story, including a relative of one of the plane crew. to know that today everyone is remembering him and the other nine and the service they gave, itjust means more than words could ever convey. so many feelings. what a day for tony foulds. it started off as more or less nothing. to see how many people have actually taken note, it's for these lads. they are family to me. david sillito, bbc news, sheffield. 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. above me is out 1000 seat stadium and then 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 in the 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 allows 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 0scars this sunday mark another tricky year for the academy of motion pictures, following previous accusations of being too white and too 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. will gompertz, bbc news, los angeles. the 0scars on sunday. we have all the coverage you could possibly want and need on bbc news. here's stav with the weather.

hello there. more of the same this weekend and next week. mild sunny days but with chilly mornings. nuts could become chillier as we head into next week with some patches of frost and some mist and flog —— fog around. mister grahl —— fog across eastern england this morning. this weatherfront will bring rain to northern ireland, was in scale —— scotland. skies brightened up behind. ahead of it is where we will see the best of the sunshine and the best of the temperatures, 16— 17 celsius. as we head into saturday night, it looks like we start to draw cooler air of the new continent. you can see the green and blue hue there was also across the north—east of scotland. a touch of frost in places. mist and fog more extensive, a bit further north. this should melt away and pa rt north. this should melt away and part two of the weekend is looking fine with plenty of sunshine in the afternoon. averages reaching highs of 1a afternoon. averages reaching highs 01:14 or 15 celsius will stop glorious weekend coming up for many

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