hello. hello this is bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: within the last hour the first the venezuelan opposition leader, shipment of aid has succeeded juan guaido, says that the first in crossing into venezuela from brazil, that's according shipment of aid has succeeded to self—declared interim in crossing from brazil. presidentjuan guaido. more trucks carrying aid are heading he saw off more trucks carrying aid towards venezuela's border from neighbouring colombia. from neighbouring colombia. 3 cabinet ministers face a call mr guaido gave a personal send off to resign, after going public to one of the aid caravans with a warning they're prepared to delay brexit, rather than leave from the colombian city of cucuta, the eu without a deal. pledging to bring food and medicine to a hungry population votes are being counted in nigeria after the biggest presidential despite facing resistance good evening. from president nicolas maduro. and parliamentary elections clashes have erupted on venezuela's border with colombia, in african history. as supporters of the opposition ajudge in chicago has set bail leader, juan guaido, try to move humanitarian at1 million dollars for the singer the border town of urena has aid across the border. seen clashes as security forces fired tear gas and rubber r kelly in his sexual assault case. troops fired tear gas at protestors bullets at protesters who responded after the incumbent president, by throwing rocks and other objects. nicolas maduro, ordered the border to be closed, saying aid wasn't necessary. noris soto is a venezuelan reporter based in caracas — mr guaido says 300,000 venezuelans she spoke to my colleague now on bbc news it's could die without it, lu kwesa burak about time for sportsday. as the country battles food the situation in the capital. shortages and hyper—inflation. there are unconfirmed reports well, the latest details the first shipment of aid has now for example here in caracas, hello and welcome the situation is somehow peaceful to sportsday, with me arrived through brazil. lizzie greenwood—hughes and hugh woozencroft. still, of course, the protesters katie watson reports from caracas. are gathering slowly

at the concentration points held by the opposition, but we think and expect there will be the stand—off began at dawn. with lots of tension or a little bit of tension as the opposition protesters are trying to approach it to the nearest military barracks, which is the aviation nicolas maduro shutting the border headquarters in caracas. and the military under strict instructions to block the aid, it's important to remark clashes broke out with demonstrators that it's a historical wanting the border to stay open. protest opposition point. 0pposition leaderjuan guaido made we have seen tension before effo rts 0pposition leaderjuan guaido made efforts to get the aid across. they are, if they protected translation: this peaceful action is to save lives right now and it's and forbidden zone it to protest, clear that affects people the length and of course, also we saw some militaryjoined one gliadel at that and breadth of venezuala. with the border and at the minute it's , juan guaido. lives of hundreds of thousands of venezuelans at risk, he denied the confirmed a fourth officerjoined. food and medicines were a front for us aggression. today has been it's not the majority of described as d—day in venezuelan, a the military forces who support him, they are still loyal day when the loyalty of the armed to nicolas maduro, so we may see forces will be tested. this was the moment a handful of soldiers broke some tension and about a few minutes or hours here at the capitol

ra nks moment a handful of soldiers broke ranks on the border but, until now, nicolas maduro has had the loyalty as they try to approach to that of his senior officers. across the military held corridor in caracas. country, people came out onto the now, juan guaido made a personal promise that he would get streets chanting long—lived that humanitarian aid venezuala, some dressed in the into venezuela today. colours of their country's flag, he is at the colombian border post, others in white, a symbol of peace. how much i support does he have for many, this will go down as a day internationally for this move? of history. well, the international support has translation: the aid is really been overwhelming tojuan guaido, important. thousands of venezuelans there are many countries who support need it, and that is how many of us and recognise him as president. are living. president maduro so, that support, the international support, has been the key to make maintains the aid is a us a difference in terms orchestrated show, an excuse to get of what we have seen involved in venezuala, but people here say what matters is getting the before historically, humanitarian aid in and this crowd when the opposition tries to make is pleading with officers to get on a change in the country, so yes, their side. not far away, maduro the answer to that question is there's lots of support, supporters were out in force, a sea and that is what he is counting of red, the colours of the socialist party. hands of venezuala, they say. on to make the humanitarian aid you don't get much support for aid

to enter the country. here. translation: if they want to help, i know there was a concert last night, at the colombian border, lift the sanctions against our a number of presidents, neighbouring presidents, country. they don't allow us to attended to show their support. operate internationally, make payments and to buy food and drugs. but the military resolve if you want to help venezuala, lift is being tested here, is it not? the sanctions. wood the opposition because the opposition, juan guaido, has made a direct was hoping that they would change appeal to the military, the course of venezuelan, but with tojoin them. scenes like this the coming days yes, what we believe is there's will not be easy. —— the opposition lots of fear on the military ranks, was hoping the coming days would thatjuan guaido will not be able to fulfil the promise he made change the course of venezuala. amnesty and forgetting , forgiving. three senior cabinet ministers all the military officers who joined have threatened to defy the opposition forces, the prime minister and vote to stand by the opposition for a delay to brexit unless a withdrawal deal can win and the people and constitution, the support of the commons but there is a lot of fear that in the coming days. nicolas maduro will still they've warned a no—deal exit have the presidency and they will be would be a "disaster". downing street said theresa may was working hard to get a deal. imprisoned orjudged 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. they are part of theresa may's team, by treason to their homeland, meant to be her closest colleagues, so i think that's the key, but today three cabinet ministers if the opposition managed somehow went against the government line and warned brexit might have to be delayed if there is no deal. to gain the military trust, greg clark, amber rudd and david gauke wrote that would be a definite in the daily mail...

change in the country. it's infuriated brexiteers. a senior roman catholic cardinal has said that files documenting child 0ne suggested they should quit, claiming it was a plot to force sexual abuse were destroyed, allowing offences to continue. them to back the deal, cardinal marx made the comments rather than delay brexit. during an unprecedented four—day if ministers or cabinet ministers cannot support publicly government summit at the vatican, which has brought together bishops policy and vote with it, from across the world. then they have to resign, and government policy is very clear. the prime minister has said on over 100 occasions that we are leaving he told the conference the european union on the 29th on paedophilia in the church, that procedures to prosecute of march, with or without a deal. offender's were "deliberately not complied", and that but most mps don't want "the rights of victims to leave without a deal. were effectively this week, they'll vote on a plan to give parliament the chance to delay brexit if there is no trampled underfoot". agreement, and some ministers have said they could polls have closed in nigeria, resign to back that move. in the biggest election downing street says the prime minister is working hard in african history. to try and get the eu to change the current brexit deal so she can more than 70 million people bring it back to parliament, registered to vote, to choose a new president and parliament. in the hope of getting mps the main presidential candidates to support it. are the current president, but it's not clear muhammadu buhari, and the former when that will happen. vice president, atiku abubakar. in the meantime, these three cabinet 0ur nigeria correspondent, ministers have publicly added

to the pressure she is already under mayeni jones, looks back on the day. from so many of her backbench mps. keen to get on with it, many voters we've had a democratic vote. started voting from first light. i understand the chaos the main presidential it's caused... candidates also got in early. the incumbent president, one of them, who left the tory party this week, was out campaigning for another muhammadu buhari, voted brexit vote, still critical. we just sense the complete chaos in his hometown in the north—west that is now existing and shortly after, his main at the top of government, opponent, former vice president, that you have three cabinet ministers who go out into the press atiku abubakar, cast his vote because they can't win the argument in the north—east. in a deeply divided cabinet, and i'm afraid to say a prime minister both candidates are seasoned who isjust not listening. politicians in their 70s but 50% of the electorate here is under the age of 35. but here, there was a very i believe that i want to see more different message from grassroots tories today. young people coming out to stand for election. theresa may addressed their national many were concerned that a postponement has convention, where members voted not to delay or thwart brexit. affected the turnout. if we had cast the vote last week, on the 16th of february, for the prime minister, there would have been protestations on every corner. many more voters. whoever winds this election votes are being counted will have to face a number in nigeria after presidential and parliamentary elections. of challenges, chief 70 million people — of which is in security. more than half of them just this morning, there under the age of 35 — were reports of attacks were registered to vote, on the north—east of the country. making it the biggest

the authorities say they were just election in african history. the main presidential candidates, trials but the timing on voting day muhammadu buhari and atiku abubakar, has been questioned. nigerians will be hoping for someone both said they were confident of victory. who can handle these issues. rugby, and scotland's 20—year wait for a six nations victory in paris goes on, 0ur correspondent tomi 0ladipo after they were beaten by 27—10 by france. is in the capital, abuja. and wales remain the only unbeaten side in this year's championship thanks forjoining us. it seems after a 21—13 win over england in cardiff — first of all as though the turnout is going to be pretty high. yes, we josh adams sealing victory with a try in the closing minutes. are looking at about 72 million we're back at ten. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. people who collected their betters goodbye. cards, to take part in the selection, obviously last week we heard at the postponement of the election, and it's difficult to say right now if all those people who had prepared to vote went and had, but from what we have seen, there is a significant turn outs across the country there were delays in several parts and the electoral commission has also talked about rescheduling

the elections in a few places where there was violence and what they described as a ballot box matching, but by and large across the board, the election seemed to go ahead and fairly relatively smoothly. the current president, buhari, has been sounding pretty confident, but is there any indication of how it's going to look at the gets another term in office? it's still pretty early to say, boating is still going on in certain parts, it'll probably go into the night, but both major kind —— candidates buhari and abubakar had been sounding confident each believing they will win the election and i think we are still having a few days to wait for the vetting process, and then the results to be called later and find here before the announcement to the country and the international community. clearly, it's a huge country with many different

problems, but what is the defining issue in the campaign? well, it's really about getting nigeria going in terms of functional country, where infrastructure is in place things like electricity, hiding road networks, hiding security across the board. look at the example of the northeast where bucca hiram has waged a decade—long insurgency, they also wantjobs waged a decade—long insurgency, they also want jobs for waged a decade—long insurgency, they also wantjobs for nigerians, a young population going through a poor education system and going into thejob poor education system and going into the job market where there is poor education system and going into thejob market where there is no employment available, said these are issues that the nigerians are looking at and hoping that the candidates will be able to deliver on. tommy, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news... clashes in venezuela, as opposition activists attempt to bring humanitarian aid into the country from neighbouring colombia.

three senior cabinet ministers threaten to defy the prime minister and vote for a delay to brexit, if a deal is not voted through the commons in the coming days. counting begins in the biggest election in african history, as millions of people in nigeria vote in presidential and parliamentary elections. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said that anti—semitism within his party and in society is unacceptable. nine labourmps quit the party this week, with some complaining of a culture of anti—semitism within the party. mr corbyn was speaking at a rally in broxtowe in nottinghamshire, the contituency of the former conservative mp anna soubry. bbc nottingham's political reporter, hugh casswell was there. i am sure it is no coincidence that mr corbyn was campaigning in this very marginal seat, no coincidence it is the seat of the recent tory defector, no coincidence that he had three

members of the labour front bench with him. of course, there was a pretty huge elephant in the room, in the shape of nine labour defections in the course of this week. mr corbyn said he was very sad at what he seems keen to emphasise as a very small number of mps leaving the party. so, a definite attempt at a show of strength, a show of solidarity, a shoring of his leadership. he seemed particularly keen to emphasise addressing the comments of the dudley north mp, ian austen, the most recent of those defectors who yesterday was citing what he calls the leadership's complete failure to tackle anti—semitism within the party. when people are racist towards each other, then we oppose it in any way whatsoever.

if anyone is racist towards anyone else in our party, wrong, out of order, totally and absolutely unacceptable, anti—semitism is not acceptable in any form any way whatsoever, anywhere within our society. i'm proud to lead a party that was the first ever to introduce race relation legislation and also to pass the equality act and human rights act into the statute book and we are going to take all these issues further forward. well, believe it or not, there was a second elephant in the room here today. there were several eu flags, several labour against a brexit ban is here to create mr corbyn during the speeches. there were a few shouts of what about people have my vote? at one point, it even seemed like people in the cloud were arguing between each other about it. a bit of a sign about some people's frustration withjeremy corbyn not

until now having backed the people's campaign for a second referendum. where was anna soubry during all this? she was across town campaigning for the people's vote. at least 84 people have died, and 200 others have been taken to hospital after drinking bootleg alcohol in north east india. 12 people have been arrested in connection with making the drink in assam state. the deaths come less than a fortnight after more than 100 people died elsewhere in the country from drinking lethal spirits. the luxury apartment block, which belonged to colombia's infamous drug lord, pablo escobar, at the height of his power and fame, has been demolished. explosion the building in the colombian city of medellin had become a popular tourist attraction, which many local residents found offensive. a ceremony was held outside

the building to honour the victims of the criminal organisation led by escobar. a man and woman in their 70s have died after a car hit a man be preceded by police officers say it was being driven erratically at speed, the driver of the band has been arrested, it's been independently —— investigated. a 16—year—old boy stabbed to death in a park in birmingham has been named. abdullah muhammad was found in sara park, in the small heath area on wednesday evening. he's the second teenager to be stabbed to death in the city, in a week. about 4000 people joined former english defence league leader tommy robinson in a protest in salford against the bbc. mr robinson, whose real name

is stephen yaxley—lennon, criticised a forthcoming panorama programme about him. the bbc said it rejected any suggestion itsjournalism was faked or biased, and the episode would follow its "strict editorial guidelines". the american film director, stanley donen has died at the age of 94. his work included the 1952 musical singing in the rain, starring cyd charisse, and the film seven brides for seven brothers. he also worked as a dancer and choreographer, and told vanity fair that watching fred astaire when he was nine had changed his life. first—time buyers now make up the majority of home purchases bought with a mortgage in the uk, according to new figures. the last time that happened was 1995. according to the halifax, pendle in lancashire and copeland in cumbria are the most affordable areas for first time buyers. here's colin campbell.

the number of first—time buyers has nearly doubled over the past decade, but with surging property prices it remains an uphill struggle for those trying to get on the property ladder. according to the halifax, the average price paid for a typical first home hasjumped by 39%, from £153,000 in 2008 to more than £212,000 in 2018. first—time buyers are putting down an average deposit of more than £32,000, rising to more than £110,000 in london. the figures show a london first—time buyer's deposit could almost buy a home outright in the north—east of england or northern ireland. but it is in wales where first—time buyers are paying the lowest average deposit ofjust over £16,000. while there has been an increase in first—time buyers year on year across the uk, in scotland and wales numbers have fallen. terraced houses closely followed by semidetached properties continue to be the first time

buyers' home of choice. despite a shortage of homes and challenges of raising a deposit, the halifax say the figures show healthy movement in the first buyer property market. colin campbell, bbc news. india's first and only professional symphony orchestra is making its uk debut this week. its concert at the symphony hall in birmingham is the first of six, as sat—nam rana reports. orchestral music plays the symphony orchestra of india in rehearsal at the symphony hall in birmingham. it is one of six concerts they will be performing in theirfirst uk tour. this, the berlioz roman carnival overture, part of the regular western repertoire. personally and the orchestra after the sound check, because they haven't been here before, haven't. .. they have not played in a russelljohnson artek building like this before. and it is going to knock their socks off so to do the concert here and start of the tour in this

house is a great moment of excitement for us. accompanying the 90 piece orchestra grammy award—winning musician zakir hussain. he has performed in the city since the 70s. this time though, the specially commissioned concerto, pushkar. i take the rhythm, i put a melodic element onto it so instead of da da da, you're hearing melodic notes. but they are doing exactly what the tabla is doing but now in four different layers. so the violin is doing one layer, the viola is doing different and so on. so a harmonic element is established but the basic repertoire is a tabla repertoire. the orchestra was founded in 2006 in mumbai. since its inception 13 years ago, it's performed 25 seasons and four

international tours. but its remit reaches beyond performance. based at the national centre for the performing arts it is training up the next generation of classical musicians. when many people think of india and music, bollywood comes to mind, the indian film industry, equally famous for its soundtracks but this orchestra is a response to the growing appetite for western classical music in india and, of course, with the long and strong connection between the uk and india this tour is a musical milestone. it's always exciting to hear any orchestra and finally the uk gets its chance with the symphony orchestra of india. time for a look at the weather with stav da naos.

it's positively springlike. hello, after a foggy start most of the east part of that country is very mild indeed, further west a bit more disappointing start to the weekend with the weather from bringing more cloud and outbreaks of light and patchy rain slowly moving its way east, but the weather front of the match fizzled out it's going to leave a legacy of a broken cloud across central and north areas, for the east clear skies turned chilly and damp interest dipping below freezing, few spots of mist and fog, mist and fog further north as well, practise scotland to be quite chilly. that's how it's looking tonight, tomorrow morning though, we start with a chilly note and again ifi start with a chilly note and again if i name dried bay expected for most because high—pressure is still in the driving seat and keeping weather find out at bay, said the wind will be light and nymphet ——

mist and pop to the morning which could be quite dense, perhaps slow to clear, could be quite gray and chilly for some, but for most once we lose mist and fog, it should be a glorious day again with plenty of sunshine around and very mild as well with a better day further west with the weather front, and the sunshine here top temperature is 1a oi’ sunshine here top temperature is 1a or16 sunshine here top temperature is 1a or 16 celsius it could be a degree oi’ or 16 celsius it could be a degree 01’ so or 16 celsius it could be a degree or so lower than what we had this afternoon. heading into the start of next week, high—pressure is still in the driving seat that we strive to see the weather front pushing further northwest into the country bringing more cloud to the northwest of scotla nd bringing more cloud to the northwest of scotland with a little better rain, not becoming confined to the northern isles but elsewhere actually start today, with early mist and fog which will burn away with the widespread sunshine into the afternoon, so this very mild spouse will continue and it's warmer on monday with highs once again in the upper teens celsius. now as he

had deeper on into next week, looks like a big area of high pressure begins to break down, analyse weather systems to push and off the atla ntic weather systems to push and off the atlantic and we'll have a slightly cooler western win, so looks like things set to turn more unsettled as we push on towards the end of the week, so mild to start would let the sunshine and the temperatures fall away closer to the seasonal norm with a bit of rain and places.