hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. wto the headlines: up to 18. —— warmer with highs up to 18. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, warnsjeremy corbyn he has to act urgently this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. if the party is to stay together the headlines at 12. there is almost a crisis for the soul of the labour party now, labour's deputy leader, tom watson, warnsjeremy corbyn and that means everyone he has to act urgently, that cares about our future, if the party is to stay together. whatever tradition they represent, has to find it within themselves to work more closely together, there's almost a sort of crisis for the soul of the labour party now, and that means that everyone who cares about our future, whatever tradition they represent, has to find it within themselves to work more closely and that's as big a challenge forjeremy as it is for me. the prime minister says she won't allow the brexit referendum result to be frustrated, as she prepares for further talks with eu leaders at a summit in egypt. michael gove says a deal can be done. i understand that progress is being made, that the attorney—general, geoffrey cox, and the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, have had fruitful conversations with their european colleagues.

leicester city part company with their manager claude puel after only 16 months in charge. venezuela's opposition leader calls on other nations to consider "all measures" to oust president nicolas maduro after several people are killed in border clashes over an aid delivery. final preparations are underway for hollywood's biggest night of the year, the oscars. there 5 hope for greater diversity amongst the winners this year after a shakeup in the membership of the academy. and in click we meet the chinese businessman behind the world's first bendable phone. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news.

labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has warned jeremy corbyn has to act urgently if the party is to stay together. mr watson said labour was facing a crisis of the soul and needed to address antisemitism and what he called the hard left in the party. he also said labour was moving in the direction of supporting a second eu refendum. the prime minister has told a gathering of grassroots conservative party activists that she won't allow the result of the brexit referendum to be frustrated, after three cabinet ministers warned brexit may have to be delayed. the deputy labour leader's warning came after a difficult week for the party, as our political correspondent jonathan blake explained to me a little earlier. quite an extraordinary interview really on the andrew marr programme this morning, at the end of a torrid week

for labour, when nine mps have quit the party and many of them on the issue of anti—semitism, explaining that in their view jeremy corbyn has not done enough to tackle that problem within the party. and in the wake of those resignations it was very interesting to hear slightly different responses from seniorfigures in the party, whilejeremy corbyn only really spoke briefly about it, saying he regretted the resignations and was disappointed in those mps and called on them to stand for by—elections in their constituencies, tom watson, the deputy leader, struck a much more reflective tone and said that this was a moment for the party to reflect and it was a moment of regret and he's gone further than that this morning, saying that this is as you say a crisis of the soul of the labour party, he's called for different views within the party to be better represented on the frontbench, and he's also said that it is a test forjeremy corbyn personally to eradicate anti—semitism within the party.

of course jeremy needs to understand that if we're going to be in no 10 he needs to change the labour party and there are things we need to do, firstly we've got to eradicate anti—semitism, anti—jewish racism all its forms. this week i've had 50 complaints of anti—semitism from my parliamentary colleagues that i've shared withjeremy and for us to address that now, i think he needs to take a personal lead on examining those cases and if necessary recommending to our nec what has to be done. tom watson was clear to say that he is sure that jeremy corbyn understands the scale of the problem and that he will make that intervention, but i think it is a clear message from the deputy leader to the leader thatjeremy corbyn needs to step up and do more. we've also been hearing from some of the mps who set up the new independent group last week by quitting the labour party, luciana berger one of those who has been very open about the abuse she has faced from within the party in some cases, and accusations of anti—semitism that she has had

to deal with. and yesterday, the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry made a speech saying those labour mps who have quit the party have betrayed labour, she accused them of cuddling up to the tories on the benches in parliament and said that they would be crushed in any forthcoming by—elections. well, this is what luciana berger had to say in response. my values haven't changed, in terms of the platform that i stood on when i first ran in 2010 and again in 2015, i'm the same person, it is my party that has changed, the labour party has betrayed the british public in terms of commitments it has made and what it is now saying in relation to brexit. many of the comments made over the weekend, by the shadow foreign secretary, that we should be crushed, it shows why i have made the right decision and actually that is the culture of the politics that i'm leaving behind and again i think we should be operating in an open and tolerant way,

because that is what in the 21st century the country deserves. that was luciana berger. meanwhile, on the tory side, we've been hearing from the prime minister addressing grassroots activists, saying that the result of the eu referendum will not be frustrated, she won't allow that to happen? no, and that is in stark contrast to what three of her cabinet ministers said yesterday, amber rudd, greg clarke and david gauke, saying that if there is no deal which parliament is able to vote on in the coming days, this week, then it will be better to delay the process than to leave the european union without a deal. the prime minister making clear to conservative party activists yesterday at a convention that she has no intention of doing that, she won't frustrate the process, the government shouldn't lose focus, she says. and the prime minister is in egypt this

weekend meeting fellow eu leaders at a summit not about brexit, but taking that opportunity to have talks with them. and whether she will be able to make enough progress for parliament to be able to vote on a revised version of the deal this week is not yet clear. it doesn't look likely at this stage but we had the thoughts of the environment secretary, michael gove, on the andrew marr programme this morning in terms of how much progress he thinks there has been. the fact that she's in sharm el—sheikh talking to european leaders as part of our dialogue with the arab league is an opportunity not just for the prime minister to put her shoulder to the wheel in trying to advance the peace process in the middle east, it is also an opportunity for her to speak to other european leaders to try to make further progress. i understand that progress is being made. that the attorney—general, geoffrey cox, and the brexit secretary stephen barclay, have had fruitful conversations with european colleagues. progress, then, perhaps, as far as michael gove is concerned. if there is enough for something to be put before parliament, a revised version of the deal, then that will happen this week. i think what is more likely

is that we will see a series of votes from mps setting out possible ways forward for the process from here. jonathan blake, thank you very much. leicester city have parted company with boss claude puel after 16 months in charge. it follows a 4—1 defeat to crystal palace in the premier league yesterday, which leaves the former premier league champions in 12th, only eight points above the relegation places. we'll have more on this in our sports bulletin in a few minutes. the venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido, has called on the international community to consider "all measures" to oust president nicolas maduro. pressure is building on mr maduro after opposition—led efforts to bring aid into venezuela descended into violence yesterday. at least two people died in clashes between civilians and troops loyal to mr maduro, including a 14—year—old boy. our international correspondent

orla guerin reports. holding the line, president maduro's troops on the bridge between colombia and venezuela. from early morning, face to face with their own countrymen, desperate for aid to get through. a short distance away, the opposition leader, juan guaido, giving the aid convoy a personal sendoff. he said it would travel peacefully to venezuela, to save lives. but when his supporters converged on the bridge... crowd chanting. ..they found it wasn't going to be that easy. as we filmed, we were engulfed in tear gas. soon, demonstrators were being hit

with rubber bullets. a few tried to fight back. gunshots. but as violence erupted at the border, this was the scene in the venezuelan capital, caracas. the embattled president, nicolas maduro, playing to the crowd, rallying his supporters, but his isolation is growing. he has broken off relations with neighbouring colombia because of its support for the opposition. on the bridge, the trucks ground to a halt, blocked by troops and clouds of tear gas. organisers plan to keep trying, here and at other crossing points. president maduro claims the aid convoy is just a coverfor a us invasion. orla guerin, bbc news, at the colombia—venezuela border. north korea's leader, kim jong—un, has left pyongyang to travel to vietnam for his meeting

with president trump. mr kim is travelling by train to the vietnamese capital, hanoi, for the talks next week. it's the second time the two leaders have met. they'll be discussing denuclearisation and the possible lifting of sanctions on north korea. let's speak now tojohn everard, who was the uk's ambassador to north korea from 2006 to 2008. whojoins us from who joins us from west london, thank you for being with us, how do you see this summit, how important is it, what are your hopes and expectations for it? expectations, frankly, fairly low, i think it will be, simply put, a damp squib. i think there will be a great deal of posturing and of course both kim and president trump will claim victory.

so just posturing, you president trump will claim victory. sojust posturing, you don't think there will be any concrete results? i think for example that the north koreans may agree to close down some of their already useless and decrepit nuclear facilities and dou btless decrepit nuclear facilities and doubtless they will that their cameras into make it look good i suspect that we may get some exemptions from the international sanctions to allow various projects to go ahead which both of the north and the south koreans have been working on. i think the case of the industrial zone, possibly a reopening of the tourist area and possibly, too, projects improve north korea's roads and railways. but as for the core issue of denuclearisation, as for anything which leads to kim jong—un denuclearisation, as for anything which leads to kimjong—un handing over his nuclear weapons, i am frankly not expecting that. john everard , frankly not expecting that. john everard, it is not a great line, i'm

afraid, so we will leave it there but, thank you. for your thoughts. the headlines on bbc news... labour's deputy leader, tom watson, warnsjeremy corbyn tom watson, warnsjeremy corbyn he has to act urgently if the party is to stay together the prime minister warns she won't allow the brexit referendum to be frustrated as she prepares for further talks with eu leaders at a summit in egypt. michael gove insists progress is being made. venezuela's opposition leader calls on the international community to consider "all measures" to oust president nicolas maduro after several people died in border clashes yesterday. pope francis has condemned priests who are guilty of child sexual abuse in powerful terms, calling them tools of satan, and he's promised to do more to protect children. speaking at the end of the roman catholic conference on paedophilia within the clergy, he said victims would now be

the priority, and that bishops would be issued with new, clear guidelines that would force them to take action. our religious affairs editor, martin bashir, has been speaking to the archbishop of brisbane, the most reverend mark coleridge. he says that the catholic church's moral authority has been "massively damaged" by the abuse allegations. i don't pretend to understand the mystery of evil that is caught that is caught up in this — if they were all mad or totally evil, it would be easy to understand, but how can this man or this woman, usually a man, about whom there is so much that is so good, do something that's so evil? i don't understand that. how difficult is it for the church to restore its moral authority, given decades of scandal, of cover—up and of the blighting of individual lives by priests? i think we just have to accept

that our moral authority and our credibility in more general terms has been massively damaged. it's shot to pieces, isn't it? i accept that our credibility is shot to pieces. how will it be restored? over a very long period of time, and with great tenacity but also a great quality of focus, by which i mean focusing on the fact that no amount of spin in all the world is going to do the trick, the only thing that will restore our credibility is a radical conversion, dare i use the language of faith, conversion to the gospel ofjesus christ and becoming the kind of church he obviously wants us to be and which we have failed to be, lamentably, in this area of child protection. why should we have any hope that things are going to improve? as a believer, my answer

is because of easter. certainly in this gathering, i sense in the pope and in all the bishops who are there, a real determination whatever their cultural setting may be, a real determination to understand what has happened, why it has happened and to act together, not in isolation or fragmentation but to act together. i say in the power of the gospel, to eliminate abuse from the church and to make sure there is a church which is transparent, accountable, inclusive and the words that pope francis uses, a church which is a loving mother, which we have so potently failed to be. votes are being counted in nigeria's closely fought presidential election. nearly 73 million people were eligible to vote, making it the biggest election in african history.

a handful of polling stations remained open into a second day after logistical problems and violence meant some people had not been able to cast their ballots. let's get the latest now from our correspondent tomi oladipo, whojoins me now from the capital, abuja. just tell us what is at stake with this election, how important is it for nigeria? well, this is the fifth consecutive time nigeria is having presidential elections, going back in time to 1999, the country had beenin in time to 1999, the country had been ina in time to 1999, the country had been in a series of military regimes and having made the change to democracy, this is a challenging time for the country, and just looking at the process, this voting process , looking at the process, this voting process, as we mentioned, the logistical problems, people having the faith in the integrity of the electoral commission and, of course, we still have results to,, so it's a

series of issues to look at in this country and we're seeing some major challenges at the moment. and people are keen to vote, have they been turning out in large numbers to cast their ballots? yes. in some parts of their ballots? yes. in some parts of the country on saturday there was heavy rain, in other parts like here in abuja the sun was very harsh on people who turned out, they had long queues but people were determined to vote, to make their votes count, and it shows how much nigerians still hope that they can make some change roaming the major challenges they have faced in leadership, in the economy and in their personal lives as well. but is this an election which is likely to change very much in nigeria, do you think? well, a lot of nigerians look at the two main candidates, president muhammadu buhari and his main challenger, atiku abubakar, who are both men in

their ‘70s and have been in government before and a lot of people are not totally inspired by them but still going ahead to vote because they believe in the process itself. they might not be the most inspiring candidates, but people are thinking that, you know, if you go ahead and vote, if you carryout voting in the parliamentary system here, maybe there will be some kind of change that comes ahead in the next few years — so people hoping for progress here. it's interesting because both of those contenders have been, as you say, around for a long time and yet nigeria's population, well, it's a population where young people really dominate? indeed, more than half of the people voting are under the age of 35. that says a lot about the population, the demographic here. a lot of these people coming through an educational

system not very good. they go out into a job market that does not have enoughjobs for them. into a job market that does not have enough jobs for them. so those are parts of the issues which are at the back of people's minds as they go to vote and hoping that they will be able to make some change and improve on these issues. good to talk to you, thank you very much for being with us, tomi oladipo, there in abuja covering those elections for us. sport and for a full roundup from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. and you've been bringing us news of the demise of the leicester city manager afterjust 16 the demise of the leicester city manager after just 16 months? the demise of the leicester city manager afterjust 16 months? that's right. another managerial casualty, this time leicester city sacking claude puel. it was confirmed just this morning. it was confirmed this morning following yesterday's 4—1 defeat at home to crystal palace. puel‘s been under huge pressure afterfailing to win in the premier league since beating everton away on new year's day. they were also knocked out of the fa cup by league two side newport county.

the club released a statement which said the following... puel had an uneasy relationship with the leicester fans during his time at the club. this is what he had to say about that following the defeat to palace yesterday. i understand, i understand their feeling, i understand their disappointment. just i would like to say they keep all their support for the players, to support all these young players in the next game against brighton.

here's claude puel‘s record at leicester. so out of 56 games played, puel oversaw 19 wins, 13 draws and 211 defeats, conceding 84 goals. that gives him a win percentage ofjust 33.9%. former leicester and england striker and match of the day presenter gary lineker has tweeted to point out the following. gary liverpool could go back to the top of the premier league table this afternoon, but they'll need to get a result against rivals manchester united at old trafford. however ole gunnar solskjaer isn't concerning himself with liverpool's title race. you know the end effect that it might have, but we can't go into this game thinking like we can

do someone else a favour, we have to do ourselves a favour, do man united a favour, and we can't control who is going to win the league, we can only control the games we play against the top teams. that match gets under way at 2.05, and after that manchester city look to match their women's side by winning their first piece of silverware this season. they face chelsea in the final of the league cup later. you can't help but think liverpool's fixture at old trafford won't be far from pep guardiola's mind. however, he says his only concern is his game at wembley. of course, it would be good for us if manchester united get a result, but we have a final. and i think this cup maybe for man united or liverpool is not important, they have many trophies, they have many, many titles, but this is not our case but retaining the title would be good and playing the final would

be good and always help us to grow like a club, you know, for the new players in the new managers in the future, we have to arrive in the latter stages for the titles and that is where i come. england midfielderjill scott has withdrawn from the squad for the upcoming shebelieves cup in the usa. she's carefully managing her fitness to ensure she's available for this summer's fifa world cup in france. scott is 32 years old and has made 130 appearances for the england team. the 6 nations continues this afternoon. starting with the women's tournament with england facing wales. england unbeaten after two wins and wales wtill without a win. then it's the men's turn as ireland travel to rome to face italy — that's at three o'clock. that's all the sport for now, i'll have more in the next hour. products high in salt and saturated fats are being marketed as healthy by leading supermarkets, according to an investigation by bbc radio 5 live. sainsbury‘s and tesco have promised

to change their labelling and say they are committed to "promoting healthy eating". the royal society for public health says it's time to consider whether a supermarket regulator is needed. the oscars is being held in hollywood this evening. the favourite, starring olivia colman, is up for ten awards, jointly leading the nominations with roma, a mexican film produced by netflix. there 5 hope for greater diversity amongst the winners this year, after a shakeup in the membership of the academy, following criticism that hollywood 5 focus has been too white and too male. from los angeles, dan johnson reports. black panther is a marvel comic action film that's set box office records, as well as breaking cultural boundaries. it's the first superhero movie

nominated for best picture, and it's the highest grossing film by a black director. costumes from the fictional kingdom of wakanda were designed by a hollywood trailblazer, who has her own oscar nomination. there have been too many misconceptions about africans and where we come from and that connection between african—america ns and africa, so culturally, it — it really gave, i feel, african—americans and africans a bridge. i've never had fried chicken in my life. multiple nominations for films like green book, roma and if beale street could talk are being held up as evidence that the oscars, and the movies, are more embracing. because you can do better, mr vallelonga. we keep hope alive, the expectation of something good, i hope stories will continue to be told that embrace the fullness of humanity, and that includes absolutely, at the forefront, the life of the black empowered female.

blachklansman has earned director spike lee his first oscar nomination after 35 years in the business. and lots of people think it's well overdue. well, they‘ re right. a lot more people are in front and behind the camera but, if you look at the numbers overall, it's still small, so a lot more work to do. the red carpet and the nominations list may feel more diverse but, of course, the real test is whether that's reflected in who and what actually wins. and there are other voices cautioning that deeper change is still needed. while we have some really great things that we can celebrate, projects that make us incredibly proud, creatives that are breaking through, on the whole, we have not seen the type of real change to the way that hollywood does its business, to its business model. you look like a badger. there are strong female stories,

too — the favourite is nominated ten times. the best director list is stubbornly all—male, showing there's still a challenge behind the scenes, as well as on screen. danjohnson, bbc news, los angeles. and for all the best bits of the acceptance speeches and the drama from the and the drama from the red carpet, join us on bbc news for an oscars special, tomorrow morning at 9.30. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again, we've seen quite a bit of fog to start the day, visibility below 100 metres in places but that is expected to clear for many of us and across scotland, england and wales, there will be lots of sunshine, feeling springlike with things becoming mild again. northern ireland stays cloudy but not cold top temperature reaching 16—17dc,

which is kind of what we would normally see in late may rather than late february. very mild for the time of year. across england and wales some mist and fog patches, more cloud for the north and west with an spot of rain, that's why it's not quite so cold here. in england in the rural parts of southern england we could get down to “11 so it will be a cold start to the day on monday. early—morning mist and fog patches clearing away. sunnier weatherfor mist and fog patches clearing away. sunnier weather for northern ireland but across the hebrides, the highlands and orkney and shetland there could be a little bit of rain at times. very mild again, reaching 17-18d.