this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may arrives at a summit in egypt with a promise that mps will be able to have another say on her brexit deal by march 12th, ruling out a meaningful vote this week. we want to leave the european union on the 29th of march with a deal. that is what we are working for, we have good progress, constructive discussions with the european union, and we will be continuing that work so we can leave on the 29th of march and leave with a deal. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, warnsjeremy corbyn he has to act urgently if the party is to stay together. there is almost a sort of crisis for the soul of the labour party now and that means that anyone who cares about our future, whatever tradition they represent, have to find it within themselves to work more closely together and that is as big a challenge forjeremy as it is for me. pope francis promises

that the roman catholic church will do more to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a vatican summit on paedophilia. the us secretary of state says he's confident that president nicolas maduro‘s ‘days are numbered' after deadly clashes over humanitarian aid entering venezuela. final preparations are underway for hollywood's biggest night of the year, the oscars.... after two months of intense and costly campaigning, award watchers say the winner is anyone‘s guess. defending champions ireland are given a fright by italy in rome but fight back to secure a bonus point win in the 6 nations. we'll hear more about that in sportsday in half an hour.

good evening. welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has set a new time frame for mps to have another chance to vote on her brexit deal — saying that the so called ‘meaningful vote‘ will take place by the 12th of march. facing the possibility of a rebellion within her cabinet this week, she spoke as she arrived in egypt for a summit of eu and arab league leaders. our political editor laura kuenssberg is in sharm el sheikh. there will not be a new brexit deal here in the desert. theresa may is here in the desert. theresa may is here with one more try to get eu leaders more on her side, to appeal to them for more assurances, to help her get a deal through parliament on the new date. but in setting a new deadline at home, she is trying to keep the pressure at bay, for those even at senior levels of government who are urging her to take a different course of action. my

report tonight contain some flash photography. how much further can theresa may get? her brexit compromise was rejected at home and now they will not get their say for another two weeks. we will not be bringing a meaningful vote back this week but that will happen by the 12th of march and it is still within oui’ 12th of march and it is still within s 12th of march and it is still within our grasp to leave the european union with a deal on the 29th of march and that is what i'm going be working out. when it seems everyone is pulling in different directions, the big problem is still the irish backstop, the guarantee in the brexit deal against their ever been a hard border. the uk once an extralegal promise it cannot last forever, but the eu's frustration is obvious. the uk has created this situation ourselves, we are not playing chicken or poker, we are standing behind our position which has been solid from day one. this is not a joyful process and why the

prime minister is here trying to push for a tweak to her deal, many at home are pushing her to delay the whole thing. she needs much more than small talk. some eu leaders are talking about delay as well.“ there is also at the beginning of march no support for the deal we have, then i think it would be good to postpone the brexit, because i know deal scenario is bad for the european union, but it will be extremely bad for the uk. that is not what the prime minister once and although there has been stubbornness on both sides perhaps, is there now a glimmer ofa on both sides perhaps, is there now a glimmer of a move? you need two to dance the tango. i know how to dance. right now any movement from eu leaders in public is scarce. tonight, the test for the prime minister is to see if any of her cou nterpa rts minister is to see if any of her counterparts might join her on

minister is to see if any of her counterparts mightjoin her on the floor. and putting off the vote for just over another fortnight inevitably causes a reign of criticism on the prime minister saying that all she is trying to do is run down the clock, it is a reckless strategy and all she is trying to do is put things off until the very last moment. if, on the other hand though, she was to put a vote to the house of commons before she had managed to get any changes to the deal, well then she would not have any chance of it going through and from the prime minister what we see is perhaps as always, and effort, a struggle perhaps to get through the day, hoping for the best, but knowing she might have to contemplate the worst. laura kuenssberg there, our political editor speaking from that summit in egypt and we will hear from her later in this half an hour. labour‘s deputy leader spoke today of a ‘crisis for the soul of the party‘ in the wake of nine of its mps resigning. tom watson urged jeremy corbyn to take a "personal lead"

on tackling claims of anti—semitism in the party. a labour spokesman said all complaints about anti—semitism are taken "extremely seriously". here‘s our political correspondent alex forsyth. they were all elected as labour mps, but in the past week, nine in total have left the party, each leaving behind stinging criticism of the way it is run. today, labour‘s deputy leader said more could follow, he warned the party was at a perilous point. there is almost sort of a crisis for the soul of the labour party now, and that means that everyone that cares about our future, whatever tradition they represent, has to find it within themselves to work more closely together. he said the party had to be a broad church. on brexit he said labour was moving closer to backing another public vote. on anti—semitism, he urged the labour leader to personally intervene. the test for us, the test for him as a leader, is to eradicate anti—semitism. it is not other labour party members that will be the judge of that, it‘s the britishjewish community,

and i think he understands now that if he is ever to be prime minister, he needs to rebuild that trust. tom watson said jeremy corbyn had to take a personal lead and make changes to the labour party if he wanted to get into downing street. this was a direct challenge to the labour leader from his own deputy. at a rally yesterday, jeremy corbyn said anti—semitism in any form was unacceptable. his allies say action is being taken, although admit it could be faster. i want us to be the best political party in dealing with issues like anti—semitism and racism and i want us to be able to, with clean hands, get out there and tackle it within our wider community. labour is wrestling with divisive issues. its leader is under pressure to determine its direction. alex forsyth, bbc news. pope francis has called for the catholic church to give priority to victims of abuse and promised to "spare no effort" in bringing abusers to justice.

he was speaking at the end of a four day conference aimed at tackling child sex abuse within the church. our religion editor martin bashir reports from rome. words of repentance by bishops on the last morning of this four—day summit. they have heard presentations on responsibility, accountability and transparency, and there is no doubting the challenge. a mission demanding notjust words, but real, concrete action. this morning‘s preacher, the archbishop of brisbane, says every church is now on notice. 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. no amount of spin in all the world is going to do the trick. as the pope gave his traditional sunday address, the vatican announced that he will soon issue a proclamation with new church laws to protect children. they‘re drafting a handbook for bishops, and a task force will be established to help churches struggling with safeguarding. but peter saunders, who was abused by a priest, says these measures are simply not enough. it had a great opportunity this weekend to make real change, and it has failed to do so. somehow, i think we're going to be leaving disappointed, but also encouraged that the eyes of the world have been on this event. pope francis closed the summit by adopting the language of warfare, calling for an all out battle in the fight against sexual abuse.

faithful catholics have demanded action. what they have received today are another set of promises that they must wait to see fulfilled. martin bashir, bbc news, at the vatican. votes are being counted in nigeria‘s closely fought presidential election. nearly 73 million people were eligable to vote — making it the biggest 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. venezuela‘s opposition leader has called on other countries to consider "all measures" to remove president nicolas maduro following violent border clashes yesterday. international pressure is building on president maduro after he blocked aid deliveries from entering the country. our correspondent katy watson is in caracas. everyone here is asking the same thing, what happens next? juan guaido was convinced that

humanitarian aid would get into the country on saturday. the opposition had hoped it would signal a weakening of the maduro government with soldiers defecting. internationally he is becoming more isolated, but because maduro is still in power and it does not look like he is going anywhere anytime soon. plan b, juan guaido is headed to the capital bogota on monday. there he will meet with the lima group, a regional grouping of countries who have come together to try to solve the crisis in venezuelan. the us vice president mike pence is expected to attend. juan guaido said on saturday that the events of trying to get the humanitarian aid into venezuela led him to realise he had to ask the international community formally that all options remain on the table. add to that the us secretary of state mike pompeo said the us is prepared to take action against those who oppose the restoration of democracy in venezuela. but what does action that mean?

read between the lines all options are open and the most extreme option would be a military intervention. but that is a deeply controversial option in venezuela in a region where the us has historically played such a big role and had such a big influence in the politics of latin america. the path forward is not going to be easy. when the oscars take place later tonight — many millions of people around the world will watch the famous statuettes being handed out. but this year the televised ceremony has come in for significant criticism — as organisers tried to make changes that some saw as too commercial. our arts editor will gompertz reports.

the winner is cecil b demille... it‘s 1953 and the first televised oscars ceremony, the annual awards presented by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences — which won‘t be winning any prizes for the way it has handled this year‘s tv show. i thank you. what with host kevin hart quitting after past homophobic tweets came to light. and then there was a botched attempt to create a best popular film category, followed by an ill—fated plan to bury the cinematography award in a tv adbreak. added to which, viewers are switching off in their millions. i think that the academy took some ill—considered decisions this year and i think that there will be a price to pay. and when the academy steps in it as badly as it did this year, and when it embarrasses itself so publicly, there are consequences, and i think you're going to see those consequences. what‘s the worst—case scenario? well, i think the worst case for the oscars would just be being irrelevant. this is it! the oscars are unlikely to sink without trace, but they could do with another titanic, a blockbuster movie and best film winner with an a—list cast, delivering a record—breaking tv audience that keeps advertisers happy, which is very important to the academy.

the film academy gets more than 85% of their income from this one night, the telecast of the oscars. but the television ratings have been going down quite dramatically, last year was like a ali—year low. an arthouse film like roma, a frontrunner for best picture this year, is not the sort of mainstream commercial movie likely to be a ratings winner for the oscars tv show. hence the attempts to make it more audience friendly, such as not showing the cinematography winner live on air, an idea that didn‘t go down well with academy members old or new. ijust think you have to make the people at home suffer through watching best cinematography. i think it's the price to pay, i think you have to compromise between the show and the principles of the academy. which one is more important? er...| guess both! the principle!

and therein lies the nub of the oscars problem, artistic principles or commercial imperative, art or money? that‘s show business. will gompertz, bbc news, hollywood. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher is on the red carpet... she is waiting for the stars to come out. picking up on some of the things in the report there, how much is this issue of diversity weighed on the minds of the academy this year? how worried have they been by that sense that the oscars have got a little bit out of step with what is happening in the film industry? there has been an attempt to make the oscars more diverse, new members we re the oscars more diverse, new members were invited into the academy over the past couple of years, hundreds of new members with the emphasis on inviting women and members of minority groups and that has changed things somewhat, which is possibly why we see such a broad range of films in the best picture category,

some blockbusters, some independent movies that are more edgy and arty and you have different topics, one of the front runners is a foreign film, a spanish—language film, topics about being black in america, racism and in that sense you are seeing it, but there are other ways in which you are not on one of the clear ones is that some of the key categories for film—making, like directing, cinematography, editing, none of them have women nominees and the actors and actresses, you only have two black nominees there, there is some way to go but there has been an attempt to be more diverse and i think you‘re seeing that in terms of the uncertainty now about a film that will win best picture. there is a front runner but it could go a lot of different ways. it is surprising how few minority film—makers feature among the nominees when you think of among the nominees when you think of a film like black panther which was

such a box office hit. that is right and you have all sorts of storylines. you have a box office hit and you do not always get such films nominated for the oscars, you have the fact that it is about african culture, the dynamic between africans and african—americans, very much a film by black people for black people or about black people and then you have another film about racism in america which has been criticised for being dependent on racial stereotypes, that is green book, you have a white driver driving a black classical musician and very view of the heart—warming story, but a throwback to old stereotypes. a whole different range of approaches that they do bring in some of the other topics that have not always been there. what about this dispute there was over whether 01’ this dispute there was over whether or not some of the awards could be

actually handed out during the advert breaks and then replayed it later on in the ceremony for people to catch up with? why did that go down so badly? well, a couple of reasons. one is that the oscars is not just reasons. one is that the oscars is notjust an reasons. one is that the oscars is not just an awards reasons. one is that the oscars is notjust an awards show, it is a trade show, so you get the awards for the big topics and names, but you‘re also rewarding those people who make the industry tech, it is not like the grammys who give out the awards, but not in their show. the oscars are not like that. that means that if you start to take away some of the trade categories, you get pushback from that and i think another reason is that it probably was not handled well in how it was presented, at first it sounded like these people would be cut from the oscars going forward and then it was explained that there would be a rotation, cinematographers this year and someone else next year... the big thing was that they decided to

cut cinematography and editing, which is the essence of how a film gets made. those were all the various reasons why you had that push back and it turned into such controversy that they reverse the decision and now everything will be live, but then how do you get it down to three hours? that was the goal. it is a challenge and you have successfully navigated one of the big challenges, you could not see what was going on behind you, but our audience will have seen, you are wearing a very practical dress when you‘re walking around with so much stuff on the ground, there was another woman in a rather large dress who nearly came to grief as she tried to navigate all the different traps. barbara, good sensible beautiful dress. have a lovely evening and a safe one. thank you, andi lovely evening and a safe one. thank you, and i never considered a large dress! that is good to hear. thank you so much. and for thank you so much. all the best bits of the acceptance speeches and the drama from the red carpet, join us on bbc news for an oscars

special, tomorrow morning at 9.30. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may arrives at a summit in egypt with a promise that mps will be able to have another say on her brexit deal by march 12th ruling out a meaningful vote this week. labour‘s deputy leader, tom watson, warnsjeremy corbyn he has to act urgently if the party is to stay together. pope francis promises that the roman catholic church will do more to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a vatican summit on paedophilia. theresa may is expected to hold with european council president donald tusk and other key eu figures in egypt later, during a summit between leaders of eu and arab league countries. downing street has played down hopes of a breakthrough on her brexit deal being reached.

ros atkins is at the summit in sharm el sheikh. hello. as you were saying, brags it is not on the agenda at this first arab league summit, but it is certainly on the minds of plenty of people, not least the prime minister and all her colleagues and advisers on the uk press pack which has turned up in decent numbers as well and the strange thing here is that all the parts of the brexit stories are here and we are discussing the labour position on a possible second referendum, we are discussing theresa may‘s ability to balance the remainers on the arg and the conservative party, discussing that announcement that there will be a meaningful vote by the 12th of march but it is all taking place here in the egyptian desert along with big hitting leaders from across the arab

world. we are going to look across some of the statements and the meetings that have already taken place but first of all, let us hear from the prime minister herself. we want to leave the european union on the 29th of march with a deal. that is what we are working for, we have good progress, constructive discussions with the european union, and we will be continuing that work so we can leave on the 29th of march and leave with a deal. in the building behind me, all of the leaders from the eu and the arab league are having dinner. earlier they arrived in this vast area of they arrived in this vast area of the conference centre. there were huge amounts of security and as each leader walked in, a huge amount of press activity as well. gavin lee was in the middle of all of this anti—spoke to a couple of crucial players in brexit story. i am not optimistic at the moment, but i am not putting a percentage on it. i am not optimistic at the moment, because we are now 30 days, approximately, a bit over 30 days

before the brexit date and we are not there yet, so... i have a certain brexit fatigue, but as this is an important issue for the uk and for us, i had a meeting with the prime minister, i had a meeting with the prime minister last week and so we will see what will happen. gavin lee was asking the questions and he is here with me. let us work through a number of the detail starting with what mark rogers told you. his point is, for him, we are just over 30 days away from brexit when he is not optimistic about the deal, that the vote will not get through westminster. he said he will fight every sinew to try and help, but every leader who is here is used to talking to me or you are in brussels, they are having the same conversation and they are saying, we are listening, but we have done our bit, they should be westminster now and yet she is here meeting with other leaders as well. one of those

bilaterals is donald tusk. she had a 30 minute meeting, theiradvisers come out and brief us and we were told it was focused on friendly. i read that in terms of diplomatic language, nothing is a breakthrough. we we re language, nothing is a breakthrough. we were told that theresa may advised donald tusk on how she will make her next step to get this meaningful vote through parliament by the 12th of march. that reads to me,| by the 12th of march. that reads to me, lam by the 12th of march. that reads to me, i am telling you what we are doing, do not forget that optics are important, we have a british prime minister coming here to get a deal in the desert and the eu had said, there is no deal going to be made in there is no deal going to be made in the desert, but it looks good for a prime ministerjust before the vote to do everything she can. it was not a surprise that they stopped to speak to you, they often do speak to the bbc, but the bulgarian leader spoke to you and that is a surprise. i have known colleagues for 20 years and knowing that he wanted to speak, he said this, he was sick of the stubbornness that he seems to think

is going on around brexit and he wants the leaders to get their heads together and come up with a deal. if even he is saying that, i would not be surprised if some of the arab state leaders have also got brexit on their minds. it is a fever here when we are supposed to be talking about other issues like migration. when this was set up, that was the central issue and i saw an eu official earlier avoiding the subject and wanting to talk about anything else. this is the idea of the austrian chancellor, this was backin the austrian chancellor, this was back in salzburg and he said let us look at migration but back then the far bigger flow of migrants, there was trouble with italy and malta not taking the migrant rescue votes, and now libya has control of those waters, the search and rescue area and more migrants are being taken back and spain and morocco have a separate deal, that is not a prime issue. there will be an agreement but when it comes to each leader, they have five minutes to speak their own platform, no time for negotiation and that is why brexit

gets breathing space here. thank you very much indeed. no palm trees in brussels or westminster, but actually there are some familiar names and a familiar dual narrative. theresa may talks about progress, of ongoing talks with the european union, a feeling that she can get to a point where she can take something you back to the house of commons. the eu is saying, we are talking, but primarily we are listening and we need more detailfrom but primarily we are listening and we need more detail from theresa but primarily we are listening and we need more detailfrom theresa may government on exactly what these alternative arrangements are, that could possibly make the withdrawal agreement as it is, more palatable to all those mps who voted against it in january. thank you very much. authorities in australia have given permission for one million tonnes of sludge to be dumped close to the great barrier reef. conditional approval was granted to the north queensland bulk ports corporation to dump the industrial residue which was generated from port maintenance work. the group say that dumping

the material will have a minor environmental impact. dr simon boxall is an oceanographer from the university of southampton and hejoins me now via webcam. good evening. what do you make of this decision? it is a tricky one. it is illegal to dump any materials within then natural park which is the great barrier reef but the one exception is dredging. there was a bid some years ago for some major dredging to expand the area around the point which sits in the middle of the coast off the great barrier reef, is an important export area for australia and it is an important operational port and that needs to continue. the big question is whether as they dump the material they are picking up from the sea bed, whether that will spread over parts of the barrier reef, which is already stressed with climate change

and the recent floods in north queensland. larissa waters, the co—leader of the green party, deputy leader in australia, said that she was worried that what this would do would restrict and suppress the growth of algae that is so important to the barrier reef and that therefore, it must do some damage, but presumably you could say that this lodge was dredged from the sea, it is just this lodge was dredged from the sea, it isjust going this lodge was dredged from the sea, it is just going back, this lodge was dredged from the sea, it isjust going back, what this lodge was dredged from the sea, it is just going back, what is the problem? there are two problems, there are natural processes which distribute the material along the coast, but been in that area, it is picking up toxins, things from shipping, from the coal dust and so on, but it is being dumped in one go and the concern is that if it does go wrong, you get this almost like a dust settling on the sea bed and that means that algae which are essential to the coral reef growth,

will die off. it can survive for short periods, but we have seen it happen with the extreme temperatures that we have had in this area over the summer, over the australian summer, we also now see in this heavy flooding, which is washing huge amounts of sediment into the ocean over the barrier reef and in some ways this could be argued that this is the last nail in the coffin. the argument from those who want to do the dredging is that it will have a short—term impact but these impacts add up to one big long impacts add up to one big long impactand it impacts add up to one big long impact and it will need to be monitored very carefully. do you get any sense that there might be room for a rethink? it is a tricky one. there is a commercial need for australia to use this port. there are alternatives, they could take it further offshore where it would cause less damage or they could try and deal with it on land and then

you are transferring this problem. it isa you are transferring this problem. it is a difficult one, there is no simple solution to this and their arguments on both sides in terms of the environmental damage, but also the environmental damage, but also the need to keep port operating. thank you for doing that and joining us on thank you for doing that and joining us on bbc news. we have the oscar night coming up this evening from 7pm. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. temperatures in wales got up to 19.1 degrees, that is a new record for wales in february. more sunshine through the week ahead, some cold and frosty nights and foggy mornings. things will then turn a more unsettled later in the week. after a warm day, things will turn cold, particularly in the south. one or two places down to —6, more widely, temperaturesjust or two places down to —6, more widely, temperatures just below freezing. what is cold in the

north—west, partly because of the cloud and