hello this is bbc news. the headlines: this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at seven. 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 of the prestigious ‘best picture‘ category 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 and 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 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.

she might fly around the world to do the deal but how much further can theresa may really get? massed ranks at home and rejected her compromise and now they won‘t get their safer another two weeks. we will not bring the meaningful vote back this week but it will happen by 12th march and we still have it within our grasp to leave the european union with a deal on 29th march and that is what i am going to be working at. when it seems everyone‘s pulling in different directions, the big problem is still the irish backstop, the guarantee in the brexit deal against their ever being a hard border. the uk wants an extra legal promise that it can‘t last forever but to the eu‘s frustration is obvious. this is a situation which uk has created for itself and we are just standing by our position which has been solid from day one. this is not a joyful process

and while 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, too. if 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 a no deal scenario is bad for the european union but it will be extremely bad for the uk. that is not what the prime minister wants. and although there has been stubbornness on both sides perhaps, is there now a glimmer of a move? you need two to dance tango. and i know how to dance. right now, only movement from eu leaders in public is a scarce. tonight, the test for the prime minister is to see if any of her counterparts might

join her on the floor. and putting off the vote forjust over another fortnight inevitably caused a whole other 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 last moment. if on the other hand she was to put a vote to the house of commons before she had managed to get any changes to the deal, 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 in egypt. 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. following reports of a boat in the english channel, a family of seven migrants have been found in kingsdown in kent. uk border force responded

to sightings of the vessel, and say they are confident it was used for a migrant crossing. the home office says the number of people attempting to cross the channel by boat has decreased from about two hundred and fifty in december to ninty last month. 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. 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. 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. let‘s get the latest now from our correspondent tomi oladipo whojoins me now from the capital, abuja. how would you assess the last two

days and the state of play now?m has been interesting to say the least. with first of all the past week we had the postponement of the vote and then the elections finally got ahead in most parts of the country but there were logistical problems, voter verification machine is not working and then gang violence in certain parts where political violence was used to disrupt the votes going ahead and of course in the north—east of the country, we had the militants who tried to attack and disrupt voting going on there. today we have heard this afternoon from the electoral commission they have acknowledge some of the problem that went ahead and acknowledged that they had to move some of the voting through to today but from tomorrow, from about ten o‘clock gmt, they will start relaying some of the results coming in from around the country. by the

end of tomorrow there will be a pretty clear picture emerging, is that what we are looking at?|j pretty clear picture emerging, is that what we are looking at? i would not give a definitive answer of that sort, i would say probably the end of tomorrow, possibly going into tuesdayis of tomorrow, possibly going into tuesday is when we will have a clear idea of who is winning this election. clearly there are two main players, albeit plenty of other candidates as well, how do you differentiate between the two and how they have tried to appeal to the nigerian electorate. if you look at the candidates i think for once nigerians are having to do a bit more thinking about who they are voting for, in the past it was very easy to pick based on ethnicity or religion. this time you have two men in their70s, religion. this time you have two men in their 70s, the two men who have served in government for a long time who are from the north of the country and who are muslims and that means that people now have to look at their track records and how

exactly these men are able to present themselves going forwards. so, it is the president buhari the incumbent and so, it is the president buhari the incumbentand a so, it is the president buhari the incumbent and a former vice president, abubakar who will represent both main parties and who the people are having to choose between. we will see how things u nfold between. we will see how things unfold in the coming days. thank you very much. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in morocco, for their first official visit to north africa. the couple visited the country‘s atlas mountains region to meet young women getting a secondary education. they were welcomed to a boarding house in the village of asni by the girls, who waved flags and sang songs. the secondary school is run by a moroccan group that provides classes for girls from rural areas whose families cannot afford their education. saudi arabia has for the first time appointed a woman as its ambassador to the united states. princess reema bint bandar takes over at a sensitive time, with relations between the two countries strained following the murder of the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi.

princess reema follows in the footsteps of her father, bandar bin sultan, who held the us ambassador post from 1983 until 2005. 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 has been following the latest developments at the summit in sharm el sheikh. as you were saying, brexit 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 and 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 and the erg 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 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 have a meeting with the prime ministertomorrow, 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, their advisers 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 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, 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 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, iwould 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 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 new back to the house of commons. the eu is saying, we are talking, 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. 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 is in hollywood for the big night ..

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. and for all the best bits of the acceptance speeches we hope to speak to our correspondent about the oscar shortly. and for 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. a plump pussycat who was returned to an animal shelter four times has finally found a home. mitzi weighed almost 17 pounds when she first arrived at woodside sanctuary in plymouth, as a stray. the massive moggy, dubbed "britain‘s fattest cat", has since slimmed to 11 pounds

and has been rehomed by the family of one of her old owners. the shelter says they hope mitzi has found her ‘fairytale ending‘. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. this time last year we we re good evening. this time last year we were starting to feel the effects of the so—called beast from the east but not this year. there is still some cold air across siberia but we are not bringing it in our direction, instead we are importing airfrom the direction, instead we are importing air from the south west, very mild and even warm source of air which pushed temperatures today up above 19 degrees. 19.1 in parts of wales, thatis 19 degrees. 19.1 in parts of wales, that is a new february record for wales. there is some more of that weather to come through the first pa rt weather to come through the first part of the week ahead, more warm sunshine but with frosty nights and a foggy mornings, by the end of the week, things will start to turn more u nsettled, week, things will start to turn more unsettled, but not from the east,

from the west. as we go through tonight, those temperatures after such a warm day will dip away, particularly towards the south, getting all the way down to minus six degrees, not as cold further north and west partly because of this extra cloud and because of this rain, that will gradually slide away north. also starting tomorrow with fog across parts of yorkshire up into north east england, some of that could be dense and quite slow to clear, but for the majority, tomorrow is another blue sky day with lots of sunshine to be had and once again, it will feel warm, unseasonably warm, 15—18d, one or two places could get up to 19 degrees. nine would be more typical for this time of year. it is all because of high pressure but because it remains in charge on monday night into tuesday, it will turn chilly andi into tuesday, it will turn chilly and i don‘t think we will have much ofa and i don‘t think we will have much of a problem with fog at this stage. most of a problem with fog at this stage. m ost pla ces of a problem with fog at this stage. most places on tuesday will have more fine weather and sunshine, just a bit more cloud scraping across the

far north—west and again those temperatures widely15—18d, a few spots warmer than that. fog looks likely to be a problem on wednesday morning, particularly in east anglia down towards the south and some of that could be slow to clear. more dry weather with some extra cloud, the odd spot of rain for northern ireland and the west of scotland, temperatures may be coming down a little bit, but not much. the bigger change comes through the second half of the week, first of all this area of the week, first of all this area of low pressure on thursday. that could introduce showers just about anywhere in the uk and as we head towards the weekend, there is their increasing chance of some rain. it will turn a bit cooler.