this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 2pm... the dutch husband of shamima begum, the teenager who has been stripped of her british citizenship forjoining the islamic state group, has told the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. it was acceptable for you to marry a 15—year—old girl? it was her own choice, she was the one who asked to look for a partner for her. then i was invited, and yeah, she was very young. eight lawyers who back brexit, seven of them mps, set out the concessions they require from the eu to support the pm's brexit deal. rescuers hope to resume their search for british climber tom ballard who's been missing on one of the world's highest mountains in pakistan for nearly a week.

america's latest astronaut capsule, the dragon, has successfully docked with the international space station. three, two, one... and david beckham has been honored with a statue outside his former football club la galaxy. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the husband of a british teenager who was stripped of her citizenship for travelling to syria to support the islamic state group has told the bbc he wants them both to settle in the netherlands with their newborn son.

yago riedijk, who's a dutch citizen, married shamima begum days after she arrived inside is territory. begum was 15 when she travelled to syria with two other girls from bethnal green. riedijk is facing a six—year jail sentence if he's allowed to return home, and he's been talking to our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville. shamima begum's husband, yago riedijk, is now in kurdish detention at an undisclosed location in north—eastern syria. the dutch extremist says he wants to take his family home to the netherlands. of course, i would love to go back to my own country, which i now understand the privileges that i lived with, you know, the privilege of being, of living there as a citizen. and, of course, i understand that many people have a problem with what i did and i totally understand that. i have to take responsibility

for what i did, serve my sentence. shamima moved over when she was 15. you met in raqqa. she was at the women's centre in raqqa. you married her when she was 15 years old. that's correct. how in any way is that acceptable? you were, what, 23? ithink so, yeah, i remember. and you thought that was ok? to be honest, when my friend came — he said there was a girl, she was interested in marriage — i wasn't really interested because of her age, but i accepted the offer anyway. so, it was acceptable for you to marry a 15—year—old girl? it was her own choice, she was the one who asked to look for a partnerfor her. shamima begum is being held at another camp. the marriage was arranged by is.

in the united kingdom, sex with someone under 16 is statutory rape. they had three children, but only one newborn survives. you know she has been stripped of her british citizenship, she is viewed as a danger and someone who is undesirable to britain, so why do you think holland would welcome her? she is... i don't understand why in any form she would be a danger. all she did was, she sat in the house for three years, took care of me and my children, she never had anything to do. do you realise that when you say somebody whojoined the islamic state willingly, married someone in the islamic state, fought for the islamic state, when you say that you are a victim, that's sickening. 0k. what can i say? i lived a miserable life. i was imprisoned, i was

tortured, i lived in fear. how can i see that as... it was my own fault for going, yeah, but i didn't come out of it as a winner in any way. i lost years of my life. yago riedijk‘s admission, too, that he fought for the islamic state means he may find it'sjust as difficult to leave syria as his wife, shamima begum. quentin somerville, bbc news, northern syria. the international trade secretary, liam fox, has welcomed what he says he believes is a "genuine" attempt by ha rdline brexiteer mps to find a way of accepting theresa may's deal. a group of brexiteer mps, who are also lawyers, will scrutinise any amendments to the deal that mrs may can get from the eu. britain is due to leave the eu at the end of the month. our political correspondent nick eardley reports.

could what once seemed almost a possible happen? could theresa may get her brexit deal through in the coming days? it's still a huge ask, but, as a vote on a reworked deal gets closer, there are signs some can come on board. the government is still trying to get changes in the irish border, the backstop. the aim is to win over tory brexiteers and the dup who think the current plan would leave the uk tied to brussels rules. now brexit—supporting lawyers have set up a committee to scrutinise any reworked deal. they want legally binding changes and a route out of the backstop if trade talks with the eu fail. the more closely you look at it, it's a big olive branch with which they can hit you over the head. well, i hope it's a genuine attempt, and i think it is, to try to map out ground where we can have common territory in the run—up to the vote before the 12th of march. the government, though, has a warning for brexiteers too. if the deal fails, many

will try to delay our departure and ultimately some might try to stop it altogether. to attempt to have a delay mechanism in order to thwart the process of brexit itself, is actually politically completely unacceptable and, as i have said before, would provide a backlash amongst voters. theresa may's numbers game involves other parties too. labour, now officially backed another referendum, but some of its mps have been offered incentives — workers' rights, the prospect of more cash for left behind areas and some are clearly tempted. to my labour colleagues, it is about an improved deal and if you want to support a transition period, if you want to make sure eu nationals‘ rights are maintained and if you want to make sure, as some of us have been negotiating, for an improved workers' rights offer, but more importantly, make sure we don't go out without a deal, i urge my labour colleagues to consider voting for an improved deal. you've probably heard it before, the clock is ticking. theresa may has nine days to bring a new deal back to parliament.

some are holding out olive branches but accepting them isn't necessarily simple. there's still a lot to do. nick eardley, bbc news. a 17—year—old has been stabbed to death in greater manchester. police officers were called to the incident in hale barns near altrincham yesterday evening. the teenager was taken to hospital but later died. two boys, also aged 17, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. the death follows the killing ofjodie chesney who was stabbed on friday evening in a park in east london. charlotte gallagher reports. police found a teenage boy yesterday evening just after 6:30pm. two boys, also aged 17, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. greater manchester police say there will be extra patrols in the area. here in havering, another community shocked by the death of a young teenager. jodie chesney was stabbed to death near a child ren‘s playground.

her family say it was an unprovoked attack. forjodie‘s classmates and friends, it's been a horrific shock. inside out, she was beautiful and kind. she wouldn't hurt anyone. she'd do anything to make anyone happy. she was just the most beautiful person you've ever met. just so unexpected. for that sort of thing to happen. she was such a bundle ofjoy and a good person. but that's why we came today, to pay our respects, because she deserved every bit of happiness she got and she will be remembered as such a nice person. hard to believe. you see it in the news all the time. it's bad enough, but you don't connect yourself with it. you never expect it to happen to someone you know. police forensic officers are scouring this park for clues as a steady stream of people arrive to lay flowers. jodie‘s grandmother has pleaded for anyone with information to come forward, saying too many young lives are being cut short by needless violence.

friends sayjodie was always happy, friendly and enjoyed being a scout. police are appealing for witnesses, saying their information could take a knife off the street or save a life. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the search for a british climber who's been missing on one of the world highest mountains for nearly a week, has been called off for the day. tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, daniele nardi, were scaling a peak in pakistan known as "killer mountain", when they last made contact. our correspondent richard galpin is following the story in islamabad. there had been a lot of hope that a spanish climber who had been on k2 would be brought to naga parbat, the killer mountain, and he has several high—altitude drones with him and the idea was that those would be used to scour the mountain to try and find these missing climbers.

but that attempt to get him to naga parbat base camp has failed. they got as far as skardu, the nearest town to the base camp, but then could not fly on any further in the pakistan military helicopter because of bad weather. so, that has been another delay, basically. it will probably be only tomorrow morning at they will be able to try again with the helicopters to reach the base camp so that these drones can be used. it is yet another setback and this whole rescue attempt has had so many setbacks. initially, last week, all the problems with the hostilities between india and pakistan meant that helicopters could not fly around naga parbat and then we have had these other delays because of pretty serious bad weather over several days. it has been very difficult and the two climbers have now been missing for seven days. the cbi says uncertainty over brexit is partly to blame for growth in private companies "stagnating"

in recent months. the business group has surveyed 650 firms. it's urging politicians to agree a deal. here's our business correspondent rob young. britain's economy has been slowing down. in 2018, the uk grew at its lowest rate in six years. in december alone, the economy actually got smaller. the confederation of british industry has been taking the temperature of companies. it says economic activity was broadly unchanged in the three months to february. that suggests uk plc didn't shrink over the three—month period, but it didn't grow either. the cbi says this is its survey‘s worst reading since 2013. it partly blames the ongoing uncertainty over brexit. the high street has continued to take a hit as shoppers remain cautious about spending. factory orders went up, but data suggests a lot of that is down to businesses stockpiling. despite the weak headline numbers, the nation's

jobs boom has continued. data a few weeks ago showed wages had been rising at the fastest rate since the financial crisis, and the employment rate remained at a record high. a space capsule, made by elon musk‘s spacex company, has successfully docked with the international space station. the dragon spacecraft could begin transporting people by the end of the year. here's our science correspondentjonathan amos. two metres away. slowly but surely, step by step, the dragon capsule approached the station. astronauts on the platform commanded the vehicle to retreat, to rehearse what would happen if systems experienced a glitch. but all appeared to go exactly to plan. cheering and the dragon, under its own guidance systems, pushed itself into a soft connection with the station is slightly ahead of schedule. that is one more task ticked off the series of tests this vehicle must pass to get approval from nasa to carry astronauts. what comes next is no less

challenging — a high—speed, fiery descent to earth on friday. only when the capsule has survived that and splashed down safely under parachutes in the atlantic will people talk about success. jonathan amos, bbc news. free tampons and other sanitary products will be offered to every female hospital patient in england who needs them from this summer. nhs officials say women and girls will be able to ask for the products free of charge. the british medical association had argued it was inconsistent for some hospitals to give out razors and shaving foam, but not to offer women sanitary products. andy moore reports. a study last month by the doctors' union, the british medical association, found that many nhs trusts were handing out free razors and shaving foam, but not sanitary products. at present, some trusts in england provide them, others don't.

in some hospitals, sanitary products aren't even available in their shops. the new policy will make the products free of charge in all hospitals in england from the summer onwards. the chief executive of the nhs in england, simon stevens, said it was absolutely right that everyone had access to the essentials of daily life during their time in hospital. the move has been welcomed by campaigners against period poverty. it's positive to see what is intended to be happening, but we would like to see more being done around this agenda, because we are way behind in terms of where we should be. the british medical association said it was pleased its campaign had culminated in such a successful result. the organisation said free products would bring an end to indignity on top of ill—health. and the bma doesn't believe the new policy will be expensive. it estimated the cost would be just over £500 a year to any hospital that wasn't already providing free products. the headlines on bbc news...

the dutch husband of shamima begum, the teenager who has been stripped of her british citizenship forjoining the islamic state group, has told the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. eight lawyers who back brexit, seven of them mps, set out the concessions they require from the eu to support the pm's brexit deal. rescuers hope to resume their search for british climber tom ballard who's been missing on one of the world's highest mountains in pakistan for nearly a week. new reserach suggests that 150 young men have died after going missing on a night out over the last nine years. that's according to figures analysed by bbc 5 live investigates. campaigners are calling for more patrols around waterways and for men to look after each other on nights out. megan paterson reports.

growing up, charlie and daisy pope were partners in crime. always together, always up to mischief. as they got older, that bond continued. we would always be talking, sat in the kitchen for hours, talking about everything. i pretty much know everything from him. he has taught us everything. he was proper clever and he basically told me everything i know. charlie was in his first year at university in manchester when, after a night out, he got separated from his friends and drowned in a canal. unbelievably difficult and it's hard when someone who you always looked up to and who you always aspire to be likejust, you don't know what to do when they are not there. a year after her brother's death, daisy wants to remind people of how he was in life. full of humour, opinions, advice. she also wants us to change our attitudes towards drinking and people who have had too much.

because i know from being 18 now and going out, it's literally like, you look around and people are going to tell you, always stick with your friends, always make sure you cover your drinks and stuff like that. but when you are in town and someone gets kicked out because they are too drunk, how can they get kicked out when they are too drunk? unless you were drunk to be in a nightclub, they are definitely too drunk to be out on the streets by themselves. everyone should just look after each other more. and you think that could have made a difference for your family and charlie? huge difference, definitely think it could have made a difference. if one person had just asked him, are you 0k? do you know how to get home? it could have been so different and that's all it takes. just asking someone if they're 0k. sadly, charlie's story is not uncommon. new research from portsmouth university found that between 2010 and 2018, 150 men initially reported missing died after nights out where alcohol was involved. that is an average of 17 each year, and most end up in water. the number of deaths has prompted

some towns and cities to set up volunteer groups to patrol waterways at night. in manchester, plans for fencing around the stretch of canal where charlie died had been submitted to the city council. megan patterson, bbc news. seal—spotting is a popular pastime for tourists around scotland's coastline, but for salmon farmers, the animals are not always a welcome sight. hundreds of seals have been shot dead in recent years to protect fish supplies — something that is completely legal if the farmer holds a licence. but farmers in shetland are investing in different nets, hoping to spare the seals. india grant reports. shetland's iconic landscape, but we are not here for the rolling, windswept hills or even the ponies. we are in the middle of a debate about seals and salmon and shooting. they have much more personality, the grey seal, than the common seals.

here we look after sick and injured seals and otters. we keep them until they are well and ready to be released back into the wild. shooting a seal is legal, if you are licensed to do so. these seals were not shot, but they have lost their mums. we are seriously concerned about the health of the seal population. there are many environmental challenges out there for the common seals and they do not need that extra challenge of the industry shooting them. the salmon industry moved into the environment where the seals already were, and it is not really fair to move into an environment and just destroy the wildlife that is there because it is a threat to your industry. it would be great if shetland could set an example to the salmon industry around the world, and certainly in scotland,

so there is absolutely no need for them to shoot seals. we are heading to a salmon farm in the waters just off shetland. each cage holds thousands of fish, and until recently, seals would try to break in and steal what they could. we found through interactions with seals over the years, that since we have installed this netting on our site, the seals have left us alone. it is a small change, but could have ripple effects. the shooting of seals was always a last resort, because from time to time, a seal would actually attack the salmon, cause a lot of damage and stress and disturb the welfare of the fish. we would use other means to try to deter that seal from coming onto the fish farm but, ultimately, sometimes that was not possible and that seal may have to be shot. we don't want to shoot any seal,

we would much rather be in a position where we do not have to shoot any at all, and if this is able to achieve that, we will be very happy with that. by installing these nets, salmon farmers can promote their product as being more ethical, while campaigners are happy that seals will not get shot and the population will not decline — at least not as a result of the salmon farming. as for the seals, they will just have to work that extra bit harder for their next meal. india grant, bbc news. every spring, japan celebrates cherry blossom season, with tourists flocking to the country in droves to enjoy the spectacle. but the cherry blossom is also an economic powerhouse, as catherine karelli reports. their appearance heralds the start of japanese spring. for many, they're a symbol of renewal and happiness. japan's season of cherry blossoms, or sakura, is in full bloom. but it's more than just a seasonal spectacle.

cherry blossom season is also big business. locals and visitors have been enjoying all manner of cherry blossom products, from decorations, to fabric, even wine. by the end of february, all major shopping malls based in tokyo had launched cherry flower products, in a bid to increase sales. and according to one manager, it's working. translation: we try and attract more customers to our stores by selling products featuring cherry flowers. during cherry blossom season, our sales tend to almost double. it's not always easy to know when exactly the flowers will be in full bloom, but a few weather agencies are doing their best, launching forecasting apps. and for those who just want to enjoy some time outside, there's an app for that, too. it lets users know if they're nearby to a flowering site. catherine karelli, bbc news. david beckham has been honored with a statue outside his former club la galaxy.

the former england captain joined the american side in 2007, helping the team to two cup title wins. the statue shows the player taking a free kick — his trademark move that spawned the film ‘bend it like beckham' in 2002. speaking outsite the stadium, mr beckham called la galaxy his family and thanked los angeles for embracing him. when i first moved to la, people turned around to me and said, la is a place where dreams come true. well, la, today, the dream came true. thank you very much. the second ever world pasty championships are taking place this weekend in cornwall. hundreds of people are taking part in the event which celebrates the popular cornish snack. david george reports. pasties, pasties, pasties. everywhere you look. they come from all over cornwall,

the south—west and beyond. more than 200 assessed by a0 of us judges. it's a very, very tough work. but someone‘s got to do it. i've been training for years. they have six criteria theyjudge on and it all adds up to 100 and i basically say, the first thing is taste, the second thing is the overall look and the third is crimping. 0n the basis of what we've tasted so far, it's been really, really good. as good as last year, if not, slightly better. just one or two was a bit iffy. but, most of them are good. three, two, one, go. now how about this? speed crimping. the art ofjoining the pastry to cover the meat, potato, swede and onion bits of the traditional cornish pasty. here, they are making 15 injust two minutes. three, two, one, stop!

cheering and the winner is in the amateur traditional pasty category, billy deacon. standard ingredients. there's nothing funny about it. butter mixed with butter and lard, in with pastry. most types of pepper, white and black. that's the real secret. so, from arguably the worlds smallest pasty, all the way from canada, to a first ever attempt. it looks like the cornish pasty recipe is in good hands. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan. hello there. it is looking pretty stormy for england and wales with a windy spell of weather to come through this evening, overnight and into monday morning. storm freya is closing in on us, this white area cloud you can

see which is the centre of the storm, sitting to the south of ireland and it will roll across the irish sea, northern england and into the north sea first thing tomorrow and for areas the north sea first thing tomorrow and forareas in the north sea first thing tomorrow and for areas in its path and around the periphery, that means a spell of very strong winds. the south—west of england and wales are already seeing the winds pick up with gus possibly touching 70 mph at around some irish sea coast. the midlands, northern england, parts of eastern england also getting some strong winds, up to 60 mph in land and may be more than that on the north sea coast and to the north of east anglia. further south, quite a lot of rain on the tail end of this locum wet end the night in southern england and monday morning with maybe the odd rumble of thunder. the low itself goes off into the north sea on monday morning and that should help the rush hour but it will stay pretty windy across the north—east through the day. decent sunshine in the east behind that, plenty of showers further west, some of them heavy and

thundery and it will feel chillier than of late with highs of 11 degrees. low pressure is keen to stay with us through the week, it will be pretty unsettled, some sunny spells around and also quite a few showers and on tuesday, it looks like the showers will target particularly northern ireland, parts of northern england and southern scotland, maybe a touch wintering at times. by the end of the day, some cloud and rain pushing into the south—west. elsewhere, sunshine with temperatures down on the weekjust gone. tuesday into wednesday, we are expecting this area of low pressure to roll right across the uk. rain pretty much for all of us at some stage, some pretty strong winds and with colder air to the north, it could be somewhat wintry across scotla nd could be somewhat wintry across scotland and not always exclusively on the high ground but it will be there with the most significant risk of snow but a pretty punchy showers even further south, a bit milder again, up to 14 degrees butjust a seven or eight across edinburgh and aberdeen. that is the week ahead, it

will remain unsettled day today, some sunny will remain unsettled day today, some sunny spells at times but often a spell of wet and windy weather and most notably it is going to feel chillier than last week and even the return of some overnight frost later in the week. this is bbc news. the dutch husband of shamima begum, the teenager who has been stripped of her british citizenship forjoining the islamic state group has told the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. eight lawyers who back brexit, seven of them mps, set out the concessions they require from the eu to support the pm's brexit deal.

rescuers have called off — for the day — their search for british climber tom ballard who's been missing on one of the world's highest mountains in pakistan for nearly a week. now on bbc news it's time for the week in parliament. welcome to the week in parliament. he holds out the possibility of delaying the uk is exit from the eu but says she wants us to leave this month. jeremy corbyn says theresa may is offering a botched deal but holds out a change in the policy.