this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 3pm... 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. the hatch is open — america's new astronaut capsule makes its test flight to 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 how 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 itjust 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 he 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 warnings 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 backs 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.

meanwhile, 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. rob young, bbc news. a 17—year—old boy 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 east london. charlotte gallagher reports. police found the 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. 0ur correspondentjill archibold is in hale barns for us. what can you tell us about the stabbing of this young teenager?” am ina stabbing of this young teenager?” am in a very affluent area close to altrincham where the quiet, leafy streets are lined with big, family sized homes, and so to wake up two a

seemed like the one behind me in this part of greater manchester is very unusual. there has been a police cordoned at both ends of the street, you can to the white forensic tents in the middle—of—the—road. we know that this was the scene at around 6:30pm yesterday evening when we arrived here because a 17—year—old boy had been stabbed. he was taken to hospital where he later sadly died. greater manchester police have arrested two 17—year—old boys on suspicion of murder. they remain in police custody today, answering questions from officers from greater manchester police. although the scene behind it is quite visible, it has been very quiet here this morning. some detectives have been going door to door asking people who live here what they might have seen, but people are not keen to speak to the media. 0ne but people are not keen to speak to the media. one woman told us she was com pletely the media. one woman told us she was completely shocked that something like this has happened here. and a few streets away, two mountain bikes

have been seized by police, wrapped up have been seized by police, wrapped up and marked and taken away as evidence. at this stage we are not ina evidence. at this stage we are not in a position to name the 17—year—old boy to identify who it was that lost his life, but the police say that the young man and his family remain at the forefront of their minds throughout this ongoing investigation. thank you very much. 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. 0ur correspondent richard galpin is following the story in islamabad. there's been yet another setback. 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.

he isa he is a very talented climber, particularly in the alps, climbing several of the most famous north faces of the different alpine mountains, and he did that in one winter so he was certainly viewed by some of the top climbers as a very skilled winter climate. if you look on facebook you will see him climbing extraordinary cliffs, doing a very tough rock climbing. an experienced climber, particularly in the alps but somewhat less so in the himalayas. he had had one expedition previously so not so much experience in the himalayas but certainly a very talented and overall experienced climber. a 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. 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. the hatch is open — america's new astronaut capsule makes its test flight to the international space station. and in sport, it is defeat for brendan rodgers on his return to the premier league as a stoppage time goalfrom andre gray premier league as a stoppage time goal from andre gray gives watford victory over leicester. britten‘s andy pozzi is through to the final of the 60 metre hurdles in the indoor athletics at glasgow as he aims to defend his title, and nicky rios says he wentjet skiing just hours before beating alex zverev in the mexican open in acapulco —— nick kyrgios. 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, literally 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 taught 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're 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're 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're too drunk to be in a nightclub, they're definitely too drunk to be out on the streets 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 a 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 have been submitted to the city council. megan paterson, 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. andy moore, 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 seals, than the common seals. here we look after sick, injured and abandoned seals and otters. we keep them here and care for them and feed them up until they're ready to be released back into the wild. shooting seals is completely legal, if you have license to do so. these seals were not shot, but they have lost their mums. we are seriously concerned about the health of the common 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's not really fair to move into an environment and just destroy the wildlife that's there because it's a threat to your industry. it would be great if shetland could set an example for the salmon

industry around the world, and certainly around the rest of 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've been implementing the knotted hdpe netting which we've 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 rippling effects. the shooting of seals was always a last resort. but from time to time, a rogue seal would actually attack the salmon in the pens, 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 the year we achieve that, we would 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.

some news just some newsjust coming into us some news just coming into us at the bbc is that a teenager who died after being stabbed in hale barns has been formally identified as a 17—year—old yusuf markey from burnage. it was around 7pm yesterday that police were called to goss bank road to report that a teenager had been stabbed. the boy was taken to hospital but he sadly died a short time later. a home office postmortem will take place this afternoon and two 17—year—old boys remain in custody, questioned on suspicion of murder. police operating in the area are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. they are particularly

keen to speak to anyone who was walking or driving in the vicinity of the road or some back lane at around 6:30pm. that is the newsjust coming into us, the name of the teenager who died after being stabbed in hale barns has been formally identified. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan. hello. the weekend comes to a stormy end for england and wales, as the deep area of low pressure that's been named by the met office storm freya rolls its way in, pushing through the irish sea come across northern england and eventually into the north sea by the time we get into monday morning. here it is on the current satellite picture, sitting just to the south of ireland.

and for areas around the periphery of this low, it's going to be a stormy old night. this front, trailing to the south of it, is going to bring some pretty wet weather into southern england. the rain around the heart of the storm affecting northern england overnight. the strongest of the winds for the south—west and wales, through the evening and overnight for the midlands and northern england and by the end of the night, the north coast of norfolk and parts of lincolnshire. on a positive note, the low is out into the north sea pretty pronto on monday morning, so the picture improves quite dramatically by the time we get to rush—hour and by lunchtime, sunshine over eastern areas. watch out for punchy thunderstorms coming into the west late in the day. this is bbc news. the headlines. 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. meanwhile the international trade secretary says leaving march 29th is still possible — but a delay may be necessary the hatch is open: america's new astronaut capsule makes its test flight to the international space station. a 17—year—old boy who was stabbed to death in hale barns, near altrincham, has been named by greater manchester police as yousef ghaleb makki from burnage. bbc scotland's chris clements reveals stories from one rural community where lives have been devastated by the growing abuse