hello, this is bbc news... the headlines... the dutch husband of shamima begum, this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm. the husband of islamic state bride, shamima begum, tells the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands, with their son, in peace. when you say you're a victim, that s sickening. i lived a miserable life. i was imprisoned. i was tortured. i lived in fear. police name 17—year—old yousef ghaleb makki as the teenager who was stabbed to death near altrincham last night. in the "last chance saloon", a warning about the yemen peace process from the the foreign secretary. eight brexiteer lawyers, including seven mps, set out their demands from the eu, in order to support theresa may's deal. a new astronaut capsule successfully guides itself into the international space station.

liverpool are held to a 0—0 draw by everton, meaning manchester city stay top of the premier league. full details in sportsday in half an hour. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the husband of a teenager who's been stripped of her british 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, with two other girls from bethnal green in east london. riedijk is facing a six—year jail sentence if he's allowed to return home, and he's been speaking to our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville. shamima begum left the uk tojoin

the islamic state group, and she says for love. she travelled with two school friends to raqqa in syria, where weeks later, she married this man. now in a kurdishjail, dutch extremist yago riedijk says he wants to return home with his wife. of course i would love to go back to my home country, which i now understand the privileges that i lived with, you know, the privilege 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. and 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? i think so. and you thought that was ok? to be honest, when my friend came and told me there was a girl who was interested in marriage, i wasn't really interested because of her age. but i accepted the offer anyways. 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. when i spoke to her last week, she had just given birth. their marriage was arranged by is. in the uk, sex with someone under 16 is statutory rape. they had three children, but only the newborn survives. you know she's been stripped

of her british citizenship? she's 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 she would in any form be a danger. all she did was sit in a 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. shamima begum no longer has a passport or her citizenship. she is also without her husband. she's being held in an internment camp not very farfrom his prison kurdish officials say there are no plans to reunite the two. quentin sommerville, bbc news, syria. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are owen bennett, who's head of politics at cityam, and the broadcaster, lynn faulds wood. a 17—year—old stabbed to death in greater manchester yesterday evening has been named by police. yousef ghaleb makki died after being stabbed in hale barns near altrincham. the teenager was taken to hospital but died a short time later. two boys, also aged 17, have been arrested on suspicion of murder. our correspondentjill archbold sent this update from the scene.

this is a very affluent area that i'm standing in, close to altrincham. the usually quiet and leafy streets are lined with large, family—sized homes. so for this part of manchester, a scene like the one behind me is very unusual. we've had a steady flow of police officers throughout the day, detectives going door—to—door, and as you'll see, the two large forensic tents in the street at the moment. this has been the picture here since 6:30pm yesterday evening. officers came to this street, following reports that a 17—year—old boy had been stabbed. he was taken to hospital and sadly later died from his injuries. in the last few hours, greater manchester have have confirmed that that boy was 17—year—old yousef makki. he was actually from burnage, which is more than eight miles from where i'm standing in now, and his family is said to have been left devastated by his death.

they are being supported at the moment by specially trained officers. although it's been quiet this morning, we are seeing increasing activity now, just over my shoulders, what we understand is the beginning of a fingertip search. detectives have been going door—to—door asking questions of people who live on the street, but clearly something more is now beginning to happen. we know that the investigation is in its early stages. nearby, two bikes have also been seized and are wrapped up and marked as evidence. but police also believe there could have been someone in this area last night around 6:30pm who would have vital information in this investigation. the latest stabbing follows the killing ofjodie chesney, who died on friday evening in a park in hay—vering in east london. today, friends and family have visited the site as charlotte gallagher reports.

jodie chesney‘s mum, supported by her family, came here today to lay flowers. her daughter was 17, studying for her a—levels. friends say she was beautiful, happy, and friendly, enjoying her life. many came here today, including lucy, one of her closest friends, devastated by the loss. what was she like as a person? you guys had a lot of good times together. inside and out, she was beautiful and kind, she wouldn't hurt anyone, she'd do anything to make you happy. she was just the most beautiful person i've ever met in my life. jodie was a keen scout, visiting downing street. and here she is at the royal albert hall, taking part in a festival of remembrance last year. forensic officers searched the park and children's playground looking for any clues.

people living here tell me they are scared, shocked, and horrified by what has happened here in this quiet residential area. jodie‘s grandmother has pleaded for anyone with information to come forward, saying too many young lives are being cut short by needless violence. jodie chesney is the 15th person to be stabbed to death in london this year. another community in shock at the murder of a young teenager, another pile of flowers marking a tragic death. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, who's visiting yemen, has said both sides in the country's civil war must show more commitment to a peace deal or it could be "dead within weeks". under the un—brokered agreement, yemen's government and the rebel houthi movement are meant to remove their forces from the key port of hudaydah, but there's concern that progress has been slow. mr hunt's visit to the country is the first visit to yemen by a uk

foreign secretary since 1996. he's met the yemeni deputy prime minister and foreign minister and stressed the importance of the warring parties to take the risks necessary to secure peace in the country. i'm the first western foreign minister to visit yemen since the start of the conflict four years ago. and it's a very simple reason, that the stockholm agreement, which is the only path to peace, could be dead in a matter of weeks if we don't see real progress in clearing the part of hudaydah from militia and troops. and that needs a huge amount of risk—taking by both the government of yemen's side and the houthi side to actually do what they agreed to do in stockholm in december. but that was 80 days ago. we still have not opened up the

humanitarian corridor. and we are in a situation now where 20 million people are worrying about whether supplies orfood are going to come. over 80,000 children have starved to death, and we have frankly the worst humanitarian crisis in the world about to happen, and that is why this is the last chance for peace. the uk has a very important role. we are notjust the member of the security council that has been taking the initiative to get the peace process going, but we are one of the largest donors in terms of humanitarian aid. but whilst everyone is preoccupied with all the different issues going on around the rest of the world, it is vital we don't forget there is a disaster about to unfold on our doorstep if we don't follow the path to peace that was agreed in stockholm. yemen's foreign minister welcome the visit of his british counterpart in trying to help establish a last peace in the region. —— lasting peace in the region. we are grateful to see a friend representing a great nation, a friendly nation, who is coming to show solidarity and support to the government of yemen. and we are thankful to these

engagements of the uk, all neighbours as a key holder of the united nations security council, as a partner that is really interested in creating the foundation for a deal representing yemen. muhsin siddiquey is the yemen country director for the charity, oxfam. hejoins me via webcam from thejordanian capital, amman. thank you very much forjoining us. in your experience, describe the scale and duration of this, the need that you are seeing among so many people? i think the humanitarian response plan has been published so you can understand almost 2a million, they need protection and

assistance. in almost one third, they are one step away from famine. if the humanitarian assistance is not provided to all these people, the children are starving, the economy has collapsed, and the currency has declined significantly. the infrastructure damaged, and most of the people in yemen, they are really waiting for this piece. so this is the situation, if you go and visit a hospital, if you go to a village, you can understand the situation over there. what difference is the aid that is getting through making to these 2a million people? as i said, if aid cannot reach these people, then there will be a huge catastrophe. and it is already recognised that

this is the worst humanitarian crisis, and yemen is a country where 90% of its food commodities are imported. they come through ports, like hudaydah. if these ports stop functioning for like a day, that will have a huge impact on the food and other commodities to those in need. so there would be a huge catastrophe on both a malnutrition situation, and the famine and hunger situation, and the famine and hunger situation that we are all basically foreseeing. so it is really important that all these lifelines continue and people receive the food and other services. this has been described for a long time now as a proxy war between regional rivals. what needs to happen in your view? i know you are not a politician, but

you are seeing this conflict unfold, what must happen to stop it? there area what must happen to stop it? there are a few things. the first, we need —— we want to see that the stockholm agreement is upheld, and we want to see a country wide cease—fire, and the international security council has a role to stop this. the third one is the international agencies, including the member states, they need to put pressure on both warring parties to respect international humanity and human rights law. there are other things to do to boost the economy, and open the airport. but it is more important that yemenis are waiting to see that these

unnecessary, unjustifiable, and unacceptable war stopped, and that is really affecting the yemeni population, including the children and others. what do yemenis tell you about their feelings towards the international community, and the un, having watched this go on for so long? well, they saw some kind of hope from this hudaydah peace agreement. so they still believe the international community is there to have a moral and legal obligation to stop that war, because the yemenis don't need this war. it is good that this geneva conference yielded positive results from all the member states to support the human rights response plan. but more importantly, all member states through the un security council need to put

pressure on the warring parties to stop this war and come to an inclusive peace process. what we also want to see is this peace process engage this says —— civil society and others. that seems a long way away, though? it is a long way away, but it is just a process. so after the hudaydah agreement signed, now there is an indication that these are the first steps. so for all the conflicting parties must be under pressure by all the member states. and gradually, this hudaydah peace agreement must be expanded and extended towards a cease—fire, and other issues. and definitely in the end, it must be a transitional government and democratic process must be introduced. thank you very much forjoining us. 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, tells the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. police name yousef ghaleb makki as the 17—year—old boy who was stabbed to death near altrincham last night. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, warns that attempts to end yemen's civil war have reached, in his words, the "last chance saloon". with less than four weeks to go before britain is due to leave the european union, the debate today has focused on whether enough hardline brexiteer mps can be persuaded to back theresa may's withdrawal deal. they want the eu to give legally binding concessions over the northern ireland backstop, the mechanism to prevent a hard border with the irish republic. parliament is due to vote on mrs may's deal on, or before, 12 march. here's our political correspondent iain watson. this is a week when it should become clearer weather theresa may's brexit deal will fly will be shut down.

she needs the support of long—standing brexiteers and labour rebels if she is to win a vote in parliament in the next ten days, and stand any chance of leaving the eu by 29 march. today the international trade secretary warned fellow leave campaigners that they risked delaying or undermining brexit if they didn't back theresa may's deal. we have a parliament with a remain majority that would try to keep us in or delay brexit as long as possible. it's up to those mps who were elected on a promise to their voters to honour the referendum and in my view to do the honourable thing and vote for the prime minister's agreement. the main barrier to brexiteer support is the northern irish backstop, which would keep the uk close to eu rules to avoid a hard border. this week, government ministers will be back in brussels, trying to get assurances that this would be temporary. eight brexit—backing lawyers, most of them also mps,

will then give their verdict on whether this would stand up in law. some of us feel repeatedly let down, and the only way we are going to support the withdrawal agreement in its revised form, which we don't know what it will be yet, as if it gets the support of our own legal team. the prime minister is unlikely to get the backing of every brexit supporting mp for a revised deal, so she has been working hard to try to convince some labour mps in leave areas to offer her potentially crucial support. they want to guarantees on workers' rights and more help for areas that feel left behind. this week, they mightjust get enough of what they are asking for. if you want to make sure, 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 deal. but this former prime ministers that it still wasn't clear what kind

of brexit was on offer, and labour mps shouldn't back theresa may. vote against the deal, use an extension to come to a conclusion. hard versus soft, or back to the people. by 12 march, the latest date when mps will get another say, the prime minister will have to overcome big political barriers if a deal is to go through. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. the cbi says uncertainty over uks departure from the eu 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. storm freya is expected to starting bringing strong winds of up to 80mph, dangerous conditions and travel disruption to england and wales later today. kathryn stanczyszyn is on bardon hill in leicestershire for us and sent us this update. it is windy here already, you can see the fast moving clouds behind me,

the highest points in leicester. but storm freya has not arrived yet, but she is already hitting parts of southwestern england and parts of wales. the worst gusts of wind will be in coastal areas of 80 mph. we are hearing about disruption already in parts of the world there, they've been closed because of flooding there, and power cuts are already happening, as well. we are expecting to see gusts of up to 60—65 mph for much of england, wales, and scotland, which is why there has been a yellow met office wind warning until 6am tomorrow morning, much of england and wales is covered by that. that means the possibility of threat to life, that's because of the risk of falling debris from falling trees, we could see some disruption for travellers, possibly more power cuts on the way, as well. so the full brunt of freya

expected to arrive here in the midlands around midnight, possibly into the early hours of the morning. she will then head northwest further towards yorkshire, then out over the north sea. so as you can see, she's not even here yet, but it is pretty windy here. you can see these conditions all over the country. the authorities in calais say 63 migrants have been detained after climbing aboard a cross—channel ferry. they were discovered soon after the ship arrived from dover last night, as danny aeber—hard reports. this incident is unusual and embarrassing for the authorities. they are more used to trying to deter attempts by migrants to stow away or be smuggled in vehicles crossing by ferry or via the channel tunnel. there has also been a recent rise in the use of small craft to cross the strait. the migrants breached the security perimeter and used a maintenance ladder to climb on deck last night. the whole ship, run by the dfds

line, had to be searched, causing delays but it has now resumed service. the search for a british climber who's been missing on one of the world's highest mountains for nearly a week, has been called off for the day. tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, 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'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 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 climber. 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. free tampons and other sanitary products will be offered to every female hospital patient who needs them, health leaders have announced. nhs england said women and girls will be able to ask for the products which will be free of charge from this summer. the british medical association argued it was inconsistent for some hospitals to give out razors and shaving foam, but not offer women sanitary products. a capsule, made by elon musk‘s space x 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. as soon as we got hard capture confirmed, there was a round of applause here. literally a new beginning of human space flight. a new step until we have commercial crew providers bringing humans to the international space station, launching from american soil. once again, a very exciting time. 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. good evening. stormy weather will bring an end to the weekend here in the uk. storm freya is responsible, there are met office warnings across england and wales, it is also windy out there, you can see the swathe of cloud from the picture here. more is yet to come. so it will be awful, there could even be a bit of snow over the hills as the remnants of that weather system clear way, the strongest winds as we go through the rest of this evening overnight, spreading across many parts of england and wales. there is the risk of snow for northern ireland before it clears away. it turns chilly and dry in the north with a touch of frost, but remaining wet and windy in southern and eastern areas as we head towards the monday morning rush—hour. the potential there for disruption

in southern and eastern areas because of the strength of the wind, but that eventually barrels out into the north sea and we have lots of hefty showers moving in as we go through the day.