this is bbc world news, the north the headlines: ii‘ul‘ei mr“ mflr the north could turn some showers in the north could turn wintry with quite low levels into the uk prime minister theresa may sunday and a cold feeling day. it has appealed to mps to back her brexit deal will be will be but there will still in parliament next week be some spells of sunshine. as the eu's chief brexit negotiator outlines a clarification and reassurance of the bloc‘s position. it's been confirmed that the child this is bbc world news today. of a british teenager our top stories. who joined the islamic state group with just three weeks until the brexit deadline — has died in a detention camp. uk prime minister theresa may medical sources told the bbc the child had appeals to mps to back her deal caught a lung infection. in parliament next week. us markets have fallen after some disappointing economic news. if mps reject the deal nothing is there's been a sharp certain. it would be an utter moment decline injobs growth, of crisis. the eu's chief brexit negotiator just 20,000 were created last says it's "not interested month, a fraction of in the blame game" as he outlines the 180,000 that was expected. a clarification of their position. we'll have the latest. venezuela has suffered the worst its been confirmed that the child blackout in decades, of shamima begum — with most of the country paralysed a british teenager who joined by a power cut which the government the islamic state group — is calling sabotage. has died in a detention camp. venezuela suffers the worst hundreds of passengers blackout in decades, are still stranded at the main with most of the country paralysed by a power cut, which the government is calling sabotage. return of the dragon — america's first commercial astronaut capsule splashes back down to earth after a successful test mission

to the international space station. hello and welcome to world news today. it's three weeks today until the uk is due to leave the european union and the british prime minister has appealed to eu leaders for "one more push" to get her brexit deal through parliament. theresa may didn't mince her words when she warned of "a moment of crisis" if mps again reject her deal when they vote next week. she said if it was voted down again, it could result in a softer brexit or no brexit "at all" — which she said would be a "political failure". here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. hard work, this, a bit like brexit, or maybe a journey going nowhere, destination unknown. today, the prime minister came to grimsby, where seven out of ten voted to leave,

and appealed to mps to back a plan. reject it and no one knows what will happen. we may not leave the eu for many months. we may leave without the protections that the deal provides. we may never leave at all. and then, with brexit talks deadlocked, this message to brussels. butjust as mps will face a big choice next week, the eu has to make a choice, too. the decisions the european union makes over the next few days will have a big impact on the outcome of the vote. are you simply keen to shift the blame for the way the talks have deadlocked towards the european union and away from yourself? my message to the european union is very clear, this is the moment, this is the time. the british public, as i say, has moved on. they want us to get this done. it takes both sides to get the negotiation through. are you willing to contemplate

allowing conservative colleagues, including ministers, to vote to block a no—deal brexit, given you have said it could harm britain and the british people? for those who do not want us to leave without a deal, actually, the best way is to vote for the deal so we leave with that deal. down at the docks, you could find sympathy for mrs may but also impatience. i think margaret thatcher would do a betterjob. i think she has got more balls. but a lot of people didn't like her. obviously, she can help us out and stay by us and try to sort this out, and it would be good for all of us around here. no matter what theresa may comes up with, they are going to throw it out. it does not help she's a lady. if she was a big, strapping bloke, they might have different views on it. sympathy in the country may comfort mrs may but at westminster, she is suspected of taking brexit down to the wire, hoping mps see her plan as the last, best option.

the prime minister could run out of road first. the threat is not just from brexiteers. some pro—european ministers say they will ignore mrs may if her deal fails and vote to stop brexit with no deal. myself and other colleagues will prevent the country from crashing out of the eu by voting against no deal. no deal is not in britain's interests. the labour leader is keen to see mrs may defeated. is he as keen on a referendum or backing away? we are not backing away, we are saying the priority at this moment is to stop a no deal exit. a no—deal exit would be very damaging to jobs and industry. in brussels, the eu's chief negotiator was not impressed. we are not interested in the blame game. we are interested in a result. just now, people are getting on with daily life. the next brexit setback or breakthrough could change the country's future, but all people here and across the country can do now is wait to see how. john pienaar, bbc news, grimsby. so far the eu has been unwavering

in refusing to make any changes to the withdrawl agreement — and the controversial irish backstop. a few hours ago, in a series of tweets, the eu's chief brexit negotiator outlined its final offers. the bbc‘s europe correspondent, damian grammaticas is in brussels. this is not a softening of the eu position, with the eu says is this is an additional reinsurance that it is trying to give the uk, in effect you should look at this as the final piece of the eu putting this on the table to try to help theresa may get her deal over the line through parliament next week. it's offering two essential things here. barnier briefed eu countries and we did them out here this evening. one is a letter, or illegal reassurance that the eu will use its best endeavors to secure a trade deal for the uk in the future, the second thing is a clarification

that barnier says the eu does not seek to trap the uk in a customs union arrangement in the future as many mps in the uk fear because he says the uk can withdraw from the customs union, but northern ireland crucially would have to remain under the special arrangements agreed in that withdrawal treaty. the eu was saying this is additional reassurance, the problem will be that on the uk side they will say it's not enough, it's not a new thing, not a change to that original treaty. the original tree stands in the question then will be can anything more be achieved in the next couple of days. barnier says they will keep talking, but it's hard to see, i think, at this stage the eu offering more. it is really saying the choice is now up to the uk. in the last hour its been confirmed that the baby son of british teenager, shamima begum — whojoined the islamic state group — has died. medical sources in syria told the bbc the child had caught a lung infection. shamima begum has said she wants to return to britain,

but was stripped of her uk citizenship. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford told us more. the official spokesman for the syrian democratic forces has confirmed that shamima begum's little baby boy has died. he was not yet three weeks old. they had been the one bit where they said it was not true. they have now confirmed that it is true and if spoken to medical staff working at the camp where she had spent the last couple of weeks. the baby was going blue and put on a respirator but staff of the local hospital were unable to save him. she was then taken back to the camp with her dead baby son and the boy was buried at the internment camp.

it is very little doubt that her son who was born two and a half weeks ago has died. any response from the british government given that they stripped her of her citizenship a couple of weeks ago? no. while the story was not 100% confirmed the british minister was asked about it and he said the reports are out confirmed then said listen we always advise people against travelling to syria. people that cannot get help in syria. that's been the british government refrain on this. she asked for two things, she asked for shamima begum to be given assistance to get back to the uk and she's going tojoin the islamic to get back to the uk and she's going to join the islamic state group and at that state she had been regarded as a victim. they asked for help for her and the response to that was to take away her british citizenship which effectively is in

a refusal to assist at all. then they ask and they help with the very newborn baby in the british government has said well first of all they need to make sure that you have got a proper lawyer in that you have got a proper lawyer in that you have to talk to the foreign office, not the home office and then you need to try and understand that there is not any assistance in syria. they have got very little assistance at all from the british government and of course the baby has now died. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. a motherfrom uganda has become the first person to be jailed for female genital mutilation in the uk. the 37—year—old woman cut her three—year—old daughter at the family home in east london in 2017. she s been sentenced to 11 years jail. the judge said it was a barbaric, sickening and pre—meditated crime. the former us intelligence analyst, chelsea manning, has beenjailed for refusing to give evidence to a grand jury investigation into wikileaks. manning was arrested in iraq in 2010 after passing on archives of confidential military

and diplomatic files to wikileaks. she was sentenced to 35 years in prison, before her sentence was commuted by president obama in 2017. turkish police have fired tear gas to break up a crowd of several thousand women who'd gathered to mark international women's day in istanbul. the women gathered in the corner of taksim square and were planning to hold a march — until their path was blocked by police. scuffles broke out and pepper spray was also used to break up the demonstration. there's been some bad news for the us economy, with a sharp decline in jobs growth — just 20—thousand new jobs were created last month — a fraction of the iso—thousand that was expected. us markets have fallen back on the news. but president donald trump insisted the economy is growing. the economy is doing very well. we are seeing wages rise more than they have at any time for a long, long time. witches are going up in the first time for many years. i've talked about it

during the campaign, for over 20 years. so i'm happy about that. the economy is very, very strong. if you look at the stock market over the last few months it has been great. and certainly since my election it is up getting close to 50%. the stock market. so we are obviously very happy with that. we will, i think, as soon as these trade deals are done, if they get done, and we are working with china, we will see what happens. but i think you will see a very big spike. a lot of people are waiting to see what happens with the china deal. mexico, canada is done. we will be submitting to congress very shortly. and that's a great deal for the united states and we are very happy about that. many shops and businesses remain closed in venezuela, more than 2a hours after the start of power cuts that have left large parts of the country without electricity. underground stations in the capital caracas haven't opened and hundreds of passengers are still stranded at the main international airport.

our correspondent will grant sent us this report from caracas. venezuelans are used to blackouts lasting three or four or maybe even five hours long. the one that is lost in 2a hours and affecting the majority of the country is particularly unusual. many see it as indicative of a country in decline. the opposition say the whole thing is the result of the mismanagement by president nicolas maduro and his administration. the president blames the opposition saying they are carrying out acts of sabotage against the country's main hydroelectric power dam. ordinary venezuelans are hydroelectric power dam. ordinary venezuela ns are simply hydroelectric power dam. ordinary venezuelans are simply caught in the middle unable to get to work, unable to leave ordinary lives in the chaos. translation: i came out looking for water and food for my family. but

because of the electrical blackout the traffic lights are not working and someone crashed into our car. now we are stuck here as you can see. of course in the country where food is difficult to come by, scarce and very expensive fridges across the country have food writing and more importantly than that in the hospitals many, many lives are depending on this electricity returning as soon as possible. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. crossing the divides — we look at knife crime in the uk and whether or not police need stop and search powers to tackle the spate of fatal stabbings. the numbers of dead and wounded

defied belief, this the worst in atrocity in european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours than the soviet union loss in elderly leader and replaced it with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we produce gunshots from the jump and started fighting. god we are all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41 sentenced to 99 years. travelled from memphis jail to natural state prison by conway. was if you like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. do you think it will change your life much?|j thank you. do you think it will change your life much? i don't know, i've never been married before. this is bbc world news today.

the latest headlines. the uk prime minister theresa may has appealed to the eu for one more push, to help her get a brexit deal through parliament. its been confirmed that the child of shamima begum — a british teenager who joined the islamic state group — has died in a detention camp. british police say the powers of stop and search are vital in tackling the rising threat of knife crime in the uk. but some say young black men are being disproportionately targeted and stop and search is damaging trust in the community. as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides series linda adey, brought a campaigner and police officer together to discuss the issue. this is the met police violent crime task force. they have been told about a stabbing at a fast food take away in north london. a gentleman is been stabbed, one puncture wound. the man is injured, but not seriously.

he will live. these police officers deal with incidents like this every day. the patrol goes looking for people carrying weapons, a tactic they use is stop and search. but it can be controversial. can you explain to me why i am handcuffed? this is mrjoseph. he is a sports coach who works with young people. this video of him being searched and handcuffed went viral. he has been stopped and searched around 20 times. what are you doing? this is where it happened? yeah, so this is where it went down. this is where... he thinks black men are being unfairly targeted by police. as an upstanding citizen it is degrading to say the least, and it is embarrassing. my community no me for who i am in for what i do in my community. it is embarrassing to be stopped on the side of the road and be treated like you are a criminal based on what an alleged profile is.

i took him to meet the most senior police officer of two london boroughs to discuss his concerns. i am not against stop and search. i'm against when the stop and search is misused against citizens like myself based on how i look according to that. that's how i feel. it's different when you are being approached that you are a criminal when you know you are not. and somebody is grabbing you in cuffing you and you are aggressively having her pockets ripped open and it's embarrassing because it leaves a negative stigma attached even to myself and my business. the weight things are at present time, let's be honest about it, knife crime is hitting all of the headlines and levels of violence. stop and search is the short—term solution. we are not going to fix it now, this year or next year. it's an issue that's going to build and grow as a partnership and the community. it does work, head on her, if you're going to be overdramatic about it you could see stop and search as homicide negation. there is a real trust issue

between the community and the police in many different areas, and it's something that i believe has to be re—established. i suppose when you look at some of the things around stop and search there will always be a friction point. there's things that we need to work on collectively and it's a power that we have which is not well received, and it's about the understanding on our side as much as anybody else. back on patrol, another stop and search. a valuable tool for police, or a tactic that compromises the trust of the black community? linda adey, bbc news. america hasn't been able to send its own astronauts into orbit since the end of the space shuttle programme in 2011 — but that could soon be about to change after its new commercial astronaut capsule, the spacex dragon, successfully completed its first flight today splashing down in the atlantic. there were no crew on board — just a dummy — as the vehicle returned to earth from the international space station. but all went to plan which means two astronauts may make their first flight this summer.

here's pallab ghosh. cheering it could not have gone any better. a successful splashdown for the dragon spacecraft. a mission where everything went like clockwork. the day began with the crew of the international space station saying bye to the capsule they may be using on their next mission. you see dragon physically separating from the international space station. a space suited dummy called ripley is on board. is now sub sonics are already starting to slow down. it's heat sealed using untested technology.

it seems to have worked. it goes exactly to plan. the splashdown was beautiful. the engineers and technicians and everybody on the ground will be checking over all the numbers and data and making sure everything is good for a future mission later this year hopefully. nasais nasa is hoping for a return to their golden era. when 50 years ago, it was able to send astronauts to the moon. for eight long years, the agency human space flight missions have been grounded. if dragon possibly christian has gone as good as it seems, those glory days could soon be back. john watson has all the sport.

guess who's back, also perhaps sooner guess who's back, also perhaps sooner than expected. claudio has into the call returned to his boyhood club as roma attempts to revive their season. the experienced manager here in rome arriving back and lots of photographers and paparazzi out to greet him. he will replace francesco who was sacked on thursday. sacked by fulham last week after just three wins thursday. sacked by fulham last week afterjust three wins in 17 games in charge, but roma clearly feel he's the right man to steer them for the remainder of the season. he's back home, his home city of rome and will bea home, his home city of rome and will be a second spell charge of the club between 2009 in 2011 and he very close to winning the title there. until the end of the season desperate to finish in the top four

and of course there were knocked out this week. it's been quite a week for roma. not that of the champions league. 0n for roma. not that of the champions league. on thursday of this asked their head coach and friday has been very busy because he's been up appointed as the manager but also they lost their director. come by mutual consent known as the transfer group. he was severe to so much success in the europa league and then the last decade he has left. very tumultuous week at roma. john bennett speaking earlier on the appointment. they have not been recorded this squad day. year—long bands. run out during their next series with pakistan and that made them eligible for selection but they have been overlooked this time meanwhile the' beat india by 32 runs in the 33rd one day international.

helping at the target of 314. despite the 40th century of his career india coming up short and they lead the series 2—1. west indies are playing england. their second of 32020 matches. they lost wickets early on at the top of the autumn. they have recovered in england under 54 to five. some formula 1 really of the motorcycle world, the modo gp season sta rts motorcycle world, the modo gp season starts this weekend. friday's practice of finishing in the sale at the international circuit they'll. it's expected to be a hugely exciting season. the leading writers on their thoughts of what we can forward to. yeah, it's been a

strange thing and a good way. we try to improve the bike and we will try to improve the bike and we will try to start this way. on the paper it looks like everybody improved a little bit. how much is the bike and the drivers. they were 100%. i little bit. how much is the bike and the drivers. they were 10096. i will be close to that. the line-up of the temperature is unbelievable. it's all the different factory bikes. really strong right now. we are closing the gap and that's important. improved a little bit on the braking area. a little bit on the braking area. a little bit on the top speed area. so this means that we have worked very hard. what a thrill it is going to be. can

anyone stop him? he is 15 the last six titles. it is also the time being and samantha images to you. just before we go — meet mera the stray himalayan dog. who's done what no other dog has ever accomplished before. these pictures were taken by an expedition climbing in the himalayas, when they stumbled upon the dog on a glacier at 18,000 feet. the dog stayed with the climbers and over the next few days, braving the elements and knife—edge ridges, reached the summit of mount baruntse — a whopping 23,000 feet, or seven kilometres, above sea level. all of them smiling away, you cannot quite see the dogface there but i'm sure she was happy as well. a reminder of our top story. with three weeks to go until the uk is due to leave the european union, the british prime minister has appealed to eu leaders for "one more push" to get her brexit

deal through parliament. you can get in touch with me on twitter. good evening. today may have started on a brighter note for many of us but it did not last. cloud and rain quickly arrived from the west and we will see more of that over the weekend. this is the satellite picture. it shows this lump of cloud which brought the wet weather today. but behind it notice further areas of cloud. and they are heading our way because the jet stream, the wind high up in the atmosphere, are acting like a conveyor belt this weekend, racing across the atlantic, picking up all these lumps of wet weather, driving them in our direction. some of them will be short, sharp showers but there could be some longer spells of wet weather mixed in as well. what we are going to see next weekend is some cold and windy weather with some rain and some snow over high ground. it will be cold enough for that. some sunny spells still sandwiched in between. today's rain will clear away eastwards during tonight

to leave clear spells. it stays quite breezy. more showers into the north—west. perhaps some more persistent rain for northern ireland in north west england later in the night. two or three degrees for aberdeen and glasgow, but seven or eight degrees across southern parts of the uk. a mild start in the south. a chilly start tomorrow in the north and we still have these outbreaks of rain and hill snow moving across northern england and into the north midlands and east anglia, then clearing away. then it's a decent day for many with some spells of sunshine but more showers will work into western scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england. it is quite chilly across northern areas. not as cold further south. but for all of us it will be quite windy. now, the weather picture is quite a complex one during saturday night. this little frontal system here may spin up into a slightly deeper area of low pressure, so there is the potential for the wind and rain in the south on saturday night. plenty of showers and may be some windy weather across the north as well stop for all of us on sunday, there will be a surge of cold air down from the north. so, a chilly feel to the weather

on sunday, particularly when you factor in the strength of the wind. lots of showers, some heavy, thundery ones. wintry ones over high ground in the north but perhaps even to lower levels at times where you see some of those heavier showers. wind gusts of 40—50 mph, but potentially a little stronger than that in some places and those temperatures are four to 10 degrees. a cold feel to the day. as we look into next week, on monday there will briefly be a bit dry but it won't last. the rest of the week is very unsettled. some rain at times and often quite chilly.