welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is ben bland. our top stories: the baby son of shamima begum, the british teenager who joined the islamic state group, has died in syria. venezuela has now been paralysed by a national power cut for more than 2a hours. the government calls it sabotage. hello and welcome to bbc news. the baby son of shamima begum, the teenager whojoined the islamic state group, has died in a detention camp in syria. a paramedic told the bbc that the baby, who was about two weeks old,

and died from a lung infection. she had already lost two babies and had wanted to return to britain, but was stripped of her citizenship. daniel sandford reports. when the bbc first interviewed shamima begum 2.5 weeks ago, she'd just given birth to a baby boy, jerrah. in his short life, he lived in one internment camp and then another. his mother said her two other children had already died at the end of last year. losing my children. the way i lost them, i don't want to lose this baby as well, and this is really not a place to raise children, this camp. now, medical staff in the camp where she's living and the local military forces, the sdf, have confirmed to the bbc that her baby died yesterday in a nearby hospital after having breathing difficulties. he's already been buried. the family are devastated. the family are not surprised. there were concerns about the child's welfare. shamima has lost her food card, she's made that quite clear,

and wasn't able to feed herself, let alone the baby. the family of shamima begum had asked the home office for help, but the home secretary sajid javid's response was to take away her british citizenship, and the government gave them no assistance in trying to bring her 2—week—old baby boy to the safety of the uk. in a letter sent by the home office this week to shamima begum's sister, an official wrote... but then the official wrote that... it was a point sajid javid reinforced today after reports of the baby boy's death first surfaced. the foreign office has been clear for many years, there is no british consulate presence, there's no way that anyone can be helped in any way, including innocent children. this is why it's so dangerous. tonight, labour described the home secretary's decision making as callous and inhumane.

save the children said that more than 60 children under the age of five had now died in the camps and called on the uk and other countries to take responsibility for their citizens in north—east syria and take them home. daniel sandford, bbc news. our correspondent quentin sommerville, who interviewed shemima begum is in northern syria, explained just how bad conditions are in the camps. shamima is being kept in one of the better camps, but at the main camp, they are completely overwhelmed. they are running out of blankets and tents, there is not enough food, and these are dangerous places full of dangerous women is supporters. in the last few days, in fact, 16,000 people, including children, have arrived at one of the camps here. one of the things that is worth remembering is that islamic state did not give up — it held on until the last minute,

it held onto its supporters and it held on to its children. when i sanerrah, shamima's small boy, just a couple of weeks ago, he was doing well, but that kid had been through a lot already. the people coming out of there were suffering malnutrition and, as we heard in daniel's report, shamima begum already lost two babies while with islamic state. she came here in search of the perfect islamic family life, she said. well, like much else promised by the islamic state, that turned out to be a lie. with just three weeks until the uk is due to leave the european union, the british prime minister theresa may has warned that if parliament rejects her brexit deal again next week, the country risks not leaving the eu at all. speaking in grimsby, where people voted overwhelmingly to leave the eu, the prime minister urged mps to honour the result of the referendum or risk plunging the country into what she called a "moment of crisis". 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. the authorities in venezuela are struggling to restore power supplies, after a 24—hour blackout. on friday afternoon electricity was restored to parts of the capital, caracas, and in some eastern states, but latest reports indicate that the power has failed again in some areas. earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s will grant in caracas about how people were coping with the blackout i was just taking a bit ofa i was just taking a bit of a drive around the city and your description isa and your description is a pretty fair one. it was returned to parts of the city, i think, thatis of the city, i think, that is the right way to explain it. and those areas began to look like they were getting back to look like they were getting back to normal, families were going out onto the streets and trying to go to a few shops that were opening. but before you got back

to the other end of the city it was complete darkness again. so very, very patchy. reports are coming in all the time of areas that had electricity being plunged back into darkness again. if it is coming back it is coming back in a patchy way. do we know what has caused this blackout? the government is saying sabotage, what do they mean by that? well, this comes, as you know, in the midst of a very, very tense situation between the government of president maduro and the opposition leader, juan guaido, who is essentially trying to force mr maduro out of office and his supporters are too. the president blamed juan guaido, blamed the opposition parties, blamed washington, for having carried out acts of sabotage on the hydroelectric dam, the main hydroelectric dam, the main hydroelectric dam, the main hydroelectric dam which supplies domestic energy consumption in venezuela. they say that the software has been attacked that

i’u ns has been attacked that runs the dam, runs the hydraulic plant, and that that was all masterminded in washington. of course, this is laughed off byjuan guaido, who says all of this is down to economic mismanagement and incompetence on the part of president maduro‘s government. give us a sense of the disruption this is causing? i gather there are people stranded at the main international airport, among other things. that's right. it has been a very, very difficult 2a hours, over 2a hours now. yes, flights have been grounded. of course people have not been able to get to work, the public transport system has been collapsing. more importantly, two hospitals have been under very great pressure. we spoke to a worker ata we spoke to a worker at a hospital who didn't wa nt to at a hospital who didn't want to give her name, but spoke to us on the condition of anonymity, saying that conditions inside were extremely difficult over the past 2a hours, and in particular, the paediatrics ward was very badly affected, and their apparently have been some deaths. an extremely difficult period. grim news for venezuelans

on top of what was already an extremely tense and difficult few months. let's get some of the day's other news: other from uganda has otherfrom uganda has been the first person jailed otherfrom uganda has been the first personjailed forfemale otherfrom uganda has been the first person jailed for female genital mutilation. she person jailed for female genital mutilation. she has person jailed for female genital mutilation. she has been person jailed for female genital mutilation. she has been sentenced to ii mutilation. she has been sentenced to 11 years injail. thejudge said it was by berwick, sickening and premeditated as a 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 thirty five years in prison, before her sentence was commuted by president obama in 2017. the us actorjussie smollett is facing a series of new charges following claims he falsely reported

that he was a victim of a hate crime. a grand jury in chicago has issued a 16—count indictment against the star of the empire television programme. the pilot who crashed during the shoreham airshow in the uk, four years ago, killing 11 men, has been found not guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence. andrew hill, who's 5a, had been performing a loop when his ex—militaryjet crashed on to the a27 in sussex and then exploded into a fireball. it was the first time that a pilot had been charged with manslaughter following deaths at an air show. our correspondent, tom symonds has more. the last seconds of andrew hill's flight. what followed was described by one witness as "like a war zone". bleep. the 11 men who died were all on the busy a27 — some to watch the flying, some just passing by. a veteran chauffeur, workmates,

friends heading home. daniele polito died not knowing that he would become a father for a second time. he has two little boys that he will never see grow up and they will never have their daddy and it's just so cruel. it's something that could have been avoided — which seems quite obvious that it could have been avoided. it's just caused so much destruction to so many people. jacob schilt and his friend matthew grimstone had been driving to their football club, worthing united, when the plane hit their car. from the beginning, you thought "this is absurd," you know, "my son's been killed by a jet fighter at a display". it's just absurd. andrew hill, ex—raf, a british airways captain, has always accepted his flying that day was poor. outside court, he read the names of those who died. i'm truly sorry for the part

i played in their deaths and it is they that i will remember for the rest of my life. his cockpit ended up in a field. he was badly injured and, crucially, he had no memory of the flight. no memory of being hundreds of feet too low during the fatal loop. he said he must have been physically affected by something. this is the home of the british aerobatic academy. in the back seat, instructor adrian willis teaches pilots from all over the world. one thing they learn — how to cope with g—force, the extra force on the body in tight turns. he asks me to recite a nursery rhyme while pushing us through 6g — that's six times the earth's gravitational pull. humpty dumpty... ..had a great fall. humpty... ..dumpty... all the king's horses... ..all the king's men... ..couldn‘t put humpty together again.

now, fighter pilots train for this, but andrew hill is no longer an raf pilot and the verdict was worrying for one victim's family. and we feel that the success of mr hill's defence of cognitive impairment is a worrying precedent and could have far—reaching consequences. the case already has for those flying former militaryjets in airshows. they're operated by companies and charities, and shoreham has raised big questions about safety. this air display team currently can't fly aerobatics in airshows overland. and after years of concentrating on protecting the safety of crowds at an air show, now regulators are looking at the risks to people in surrounding areas. at the end of the day, we have to be hugely sympathetic to what happened and due process needs to take place, and we expect that regulations will change. and it's our duty as trustees, custodians of these aircraft, to work within those regulations that are put before us and continue,

as best we can, to display these heritage assets to the public. next come the inquests into the 11 deaths. the victims' families say they intend to play a full part. tom symonds, bbc news. a headteacher has told the bbc how she's had to scrub the toilets, clean the school, and work in the canteen because of a lack of funds. she spoke out as thousands of headteachers across england warned, in a letter to parents, of a funding crisis. the government says school funding for england is at its highest ever level. our education correspondent frankie mccamley reports. that'sjust a main meal deal, yeah? thank you very much. thank you. you'd be forgiven for thinking this is like any other school canteen. but in fact, this is the head teacher behind the till. often she simply can't afford the staff. and it's notjust here. other departments are feeling the squeeze. if i take you into the science room and show you that in here,

we have got students who are working three orfour to a group... so it's about £1.60 to £2 per pupil per head per year and from that, the head of science has to decide what she's going to buy. so, some of the equipment that we use, like today, this lesson, the students can do the practical but the students next door can't. what are the most extreme kind of things, situations, you've found yourself in because of the lack of funding? well, we haven't been able to employ, or we haven't had the funds to be able to employ cleaners, i will clean the toilets, i'm absolutely angry about it. i also feel incredibly embarrassed that i'm standing in front of you telling you i don't have any money — but it's not my embarrassment. i'm really sad that i can't provide for the students within my care. in the sixth form study room, students tell me they've noticed the purse strings are tightening. i chose to do art but due to lack of certain textiles, the class has had to be combined because it wasn't financially available to do two separate classes. this school has managed to stay

afloat and build new facilities by selling some of its land to a nearby property developer. but others across the country don't have that luxury. the department for education says funding is at its highest ever level, nearly £41; billion, compared to spending ofjust over £30 billion eight years ago. but teachers say what matters is spending per pupil. analysis shows that has actually fallen by 8% since 2010. the government insists there is more money. we are asking schools to do more and we know that they have had to absorb costs such as higher national insurance contributions, higher teachers' pension contributions, but we are spending record amounts on our schools and in this year and the next financial year, we are giving every local authority more money for every pupil in every school. but with pupil numbers rising, head teachers are not backing down, as they continue to fill their funding gaps. frankie mccamley, bbc news.

the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley, is under more pressure to resign, after saying in the commons this week that killings by soldiers during the troubles were not crimes. she met relatives of some of those killed by the security forces, who say they have no confidence in her. relatives of some other victims refused to meet her at all. this is bbc news, the headlines: it's been confirmed that the child of shamima begum, a british teenager who joined the islamic state group, has died in a detention camp. let's get more on that story. earlier, i spoke to kirsty mcneill. she is executive director of policy, advocacy and campaigns at save the children uk. i asked her what the situation was like in the camps. we've had 84 confirmed deaths in the camp so far, two thirds of which have been children underfive, so unfortunately, this latest tragic incident is one of many.

so children in the camp need access to tents, they need access to food, they need access to warm clothing, they need access to medical attention and psychological support. and in this particular case of shamima begum's baby, which we understand the baby boy has died in one of these camps — and we gather that shamima begum has lost two other children as well while there — what do you make of the way this case has been handled? we think all governments have a responsibility to children which they are nationals, so as we've seen, we've already seen a number of children suffering from hypothermia, and malnutrition from not having access to the right food. these children are british responsibilities if there parents are british, so it is incredibly sad to see shamima begum stripped of her citizenship and we think all governments need to take responsibility for

children in these camps. and in terms of the way the camps are run, i mean, who is responsible for those? there's about 511,000 people in this camp and there are de facto authorities in that area, but not a government as you or i would recognise it, so that's 511,000 people being cared for by aid workers. over 90% of them are women and children. so you've got various agencies trying to cope with an absolute influx, which is overwhelming, in freezing winter temperatures. police say the powers of stop and search are vital in tackling the rising threat of knife crime. but many campaigners say young black men are being disproportionately targeted and that stop and search is severely damaging trust within their community. as part of the bbc crossing divides series, linda adey has been to meet a campaigner against what, he says, is the misuse of stop and search, and a senior police officer at the front line of the battle against knife crime. police sirens

this is the met police violent crime task force. they've been told about a stabbing in a fast food takeaway in north london. the gentleman has been stabbed. there appears to be one puncture wound... the man is injured but not seriously — he will live. he's not given us any suspect description... these police officers deal with incidents like this every day. 5—6 on scene. 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'm handcuffed? this is dijon joseph, he's a sports coach who works with young people. this video of him being searched and handcuffed went viral. i haven't given you permission to search... he's been stopped and searched around 20 times. you haven't told me... listen, you haven't — what are you doing? this is where it happened? this is where it went down.

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 when i'm treated like that. my community know me for who i am and for what i do in my community and it is embarrassing to be stopped on the side of the road and being treated like you are a criminal based on what an alleged profile is. i took dijon to meet the most senior police officer of two london burroughs to discuss his concerns. i am not against stop—and—search. i am against when stop—and—search is misused against citizens, like myself, based on how i look — that's how i feel. it's differnt when you're being approached like you are a criminal, when you know you're not, and somebody‘s grabbing you, all of a sudden there's a cuff on you, and you're aggressively having your pockets ripped open. it's embarrassing. like i said, it leaves a negative stigma attached even to myself and my business. the way things are at the present time, let's be honest about it, knife crime is hitting all the headlines and the levels

of violence. stop—and—search is the short—term solution. we're not going to fix it now, this year, next year. it is an issue which is going to have to build and grow as a partnership and as a community. it does work, it does work, hand on heart, and if you are going to be ove rd ramatic about it, you could see stop—and—search as homecide mitigation, i think. there is a real trust issue between the community and the police in many different areas. and it's something that i believe needs to be re—established. i suppose, when you're looking at some of the things around stop—and—search, there's always going to be a friction point. absolutely. and there's things that we need to work on collectively. i mean it's a power that we have which isn't well received, but it's an understanding on our side as much as anybody else's. 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. back now to brexit, and with the deadline of march 29 now just three weeks away, there's still huge uncertainty over what will happen, despite two years of negotiations between theresa may's

government and brussels. so, how have voters viewed this period and have opinions changed? our special correspondent allan little has been to southampton to find out. i'm going back to the south coast. more for southampton... ? southampton is where i started as a trainee reporter in the 1980s. i'd be very upset if we hear that we are not leaving on 29th march. it was booming in those thatcher years, its prosperity still attracts migrant workers from the eu. we as a nation, as polish people, have brought a lot into this country. this is not the england of the so—called left behinds. why can't we make our own rules? it's difficult to be told what to do by another country. so, why did southampton vote to leave? and what does it expect this month?

danny voted to leave. he owns a successful small business refurbishing yachts. he recently sent a workforce of ten from britain to do a big job in the south of france. we may have to get to the point where you've got to sort visas out for working in europe. so when you voted leave, did you think about that? not at the time, because we weren't doing that work. but that work will need to continue, really. and you're not worried that that work will now go to a french supplier rather than to you? well, they could well do that, yeah. yeah. it could stay in europe, with people in the union. so you'd still vote leave if there were a second vote? yeah, i think so. so, it's our 11th birthday, guys. thank you so much for being part of the company. tomasz came to southampton from poland when he was 13. he founded his own marketing company and now employs ten people full time. someone very hungry, want a big piece? he was sure britain would vote to remain. did you feel your presence

here was made less secure? not necessarily less secure — less welcomed. so i did consider actually moving to australia for a while. ijust thought, i'm going to be homesick again, i really don't want to do it. the uk is my home, i really want to stay here. you don't want a second referendum? that would be a great option, i think it would be very nice, but what's the likelihood of that really happening and being called in time? purline was born injamaica and came to britain when she was 11. she's a ukip branch chairman. she's now worried brexit will be betrayed. the eu have the upper hand, and because they have so many people here in the uk who are elected representatives in parliament, who've been tripping over to brussels and having private conversations, and they have become anti—british and antidemocratic.

southampton voted narrowly to leave but, like britain, still can't agree what kind of leaving it favours. next week, i'm heading north, to a very different england, one that seems much more sure. allan little, bbc news, southampton. all around the world women and men have demanded better pay, more rights and respect for women on international women's day. but in turkey, marches were marred by violence as thousands of women attempted to push past police to demonstrate in the istanbul's taksim square. —— in istanbul's taksim square. georgina smyth has the story. tear gas, pepper spray please, this was not how international women's day was supposed to end in istanbul. several dozen women forced force the turnaround of the police said the match was unauthorised and barred them from entering the city's taksim square. —— pepper spray. that

simpson attempted coup in 2016, authorities have routinely banned marches in downtown istanbul. they scream, marches in downtown istanbul. they scream , we marches in downtown istanbul. they scream, we do not obey, we do not stop talking, we are not afraid! noise was also being made in germany, where women called for equal economic opportunities and underlined the need to fight for women's writes. that was echoed in spain, were women demonstrated for lesbian and transsexual rights and danced against the patriarchies. —— rights. these activists singing that without women, the world stops. but among the noisy demonstrations, there was also silence. in portugal's parliament, in respect to women killed in domestic violence. out on the streets, 10000 nurses marched for his pay and working conditions. equal pay was the

message in france too, the women we re message in france too, the women were told to leave work at the 40p.m., the time at which women stop earning as much as their male cou nterpa rts earning as much as their male counterparts in any given day. protests also outside the saudi embassy in paris, demanding the kingdom released the women's activists. and in the uk, the heavily pregnant duchess of sussex told an audience the soon—to—be newest member of the royal family is kicking of feminism. there were roses given out in the ukraine and grand gestures from astronauts in space, but down on planet earth, the fight for equality continues for another day. georgina smyth, bbc news. now the weather with nick miller. hello. there is lots of weather coming our way this weekend, some rain at times, some snow, too. it'll be windy throughout the weekend. remember when high pressure was in control? it was all quiet? it's well to the south of us now. it's low pressure, the atlantic

in charge of our weather. weather disturbances coming through. briefly milderfor some across southern parts of the uk during saturday, but we're all back into the colder air on sunday on a strong and cold wind. so the weather elements this weekend, it is going to be windy, widely gusts around 40—50 miles an hour, it will feel chilly in the wind, some wet weather at times — notjust rain but snow too — but also, we will all get to see sunshine at some stage of the weekend. this is how we're starting the weekend, temperatures at their lowest across northern england, northern ireland and scotland. close to freezing in places. wintry showers in scotland. an area of rain and hill snow coming out of northern ireland and running through northern england first thing, so a bit of snow to the pennines out of that. further showers running into northern ireland, across northern england, northern and western scotland on through the day. again, wintry on the hills but there'll also be some decent sunshine. let's take a look at things at 3 o'clock in the afternoon — very strong gusty winds

across the far north of scotland and northern isles. a bit of wet weather on and off during the day into orkney. these are the showers running into scotland. again, wintry on the hills. not too many to the east of scotland. there in northern ireland, they should be starting to ease from northern england at this stage of the afternoon. strong gusty winds right across the uk and actually, a fair amount of fine and occasionally sunny weather across the bulk of england and wales, bar the odd passing shower. look at this, though. on through saturday evening, some rain pushing north through a large part of england and wales. a bit of snow in snowdonia, into the peak district. temperatures will be at their lowest the further north from that, and the frost setting in, particularly into scotland, as sunday begins. but it's not a cold night further south where you're seeing the rain. all of that has to clear away sunday. it will be a slow process as well. that will take an area of rain and hill snow across the uk during sunday, and that snow in scotland particularly will be falling to relatively low levels, so don't be surprised by that. but the chance of seeing some significant snow piling up in the hills in scotland on sunday but elsewhere, you could see some some sleet and hail out of these showers, but there'll also some

sunny spells around, too, on what will be a windier and colder—feeling day on sunday. low pressure still in charge, briefly quiet on monday. then tuesday into wednesday, a deep area of low pressure passing just to the north of the uk, making it very windy once again. so a brief lull on monday. it clearly isn't going to last very long. that's your forecast.