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by the homesectretary. .. .. .. . .. child was 4:5 . our headlines today. a 20—year—old man has been charged with the murder of 17—year—old jodie chesney, who was stabbed in a park in east london last friday. but others on twitter saw the funny side. the baby son of shamima begum has died. her family say they're devastated and are calling for an urgent thank you for all your review of the decision comments this week. to strip her of her if you want to share your opinions british citizenship. on bbc news and current affairs no sign of a breakthrough. or even appear on the programme, the government rejects the eu s you can callus. latest offer as mps prepare ore—mail. for a crucial week to decide you can find us on twitter. the future of brexit. do have a look at our website for previous discussions. more men are being urged to consider that's all from us. a career in nursing, as the nhs tries to plug a shortfall we'll be back to you hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage of 40,000 nurses in england. again next week. goodbye. will it be unlucky 13 for wales? their incredible 12 match winning streak, is on the line in scotland today as they try to take one more step towards the six nations grand slam. good morning. it's a busy weekend weather—wise, lots going on. it'll be windy for most of us, so it'll feel colder and we've got

some rain and some hill snow mixed in, but some sunshine as well. i'll have more detail for you in around 15 minutes. it's saturday 9th march. our top story. a man has been charged with the murder of 17 year old jodie chesney who was stabbed in a park in east london last friday. another man who was also arrested remains in custody. 0ur reporterjohn mcmanus joins us from our london newsroom and can tell us more. scotla nd scotland yard confirming that a 2k -- 20 scotland yard confirming that a 2k —— 20 old man manuel petrovic from romford in east london has been charged with murder. jodie chesney was ina charged with murder. jodie chesney was in a park in harold hill in romford, they had been playing music when the attack happened. she was pronounced dead by emergency

services and our after they were called. manuel petrovic was arrested in leicester on tuesday, another man arrested on friday in london remained in custody. manuel petrovic is expected to appear in court to a nswer is expected to appear in court to answer the charge of murder. elsewhere 15—year—old boy has been charged with murder after the death ofa charged with murder after the death of a 17—year—old teenager who was found with multiple stab wounds in west kensington on thursday afternoon. police say a formal identification of that victim had not yet happened, but they have confirmed his name. a postmortem will take place on him tomorrow. 15—year—old boy has been charged that case. the baby son of shamima begum, the british teenager who joined the islamic state group, has died in syria. the boy, who was less than three weeks old, is thought to have contracted a lung infection. his mother travelled to syria as a 15—year—old in 2015.

the home office had recently taken the decision to strip her of her british citizenship. earlier we spoke to our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, who met shamima not long after she'd given birth. he began by describing the conditions in the camp. the circumstances that people are being held, whether they're victims of is or supporters of is here in northern syria are pretty grim. when i metjerrah, who wasjust a few days old, he was in good health and i asked shamima begum how her baby was doing. she said he was doing well at that time. but it's very cold here, the camps don't have enough blankets, they don't have enough tents and there isn't enough food in some cases. and the people there are struggling and they're angry, and it's a dangerous situation as well, it's still a stressful situation. sojerrah was in good health then but he deteriorated, and yesterday we heard that him and his mother had been taken under armed escort to hospital and he died shortly after lunchtime,

his cause of death was listed as pneumonia. it's worth remembering that in the long, miserable story of islamic state, the suffering is not yet over. people who were trapped inside or stayed inside with the islamic state till the very end are starving, many of those who left suffered from malnutrition. more than 100 people have died leaving that last is stronghold. and now in the camps, just in the last few days in the camps, we've seen 16,000 people arrive. it's a huge number, far more is supporters than anybody realised. the bombardment was very difficult for them, that intense fighting, the circumstances were awful. and as a result, an increasing number of people have fallen ill and in some cases, as withjerrah, have died. head teachers are accusing the education minister of not meeting with them to discuss their concerns over funding. yesterday thousands of head teachers sent letters to pa rents, asking them to lobby the government

for more money. the weather 1 minutes past the sport, the government says school spending is at its highest ever level, and that the core budget has been ringfenced since 2010. the schools minister nick gibb joined us on the programme earlier. he admitted the cost pressures on schools and we asked if he would visit one particular school that can no longer afford loo roll. there are examples, as i said, i have acknowledged that there were cost pressures, schools are having to absorb as we deal with the deficit. we will help those schools. those examples you give, we can help those schools manage their budgets more effectively by giving them that advice. i'm very happy, i visit schools all the time, all over the country. i'm very happy to visit that school, i'm very happy to visit any school across the country which i do every week. we're just weeks away from the uk's departure from the eu, but both sides are still struggling to agree on changes to the prime minister's brexit deal. yesterday the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier offered britain the option of leaving

the customs union, but said northern ireland would have to remain part of it. 0ur political correspondent matt cole joins us now. the clock is ticking but still no agreement? yes, we not going anywhere too fast. michel barnier, the chief negotiated with the eu, said the eu is going to take part in intensive talks over the weekend but it's not clear over what because we seem to be in an impasse. negotiations have been going on ever since theresa may's big deal was defeated in the house of commons month ago, a record defeat, a 240 majority against the plans. since then, lots of diplomacy between the uk and brussels. since then, there

will be another big vote on tuesday. it does not look like there is anything further or different to offer than that which was rejected a few weeks ago. it is not looking too good for the prime minister. if the vote is rejected, on wednesday there will be another vote on whether the commons will approve leaving without a deal, if that is rejected, on thursday another vote on whether article 50, the negotiating period needs to be extended. it could be tumultuous week for the prime minister and brexit process. as it stands this weekend there are meant to be people around the table in brussels but what entirely they could say, the last minute offer yesterday from michel barnier was rejected by the court —— government, the uk government saying that they rejected the same thing some months ago and they are going backwards not forwards, that seems to be the summary of the brexit negotiations at the moment. commercial satellite images of a facility near the north korean capital, pyongyang, suggest there are preparations to launch

a missile or a satellite. a summit between the north korean leader, kim jong—un, and president trump to discuss pyongyang's nuclear weapons ended last week without agreement. energy supplies are slowly being restored in venezuela after the longest power black—out in living memory. the power cuts started on thursday, with president nicolas maduro and the opposition blaming each other for the outage. most of the country was without power for more than 24 hours. the us actorjussie smollett is facing new charges after being accused of falsely reporting that he was a victim of hate crime. the gay african—american who stars in the empire tv series claimed he'd been beaten up but police later charged him with filing a false police report. a grand jury has now decided he should also face charges of disorderly conduct. mr smollet denies the accusations. research by the bbc has found only one in ten nurses working within the nhs in england are men. figures suggest that last year

there were just over 36,000 male nurses compared to more than 285,000 women. the department of health said it had seen a nine percent increase in men applying for courses in the past 12 months. events to mark the 60th birthday of barbie are taking place across the world today. the doll will make an appearance at a number of locations, including a barbie pop—up experience in new york. the toy‘s manufacturer mattel describe her as "the number one fashion doll", designed to inspire girls. barbie is 60, looks well on it as well! the weather coming up and the sport, well! the weather coming six |nd the sport, well! the weather 1 minutes ix |nd the sport, well!