good evening. rescuers have found the bodies of the missing british mountaineer, tom ballard, and his italian climbing companion, daniele nardi, in pakistan. contact was lost with the pair this is bbc news — i'm geeta guru—murthy. almost two weeks ago the headlines at 6pm. during an ascent of one of the world's highest mountains — nanga parbat, in the himalayas. the bodies of british climber tom ballard and his italian partner mr ballard is the son have been found in pakistan — two weeks after they of alison hargreaves, last made contact. who died on the mountain k2 in 1995, the home secretary, sajid javid, the same year she became the first is facing criticism for revoking the citizenship of shamima begum, woman to conquer everest unaided. whose baby son died in a camp in syria. a man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder ofjodie chesney in east london earlier this month. the brexit secretary accuses the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier of trying "to rerun old arguments", as talks continue between the uk and eu. and in rugby — wales beat scotland at murrayfield and edge towards the six nations title. we'll have full details of that and today's other big matches in sportsday at 6:40.

rescuers have found the bodies of two climbers who had been missing for almost a fortnight on a mountain in pakistan. the british mountaineer tom ballard was climbing the 8000 metre nanga parbat with italian national, daniele nardi, when they lost contact. tom ballard was the son of alison hargreaves, the first woman to climb everest un—aided, but who died soon afterwards on k2. earlier a family friend described how he first met him.

yes, when he was about six years old. indeed, we were then going all the way up to the same range in which he has been killed and where his mother was killed in 1995. jim wanted to take the kids to say theirfinal goodbyes to their mother. i went with them. it was an extraordinary expedition. i think that ignited something inside tom, that nothing was going to stop and following in his mother's footsteps. sadly and in a tragic way, ultimately to the same destiny. but there was something extraordinary about that boy — i still see him as a boy. he was immensely talented. very determined. he was his mother's son, he had all those talents and that can—do attitude. hejust loved being on mountains, hejust adored it. he was at peace in the mountains. he is now truly at peace in the mountains. what his father i know would say is — tragic as it is, too young to be gone from us, my goodness, he died doing what he loved to do.

tell us about the rescue operation that has been going on. was there any delay because of tensions in the mountains between india and pakistan at that time? yes. i think we need to find out more about what actually happened. certainly for the first 48 hours there were delays. there were delays because of those tensions on kashmir between pakistan and india, so the helicopters that might have been available were not as soon as we would have liked. it is not to say that tom and daniele could have been saved, because for all we know they could have been killed the day we lost contact with them, by a huge avalanche. but certainly, it would have been much better to have up there within the first few hours that they went missing. i'm sure we will find out more about that as the story unfolds. when i first heard that he had gone missing, i was stunned that he had faced such risks in the light

of losing his own mother. what is it that spurred him on, given the tragedy he had suffered so young himself? i think that was part of his strength. all mountaineers are driven by that need to, if not summit a mountain then find the most difficult way up. it is about challenges. i think the loss of his mother invigorated him and empowered him. i think that he knew he was not omnipotent. there was always that danger that he was going to go the same way. but you cannot think about that, whether you are a mountaineer or a racing driver or anything — anybody who is putting themselves at risk — you cannot think about that otherwise there is no point in doing it. there's no such thing as a timid mountaineer, otherwise don't bother being mountaineer. the home secretary sajid javid

is facing fresh criticism after shamima begum's baby son died in a syrian refugee camp. last month, he stripped miss begum of her british citizenship. it meant she was not allowed to return to the uk, where she was born and lived untilfour years ago. the shadow home secretary, diane abbott, said the child was "innocent" and described the government's decision as "callous and inhumane". 0ur correspondent chi chi izundu reports. babyjarrah, born in a camp used to hold isis fighters, their wives and children, pictured with his mum, 19—year—old shamima begum, less than three weeks old, now dead from pneumonia and buried at the same camp. more than 65,000 mostly women and children call this home. both a refuge and detention centre, those who chose to join isis and are now fleeing the fighting have ended up here. conditions at the camp mean little food and little warmth. last month, the home secretary, sajid javid, confirmed the boy was a british citizen and said he had considered the child's

interest when deciding to revoke shamima begum's citizenship. criticism now at the uk government's door that the life of that child could have been saved. it cannot be right that this mother was stripped of her citizenship, when she was so vulnerable, she herself groomed as a child and left britain, where she had been radicalised. she was british until stripped of her citizenship, which we think was completely the wrong approach. but crucially, whatever you think about the behaviour and choices of that mother, this is a newborn, the third child that this mother has lost. this child is clearlyjust one more innocent victim of war. labour's shadow home secretary, diane abbott, joined the criticism, calling the baby's death morally reprehensible and a stain on the conscience of this government. but the conservative party chairman, brandon lewis, said on radio 4 this morning that the decision to keep shamima begum out of the uk was in the national interest. as somebody who has served in the home office, i can tell

you factually the home secretary will have made a decision based on what he believes is the best interest of the security of the people of the united kingdom. the duty of the home secretary in this country is to keep british people safe and he made a decision based on the advice he had about keeping british people safe. meanwhile, shamima's family are still fighting for her to be allowed back into the uk. in bangladesh, just before it was revealed that her child had died, shamima's father, ahmed ali, begged for his daughter to be forgiven. translation: shamima was a teenager. she has done wrong and as her father, i apologise to everyone in britain. i'm asking the british people to forgive her and take her back. in a statement, the government says the death of a child is tragic and deeply distressing for the family, but gave no indication that there were any plans to even consider its stance on giving shamima begum back her british citizenship. chi chi izundu, bbc news. i've been speaking to the former foreign secretary david miliband — who now leads the aid organisation, the international rescue committee about why he thinks the british

government should allow shamima begum to return to the uk. no one denies the dilemmas that are apparent in any one holding high office with a security angle. i haven't heard anyone suggest that she should just be invited back, and that is the end of the story. there is a significantjudicial process, there is a significant security process as well. but we cannot fall for the argument that — if we ignore people who have done wrong, then we render ourselves safe. we don't. we are living in a world where there are too many areas that have ungoverned space. we are living in a world where, although isis is being defeated militarily, it's not yet being defeated ideologically. isis sprang out of sunni communities in syria and iraq.

the territory that isis controlled — islamic state so—called "daesh" in arabic — the territory they controlled has been taken from them but the ideological wellsprings of what became a much stronger movement than al-qaeda was 20 or 30 years ago have got to be addressed. that is why i'm putting emphasis to you, on recognising that there are issues and dilemmas in respective foreign fighters. but also making the point to you that unless we address the humanitarian development, political conditions, across syria and iran, then we are asking for difficulty if not trouble further down the line. just to give you a sense of how delicate the situation is, you've got the assad forces to the east of the kurdish area, you've got the kurds in the middle, you've got iraq on the eastern side... sorry you've got the assad forces on the west, the iraqis on the east, the turks to the north and the trump administration threatening to withdraw the 2000 american troops

who are holding the reign at the moment. as a humanitarian organisation, it is ourjob to bear witness to what is happening on the ground. what is happening is that there are desperately vulnerable people, traumatised by living on the islamic state and daesh rule, who need the most basic support in terms of shelter and health care. but also need specialist help, given the degree of trauma that they have had. this is an urgent need, notjust on moral grounds but i would argue on strategic and stability grounds, too. with me is kirsty brimelow qc, chair of the bar human rights committee of england and wales. thank you forjoining us. it is tragic for any child to lose their life, but many do feel in this country that she has turned her back on this country, she was not apologetic forjoining on this country, she was not apologetic for joining is, on this country, she was not apologetic forjoining is, why should she have been met back in, or should she have been met back in, or should we engage now. obviously the child is in a different position in any event. there is absolutely no dispute that the child would retain

british citizenship, and also the state. the uk had a duty to protect that child. as far as we can see, absolutely nothing had been done to try and protect the child. the real tragic effect of that was a child who is not even three weeks old, dies in some ways perhaps predictably because they are so many people dying in and around in those camps in syria that the health is extremely bad, resources are bad, this is —— insufficient medical supplies and so on. yet once a decision was made in relation to shamima begum, the home office seems to have lost its hands of the case. 0r deferred it to the foreign 0ffice. 0r deferred it to the foreign office. the effect has been in between all the bureaucracy nothing has happened and the child has died. what should happen now and what the home secretary should do? he should review the decision. and actually had the courage to look at that

decision again. there has never been any explanation from the home secretary as to why he has gone against his own strategy. there is a counterterrorism strategy which was agreed and set out in a very comprehensive document. it has been enforced, upgraded, revised and published in 2018. signed off by the prime minister and the home secretary. it looks at potential cases like shamima begum, a woman with a baby trying to come back to the uk having joined isis. in fact case study, except that what should be done. that includes that the child is dna tested to ensure that the child is a child of the woman, then the woman is brought back into then the woman is brought back into the country with a controlled entry so the country with a controlled entry so that she and whatever means she will cease. she then ends investigated the police. if there are charges to be brought, they are brought. if not, she is in a wreck the radicalisation programme, there

are restrictions on her, she has a specialised mental. restrictions for police reporting requirements, for example if there is any change of address, restriction of travelling so on. address, restriction of travelling so on. that has already been decided. a budget of 2 billion is therefore this strategy. —— 2 million a year. there is no exclamation from the home secretary as to why he has ignored that. because she had potential dual nationality in bangladesh, of course she never actually lived there as we know. there will be efficacious now. people will be dismayed to hear that the baby has died. is it unfairfor labour to blame the home secretary for such a personal way? labour to blame the home secretary for such a personalway? as labour to blame the home secretary for such a personal way? as a labour to blame the home secretary for such a personalway? as a layer, i would rather politics are kept out of this. none of us want to be involved in scoring over the death ofa involved in scoring over the death of a baby. however looking at it forensically, regardless of a

potential argument of dual citizenship, and it is a potential argument, that should not trump a strategy there. it should be looked at property. the home secretary could publish his legal advice to sheu could publish his legal advice to shelf but he took into consideration in international law, but there needs to be a detailed explanation from him now, and a refacing concerning sending begum with a view to reviewing that decision so that she can we enter the uk and deal with in the quarters of the uk strategy. the difficulty with stripping people of the citizenship, you are just stripping people of the citizenship, you arejust going stripping people of the citizenship, you are just going to create a black hole of people who are stateless with nowhere to go, and potential further radicalisation, and potential danger and terror. to various countries such as the uk. thank you very much. a man has appeared in court, charged with the murder of 17—year—old jodie chesney. jodie was stabbed in a park in east london last friday.

20—year—old manuel petrovic was arrested in leicester on tuesday. another man, who was also arrested, remains in custody. 0ur correspondent jane—frances kelly gave us an update from outside court. well, manuel petrovic appeared before magistrates. he confirmed his name, his age, which is 20, his address, which is highfield road in romford. and he is charged with the murder ofjodie chesney, who died on the 1st of march. she was stabbed in a park while listening to music with friends. police say that she died about an hour later. a postmortem has revealed the cause of death to be trauma and haemorrhage. mr petrovic, who confirmed that he is a croatian national, is to appear at the old bailey on the 11th of march. a second man also remains in custody, on suspicion ofjodie's murder. a 15—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenager who was fatally stabbed in west london. ayub hassan, aged 17, was found with wounds

to his chest in west kensington on thursday afternoon. he died later in hospital. the supermarket chain, asda, has said it will remove all single kitchen knives from sale because of concern over the use of knives in violent atacks. 41 people have been fatally stabbed so far this year — and asda says the most frequently stolen knives are the single ones. the company says it has a responsibilty to try to help in the work to bring violent crime under control. the headlines on bbc news... the bodies of british climber tom ballard and his italian partner have been found in pakistan — two weeks after they last made contact. the home secretary, sajid javid, is facing criticism for revoking the citizenship of shamima begum, whose baby son died in a camp in syria. a man has been remanded in custody charged with the murder ofjodie chesney in east london earlier this month.

this week crucial votes are due on brexit, with the current deadline now just three weeks away. but both the government and the eu are still struggling to agree on changes to the prime minister's brexit deal, because of mps objections to the irish backstop. the government has rejected yesterday's suggestion by th eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, that britain would be free to pull out of the proposed single customs territory, designed to avoid physical checks on the irish border as long as northern ireland remained within it. let's take a closer look at events in the commons this week. on tuesday, mps are due to vote for a second time on theresa may's withdrawal agreement — including any changes she has agreed with the eu. if they reject the deal again, mps have been promised a further vote on wednesday, on whether they support leaving the eu without a deal. and if that fails, then mps have been promised another vote on thursday, on requesting an extension

to the two—year article 50 process, thereby delaying brexit beyond the 29th of march. earlier i spoke to henry newman, the director of open europe, a think tank working on britain s relationship with the eu and the world. he's also former government adviser to ministers including michael gove. i started by asking him what he made of michel barnier‘s comments yesterday. yesterday i think what we saw was a misstep from brussels. we are used to the government being clumsy and mishandling its presentation but i thought brussels misstepped because in their announcement they said an exchange of letters, commitments had been made by donald tusk and jean—claude juncker in january, they had made commitments to the uk about how the backstop would work and these were rejected by people who said they were not legally binding enough and the eu said, we will make those commitments legally binding — that was a significant move but that got overshadowed by an announcement that they would offer to get rid of the uk—wide bits

of the backstop if you went back to the northern ireland bits and without getting confused in the details, we've been discussing this for months and it was rejected a year ago by the prime minister who said we would never accept a customs border down the irish sea. every mp in parliament agrees with that, there was a division last summer and all mps opposed this border so it is a total nonstarter and i don't understand why brussels have reintroduced it. they're trying to show that they're being flexible. the government cannot even negotiate within its own side, we are days away from theresa may potentially losing a vote again. i think she is likely to lose the vote again because she hasn't been able to persuade enough labour mps, 80% of parliament voted for article 50 including labour mps. you are not blaming the labour party? both sides have a responsibility.

the policy was brought about by the conservative party. i don't agree at all. labour voted to trigger article 50, they didn't have to vote that way, they could have said... most labour members and momentum members do not want this form of brexit. we had a tantric dance from jeremy corbyn towards the referendum. we still haven't got a clear policy from labour but they voted for article 50 two years ago, coming up to the deadline now, what do they expect will happen? article 50 set in train a process where we would leave the eu with or without a deal. people will find it farcical for you to say this is the labour party's problem because the conservatives cannot agree a line amongst themselves and we saw from philip hammond today, he set aside additional money for a no deal exit which isjust three weeks away and if conservative

mps come around to the government's deal, that money will be available for public services but doesn't that seem like a threat? i don't think it is a threat. it's a statement of fact that if we manage to move on from this impasse, which is paralysing the country, he's right to say there will be some money to loosen up public spending but i'm not trying to blame labour, i'm just saying parliamentarians on both sides who oppose the deal are pursuing different fantasy versions, that applies to conservative eurosceptics but also to every labour mp who voted for article 50. this is the deal. there is no other deal, you might be able to tweak it but there are three choices, stop brexit, leave with no deal or leave with a version of the deal. us singer r kelly has just been released from prison. the embattled star walked out of the cook county jail

on saturday for the second time in two weeks, after paying more than $160,000 in overdue child support. the singer has previously spent three nights in jail after he was unable to post bond after being charged in four sex abuse cases. allegations the singer denies. i promise you, we are going to straighten all this stuff out. that's all i can say right now, but i promise you. thank you. hallelujah. please take my hand. two climbers have been rescued following an avalanche in the scottish highlands. the pair were climbing on part of the three sisters ridges in glencoe — and had been missing since yesterday. both men were suffering from hypothermia when they were found — and one has been taken to hospital by helicopter. for the second time this week, us analysts have reported activity at a military site in north korea. 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. nearly 90 ferry passengers have been injured injapan when the high speed boat they were travelling on collided with an object in the water, thought to be a whale. the japanese coast guard said five people were seriously injured in the accident which occurred just before the ferry was due to arrive on sado island, following a short trip from the mainland. it is believed the boat collided with a whale, as both humpbacks and minkes are often found in the area. internet users should have greater control over personal data to ensure their own safety online. it's part of a proposal to change the way big tech companies are regulated. it follows a report from the house of lords communications committee which says companies are failing to regulate themselves effectively. our business correspondent rob young has more. molly russell was 1a years old when she took her own life in 2017.

she had viewed graphic images about self harm online. molly's father has said he believes social media was partly to blame for her death. there have been growing concerns about content and behaviour online, and calls for companies to do more. i think that lots of people feel powerless in this situation, but of course we can act. we are a nation state, parliament is sovereign, as we are discovering in the brexit process. we can legislate if we need to. it would be far better to do it in concert with social media companies, but if we think they need to do things that they are refusing to do, then we can and we must legislate. the house of lords communications committee says the industry's response has been piecemeal and inadequate, so the committee is calling for big tech to be reined in. there are more than a dozen uk regulators covering the digital world, but no one body has complete oversight, so the lords recommend the creation of a new digital authority. it also wants protections given to people in the real world to apply online.

one key principle for regulation would be respect for privacy, to keep our growing volume of online data safe. there's also a call for a classification framework, similar to that for films. the government is currently working on its own plans to more strictly regulate web companies. internet firms say they work hard to keep their services free of some of the most serious issues people are concerned about, but they say they recognise that more needs to be done to address potential online harms. rob young, bbc news. more than 200 works of art belonging to the singer george michael will go on auction and exhibition in london this week. the performer, who died in 2016, had a huge personal collection including works by tracey emin and damien hirst. estimates on the paintings being auctioned at christies range from £400 to £1.5 million — with the money raised going to charity.

that's it from me. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. that evening. a blustery saturday but spells and sunny showers for most of us. you can see from the satellite picture, best of the bra kes were satellite picture, best of the brakes were in eastern areas, more showers further west. by the end of the afternoon the cloud and rain gathers into the southwest. that is a frontal system that will most are bringing some rain overnight tonight. behind it we have got this little flurry here could cause issues. the cold air could bring some snow showers for tomorrow. for the next few hours it will turn increasingly wet and windy. the ring pushing its way steadily northwards, perhaps grinding to hate hot across northern england and north wales. far north under clear skies, temperatures falling away. the blues towns denoted temperatures below freezing, maybe as well as minus four degrees and sheltered rural areas. that is important. that cold air it's going to stay into scotland. first thing on sunday

morning, we have got this range and a little bit of wet snow across the canines, flipping its weight steadily south and east. at the same time the next frontal system will bump into the cold air and we could see some winter showers. it will be a blustery start to the day. it is going to be snow falling to higher ground. we could see accumulation of a few centimetres. even at lower levels, there will be some slushy deposits, coupled with some pretty gusty winds at times. 40, 50 mph. it isn't going to be very pleasant out there. there will be some showers and yes, a little bit of wintry next mixed in there cost northwestern england and wales. for england and wales it will be a bright and sunny afternoon. for many, we keep the rest of a few wintry showers with slushy deposits threatening the further north and west, maybe even the odd rumble of thunder and some hail mixed in there as well. cold with the cloud, wind, rain and showers around 5 degrees at the very best, a little milderfurther south with maximum of 11. a brief ridge of high pressure will quiet things down for a time. not for long.

high pressure will quiet things down fora time. not for long. make high pressure will quiet things down for a time. not for long. make the most of it on monday. it looks likely to be a relatively quiet start to our new working week. then another significant area of low pressure looks likely to threaten from the last. it is going to bring yet more wet and windy weather, with a spell of gams as well for a time. this may well develop into a name storm. into next week, it looks likely to stay pretty unsettled. there will be some rain and dales but also a little bit of sign at times.