this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at 12:00: an ethiopian airlines plane with more than 150 people on board has crashed on a flight from addis ababa to nairobi — there are no survivors. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, warns mps that if they get crucial votes wrong this week they risk losing brexit. two more british women living in detention camps in syria, with five children between them, are reported to have been stripped of their uk citizenship. sir cliff richard has joined a campaign calling for legal anonymity for anyone suspected of committing a sexual offence — until they're charged. the family of a 23—year—old british woman missing in guatemala say they're "desperately worried" for her safety. and coming up in half—an—hour here oon bbc news — click reveals how some popular alarms have made cars

easier to steal. an ethiopian airlines flight has crashed shortly after take—off from addis ababa, killing all 157 passengers and crew thought to be on board. a short time ago ethiopian airlines shared this image and said it showed ceo tewolde gebremariam at the crash site the airline told state media there were people of more than 30 nationalities among the dead. the boeing 737 was heading to the kenyan capital, nairobi, when air traffic control lost contact six minutes after take—off. the manufacturer of the plane,

boeing, says it is ready to support the airline and is deeply saddened by the deaths. the boeing 737—max is the same type of aircraft that came down last 0ctober shortly after take—off from the indonesian capital, jakarta. ina in a tweet, ethiopian‘s prime minister said... the kenyan authorities and airport officials have been addressing the press. they have set up an emergency support centre for the families and friends and they will be offering counselling for them but also trying to provide some privacy as they come

to provide some privacy as they come to terms with this tragedy. this aircraft was expected at 10:15am local time. at six minutes after it took up from the ethiopian capital addis ababa, south—east of the capital, it lost contact and now it has been confirmed it went down and all 33 nationalities on board, 149 passengers and eight crew all perished in that aircraft. the prime minister says the primary source of information is ethiopia but they are providing support for the families and friends of the loved ones expected here at this airport. what do we know about the safety record of ethiopian airlines? ethiopian airlines has one of the best safety records on the african continent. the last time they had fatalities as bad as this was a hijacked plane in 1996. over the last few years it has had nearly a clean record and it flies one of the youngest and most

modern fleets on the african continent. this boeing 737—max only entered operation for ethiopian airlines four months ago. the it only entered operation in 2016 so a lot of people trying to come to terms how something like this could happen to such annual aircraft. and it come down quite soon after take—off, just six minutes after take—off? take—off, just six minutes after take-off? this is another aspect that has had a lot of people scratching their heads. not even 100 kilometres into its flight, it came down east of addis ababa. it didn't even have chance to leave ethiopian air space even have chance to leave ethiopian airspace and even have chance to leave ethiopian air space and come into kenyan. this will be something of interest to investigators. they fly into nairobi four times a day, a short flight of just under two hours. it is a

routine service which it has done for many, many years. as you heard there kenyan authorities have set up support for the families of those who have lost their lives. the kenyan transport secretary explained more. for those passengers, we need to make sure there relatives and friends who are meeting them at niobe airport was supposed to meet them at nairobi airport this morning, are supported in the best way possible. this will be a time of anxiety. we don't have full details about exactly what has happened. we are waiting for that information. in the meantime we have established two centres, terminal one where the friends and relatives of those passengers can assemble and they will be directed where to go. upon getting to terminal one, they will

be put on a bus to a sheraton hotel which is in the vicinity of the airport. for a number of reasons. they require privacy at this time. they require privacy at this time. they require privacy at this time. they require a lot of information. as we get information from addis ababa, that as we get information from addis aba ba, that is as we get information from addis ababa, that is why we like to have them in that environment where we can support them as much as possible. we shall be getting supporting agencies, counsellors, to basically support them as much as possible. the aircraft involved was a boeing 737—max, pictured here. earlier i spoke to independent travel editor simon calder about the plane's background and how it will shape the investigation into the crash. it's just four months old, as we were hearing. it is the same type that was involved in the lion air crash in october last year in which 189 people died shortly after take—off from jakarta airport.

now, the investigators, of course, will be looking at a wide range of possibilities, everything from weather to whether some criminal act was involved. but there is already, certainly among pilot circles, concentration on the fact that this was the same type, boeing 737, established and well—regarded aircraft, but this max variant did have issues with its manoeuvring characteristics and the investigation into that indonesian crash is still going on. two leading brexiteers have urged the prime minister not to delay leaving the eu if she loses the meaningful vote on her withdrawal deal in the commons this week. in an article in the sunday telegraph, the conservative mp, steve baker, and the dup's westminster leader, nigel dodds, warn that any postponement would do "incalculable harm" to public trust in politics. 0ur political correspondent, jessica parker, has been following the political interviews this morning as a crucial week

in parliament approaches david davis, of course, a former brexit secretary. he is a brexiteer himself and he has been talking about what might happen if there is no brexit at all in the end. he warned of a democratic disaster. britain will get its trump moment. i mean, what happens is the british people, who voted for this, and a large number of remainers who didn't vote for it but still think it should be carried through because they believe in democracy, will see a government walking away, a parliament walking away from a question that they themselves put to the people. now, that will undermine, that will absolutely undermine belief in democracy in this country and certainly belief in the established political parties. so there is a bit of a nervousness around this potential delay, there is a vote going on later this week where mps may get the chance to vote on whether they want to extend article 50. meanwhile, labour are saying they think a delay is pretty inevitable now because it is getting

so close to the wire. of course, the labour party have long had their own plan, a closer relationship with the european union, if you like, creating a customs union and john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor this morning has basically been saying the government is getting its tactics all wrong. i think myself, we could agree labour's deal within a matter of weeks. the european union has looked positively on that and in all the discussions that we've had, they see that as the foundation of a proper negotiation and to be frank, that's what the prime minister should have done two years ago. she's got us into this mess. it will be labour that will have to get the country out of this mess. again, if parliament can't then agree the terms that labour has put forward, there's always that option of going back to the people. john mcdonnell there for labour. the government and theresa may's supporters have been urging people to get behind her deal this week? yes and we understand talks have been ongoing over the weekend in brussels. because there is this issue of trying to find an agreement, a way forward on the controversial

matter of the backstop, those future arrangements for the irish border. but of course, the government putting pressure on mps to get behind this deal and the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has been on andrew marr this morning and he had a pretty stark warning about what voting this deal down could mean. if you want to stop brexit you only need to do three things, kill this deal, get an extension and then have a second referendum. within three weeks, those people could have two of those three things and as we heard from john mcdonnell now, quite possibly the third one could be on the way through the labour party. so we are in very perilous waters and people who want to make sure that we really do deliver this result need to remember that if it fails, people aren't going to afterward say, it was this person's fault, or this group of peoples' fault. they are going to say there was a party that promised to deliver brexit, we put them into number ten and they failed. and the consequence for us

as a party would be devastating. so that'sjeremy hunt saying, "perilous waters?" so just talk us through the perilous waters we are facing this week as lots of different votes in the commons. so the expectation is, in terms of the timeline, tuesday will be the vote on the deal, the second time mps will have a chance to have this meaningful vote on theresa may's withdrawal agreement. if they vote that down, then the next day, the expectation is, mps will then get the chance to decide whether they are happy with no deal scenario. if they reject that idea, then the next day they expect to get the chance to vote on whether they want to extend article 50, in other words, delay brexit. so a huge week in parliament where we could see some really significant shifts in this brexit journey that i know has been going on a long time. we talk about big brexit weeks a lot, but this is really shaping up to be one. there are reports that two more british women who married so—called islamic state fighters are to be stripped of their citizenship. according to the sunday times,

reema iqbal and her sister, zara travelled to syria in 2013 and are now in the al—roj refugee camp. it follows a decision by the home office to remove 19—year—old shamima begum's citizenship. thousands of women and children have arrived in refugee camps in recent days after fleeing the final stronghold of the islamic state group. baghuz is the last village still controlled by thejihadi militants. but it may not be in their hands for much longer, as lebo diseko reports. they've left the final stronghold of the so—called islamic state. women and children evacuated out of baghouz now searched as they arrive in territory held by the us—backed syrian defence forces. the western—backed kurdish and arab fighters are poised to launch their final assault on the tiny enclave, which is all that's left in is control. but they've been waiting for the families to leave. thousands have done so in recent days, with more reported to have left on saturday,

loaded onto at least four trucks. the same fighters waiting to begin their final assault on what's left of is land are also those trying to get civilians to safety. translation: we are now at the end of baghouz. the euphrates river is 700 metres away from us. the camp is one kilometre behind us. we are trying to evacuate most of the civilians after sunset. we are evacuating hundreds — hundreds — of civilians. those who make it out of baghouz will be sent here to al—hol, both a detention and refuge centre in northern syria. it's run by the us—backed syrian kurdish fighters, but aid workers have been allowed in to help. tens of thousands of people are now here, with more than 10,000 coming in recent days. the few facilities available were struggling even before the increased arrivals. now, aid workers warn

that they are overwhelmed. so far, we have counted them and 106 people dead. we have to count that these people are coming from a very poor camp condition and they have to travel more than 150 kilometres in a very, very, very harsh winter with cold, so some of them arrive so weak that any complication in their health condition may end in a fatal casualty. it's not clear how many civilians are still left in baghouz, nor how long the sdf fighters will be willing to wait for them to leave before making that final push. lebo diseko, bbc news. more than 50 businesses in northern ireland have written an open letter to mps urging them to unite behind a deal to leave the eu. they warn that a no—deal brexit would have a damaging impact on the local economy and political stability and urge them to compromise. among the companies that signed were bombardier, coca—cola and queen's university

belfast. a 17—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed in the chest in north london. police were called to reports of a stabbing on a bus in north finchley yesterday afternoon. the 19—year—old is in a critical condition in hospital. the family of a 23—year—old british woman missing in guatemala say they're "desperately worried" for her safety. catherine shaw, from witney in 0xfordshire was last seen on march fourth in the lake atitlan area of the country. her parents said her disappearance was of "great concern". a foreign office spokeswoman confirmed it was supporting the family of a british woman and were "in contact with the local authorities". a climber is seriously ill in hospital in aberdeen after being stranded overnight on a mountain in the highlands. the 57—year—old man, from nottinghamshire, was airlifted to safety from a peak in the glencoe area yesterday — reportedly suffering from hypothermia. a second climber was also rescued but is in a stable

condition in hospital. the headlines on bbc news: ethiopian airlines says there are no survivors after one of its passener planes crashed shortly after taking off from addis ababa on its way to the kenyan capital, nairobi. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned mps that if they get crucial votes wrong this week they risk losing brexit. two more british women living in detention camps in syria, with five children between them, are reported to have been stripped of their uk citizenship. liverpool are hoping to close the gap on premier league leaders manchester city to just one point. they host burnley in a midday kick—off. the opening goal has gone to burnley. ashley westwood scoring direct from a corner.

more from the bbc sport centre. we we re more from the bbc sport centre. we were just having a little taster of the premier league action at the moment. burnley1—0 up against liverpool? good afternoon. ashley westwood has scored directly from a corner. butjuergen klopp will not be happy with the treatment of his goalkeeper. later this afternoon, focus will move to the race for a top fourfinish. tottenham lost a third straightaway league game at southampton yesterday. sixth—placed cheslea host wolves at stamford bridge. then at 4.30, fifth—placed arsenal, host manchester united, who are one place above them.

many have praised the positivity 0le gunnar solksjaer has brought back to united since his return to the club in december. he says that's just who he is. i don't know any other way to approach things. because every single time i have been injured, when i have played, you have to look at what opportunities does this give you? when at what opportunities does this give you ? when players at what opportunities does this give you? when players are injured that gives me great opportunity to plate the likes of scott, fred, andreas. it was hard to leave players out. they have all played fantastic. now that gave me the perfect chance to see them. you can hear commentary of arsenal v manchester united

and chelsea v wolves on radio 5 live this afternoon. there's been an extraordianry turn of events in the second city derby between birmingham city and aston villa at st andrews. the match is goalless but in the last few minutes the game was stopped as a fan jumped out of the crowd and aimed a punch at the villa captainjack grealish. ireland host france in the final men's six nations match of the weekend. it will be their head coach joe schmidt's final six nations game in charge at the aviva stadium after five years at the helm. they've only lost once in his 15 games in dublin. we've had some great years, some great occasions in the aviva and it would be great if this is another really positive experience. and we've been working toward that this week, but it is certainly about the performance that players play under those circumstances. you never know when your next cap is coming and the length of your career, so i guess coaches operate like that as well, you know! britain's sam bird has won the hong kong formula e eprix.

but the victory could still be taken away from him. bird is currently being investigated after colliding with the leader andre lotterer on the final lap, who then suffered a punctured tyre and crashed out. bird said it's a shame the race ended that way. i spoke to bbc sport'sjennie gow about the eyebrow—raising finish. i tried to go down the inside and andre defended. i hit him, a little bit like he did in santiago last year. it is a big shame, my heart goes out to him, he drove a great race and it is a shame it ended up that way. sir mo farah has won the big half for the second year in a row in london. farah completed the half—marathon course between tower bridge and the cutty sark in greenwich in 1:1:14. he finished just ahead of belgium's bashir abdi and 2017 london marathon winner, daniel wanjiru of kenya.

yes, it's possible, it's possible. after the marathon we will make a decision about what i want to do. deep down, i do miss the track. what about it is that you miss?” deep down, i do miss the track. what about it is that you miss? i don't know, i just look at about it is that you miss? i don't know, ijust look at my about it is that you miss? i don't know, i just look at my fellow athletes and i get excited. and britain's charlotte purdue defended her title in the women's race — she crossed the line in a time of 1:10:36. steph twell, who led the race most of the way, finished just under a minute after purdue. liverpool have equalised against burnley through roberto firmino. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. sir cliff richard has joined a campaign demanding legal anonymity

for anyone suspected of committing a sexual offence, until they're charged. the singer was named after he was accused of an offence, but never arrested or charged. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani has this report. vindicated by the high court, sir cliff richard after he won his landmark privacy battle against the bbc last year. it's going to take me a little time to get over the whole emotional factor, and so i hope you'll forgive me. the bbc broadcast a police search of his surrey home after being falsely accused of a sexual offence. a seniorjudge said it was a serious breach of his privacy and should never have been broadcast. now he isjoining a growing campaign to protect the anonymity of some people facing police investigation. the singer says the media's reporting of the false allegations he faced was the worst thing that had happened to him in his entire life. a stigma that's been almost impossible to eradicate. and that has led him to believe only a new law can protect others from the same misery. the campaign joined by sir cliff calls for a simple change in the law. a legal guarantee of anonymity for anyone under investigation for a sexual offence, that would prevent media reporting, unless and until the

individual is charged. today, the campaign's leaders welcomed sir cliff's decision tojoin them. we have a number of areas that we wish to change in respect of law reform. the primary one that we want to change is that a suspect is not named until charged. apart from anything else, that would create balance, because the complainant has anonymity, why shouldn't the person who is facing an allegation? and the allegation being publicised out there is there forever — and mud sticks. sir cliff's case is the most high profile, but the question of privacy for people who haven't been charged with a crime has been increasingly debated. the radio presenter paul gambaccini, also part of the campaign, secured a pay—out from prosecutors over unfounded allegations of historical sex offences. and most recently, a couple from sussex were named in the media

after being arrested over the disruption of gatwick by a drone — something they were innocent of. ministers have refused anonymity for suspects, saying it infringes on freedom of the press, but sir cliff and the campaign hope they can force reform on the specific issue of sexual offences. dominic casciani, bbc news. well let's get more on this from danieljanner, who we heard briefly there. he is the co—founder of the pressure group fair. thank you for being here. why do you think, why are you pushing for this change in the law? let me say first of all how delighted and thrilled we are to have the support of sir cliff richard, it is a boost to our campaign. we are campaigning to introduce furnace into the criminal justice system. at the moment the balance is tilted the wrong way. also called victims are believed where they should be called complainants. we need to shut down

the obscenity of the searcher resort just like with sir cliff richard and in relation to, i'm afraid, because this is what follows on, ambulance chasing solicitors with false compensation claims. there are many other areas we wish to see rebalancing and that is a very good start. the police would say it is helpful to name suspects because it means other victims, alleged victims, might come forward, what would you say to that argument? of course, that is right but a balance has to be struck. mud sticks, particularly in relation to sexual offences. i have seen this in relation to my own late father who died an innocent man, where false compensation claims followed. to deal with the fairness and get the balance, the best way of handling it is to provide anonymity until charge. thereafter, other names can

come forward. thereafter, if there are other people making allegations, the police should and of course must properly investigate them. there is provision for a second trial, as we saw in relation to rolf harris. we are not shutting them out, what we wa nt to are not shutting them out, what we want to do is to make sure the appalling situation we saw with sir cliff richard and others, indeed everybody in the situation. it is not just about celebrities, everybody in the situation. it is notjust about celebrities, that they have protection. that is why we are campaigning and why we are delighted to have sir cliff on board. some people would say the balance should be in favour the victims? there has to be fairness. of course, where allegations are made, they must be properly investigated and perpetrators must be properly investigated and properly sentence. the problem at the moment is, the law is unbalanced

and needs to be adjusted to ensure the sort of horror sir cliff richard face, paul gambaccini, leon britton, my late father, never happens again. you are saying the law should be changed for people who have committed sex offences, it should be put different category?” committed sex offences, it should be put different category? i do that, because the complainants in sexual offences because the complainants in sexual offe nces gets because the complainants in sexual offences gets anonymity for life. where source for the goose should be sauce for the gander and that is when fairness comes in and that is the aim of our campaign. thank you for coming in.

imagine having a sick child, and then being accused of causing that sickness. adrian goldberg has been looking at the issue. adrian, what is fabricated induced illness? as the name would suggest it is about a situation where a parent might make up situation where a parent might make upa situation where a parent might make up a symptom for a child, they might exaggerate the child's symptoms or in the worst cases make their child ill. a parent might do that to get extra support from social services, they might do it to get additional benefits or they might do it to get some kind of recognition for themselves. but in all cases it is about exaggerating or making up your child's symptoms. tell us what your investigation has discovered. many pa rents investigation has discovered. many parents have come forward saying

they believe they have been wrongly accused of fii. leading paediatricians have said the child comes first and we have suspicions that this has been exaggerated for whatever reasons, we have a duty to that child. but many parents coming forward saying they have been wrongly accused and instead of identifying what is wrong with their child, who may be on the autistic spectrum, it is they, the parents who are put in the dock and been threatened with having their children taken away. adrian, thank you for that. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen.

hello. there's a definite wintry feel to the weather today with snow at relatively low levels already. and the risk of snow remains with us, the risk of some very windy weather as well. there are warnings out, gales, possibly severe gales, very gusty winds for many making it feel colder today. notably so in the south, but as we got snow still falling further north and in the showers even further south, it is, as i say, going to be a little bit tricky if you are heading out. strong, gusty winds, snow to relatively low levels building up, blowing around in those winds. temperatures barely double figures for most. they've started in double figures in the south but they'll tend to fall away. so we could see several centimetres of snow building up, particularly for northern england and scotland, possibly northern ireland through the remainder of the day. those showers continue through the night actually and with temperatures falling to freezing, particularly in the countryside below freezing, it could turn quite icy as we head into monday morning. but otherwise, monday looks like a quieter day but the calm before the storm. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown.