this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm a passenger plane crashes in ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board. it came down soon after take—off. among the seven british citizens on board, one of them has been named asjoanna toole — a un workerfrom devon. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, warns mps that if they get crucial votes wrong this week they risk losing brexit. cars are crushed by scaffolding and a supermarket roof is ripped off as strong winds batter southern england and wales. aston villa footballer jack grealish is attacked by a spectator as his side play local rivals birmingham city. this week, the travel show is in the texan state capital finding out about the campaign to keep austin weird — that's coming up in half an hour

on the bbc news channel. ethiopian airlines has confirmed that seven british nationals have died after one of its planes crashed soon after take—off from addis ababa. good evening and welcome to bbc news. all 157 passengers and crew were killed. they were travelling to the kenyan capital, nairobi, this morning. the accident happened six minutes into the journey, with the aircraft coming down outside a town 37 miles from addis ababa. so far it's not clear what caused the boeing 737 to crash. the plane had only started service a few months ago. joanna toole, a un worker from devon, has been named as one of the britons on the flight. she worked for the united nations fisheries and aquaculture department

heading to nairobi to attend the un environment assembly. her colleagues described her as a wonderful human being, and her father said she was a very soft and loving woman. from nairobi, alistair leithead reports. there is very little left of ethiopian airlines flight 302. this is where it crashed, just minutes after take—off. there were 149 passengers and eight crew on board. a search and rescue operation began but the fire was intense. the earth left blackened as the aircraft ploughed into the ground. eyewitnesses described the intensity of the impact. translation: it came directly from the sky downwards and we heard a huge explosion. there was no fire before it crashed but once it crashed, we saw a huge cloud of smoke.

the flight bound for nairobi took off from the ethiopian capital addis ababa, at 8:38 am local times, but six minutes later it disappeared off the radar. a crashed near the town of bishoftu just 37 miles from the airport. the cause of the disaster is not yet clear however the pilot reported difficulties and asked to return to addis ababa, the airline said. there were people from 35 different countries on the plane. 32 of the passengers were kenyan, 18 were canadian and seven were from the uk. and south london, he heard this afternoon that his father who has dual british and kenyan citizenship is among the dead. we found out that nearly everybody had passed away and it was just a frantic rush to work the phones to try to get any information that we could get. a major international conference is being held here at the united nations headquarters in nairobi tomorrow and a number of the delegates travelling from all over the world were on the plane.

the executive director of the un's world food programme said a number of his staff and other un employees were killed. the aircraft was brand—new. ethiopian airlines, africa's biggest and most successful operator received its first boeing 737 800—max aircraft in june. it flew up from johannesburg south africa this morning. it is the same type of aircraft bought by lion air that crashed off indonesia last october that killed passengers and crew shortly after take—off. the technical team is ready to provide assistance. while all thoughts are with the family of those killed, work has already began to find out what caused the crash. the us aviation authority says it will be involved

in the investigation. our correspondent, emmanuel igunza, is at the crash site near bishoftu in ethiopia, and sent us this update. the recovery efforts you can see going on behind me have been continuing since early morning, when the flight came down here in this farming area. we have been talking to some of the people and they told us they heard a loud bang and the plane burst into fire. you can see here, the area has been cordoned off, about the size of a football pitch and you can see debris, personal belongings, we have seen laptops, passports and close of those who have lost their lives in this incident here. it is not clear how long the recovery efforts will continue but we understand they will continue in the next few days. we have heard from some of the emergency services that early in the morning after the plane came down, they were able to recover the remains of some of the people who lost their lives

here at this area. the aircraft — a boeing 737 max — was a relatively new model — and concerns have been raised about its safety systems. our transport correspondent tom burridge has been taking a look debris recovered in october, when another boeing 737 max went off indonesia. the crash raised questions about automatic computer systems on board the aircraft and whether pilots were properly informed about how the new plane had been modified. in the weeks after the crash, authorities in america issued an emergency airworthiness directive about the 737 max. investigators believe an automatic computer system to prevent the plane from selling received incorrect data and put the plane and a nose dive. boeing issued a warning to airlines to ensure pilots were aware of an override switch to deactivate the system. ryanair is due to start flying passengers on it next month. it only began commercial

flights in 2017, some four and a half thousand of the 737 max have been ordered by airlines worldwide. the 737—max which has been involved in the incident today version of this aircraft and it is very important to boeing as part of the portfolio of aircraft and important to airlines because they want a reliable business model and they want it because it has better efficiency and payload capacity. it is too early to say what caused the airline to crash. the crater and debris suggest it descended fairly vertically and at some speed. a modern aircraft crashing twice in five months is highly unusual and airlines and passengers will want reassurance. tom burrdige, bbc news. joining me via webcam from west sussex is gideon ewers, aviation consultant and pilot. thanks forjoining us. how useful and reliable is it to draw

comparisons with the lion air flight at this point? at this point in time, it's a complete waste of time. the air accident investigation teams are onlyjust the air accident investigation teams are only just now the air accident investigation teams are onlyjust now gathering and starting their work. it will be a long time before a meaningful result is drawn from that investigation. so while it is tempting to get carried away and say this has a lot of similarities with the lion air crash, subsequent to that investigation as your reporter mentioned, air directives were issued about operating procedures and so one with the airport, macro aircraft. while it has similarities, there may be other issues that come out in the course of the investigation. what is different about the boeing 737 max—8 compared with the original 737? quite a lot

from the original 77 from the original 1960s, bowing have had more, is a further in —— iterations. the engine model aircraft in the 19805, the engine model aircraft in the 1980s, followed by the which came on in the early 2000 and now the 737 max. they had a choice to go for something all—new or squeeze something all—new or squeeze something out of the 737 aeroplane, they chose the latter because they could compete with their main competitor, airbus and their 320. they came to the market, squeezing some more from their new engine, slightly redesigned the wing, bit longer, improving the aerodynamics and if you efficiency throughout. who will be involved in

investigating the crash? what will be focus beyond? the big thing, and i have benefited from training, and one of the first things we taught in the first lecture was no matter what you think you know, forget it, go where the evidence is. that is what the teams will be doing. they will be teams from the us because obviously it is a us designed and built aircraft, there will also be teams from france because it is a french company that built the engines, and they happen to. they will work with their ethiopian collea g u es will work with their ethiopian colleagues to assess the actual data and evidence, both the physical evidence and from the flight data and so on. then they will build that picture. but it will take months, in fa ct, picture. but it will take months, in fact, 6—8 months before any meaningful conclusions will be drawn. many, many more 737 maxis are

on order, —— maxes, how likely is it that their uses will be temporarily suspended after this crash? that their uses will be temporarily suspended after this crash7m that their uses will be temporarily suspended after this crash? it is the short—term because it depends on the short—term because it depends on the outcome of the investigation, if some data shows a causal link between this and the lion air crash then maybe that will get the regulator is moving rather quicker. but it just isn't regulator is moving rather quicker. but itjust isn't possible to say. they will not do a pre—emptive strike, they will wait and see what the evidence reveals before they make their next moves. thank you for your time. not at all. a 57—year—old climber who was stranded overnight on a mountain in the highlands has died. the man, from nottinghamshire, was airlifted to safety from a peak in the glencoe area yesterday — suffering from hypothermia. a second climber — a 49—year—old man was also rescued and is in hospital. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has warned mps that failing to back theresa may's brexit deal

in the commons on tuesday could jeopardise the uk's departure from the eu. he said there was "wind in the sails" of those trying to stop brexit —and said there'd be devastating consequences for the conservative party if it failed to deliver on the referendum result. 0ur political correspondent chris mason has this report. for the prime minister, every week begins with church, and it's followed, recently at least, by bruising brexit battles in the commons. so here we go again as she tries for a second time to get parliament to back her plan. the foreign secretary said those who backed brexit but attempted to vote against the government should be careful what they wish for. there is wind in the sails of people trying to stop brexit and i want to make this point, andrew, because it's a very important one. 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. negotiations between officials from both sides have trundled

on here in brussels all weekend, but there's been no breakthrough yet. this former brexit secretary is far from convinced by the deal as it stands but is certain that brexit must happen, or else... britain will get its trump moment. i mean, what happens is that 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. here is what we are expecting this week. on tuesday, the commons will vote again on theresa may's brexit deal. if she loses, on wednesday, mps are likely to be asked whether leaving the eu without an overarching deal would be acceptable. if they reject a no—deal brexit, on thursday, the question for parliament could be whether brexit should be delayed. postponing leaving would only happen if the uk and the eu agreed to it. you'd be excused for being just

a little world—weary, hearing someone like me telling you there is a big brexit week ahead. yes, we have been here before. but the coming days matter because the prime minister will either get her deal through, which looks unlikely, or risk losing control of the brexit process. labour doesn't want the prime minister's withdrawal agreement or a no deal. they're not ruling out another referendum but reckon their plan for a closer relationship with the eu after brexit could be secured if brexit is delayed. how long do you want? as long as necessary, and i think... ithink... 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 have had, they see that as the foundation of a proper negotiation. everyone here will tell you what they want to happen but no one knows what is going to happen. chris mason, bbc news,

at westminster. 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 11th 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 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 near muswell hill yesterday afternoon. the 19—year—old is in a critical condition in hospital. another 19—year—old is in hospital after being stabbed in south london this afternoon. police were called to an address in east dulwich at about 3.20pm. the man's injuries are not thought to be life threatening. no arrests have been made. the headlines on bbc news.

a passenger plane crashes in ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board. it came down soon after take—off. among the seven british citizens on board, one of them has been named asjoanna toole — a un workerfrom devon. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, warns mps that if they get crucial votes wrong this week they risk losing brexit. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's damian. hello. good evening. jack grealish has been attacked by an intruder on the pitch during aston villa's game at birmingham. the game was stopped briefly as a fan jumped out of the crowd and appeared to aim a punch at the villa captain. the person in question was led away by stewards and police and grealish was ok and able to continue. he even went on score the winning goal for villa. after the game, he says...

manchester united have lost their first game in the premier league under 0le gunnar solskjaer. the defeat to arsenal came in his thirteenth game in charge since taking over from jose mourinho. with that and news of a late eden hazard goalfor chelsea and liverpool moving back within a point of the top of the table, here's david dom. it was an unfamiliar feeling for 0le gunnar solskjaer. victory today would have made him the first united boss to claim consecutive wins against arsenal. consecutii a wins against arsenal.

consecutii a first against arsenal. defeat instead. - it was a first defeat instead. but it was a first defeat instead. but it was a first defeat instead. swept away from david de gea. romelu lukaku has been dealing in doubles recently, netting twice in his last three united games. twice he was denied a glorious opportunity. it proved costly because fred, denied by woodward himself, brought down alexandre lacazette. united on the end of a tough penalty call. just over a week from his mess in the north london derby, pierre—emerick aubameyang, the calmest man in the stadium. united search for a way back but there were no repeat heroics for marcus rashford. arsenal are back in the top four. earlier, liverpool conceded twice for just the second time this season. first james tarkowski appeared to impede alison from getting the corner. juergen klopp's team recovered to reduce the gap to manchester city to a single point. roberto firmino and saddier main grabbing two goals each. the only blemish, another blank for mo salah. he was out a goal in four

premier league games. meanwhile, chelsea's top four aspirations suffered a setback but they prevented wolves completing the double against them. val another moment of magic from eden hazard, which could be crucial as the blues have a game in hand and sit three points behind arsenal. ireland have kept their slim hopes of retaining the six nations title alive with victory over france. they won by 26 points to 1a in dublin and picked up what could be a crucial bonus point. patrick gearey watched the action. this time of year, things change fast. it has been an unsettled six nations for ireland, who began as favourites but found the wind against them. whatever they might have done better, they are led by the best. having delivered the line out, rory best fought for the line. the captain scoring on what might be his last six nations game in dublin. that set the scene and the rest of the half would be played in the surrounding area. france engulfed by a green belt that ireland eventually built on.

johnny sexton, now a try scorer. ireland look like the irresistible force they were last year, 19—0 at the break and it might have been more. after working so hard it was only fair ireland collected their bonus. keith earls earned them an extra point which will take them one point behind england in the championship. france had named an unchanged team for the first time since 2012. it took until the final five minutes to look as though they had met before. the frustration which had built up over the course of the match, channelled into one, last shove. that will stay in the small print. but the headline is ireland are back and might win the six nations. things do change fast. interesting climax in prospect.

west indies won the toss and are batting in the final 20 20 with england. david willey took the wicket of shai hope with the first ball of the match in saint kitts and nevis. he's ta ken another two wickets since then. england have clinched victory in the three match series already having won the first two matches. 24-3 24—3 currently. british tennis number one kyle edmund has eased into the third round at indian wells in california. he beat the world number 86 nicolas jarry in straight sets, dropping just two games. edmund winning 6—2, 6—0 injust 52 minutes. that's all the sport for now. thank you. it's emerged that two more british women who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group have been stripped of their uk citizenship. reema and zara iqbal, who are sisters, left their home in east london in 2013 and married is fighters. they are now living in detention camps in syria with their children. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports. the latest scenes in syria as families flee the chaos. the humanitarian crisis deepens, and some of those seeking sanctuary

are foreign—born women who supported is. now the bbc has learned that more of the british women who went to syria have been stripped of their citizenship. they are called reema and zara iqbal, from east london. they left for syria in 2013 and, between them, they have five children. amber rudd, the former home secretary, deprived them of their citizenship in her last year in power. the home office stripped british nationality from more than 100 terrorism suspects in 2017. it's not yet clear how many more the current home secretary sajid javid has kept out. but with more reports of children trapped in camps through no fault of their own, questions are being asked about whether ministers are properly considering their fate. shamima begum, stripped of her citizenship after her baby boy was born in a syrian camp. he died days ago. today ministers have defended not doing anything to try to rescue the child. this is a war zone.

the mother chose to join a terrorist organisation, to leave a free country to join a terrorist organisation, and we have to think about the safety of the british officials that i would send into that war zone. 0ne lawyer says legal action is looming. the question for the home secretary is, what is changing his assessment of shamima begum? in herfouryears in syria, when isis was at its peak, she was not deemed a risk to national security. it's inevitable that many of these cases will end up in the higher courts with these questions raised about the manner in which it's been implemented. shamima begum's sonjarrah was just one more innocent victim in syria. but with at least five more children with claims on being british now known to be in the same camps, this is a legal and ethical problem that is only going to grow. dominic casciani, bbc news. a man has been arrested after attacking an aston villa footballer on the pitch during their match against local rivals birmingham city.

it happened shortly after kick off, when the man ran up behind the midfielder, jack grealish, and knocked him to the floor. the man was led off by stewards and the aston villa captain was able to continue playing. villa went onto win the game, with jack grealish scoring the winning goal. i've been speaking to howard hodgson, director of the aston villa supporters' trust about today's events. it's unprecedented. i think this is new territory for english football. i don't think we have ever seen a supporter certainly in this fixture, or any fixture, enter the field and have common assault on a professional footballer. it was absolutely disgraceful and despicable behaviour. you were watching the match at home with your son, what did you say to him about it? to be honest, it was surreal, i was in shock initially. "did i just see that?"

and then suddenly it dawned on us as the replays came that it had and we were both absolutely appalled. isaid, "charles, this doesn't often happen, it's never happened before, hopefully it will never happen again." but i think that will largely depend on how the fa now deal with this, and they have to set a seriously high bar with the punishment so nobody ever considers doing this again, because ultimately birmingham city are going to be the losers here because they are the ones who are going to be punished. is it right that the club is punished when they cannot necessarily control the behaviour of every fan that claims to support them? well, i think that is just the nature of the beast. it is their responsibility, that's why you have stewards and policing, and as i say, it's never happened before. we have had pitch invaders

and all sorts of things but nobody‘s ever, in england, gone on and tried to seriously hurt a professional footballer. the opponent. this is a really serious criminal act as far as i am concerned. if it is a criminal act, it will be the police that deal with it supposedly. yes, i am sure the individual involved will be facing serious reprimand and be in serious trouble with the number of charges against him. but birmingham city is a football clu b, u nfortu nately a number of fans did... tens of thousands of fans did cheer the man and encourage him, so there has been continued abuse tonight on twitter. jack grealish lost a young brother to a tragic accident when he was young and birmingham city fans have felt

the need to tonight put on twitter, "oh, well, he has managed to score a goal but he will never get his brother back", and there is some seriously awful behaviour going on here. strong winds of up to 65 miles per hour have caused disruption across parts of the country. fallen trees have caused damage and disruption to train services. meanwhile, strong gusts blew part of the roof off this supermarket in broadstairs in kent. in london, cars were crushed by falling scaffolding, while a plank of wood smashed through the window of a taxi, narrowly missing the passenger in the back seat. leigh milner reports. dismantling scaffolding bit by bit, builders this morning had to pick up the pieces after the wind caused it to collapse on holland road near shepherd's bush. the wind must have been 80 mph, it nearly blew me over, and i was struggling my way up here and i was looking up the road and i saw this scaffolding very slowly leave the top of the building and come over and fall

into the road, all in one piece. it's usually a busy road, but fortunately no one was hurt. there was a man in the middle of the road looking a bit concerned and he was a taxi driver. i went up to him, i saw his car, there was a large plank that had gone through the back window and he had a passenger, and miraculously neither of them were injured. elsewhere, the wind brought disruption on the roads. this tree closed addison road after it was blown over, crushing cars beneath it. no—one was injured. across the city, events were cancelled, but it is hoped tomorrow's forecast will mean business as usual. leigh milner, bbc news. hen harriers, which are rare birds of prey, are being deliberately ta rgetted and killed, according to the rspb. in the most recent case in wiltshire, one of the birds, which was being tracked

by a satellite tag, has vanished and is presumed dead. police are investigating, and there are concerns over a government plan to introduce more hen harriers into the wild, as andrew plant reports. out on the hunt for a bird of prey. teams have been searching this wiltshire countryside. it's where vulcan, a rare hen harrier‘s satellite tag suddenly stopped responding. but both the bird and its tag have disappeared. sadly, suspicious occasion. so that tag just one day stopped working? stopped working — so the tag was in very good health, so that could only have happened through human interference, and it's being investigated by wiltshire police as a very suspicious case. hen harriers almost died out in england. now, just a handful are born every year. conservationists tag the strongest ones. of 3a chicks in 2018, they tagged 11. six have now vanished, tags included — deliberately shot, say the rspb. so the question is, why would anyone want to kill one? well, that's a difficult question

to answer, because this is a blatant criminal act. they are a highly protected bird. but that is what you think is happening, that people are deliberately... that is what we know to be the case. there have been convictions. unfortunately, there's a pattern of birds of prey going missing on the grouse moors, and there is intensive shooting. there has long been a plan to introduce more hen harriers back into england. the experts say that the environment can support a lot more breeding pairs. but, because of what has been happening to those tagged birds over the past few years, the rspb now say that plan should be put on hold. absolutely. all the research tells us that the environment in england can support hundreds of hen harriers, and yet we only have 34 chicks. and the one limiting factor, let's make no mistake about this, is illegal persecution. there's an estimated 575 pairs left in the wild, most in scotland. the rspb say, until the birds can be properly protected,