this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00pm: 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 worker from devon. mps are told to back theresa may's deal in the vote on tuesday or risk losing brexit altogether. inside baghouz, the last stronghold of the so—called islamic state group in syria. a man is arrested after running onto the pitch and punching aston villa captainjack grealish as they played rivals birmingham city. and, in six nations rugby, ireland beat france in dublin. we will have full details of that game and the rest of today's sporting action in our sports bulletin. and at 11:30pm, we will be taking another in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the author

and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and joe twyman, director of the polling company deltapoll. stay with us for that. good evening. ethiopian airlines has confirmed that seven british nationals have died after one of its planes crashed soon after take—off from addis ababa. 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 is not clear what caused the boeing 737 max—8 to crash. the plane had only started service a few months ago. 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. from the relatively small area of debris, aviation experts believe it would have plunged vertically into the ground and exploded on impact. people nearby said it happened very quickly. translation: it came directly from the sky downwards. 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 8:38am in the morning local time. but, just six minutes later, it disappeared off the radar.

it crashed near the town of bishoftu, just 37 miles from the airport. the cause isn't known, but the pilot reported a problem and asked to turn back. those awaiting its arrival in nairobi at first saw only that the flight had been cancelled. then came the terrible news. after a few hours, the airline released details of the nationalities of those on board. there were people from 35 different countries. 32 passengers were kenyan, 18 were canadian, and seven were from the uk. in south london, ben kuria heard this afternoon that his father, joseph waithaka, who has dual british and kenyan citizenship, was among the dead. i found out that nearly everybody had passed away, and it was just a frantic rush to work the phones, kind of to try and 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. and tonight, another briton who has died has been named as 36—year—old joanna toole, who was heading to that un conference. the aircraft was brand new. ethiopian airlines, africa's biggest and most successful operator, received its first boeing 737—800 max aircraft last june. the plane that crashed was only delivered in november, four months ago. it had flown up from johannesburg this morning, and it is the same type of aircraft bought by lion air that crashed off indonesia last october, with the loss of 189 passengers and crew, also shortly after take—off. boeing said it was deeply saddened, and that a technical team was ready to provide assistance. while all thoughts are with the families of those killed, work has already begun to find out what caused the crash.

the us federal aviation authority says it will be involved in the investigation. alistair leithead, bbc news, nairobi. as alistair mentioned in that report, 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 down off indonesia. the crash raised questions about automatic computer systems on board the aircraft, and whether pilots were properly informed about how the new plan had been modified. in the weeks after the crash, the authorities in america issued an emergency airworthiness directive about the 737 max. authorities believe a computer system designed to prevent the plane from stalling received incorrect data and put the plane into a nosedive. boeing later issued a warning to airlines to ensure pilots were aware of an override

switch to deactivate the system. ryanair is due to deliver passengers on the 737 max next month. it is a short haul fuel—efficient plane which began commercial flights short haul fuel—efficient plane which began commercialflights in 2017. some 4500 which began commercialflights in 2017. some a500 of the 737 max have been ordered by airlines worldwide. the 737 max has been involved in the incident today. it is the latest version of this aircraft. it is very important to boeing as part of their portfolio of aircraft offered to airlines and it is important to airlines and it is important to airlines because they want to build on the reliability of this model, and they want to 737 max because it offers much greater efficiency and payload capacity. it is far too early to say what caused the ethiopian airlines flight to crash. former and serving pilots i have spoken to suggest the crater and debris suggest it fell vertically and at some speed. a modern aircraft crashing twice in two months is rare. passengers will want answers. gideon ewers is a pilot and aviation consultant. i have been asking him how teams are likely to approach

the investigation when they begin sifting through the wreckage for answers. no matter what you think you know, forget it. you know, go where the evidence leads you. and that is what these investigations teams will be doing. there will be teams from the us, ntsb, because it is a us designed and built aircraft. i would also suggest there would be teams from the french organisation, because it is a french company who built the engines, and they will be working as well. they will be working as well. they will be working with colleagues to assess the actual data with actual evidence, both from the physical evidence, both from the physical evidence and from the flight data and so on. and then they will build that picture. but it will take months, in fact, six to eight months before any meaningful conclusions will be drawn. many, many more 737 maxes are on order. how likely is it, do you think, that their use will be suspended, may be

temporarily, as a result of this crash? i think it is unlikely in the short—term, but it really rather depends on the outcome of the investigation. if some data crops up that shows there is a causal link between this and the ryanair crash, they may be that will get the regulators moving rather quicker. but it is just impossible to say. they are not going to do it as a pre—emptive strike. they are going to wait and see what that evidence reveals before they make their next moves. “— reveals before they make their next moves. —— lion air. us—backed syrian democratic forces have resumed their attack on baghouz, the islamic state group's last stronghold in syria. is once had dreams of a global caliphate, but most of the group's die—hard supporters have now surrendered to kurdish forces. as is faces its final battle, civilians have been fleeing. they include yazidi women and children who were enslaved by the group for years. earlier, the bbc was given an exclusive look inside baghouz. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman jewan abdi have sent this report.

this is the end of the road. beyond here, we are given a first look inside all that remains of the islamic state group's caliphate. is are close enough to shoot. under their black flag — it was raised only the day before — the die—hards hold firm. improvised bombs are left behind, but the caliphate is reduced to squalid camps. no—one knows how many remain inside. the men of the syrian democratic forces wait for the final assault. just a mile away, is true believers meet their apocalypse. more than 12,000 supporters, including their children, gave up to kurdish forces in the last week. girl sings.

the daughter of a french is fighter. this is not a lullaby, but a propaganda ballad. she sings of martyrdom and paradise. her extremist father was killed earlier this week. women shout. their hateful ideology, which brought terror here, still pollutes minds. allahu akbar, allahu akbar! "go film the men", they scream, "we are the women of the islamic state, god is great", as they attack our camera. hundreds of is fighters have been killed, but hundreds more have survived the battle to retake the last tiny village of baghouz. they are headed for kurdish prison. many of the islamic state supporters view the surrender not as defeat,

but as only a setback. the is leadership told them to give up. the wives expect to see their husbands again, and those husbands expect to take up arms again. that leadership has already fled, and now, all across northern syria, there are tens of thousands of hardcore is supporters being held together in camps and prisons, and they're waiting for what comes next. allahu akbar! 11—year—old amar, from iraq, told us he wants to be a jihadist. allahu akbar! adiba, a yazidi woman, is revealed casting off is oppression. they burn the abaya she was made to wear. forcibly converted to islam, adiba was passed from one moroccan fighter to another. she says she suffered regular beatings, was raped,

and had a child. nearby, we meet her latest captor, ahmed. "she wasn't a slave", he says. "she lived with my wife and parents". he had taken her after her previous ca ptor was killed. is committed a genocide against adiba's people. now, her life begins again. and the nightmare caliphate ends. but, here in syria, the islamic state group's people and its toxic ideology still cling on. quentin somerville, bbc news, syria. a climber who was rescued after being stranded overnight on a mountain in the highlands has died. the 57—year—old man was airlifted from a peak in the glencoe area to hospital in aberdeen yesterday. a second climber, a a9—year—old man, was taken to hospital in fort william, where he is in a stable condition. both men had travelled from nottinghamshire and were part of a larger group of climbers.

the foreign secretary, jeremy 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 would be devastating consequences for the conservative party if it failed to deliver on the referendum result. our political correspondent chris mason has this report. for the prime minister, every week begins with church and is 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 ijust 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. this afternoon, the air you's chief negotiator posed outside the six nations rugby. negotiations between officials from both sides have trundled on here in brussels all weekend. but there has 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. 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, mps will vote again on theresa may's brexit deal. if she loses, on wednesday, they are likely to be asked whether leaving the eu without an overarching deal should be ruled out. on thursday, if mps reject a no—deal brexit, the question for parliament could be whether leaving should be delayed. postponing brexit 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 tell 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...

well, ithink, 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. 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 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 worker from devon. mps are told to back theresa may's deal in the vote in two days' time or risk losing brexit altogether. sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good evening. jack grealish recovered from being attacked by an intruder

on the pitch to score aston villa's winnerat birmingham. the game was stopped briefly as a spectatorjumped out of the crowd and appeared to aim a punch at the villa captain. the person in question was led away by stewards and arrested by police. grealish was ok and able to continue and got the only goal of the game. after the game grealish said: manchester united have lost their first game in the premier league under ole gunnar solskjaer. the defeat to arsenal came in his thirteenth game in charge since taking over from jose mourinho. his side drop out of the top four. but the norwegian felt the 2—0 scoreline didn't reflect the match. disappointed with the result but then you look back at the performance and you cannot

say it was a game we deserved to lose because we created at least five big chances. hit the woodwork twice. they scored on the first shot and got a penalty. the performance was good, result, disappointing. liverpool beat burnley a—2 to go just a point behind leaders manchester city. two from sadio mane and roberto firminho gave them the win. chelsea dropped points at home to wolves. an injury time goalfrom eden hazard rescued a point but they are sixth losing ground on the champions league places. ireland kept their six nations hopes alive with a 26 points to 1a win over france in dublin. it means three teams can still win this years title, wales, england and the holders, heading into the final round. patrick gearey reports. at this time of year, things change fast. it's been an unsettled

six nations for ireland, who began as sunlit favourites but found the wind against them. whatever they might have done better, they are still led by the best. having delivered the lineout, 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, a try creator, 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 would 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 that ireland are back and might win the six nations. things do change fast. england have completed a 3—0 whitewash of the west indies in their t20 series. david willey took the wicket of shai hope with the first ball of the match in saint kitts and nevis. he took four in total as they were bowled out for 71 off 13 overs. england got the runs with eight wickets and nine and half overs to spare. 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—love injust 52 minutes. not such a good night for fellow british number one johanna konta. she's out of the tournament after losing her third round match

against the world number 7 kiki bertens. the belgian winning 7—6, 6—a and reaches the fourth round for the first time at indian wells. england's matthew fitzpatrick had to settle for second place at the arnold palmer invitational. he shot a final round of 71 in florida to finish on 10 under par. italy's francesco molinari won the tournament with a remarkable final round of 6a, which included this monster birdie on the 18th to finish two shots clear.tommy fleetwood was joint third. ronnie o'sullivan has become the first snooker player in history to record 1000 century breaks. it came at the players championship in preston and ever the showman, ronnie took his time over the pot that took him to the landmark. he went on to win the match with the break of 13a and with it the tournamnet, as he beat neil robertson ten frames to four.

that's all the sport for now. strong winds of up to 65 miles per hour have caused disruption across parts of the country, bringing down trees, closing roads and leaving hundreds of homes in wales without power. winds knocked scaffolding into a road in west london, crushing these cars. meanwhile, gusts blew part of the roof off this supermarket in broadstairs in kent. 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 oxfordshire, was last seen on march ath in the lake atitlan area of the country. her parents said her disappearance was of "great concern". a man has been charged with invading the pitch and assaulting aston villa player jack grealish during today's derby with birmingham city. 27—year—old paul mitchell has been

remanded in custody to appear before magistrates tomorrow. 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 he 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. that 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 actually 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'm sure the individual involved will be facing serious reprimand and be in serious trouble with a 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. 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. absolutely. all the research tells us that the environment in england can support hundreds of hen harriers, and yet we only have 3a 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, they will continue to vanish into thin air. andrew plant, bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with the author and journalist, yasmin alibhai—brown and joe twyman, director of the polling company, deltapoll — that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. good morning. if you have got significant travel plans or outdoor events this week it is probably best to stay abreast of the weather forecast. we are looking at quite a stormy week ahead. severe gales at times, some of the rain really quite heavy. fingers crossed they will be some drier and brighter interludes in between. in fact we should see the first of those drier interludes today with this little ridge of high

pressure trying to build from the west. it won't last too long, an area of low pressure starting to push in from the atlantic will threaten tuesday into wednesday. we could start off with a few wintry showers further north and west first thing. they will ease away. it will bea thing. they will ease away. it will be a breezy day throughout the day, but they will be some clear skies and some sunshine coming through, and some sunshine coming through, and temperatures will peak at eight to 11 degrees. lighter winds than yesterday, for many it will feel warmer. the cloud, rain and winds will start to strengthen by the end of the day is this area of low pressure pushes in from the atlantic. plenty of isobars around that low denotes that we are likely to see gales and severe gales a little later on and some of the rain is really quite heavy. along west facing coasts we are likely to see a couple of inches as it drifts its way steadily eastwards. gust of wind a0 miles an hour to 60 miles an hour on exposed coasts stump the rain will ease through the south—east, and behind it, we will see a trail of showers, some of those heavy,

with some hail, sleet and snow mixed in. top temperatures on tuesday of 7- 10 in. top temperatures on tuesday of 7— 10 degrees. the strongest of the winds look likely to be through tuesday night at the moment. on the southern flank of this low as it sta rts southern flank of this low as it starts to drift its way across scotla nd starts to drift its way across scotland overnight we could see gusts of winds in excess of 70 mph on exposed coasts. that is certainly worth bearing in mind if you do have travel plans over night into tuesday. so stay abreast to your local bbc radio station for any travel disruption for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. it is going to be a windy day as we go through wednesday, and plenty of showers. but the winds will slowly start to abate as we go through the day. the strongest of the winds first thing in the morning, especially on exposed coasts. as we go into the afternoon those winds should start to ease down a touch. in terms of the feel of things, highest value is likely of things, highest value is likely of eight to 11 degrees. take care.