i'm ben bland with bbc world news. our top story: the uk prime minister theresa may says she and eu officials have agreed legally binding i'm rico hizon in changes" to the brexit deal, singapore, the headlines: the alterations are over the backstop — theresa may and eu officials agree the guarantee of no hard border legally binding changes in northern ireland — to the brexit deal, and the most controversial ahead of a crucial vote and unpopular part of her agreement. in the british parliament. british mp's will vote on the revised deal on tuesday. investigators have recovered the voice and data recorders from the ethiopian air crash. today we have secured legal changes. more airlines have grounded now is the time to come together the type of plane involved — to back this improved brexit deal but us aviation officials say and to deliver on the instruction they believe it is airworthy. of the british people. and this story is trending on bbc.com. zinedine zidane is set to return european commission president jean—claude juncker warns if the deals voted down as real madrid manager there will be no "third chance". just 10 months after leaving the post. madrid of course have been in a terrible run of form — there will be no new negotiations. last week they crashed out of the champions league. that's all. stay with bbc world news. it is this. i'm ben bland in london —

also in the programme. and the top story in the uk: investigators recover the voice and data recorders from the ethiopian air crash. but as more airlines ground the type of plane involved — us aviation officials say they believe it is airworthy. it's been ruled a socially harmful cult by the new south wales supreme court. we track down the group known as universal medicine. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and we start with breaking news from strasbourg where the british prime minister says she's secured what she called legally binding changes to her brexit deal, just hours before the house of commons is due to vote on it. theresa may has been seeking additional assurances

about the irish backstop — the measure to prevent the return of border controls between northern ireland and the republic. she says she now has assurances that the backstop would never be permanent, if it was ever used. but there was a clear concern in parliament over one issue in particular, the northern ireland backstop. having an insurance policy to guarantee that there will never be a hard border in northern ireland is absolutely right. it honours the uk's solemn commitments in the belfast good friday agreement. but if we ever have to use that insurance policy, it cannot become a permanent arrangement and it is not the template for our future relationship. the deal that mps voted on injanuary was not strong enough in making that clear and legally binding changes were needed to set that right.

today, we have agreed them. first, a joint instrument with comparable legal weight to the withdrawal agreement will guarantee that the eu can't act with the intent of applying the backstop indefinitely. if they do, it can be challenged through arbitration but if found to be in breach, the uk can suspend the backstop. the joint instrument also gives a legal commitment that whatever replaces the backstop does not need to replicate it. and it entrenches in legally binding form the commitments made in the exchange of letters with presidents tusk and juncker in january. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, warned mps that they would be putting everything at risk if they voted down mrs may's brexit deal. in politics, sometimes you get a second chance. it is what we do with the second chance that comes because there

will be no third chance. the window further interpretations of interpretations and no further assurances of the assurances. that has speak crystal clear about the choice. but it might not happen at all. there's lots to decipher — our correspondent adam fleming was at thst news conference in strasbourg. he joined me a little while ago to explain what it all means. in terms of what's been agreed, there is a word soup of documents, 23 pages in total, talking about the irish backstop, so protracted negotiations that will take place in the transition period to look at alternatives for the backstop so it will never come into force, aspirations about getting a trade deal so you don't need the irish backstop and clarification if there is a dispute between the two sides about the irish backstop, how that will be handled. the uk government's objective

was to reassure mps that if that backstop ever comes into force, that's set of arrangements for awarding a high border in northern ireland, which includes a customs union between the uk and the eu, will not be permanent against the uk's wheel. the objective for the eu was to provide reassurance to british parliamentarians to allow more of them to vote for the deal while not contradicting the contents of the deal themselves. on first glance, it looks like they have managed to walk the tightrope of getting both those things. the question is, has theresa may gone are the to win over enough of her own mps when they vote in the deal in westminster on tuesday? i suppose to underline the difficulties in the challenge she faces, the leader of the opposition here in the uk, in the last few moments, has said parliament must reject theresa may's deal, even after these further discussions and the dup is still saying, we will consider the detail of what has emerged.

it is far from a situation presumably where she can sit back and relax and think, i've done what's needed to be done and it will be fine tomorrow when the boat happens. you are at these big moments in the european parliament and it feels incredibly climactic and important and at the end of the story and it runs worked through the week ended overnight and they fought over every word and finally, there it is rolling off the printer. you remind yourself, this is just the start, the next big thing is in parliament tomorrow. the first thing that will happen is the uk's government chief lawyer, attorney general geoffrey cox, will issue legal advice and is a different legal advice from that issued in december when he was quite lukewarm about the backstop and was worried the uk could be held in the permanently.

does he go from thumbs down to thumbs up? the question is, how many mps are one over by that and is it enough to get the deal over the line it kickstart a whole series of other boats that are due to take place in parliament? your point about the dup, theresa may really wants to make sure they are on side. the strategy she's been pursuing has been to keep them onboard and by doing that, win back loads of conservative mps from our own party to support the deal. when it comes to the labor party, downing street have known labour will not support this deal wholesale but they are hoping there are enough labour mps who are in favour of brexit anyway and enough labour mps who support areas of the country who voted heavily for brexit, that they can be convinced to come over and support the deal. that's why in the small print, you will see stuff about the uk sticking to eu standards on alert —— work on the environment because that is something

that was appealing to those mps. and you can find analysis of the agreement on what they described as legally binding changes on our website and also find coverage of how british mps have responded to these changes and also a guide to ten ways that britain could be affected if there is no deal brexit, all of that the website. 0r affected if there is no deal brexit, all of that the website. or you can download the bbc news output. more on that later. algeria's ailing president bouteflika has given in to weeks of mass protests — he won't now run for a fifth term in office. he says he will give way for, in his words, a new generation. te 82—year—old also postponed elections due next month — saying they would be organised after a national conference and referendum on a new constitution, though he gave no dates. people were out on the streets of the capital, algiers, celebrating his announcement. tens of thousands of protesters from all parts of society have been

demonstrating for more than two weeks against his decision to run. president trump's special representative for north korea has signalled a hardening of the us line towards pyongyang. stephen biegun was speaking in washington. he insisted on complete de—nuclearisation of north korea in return for a deal. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has marked his first official visit to iraq with a promise to improve cooperation on economic affairs and counter terrorism. after holding talks with the iraqi president, barham saleh, mr rouhani said the two countries would strengthen links in tourism and the energy sector, a united nations envoy to myanmar says more than 10,000 civilians have fled the country's turbulent rakhine state since november due to violence. yanghee lee told the human rights council in geneva that the security

council should refer myanmar‘s treatment of minorities — including rohingya muslims — to the international criminal court. the government has rejected the statement. this isn't one for the fainthearted. windsurfers have taken on huge seas in ireland for one the world's toughest competitions — the red bull storm chase. highly—skilled riders have been performing tricks in winds gusting up to iiskm/h in donegal. but that's not their biggest challenge. these competitors have been braving it out in just—above—freezing temperatures for most of the day, and stinging hail storms. that hasn't put them off though. they'll face another day of round of competition on tuesday — with strong winds and big waves forecast. us aviation regulators said the boeing jet involved in two deadly crashes is safe to fly

but ordered urgent design improvements. a number of countries grounded the jet after all 157 passengers were killed in an ethiopian airlines crash on sunday. the boeing 737 max8 was flying to the kenyan capital, nairobi — when it went down shortly after taking off from addis ababa. 0ur correspondent emmanuel igunza sent this report from the scene. it's a slow, delicate process of recovering pieces of the plane that might offer clues on why flight et302 came down. more remains of those who died have been recovered from the rubble, as rescue efforts enter the second day. the main focus for the investigators has been that huge crater that was made when the plane hit the ground. now, throughout the day, we've seen them pull out debris, including this mangled wreck here of what remains of that aircraft. we've also seen them retrieve the black boxes, which will help in the

investigations on finding out exactly what happened. there were people of more than 30 nationalities on the flight, including kenyans, ethiopians, canadians and britons. at least 21 un staff were also killed. as the united nations conference began in nairobi, delegates remembered those doctor, aid workers academics who died in the crash. the un secretary—general antonio guterres spoke about the tragedy. 0ur colleagues were women and men, junior professionals and seasoned officials, hailing from all corners of the globe and with a wide array of expertise. they all had one thing in common — a spirit to serve the people of the world and to make it a better place for us all. it's the second time this type of aircraft has crashed in five months. in october, an indonesia—bound airplane came down shortly after take—off killing

all 189 people on board. today, china and indonesia along with ethiopian airlines, grounded their fleets of the 737 maxss. recovery efforts are coming to an end but an investigation into what happened to flight et302 will continue for many months. emmanuel igunza, bbc news, bishoftu, ethiopia. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme: it's been ruled a socially harmful cult by the new south wales supreme court. we track down the group known as universal medicine. also on the programme: it's the pineapple pull—apart, and its gone viral. 18 million at the last count — we'll be finding out why it's so popular. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief, this the worst terrorist atrocity on european

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world, everyone. —— welcome back, everyone. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: the uk government says theresa may and eu officials have agreed legally binding changes to the brexit deal. investigators have recovered the voice and data recorders from the ethiopian air crash. as more airlines ground the type of plane involved, us aviation officials say they believe it is airworthy. more on our lead story. the british prime minister ‘s announcement of what she called legally binding changes to her deal to the european union, what mps in the uk parliament will be voting on tuesday, what will they make of it all? chris mason has been following events from westminster.

this is now, for all of the detail, all the verbiage, a numbers game. how many people can do is persuade here in westminster? letters be absolutely brutal about it, it could be tremendously successful in persuading an awful lot of people and still fail, because this is a hung parliament, the prime minister does not have a majority to call the own on so many does not have a majority to call the own on so many matters relating to brexit, she has to persuade northern ireland's democratic unionist party to prop up in westminster, and lots of conservative mps as well. tonight, plenty of them, including the influential and noisy brexiteers, who we have heard rather a lot of in recent months, people like steve baker, jacob rees—mogg, and others, they are saying let's give this a serious look. we should be fairto them. give this a serious look. we should be fair to them. as things stand, or they have heard is a statement from david lidington, the cabinet office minister, and a press conference between the prime minister and jean—claude juncker of the commission, the documents have only just appeared online. the documents

to be non— legally trained eye, as adam were reflecting, a little on the heavy side, particularly at 11:20 p.m.. crucially, both sides will wait for the legal interpretation of the attorney general, geoffrey cox, and also the legal opinion that the european research group of conservative brexiteers are seeking themselves. to try and establish whether or not legally, in the view of mr cox and the lawyers, there has been a substantial change here. chris mason. various airlines around the world have grounded the type of plane involved. us aviation officials say they believe it is a airworthy. peter bowes joins they believe it is a airworthy. peter bowesjoins me they believe it is a airworthy. peter bowes joins me live from los angeles. peter, iam peter bowes joins me live from los angeles. peter, i am slightly confused about one aspect of this, the aviation authority says the

plane is safe to use, but they are demanding changes to the software at the same time. what is going on? well, yes, it does seem to be contradicting itself in a way. they are going to make some design changes by next month. this relates to the flight control systems of that jet and this to the flight control systems of thatjet and this will require some flight thatjet and this will require some flight crew retraining. at the same time, insisting it is very early daysin time, insisting it is very early days in the investigation as far as this latest plane crash is concerned. they will need to see the data. you mentioned that the black box has been found. engineers from boeing, the federal aviation administration, they are on the ground in ethiopia working with local investigators as well to try to establish what has happened. as

with all transport investigations carried out by the faa it could take time to reach conclusions based on the date at which they say they have not seen yet. and isn't really an information as to why they are insisting on these changes by boeing, while at the same time saying it is very early days with this investigation. we can only assume that perhaps there has been widely reported, six month ago, a similaraircrash in widely reported, six month ago, a similar air crash in indonesia, and clearly some conclusions were reached at the time then. and the faa has some perspective on how this plane... and perhaps changes that could be made by boeing. peter bowes there. thank you very much. sorry about the glitches on the line there. you are watching newsday on the bbc. families have been talking to the bbc about how they've lost loved ones to a bizarre cult. universal medicine was found to be a "socially harmful cult" by the new south wales supreme court. its main centre and leader serge benhayon is based

in australia, but its european headquarters are based in a village in rural somerset. rachel stonehouse has been investigating. mrs clifford was 12 when she says her mum moved to somerset to follow universal medicine. one of the main things i can remember was turning everything anticlockwise, because if you didn't, then you would let entities in. so it was like, cooking food had to be done anticlockwise, things like that, turning doorknobs and handles. i was sitting here, my dad was over there. my mum came upstairs and she started burping ridiculously, and he was like, what are you doing? and she said, i'm burping out bad spirits. universal medicine was founded in australia in 1999 by bankrupt tennis coach serge benhayon. in october, an australian civil court found the association to be a harmful cult, and serge benhayon a dangerous charlatan.

among other things, he claims that people have been sexually abused because of what they did in their past life. if you have been sexually abused, then you have been an abuser. he says those with autism were former dictators. down syndrome, or are past—it, or any other disabled child. he teaches that alien—like creatures seek out vulnerabilities by smelling us. fact — and that happens everywhere. and that happens everywhere. you can be on a train or a bus, you can be smelt all the time. twice a year he holds workshops for followers in the lighthouse, in tytherington, where universal medicine's european headquarters is based. nina foy has lived in the village for 30 years. she says it's changed since serge benhayon brought universal medicine here. it does concern me, because i think they prey on vulnerable women. because it mainly seems to be women. you see people walking through the village like zombies. follower simon williams is the managing director of the lighthouse. he's also the president of frome chamber of commerce. he didn't want to be interviewed on camera, but we had a 20—minute conversation.

he did admit that he is a follower of universal medicine, that serge benhayon is a great friend of his, who he loves very much, and that the court ruling in australia is totally untrue, none of it is true. and when i started to question him on some of serge's beliefs around disabled children and victims of sexual assault, he refused to answer that, and at that point he asked me to leave and said the conversation was finished. serge benhayon has always denied running a cult, and any wrongdoing. rachel stonehouse, bbc news, somerset. more details on a story on the bbc news website. now to a story that's leaving pineapple purists in a pickle. the short video comes from east asia and was posted to the media—sharing site tiktok — before spreading to twitter. as you can see, there's

no slicing or dicing — it's simply eaten in pieces. the pineapple pull—apart is a popular watch. in just a few days, the video's been viewed more than 18 million times. but, it's dividing fans the world over. i asked alice zaslavsky — culinary correspondent for the abc in australia — if she's tried the pineapple hack herself. i have one. here is one i prepared earlier, and i thought i would bring it in, because i did try it out, and i tried it out with a pineapple just like this. it's nice and ripe. you can tell that a pineapple is ripe by the smell, as well as whether you can twist the top off quite easily, which as you can see you can twist that top off, and then it's a matter ofjust slicing off the top and easing out the segments. so i tried the hack, and i thought that's a really cool little tip. popped it on twitter, and i had thousands upon thousands of people saying i tried it out, it didn't work for me, i think this is fake news. you know, i have one pineapple with me, myself, and it is from sarawak, in malaysia. but it is a bit spiky, and i'm not quite sure if i can do a pineapple hack with this one. but, of course, the pineapple hack

that was done that has gone viral is from 0kinawa. has it been grown, do you think, to be eaten in this way? absolutely, so these pineapples are specially grown in the ishikawa region, and they are specifically known as the 0kinawa snacking pineapple. these ones take about 20 months, because the fibres grow slowly, and they grow quite separately, which is why you can twist them off. so, for those who feel a bit dejected that their pineapple doesn't work the same way, it's probably because it's the wrong variety of pineapple to use. i'm having a difficult time hacking this pineapple. i can't even twist it open. ido i do not have a pineapple, but i am having more success with by orange. people apart is working here. it

could not be easy. i think i have wonders as route, fishing, rico. yes, you have. —— one at this fruit competition. we will leave you to it. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. urban farming in the big city? we take a look at what tokyo's doing to feed its residents. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. scientists have identified a new dinosaur in south—eastern australia. it's thought that the galleon—osaurus was alive 125 million years ago and would have been roughly the same height as a wallaby. it was given its name because its jaw resembles an upturned galleon ship. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. you can have the pineapple.

hello there. although it was quite windy out there on monday, it was probably the quietest day of this week. through the next few days, the rest of the week, we're going to see some outbreaks of rain, which will be heavy at times, and accompanied by some very windy conditions. in fact, we've got a storm on the way. the latest storm is being named storm gareth, and it's around that curl of cloud there, already pushing ahead this thickening cloud to bring some outbreaks of rain, and on ahead of those weather fronts, we've got some strong and gusty winds, as well. but it's really as the storm, the low centre, approaches later on on tuesday and into tuesday night that the winds really start to pick up. so this is what we look like early on in the morning. those are the sort of temperatures — pretty mild out there. that's not the main story, mind you. you can see we've got that band of rain around from that cloud, and these are the sort of gusts we're looking at early in the day, so gales, i think, in many places. and it could be particularly squally, briefly, in that rain band,

as it sweeps its way across northern england, wales and the south—west of england in the morning, into the south—east of england through the afternoon. we may well find some sunshine and showers following on, and the winds easing just a little. but then they really start to get noisy again around that swirl of rain, around our storm that approaches the north—west later on in the day. and we're drawing down some chillier air as the day goes on, so temperatures will be dropping a bit. the winds, though, really picking up through the afternoon, into the evening and overnight in northern ireland, western parts of scotland. 70, maybe 80 mph around some coasts, and we've got that rain around, too — that'll push its way into england and wales. 50—60 mph gusts quite widely. very slowly, the winds easing down just a little bit on wednesday, but still a very windy day, and there will be some sunshine and showers, before we get some more persistent rain coming back into northern ireland. those temperatures should be a little bit higher, typically in double figures. now, our storm is heading across the uk and out into the north sea, so the winds are easing down a little bit. but then we've got that next weather system coming in rapidly from the atlantic, which you can see overnight it brings rain in many

areas, that weather front then sinking its way southwards on thursday. some of the heaviest rain likely to be over the high ground in north—west england. you can see we've got some strong to gale—force winds, and then by friday, sunshine and some showers. the strongest of the winds, though, arriving with storm gareth later on on tuesday. through tuesday night and into wednesday, there's likely to be some travel disruption and some damage. you can keep up to date with the forecast here, and all the details on bbc local radio.