i'm kasia madeira with bbc news. our top story: british mps have voted to ask the eu for an extension to the brexit process. welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm it would be until the end ofjune if mps approve theresa may's deal on the third attempt next week, but a longer delay if not. all other eu countries would need kasia madeira in london. the to approve the extension. rebel members of president trump's party have helped pass a vote to reject his declaration of an emergency on the us—mexico headlines: border. but it's unlikely to become law as mr trump says he'll veto it. british mps back a brexit delay, amid deadlock as the deadline approaches. and this story is trending on bbc.com. republicans revolt — members of president trump's own party join democratic lawmakers the art of catching criminals, thieves in northern italy thought in rejecting his border emergency. iron sharanjit leyl in singapore. —— they were escaping with a bruegel masterpiece worth millions of dollars. i'm. at least five people are killed and dozens injured but instead, they were foiled with a after a footbridge collapses fake. police swapped it with a fake near mumbai's main train station. class action. students in 70 countries will skip school calling for the world to work harder after they were tipped off about the thieves'

to tackle global warming. it's 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and midnight here in london, where british mps have voted overwhelmingly to ask the european union for brexit to be delayed. britain is currently scheduled to leave the bloc on the 29th of march. the government is seeking to extend the process till the 30th ofjune, but only if mps approve prime minister may's twice—rejected deal by next week. the government could also request

a longer delay if they do not. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. speeding back to downing street with brexit going slow. the prime minister's voice that we can leave this month isolated for weeks, now drowned out. the ayes to the right, 412, the noes to the left, 202. mps voting clearly to say that brexit should be delayed. the ayes to the right 412, the noes to the left 202. so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. theresa may was not bear to hear it. theresa may was not bear to hear it read out loud, to face reality, perhaps, the government accepting we might not leave the eu before the end ofjune. might not leave the eu before the end ofjune. after the last few days of government chaos and southern defeats, all of us now have the opportunity and the responsibility to work together to find a solution to work together to find a solution to the crisis facing this country. labour has its own noisy struggles.

the party says it wants another referendum, but wouldn't vote for one today. the whole purpose ought to be, ought to be, to protect communities that are stressed and worried. those people are worried about their future, their jobs worried. those people are worried about their future, theirjobs and they are industries. ourjob is to try to meet the concerns of the people who sent us here in the first place. nor is the government ready to give up on the hope brexit might happen before june. to give up on the hope brexit might happen before june. redouble our resolve to get this through and to deliver in what i very strongly believe is the national interest. and people do have strong views, of course they do, and in fact you want your politicians to have strong views. i've got a very strong view, and my very strong view is that the prime is a's deal is the best way to deliver on the referendum result. an extension is the step in the right direction because the government haven't brought this together after all this time. we still need to find all this time. we still need to find a way through this. there was a rare, if perhaps short lived, sigh

of relief for downing street. the ayes to the right 312, the noes to the left, 314. off by only two votes, an attempt by mps to take charge of brexit altogether.” votes, an attempt by mps to take charge of brexit altogether. i am disappointed my amendment lost by two but we have gained something this evening. the deal has been defeated again by a large margin. no deal under any circumstances has been defeated at parliament, and the prime minister is going to have to apply for an extension. and without labour support, the independent group's push for another referendum was smashed. while brexit is now unlikely to happen on time... we do mind the people's vote! and although the prime minister's deal has been chucked out twice, that does not mean she has given up on getting it through parliament. and might that be the sound of one of her allies who says no right now, tiptoeing to yes? when you come to the end of a negotiation, that is when you really start to see the whites of people's eyes, if you

like, and you get down to the point where you make a deal. and we want to see a deal, we want to deal that is good for the whole of the united kingdom and that is what we are focusing on. just in case the prime minister didn't have enough were at home, that supposes they shall friend couldn't help but pitching to. i am surprised at how badly it has all gone, from the standpoint of a negotiation. buti has all gone, from the standpoint of a negotiation. but i gave the prime minister my ideas on how to negotiate it, and i think would have been successful. she didn't listen to that and that's fine, she's got to that and that's fine, she's got to do what she's got to do. to do what she has to do. if only it were so what she has to do. if only it were so simple. downing street must try to govern this mess and survive. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. five people were killed and 36 injured when part of a pedestrian bridge collapsed during evening rush hour on thursday in india's financial capital, mumbai. here's mayuresh konnur.

this particular railway footbridge, which you can see behind me, is direct league next to be chhatrapati shivaji terminus, the iconic building, the world heritage site which was called the victorian terminus earlier. over which was called the victorian terminus earlier. 0ver1 million commuters everyday use this station and many of them use this particular bridge to go across the road, and there you have many government offices. corporate offices, the business district of mumbai. so every time of day, you have a crowd here. workers, pedestrians. this is not the only accident which has involved a railway footbridge in recent times. one and a half years ago there was a stampede on a railway footbridge which claimed 22 lives. one happened in an area of mumbai, where part of a bridge collapsed and one person died on the spot. two government agencies which

are involved in this kind of responsibility is the mumbai operation and the railway department, they pass blame to each other and again the same questions are being asked. china has said that a report from the united states detailing its concerns about china's human rights record is filled with "ideological bias." the us state department said china had intensified its campaign of the mass detention of muslim minority groups, including the uighurs. it estimated that possibly more than 2 million muslims were living in internment camps. emergency services in nigeria have called off their search for survivors after a 4—storey building collapsed on wednesday in the city of lagos. an estimated 11 people died in the collapse. the building, which housed a primary school, was slated for demolition two years ago. 50 people were rescued from the rubble. a former british soldier will be charged with the murder of two men

on bloody sunday in northern ireland in 1972. the men were among 13 people shot dead at a civil rights march in what was one of the darkest days of the northern ireland troubles. families of the victims say they're heartbroken that more troops have not been brought to justice. let's return to the situation here in the united kingdom, brexit. we have had a number of votes and slide we will be delaying the uk exiting the eu. -- we will be delaying the uk exiting the eu. —— and it looks like. anand menon is the director of uk in changing eu, an independent think tank focusing on brexit. where are we with this delay? we are talking about the 30th ofjune, but technically, legally, the 29th of march is when we are supposed to brexit? as of now, nothing has changed. in eu law and uk law we are leaving on march 29. what theresa

may has done, finally, because it has been clear for a while she would have to do this, is admit she needs to ask brussels to give us an extension because we are not going to be finished with brexit before march 29. it is interesting, we have to ask permission to extend article 50. if we decide to change our minds and cancel that we can do it ourselves. but to extend it means unanimous agreement of all 27 member states. if that's likely to happen? revocation? no. there is no appetite to do it in parliament and most parliamentarians still think we should do brexit. but secondly, even if that were to change, most parliamentarians recognise that the way to overturn a referendum is with another referendum, not simple —— not simply through parliamentary fiat. do you think the eu would ee, fiat. do you think the eu would agree, given that 27 countries need to agree on the extension, will they agree? it depends on the attention we ask for. if we want a short one that takes us up to the eu elections 01’ that takes us up to the eu elections orjust beyond, i think they will say yes, and they will say yes for the simple reason that it is not in their interests for us to crash out

with no deal before those elections, because beran might parts of northern france, the netherlands, belgium, that will economically be very badly affect it by no deal. —— bearin very badly affect it by no deal. —— bear in mind. that might actually help populist parties in those countries, and eu governments don't wa nt countries, and eu governments don't want that happening before the elections. but it theresa may says, cani elections. but it theresa may says, can i have to years, they will start to us questions. you can have to yea rs if to us questions. you can have to years if you have a plan, if you have a referendum or an election. but two years to watch your parliament because, that may not be something the eu is interested in.|j don't think anybody is interested in that, frankly. so she needs to show something, she needs to get her deal through. she has tried twice before and she will potentially try and two separate time. will that happen?m is worth emphasising how we had this situation is in our politics at the moment. when the deal came back a second time it lost by 149 votes. the third biggest defeat ever suffered by british prime minister. yet this was not seen as a complete failure by number ten. it was seen

as progress. the first time around it lost by 230, and the logic is that if there is now a real threat that if there is now a real threat that there is going to be a long delay, which will scare brexit is, because they see this as the park to overturning brexit, it might well be that the third time, enough of those people think that if they choice is between a deal i don't like and the danger of losing brexit, iwill go for the deal. you talk about the weirdness of british politics. i was outside westminster this week and we we re outside westminster this week and we were talking about a motion the government had put forward but ended up government had put forward but ended up trying to vote against, within its own politicians against. —— whipping. it is remarkable what we are seeing, we keep saying it is historic, but... yes, we are seeing the breakdown of the government, and of the whipping system in the house of the whipping system in the house of commons, because the other thing that happened that day is that five government ministers voted against the three line whip and kept their jobs. which sort of goes to show that the whip no longer matters. this evening we had the sight of the brexit secretary, steve barclay,

closing the debate on the motion, and then voting against it. so he spokein and then voting against it. so he spoke in favour of it, then voted against it. so nothing should surprise us any more in the house of commons, because all the rules have the window. that is where we will leave it. we will see what next week brings us. thank you for your time. the us senate has voted to overturn president donald trump's national emergency order aimed at earmarking funds for his border wall with mexico. 12 republican senators went against their party, passing the motion by 59 votes to 41. the resolution had already been passed overwhelmingly by the house of representatives. gary o'donoghue reports from washington. building a border wall between the us and mexico is president trump's hierarchy. promising during the election campaign that mexico would pay for it too. —— top priority. but mexico is not paying for the wall

and congress has been reluctant to grant the president of billions of dollars he wants to complete the project. it was this impasse over money that led to the longest ever shot down in us government history, as 800,000 federal government workers went without pay for five weeks. eventually the president backed down, and said he would use national emergency powers to take money from other areas. speaking before today's vote he remained defiant. we have very, very bad laws that are archaic, that were put in by democrats and the republicans didn't by democrats and the republicans didn‘t fight by democrats and the republicans didn't fight hard enough at the time, that was a long time before me, but we have catch and release and we have chainmail in and we have all sorts of things that are horrible. —— chain migration. the world is laughing at the laws that we re world is laughing at the laws that were passed with respect to us. we are going to have a very strong border very soon. we are building a lot of wall, there is a lot of wall going up. but democrats and a number

of republicans have argued the national emergency powers were not designed to get around congress' constitutional rights to raise and spend money. after the democratic controlled house voted to overturn the emergency order, the senate has 110w the emergency order, the senate has now followed suit, with 12 republicans going against the president. today's votes cap a week of something the american people have not seen enough of in the past two years. both parties in the united states congress standing up to donald trump. in two days, congress has delivered three major rebukes to the president and stood up rebukes to the president and stood upfor rebukes to the president and stood up for transparency, accountability, and the constitutional powers of our branch of government. the vote brought eight blunt tweet from the resident, just one word. veto. —— president. as things stand, there are not the votes in congress to prevent that a veto. nevertheless,

this is a significant blow to the president's authority, though he will see advantages in picking a fight over his signature policy. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, stu d e nts still to come on the programme, students from australia and dozens of other countries are to mount a fresh wave of protests against the lack of action over climate change. also coming up on the programme, i get to meet the f1 driver who never thought that he would be back behind the wheel after a devastating crash. today we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision. all of this caused by an apparently organised attack.

the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible and that's what the voters wanted. welcome back. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in singapore.

mps in britain have voted to request a delay to brexit — as the prime minister prepares for a third attempt next week to pass her deal. at least five people have been killed and dozens injured after a footbridge collapsed near mumbai's main train station. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times is focussing on the current drama over brexit in the uk. and it points to the contingency british trade policy which it says favours global giants such as china over eu countries. the straits times reports that authorities had not detected any problems in the republic's air and water quality following the dumping of toxic chemicals in a river in pasir gudang in malaysia. the paper reports that nearly 3,000 people have fallen sick after inhaling noxious fumes from the spill in south—eastjohor.

and the south china morning post reports on the finishing touches to the hong kong flower show. some 420,000 flowers will be on display in the event called "when dreams blossom". that is a look at some of the papers. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? i don't believe i am going to say this. online people are getting excited about pig—casso, who's one talented sow. with a paintbrush in her snout, she paints bold images like these. pigcasso was rescued from an abattoir and brought to an animal sanctuary in south africa, where she developed her hidden talent. her paintings have been shown in france, germany, and the netherlands, and can sell for almost 4000 dollars, with the proceeds going appropriately towards animal welfare.

certainly one talented pig. students from around 70 countries are expected to miss class on friday and protest against the lack of action over climate change. in australia, demonstrations are expected in about 55 locations. last november, more than 15,000 school students went on strike, defying orders from the prime minister scott morrison. a little earlier i was speaking to our correspondent, hywel griffith, who's in sydney. he's been speaking to some of the students planning to protest. ifi if i can introduce you to vivian, magic, and daisy. all three are off school. they not in classes. we are expecting hundreds, maybe thousands tojoin them in expecting hundreds, maybe thousands to join them in the process expecting hundreds, maybe thousands tojoin them in the process in expecting hundreds, maybe thousands to join them in the process in about an hourand a to join them in the process in about an hour and a half. vivian, why is it so important for you to miss school and come here? we have known

about climate change for over 30 yea rs, about climate change for over 30 years, and we have let it develop into a crisis. now the ipcc report tells us we have less than 12 years to deal with it before it becomes irreversible. and the government acting like it is not a problem is unacceptable. it was my future and millions of other children at risk. clearly many of you are passionate and educated on climate change, but isn't school the place to be learning more about this? the education ministerfor learning more about this? the education minister for australia says it is great they're patina but do it outside of school hours.|j think education and activism go hand—in—hand. i think the kids who will come to the strike will be learning more about politics than most adults know when they go into vote. i think it is important to strike on a school day is because the power of strikes, historically and now, comes from the fact that ordinary people sacrifice their education, work, imported because of

their life or a cause that is greater than them. daisy, we have seen a straight before back in november, it was very powerful and made the headlines, but it hasn't changed anything, how convinced are you that the adults will listen, after a ll you that the adults will listen, after all you don't have a vote? we certainly know they are listening. we are waiting for them to act now. it is important to remember that the school strikes are a movement. we have our straights, but we have hundreds and hundreds of students and teens around australia working behind the scenes to make these strakes happen, meeting with their mps, it is a movement, we are putting pressure on our politicians and we are hoping to see these upcoming elections in australia turning to claimant oriented elections. what are you asking for, what you want the politicians to do? we have three demands. our first demand is to stop the adani coal mine in queensland. the second demand is no new fossil fuel projects. another third demand is 100% renewable by 2030. some people would say there are children protesting but there are adults behind this. how is this organised?

is it genuinely a youth movement?m is genuinely a student run movement. i think the notion that we can think for ourselves and that we are the bonds of our adults and parents is insulting. just make pawns. this is com pletely insulting. just make pawns. this is completely run by students. we get support from adults but it is com pletely support from adults but it is completely student run. thank you very much forjoining us. we spend hundreds more to be here in about one and a half hours for sydney's proteas, one of more than 50 to be held across australia today and one of hundreds we expect to occur across the world. that was hywel griffiths in sydney — we spoke to him a little earlier. protests are expected to be under way soon. we'll return to hywel in the next hour. the formula one season starts this weekend in australia, with the sport coming to terms with the death of charlie whiting. one of the most influential people in the sport, he suffered a pulmonary embolism. it is however also a time of hope and expectation. the polish driver robert kubica, will be lining up on the grid once again, after rebuilding his career

following a life changing crash eight years ago. before leaving for melbourne i caught up with him at his new team's headquarters, the williams team in oxfordshire. it is kind of my second debut. so i can say that i arrived into formula one twice. because, in the end, when i was one twice. because, in the end, when iwasa one twice. because, in the end, when i was a young driver, a kid, nobody would bet any euro for a polish driver. this had happened in 2006. honestly, i think the same story would be three or four years ago, even two years ago, no—one would bet 1 euro that i would be back in formula one. how do you then, technically, drive, everything that is done through your left hand? most people think i drive 1—handed. it is not true. of course there are situations where the left hand is

doing much more than the right one stop but there are situations where the right—hand, the arm, is doing more than the left one. you are one of these people that is a natural born driver, to coin a terrible phrase. the moment i actually put myself behind the wheel, after the accident, i discovered that the speed is there. and this creates, at that moment it created a kind of negative feelings. for one side it was very positive, from the other side i said well, yah, the speed is there but i have my limitations. it is kind of a strange feeling. but actually i am happy that i never give up. there were moments where probably, actually, the mental aspect was more difficult than the physical one or pain. you have your

teammate george russell. you have the years of experience, he is relatively new in this. what is your relationship like? do you mentor him? what is it like? george is a very talented driver. if not the most talented driver from the new generation. he won practically everywhere where he was racing with formula to last year and gp three. i think, honestly speaking, he is very fast. and from a technical point of view he is very well prepared. this data for the williams team hasn't been the best. how are you feeling given the delays? does make the start. if you asked me if i'm honest, we are not in the position we we re honest, we are not in the position we were hoping to be. from my point of view, it is 80 as i am not driving. being more prepared will give me more confidence, it will give me more confidence, it will give me more confidence, it will give mea give me more confidence, it will give me a state where i know what might happen, but in formula one you never know —— eight years. i know his comeback has been extraordinary. good luck to him only

formula one drivers as they start in melbourne. that is it for newsday. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. a quick look at what is happening in mozambique first of all, a cyclone is making landfall near mozambique's fourth largest city. prior to land for the winds were gusting at 140 mph, damaging went working into this pa rt mph, damaging went working into this part of mozambique. we are likely to see severe flooding. the weather looks nasty over the next few days in mozambique. we may hear stories about that over the coming days. in the uk, are windy, blustery spell of weather is set to continue. if you are heading outside of the next few hours that is the chance of rain around. low pressure is in charge of the weather. we have those reasonably tightly packed isobars over the uk it will be another

blustery day. outbreaks of rain over england and wales ten to trickle southwards, never getting away from south—west england where it could be a damp day, a similar picture for southern parts of wales. further north, you get some sunshine. northern ireland, northern england, and scotland. it will feel quite cool in the wind, temperatures 5— seven across northern areas. the shower was feeding overnight. at the same time, friday nights is a pulse of heavy rain working back northwards into northern ireland, across england and wales. we could see snow for a time over the high ground. there is the potentialfor multiple hazards around as we start off the weekend, thanks to this developing nasty area of low pressure. what make it your eye is the snow. we will see that over northern ireland, northern england, and scotland. 10—20 centimetres above 300 and 50 metres. just make 350 metres. over the high ground of

wales we could see the risk of some localised flooding. then there is the winds. winds could gust up to 50-60 the winds. winds could gust up to 50—60 mph for southern wales, southern england. perhaps a 70 mph in the most exposed locations. all of these weather elements add up to the risk of some disruptive weather as we go through the first part of the weekend. that system actually strengthens as it leaves the uk. across eastern scotland could have strong winds for a time. on sunday, north—westerly winds flowing across the uk, bringing plenty of showers across northern and western areas. a few of those blowing in a cross in umpires across central and eastern england, central and eastern parts of scotla nd england, central and eastern parts of scotland as well. —— blowing in across. it will feel cool in the wind with temperatures reaching a high, at best of ten. that is your weather.