this is bbc news, the headlines: a two year investigation by the us special counsel into alleged collusion between president trump's election campaign and russia is now complete. key findings are expected to stay under wraps for a few days — butjustice department sources say this is bbc news. that robert mueller‘s report does not recommend further indictments. our top stories: finally finished — the special counsel's report into alleged collusion between president trump's election campaign and russia has been submitted to the department of justice. there are no new indictments but the content is under wraps — here in britain, prime but how much will be made minister theresa may says she might not bring her brexit deal back for another vote, ‘if it appears there is not sufficient support.‘ the european union has public in the coming days? agreed to delay brexit, but only by two weeks if british mps reject the agreement. australia is, for the first time another twist on the road to brexit. since 2015, experiencing two theresa may tells mps the planned tropical cyclones at the same time. third vote on her withdrawal deal cyclones trevor and veronica may not happen. the devastation caused by cyclone idai in southern africa — are causing high winds and have we report from one of forced more than three thousand people in the northern terriroty to leave their homes. the worst affected areas.

hello and welcome to bbc news. after almost two years, the special counsel's investigation into alleged collusion between russia and president donald trump's 2016 campaign has come to an end. robert mueller has delivered his report to the us attorney general. the reuters news agency is reporting that the main conclusions of the report will be made public, according to a justice department official. we've also heard from the justice department that there wil be no further indictments recommended by mr mueller. more than 30 people have already been indicted — or made a plea — in the course of the investigation so far. let's go to our north america correpsondent david willis labour is said to be a comprehensive

report, ben, hand delivered to the attorney general, william barr, a man who only took up that office a week ago. he is reviewing it as we speak and said that he expects to be able to release at least the core findings, the top line is, if you like, two senior lawmakers over the course of the weekend. thereafter, he will huddle with the man who appointed robert mueller, rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, and robert mueller himself, to try and work out how much of this report can actually be made public. you mentioned in your introduction that the department ofjustice officials are making it clear that there will be no further indictments now and that is potentially highly significant. members of his immediate family. the president and his supporters will say that's because there was no collusion,

something he has maintained all along. others will perhaps argue that it's not possible in fact to actually indict a sitting president. nonetheless, there are going to be called now, demands intact from those, the democratic side, want to see this whole report made public and very soon indeed. this is what the democratic leader in the senate had to say. it's imperative for him to make the full report public and provide its underlying documentation and findings. attorney general barr was not give president trump, his lawyers or staff any sneak preview of the special counsel's findings or evidence and the white house must not be allowed to interfere in decisions about what parts of those findings or evidence should be made

public. sorry about the sound problems on the line. let's get a moment to reflect on how we got to this point. here's nick bryant on how the process unfolded and what happens next. robert mueller is one of the most talked about men in washington. but ever since this former fbi director was appointed a special counsel almost two years ago, he has not made a single public comment about his high—sta kes investigation. donald j trump! he has been looking into whether or not there was collusion between the trump campaign and the kremlin during the 2016 presidential race. did donald trump know the russians had hacked the democratic national committee and giving e—mails to wikileaks to release? russia, if you are listening, i hope you're able to find

the 30,000 e—mails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. what happened at a meeting in june 2016 between key campaign officials, including donald trump junior, and russians with links to the kremlin? did the president fire the fbi director, james comey, in an attempt to obstructjustice? the president has repeatedly claimed that it's all a part of a witch hunt. the witch hunt, as i call it, it should have never taken place. the entire thing has been a witchhunt. it's a witchhunt, that's all it is. there's already been a string of convictions stemming from the mueller investigation. paul manafort, his one—time campaign chairman, has been found guilty of financial crimes, but not collusion. michael flynn, the president's former national security adviser, pleaded guilty of lying to the fbi about his contacts with russia and has cooperated with

the special counsel. long—time adviser roger stone, has been accused of lying to congress about his efforts to get in touch with wikileaks during the 2016 campaign and michael cohen, donald trump's former lawyer has made a plea deal with the special counsel and turned on his former boss. he is a racist, he is a con man and he is a cheat. as well as other members of the trump campaign team, robert mueller has charged about two dozen russian nationals, including 12 intelligence officers accused of hacking the hillary clinton campaign. prosecutors in washington, virginia, and here in new york, are pursuing cases that will outlive his investigation. raise your right hand, please. now the new attorney general has been handed the mueller accords, it is up to him to decide what will be made public. i am in favour of much transparency as there can be, consistent with the rules and the law. the president of the united states! the burning question, will it accuse donald trump of collusion and criminality?

corey brettschneider is a political science professor and he specialises in constitutional law. he's in new york. good to have you with us. do you think this conclusion of the report now settles the matter once and for all? no, it doesn't at all. all that is suggests from what we are hearing is suggests from what we are hearing is that they don't think at this time they can indict this president based on information they have but the huge question is impeachment and thatis the huge question is impeachment and that is a very different standard under our system than the question of whether or not there is sufficient evidence for a criminal indictment but it's not required that a high crime, the standard for impeachment be an actual crime. it's not required there be a beyond the standard of reasonable doubt. it is the beginning of an enquiry into impeachable offences. possible

collaboration. under the constitutional laws, who holds the cards now? who makes those decisions? basically, the baton has been passed. we are going to see the report. there will be a lot of information there. the house of representatives is going to have to begin an enquiry depending what's in the report. depending whether or not the report. depending whether or not the collaboration with russia, if he was negligent, people collaborating with the russian government. what they call high crime and misdemeanour. that's the standard for impeachment and it's very different and distinct from the criminal process. you don't have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. it also doesn't have to be a crime,

collaborations that undermine the system. enough of a violation of the oath. there also is a baton which could be passed off to the southern district of new york which is looking into wrongdoing by the president's business to the extent that robert mueller has information to that case. they could be future cases. there also is a question of whether or not he can't indict the president while he is in office but maybe he has information that would be relevant. finally i mention the state of new york is not barred by any internal rules of seeking an indictment and it's not barred by the constitution although there is a debate about that so it could be the baton is passed to the attorney general of new york you might herself begin a possible criminal indictment against the sitting president. plenty of avenues which could still unfold. when it comes to

revealing the contents of the report, what is the law? it's complicated. some accounting to congress but what form that will take, it's another question. it's possible that a redacted or very little information will be given to the house of representatives but they can seek to subpoena the information. they said that they will. many members of the house supported that idea. they are well within their rights to demand on the half of the american people that they get access to the full report and also to the evident — the evidence that went into the report, there is precedents of that. thanks very much indeed. let's turn to brexit now — and britain's prime minister theresa may has told mps that a third vote on her brexit deal may not take place next week "if it appears there is not sufficient support".

it comes after european council president donald tusk said brexit‘s fate was "in britain's hands". here's the bbc‘s david grossman. and so the action has moved from the frying pan of brussels with the prime minister got a short extension to article 50 to the fire of westminster where she has to work out what an earth to do with it. all day, senior politicians from different exit perspectives were invited in for meetings. merely having a short extension, a crushing out, a complete disaster, europe realises that, we realise it here and i'm going to talk to the deputy prime minister about the possibility ofa prime minister about the possibility of a way forward. mrjohnson, what's going to happen today? the article 50 process was always all or nothing. it's the equivalent of jumping offa nothing. it's the equivalent of jumping off a cliff and trying to build an aeroplane on the way down. all the eu has done is given us a

bit more time but there is still no sign to what the prime minister is trying to build is ever going to fly. when the downing street entourage arrived back in london, it was assumed that theresa may would attempt at least once more to get her deal through parliament. sources inside number 10 suggest they may not bring the boat back at all u nless not bring the boat back at all unless they are certain of the votes and that looks very unlikely. the du p, whose votes would be crucial in getting a withdrawal agreement across the line, put out a statement saying that nothing is fundamentally changed. so where could the votes come from? they will need to win over quite a lot of labour mps. they only want three on the meaningful vote to select means paps ten, 15, 20 required and even then i think she will need to win quite a

significant chunk of colleagues who simply say, with the mess that we had during the negotiation on the withdrawal agreement, we can't have the same bunch of people negotiating the same bunch of people negotiating the future chain arrangement. we will just the future chain arrangement. we willjust end up in the same mess again. what's happening? the cheap whip, whosejob it is to again. what's happening? the cheap whip, whose job it is to deliver the prime minister a majority, looked troubled and was saying nothing. — chief whip. on monday, it seems very likely mps will pass a motion allowing the house of commons to seize control of the parliamentary agenda from the government. mps can then schedule a series of votes designed to see which if any option can wina designed to see which if any option can win a majority. sir oliver litwin is one of the senior peas behind the plan. we believe we have the numbers to pass the amendment on monday and thereby guarantee the votes on wednesday. is there any sense in your mind about what the outcome of that process is, where is the mind of parliament right now?m

i knew that, i would be very much a wiser person than anyone on earth andi wiser person than anyone on earth and i am not. that's why we have to have the vote, to find out whether the mind of parliament is. so the potential for confusing chaos is obvious or should i say, even more confusing chaos than we've got. there is no majority for anything in parliament. it's quite likely any number of resolutions could be brought forward, motion is brought forward and there may not be a majority for anything and what you will see is a mess that makes what happened until now seem like it was almost organised. i am very cautious about this and urging colleagues not to make something of it they might regret. so where is britain's relationship with the eu heading? almost nothing seems clearer. everything is still up in the air. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: thousands of families are forced from their homes in remote parts of the northern territory

let there be no more war or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. very good. applause so proud of both of you. applause with great regret, the committeee have decided that south africa should be excluded from the 1970 competition. chants streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji.

onlooker: wow! this is bbc news, the latest headlines: special counsel robert mueller finishes his two—year investigation into alleged collusion between donald trump's election campaign and russia. the department ofjustice says the key findings will be made public. is it the end of the road for theresa may's withdrawal deal? she tells mps she may not hold a third vote after all. rain, rising rivers, and broken bridges are hampering aid and rescue efforts for those affected by cyclone idai in southern africa. the death toll officially across the region is over 550, although the true number is thought to be far higher. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced across mozambique,

zimbabwe and malawi. fergal keane has travelled deep into one the worst affected areas, the district of nhamatanda in mozambique, where many people have died and thousands more are still in need of aid. the bridge on the road towards nhamatanda now crosses a river that has engulfed the countryside and severed the road that is a trading lifeline for southern africa. survivors of the flooding have found a way across the farmland that has become a swamp. and they told of many deaths in the countryside beyond. translation: a lot of people have died in my village. we saw the bodies of 76 people, and then yesterday we found four more. we continued on foot, thanks to the kindness of locals, who want the world to see what has

happened to their lives. on the other side, another driver to negotiate the battered road, where dozens have taken shelter under plastic. little protection from the rains, and now there are reports of cholera. disease is the inevitable consequence of so many living in such terrible conditions. this 76—year—old war veteran has come to the water to fish, his only hope for food. and while scientists assess the causes of the violent weather, he says the storm is the worst he's ever known. i was born “119113, francesco told me, and i haven't seen a wind like this. we arrived in nhamatanda as the un was leaving. they'd just made a food drop.

much more is needed in a place where they sell hundreds lose their lives and thousands of destitute. how many people are you taking care of you? 2000? over 2000 people in this one school? katerina goncalves was waiting in the hope of getting food. her mother was drowned in the storm. the eldest of her seven children was trying to repair the family home. katerina is a widow, and her crops have been destroyed. the way i am now, she told me, i don't know how i'll survive with my children. i have no work and everything at my farm was destroyed. and remember, they live with the trauma of losing dozens of their neighbours in the storm. then there was a glimmer of better news.

some food had come. this is a supply of government food that has just arrived. you can see there are armed guards on the truck, because hunger breeds desperation. it is entirely understandable when people have gone for days without food. there are bigger questions about the causes and solutions to such disasters. but come on the ground, it is still an unfolding crisis, a question of survival. fergal keane, bbc news, nhamatanda. to australia now, where more than 3,000 people have been evacuated in the northern territory to escape extreme weather. there are currently two tropical cyclones bearing down on the country. cyclone trevor has already made landfall. these pictures show the extent of the strong winds in queensland, but that system has now moved in a westerly direction, threatening dozens of remote indigenous communities. meanwhile, cyclone veronica is approaching from the other direction. for more on this situation, here's more from the bbc‘s lead weather presenter nick miller.

it is the first time since 2015 australians have two severe tropical cyclones at the same time. this is trevor moving into the northern territory and this is veronica expected to make landform later in the weekend. distracting wins, big waves, storm surge and heavy flooding rain. maximum wind gusts on the coast of the northern territory, the coast of the northern territory, the gulf of carpinteria, gusting up to 250 kilometres per hour. and of course a big damaging waves. they will ease slightly. the heavy flooding rain will continue. it is trevor's second landfall. as for veronica, along with the pilbara coast la ndfall veronica, along with the pilbara coast landfall on saturday.

destructive winds and big waves but it is moving more slowly than a tropical cyclone might and that allows the rain entitled to mount up in the same area so significant flooding is the big worry. it's been four years since an arab military coalition, led by saudi arabia, intervened in yemen's civil war to try and restore the country's internationally—recognised government. tens of thousands of people have been killed, and even more have had to flee their homes. the un says 80% of the population needs some kind of humanitarian aid and that 10 million people face the risk of starvation. but one place has survived and even prospered. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has travelled to the town of marib, east of the capital sana'a. in marib's bustling market, everyone is from somewhere else. forfour years, they've come here, from every corner of this fractured country. some fled fighting, others found life under

the houthis rebels unbearable. translation: the situation is stable here. it's developing. we left terrible conditions in areas controlled by the houthis and came here to find jobs and a better life. so the situation in most of the country, and not far away, is still catastrophic but here in marib it is one of those little pockets where life seems to go on as it should. food is affordable. there is security. and people seem relatively content. there were fewer than 40,000 people in marib before the war. it's now home to 1,500,000. the last time the city was this important was 3000 years ago. reminders of its ancient heyday stand half buried in the sand. yemenis associate this place with the queen of sheba, a source of local pride in a corner of yemen long regarded as a dusty backwater. this may be one of the safest parts of the country but everywhere we go,

we are escorted by yemeni and saudi troops, a reminder that the war isn't far away. marib has escaped most of the fighting. there is a saudi military base nearby. the nearest clashes are in the mountains to the west, and it sits on one of yemen's key roads, bringing goods from the outside world. but the consequences of the war are everywhere. around the city, thousands of displaced people are living in makeshift camps. they're not starving but they depend entirely on aid, mostly from saudi arabia. marib's governor has a lot on his plate. we met him while he was showing off a new road project to yemen's visiting information minister. with most of the country's internationally recognised government living in exile, it needs a visible, leaders on the ground. translation: we don't have a choice, we have to expand the city and welcome people. despite not having the infrastructure or the ability to cater for this many people.

for all the challenges, marib is a place where people dare to think about the future. the university is expanding rapidly, 1000 students before the war, 5000 now. overflowing into new makeshift classrooms. half the students are women. azar has big dreams but wonders if she can achieve them. i want to be the minister of human rights. but the situation in yemen... i want to study politics, outside of yemen. i have a chance to study outside but because of war, i can't. marib owes its success and its challenges to the war. it's a century but also a prison. no where else to go. only the war ends kind this ancient city truly rise again.

paul adams, bbc news. thank you for watching. hello, welcome to a weekend which is going to deliver some dry weather but there will be blustery showers, particularly in scotland and it is going to feel cooler than it has done recently. we've seen this weather front move on southwards, coolerfresh air moving on behind but it's clearer and more of us will see sunshine over the weekend. this is how we start saturday, touch and frost sibilant parts of northern england scotland and northern ireland and cloud through parts of southern england and towards the south coast in particular, it may hold on through the day and we have that, don't be surprised if there is a little light rain and drizzle. elsewhere across england and wales, high cloud. it's going to be quite hazy. sunny skies in northern ireland and scotland though cloud producing a few showers here and there

and they are very blustery showers and scotland. average speed gusts are higher, the northern isles between 60 and 70 miles per hour initially before the wind eases later and showers moving into scotland are going to be wintry on the hills. temperatures mostly at around 9— 12 degrees. saturday evening and night, further showers coming into scotland. bit more snow to the higher ground. they be the far north of england. still some cloud into parts of england and wales. maybe a little drizzle but where you are clear, hence the touch of blue on the chart, you just get a bit of frost, particularly on the ground as sunday begins. early on sunday, a longer spell of wet weather moving into the far north—west of scotland and that will move on southwards with more showers following on behind to northern ireland in northern england. blustery showers. elsewhere across england and wales, sunny spells. temperatures are fairly similar for part two of the weekend. highs of around 9— 12 degrees. so that is how the weekend is shaping up. let us take a look into next week and high pressure is back with us,

moving right across the uk. just a few weak weather fronts into the far north—west of scotland. high pressure is going to be dry. variable cloud, some sunny spells, the risk of a touch of frost overnight but other days we go deeper into the week, temperatures look like they will be going up a few degrees. that is next week covered. let's just wreak up the weekend weather. rather cool, chilly nights, some decent sunny spells around. you may catch a shower. blustery showers and wintry as well.