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. robert mueller has submitted his report to the department ofjustice. key findings are expected to stay under wraps for a few days, but it has been reported that mr mueller has not called for any further indictments. here in britain, prime minister theresa may says she might not hello and welcome to bbc news. bring her brexit deal i'm reged ahmad. back for another vote, the moment many have "if it appears there is not been waiting for. after almost two years, sufficient support". the special counsel's investigation the european union has into alleged collusion between agreed to delay brexit, russia and president donald trump's but only by two weeks if british mps 2016 campaign has reject the agreement. finally come to an end. financial markets in the us and europe have closed sharply down, robert mueller has delivered his apparently over growing fears report to the us attorney general, of a global slowdown. the dow, ftse and dax were all down but we don't yet know what's in it. attorney general william barr says he hopes to make key findings available. between 1.6% and 2%. us media are also saying there will 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 correspondent david willis. this is a big moment. so many have been waiting for this. but we don't know very much what is in the report. we don't. we might know more, however, as the days go on. the attorney general, william barr, is, presumably, burning the midnight oil in washington, dc at thejustice department as we speak. he is reviewing this report, which are said to be very comprehensive, on the part of the special counsel robert mueller. in deciding what, basically, to impart about its details to senior lawmakers over the weekend. he wrote to the heads of the senate and housejudiciary committee is, saying he hoped over the next couple of days to at least give them the bullet points and

thereafter will be sitting down with thereafter will be sitting down with the man who wrote this report, robert mueller, and the man who appointed robert mueller as special counsel, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, to work out how much of this report should be made public. now, of course, if you ask the democrats that question they would say all of it and quickly, please. we are hearing reports that there are no new indictments, there's something that a lot of people are talking about, is that significant? highly significant, quite possibly, because there has been speculation, quite a lot of speculation over the course of the 22 months that robert mueller has been compiling his report, that there could be indictments, perhaps they could be indictments, perhaps they could be indictments involving members of donald trump's own family. now we are hearing from thejustice department that no, mr mueller was done insofar as indicting those close to the residents are concerned. he has indicted about

five people, those associates of donald trump, bibra lake paul manafort, but mainly for financial and tax crimes, not for collusion or involvement with russians to subvert the outcome of the 2016 election —— mainly light. it will be interesting to see what robert mueller‘s report actually says on that subject. what kind of reaction how we seen to the delivering of this report from both camps, the pro trump and those who perhaps have been agitating for something to come out of this report against donald trump? well, it is interesting, isn't it? the present‘s allies are saying the very fact that there will not be any more indictments is proof of his case that there was no collusion —— the president. president trump has insisted on that right from the beginning. he has called this a hoax and a witch—hunt. and, who knows, this could be a report which vindicates him and actually

corroborates that version of events. but there are democrats who are saying this has to be released and it has to be released quickly, so that the public can actually read the full details and find out, rather than cherry picked details which the white house might like to put out, they should see the whole report, it has cost a lot of money to compile this report and there is pressure from all sides for it to be made public tonight. north america correspondent david willis, thank you very much for that. let's look at some other stories in brief. us officials have tried to clarify president trump's announcement that he was reversing new sanctions against north korea. it was thought he was referring to treasury sanctions imposed on thursday on two chinese shipping companies for reportedly illegally trading with north korea. but administration officials said mr trump had decided not to go forward with a different set of measures against pyongyang. financial markets in the us and europe have closed sharply down, apparently over growing fears of a global slowdown. the dow, ftse and dax were all down between 1.6% and 2%.

kurdish—led forces in eastern syria say fierce fighting is continuing against the remaining islamic state groupjihadists outside the village of baghouz. the white house had earlier said that the us—backed militia had deprived is of its last remaining foothold in syria. but monitors in syria say us planes were continuing to mount airstrikes in support of the kurdish troops leading the fighting. several hundred is militants are refusing to surrender. thousands of protestors in algeria have taken to the streets, demanding the resignation of president abdelaziz bouteflika. they've gathered in central algiers in protest over his decision to postpone the upcoming elections. you are watching bbc news. let's return to our main story, the end of special counsel robert mueller‘s investigation into alleged collusion between russia and president donald trump's 2016 campaign. 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 wikilea ks to release? russia, if you're 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 injune 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 witch hunt. it's a witch hunt, 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? let's look at some of the reaction from leading political voices in the us. ranking republican member

on the housejudiciary committee doug collins tweeted: meanwhile, democratic us house speaker nancy pelosi said: mica mosbacher is on the national board of president trump's 2020 campaign. shejoins me now from washington. thank you so much for your time. first of all, this report has now

been delivered, a lot of people have been delivered, a lot of people have been waiting for it. what is your reaction? americans are breathing a collective sigh of relief, it has been going on, as you said, one year, ten months, and six days and has cost $20 million to us taxpayers. and i think our country has investigation fatigue. i want to state that white house secretary press secretary sarah sanders said today that the white house will not receive an advanced copy of the report nor have they been briefed on the report. attorney general william barr has impeccable credentials. he served as attorney general under george bush senior and is an independent person who goes by the law, by the book. and he has assured all members of congress, during his congressional confirmation hearing, that he would release as much of the report as he could obviously barring

any sensitive or classified information. it is important to recognise that the original objective of the special counsel's office was to look into an interference in the election by russians. they have been known to do so russians. they have been known to do so in the past. they do so in other countries to sow seeds of discord. secondly, they came to the conclusion that they wanted to also look into collusion within the trump campaign, which is not a crime, and also obstruction ofjustice, and despite the fact the democrats have said over and over that president trump would likely fire special counsel mueller or that he would interfere somehow with the department ofjustice this has not happened... ijust. .. we department ofjustice this has not happened... ijust... we don't have a lot of time. you talk about it being a relief that the report is in. but we don't have any of the details of what's in this report. aren't you worried that some of those details might be quite unfavourable to the president and to

those who support him? no, i'm not. i take some comfort in the fact that there are not any additional indictments, which presumably could have included family members. again, we are speculating, we don't know what's in the report. however, i will go out on a limb and say i am confident that the president did nothing wrong. and ifeel that confident that the president did nothing wrong. and i feel that he may be exonerated. already the democrats seem to be signalling that they will continue with other investigations and they have even thrown out the fact that they could impeach him. i would argue on what grounds? there is even doubt within the democratic party that after two plus years that there is absolutely no evidence of collusion or obstruction of justice no evidence of collusion or obstruction ofjustice within the... we do understand that you cannot indicta we do understand that you cannot indict a sitting president. but we will have to wait and see what comes out the details of that report. mica mosbacher in washington, national advisory board of 2020 and a

political strategist. thank you very much. let's turn to brexit now, and 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 of a way forward. mrjohnson, what's going to happen today? the article 50 process was always all or nothing. it's the equivalent ofjumping 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 vote back at all unless they're certain of the votes and that looks very unlikely. the dup, 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'll need to win over quite a lot of labour mps.

they've only wone three on the meaningful vote to select means perhaps 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 future chain arrangement. we willjust end up in the same mess again. what's happening? the chief whip, whose job it is to deliver the prime minister a majority, looked troubled and was saying nothing. 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 win a majority. sir 0liver letwin 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? if i knew that, i would be very much a 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, motions 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. this is bbc news, our main story this hour. 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. let's stay with that story. professor sahar aziz is the chancellor's socialjustice scholar and the director of the centre for security, race and rights at rutgers univeristy law school. she's in newjersey. thank you for your time. we are hearing a big push from people wanting to see the details of this report. how much legally can the attorney general release, can he release all of it with all the supporting documentation, or only some of it? the attorney general has significant discretion, and there is no legal basis for him to be prohibited from releasing the report. but the question is, how much, how will he exercise his discretion to release it to the public. usually, he has claimed he wa nts to public. usually, he has claimed he wants to release it or he will try

to be as transparent as possible, probably because 81% of americans, both democrats and republicans according to the washington post, have said they want to see the full report. and congress, particularly democrats in congress, and argue we even many republicans, are going to be calling for him to release the full report. the primary restriction may be if there is classified information or highly confidential information or highly confidential information where he may redact part of that, but i think the wave is pushing him, the public wave is pushing him, the public wave is pushing him, the public wave is pushing him to release at least most of the report. but it is ultimately up of the report. but it is ultimately up to him. we know virtually nothing about what is in the report, we have heard reports in us media that there are no new indictments. is it unusual that we already know that sort of detail, and is it significant? it is unusual that the justice department came out and said that, although in light of the cloud of suspicion that has been over the

presidency, i can understand why they would at least want to clear that specific detail, because the molar investigations have both set a cloud over trump and his administrations, but also over the presidency. someone with the statue of robert mueller is very sensitive to the fact that the presidency must be reserved as an institution —— reserved, and the indictments that he has issued so far have been, at least a signal to those who come in the future, who occupy the presidency in the white house, that if your people, and even you possibly as president... compromise our democratic system or compromise the rule of law by colluding with foreign governments or at least attempting to use foreign interference to defeat the other side as with the e—mails that were released through wikilea ks, side as with the e—mails that were released through wikileaks, then at least your close confidence and your aids will be prosecuted. but

clearly, there is no evidence, if there is no indictment, that trump directly did so. just briefly, could we see more legal action, or criminal charges come out of whatever is in the report? yes, because there are other investigations that have been opened and may even be opened based on what is released to the public and other us attorneys box offices. it will probably not be indictments against trump, at least while he is president, could be against other family members or aides. the scope of the investigation, while the molar investigation is over, there are other derivative investigations that may come out of that investigation or whatever is released to the public. even if the public does not see those reports, other attorneys may have access to that information that the report is based on. thank you so much for your time. 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 nahmatanda 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. 0n 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 in 1943," 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 ——saw 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 on the ground, it is still an unfolding crisis, a question of survival. to australia now, where more than three thousand 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.

the australian army has helped evacuate thousands of families from their homes to emergency centres in darwin and katherine. meanwhile, cyclone veronica is approaching from the other direction. german police warned social media stars on friday to rein in their followers after making several arrests during a brawl in berlin. more than 400 people gathered in alexanderplatz square on thursday after two social media rivals reportedly urged their fans tojoin a face—off. more than 100 police officers were deployed to break up the fight. the youtubers, named as "thatsbekir" and "bahar al amood" by german media, both denied they were at fault. david polgar is a tech ethicist and the founder of all tech is human. he joins me from west hartford, connecticut. thank you for your time. i am just wondering, we have been hearing about the power of social media, is

there anything new about this particular incident? it is not anything new, it is a case in point of how social media can be weaponised. it can be used for good if we want to raise money for charity for someone who has cancer, but at the same time if someone wa nts to but at the same time if someone wants to create a mob mentality as what potentially happened in this case, can easily be done. we have also seen it in political cases with authoritarian governments. this is just a case of how social media can amplify a message whether it is for good or bad, and i think we arejust realising with great power comes great responsibility, and platforms like u—tube are just realising they have a certain amount of social responsibility when it comes to how their platforms are being utilised. there is something on here that we have these personalities that have thousands of followers, commanding those fans, whereas normally we kind of see a lot of groups communicating

with each other on social media. is this kind of a lesson in the huge power of these personalities on youtube specifically? it looks like we may be having trouble with david hearing us, just to ask you again whether there was something different in the fact that we had these personalities on youtube... i do think we have lost david, we will have to come back to that gush in another time. —— discussion. we will be getting lots more details on our top story, that report from robert mueller, but right now let's get the weather with nick miller. time for a quick canter through the weekend weather. there will be quite a bit of dry and occasionally sunny weather to come, but across saturday and southernmost parts of england except cloud to hold on, maybe a bit

of drizzle. enough cloud in england and wales to make it hazy, sunny skies in scotland and northern ireland, a chance for a shower in north—west scotland and may be wintry on hills. 0n north—west scotland and may be wintry on hills. on a very blustery wind, northern isles could see gusts in excess of 60 miles an hour, no winds easing later. we may see a touch of frost under clear skies, saturday night and into sunday, some cloud in parts of england and wales with a bit of drizzle and further mastery wintry showers moving into scotland. the longer spell of wet weather i crossed north of scotland as sunday begins. showers further south across scotland and parts of northern ireland and the far north of england, elsewhere in england and wales it will stay mainly dry and there will be some sunny spells to be had.