hello this is bbc news. the headlines: pressure mounts on theresa may. senior conservatives tell the prime minister her brexit deal is more likely to pass if she stands down. her departure is guaranteed. what is not guaranteed this is bbc news, is her legacy and is i'm martine croxall. her legacy going to be that she the headlines at ten: failed to deliver on the largest pressure mounts on theresa may. mandate that any government has been senior conservatives tell given to a referendum or has she the prime minister her brexit deal is more likely to pass succeeded in doing that? if she stands down. ministers are reported to be her departure is guaranteed. split over whether brexiteer michael gove should take over — what is not guaranteed is her legacy and is or mrs may's de—facto deputy, david lidington. her legacy going to be that she failed to deliver on the largest the chancellor says mandate that any government has been a change won't help. given to a referendum or has she to be talking about changing the players on the board frankly is succeeded in doing that? ministers are reported to be split self—indulgent at this time. over whether brexiteer we have to decide how michael gove should take over — we want to proceed. or mrs may's de—facto rescuers are airlifting deputy, david lidington. hundreds of passengers the chancellor says and crew from a cruise ship, off the coast of norway. a change won't help. mozambican authorities say half a million people are affected by cyclone idai — the raf will fly out to be talking about changing the aid supplies today. players on the board frankly is the organ transplant service self—indulgent at this time. we have

is at "breaking point" — to decide how we wanted to proceed. that's the warning from one of the uk s leading rescuers are airlifting transplant surgeons. hundreds of passengers and crew from a cruise ship, off the coast of norway. mozambican authorities say half a million people are affected by cyclone idai — the raf will fly out aid supplies today. now on bbc news, the highlights the organ transplant service of a special week is at "breaking point", that's the warning from one of coverage from bradford of the uk s leading in west yorkshire, featuring stories that matter most transplant surgeons. to the people of the city. this is we are bradford. and in half an hour we'll bring we are bradford. you the highlights of a special week of coverage from bradford in west yorkshire, featuring the stories that matter most to the people of the city. doesn't it look fantastic? senior conservatives say they've told theresa may that her brexit deal is more likely over the next half an hour to be approved in a fresh commons we are going to be exploring vote — if she promises to step down. the issues that really matter

the prime minister is trying to win to the good folk who live here. support for the agreement, which has twice been rejected. but she's already admitted a third the people of bradford vote won't be held if the backing doesn't appear to be there. so with the timeline of events are driving the news agenda. in the house of commons this week uncertain — let's take a look at the dates they're that have been agreed. helping us make the decision about what we cover. the uk was due to leave the eu and the stories reflecting all of the city's life at the end of this week — friday the 29th of march. but at an eu summit in brussels on thursday eu leaders agreed to give the uk an extension. under a new timetable, brexit will be delayed until may the 22nd, but only if theresa may gets her withdrawal agreement passed by mps next week, something that still seems unlikely. so if the deal fails again, or the prime minster decides against another vote, then the uk has until the 12th of april to propose another way forward, or risk leaving without a deal. speaking to bbc breakfast this morning — the conservative mp nigel evans says whatever happens, the next few days and weeks will determine theresa may's legacy. it is exactly the same as what happened to margaret thatcher, of course.

a cabinet, one after one, went in and said, "i'm afraid it's game up." i personally don't want to see that happen by the way. i want to her to be given the opportunity to get her withdrawal agreement through and she is yet to put that for the third meaningful vote. and there is all this talk about having an interim leader, whether it's david liddington or michael gove and all that sort of stuff. i think the prime minister, her departure is guaranteed in the short—term. it is not going to be long now so her departure is guaranteed. what is not guaranteed is her legacy and is her legacy going to be that she failed to deliver on the largest mandate that any government has been given to a referendum? or has she succeeded in doing that? she is either going to fail or succeed and that is going to be her legacy. she at least has got to be given the opportunity over the next few days to deliver that. joining me with more on this is our political correspondent, nick eardley.

the idea of a caretaker prime minister has been voted so then we start discussing who that might be and how it would come about. yes, and how it would come about. yes, and to be honest like so much of this process the answers are not com pletely this process the answers are not completely clear. we do know for sure is there is a lot of pressure on the prime minister right up to cabinet level, people who think she cannot stay in the job for much longer at all. odile has more chance of passing if she goes —— deal has mike pat —— odile has more chance of passing if she goes. there is talk of her deputy liddington taking over and michael gove, the environment secretary is being discussed as well. there is concerns and problems from both sides on both of those people such as the complexity of the

relationships in the conservative party at the moment but we have been hearing this morning from the chancellor, philip hammond. he was on sky news an hour ago saying that any sort of move to try and get rid of the prime ministerjust now would not solve the ultimate problem of how to get a deal through. we have just over two weeks to complete this process before we get to the 12th of april, the new deadline the council has set last week. to be talking about changing the players on the board is frankly self—indulgent at this time. we have to decide how we want to proceed. is it a no—deal brexit? i think would be a catastrophe. is it no brexit at all? which i think would massively undermine confidence in our political system. or is it the prime minister's deal and if not the prime minister's deal, some variant on it that the parliament can agree to?

also in that interview it was pretty clear from also in that interview it was pretty clearfrom philip also in that interview it was pretty clear from philip hammond also in that interview it was pretty clearfrom philip hammond there will be some vote next week if the prime minister's deal is not approved that would look at alternatives to the plan and allow mps to give their views on what might be a better strategy. in that interview significantly, he suggested there is very little prospect of the prime minister's plan passing and that creates a whole bunch of uncertainty at cabinet level of what happens next. you wonder what is new in any of these proposed in decorative votes there will be given it seems that any ideas have been rejected by a significant number is for them not to be viable. if we get to the 12th of april in that case, we have to come up to something new. of april in that case, we have to come up to something newm of april in that case, we have to come up to something new. it is clear that indicative votes were not command a majority in parliament. one of the ideas being discussed is

a knockout system when you get with the least popular thing until you end up with the one thing left which would be pa rliament‘s end up with the one thing left which would be parliament's view. the splits are well documented and i think there is a real sense things will start to be explored this week but it was far from clear any of them will be seen as the will of parliament. the truth is we are at the point where parliament has to decide something, the prime minister has made the view clear and i think a lot of people in parliament agree with her there needs to be a decision reached. how you get there is still unknown. thank you very much. rescue helicopters have winched almost 400 people from a cruise ship which ran into trouble off the norwegian coast. a thousand people are still on board the the viking sky, which lost power and was drifting in heavy seas and high winds, but managed to drop anchor. it's believed a number of people are injured. simon clemison reports.

a rescue effort above a stricken ship is one thing but the rolling seas below make this quite another. no sooner has the furniture slid one way, it comes back again. people are left holding on where they can. some injuries have been reported but they are not said to be life—threatening. in an auditorium some of the 1300 passengers on board wait to be taken off as others are helped to fit life jackets. the viking sky sent out a distress call after suffering engine failure with rough conditions off the west coast of norway. some waves were said to be more than 30 feet high. passengers have been flown to shore in an operation which has been taking place throughout the night. the ship was due to arrive in tilbury in essex on tuesday. local media say lifeboats were forced to turn back because of the conditions. engines are now said to be running and the viking sky may attempt to reach shore this morning, but it will all depend on the weather.

simon clemison, bbc news. george davies was a passenger on board who told us when he first knew there was a problem. it was about 20 minutes past two yesterday afternoon and i was in the spa when the big wave hit. everything went over, everything got broken and it was just chaos really. there was lots of water about and i thought the ship was going down but it was the water coming out of the hot tubs in the spa. it was very scary at the time. it sounds terrifying, we have pictures of furniture at sliding around in one of the public areas. when did you actually manage to get off the vessel and how? i was winched off by helicopter, about 12 o'clock i would think.

we were sat on the coach after the helicopter dropped me down and it said midnight so it took us about ten hours from when the wave hit to get off the vessel. what was the rescue like for you? the viking staff were excellent, and the norwegians have been really great. all the emergency services and people volunteering, and the helicopter was fantastic. those people do a really good job, marvellous. but to be winched off the vessel on heavy seas like that, the rescue itself must have been terrifying? one of the most frightening moments because you couldn't work out where the ship was going. the wind was terrible.

it was freezing cold as well. these are big ships, these cruise liners, and to be tossed around tells you how bad the conditions were out at sea. yeah, there are nine floors on the ship so yeah, i am not sure why they were going the way they were going because one or two people on land, emergency services, said they were surprised we were travelling up the coast in a bad storm. there was a norwegian liner which didn't sail that day because of the storm but then again, iam not an expert in that. a man has died after being stabbed in north—west london. officers were called to an address on marsh road near pinner station early this morning and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. polls have just closed in thailand's first election since a military coup five years ago.

after seizing power the army promised to restore order and democracy, but has repeatedly postponed the vote. critics say a new constitution the army introduced will ensure it remains influential whatever the outcome. our south east asia correspondentjonathan head is in the thai capital bangkok. how big was the turnout? we think it was very big, there are no numbers yet but the polling stations have been busy. this is one binary in central bangkok in the middle of a shopping area. people have been enthusiastic to vote having not had the chance to do silver so long. how they vote will be interesting because although the constitution gives an enormous advantage to the coup leader himself, he has a 250 seat appointed sennett to come back infor seat appointed sennett to come back in for prime minister, it is hard to stop him doing that but there are

exciting new parties promising radical reform. there is a party allied to the former exiled prime minister which is popular in large parts of thailand. if they do well, although it is hard to beat the advantage for the coup leader, it will undermined the legitimacy of any future government formed by the current military rulers. how the vote goes is very important and a high turnout suggests that people are passionate about exercising their right to vote and suggest there is a real appetite for change. thank you very much. the main findings of the inquiry into alleged interference in the 2016 us presidential election are expected to be published later today. the special counsel, robert mueller, has not recommended any further indictments, but the attorney general — who was handed his report on friday — is yet to decide how much of it will be made public. barbara streisand has apologised for comments she made about allegations that michaeljackson sexually abused boys. the singer told a newspaper that she believed the allegations against the late superstar

but said his actions "didn't kill" the accusers. ms streisand said she was profoundly sorry for any pain she'd caused with words which "did not reflect her true feelings." the headlines on bbc news... pressure mounts on theresa may. senior conservatives tell the prime minister her brexit deal is more likely to pass if she stands down. ministers are reported to be split over whether mrs may's de—facto deputy, david lidington should take over — or brexiteer michael gove rescuers are airlifting hundreds of passengers and crew from a cruise ship, off the coast of norway. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hello. wales get their euro 2020 qualifying campaign under way today, with star player gareth bale saying he is raring to go. the welsh take on slovakia this

afternoon at the cardiff city stadium and bale will be looking to put a difficult campaign with real madrid behind him. he is still scoring goals in spain, but hasn't played much and apparently doesn't get on with some of his real team—mates. wales's match at the cardiff city stadium kicks off at tpm. mick mccarthy says he hated every minute as the republic of ireland narrowly beat gibraltar1—0. the only goal of the game was scored early second half and mccarthy described it as a horrible game. scotland will be desperate to put their humiliating defeat to kazakhstan behind them today. on paper, it should be simple to do. they play san marino, who are officially the worst side in the world. and manager alex mcleish says it's the perfect opportunity to put things right. the only apology we can give the fans is to go out and win the next game. we are all hurting. we're fans as well. you know, i followed the team as a young man and always proud

to wear the jersey and these guys are as well. boxing now. tyson fury‘s getting back into the ring this summer to fight german heavyweight tom schwarz. there were rumours of a re—match with deontay wilder, or a super—fight with anthonyjoshua, but fury‘s gone with the 24—year—old unbeaten german. they'll fight in las vegas, and it's the first of five bouts as part of a multi—million—pound deal that fury signed with an american broadcaster. there was a shock defeat for naomi osaka at the miami open tennis. osaka's won the last two grand slam events and is the world number one, but she was beaten in three sets by taiwan's hsieh su—wei. meanwhile serena williams has pulled out of the tournament with a knee injury. in the men's draw britain's dan evans is out. he lost in three sets to canada's denis shapovalov, losing the final point on a double fault. kyle edmund now the only brit left in the draw, he plays milos raonic later today.

it's been a good morning for england's women, who've beaten sri lanka in the first international twenty20 of a three match series. henry moeran was watching in columbo. this first t20 followed the pattern before, england were ruthless and build the hosts out for 94. lindsay smith was the standout figure. but someone smith was the standout figure. but someone performed in england colours for the first time and england have two more games left of this series on the subcontinent and are on a summer on the subcontinent and are on a summer run. this win makes it eight out of eight for england since defeat in the first couple of odi against india, it is the best there site have been on since the world cup campaign. if they can make it

ten for ten it will represent a fine end to the winter and the perfect momentum going into an ashes summer. with the six nations done and dusted, all eyes on domestic rugby for the rest of the season. and defending premiership champions saracens earned a hard fought win over harlequins at the london stadium. two tries from australian will skelton helped them come from behind to win by 27 points to 20. it keeps sarries second. all the results from the premiership and the pro—40 are on the bbc sport website. that is all your support for it now, you can find more on the stories on the bbc sport website. the official death toll in mozambique from cyclone idai has risen to more than 400 — but that's expected to rise further as floodwaters recede. the authorities say that more than half a million people have been affected by the disaster —

and 100,000 of them are living in camps. i've been speaking to our deputy africa editor, anne soy about the scale of the damage caused by the cyclone. aid agencies say they are only beginning to get a sense of this disaster but those who have been there, the international federation of the red cross have described it as staggering and are saying it is only when the water recedes and they retrieve more bodies will they know the true extent of the damage and the number of deaths it has caused. so far across the three countries more than 700 people are known to have died. these are bodies that have been counted, and they are still retrieving more bodies. right now, the critical thing to do is to get people still cut off by the floods to safer ground and to get them life—saving supplies like food, shelter and medicine. how difficult is it to deliver that help given the amount of water lying around still?

it is very difficult. the water covers a vast area and this was a place that was land. buildings have been damaged so there are not waterways that would make it easier for water vessels to go to people but they have been deploying small boats to get people who can be reached and bring them to dry ground. there have been helicopter rescues going on for more than a week now, hampered by bad weather in some cases because the area that was affected is still experiencing heavy rainfall. how well equipped is a country like mozambique generally speaking to cope with weather of this type? this is the worst disaster to have ever happened in this region. the un says it is the worst natural disaster of this kind in the southern hemisphere. it was not at all prepared for this level of destruction.

in the days leading up to the disaster there were forecasts of strong winds and heavy rainfall, but people did not expect this magnitude of devastation. it was the daring wartime prison breakout that inspired a hit hollywood film — and today marks the 75th anniversary of the great escape. the plan had been for around 200 prisoners of war to escape from the german camp through a network of tunnels but, in the end, only 3 made it. robert hall has visited the site of the camp at zagan in western poland and reports on the commemorations for an audacious act of bravery. on the edge of zagan forrest, british airmen prepare to make a dash forfreedom. they're echoing a story that unfolded here during a snowy night when 200 prisoners of war queued up for what they hoped would be the largest ever mass escape. a story brought to us by some

of hollywood's biggest stars. working in secret, teams of prisoners had spent months tunnelling through the sandy soil, whilst others prepared civilian clothes and forged identity papers. thanks to the efforts of local polish volunteers, it is still possible to get a taste of what the real—life escapers went through. this reconstruction may not contain the hazards of the great escape tunnel but it does give me a real sense of the claustrophobia and the effort that must have been needed to haul those men 100 metres, to the tunnel exit. when you get to the bottom of the shaft, you will be put on or get onto a trolley and you will be hauled up to the other. you also know that there are people going out.

steadily or not so steadily, according to what the goons are doing on the other side of the wire. but the tunnel, codenamed "harry", hadn't reached the tree line. just 76 of the 200 got out, before the alarm was sounded. sunrise the next day brought a massive search. 73 men were eventually re—captured. on hitler's orders, 50 of them were murdered by the gestapo. nelson churchill, cameron... and all these other names... these are the people who were taken away and murdered. they were taken away in groups of three or four and were executed by the side of a road. after the war, members of the raf police, whose successors willjoin today's commemorations, tracked down 38 of the killers. most of them were tried

and sentenced to death. the man in charge at the time, he went through the old fashioned door—to—door inquiries. he chased down every lead, no matter how trivial and i think that dogged determination was the driving factor. nature is slowly reclaiming what is left of stalag luft iii and the last escaper has left us but their story is still being told, under the tall pines of zagan. a volcano in mexico has unleashed a powerful explosion, sending a column of ash 4000 feet into the air. the volcano — called popocatepetl is 40 miles south of the capital mexico city, and at nearly 18—thousand feet is the country's second highest summit. its name — popocatepetl — is the aztec word for smoky mountain. over the past few weeks, the volcano has become more active,

prompting the authorities to put a seven mile exclusion zone in place. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. it isa it is a trite set of theme of weather for the week ahead, springlike for many and the weather watcher picture it went up to its expectation. it was built in buckinghamshire, hardly a cloud in the sky. high bills across the atla ntic the sky. high bills across the atlantic but further north and west we have a weather front but in the rash of showers and isobars, gusts of winds have been around for t— 50 mph. there showers are set to continue to do this afternoon and pushed south and east. when treat to higher ground so snow across the mountains. as we go through the latter stage of the morning through the afternoon these showers will push their way down into the borders

and northern ireland. less showers and northern ireland. less showers and a greater chance of sunshine into the afternoon. after a trite settled to start across england and wales what you have got is what you are going to keep for the rest of the day with a couple of showers cropping up in the north—west by the end of the afternoon. pleasant in the sunshine, 14 degrees, cool or further north. further north that week weather front thinks its light south and a band of cloud, it week affair. when direction is north—westerly so cooler and expect temperatures to fall into low single figures. a chilly start to monday morning but a trite settled theme of what it looks likely for the week ahead. you could need your coat first thing in the morning but you probably will not need it on the way home. the high pressure will drift slowly eastwards as we go through the week and the wind pressure will

change to a south—westerly. all the time the threat of weather fronts toppling across the high could introduce more cloud and a couple of scattered showers across the west of scotla nd scattered showers across the west of scotland but elsewhere it is a trite settled theme because the winter direction is coming from a north—westerly, midi feeling a little cooler on exposed coasts. as we go through the week ahead d when direction changes to a south—westerly —— south—easterly and it is getting warmer still. enjoy. enjoy.