the prime minister holds urgent hello. brexit talks after reports this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. of a cabinet coup attempt. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines. theresa may is facing a critical few days with mps set to consider alternatives to her brexit deal. the mueller report says there is no evidence of the trump campaign colluding with russia over talks with senior conservatives took place at chequers today as ministers touted as possible the 2016 us election. replacements defended her. it's not the time to change this was an illegal take—down that the captain of the ship. i think what we need to do failed, and hopefully somebody is is to chart the right course. going to be looking at the other side so it's complete exoneration, i don't think that i've any wish to take over from the pm, no collusion, no obstruction. who i think is doing a fantasticjob. we'll be exploring what lies senior conservatives have been ahead in the week we were holding talks with theresa may scheduled to leave the eu. at her chequers country retreat also tonight: on how to deliver brexit — as ministers touted as possible the mueller report says there is no evidence of the trump campaign replacements defended her. colluding with russia over the 2016 us election. the moment passengers were winched a 54—year—old shop worker has been stabbed to death off a storm hit cruise liner — in north—west london — now safely back in port. following a robbery earlier this morning. what it's like to live in one police say the till was stolen of the most polluted cities on the planet — from the newsagents in pinner. a special report from mongolia. a cruise liner that ran

into trouble off the coast and the great escape remembered, 75 years on. of norway has reached port, this reconstruction does give me a real sense of the claustrophobia after hundreds of passengers were winched to safety. and the effort that must have been needed to haul those men 100 metres to the tonne exit. good evening. theresa may has spent the day meeting senior conservative brexiteers at her chequers country retreat, as she tries to gather enough support to put her brexit deal to another vote this week. a downing street spokesman said the talks had been "lengthy". two ministers who attended the talks — david lidington and michael gove — denied reports that they were part of a cabinet coup to oust the prime minister. 0ur political correspondent

alex forsyth reports. and a warning her report contains flash photography. it was no day of rest for the prime minister, with her brexit plan and her future plagued with uncertainty. reporter: are you prepared to resign to save your deal? for now, it seems the answer's no. reporter: you looking forward to it, boris? instead, key brexiteers were summoned to her country retreat. the prime minister, it seems, still trying to win their support for her troubled deal, but all the while talk is swirling about whether she can keep herjob. her de facto deputy today had to deny reports of a plot to replace her, which would see him step in, saying he had no such plans. i don't think that i've any wish to take over from the pm, who i think is doing a fantasticjob. i tell you there's one thing that working closely with the prime minister does is cure you completely of any lingering shred of ambition to want to do that task. i have absolute admiration

for the way she's going about it. cabinet ministers were keen to quash rumours of any plan to oust their boss. it's not the time to change the captain of the ship. i think what we need do is to chart the right course, and the prime minister has charted that right course, by making sure that we have a deal that honours the referendum mandate. but publicly, some tory mps are calling for a change. on twitter one said: "this is a constitutional crisis, which demands new leadership." another simply: "resign." with frustration on the tory benches, some mps could reluctantly back the prime minister's brexit deal as long as she doesn't lead the next stage of negotiations. this former party leader said that was a possibility, but warned ministers not to move against theresa may now. i think around the country, in the conservative party and outside the conservative party, there will be real disgust at the behaviour of some of our cabinet ministers, who are not fit for their position

if they behave like this. they should be apologising, and they should shut up, for god's sake. with such turbulence, some think parliament should wrest control of the process from the government. tomorrow, mps will decide whether they should get a vote on different brexit options. labour said if that happened, ministers must listen. the point is, if we are to do that and get to a conclusion of that exercise, the prime minister then has to own the outcome, because otherwise, we are going down a road she is using really to frustrate the process. but the brexit secretary said parliament's view would not be binding, and if mps back a strategy that contradicts government policy, there could be an election. ultimately, at its logical conclusion, the risk of a general election increases, because you potentially have a situation where parliament is instructing the executive to do something that is counter to what it was elected to do. as the talks at chequers broke up this evening, there was little clarity

about where things are headed. with so much at stake, few clues about which way the prime minister will turn. and alex is with me now. how would you assess mrs may's position tonight? there is clearly frustration across the whole of the conservative party at the leader right now, but when there was talk of that cabinet coup, quickly senior figures came out to rally round the prime minister. plenty saying now is not the time to replace her because it would create more uncertainty. but there are voices on the conservative live backbenchers who wa nt conservative live backbenchers who want her to set her departure date. perhaps in return for support for her brexit deal if she guarantees that she won't be in charge of the next pa rt that she won't be in charge of the next part of the negotiations, and number 10 tonight will not be drawn. and whether it is on her deal of the alternative to it, we have a

critical few days ahead 7 alternative to it, we have a critical few days ahead? it is likely mps will carve out time for themselves in parliament this week to vote on a range of brexit options. number 10 worry that parliament might take control of this process. i'm told that a cabinet meeting tomorrow is likely to be fractious in the government will set out plans on how it will respond to that, but this is part of their strategy, trying to convince convince brexiteers that this is pa rt convince brexiteers that this is part of the strategy, that they will need to back her deal, and that is why you have seen her rallying her cabinet at chequers to try to get support for the deal. the chances of that being successful are as uncertain as the prime minister's long—term politicalfuture. uncertain as the prime minister's long-term political future. alex forsyth, thank you very much. a two—year investigation into russian interference in the 2016 us presidential election has concluded that there is no evidence of collusion by members of donald trump's campaign team. but a summary of special counsel robert mueller‘s report,

released this afternoon says while it does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. live now to our north america editor jon sopel at the white house. a good day for the president, jon?” think probably the best day that donald trump has had since his inauguration in january 2017. donald trump has had since his inauguration injanuary 2017. he will feel completely exonerated by the report that has come out. a cloud has parted, a weight has been lifted from his shoulders, if you like, with this report. muller looked into two things, the first being, was there collusion between the russians and the trump campaign. 0n the russians and the trump campaign. on that he is definitive, 100% no, there was no collusion. but on the question of whether there was obstruction of justice, question of whether there was obstruction ofjustice, a little more ambiguous, that line saying that while this report doesn't conclude that the president committed a crime, we are not exonerating him either. however, the attorney general and the deputy attorney general and the deputy attorney general and the deputy attorney general do, they say there is insufficient evidence to

establish that the president committed an offence. democrats are going to pick at this inconsistency. what does that mean? and they are saying that they are going to demand papers and people to come before their committees. there is a risk in that, that the democrats might end up that, that the democrats might end up looking like they are more interested in engineering a coup against donald trump than in the major issues facing the country. but i think the bottom line of this investigation is that if democrats wa nted investigation is that if democrats wanted to have donald trump out of the white house, they are going to have to wait until the election in november 2020. donald trump always said this inquiry was a witch hunt and a hoax, and he feels vindicated on that tonight. he also said that robert muller was deeply conflicted and an investigator gone rogue. i'm sure they are now seeing him as a more fair minded individual. john sobel at the white house, thank you.

——jon sobel at the white house, thank you. —— jon sopel. ten days after cyclone idai hit southern africa — there are growing warnings about the risk from sickness and disease. field hospitals are being flown in to help medical staff — but some areas are still cut off because roads are unusable. several hundred people are known to have died in mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi — but the final death toll will only be known once the flood waters have receded. 0ur africa editor fergal keane reports from nhamatanda in mozambique jozuejulio daniel, aged six, died march 22nd, 2019, in the hospital of nyamatanda. seven days after the cyclone, disease taking lives. when we visited this ward, there were sick children sleeping together, all suffering from severe diarrhoea. adults, too. in the room next door, where the roof is now open to the elements. the mozambican staff work relentlessly, but with inadequate

medical supplies, and aware that beyond these wards there is vast need. you can cry, stop crying, get sad, and then get disappointed, because you cannot help. you just can help the patient. their families are suffering. maybe these young born will die. rosa antionio was sick with severe diarrhoea, and her three—year—old daughter azaria has died. her husband works nights, so she worries for the six—month—old baby left at home. but when we went to the family home, we found the baby being cared for. delphine answered a call for help from rosa's husband. translation: the father was my friend, so when i came here i saw the situation. it was night. i went inside the house, and i found the baby was there and there was no one to care. when i saw her, i felt pity.

in the family's hour of need, rosa's husband, ezekiel, has found kindness. translation: the neighbours are the ones who are helping, and my former partner. she felt she had to come and help me. with the world around so broken, ezekiel feels like a man at the of endurance. mozambicans face a multitude of challenges. climate change is helping to produce ever more violent storms. and there are also the politics of disaster. they are among the world's poorest people, and corruption, some of the worst involving foreign banks and businesses, has ravaged the economy. campaigners say graft has hindered the capacity to deal with disasters like this. translation: yes, definitely. poverty will stay while the tax citizens pay and the financial support this country gets is not

used to improve people's living conditions. the minister dealing with the cyclone told me he was focused on the immediate crisis, but he acknowledged the problem. every funds that could have avoided going to corruption, could have done a lot of things in the country. building hospitals, building roads. and obviously we are against corruption, but this situation now we are focusing on saving lives. the crisis does demand immediate action. large amounts of humanitarian aid have arrived, and are being dispatched to stricken areas like these shelters from britain, vital for families whose homes have been ruined. back at the hospital, there is so much need, from medicine to transport. to repairs to the roof through which the rain falls. 0n rosa, who lost her daughter. and who, with her husband ezekiel, must now try

to rebuild for the living. fergal keane, bbc news, nyamatanda. a pro—military political party in thailand has performed better than predicted in the country's first election since the army took power five years ago. the phalang pracharat party won about half a million more votes than the main opposition party. thailand has been buffeted by political instability for years, largely a battle between supporters of the military and ousted former pm tha ksin shinawatra. a man has been stabbed to death in a robbery at a newsagents in north—west london. it is believed the 54—year—old was attacked while opening his shop early this morning. the murder has been described as a "tragedy" by locals. no arrests have been made. a cruise ship which suffered engine failure in a storm off the coast of norway has been helped into port. hundreds of passengers, most of whom were from the united states and britain, were airlifted to safety

from the viking sky. around 20 people were taken to hospital. caroline davies reports. caught in crashing waves off the coast of norway, when the viking sky suffered engine failure yesterday afternoon, the luxury liner began to roll. on board, parts of the ceiling fell on passengers, who dodged sliding tables, chairs and plants. passengers have said that some of the ship's windows were smashed, and others filmed water rushing past their feet. some queued to be evacuated, wearing orange life jackets. helicopters winched over 400 people to safety, including injured and elderly passengers, airlifted in strong winds. george davies and his wife were among them. well, one of the most frightening moments i've had, because the waves were just, you know, you just sort of lost it, really, and you couldn't quite work out where the ship was going, it was swinging everywhere, and the wind was terrible,

it was freezing cold. back on land, passengers began to think about what they had witnessed. itjust hit me, the enormity and the potential disaster — we came so close. i thought this was it, at that time, i mean, the water was going to rush in and...and this is it. the ships operator, viking cruises, have said that 20 people were injured. some have been taken to hospital. the company said that arrangements have been made to fly passengers home, with some leaving today. nearly 900 people remained on board the liner, including chris 0'connor. the idea of actually being hoisted up to a helicopter in those winds, i didn't like that idea at all. today, the liner was able to restart three of its four engines and made its way to the nearest port, pulling in this afternoon. at least one person was evacuated on a stretcher.

those on board were grateful for calm waters and to be back on dry land. caroline davies, bbc news. all over the world, countries are grappling with the extent and the effect of air pollution. but mongolia's capital ulaanbaatar is suffering the worst, and there, the problem is intrinsically linked to climate change. rising temperatures have forced thousands of mongolians to abandon homes in the countryside and a traditional herding lifestyle for the smog—choked city. 0ur correspondent stephanie hegarty reports. this is the view from shagara's house. she lives in one of the most polluted cities in the world. you can smell the air pollution, you can even taste it. it gets caught in the back of your throat. i have an air pollution monitor here, and it's monitoring the levels of pm2.5, which are these tiny particles that get deep inside your lungs, that's why they're so dangerous. the monitor says 999, because that's as high as it'll go. a safe level is anything under 25.

so right now we're at least a0 times above what's safe. shagara's son is five months old and he's already been hospitalised six times. he has chronic bronchitis. translation: as soon as he smells the smoke, he has difficulty breathing, and parts of his face start to go blue. when we see that, we have to rush to the hospital. the reason for this toxic air is raw coal. it's the only source of energy for 60% of people in this city who can't afford electric power. the government is trying to ban raw coal, but its replacement, processed coal, is expensive. ulaanbaatar was built for half a million people, but now it has three times that, and this is what most of them have abandoned.

the family come from a long line of traditional herders, but this generation could be the last. translation: if it wasn't for natural disasters, we'd stay in the countryside is herders and raise our herd. they lost 20 horses and over 30 sheep in last year's bitter winter. then this year, the opposite. no snow at all. translation: because of the drought and the harsh winters, our herd is disappearing. we think the only option will be to search for better opportunities for our kids. i don't want them to become herders. instead, she wants to find work in ulaanbaatar, the changing climate forcing another family into the crowded city, making it even more difficult for a place known for its vast and stunning landscapes to emerge from its choking smog. stephanie hegarty, bbc news, in mongolia.

with all the sport now, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. mishal, good evening. wales, scotland and northern ireland were all in action today as they attempt to qualify for next year's european championship. it's time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know the results as there are highlights shows on bbc one soon. joe wilson reports. san marino's official status is worst tea m san marino's official status is worst team in the world, and scotland's confidence ranked almost as low, but a lovely glance from kenny mclean's head and they lead inside four minutes. what followed was over an hour of anxiety. stuart armstrong had two chances to score

scotland's second here, and couldn't beat the keeper, and while san marino were just beat the keeper, and while san marino werejust one beat the keeper, and while san marino were just one goal behind, any wild shot could end up an equaliser. it didn't happen. but scotla nd equaliser. it didn't happen. but scotland only made the game safe in the 74th minute. johnny russell, and the 74th minute. johnny russell, and the net rattled with sheer relief. close your eyes at cardiff and you could be back at the six nations, but open them quick, because the footballers of wales started their game at lightning pace. the break from brooks, and even when slovakia's defenders got the ball, dan james was slovakia's defenders got the ball, danjames was too strong, too good. james is 21. his manager could barely have done better. a new giggs? well, the name is james. northern ireland were jubilant, justifiably, but three minutes later, belarus equalised with a shot which deflected into an agonising loop. they needed victory here, and all the players knew it. josh magennis won it, and that spirit is still hard to beat. joe wilson, bbc

news. arsenal are top of the women's super league table after a 5—1 win over liverpool. vivienne miedema scoring arsenal's fifth goal as they moved one point clear of title rivals manchester city, and they still have a game in hand. british number one kyle edmund has beaten milos raonic to reach the last 16 of the miami 0pen. edmund, who is the world number 22, didn't face a break point against the the former wimbledon finalist, winning 6—4, 6—4. he will facejohn isner in the fourth round. ronnie 0'sullivan has won the snooker tour final, ronnie 0'sullivan has won the snooker tourfinal, 13—11. ronnie 0'sullivan has won the snookertourfinal, 13—11. it ronnie 0'sullivan has won the snooker tourfinal, 13—11. it means he becomes the world number one again for the first time since 2010. there's more on the bbc sport website, including news of england women's cricket team's t20 win over sri lanka, plus paul casey's win at the valspar. mishal. thank you very much. a special service has taken place in poland to commemorate the 75th

anniversary of the prison break which inspired the film, the great escape. the audacious getaway saw 76 allied servicemen tunnel out of the stalag luft three camp. robert halljoins us from near where the camp once stood. iam standing i am standing on the spot where, on a frosty snowy night in 19114, the first of those 76 men emerged from the 100 metres tunnel code named harry to realise the tunnel had come up harry to realise the tunnel had come up short and they would have to ci’oss open ground , up short and they would have to cross open ground, potentially in front of german sentries just over there to get away for the forest. the flowers around me, the ceremonies throughout today, have been to mark their courage and ingenuity, but in particular to mark the loss of life that resulted from their audacity. they had hoped to frustrate the war effort with the largest ever mass escape. but 50 of those who tunnelled out of captivity would never be reunited with friends and families. the german gestapo,

acting on orders from hitler, murdered most of the 76 great escapers. today, members of the raf police, who launched a postwar hunt for the killers, took part in a tribute to the airmen. when the first tunnel was discovered, they kept going. when they thought they were going to be hampered by the weather, they kept going, and there was that determination there. the forest is steadily reclaiming stalag luft iii, but this is a story which endures, in part, through hollywood. cavendish... 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's 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 end. 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. richard churchill died a few weeks ago, the last survivor of the break—out. but the escapers' stories are still being passed on. paddy flint found time to visit the grave of family member roger bushell, executed after leading the escapers. britain and poland have renewed their promise to remember them all. robert hall, bbc news, zagan.

that's it from me. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. it has been a glorious sunday. further north a different story, we have had stronger wind and shower, thanks to this area of low pressure which is continuing to clear off into the north sea. it looks like it will be a windy end to the day, certainly for the first part of the night in the north east of scotland with showers dying away. as the high pressure builds the winds turn light as the night wears on with clear sky, it will be a chilly one. central northern areas a touch of frost out—of—town. monday we are starting the weaken a chilly note but dry with sunshine around. so a nice picture in fact through the day for much of england and wales, apart from a bit of cloud developing into

the afternoon. further knorr we have a weak frontal system bringing thicker cloud to much of scotland, so thicker cloud to much of scotland, $03 thicker cloud to much of scotland, so a dull day, a few showery bursts of rain in the north and west but milder than what we have had today, temperatures reaching 10 or 11, further south glorious conditions into the channel islands, the top temperatures round 13 celsius. and the winds will be light. high pressure sticks with us for the rest of the week. we will tap into drier air, so that means we will see more sunshine around with that drier air, so sunshine around with that drier air, so temperatures will respond, so it should be very mild towards the end of the week in places so the rest of the week is looking dry, thanks to high pressure, plenty of sunshine but nights will be chilly, maybe a touch of mist and fog. this is tuesday's picture, not much to talk about, it will be another chilly start. largely dry. best of the sunshine england and wales, fair weather cloud in the afternoon and weather cloud in the afternoon and we will have a frontal system brushing past the north of scotland. double figure values for all. highs

of 13 or 1a on tuesday, the temperatures creeping up day—by—day. similar wednesday, a chilly start but dry, bright, sunshine, light wind, a bit of cloud into the afternoon, and again that frontal system bringing rain to the north and west of scotland. 13 degrees for aberdeen, we could be looking at 15 across central and southern and eastern parts of england. those temperatures could begin to creep up. 17 and 18 across the south—east. the winds remain light but remember nights will continue to be on the chilly