time now for the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. turbulent times for boeing. today, the aviation giant will appear at the senate to face tough questions on its 737 max plane. and counting the cost of tragedy. we take a look at what impact vale's recent mining disaster is having on local communities. hello, this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: plan b for brexit. british mps are set to vote on a range of alternative options for leaving the eu, but could theresa may's deal make a comeback? america's worst measles outbreak in decades. a county in new york state and for stock markets today, bans unvaccinated minors from public places. it's a mixed picture in asia, as traders continue to weigh the disappointing economic signs and what central bankers might do about that. and as a wardrobe malfunction scuppers the first all—female spacewalk, nasa says it will return astronauts to the moon within five years. and turbulent times for boeing. today, the aviation giant will appear at the senate to face some tough questions on its 737 max plane.

a very warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also, within the next three years, all new cars in europe could be fitted with devices that make sure they automatically keep to the speed limit. so will this force an end to speeding? is this the nanny state or an important safety measure? do tell us what you think. just use the hashtag, #bbcthebriefing.

we begin with brexit once again, and british mps are preparing to embark on a series of votes to explore other ways forward in the process. some 16 options have been tabled and the process could last several days. some leading conservative brexit supporters have suggested they could now get behind theresa may's withdrawal agreement to prevent the risk of a long delay in the brexit process. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. brexit means brexit and we're going to make a success of it. remember this? well, it has not been simple, exit is still being figured out. parliament is not like the government's plan as yet, and today it is taking control to test whether other ideas could, just maybe, when enough support. this evening, mps will be given a piece of paper various ideas and asked to choose which of them they would accept. it is up to the speaker to decide exactly what is voted on but we could see a greatest hits of the last couple of years, options could

include a closer relationship to customs union or the single market, a cleaner bacon free trade agreement, leaving without a deal, another referendum, or just cancelling the whole thing and staying in. the government might try and ignore what mps decide though the prime ministers still trying ha rd to the prime ministers still trying hard to get a deal through. some brexit supporters have suggested they might, reluctantly, back the government's plan next time. they worry about ending up with no brexit at all. boris johnson worry about ending up with no brexit at all. borisjohnson has hinted what might win him over. what i want to hear is that, if this withdrawal agreement is to make any sense at all, then there has got to be a massive change in the uk's negotiating approach. and what is the pm said she would allow someone else to take the top job? might that be enough? she is addressing the backbenches before the vote tonight

but there are still minds to change. as things stand, the government is does not know if it will be successful. the uk was supposed to be leaving in a couple of days but we still don't know exactly what brexit look like. —— will. nick eardley, bbc news. so much more to discuss. we will dig deeper late in the programme. —— later. a county in new york state has banned children not vaccinated against measles from public spaces, such as schools and shopping malls, as it fights the state's worst outbreak in decades of the potentially deadly disease. rockland county has declared a state of emergency, saying the ban will remain in place for 30 days or until the children it affects get the appropriate vaccination. the announcement follows measles outbreaks in other american states and is part of a global resurgence of the viral infection. laura haefeli is a reporter

for news 12 hudson valley. they can't exactly go around and ask people for vaccination records, and they do not plan to. how they are planning on handling the situation is that if you are found to not be vaccinated against measles and you did go to one of those public spaces you mentioned, schools, shopping malls, houses of worship, then you will be referred to the district attorney's office. now in the declaration, it is outlined there are punishments involved if you do get caught being unvaccinated in one of those public spaces and that can amount toa of those public spaces and that can amount to a $500 fine or even jail time. those punishments though will not be given to those under the age of 18 who are not vaccinated, they will be handed to their parents. so again, they do not plan on going around and asking for vaccination reports, they will not be doing that but it is something that they plan on dealing with after—the—fact. this is the longest measles outbreak in

the united states since 2000, which is when the cdc declared it officially eradicated. right now, there are 153 confirmed cases of measles in rockland county and that number seems to be growing, which is why the county executive is taking this so seriously. the people who are most at risk right now people here for medical reasons or for age reasons can't be vaccinated, so if you are an infant, let's say, you obviously can't get those vaccinations. so they are exposed to the disease, they are at a much higher risk. right now, more than a quarter of the population of rockland county is not vaccinated and that has caused a big problem and that has caused a big problem and is why this number has gotten so high. there are a number of parents and parent groups that have gone as far is to pursue the county for not allowing their children to go back to school. —— sue. some of these

children have been out of school for as long as 26 weeks, so these pa rents a re as long as 26 weeks, so these parents are trying to get the children back to class but not going as far as vaccinating their children. a school just as far as vaccinating their children. a schooljust sued the rockland county department of health for that very issue. the county is standing strong and saying you need to vaccinate your kids know with the state of emergency, taking one step further, not only is your child not allowed in school if they are not vaccinated but now they are not allowed in any public space for 30 days. now, let's brief you on other stories in the news. at least 50 people have died after heavy rain caused widespread flooding across peru's amazon region. officials say more than 13,000 people have been affected. earlier this month, lima declared a state of emergency from the floods in over 650 districts in the country. the wet weather is set to continue until next week.

british counter—terrorism officials are warning that far—right extremists are accessing information published by the islamic state group online. intelligence suggests neo—nazi groups are studying material used byjihadists to plan deadly attacks. a report last year identified far—right extremism as the fastest growing threat to security in the uk. the singer roger charlery, known as ranking roger, of the beat, has died aged 56. as part of the beat, he spearheaded the two—tone movement, with a distinctive vocal style influenced by the jamaican rap technique of toasting. the beat‘s hits in the 19805 included tears of a clown, hands off. ..she's mine, and mirror in the bathroom. most of fort lauderdale in florida has been plunged into darkness after a fire at an electrical sub—station. tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without electricity. power companies said

they were working flat out to restore power. the blackout came as thousands of students were starting their annual spring break festivities in the resort. a court date of the 11th april has been set to see if tesla founder, elon musk, should be found in contempt of court for a market moving tweet. 0n febuary 19, elon musk tweeted that "tesla would make 500,000 vehicles this year". the us securities and exchange commission is saying that he violated an earlier agreement he had with them to have his tweets checked by tesla lawyers before they were released on social media. eileen burbidge, co—founder and partner at passion capital, early—stage

venture capitalfirm. good morning. hi. so elon musk good morning. so elon musk does not necessarily have to go to good morning.- so elon musk does not necessarily have to go to court but that court date is set for the fourth of april. tell us more about this because this is a man who does not want to have, he calls it the nanny tweeting scenario. there are some new places to go on this. first of all on the hearing, both sides, both the sec and elon musk‘s lawyer argued that there was no reason for the hearing, so i think this is keeping it in the news and the consciousness, oi’ keeping it in the news and the consciousness, or at least in the business and tapers, probably for no good. thejudge should be business and tapers, probably for no good. the judge should be able to rule, do not know if she isjust looking forward to a day of hearing it all argued, but it does come down to whether or not he was knowingly, potentially, moving markets with this tweet. he and his lawyers say that he was simply reiterating something you'd set on a previous call made five days earlier, saying

that it was an aspirational number, it was not anything that was materially moving and he said that the settlement allowed him to take a view as to whether or not something was material enough that it required the in—house lawyer checking. that is not the nature and intention of the settlement, according to the sec, you are meant to check everything with an in—house lawyer and that is where the crux of the issue lies. thank you for now. eileen is back, we have our newsbriefing later, of course. to make sure you're with us for that but in the meantime, we go from elon musk to space. the american space agency, nasa, has cancelled the first ever all—female spacewalk because it doesn't have the right outfits. anne mcclain and christina koch had been due to carry out work on the international space station on friday, but they both need a size medium spacesuit. only one is available. caroline rigby reports.

christina koch of nasa, the first one through the hatch... a warm embrace and what was due to be the start of a particularly historic mission. never before has an all—female crew conducted a space walk. but christina koch and anne mcclain were set to change that, stepping out together and into the history books on friday to install powerful batteries on solar panels of the international space station. i think that my career, and perhaps me being up on the international space station, can really show women and girls and everybody that, hey, we're notjust sitting at the table, we're leading the table, there's no excuses, you can accomplish whatever you want to. but there was just one problem. both women required a medium—sized suit, and there's only one on board. mcclain had trained in both medium and large, but after a spacewalk with fellow american nick hague earlier this month, she realised the smaller size fitted better. now, we all know the importance

of packing carefully ahead of a long trip, and nasa says it does try to anticipate reductions in body fat and muscle mass, which astronauts often experience in orbit, but rather than delay the mission to resize another suit, christine koch will now be joined by a male colleague for friday's mission. —— christina. a slight stumble on the flight path to equality. but we might not have to wait too long for a giant leap for womankind. locked in a space race with china, the white house says it's speeding up efforts to return to the moon. so could the next american to set foot on it be a woman? it is the stated policy of this administration and the united states of america to return american astronauts to the moon within the next five years. and let me be clear, the first woman and the next man on the moon will both be american astronauts. still, the cancellation of the first

all—female spacewalk has cost nasa and the us a major milestone, which many believe was overdue. caroline rigby, bbc news. stay with us, still to come: playing it cool. volleyball gets a snowy makeover for the inaugural world championships in austria. let there be no more war or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. very good. so proud of both of you. applause with great regret,

the committee 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! you're watching the briefing. our headlines: british mps are set to vote on a range of alternative brexit plans — as speculation mounts about theresa may's future. and after america's worst measles outbreak in decades, a county in new york state bans unvaccinated minors from public places. prosecutors have dropped all charges against the american

actorjussie smollett, who was alleged to have staged a hate crime attack against himself. the actor, best known for his role on the series empire, was facing 16 charges that he made a false police report after claiming he was attacked by two men. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. with its twists and turns, this is a case that could have been dreamt up the tv but it is real life. jussie smollett claimed to be the victim of a hate crime injanuary. he said two men shouted racist and homophobe exposed, through bleach on him and put a noose around his neck but chicago police said the alleged crime had been staged. the actor paid to men, both brothers who are black, to carry out the attack. he was charged with disorderly conduct in filing was charged with disorderly conduct infiling a

was charged with disorderly conduct in filing a false report report but out of the blue prosecutors have dropped the charges. i've been truthful and consistent in every single level since day one.|j truthful and consistent in every single level since day one. i would not be my mother's son if i was capable of one drop of what i've been accused of. chicago police are livid and believejussie smollett fabricated a hate crime. do i think justice was served? no. what do i thinkjustice is? i think this city is still owed an apology. the prosecutor says he still thanks wrote to his guilty. he says he dropped the charges because the actor had no common or background and agreed to do community service. i know he met with groups, student groups and talked about racial issues and things of that nature. the actor was written out of empire and his future on the show is still in doubt but the makers of the programme say they are gratified on his behalf that all the charges against him have been dismissed. they're some of the most well—known landmarks in the world and plans are coming together for the celebration of two paris

icons this weekend. the louvre museum's glass pyramid will be 3 decades old, while the eiffel tower turn 130. georgina smyth has more. the iron lady marks another milestone in the city of light. the symbol of paris, the eiffel tower, turning 130 years old. but even the most recognisable structures in the world have to be dreamt up by someone world have to be dreamt up by someone and that someone is the great—great—grandfather of this man, gustave eiffel. this is the tower whether family came to rest. even back then, the views were transformative. my grandmother, when she was young, had asthma. the doctor recommended the air of heights and every afternoon she would go to the eiffel tower in this office and enjoy the good air of paris at 300m. this week also marks

30 years since the louvre museum's iconic glass. it was constructed. initially controversial design for the classic building, the structure has since become another landmark of paris. and to celebrate its anniversary, artists are making it disappear. an army of 400 volunteers are pasting 160,000 square feet of paper over the famous courtyard and fountain basins to create an optical illusion. the result of course will be unwrapped on the special day. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello and this is your wednesday sport briefing where we start with the european championship qualifiers on tuesday that saw italy's rebuilding process led by a 36—year—old. fabio quagliarella scored twice as he became the oldest player to score for the azurri in their 6—0 win over liechtenstein, taking them top of groupj. while alavaro morata scored both of spain's goals

against malta leaving them first in group f. and in group d the republic of ireland's conor hourihane handed them two wins from two in mick mccarthy's second spell as manager as they beat georgia 1—0 in dublin. on to tennis — and six time champion novak djokovic has been knocked out of the miami masters, beaten in three sets by spain's roberto bautista agut. the number 7 seed and defending champion john isner remains on course to retain the title that he won last year though after beating great britain's kyle edmund in straight sets. isner served 17 aces as he won 7—6, 7—6 — to seal his place in the last eight. in the coming hours the first two quarterfinals at the miami 0pen hit the court with 5th seed karolina pliskova taking on fellow czech republic player marketa vondrousova. before that though second seed simona halep will face china's wang qiang. halep accounted for former winner venus williams in the last 16 as she looks to win this tournament

for the first time and put the disappointment of a last 16 finish at indian wells behind her. chelsea are in france as they look to secure a place in the semi—finals of the women's champions league later. the blues won the first leg of their quarter final 2—0 against paris saint germain in london last week. they're looking to become just the second english club to reach the final after arsenal, who claimed the competition in 2007. i think at this stage, we've learned a lot, we've grown a lot and i think on our day, we will beat any team in europe and we have to have the belief and confidence in that but most importantly we need to just keep taking it step—by—step and that includes getting the right of assault tomorrow night. memphis grizzlies and golden state warriors are both hoping to record back to back wins

when they face each other in the nba on wednesday. bruno caboclo scored a career—high 24 points as the memphis grizzlies beat the oklahoma city thunder on monday. the first time he'd score more than 16 points in any of his 60 previous nba games. volleyball is having a revamp. forget playing on sandy beaches under the sun or indoors where it's warm. because on thursday the inaugural snow volleyball world tour gets underway in austria. players wear studded boots, hats and gloves to keep them warm, as the sport does its best to evolve at a time when particpation in more traditional sports is declining. volleyball is the first major summer sports federation to attempt to carve out a niche in winter sports territory. it's the all more tempting with the outdoor hot tub afterwards. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team that is your wednesday sport briefing.

prince charles and the duchess of cornwall have attended classic car event and visted an organic farm as they continue their official royal visit to cuba. 0ur royal correspondent nicolas witchell is travelling with the couple and sent this report. no, it's not the latest in luxury loyal limousines. it's charles and camilla arriving at a classic car rally in havana in 1953 mg td. cuba is home to thousands of classic ca rs. is home to thousands of classic cars. the vast majority are american but some are british. models from the 19505 or but some are briti5h. models from the 19505 or earlier i kept on the road because the american trade embargoes has made the import of new ca r5 embargoes has made the import of new cars very difficult. charles and camilla met the crowds, curious at the sight of members of the royal family and from one spectator, another of cu ba's specialities, family and from one spectator, another of cuba's specialities, a cigar, handled rather gingerly by

charles who is strongly anti—smoking but accepted nonetheless. then to a recording studio and is something that always takes camilla's than c, a bit of skilful footwork, all very cuban. but a bit of skilful footwork, all very cu ban. but with a bit of skilful footwork, all very cuban. but with the couple at the corner table be tempted to have a 12? not on this occasion. and finally, a destination that is more on charles‘s street, an organic farm and a discussion about livestock husbandry, in this case, cows. alongside all of that, of course, there is the question of whether this first royal visit to cuba has achieved anything tangible. it's been more symbolic than substantive but that's the way royal visits are. britain will be hoping that a more constructive relationship between london and havana will now emerge. the foundations have been laid, growth in the relationship is expected.

stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments — but let's talk about the news, models of cars sold in europe over the next three years are expected to be fitted with technology that detects limits and slows down vehicles that are moving too quickly or beyond the speed limit. we wanted to know, what do you think about this? is it the nanny state or a very important this? is it the nanny state or a very im porta nt safety this? is it the nanny state or a very important safety measure. is it progress? so many have been in touch. 0ne viewer says, progress? so many have been in touch. 0ne viewersays, i progress? so many have been in touch. 0ne viewer says, i want to see the nanny state mandating these finning fitting certificates for lamborghini, tesla, ferrari, not just forfear and lamborghini, tesla, ferrari, not just for fear and listen. we lamborghini, tesla, ferrari, not just forfear and listen. we had a similar comment from another viewer who said, i don't live in the uk, i don't drive when i visit but if i do, i will not be finding this in place with bugatti, lamborghini.

suzanne says i never understood why ca rs have suzanne says i never understood why cars have the capacity to go over the limit. it's an important safety measure. i will see you soon. hello there. our weather is not going to change dramatically over the next few days. more dry weather, some the next few days. more dry weather, some spells of sunshine and patchy cloud. 0ne subtle difference you will notice is a slightly milder feel for a while at least. high pressure sitting to the south of the uk. when flowing around high pressure in a clockwise direction allowing us to bring a fair amount of cloud in from the north. the further north you are, more cloud to start of the day. by the south, southern and went into wales, that's what we have the best of the clear spells. 0ne what we have the best of the clear spells. one or two missed patches. a touch of frost and a few paces. as we go through the day ahead, the best of the sunshine is likely to be

found across parts of wales in the south—west. cloud continuing to move across northern ireland. it will be across northern ireland. it will be a mixture of patchy cloud and sunny spells. the far north of scotland, thicker cloud. splashes of rain from time to time. quite breezy in the far north. maybe 15 degrees in aberdeen with shelter to the east of high ground. as we move through wednesday night, it's likely we will see a bit less on the way of cloud. that could allow some more mist and fog to develop into thursday morning. again, some pockets of frost generally holding up between three and six degrees and for thursday, i pressure is still with us. thursday, i pressure is still with us. the winds blow around high pressure in a clockwise direction and it will introduce something of a sample and it will introduce something of a 5a m ple westerly flow and it will introduce something of a sample westerly flow across the uk. that and that will bring mild air our way. some spells of sunshine. the temperatures, widely, 13— 16 degrees but somewhere we are likely

to hit 17. temperatures are expected to hit 17. temperatures are expected to get on friday. the midlands, north—east england. further north and west, picking up the cloud. the north—west of scotland through the day. that rain ties in with a frontal system. the cold front will change things into the weekend. through friday night and saturday, the front will slowly stagger south—east woods. some cooler conditions as we head through the weekend and into next week, it turns cooler still intact. some of us could see some wintry showers.