this is bbc news. the headlines at 7. what next to break the brexit deadlock. tomorrow mps vote again on alternative options — and if a plan for a softer brexit gets a majority — one cabinet minister says theresa may must consider it. i don't think it's sustainable to say well, we'll ignore parliament's position and therefore leave without a deal. i don't think that is a sustainable position for the government to take. that's interesting. police in england and wales are being given greater stop and search powers to tackle rising knife crime. it's a very important tool. it's a vital tool in fighting serious violence. i want police officers to feel more comfortable to use it so they can protect all communities. there's been a sharp rise in the number of adults calling a national helpline for the children of alcoholic parents, according to figures seen by the bbc.

the founder of facebook, mark zuckerberg, calls for governments to play a more active role in regulating the internet. it isa it is a great ball and a great liverpool goal! liverpool are back on the top of the premier league after beating spurs two one. and portsmouth win the checkatrade trophy, you can hear more about that and the rest of the day's sport in in sportsday in half an hour. good evening. as mps prepare to try and break the brexit deadlock at westminster, a senior government minister has said theresa may has to look closely at a softer brexit and staying in a customs union with the eu

if parliament votes for that this week. thejustice secretary, david gauke, said that it wouldn't be sustainable for the government to ignore mps‘ wishes. tomorrow, the house of commons will once again vote on alternatives to mrs may's brexit deal — which has now been rejected three times. with the details here's our political correspondent, iain watson. shame on you! the original brexit date has been and gone and the protests carry on. give us all ourfinal say! this week, crucial decisions will have to be taken if mps are to avoid leaving with no deal by the new deadline of april the 12th. this morning, was the prime minister seeking divine intervention to break the deadlock? she's likely to resurrect her defeated deal this week, in the hope that mps prefer it to the alternatives.

but if it fails again, this member for cabinet wasn't her first negotiating a closer relationship with the eu. if problem is voting overwhelmingly against leaving the european union without a deal, but is voting in favour of a softer brexit, then i don't think it is sustainable to say well, we'll ignore parliament document position and therefore leave without a deal. tomorrow mps will debate alternatives to theresa may's deal, including a closer economic relationship with the eu such as a customs union or single market membership. but leaving with no deal could also be an option, as well as putting any deal to a new referendum. and that's the option favoured by labour‘s deputy leader. we need to move beyond brexit. it seems to be the only way we can do that now. a people's vote is the solution, not an option. theresa may faces some tough choices this week. there's no question of her cancelling brexit, or as it's known in the jargon, revoking article 50. but some other options favoured

by mps, a customs union for example, also ran counter to the conservative manifesto. if she goes along with that, she could lose some of her top team around her cabinet table. or she could take a different option and call a general election. a senior conservative has said that pragmatic preparations are under way for possible election. but that prospect has horrified many in the party a former occupant of number ten. i think a general election will solve nothing at this moment. so what's his solution? in the interest of ending the chaos that we have now, and that could continue, we must have a government that has a working majority. and that is the only reason for a time limited unity government. so a cross—party government, to unite a sometimes a very cross country. not likely. but these days normal political rules don't apply. our political correspondent,

iain watson, is here. it just feels like itjust feels like priming a saying enough is enough and we are in charge now. what are the motions being put forward? when they took control last week, they were one united voice, let's take control and then they agreed on absolutely nothing. we have got eight motions to be debated tomorrow by parliament, taking control away from the prime minister, making alternative deals. a nice one from the labour party is going to be emerging tomorrow as well. similar to the ones that the mps discussed last wednesday. there is a whole bunch of them, bunched together around this idea of a so—called soft oi’ around this idea of a so—called soft or brexit, common market 2.0 as they call it inside the single market. a customs union put forward by ken closer economic relationship put forward by labour. there is been the attempt to try to get the referendum on any of the deals that are discussed, also a no deal option. also an option to say let's avoid no

deal by revoking article 50, in other words by cancelling brexit. that is favoured by the snp. to move the process forward, there has to be some kind of agreement and consensus tomorrow. the most obvious place is favoured by the snp. to move the process forward, there has to be some kind of agreement and consensus tomorrow. the most obvious places around this idea of perhaps a closer economic relationship, customs union of some kind. that is not guaranteed. for example, last week the snp wouldn't back that because they wanted to go for a referendum. this week they are actually backing one of those options, by signing up to it and looking as though we might actually vote for it. however having spoken to snp sources, they say that they simply wanted to make sure that this was debated by the speaker tomorrow. he chooses which wants to debate. if someone gets a lot of ci’oss debate. if someone gets a lot of cross party support, he gets discussed. when it comes to the vote, the snp might not back it out. we might be back in the same deadlock from last week, which is no majority for theresa may's till and no clear majority for an alternative. even if there were one

idea that comes out on top, the least worst option, it's only an indicative felt at the moment. it would have to move to a meaningful vote for it to have any actual weight. what is to stop people rejecting it at that stage? nothing really. apart from the fact that the clock is ticking and its people want to avoid no deal, only 160 mps voted for no deal last week. if they want to avoid that on april 12, they have to avoid that on april 12, they have to go back to the eu and tell them what they intend to do, will it be a referendum, general election, radical rewriting of the terms on which we leave. the clock once again is taking. there has been an extension, but it is still ticking at the moment. to some extent there is pressure on him at the moment to come up with an alternative. it is likely she will give her deal warmer go and say if you don't want this, i will give a softer brexit, a single market, a customs union. take another look at my deal. however if thatis another look at my deal. however if that is rejected a fourth time, i'm told that labour would consider putting down a confidence motion. whether she wants a general election

01’ whether she wants a general election or not, she is at risk of a general election happening in any case. that is definitely one potential option. the other option is that her deal goes down and at that stage out litwin and the others who have been behind seizing control from the government legislate for their own option, they can do that as well —— 0liver letwin and others. they can pass a law that says let's negotiate a customs union for the eu. thank you. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages ff at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown, and martin lipton, chief sports reporter at the sun. the rules on police stop and search powers in england and wales are being relaxed to try to stop the rise in knife crime. more police officers, at less senior ranks, will now be able to authorise the tactic in several areas where knife crime is high. campaigners have questioned the effectiveness of stop—and—search and described the move as "disappointing and regressive". our home affairs correspondent

dominic casciani has the details. another knife off the streets, found in a stop and search in north london. some a0 fatal stabbings so far this year. now police in the most affected areas are being given a search power band when theresa may was home secretary. the whole government recognise that stop and search is a useful power. we still want it to be targeted but with these increased powers we all agree, including the prime minister, this is exactly is needed to help fight the rise in serious violence. knife crime fell after 2011 but it has been rising for almost five years. the police's use of stop and search plunged over the last decade from 1.4 million times a year to less than 300,000. that fall after concerns the tactic was failing by wrongly targeting young black men. the main stop and search power requires police to have a reasonable suspicion someone is carrying a weapon. they could use it if this knife

detector raised and alert. today's changes mean police inspectors rather than their seniors can authorise anyone to be searched in an area where they believe violence may, rather than will, occur. police hope the return of this strategy will help them respond more quickly. while there is no proof of a direct link between the rise in knife crime and the use of stop and search, many police officers believe it deters people from carrying blades. but critics say it is still intrusive and any increased use will be highly controversial. too many of my experiences have been very unpleasant, which leads into a lot of tension between police and young people to the point where you have young, innocent civilians running away from police just to avoid being stopped and searched. you stopped me going about my business for no reason! police chiefs say they are listening to concerns about how they use their powers.

tomorrow the prime minister hosts a summit to hearfrom officers themselves about how to reverse the deadly violence. joining me via webcam from coventry is nathanieljames, who is a stop and search youth trainer working in schools across the west midlands. thank you very much forjoining us. some people argue that stop and search is regressive, that it increases tensions between police and community. how wise is it to increase the powers of police? as a stop and search youth trainer and i honestly believe that yes, the section 60 should stay. i think it isa section 60 should stay. i think it is a massive deterrent for young people. if they know that the police are going to be in hot spots or places like if centres or local shops where a lot of young people chill with their friends and they know the police will stop with them, i think they might think twice about

carrying a knife. how do you make neck properly effective rather than something that causes a greater tension between the police and the communities they are serving. as a youth worker by trade, i am now a stop and search youth trainer that goes into schools and speaks to young people about their rights and the rights of the police. ifeel like as a youth worker, i am the middle man. i can speak on a young persons level or on the police level. 0ne persons level or on the police level. one thing i would like to pushis level. one thing i would like to push is that youth workers actually go out there when they stop and search is being carried out, as comfort to the young person and to reassure them that you are not being targeted but this is a state of emergency, we are getting so many young people that are being affected by knife crime or actually being stabbed that searching with nice wines and things like that to make

sure they don't have knives is something that needs to be happening, especially in this generation and the culture that we are living in. how can the police thought about stop and search in a way that makes young people realise it could help them? there is a lot of scrutiny panels where young people in the community where people can speak to the police about issues and if they feel like they are being targeted by police. ifeel that sometimes police officers they might speak now to the young person instead of speaking to them respectfully, the young person speaks after them disrespectfully and it goes round and round. this is why i did teach young people that you show respect, and you receive respect back. that is one of the main things. it is the way how you approach them and the way how you

speak to them. it will ultimately reflect on how they speak back to you. you also teach young people about their if a rights stop and search happens to them. briefly explain what they are. yes. we have something that is called go wisely, which is a different categories of what young people should be doing when they are being stopped and searched. we also do something called good cop, bad cop, where we talk about a police officer asking certain questions that they are not meant to ask and that the questions that they are allowed to ask. it is about empowering the young people so that they know how to speak to the police when they are stopped. you are meant to get a receipt from the officer? yes, yes. the receipt will mean that monday, after they have been searched if they are stopped by another police officer that they can show that receipt also. it will have a name in the station, so if they would like to have a complaint against the police officer than they

could take that down to their local station and do a complaint. your cousin died as a result of knife crime. 0ur powerful is that when you share the story of the impact of your cousin's death on your family and community? it is a massive, powerful tool. my part is what i talk about, the ripple effect. it is when one person gets stabbed, you are not just when one person gets stabbed, you are notjust stopping that person but you are stabbing so many people in that family because so many people are affected. not only the family, but the community. when there is a stabbing, itjust since there is a stabbing, itjust since the them fear amongst young people and parents, especially our young people who then think that they must arm themselves because they are hearing that young people their age are going around stabbing people. losing my cousin at such a sensitive age of 15, for me it was a really bad experience. but i turned it into a positive. this is what has gone into schools and i teach young people in a very passionate way

about what i did. i don't want any otherfamilies to about what i did. i don't want any other families to go through what me and myfamily other families to go through what me and my family have gone through. other families to go through what me and my family have gone throughlj can certainly hear that passion from you. finally, when you have seen a local police force take young people out and see stop and search taking place themselves, what is the effect? sometimes, majority of the time, it is a negative effect. some young people feel like they are being targeted. whether that is due to their culture or whether that is due to their race. it is a shame because we know that the statement is there. in order to break the statement down, the searches must be fair. i know in the section 60 comes around and they got too hot spots, police officers don't need reasonable grounds to search. but they do need reasonable grounds to search, and that is what i teach the young people what the reasonable grounds are. whether it is a sharp object, what they are carrying drugs etc. these are the kinds of things i

teach the young people. to all the young people out there that may be affected by stop and search, you need to understand that it is for the safety not only for you, but for your community as well. as we see, lot of young people are being affected by knife crime. please be respectful. please don't see it as why is it all makes me. as long as you are not carrying a knife and you are not getting affiliated or anything, you have nothing to worry about. thank you very much for talking to us. i appreciate it. thank you. police investigating a series of suspected linked stabbings in edmonton have made another arrest. a man aged in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of gbh and taken into custody at a north london police station. the first man arrested on suspicion of gbh also remains in custody. a woman and three men were all approached from behind and knifed in the back — two are in a critical condition. a man has been charged in connection with an incident near london's st pancras station

on friday evening. terry maher, from north london, faces charges of obstructing the railway and causing a public nuisance. it relates to an incident where a man spent the night on top of the station roof, causing a number of rail services, including eurostar, to be severely disrupted. mr maher will appear before magistrates tomorrow. the headlines on bbc news... thejustice secretary, david gauke, has suggested the government should support a softer brexit, if mps rally behind it this week police in england and wales are being given greater stop and search powers to tackle rising knife crime. there's been a sharp rise in the number of adults calling a national helpline for the children of alcoholic parents, according to figures seen by the bbc. the husband of a british—iranian woman who is currently in prison in iran has delivered a mother's day card to her on the steps of the iranian embassy,

as part of his campaign for her release. nazanin zaghari ratcliffe was jailed for five years in 2016 on spying charges which she denies. with more here's our correspondent sangita myska. almost three years ago, nazinin zaghari—ratcliffe was stopped by iranian police at tehran airport. she was about to fly home with her child but was instead arrested and accused of spying. seen here with her daughter gabriella, just before being jailed for five years, the british government and herfamily have repeatedly called for her release. today, on mother's day, her husband, who has tirelessly campaigned on behalf of his wife, delivered a card and dozens of flowers to the iranian embassy. it's a message, this is the third mother's day that nazinin is a way. this year we are back in front of the iranian embassy, the message is flowers, it's a soft one. the reason for flowers

is that is what prisoners are given when they are released, it's mother's day and hopefully that she will be home soon. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt was in iran late last year to push for her release. he recently took the unusual step of granting nazinin diplomatic protection in the hope that iranians would be compelled to release her. yet ao—year—old nazinin remains injail. separated from her daughter for yet another year. exit polls in ukraine say the comedian — volodymyr zelenskiy who's made his name playing the president in a satirical tv show — has won the first round of the country's presidential election. he had been expected to beat the incumbent petro poroshenko — in the first round of voting which has been taking place today. it's ukraine's first presidential election since russia seized part of its territory in 2014.

in the last hour zelenskiy told the bbc if he won, tackling corruption would be his first priority. i'm very happy. but this is not the final action. the final b will what i saw, but we will see the results. this is the exit poll. i saw the result. this will be, mr president, mr poroshenko. slovakia has elected its first female head of state. the anti—corruption campaigner zuzana chaputova won around 58% of the vote in a run—off against the governing party's marosh shefchovich. ms chaputova is a prominent environmental lawyer but has almost no previous political experience. she ran as an outsider for the liberal progressive slovakia party, framing the election as a struggle between good and evil. there's been a sharp rise in the number of adults calling a national helpline for the children of alcoholic parents, according to figures seen by the bbc.

in 2013 the majority of calls to the national association of children of alcoholics were from children but now more than 80 % of calls are from people over the age of 18. the department of health said it was investing 36 million to tackle the issue. adrian goldberg from, bbc radio 5live investigates, has more details... these figures come from the national association of children of alcoholics. back in 2013, they tell us that the majority of the calls that they have received seeking help and support from their helpline, the majority of those calls were from children. but they did at that time have around 6500 calls a year from adults. anybody over the age of 18. that 6500 figure has rocketed between 2013 and 2018, to the point where last year they had 23,000 calls from people over the age of 18. that now makes up around 81% of their caseload at their helpline.

a really significant increase in the number of adults contacting that helpline for support and assistance. do we know why there has been such a big rise? what are the theories behind that? it's very interesting. i think around 2015 when you had high—profile figures like the labour mp liam byrne, talking as an adult about his experiences having been a child of an alcoholic and finally overcoming what he perceived to be the shame and the stigma coming forward to talk about that, that has prompted a lot of other adults to come forward and say that they too had problems like this as a child, with a parent who would turn to drinking. amelia, who grew up with an alcoholic father, joined us earlier to share her experience — she sought help after his death two years ago. i am the youngest of four. i had older siblings who were able

to help me deal with that. it was a lot of really difficult times, and unfortunately, my dad passed away from alcoholism about three years ago now. when you have an alcoholic parent from a really young age, you are grieving for that person from when they become an alcoholic, you lose your parent anyway. when that person actually dies, ifelt this horrible relief, and then a lot of shame associated with feeling that relief as well. i had a good family, a good support system. we had our mam and my siblings and a big extended family and we used to talk about it a lot within the family but it was not something i sought help for externally until i became an adult. if you, or someone you know has been affected by any of the issues raised you can find details of where you can find

support at www. bbc. co. uk/actionline or call 0800 — 066 — 066. lines are open 2a hours a day with recorded information and calls are free of charge. following the livestreaming of a terror attack in new zealand two weeks ago, the debate over who should regulate social networking sites, is back in the spotlight. facebook boss mark zuckerberg has called for more government regulation on the internet, and the australian government has announced plans for new laws which put more accountability on the social networking sites. sophia tran—thomson has this report. he founded the biggest social network in the world. a role that comes with a serious social responsibility. now mark zuckerberg says it is time regulators and governments play a more active role in controlling internet content. in an open letter, he has called for regulation of what he describes as harmful content online, saying private firms can't do it alone. he says there should be new rules

relating to political advertising and the creation of common standards. there should be effective privacy and data protection for all users with countries adopting a common framework. and he has called for data portability, meaning people should be able to move data from one service to another. it comes as facebook faces questions over its role in the cambridge analytica scandal about data misuse during election campaigns and two weeks after a gunman used facebook to livestream his attack on a mosque in new zealand. but mark zuckerberg says those at the top need to step up. some governments say it is the social media giants who are responsible. on saturday, australia's prime minister announced plans to introduce laws which could see the networking sites fined and executives sent to prison if they fail to quickly remove violent material from their platforms. the social media laws we will be introducing are about calling out the social media companies on their responsibilities. they have a responsibility

when they put these platforms into public use to make sure they are safe and that they cannot be weaponised by terrorists. the debate over who is responsible for regulation is farfrom over, as is the question of how to monitor social media content globally and to what level. the former us vice president, joe biden, has denied claims by another democrat that he behaved inappropriately towards her. lucy flores said that during campaigning in 2014 he placed his hands on her shoulders and kissed the back of her head — making her feel uncomfortable. from washington, chris buckler reports. joe biden is still considering whether he will run as a democratic candidate for next year as presidential election. but certainly this is going to put extra scrutiny on him. what was interesting in that statement that came today from lucy flores during that interview on cnn, and she said as far as she was

concerned it should disqualify him from running for the presidency. at the same time lucy flores also made clear that she has many different political opinions tojoe biden, and that she does not support him on a number of different issues. but she said she did have concerns about his behaviour. she says that it was not in her view a sexual assault. but at the same time, she felt it was inappropriate behaviour. she said that as far as she was concerned, and this is in an article that she has written, that it was an experience that felt awkward, disturbing and weird. and it was certainly going to put a new focus onjoe biden. certainly going to put a new focus on joe biden. he certainly going to put a new focus onjoe biden. he is someone who is regarded as a real statesman within the democratic party, somebody who can be very different to donald trump. but of course these allegations will certainly hurt the outstanding that he has within the party. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello again. really big swings in

temperatures of the last couple of days. yesterday we had hiked up to 20 degrees. it has been nowhere near that warm today. it is going to get even colder in the week ahead. tuesday we are looking at temperatures up staying down into single figures. for many there will be plenty of showers around, something turning wintry. satellite pictures show some patches of cloud across western areas. that will drift its way across the irish sea boston for up, we could see petchey operates a frame before the end of the night. —— petchey outbreaks. we see some lengthy and clear breaks particularly across the eastern side of the uk, and frost developing in the countryside. a somewhat chilly start to monday. high—pressure still with us, but tending to move eastwards through the day to allow this cold front to move and into the northwest. we will start off the day with a dry weather and some sunshine for eastern scotland. much of new britain and wales having a decent day as well as well with sunny spells throughout. the cloud will thicken with topics of rain, from

north and island moving into western scotla nd north and island moving into western scotland with the rain steadier and heavier with time. it might be april the 1st, but don't be full by the warm up in the south. temperatures up warm up in the south. temperatures up to 16 degrees in cardiff. it will get colderfrom up to 16 degrees in cardiff. it will get colder from tuesday on. rain or showers in the forecast, very u nsettled. showers in the forecast, very unsettled. it will be cold enough for some hills know as well. cold air moving southwards. during tuesday the wind is coming down from a northerly direction. that is what will be bringing bells showers and hammering the temperatures. a bit of a rain start off the day as eastern areas clicks through. in the showers will have hail and thunder makes tan and some training mentoring with some snow falling over some of the hills. we may well see something a bit more organised later in the day in northern ireland, bringing a speu in northern ireland, bringing a spell of hill snow potential here. that is something we will have to keep a close eye on. low pressure stays with us through the remainder of the week. wednesday, and other low— pressure of the week. wednesday, and other low—pressure spinning and off the north sea. if they the cloud up across the northeast of the country. it will threaten outbreaks of