this is bbc news, the headlines: british members of parliament have again failed to agree on any alternative proposals to the government's brexit strategy. they voted on four motions — all were rejected. prime minister theresa may welcome to bbc news, will hold a lengthy meeting broadcasting to viewers of her cabinet later on tuesday in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. to discuss what to do next. our top stories: the us supreme court has ruled that a convicted murderer in missouri has no right to a "painless death". the ruling by five judges clears the way for the execution of russell bucklew. he'd argued that use of a lethal injection could mean an agonising death because of a rare medical condition. yet again, more deadlock fans and hip hop royalty have been paying tribute to nipsey hussle. and division — mp's reject four alternatives to theresa the grammy—nominated star was killed may's brexit plan. just 10 days before the uk is due outside his clothing store in los angeles over the weekend. to leave the european union, the cabinet will meet on tuesday, two other people were trying to work out what to do next. frustration in europe — the brexit coordinator wounded in the attack. in the european parliament says the uk has one more chance to break the deadlock or leave without any agreement. the us supreme court rules a convicted murderer on death row in missouri has no right to a painless death.

the child victims of the war in yemen, now in its fifth year. we have a special report on the medical services on the brink of collapse. british members of parliament have again failed to agree on any alternative proposals to the government's brexit strategy. they voted on four motions, all were rejected. the british prime minister will hold a lengthy meeting of her cabinet later on tuesday, trying to find a way forward. it won't be easy as mps across the house of commons and within her own conservative party are still seriously divided. the uk is set to leave the european union in ten days, quite possibly without any agreement. caroline rigby reports. the ayes were 273, the noes were 276, so the noes have it.

another day but still the same outcome. so the noes have it. as option after option was put to the house, each one was rejected. so the noes have it. once again mps failed to unite around a single solution. we are capable of delivering responsible government... it was veteran conservative, ken clarke's proposal for a customs union that came closest, losing byjust three votes but, although parliament chose to take control of brexit, mps remain unable to speak with one voice. what we are all asking ourselves in this deadlock is what compromise would each and every member be prepared to accept in the national interest. on a point of order, mr speaker. and after his motion to stay in the single market was defeated, the former tory minister, nick boles, made this dramatic announcement before walking out of the chamber.

my party refuses to compromise. i regret, therefore, to announce that i can no longer sit for this party. man: 0h, nick, nick, don't go, come on. while some fell on their swords, others just wanted to get on with brexit. in ten days from now we are due to leave the european union, which is what17.1i million people voted for. at the end of the day, the people are sovereign, not members of parliament. we do not elect the people, they elect us. we are there to obey their instructions and they gave us an order to leave so, for god's sake, let's just leave. whatever their position, it is clear many people, both in the uk and abroad, are losing patience with westminster‘s inability to move forward. the european parliament's brexit co—ordinator, guy verhofstadt, said:

on tuesday, theresa may's deeply divided cabinet will meet to debate their next move but time does not stand still for anyone, so despite this apparent political paralysis the clock continues to tick down towards a no deal brexit on april 12. caroline rigby, bbc news. our uk political correspondent rob watson gave us his thoughts on the chances that theresa may might try for a fourth time to get her deal approved by parliament, and what that deal might look like this time. there wouldn't be any change in the substance but i guess two things might have changed. that is, mps won't have been able to find an alternative — although who knows, they may have another vote on wednesday — and of course the other thing that is happening is that the clock continues to tick

down to a no—deal brexit on april the 12th. i don't have any doubt that if she can, theresa may will bring her deal back because everyone watching needs to understand theresa may has certainly convinced herself, if not all the politicians, that her deal is the best and only way to deal with the results of the referendum in 2016. the question is though, could it really get through parliament on a fourth attempt? in some ways, what has happened in the last few hours is not helpful to theresa may and if you bear with me a second i will explain what i mean. yes, it is good for her that an alternative hasn't appeared yet, but it is bad in the sense that she can't threaten those on the pro—brexit right wing of her party with a "wow, look, mps are coalescing around a softer version of brexit",

she can not hold that threat against them now. tuesday, the thing to look out for is a meeting of the cabinet. that is the sort of senior ministers in the government, and it should be extraordinary. they have planned five hours, and why does all that matter? why is it interesting? because in many ways, absolutely nothing has changed in british politics in the last couple of years, and that is, theresa may is facing a cabinet profoundly divided. the governing conservative party is deeply divided, some pro—brexit, some pro—eu, mired in difficulty and finding a way forward. so watch this space very, very carefully tomorrow. and from brussels, our correspondent, damian grammaticas, gave us his assessment of what might be coming next. there is now an expectation that on wednesday this week the uk parliament will hold another series of votes to see if they can finally agree a preferred option. if not, the uk is on an automatic path, having triggered the brexit process, to quit the eu at the end of next week, friday the 12th of april, and without any deal in place,

the uk will leave with no deal. so, crashing out, some people call it, the hardest of brexits, and that is what i think the eu side fear most — is that this process at the minute is not leading to any clarity on the uk side. without that the automatic process leads to the uk out at the end of next week. the key decision—making though will come on the 10th of april, when the leaders of the other 27, the remaining 27 eu countries, they will gather here in brussels for a final emergency summit next week, two days before that deadline when the uk would be out, and they will consider at that one of two things. either the uk needs to have come up with a plan by then and present it to the eu for its preferred path forward — whether that is new negotiations on a future to a future relationship — or the leaders will sit and consider their policies, their response, for how to mitigate the impact of a no—deal brexit

at the end of next week. it is a stark choice, but at the minute, all the decision—making is on the uk side. the uk has to take some affirmative action, has to decide on a clear path forward, otherwise that automatic process happens at the end of next week. let's get some of the day's other news. algeria's president abdelaziz bouteflika will step down before his mandate expires on 28 april. for a week there've been huge protests demanding he stand down since he suggested he would stand for a fifth term. he's 82 and has been in powerfor 20 years but he's rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013. venezuela's supreme court has requested that the opposition leader, juan guaido, be stripped of his parliamentary immunity. that request is expected to be approved by the government—controlled constituent assembly within days. last week he was banned from holding

office for 15 years. a british man who left the uk to fight for the extremist group, the so—called islamic state, and is now being held by kurdish forces, is one of at least seven male students from the university of westminster in london who travelled to syria. it's thought to be the highest number to go from a single british university. one of the key radicalisers was qasim abukar, even though he was being closely monitored by counter—terrorism police and m15. this exclusive report is from our correspondent daniel sandford. it starts with one of the men who were radicalised. seriously injured and detained by kurdish forces, zakariyya elogbani, the british is fighter found by the bbc in a jail in northern syria. i would wear the shirt

but they don't have one in my size... just five years ago he was an enthusiastic student at the university of westminster but he abandoned his degree and became one of at least seven young men from the university who went to join is. obviously we came here intended to fight. that is the honest truth. there is a part of you that wants revenge, and there is another part for any muslim youth, that he wants to live in this supposed utopia. the bbc has found he was one of a stream of students and former students at westminster university who went to fight for is in syria. one of the first to go was mohamed emwazi, the is killer known asjihadijohn. another early traveller was akram sebah, who was killed in syria, in 2013. zakariyya elogbani followed with his friend, ishak mostefaoui in 2014. mostefaoui was also badly injured a few months ago. he has been stripped

of his british nationality. elogbani says three men he knew from the university were killed in syria, one of those was an older student, qasim abuka, and his is perhaps the most extraordinary story of all. qasim abukar began his studies here in westminster in 2012 and, at the time, he was being closely monitored by m15 and was on a tpm, or terrorism protection measure because he had been to somalia to fight, but despite all that he was able to play a key role in recruiting and radicalising students here on campus. court papers show that a judge actually reduced the restrictions on qasim abukar to allow him greater contact with fellow students. as soon as the restrictions expired, he left for syria. fiyaz mughal helped write an independent report commissioned by the university five years ago when it realized it had a problem. he thinks the university failed in its duty of care.

there was no challenge to views that were clearly islamist and extremist in nature. when you have no challenge to those kind of views then those views become part of the norm. today, westminster university pointed out that these events took place almost five years ago. in a statement university it said it takes its responsibility in relations to safeguarding very seriously. daniel sandford, bbc news. with the war in yemen now in its 5th year, medical services are close to collapse. the conflict has involved the yemeni government and powerful international forces in a proxy war — the saudi coalition backing the government is supported by the us and the uk. the houthi rebels are backed by iran. a ban on civilian flights to the capital sanaa has left many sick children trapped. our international correspondent orla guerin has been following a girl and a boy in urgent need of help.

she reports from the jordanian capital, amman. laughter. playtime in the park. little yusra loves the swings, a welcome respite from the war back home in yemen and from her own battle with cancer. this is how we first saw her last october, trapped with her family in the yemeni capital, sana'a, because of a saudi ban on civilian flights. a tumour in her eye was already threatening her life. after we highlighted her case, several organisations struggled for months to get the six—year—old tojordan. she is now being treated at the king hussein cancer center. her care funded through donations. with her devoted mother by her side, it is time for a checkup, two weeks after major surgery.

for yusra, it's not easy. her surgeon is pleased with her progress. he says she is a brave beyond her years and endured one of the most difficult operations he has ever carried out. this is the normal eye. this is the abnormal eye. this is the tumour. very big. yes, it is big. so big he had to remove her eye. if she had been able to leave yemen a few months earlier, she could have been spared this. unfortunately, because they could not come at that time, we lost the chance to save her eye. it is good news that we could save her life but i wish, if i could treat earlier, saved her eye as well. like yusra, abdurahman urgently needed treatment abroad

but was hemmed in by the war and the saudi blocade. but was hemmed in by the war and the saudi blockade. we met the three—year—old last year in the sana'a's main hospital where his mother, sabine, was begging the world to save her son. finally he got an offer of treatment abroad for his congenital heart condition and help to leave yemen. injanuary, mother and son set off for a hospital in sudan. by then, abdurahman was desperately weak. and at journey‘s end, there was heartbreak. this happy little boy who loved football did not survive surgery. another precious yemeni child who died a needless death. yusra, who's this? tell me about your doll? but for yusra, at

least, there is hope. in a few months she is due to get an artificial eye and return to her troubled homeland. having suffered war and cancer, she is the picture of resiliance, and she is now asking her mother for a backpack so she can start school. orla guerin, bbc news, amman. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: tributes to nipsey hussle, the hip—hop star with a big stake in his local community, killed in a shooting. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can at worst produce a meltdown. in this case the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing.

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: for a second time, british mps vote on alternatives to theresa may's brexit plan. four proposals went forward, all are rejected.

frustration in europe: the brexit co—ordinator for european politicians says the uk has one more chance to break the deadlock or face the abyss of a hard brexit. the us supreme court has ruled that a convicted murderer on death row in missouri has no right to a painless death. the ruling by five judges clears the way for the execution of russell bucklew, who'd argued he should not be killed by lethal injection as his rare medical condition could mean an agonizing death. our north america correspondent peter bowes gave us more background on the case. russell bucklew had been on death row for 20 years, more than 20 years, after he was convicted of a particularly gruesome series of crimes back in 1996 involving rape, kidnapping and murder. he does not dispute that he was guilty of those crimes, does not dispute the sentence, the death sentence.

he is arguing with the nature of the sentence and how it is carried out, the lethal injection. he says, and his lawyers have been arguing, that the method would be cruel and unusual — which, of course, is banned by the us constitution — because he has a rare medical condition that produces tumours on his neck and his face that could swell during the lethal injection, causing him extreme pain and the possibility of choking to death. he had argued, in the argument with the supreme court, that gassing, nitrogen gas, would be a betterform of execution. the court has said that they do not buy that, they do not believe he has sufficiently argued that execution through nitrogen gas would result in significantly less pain. the five justices, the five conservative justices, have also argued that essentially, his legal opposition to this, which came just days before his original execution date, we simply a stalling tactic, a delaying tactic, to delay his eventual execution.

peter, there is quite a lot of legal movement on the death penalty generally across the us, isn't there, in several states? is this ruling likely to have further implications? it could well have wider implications. there's been a lot of controversy in a number of states about the apparent secrecy behind the methods used, and especially as it applies to lethal injections in a number of states, so this could have wider—reaching implications and, of course, a lot of people pointing out the political differences on the supreme court — we have five conservative justices here believing that this execution should go ahead as a lethal injection. the liberal justices dissenting from that. just to quote you one

of the justices saying "there are higher values than ensuring executions run on time." and of course that is a counter argument to the statement that this was essentiallyjust a delaying tactic by this inmate. a us government committee is widening its investigation into accusations that the trump administration gave white house clearance to dozens of people, despite official warnings that they could pose a security risk. they include mr trump's son—in—lanared kushner. elijah cummings, who chairs the house oversight committee, is threatening to issue subpoenas to secure testimony from those named by a white house whistleblower, tricia newbold. his letter to the white house refers to three unnamed senior officials whose cases are addressed in detail by newbold. fans and hip—hop royalty alike have been paying tribute to nipsey hussle. the grammy nominated star was killed outside his clothing store in los angeles over the weekend. two other people were wounded. police are still looking for a suspect. the bbc‘s sophie long has the story.

# breaking down a swisher in front of your building #. nipsey hussle was a rising star in the music scene. his album victory lap was recently nominated for a grammy. but here in south los angeles, where he grew up, he was as well—known for his community work he was for his music. he made no secret of his early life in a street gang. i grew up in la in the ‘90s. gang culture was what was going on, you know, outside of my family structure. on sunday afternoon, nipsey hussle tweeted. he said: "it's a blessing to have strong enemies." within an hour, he'd been shot dead in a burst of gunfire outside his clothing store. now people have come to pay their respects and to mourn the loss of a man they call a legend. he was a strong, talented, compassionate, amazing human being, who was on his way to doing a lot for a lot of people and i'm just hard to see that light no longer shining. he was a really beautiful young man that was kind of a different type

of a rapper, you know, in entertainment. he was actually trying to change the community, bringjobs, help people, stimulate business and stuff like that. yesterday, it was nipsey, every other day it's somebody else. and we've got to do better. and online, tributes from friends and colleagues in the music industry. rihanna said her spirit had been shaken. john legend spoke of his shock. ice cube of love and respect. nipsey hussle was due to meet los angeles police today to talk about ways to stop gang violence. instead, they're investigating why he was shot dead in broad daylight in the community he was trying to save. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. sadness in crenshaw and beyond. nipsey hussle, just 33.

earlier this year, we reported on romeo, the world's loneliest frog. he'd spent a decade alone in captivity and was thought to be the last of his species. after a long search, though, a partner was found, and the pair are now getting acquainted. you can guess her name. andy beatt reports. a first date and a last chance for one of the world rarest creatures. romeo and juliet, set to take the plunge in a new role as star—crossed lovers. but only after leaping past some strict health checks. we consulted with other experts around the world to make sure that we had taken all the precautions necessary to make sure that it was the right moment, and we all reached a decision together that we were gonna finally put them together and start learning about the reproduction of this species. untiljuliet‘s discovery in the bolivian rainforest, the future of the sehuencas water frog looked bleak. but two trips and $25,000 later, triumph. notjust one, but five frogs — three males and two females. speaks spanish.

now this couple and, in time, all the frogs have to master a romantic manoeuvre known as amplexus. amplexus is a hug with a lot of feeling and a lot of love! when, ah, the male holds the female in the back and hold her and they, yeah, it'sjust a hug! and they hold the female. with conservationists on tenterhooks for spawn and tadpoles, and a global audience tuning in once a week on social media, the pressure is on. but early signs are good. andy beatt, bbc news. a romantic manoeuvre as tricky to describe as it is to do. a new tourist attraction in the heart of a danish forest is drawing the crowds. the 45—metre hour—glass observation tower is in the gisselfeld castle forest in south—east denmark. it takes about 15 minutes to walk the twisted path from the forest floor to the top of the tower, which rises around 20 metres

above the tree—tops. it's now the highest point in the zealand region of denmark. and, from the top, visitors can see all the way to neighbouring sweden. thank you for watching. hello there, good morning. the next few days are going to be significantly colder, and to illustrate the point, this was gosport, in hampshire, where the temperature on monday was 17 degrees. lovely in the sunshine. same place tuesday, 9 degrees, so quite a drop. any remaining warm air that we've had across southern parts of the uk is getting swept away by this developing north to north—westerly wind, and that will push colder air across the whole of the country. now, the colder air comes behind this band of cloud and rain here, that's pushing its way south—eastwards across the uk, with showers, some of them wintry, following in behind. for the rush hour, heading across the midlands, in particular, this rain still could be quite heavy. through the morning, it pushes into east anglia and the south—east. behind it, a couple of hours of dry weather and sunshine. then showers come packing in and almost anywhere could catch a shower. they may well be heavy, could be some hail and thunder in there and some wintriness over the hills, especially in the north. those temperatures are back down to 8—10 degrees. colder air, then, arriving across the uk. and we set up more of a north

to north—westerly wind strengthening on wednesday. that area of low pressure bringing wet weather back in from the north sea. maybe a few icy patches early in the morning. a touch of frost around as well. maybe a bit of snow over the tops of the north york moors. but most of the wet weather looks like it's going to come back into scotland now on wednesday. rain with some sleet and snow over the hills. elsewhere, some sunshine but also a few sharp showers. the winds will be a bit stronger for many of us on wednesday, especially across northern and western areas. and although these are the sort of temperatures we're looking at — so well below average for this time of year — when you add on the strength of the wind, it will feel significantly colder, especially in scotland. combined with that wet weather, it will be a pretty miserable day

for this time of the year. so we're pushing down colder air. at the same time, we have this area of low pressure and that's going to sit around probably until thursday as well. so we're left with this sort of weather pattern, with spirals of cloud and showers, along with spells of rain, with some wintry weather over the hills. the position could change quite easily but at the moment, it looks a little bit drier for eastern parts of england. but again, those temperatures are struggling to hit 8—10 degrees. and that is the main story, really, over the next few days. it will be quite a bit colder. there will be a lot of these april showers to come. and over the higher ground, it will take on a wintry flavour. and with clear skies at night, there may well be some frost as well.