this is bbc news with ben brown. theresa may defends her decision to seek labour's help this is bbc news. in delivering brexit. i'm ben brown. she warns it could slip the headlines... through ourfingers. that is unless a compromise deal is reached. three of the uk's children's commissioners write theresa may defends her decision to to the un torture committee asking seek labour's help in delivering it to investigate the use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools. brexit. she warns it could slip charlie rowley, who was poisoned in through ourfingers brexit. she warns it could slip through our fingers unless a last yea r‘s charlie rowley, who was poisoned in last year's suspected russian compromise deal is reached. three of chemical attack, has met russian‘s the uk's children commissioners ambassador in london to question him write to the un torture committee about who was responsible. asking it to investigate the use of commemorations are taking place in rwanda to mark a quarter of a physical restraint and seclusion in century since the genocide there in which about a tenth of schools. charlie rowley poisoned in the suspected russian chemical attack meets russia's ambassador in london. commemorations take place in rwanda marking a quarter of a century since the genocide in which a tenth of the population was killed. a new boat race record. james cracknell will become the oldest

person ever to i’ow cracknell will become the oldest person ever to row in the oxford—cambridge boat race this afternoon. kensington palace reveals prince william has just finished a three week stint secretly working with britain possible intelligence agencies. —— britain's intelligence agencies. good morning. theresa may has defended her decision to seek labour's help in delivering brexit, warning that brexit could slip through ourfingers unless a compromise deal is reached. in a statement, mrs may said both labour and the conservatives wanted to protectjobs and end free movement, something which she described as the basis for a compromise. our political correspondent, nick eardley, explains exactly what theresa may was trying to accomplish with this statement.

the first argument is that she needed to speak to other parties to get some sort of brexit deal through parliament. how many times have we sat here and talked about how the prime minister had not won over enough conservatives or the dup? it was quite clear that he'll had no prospect getting through just now, she said, so she had to out to opposition parties —— quite clear that the deal. the talks with the labour party need to lead to some sort of breakthrough because the longer it goes on, the more chance there is not brexit quite simply will not happen. the problem for the prime minister is at the moment the talks, although we hear lots of speculation about the government being prepared to offer some bold moves like potentially a customs union, it has not led to a breakthrough yet. jeremy corbyn yesterday saying that government had not shown yet and ability to move

its red lines, had not shown enough movement and because of that no breakthrough. a crunch 72 hours ahead for that relationship between the conservatives and the labour party if they are going to get a breakthrough. some speculation today that she might be prepared to offer some sort of lock. labour are worried if they get a deal and she has not prime minister, someone like borisjohnson is suddenly prime minister, he could pick apart the whole thing if there is a compromise agreement and the government offering a parliamentary lock. the problem is there are two parts to any brexit deal, the withdrawal agreement, the thing so many people have been angry about so far, legally binding, cannot be changed, international treaty. if the house of commons does approve it. the second part is the political declaration which is basically a broad set of intentions for the future relationship. it is that part

that the eu has said it might change, it is that part labour are trying to influence by having something like a customs union, but it is not legally binding, so there isa it is not legally binding, so there is a fear within some of the labour party and other parties too that a future conservative prime minister could come along and unpick it and say, iam not could come along and unpick it and say, i am not going to negotiate it. one idea bandied about this morning is there would be legislation which as we commit to x as part of the political declaration and that would make it harder for a future political declaration and that would make it harderfor a future prime minister to unpick. whatever it is enough is unclear because you could introduce new legislation. jeremy corbyn who we have been mentioning facing new allegations of anti—semitism. facing new allegations of anti-semitism. yes, a set of documents seen by the sunday times, the bbc has not seen it yet, but the sunday times says it suggests many cases have not been dealt with yet

properly by the party and in some circumstances extreme cases have not led to people being thrown out of the labour party, including according to the report in the paper references to praising hitler and blaming jews for many things. labour insists these reports in the sunday times this morning are selective and they misrepresent their overall content. there has been a different reaction from some others. labour's deputy leader tom watson telling the sunday times as well deeply shocking and depressing reading that labour members of the jewish and depressing reading that labour members of thejewish community will not understand how the party has not got to grips with the issue. also a step this morning from thejewish leadership group, let me take you through what it says, he refers to a statement made in july through what it says, he refers to a statement made injuly calling the labour party institutionally racist againstjews. he thinks the report this morning in the sunday times

makes clear for all to see how accurate that statement was and it is simply impossible for labour members to ignore the degree to which racism has infected labour. on top of that, jewish labour says it will discuss today whether it still has confidence in the labour leadership. labour as a party insists it is not a fair picture of what is going on, an issue they are determined to deal with but it is not going away. that was nick ea rdley not going away. that was nick eardley talking to us earlier. in the last few minutes, speaking on sophy ridge on sunday on sky news, labour's shadow attorney general shami chakra barti has labour's shadow attorney general shami chakrabarti has had so far the prime minister has not moved an inch on her brexit red lines. she says it is hard to imagine making real progress now without a general election or another referendum. the clock is running down. we are almost beyond midnight because we are past

the 29th of march, she is asking for more time, but you have to compromise. compromise is notjust telling us again and again how good your existing dealers. it is a deal that has been voted down in parliament three times and my understanding is that most people have been mutually respectful in the discussions, —— while people have been mutually respectful in the discussions, positive and friendly in tone, in substance, as yet, not a jot of movement from the government. the latest on brexit. much more on that little bit later on in the programme. meanwhile... three of the uk's children commissioners have asked the un torture committee to investigate the use of physical restraint and seclusion in uk schools.

government guidelines say teachers can use reasonable force to control children, but campaigners say restraint is often being used inappropriately. the government says it has consulted on reducing restraint and will announce its next steps soon. i first looked at this issue a couple of years ago and we were hearing complaints from children especially in special schools, children who might have learning difficulties, autism, they were being inappropriately restrained. the guidelines for the department for education suggest children can be quite legitimately physically restrained, if they are causing a threat to themselves, other children or teachers. but there is also a line in the dfe guidelines applying to england anyway which suggests they can be used too, physical restraint, in order to maintain control in the classroom. many people say it is inappropriate, you cannot really restrain children as a method of retaining control of the

classroom. as you say, the children commissioners for scotland, wales and northern ireland and through a different route the commissioner for england, they are seeking guidance from the un torture committee asking for greater clarification on what justis for greater clarification on what just is the reasonable use of force when applied to children. adrian, what are the government and authorities saying about this? the uk government says there is a case for reasonable force, particularly if children are causing harm to themselves or teachers or peers. they say it should be recorded, although i know from my research it is not always happening and parents should be told and i know again it is not always happening. as you say, there is a consultation period which came to an end at the back end of 2018 and they say they will shortly be letting us know what the outcome of their research into this area is.

adrian goldberg of radio 5 live investigates. today marks a quarter ofa investigates. today marks a quarter of a century since the start of the rwanda genocide killing 800,000 people in 100 days. president paul kagame will light a remembrance flame in the country's capital city to mark a week's worth of commemorations. our correspondent is in the rwandan capital. thank you for being with us. a very sombre anniversary. talk us us. a very sombre anniversary. talk us through the events taking place. heads of state and other foreign debt could treat including from france and canada —— foreign dignitaries. they have laid flowers at the kigali memorial. a quarter of at the kigali memorial. a quarter of a million people are buried there. they have lit a flame and it was daylight for 100 days of mourning. later on they will come to the

kigali convention centre for a short ceremony and there will be a walk all the way to the stadium where there will be the remembrance again of those who have died and culminating in a night vigil. just talk to us about how rwanda has changed since the genocide in the last 25 years. to what extent have the wounds healed 7 last 25 years. to what extent have the wounds healed ?|j last 25 years. to what extent have the wounds healed? i spoke to the head of the body for genocide survivors and i say more people are coming out to speak more about the genocide and according to him, the trauma statistics are going up. more people speaking about it and more people speaking about it and more people showing they still have post—traumatic stress disorder and it isa post—traumatic stress disorder and it is a big problem they are working on. the country has been largely peaceful ever since the dreadful events of 25 years ago. a more united country. the profiling of

hutu and tutsi does not exist most people identify themselves as rwandans. i have spoken to people who were children when the genocide happened and i want a brighter future and to step out of the shadows of the history that has been with them for all of this time. the regime of the government of president paul kagame is controversial. to what extent is the country making political process and also economic progress in terms of prosperity? in terms of economic progress, rwanda is one of the best performing, growth is about 7%. politically, remains largely controversial. people in rwanda in the last elections, paul kagame won by 98% of the vote and it looks like he will be ruling for a long time. those critics suggest he is not

tolera nt of those critics suggest he is not tolerant of dissent and some political opponents have beenjailed and some say it is time for rwanda to open a more democratic space. but a lot of people seem to have support and love and they seem to prefer the stability he has managed to bring to rwanda. interesting to talk to you. ferdinand in the rwandan capital, kigali. a british man who was exposed to the novichok nerve agent in salisbury last year england last year has met the russian ambassador in london to question him about the incident, in which his partner died. charlie rowley said he didn't really get any answers and he still believed russia was to blame. charlotte gallagher has been following the story. charlie rowley was poisoned last summer. he lived in salisbury and he found what he thought was a bottom of —— bottle of perfume in the street. he gave it to his

girlfriend, dawn sturgess. the bottle contained novichok, the same batch that was used to poison the russians by sergei skripal and his daughter. she sprayed the perfume of herself and she died. charlie got some on his hands but he washed it off immediately. he did not know it was poisoned, he thought he was covered in perfume. charlie fell seriously ill, in a coma, suffered strokes, contracted meningitis. a fairly young man, in his 40s, now fitted with a pacemaker, his eyesight is deteriorating and he says he suffers from anxiety and depression. because of what happened. extraordinary, really, that charlie rowley has gone to meet the russian ambassador in london. straightaway britain said it thought russia was behind the novichok poisoning and it named two men he thought were behind it, intelligence agencies. charlie rowley went to visit the russian ambassador and he said he wanted to ask him about his

girlfriend's death, why did you kill my girlfriend? he said the russian ambassador said, russia cannot have been behind it because if it was russian novichok, everyone who touched it would be dead, you would not have survived. he set a russian ambassador try to suggest other countries were responsible, britain, america, even the czech republic. as you said, charlie rowley was not happy with the answers, he said they we re happy with the answers, he said they were stupid and described it in fact as complete russian propaganda. the russian ambassador said he will contact charlie rowley again when he has spoken to president putin of russia. it will be interesting to see what else comes from this quite extraordinary case. the headlines... theresa may says it is possible brexit will not happen unless a deal can be agreed with labour. children commissioners ask the un to investigate the use of physical

restraint and seclusion in schools. charlie rowley poisoned in last year cosmos suspected russian chemical attack meets russia prosper ambassador in london to question him about who was responsible. —— russia's ambassador in london. now the sport news for you at the bbc sports centre. all the sport including yesterday's grand national. did you have a flutter?” did buti national. did you have a flutter?” did but i did not win a penny. we had history, tiger roll becoming the first horse since red rum to win the most famous steeplechase in the world. back to back. not a stronger favour in the race for 100 years. andy swiss was guy mccrea.

he's the little horse who's become a sporting giant. the day tiger roll raced into aintree folklore. earlier his fans had flocked hoping for back—to—back wins and tiger roll set off the hottest of favourites. the race was soon tinged with sadness though. at the first fence, up for review suffered a fatal injury. the national‘s first fatality since 2012. as they reached the closing stages, outsider magic of light led the way, but tiger roll was making his move. commentator: and tiger roll goes to the front in the national! and from there, no stopping him. an almost perfect performance from tiger roll and history was his. yes, the first double winner since red rum back in 1974, and delight forjockey davey russell. in this most unpredictable of events, a remarkable feat. it's unbelievable, i can't explain it, i can't put it into words. it's something that i never dreamt of winning twice, i'll be honest with you. i dreamt of winning it once but twice is just spectacular. red rum went on to win it three times, of course, but 45 years on, a double

will do very nicely. so, this famous race has a brand—new legend. an unforgettable day for tiger roll and a place in sporting history. andy swiss, bbc news, aintree. man city will find out later who they will face in the fa cup final. watford and wolves go head—to—head at wembley at full pm in the semifinal. it is going to be very close. very good team —— at full pm. we expect a very tough game against a very good team and the performances they have been having and the players they have, going to bea and the players they have, going to be a very tough game. the players i think are keeping the same attitude in the season and it helps us to feel in this moment all the work we

have done before, we are getting rewarded, enjoying with the semifinal, enjoying at the end of the season, because we have many options to improve points, to improve positions. this is how man city made it through to the final. the one goal in the semifinal against brighton. jesus scored inside five minutes. city still on for the improbable quadruple, already won the league cup. they are vying with liverpool for the league title, facing tottenham next week and in the quarterfinals of the champions league. the 165th boat race this afternoon. cambridge won last year. james cracknell will be wearing for them today, a6, double olympic champion. the oldest person to compete in the race. 13 years since he retired from elite rowing.

definitely a lot harder. i do not bounce back in the same way. you cannot burn the candle at both ends. it is quite fun, their cultural references a re it is quite fun, their cultural references are totally wrong, they educate me on all manner of things. this year has been a defining year for me mentally and i will prove a lot to myself and hopefully answer a few questions. full coverage of the boat race across the bbc, bbc from 1:20pm, the women's race first, the men's race with james cracknell at 3:10pm, flying the flag for the a0 something! i would like to see you ina something! i would like to see you in a rowing boat when you are a6, a long time in the future, obviously. those years passed me by a long time ago. thank you very much indeed. you we re ago. thank you very much indeed. you were watching bbc news. palestinian

leaders have reacted with anger to a threat by israel to annexjewish settlements. the prime minister binyamin netanyahu has pledged to take the land, which is deemed to be palestinian territory, under international law, if he is re—elected on tuesday. reacting to the announcement, a spokesman for the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, said mr netanyahu's statement did not alter the fact that the settlements were illegal and would be removed. this is what mr netanyahu had to say. translation: you are asking an interesting question, whether we are moving onto the next stage, the answer is, yes. translation: this means, during your next government, you are going to extend settlement? i am going to extend israeli sovereignty and i don't distinguish between settlement blocks and the isolated settlements. in my opinion, each block is an israeli area and is under israeli control. i won't move these blocks to the palestinian authority.

the israeli prime minister. eight yea rs the israeli prime minister. eight years after the toppling of colonel gaddafi in libya, there is new fighting on the outskirts of the capital, tripoli. rebel forces are advancing on the city, they are reported to be within 15 miles, forces loyal to the rebel military commander khalifa haftar are continuing their offensive despite international calls to stop the fighting. on the way towards tripoli, there've been heavy clashes with forces supporting the internationally recognised government. ramzan karmali has more. they are on the move with a purpose, to stop general khalifa haftar and his self—styled libyan national army from taking tripoli. home of the government who they are fighting for. the troops have come from a city still loyal to the leaders. the foreign governments are not happy with the situation.

translation: i believe the people of libya have had enough of the violence, they want a political way forward. the proof of this is the great number of libyans registered to vote. they want the political process to win out over military rivalries. it is important for the global community to support this approach. however, general haftar has the backing of the united arab emirates and egypt. fresh fighting has flared near tripoli with reports of clashes taking place in three suburbs to the south of the city. fighting is also said to have taken place near the disused airport in tripoli. it is unclear if there are any casualties. since 2011 and the fall of colonel gaddafi, libya has experienced violence and division as various groups try to take control of the oil—rich company. —— country.

the national unity government in tripoli has condemned the general‘s advance. translation: we have extended our hand to peace but the attack that took place from the forces of the general and his declaration of war and a coup d'etat will be met with strength and power. general haftar and his self—styled libyan national army are based in the eastern city of benghazi, they now control the oil fields. international community led by the un secretary general antonio gutierrez has tried to intervene but ultimately failed. it consists of a planned conference on possible new elections will still go ahead, however un troops too have been placed on high alert. thousands of demonstrators across sudan have ta ken thousands of demonstrators across sudan have taken part in what appears to be the biggest series of rallies against the country?

president since protests began in december. in the country's capital, khartoum, demonstrators reached the army headquarters for the first time. the building lies close to the presidential compound.security forces used tear gas and made several arrests. so far, the army has not intervened in the protests. kensington palace has disclosed that prince william has spent the past three weeks working with britain's three security and intelligence agencies. he described his experiences at m15, m16 and gchq as humbling and said he'd gained an appreciation of the difficult and dangerous work being done on the country's behalf. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. william has carried out his public engagements as normal in the past three weeks, but he's been keeping a secret. by day, he has been spending time inside the closed world of britain's intelligence and security organisations. he had evidently been keen to see their work at first hand and, most unusually, the future king was permitted to spend time with the agencies normally closed

to anyone from outside the secret world. he spent his first week at the headquarters of the secret intelligence service, mi6, whose officers work covertly outside the united kingdom. inside their building by the thames in london, he saw how intelligence is analysed. his second week was spent just across the river with the security service, m15, which leads on counterterrorism and counter espionage within the uk. according to kensington palace, he worked alongside counterterrorism teams and this included some time out of the office. it's suggested he may have seen some surveillance operations taking place. he then spent a final week with britain's electronic eavesdroppers at gchq in cheltenham. at all three organisations, william said he found people doing what he called the most extraordinary work to keep the country safe. it had been a truly humbling experience, he said. nicholas witchell, bbc news.

a man who has spent more than a0 yea rs a man who has spent more than a0 years collecting beer cans has had to call time on his hobby so he can buy a smaller house. nick west originally had 9,300 cans but now has to reduce his collection to just 1,500. he started buying them in 1975 after seeing a report on tv about a man who sold beer cans to collectors in the us. the oldest one dates from 1936. he admitted stopping would be very painful. the musical mamma mia has celebrated its 20th anniversary and there was a surprise appearance for theatre—goers. abba's two leading men benny and bjorn came onto the stage at the end of the performance at the novello theatre. the pair wrote the music and lyrics to the stage show, which has now been seen by 65 million people worldwide. now it's time for a look

at the weather with susan powell. the forecast is pretty cloudy today. iam the forecast is pretty cloudy today. i am hopeful many western areas will brighten through the course of the afternoon and to the east, the cloud should lift somewhat apart from in the north sea coast. eastern england, showers drifting in with a bit of sunshine and temperatures could shoot up and enable the showers to turn thundery in the second half of the afternoon particularly in the south—east, midlands and east anglia. 17 in the best of the sunshine in the west. this evening, showers drifting across the midlands and wales, weakening, before getting a new lease of life in northern ireland by the end of the night. clearer skies across scotland, chilly a start on monday, but after a cloudy week in, prospects much sunnier for the start of the new week. still easterly breeze, cloudy on north sea coast.

sunshine for many on monday. heavier showers in the midlands and north wales.