this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 11. for government defence theresa may's decision to seek labour's help in delivering brexit. it has angered some conservatives. provided we are leaving the european union, then it is important we compromise. that is what this is about and it is through gritted teeth. charlie rowley, poisoned in last year's suspected russian chemical attack in salisbury, meets russia's ambassador in london to question him about who was responsible. commemorations take place in rwanda to mark 25 years since the genocide in which about a tenth of the population was killed. a new boat race record —

olympic champion james cracknell will become the oldest person ever to row in the annual oxford v cambridge clash this afternoon. kensington palace reveals that prince william has just finished a three—week stint secretly working with the uk's intelligence agencies. and fears of a major military confrontation in libya just one of the stories discussed in dateline london with carrie gracie, coming up in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning. the government has defended the decision to seek labour's help in delivering brexit, warning that it could "slip through our fingers" u nless could "slip through our fingers" unless a compromise deal is reached.

in a statement, theresa may — seen here attending church this morning — said both labour and the conservatives wanted to protect jobs and end free movement, something which she described as "the basis for a compromise". this morning, the leader of the house of commons andrea leadsom has said that it is important to compromise as long as we actually end up leaving the eu. she said that "through gritted teeth", the government are going to have to listen to the labour leadership. working withjeremy corbyn is not something i want to do at all. it is not something the prime minister wants to do. but far worse than that, would be to fail to deliver on brexit, that would be the appalling thing because we were quite clearly told by the people in 2016 to leave the european union and every single politician who went on the air said, "what you decide, we will implement, and parliament has failed to do that. this is interesting, so your position is to get brexit delivered, it is worth doing a deal with jeremy corbyn, even if that

means you are little bit away from the prime minister's current plans? —— current red lines? specifically, provided we are leaving the european union, then it is important that we compromise. that is what this is about, and it is through gritted teeth but nevertheless, the most important thing is to actually leave the eu. andrea leadsom, speaking this morning. meanwhile, shadow business secretary rebecca long bailey, one of the labour team in the cross—party talks, said further negotiations are planned but added it was "disappointing" there not been any movement on the government's red lines. we are only waiting for the government to come back to us now to say whether they are prepared to move on any of their red lines. as i say, we had great discussions and we went into a lot of technical detail, but so far we have not seen anything from government that would suggest they are prepared to change any part of the deal going forward. obviously, that is disappointing because we know the prime minister committed to compromise and indeed, we have committed to the same but we

have not seen any real compromise yet. rebecca long bailey from labour, there. also speaking in the last hour london mayor sadiq khan has told the bbc he was in favour of cancelling brexit and revoking article 50, but he welcomed the prime minister's decision to hold talks with jeremy corbyn. she's been negotiating with the eu, the cabinet and her party for a thousand day so the idea that in two or three days, there will be a resolution between the tory leadership and the labour leadership is just not realistic. in those circumstances, i believe we should stop the clock. we don't want to sort of inadvertently leave the eu without any deal whatsoever or a bad deal. let's stop the clock and revoke article 50. whatever deal is reached stop when you don't expect jeremy corbyn to come to a deal either? i think it's unrealistic, it is not about how good or bad jeremy and his team are or how good or bad theresa may and her team are. the reality is, we have got a clock which is running down this artificial deadline placed upon us

because of the circumstances of article 50. the thing to do is withdraw that so the pressure is taken off, cool, calm heads could reach a resolution. that could be some sort of a deal and the deal that secures the most votes in parliament, that should be one of the options put to the british public, with the option also of remaining in the eu. sadiq khan, speaking earlier. labour has defended its handling of complaints about anti—semitism after it was reported that the party had failed to take disciplinary action in hundreds of cases. the sunday times said it had seen leaked internal documents which showed the party's system for dealing with complaints had been beset by delays, inaction and interference from the leader's office. shami chakrabarti, speaking on sky news' sophie ridge on sunday, urged thejewish labour movement not to "personalise the issue and make it about jeremy corbyn" at their annual general meeting later today, where they will hold a vote on whether they have

confidence in the labour leader. we have to tackle it but it will be much easier to tackle it if we don't make it a personal attack onjeremy corbyn, or a conservative attack on labour or an inter—factional attack, it seems to me. we need to take the same approach, by the way, when there are claims about the conservative party, not to go, "oh, the tories have got a problem with islamophobia now". we have got to come together as democratic people in the context of the rise of the far right in europe and in this country. the democratic people who are anti—racist need to come together and tackle it. so that was shami chakrabarti, speaking a bit earlier. joining me right now to discuss this is peter mason, the national secretary of the jewish labour movement. that plea was being made to you. you just heard shami chakra barti was being made to you. you just heard shami chakrabarti saying people need to come together to combat the far right, and combat racism. what do you make of that?

that is the first time i've seen those remarks and quite frankly i am outraged, for shami chakra barti those remarks and quite frankly i am outraged, for shami chakrabarti to suggest tojewish outraged, for shami chakrabarti to suggest to jewish labour outraged, for shami chakrabarti to suggest tojewish labour members who have for the last three years been suffering abuse at the hands of other labour party members in party meetings, online, and in other scenarios, to say this is somehow should not be personal, well, i think our members find it deeply personal and deeply disturbing and deeply frustrating that three years on, the party has not taking any significant action and on the day of oui’ significant action and on the day of our annual general meeting, it is discovered that not only have they not taken action in some cases, it is hundreds, hundreds upon hundreds of cases. 50 at your agm is hundreds, hundreds upon hundreds of cases. so at your agm today, you are going to have a vote on whether you have confidence in the labour leader, is that right? that is absolutely correct. your critics will say that you are personalising this, you are making it all about jeremy corbyn, it is a wider problem than that and a deeper one. so the jewish labour movement a few months ago made a heart—wrenching decision to refer the labour party to the

equalities and human rights commission, alleging institutional racism because quite frankly, what we have seen, and what today confirms, is that the structures and mechanisms of the labour party are so mechanisms of the labour party are so incapable of dealing with anti—jewish racism that quite frankly, they need to bring in full independence to get the situation under control and to really shine a light on what we now know has been happening. ultimately, organisations are led by the top. cultures of organisations are set by those that lead them and over the last three yea rs, lead them and over the last three years, you know, a year on from the protests in parliament square by the jewish community, can the labour party and the labour party leadership really say that enough has been done? jeremy corbyn says time and again, we hear it from him all the time, that he is committed to fighting anti—semitism.“ all the time, that he is committed to fighting anti-semitism. if jeremy corbyn were committed to fighting anti—semitism, then tomorrow morning, he would instruct his members of staff in his office, those that have been engaged in passing the buck, that have been

covering up and preventing action on anti—semitism, that quite rightly, he would fire them. i doubt he's going to do that. just tell us a bit about the jewish labour going to do that. just tell us a bit about thejewish labour movement, then, how long it has been around and how important it is as part of the labour movement generally. the jewish labour movement has been affiliated to the labour party for 90 years, we affiliated at the turn—of—the—century when the jewish community was largely a migrant community was largely a migrant community escaping persecutions, programmes and later in european history, the holocaust. thejewish community has been alongside the labour party and the labour party have been alongside thejewish community for almost its entire history. in modern british politics. it feels so gut—wrenching we could be in it feels so gut—wrenching we could beina it feels so gut—wrenching we could be in a situation where the labour party shows absolutely no solidarity did a situation that has happened today. do you expect this motion pass, that he will have no confidence injeremy pass, that he will have no confidence in jeremy corbyn? look, we are a membership organisation and it is for members to decide what the outcomes of the motions will be. if this morning's papers are anything

to go by, then yes, i think it probably will pass. what do you think is reaction to that will be? more of the same, probably. you don't have any confidence in him or the leadership of the party that what you perceive as their stand on anti—semitism, or their lack of a stand—up is going to change?‘ anti—semitism, or their lack of a stand-up is going to change? a year ago, thejewish stand-up is going to change? a year ago, the jewish community stand-up is going to change? a year ago, thejewish community stood in parliament square and protested that enough was enough. thejewish community set down 60 red lights, one of which included the independence of the disciplinary process. “— independence of the disciplinary process. —— red lines. we met with the general secretary to give her 19 practical solutions to improve the situation and none of them have been in fermented and we're back to square in fermented and we're back to square one as we in fermented and we're back to square one as we always in fermented and we're back to square one as we always seem in fermented and we're back to square one as we always seem to be in this three—year, never—ending saga of the labour party being fundamentally incapable of tackling its own demons. how damaging do you think all of this is, potentially, to labour at the next election? we don't know when it will be, it could be quite soon or not but whenever it

is, do you think all of this, that labour will pay a price at the polls, the opinion polls or the real polls, the opinion polls or the real polls when there is a general election? i've been a labour member all my adult life and i want a labour government because i believe in the democratic socialism, i believe the left in this country needs to make sure we tackle everything from inequality that people are experiencing in terms of their incomes are that we have serious issues of climate change to tackle and that we have to do something about public services. what this is doing is putting us further and further away from being in government because we are so seemingly incapable of making the correct, honest and courageous decision to tackle anti—semitism in the party. thank you forjoining us. peter mason, the national secretary of the jewish labour movement. peter mason, the national secretary of thejewish labour movement. thank you for your time. europe's only jewish—muslim women's conference gets under way today in london. they are expecting 100—200 jewish and muslim women from all around

the country to attend. one of the overall goals of the day is to produce a list of demands for what government and political parties need to do to tackle anti—semitism and islamophobia. our correspondence caroline davies is at the university of westminster in central london, where the conference is taking place. tell us more. you might be able to hear the buzz ofa you might be able to hear the buzz of a coffee break behind me. the organisers say there are 250 jewish and muslim women who have come to attend the conference today, this is the third time the annual conference has taken place. this was arranged first novel injuly has taken place. this was arranged first novel in july 2015, has taken place. this was arranged first novel injuly 2015, and the organisation, which means women in hebrew and in arabic, i'm joined by the two co—founders of the group, laura and julie. tell me, why did you want to have the conference today, why is it needed now?m you want to have the conference today, why is it needed now? it is so today, why is it needed now? it is so important for women to be able to come together. we have 27 groups all around the country but when we deal conference like this, it means we

come together in one place, as you can hear, to talk and get to know each other. but also, listen to the issues of the day. we are in difficult times and it is really important for people to hear all of that but also take inspiration to go back and do the work that they are doing, every week. why is it important to have it as all women network? we think that women just do it differently. not better or worse but we think that traditionally, jewish and muslim people have not really had close relationships in this country, partly because of geography and things like that but partly because of a sort of mistrust between the two. we think that women are able and we can see that they are, to get together and make friends, to put all of the differences, most of which have nothing to do with us as british people, put them behind us and get on with the things which matter, making friends and making neighbourhoods safe. it has been a particularly difficult year, there has been a pittsburgh shooting at the synagogue, there was the christchurch shooting in new zealand

at the mosque. did this feel like a particularly difficult year or particularly difficult year or particularly poignant time to come together? yes, it seems to be always things are happening but these two things are happening but these two things really had an impact on all of us, even though they were on the other side of the world. i think also, closer to home, we are seeing also, closer to home, we are seeing a rise in anti—semitism and a rise in islamophobia and anti—muslim attacks. we think it is important for us to do the work and highlight that and think about what we can do together. we are definitely stronger together. we are definitely stronger together. i think that the things that are happening elsewhere but also much closer to home, online, you know, have an impact on all of us and it is really important we do something about that. do you know how your groups reacted when the news of both of the atrocities took place, did they reach out to each other? what sort of support did you provide? it was amazing, we've got a whole series of photographs where our muslim and jewish co—chairs came together physically and took photographs together to show that we are stronger together. in fact, we are stronger together. in fact, we are launching on the basis of that,

are launching on the basis of that, a campaign which we are calling active allies. we need to be active and do things together and we need to be allies. as a jewish woman, i need to stand up for my muslim sisters who are being attacked. julie will stand up for us and the jewish women because we are in it together and we have to be active and allies. the keynote speech we have just heard from cressida dick, she mentioned that it is not as difficult to get top marks for everybody, she getting top marks from you? —— it is so difficult. other police doing enough at the moment? she did a great speech. i know we have a lot of respect for her and what she's trying to do. it's not easy for the police, there isa it's not easy for the police, there is a more that can be done which is what she said as well. i feel like we have some time thinking we can't get top marks from everyone either. the work is difficult and you are in spaces where you are dealing with controversial issues a lot is happening all the time, it is impossible to please everybody but i think as long as we feel set on what we are doing and proud of what we are doing, then we can really see the results. you mentioned about

pittsburgh and i feel, the results. you mentioned about pittsburgh and ifeel, i look back andi pittsburgh and ifeel, i look back and i think when it happened, as a muslim, idid and i think when it happened, as a muslim, i did notjust feel that i needed to do a sermon or speech, i felt it on the inside. these are my friends, people got any of those people could have been my friends and that is very much what our organisation is about, this really difficult policy work but at the heart of it, really strong friendships that are building the trust with people which is really important. thank you very much and the conference will continue for the rest of the afternoon, rachel riley, the and an presenter, who has been speaking against anti—semitism, will speaking against anti—semitism, will speak later. thank you forjoining us. today marks 25 years since the start of the rwandan genocide, which killed around 800,000 people in 100 days. president paul kagame lit a remembrance flame in the country's capital city, to mark a week's worth of commemorations. ferdinand omondi is in the rwandan capital now. just talk us through, then, what are

the commemoratives events to mark this quarter of a century anniversary of one of the most horrific episodes of modern times? as you mentioned, lighting of the flame was the first event led by president paul cook army. after that, he is coming to the kigali convention centre, where there will bea convention centre, where there will be a series of performances, then he will address the nation. later in the afternoon, he will walk from parliament to the kigali stadium for another series of events, which will culminate in a visual overnight. the flame that has been lit was daylight for 100 days, through the period of mourning. —— will stay alight. for 100 days, through the period of mourning. -- will stay alight. talk to us about how rwanda has changed since the genocide. such a horrific event. to what extent have the wounds of that genocide healed? how

are relations now between the different communities in veranda? —— i owen rimando? the healing of the wounds, i think, i owen rimando? the healing of the wounds, ithink, is i owen rimando? the healing of the wounds, i think, is still a i owen rimando? the healing of the wounds, ithink, is still a process. you speak to some of them, and i spoke to some of them here, and the moment they start speaking about it, you can see their faces changing, some of them break down, and they cannot even manage to speak about it. it is a very painful memory in the brains of many and that includes even those who were babies when they lost their parents. i spoke to some of them, and when they come to lead they are children of the genocide, it breaks their hearts, some of them did not even know that they have a blood relative who died, but they learn about the history and they say it is important for them to know so they can move forward. right now, in rimando, everyone identifies themselves as rwandan, rather than a clan, atany themselves as rwandan, rather than a clan, at any attempt to categorise them is frowned upon by society and thatis them is frowned upon by society and that is how they prefer to stay moving forward. you talk about

moving forward. you talk about moving forward, is the country moving forward, is the country moving forward, is the country moving forward, economically and politically? a lot of people criticise the government of paul kagame as autocratic, not fully democratic. economically, and questionably, yes, ruan has developed tremendously ever since 25 yea rs developed tremendously ever since 25 years ago. “— developed tremendously ever since 25 years ago. —— luanda has developed. the imf say its outward growth rate evie is at 7% and the last time i was here —— i go and since 25 years ago, there are a lot of changes, buildings, schools, commercial establishments, it is one of the clea nest establishments, it is one of the cleanest cities in africa. politically, there are questions inasmuch as the country is very stable, the re—election last year of paul kagame was on a 98% vote but some people feel it is not giving that much democratic space. some have accused him of really clamping down rather hard on the opposition in the country and they wish they could open a lot more democratic

space. thank you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news. theresa may has defended her decision to work with labour to find a way forward on brexit, even though it has angered some conservatives. charlie rowley, who was poisoned in last yea r‘s charlie rowley, who was poisoned in last year's suspected russian chemical attack in salisbury, meets the russian ambassador in london to question him about who was responsible. commemorations are taking place in rwanda to mark a quarter of a century since the genocide there, in which about a tenth of the population was killed. let's get the latest sports now. good morning. tiger roll has already been been made 8—1 favourite for next yea r‘s grand national. no horse has won three in a row, but underjockey davy russell he did match red rum's feat of back

to back victories in 1973 and ‘74, the race's most successful horse won it for third time in 1977. we still have another step, you know, we're still not as good as red rum yet but at the end of the day, he he's very similar. they were trying to compare him before the race but now at least, he has earned it, now, at this stage, really, he isa it, now, at this stage, really, he is a tremendous source. he's got tremendous people around him, and it is all put together in one little ball and that's it. manchester city will find out later who they'll face in the fa cup final. watford and wolves go head to head at wembley this afternoon in their semifinal. you have to know how to play it, knowing that... focus on the game, don't think about anything else, don't think about anything else, don't think about anything else, don't think what it could mean or what could happen after. focus on the game. make the game special. this is the best way to approach competitions. just play the game,

action after action. the players i think are keeping the same attitude during all the season, and it helps, it helps us to feel in this moment all the work we have done before, we are getting a good reward, enjoying with a semifinal, enjoying at the end of the season, because we have many options to improve points, to improve positions. this is how manchester city made it through to the final, just the one goal in their semifinal against brighton. gabrieljesus scored inside five minutes. city are still on for an improbable quadruple. they have already won the league cup this season, are vying with liverpool for the league title and face tottenham next week in the champions league quarterfinals. great britain's women have lost their latest game in hockey‘s pro league,

going down 11—2 against argentina. grace balsdon found the net with an impressive drag—flick to take them into half—time at 1—1. but it took less than a minute for argentina to retake the lead and they ran away with the game to go to the top of the table. it is the 165th boat race this afternoon. cambridge won it last year. and rowing for them today will be 46—year—old james cracknell. the two—time olympic champion will become the oldest person to compete in the race. it's 13 years since he retired from elite rowing. definitely a lot harder. i don't bounce back in the same way. i have to be a bit more careful about that. you can't burn the candle at both ends, but it is quite fun... -- it is —— it is quite fun to abuse 22—year—olds. their cultural references are totally wrong. they educated me on all manner

of things from equations to tender. this year has been a very defining yearfor me. mentally, i will prove a lot to myself and hopefully answer a few questions. you can see full coverage of the boat race from 1.20pm on bbc one. the race itself goes off at 3:10 p m. i'll have more in the next hour. a british man who was exposed to the novichok nerve agent last year has met the russian ambassador in london to question him about the incident. charlie rowley said he didn't really get any answers and he still believed russia was to blame. here he is meeting the ambassador, alexander yakovenko, with his brother matthew. but we wanted to do something on a permanent basis, but the crown estate, they said historically listed, you cannot change anything. so that's why we're

relying on the manpower. laughing thank you so much. thank you. ok, take care. thank you. goodbye. he is saying they don't produce it in russia any more. yeah, he kind of kicked around the question. he said the czech republic and america are the ones that are producing it. that was courtesy of the mirror newspaper, charlie rowley and his brother meeting the russian ambassador in london. three of the uk's childrens' commissioners have asked the united nations 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. thousands of demonstrators across sudan have taken part in what appears to be the biggest series of rallies

against the country's 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.

now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. good morning. a lot of cloud across the uk today, for many of us, the prospects are pretty great. certainly the case for the east coast. here, we have been feeding on a lot of cloud on the easterly breeze and it's been misty and murky. it is lifting up a bit now but i think the sunshine will always be quite limited. much brighter further west, looking splendid around cardigan bay, for example, and generally, the further west you 90, and generally, the further west you go, the more likely you are to see the sunshine and temperatures up to 16 or 17 degrees. you may have just caught, before the temperatures faded, already coming to the east. possibly turning heavy for some and maybe with the odd rumble of thunder as they trot across the south—east, the south—east, the midlands and into north wales through the rest of today. by the end of the night, they will arrive into northern ireland. for monday, a chilly start for scotla nd for monday, a chilly start for scotland with clearer skies. that will make a big difference to monday

for scotland after two very cloudy days this weekend. much brighter prospects away from the east coast. quite a bit of sunshine on the whole for monday. but just the quite a bit of sunshine on the whole for monday. butjust the chance again of some heavy showers, into the south—east, the midlands and wales. temperatures of 16 or 17. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: theresa may has been defending her decision to seek labour's help in delivering brexit. she has warned that brexit could slip through our fingers unless a compromise deal is reached. charlie rowley, poisoned in last year's suspected russian chemical attack in salisbury, meets russia's ambassador in london to question him about who was responsible. commemorations take place in rwanda to mark 25 years since the genocide in which about a tenth of the population was killed. kensington palace reveals that prince william has just finished a three—week stint secretly working

with the uk's intelligence agencies. now it's time for dateline london with carrie gracie. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: halt all military activity. that is the message from the united nations security council and the g7 to rival forces in libya. but as the so called libyan national army presses on towards the capital, who, if anyone, is listening? israel's elections: the candidates, the issues and the implications

for the middle east. and brexit: life on a knife edge may be beginning to feel like the new normal for westminster