this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at one. the government insists theresa may had to reach out to labour in a bid to find a way forward on brexit, despite angering some conservatives. 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. labour defends its handling of complaints about anti—semitism, after it was reported the party failed to take disciplinary action in hundreds of cases. 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. charlie rowley, one of the people poisoned in last year's suspected russian chemical attack in sailsbury, meets russia's ambassador in london to question him about the incident.

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. a new boat race record — olympic champion james cracknell will become the oldest person ever to row in the annual oxford—cambridge clash this afternoon. and coming up in half an hour, the travel show is in tokyo as the city counts down to hosting the 2020 paralympics.

good afternoon. theresa may says there's a risk brexit won't happen unless a deal can be agreed with labour. cross—party talks have been taking place to break the stalement on getting an agreement through parliament. —— the stalemate. labour says further talks are planned, but said it was disappointing that there had not been any movement on the government's so—called "red lines". here's our political correspondent nick eardley. what does theresa may do in the coming days? another brexit deadline approaching, still no breakthrough in talks with labour. the prime minister says continuing to delay departure could mean it doesn't happen at all. in a statement, she said it would mean letting the brexit the british people voted for slip through ourfingers. the leader of the commons admits talks with the opposition are happening through gritted teeth, but she says now is the time to deliver. i want to point out, we're out of time. we should have left on the 29th of march. on wednesday, european leaders

will be here to decide whether to push brexit dday back again. whether to push brexit day back again. the government wants a few more weeks. european leaders have suggested an extension could be much longer, with the ability to get out early if parliament backs a deal. i would think the eu would want to have an extension. i would think they would want to avoid no deal. on the other hand, the other side of it is they would also want to avoid the uk fighting eu elections which is something i'm also extremely keen to avoid. talks with labour will continue in the coming days. so far, the party says the government hasn't accepted its main demand, a customs union, but it isn't giving up hope of a breakthrough. at the moment we aren't seeing any element of compromise from the government. we hope that that will change over the coming days and we will consider any proposals they put to us if they come near to the objectives we are trying to achieve. all the while, the legal default remains. if no extension is agreed, we could leave on friday with no deal.

some want the idea of revoking article 50 to be left on the table. that will be disappointing and as a result of the crisis that the government has caused, unfortunately. it will be a matter we consider very carefully but we have promised our party members and constituents that we will do all we can to avoid a no deal situation and it's something we would consider very, very strongly. this place has another big week ahead. can the two main parties come to a compromise? if not, can mps decide on another round of votes? brexit divisions have become entrenched, and overcoming them will not be easy. also speaking earlier, 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 days 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. 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, and we know how bad they 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. the mayor of london, speaking to john pienaar, there.

meanwhile, 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 on 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. shami chakra barti there, shami chakrabarti there, on sky news. charlie rowley, who survived last year's novichok poisonings in salisbury, which killed his partner dawn sturgess, has met with the russian ambassador in london. after the meeting, which was set up by the sunday mirror newspaper, mr rowley said he "didn't really get any answers" from the ambassador, who told him russia wasn't behind the attack. scotland yard and the crown prosecution service have said they have enough evidence to charge two russian men linked with the country's intelligence services. three of the uk's children's 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. palestinian leaders have reacted with anger to a threat by israel to annexjewish with anger to a threat by israel to annex jewish settlements with anger to a threat by israel to annexjewish settlements in the occupied west bank. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said he will annex jewish settlements in the occupied west bank if he is re—elected. israelis go to the polls on tuesday and mr netanyahu is competing for votes with right—wing parties who support annexing part of the west bank. the settlements are illegal under international law, though israel disputes this. 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, there. commemorations are taking place in rwanda, 25 years after the genocide in which 800,000 people, or a tenth of the entire population, was killed. president paul kagame, who led a rebel army that ended the fighting, lit a remembrance flame at the kigali genocide memorial, where many of the victims are buried. charlotte gallagher has this report. this is the light! a flame to remember and reflect, a quarter of a century after one of the world's worst genocides. the people carrying the flames are all aged 25, too young to remember the mass slaughter. in 1994, there was no hope.

only darkness. today, light, radiance from this place. over 100 days “11994, 800,000 men, women and children were murdered — many by militias armed with machetes. the majority of those killed were from the tutsi ethnic group. most of the perpetrators were hutu extremists. child cries. those who survived the violence were forced to flee. 2 million people became refugees. the country will now mourn for the next 100 days, the time it took for one in ten rwandans to be murdered 25 years ago. charlotte gallagher, bbc news.

we can go to kigali now and talk to oui’ correspondence we can go to kigali now and talk to our correspondence there. just talk us our correspondence there. just talk us through these commemorative events, ferdinand, and exactly what is happening in row under —— in rwanda. we are halfway through, president paul kagame hasjust addressed the country in english and his native language, although he also spoke in french, the other official language, and he thanked rwandans for their resilience and how far the country has come. he also thanked the friends of rwanda through the ages but he also sounded a very stern warning to perceived enemies of the country from within and without, saying that whoever wa nts to and without, saying that whoever wants to mess with this country will be messed up with, big time. from here, the delegates and everyone who is participating, are expected to walk from the parliament building,

all the way to the stadium in kigali, where they will have a series of commemoratives events and then a candlelit vigil at the end of then a candlelit vigil at the end of the day. that event later in the day —— the flame that was lit alley is expected to keep burning for the next 100 days. you said the president talked about thanking the people for how far the country has come. how far has the country come in the last 25 years since that absolutely horrific mass slaughter of the genocide? many of the babies who did not witness the genocide and who did not witness the genocide and who are now young men and women who are learning about it, in the words of paul kagame, they are the survivors, the ones who cannot give forgiveness. there's been a lot of forgiveness. there's been a lot of forgiveness going on, people who live in the same neighbourhood with persons they know that killed their families and this is the kind of narrative that rwanda wants to continue, that there has to be a way for people to forgive each other in

order to move on. economically, the country has grown very well. rwanda has developed at the rate of 7% every year and is one of the most sta ble every year and is one of the most stable countries economically. but politically, as much as there is peace and stability, there are those who feel that president paul kagame rules with an iron fist and has little space for dissenting voices. ferdinand, thank you very much indeed for bringing us up—to—date from kigali. charlie rowley, who survived last year's novichok poisonings in salisbury, which killed his partner dawn sturgess, has met with the russian ambassador in london. after the meeting, which was set up by the sunday mirror newspaper, mr rowley said he "didn't really get any answers" from the ambassador, who told him russia wasn't behind the attack. scotland yard and the crown prosecution service have said they have enough evidence to charge two russian men linked with the country's intelligence services.

you are watching bbc news. let's bring you up—to—date with the headlines. theresa may insists she had to reach out to labour in a bid to deliver brexit or risk letting it slip through ourfingers. labour defends its handling of complaints about anti—semitism after it was reported the party failed to ta ke it was reported the party failed to take disciplinary action in hundreds of cases. as we have just heard, charlie rowley, one of the people poisoned in last year's suspected russian chemical attack on salisbury has met the russian ambassador in london to question him about who was responsible. history will be made at the boat race this afternoon, when the double olympic gold medallist james cracknell becomes the oldest person to row in the annual clash between oxford and cambridge universities. at a6, he beats the previous record by eight years and is more than twice the age of some of his cambridge team—mates.

our sports correspondent, patrick gearey has more. when you row, you push back, not only against water, but against pain. this is a sport which takes your body to gasping, agonising exhaustion, a place james cracknell knows well and yet keeps coming back to. a man who has rowed at the olympics and across the atlantic will now take on the thames as a 16—year—old, having gone to cambridge to study. it's 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 to abuse 22—year—olds. their cultural references are totally wrong and they educate me on all manner of things, from chemical equations to tinder. great britain get the gold medal! he swiped his sport's top honour twice, winning olympic gold in 2000 and 200a. after those highs, he took himself to other extremes. together with ben fogle, he trekked to the south

pole and hauled himself across the atlantic ocean. but while cycling in arizona, he suffered the accident that would change is life. a petrol tanker hit him from behind. cracknell sustained brain injuries that left him with epilepsy and altered his personality. his sense of adventure, though, remained. neurologists are great people but if you listen to them too much, they will set what they think you can do. if i said to them, "look, i want to go and study at cambridge and want to do the boat race", they will look at you, like, no. i think anyone who has had a tough time, then you need close people around you to challenge you. and also, set your own limits and work out how to get there. the journey from an arizona roadside to cambridge and onto the thames has taken in another challenge, crossing the arabian desert with the man he had been to the ends of the earth with. the ups and downs for james are so extreme. seeing his long—term recovery from that head injury, when everyone said he couldn't...

that's the reason it makes me emotional, is i hate people who say that you can't. this year has been a very defining yearfor me, mentally. i think finishing it off, not finishing half of it off, with the boat race, and the other half of course, i've proved a lot to myself and hopefully, answered a few questions. when he breaks water this weekend, cracknell breaks a record. the boat race's oldest man, crossing yet another new frontier. patrick gearey, bbc news. let's go live to the thames now and eleanor roper in putney this afternoon. a great story with james cracknell, always a great occasion anyway, the boat race, isn't it, but what are the conditions like and what are the conditions like and what will the weather be like today? it is drizzly, a bit grey, but the rain is holding up. oxford and

cambridge are preparing to go head—to—head in the 165th boat race. the women's race will get under way at 2:15pm, with the men's race starting just under an hour later at 3:15 p m. the course starts in putneyin 3:15 p m. the course starts in putney in south—west london behind me, it is four miles long, with currently the record sitting atjust over16 currently the record sitting atjust over 16 minutes. 18 minutes is the record for the women. but as you say, everyone is talking about james cracknell. today, he will become the old est cracknell. today, he will become the oldest person at 46 to compete in this race. it is 13 years since he retired from elite rowing. when i sat down with him a few weeks ago, he said never mind the two olympic gold medals and the six world championships, it is all about today. if he wins this afternoon, he says, that will topple all of those achievements. we heard in the report there about his accident. he said neurologists never believed he would be able to compete at this level again. you can see the crowds are

gathering this afternoon. cambridge won all four events last year. the men's and women's races. they will be hoping they can do that again this afternoon, with the help of james cracknell. the coverage will be shown on bbc one. look forward to that. thank you very much indeed. time for the rest of the day's sport now, everything apart from the boat race. good afternoon. one match in the scottish premiership today. rangers manager steven gerrard is in the stands at motherwell, serving a touchline ban following a very heated old firm defeat last week. they are approaching half—time at fir park. scott arfield has scored twice for rangers. a win would still put them 11 points behind celtic, with five games left to play. it is going to be celtic‘s title again, really, for the eight season ina row, again, really, for the eight season in a row, you would have thought. 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 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.

tiger roll‘s owner michael o'leary says it's "very unlikely" that they'll attempt to make it three in a row at the grand national next year. he became the first horse since red rum in in 1973 and ‘74 to secure back to back wins, both times with davy russell on board, although red rum went on to secure a record third victory in 1977. we still have another step, you know, we're still not as good they were trying to compare him before the race but now at least, he has earned it, now. at this stage, really, he is a tremendous horse. he's got tremendous people around him, and it is all put together in one little ball and that's it. 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 in rosario and they ran away with the game to go to the top of the table. in tennis, the former world no 1 victoria azarenka is through to her first singles final in three years. she's at the monterrey open in mexico where she'll play garbine muguruza. it's also the final of the charleston open later today, the first clay court touranment of the year. another former world no 1, caroline wozniacki, is in the final there. she had a straight sets win over croatia's petra martic, and she'll take on madison keys. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. in the next half an hour, it is the only premier league match of the day at goodison park, arsenal can go back up to third above spurs if they get at least a draw against everton. you can follow that and listen to

commentary. but that is my lot for the day. off to watch the boat race! no. ok. i'll tell you what happens, don't worry. you're watching bbc news. europe's onlyjewish—muslim women's conference gets underway today in london, with 100—200 jewish and muslim women from all around the country expected 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 antisemitism and islamaphobia. our 0ur correspondence our correspondence caroline davies is at the university of westminster in central london where the conference is taking place. really quite a unique conference?m conference is taking place. really quite a unique conference? it is very unique. it takes its title from the web for women in hebrew and arabic under 250 women attending are just leaving after having had a nice, long lunch break. this money, they had from the keynote speaker,

cressida dick and also from rachel riley, the countdown presenter, who has been about anti—semitism. one of the people who hasjoined has been about anti—semitism. one of the people who has joined the conference, its third annual edition, is a campaignerfrom hope not hate the antiracism campaign group. why was it important for you to come in today? what is really special about this is that it is real women getting involved, it is notjust the real women getting involved, it is not just the same real women getting involved, it is notjust the same campaigners. these are people from communities all around the uk are standing up and saying it is time to connect, time to find people who live near me who've i've never had conversations with and starting to have genuine interactions and make a positive difference. the groups here have over 27 chapters around the uk, i understand, with muslim and jewish women getting together to meet and discuss different issues. obviously, both communities in the last year, since the last conference, have had their own tragedies, the pittsburgh shooting in a synagogue, and the christchurch shooting of calls in a

mosque. how have these chapters come together and what kind of responses have they had to those both of the atrocities for the different religions? there's all kinds of responses at all kinds of levels. what is amazing about this is real friendships have sprung up. we have whatsapp groups for most of the chapters. immediately the news breaks, you have jewish people reaching out to muslim people, and muslim women reaching out tojewish women to express condolences. on a very personal level. but also in the co nfe re nce very personal level. but also in the conference this morning, for example, we took time to mark the victims of both atrocities and we had all the names of everyone who was killed in those two atrocities on the screen while we took a moment's silence and reflected on thinking of them. do you feel at their conference this year, it feels particularly pertinent? have you seen any changes particularly pertinent? have you seen any changes in anti—semitism or islamophobia in your experience or in the experience of your chapter?” think both anti—semitism and islamophobia are on the rise, along with a lot of other hate that is bubbling up underneath, across the

country. i think what is different this year as there is a renewed energy to get out there and do something about it. it is no longer the time to talk. we have to do something. that is why we have started the active allies campaign, it is time we stand up for each other and make it is time we stand up for each otherand make a it is time we stand up for each other and make a difference, not just by speech but by action. you say about speech and action but part of today is about creating ideas to be put forward to political parties and governments about how to deal with those issues. what kind of things have been coming up so far? what kind of things do you think should be put to the groups?” what kind of things do you think should be put to the groups? i think one of the things that was mentioned is making sure any party has in its manifesto and absolute pledge against any kind of prejudice, be that islamophobia, anti—semitism or any other kind of racism or other prejudice. asking parties to commit to challenging it within their own party and having no space within their party for those things is very important. that is one of the main things that came out in terms of political engagement and then in

terms of policy engagement, making sure everyone in a public space is on the same page on this stuff and takes it seriously. thank you for joining us. the conference continues this afternoon with different workshops, teaching all of the different chapters about how they can strengthen the network. caroline, thank you indeed, caroline davies reporting from the university of westminster, where that conference is taking place. 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.

for years, the giant panda was an endangered species. animal numbers had declined as their habitats were destroyed. but recently, there's been some better news. the number of wild pandas has started to climb. and in a zoo in germany, two pandas are doing their bit, too. tim allman explains. springtime in berlin and an age—old story about a boy and girland, well... you know the rest. # love is in the air everywhere i look around #. except this boy and this girl are a pair of pandas. it seems for one half of this couple the biological clock is ticking. translation: she is beginning to make different vocalisations than she normally does. they usually communicate a bit like goats.

and then she started to squeal like a piglet. she is looking for physical contact so she lifts her tail and so on. then we know it is the right time. # love is in the air #. ah, yes, the right time. the female panda is usually fertile every two to three years, and then only for around 72 hours. so the zookeepers have to act quickly. but you know what they say, true love never runs smooth. translation: we just open the slide and they sniff each other a bit. she found his behaviour a bit too intrusive and then she gently slapped him and he was shocked and scared. she definitely wears the trousers in this relationship. # love is in the air #. she usually shows her unhappiness by walking backwards.