boris johnson says the international iran nuclear agreement could be replaced by a deal negotiated by donald trump in a wide—ranging bbc interview, he said there had to be a new way of stopping iran's nuclear ambitions if we're going to get rid of it, let's replace it, and let's replace it with the trump deal. we'll bring you more from the prime minister's first full—length interview of the year. also this lunchtime. calls for a second scotland independence referendum are formally rejected by the uk government will ministers cut air passenger duty to save the regional airline flybe from collapse? as harry and meghan plan to spend time in canada, its prime minister is cautious about who will foot their security bill and distress at the

australian open qualifiers, as the air quality from the ongoing bushfires forces this player to retire from the match and coming up on bbc news, england spinnerjack leach will return home from the tour of south africa to recover fully from the illnesses he's had over the last few weeks. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister has said the international nuclear agreement with iran could be replaced by a deal negotiated by donald trump. the agreement, by which iran curbed its nuclear ambitions in return for a lifting of economic sanctions, was signed in 2015 by six world powers — but in 2018 president trump pulled the us out.

his comments come as the uk, france and germany attempt to force iran to comply with the existing agreement — after violations. boris johnson was speaking in a wide—ranging bbc interview — his first in—depth questioning since the general election. our political correspondent iain watson reports. thank you very much. this was borisjohnson‘s first major interview since the election. a lot has happened at home and abroad so there was plenty of ground to cover. on iran, the prime minister seemed content to have been kept in the dark over president trump's decision to assassinate the country's leading military figure general qasem soleimani. this is not our operation and there was no need for us... there were no uk assets involved. and it was perfectly right that it went ahead, there was no reason for us to be notified. today, the uk, france and germany registered their concerns that the iranian government wasn't sticking to some of its commitments under an international

deal to stop it acquiring nuclear weapons. the current us administration has been highly critical of the arrangement, the prime minister urged the president to come up with a deal of his own. the problem with the agreement is that, from the american perspective, it's a flawed agreement, it expires, plus it was negotiated by president obama and it has come from their point of view, it has many faults. well, if we are going to get rid of it, let's replace it and let's replace it with the trump deal. international tensions aren't confined to the middle east. the prime minister seemed to be subtly pushing back on us pressure to exclude the chinese tech firm huawei entirely from uk plans to build a five g network. if people oppose one brand or another, they have to tell us brand or another, they have to tell us what is the alternative, right? on the other hand, let's be clear. i

don't want is a uk prime minister, to put in any infrastructure that is going to prejudice our national security. boris johnson is now keen to refocus on the domestic agenda, standing on the steps of downing street last summer, just after he became prime minister, he suggested he already had a plan to deal with one of the most contentious issues in british politics, social care. but no plan has yet emerged. but he suggested today that we wouldn't have long to wait. we will be bringing forward a plan this year but we will get it done within this parliament commits a big thing, this isa parliament commits a big thing, this is a potentially massive change in the way we fund social care. but there is an even more pressing issue just around the corner from number ten. brexiteers want big ben to goat like the clappers on the day we leave the eu, the prime minister said amidst the renovations that would be expensive. but we are working plants so people can bung a bob for a brexit bong, there are some people who want to i

haven't quite worked out translated that sounds like some kind of crowdfunding idea. let's hope policy in other areas was rather more developed when the cabinet met this morning. the foreign secretary updated colleagues on iran and the prime minister will have to work hard to stop this crisis turning into a bigger drama. well, as we heard the prime minister said in the interview that the international nuclear agreement with iran could be replaced by a deal negotiated by donald trump. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins is here. how realistic is that? of course, it could be replaced by a new deal but it seems a very ambitious, optimistic ambition from boris johnson, let's be clear, the original agreement was made in 2015 with iran, the united states, crucially, china, russia, and three european allies and it seemed to offer the prospect of substantially limiting iran ‘s ability to develop

a nuclear weapon but as i think we know, president trump pulled out of that deal in 2018. he said it was the worst deal ever, particularly dislike it because it was made by president obama. iran, in response, said the united states approach, first disowning the deal and then applying maximum economic sanctions on iran, meant it could not derive any economic benefit from the agreement so it stopped complying with it and now it's back in a position where it could use its centrifuges to accelerate a nuclear programme. written, france and germany are alarmed about that, they put the agreement into a formal dispute mechanism but i think the real idea that is to buy time, try as the prime minister was ending, to bring iran, the united states and others into a new grand bargain which could replace the old agreement but no one, frankly, seems to know how to get there. james, many thanks. borisjohnson has formally rejected calls from scotland's first minister for a second independence referendum. in a letter to nicola sturgeon, mrjohnson said he wouldn't agree to transfer the necessary powers

to the scottish parliament for a fresh vote. our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow. what's the reaction been from the first minister? it certainly wouldn't have come as a surprise to the first minister, nicola sturgeon, she would definitely have been expecting this, the prime minister had made it very clear that he wouldn't give the consent for scotland to have a second referendum. nicola sturgeon wrote to the prime minister after the westminster elections in december. because the snp had one 48 out of 59 westminster seats and she saw this as a mandate for a second independence referendum. boris johnson obviously disagrees. he said this was meant to be the last referendum, was meant to be a once ina referendum, was meant to be a once in a generation, a once—in—a—lifetime, but the prime minister, sorry, i havejust dropped

my notes, this was meant to be a once ina my notes, this was meant to be a once in a referendum thank you very much. that was meant to be once ina very much. that was meant to be once in a generation, but nicola sturgeon has disagreed and i do have her tweet, that she had on social media. she said, the tories are terrified of scotland's right to choose, because they know when given the choice, scotland would choose independence. the tories have no positive power for the union, independence. the tories have no positive powerfor the union, so all they can do is deny democracy. and that will not stand. so nicola sturgeon still very much want to have that second referendum, but it's very difficult to know what she does next, if borisjohnsonjust will not give consent. alexander, many thanks. the government is considering cutting air passenger duty on domestic flights — as part of a plan to save the troubled airline flybe from collapse. flybe is the uk's biggest regional operator — but any cut in duty would have to be industry—wide. environmental groups say such a move

would be "reckless," given the need to halt climate change. theo leggett reports. for the moment, it's for the moment, its business as usualfor for the moment, its business as usual for flybe, talks for the moment, its business as usualfor flybe, talks behind for the moment, its business as usual for flybe, talks behind the scenes could decide over the next few hours whether the airline keeps on flying or is grounded for ever. just a year ago, the regional carrier was rescued from collapse, but now it is in crisis once again. and appealing to the government for help. we are working very hard to do what we can but obviously people will understand that there are limits, commercially, to what government can do to rescue any particular firm. government can do to rescue any particularfirm. but, what we government can do to rescue any particular firm. but, what we will do is ensure that we have the regional connectivity that this country needs. there is plenty at sta ke country needs. there is plenty at stake here. flybe operates 139 roots, serving eight countries and connects many regional airports in the uk. although it is much smaller than easyjet or ryanair, flybe still

carries 8 million passengers a year. it provides more than 2300 jobs. passengers at the exeter —based today said the airline played a vital role in the region. today said the airline played a vital role in the regionlj today said the airline played a vital role in the region. i think it is important, yet, a lot of people use it. for business and for private use. i'd liked flybe to amsterdam, we also go to the city of london. to lose that service to the local economy and local business would be a blow. i think there's a limit to how much money the government should spend, certainly, the government needs the money for a lot of other things, the nhs not least. very proud of it, actually. it serves the south—west extremely well. and has done for many years. i think it would be a great shame if it disappears. the government is believed to be considering short—term funding to keep flybe afloat, it could postpone a large bill for air passenger duty and it may decide to reduce the tax which

costs at least £13 a journey for all domestic flights. but state aid rules mean the benefit would have to be offered to other airlines as well. and environmentalists are not happy about that. aviation is the highest carbon form of transport and we know that we need to be cutting this because we are living in a climate emergency, we need to be moving away from that and cutting air passenger duty is just going to make aviation relatively cheaper compared to other forms of transport. it's absolutely the opposite of what we need to be doing. if the government decides to pf°p up doing. if the government decides to prop up flybe it is likely to face other awkward questions. not least, why it didn't offer similar help to thomas cook when it faced collapse just a few months ago. our business editor simon jack is at exeter airport where flybe is based. simon, government ministers meeting today, what have you learned? the

chancellor of the exchequer met with the department for transport and the department for business to try and thrash out what they could possibly do in this situation, they have a couple of problems, one is the government id logically opposed to using government money to prop up individual failing using government money to prop up individualfailing businesses, witness what happened with british steel, monica airlines, thomas cook and others, and it breaks eu state aid rules so they are trying to come up aid rules so they are trying to come up with a package that gets money to flybe but they would have to make that available to others and i'm told it could involve a tweet to the air passenger duty fares on domestic routes which will come out in the budget. but they met this morning, they are going to put those proposals to the company this afternoon, any deal would require at the current owners putting in tens of millions more in capital. but as i say, very delicate balance to strike between supporting an individual company, not breaking state aid and the environmental lobby will say what on earth are you doing subsidising air travel in a time when we are trying to reduce

climate emissions? a very delicate balance, the future of this airline very much in the balance. simon, thank you. police and social workers investigating child sex exploitation in greater manchester knew that children were suffering "the most profound abuse", but failed to protect them, a report has found. the review says that at least 97 men, described as "predominantly asian," were suspected of offences, but "very few" were brought tojustice. our correspondent fiona trott is in manchester. a litany of failures, and yet again, the system letting down victims? in the words of andy burnham today, he said this review was all about fully facing up to any past failure. let me tell you what the review did, it looked to the death of a girl called victoria, 15 years old, after a drug overdose, and the second thing was the wider police investigation into sexual exploitation at the time, that was

codenamed operation agusta and the report said there was a significant possibility 16 children were being sexually exploited, the youngest was 12 years old. what the report found was this, in the case of victoria, she was sexually exploited before her death, the man who was identified as being her exploiter was allowed to visit her in care, she told social workers she was being injected with heroin by an older man in return for sexual favours, that wasn't investigated and the men who exploited her were never brought to justice the report says. in regards to operation agusta, what the report says is that the police at the time had information about names, locations, numbers but that evidence was never used. offenders appeared to be operating in plain sight the report says, hanging outside care homes, and agencies were focused on protecting themselves rather than providing information and protecting victims. why were these failings, the report said today, basically

operation agusta was wound up much too soon. we heard from the grandmother of victoria today. she was very emotional, they had been campaigning for her case to be open for years. we heard from andy burnham, the mayor, he commissioned this review and he said he is referring the report to the attorney general to see at the inquest into victoria is a case should be reopened, if that inquest should be reopened. and we also heard from the former detective involved in investigating sexual exploitation at that time. maggie oliver. she said this, people in authority knew the truth and chose to bury the truth. and we are due to hear from greater manchester police here very shortly. fiona, many thanks. the time is a quarter past one. the top story. borisjohnson says the international iran nuclear agreement could be replaced by a deal negotiated by donald trump and coming up — decision day.

could england's smallest county finally say yes to a fast—food giant? coming up on bbc news, tyson fury has predicted a second—round knockout of deontay wilder when they meet for their rematch in las vegas next month. they drew their first fight in 2018. canada's prime minister says more talks are needed over who pays for prince harry and meghan's security, given their planned move to the country. justin trudeau revealed that discussions are going on over whether canadian taxpayers will foot the bill. yesterday, the queen agreed to a period of transition for the couple, after they said they wanted to step back from royal duties. our royal correspondent daniela relph is at sandringham. welcome a little detail has emerged from what went on behind the walls

of sandringham yesterday, the trial eight have offered new piece of information this morning, which is that meghan, duchess of sussex, did notjoin the conversation yesterday by phone from canada, as had been suggested, because it was thought not necessary for her to do so. we are in this transition period for harry and meghan as everyone involved tries to pin down what happens next. there may still be much to resolve, but what is clear is canada will now be home for harry and meghan at least for part of the year. they know the country well. harry launched an invictus games here, the couple made their first public appearance in toronto at the games, and meghan's acting career saw her live in canada for seven years. from the country's prime minister, there have been positive soundings, but with a hint of caution. we're not entirely sure what the final decisions will be, where the dispositions are, and those are decisions for them. i think most canadians are very supportive of having royal to be here, but how that looks and what kind of costs are involved, there's

still lots of discussions to be had. on vancouver island, close to where it's believed meghan is currently based with baby archie, opinion was divided on who should pay for the couple's security. they should. yeah, yeah. it shouldn't be on anyone else, i don't think. the queen. the uk government, i think. because they are still tied to the royals, even if they leave a little. thank you very much for coming. closer to home, the politics of what happens next for the sussexes was something the prime ministerjust wouldn't be drawn on. i'm absolutely confident that they are going to sort this out and, do you know what, i think they are probably going to be able to sort it out all the easier without any particular commentary from me. the duke of cambridge, pictured yesterday leaving sandringham after the meeting with his brother, father and grandmother. it lasted about two hours, and that statement from the queen afterwards, tinged with regret, confirmed that harry and meghan had her approval to carve out

an independent life for themselves. understanding why they want to opt out is complicated and deeply personal. those who've worked with harry believe his focus has shifted and he wants something different from life. whether its other service in afghanistan, or whatever sort of traumas he's experienced in his life, i think the biggest change comes from being a father, and ultimately, you know, his new family that he is forging is his number one priority. the queen has set the timetable for the next steps. she wants final decisions to be reached in the coming days, as she reluctantly frees harry and meghan from what they clearly see to be the constraints of royal life. we now have that big decision made, but there is a lack of detail over the money, their royal titles and the money, their royal titles and

the kinds of royal and nonroyal work they will now do. we would hope to have clarity on some of these matters in the days ahead. reeta? studio: many thanks, daniela relph at sandringham. using credit cards to gamble is to be banned, to try to protect vunerable people. it's thought that around 800,000 people currently use credit cards in bookies and on gambling sites. the change will come into force in april, and will affect all gambling apart from the national lottery. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. betting using a credit card on the high street — that's going to be banned, yes. welcome to the world's favourite online betting company. but crucially gambling online using a credit card, this is the mushrooming part of the business being clamped down on as well. please gamble responsibly. nowadays, 24 million adults in great britain gamble. 800,000 pay for it using a credit card. 22% of people betting online are problem gamblers. having considered

all of the evidence, we've decided that we must ban gambling using credit cards because there is too great a risk of significant harm arising for consumers. callers have been telling the bbc how they have been affected. eight to ten years, i'm looking at, to pay this off. no real enjoyment other than going to work and being at home. when you use your credit card, it's like taking cash out on the credit card and you pay additional interest. there was no warning for this and ijust think that if you haven't got the money to be gambling, then you shouldn't be gambling at all. lottery tickets and scratch cards will be excluded from the ban, but blocking credit cards otherwise has wide support. it is just preying on people that really can't afford it, terrible scourge on society today, if you ask me. i have known of people who lost everything from gambling. it is better for people to use a debit card or where they could have real money to use for the gambling which would be a bit more accountable

than using your credit card. it has become easy to gamble on the move, and that is what is growing. so what happens is you are given the option of making a deposit by credit card or another means. the difference is if you use a credit card, you are borrowing the money, which hopefully you will be able to pay off at the end of the month but maybe not. whereas if you use a debit card online, that has to come directly out of your bank account. this is an addiction, it is recognised by the world health organization as a behavioural addiction, gambling disorder. in the extreme, it can lead to people to take their own lives. online firms will also have to sign up to a service called gamstop, which means if you block yourself from gambling on one website you will be blocked on other websites as well. simon gompertz, bbc news. at least six people have been killed and more than a dozen injured after a sinkhole swallowed a bus in northwest china, triggering an explosion.

several people fell into the sinkhole as it spread, covering an area of 10 metres in diameter. at least four people are still thought to be missing. sinkholes are common in china and are blamed on the country's rapid pace of development. more than 20,000 people in the philippines who've fled an erupting volcano have been warned that they may have to stay away from the area for weeks. but as the visible activity at the volcano declines, some residents have returned to the exclusion zone to check on livestock and crops. our correspondent howard johnson is there. you may remember yesterday this towering column of steam and ash. today it's looking relatively subdued. there is a whiff of steam coming out at the moment, not the two kilometre tall column we saw yesterday. but scientists say that because there were lots of tremors here overnight — there were some 40 tremors since the eruption on sunday there have been more than 200 — they say that's a sign

that the magma underneath is still bubbling away and there's still a dangerous situation. that's why they've continued to maintain the level four alert, which means that this could lead to a hazardous eruption in the coming hours or days. today it feels like business as normal. you might be able to hear some brushing sounds just next to me here. this is because the hotel here have been cleaning up the ash that's been dumped on this area, and also some people are returning to their homes inside the exclusion zone to check up on livestock, check up on their vegetable patches to see how things are. so the feeling here is definitely that life is returning to normal. the drama of the first couple of days has subdued because there haven't been big rumbles. there have been minor rumbles but there is this feeling that, yes, maybe it's not as bad as it was first thought. and let's not forget in 2018, mayon, the most active volcano here in the philippines, a similar situation happened, level four, and yet it went on for months and months. people went back to their lives as usual. maybe that's what's happening

here today, despite the fact that the scientists are saying it's still a dangerous situation. howard johnson reporting. probation officers are being urged to show more professional curiosity and not take what offenders say about their behaviour at face value. the findings are contained in a report by the inspectorate of probation for england and wales, which says that some staff are not properly reviewing their cases and could be missing warning signs that offenders are failing to reform. poor air quality caused by ongoing wildfires has caused disruption to preparations for the australian open tennis in melbourne. the slovenian player dalila jakupovic had to retire from her qualifying match because of the conditions. our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. the air was heavy and polluted in melbourne, but it was decided the show must go on. toloi jakupovic was

looking to qualify for the main draw, but the slovenian were struggling and it had nothing to do with her opponent. —— dalila jakupovic was. gasping for breath, she was. retire, and said afterwards that she was scared. yet pelvic was not the only one in distress. australian bernard tomic had to call a medical timeout in his match, and in the east of the city former world number one maria sharapova said heavy smokers behind the decision to call off her match. many have questioned the decision to go on. one tennis players john questioned the decision to go on. one tennis playersjohn michael player tweeted to say shocked to see qualifying matches have started at the australian open, what about the health of all the people that have to work out there, especially the bull kids? another complaint, why do we have to wait for something bad to happen to take action? smoke from bushfires has led to melbourne being one of the most polluted cities in the world. australian open organisers this morning decided to only delay qualifying by analogy to

the poor air quality. speaking before the problems and filtered, they said they would monitor the conditions closely. the health and well—being of not only the players, but the fans and our staff is most important and but the fans and our staff is most importantand any but the fans and our staff is most important and any decision we will make will be around the health and well—being of that group. make will be around the health and well-being of that group. but while the players are allowed out on court, melbourne's residents were urged to stay inside and close the windows. yesterday was a little bit more worrying. you can smell the smoke from the fire. usually when we can to melbourne, the air is clear, but today it is very misty. smoke and pollution has presented a major challenge to organisers ahead of the's first grand slam. the pressure on them is building, but for term the tournament was over before it began. england s smallest county, rutland, boasts two historic towns, a large lake, and a population of 38,000 people.

but there's one thing it doesn t have — and that's a mcdonald's. it's the only county in england not have a branch of the fast food chain — but that could change at meeting of councillors later today. john maguire reports. for more than 40 years, an ever expanding clan has been spreading the length and breadth of the uk. the golden arches of mcdonald's are everywhere, it seems. everywhere, that is, apart from here. this is rutland, england's smallest county, and the only one where mcnuggets are not on the menu. charlie pallett blogs with pride about the county of her birth and is very protective of its status. our county is the last one in england without one, and i think that's really special and i think it'sjust a great point about our really quirky county. our high streets in oakham and uppingham are scattered with wonderful independents that offer something unique, and there is really so many local businesses that you can just go into get a real special service

and special experience that i think we don't need a mcdonald's and i think the fact that mcdonald's is kind of everywhere in the world, i think it's really unique the fact we don't have one here and i would kind of like to keep that for our special little county. but rutland's rather unusual claim to fame is under threat. tonight, councillors are being recommended to grant planning permission for a 24—hour drive through at this site just outside oakham. mcdonald's is promising more than 60 jobs — much needed here according to sarah and catherine. loads of people are still unemployed around this area, and i generally think oakham kind of needs something like that around here. there's a lot of cafes and restaurants and what have you, but not everyone can afford to do all that. and, you know, sort of like all the schoolkids and what have you, they always come into wilko's,

which is fair enough, but i think it would be good for the local area. it'd be great for the area, especially the job situation. if they're going to employ another 60 people, that's another 60 people that, you know, are going to benefit from it. it is a good idea, to be honest. and because it is... i know local, like... like cafes and all like that around here do think they're going to be affected, but because it is out the way sort of thing, i don't think they will... yeah, exactly. my kids do cricket, so late on a night when they are coming home from cricket, i can go to mcdonald's and grab them a burger or a wrap. if councillors give the go—ahead tonight, the last bastion of resistance in england will fall, and oakham will host one of the mcflurry of 300 new sites which mcdonald's aims to open in the coming years. john maguire, bbc news, rutland. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. another dose of wet and windy weather to come today, mainly affecting england and wales, where the winds have started to pick up in the winds have started to pick up in the far