this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the prime minister, rishi sunak, will meet the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, on monday as he tries to secure a new brexit deal for northern ireland. a joint statement said they would work towards finding a solution. at least 59 people have died after a boat carrying migrants sinks near the coast of southern italy. after a boat carrying migrants sinks i pray for every one of them, for the missing and the other surviving migrants. the israeli government and the palestinian authority say they will take immediate steps to end a deadly upsurge in violence this year. and, manchester united claim their first trophy in 6 years as they win the english league cup at wembley, beating newcastle united 2—0.

the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will arrive in the uk tomorrow for face—to—face talks with prime minister rishi sunak to discuss an imminent deal for trade in northern ireland. it all revolves around the post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. the irish taoisoech, leo varadkar, said...

earlier the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, began to outline what might be in the deal including the right for politicians in northern ireland to have a say over any new eu rules that affect them. with more here's our political correspondent, iain watson. what better way to flag that an agreement with the eu is coming closer? the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen, will meet the prime minister tomorrow in london for the talks that could seal a deal. there is no deal done until the whole deal�*s done. but i think we've made progress. and what's emerging is exactly what the deal could involve. post—brexit, to keep an open border on the island of ireland, some eu rules continue to apply in northern ireland, and goods coming from great britain are subject to checks. this is what unionists call a border in the irish sea. under the proposed deal it's likely goods travelling from great britain to northern ireland and remaining there would no longer be subject to checks. these would only apply to goods going via northern ireland to the irish republic and therefore to the eu. and people in northern ireland would get a say over any future eu rules that might affect them.

if there are any new rules that would apply in relation to northern ireland, it must be right that there is a northern irish democratic check on that. and again, that would mark a significant shift... now i know this may seem hard to believe, but getting a deal with the eu could be the easier of the prime minister's tasks. more importantly he has to win over northern ireland's biggest unionist party, the dup. they are warning a bad deal will deepen divisions and if they don't like the detail of what rishi sunak has negotiated then they won't rejoin a power—sharing government in northern ireland. and some of the prime minister's colleagues here at westminster are telling me that would make all his talks with the eu futile. this government minister and prominent brexiteer seemed on board for a deal. reporter: do others in your party support him as well? _ but the prime minister can't count on the support of some other long—standing eurosceptics. we're not stupid. what we want is a situation where eu law is expunged from northern ireland so it is treated on the same basis

as england, scotland and wales. the government is keeping us in the dark as to whether mps will get a vote on the deal, but if they do, labour is signalling potential support for the prime minister. if he's able to pull off a deal, we will support it because we think it will be an improvement on what we've got at the moment. let's look at the detail in the coming days but all credit to rishi sunak if he does that. a deal with the eu might ease some of the economic pressures on businesses and communities in northern ireland but it won't necessarily solve the prime minister's political problems. iain watson, bbc news. told me more. well earlier our political correspondent, iain watson, told me more. the largest unionist party in northern ireland and the most sceptical about the deal reached with the eu initially which puts, as they would see it, a border in the irish sea, these goods being checked. it looks like that'll be eased

but that's not necessarily going to be enough to win them over. because of this scepticism, they will go through any deal with a fine—toothed comb and will not give the thumbs up to this deal in advance and stop it's a high wire act for rishi sunak because even if he reaches an agreement with ursula von der leyen and the eu commission, that might help training arrangements with northern ireland. doesn't solve the political problem because that's a lack of power—sharing in northern ireland. the institute that goes back to the good friday agreement 25 years ago. having both communities, unionists and nationalists parties, sharing power. the unionists will not do so until they're satisfied with the detail of the new deal coming tomorrow. i think they may make rishi sunak sweat for a period of time while they get lawyers involved and see that, if the big things which he is promising to keep a trade flowing, to give them a greater say over

any future eu laws, to see if that is really delivered right in the depths of the text. if they don't like it then in effect he will only have done half the job. he will have got the eu on board, power—sharing will not be restored to northern ireland, which is potentially embarrassing because obviously the american president, joe biden, would like to visit on the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement later this year. that's coming up very soon, isn't it? in terms of the objections of the dup, where are they likely to hinge and what price might they extract in order to back it? i think the problem the dup had, amongst many others, was notjust the trading arrangements, but they were effectively saying that the act of union which brought ireland as a whole, once upon a time, in the 1800s, into the united kingdom, said that everyone in the united kingdom should be treated on an equal footing. they are saying that people in northern ireland are subjected to eu laws despite brexit, which the dup supported, and, in effect, they want far less of a say by the eu over anything happening in northern ireland. now the question then is, will they accept some say for the eu, or will it have to be,

in the words of one of them, the "expunging" of the eu from northern ireland? so there may be an internal debate among democratic unionists. but the dup of course got on board to help rishi sunak�*s predecessor theresa may over brexit, where she couldn't get a majority in the house of commons, and in return they got around £2 billion to help with northern ireland. we know currently in northern ireland there is a big funding gap. perhaps, perhaps the uk government might be able to, perhaps, ease some of their concerns if they also say that if they go back into power—sharing then quite a lot of resources will follow suit. earlier i also spoke to our europe correspondent, jessica parker, who gave me the reaction from brussels. i think there's a lot of clues. clue number one is that we have known through sources for a little while now that the plan was for ursula von der leyen to head to the uk to do the final sign—off moment. so, obviously, she is now heading to the uk. she'll be in berkshire tomorrow to meet with

the prime minister, rishi sunak. and of course we've been building towards this now we've been hearing from multiple people who have knowledge of the talks that they were slowly getting there. downing street, all the while, have been saying no final deal is yet done. the statement we've had tonight doesn't say a final deal is yet done, but i think it'd be pretty strange if ursula von der leyen, the european commission president, so a real eu chief here, was to go all the way to the united kingdom to meet with rishi sunak, to talk about the northern ireland protocol at this stage and not announce a deal. so that's where my money would be at the moment. of course, until it happens we can't be sure. and it's brexit. things can fall apart at the last moment, but as you say, the choreography is all being laid out and pointing towards that. and just on the choreography, you have mentioned the fact that windsor was mentioned as a location. there's been a bit of disquiet about that, hasn't there? for obvious reasons. yes, so this is a bit of a strange one. sky news broke a story on friday that there had been a plan

for ursula von der leyen to actually meet with the king on saturday. and there were suggestions, therefore, that this could risk, if she also came to the uk to potentially sign off a deal on the northern ireland protocol, this could risk dragging the king into politics and some quite contentious politics at that. the government were very much insisting that it was a separate thing, that he wasn't remotely involved in negotiations. the visit didn't go ahead. now, what we're told is, we know ursula von der leyen is going to berkshire and in berkshire is windsor, and briefly, on her publicly available calendar, although the entry has now been altered, it said that the meeting with rishi sunak tomorrow will be in windsor. so i think that will again raise questions as to whether she might meet the king. we've had absolutely no confirmation of that being the case. and there was also these suggestions that we heard that the deal itself could be called the windsor agreement. again, we don't know if that's going to happen but some signs seem to be pointing towards that as a possibility. as i say, the entry has now been altered, but we've no reason

to believe that our actual final destination in that sense has been altered. we will bring you more on the potential deal in the next few minutes. let's move on to the rest of the days news. at least 59 people have drowned after their boat broke up in rough seas and sank off the southern coast of italy — including a number of children. the boat was said to be overloaded with close to 150 people. it's thought the vessel left izmir in eastern turkey three days ago. those who did survive came ashore near the town of crotone on the calabrian coast and are being helped by the red cross. john donnison has the latest. overnight, another tragedy in the mediterranean. by daylight, this was all that was left of the migrant boat that broke up in rough seas just off the calabrian coast. rescue workers struggled in the conditions to recover bodies from the water. it's thought around 150 people were on board.

dozens, including a baby, are known to have drowned. we cannot have, unfortunately, a definite number at the moment, so we are still waiting for developments in this sense. what we are doing right now is to take care of the survivors. and around 80 people were brought ashore alive, among them migrants from iran, pakistan and afghanistan. despite the dangers, italy is one of the main landing points for people trying to reach europe in small boats. almost 12,000 migrants have already arrived by sea in italy this year. in 2022, more than 105,000 successfully made the crossing, with over 1300 dead or missing. although high, those numbers are way down on the 2016 peak when there were over 180,000 arrivals by sea. the government blames people traffickers and has pledged to stop the boats.

at the vatican, pope francis expressed his sorrow for the latest loss of lives, which he said included many children. tra cui, molti bambini... he said he was praying for the dead, the missing and those who survived. and those survivors, like hundreds of thousands before them, face an uncertain future. under the white sheets behind them, those who didn't make it. john donnison, bbc news. the israeli government and the palestinian authority say they will take immediate steps to end a deadly upsurge in violence this year. it comes as two israelis were shot dead in the occupied west bank. the israeli army said a palestinian gunman opened fire at an israeli—owned car and then fled the scene. israeli settlers have set fire to palestinian houses, shops and vehicles just south of nablus in the occupied west bank. earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, about what else came out of the talks injordan.

well, this is said to be the first time in years that we've had israeli and palestinian security chiefs sit down together for a meeting of this kind. and what reallyjumped out at me from the statement that then came out was this line that they "affirmed their commitment "to previous agreements between them and their commitment to a just "and lasting peace. " now, to put that in perspective, there have not been direct peace talks between the two sides for nearly a decade now, and there are no sign of those resuming. on top of that, we have all these anxieties at the moment about an escalation, particularly in the run up to the islamic holy month of ramadan, which begins in late march. israel made a commitment here to stop settlement—building announcements for four months and saying that it would not announce any new settlements being authorised for another six months. that's very important given some of the recent, very contentious, announcements that there have been

from this israeli government. settlements are widely seen as illegal under international law, although israel disagrees. the palestinians, we understand that they are committed not to take action against israel at international bodies, particularly at the united nations. but what was really not made clear, and it's a key point, is what both sides will do to stop further violence and what ...the challenge, really, became very clear during this summit as we had those two israeli settlers who were fatally shot close to nablus. and what we've seen since then is that actually in response, as the israeli military is looking for the gunmen, there have been attacks byjewish settlers on palestinian properties, setting them alight in that area. sport now and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre,

here's 0lly foster. 0n on my way into work, i was surrounded by a football fan so i figured a big match was coming. i'm surrounded by united fan so imagine how i feel. that's where we're starting, manchester united have won the first domestic trophy of the season. they beat newcastle united 2—0 at wembley in the league cup final. the brazilian midfielder casemiro scored their first, with a header from a luke shaw free—kickjust after the half—hour mark. a few minutes later, marcus rashford saw a close—range effort deflect off the newcastle defender sven botman and loop over loris karius. it was given as a botman own goal. so united have their first trophy in six years, for newcastle, it's 67 years since they last won a domestic trophy there was one game in the premier league. tottenham have boosted their hopes of a top—four finish with a 2—0 win over chelsea that will only increase the pressure on the blues manager, graham potter. his side are 10th in the table and have only

won once since the turn of the year. they are 1a points off the champions league places despite their expensively assembled squad. 0liver skipp scored his first spurs goal and harry kane his 20th of the season. it was tottenham's first win over chelsea at their new stadium and they now have a four point cushion in fourth. you can feel the desire of the players to want to change the situation around and want to get better results. they absolutely do. you can see how they work in training, what they give on a daily basis. sometimes in football you do come to a moment when it's not pleasant and you have to suffer. that is what we're doing the moment. bayern munich have moved back to the top of the german bundesliga after beating title rivals union berlin 3—0. bayern struck three times in the first half. they are ahead of borussia dortmund on goal difference, with union berlin three points further back. fifth placed freiburg drew 1—1 with bayer leverkusen.

spanish league leaders barcelona have missed a trick in la liga, they could have moved 10 points clear in the table but were stunned 1—0 at lowly almeria. that was their first win aginst barca and moves them out of the relegation zone. wins for celta vigo and girona. sevilla 0 0sasuna 1. australia have won a sixth women's t20 world cup, beating hosts south africa in the final by 19 runs in cape town. it was south africa's first final of any kind in international women's cricket and they did well to keep australia to 156—6 off their 20 overs. their run chase began slowly and once laura wolvaardt went for 61 they didn't have enough firepower to reach their target. that's three t20 titles in a row for australia and they are also one—day world champions. france have kept their six nations title hopes alive with a hard—fought 32—21win over scotland in paris.

that ends the scots' grand slam hopes. both sides had men sent off early in the first half and though scotland trailed by 19 points at one stage, they closed the gap to four points going into the final few minutes. but france scored a late try for a bonus point win. ireland the only side left on for the grand slam. that's all the sport for now. more now on our top story. rishi sunak is to hold face—to—face talks with the european commision president in a bid to finalise a brexit dealfor northern ireland. joining me in the studio is anand menon, the director of the thinktank uk in a changing europe. it's an independent research organisation linking up academic work in the uk and the european union. he is also professor of european politics and foreign affairs at king's college london. politics and foreign affairs this politics and foreign affairs is like old times talking brexit this is like old times talking about brexit details, very exciting for some of us, but the devil is going to be in the detail if there is a deal announced. what do you think of theissues deal announced. what do you think of the issues at stake that are going to be problematic? you love the key ones are going to be flows of trade

between great britain and northern ireland and whether this green lane arrangement they seem to have come to will implicate opponents and ease trade for traders. but to will implicate opponents and ease trade for traders.— trade for traders. but then there are other matters _ trade for traders. but then there are other matters of _ trade for traders. but then there are other matters of principle. . trade for traders. but then there l are other matters of principle. the role of the european court of justice, whether northern ireland will have a say of drew over eu rules that govern it and finally the asset test is the politics. whether they dup and northern ireland and a sufficient number of tory mps here will say that's fine, that meets our objections, we are happy to go with it. ob'ections, we are happy to go with it. ~ ., ob'ections, we are happy to go with it. . ., , ob'ections, we are happy to go with it. ~ ., , , ., ob'ections, we are happy to go with it. ~ . , , ., ., ob'ections, we are happy to go with it. what is your 'udgment of that? you'll it. what is your 'udgment of that? you-u make — it. what is your 'udgment of that? you'll make on — it. what is yourjudgment of that? you'll make on the _ it. what is yourjudgment of that? you'll make on the latter- it. what is yourjudgment of that? you'll make on the latter most - you'll make on the latter most point, i have no idea, because i'm not sure how many of these people are to compromise. for some people, it enmities of rishi sunak more than anything else which is driving his opposition so anything else which is driving his o- ositio _, anything else which is driving his o- ositio ,., ., anything else which is driving his o- ositio ., ., , opposition so we will have to see how the numbers _ opposition so we will have to see how the numbers of _ opposition so we will have to see how the numbers of drubbings i how the numbers of drubbings opposite. remember, no one seen deal yet, the two sides have made significant process in easing some of the problems that have been apparent in the workings of the protocol and if some of the rumours are right about the uk being able to

let its rules and state aid rules be the ones that apply in northern ireland, that is a pretty big coup for the prime minister. rishi sunak is a brexiteer. _ for the prime minister. rishi sunak is a brexiteer. but _ for the prime minister. rishi sunak is a brexiteer. but he _ for the prime minister. rishi sunak is a brexiteer. but he is _ for the prime minister. rishi sunak is a brexiteer. but he is alleged . for the prime minister. rishi sunak is a brexiteer. but he is alleged to| is a brexiteer. but he is alleged to be a details person, someone who can get across a very complex deal and therefore try to negotiate, perhaps, in a slightly calmer way than previous officeholders might have done. what is the political victory for him if he does get this deal through? i’d for him if he does get this deal throu~h? �* , for him if he does get this deal throu~h? �* _ ., for him if he does get this deal throu~h? �* ., , through? i'd say two things. firstl , through? i'd say two things. firstly. yet _ through? i'd say two things. firstly. yet he _ through? i'd say two things. firstly, yet he is _ through? i'd say two things. firstly, yet he is a _ through? i'd say two things. firstly, yet he is a detail - through? i'd say two things. - firstly, yet he is a detail person, but theresa may's brexit deal was a remarkable feat of negotiation so it's not as if this is new getting a good deal. for rishi sunak, the stakes are high full stop you will be the politician who did what theresa may and borisjohnson and liz truss could not. there are economic gains to be had, participation and that you's horizon research project, there are better relations, working better with the eu over things like ukraine and perhaps ease trading relationships as well. for all of those reasons, i

think, there is a real, sort of, impetus behind moves in a ten to try and get sorted out. is impetus behind moves in a ten to try and get sorted out.— and get sorted out. is there any dancer and get sorted out. is there any danger that _ and get sorted out. is there any danger that some _ and get sorted out. is there any danger that some people - and get sorted out. is there any danger that some people will. and get sorted out. is there any. danger that some people will say and get sorted out. is there any - danger that some people will say the brexit side were letting their guard down, that people in red wall seats that the conservatives are going to try and fit in, what set it going to be on this? alike it's hard to speak to the views of individual mps but i think when it comes to public opinion remember that brexit is a fairly unimportant issue now. trier? fairly unimportant issue now. very few peeple — fairly unimportant issue now. very few people think— fairly unimportant issue now. - few people think that brexit is an important issue, the cost of living, inflation... jobs, immigration, tomato availability. they're all linked. all those kind of things are giving incentive to the push to sort things with the european union out in the hope that it can make trade easier and allow the prime minister to score some easy economic wins with the european union which will have this issue. just with the european union which will have this issue.— have this issue. just finally, in terms when — have this issue. just finally, in terms when of _ have this issue. just finally, in terms when of we _ have this issue. just finally, in terms when of we know - have this issue. just finally, in terms when of we know this .

have this issue. just finally, in i terms when of we know this deal have this issue. just finally, in - terms when of we know this deal is going to go through, do you think that the dup is going to take a while before we know whether they are going to support it?— are going to support it? again, i've not no are going to support it? again, i've got no inside _ are going to support it? again, i've got no inside intel. _ are going to support it? again, i've got no inside intel. there - are going to support it? again, i've got no inside intel. there are - are going to support it? again, i'vej got no inside intel. there are those that suggest that the dup might find it in their interest to play hardball until the elections in may and might then have a slight change in heart but they are very hard bunch to predict.— in heart but they are very hard bunch to predict. thank you very much. early results have started to come in from nigeria's tightest election since the end of military rule in 1999. official results from the south—western ekiti state show a victory for the governing party candidate bola tinubu in one of his strongholds. delays and attacks on some polling stations on saturday meant voting was postponed until sunday in parts of the country. the electoral commission in nigeria has admitted vote counting has been "slow and unsteady" due to a new polling system upgrade which led to technical glitches. sheffield will become the latest city in the uk to introduce a clean air zone on monday, charging drivers of the most polluting vehicles. zones are now in place in several cities including bristol,

birmingham and newcastle. london's ultra low emission zone is due to be expanded this summer and schemes are proposed in cambridge and manchester. drivers across england have been fined more than £50 million so far for not complying with the new rules. dan johnson reports. no to clean air zones. no to extortionate charges for driving in our own city. | there's a new battle zone in the fight for clean air. sheffield's seen opposition. and today there was another protest, in cambridge, against plans to charge drivers, as clean air zones hit more streets across the country. my wife works, my wife commutes. two different cars, three different locations, so it's £5 a day for every working day, that's a lot. it's a very poor way to be thinking of how to improve any problems that there are with transportation in cambridge. charging the most polluting vehicles is supposed to get them off the road, but cities have got different prices covering different classes of vehicle.

and if you get it wrong, you get fined. bristol's scheme started just before christmas. i think everyone in bristol agrees that we all have a bad cough that lingers, and i think the air quality is terrible. anything we could do to improve it, ifully support. i'm not really seeing a difference. are my lungs better? no, they're the same as they were last year as well, so... as a cyclist, it hasn't made the roads any quieter. - well, it's to stop people coming into the city, but it's also to make money, i think. it's good because we're trying to keep the planet a bit healthier. you know, we want healthier air, we just want clean air. it's good for everyone. bath started charging commercial vehicles two years ago, but some feel that's moved traffic and emissions onto wiltshire's roads. we've seen significant increases in terms of heavy—goods vehicles coming through the middle of westbury. we're here on a street where the trucks are going, what, a metre and a half from people's front doors. so, we've taken an air quality problem in bath and simply transposed it to the middle of an area where it's

going to create a worse air quality problem. birmingham's zone generated £37 million in fines over the last 18 months. nationally, poor air quality causes something like 36,000 excess deaths each year. but evidence shows it is cutting emissions. during the first few months after the zone's introduction, we found that there was a significant reduction in the n02 levels in birmingham city centre, so that's a good thing. and we didn't see any change in the air quality on the perimeter of the birmingham clean air zone. there's controversy about plans to expand london's low emission zone to cover every borough. but the government is insisting on cleaner air, so more zones are coming. but reducing pollution means tackling more than just vehicle emissions. dan johnson, bbc news. that's it from as for the moment, headlines coming up and i will be backin headlines coming up and i will be back in about 30 minutes. if you'd like tojoin us back in about 30 minutes. if you'd like to join us then. thanks for being with us. more on twitter.

good evening. the weekend brought us a fair amount of dry, settled weather and whilst some of us saw some showers around, particularly in the east with quite a cool easterly breeze for some, in other areas there was plenty of sunshine. this was the picture as the sun was just about to set in dudley a little bit earlier on. now, as we head through the coming week, the weather really isn't changing in a hurry. looking mainly dry for most places. some sunshine, fair amounts of cloud around and nighttime frosts, too. but here's the reason for all this settled weather. big area of high pressure keeping the weather fronts at bay. it's very unsettled further south down towards the mediterranean. storm juliet bringing some disruptive weather there. but here, well, we've still got the breeze just rotating around that high pressure. so bringing a bit more cloud across parts of northern and eastern england. it'll drift its way south overnight

and could just bring one or two rogue showers for some central areas. mostly frost—free, i think, by dawn, at least where you've got that cloud. but it could be quite a cold start to monday morning for the south west of england, for instance, parts of scotland minus four or minus five first thing monday here. quite a bit of cloud, as you can see, drifting its way westwards across england and wales. could bring just one or two light showers. we've got lighter winds and probably more sunshine further north for scotland. certainly northern ireland also seeing some sunny spells, too. top temperatures between about 7 to 10 degrees on monday. and that really is quite typical for where we should be by the end of february. and then it is going to feel colder, though, during monday afternoon. again, we've got quite a brisk breeze blowing in, particularly for eastern england and through the english channel. so the channel islands, look at that, feeling only around about three degrees. then as we move through monday evening and overnight into tuesday, most of us dry, winds easing for a time. but just cast your eye towards the south—east and you can see these blue colours, a line of perhaps more persistent showery rain just starting to form early tuesday,

affecting the far south—east of england. elsewhere, another cold night, certainly a touch of frost for many of us. could be the odd misty patch in the north as well. during tuesday, there's that showery rain likely to affect parts of perhaps kent, essex, sussex and the london region down towards the channel isles, where there'll still be a little bit of a breeze blowing on tuesday. further north, you could catch one or two showers, especially for parts of north—east england. the best of the brightness once again will be for scotland and northern ireland as well. further ahead, it does look mostly settled. quite a good deal of dry weather, perhaps a little bit of showery rain across northern areas. best of the sunshine likely towards the west.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the prime minister, rishi sunak will meet with european commission president ursula von der leyen on monday as he tries to secure a new brexit deal for northern ireland. at least 59 people have died — after a boat carrying migrants sinks near the coast of southern italy. 0ne local official has suggested as many as 150 people had been onboard. the israeli government and the palestinian authority say they will take immediate steps to end a deadly upsurge in violence this year. it comes as two israelis were shot dead in the occupied west bank. early results have started to come in in nigeria's most competitive elections in decades. official results from the south—western ekiti state show a clear victory for ruling party candidate bola tinubu

in one of his strongholds.