and the good news, it means more brexitcast! and our favourite sound effect, mr klaxon, or mrs klaxon. so it is chris at westminster. laura at westminster. katya in brussels. and a half eaten custard tart next to chris. yes, thank you, laura for that. # and a half eaten custard #. i won't sing any more because i got one twitter response saying — "what we know from brexitcast is," and one of the points was, "katya can't sing." aw. that's so harsh. that's so mean! i don't agree. i'm devastated. devastated. this custard tart is the most nutritious thing i've eaten in about the last three weeks. i'm off again on custard tarts. anyway, i've got a new adjective for you today when it comes to europe. i've said so often that the eu is frustrated, resentful, irritated. they're weary today. she stumbles 0ui, oui! 0ui, oui, oui, oui. weary resignation reigns. yes. oh, dear. i think they're probably all quite weary. yeah. because of what they perceive to be the sense of inevitability about what was going to happen today? it's partly today,

and you can see the latest edition of brexitcast on your television this afternoon just after 2:30 onalso hear it now on bbc sounds. the pilot of the plane which crashed into the english channel with footballer emiliano sala on board, wasn't allowed to fly at night. the bbc has been told that david ibbotson was colour—blind and restricted to daytime flights only. both men died when the piper malibu crashed in january. kayley thomas has more. it has been ten weeks since the plane carrying cardiff city's record £15 million signing, emiliano sala, crashed into the sea off guernsey in the channel islands. the man tasked with getting him to his new club in time for training was david ibbotson, a private pilot from north lincolnshire. but he should not have been flying at night because he was not licensed to. the bbc has been told that he was colour—blind and had a restriction on his license stating he could fly in daylight hours only. the ill—fated flight set off from nantes over one hour after sunset. there has been much speculation about the legality of the flight. the piper malibu was r

and at 2:30pm, the bbc‘s brexitcast team look back at another unprecedented week at westminster.resa may is discussing ways of bringing her eu withdrawal agreement back to the commons for a fourth time next week — after yet another commons defeat yesterday. it was the third time the prime minister's plan was rejected by mps — this time by a majority of 58 — including the dup and 35 mps from her own party. despite that, a number 10 source insisted that efforts are "going in the right direction" — given the size of defeat was narrower than the previous two votes. meanwhile, mps from all parties are considering how they might be able to get support for an alternative brexit plan in a second round of indicative votes on monday. our political correspondent, matt cole, reports. despite scores of leave supporters raucous outside, it was not third time lucky for theresa may with another rejection of her brexit deal. the ayes to the right, 286, the nos to the left, 344. but with the scale of the defeat smaller than on the previous two occasions, downing street officials are taking the vie

and you can listen to that brexitcast in full on the bbc‘s website.n a 71—year—old woman from inverness — who experiences almost no pain. jo cameron only found out she had the rare condition when doctors couldn't believe she didn't need painkillers after a serious operation. now researchers are hoping their findings will help them develop new gene therapies — to help others deal with pain. jo cameron and john wood who is a professor in pain genetics at university college london have been speaking to bbc breakfast. as a child when i was around eight, apparently, i just fell and i just bumped my arm and i didn't realise i'd broken my arm and two days later, my mother noticed my arm was in a funny position and i was sent to hospital and i'd broken my arm. i didn't have anything for it. i obviously couldn't feel pain then. i don't remember everfeeling pain. i thinkjo's experiences show how useful pain is in protecting us from self— harm but what we found is actually a new genetic mechanism that seems to be able to regulate pain thresholds, and what we hop

and brexitcast is available to download now on the free bbc sounds app. this weekend are giving us some headaches. it will remain unsettled, as today, quite windy across many parts of the uk. one swell of cloud, one area of low pressure bringing low pressure today. there is more waiting in the atlantic, but there are clearer slots on the satellite image. that clear slot will come across the british isles tonight. the windmill is, so with the clear skies and light winds, temperatures are going to dip away. you can see the blue shades extending across our temperature chart. across some parts of scotland, it could be down to minus six degrees. quite widely, we will see a touch of frost into tomorrow morning. but, it will be a dry and bright start with some sunshine, may be some mist and fog patches. things are moving pretty quickly at the moment, the next weather system is coming through in friday afternoon. loud and bright outbreaks of rain, eastern areas will stay dry through the day. we are likely to see some snow over high ground in scotland. 7—11 degree

and the brexitcast podcast is available to download now on the free bbc sounds app.name is ben rich. i will try to type it in properly next time. this is how we are looking right now. we have this area of cloud data from patient the atlantic on the satellite picture, our next weather system but here is our clever slot in our drier site, this is what is with us for the start of tomorrow. through this evening, we see a lot of dry weather, clear spells overhead and the winds today will fall increasingly light and underneath those clear starry skies, those temperatures will drop away. we will see a touch of frost, some places will get down to minus six degrees. it does mean for tomorrow monday, a fine start in a sunny start for many, wanted to fog practise. but those should clear up. however, any sense how you do see will not last long. cloud will be thickening gum from the west, outbreaks of rain, much of a quite like patchy, maybe the odd heavy burst into what this goblin with some snow over the high ground. temperature wise, i should say seven to 11 degrees. —— burst

while you're there, if you're a fan of podcasts, follow the links to check out our brexitcast, a lightheartedream of the bbc‘s political journalism. plans for a major humanitarian operation in venezuela have been set out by the international red cross. it said it would only go ahead as long as distribution did not become politicised. the venezuelan government has previously blocked deliveries organised by the opposition. the country is still undergoing severe shortages of food, medicine and basic goods. earlier this week, president maduro announced electricity rationing, after large parts of the country were hit with a second major blackout. from caracas, will grant reports. it has been another difficult week for venezuelans. just as a degree of normality began to return to the beleaguered nation, the lights went out again. a second vast power cut in as many weeks. for those forced to abandon work and walk home it has become difficult to keep their temper. translation: this is a country that supposedly is drowning in oil. so how is it possible we live in is poverty? this ruin of a country. it

while you're there, if you're a fan of podcasts, follow the links to check out our brexitcast, a lightheartedam of the bbc‘s political journalism. today marks the one—year anniversary of the start of regular weekly protests by palestinians along the gaza—israeli border, which have resulted in the deaths of 200 palestinians and one israeli soldier. tensions are expected to be increased further with more protests planned for today, but gaza's islamist ruling party hamas claims to have reached an agreement with protesters to remain calm over the coming days. over 7,000 palestinians have been shot in the last year, and this has put significant strain on available medical resources, as tom bateman reports. every time you come to these clinics you get such a feel for how an entire generation has been affected by what has happened over the last year. there is a crisis of disability in gaza now. in this clinic where they are treating people for long—term care, bullet wound rehabilitation, they still have 200 people come through their doors every day. actually i will say that there is no other health

the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer there being interrogated by bbc radio brexitcast.here's been reaction across the capital from businesses to eu nationals. let's talk to our political correspondent iain watson. when we go from here? 70 questions, so when we go from here? 70 questions, so few answers. where we are going tomorrow is this decision to rule out no deal but even that is far more complicated than you might think. through a croaking voice tonight, the prime minister said mps would have a vote on that and you would have a vote on that and you would assume that would rule out an ideal entirely if the recent voting behaviour is taken into account the way in which the motion is worded says that in fact, no deal is still a default option unless is replaced by an actual deal which tends to suggest the prime minister want to come back and have a go at getting her view through the house of commons so it's likely to be an attempt to try and change that tomorrow, to make it much clearer. amendments come across party amendments. the prime minister should be ruling out

and a reminder — there's always more from laura and indeed katya in their brexitcast podcast that celebratesle on the bbc sounds app. but that's all from westminster tonight, as mrs may prepares to make yet another attempt next week to get her brexit deal through the commons ahead of that european summit. let's catch up now with the day's other news with sophie. thank you. a former british soldier has been charged with murder almost half a century after bloody sunday, when 13 civilians were shot dead by british paratroopers on the streets of northern ireland. the man, identified only as soldier f, faces two counts of murder and four of attempted murder. in january 1972, soldiers of the parachute regiment opened fire on civil rights protesters in londonderry. the official report at the time claimed they'd acted in self—defence, after coming under fire from ira gunmen. the families of the victims dismissed that as a whitewash. a second inquiry by lord saville — more than 40 years later — confirmed that those who died were innocent civilians who had posed no serious threat. the inquiry said som

laura kuenssberg and europe editor katya adler discuss this in the latest instalment of the bbc‘s brexitcast, the wrapping up the deal in a different way, that might have been acceptable to the dup? i don't think, as you suggest, that alone was expected to move the dup as a single act, but as a way of creating political momentum. we have talked about it so often throughout this process. it is not always about the precise policy issues on the table. it is about creating a sense of energy, creating a kind of inevitability. it looks very difficult tonight to see how it is going to change things in a very dramatic way. it means the dup still hold the prime minister pours micro future in their hands.|j hold the prime minister pours micro future in their hands. i was asked this evening, does all this resignation, non—resignation, who thought this through shenanigans, make theresa may look even weaker in eu eyes? i said, no, you couldn't look weaker. i always say this. and lam sure look weaker. i always say this. and i am sure i will repeat it. but at the beginning of this process, when we weren't