julia carneiro, bbc news, rio de janeiro. news a collision between two trains in spain has left a train—driver dead and more than ninety passengers injured, three of them seriously. the two commuter trains collided north of barcelona in the early evening. an investigation is underway. a gunman who killed six members of a mosque in a mass shooting in quebec two years ago has been sentenced to life in prison. alexandre bissonnette pleaded guilty to six counts of first degree murder. the attack was described at the time as a terrorist incident, but it later emerged that bissonette had mental health problems. a political scandal in the american state of virginia has intensified, with a second woman coming forward to accuse the deputy governor of sexual assault. justin fairfax has faced growing calls to step down, after a university classmate claimed he raped her nearly two decades ago. lawyers say her account is similar to that of dr vanessa tyson, who says fairfax assualted her in 200a. he has denied both allegations. the race f

julia carneiro, bbc news, rio de janeiro. this is bbc news.low aid into venezuela. he says the country doesn't need foreign handouts. still searching for a brexit breakthrough — the british prime minister meets with her irish counterpart in dublin. thailand's king has denounced his sister's unprecedented bid to run for prime minister in the upcoming elections. in a statement, he described princess ubolrata na mahidol‘s nomination as "inappropriate". the election is scheduled for march, and is seen as the first chance for thailand to return to democracy after five years under military rule. celia hatton‘s report contains flash photography. the thai king is an all—powerful figure in his country. his pronouncements are rarely ignored. and what he has had to say is unequivocal. a palace statement said the thai princess's embassy was unconstitutional. hours earlier, the king's sister, ubolratana mahidol, had been announced as the prime ministerial candidate for a party allied to the former government. a government which was overthrown in a military

julia carneiro, bbc news, rio de janeiro. let's get some of the day's other news. has been given a life sentence for murdering and sexually mutilating eight gay men in toronto. bruce mcarthur pleaded guilty to the killings committed over a 7—year period from 2010 in canada's largest city. a 16—year—old boy has been pulled alive from the rubble of a apartment block in istanbul two days after it collapsed. turkish officials say 14 people have died. rescue teams have been working round the clock to try to find survivors. in greece, parliament has formally approved the country's northern neighbour joining nato under the name north macedonia. it marks the end of a 27—year dispute between athens and the former yugoslav republic. macedonia will take the final steps to complete its name change in the coming days. the race for next month's election in thailand has taken another dramatic twist with king vajiralongkorn denouncing his sister's unprecedented bid to run for prime minister as "inappropriate". princess ubolrata na mahido, who has relinquished her royal titles, is

julia carneiro reports. a fire that put an end to young athletes‘s dreams while they slept.to the flamengo training ground in riera just after five am. —— riera. translation: the place was com pletely overta ken by fla mes, translation: the place was completely overtaken by flames, we tried as much as possible to locate victims but will be found were dead waddies. this is what is left of the dormitory. corrugated iron roofs we re dormitory. corrugated iron roofs were twisted by the blaze that charred walls and even nearby trees. this was a home from members of the youth team that had come from faraway states or neighbourhoods. families prayed outside the training ground around the black and red flamengo flag, fans left flowers and m essa 9 es flamengo flag, fans left flowers and m essa g es to flamengo flag, fans left flowers and messages to their golden boys. some could hardly bare the weight, desperate venues of the victims. translation: for riera, the world, for one that supports flamengo, the families of victims, it is so sad and will struggle to get over this. translati

julia carneiro, bbc news, congonhas, brazil.ed to destroy all of its uranium enrichment facilities, in a step towards denuclearisation. it comes as donald trump prepares for another meeting with kim jong—un. washington has called on pyongyang to declare all its nuclear and missile programmes, with the warning that it has contingency plans if the diplomatic process fails. in an interview with the new york times, president trump has dismissed ongoing talks in congress about funding a wall on the mexico border as a "waste of time". donald trump told the paper he'd all but given up negotiating with the democrats and would get the wall finished on his own. the democrats are refusing to agree to the $5.7 billion that mr trump wants for the wall. none of the three main health screening programmes in england — bowel, breast or cervical — met their targets last year, according to a report by the national audit office. there were also delays in cervical screening results reaching half of women tested, with a backlog of nearly 100,000 samp

julia carneiro, bbc news, congonhas, brazil. the headlines on bbc news...t in the uk for seven years. in a landmark ruling the mother of a three—year—old girl has become the first person in the uk to be found guilty of female genital mutilation. the united states announces that it's suspending compliance with a key nuclear arms control agreement, signed with the soviet union during the cold war. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6:30 tonight. we are in dublin where the six nations is set for kick—off. all the more significant in this, a rugby world cup year. ireland are the defending champions. the world number two host england here at

julia carneiro reports. a fire that put an end to young athletes‘ dreams while they slept.o the flamengo training ground in riojust after 5:00 in the morning. translation: the place was completely overtaken by flames. we tried as much as possible to locate victims, but all we found were dead bodies. this is what's left of the dormitory. corrugated iron roofs were twisted by the blaze that charred walls and even nearby trees. this was a home for members of the youth team that had come from faraway states or neighbourhoods. families prayed outside the training ground around the black and red flamengo flag. fans left flowers and messages for their golden boys. some could hardly bear the wait, desperate for news on the victims. translation: for rio, the world, for everybody that supports flamengo, the parents of victims, it's so sad. we'll struggle to get over this. translation: flamengo is not just football. it's a passion that involves a whole range of feelings — for the club, its history, and mainly for the kids that have trained here since childhood to become great players.

thank you, julia carneiro, reporting from rio. will hold talks in dublin this evening with the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, to try and break the deadlock over brexit. and ahead of that meeting, mr varadkar is in belfast this afternoon, talking to northern ireland's political parties. it's the first time he's done so since the withdrawal agreement was published in november. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. chris, how important are today's talks? it's interesting, the irish government has been pretty clear as to what these meetings are not. they say that only the european union can carry out brexit negotiations, ireland can't do that on its own, and therefore this is not a negotiation. these are discussions between the taoiseach, leo varadkar, and the five northern ireland political parties, and then later with theresa may when she comes to dublin for dinner. as regards what they will talk about, from theresa may's point of view, she will be putting out her case, telling leo varadkar what she putting out he

julia carneiro, bbc news, congonhas, brazil.ck up. in north yorkshire, a "medicines amnesty" is under way, to encourage people to return drugs they no longer need. patients are also being encouraged to have an annual review to make sure they are on the right medication. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has been to harrogate to find out more. we've probably all got them tucked away in cupboards at home — old medicines and drugs we no longer use. but they can really pile up. so, chris, what have we got here? well, this is medicines that have been returned to us today from one patient. one patient! one patient, and it's approximately five to six months' worth of medication that the patient hasn't been taking routinely. so what are the implications of that? if patients aren't taking their medicines as has been prescribed then they're potentially not going to get the best outcomes from their medication. pharmacy staff have been busy collecting the treatments handed in at this gp surgery in harrogate, during what they're callin

julia carneiro, bbc news, congonhas, brazil. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav.down as we reach the first part of the night but a lot of lying snow around and low temperatures and i it ice will be a huge problem. take care if you are heading out. the heavy snow clearing from southern england from the snow showers will continue across eastern scotla nd showers will continue across eastern scotland in the eastern side of england. elsewhere, lengthy clear skies and it will turn very cold hence the risk of eye. heading out saturday morning, it should be dry for many. a lot of sunshine and some which are showers in the north and east of the country. a few showers affecting cornwall but other than that it will be a drier afternoon. quite bracing and a brisk northerly wind. for the weekend, a lot of sunshine around, which are showers in the north and east and into saturday, and weather system moving in off of the olympic which will bring rain but also hail snow in the north. hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines... heavy snow causes hundreds of scho

our correspondent in rio, julia carneiro gave us this update.ters. ten boys had died and three others were sent to hospital. it looks like one is in quite a great state. there ages vary from 14 to 16 years. very young players that we re to 16 years. very young players that were pa rt of to 16 years. very young players that were part of flamengo. flamengo is the biggest football team in rio de janeiro. it is cherished by the football at —— by the city. also for the professional teams it was built quite recently in 2014. it was considered a modern structure. it is not clear yet what caused this fire, but there is lots of questions about it and there will be investigations. firefighters are there still working at the site, but the fire has been brought under control. there is still... you can see the extent of the devastation there are blackened areas covering the logo of flamengo. of course everyone knows how passionate brazil is about football, and the age of the young victims, the country must be any state of shock. yes the country is in shock a