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Treated her and has now tracked her down. 0h, treated her and has now tracked her down. Oh, my goodness me. Coming up in sportsday, British Cycling has more questions to answer as the head of uk anti doping slams the organisations medical record keeping. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The government is lightly to be this evening over the brexit bill. Peers from all parties have voted in the House Of Lords to amend the legislation to enable eu citizens living in the uk to stay here. Its a setback for the governments bill to trigger article 50 which starts the formal process of the uk leaving the eu. Mps may vote to remove the lords proposed changes when the bill moves back to the House Of Commons later this month. But today would be the first defeat for the government over brexit and there could be more to come. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more. Turning up for work the minister smiling despite the prospect of defeat. From the start their lordships were determined to let fears be felt. This is the sort of issue where the House Of Lords is right to say to the commons please think again about this. You cant be contemptuous about the lords and the functioning of the lords in seeking to improve, refine, modify legislation. Rarely the scene of minute by minute political thrillers, but today peers were eager to create a drama. Is the Government Heading for a defeat on the brexit bill today . Government heading for a defeat on the brexit bill today7|j Government Heading for a defeat on the brexit bill today . I sincerely hope so. This is the lords doing theirjob, which is scrutiny. Should theirjob, which is scrutiny. Should the government brace itself for defeat on the brexit bill . No, of course not. We should do what the people said. The goal is to guarantee the rights of eu citizens and nearly 3 million others who have made their home here, she is worried she might have to leave after we leave the eu. As a european citizen living here i never thought about this happening so you dont take that into account and all of a sudden you are confronted with that and that is not your fault so you should be protected from the uncertainty around that so it would be good if the uk government can make sure that permanent residences are easier to obtain. Back in Parliament Ministers have tried to reassure. They say eu citizens ought to be able to stay without a problem. But they wont give a guarantee unless and until other countries give that same promise to brits abroad. Crossbench crossbench the lords, packed, peers vying to speak. Spot the Home Secretary looking on. We are bleeding the best academics leaving this country one by one or thinking about leaving because they do not see themselves having a future in this country. That is urgent and needs to be dealt with now. This is about the honour of this house. This is about as speaking to what people need to put their fears and their anguish at bay. We really have a responsibility to those people. Why is everybody here today so excited about an amendment which looks after the foreigners and not the british . Its true pass the legislation as quickly as possible to activate article 50 and then to negotiate to give these people the rights they deserve to stay in our country. Are you ready for defeat today, Prime Minister . The Prime Minister is not known, though, for changing her mind altering her direction, but seven months in shes poised for defeat. Members in the House Of Lords are reaching the finishing stages of a debate on this and will be voting any time soon. Opponents on the government have got their wins opponents on the government have got theirwins in opponents on the government have got their wins in their sales on this issue, there is no question about that, all of the expectation is the government will be beaten tonight. It is then for ministers to decide whether or not they will budge on this issue, or whether they will play hardball this issue, or whether they will play hard ball and send this issue, or whether they will play hardball and send it back to the lords and dare them to turn it into a much bigger rout. Remember this is not about the House Of Lords trying to stop us leaving the european union, this is about them trying to have a say over how the government takes us out. This, i think, would be the first occasion of many when they are determined to make their views heard. We shall find out later on, Laura Kuenssberg At Westminster, thank you. Children as young as four will learn about healthy relationships under new plans for all schools in england. Pupils in Secondary Schools will be taught about the dangers of sexting and online pornography as part of Sex Education. Ministers say current teaching is increasingly outdated. Elaine dunkley reports. Sometimes i might not feel like a case at all so i will not give her a kiss, is that ok . Case at all so i will not give her a kiss, is that 0k . How long is too young to learn about relationships and sex . These six and seven year olds are learning about their bodies, and soon it will be compulsory for all School Children to have lessons like this. Today the government announced that age appropriate classes will be taught to children as young as four. If we only have Sex Education at Secondary School and the children are already going through puberty and they are already thinking about having boyfriends and girlfriends which is happening, they wont know what to do, who to turn to, they wont know how they feel about things. The strongest argument for change and more up to date teaching is times have changed. Children are more exposed to sexual images than they ever have been through the internet and Mobile Phones. Guidance that schools are looking to in terms of how they teach relationships and Sex Education was developed in the year 2000 and britain is a very different place, so it is really important that we have an updated approach that means our children are safe and protected. Charities, Teaching Unions and mps have been campaigning for the government to introduce compulsory Sex Education and whilst there has been support from faith groups there has also been criticism. We want to families and support and encourage them to engage with their children about these issues. To check how they are using their Mobile Phones. To check where they are online up in their bedrooms. Thats what parents can do. Controlling what children see and hear in a Digital World means pa rents and hear in a Digital World means parents have to be one step ahead of the technology. My daughter is five. She copies everything that she sees. The dance moves, certain clothes she sees. I say you are too young, you are not ready for that, i need you to enjoy your childhood. It is nice to enjoy your childhood. It is nice to know children are being taught about sex and relationships stuff at school by a qualified teacher. They are too young for this right now, at this stage the cup and actually, you know. It will be hard for them to understand what is going on at this age. In scotland, wales and Northern Ireland Sex Education isnt compulsory but all uk governments face the challenge of how best to prepare young people for life in modern britain. Elaine dunkley, bbc news. President trump has used his first speech to congress to declare what he called a new chapter of american greatness. Adopting a measured tone, very different from his more volatile tweets, he promised massive tax relief for the middle class, and asked congress to pass a 1 trillion package to build new infrastructure. He said the us strongly supports nato, but that members of the alliance must meet their financial obligations. Our north america editor jon sopel was watching. They say that practice makes perfect. And when youre singing a new tune probably best to give it the full rehearsal. The president of the United States Donald Trumps tone couldnt have been more different. Warm, inclusive, unified and optimistic. What we are witnessing today is the renewal of the american spirit. Our allies will find that americas once again ready to lead. Applause and for anxious european nations supportive words on nato. We strongly support nato, an Alliance Forged through the bonds of two world wars that dethroned fascism. Applause and the cold war. And defeated communism. Not everything was from the new album. There were the Greatest Hits too. Tonight i am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. Applause we will soon begin the Construction Ofa we will soon begin the construction of a great, great wall along our southern border. But on immigration there was also a suggestion they could be a reform and there were other measures that should have pleased democrats like paid Maternity Leave and a massive infrastructure programme. But mostly they sat stony faced. The most moving part of the night was when he spoke to the widow of Navy Seal Ryan owens killed in yemen in the first Combat Operation ordered by the new commander in chief. Combat operation ordered by the new commanderinchief. Ryans legacy is etched into eternity. Thank you. Applause and then an appeal for america to seize the moment. Believe in your future and believe once more in america. Thank you, god bless you, and god bless the United States. Applause having taken a lot of flak for the way theyve done business since donald trump took office, the white house today is basking in the warm glow of the support for last nights joint address. It was well structured and delivered with discipline. You might almost say it was a conventional political speech from this most unconventional politician. Jon sopel, bbc news, washington. Two british medical students who travelled to join so called Islamic State almost two years ago have been killed in fighting in iraq. Hisham fadlallah and Ahmed Sami Khider were part of a group of british medics who joined is in 2015. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford joins me now what more can you tell us . These men were part of a group of a Dozen British medical students that went tojoin so called Dozen British medical students that went to join so called Islamic State in 2015, although they were at school here and their parents were working as doctors here in the nhs they were of sudanese origin so theirfamilies had they were of sudanese origin so their families had sent them to a private Medical School in the Sudanese Capital Khartoum to study medicine but then they became radicalised beforejoining is and one of the two meant became infamous for taking part one of the two meant became infamous fortaking part in one of the two meant became infamous for taking part in an Islamic State recruitment video. You can see him a p pa re ntly recruitment video. You can see him apparently teaching medical students about anatomy and at one point he addresses the camera directly and calls on other doctors to go and join them in Islamic State trying to form the fledgling medical service form the fledgling medical service for the group. We have now heard at the weekend he was travelling in a convoy of vehicles trying to flee mosul as the Iraqi Government forces closed in on the last remaining bit under control of is and that convoy was involved in a firefight and he was involved in a firefight and he was killed and his friend, also a british medical student, died about the same time. It is not clear that was in the same incident but certainly about the same time and the two mens families have travelled to britain for the formal mourning process in cartoon work many of their family, one of their sisters who has also travelled with him, who is also a medical student, is still in raqqa, the other is stronghold, so for that family the heartache still isnt over and the truth is as mosul falls and raqqa comes under much more direct attack we are going to get many, many more supporters dummett stories of british is supporters being killed. The time isjust the time is just coming up to 6 15pm. Our top story this evening. The government is set to lose the debate on brexit in the lords. Still to come, how Life On Earth began in cracks in the Sea Bed Hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news in the next 15 minutes. It was goaless in the first match, but Manchester City and huddersield will play to a finish tonight with an fa cup quarterfinal at stake. Huddersfield. In the new year, we told you about five month old maram. Both her parents died and nearly every limb in her body was broken when her house was bombed in aleppo her suffering particularly harrowing even by the standards of the syrian war. The british surgeon dr david nott, who operated on her and then watched her leave for asylum in turkey, didnt know if she would survive. Now, several months on, hes returned to find out what happened to her. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville reports. So much of aleppos pain is anonymous but marams suffering was unforgettable. An air strike killed her parents and left her gravely ill. Inside syria dr david nott worked to save her leg. There was shrapnel inside her hip. From here and only five months old she was evacuated to turkey, lost and alone. But after months of searching the bbc tracked her down and reunited the two. Oh my goodness me. Well, well, well. Hello. Gosh. Gosh, she looks beautiful. You look beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Look what ive got for you. Its a dolly. Dolly. Is her leg healing . Translation the final surgery was nearly too much. Maram almost didnt make it. Thats not bad at all, actually. Her wounds are healing but then they will be work to reconstruct her bones and repair damaged nerves. Its said children cant remember pain. Few, though, have as much to forget as maram. When i saw maram today, it was very emotional. And as a doctor you try and stay fairly unemotional when youre dealing with lots of people with injuries. I suppose having got children as well now and how much you love that child and, you know, a tiny Piece Of My Heart was left with maram. And thats what ive been thinking about every day since leaving. And this morning was a beautiful moment to meet her again. Dr david nott and the story of maram. Lets take a brief look at some of the days other other news stories. More than a thousand jobs are thought to be at risk at fords Bridgend Plant over the next four years. The Company Revealed concerns about a slowdown in work in a leaked document seen by the bbc. Ford wont comment on the document but said it fully understands concerns for the longer term. Police investigating the disappearance of raf gunner Corrie Mckeague have arrested a man on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course ofjustice. The 23 year old airman went missing on a night out in Bury St Edmunds in september. A Landfill Site will be searched in the coming week. A violent paedophile has beenjailed for 27 years for raping and abusing four girls over a period of decades. 57 year old michael dunn knocked through the wall behind his fridge to create a cavity in which he hid one of his victims. No trains will run in or out of Liverpool Lime Street Station for several days, after a wall collapsed onto the Railway Blocking collapsed onto the railway, blocking all four lines of track and damaging overhead cables. It means major disruption for tens of thousands of passengers. Our correspondent danny savage is there. This is going to make life difficult for an awful lot of people. Body here. It is now isolated because of a landslide about a mile away. It happened during rush hour yesterday evening, fortunately at a moment when there were no trains passing on any of the tracks there, otherwise the consequences could have been much more serious. Liverpool should have been bustling in the early spring sunshine today but in terms of trains it was cut off. 15 Million People a year use liverpool lime street but its now silent, virtually deserted, and everythings cancelled. About a mile down the track is the reason why. A wall has given way and tonnes of debris has fallen into a deep cutting. Its proving difficult to get to and there are concerns about further collapses. Weve got a failed Retaining Wall across all four tracks. The location is really difficult to access and the ground is really unstable with some tunnels, victorian tunnels, underneath as well. Pictures taken last night showed the scenes shortly after the wall collapsed. Thankfully all services were stopped when the falling masonry triggered sensors on overhead wires alerting signal operators. Passengers for huyton so, every Mainline Railjourney through liverpool today started Off Orfinished on the buses. Im not sure how much longer its going to take. A bit frustrated but it sounds like it was a wall accident. It sounds like there wasnt anything the Train Company could do about it. So where you caught up in it last night . Yeah. So what happened last night . Just all the trains stopped. That was basically it, and not very much information. A number of heavy containers on top of the wall will now have to be removed before clear up work can begin. It could be several days before the line reopens. Danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. Tomorrow, voters go to the polls in Northern Ireland for the second time in ten months. It follows the collapse of stormonts Power Sharing Government and the last month has seen a bitter election campaign. Our ireland correspondent Chris Buckler has been looking at the issues and the state of the parties. Stormonts Power Sharing Government collapsed in january forcing this election. The Democratic Unionist Party and sinn fein fell out over a range of issues including the financial scandal surrounding whats known as the rhi, the renewable heat incentive, a botched Green Energy Scheme which was at one stage projected to cost the taxpayer around £500 million. It has, at times, been a Bitter Campaign and its certainly felt more divisive than the last election, which was held less than a year ago. We can see the results from them in our Virtual Assembly chamber. The dup were returned as the Biggest Party with 38 of the 108 Assembly Members. While sinn fein were in second place with 28 seats. The opposition parties, the sdlp, the Ulster Unionists and the alliance will all be hoping to increase their share of the vote after the way that coalition fell apart, and that is true for the smaller parties too. But some politicians will definitely lose their seats. Thats because the number of Assembly Members is being reduced from 108 to just 90. And theres one other number to watch. The size of the dup in the last assembly gave the party whats known as a petition of concern. In effect, thats a veto to prevent any legislation they dont like. For example, they used it to block a vote in favour of the introduction of same sex marriage, which is still illegal in Northern Ireland. They need to hold onto 30 seats to keep that veto. And even when all of the votes are finally counted, there will need to be a deal between the parties to get this assembly up and running again and most people are predicting that those negotiations could be difficult. Our ireland correspondent, Chris Buckler, there, looking ahead to tomorrows Assembly Elections in Northern Ireland. Life on earth began hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought thats according to researchers who have discovered fossils of one of the earliest Living Organisms. The creature half the width of a human hair lived more than four billion years ago, not long after the formation of the earth. Our science correspondent pallab ghosh has more. How did life begin . Its one of humanitys biggest questions. The discovery of some of the first life forms to have ever existed on earth may begin to provide some answers. They were discovered in these rocks which were found in canada. And here it is, one of the planets very first inhabitants. It was less than the width of a human hair and very simple. But it ate and consumed oxygen, like we do. And to the shock of this scientist who discovered it, the life forms existed hundreds of millions of years earlier than anyone had ever imagined. Not long after the earth was formed. Weve got it. Weve got the oldest fossils. This is exciting the oldest fossils on the planet. It relates us to our origin. I mean, this is one of the reasons for intelligent life to evolve. So, where does the life form fit in, in the story of Life On Earth . The earth formed just over 11. 5 billion years ago, a Molten Mass Of Rock that began to cool. Not long after that came the first oceans which spread all across the planet. It was right at the bottom of those primordial lotions that some of the very first life forms emerged 4. 28 billion years ago next to cracks on the Sea Floor Spraying out warm water and minerals. A billion years ago, life really got started. All sorts of new types of organisms exploded on the scene over the next few billion years. The first humans evolved around 2. 5 million years ago and modern humans arrived very recently by comparison. Just over 200,000 years ago. The claim that Living Organisms emerged on earth so early is controversial, but if confirmed, indicates that life is an Unstoppable Force and suggests that the universe is teeming with it. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. We are teeming with life here in the studio, john hammond is here with me lets take a look at the weather. Steady on meteorology is a beautiful thing, let me show you what i mean. It was a Beautiful Day in the high lands until this happened, the heavens opened, a curtain of rain and sleet and snow fell on this particular lake. We will keep this turbulent weather going in the next few days. Strong winds, rain and hillsnow going in the next few days. Strong winds, rain and hill snow is all going on across certain parts of england and wales tonight. The English Channel is prone as well. Some very strong gusts could cause some issues. Some of that snow is falling to quite low levels, which could cause some issues locally. We will keep an eye on that. Wintry showers across the north west highlands. It will be julienned showers across the north west highlands. It will Bejulienned Cold it highlands. It will Bejulienned Cold it will be chilly and cold, it will not feel warm anywhere tomorrow morning. A blustery day, the rain and snow will ease away from central areas and in actual fact many of us will settle into a half decent day. If you can get out of the breeze and sunshine it should not feel too bad. Still some showers across the west of scotla nd still some showers across the West Of Scotland and the rain looming large across Northern Ireland by the end of the day. But enjoy those temperatures because here is fridays picture, more Rain Particular for fridays picture, more Rain Particularfor england fridays picture, more Rain Particular for england and wales. Northern ireland and scotland enjoying the best of the weather. For the weekend, brace yourselves, there will be some rain around for most of us and it will be quite blustery at times, so inevitably it will feel quite chilly, sorry a reminder of our main stories this evening. The government is expected to suffer its first setback over brexit with defeats in the House Of Lords tonight. Their arch there are plans for children as young as four to be taught about healthy relationships in schools all over england. We willjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Youre watching bbc news. The headlines voting is taking place in the House Of Lords to decide whether to try to getan of lords to decide whether to try to get an amendment to the brexit bill. Two british Trainee Doctors have been killed while fighting for Islamic State in the iraqi city of mosul. The pair were part of a group of students who abandoned their studies in sudan tojoin the radical islamic group. The government is making it compulsory for all schools in england to provide Sex Education. Children as young as four will be taught about relationships. Pa rents parents will be able to withdraw their children if they choose. And drivers caught using hand held Mobile Phones will face tougher penalties from today in england, wales and scotland as Police Pledge to put an increased focus on catching offenders. In a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. Well be live At Westminster following the lords brexit vote. Were live in bridgend amid news of leaked documents that suggest ford may be preparing to lay off around 1,100 jobs at its car plant there. Well have more reaction to president trumps first address to congress along with the latest news from washington in 100 days, at seven oclock. And at 10 40pm, well look at tomorrows main headlines. Thats in the papers with tonights guests, former Trade Minister lord digby jones, and broadcaster henry bonsu. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello, im olly foster, these are our sporstday headlines missing medical records and the mystery package, the questions that British Cycling still has to answer as they are criticised by uk anti doping. Theres an fa cup quarterfinal at stake tonight as Manchester City and huddersfield play to a finish in theirfifth round replay. And murray has reached the Qaurter Finals In Dubai after another straight sets win