the benefits of that. obviously it is the only way realistically to get tariff—free access. it is really important for our manufacturing base. and nobody can answer the question of how to keep a commitment to no hard border in northern ireland without a customs union. staying in a customs union means britain continued to trade freely with other eu countries. circular says this would be best. but it would limit our ability to strike new trade deals outside of europe. brexit supporting labour mps say staying so closely tied to the eu does not keep to the spirit of the referendum results. what is wrong with it is the country voted to leave. while it is really important we negotiate a free trade agreement with europe, the european union is a bankrupt organisation, it has never had its accounts signed off, it needs our money. the conservatives have been warned it is now crunch time for theresa may, the pro—eu mps could defeat the government when parliament votes on the times of the final deal. but the trade secretary liam fox encouraged remain supporters to unite behind theresa may when she sets out the plans next week. i think when the next rest of the parliamentary party hears... i hope they will have an open mind and listen to what the prime minister says. labelled labour's efforts to persuade rebels to resist the plans are set to intensify. there is now a clear difference between the tories and labouron clear difference between the tories and labour on brexit. and 0k clear difference between the tories and labour on brexit. and ok with me now. how politically significant do you think this shift from labour is on the customs union? there are lots of questions whether this has the potential to bring down the government, whether they could be defeated in a vote on this. the prime minister has ruled out staying ina prime minister has ruled out staying in a customs union, because she says it will restrain britain from striking deals outside of europe. but the pro—eu former minister from labour backed a customs union and on paper is is bought ten conservative mps are supporting this. but coming to the crunch, would conservatives go that far to defeat theresa may? that could be seen as paving the way for another general election which could deliver a labour government. there is a strong warning from the conservatives don't play into labour's tactical game. thank you very much. the closing ceremony of the winter olympics is under way. after 16 days of sporting and political drama — norway has finished top of the medal table, overtaking germany by winning russian athletes were not being allowed to march under their national flag at the closing ceremony after two of them, competing as neutrals, failed drugs tests. andy swiss reports from pyeongchang. the sound of defiance over a neutral anthem, the russian anthem being sung by the gold medal ice hockey winning team of the olympic athletes from russia. at the same time their nation was getting a rope reprieve. aof nation was getting a rope reprieve. a of their athletes have had to compete under a neutral flag. a of their athletes have had to compete under a neutralflag. their olympic ban is now said to be lifted, despite two russian athletes failing drug tests. these are cases of negligence and there is no indication whatsoever for systemic doping. as the team gb it was a disappointing final day. their bobsleighers finishing 17th and 18th. but with five medals, it has been their most successful winter games ever. we are happy, it is a historic game for us. back—to—back gold medals. but these games have been about politics as well as sport. president drum's daughter ivanka trump was attending the closing ceremony. and the north and south korean athletes entered the stadium together, embracing the spirit of celebration. a large contingent from team gb also enjoyed their moment, finally a chance to relax. the hosts who have been widely praised for their organisation, it has been a memorable fortnight, but at last it was time to load the olympic flag and hand over to beijing who will hold the next games in four years' time. it has a tough act to follow, as pyeongchang that on a dazzling spectacle, the games who have made so spectacle, the games who have made so many headlines is saying goodbye in style. reports from syria say that attacks continue on eastern ghouta despite a ceasefire approved by the un. china's state news agency says the ruling communist party has proposed a change to the constitution that would allow the president and vice—president to stay in power china's state news agency says the ruling communist party the current president, xi jinping, is due to step down from his role in 2022. -- 20 23. —— 20 23. how significant is this move? this book proposal could see the biggest change to the leadership of this country. in just eight small words, we see the latest evidence that china's president possiblyjust wa nts to that china's president possiblyjust wants to go on and on. he is due to step down as president in 2023, but this change could see him go on beyond those two times, something a previous president has never done. what that mean for the country? possibly the continuation of the oppression have seen under him. crackdowns on activists, lawyers, other dissident voices. this country is getting richer, but it is also looking to expand its influence in this part of the world and expanding naval presence, possibly to challenge the us and the pacific. and looking to expand its trade relationship, very much to the west and central asia and beyond to europe. a further consolidation for the president of this country, just a few months ago, he managed to get what was thought in this country... something only bestowed on chairman mao before. thank you. the bollywood superstar sridevi kapoor has died of a heart attack at the age of 5a. the actress — who starred in almost 300 films — was considered one of the few capable of huge box office success without the support of a male hero. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidyanathan looks back at her life. for decades she was bollywood's leading lady. her character one fans around the world. in a male dominated film industry, she was one of the first woman to become a megastar in her own right. she was attending a family wedding with her husband and daughter in to buy when she suffered a heart attack late on saturday night. in to beat, india's prime minister says she was saddened by her death. tributes from bollywood: india is mourning the loss of one of its brightest stars. 0ne film producer describe the impact of her death, saying she was a pioneer who put the tiny cracks in the glass ceiling of bollywood and paved the way for today's female stars. she was such a role model to all woman across the country, so, yes, iam all woman across the country, so, yes, i am sure it will have an impact. now you have a lot of famous leading ladies. in bollywood. back then,in leading ladies. in bollywood. back then, in the 80s and early 90s, there weren't too many of them. i think that is why she managed so much. sridevi kapoor will be remembered for the way she lit up the screen. she left the world of bollywood way too soon but her legacy is enduring. sridevi kapoor, who has died aged 5a. that's it from us. next news on bbc 0ne that's it from us. next news on bbc one is that's it from us. next news on bbc 0ne isjust that's it from us. next news on bbc one is just after six o'clock. goodbye for now. and this is the bbc news channel. with me ben brown. let's bring you more now on that new £30 million fund to fight child sexual exploitation and drug crime. launched by the home office, ministers want social workers... help to help protect young children from six gangs and drug dealers. society's most vulnerable, those at risk of grooming, exploitation and being drawn into a life of crime are among those supported by children's homes like this one, visited by home office minister victoria atkins. £13 million of government funding has been made available for projects aimed towards at—risk young people in england. we want to encourage local authorities to work with charities and other organisations to try and reach these children before harm is done. we are calling out to local authorities and charities for their ideas. if they have a scheme that is already working, come and talk to us to see if it fits in with the fund. if somebody has a bright idea out there about what may work in their particular market town or locality, do come and talk to us. it doesn'tjust have to be about residential homes, even though these are incredibly important. it could be all sorts of other ideas as well. to access funding, councils must be able to show how projects would improve well—being and self—esteem, facilitate more trusted relationships and reduce exploitation, abuse and criminality. what we're realising is a lot of young people have misssed childhood experiences such as going to the park or having somebody sit with them at night and actually those little things make so much of a difference. having positive experiences is really powerful. some have questioned how far the government funding will stretch. but staff in this home say any support offered can't come soon enough. as we've been hearing the bollywood superstar sridevi kapoor has died of a heart attack at the age of 5a. the actress — who starred in around 300 films — was considered one of the few capable of huge box office success without the support of a male hero. with me in the studio is the british film director gurinder chadha, who knew sridevi. you knew sridevi kapoor quite well, didn't you? yes, i met her several times. i was appalled and shocked when i heard the news last night and reached out some of my colleagues in india. of whom had not actually heard the news. but i think it suffices to say everybody is walking around ina suffices to say everybody is walking around in a cloud right now in india. a real shock. complete shock. this is a woman who is really an icon. and i don't use that word too likely. she really did break new ground particularly in the 805. she had been acting since she was a child. since the age of four. she had been acting for five decades. in the 805 5he had been acting for five decades. in the 805 she moved from local language films to hindi cinema where 5he language films to hindi cinema where she really became a megastar and she was the first actre55 to command the 5ame was the first actre55 to command the same respect and dignity a5 was the first actre55 to command the same respect and dignity as the men ina very same respect and dignity as the men in a very male dominated industry at that time. so she could open a film and everybody wa5 that time. so she could open a film and everybody was like amazed at her power. what was it about her power a5 power. what was it about her power as you put it's why was she so 5tunning as you put it's why was she so stunning and successful?” stunning and successful? i think what is interesting when i first met her, i met her in the 805, when i first met her, i was a bbc reporter at the time. she would sit in the corner, 5he at the time. she would sit in the corner, she was quite mousey little beady, actually, when you met have. 0rdinary. but as soon as you put a camera in front of her, she was a different person. and i think the kind of screen presents 5he different person. and i think the kind of screen presents she had at the time took everybody by storm, because she was not only very versatile, 5he because she was not only very versatile, she was very good at comedy, an excellent dancer, excellent actre55. and it was a combination of all things that made her... bought honeybee5 to life. combination of all things that made her... bought honeybees to life. and very prolific in a very relatively 5hort very prolific in a very relatively short life. she packed in an awful lot of movies. she was working five different languages. she was originally from south india, but she carried on and she recently made a film that bought her back. she had a heydayin film that bought her back. she had a heyday in the 805 and 905 and then 5he sort of got married and i remember being in india in a hotel in mombasa, it mu5t've been in the alley to thousands. i was sitting by the pool and there was this woman who kept walking around the hotel grounds, up5tair5, downstairs. all the way round around 20 times and that was sridevi kapoor. she was back on track and wanting to get back on track and wanting to get back into movies. dedicated work—out everyday in this hotel. and then brought herself back and had a lover... an excellent career. she has recently made a movie mum and another movie. i had met her last year when i was in india i had met her in the studio where we were doing the music for my film and she had come there with her husband to talk about music for another film. she was very active in our business. so it is devastating. she was about to launch her daughter as well. and 5he to launch her daughter as well. and she had great produce or real credits to. you could see she was going to fly that flag for women in hindi cinema loud and bright. and you talked earlier on about how she broke through in the male dominated bollywood. what sort of strength and resilience did not require, do you think‘s a5 a young actre55 forcing her way through that? tremendous 5trength. her way through that? tremendous strength. it really was the time of... big iconic male heroe5 task5... of... big iconic male heroe5 task5. .. commanded the of... big iconic male heroe5 task5... commanded the scene, were very overblown, dramatic performances and some iconic performances and some iconic performances to this day, you know. but i think with sridevi kapoor, 5he was able to capture something of audience5 was able to capture something of audiences who were looking for something different to this map 5how hindi hero at the time. i think she was hindi hero at the time. i think she wa5 utterly charming, extremely beautiful but at the same time she did comedy. so she didn't have to look beautiful all of the time kind of thing. she had great comic timing. she was actually in a clip of islam mumbai. he used a clip where all the young boys were watching her and you see them all enjoying themselves and she bought something new to hindi cinema at the time. and we had great heroine5 before... very classy actre55e5, but i would say sridevi kapoor wa5 before... very classy actre55e5, but i would say sridevi kapoor was more streetwise, if you like. she is understood what the audience wanted. she had certain talents and she used tho5e she had certain talents and she used those to great effect to be able to bea those to great effect to be able to be a pioneering woman who would command her in space in a very much a male dominated industry. so she really has revolutionised hindi cinema? i would say most women today would look at her and say when can i open a movie like her? the news of her death has caused great 5hock. in this country but acro55 of her death has caused great 5hock. in this country but across india. yes. i found a in this country but across india. yes. ifound a place in this country but across india. yes. i found a place late last night from a cousin in australia. i was sent a message by him. i was also contacted sent a message by him. i was also co nta cted by sent a message by him. i was also contacted by a fashion designer who was very close to hurt him. i had been at a party at his house recently and met sridevi kapoor there. she was looking absolutely stunning, amazing. and the one thing about sridevi kapoor a5 stunning, amazing. and the one thing about sridevi kapoor as she is very gracious. a very gracious lady, you know. she had been a massive 5tar gracious. a very gracious lady, you know. she had been a massive star in the 805. she had gone down and she had come up again. and here she was, taking on the industry again with a tremendou5 taking on the industry again with a tremendous amount of dignity. and i never found in her any tremendous amount of dignity. and i neverfound in her any kind of i am a star, i can't talk to you. nada primadonna? is not a primadonna, not with me. i saw somebody who was incredibly focused on the hard working and out to be ground—breaking. working and out to be ground-breaking. a huge shock. i would say in india people are probably getting ready for lots of days of mourning. and quite rightly. i was not a close friend of hers, but i respected what she did enormously. and my whole day is incredibly sad for me today. and i wa nted incredibly sad for me today. and i wanted to come and really paid tribute to hire a director and a5 another indian woman. i think she really commanded that respect and so iam very really commanded that respect and so i am very happy to be able to talk to her but quite devastated for my collea g u e5 to her but quite devastated for my colleagues in india. we appreciate you coming in. and you have expre55ed you coming in. and you have expressed that pride in what she achieved. with great power. thank you so much. you. sridevi kapoor who has 5adly died at the age of 5a. an investigation by newham council in london has found that some 5hopkeeper5 have still been selling corro5ive substances like bleach to children, despite there being a voluntary code of conduct in place not to do so. the area has suffered a record number of acid attacks, a5 simon browning reports. almost 400 of london's 1,500 acid attacks in the last five years have happened in the borough of newham, the highest amount in the uk. she is annie, 1a, part of an undercover 5ting to see if she can buy corro5ive substances from high street shops in the area. i want you to go in to try to purchase caustic soda, bleach, other corro5ive substances. she's working with trading standards to test the retailers who have signed up to a voluntary scheme to prevent such sales to 5hopper5 under the age of 21. how much did it cost you? £1. they didn't ask you for any id? no. two shops did not sell to her but three did. the shops selling substances such a5 bleach have broken no law as the restrictions are voluntary. new figures obtained by radio 5 live suggests the scale of attacks involving acid and other corro5ive substances has trebled in five years, 646 attack5 recorded in england and wales in 2017. la5t autumn, the government promised new laws on the sale and carrying of corro5ives and acids. but so far no legislation has been introduced. in egypt, archaeologists have revealed a recently—discovered tomb, which is thought to be more than 2,000 years old. it's about 120 miles south of cairo and contains dozens of ancient burial5. it's hoped it'll boost touri5m. bill hayton reports. eight metres below ground, buried trea5ure, centuries old. stone coffins, carved sarcophag’fi this was a burial place for prie5t5 from a nearby city. it's only the beginning. i think we need at least five more missions to work. but we are going to add very soon a new archaeological attraction in middle egypt. amongst the many find5 were the remains of sacred animal5, preserved as offerings to the afterlife. and about 1,000 5mall 5tatue5 known a5 u5habti, intended to act a5 servants to the dead. and one very special piece of jewellery: an amulet with a message. translation: on the 315t of december, a colleague alerted me to a 5carab which had the message happy new year on it in hieroglyphs. it felt like the message sent from the afterlife. it was a wonderful coincidence. the government hopes discoveries like this will improve tourism in egypt. visitor numbers are rising, but they are only half what they were before the arab spring, seven years ago. on its own, this tomb is unlikely to attract many foreigner5. it is in middle egypt, a long way from the pyramids and the ancient city of luxor, and tourism facilitie5 are poorly developed. but it is a reminder the pharaohs left plenty behind, and in places that are easier to see. the winter olympics have come to an end. at the closing ceremony, he did carry the flag with his hands as well, you can 5ee see him bottom right of your screen there with the gb flag. it was great britain's most successful winter 0lympic5 britain's most successful winter olympics in their history. they had five medal5 olympics in their history. they had five medals in total, that was their target at the start of the games. the olympic athletes of russia weren't able to parade under their own flag, but finished with 17 medals, two of them gold. 0ne own flag, but finished with 17 medals, two of them gold. one of them came in the men's ice hockey final, terrific final. it went to overtime. the russians beat germany. jubilant scenes as the 08 are won their second goal connor, the winning team proudly 5ang. it was the russian anthem they were 5inging while the olympic theme played and the olympic flag was raised. they belted out the russian national anthem. now, if you are a football fan, it is one of those days you might never leave the sofa or the pub, you might not switch off the radio all day. two big games in the premier league and the league cup final. they are into - second half final. they are into the second half of the early kick—off, crystal palace who started the dayju5t a point above the bottom three, visiting tottenham despite bob dominating spafford been frustrated by the home side, hurricane wa5 by the home side, hurricane was left 5hooting boots at home. about 20 minutes to play, it remains nil nil. after palace tottenham there was another big game as manchester united look to reclaim second spot from chelsea at old trafford, no love lost between managers from chelsea at old trafford, no love lost between manager5joe simmering and antonio conte, but the pair were staying tight—lipped when they were asked about each other in they were asked about each other in the build—up. they were asked about each other in the build-up. i told you before i am not going to speak about it. not at all. that is not the point. that is not the point. very good manager, fantastic team. and that is what is important for me. i think we have said this in the past, both save the things. and ok, for me it's ok. and lam not things. and ok, for me it's ok. and i am not interested to speak about this topic. that kicks off at five past two and at 430 there is a small matter of the league cup final at wembley between arsenal and manchester city. will it be a first cup league succe55 manchester city. will it be a first cup league success for arsene wenger 01’ cup league success for arsene wenger ora cup league success for arsene wenger or a trophy for pep guardiola? thi5 one is always evaded him, while guardiola i5 one is always evaded him, while guardiola is still hoping for a treble of trophies this season. caresses as it is an opportunity to play with all the regular players. and we want to go to wembley. i think wembley is always special because it is the stadium divided into. and it is a special day. and i'io into. and it is a special day. and no matter how many games you played in your life, it is always a special day. sky in the beginning almost, when we start, we say the same. we will be judged for how many titles you win in the big clubs, in the five, six contenders it is always the same. at the same point, what they said before, these eight months together, we live what we live. and that belongs to us. ben stokes was delighted to be back. according to captain alan morgan a5 delighted to be back. according to captain alan morgan as his first england match for five captain alan morgan as his first england match forfive month5 captain alan morgan as his first england match for five months ended ina england match for five months ended in a three wicket defeat by new zealand and hamilton. england made 284 for eight in the first one—day international, making ju5t 284 for eight in the first one—day international, making just 12 with the bat. he was more helpful with the bat. he was more helpful with the ball though, trying to inspire england to fight back, he took two wicket5 but new zealand got there in the final over, winning by three wickets. mitchell found that finish in style with six. and that is all your sport for now, ben. in style with six. and that is all your5port for now, ben. now in style with six. and that is all your sport for now, ben. now on it is and white, but we will get the 5lightly later! before that we have the weather with thomas. and we're bracing our5elve5 the weather with thomas. and we're bracing ourselves for the week ahead because it will be very cold and very snowy. ye5, yes, you said it, but there will be 5un5hine around at least. today is not great for travelling. i'm sure the travel 5how not great for travelling. i'm sure the travel show will appear at some point... but the forecast for today i5 point... but the forecast for today is cold on sunday. beautiful winter weather. the snow showers are getting closer, they are in the north sea at the moment and are edging our way over the next 24 hours. in the short term not much happening but over the course of the magic could be 5now settling acro55 eastern areas of

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