Did an amended version of her preferred deal M.P.'s would be able to vote on whether they supported Britain leaving the e.u. Without a deal on the shadow departure date of the 29th of March if they also rejected that option that we asked whether they wanted a limited extension which would then be sought from the e.u. India and Pakistan have given sharply differing accounts of an Indian air raid against a militant camp in Pakistani territory Delhi said it killed a large number of Jaish e Mohammed militants Pakistan rejected India's allegation that it was allowing terrorist training camps to operate on its territory Pakistan's foreign minister is Shah Mahmood Qureshi once again Indian government has resorted to a self-serving ridiculous fictitious. Bizarre action has been done for domestic consumption being an election environment putting the regional peace and stability at grave risk there's been a major setback in efforts to contain an outbreak of Ebola in eastern Congo with a medical charity closing a treatment center in the West had region nearly 550 people have died and hundreds more have been infected since last July the aid group m.s.f. Closed the cap or center after it was attacked and set on fire by suspected rebels on Sunday he is and saw a m.s.f. Says they bought a treatment center with specially banned and is now you know Preble suspected rebels threw stones at it said parts of the structure on fire and destroyed wards and equipment patients were not harmed but a relative of one of them died while trying to escape m.s.f. General director main inequal I says they must deal with the mistrust in the community to save lives Well news from the b.b.c. . President Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has begun testifying before u.s. Senators with reports suggesting that over the next few days he'll present evidence of alleged criminal conduct by the president of n.b.c. News and The New York Times to Mr Cohen is likely to present documents indicating that Mr Trump directed him to make payments to women claiming to have had affairs with him which would be a violation of campaign finance law Algerian students have joined the protest against President other disease beautifully his decision to run again for office hundreds marched in the capital Algiers there are reports of many more students of voided confronting police by rallying on campus grounds in Algiers and in other cities. A spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry says the department's head Zarif has not had his resignation accepted by the president but his chief of staff said he had been satisfied with Mr Sharif spur formants leads to set reports if the future of Iran's most prominent statesman is now in doubt the problems he confronts are all too clear Mr Zarif has been under mounting pressure for Iran's hardliners they've never liked and never trusted his efforts to engage with the West they've welcomed his resignation so have Israeli and u.s. Officials who've seen Iran's u.s. Educated diplomat as the smiling face of a regime they'd like to change if Mr Zarif does stay on his hand may now be strengthened in the infighting he says is poisoning Iran's foreign policy Venezuela has deported a television crew from the u.s. Base broadcast to Univision after President Nicolas Maduro ordered their detention during an interview the team had by one of America's most influential Spanish language journalists Jorge Ramos also had their equipment confiscated Mr Ramos said the president a taken exception to questions about torture on political prisoners b.b.c. News. Thanks very much a listening to the news room from the b.b.c. World Service with all of our Conway for almost 2 years to resume a has been adamant that Britain will leave the European Union as planned on at 11 pm on the 29th of March but faced with the threat of a rebellion from cabinet ministers and others who want to rule out departing without a deal the British prime minister has now backed down and will allow M.P.'s to vote for a delay it would be the final option put to them by the 14th of March if they 1st reject her agreement with Brussels and then reject the option of a no deal exit if the house having rejected leaving with the deal negotiated with the e.u. Then rejects leaving on the 29th of March with our withdrawal agreement and future framework the government will on the 14th of March bring forward a motion on whether parliament wants to see a short limited extension to Article 50. And if the House votes for an extension seek to agree that extension approved by the house with the e.u. And bring forward the necessary legislation to change the exit date commensurate with that extension on our political correspondent Rob Watson joins us live from Westminster Rob let's go through this stage by stage 1st of all M.P.'s will vote on a version of the deal that they overwhelmingly rejected more than a month ago could that pass. I think treason is hoping that it just might if she can get some tweaks to the deal from the from the European Union and that if you like that the the pro bricks at right of her party will sort of be frightened into supporting it knowing that there is now the possibility of a delay to bricks of I should say that those on the probe ranks at right of the Conservative Party of so far so that they will not be frightened into voting for anything Ok so if that vote fails is there an upside then the M.P.'s could back the vote calling for a no deal breaks last Oliver an easy question no I think that is of those one. Thing that that Britain's parliamentarians agree on and it's not much when it comes to bricks that it's the no deal would be a disaster Ok so then we come to the vote for a possible delay is that a likely outcome and how would it work I think it is the most likely outcome how it would work I think is much harder to say the prime minister is trying to keep as tight lipped as possible as usual but she is talking about a very limited extension some of so that you couldn't go much beyond June because then you wouldn't get into problems with the elections to the European Union parliaments but I guess the short answer to your question is who knows For me it raises this really interesting question if you get to a node if you get to an extension will things go as to reason may as wanted all along which was that you've just delayed the cliff edge of delay the moment and eventually M.P.'s get panicked into voting for maybe on the 12th of June instead of the 12 March or does breaking the taboo of leaving on the 29th of March somehow change the dynamics of British politics in the BRICs at the beta in ways that none of us at this point can predict because at the moment it looks like the sticking points and divisions all the argument over the the backstop they'll be the same absolutely look there's a very strong argument to say that if there is an extension whether it's of a month 2 months 3 months that we're going to be having exactly the same conversation that we are having on this day at 7 o'clock on the 26th of February all of our you can remember that other forces Ok Rob Thank you Rob Watson in Westminster So how has the e.u. Reacted to Theresa May change of plans from Brussels is our Europe editor Cathy other the Prime Minister's plan is seen as a widely move in Brussels in coming up with a timetable senior you think is tell me to resume a has managed to turn up the pressure not only on bricks or tears and on the Labor Party but on the e.u. To European. Civil servants will work with the u.k. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox to provide legally binding assurances on the backstop guarantee to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland in time for the meaningful vote on the 12th of March but no one is sure a majority of M.P.'s will end up approving the deal and the e.u. Law all $27.00 e.u. Leaders have to unanimously approved a u.k. Request for an extension that preference like to reason May would be for a short one if any at all designed to finalize a deal that's almost there Brussels is keen to be done with Breck sets by the time it holds elections for the European Parliament at the end of May. In Brussels. 2 Russians a former intelligence officer and a cyber security expert have been convicted of treason the hearing was held in secret in Moscow but it's thoughts again I love and Rossland story and of were accused of being information to American intelligence there is media speculation it may have been related to the alleged Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee during the Us election more from the tally of b.b.c. Monitoring one of them said a game while of the one who got 22 years was a senior figure a department head the f.s.b. Information security center which makes him a leading light in cyber security for the Russian secret services more than 2 years ago in 2016 he was arrested in his own office and because he's a karate black belt there were fears that he might put up resistance so he was escorted off the premises with a bag on his head the other one of the young of he got 40 years he's a long time friend of me high love he worked for the cyber security firm conspiracy lab where he was in charge of liaison with security services now this is where we enter the shadowy world of Russian secret services we don't know exactly what happened but because this case is so extraordinary it generated a lot of interest from the media both in Russia and abroad so the sources that are normally real or will what. Is that these 2 men might have spoken to the American about the hacking of the American election in 2016 particularly the d.n.c. Hack you know the timeline would fit with that if they were arrested in 2060 I guess this sort of thing must be going on all. Time and we just don't know about it yes what makes this interesting is that it all came out into the public view and clearly the authorities are trying to send a very strong message they clearly taken very seriously because 22 years and 14 years is a very long time to spend in jail and there are other cases involving spying or alleged spying a former u.s. Marine Paul Whelan is currently held in Russia on suspicion of spying and there been other cases where a workers and engineers of Russian defense industry factories were jailed on charges of leaking state secrets the tally Shevchenko Pakistan has said it will respond to an asteroid by Indian warplanes at a time and place of its choosing Pakistani major general as you've got force of the response the attack would be surprising and different move in. The escalation lead I said that even sort of praise you for that are things I said that got a sponsor a bit different see it for yourself. This boss will come India as it is dawn raid was aimed at a Pakistani based militant group which had carried out a deadly attack on Indian troops in Kashmir nearly 2 weeks ago the u.s. China and the e.u. Have restraint on both sides agree to Moscow reports from Delhi India's foreign secretary v.j. Go Clay said the missile attacks were carried out in response to credible evidence that Islamist militants based in Pakistan were planning a series of terror attacks across the country he said the airstrikes believed to be the 1st inside Pakistan for more than 40 years had targeted the training camp of the militant Islamist organization Jaish e Mohammad in the face of imminent danger of preemptive strike big and absolutely necessary in this operation a very large number or. A group of you have been for when they were eliminated Jaish e Mohammad had earlier this month said it was responsible for the killing of 40 troops in India in Minister Kashmir India has consistently claimed that Islam about had a hand in that attack but Pakistan's foreign minister Sharma move Gray she has denied the allegation and accused India of resorting to self-serving reckless claims this action has been down for domestic consumption being an election environment putting regional peace and stability at grave risk Jaish e Mohammad has been operating in Kashmir for 2 decades it's a mistress it become an independent country or one allied to Pakistan relations between India and Pakistan both nuclear states are at their most strained affinity 20 years thank you to my skin in Delhi this is the newsroom from the b.b.c. World Service Marian has a headlines the British prime minister to resign May says Parliament will have a chance to delay Breck's it if M.P.'s are. Jack Teddie on next month a former Russian intelligence officer and a cyber security expert have been jailed for treason for passing secrets to foreign powers the Pakistani military has threatened a surprise response to India's air raid targeting militants on its territory yesterday he said he was resigning apologizing for his shortcomings as Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif let the talks for Iran over the landmark nuclear deal surprised everyone with his announcement on Instagram that he was stepping down but it's not clear whether President Hassan Rouhani will accept the resignation the majority of M.P.'s of also signed a letter urging Mr Zarif not to go despite some hardliners still being unhappy over his past negotiations with the West Kasra Naji from the b.b.c. Persian Service is here 1st of all Kyra has his resignation been accepted or not not that we know of we're getting contradictory reports whether President Rouhani has accepted it or is not accepted it we don't know we're waiting certainly though it seems that people are trying to persuade him to stay on it looks like. There is a push particularly. The moderates the foreign ministry tribes and people in the government of President Rouhani who want him to stay he's going to be very difficult to replace He spoke English very well he was the spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran defending the indefensible in many ways very often. He knew how the u.s. Worked at the politics. Of Europe works the world works he has traveled the world so it will be very difficult for the government to replace them quite a theatrical move announcing his resignation and then if he's persuaded to stay on does that leave him strengthened in those battles with the hardliners. We have to wait and see what brought the whole thing to the fore was the meeting yesterday in Tehran between the Syrian president Bashar al Assad with President Rouhani and then also with Iran's supreme leader. The travel the visit by Bashar al Assad to Iran was no was not given to the Foreign Ministry of Foreign Ministry didn't know about it the foreign minister. Was not invited to either of the meetings and even worse was that the person prominent in those meetings was the commander of the words force this is the extraterritorial wing of the Revolutionary Guards and he was there so it looks as if when the pictures of the meeting came out it was the last straw for of misses a reef. So he's feels that he's being sidelined in a big way but he's been sidelined for many years this was a pretty sort of over for reckoning of where he stands and were the foreign ministry stance visibly the hardliners in Iran Kasra Naji thank you. Nigeria's president Mohammed who Bihari looks to have taken an unassailable lead in the country's election a combination of results confirmed by the Electoral Commission and Provisional figures announced in state capitols showed that his main rival attic Abubaker could no longer catch up before we came on air we got data from the B.B.C.'s Peter a court in the tallying center in the capital Abuja 26 state houses so far been counted President Boris a.p.c. Party has won 14 of them while his main opposition challenger to call the book out has won 12 states now the 27 states has just been counted behind me and that's President Harry is home state of Kut set up a little looks likely going by the with this voting has been going but he will take that step to state as well and he's got a political mandate lead now over a tick up a book are he needs by 2600000 votes I know so those celebrations by his supporters might be premature but he has quite a sizable lead and looks set to build on it Peter in butta the track chosen to represent Ukraine in the Euro Vision Song Contest has already been downloaded 7000000 times. But now it seems the singer mare of who won the public vote in Ukraine on Saturday night will not be appearing in the contest itself in Israel in May She's been dropped in around relates to tensions with Russia or of whose real name is and of course son refused to sign a contract to temporarily barring her from performing in Russia she said she was willing to cancel her next tour there but that other measures in the contract amounted to censorship I am a musician and not involved in politics she said let's speak to our correspondent in Kiev zone a choke 1st will tell us more about her and what the Ukrainian authorities wanted her to do. Ari Yes And of course honor is so they are crazy and see him go who's served who can soak 30 talked in the sun carrots and in many tourists or were across Europe as well as in Russia and in Ukraine are and it's very interesting fact about her that. Actually many Ukrainians have heard the songs on radio before but they were sure that they are the firm to buy some western scene get they have not identified the songs with the Ukrainian singer she was no so well known inside the crane actually beforehand before they see a reason contest and. Excellent now they discovered here are due to the As a rule overkill that station in the abbreviation and they created authorities actually when they want to 1st of all from pure They wanted her to give Ark your a plant corn so it's in Russia that a plant for the small amount and also ever seen that she plants there are within 3 months of after the u. Provision contests in the. Shia are as she says she was really a deferment on a regular basis in Russia so that was the most treaty question in this story so she was on happy about that they've now dropped her who will represent Ukraine now. This is a chilly question that interests many people but nobody knows the answer to our law should lead that it should be there back to that Keefe 2nd in their nation will selection are but there they were presented to us all the Ukrainian public broadcasting company that is in charge all for. A good night and they have provision to stand in as sync it to the contest they sat that they are negotiating with the man in just different singers one of the reasons why we don't have a clear Oz answer this question so far because maybe not everybody is so willing to replace my roof after the scandal OK's on the many thanks indeed. In here have. Some of days of the stories with Marian United Nations Secretary General Antonio terrace has opened a donor conference in Geneva aimed at raising $4000000000.00 to fund aid operations in Yemen that's a good terrorist said the money was needed because the ongoing conflict pushed more Yemenis than ever into desperate need the London based on Top one web will launch 6 satellites later today in a multi-billion dollar project that could eventually see some 2000 spacecraft orbiting Earth to relay broadband Internet is the 1st of the so-called mega constellations that have been promised by a number of companies seeking to make the Web truly global. 183 passengers in the u.s. State of Oregon have been stranded on a train since Sunday night because of snowy conditions and fall in trees blocking its path it was on its way from Seattle to Los Angeles the train company Amtrak said it was slowly being towed back to the town of Eugene Oregon more than 1300 kilometers north of l.a. President trampin the North Korean leader Kim Jong un have arrived in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi ahead of their 2nd summit meeting will see the u.s. Try to convince North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons the Americans are hoping the setting of Vietnam a communist state wit