gail is could be 80 mph or more. gail is widely across scotland and very windy for northern ireland and northern england. these are the temperatures as we head towards the end of wednesday afternoon. through wednesday night that frontal system will clear southwards as a wintry showers coming into northern scotland for a time and then this ridge of high pressure will build so that means a lot of dry weather on thursday. some spells of hazy sunshine and cloud thickening across the north—west of scotland with some rain later in the day. we are looking at highs of eight, nine or 10 degrees. it will turn milder as we head through friday and into the weekend. isa 1415 but with a lot of cloud and some spots of rain.

welcome to bbc news. let's turn to our main headlines here. french farmers continue their protest for the dozens of roads blocked around paris and other major cities. we will talk live to our correspondence was there in paris for us. concerns of corruption in the uk are at an all—time high as the country. its lowest ever position on a key global index and pakistan's former prime

minister sentenced to ten years in prison for leaking state secrets. more on all of that here in a moment or two but first let's head to the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. the barcelona coach says he feels liberated now he has announced his decision to step down at the end of the football season. slipped 11 points by the leaders and they conceded twice in injury time to lose 5—3 at home on saturday. both team and the manager leaving liverpool have spoken about the pressure of the dream job. the? liverpool have spoken about the pressure of the dream job. pressure of the dream “ob. they make ou feel pressure of the dream “ob. they make you feel every _ pressure of the dream job. they make you feel every moment _ pressure of the dream job. they make you feel every moment that _ pressure of the dream job. they make you feel every moment that you - pressure of the dream job. they make you feel every moment that you are i you feel every moment that you are valued here. it happened all coaches. they told me. as for... i loved it and so it myself. i said it

before, we must reflect on that. i think we have a problem when it comes to the demands attached to this job. comes to the demands attached to thisjob. first they comes to the demands attached to this job. first they don't enjoy it. it is not quality of life or dub it seems you have your life at stake during every does not happen in any other club. you cannot compare the pressure you have in england and in spain. in my experience. why? it is a thousand times higher and tougher than here. here, for the managers is a real place to be. of course a lot of games and six press conferences a week and everything is a lot but the pressure you feel in barcelona is not comparable for another club. manchester city's premier league match on wednesday. the norwegian striker spit out for almost two months. he scored 14 goals in the league season. manchester city are currently second in the premier

league table but both arsenal and aston villa could go above them on tuesday. they are third and fourth right now and arsenal are hoping for a first away win since early december. uzbekistan will take on their hosts and holders cut out the of the asian cup after beating thailand by 2—1 after some early chances uzbekistan took the lead. the first goal conceded by thailand in the tournament to that point. thailand still managed to find an equaliser through the substitute not long after he came on but they could not reply twice. in the next half an hour saudi arabia will kick off against south korea. six out of the 8/4—final a africa cup of nations so at the ivory coast are just two more still to play. they are both on

tuesday. morocco against south africa. the world cup semifinals will be without some players for a match against the only team who have beaten morocco since last year's tournament in qatar. it is possible, we did it last _ tournament in qatar. it is possible, we did it last year— tournament in qatar. it is possible, we did it last year in _ tournament in qatar. it is possible, we did it last year in joe _ tournament in qatar. it is possible, we did it last year in joe burke. - tournament in qatar. it is possible, we did it last year in joe burke. we| we did it last year injoe burke. we beat morocco. so it is not because you have the best players and maybe you have the best players and maybe you are the best team, that you win the game. you saw the surprises in the game. you saw the surprises in the previous weeks so we will try to do the same. the previous weeks so we will try to do the same-— do the same. two years after the actual events _ do the same. two years after the actual events took _ do the same. two years after the actual events took place - do the same. two years after the | actual events took place meadows do the same. two years after the - actual events took place meadows can now be awarded for the winter olympics team figure skating foot of the united states was even a gold after a russian athlete was banned for a offence. the teenager's results were disqualified by the court of arbitration. they suspended herforfour court of arbitration. they suspended her for four years. court of arbitration. they suspended herforfour years. the court of arbitration. they suspended her for four years. the teams court of arbitration. they suspended herforfour years. the teams have

been re—ranked. russia have dropped from first to third without her points while, behind the usa, japan will get the silver in what the ioc says will be a dignified medal ceremony. there is much more on the website but that is it for now. thanks very much. my reaction coming from stormont from the northern ireland parties foot of the dup leader just ireland parties foot of the dup leaderjust speaking now. let's crossover and have a listen. what this deal does, what it delivers, the change that it secures and i believe we are now beginning to see, on day one, that delivery coming through. there will be more to come. tomorrow the government will publish the proposers so everyone in northern ireland will be able to see clearly what has been agreed. what is proposed, what change will come. what difference will it make for all of us in northern ireland. and i look forward to the publication so that, finally, people will be able

to see the extent of what has been achieved by the dup in delivering that change for northern ireland. and we will then look towards the rest of the week in terms of what might happen with legislation and other key elements of this package and, on the basis that the government continues to deliver on the strength of the agreed timeline that we reached with them then we would be in a position to convene a meeting of the assembly and proceed with the restoration of their political institutions. this afternoon, at the invitation of the head of the civil service, we have a meeting with the other parties to discuss issues such as public sector pgy- discuss issues such as public sector pay. it is vitally important that we have committed to prioritise those public sector pay awards. i have engaged with the secretary of state. we need the transfer of that funding

that the treasury are set aside to enable us to deliver the public sector pay awards for this year and then there are further discussions to be held about what happens next year and the year after. we have also begun discussions around what will be the priorities for the executive going forward. so we welcome these opportunities and we will continue to engage in the days ahead. , ., , ., will continue to engage in the days ahead. , ., ,, ahead. this morning you said there would be zero _ ahead. this morning you said there would be zero checks, _ ahead. this morning you said there would be zero checks, zero - ahead. this morning you said there i would be zero checks, zero paperwork on the green lane for goods coming into northern ireland and remaining into northern ireland and remaining in northern ireland. it is that a straight forward as she painted it morning? because if it is that as sa love another significant change in behalf of eu. i love another significant change in behalf of eu-_ love another significant change in behalf of eu. , ., ., behalf of eu. i believe that what we have delivered _ behalf of eu. i believe that what we have delivered significant. - behalf of eu. i believe that what we have delivered significant. in - have delivered significant. in checks, and goods moving between great britain and northern ireland and stay within the uk, there will no longer be physical checks or identity checks, save where, as is

normal, in any part of the uk, there is a suspicion of smuggling, of criminal activity, and that is the same for every part of the united kingdom. on customs paperwork, again, customs declarations, supplementary declarations will be gone and therefore we believe this represents a significant change. some people said you are going to take the green lane and painted red white and blue and fit a flag on it. well, if someone wants to put a flag on it, whatever. but we, as far as we are concerned, the green lane will go and be replaced by the uk internal market system that reflects a reality that northern ireland is part of the united kingdom, that good flowing within the united kingdom flow freely. that was our core key objective. i believe that we have secured represents real and

everybody will be able to see it for themselves. everybody will be able to see it for themselves-_ themselves. theresa may can do this... themselves. theresa may can do this- -- to — themselves. theresa may can do this... to understand _ themselves. theresa may can do this... to understand why - themselves. theresa may can do| this... to understand why people struggle to believe... this... to understand why people struggle to believe. . ._ struggle to believe... well, it is one of the _ struggle to believe... well, it is one of the reasons _ struggle to believe... well, it is one of the reasons why - struggle to believe... well, it is one of the reasons why i - struggle to believe... well, it is one of the reasons why i have i struggle to believe... well, it is i one of the reasons why i have held out to get the best deal that we could in the circumstances that we have. it is true that what i inherited in terms of what needed to be taken forward, given what previous prime minister said foot promised and failed to deliver, i was determined this time to hold out and hold out despite all the criticism and all the pressure to get the best deal that was available at this time and i believe that what we have delivered real change. and as i said last week in the house of commons, it is the dup delivering this change. it is not the people who criticise from the sidelines, who criticise from the sidelines, who talk big and tough about what needs to happen, but you have actually delivered nothing. the word zero was used earlier but it also

applies to what others have delivered. it is zero. nothing that the dup delivering the change that is needed to restore northern ireland's place within the united kingdom and its internal market. could be seen assembly? could it be saturday? is that realistic? let's see how things unfold over the next few days. i see how things unfold over the next few da s. ., ., ., ~ few days. i want to make the progress _ few days. i want to make the progress that _ few days. i want to make the progress that we _ few days. i want to make the progress that we can - few days. i want to make the progress that we can make i few days. i want to make the | progress that we can make as few days. i want to make the - progress that we can make as soon as possible. that depends on the government fulfilling its commitments, depends on the government moving legislation in the house of commons. i hope we will see that this week. i expect that the secretary of state well, tomorrow, set out his views on all of theirs. let's see what happened but i want to see this done and get our institutions restored as soon as possible. well, james, iwill leave you to make thatjudgment for themselves but i believe, certainly when i read some of the things that i have read in the media and social media, people trying to minimise

what we have achieved i think people will see, people who do not have a political bias, will be able to see clearly and judge fairly what is on offer. and i think what we have achieved, what we have delivered a significant footer but represent significant footer but represent significant change that i would represent substantial progress for northern ireland including measured against the dup's seven tests. horse against the dup's seven tests. how historically significant is this moment? you are willing to serve as a party to a first minister from sinn fein. a party to a first minister from sinn fem-— sinn fein. well, the office is a “oint sinn fein. well, the office is a joint office- — sinn fein. well, the office is a joint office. the _ sinn fein. well, the office is a joint office. the dup - sinn fein. well, the office is a joint office. the dup has, - sinn fein. well, the office is a joint office. the dup has, in i sinn fein. well, the office is a i joint office. the dup has, in the past, shared theirjoint office. we are democrats. the election results are democrats. the election results are there. i wish it had been different. of course. like any political party, you want to win

elections and i hope that, from a unionist point of view, we are learning the lessons that divisions and unionism, especially at election time, do not win unionist seats. and i hope, in the future, unionism will get its act together in terms of delivering more unionist and las at stormont so that our voice is stronger and that is what we will work towards but we will work with all the parties in the executive to deliver real change for northern ireland. change that benefits everyone in northern ireland. as i have said consistently throughout this period, i want an outcome that both unionists and nationalists can support. my my focus is not on the distractions.

my focus is not on the distractions. my focus is not on the distractions. my focus is on the real deal. my focus is on what we have achieved and ensuring that the people of northern ireland understand what has been achieved. when we look back in history, we will look back at last night's meeting and it won't be about the distractions. it will be about the distractions. it will be about the distractions. it will be about the decisions. and i think that we will see that those decisions were the right decisions for northern ireland. git“? decisions were the right decisions for northern ireland.— for northern ireland. give any thou~hts for northern ireland. give any thoughts in — for northern ireland. give any thoughts in terms _ for northern ireland. give any thoughts in terms of... - for northern ireland. give any thoughts in terms of... we i for northern ireland. give anyl thoughts in terms of... we will for northern ireland. give any - thoughts in terms of... we will not shirk our responsibilities _ thoughts in terms of... we will not shirk our responsibilities to - thoughts in terms of... we will not shirk our responsibilities to take i shirk our responsibilities to take on the difficult issues but not even turned my mind at this stage to who might be in what post and so on. i focused on the next few days and ensuring the government delivers for the people of northern ireland. thank you very much indeed. jeffrey donaldson. — thank you very much indeed. jeffrey donaldson, the _ thank you very much indeed. jeffrey donaldson, the leader _ thank you very much indeed. jeffrey donaldson, the leader of _ thank you very much indeed. jeffrey donaldson, the leader of the - thank you very much indeed. jeffrey donaldson, the leader of the dup i donaldson, the leader of the dup saying and welcoming the changes

announced and said the government will publish the details of what has been tomorrow and he said he looked forward to people seeing what the dup had achieved. it was substantial progress and that forward to the restitution of the political institutions. is that there are no longer be physical or identity checks for goods staying inside northern ireland. that was absolutely crucial. it was asked how soon could it be before those institutions power—sharing could restart? could it happen by saturday? he did not rule it out but it depends, of course, is what the government does because it has to put forward legislation. that is the latest from the leader of the dup. whilst we were listening to that let me bring you the latest lines from president biden talking about, of course, those attacks on us troops in jordan.

course, those attacks on us troops injordan. over the weekend. and president biden says he has decided how to respond to those attacks on us troops injordan. three chips were killed and others were injured so he has made a decision. we had antony blinken talking yesterday about a layered but not giving exact details. as an biden saying he has decided how to respond adding we do not need a wider war in the middle east because a lot of voices urging restraint in terms of the type of response to iran. another clue that the administration has decided. they have not made public but they have decided how they will respond. more on that as we get it. around the world, across the uk, you are watching bbc news.

you live with bbc news. the uk has fallen to its lowest ever position in transparency international corruption perceptions index. the index ranks countries by their

perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people. the uk was ranked as the eighth most transparent country in 2013 but in 2023 devoted joint 20th place experiencing the biggest five year decline of any western european country. let's talk to the chief executive of transparency international uk. welcome here to the programme. that is quite a drop, as we said there. why? well, the corruption perceptions index brings together a range of different surveys using data from the world bank, the world economic forum, the economist intelligence units to get to the score and rank which is then normalised to the score out of 100 in the uk has dropped. now 71 out of 100 where100 is completely clean. in 20th place globally. the underlying data in the surveys showing particular concern among

global business leaders and other experts about their perceptions of cronyism or patronage within government and a view that corrupt practice has led to the diversion of public funds in the uk. this really is a very challenging picture for the uk government to respond to this year. there is a big difference though, isn't there?— though, isn't there? between perception — though, isn't there? between perception and _ though, isn't there? between perception and fact. - though, isn't there? between perception and fact. isn't - though, isn't there? between perception and fact. isn't that though, isn't there? between - perception and fact. isn't that the basic weakness of this? yes, corruption in its absolute sense is a very difficult thing to measure which is why we have this which uses all of these different sources, as i have explained, and the data appear in that we are looking at here goes all the way through 2022 out to the end of october 2023 so it is worth just examining some of the issues that we have seen in the uk during

that we have seen in the uk during that period that is likely to be bearing down on that perception public sector corruption in the uk has become high risk. iuglith public sector corruption in the uk has become high risk.— public sector corruption in the uk has become high risk. with a beefy, which was the _ has become high risk. with a beefy, which was the worst _ has become high risk. with a beefy, which was the worst performing - which was the worst performing country? the bottom performing countries were sudan, somalia and deeply affected by conflict and there is a relationship between those two things. so it is a brief interview but it is an important story so thank you for being here to cover it with us. it gives a time you squeeze in one more important story because mps have warned that misogyny and discrimination is endemic within the music industry. the report by the women and equalities committee found that not only other barriers to opportunities that women are also experiencing bullying sexual harassment and assault. that is often underreported. let's talk to our guest to as the chief executive of black lives in music. welcome to the programme. your reaction to what is a really hard hitting report. absolutely. thank you for having me

all creative industries need to take all creative industries need to take a look at. �* ., all creative industries need to take alook at. �* ., ., ., ., a look at. and with our organisation and the work _ a look at. and with our organisation and the work that _ a look at. and with our organisation and the work that we _ a look at. and with our organisation and the work that we do _ a look at. and with our organisation and the work that we do we - a look at. and with our organisation and the work that we do we deftly l and the work that we do we deftly back—up the findings that we see. exactly on that point, does this time with what you see in the industry and the point is made that it is worse in many instances for black women in particular? absolutely. we surveyed 900 black women in the uk music industry in 2021 and some of the findings that we saw were they were paid 25% less than white women, 52% less than white men and 19% less than black men. in addition to that, there were also victims of sexual harassment,

bullying, harassment, and experience barriers to progression which is across the board in the music industry and highlights and other datasets as well. i industry and highlights and other datasets as well.— datasets as well. i mean, mps ointed datasets as well. i mean, mps pointed to _ datasets as well. i mean, mps pointed to the _ datasets as well. i mean, mps pointed to the fact _ datasets as well. i mean, mps pointed to the fact that - datasets as well. i mean, mps i pointed to the fact that musicians sometimes have to sit next to sexual abusers at award ceremonies. what is the best way to combat this because with so many sectors, the people doing this, the men, rn powerful, powerful positions, are in today? that is what we heard in our research and these men are are around. they are their colleagues in some aspects, they are promoters, their managers, they are roadies as well, staff, as seen in recent reports and there needs to be some form of, you know, they say, without codes of conduct, there is chaos, so we endorse the recommendation by the

women and equalities select committee for a champion of the creative industries independent authorities which we believe will prevent bullying and harassment. just a fan of the thought because they make the point that there is a lot of non—reporting and we have seen it before and so many other instances, notjust the music industry and music sector, do you think, do you feel that that is changing all? i think, do you feel that that is changing all?— think, do you feel that that is chanauin all? ., , ., changing all? i do believe, a little bit. i do believe _ changing all? i do believe, a little bit. i do believe that _ changing all? i do believe, a little bit. i do believe that many - changing all? i do believe, a little bit. i do believe that many people feel emboldened to speak out more. use it on social media and there is a culture of silence in the uk music industry. one where musicians, creators, industry professionals are fearful of losing theirjobs, losing fearful of losing their jobs, losing the fearful of losing theirjobs, losing the geese that they are at, being blackballed in the uk music industry. therefore they are made to

be silent and on top of that we have other issues reflected in the report as well. == other issues reflected in the report as well. ., , other issues reflected in the report as well. .,, ., , , ., as well. -- losing their “obs that the are as well. -- losing their “obs that they out. * as well. -- losing their “obs that they are out. i i as well. -- losing their “obs that they are out. i will_ as well. -- losing theirjobs that they are out. i will leave - as well. -- losing theirjobs that they are out. i will leave your. they are out. i will leave your pictures from outside paris. there is protest from farmers because they continue, there it is that at that other structures blocking more of the we are live at our correspondence here in the next hour. don't go away. a beautiful day across the northern half of the uk. a lot of sunshine to be had. that was how it looked in aberdeenshire earlier on but all thatis aberdeenshire earlier on but all that is set to change. you can see on the satellite picture, the shield of cloud. well a way to the north—west of but from within the shield of cloud we will see emerging and increasingly deep area of low pressure. all the highs of by squeezing together and that showers that we're going to have some very

strong when so, over the next 24 hours, for the northern half of the uk, it will turn wet and it will turn very windy indeed. in the short term the winds of the taking up the afternoon did the north—west of scotland. furthersouth afternoon did the north—west of scotland. further south and east a lot of cloud lingering across parts of east anglia and south east england. could be a little bit misty and murky here as we head into the evening and i will keep some of that cloud, mr evening and i will keep some of that cloud, m .. .,,, evening and i will keep some of that cloud, m , evening and i will keep some of that cloud,m , cloud, mr across southern counties. the winds will _ cloud, mr across southern counties. the winds will continue _ cloud, mr across southern counties. the winds will continue to _ the winds will continue to strengthen across scotland where the winds will continue to strengthen across the winds will continue to stren-then across scotland where we strengthen across scotland where we will see gail is developing. more clarity and outbreaks of rain. in between, touch of frost for england and wales. some spells of sunshine on wednesday. nothing too significant weather—wise. further north this band of rain with really squally, gusty winds pushing southwards and eastwards across scotland and northern ireland.

eventually northern england. we could see gusts of 80 mph or more in exposed parts of northern scotland. the gates why the across scotland, very windy for northern ireland and england. the winds could cause disruption particularly when coupled with that heavy rain. these are the temperatures as we head towards the end of wednesday afternoon. through wednesday night that frontal system will clear southwards. some wintry showers coming into northern scotland for a time and this ridge of high pressure will build so that means actually a lot of dry weather on thursday put up some spells of hazy sunshine, clouds thickening across the north—west of scotland were some rain later in the day. temperature rise generally were looking at highs of eight, nine or 10 degrees but it is set to turn milder as we head through friday and

into the weekend. maybe 15 but with a lot of cloud and some spots of rain.

live from london, this is bbc news. making history after two years of talks a deal is reached to return devolved power sharing to northern ireland. have the brexit problems being solved?— ireland. have the brexit problems beine solved? ., . , ., being solved? collectively we can do better for the _ being solved? collectively we can do better for the people _ being solved? collectively we can do better for the people we _ being solved? collectively we can do better for the people we serve, i better for the people we serve, collectively we can fight back against this tory austerity agenda and fight for our public services. people will be able to see the extent — people will be able to see the extent of what has been achieved by the dup_ extent of what has been achieved by the dup in_ extent of what has been achieved by the dup in delivering that change for northern ireland.—

the dup in delivering that change for northern ireland. israel says it has killed three _ for northern ireland. israel says it has killed three palestinians i for northern ireland. israel says it has killed three palestinians in i for northern ireland. israel says it has killed three palestinians in an | has killed three palestinians in an undercover operation at a hospital in the occupied west bank. the palestinian authority is denounced the attack inside the health care facility. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan is sentenced to ten years in prison for leaking state secrets. and french farmers continue their protest with dozens of roads blocked around paris and other major cities. hello and welcome. power—sharing in northern ireland's devolved assembly set to return after the biggest unionist party the dup backed a british government deal aimed at soothing concerns over post—brexit trading rules. the government at stormont has been suspended for almost two years after the dup

walked out in protest over