. _ belfast, claire hamer. great to get your input there. thanks _ belfast, claire hamer.ast, claire hamer. great to get. your input there. thanks very much. colum eastwood has formally announced his resignation as party leader during that press conference and he has had to decades as an elected officer. a formidable career. more on our website. to paris now where french president emmanuel macron has been meeting with the british prime minister keir starmer at the elysee palace. the prime minister travelled from berlin to paris to hold more meetings designed to show the uk wants to "reset" its relationship with the european union following years of post—brexit turmoil. firstly i am here in paris for the paralympics, which is a fantastic opening ceremony yesterday. i had a bilateral with the president while i am here to discuss a number of issues. obviously there are foreign policy issues which are pressing so we discussed the situation in ukraine as you would expect, the situation in the middle east, bilateral issues in terms of trade and defence and security. but also the