the democratic unionist party in northern ireland endorses a deal to restore the devolved northern irelandary of state vows a decisive response to the deadly strike that killed three american troops in jordan. and — thousands of migrants make the treacherous journey to the uk in small boats each year. some never make it, including this young boy. we have his story. hello i'm caitriona perry. before we move to events in the middle east, we want to bring you the latest on a story that's been developing in the few hours. the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist party says his party is prepared to return to powersharing in northern ireland if the uk government delivers on a new proposal, which would include passing new legislation. the party collapsed the power—sharing government nearly two years ago in protest against post—brexit trade arrangements. sirjeffrey donaldson says that the measures proposed by the government in london will secure a positive future for northern ireland within the uk. the package of measures in totality does provide a basis for our party to nominate membe

the democratic unionist party in northern ireland endorses a deal to restore the devolved northern irelandre are new details on a deadly attack on american forces at a base near thejordan—syria border from what washington is calling iran—backed militants. and french farmers escalate their protests against new agriculture regulations, blockading key roads around paris. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist party says his party is prepared to return to powersharing in northern ireland if the uk government delivers on a new proposal, which would include passing new legislation. the dup collapsed the power—sharing government nearly two years ago in protest against post—brexit trade arrangements. sirjeffrey donaldson says that the measures proposed by the government in london will secure a positive future for northern ireland within the uk. the package of measures in totality does provide a basis for our party to nominate members to the northern ireland executive, thus seeing the restoration of the locally elected institutions. we

the democratic unionist party in northern ireland endorses a deal to restore the devolved northern irelandf state vows a decisive response to the deadly strike that killed three american troops in jordan. plus, a rare glimpse into the lives of great white harks. how a youtuber may have footage of a creature soon after its birth. hello, i'm caitriona perry. before we move to events in the middle east, we want to bring you the latest on a story that's been developing in the past hour. the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist party says his party is prepared to return to powersharing in northern ireland if the uk government delivers on a new proposal, which would include passing new legislation.the party collapsed the power—sharing new legislation. the party collapsed the power—sharing government nearly two years ago in protest against post—brexit trade arrangements. sirjeffrey donaldson says that the measures proposed by the government in london will secure a positive future for northern ireland within the uk. the package of measures in totality does provide a basis for our party

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the democratic unionist party says it's agreed a deal to restore the devolved government in northern ireland. the agreement signals the end of the dup's boycott of the stormont assembly — which has left northern ireland without a locally elected parliament for almost two years. the party's leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the proposals are subject to the westminster government passing laws to address concerns about post—brexit trading arrangements. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. as the democratic unionist party reached a pivot point, protesters tried to increase the pressure. more hard—line unionists have been urging the dup not to agree a new deal to restore the devolved government. 130 party members took part in a meeting, which lasted more than five hours. but, early this morning, the leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, announced he had won support for a plan to bring back power—sharing. i believe that with the faithful delivery of this package of measures, hard work and dedication, we will be able to look back on this moment as the defining time when northern ireland's

the democratic unionist party says it's agreed a deal to restore the devolved government in northern ireland. the agreement signals the end of the dup's boycott of the stormont assembly, which has left northern ireland without a locally elected parliament for almost two years. the party's leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the proposals are subject to the westminster government passing laws to address concerns about post—brexit trading arrangements. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. as the democratic unionist party reached a pivot point, protesters tried to increase the pressure. more hard—line unionists have been urging the dup not to agree a new deal to restore the devolved government. 130 party members took part in a meeting, which lasted more than five hours. but, early this morning, the leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, announced he had won support for a plan to bring back power—sharing. i believe that with the faithful delivery of this package of measures, hard work and dedication, we will be able to look back on this moment as the defining time when northern ireland's

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the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist party says his party is prepared to return to powersharing in northern ireland if the uk government delivers on a new proposal, which would include passing new legislation. the dup collapsed the power—sharing government nearly two years ago in protest against post—brexit trade arrangements. sirjeffrey donaldson says that the measures proposed by the government in london will secure a positive future for northern ireland within the uk. the package of measures in totality does provide a basis for our party to nominate members to the northern ireland executive, thus seeing the restoration of the locally elected institutions. we recognise that significant further advances have been achieved through these negotiations and the details of the new package of measures will be published by the uk government in due course. this package, i believe, safeguards northern ireland's place in the union and will restore our place within the uk internal market. northern ireland's main nationalist party, sinn fein leader mary lou mcdonald responded saying: we lea

the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist party says his party is prepared to return to powersharing in northern ireland if the uk government delivers on a new proposal, which would include passing new legislation. the party collapsed the power—sharing government nearly two years ago in protest against post—brexit trade arrangements. sirjeffrey donaldson says that the measures proposed by the government in london will secure a positive future for northern ireland within the uk. the package of measures in totality does provide a basis for our party to nominate members to the northern ireland executive, thus seeing the restoration of the locally elected institutions. we recognise that significant further advances have been achieved through these negotiations and the details of the new package of measures will be published by the uk government in due course. this package, i believe, safeguards northern ireland's place in the union and will restore our place within the uk internal market. and we're getting some reaction now from northern ireland's main nationalist party, sinn fein leader

as the democratic unionist party reached a pivot point, protesters tried to increase the pressure. devolved government. 130 party members took part in a meeting which lasted more than five hours.

details of the steel with the democratic unionist party to bring back power—sharing to northern ireland will mean no routine checks on goods from great britain in stag and northern ireland and the dup has boycotted this for almost two years and protests weaving northern ireland without a government. our political editor is in westminster for government. our political editor is in westminsterfor us. government. our political editor is in westminster for us. this all boils down to the complexities of northern ireland politics colliding with the complexities of brexit. the peace process means that there's a long desire for northern ireland in uk in the republic in the eu and different rules about borders and a long—running row trying to square that circle. four years ago today, the uk left of the european union, brexit happen. leading to this between northern ireland and england, scotland and wales. in the last half hour, the dup leader and the northern ireland secretary have been giving the new plan the big cell. ., ., cell. committed to delivering the steel swiftly _ cell. committed to d

unionist party.he first and deputy first ministers are equal, they can't operate without the other, each has a veto over the other�*s official policy movements, as it were. but the fact that you have one that has the fact that you have one that has the title first minister, the other has the title deputy first minister, that does matter, especially in a place like northern ireland, where titles on hold such import. the fact it is going to be sinn fein in the first minister's chair when the assembly meets on saturday and not the democratic unionist party as it has been for the last 20 years, that will be a major moment.— has been for the last 20 years, that will be a major moment. will be a ma'or moment. thank you, we will be will be a major moment. thank you, we will be the _ will be a major moment. thank you, we will be the following _ will be a major moment. thank you, we will be the following list - will be a major moment. thank you, we will be the following list of - we will be the following list

the democratic unionist party says it's agreed a deal to restore the devolved government in northern ireland. the agreement signals the end of the dup's boycott of the stormont assembly, which has left northern ireland without a locally elected parliament for almost two years. the party's leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the proposals are subject to the westminster government passing laws to address concerns about post—brexit trading arrangements. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. as the democratic unionist party reached a pivot point, protesters tried to increase the pressure. more hardline unionists have been urging the dup not to agree a new deal to restore the devolved government. 130 party members took part in a meeting which lasted more than five hours. but early this morning, the leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, announced he'd won support for a plan to bring back power—sharing. i believe that with the faithful delivery of this package of measures, hard work and dedication, we will be able to look back on this moment as the defining time when northern ireland's place

as the democratic unionist party reached a pivot point, protesters tried to increase the pressure. members took part in a meeting, which lasted more than five hours. but, early this morning, the leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, announced he had won support for a plan to bring back power—sharing.

the uk government is today expected to publish the details of its deal with the democratic unionist partye the power—sharing assembly in northern ireland. the dup leadership has already said there will be legislation to strengthen trading links with the rest of the uk, which were affected by brexit. the nationalist party sinn fein, which will appoint the new first minister, says it is optimistic, and that the whole of ireland is about to experience a moment of very great significance. trade between northern ireland, the rest of the uk and the republic of ireland was straightforward before the uk left the european union. all parties were in the eu and shared the same trade rules. however, when northern ireland left the eu, a deal was required to allow trade to continue with the republic of ireland — that was the northern ireland protocol. to avoid disruptive border checks on the irish border, the protocol introduced new checks on goods coming into northern ireland from the rest of the uk. that meant no hard border in ireland — but pro—british unionists felt the arrangement caused delays an

as the democratic unionist party reached a pivot point, protesters tried to increase the pressure.have been urging the dup not to agree a new deal to restore the devolved government. 130 party members took part in a meeting which lasted more than five hours. but early this morning, the leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, announced he'd won support for a plan to bring back power—sharing. i believe that with the faithful delivery of this package of measures, hard work and dedication, we will be able to look back on this moment as the defining time when northern ireland's place within the union was safeguarded and our place within the united kingdom internal market was restored. unionists have been strongly opposed to trading arrangements which were brought in after brexit. northern ireland follows different rules to great britain, meaning there are checks on goods arriving here from england, scotland and wales. the dup has said that separates this part of the uk from the rest. it has been negotiating with westminster for measures to remove what it sees as economic barriers. the dup says th

how did we get here, the democratic unionist party, it is not happy with the trader rules, has been refusing but last night its members got together at a wedding venue to work things out. the secret meeting wasn't that secret. somebody inside was wearing a wire and the whole thing was live tweeted. five hours later, a deal. the dup says it cuts out all checks going from britain to northern ireland and staying there. we can expect the full details on wednesday. sinn fein said it is a day of great optimism. if you watch the traitors, you have onlyjust if you watch the traitors, you have only just about if you watch the traitors, you have onlyjust about got over the drama of the final. they are now raising awareness about having a stoma. over 150,000 people in the uk have one and molly told the bbc why it is important to talk about. it can be to boo _ important to talk about. it can be to boo as— important to talk about. it can be to boo as it _ important to talk about. it can be to boo as it is _ important to talk about. it can be to boo as it is to _ important to talk about. it can be to boo

how did we get here, the democratic unionist party, it is not happy with the trader rules, has been refusingies. but last night its members got together at a wedding venue to work things out. the secret meeting wasn't that secret. somebody inside was wearing a wire and the whole thing was live tweeted. five hours later, a deal. the dup says it cuts out all cheques going from britain to northern ireland and staying there. we can expect the full details on wednesday. sinn fein said it is a day of great optimism. if you watch the traitors you have probablyjust got over the drama of the final. molly has got to the final and is now raising awareness about having a stoma. 0ver over 150,000 0ver150,000 people in the uk have one and molly told the bbc white is important to talk about it. it can be a taboo and it is important that we advocate for it and show that anyone can have a stoma and you could see somebody on the street and have no idea what they were going through. time for ten seconds of fire. it is the annual up helly aa festival on the shetland islands, to celebrate the island's viking pas

as the democratic unionist party reached a pivot point, protesters tried to increase the pressure.ore hard—line unionists have been urging the dup not to agree a new deal to restore the devolved government. 130 party members took part in a meeting, which lasted more than five hours. but, early this morning, the leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, announced he had won support for a plan to bring back power—sharing. i believe that with the faithful delivery of this package of measures, hard work and dedication, we will be able to look back on this moment as the defining time when northern ireland's place within the union was safeguarded and our place within the united kingdom internal market was restored. unionists have been strongly opposed to trading arrangements, which were brought in after brexit. northern ireland follows different rules to great britain, meaning there are checks on goods arriving here from england, scotland and wales. the dup has said that separates this part of the uk from the rest. it's been negotiating with westminster for measures to remove what it sees as economi

main news today on gb other main news today on gb news, the democratic unionist party in northern ireland has backed a deal with the uk government on post—brexit trade agreements, which could potentially see power sharing restored by friday. the deal aims to end the nearly two year stormont boycott . full details stormont boycott. full details are expected to be published tomorrow. here the northern ireland secretary says the agreement is welcome and a significant step. sinn fein's leader said she's optimistic about the future . as you've been about the future. as you've been hearing, president biden has decided how the us will respond to a drone strike that killed three of its troops in jordan . three of its troops in jordan. speaking outside the white house today , he declined to reveal today, he declined to reveal what that would look like, but did say the us didn't need a wider middle east war. a militia group backed by iran claimed responsibility for the attack on the us military base on the jordanian and syrian border. the uk's total population is set to hit 70 million, and it's due

how did we get here, the democratic unionist party, has been refusing to work with other parties. work things out. the secret meeting wasn't that secret. somebody inside was wearing a wire and the whole thing was live tweeted. five hour later a deal. we can expect the full details on wednesday. sinn fein said it is a day of great optimism. we can expect the full details on wednesday. sinn fein said it is a day of great optimism. some other news, we have been hearing about the music if you watch the traitors you have probablyjust got over the drama of the final. molly has got to the final and is now raising awareness about having a stoma. it can be a taboo and it is important that we advocate for it and show meme that anyone can have a stoma and you could see somebody on the street and have no idea what they were going through. time for ten seconds of fire. it is the annual up helly aa festival on the shetland islands, to celebrate the island's viking past. you can watch more on the iplayer. you're all caught up. have a good one. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun..

the assembly collapsed almost two years ago due to the democratic unionist party's opposition to post—brexit restore devolved government runs out on thursday. the former labour mp for rochdale, sir tony lloyd, has died at the age of 73. sir tony served as a foreign minister under tony blair before becoming the mayor of greater manchester. he said last week he'd been receiving treatment you're live with bbc news. both king charles and the princess of wales will be away from public duties for a while due to health reasons. kensington palace says catherine, who's 42, has had abdominal surgery and will be in hospital for at least ten days. she won't return to engagements until after easter. shortly after that, buckingham palace announced the king is to receive treatment for an enlarged prostate. here's our royal correspondent daniela relph. together on christmas day — the king, the princess of wales just behind him and the wider royal family attended church on the sandringham estate in norfolk. it was the last time the king and the princess were seen in public. they appeared in good health. in t

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well, the top story from the gb newsroom tonight is that the democratic unionist party in northern ireland has backed a deal with the uk government on post brexit trade agreements that could potentially see power sharing there restored by friday. the deal aims to end the nearly two years stormont stalemate. the full details of the proposed agreement are to be published tomorrow. the northern ireland secretary said today the agreement is welcome and a significant step. sinn fein's leader said she's optimistic about the future in the united states. president biden said today he has decided how the us will respond to a drone strike that killed three of its troops in jordan. speaking outside the white house today, he declined to reveal details on what that would look like. but added the us didn't need a wider war in the middle east. a militia group backed by iran claimed responsibility for the attack on a us military base. mr biden's comments, coming after rishi sunak urged iran to work towards de—escalating the situation . the de—escalating the situation. the uk's total population is set to h

the democratic unionist party says it's agreed a deal to restore the devolved government in northernembly, which has left northern ireland without a locally elected parliament for almost two years. the party's leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the proposals are subject to the westminster government passing laws to address concerns about post—brexit trading arrangements. stormont uses a system of government known as power—sharing. this has allowed nationalist and unionist political parties to share power together for the first time in a government. meghan owen explains. for us to better understand this latest development, i want to row back to 1998. now, after decades of violent conflict in northern ireland , a political deal was made. now that deal was called the good friday agreement. it was to strengthen relationships between communities and also to form a new government in northern ireland. now, this government represents the unionists and the nationalists, and westminster gave it the power to control things such as health and education. and this is known as devolution. i want to

last night was a night of high stakes and high drama for the democratic unionist party.ere protests and the leak of a private meeting to contend with. it is understood a party member wore a wire to record proceedings which were then live posted on social media. but despite all the noise, there was a breakthrough, and news of a deal negotiated between the dup and the government that could see the return of devolved institutions in northern ireland after almost two years. the details will be released tomorrow but today sirjeffrey donaldson was confident. i believe that what we have delivered is significant, and on the basis that the government continues to deliver, then we will be in a position to convene a meeting of the assembly and proceed with the restoration of the political institutions. the dup walked out of power—sharing in 2022 in protest at trading arrangements brought in after brexit. the party says those arrangements saw northern ireland treated differently from the rest of the uk and it has been negotiating with westminster for measures to remove what it sees

unionist party today. its deal with the democratic unionist party today . the unionist party today. the agreement sets the stage for the return of power sharing at stormont after the dup withdrew almost two years ago. the new deal will also see a package of more than £3 billion to support pubuc more than £3 billion to support public services in northern ireland. it's expected to be debated in parliament tomorrow . debated in parliament tomorrow. full coverage right here. gp news the home secretary conceded today that the number of asylum seekers like to be sent to rwanda under the government's £240 million scheme, could actually be quite low. answering questions at the home affairs select committee this morning, james cleverly admitted he couldn't say how many of the 33,000 asylum seekers identified as eligible would eventually be sent to rwanda . meanwhile, gb sent to rwanda. meanwhile, gb news understands 200 illegal migrants have been rescued today after their boat got into difficulties in the early hours of the morning in the english channel of the morn

unionist party.ur political correspondent damian grammaticas, who is in westminster for us. what more are we learning about this agreement between the government and the dup? weill. about this agreement between the government and the dup? well, we have now got _ government and the dup? well, we have now got quite _ government and the dup? well, we have now got quite a _ government and the dup? well, we have now got quite a lot _ government and the dup? well, we have now got quite a lot of- government and the dup? well, we have now got quite a lot of detail, i have now got quite a lot of detail, all the detail, not the final legal text, but the detail in it. what we are seeing is all the bids this is broken down into. and essentially, if i can summarise that, you have a core, attempting to deal with the issue or one of the issues that has so exercised uniqueness, which is the checks being implemented on goods and items moving from the rest of the uk into northern ireland, they view that as an internal

in 2017—2020, there were fractures relationships between the democratic unionist party and sinn feinst—brexit trade. so, legislation will now need to be passed. the assembly will need to be recalled, and a new speaker will need to be elected. it has been two years since stormont has been stalled, but it could now be back within a matter of days. the leader of the cross committee alliance party welcomed the return to devolved government but expressed frustration that it was ever suspended in the first place. what suspended in the first place. what is fairly clear _ suspended in the first place. what is fairly clear to _ suspended in the first place. what is fairly clear to me _ suspended in the first place. what is fairly clear to me is _ suspended in the first place. what is fairly clear to me is that - suspended in the first place. what is fairly clear to me is that given the fragility of relationships, not 'ust the fragility of relationships, not just between parties but inside some parties. _ just between parties but inside some parties. it— just between parties but inside some pa

the assembly collapsed almost two years ago due to the democratic unionist's parties opposition to poset trade rules for northern ireland. a little deadline to restore it runs out thursday. the final report of the public inquiry into the blood of scandal will be published in late may. the chair of the inquiry said more time was needed to prepare a report of this gravity. victims and their families were told they would learn the findings in autumn last year. the rate of inflation and -- unexpectedly rose to 4% in december, the first increase in 10 months. up from 3.9% in november. the office of the national statistics says tobacco and alcohol had the biggest impact on prices. the chancellor insists the government's plan to bring down inflation is working. you are live with bbc news. two qatari medicine planes carrying edison has arrived in egypt. the consignment will be transferred under an agreement between israel and hamas, which will see increased aid for palestinian civilians in gaza. these are pictures from the crossing, where the aid convoy will enter the gaza strip. it is unclear

unionist party.s no pushover. there was a press conference and he took an early version of the good friday paper and ripped it up in front of the cameras. but he is also a strategist and it has become clear thatjeffrey donaldson believes it is fundamentally in the interests of union ist to share power with sinn fein. this belief that you need stability here, the only way that you can do that is with power sharing, a lot of damage without a functioning government and the problems in the nhs, if he believes if there is ever a vote on a united ireland, you've to make this place work if you're going to preserve the union. 50 work if you're going to preserve the union. ., ., , , , all work if you're going to preserve the l union-— all the union. so what happens next? all the action tomorrow _ union. so what happens next? all the action tomorrow moves _ union. so what happens next? all the action tomorrow moves to _ action tomorrow moves to westminster. we will see a command paper with the idea, the conces

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the uk government is expected to publish the details of its deal with northern ireland's democratic unionistaring in stormont. and how much is too much? ajudge in delaware as ruled elon musk shouldn't receive a $56 billion pay package from his electric car company tesla. hello, i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome. we start in gaza — where the united nations has been working to shore up unrwa, its palestinian refugee agency, which has seen several nations suspend funding after israel claimed it found proof that unrwa staff took part in the hamas attacks last october. secretary general, antonio guterres, has been meeting representatives of more than 30 donor countries, to discuss contributions. the un says it is carrying out a thorough investigation — although it added that it has not yet received anything in writing from israel. the un's humanitarian co—ordinator for gaza says it's vital for unrwa to be able to continue with its work. there is no substitution for the humanitarian role it plays in gaza. we need to remember given the totality of needs

the assembly collapsed almost two years ago due to the democratic unionist party's opposition to post—brexite devolved government runs out on thursday. the former labour mp for rochdale, sir tony lloyd, has died at the age of 73. sir tony served as a foreign minister under tony blair, before becoming the mayor of greater manchester. he said last week he'd been receiving treatment for an aggressive form of blood cancer, but the illness had progressed. you're live with bbc news. both king charles and the princess of wales will be away from public duties for a while due to health reasons. kensington palace says catherine, who's 42, has had abdominal surgery and will be in hospital for at least ten days. she won't return to engagements until after easter. shortly after that, buckingham palace announced the king is to receive treatment for an enlarged prostate. here's our royal correspondent daniela relph. together on christmas day — the king, the princess of wales just behind him and the wider royalfamily attended at sandringham in norfolk. it was the last time the king and the princess were see

the democratic unionist party is vetoing power—sharing at stormont in protest against trading arrangementshe devolved assembly today. the woman who's in line to be first minister said it could be the last sitting. if it is the case that the dup will not respect the outcome of the election and restore democracy, then there is an obligation of both governments, both the british government and the irish government to look at plan b. there must be a british—irish partnership that provides joint stewardship and an intensified role for the irish government in the affairs of this state. the dup said it wouldn't allow devolution to be restored until its concerns were dealt with. 0ur negotiations with the government have made real and significant - progress, but will continue l until there are arrangements agreed that unionists _ as well as nationalists can support. the uk government says public sector pay is a matter for a devolved government. it has promised an extra half a billion pounds for wage increases if devolution is revived. trade unions say they are being used as political pawns. so in a

unionist party and the uk government — "i can confirm that we will stick to this agreement." entitled to form an executive in northern ireland — including the dup and the nationalist party, sinn fein — will meet later today. the president of sinn fein, mary lou mcdonald, has said she is optimistic that there will be a fully functioning assembly and executive before 8 february. she added she wanted to press on without delay. let's take a moment to explain how the northern ireland assembly works — and why it hasn't been sitting. it's made up by elected members of the legislative assembly — or mlas. it can make laws for northern ireland only, but it hasn't functioned since the main unionist party — the dup — withdrew in early 2022. in may of that year, the main nationalist party, sinn fein, won the most seats — taking 27 to the dup's 25. that would have meant sinn fein appointing the first minister with the dup appointing a deputy first minister. but when the dup walked out, the power—sharing rules meant that the develoved power sharing government could not be formed. one of the

well the other main news today on gb news, the democratic unionist party in northern ireland has backed a deal with the uk government on post—brexit trade agreements, which could potentially see power sharing restored by friday. the deal aims to end the nearly two year stormont boycott . full details stormont boycott. full details are expected to be published tomorrow. here the northern ireland secretary says the agreement is welcome and a significant step. sinn fein's leader said she's optimistic about the future . as you've been about the future. as you've been hearing, president biden has decided how the us will respond to a drone strike that killed three of its troops in jordan . three of its troops in jordan. speaking outside the white house today , he declined to reveal today, he declined to reveal what that would look like, but did say the us didn't need a wider middle east war. a militia group backed by iran claimed responsibility for the attack on the us military base on the jordanian and syrian border. the uk's total population is set to hit 70 million, and it's due to immigra

unionist party. fact that one has the title of first minister and the other has the title of deputy first minister, but of course does matter, especially in a place like northern ireland where titles and symbolism hold such importance, so the fact that it is going to be sinn fein in the first minister's chair when that assembly meets the saturday and not the dup, as it has been for most of the previous 20 years, well, that in and of itself will be a major moment. chris page there. people in england with a number of common health issues can now get treatment from a chemist, instead of having to go to a gp. pharmacists will be able to prescribe medicines for conditions like shingles, sinusitis and infected insects billie insect bites. the scheme matches what already happens in other parts of the uk and it has estimated it will save 10 million gp appointments a year. hugh pym has more. good mornin: , year. hugh pym has more. good morning. you — year. hugh pym has more. good morning, you need _ year. hug

last night was a night of high stakes and high drama for the democratic unionist party.k of a private meeting to contend with. it is understood a party member wore a wire to record proceedings which were then live posted on social media. but despite all the noise, there was a breakthrough, and news of a deal negotiated between the dup and the government that could see the return of devolved institutions in northern ireland after almost two years. the details will be released tomorrow but today sirjeffrey donaldson was confident. i believe that what we have delivered is significant, and on the basis that the government continues to deliver, then we will be in a position to convene a meeting of the assembly and proceed with the restoration of the political institutions. the dup walked out of power—sharing in 2022 in protest at trading arrangements brought in after brexit. the party says those arrangements saw northern ireland treated differently from the rest of the uk and it has been negotiating with westminster for measures to remove what it sees as economic barriers. th

unionist party back into the executive and storm workers are completely set up and frustrated of. this is the consequence of political morales is public sector workers who toiled away without a pay rise, because there's no default government with the budget to give them what they say here, that they're pulling in a game with is often held up as a working example of piece building and power sharing. but the formal structures set up under the good friday peace agreement that ended decades of conflict. hardly work a tool with the public sector among those paying the price. joe, the whole elder 0 belfast a. well, that's it for me and associates. i remember you can always find more on al jazeera dot com next inside. story looks of a for out of retaliatory strikes by iran and pockets to stay with the the color because of very unsettled weather. pushing into western parts of the us, easing across into washington state. and so we're oregon as well. i'll see every of live pressure coming in quite a tight feature. this one that will bring wet and winfrey whether we and as we go through the

the democratic unionist party is vetoing a power—sharing administration because of its concerns overween northern ireland and the rest of the uk, which as unionists, they say, is unacceptable to them. the british government has said that if devolution does get back up and running, it will provide extra funding, including more than half £1 billion the public sector pay increases. but it says that money is only going to become available if the dup drops its veto and the devolved government does come back. unions say they are basically caught in the middle of a political game. they and indeed the main political parties here in northern ireland say the british government should release that money for public sector workers right now. so you can expect to hear plenty of messages along those lines, particularly i think to the british government in london today that the workers here are taking part in marches and rallies. the biggest will be in belfast city centre this lunchtime and warning going out from picket lines here and indeed from those demonstrations will be that if the public secto

unionist party back into the executive and storm workers are completely set up and frustrate of this is the consequence of political morales is public sector workers who toiled away without a pay rise, because there's no default government with the budget to give them what they say here, that they're pulling in a game with is often held up as a working example of piece building and power sharing. but the formal structures set up under the good friday peace agreement that ended decades of conflict. hardly work a tool with the public sector among those paying the price. joe the whole l g 0. belfast. oh, okay, that's it for me. nice bach of more news in about 30 minutes time. they've got a website out to 0 adult calm weather is next to the inside story. we'll examine the full allowance of the retailer treat strikes by ron and pockets tom targeting separatist groups. thanks for watching the how are the weather does put some a model of the flight to for good parts of japan and got 10 aircraft sliding out to china? i will push this way up towards the pad a little stick his way through. too

that's after the democratic unionist party endorsed a deal to restore power sharing.tween northern ireland and great britain. the deal opens the door to sinn fein�*s michelle 0'neill taking the role of first minister. 0ur political editor chris mason is at westminster and has more on what comes next. tomorrow, we get the detail of this new deal in a so—called command paper and a debate as well in the commons, the law will be changed on thursday, meaning as soon as friday, the potential restoration of a sinn fein first minister. the white house has welcomed the development. a national security council spokesperson told the bbc that although legislation needed to be published, they looked forward to the full restoration of the institutions in line with the belfast/good friday agreement. you're live with bbc news. the bbc has released around 3,000 emails linked to its handling of the journalist martin bashir, who became famous after his interview with princess diana in 1995. an independent inquiry in 2021 found that mr bashir had been deceitful and faked documents to sec

the government has published details of its deal with the democratic unionist party to bring back power—sharingchecks on goods crossing from great britain and staying in northern ireland. the dup has boycotted stormont for almost two years in protest at trade arrangements made after brexit. our political editor, chris mason, has been looking at detail and joins us now from westminster. chris. good evening point of this boils down to the complexities of northern ireland politics colliding with the complexity is a brexit point of the peace process demands an open border, a soft border, between northern ireland in the uk and the republic of ireland in the eu but brexit is all about different rules and borders, so this long—running row is all about trying to square that circle. four years ago tonight, the uk left the european union. brexit happened. you're looking right now at one of the flashpoints ever since. the brexit deal led to complications for trade within the uk, between northern ireland and england, scotland and wales. this evening, the dup leader and the northern ireland secretary have b

the uk government has published details of its deal with the democratic unionist party to bring back power— sharing to northern ireland. it will mean no routine checks on goods crossing from great britain and staying in northern ireland. the dup has boycotted stormont for almost two years in protest at trade arrangements after the uk left the eu — leaving northern ireland without a government. within the uk. between northern ireland and england scotland and wales. in the last 30 minutes of the dup leader and a northern ireland secretary have given the new plan the big sale. the secretary have given the new plan the big sale-— the big sale. the government is delivered to _ the big sale. the government is delivered to delivering - the big sale. the government is delivered to delivering this - the big sale. the government is| delivered to delivering this gives for a fee for a brighter future for northern ireland within the united kingdom. it is now time for elected representatives in northern ireland to come together. this is this agreement is something we have come hard to work togethe

the assembly collapsed almost two years ago, due to the democratic unionist party's protest over post—brexitine to restore devolved government runs out on thursday. the final report of the public inquiry into the infected blood scandal will be published in late—may. the chair of the inquiry, sir brian langstaff, said more time was needed to prepare "a report of this gravity". victims and their families were initially told they would learn the findings in autumn last year. the rate of inflation unexpectedly rose to a% in december — the first increase in ten months, up from 3.9% in november. the office for national statistics says tobacco and alcohol had the biggest impact on prices. the chancellor insists the government's plan to bring down inflation is working. those are some of the story is making the news today. you're live with bbc news. the prime minister is facing another test of his authority today over plans to send migrants to rwanda. rishi sunak is trying to revive government proposals to send some asylum seekers to the east african country, arguing it will deter people from crossin

the assembly collapsed almost two years ago due to the democratic unionist party's protest over post—brexitdline to restore devolved government runs out on thursday. the final report of the public inquiry into the infected blood scandal will be published in late may. the chair of the inquiry, sir brian langstaff, said more time was needed to prepare "a report of this gravity". victims and their families were initially told they would learn the findings in autumn last year. the rate of inflation unexpectedly rose to 4% in december — the first increase in ten months, up from 3.9% percent in november. the office for national statistics says tobacco and alcohol had the biggest impact on prices. the chancellor insists the government's plan to bring down inflation is working. you're live with bbc news pakistan has recalled its ambassador to iran in response to a missile and drone attack on its territory. tehran�*s envoy has also been blocked from returning to islamabad. iranian state media say the strike targeted a militant group in the sparsely populated province of balochistan. but the pakistan

the uk government is today expected to publish the details of its deal with the democratic unionist partywer sharing assembly in northern ireland. the dup leadership has already said there will be legislation to strengthen trading links with the rest of the uk, which were affected by brexit. the nationalist party, sinn fein, which will appoint the new first minister, says it is optimistic, and that the whole of ireland is about to experience a moment of very great significance. our correspondent tomos morgan sent this update from belfast. it's been almost two years since there was a functioning devolved government after that due people of northern ireland and executive from carrying on with their work. as they were in dispute over the trade agreement with the uk comment. now it looks like the deal is in place and could pave the way for things to move forward and the significance of that will be huge, because for the past couple of weeks and months there's been so many protests with the gods and public sector pain people working in the public sector say they haven't had a page rise in a nu