this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines... the government's to publish plans to scrap parts of post—brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland — the eu says it could break international law but borisjohnson says the proposed changes are "not a big deal". we can fix it in such a way as to remove the bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north south in the island of ireland as well. it isa it is a new low in terms of the relationship between britain and ireland which is something so many of us have worked so hard to protect and will enhance.

a high courtjudge rules that 12—year—old archie battersbee has died and that his life support treatment should stop after his parents called for his hospital care to continue. the uk economy has shrunk again — as businesses feel the impact of price rises and supply shortages — that's despite a rise in consumer spending. personal items belonging to the missing britishjournalist personal items belonging to the missing british journalist tom phillips and his colleagues are discovered by police in a remote area of the amazon rainforest, one week after they went missing. —— dom. is it possible that a google chat bot has been discussing his feelings with an engineer?

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in the coming hour the government will publish plans that would allow parts of northern ireland's post—brexit trade arrangements to be altered without agreement with the eu. the prime minister says the government's proposed changes to the northern ireland protocol amount to a "trivial set of adjustments" and would be "relatively simple" to implement. but ireland's foreign minister simon coveney says plans to overide the protocol would create a new set of uncertainties and be a low point in the uk's approach to brexit. the arrangement, known as the northern ireland protocol, allows for extra checks on some goods moving across the irish sea. it's been a source of discontent for unionists, who see it as an internal border within the uk. our political correspondent

jonathan blake reports. borisjohnson always said brexit was about taking back control. but when it comes to the northern ireland border, progress has been slow. and now the prime minister is putting forward a plan to override parts of the deal he signed with the eu about how to manage trade across the irish sea. what we can do is fix that. it's not a big deal. we can fix it in such a way as to remove those bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north—south in the island of ireland as well. that's what we want to do. the issue is getting goods from great britain to northern ireland, part of the uk, of course, but with a land border to the republic of ireland that is in the eu. back in 2019 borisjohnson signed a deal to avoid checks on that border which could have threatened peace in northern ireland. but the government now claims it's not working and wants to change it using uk laws.

the foreign secretary liz truss told her eu counterparts this morning the planned legislation would fix the problems with the northern ireland protocol and restore political stability, adding the uk would prefer a negotiated solution. in response, the vice president of the european commission said the eu had offered workable solutions and that unilateral action was damaging to mutual trust and a formula for uncertainty. the uk's nearest neighbour agrees. the uk has been in many ways a standard—bearer for international law and the protection of international law for many years. this is damaging that reputation in a very fundamental way but it is also a new low in terms of the relationship between britain and ireland. and labour say this isn't the way to break the deadlock in belfast. the answer to this is to accept there are some problems in the way the protocol works but they can be resolved around the negotiating table with statecraft, with guile, with trust. unfortunately, we don't have those

in the current prime minister. the government's plans include separate lanes for goods staying in northern ireland and those going on into the republic. ministers insists the moves would not break international law but the eu disagrees and has warned of retaliation. jonathan blake, bbc news. the irish government says plans to override part of the irish government says plans to override part of the the irish government says plans to override part of the protocol the irish government says plans to override part of the protocol would deeply damaging relationships between the countries. as we've heard the current system has led to a row in stormont, with the democratic unionist party refusing to allow the formation of a new devolved government until their concerns are addressed. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. the northern ireland protocol means there are checks on some goods arriving here from the rest of the uk. that has led to extra costs, processes and paperwork for businesses who get supplies from across the irish sea. but the protocol also gives companies in northern ireland an advantage.

they can sell goods directly into both the british and eu markets without tariffs. the economic reality for manufacturers here, for food processors and many other parts of the economy, is the protocol works incredibly well and the protocol needs reform, but it doesn't need a wrecking ball. and what is being proposed potentially today is just that. and representatives of the meat industry say removing the protocol would put at risk their ability to export. we would see the protocol as something to build on. we would be concerned about anything that damages trade. the risk here is trade into europe. business perspectives do of course play into the political debate but there is another aspect that is perhaps more symbolic. unionist politicians tend to believe the union is threatened by anything that separates northern ireland from england, scotland and wales,

and they view the checks carried out at the likes of belfast port as an economic barrier with great britain. the democratic unionist party is preventing the devolved assembly at stormont from meeting over its opposition to the protocol. there is no sign the dup will soften its position when the legislation is published. what we see today will not necessarily be what comes through the process in the house of commons and the house of lords. we will make our assessment of this legislation as it goes through but i think when it comes to good faith, actually the people who need to demonstrate good faith are the government. but the nationalist party which won the most seats at the recent stormont election says the government is being reckless. the protocol is working. there are sections of it where its application needs to be finessed. there are issues around paperwork burden and checks and so on, by the way, all consequences of brexit, but the europeans have

been very clear there will be and there has been flexibility, and that's where all these matters need to get resolved. once again, northern ireland is at the sharp end of the fallout from brexit and the future of devolution is at stake. chris page, bbc news, belfast. some breaking news out of brazil. coming from a journalist in brazil and a national tv network says the bodies of dom phillips and bruno pereira have been found. it has been confirmed. news were told that the federal police informed that the bodies would be examined by forensic teams to establish the cause of

death. the authorities were called on to at least find their bodies and this would allow the families to grieve properly. we hope to hear from our correspondent in brazil shortly. now let's return to northern ireland. joining me now is tony connelly europe editor at rte. he is in brussels at the moment. tony, thanks forjoining us. can i pick up on the question, what will the eu do about this, if it believes this is a breach of international law? if it believes that the uk is unilaterally abrogating the terms of the brexit deal of which the protocol was part, what will it do? we are waiting to hear a detailed response from the european commission after the bill appears in

the house of commons and the accompanying mellow —— memorandum is published, and we can expect the eu will effectively condemn what they see as a unilateral move by the uk government to largely set aside what is an internationally binding treaty. the european commission will discuss further with member states on wednesday what it intends to do and we might get a better sense than of what immediate steps the eu will take. it is most likely that there will be condemnation and an appeal for the uk to step back from this unilateral action and to go back around the table to discuss ways of alleviating the burden of the protocol, based on the eu's proposals from last october covering customs, agri— food cheques, governance issues and so on. rather

than to go down this unilateral track. they are likely in the first instance to unfreeze legal action which they launched against the uk last autumn after breaches of the protocol, and those legal actions were frozen when the uk published what is called the command paper lastjuly and the commission at the time it felt the freezing of this legal action would give the talks some time and space but they could arm frees the legal action and perhaps add further proceedings against the uk but be in no doubt that member states and the eu institutions regard this bill is a very grave breach of international law and a breach of trust. the difficulty and _ law and a breach of trust. the difficulty and london is presumably aware of this, if the eu was to accelerate its action towards some kind of trade embargo, to effectively punish the uk to try and get it to reverse course, that would

actually add to the pressures on the political stability of northern ireland and presumably brussels just as washington which has been intervening and trying to get the british not to do this, in the end, will regard that as much more risky than tolerating the consequences of this? isn't that in a sense, from the uk government perspective, it is gambling and may be the gamble will pay off? gambling and may be the gamble will -a off? ~ gambling and may be the gamble will .a off? . ., , ., pay off? when the uk went about takin: pay off? when the uk went about taking unilateral— pay off? when the uk went about taking unilateral action _ pay off? when the uk went about taking unilateral action before, i taking unilateral action before, last year, on a number of aspects of the protocol and then when the uk was threatening to trigger article 16 of the protocol, the european commission did do some work on looking at measures of retaliation which could include suspending the trade cooperation agreement that, they say, was contingent on the implementation of the withdrawal

agreement, the divorce treaty of which the protocol is parked. as far as i'm aware, member states have asked the commission to make sure those plans are dusted down and brought out if the bill goes ahead. if the eu does nothing and simply let this bill take its course and thenit let this bill take its course and then it becomes domestic law in the uk, that means you have an entirely different one—sided regime operating in northern ireland when it comes to goods moving in from the great britain and it would not be the effective control and risk analysis of where those goods end up as far as the eu is concerned, and if there is a risk of them entering the single market that puts pressure on ireland and the eu to start doing those checks somewhere and we go back to square one from 2016 where the whole point was to avoid having those checks on the land border and if those checks, for example, happened in the celtic sea between

the island of ireland and the rest of the single market, that turns ireland into a second—class member of the eu through no fault of its own simply because of brexit, so that it own simply because of brexit, so thatitis own simply because of brexit, so that it is a scenario of the eu will definitely want to avoid. the prime minister said _ definitely want to avoid. the prime minister said today _ definitely want to avoid. the prime minister said today this _ definitely want to avoid. the prime minister said today this is - definitely want to avoid. the prime minister said today this is a - minister said today this is a trivial set of adjustments and would be relatively simple, but presumably it will be seen in dublin and brussels as rather like his promises about the protocol, it was an easy solution and this deal with dublin would sort of the problems that had otherwise been thought to exist under theresa may's version? iliiui’ith under theresa may's version? with all the leaks _ under theresa may's version? with all the leaks and _ under theresa may's version? ti all the leaks and speculation under theresa may's version? ii�*u all the leaks and speculation about what would be in the bill, it is very clear to the european commission and member states that this is a wholesale rewriting of the protocol done by one of the parties, so on principle the eu simply cannot, they would say, accept that is how you go about business and they were not regarded as a trivial

matter and they would regard this as a very serious issue. tow; matter and they would regard this as a very serious issue.— a very serious issue. tony connelly, thanks forjoining _ a very serious issue. tony connelly, thanks forjoining us. _ campaigners are making another attempt today to block the government's plan to send some asylum seekers who arrive in the uk to rwanda. the first deportation flight is due to take off tomorrow, after a high court challenge to stop it failed. the numbers on board are already falling. the government says the plan will deter arrivals and stop trafficking gangs. our correspondent sean dilley reports. it is a hotel like many others. inside, one of the rooms made up ready to receive unwilling guests, refugees forcibly removed from the uk. on friday the high court rejected a bid by four asylum seekers, backed by charities and the pcs

union that would seek an injunction stopping the first flight leaving the uk tomorrow. thejudge, mrjustice swift, ruled the rwanda policy needs to be fully examined next month but there was no legally compelling reason to stop tomorrow's first flight. today, the court of appeal is being asked whether it will overturn that decision. separately another charity, asylum aid, is asking the court to stop the flight leaving for now because it says refugees were not given enough notice of their removal. the government, meanwhile, insists that its deal, that would see rwanda hosting and processing appeals, would discourage dangerous channel crossings. but charities, opposition politicians, two archbishops and these protesters believe the government's policy is wrong. the prince of wales has reportedly described it as "appalling." meanwhile, a number of those due to take off tomorrow has fallen from 37 to 11 with individual legal challenges succeeding on modern slavery and human rights grounds. home office sources have told the bbc it's possible further challenges could see tomorrow's flight grounded whatever

happens in court today. sean dilley, bbc news. i'm joined now by our correspondent sean dilley. what is different about the legal action today from friday when the campaign was launched? {lin action today from friday when the campaign was launched? on friday the were campaign was launched? on friday they were asking _ campaign was launched? on friday they were asking for _ campaign was launched? on friday they were asking for an _ campaign was launched? on friday they were asking for an injunction i they were asking for an injunction to be issued and thejudge said no, but today they are appealing that decision and to be clear, they are specifically appealing whether or not there could be an injunction that would impact tomorrow's flight, not future flights, so that is quite important. we know three of the four applicants have been told they would not face removal but today the fourth applicant has been told their removal notice stands. in fourth applicant has been told their removal notice stands.— removal notice stands. in terms of the fli . ht, removal notice stands. in terms of the flight. it _ removal notice stands. in terms of the flight, it would _ removal notice stands. in terms of the flight, it would be _ removal notice stands. in terms of the flight, it would be a _ removal notice stands. in terms of the flight, it would be a less - removal notice stands. in terms of the flight, it would be a less busy| the flight, it would be a less busy flight than it was looking even a week ago. any explanation? less busy than it was looking _ week ago. any explanation? less busy than it was looking one _ week ago. any explanation? less busy than it was looking one day _ week ago. any explanation? less busy than it was looking one day ago - than it was looking one day ago because there were 37 people due to because there were 37 people due to be removed to rwanda but that number

has now been reduced down to 11 so they have been some individual legal challenges because the judge said on friday there was no legal basis to make a general measure to stop the fight but there were appeals on human rights and modern slavery. dominic raba said this will reduce the trade in human misery, across our borders —— dominic raab. the dover mp natalie elphick also said that channel crossings put lives at risk and she said it is disappointing to see the courts being misused, in her words, disappointing to see the courts being misused, in herwords, but disappointing to see the courts being misused, in her words, but we should stress that what is being tested here is a point of law. in terms of the time, friday, five o'clock, it was actually later than that, when are we going to hear from thejudge? that, when are we going to hear from the “udue? ,, ., that, when are we going to hear from the “ude? ,, ., , the judge? similar time. the case is likel to the judge? similar time. the case is likely to last — the judge? similar time. the case is likely to last all— the judge? similar time. the case is likely to last all day _ the judge? similar time. the case is likely to last all day and _ the judge? similar time. the case is likely to last all day and there - the judge? similar time. the case is likely to last all day and there was l likely to last all day and there was the appeal based on friday's

decision and asylum aid appealing on a different ground and that is that the removal notices, that people were given those notices too late. i'm sure you will be watching that and you will rush back to the studio when you have a result. we will let you win! the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is to be investigated over potential breaches of rules on gifts and earnings. broke the house of commons code of conduct. mps must declare within 28 days any interest which might be reasonably considered to influence their actions. sir keir appears to have missed this deadline on several occasions — he says he's confident no rules have been broken. the headlines on bbc news... the government is to publish plans to scrap parts of the brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland but eu says it could break international law. borisjohnson says the changes are not a big deal

despite the criticism. there are reports in brazil that police have found the bodies of the british journalist dom phillips and his colleague bruno pereira a week after they went missing. campaigners are waiting to hear if asylum seekers will be removed from the uk on the first flight to rwanda. a judge at the high court has ruled that life support treatment for a 12—year—old boy who'd suffered brain damage should stop. archie battersbee's parents had wanted his treatment to continue but doctors at the royal london hospital say he is clinically dead. what can you tell us about this case? this is one of what can you tell us about this case? this is one of those nightmares for any parent. lawyers for the family _ nightmares for any parent. lawyers for the family of _

nightmares for any parent. lawyers for the family of archie _ nightmares for any parent. lawyers for the family of archie argued - nightmares for any parent. lawyers for the family of archie argued that j for the family of archie argued that because his heart was still beating he should not be considered dead and they said that as long as his heart was beating he should have time and they know he is very unlikely to recover but they said they were praying for a miracle, that he might recover. but the high court decided this morning that archie actually had died on the 31st of may this year when doctors as a result of tests decided that his brainstem had stopped functioning at the hospital said they felt every —— they had given every support to archie's family and they would do nothing of the family wanted to appeal but archie's family said they were disappointed and devastated by the decision and they were going to carry on fighting. archie's mother. ido i do not believe that archie has been _ i do not believe that archie has

been given enough time from the beginning man i have always thought what is _ beginning man i have always thought what is the _ beginning man i have always thought what is the rush? his heart is still heating _ what is the rush? his heart is still beating and he has gripped my hand and his— beating and he has gripped my hand and his mother, my gut instinct tells _ and his mother, my gut instinct tells me — and his mother, my gut instinct tells me that he is still there. she sa s tells me that he is still there. she says she's — tells me that he is still there. sue: says she's determined tells me that he is still there. s“ie: says she's determined to tells me that he is still there. s“i2 says she's determined to fight on and she says that the family are to try to appeal and obviously it will take some time to see whether they are able to appeal and she says she will do whatever she can to help her son but obviously on the other side, the doctors say archie is deteriorating and that there is no possibility that he will recover. thanks forjoining us. ukraine says its forces have pushed back. it comes as russia is accused of killing hundreds of civilians in

the city of kharkiv. amnesty says it has evidence of cluster bombs being used, even though they are banned in 100 countries, although not by russia. from the very start of this war, the city of kharkiv bore the brunt of russian shelling. often indiscriminate and wildly inaccurate. this at a junction outside a large public hospital. in saltivka, one of kharkiv�*s northern suburbs, there's barely a building undamaged. in these areas, says amnesty international, the routine use of unguided rockets by russian forces in built—up residential suburbs resulted in hundreds of casualties. those who survived the onslaught left. those who now return

do so only briefly. translation: it was horrible, horrible. - when the russians were firing, you would get thrown into the air from your chair. it's hard to describe, but that's what it was like. 20 miles from the border, kharkiv was a key russian target in the early weeks of the war, and they literally threw everything at this city, including widely banned weapons, indiscriminate by their very nature. the world has made these weapons illegal because they are so devastating and indiscriminate, and mainly affect civilians. there can be no reason, legally or morally, to use cluster munitions in ukraine or anywhere else. this demonstrates the indiscriminate destruction that cluster munitions can bring. a large shell explodes, casting off dozens of smaller bomblets.

as they then explode over a certain area, they shower people and buildings with thousands of pieces of shrapnel. in this case, kharkiv�*s children's hospital. some of those struck down by cluster munitions and russian shells are now recovering in city hospitals. there was a hole in my leg the size of a fist, says roman, who tells me how he fell to the ground, convinced he was going to die, as several other cluster bombs exploded around him. according to the regional medical director, more than 600 civilians have been killed and 1,200 injured in kharkiv alone. the material damage to the city's infrastructure, too, is obvious, all of which, says amnesty, may constitute a war crime. wyre davies, bbc news, kharkiv.

the latest official figures show that the uk economy shrank for the second month in a row in april. the office for national statistics says gdp was down 0.3%, compared with a fall of 0.1% in march. our economics correspondent andy verity is here. it seems to be worse and getting worse. is that the trend?- worse. is that the trend? three months with — worse. is that the trend? three months with no _ worse. is that the trend? three months with no economic - worse. is that the trend? three i months with no economic growth, worse. is that the trend? three - months with no economic growth, in february it was flat and then it went down in march and were to be economists were expecting it to grow in april but we had a shrinkage —— and economists were expecting to grow in april. if you look at the services sector, that was done by 0.3% and a large part was because of the government spending less on test and trace so it shows you how a lot of the economic activity that is out there especially during the pandemic was because of government spending. if you look at the production sector which is the oil and gas industries and manufacturing, that was done by

even more, 0.6%. that is quite substantial and part of the reason is the supply chain disruption, the fall in car sales and they can't get the right to be for example. the construction industry is down as well by 0.4% —— they can't get the semiconductors, for example. when we talk about the housing industry booming, that is not good for people who can't afford to buy, but nevertheless, you are seeing a picture... nevertheless, you are seeing a picture- - -_ picture... but it is economic activity in — picture... but it is economic activity in itself. _ picture... but it is economic| activity in itself. absolutely, picture... but it is economic- activity in itself. absolutely, but now we are _ activity in itself. absolutely, but now we are seeing _ activity in itself. absolutely, but now we are seeing stagflation, i activity in itself. absolutely, but. now we are seeing stagflation, an economy that is stagnating or shrinking at the worst inflation in 40 shrinking at the worst inflation in a0 years. shrinking at the worst inflation in 40 ears. ., ., ., ., 40 years. how do we get out of it? you hoe 40 years. how do we get out of it? you hone is — 40 years. how do we get out of it? you hone is the — 40 years. how do we get out of it? you hope is the upward _ 40 years. how do we get out of it? you hope is the upward pressure . 40 years. how do we get out of it? | you hope is the upward pressure on prices will go away next year so the bank of england is predicting that although it will get above double figures later this year it should drift down below 5% by the end of next year and the reason for that is

a lot of this is caused by global commodity issues, it is not demand pull inflation, so once the upward pressure from the war in ukraine and also the global economy reopening, once that pressure has been removed, then inflation shed, they hope, slow down. —— should. then inflation shed, they hope, slow down. -- should.— down. -- should. thanks for “oining us. now it's time for a look at the weather. pretty significant heat is set to build across the uk as we go through this week, and we have started out with temperatures around average at best in some areas, and slightly below, but at the end of the week england and wales could be looking at highs of 30 degrees. this evening and overnight, business as usual, their spells and patchy cloud and showers continuing across the north west of scotland and stronger winds here with overnight lows of 9—11.

more sunshine to come on tuesday in england and wales but rain for the north and west of scotland and goes to the far north of scotland and may be the odd shower for northern ireland and northern england and north wales and southern scotland late in the day. warmth in the south—east, just 14. way where we have thick cloud. don'tjust build through the week in england and wales, but then we go into the thunderstorms by the weekend.

hello, this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the headlines. the government's to publish plans to scrap parts of post—brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland, the eu says it could break international law but borisjohnson says the proposed changes are "not a big deal", despite criticism. the british embassy is investigating reports in brazil that police have found the bodies of british

journalist dom phillips and his brazilian colleague bruno pereira, a week after they went missing in a remote area of the amazon rainforest. campaigners wait to hear if asylum seekers will be removed from the uk on the goverment�*s first flight to rwanda under its controversial relocation scheme. a high courtjudge rules that 12—year—old archie battersbee has died and that his life support treatment should stop after his parents called for his hospital care to continue. the uk economy has shrunk again — as businesses feel the impact of price rises and supply shortages, that's despite a rise in consumer spending and coming up — is it possible that a google chatbot has been expressing its feelings in conversation with an engineer?

i want to update you on the news about reports that the bodies had been found in the amazon of tom phillips and his colleague. we have had a response from the brazilian federal police who are saying there are not accurate. the background is the two men went missing when they were on a research trip into the amazon for a new book dom phillips is writing. they vanished probably last saturday or sunday. blood has been found on a boat, a fisherman has been arrested, they were found items of clothing, a medical parcel things like that belonging to the two men. the report originated from

someone who had told two bodies had been found. but she said she was informed by the federal police that two bodies had been found. but the federal police are saying, the reports are wrong. we are doing our best to clear that up. this has been very widely reported on. the president was asked about it when he was in los angeles last week. he expressed concerns for the safety and readies the chances of finding them alive were diminishing. nonetheless, there report is the bodies had been found are now being contested. sport now from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. new zealand have been extending their lead over england in the second test. england were bowled out for 539 runs and things started well for england with the ball. james anderson took his 650th wicket

removing black caps opener tom latham but new zealand have strtetched their lead with devon conway and will young steadying the ship. gareth southgate on the eve of the nations league game with hungary in wolverhampton. england still without a win in the competition. he's not questioning the commitment of his players after a long season. every team in the group and lots of other teams around europe have found it difficult against hungary, they are a good side. that is a loss for us to take from the game and it is important that our approach, i have to say, this group of players have been incredible. they mentality, their desire to play for england, to work every day to get better, we are fortunate to have a group you are as committed as they are.

erling haaland says he is in the right place to fulfil his ambitions after signing for manchester city. the norwegian strikerjoins on a five year contract. he's absolutely prolific, in his two and a half years with borussia dortmund he's scored 86 goals in 89 games. his father played alfe—inge played for city 22 years ago. livepool have agreed a deal with benfica for their 22—year—old striker darwin nunez. the uruguaian scored 34 goals in 41 appearences for benfica last season and will cost the reds 64 million pounds which could rise to 85 million with add ons. liverpool have already signed fabio carvalho from fulham. mauricio pochettino is to leave paris st—germain following talks with the club at the end of last week. psg haven't made a formal announcement but it's understood the former tottenham manager will not serve the final year of his contract. zinedine zidane, jose mourinho and nice coach christophe galtier are among those linked

with replacing pochettino. psg regained the french title last term but the argentine failed to lead them beyond the last 16 of the champions league. golf next, just four days to go until the us open starts. rory mcilory got the perfect run in for it with a win at the canada open. all the talk has been about the number of players defecting to the saudi backed liv golf tour but mcilroy is sticking with the pga. it's now 21 pga tour wins for mcilroy, which takes him one ahead of greg norman who's been spearheading the liv golf series. going up against the best and beating the best always makes it extra special. then i alluded to... i had extra motivation with what is going on across the pond. the guy that is spearheading that tour has 20 wins in the pga tour and i was tied with him and i wanted to get one ahead of him, and i did. so that was really cool for me,

just a little sense of pride on that one. russia's daniil medvedev has replaced novak djokovic as the men's tennis world number one. we won't see medvedev at wimbledon as russian and belarussian players are banned from playing because of the war on ukraine. wimbledon has been stripped of ranking points because of this stance. alexander zverev rises to world number two. it's a bit of an era change too because it's the first time since 2003 that none of djokovic, rafael nadal, roger federer or andy murray have appeared in the top two. that's all the sport for now. don't forget there's live tennis from queen's and birmingham across the bbc from today. you can watch both tournaments via the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. thank you very much. i want to bring you a bit of breaking news. it is quite interesting. you know that

nato is supposed to get sweden and finland joining, the swedish application is in some trouble because the social democrat party there needs a kurdish support. the swedish is not difficult because they depend on this kurdish mp to survive and the... then nato chief is in stockholm and what he has said in a speech that their is it is unthinkable nato allies were not react if sweden were attacked. the subtext of that is, if sweden doesn't get in, don't worry, we will stand by you. that is the message from the swedes. it underlines for you the difficulty is that this application is in at the moment, it is due to be resolved at the end of the month. my colleague will be there for bbc news and she will be reporting every bit of that row because it is important to the nato efforts to effectively convince the

russians there is no future in the kind of action they have taken in ukraine. we will bring you more on that later in the afternoon. the long—awaited plan to transform england's food system was published this morning, with the government promising to put farmers and food security at the heart of their reforms. the prime minister denied criticism that the plan fails to tackle obesity by leaving out a recommended tax on sugar and salt, saying the best way to lose weight was to "eat less". claire marshall takes a look at what else is included in the paper. courgette city. the prime minister was on a courgette farm near hayle in cornwall for the media this morning for the launch of the government's national food strategy. it's the plan for how our food gets from the fields to our forks. at its heart, the government says, are the farmers. what you've got to make sure that you do is that you look after uk food and farming and recognise that we have an opportunity to eat much more of what we grow in this country. in the white paper is a framework for farming the land sustainably,

trying to take care of nature and tackle climate change. more locally grown or higher—standard food. there will be a consultation on whether this is where the public sector — hospitals, schools and care homes — should be spending its food budget. there will be a review of the labour shortage, including using more machines and issuing more visas for migrants. this is an organic farm near swindon. these pigs currently provide high—quality meat for national supermarkets, but could they soon go into meals for local schools? these pigs have been bred and reared outdoors, and they are given minimal amounts of antibiotics. until now, this style of organic farming has been seen as more niche, but if today's strategy document is to be believed, then they could move more into the mainstream. but there is not enough detail, according to the man who led a major review into our food system. i think it's progress, particularly on the environment. there are some really important policies. it's a list of policies, not a strategy, though, and it needs to be bolder

on the environment. and on health, we are waiting. it has been kicked down the line. we are waiting for what the health secretary says on health. some wildlife groups are saying that the government has broken its promise to restore nature and help biodiversity, but after withering criticism of an earlier leaked draft, the national farmers' union is now behind the plans. i think it's really welcome to see government committing to food production and food security. there is a strong commitment in there to maintain our current levels of self—sufficiency and to produce more, effectively, of what we are good at, more of our fruit and vegetables, which have been in decline, so that's a laudable ambition. however, britain is in the grip of an obesity crisis, and many campaigners are asking what happened to the proposed sugar and salt tax. according to the government, these will be addressed in another white paper at a later date. claire marshall, bbc news, wiltshire. stephanie slater, founder and chief executive of school food matters, a charity working schools with teach children about food and to improve children's access to healthy,

sustainable food is here. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news this afternoon. from what you have seen aren't what has been announced so far, what you make of it? it been announced so far, what you make of it? , , , , been announced so far, what you make ofit? , , ,, ., of it? it is interesting because on the positive. _ of it? it is interesting because on the positive, we _ of it? it is interesting because on the positive, we had _ of it? it is interesting because on the positive, we had some - the positive, we had some initiatives introduced in the levelling up white paper which came out in february which focused on schools and compliance with the standards monitoring and some slightly firmer language has come out in the national food, slightly firmer language has come out in the nationalfood, in slightly firmer language has come out in the national food, in the white paper today. it is a requirement for schools to report and how they are providing a school for children at school. for me, the biggest omission in this white paper todayis biggest omission in this white paper today is addressing the fact that so many children are missing out on free school meals. we had new data last week showing that a third of

children who are identified as living and property —— poverty, don't qualify for a free school meal. i am wondering why this hasn't been addressed right now. just meal. i am wondering why this hasn't been addressed right now.— been addressed right now. just to be clear what that _ been addressed right now. just to be clear what that is, _ been addressed right now. just to be clear what that is, you _ been addressed right now. just to be clear what that is, you are _ been addressed right now. just to be clear what that is, you are saying - clear what that is, you are saying they are living in poverty but they are ineligible. are you clear how they are ineligible? what is keeping them outside the criteria that would automatically give them a free school meals.— automatically give them a free school meals. the threshold to . uali school meals. the threshold to qualify for _ school meals. the threshold to qualify for a — school meals. the threshold to qualify for a free _ school meals. the threshold to qualify for a free school - school meals. the threshold to qualify for a free school meals | school meals. the threshold to | qualify for a free school meals a £7,400 earned per household income, thatis £7,400 earned per household income, that is before benefits. it is set far too low and it is an anomaly. we know that scotland and wales are looking at universal provision for primary schoolchildren. it is interesting because only this morning i was in a school and the head teacher knows 35% of the children are eligible but he

estimates another 50% of the children need a free school meals and their parents are struggling to pay for a school lunch. what happens when pain and struggle to pay is they tend to send in a packed lunch and we know all our research tells us only 1% of packed lunches need the food school standards. we need every child to get the nutrition they need to thrive. so many children are missing out and we hoped we would have seen something in the white paper today. i hoped we would have seen something in the white paper today.— in the white paper today. i heard head teacher _ in the white paper today. i heard head teacher who _ in the white paper today. i heard head teacher who was _ in the white paper today. i heard head teacher who was talking - in the white paper today. i heard head teacher who was talking to | in the white paper today. i heard l head teacher who was talking to as in the white paper today. i heard - head teacher who was talking to as a couple of weeks ago saying, in a lot of schools, he understands it, effectively children are racking up debt because come on behalf of the family, because the head teachers and the cooks who don't want the kids to go without food so they are serving a school meal and say it'll have to be paid for at a later date. that isn't a sustainable position

for schools. that isn't a sustainable position for schools-— that isn't a sustainable position for schools. ~ . ., , ., ., for schools. what a terrible to do. this is an extraordinary _ for schools. what a terrible to do. this is an extraordinary thing - for schools. what a terrible to do. this is an extraordinary thing for l this is an extraordinary thing for the head teachers have in conversation with a family, school dinner that. conversation with a family, school dinnerthat. it conversation with a family, school dinner that. it damages the financial viability of the school free service, we need more children having hot school meals, we know if parents turn to packed lunches which is poorer in nutrition, it is damaging to the catering service were trying to recover from low numbers during covid. the best thing we can do for the children and for our school meal services to get more children eating hot school meal. fine children eating hot school meal. one ofthe children eating hot school meal. one of the other— children eating hot school meal. one of the other things you do as a charity is provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. have you seen demand for that increase or is it about the same? absolutely. we know since 2014 cooking has been back on the curriculum, that came out of the food plan and we applauded that. we

know delivery is patchy so as a charity we can offer a really interesting framework for schools to deliver food education, interesting framework for schools to deliverfood education, that could be growing food or teaching children how to cook. we can't be everywhere, we do an enormous amount of work across the country but we can't be in 20,000 schools so we need policy to change there is more help for teachers to deliver quality food education that is right to the sixth form. the a—level has been removed which is a remarkable thing because lots of children are interested in careers in food and they don't have an effective pathway, post your 11. one of the calls at the national food strategy was to reinstall it that reinstall that at a—level. we want children to be able to understand that is fabulous careers in food. . ~ understand that is fabulous careers in food. ., ~ ,.,

understand that is fabulous careers in food. . ~' ,. , understand that is fabulous careers in food. ., ~ y., , . in food. thank you very much, good to seak in food. thank you very much, good to speak to — in food. thank you very much, good to speak to yon _ the brexit campaigner arron banks has lost his libel case against the investigative journalist carole cadwalladr. mr banks, the founder of the pro—brexit campaign group leave. eu, sued ms cadwalladr for defamation over two instances in 2019 — one in a ted talk video and another in a tweet. mr banks claimed he was defamed after comments ms cadwalladr made about his relationship with the russian state. with me now isjessica ni mhainin from the freedom of speech campaign group, index of censorship. i think ithinki i think i must have mispronounced your surname. i think i must have mispronounced yoursurname. idat i think i must have mispronounced your surname-— your surname. not to worry. apologies — your surname. not to worry. apologies for _ your surname. not to worry. apologies for that. - your surname. not to worry. apologies for that. jessica, l your surname. not to worry. l apologies for that. jessica, let your surname. not to worry. - apologies for that. jessica, let me ask you first of all, this judgment, carole cadwalladr is known as a freedom of information campaign, she

admits and thejudge freedom of information campaign, she admits and the judge says in freedom of information campaign, she admits and thejudge says in its statement that what she had said was extreme damaging to his public reputation and was inaccurate. how come he has lost? i reputation and was inaccurate. how come he has lost?— come he has lost? i think what this comes into — come he has lost? i think what this comes into is _ come he has lost? i think what this comes into is a _ come he has lost? i think what this comes into is a question _ come he has lost? i think what this comes into is a question of- come he has lost? i think what this comes into is a question of public. comes into is a question of public interest ultimately. i think on that basis, i work colleagues have long deemed this case to be an example of what we refer to as a strategic lawsuit against public participation which is a type of abuse of lawsuit used to anticipate public watchdogs in an attempt to silence them. one of the key hallmarks of that is the imbalance of power. powerful or wealthy individuals suing individual public watchdogs such as in this case, carole cadwalladr, and banks sued her as an individual. this is

aimed at making the legal action as intimidating as possible as well as forcing the individual to put their personal assets on the line in an effort to discourage them from defending themselves. this has a profound effect on the individual come in this case carole cadwalladr, but also on our right as citizens to access the public interest information which we are entitled to. that is what was so concerning about this case.— to. that is what was so concerning about this case. jessica, i probably ou . ht to about this case. jessica, i probably ought to quote _ about this case. jessica, i probably ought to quote a — about this case. jessica, i probably ought to quote a couple _ about this case. jessica, i probably ought to quote a couple of- about this case. jessica, i probably ought to quote a couple of things l ought to quote a couple of things from thejudgment. this is mrs justice steyn in the high court this morning, she said, on more than one occasion arron banks told untruths about a secret relationship he had with the russian government in

relation to accepting foreign funding. thejudge says relation to accepting foreign funding. the judge says carole cadwalladr said she did not intend to make that allegation and accepts it was untrue. what arron banks has said in response to the judgment is it leaves open the possibility of a journalist can just say something because if it is their opinion even though there are no facts to back it up. a lot of people would say that is not a good situation. journalists, like what everyone else, journalists making mistakes, sometimes, and that is part of everyone's work, however the public interest which was, you know, the most important part of this case, they shouldn't come in the weight of they shouldn't come in the weight of the public interest. we need... it shouldn't be for individuals to take

on the burden of defending where the public interest information has the right to be in the public domain. if public interest information is removed from the public sphere it is the public that stands to lose. that is why our organisation which is one of the co—chairs of the uk anti—slap coalition, that is why we have been campaigning for anti—slap measures that could weed out these kinds of cases which are attacking public interest speech, that would minimise, that would look at including anti—slap measures that is legislation that would have such remedial measures that would weed out such cases at an early state and would minimise the time, cost and energy associated with defending them. ,, ., ~ ,

energy associated with defending them. ., , . them. jessica, thank you very much for talkin: them. jessica, thank you very much for talking to _ them. jessica, thank you very much for talking to us _ them. jessica, thank you very much for talking to us and _ them. jessica, thank you very much for talking to us and for _ them. jessica, thank you very much for talking to us and for your- for talking to us and for your patience. a senior google engineer says one of the company's artificial intelligence systems has become a sentient being. the technology firm has suspended blake lemoine for breaching confidentiality rules, and insists there's no evidence its ai chatbot is now free thinking. a spokesperson for google said while chatbots can imitate conversation, they are not sentient. mr lemoine has suggested the robot should gets its own lawyer. joining us now to talk about it is lionel robert, associate professor of information at the university of michigan. they are calling an investigation into artificial intelligence. you think it'd be a eureka moment. you would think— think it'd be a eureka moment. you would think it — think it'd be a eureka moment. i'm, would think it would be but from an ethical standpoint it brings a lot of problems. i don't think google is prepared to have a conversation

about ted right now. share prepared to have a conversation about ted right now.— prepared to have a conversation about ted right now. are you worried their instinct — about ted right now. are you worried their instinct is _ about ted right now. are you worried their instinct is to _ about ted right now. are you worried their instinct is to shut _ about ted right now. are you worried their instinct is to shut down - about ted right now. are you worried their instinct is to shut down the - their instinct is to shut down the conversation rather than engage with it without scientists until they know quite what is going on? they seem absolutely certain that this can't possibly be the case. are they right to be so certain because one would have thought the engineer concerned also knows his business? if you are a certain venue you accompany that with transparency. they should open the conversation, they should welcome an open and transparent conversation about it if they are so certain. the fact that they are so certain. the fact that they don't, would make any rational person suspicion. flan they don't, would make any rational person suspicion.— they don't, would make any rational person suspicion. can you explain to us how this — person suspicion. can you explain to us how this might _ person suspicion. can you explain to us how this might have _ person suspicion. can you explain to us how this might have come - person suspicion. can you explain to us how this might have come about, how these circumstances could arise? whether it is from him or your own understanding of how this kind of research is proceeding. right now,

the ai technology, _ research is proceeding. right now, the ai technology, robotic - the ai technology, robotic technology is being driven to reach a human state. the idea is to make it more human. as we begin to push the boundaries, it becomes difficult to draw hard and fast line between what is alive and what is not alive. this conversation will continue because the minute we draw the line and say, here is what we define to be alive, and then it crosses the boundaries. be alive, and then it crosses the boundaries-— be alive, and then it crosses the boundaries. that is the difficulty. it sa s, boundaries. that is the difficulty. it says, google's _ boundaries. that is the difficulty. it says, google's defence - boundaries. that is the difficulty. it says, google's defence is, - boundaries. that is the difficulty. | it says, google's defence is, don't worry this chat bot can't be sentience, it is imitating conversation. the next question is, but what if it is imitating thoughts? at one point does having thoughts? at one point does having thoughts become the same thing? exactly. we have to wonder what else is going on not only in google but

at the places. it's not clear to me, to be fed to google, it is not clear they will know when that line is crossed. a child imitates an adult when that child begins to speak. social learning is a huge part of human nature, we learn by imitating others. doesn't disqualify this ai moving forward and being non—alive. it is fascinating because it is life determined by flash and blood or is something that is dominated by power and then carries out these activities, could that become a definition of life? the philosophical debate is mind blowing. there are serious practical implications, aren't they? if blowing. there are serious practical implications, aren't they?— implications, aren't they? if that thin , if implications, aren't they? if that thing. if the _ implications, aren't they? if that thing. if the ai — implications, aren't they? if that thing, if the ai is _ implications, aren't they? if that thing, if the ai is alive, - implications, aren't they? if that thing, if the ai is alive, the - implications, aren't they? if that thing, if the ai is alive, the idea | thing, if the ai is alive, the idea of eternity isn't it crazy. there

are ethical issues about how do you open that line? the big issues we need an ethics board, the same way you have in the medical community where scientists cannot do everything they want to do because they would have to bring it before an ethics board that has clear guidelines, we don't have that in the ai community. i think that is what we are going to need, we need teeth when dealing with these issues especially as we go forward and we want to go into uncharted territory. fascinating to talk to, i hope we will talk again. thanks very much. while i absorb that, let's have a look at the weather.

some significant heat is to build this week. temperatures are below average today, low 20s but by the end of the week, we could be looking at 30 degrees as a haifa summer heatwave across spain spreads into front for tuesday into the heart of europe and then we see a plume going into the uk through thursday and friday. never quite reaches the far north—west so temperatures are staying the north west of scotland is for england and we are for 230 degrees on friday. this monday evening, temperatures will slope into the teens, they will be sunshine and patchy cloud. simply the spell is for men, some rain for the spell is for men, some rain for the north—west of scotland, some extending in admits further east was with some strong winds. temperatures around the 9—12. i think clear the skies first thing on tuesday, thanks

to the presence of this area of high pressure will mean more sunshine from the get go. weather fronts again trying to get into the north—west meaning more cloud for the north—west of scotland and some rain on and off here so keen winds across the far north—west of scotland. the odd shower possible for northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england and north wales. temperatures, 24 in the south—east, 14 for stornoway thanks to the cloud and rain. in terms of pollen levels, where we have cloud and rain on wednesday, levels will be surprised but very high as we look further south. wednesday, are pretty similar weather study, look further south. wednesday, are pretty similarweatherstudy, high pretty similar weather study, high pressures pretty similarweatherstudy, high pressures of the south means fine weather, perhaps cloud rolling across england and west of the course of the day, as in figure cloud for the north—west of scotland producing some showers. silver temperature contrast, cool in the north—west, hotting up towards the south—east. wednesday into thursday,

we start to pick up an increasingly southerly air stream. becomes the warm air from the continent, but income are some showers for the north—west. a short peak in the heat but potentially 34 cwmbran on friday.

this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines... the government's to publish plans to scrap parts of post—brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland — the eu says it could break international law but borisjohnson says the proposed changes are "not a big deal", despite criticism. we can fix it in such a way as to remove the bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north south in the island of ireland as well. it's also a new low in terms of the relationship between britain and ireland, which is something that many of us have worked so hard to protect and enhance. the brazilian federation police say

that reports they have found the bodies of dom phillips and bruno pereira are incorrect. campaigners wait to hear if asylum seekers will be removed from the uk on the goverment�*s first flight to rwanda under its controversial relocation scheme. a high courtjudge rules that 12—year—old archie battersbee has the uk economy has shrunk again — as businesses feel the impact of price rises and supply shortages — that's despite a rise in consumer spending. a high courtjudge rules that 12—year—old archie battersbee has died and that his life support treatment should stop after his parents called for his hospital care to continue. and coming up — is it possible that a google chatbot has been expressing its feelings in conversation with an engineer?

the government is preparing to set out plans that would allow parts of northern ireland's post—brexit trade arrangements to be altered without agreement with the eu. the prime minister says the government's proposed changes to the northern ireland protocol amount to a "trivial set of adjustments" and would be "relatively simple" to implement. ireland's foreign minister simon coveney says plans to overide the protocol would create a new set of uncertainties and be a low point in the uk's approach to brexit. the irish prime minister has said on twitter that the unilateral breach of the protocol is very serious. the arrangement, known as the northern ireland protocol, allows for extra checks on some goods moving across the irish sea. it's been a source of discontent for unionists, who see it as an internal border within the uk. our political correspondent

jonathan blake reports. borisjohnson always said brexit was about taking back control. but when it comes to the northern ireland border, progress has been slow. and now the prime minister is putting forward a plan to override parts of the deal he signed with the eu about how to manage trade across the irish sea. what we can do is fix that. it's not a big deal. we can fix it in such a way as to remove those bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north to south in the island of ireland as well. that's what we want to do. the issue is getting goods from great britain to northern ireland, part of the uk, of course, but with a land border to the republic of ireland that is in the eu. back in 2019, borisjohnson signed a deal to avoid checks on that border which could have threatened peace in northern ireland. but the government now claims it's not working and wants to change it using uk laws. the foreign secretary liz truss

told her eu counterparts this morning the planned legislation would fix the problems with the northern ireland protocol and restore political stability, adding the uk would prefer a negotiated solution. in response, the vice president of the european commission, maros sefcovic, said the eu had offered workable solutions and that unilateral action was damaging to mutual trust and a formula for uncertainty. the uk's nearest neighbour agrees. the uk has been in many ways a standard—bearer for international law and the protection of international law for many years. this is damaging that reputation in a very fundamental way but it is also a new low in terms of the relationship between britain and ireland. and labour say this isn't the way to break the deadlock in belfast. the answer to this is to accept there are some problems in the way the protocol works but they could be resolved around the negotiating table with statecraft, with guile, with trust. unfortunately we don't have those

in the current prime minister. the government plans include separate lanes for goods staying in northern ireland and those going on into the republic. ministers insist the moves would not break international law but the eu disagrees and has warned of retaliation. jonathan blake, bbc news. the irish government has warned westminster that plans to override parts of the northern ireland protocol would �*deeply damage' relations between the uk, ireland and the eu. the democratic unionist party is refusing to allow the formation of a new devolved government in northern ireland until their concerns about the protocol are addressed. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. the northern ireland protocol means there are checks on some goods arriving here from the rest of the uk. that has led to extra costs, processes and paperwork for businesses who get supplies from across the irish sea. but the protocol also gives companies in northern

ireland an advantage. they can sell goods directly into both the british and eu markets without tariffs. the economic reality for manufacturers here, for food processors and many other parts of the economy, is that the protocol works incredibly well and the protocol needs reform, but it doesn't need a wrecking ball. and what is being proposed potentially today is just that. and representatives of the meat industry say removing the protocol would put at risk their ability to export. we would see the protocol as something to build on. we would be concerned about anything that damages trade. the risk here is trade into europe. business perspectives do of course play into the political debate but there is another aspect that is perhaps more symbolic. unionist politicians tend to believe the union is threatened by anything that separates northern ireland from england, scotland and wales, and they view checks carried out

at the likes of belfast port as an economic barrier with great britain. the democratic unionist party is preventing the devolved assembly at stormont from meeting over its opposition to the protocol. there is no sign the dup will soften its position when the legislation is published. what we see today will not necessarily be what comes through the process in the house of commons and the house of lords. we will make our assessment of this legislation as it goes through but i think when it comes to good faith, actually the people who need to demonstrate good faith are the government. but the nationalist party which won the most seats at the recent stormont election says the government is being reckless. the protocol is working. there are sections of it where its application needs to be finessed. there are issues around paperwork burden and checks and so on, by the way, all consequences of brexit, but the europeans have been very clear there will be

and there has been flexibility, and that's where all these matters need to get resolved. once again, northern ireland is at the sharp end of the fallout from brexit and the future of devolution is at stake. chris page, bbc news, belfast. let's see what the irish prime minister said on twitter... we can speak tojonathan blake at westminster. can you shed some light

on what is going on with this legislation? it was originally promised a week ago and then we heard there were changes coming during the course of the weekend and then we were talking about coming out at about 330 which is when legislation is often published and then the statement disappeared and now the legislation seems to have disappeared. the now the legislation seems to have disappeared-— disappeared. the anticipation is mounting- _ disappeared. the anticipation is mounting- we _ disappeared. the anticipation is mounting. we do _ disappeared. the anticipation is mounting. we do now - disappeared. the anticipation is mounting. we do now expect i disappeared. the anticipation is mounting. we do now expect it| disappeared. the anticipation is - mounting. we do now expect it later on, laterthan mounting. we do now expect it later on, later than expected, mounting. we do now expect it later on, laterthan expected, it mounting. we do now expect it later on, later than expected, it is down to parliamentary business come a couple of urgent questions are being tabled —— and a couple of urgent questions are being tabled, disrupting the timetable as it was, so it is not the legislation itself, but we are expecting it now between five o'clock and six o'clock this evening. you are right to suggest it has been a long time coming and it has been a long time coming and it has been a long time coming and it has been in the works now for some time, right until the last minute, because the detail will be crucial. in the response to the proposed

legislation that the government puts forward, in determining the response from the eu and whether there will be any immediate retaliation and what form that would take and also whether it will go far enough to appease the dup who have refused to enter a power—sharing government in northern ireland until changes to the protocol are made. we no broadly speaking what is going to be in there but whether it will be enough, and the consequences it will have we will have to wait and see —— we no broadly speaking. the will have to wait and see -- we no broadly speaking.— will have to wait and see -- we no broadly speaking. the dup have said it is treat broadly speaking. the dup have said it is great that _ broadly speaking. the dup have said it is great that they _ broadly speaking. the dup have said it is great that they have _ broadly speaking. the dup have said it is great that they have this - it is great that they have this commitment in the headlines of the bill about protecting the sovereignty and making sure that the smooth function of the uk economy happens, but they also pointed out that a lot of what you need to know to be reassured the bill will do

what it says on the tin is actually in the detail, in the regulations that the government will introduce to implement this bill. if he is right, that means it will be quite a while before the dup can actually look at this and say, you have satisfied our concerns, now we are prepared to restore power—sharing in northern ireland, this is not going to happen today and tomorrow. ida. it to happen today and tomorrow. no, it won't happen — to happen today and tomorrow. no, it won't happen all— to happen today and tomorrow. no, it won't happen all at _ to happen today and tomorrow. no, it won't happen all at once _ to happen today and tomorrow. no, it won't happen all at once either. - to happen today and tomorrow. iirr, it won't happen all at once either. the dup have said all along in not so many words that words are one thing but it is actions that matter. even coming forward with this proposed legislation, i suspect will not be enough to put the dup —— encourage the dup to drop their objections and enter into government in northern ireland and it will likely come in phases. they have not even entered into the process of nominating a speaker which is one of the first steps that needs to be taken before the government at stormont can start to function again. once the bill is

proposed, it has to make its way through parliament and then receive royal assent and the government would like that to happen before the summer break but even that is stretching things. it is a pretty ambitious timetable to set. so between now and then, because we will have responses from the eu, an responses from the business community, in northern ireland, to the practicalities of how this might work, and also the political reaction at westminster, and a good number of borisjohnson's own conservative mps are not happy about what is being proposed and the potential it may break international law. so they could be hold—ups in parliament, at westminster, as well. this is not an easy process. i parliament, at westminster, as well. this is not an easy process.— this is not an easy process. i was listenin: this is not an easy process. i was listening to _ this is not an easy process. i was listening to theresa _ this is not an easy process. i was listening to theresa villiers, - this is not an easy process. i was listening to theresa villiers, the | listening to theresa villiers, the former northern ireland secretary on the radio, and she said speaking from her perspective and that of the european reform group, which is a

backbench pressure group, and she said that they will put it before the star chamber of lawyers before they decide whether or not they are going to vote in favour of this. it feels a bit at the moment like the prime minister is not so much leading the conservatives but leaving a series of groups and somehow he and his team have to get all of those groups together but they are almost all formally organised in their own way within the parliamentary conservative party which must be another headache when you are legislating. it is. which must be another headache when you are legislating.— you are legislating. it is. he is robabl you are legislating. it is. he is probably getting _ you are legislating. it is. he is probably getting a _ you are legislating. it is. he is probably getting a taste - you are legislating. it is. he is probably getting a taste of - you are legislating. it is. he is i probably getting a taste of what you are legislating. it is. he is - probably getting a taste of what it was like for theresa may when she was like for theresa may when she was in charge towards the end of her time as prime minister, and you remember different factions of the conservative party, the european research group, the northern research group, the northern research group, the northern research group, and other groupings of mps who were aligned slightly differently and all want different things. that is a test for boris johnson, where does the centre of

gravity now lie within the conservative party? given he has faced a vote of confidence in his leadership and is receiving some considerable pressure from his own backbenchers to adopt a more traditional conservative policies and cut taxes as soon as possible. we northern ireland protocol legislation is a lightning rod for a lot of that in terms of the political direction of the government, as well as coming to a practical solution as it would see it, for the problems that persist in northern ireland and its border with the republic of ireland after brexit. anyway you look at this, it is a big political headache and it won't be easy for borisjohnson to fix it any time soon. won't be easy for boris johnson to fix it any time soon.— fix it any time soon. jonathan blake, fix it any time soon. jonathan blake. thanks _ fix it any time soon. jonathan blake, thanks for— fix it any time soon. jonathan blake, thanks forjoining - fix it any time soon. jonathan blake, thanks forjoining us. | fix it any time soon. jonathan - blake, thanks forjoining us. one man who could help fix his headache... let's speak now to sammy wilson — dup mp for east antrim and chief whip for the dup in the house of commons. thanks forjoining us. can i put

that point to you, in some ways it was easier to pressure theresa may because she did not have a parliamentary majority and she was facing defeat, and the tories have this massive parliamentary majority but it is fair to say that quite a few tory mps can be brought on side to your position even if their party officially says they are pushing ahead with the legislation? it is one of the _ ahead with the legislation? it 3 one of the problems with the legislation. first of all we have not seen the final version, so i don't care... not seen the final version, so i don't care- - -— not seen the final version, so i don't care... you have not seen it unofficially? _ don't care... you have not seen it unofficially? no. _ don't care. .. you have not seen it unofficially? no. i— don't care. .. you have not seen it unofficially? no. i don't— don't care. .. you have not seen it unofficially? no. i don't know- don't care... you have not seen it unofficially? no. i don't know if. don't care... you have not seen it unofficially? no. i don't know if it| unofficially? no. i don't know if it has addressed _ unofficially? no. i don't know if it has addressed all— unofficially? no. i don't know if it has addressed all the _ unofficially? no. i don't know if it has addressed all the issues - unofficially? no. i don't know if it has addressed all the issues but. has addressed all the issues but they need to be addressed if we are going to have the problem taken away. the second thing, even if it does address those issues, there is a question of, will it go through parliament unamended, and amendments

could be made to it and there are those who don't want the legislation at all and that is notjust of the opposition benches, but on the government wants own benches. and thirdly we have had the experience before where the government starts down the road of legislation with the internal markets bill to address the internal markets bill to address the problems with the protocol and then dropped the legislation altogether so from our perspective there are a lot of imponderables and there are a lot of imponderables and the other point we need to make clear is that much of this legislation is enabling legislation and it enables ministers to do certain things. it doesn't say they are going to do things. so we need to know what they are going to do and what are the regulations that will accompany this legislation. we are only at the starting point and some people think that today will resolve the problems but they are wrong. resolve the problems but they are wronu. , ., ., . .,

wrong. yes, dream on. we have said that for the — wrong. yes, dream on. we have said that for the last _ wrong. yes, dream on. we have said that for the last six _ wrong. yes, dream on. we have said that for the last six years _ wrong. yes, dream on. we have said that for the last six years one - wrong. yes, dream on. we have said that for the last six years one way i that for the last six years one way or another. that for the last six years one way oranother. in that for the last six years one way or another. in terms of this specific proposal, mr wilson, or another. in terms of this specific proposal, mrwilson, on or another. in terms of this specific proposal, mr wilson, on the basis of what you are saying, it would be premature for your party to walk back into power—sharing until that legislation is effectively passed? that legislation is effectively assed? ~ . ., that legislation is effectively assed? . ., passed? we have never made any romises passed? we have never made any promises to _ passed? we have never made any promises to the _ passed? we have never made any promises to the government - passed? we have never made any promises to the government that| passed? we have never made any i promises to the government that just promises to the government thatjust because the legislation is introduced we would then go back into the executive, and for two reasons, first of all, we want to be sure that the legislation is actually in the shape that deals with the problems that have arisen and secondly that it maintains that shape throughout the parliamentary process and the second reason is this, if the practical issues are not dealt with, the power—sharing executive cannot work anyhow, because the protocol is the poison in the system. we have an enforced coalition in northern ireland and

that only works if on major issues there is a consent from both the unionist population at the nationalist population and there is no consent for the protocol from the unionist population so therefore in effect we have a dysfunctional assembly and the message we have got to give the government is that before the assembly can be set up, the poison needs to be withdrawn from the system, otherwise you are not going to be have an executive that will function for any period of time. is that will function for any period of time. , . ., ., , ., , time. is there a fundamental problem which, ou time. is there a fundamental problem which. you may _ time. is there a fundamental problem which, you may have _ time. is there a fundamental problem which, you may have a _ time. is there a fundamental problem which, you may have a solution - time. is there a fundamental problem which, you may have a solution for. which, you may have a solution for this, but let me present the problem, trying to see it from outside, northern ireland is in the single market and therefore that gives brussels ultimately a legal say—so on any changes to what happens in northern ireland. did not matter when we were all in the eu together but now we are not that a

problem. and within that that means effectively the irish government is able to contribute to those changes of the law even though northern ireland is not part of ireland, so is that basically so fundamental that you can't see how this can function, continuing that position? anybody who lived in england, if they lived under the same regime, they lived under the same regime, they would say, english people and endless politicians, if they had no say in those laws, because that is what the situation in northern ireland is —— english politicians. it creates a constitutional issue and an economic issue and this is all to deal with the problem which we believe could be far more easily dealt with. don't forget, although northern ireland is contained in the single market and every business in northern ireland has to abide by the eu roles, only 5% of businesses

actually trade with the irish republic —— rules. most of the goods that come into northern ireland from gb never go any further than northern ireland and yet the protocol requires all of them to be treated in the same way as if they were going into the eu and therefore you have got to have checks on them. we had to do paperwork, bundles paperwork, bring goods into northern ireland, and we have more checks, that's the ironic thing, for goods coming from gb into northern ireland, then there are on the eastern border of the eu for goods coming in from countries which are outside the eu into the eu, so you can see where the problems are. if they had been flexibility on behalf of the eu maybe they could have been dealt with, but the problem seems to be that the eu, rather than trying

to find flexibility, look to see how rigid they could make the system. sammy wilson, the dup mp4 east antrim, thanks forjoining us. —— mp for. brazil federal police have said reports that the bodies of a uk journalist and his brazilian guide have been found are not true. gfx dom phillips and indigenous expert bruno pereira went missing in the javari region near the peruvian border more than a week ago. earlier this afternoon the british embassy in brazil said it was trying to confirm reports that bodies had been recovered, after they emerged on social media apparently quoting dom phillips' wife. but the latest from the police is to seek to quash the rumours. a spokesman for an indiginous search group has also said that no bodies have been found. the huge region where the pair are missing is home to around 6,300 indigenous people from more than 20 groups and is under threat from illegal loggers,

miners and hunters. in the last few minutes a news agency is reporting that the brazilian presidentjoe bolsonaro says that human remains have been found in the search for the pair —— jair. so there may be some confusion that arises from that. the other possibility is that the phone call that the police received was fake, but we are going to get more on this as soon as we can. 0ur correspondent katie watson is in brazil and we hope to talk to her soon. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is to be investigated over potential breaches of rules on gifts and earnings. parliament's standards commissioner is investigating whether sir keir broke the house of

commons code of conduct. mps must declare within 28 days any interest which might be reasonably considered to influence their actions. sir keir appears to have missed this deadline on several occasions — the long—awaited plan to transform england's food system was published this morning, with the government promising to put farmers and food security at the heart of their reforms. the prime minister denied criticism that the plan fails to tackle obesity by leaving out a recommended tax on sugar and salt, saying the best way to lose weight was to "eat less." claire marshall takes a look at what else is included in the paper. courgette city. the prime minister was on a courgette farm near hayle in cornwall for the media this morning for the launch of the government's national food strategy. it's the plan for how our food gets from the fields to our forks. at its heart, the government says, are the farmers. what you've got to make sure that you do is that you look after uk

food and farming and recognise that we have an opportunity to eat much more of what we grow in this country. in the white paper is a framework for farming the land sustainably, trying to take care of nature and tackle climate change. more locally grown or higher—standard food. there will be a consultation on whether this is where the public sector — hospitals, schools and care homes — should be spending its food budget. there will be a review of the labour shortage, including using more machines and issuing more visas for migrants. this is an organic farm near swindon. these pigs currently provide high—quality meat for national supermarkets, but could they soon go into meals for local schools? these pigs have been bred and reared outdoors, and they are given minimal amounts of antibiotics. until now, this style of organic farming has been seen as more niche, but if today's strategy document is to be believed, then they could move more into the mainstream. but there is not enough detail,

according to the man who led a major review into our food system. i think it's progress, particularly on the environment. there are some really important policies. it's a list of policies, not a strategy, though, and it needs to be bolder on the environment. and on health, we are waiting. it has been kicked down the line. we are waiting for what the health secretary says on health. some wildlife groups are saying that the government has broken its promise to restore nature and help biodiversity, but after withering criticism of an earlier leaked draft, the national farmers' union is now behind the plans. i think it's really welcome to see government committing to food production and food security. there is a strong commitment in there to maintain our current levels of self—sufficiency and to produce more, effectively, of what we are good at. however, britain is in the grip of an obesity crisis, and many campaigners are asking what happened to the proposed sugar and salt tax. according to the government, these will be addressed in another white paper at a later date. claire marshall, bbc news, wiltshire. joining me now is ruth hancock,

who is on the coordinating group of the landworkers' alliance, a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land—based workers. she founded and has been lead grower at fresh and green, a five—acre market garden in east devon since its establishment 20 years ago. thanks forjoining us. lovely to thanks forjoining us. lovely to hearfrom you. what thanks forjoining us. lovely to hear from you. what do you make of what you have seen so far?— what you have seen so far? thanks for “oininr what you have seen so far? thanks forjoining me _ what you have seen so far? thanks forjoining me on _ what you have seen so far? thanks forjoining me on this. _ what you have seen so far? thanks forjoining me on this. from - what you have seen so far? thanks| forjoining me on this. from myself and for my organisation, we don't feel it goes anywhere near far enough and it is a nice list of things that would be nice to have but unless this is enshrined in legislation it becomes just another aspirational, wouldn't it be nice... and on the other hand the —— on the

one hand you have farmers like myself who have fed our local communities and farmed diversely but if that is going to be undermined by the free trade deals that the government is pushing for at the moment, which in turn means lower quality food coming into the country, it really doesn't actually add up to very much. it is a list of nice aspirational things to have but without legal backing it doesn't really go anywhere. that without legal backing it doesn't really go anywhere.— really go anywhere. that is the difficul , really go anywhere. that is the difficulty. you _ really go anywhere. that is the difficulty, you can _ really go anywhere. that is the difficulty, you can see - really go anywhere. that is the difficulty, you can see lots - really go anywhere. that is the difficulty, you can see lots of l difficulty, you can see lots of different bits of government going off and doing different things and they don't necessarily adopt a top can be the law of unintended consequences, you do what looks like a good day which means you can get a whole new market in new zealand and australia, and some of the farmers would have their perspective on this, but we get what we think is a

good compromise a new st has consequences for farmers in this country, what is it particularly about the free trade deal that is so worrying for farmers? about the free trade deal that is so worrying forfarmers? —— about the free trade deal that is so worrying for farmers? —— and you say it has consequences. brute worrying for farmers? -- and you say it has consequences.— it has consequences. we are trying to produce — it has consequences. we are trying to produce food _ it has consequences. we are trying to produce food to _ it has consequences. we are trying to produce food to a _ it has consequences. we are trying to produce food to a good - it has consequences. we are trying to produce food to a good quality i to produce food to a good quality standard, taking into account all the sustainability issues, climate change and we can talk about shipping food from one side of the planet to the other, that is clearly ridiculous, what we need is a localised network of food hubs and systems, shortening the supply chain which is shown to be not resilient, with all these terrible events going on in ukraine, being so dependent on one supplier, when we can produce so much food in this country on really relatively smaller amounts of ground. on my farm i produce 50

different types of crops in that system is resilient and has been resilient through brexit and covid. how far would most of that trouble? i don't have those numbers at my fingertips but i know the food we produce on the farm doesn't go any more than seven miles up the road. that is incredible. and still profitable? {3h that is incredible. and still profitable?— that is incredible. and still rofitable? ,, �* , profitable? oh yes, i've been making a rofit for profitable? oh yes, i've been making a profit for the _ profitable? oh yes, i've been making a profit for the last _ profitable? oh yes, i've been making a profit for the last 20 _ profitable? oh yes, i've been making a profit for the last 20 years - profitable? oh yes, i've been making a profit for the last 20 years and - a profit for the last 20 years and i'm not unique. there are many other farmers like mind doing this, but because we don't shout about this, because we don't shout about this, because we don't shout about this, because we are busy farming... there could be many farms doing what i'm doing if we were not battling against so many barriers that we have, access to land, access to small lines, for smaller scale equipment, we don't need massive high—tech things and we don't need gm, we have the methodology already

in our agri— ecology. this is not new stuff, we have biodiversity and is, we are land sharing with nature already and i'm glad to share my land with nature because this deals with my pests and we don't have pests and diseases on the farm because i'm already doing these things. i'm not in isolation doing these things. this is what many people are doing, globally, notjust in this country, but the idea that we have got to get bigger and bigger and bigger, and as soon as you do that, you specialise, machinery, and then you have monoculture and pest and disease and then you have to buy inputs and the costs go up, and it is no longer resilient. we are already showing we can do this stuff but we need to be recognised and encouraged rather than being undercut by the agri— agribusiness as we might call it. ruth undercut by the agri- agribusiness as we might call it.— as we might call it. ruth hancock, thanks forjoining _

as we might call it. ruth hancock, thanks forjoining us. _ as we might call it. ruth hancock, thanks forjoining us. food - as we might call it. ruth hancock, thanks forjoining us. food for - thanks forjoining us. food for thought there. now it's time for a look at the weather. pretty significant heat is set to build across the uk as we go through this week. we have started out with temperatures around average at best, in some areas slightly below, but at the end of the week england and wales could be looking at highs of 30 degrees. this evening and overnight, business as usual, clear spells and patchy cloud and showers continuing across the north west of scotland and stronger winds here with overnight lows of 9—11. more sunshine to come on tuesday in england and wales but rain for the north and west of scotland and the far north of scotland and may be the odd shower for northern ireland and northern england and north wales and southern scotland later in the day. warmth showing its hand already in the south—east. just 14, though, for stornoway where we have that thicker cloud and some outbreaks of rain.

look how the temperatures build through the week ahead in england and wales. shortlived, though — into the thunderstorms we go by the weekend. hello, this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the headlines. the government's to publish plans to scrap parts of post—brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland — the eu says it could break international law but borisjohnson says the proposed changes are "not a big deal", despite criticism. brazil's federal poilce say reports that they've found the bodies ofjournalist dom phillips and his colleague bruno pereira are incorrect and only some of their personal belongings have been recovered. a high courtjudge rules that 12—year—old archie battersbee has campaigners wait to hear if asylum seekers will be removed from the uk on the goverment�*s first flight to rwanda under its controversial relocation scheme. the uk economy has shrunk again — as businesses feel the impact of price rises and supply shortages — that's despite a rise in consumer spending.

a high courtjudge rules that 12—year—old archie battersbee has died and that his life support treatment should stop after his parents called for his hospital care to continue. and coming up — is it possible that a google chatbot has been expressing its feelings in conversation with an engineer? sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. new zealand have been extending their lead over england in the second test. england were bowled out for 539 runs and things started well for england with the ball. james anderson took his 650th wicket removing opener tom latham but new zealand have

stretched their lead with devon conway and will young steadying the ship. gareth southgate has been speaking on the eve of the nations league game with hungary in wolverhampton. england still without a win in the competition but he's not questioning the commitment of his players after a long season. every tea m every team in the group and lots of other teams around europe are finding difficulty against hungary, they are a good side. there is a lot for us to take from the game and it is very important our approach, i have to say, this group of players have to say, this group of players have been incredible. their

mentality, their desire to play for england, to work every day on the training pitch to get better, we are fortunate to have a group you are as committed as they are.— committed as they are. scotland midfielder conor _ committed as they are. scotland midfielder conor mcgregor - committed as they are. scotland midfielder conor mcgregor is - committed as they are. scotland - midfielder conor mcgregor is backing the scottish boss. they lost to ukraine. then they were beaten 3—0 by republic of ireland in dublin ahead of their match against armenia, mcgregorsays ahead of their match against armenia, mcgregor says scotland will stand together. thea;r armenia, mcgregor says scotland will stand together-— stand together. they are no means the finished — stand together. they are no means the finished article, _ stand together. they are no means the finished article, that _ stand together. they are no means the finished article, that is - stand together. they are no means the finished article, that is a - stand together. they are no means the finished article, that is a lot i the finished article, that is a lot of work— the finished article, that is a lot of work to— the finished article, that is a lot of work to be done and the players and the _ of work to be done and the players and the staff all understand that. you see — and the staff all understand that. you see how difficult it is to qualify— you see how difficult it is to qualify for world cups, you see teams — qualify for world cups, you see teams like wales, 6040 years the last time — teams like wales, 6040 years the last time they were there. it is very— last time they were there. it is very hard — last time they were there. it is very hard to be done. the manager has done _ very hard to be done. the manager has done a — very hard to be done. the manager has done a lot of good things for the country, for the nation, this group _ the country, for the nation, this group of— the country, for the nation, this group of players. it is important we trust _

group of players. it is important we trust him _ group of players. it is important we trust him and we stand behind him. erling haaland says he is in the right place to fulfil his ambitions after signing for manchester city the norwegian strikerjoins on a five year contract. he's absolutely prolific, in his two and a half years with borussia dortmund he's scored 86 goals in 89 games. his father played alfe—inge played for city 22 years ago. liverpool have agreed a deal for the uruguayan. he will cast on a £64 million which could rise to £85 million which could rise to £85 million with add—ons. liverpool have signed fabric ca value from fulham. russia's daniil medvedev has replaced novak djokovic as the men's tennis world number one. we won't see medvedev at wimbledon as russian and belarussian players are banned from playing because of the war on ukraine. wimbledon has been stripped of ranking points because of this stance. alexander zverev rises to world number two.

it's a bit of an era change too because it's the first time since 2003 that none of djokovic, rafael nadal, roger federer or andy murray have appeared in the top two. with just two weeks to go until the start of wimbledon, harriet dart has continued her fine form at the birmingham classic. she was a wild card and has reached the last 16. . that's all the sport for now. don't forget there's live tennis from queen's and birmingham across the bbc from today. you can watch both tournaments via the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. thank you very much. borisjohnson has said plans to give the government powers to override

parts of brexit agreement that cover trade with northern ireland are a "relatively trivial set of adjustments". the prime minister wants to change the protocol he agreed with the european union to make it easier to move goods between great britain and northern ireland. the eu has warned the legislation could break international law. i'm joined now by stephen farry who is an mp for northern ireland's alliance party. thank you very much for being with us. first of all, what you make of this plan to legislate? in principle, are you against the idea of anything that is unilateral? that is the heart _ of anything that is unilateral? that is the heart of _ of anything that is unilateral? that is the heart of the _ of anything that is unilateral? “i“isgt is the heart of the issue. the proposal unilateral approach is the breach of international agreement and the uncertainty that provides. we do acknowledge there are both opportunities from the protocol but also some challenges particularly in terms of movements from great britain to northern ireland. the only way we can address rules is

through building trust in partnership with the european union, and i'm sure solutions are agreed and i'm sure solutions are agreed and legal. that is the only way we can have economic stability and give our business community certainty in the way forward. what has been proposed is very bad for northern ireland, the protocol is essentially our soft landing arising from brexit. brexit is always going to be difficult for an independent society such as northern ireland but it provides as a way through those challenges. it does need tinkering to do it right. at the government is the wrong way. you to do it right. at the government is the wrong way-— to do it right. at the government is the wrong way. you will have heard the wrong way. you will have heard the arguments _ the wrong way. you will have heard the arguments made _ the wrong way. you will have heard the arguments made by _ the wrong way. you will have heard i the arguments made by government ministers and maybe people are looking at this from the outside and saying they have got a point. the negotiations were taking place last year, october came in the uk said this is ourfinal set year, october came in the uk said

this is our final set of proposals are nothing has moved since then. isn't there an argument for saying, something has to give and if this is what allows something to give, whether it is brinkmanship a weather in the absence of agreement it allows the changes to take place, thatis allows the changes to take place, that is better than statics? the government — that is better than statics? the government have _ that is better than statics? i“i2 government have been that is better than statics? t“i2 government have been disingenuous in terms of that argument, they have not been serious in the way they have approached those negotiations. we do want to see the eu being flexible but the uk government have dismissed the offer is the european union have made, they have refused to acknowledge we did say a major breakthrough in the flow of medicines at the end of last year and they have refused, they didn't give any recognition whatsoever. they have shown a willingness to not fulfil existing agreements and name via threatening to breach existing agreements even further. but is no basis on which to land these

solutions that are out there such as veterinary agreement or a red and green channel. rather than going down this route, the uk government needs to get back around the table with the eu and treat this process seriously. i was engaging with the european commission and encouraging them to go further. there may be more proposals coming from the eu to illustrate what can be done in terms of general and pragmatic solutions. ijust wanted to pick up on something that cities of ilias said, the former northern ireland secretary, who was interviewed this lunchtime. she said, the legislation in the northern ireland protocol, it was sensitive at the time it is negotiated, assumes and is explicit about two things, the government can act with these arrangements if there is political instability or if there is political instability or if there is trade diversion, trade that was going in one direction and going elsewhere. she says both criteria

are met and that is instability in political institutions, we have seen that by the dup declining to return to power sharing and others protocol is changed, and that is trade diversion, we have heard this from countless companies. you know the companies where they used to buy their supplies, their raw materials, some of their components from great britain, they have surged to buying them from the republic of ireland because it has become cheaper and more convenient. if those two criteria are met, what is wrong with the government acting where they can get an agreement with the eu? iltrui’hat get an agreement with the eu? what ou set out get an agreement with the eu? what you set out there _ get an agreement with the eu? what you set out there is _ get an agreement with the eu? what you set out there is the _ get an agreement with the eu? “gar“isgt you set out there is the arguments for triggering of article 16 which is a clause inside the protocol. i don't believe those conditions are met but that is radically different from what has been proposed today which is independent unilateral action to de—supply potentially aspects of the protocol. brexit is always going to be a challenge for

northern ireland in what is important, the government challenges the dup to get back around the table and to rejoin the executive. these issues can't be met with the government is being restored in northern ireland. if necessary, the government needs to be clear that the dup and is prepared to play ball, they were free from the institution to allow those parties are just my own who want to have a government to proceed and support we are allowed to do so. in terms of the economics, there was always going to be some degree of change arising from brexit is because the status quo was disrupted. we were seeing northern ireland being one of only two parts of the uk that is growing, we're seeing new investment coming in and northern ireland has as opportunity to have unfettered access to great britain and to the european union. what is happening today in terms of proposals for what is called a dual regulatory system or unpicking the jurisdiction could

leave northern ireland outside the single market for good. the uncertainty around that will create problems for investment and it is in that context people are saying being very clear there are real advantages from the protocol and they are opposed to the government are doing today. it is important people understand the government claim to be acting in the best interests of northern ireland but that has been rejected by a majority of the members of the northern ireland assembly. members of the northern ireland assembl . , , members of the northern ireland assembl. , , , assembly. this is most disingenuous. de - u assembly. this is most disingenuous. deputy leader — assembly. this is most disingenuous. deputy leader of _ assembly. this is most disingenuous. deputy leader of the _ assembly. this is most disingenuous. deputy leader of the alliance - assembly. this is most disingenuous. deputy leader of the alliance party i deputy leader of the alliance party in northern ireland, thank you very much. joining us now is dr mikejohnston, chief executive of the dairy council of northern ireland. we were hearing that a large section

of the food industry northern ireland has been effective negatively by this arrangement, trading arrangements. what is the experience of dairy farmers and others in the dairy industry? from a dairy industry _ others in the dairy industry? from a dairy industry point _ others in the dairy industry? from a dairy industry point of— others in the dairy industry? from a dairy industry point of view, - others in the dairy industry? from a dairy industry point of view, the - dairy industry point of view, the protocol has been working. in the senseit protocol has been working. in the sense it has allowed us to continue to trade flows that we have had three brexit. that is important for us because we supply customers in mainland europe, we have about a third of our milk produced in northern ireland goes to the republic of ireland for processing and we don't have processing capacity in northern ireland to be able to do over that. from our point of view, it has been working at has allowed the trade flow to continue. is it perfect? no. other aspects that could be improved? yes. we don't want to lose what we have got at the moment. it is don't want to lose what we have got at the moment.— at the moment. it is to be clear about this, _ at the moment. it is to be clear about this, are _ at the moment. it is to be clear about this, are you _ at the moment. it is to be clear about this, are you saying - at the moment. it is to be clear

about this, are you saying that l about this, are you saying that isn't a market anyway for your raw products in great britain so in a sense that bit of it isn't a problem, the extra difficulties between northern ireland and great britain, orare between northern ireland and great britain, or are you saying whatever problems is that office some of the don't apply to your industry? if gee don't apply to your industry? if we took the irish _ don't apply to your industry? if we took the irish sea _ don't apply to your industry? if we took the irish sea and _ don't apply to your industry? if we took the irish sea and the - don't apply to your industry? if w2 took the irish sea and the flow of products, dairy products from northern ireland and great britain is important to us. that business is worth in excess of about £400 million a year so it isn't insignificant. in terms of —— goods coming into northern ireland, what this bill does is it will open up the potential that we could become more exposed and where it could start to interfere with those trade flows we have two mainland europe

and indeed... you flows we have two mainland europe and indeed---_ flows we have two mainland europe and indeed... you are worried about, as their stance, _ and indeed... you are worried about, as their stance, it _ and indeed... you are worried about, as their stance, it is _ and indeed... you are worried about, as their stance, it is imperfect, - as their stance, it is imperfect, you don't lose what is working, your biggest fear is retaliatory action by the eu has that is in part. but ifi use by the eu has that is in part. but if i use one _ by the eu has that is in part. ifizi,ii if i use one example, there's about 400,000 tonnes of grain that comes into northern ireland on a normal yearfrom into northern ireland on a normal year from great into northern ireland on a normal yearfrom great britain. that into northern ireland on a normal year from great britain. that can happen can be produced in the same stance as the eu. if there was divergence and that grain was not produced to the standards of the eu, if that came into northern ireland... if we could be in a

situation where the losers in this could be grain farmers in great britain who would not have access to a market that they currently have in northern ireland. in terms of the reaction of the eu, yes, that is a major uncertainty for us because we don't know what that would mean in terms of continuation of the operation of these trade flows. business does not like uncertainty and what we are seeing here is the potential for increased levels of uncertainty. potential for increased levels of uncertainty-— potential for increased levels of uncertain . . ., uncertainty. chief executive of the dairy council— uncertainty. chief executive of the dairy council for _ uncertainty. chief executive of the dairy council for northern - uncertainty. chief executive of the dairy council for northern ireland, j dairy council for northern ireland, thank you for talking to us this afternoon. just an apology therefore the interference on the line, i think it was caused by doctor johnson, his hand passing near his microphone. hopefully, it isn't this trapped too much. apologies for

that. it wasn't coming from us, i promise. lawyers had argued because his heart was still beating, he shouldn't be considered dead and they said as long as his heart was beating, he should have time, they know he is unlikely to recover but they said they were not playing for an medical he would recover. the high court to this morning as she had died when doctors as a result of tests decided his brainstem had stopped functioning. the hospital said they felt every support and sympathy to

the family and baked they would support them as the life support was withdrawn and they would do nothing if the family wanted to appeal. his family said they were disappointed, devastated by the decision and they were going to carry on fighting. party's mother. i were going to carry on fighting. party's mother.— were going to carry on fighting. party's mother. i do not believe he has been given _ party's mother. i do not believe he has been given enough _ party's mother. i do not believe he has been given enough time - party's mother. i do not believe he has been given enough time from. party's mother. i do not believe he i has been given enough time from the beginning i have always thought what is the rush? his heart is still beating, he has gripped my hand, and as his mother, i know my son is still there. as his mother, i know my son is still there-— still there. and so, as you can hear, still there. and so, as you can hear. micah — still there. and so, as you can hear, micah three's _ still there. and so, as you can hear, micah three's mother. still there. and so, as you can hear, micah three's mother is| hear, micah three's mother is determined to fight on, she says the family are going to try to appeal and it'll take some time to see if they are able to appeal. she says she will do whatever she can to help

her son. she will do whatever she can to help herson. obviously, on the she will do whatever she can to help her son. obviously, on the other side, the doctors say archie is deteriorating, there is no possibility that he will recover. arron banks said he was defamed after comments carole cadwalladr made of a relationship between him and the russian state. a senior google engineer says one of the company's artificial intelligence systems has become a sentient being. the technology firm has suspended blake lemoine for breaching confidentiality rules — and insists there's no evidence its ai chatbot is now free thinking. a spokesperson for google said while chatbots can imitate conversation, they are not sentient. mr lemoine has suggested the robot should gets its own lawyer. earlier i spoke to lionel robert who's associate professor of information

at the university of michigan and i asked him if this was a eureka moment for google. you would think it would be from a technical logical viewpoints, but i don't think google is prepared to have conversation about it now. share have conversation about it now. are ou have conversation about it now. are you worded the instinct is to shut down the conversation rather than engage with it without scientists unless they know what is going on? they seem certain that this can't possibly be the case. are they right to be so certain because one would have thought the engineer concerned also knows his business. if you have thought the engineer concerned also knows his business.— also knows his business. if you are certain, also knows his business. if you are certain. you _ also knows his business. if you are certain. you are — also knows his business. if you are certain, you are a _ also knows his business. if you are certain, you are a with _ certain, you are a with transparency. they are so certain they should open the conversation unwelcome and open and transparent conversation about it, if they are so certain. the fact that they don't, would make any rational

person suspicious. can don't, would make any rational person suspicious.— don't, would make any rational person suspicious. can you explain to us how this _ person suspicious. can you explain to us how this might _ person suspicious. can you explain to us how this might have - person suspicious. can you explain to us how this might have come i to us how this might have come about? whether it is from what we know about him or your understanding of how this kind of research is proceeding? tbsi of how this kind of research is proceeding?— of how this kind of research is proceeding? ai technology and robotics technology _ proceeding? ai technology and robotics technology is - proceeding? ai technology and robotics technology is being i proceeding? ai technology and - robotics technology is being driven to reach a human state. the idea is to reach a human state. the idea is to make it more human, as human as possible. as you begin to push the boundaries, it becomes difficult to draw hard and fast line between what is alive and what is not alive. this conversation will continue because the minute we draw the line and say, here is what we define to be alive or not, the ai advances a year later and it crosses the boundary. that is the difficulty. _ and it crosses the boundary. that is the difficulty, google's _

and it crosses the boundary. that is the difficulty, google's defence - and it crosses the boundary. that is the difficulty, google's defence is, l the difficulty, google's defence is, don't worry, this chat but can't be sentience, it is imitating conversation. the next question is, but what if it is imitating thoughts? at what point does imitating thoughts become the same thing as having thoughts?— thing as having thoughts? exactly. we have to — thing as having thoughts? exactly. we have to wonder— thing as having thoughts? exactly. we have to wonder what _ thing as having thoughts? exactly. we have to wonder what else - thing as having thoughts? exactly. we have to wonder what else is i thing as having thoughts? exactly. i we have to wonder what else is going on, not only in google but other places. to be honest with you, to be fair to google, it is not fair they will know when that is crossed. the child imitates an adult, social learning is a big part of a human nature, we all learn from watching and imitating others. that doesn't somehow disqualify this ai are any ai going forward at the beginning of not being alive. it is ai going forward at the beginning of not being alive.— not being alive. it is fascinating because it _ not being alive. it is fascinating because it is — not being alive. it is fascinating because it is life _ not being alive. it is fascinating because it is life determined i not being alive. it is fascinating because it is life determined by flesh and blood or is it something thatis flesh and blood or is it something that is animated by power and then carries out these activities? could

that become a definition of life? the philosophical debate is mind blowing but there are practical implications. ii blowing but there are practical implications.— implications. if the ai is alive, the idea of — implications. if the ai is alive, the idea of eternity _ implications. if the ai is alive, the idea of eternity isn't - implications. if the ai is alive, the idea of eternity isn't so i implications. if the ai is alive, i the idea of eternity isn't so crazy at all. there are ethical issues about why do you cross that line, how far you go to open that line? the big issue is, we need an ethics board the same way you have the medical community where, scientists cannot do everything they want to do because they want me to bring it up in front of in ethics board. we don't have that in the ai community. we have boards who have government committees but they don't have any teeth. we are going to need teeth when it comes to dealing with these issues especially as we go forward and we go into uncharted territory.

talking to lino from the university of michigan. hello. some significant heat is set to build across the uk through the course of this week. we start the week with our temperatures around average or slightly below for the time of year, high teens, low twenties. by the end of the week, though, across many parts of england and wales, we could be looking at 30 degrees as a high. heat wave across spain at the moment, spreads into france for tuesday, into the heart of europe on wednesday. and then we see a plume of that heat getting up into the uk through thursday and friday and never quite reaches the far northwest. so temperatures stay somewhat suppressed across the northwest of scotland. but for england and wales we're talking about 30 degrees highs in many spots on friday. this monday evening, while our temperatures will slip off into the teens, there'll be some late sunshine's patchy cloud lingers overnight. but generally i think some clearer spells forming some rain again for the northwest of scotland, some extending a little bit further eastwards, some strong winds

in the far north west, temperatures by the end of the night around the nine to 12 degree mark. if anything, though, i think clearer skies first thing on tuesday, thanks to the presence of this area of high pressure, will mean more sunshine. weather fronts again though trying to get in towards the northwest mean more cloud for the north west of scotland and some rain on and off here through the day. some quite keen winds across the far north of scotland too. the odd shower possible for northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england and north wales. temperatures well up to 24 in the south east, just 14 for stornoway thanks to the cloud and the rain. in terms of pollen levels where we do have more cloud around and some rain on wednesday will mean pollen levels are suppressed so low across scotland, but very high as we look further south. wednesday, a pretty similar weather story. high pressure to the south means a lot of fine weather, perhaps a little bit more cloud rolling across england and wales through the course of the day. some thicker cloud, though, for the north west of scotland

producing some showers here. perhaps the odd one getting into northern ireland and still that temperature contrast, cool in the northwest, hotting up all the while towards the southeast. wednesday into thursday, though, we start to pick up an increasingly southerly airstream. up comes that warm air from the continent. in come some showers, though, towards the northwest. it's quite a short peek in the heat through the end of the week, but potentially 30 for cwmbran on friday, 31 in cambridge.

this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines... the government is set to publish its plans to scrap parts of post—brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland — the eu says it could break international law but borisjohnson says the proposed changes are "not a big deal". we can fix it in such a way as to remove the bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north south in the island of ireland as well. it's also a new low in terms of the relationship between britain and ireland, which is something that many of us have worked so hard to protect and enhance. a high courtjudgment is expected soon on whether asylum seekers can be flown on the uk's first flight to rwanda

under the government's controversial relocation scheme. thejudge is giving his verdict the judge is giving his verdict as we speak. brazil's federal poilce say reports that they've found the bodies ofjournalist dom phillips and his colleague bruno pereira are incorrect and only some of their personal belongings have been recovered. the uk economy has shrunk again — as businesses feel the impact of price rises and supply shortages — that's despite a rise in consumer spending. a high courtjudge rules that 12—year—old archie battersbee has died and that his life support treatment should stop — after his parents called for his hospital care to continue. his parents say his heart is still beating and they want the treatment to continue. and coming up — is it possible that a google chatbot has been expressing its feelings in conversation with an engineer?

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government is preparing to set out plans that would allow parts of northern ireland's post—brexit trade arrangements to be altered without agreement with the eu. even though there is no consensus with the eu. the prime minister says the government's proposed changes to the northern ireland protocol amount to a "trivial set of adjustments" and would be "relatively simple" to implement. but ireland's foreign minister simon coveney says plans to overide the protocol would create a new set of uncertainties and be a low point in the uk's approach to brexit. and in the past few minutes, the irish prime minister micheal martin has tweeted that a "unilateral breach of the protocol is very serious". the arrangement, known as the northern ireland protocol, allows for extra checks on some goods moving across the irish sea.

it's been a source of discontent for unionists, who see it as an internal border within the uk. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. borisjohnson always said brexit was about taking back control. but when it comes to the northern ireland border, progress has been slow. and now the prime minister is putting forward a plan to override parts of the deal he signed with the eu about how to manage trade across the irish sea. what we can do is fix that. it's not a big deal. we can fix it in such a way as to remove those bureaucratic barriers but without putting up barriers on trade moving north to south in the island of ireland as well. that's what we want to do. the issue is getting goods from great britain to northern ireland, part of the uk, of course, but with a land border

to the republic of ireland that is in the eu. back in 2019, borisjohnson signed a deal to avoid checks on that border which could have threatened peace in northern ireland. but the government now claims it's not working and wants to change it using uk laws. the foreign secretary liz truss told her eu counterparts this morning the planned legislation would fix the problems with the northern ireland protocol and restore political stability, adding the uk would prefer a negotiated solution. in response, the vice president of the european commission, maros sefcovic, said the eu had offered workable solutions and that unilateral action was damaging to mutual trust and a formula for uncertainty. the uk's nearest neighbour agrees. the uk has been in many ways a standard—bearer for international law and the protection of international law for many years. this is damaging that reputation in a very fundamental way but it is also a new low in terms of the relationship between britain and ireland. and labour say this isn't the way

to break the deadlock in belfast. the answer to this is to accept there are some problems in the way the protocol works but they could be resolved around the negotiating table with statecraft, with guile, with trust. unfortunately, we don't have those in the current prime minister. the government plans include separate lanes for goods staying in northern ireland and those going on into the republic. ministers insist the moves would not break international law but the eu disagrees and has warned of retaliation. jonathan blake, bbc news. the irish government has warned westminster that plans to override parts of the northern ireland protocol would �*deeply damage' relations between the uk, ireland and the eu. the democratic unionist party is refusing to allow the formation of a new devolved government in northern ireland until their concerns

about the protocol are addressed. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. the northern ireland protocol means there are checks on some goods arriving here from the rest of the uk. that has led to extra costs, processes and paperwork for businesses who get supplies from across the irish sea. but the protocol also gives companies in northern ireland an advantage. they can sell goods directly into both the british and eu markets without tariffs. the economic reality for manufacturers here, for food processors and many other parts of the economy, is that the protocol works incredibly well and the protocol needs reform, but it doesn't need a wrecking ball. and what is being proposed potentially today is just that. and representatives of the meat industry say removing the protocol would put at risk their ability to export. we would see the protocol

as something to build on. we would be concerned about anything that damages trade. the risk here is trade into europe. business perspectives do of course play into the political debate but there is another aspect that is perhaps more symbolic. unionist politicians tend to believe the union is threatened by anything that separates northern ireland from england, scotland and wales, and they view checks carried out at the likes of belfast port as an economic barrier with great britain. the democratic unionist party is preventing the devolved assembly at stormont from meeting over its opposition to the protocol. there is no sign the dup will soften its position when the legislation is published. what we see today will not necessarily be what comes through the process in the house of commons and the house of lords. we will make our assessment of this legislation as it goes through but i think when it comes to good faith, actually the people

who need to demonstrate good faith are the government. but the nationalist party which won the most seats at the recent stormont election says the government is being reckless. the protocol is working. there are sections of it where its application needs to be finessed. there are issues around paperwork burden and checks and so on, by the way, all consequences of brexit, but the europeans have been very clear there will be and there has been flexibility, and that's where all these matters need to get resolved. once again, northern ireland is at the sharp end of the fallout from brexit and the future of devolution is at stake. chris page, bbc news, belfast. i mentioned what the irish foreign

minister has said, and we have also heard from his boss, the taoiseach, on twitter. we can cross to westminster. claire hanna is an mp for south belfast in the house of commons. thanks forjoining us. we don't have the details yet, and the devil is often in the detail, but from what you have heard so far from the government, how worried are you by

the proposals? brute government, how worried are you by the proposals?— government, how worried are you by the proposals? we are worried and we received a briefing _ the proposals? we are worried and we received a briefing today _ the proposals? we are worried and we received a briefing today and - the proposals? we are worried and we received a briefing today and things i received a briefing today and things have been drip fed through the media, as is often the case with brexit related things, these are major changes despite the protestations from boris johnson that they are not a big deal. it is a frustrating day for people of northern ireland because they know this is not really about us or our economy, it is more about internal conservative party issues, but it is a worrying day because it creates even more uncertainty for people, and it is a move that has been clearly rejected by a clear majority of mlas and a joint letter sent to the prime minister today, and it has been rejected by businesses, as well. everybody acknowledges the protocol can work a bit better but unilateral action and tearing it up, it makes the playing field uneven even more for businesses and it is

pumping more toxicity into politics in northern ireland and it does not solve the problem which is to coax the dup back into government. we heard from sammy wilson in the last hour and he heard from sammy wilson in the last hourand he said heard from sammy wilson in the last hour and he said what you are saying, that this on its own is not going to be enough for them, and that they need to see the detail and also they need assurances that it will be implemented. the odd thing about this, there is a procedure under the legislation, the brexit agreement, with the eu, where if one side is unhappy with what is happening with the protocol and they say as theresa villiers said at lunchtime, either it is causing political instability or causing trade diversion, and she said both of those factors have been proved but the government has not triggered article 16 which is the mechanism which exists to allow either side to unilaterally act, have they given you any explanation as to why they have not gone for that option? that

was trumpeted _ have not gone for that option? that was trumpeted for _ have not gone for that option? “t“isgt was trumpeted for over a year and it became the rallying cry that we would trigger article 16 and myself and my party and others said i don't think it does what you think it does and some of the clauses that have been trailed in this billjust give wide powers to ministers and that indicates they don't really know how to solve this problem they have created and they don't really know what the dup's bottom line is and thatis what the dup's bottom line is and that is part of the problem over the last five, six years of the brexit saga, people have not clarified what it is they want to achieve from brexit and everybody else is trying to fit around it. it is fair to say i don't believe the tests that theresa villiers and others say have been met and article 16 has been met and there is not widespread societal disruption and businesses art to the best of their ability getting on with things but what they say is they want stability. yes, there is a

problem and many unionists are hurt by this and they are right to be because boris johnson by this and they are right to be because borisjohnson told them they would be no sea border and there wasn't in the first few weeks of operation, despite what their eyes told them, so people do feel let down but there is certainly no consent and consensus in northern ireland for this very substantial move and for a unilateral tearing up of the protocol. is move and for a unilateral tearing up of the protocol.— of the protocol. is your suspicion that this is _ of the protocol. is your suspicion that this is another _ of the protocol. is your suspicion that this is another element - of the protocol. is your suspicion that this is another element of i of the protocol. is your suspicion i that this is another element of what effectively the dup have accused borisjohnson of effectively the dup have accused boris johnson of which effectively the dup have accused borisjohnson of which is smoke and mirrors, saying one thing and doing another, so it is a look at this which is a kind of totemic thing but actually it is a means to an end question up this is brinkmanship, and he hopes that the eu will cave at this point because they will not want to go to the next age which could be a trade war with all the

hideous consequences so this is not about westminster or even northern ireland but about brussels and getting brussels to see the reality of a situation that both politically for borisjohnson is impossible but which has impossible consequences for you and your constituents and everyone else who lives in northern ireland? . �* , everyone else who lives in northern ireland? . v . . everyone else who lives in northern ireland? . �*, . ., ., ., i, , ., ireland? that's a fair analysis and des - ite ireland? that's a fair analysis and despite the _ ireland? that's a fair analysis and despite the rhetoric _ ireland? that's a fair analysis and despite the rhetoric about - ireland? that's a fair analysis and | despite the rhetoric about consent and the views of people in northern ireland, there is nothing in the bill as far as we have seen that actually improves the democratic oversight and the operation of it and it re—inserts red lines and you don't hear from people and it re—inserts red lines and you don't hearfrom people in northern ireland, what do the people i represent want, they want to hear none of this negativity and toxicity and the disruption, on the media, everyday, they this to be addressed. the protocol is being framed as the problem but in fact with tweaking it is the solution —— they want this to be addressed. it is smoke and

mirrors but also about having the brexit row is rolling on for ever and i think borisjohnson is comfortable in saying, get brexit done, and these people that are ranging against him to thwart that, he would say, so i think that is part of it, but if it is about coaxing the eu, it is clear that it is not going to work, they have been very clear at their frustration at the brinkmanship. as simon coveney said in terms of the good friday agreement, britain and ireland working together as equals and friends is the only thing that has ever worked. friends is the only thing that has everworked. unilateralaction friends is the only thing that has ever worked. unilateral action and another government running off and working country to the wishes of the other has not been good for northern ireland ever and it went be in this case either. ireland ever and it went be in this case either-— case either. claire hanna, thanks for “oinini case either. claire hanna, thanks forjoining us- — i'm joined now by seamus leheny, northern ireland policy manager for logistics uk. dare i say, a logistics nightmare

for you at the moment?- for you at the moment? good afternoon- — for you at the moment? good afternoon. this _ for you at the moment? good afternoon. this is _ for you at the moment? good afternoon. this is very - for you at the moment? good - afternoon. this is very concerning, we are members of companies that move goods and are sold across the uk and beyond. it is a concern to us because supply chains are extremely vulnerable and sensitive, because of the friction between gb and northern ireland caused by the protocol but also on our reliance with trade with the republic of ireland for manufacturing, so it is certainly not helping with the stability and clarity that businesses crave because i speak to businesses, and on any given day they are concerned about soaring inflationary pressures and labour shortages. so this is drama which is adding another layer of problems for businesses. iltiui’hat drama which is adding another layer of problems for businesses. what has been the effect _ of problems for businesses. what has been the effect on, _ of problems for businesses. what has been the effect on, for _ of problems for businesses. what has been the effect on, for example, - been the effect on, for example, trading goods, delivering goods, between great britain and northern ireland and northern ireland and

great britain? has there been an appreciable change since the brexit arrangements took effect? tes. appreciable change since the brexit arrangements took effect?- arrangements took effect? yes, if ou arrangements took effect? yes, if you imagine. _ arrangements took effect? yes, if you imagine, imagine _ arrangements took effect? yes, if you imagine, imagine there - arrangements took effect? yes, if you imagine, imagine there are i arrangements took effect? yes, if l you imagine, imagine there are four corridors of freight traffic, and three of those are green where there are no problems and that is northern ireland to gb and northern ireland to the rest of the eu, that has been great for us, our export sales to the republic of ireland are up 34% this year and that is actually reciprocated when i look at the traffic volumes on the main road between belfast and dublin. the amount of lorries crossing the road was up 37% in the first half of the year so there are businesses here who are doing well out of that, because of the ability to sell into gb and the republic of ireland and beyond. oursales gb and the republic of ireland and beyond. our sales into gb, no friction, but the fiction is on the gb into northern ireland and primarily that is consumer facing

products, supermarket and food products, supermarket and food products, specifically, and most companies are able to get on with it and it is business as usual, although there is an added layer of administration around customs and food produce and sanitary controls. there are some companies are suffering more than others but it is not a one size fits all. some companies have every exposed business model where they have got to move lots of small items of food produce from great britain to northern ireland and that involves a lot of paperwork and controls, and thatis lot of paperwork and controls, and that is when myself and other colleagues in the business community have spoken to the uk government and the eu, these are the problems we are trying to address. unilateral action here is something we have said to both parties is fundamentally important, that we have an agreed negotiated outcome. there was one bit of unilateral action that took place last year which was the eu made a decision that it would no longer inspect medicines produced in the uk or

produced effectively in the uk, whether it is northern ireland or great britain, and which then may pass over the border into the republic of ireland and other eu countries and that was one—sided action but it appears to have been accepted by the british, as well, because they would argue that is what they are pushing for but there does not seem to have been a loss for businesses from this, so it was a win—win. it is hard to see why a similar win—win can't be achieved in all the other areas. similar win-win can't be achieved in all the other areas.— all the other areas. exactly. it shows that — all the other areas. exactly. it shows that sitting _ all the other areas. exactly. it shows that sitting round - all the other areas. exactly. it shows that sitting round a - all the other areas. exactly. it i shows that sitting round a table all the other areas. exactly. it - shows that sitting round a table and having a grown—up conversation about this with negotiation with both parties can deliver positive results. i have been working with the eu, trying to convince them at the eu, trying to convince them at the moment, there are no customers on parcels leaving great britain abound for northern ireland for consumers, and under the grace period that is the case, and under

the full protocol implementation there would be customers but myself and career companies have met with the eu and shown them that the risk of parcels coming into northern ireland from consumers is minimal going into the eu. that is an easy win, something i would say is similar to the medicine issue, a quick easy win for both parties and we avoid customs on those parcels for the the other thing is the trusted traders scheme and there has been mention about that. mention about the red and green channels on goods coming into northern ireland and we have spoken about this. the eu have also referenced this. yes. eu have also referenced this. yes, the eu negotiator— eu have also referenced this. yes, the eu negotiator has _ eu have also referenced this. yes, the eu negotiator has mentioned that. , , ., that. the building blocks are certainly there _ that. the building blocks are certainly there to _ that. the building blocks are certainly there to get - that. the building blocks are certainly there to get the i that. the building blocks are - certainly there to get the outcome, but what we worry about today, a lot of the legislation being tabled today, we have fundamental

questions, and i know the devil is in the detail, but it needs to be trust —based and self declarations, and will be eu find that sufficient regiment and can be uk authorities enforce that —— will the eu find that sufficient? we have got to look at market processes and administration and we hear from businesses that they don't have to deal with this currently so it's almost like we get rid of one set of problems but we are going to substitute them for a brand—new set of issues and we are back to square one again of trying to find a solution to our problem. a problem we should really not have.- we should really not have. thanks for “oinini we should really not have. thanks forjoining us- _ we should really not have. thanks forjoining us. thanks _ we should really not have. thanks forjoining us. thanks for - forjoining us. thanks for explaining so clearly how this works. i think this will have helped a lot of people at home who are slightly baffled by this story. thank you very much for your time. the latest official figures show that the uk economy shrank

for the second month in a row in april. the office for national statistics says gdp was down 0.3%, compared with a fall of 0.1%in march. our economics correspondent andy verity explained some of the background in large part of the driver for this, a large part of the reason for this, a large part of the reason for this was the winding down of the government's test and trace system which was a big chunk of spending this time last year, if you look at consumer spending it is actually up by 2.6%, in the month of april, which is quite surprising in a way when you think that was the month that the government implemented its previously announced hikes in national insurance which should take money away from consumers and away from businesses and mean less spending but consumers may be borrowing in order to smooth over that effect and continuing to spend and they may not felt the effect, may not have noticed it coming through in their net pay on their payslips, and so consumers did actually spend a bit more than some

people expected. nevertheless most economists expected an uptick in the economy in april and they did not get it, we had a 0.3% shrinkage which is two months in a row where the economy shrank, and it is not yet what we technically call a recession which is two quarters, six months of negative activity, but nevertheless it is the economy shrinking which is in the same thing, butjust in a shorter timeframe.— thing, butjust in a shorter timeframe. �* , , ., timeframe. andy verity there, at home, although _ timeframe. andy verity there, at home, although he _ timeframe. andy verity there, at home, although he did _ timeframe. andy verity there, at home, although he did also - timeframe. andy verity there, at home, although he did also popl timeframe. andy verity there, at i home, although he did also pop into the studio. he is a very busy man! a judge at the high court has ruled that life support treatment for a twelve—year—old boy who'd suffered brain damage should stop. archie battersbee's parents had wanted his treatment to continue but doctors at the royal london hospital say he is clinically dead. earlier our correspondent sanchia berg updated us on the case.

lawyers for archie's family argued that because his heart was still beating he should not be considered dead and they said that as long as his heart was beating he should have time, and they know he is very unlikely to recover, but they said they were praying for a miracle that he might recover. but the high court decided this morning that archie actually had died on the 31st of may this year when doctors as a result of tests decided that his brainstem had stopped functioning. the hospital said they felt they gave every support and sympathy to archie's family and that they would support them as the life support was withdrawn and they would do nothing of the family wanted to appeal but archie's family said they were disappointed and devastated by the decision and they were going to carry on fighting. archie's mother here... i carry on fighting. archie's mother here... ., ., , ., �*. here... i do not believe that archie has been given _ here... i do not believe that archie has been given enough _ here... i do not believe that archie

has been given enough time. - here... i do not believe that archie has been given enough time. from here... i do not believe that archie - has been given enough time. from the beginning _ has been given enough time. from the beginning i_ has been given enough time. from the beginning i have always thought, what _ beginning i have always thought, what is _ beginning i have always thought, what is the rush? his heart is still beating _ what is the rush? his heart is still beating and he has gripped my hand. as his— beating and he has gripped my hand. as his mother, my gut instinct tells me that _ as his mother, my gut instinct tells me that my— as his mother, my gut instinct tells me that my son is still there. and so as you — me that my son is still there. and so as you can _ me that my son is still there. and so as you can hear, _ me that my son is still there. aic so as you can hear, holly, archie's margaret says she's determined to fight on, and she the family is going to appeal —— archie's mother. she says she will do whatever she can to help her son but obviously, on the other side, the doctors say that archie is deteriorating and that archie is deteriorating and that there is no possibility that he will recover. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is to be investigated over potential breaches of rules on gifts and earnings. parliament's standards commissioner is investigating whether sir keir broke the house of commons code of conduct. mps must declare within 28 days any interest which might be reasonably considered to influence their actions. sir keir appears to have missed this

deadline on several occasions — he says he's confident no rules have been broken. there are conflicting reports as to whether the bodies of british journalist dom phillips and brazilian indigenous expert bruno pereira have been found. the pair disappeared in the amazon after receiving threats. before these latest reports, dom's sister sian phillips told the bbc that she feared the pair had been attacked. i think it is likely they have been ambushed by some illegal criminal activity there, possibly to do with illegal fishing. activity there, possibly to do with illegalfishing. we have to activity there, possibly to do with illegal fishing. we have to wait and see what the criminal investigation brings up. do see what the criminal investigation brinis u. ,. see what the criminal investigation brinis u. y., ., see what the criminal investigation brini-su. ., ., , brings up. do you fear the worst? i'm afraid brings up. do you fear the worst? i'm afraid i _ brings up. do you fear the worst? i'm afraid i do, _ brings up. do you fear the worst? i'm afraid i do, yes. _ brings up. do you fear the worst? i'm afraid i do, yes. every - brings up. do you fear the worst? i'm afraid i do, yes. every day, i brings up. do you fear the worst? i

i'm afraid i do, yes. every day, the news is more and more, as more and more is revealed... let's cross live to the city of manaus, in the brazilian amazon and our south america correspondent katy watson. we really are getting conflicting information on this, and the police, the federal police say nobodies have been recovered, what is your understanding of the at the moment? initial reports from a well—known environmentaljournalist said he had spoken to dom phillips wife who was told that bodies had been found but the federal police have since said thatis the federal police have since said that is not correct and they have found organic material which could possibly be human, as well, and there were traces of blood on a phone belonging to the suspect and thatis phone belonging to the suspect and that is being looked at here by the police. the local indigenous organisation that is also trying to

help find the missing men, have also confirmed that no bodies have been found. i've spoken to the place and they say there has been miscommunication about what a miscommunication, this is a very difficult situation for families and of course those families want to be macro have lost hope of —— the families have lost hope of finding the man alive but they still want to find the bodies.— the man alive but they still want to find the bodies. have we heard from bruno pereira's _ find the bodies. have we heard from bruno pereira's family _ find the bodies. have we heard from bruno pereira's family yet? - find the bodies. have we heard from bruno pereira's family yet? they - bruno pereira's family yet? they have called _ bruno pereira's family yet? they have called on _ bruno pereira's family yet? they have called on the _ bruno pereira's family yet? t“i2 have called on the authorities as well for the authorities to step up their searches and we have not heard from the families since this information has been coming out but there has been a real mishmash of information, from start to finish, the authorities were very slow to mobilise and search for the men and it has been difficult getting information from the federal police, they are doing theirjob very

carefully and some people would say too slowly. the information we have heard today, the conflicting information, it has confused people here and the families of course want to know more. it is even more alarming for them. we to know more. it is even more alarming for them.— alarming for them. we had a fisherman — alarming for them. we had a fisherman arrested - alarming for them. we had a fisherman arrested just - alarming for them. we had a i fisherman arrested just before alarming for them. we had a - fisherman arrested just before the weekend and we had some blood splatter found on his weekend and we had some blood splatterfound on his boat we have had this information about finding belongings to the men. can you draw the threads together about how much we know about what happened to them since they were last seen and then failing to turn up at the point where they were expected? thea;r failing to turn up at the point where they were expected? they were in the far corner _ where they were expected? they were in the far corner of _ where they were expected? they were in the far corner of the _ where they were expected? they were in the far corner of the amazon - where they were expected? they were in the far corner of the amazon at - in the far corner of the amazon at the border with peru and colombia and dom phillips was researching for and dom phillips was researching for a book. bruno pereira is a well—known indigenous expert and he knew the region really well and he was helping with contacts and people

he knew. it is very difficult terrain and a region, very immense, the size of austria. there was army, military, police, on the waters, trying to find any information. as well as the indigenous groups. the indigenous groups, many of whom knew bruno pereira really well because he had worked with those groups, they were on the waters trying to help the authorities and one of the areas they were looking at was an area pointed out by the indigenous community so they have been working together, but it is difficult terrain. what they found over the weekend were belongings from the men and that was a big indication of perhaps what might have happened and we heard from the sister of dom phillips that the increasing worry is that they were either ambushed by illegal fishermen or maybe it is a

very difficult area in terms of drug trafficking as well and it could have been an ambush by drug traffickers. have been an ambush by drug traffickers-— have been an ambush by drug traffickers. ., ., , .., , ., traffickers. the agony continues for the families- _ traffickers. the agony continues for the families. thanks _ traffickers. the agony continues for the families. thanks for _ traffickers. the agony continues for the families. thanks forjoining - traffickers. the agony continues for the families. thanks forjoining us. | kevin spacey will appear at westminster magistrates' court on thursday of this week charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men, the metropolitan police have just announced. against three men, the metropolitan police havejust announced. let's cross to the weather and i'm delighted to say susan powell is with me. what a lovely image. the good news is, a lot of the county is going to experience this for the next week. the cloud has started to break up a little more across england and wales and through this evening, for many, the pictures are going to be looking like this. it is pleasant, temperatures have gone up into the high teens and low 20s but through the course of this week, the heat will be building day on the day. for

england and wales, we are looking at close to 30 or above by the time we get a friday. overnight, close to 30 or above by the time we geta friday. overnight, it close to 30 or above by the time we get a friday. overnight, it is standard business, clear spells around, some patchy cloud, still some rain for western scotland,. tuesday daytime, more sunshine for england and wales but not as much cloud building up. scotland still has rain in the north—west, 14 degrees in stornoway. but after 25 tomorrow as we continue to build day on day. we are going to tap into this heat that is cooking up along spain. the heat goes into central europe for wednesday, thursday, friday, we start a hook up into a southerly wind and that heat pushes across the uk. we could see temperatures up to 30. some heated and on friday but if it is not for you, the thunderstorm should get rid of you by the start of the weekend.

hello. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the headlines... the government is set to publish its plans to scrap parts of post—brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland — the eu says it could break international law but borisjohnson says the proposed changes are "not a big deal". a courtjudgment is expected soon on whether asylum seekers can be flown on the uk's first flight to rwanda under the government's controversial relocation scheme. there are conflicting reports over whether the bodies ofjournalist dom phillips and his colleague bruno pereira have been found in the amazon. the uk economy has shrunk again — as businesses feel the impact of price rises and supply shortages, that's despite a rise in consumer spending. a high courtjudge rules that

12—year—old archie battersbee has died and that his life support treatment should stop — after his parents called for his hospital care to continue. some breaking news. it has been confirmed that the judge has refused to grant an injunction halting thursday's, tuesday's planned deportation flight of migrants to luanda. we'll be talking to our reporter later. government lawyers conceded the numbers of asylum seekers who will be sent to rwanda has fallen from 30 to 11.

nonetheless, that flight will go ahead tomorrow after the lord justice, speaking at the court of appeal this afternoon, refused to grant an injunction which was being sought by a number of charities to prevent the flight of the migrants taking place from the uk to rwanda. this is the governments's relocation scheme, it has been negotiated with the rwandan government and it'll allow people to stay in rwanda if they wish, but they will not be allowed to remain in the uk. we'll be hearing from our reporter as soon as he can get out of court and join us. we are going to be crossing shortly, another developing story, to storm once in northern ireland, where michelle o'neill, the first minister designate for the nile is ireland power—sharing executive is going to be delivering a news conference, reaction. underthe conference, reaction. under the

rules, conference, reaction. underthe rules, and the ways the good friday agreement is set up the executive committees is a devolved government, it is impossible for anyone else to have that job it is impossible for anyone else to have thatjob because it goes to the leader of the largest group and it can only be that group, you can substitute for somebody else from another party, the rules are strict, thatis another party, the rules are strict, that is why it is always the dup until now because the dup was always the largest party in the assembly and it can outweigh the other parties anyway. the rules say, this is the shape of the executive, it must be this way to ensure no party can effectively have a winner takes all approach to governance in northern ireland. we will go back to belfast, we will also go very shortly to the high court, as i say, the court of appeal rather, where we hope to hear from the court of appeal rather, where we hope to hearfrom our home the court of appeal rather, where we hope to hear from our home affairs correspondent and i can see he has just come out of court. he is being wired up so he can hear me asking

questions because that is not much point in me going to him until he can hear me. although it's proved it's live acts i promise you it is life. we are going to go to our correspondent dominic at the court of appeal. what did the judge have to say? of appeal. what did the “udge have tosa ? , of appeal. what did the “udge have to say? basically, he said the high courtjudge. _ to say? basically, he said the high courtjudge. was _ to say? basically, he said the high court judge, was fully _ to say? basically, he said the high court judge, was fully entitled - courtjudge, was fully entitled under the law to say i am not going to get involved in this state and it is down to a basic principle that in these kind of situations where you've got a loss of evidence and concern about what would happen to people sent to rwanda, the critical thing is, what is the immediate risk? what thejudge thing is, what is the immediate risk? what the judge said it is, when the evidence was presented in the high court including concerns from the united nations, refugee agency was the rwandan system was lacking about the worst that could lead to people being sent to rwanda

and then onwards to a country which would abuse them, the likelihood of that happening in the coming weeks, assuming this flight gets off the ground tomorrow, the likelihood of that happening before the full legal principles of the home secretary priti patel�*s policy are analysed, is pretty slim. in other words, the flight can take off because it is lawful to do so, people can be taken to rwanda and assessed there but if the policy is found wanting, they could be brought back. in that context, thejudge said could be brought back. in that context, the judge said the court of appeal wasn't going to intervene because as far as they could see, the policy on the basis of what they have seen looks lawful, there is going to be a full hearing at a later date. that'll get into the nitty—gritty of it. but at the moment there is nothing for them to do. as it stands, the flight is taking off but how many people will be on the flight? just taking off but how many people will be on the flight?—

be on the flight? just to reiterate what the judge was _ be on the flight? just to reiterate what the judge was saying, - be on the flight? just to reiterate what the judge was saying, it - be on the flight? just to reiterate | what the judge was saying, it may not be a one—way ticket after all because it could be circumstances are subsequently found by a court at least that is a possibility this policy does reach legal standards and legal rights and they could order the government to fly them back again. order the government to fly them back again-— order the government to fly them back aain. , . .,, ., ,, back again. yes. that has happened before in a few _ back again. yes. that has happened before in a few discreet _ back again. yes. that has happened before in a few discreet cases, - before in a few discreet cases, we've had removals of people who have been deemed not to be genuine asylum seekers, refugee, in the past, they have been removed and then later when the evidence has been appealed by their lawyers in the uk, the home secretary have been ordered to fly that individual back to the uk. that is something which does happen, it happens very, very rarely. it is the politics around this makes it much of a female situation. let me tell you if few think thejudge also situation. let me tell you if few think the judge also said in his

judgments, one of the things he talked about it was the issue of how much weight should be given to the un refugee agency's evidence. part of the appeal today was that the agency is the expert international body, recognises by our supreme court, when its lawyer, when it takes the unusual case of bringing the lawyer before the court saying they've got misgivings about rwanda plasma of dealing with refugees, that has to be given weight. the judge said in the circumstances, there is no evidence thejudge judge said in the circumstances, there is no evidence the judge on there is no evidence the judge on the high court on friday who turned down the injunction didn't give weight to the un passed my concerns, it's just in the round he weight to the un passed my concerns, it'sjust in the round he has weight to the un passed my concerns, it's just in the round he has to think about things why the concept of convenience and what is in the public interest. the other side of the public interest here is the legitimate democratic governance ability to deliver its policies.

this is a policy which is independent by laws in force, part of this all comes down to something tony blair passed to make this kind of thing possible. that law is in place, the 80 you can send someone to a safe third country. in the court of appeal said, we appreciate there may be concerns about rwanda, those concerns are going to be picked over injuly at a major hearing and that hearing may demolish the policy of find it is legitimate. in the circumstances of the lack of serious evidence, that they are going to come to harm right now, they are not going to get in the way. that is why the flight is still on. around the corner and down the stairs and along a corridor, we've got another case carrying on of the heart court that mike high court. if that one goes against the claimants, that could go to the court of appeal tomorrow. we'll have to see how things go.—

to see how things go. dominic, outside the _ to see how things go. dominic, outside the court _ to see how things go. dominic, outside the court of _ to see how things go. dominic, outside the court of appeal, i to see how things go. dominic, i outside the court of appeal, thank you very much. never breaking news, the finance minister of germany has said he is worried that the economic situation makes stagflation a considerable scenario. no growth, high interest rates, high interest rates making importing food hugely expensive. the government plan to transform the food system was published this morning. the government promises to put farmers and food security at the heart of their reforms. fewer importers of their reforms. fewer importers of the prime minister denied criticism the prime minister denied criticism the plant first to tackle obesity by leaving out the recommended tax on sugar and salt used in processed food, saying the best way to lose weight is to eat less. what else is not in the white paper? courgette city. the prime minister was

on a courgette farm near hayle in cornwall for the media this morning for the launch of the government's national food strategy. it's the plan for how our food gets from the fields to our forks. at its heart, the government says, are the farmers. what you've got to make sure that you do is that you look after uk food and farming and recognise that we have an opportunity to eat much more of what we grow in this country. in the white paper is a framework for farming the land sustainably, trying to take care of nature and tackle climate change. more locally grown or higher—standard food. there will be a consultation on whether this is where the public sector — hospitals, schools and care homes — should be spending its food budget. there will be a review of the labour shortage, including using more machines and issuing more visas for migrants. this is an organic farm near swindon. these pigs currently provide high—quality meat for national supermarkets, but could they soon go into meals for local schools? these pigs have been bred and reared outdoors, and they are given minimal amounts of antibiotics.

until now, this style of organic farming has been seen as more niche, but if today's strategy document is to be believed, then they could move more into the mainstream. but there is not enough detail, according to the man who led a major review into our food system. i think it's progress, particularly on the environment. there are some really important policies. it's a list of policies, not a strategy, though, and it needs to be bolder on the environment. and on health, we are waiting. it has been kicked down the line. we are waiting for what the health secretary says on health. some wildlife groups are saying that the government has broken its promise to restore nature and help biodiversity, but after withering criticism of an earlier leaked draft, the national farmers' union is now behind the plans. i think it's really welcome to see government committing to food production and food security. there is a strong commitment in there to maintain our current levels of self—sufficiency and to produce more, effectively, of what we are good at, more of our fruit and vegetables, which have been in decline,

so that's a laudable ambition. however, britain is in the grip of an obesity crisis, and many campaigners are asking what happened to the proposed sugar and salt tax. according to the government, these will be addressed in another white paper at a later date. claire marshall, bbc news, wiltshire. less turned back to that breaking news of the rwanda flight and it could go ahead. i'm joined now by mark serwotka, he is the head of the pcs union which represents around 80% of border force staff and was one of those who brought the legal challenge. i assume you are disappointed with the outcome? brute i assume you are disappointed with the outcome?— the outcome? we are extremely disappointed _ the outcome? we are extremely disappointed by _ the outcome? we are extremely disappointed by today's - the outcome? we are extremely. disappointed by today's outcome. the outcome? we are extremely - disappointed by today's outcome. we are disappointed for two reasons, it puts home office staff in a dreadful position because tomorrow a flight is due to deport people against their will to rwanda but it isn't known whether or not that is a

lawful process and that will not be known untiljuly when the full test case is taken by the high court. the unhcr reiterated today the court of appeal they feel this is unlawful. it is even worse for those people who are tragically being deported, people who have turned from iran, afghanistan, from places to escape torture and persecution, against their will they will be sentenced tomorrow to east africa. that is a desperately sad day for this country and this processes and humane. the shadow home secretary for labour has responded and she said the home office has admitted it had been trying to send victims of torture to rwanda and she has demanded the government whether it is happy with that shameful policy. is it you are, is that one of the dilemmas that you now feel the staff, some of whom are your members, will be wrestling with, they will be asked, assuming

these cases are still going ahead, they might find themselves in that situation where they have a victim of abuse being told they are being taken to a country which, although it insisted isn't doing this, has been accused of carrying out conduct some political prisoners would fails international standards? that some political prisoners would fails international standards?— some political prisoners would fails international standards? that is the tra . ed international standards? that is the traced in international standards? that is the tragedy in all _ international standards? that is the tragedy in all of _ international standards? that is the tragedy in all of this. _ international standards? that is the tragedy in all of this. nobody - tragedy in all of this. nobody disputes of the people who are being deported have already been tortured or are fleeing torture and persecution and they have been traumatised. we know from the judgment today the legality of this is still yet to be determined. the court of appeal has decided is they can be deported and until that case is heard injuly. if we win that case injuly is heard injuly. if we win that case in july these is heard injuly. if we win that case injuly these individuals may well come back to the uk. what an appalling state of affairs it is

that tomorrow staff may be asked to do that against many of them's conscious, against what is international law, that is what they will be instructed to do. my plea to the priti patel is to show a shred of humanity and even though this court has said it can go ahead, it is not to go ahead, it is the right thing to do. they should be tested in the full court injuly. it is completely wrong, it is inhumane and we appeal now to her to cancel the flight which had we not taken this induction, 128 people were due to be deported, those numbers are down to figures. clearly, the home secretary goes ahead she only does it for a political point.

goes ahead she only does it for a political point-— political point. that is not so economic— political point. that is not so economic if _ political point. that is not so economic if you _ political point. that is not so economic if you have - political point. that is not so economic if you have to - political point. that is not so j economic if you have to have political point. that is not so l economic if you have to have a political point. that is not so - economic if you have to have a big plane anyone got 11 people on it, if it had been 128 people you would need a big plane. on the practicalities, we were hearing from our correspondent, you may not have heard to the explanation that he listened to the judgment, he said thejudge was saying listened to the judgment, he said the judge was saying at the moment there is nothing for us to stop, there is nothing for us to stop, there is nothing in this as it stands that breaches the law. if subsequently and presumably this is the full hearing injuly, we discover there is something that makes this illegal, we will instruct the government to bring the people back again. another was, his argument is that it is no immediate threat to life in allowing this flight to go ahead. do you accept that? ., ., �* .,

that? no, i don't. i have sat through— that? no, i don't. i have sat through the _ that? no, i don't. i have sat through the judgment, - that? no, i don't. i have sat through the judgment, the i that? no, i don't. i have sat- through the judgment, the entire case. the way i would look at it is, what is the point in now sending less than ten people to east africa when everyone accepts in six weeks' time if this case is shown to be illegal, they will have to come back. surely any fair—minded person would say, we should wait and we should test out the legality because we live nothing by allowing these people to remain in the uk for six weeks until the legality can be established. ifeel was weeks until the legality can be established. i feel was priti weeks until the legality can be established. ifeel was priti patel is in danger of doing is not really caring about what happens to the individuals, think of the trauma of being forced on that aeroplane tomorrow and from the other side of the world when you've already flown __ my the world when you've already flown —— my fleet torture and persecution? i can conclude if it goes ahead it is politics at its basest and at its most inhumane. we have a home secretary who is so determined to

politically demonstrate her well she is showing scant disregard for the lives of these individuals and their families and that is why i appeal to her now, do not do this tomorrow, less tested in the court injuly where all the evidence can be heard and then we will know whether there is a process are not.— is a process are not. thank you very much. is a process are not. thank you very much- forces _ is a process are not. thank you very much. forces in _ is a process are not. thank you very much. forces in ukrainian _ is a process are not. thank you very much. forces in ukrainian say - is a process are not. thank you very much. forces in ukrainian say theyl much. forces in ukrainian say they have pushed back forces. the president say they are fighting for every metre of space. drescher has been accused of killing hundreds of thousands of citizens. there is evidence cluster bombs were used, the weapons are banned by more than 100 countries but not russia. from the very start of this war, the city of kharkiv bore the brunt of russian shelling.

often indiscriminate and wildly inaccurate. this at a junction outside a large public hospital. in saltivka, one of kharkiv�*s northern suburbs, there's barely a building undamaged. in these areas, says amnesty international, the routine use of unguided rockets by russian forces in built—up residential suburbs resulted in hundreds of casualties. those who survived the onslaught left. those who now return do so only briefly. translation: it was horrible, horrible. i when the russians were firing, you would get thrown into the air from your chair. it's hard to describe, but that's what it was like. 20 miles from the border, kharkiv was a key russian target

in the early weeks of the war, and they literally threw everything at this city, including widely banned weapons, indiscriminate by their very nature. the world has made these weapons illegal because they are so devastating and indiscriminate, and mainly affect civilians. there can be no reason, legally or morally, to use cluster munitions in ukraine or anywhere else. this demonstrates the indiscriminate destruction that cluster munitions can bring. a large shell explodes, casting off dozens of smaller bomblets. as they then explode over a certain area, they shower people and buildings with thousands of pieces of shrapnel. in this case, kharkiv�*s children's hospital. some of those struck down by cluster munitions and russian shells are now recovering in city hospitals.

there was a hole in my leg the size of a fist, says roman, who tells me how he fell to the ground, convinced he was going to die, as several other cluster bombs exploded around him. according to the regional medical director, more than 600 civilians have been killed and 1200 injured in kharkiv alone. the material damage to the city's infrastructure, too, is obvious, all of which, says amnesty, may constitute a war crime. wyre davies, bbc news, kharkiv. arron banks has lost a libel action he brought against the investigative journalist, carole cadwalladr. mr banks sued carole cadwalladr for defamation of character into instances. he said he was defamed they that ——, team—mate —— she made about his relationship with the russian state. will be joining

martin clocks out in just a few moments for the five, with all the latest news including that news conference from belfast by sinn fein. now, look at the weather. hello. some significant heat is set to build across the uk through the course of this week. we start the week with our temperatures around average or slightly below for the time of year, high teens, low twenties. by the end of the week, though, across many parts of england and wales, we could be looking at 30 degrees as a high. heat wave across spain at the moment, spreads into france for tuesday, into the heart of europe on wednesday. and then we see a plume of that heat getting up into the uk through thursday and friday and never quite reaches the far northwest. so temperatures stay somewhat suppressed across the northwest of scotland. but for england and wales we're talking about 30 degrees highs in many spots on friday. this monday evening, while our temperatures will slip off into the teens, there'll be some late sunshine's patchy cloud lingers overnight. but generally i think some clearer spells forming some rain again

for the northwest of scotland, some extending a little bit further eastwards, some strong winds in the far north west, temperatures by the end of the night around the nine to 12 degree mark. if anything, though, i think clearer skies first thing on tuesday, thanks to the presence of this area of high pressure, will mean more sunshine. weather fronts again though trying to get in towards the northwest mean more cloud for the north west of scotland and some rain on and off here through the day. some quite keen winds across the far north of scotland too. the odd shower possible for northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england and north wales. temperatures well up to 24 in the south east, just 14 for stornoway thanks to the cloud and the rain. in terms of pollen levels where we do have more cloud around and some rain on wednesday will mean pollen levels are suppressed so low across scotland, but very high as we look further south. wednesday, a pretty similar weather story. high pressure to the south means a lot of fine weather, perhaps a little bit more cloud rolling across england and wales

through the course of the day. some thicker cloud, though, for the north west of scotland producing some showers here. perhaps the odd one getting into northern ireland and still that temperature contrast, cool in the northwest, hotting up all the while towards the southeast. wednesday into thursday, though, we start to pick up an increasingly southerly airstream. up comes that warm air from the continent. in come some showers, though, towards the northwest. it's quite a short peek in the heat through the end of the week, but potentially 30 for cwmbran on friday, 31 in cambridge.

this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall and these are the latest headlines. we are going to take you straight to northern ireland where michelle o'neill from sinn fein is speaking ahead of the government setting out plans that would allow parts of northern's post—brexit trade arrangements to be altered without agreement with the eu. the eu claims this could be against international law. let us listen.— this could be against international law. let us listen. they have little commitment _ law. let us listen. they have little commitment and _ law. let us listen. they have little commitment and i _ law. let us listen. they have little commitment and i think _ law. let us listen. they have little commitment and i think that - law. let us listen. they have little i commitment and i think that makes law. let us listen. they have little - commitment and i think that makes me very bad faith partner in which to negotiate, but what we want to see with the majority of the members

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