welcome to newsday. the headlines: britain and the european union agree a new post brexit trade deal for northern ireland. it will scrap customs checks within the british mainland. calls for calm in the middle east after more deadly violence on the occupied west bank between israelis and palestinians. why the florida governor is picking a fight with the company behind mickey mouse. thousands left without power is heavy snow and flooding affects parts of southern and eastern europe. a collection of rediscovered short stories by the late author terry pratchett are to be published.

hello and welcome to the programme. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has announced a revised trade deal that is aimed at fixing problems within the brexit arrangement that affects northern ireland. the agreement will remove checks for goods sent from the british mainland and destined for northern ireland. mr sunak and the president of european commission ursula von der leyen declared the deal as opening a new chapter in relations between london and brussels. the us president biden issued a statement saying it was an essential step to ensure peace from the good friday agreement is preserved. for months, negotiations have rumbled on in the undergrowth. finally, then, at a posh hotel near windsor, just outside

london, and a spot with a keen sense of its place in british history, the stage is set. mind you, not before the president of the european commission posed for photos with some builders in london on her way here. and from informal and spontaneous, to the formal and very carefully choreographed. ursula von der leyen then arrived to meet rishi sunak at lunchtime. a few hours later at windsor�*s guildhall, the announcement. i am pleased to report that we have now made a decisive breakthrough. together, we have changed the original protocol and are today announcing the new windsor framework. today's agreement delivers smooth—flowing trade within the whole united kingdom, protects northern ireland's place in our union, and safeguards sovereignty for the people of northern ireland. the european commission president was notably warm

towards the prime minister, referring to him as "dear rishi." we knew we had to work hard with clear minds and determination, but we also both knew, dear rishi, that we could do it, because we were both genuinely committed to find a practical solution for people and for all communities in northern ireland. in this deal, easing trade is central, as is ensuring products, whether seeds or medicines that are available in great britain, are also available in northern ireland and that taxes and duties can be the same. and what the government calls the minimum level of eu laws needed in northern ireland to avoid a border with the republic. it will, though, still mean a role for the european court ofjustice. so, will it be enough? if the democratic unionist party don't go back into government

in northern ireland after all of this, does it ultimately amount to a failure? quite often we focus on the politics of situations, westminster and all the rest of it, but this is about the people of northern ireland, about the communities, about the businesses there. and what's best for them. not exactly a direct answer. sinn fein, the largest party in the northern ireland assembly, have a clear view. we welcome the fact the deal has been done. we have always said it was possible to have a deal. we've always said that with pragmatism, solutions could be found. so the fact that both sides have arrived at that point today and this represents the end of the negotiation, i think is something that will be well received. for ursula von der leyen, tea at windsor castle with the king, a brew some feel uncomfortable about, bolted onto a very a political visit. most will forget that though if, and it remains an if, today's deal delivers everything she and the prime minister hope for. chris mason, bbc news, in windsor.

northern island business leaders have been broadly positive about the deal announced or at least the suggestion of a core breakthrough after three years of controversy and arguments. the head of the cbi the u.k.'s biggest business groups in the deal should help people in northern island stop feeling as applied has been on hold for the last couple of years. our island correspondence reports. as political leaders chart a new course for trade between britain and northern island, business group welcoming the deal are hoping it will end years of brexit tensions. i don't think any of that has been helpful, the political instability, lack of understanding about where is all this taking us, is not good for business.— for business. for some businesses _ for business. for some businesses in - for business. for some businesses in northern for business. for some - businesses in northern island the protocol has meant mountains of new red tape. but for others like this manufacturing company the dual market advantage it provides a major benefit at something the

new deal now protects. the protocol — new deal now protects. the protocol has _ new deal now protects. iie: protocol has allowed new deal now protects. tie: protocol has allowed us to continue to operate as we were free brexit, when the rest of the uk exited in northern island the protocol provided a mechanism that allowed us to continue to trade freely with the rest of the european union and also with the uk. where many of our competitors are based on the uk mainland don't have. ., , ., , , have. one of the problems negotiators _ have. one of the problems negotiators were _ have. one of the problems negotiators were trying - have. one of the problems negotiators were trying to | negotiators were trying to solve was supplies in britain being put off from sending goods over the irish sea because of costly paperwork and checks. now the new deal promises to reduce these barriers are good staying in northern island. it barriers are good staying in northern island.— northern island. if there is enou:h northern island. if there is enough friction _ northern island. if there is enough friction removed . northern island. if there is| enough friction removed by northern island. if there is - enough friction removed by the new agreement we should see some bounce back. if this removes enough friction. we could bounce back within days or weeks. could bounce back within days or week-— could bounce back within days or weeks. ~ . , ., or weeks. will that be the real test? some —

or weeks. will that be the real test? some cautiousness - or weeks. will that be the real| test? some cautiousness while businesses look at the details on what requirements will be to send goods through the new streamlined green lane. probably what we will see the detail around the deal we will need to understand what the agreement actually is. do you think you will be _ agreement actually is. do you think you will be reassured i agreement actually is. do you think you will be reassured by this. ~ , ., think you will be reassured by this. ~ , y this. we will be asking gb traders to _ this. we will be asking gb traders to do _ this. we will be asking gb traders to do things - this. we will be asking gb traders to do things they l this. we will be asking gb - traders to do things they don't do for the rest of the uk, they don't have to be part of the trading scheme for scotland, in wales, for a small part of the market we will be asking them tojoin market we will be asking them to join schemes market we will be asking them tojoin schemes provide market we will be asking them to join schemes provide data and an audit for a small part of the market stop its about how this works in practice? we live this every single day down to the last box, we need to know how this affects us and our customers. but know how this affects us and our customers.— our customers. but with businesses _ our customers. but with businesses in _ our customers. but with businesses in northern l our customers. but with - businesses in northern island broadly backing the new deal it will strengthen the hand of rishi sunak in facing down in

critics. the long brexit journey we have arrived at a new destination, it may still take time for the full political picture to become clear. the international community is called the calm after the israeli settlers attacked palestinian villages in the north of the occupied west bank. they set fire to houses and cars and left one person dead. the rioting lasted several hours and came in response to the killing on sunday of two jewish settlers in a village near the city of nablus. 11 palestinians were killed in an israeli raid last week. our middle east correspont tom bateman travelled to the village and sent this report. a palestinian town torched. the aftermath of a rampage by israeli settlers. hundreds poured in looking for revenge after two of their own were shot dead. this man shows me the charred remains of his lounge. he rushed back from work trying

to protect his family. translation: the worst thing is what the kids experience. it's very difficult. afterwards they were trembling in fear and sheltering with me, begging me to stay beside them. palestinians accused the israeli army of failing to protect them. people here are still trying to work out how to sort out all of this damage. what you get a sense of here is how long this attack lasted. look at the number of torched cars. the burnt out building here, buildings like this stretching way up this street. it was one of the worst mass settler attacks in years. setting the west bank ablaze. a palestinian man was shot dead. dozens were injured. it began after settlers pledged to take revenge for the killing earlier of two jewish settlers, brothers shot dead by a palestinian gunman in the town. today israel's far right

police minister toward a settlement outpost. rights groups draw a link between the ultranationalists now in government and growing settler attacks. he told people not to take the law into their own hands but called for the force of the state. translation: the enemy must be crushed. the heads of the instigators and the heads of the terrorist organisations must be taken down by targeted eliminations. israelis mourned the two killed before news emerged of another shooting in the west bank today, killing a 27—year—old us citizen. the israeli army defended its handling of last night's violent as international calls for calm grow. but the west bank is burning. this feels like a moment of growing danger. tom bateman, bbc news, occupied west bank.

let's look at some other stories in the headlines. the italian prime minister has written to eu leaders calling for immediate action to stop migrant boat departures after a vessel sunk southern coast of italy yesterday. more than 60 migrants are known to have died including several children. 200 migrants were on board, many from afghanistan, pakistan and somalia. international observers in somalia says there has been a lack of election transparency nigeria, the governing party candidate is in the lead. mexico's governments says it's received a formal request from united states to extradite ebi ere grossman, the son ofjoaquin �*el chapo' guzman. the 32—year—olds, accused of carrying on operations of his father's drug empire, one of the largest drug trafficking organisations in the world, was captured

by mexican forces injanuary. as fierce fighting continues in the east of ukraine, where russian forces are trying to encircle the city of bakhmut, ukrainian forces are resisting on the ground and in the skies. the bbc has been given rare access to pilots who are part of the battle in the east — on combat missions, they fly low, as much as one metre or two metres above the ground. a warning — this report contains some flashing images. helicopter blades whirring an attack helicopter going into battle from a secret air base. we were given rare access to ukraine's war in the skies with the sikorsky brigade. our camera was in the cockpit. they fly low to avoid detection by russian air defence systems. on a wing and a prayer.

then, they strike. our target's on the eastern front, we can't say exactly where. they bank left to avoid being hit themselves and return to base, coming in right over our heads. the pilot, roman, has been decorated for bravery. he's sa, a ukrainian top gun in an ageing soviet helicopter — about as old as he is. roman has flown countless combat missions in this war. that means being ready to die and ready to kill. do you think about the fact that there are russian soldiers who will be on the receiving end? there are no people on the ground. only our troops and enemies. so if they came to our country with war, we are just protecting other countries.

we are not aggressor. we are victims who are trying to protect themselves. and if to win this war, we should kill russian soldiers, we are ready to kill them all. so they prepare for the next sortie. spent casings are removed, missiles loaded — a0 per helicopter. one inscribed with a crude message to the russian leader. well, the helicopters are now being refuelled and rearmed. this happens every time they come back. as soon as they touch down, they're made ready for the next mission because the order can come at any time. and any mission might be the last. after taking the fight to the enemy,

some pilots from the brigade did not make it home. orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come: the works of late author terry pratchett identified by his fans. pratchett�*s works discovered by his friends. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news. earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang!

the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up? well, it worries me, yes, | but i hope everything'll be all right at the end of the day. - the latest headlines. britain and the european union agree a new post—brexit trade deal for northern ireland. it will scrap customs checks within the british mainland. calls for calm in the middle east, after more deadly violence in the occupied west bank between israelis and palestinians. the republican governor of

florida ron desantis has taken control of the special tax district that includes the vast theme park, disney world, which had largely been self—governing. last year, mist at the centre said today the corporate kingdom finally comes to an end. our north american correspondent peter bowes has been following the story and joins me now from los angeles. hello, peter. so what exactly is in this bill?— exactly is in this bill? well, this is a bill, _ exactly is in this bill? well, this is a bill, now _ exactly is in this bill? well, this is a bill, now a - exactly is in this bill? well, this is a bill, now a law, - exactly is in this bill? well, | this is a bill, now a law, that essentially ends the special status of disney, the sprawling complex around orlando, that gaveit complex around orlando, that gave it special rights to self govern, so in terms of some local utilities, its own firefighting, tax issues, they were all within the control of disney. now, originally the theory was to actually take certainly some of the tax

burden of local communities when this complex was first devised and envisioned several decades ago, but what the governor has done now is essentially to impose a board that will overrule this particular self—governance situation. so it is a board that will be appointed and we know some of the appointees, they are republican supporters, conservative supporters clearly of mr desantis, taking away that self—governing power from disney. that self-governing power from disne . ., , that self-governing power from disne. ,, , that self-governing power from disne. , ., disney. has disney released a statement _ disney. has disney released a statement on _ disney. has disney released a statement on the _ disney. has disney released a statement on the signing - disney. has disney released a statement on the signing of. disney. has disney released a i statement on the signing of the bill? ., ., , �* . statement on the signing of the bill? ., �* . ., �* bill? no, it hasn't. we haven't heard directly _ bill? no, it hasn't. we haven't heard directly from _ bill? no, it hasn't. we haven't heard directly from disney, i bill? no, it hasn't. we haven't heard directly from disney, at| heard directly from disney, at least in the last few hours. now, clearly something like this is an issue that they have been uncomfortable with for some time, because this is in many respects the way that disney has managed to flourish in florida of course, disney being a huge success as a theme park, millions of visitors every year, but as to the

precise at least signing of the bill to make it law, we haven't heard from them just yet. has heard from them 'ust yet. has been talk h heard from them 'ust yet. has been talk for _ heard from them 'ust yet. has been talk for a _ heard from them just yet. has been talk for a while - heard from them just yet. has been talk for a while on mr desantis potentially running as a 2024 potential presidential candidate. do you think this will have any impact on that? i think it may well have an impact, in terms of those supporters of mr desantis, especially on the conservative wing of the republican party. and remember, should he throw his name into the hat, in terms of a potential candidate for the republican party, the main opposition he is likely to face is donald trump. and while they are of a similar vein, in terms of many aspects of politics, mr desantis wants to make his mark, and this is something within his power that he can do in florida, to make this change regarding disney, which will be popularfrom some regarding disney, which will be popular from some republicans. others may not be supportive of this, but it is a way to get mr

desantis's name out there, not only in florida, but on the national stage as well. thank ou. national stage as well. thank you- hong — national stage as well. thank you- hong kong _ national stage as well. thank you. hong kong chief- national stage as well. thank i you. hong kong chief executive john lee has confirmed the covert mask mandate will end on wednesday, more than three years after strict rules were imposed. the requirements for facial coverings both indoors and out would be scrapped at the same time —— covid mask mandate. hong kong's mask mandate. hong kong's mask mandate came into effect in july 2020 and had been renewed every two weeks, with the latest administration period set until march eight. neighbouring macau lifted its outdoor mask requirement on monday. in the northern hemisphere, spring starts in a matter of weeks, but winter isn't finished with us yet. across parts of southern and eastern europe, there has been a deluge of heavy snow. thousands of houses have left to power and many people were stranded when roads were blocked. the bbc�*s tim allman

reports. in this part of bosnia and herzegovina, the world has turned white. a blanket of snow has fallen across much of the country, making many roads a potential hazard. even in the capital, sarajevo, it is difficult for drivers and pedestrians alike. it is a similar story in neighbouring croatia. all roads leading to the adriatic coast were closed. many people became stranded, forced to sleep in sports centres and town halls. it feels like the entire country is grinding to a halt. translation: i is grinding to a halt. translation: ., ., translation: i arrived late yesterday — translation: i arrived late yesterday afternoon. - translation: i arrived late yesterday afternoon. i- translation: i arrived late yesterday afternoon. i am i translation: | arrived late| yesterday afternoon. i am on translation: | arrived late - yesterday afternoon. i am on my way from germany. it's urgent, but we stopped here and we can't go on. but we stopped here and we can't go on— but we stopped here and we i can't go on-_ we can't go on. translation: we sle -t in can't go on. translation: we slept in the — can't go on. translation: we slept in the restaurant - can't go on. translation: we slept in the restaurant on i slept in the restaurant on chairs— slept in the restaurant on chairs will stop there is no free — chairs will stop there is no free accommodation. everything is taken — free accommodation. everything is taken. ., free accommodation. everything is taken. . ., , is taken. head further east, and romania _ is taken. head further east, and romania is _ is taken. head further east, and romania is also - and romania is also experiencing a miserable end to the winter. trains have been

delayed, roads have been closed and tens of thousands of people have been left without power. heavy snow brought down trees, which damaged electricity lines, and romania is also having to cope with the consequences of melting snow. combined with heavy rain, that's led to flooding in the west of the country. in this town, locals say the waters rose by a metre in less than two hours. a local school had to be evacuated, and dozens of children were taken to safety. for people around here, winter still has quite a sting in its tail. tim allman, bbc news. a collection of newly rediscovered short stories by the fantasy author terry pratchett are to be published later this year, after super fans of his manage to track them down. the english author became world famous due to his popular disc world series, depicting a flat planet held up by elephants on top of the total. stephanie prenticejoins total. stephanie prentice joins me total. stephanie prenticejoins me in the studio. what exactly

has been uncovered?— me in the studio. what exactly has been uncovered? well, this reall is has been uncovered? well, this really is a _ has been uncovered? well, this really is a case _ has been uncovered? well, this really is a case of _ has been uncovered? well, this really is a case of super - has been uncovered? well, this really is a case of super fans i really is a case of super fans being super fans. these stories were published way back in the 19705 were published way back in the 1970s and 1980s in the regional newspaper, and one man printed one out. he kept it on his wall 40 years, and he recently got in touch with the terry pratchett foundation. that discovery triggered other super fans to start digging. they went through decades of these old newspapers, and they found around 20 of the so—called lost stories. now this wasn't easy because these stories predated the disc world series. this is early terry pratchett were, so while some of the characters, some of the ideas were recognisable, it really took these super fans to take them out and also not all of them are published under his name, somewhere under his pen name patrick kearns.— patrick kearns. what has the reaction been _ patrick kearns. what has the reaction been like _ patrick kearns. what has the reaction been like from i patrick kearns. what has the reaction been like from the l reaction been like from the fans? ., , ., reaction been like from the fans? . , ., ., , fans? the fans are really excited. _ fans? the fans are really excited, not _ fans? the fans are really excited, not least, i fans? the fans are really i excited, not least, because when terry pratchett died in 2015, no more work from him was expected, and in fact he went

to quite great lengths to make sure that happened. he got his former assistant to take his hard drive from his office to be run over by a steam roller at a vintage fair. fans of the time were amused were quite disappointed by that, so then this is even exciting, even his assistant has said this is nothing short of a miracle. so what happens next? we know his publisher has all these works, they are coming out into an anthology of sorts in october and they have said we can expect characters from cavemen to gnomes, wizards to ghosts, and we can read about time travel tourism, the haunting of the council office and a visitor from another planet. exciting stuff. i'm looking forward to that. thank you, stephanie. the argentinian superstar lionel messi has been named men's player of the year at the 2020 best fifa awards. the 35—year—old beat french forwards kelly mbappe and karim benzema to the prize. messi captained argentina to world cup glory in qatar, and won the award for the second time. at the ceremony in paris, lionel scaloni, who led argentina to

their third world cup title, was named men's coach of the year on the same day he signed a contract extension to remain national coach. now, how is this for forever friends? actress courteney cox has been joined by herfriends actress courteney cox has been joined by her friends and co—stars, jennifer aniston and lisa kudrow, she was honoured with a star on the hollywood walk of fame. cox is well—known for playing monica gellor in the hit sitcom for ten seasons, but she's also an established producer and director. those are two of my closest friends in the world. for them to show up and support me and say such nice things means the world to me. it feels so nice. that is it for this programme. thank you forjoining us. you can reach me on twitter.

hello, there. strong solar activity brought spectacular sightings of the aurora borealis during sunday night into the early hours of monday morning. the strongest aurora was across scotland, but unusually, the aurora borealis could be seen as far south as wiltshire and oxfordshire, and one of the reasons being clear skies. in fact, temperatures really fell away quite sharply, as low as —8 in highland scotland, but even —6 in parts of oxfordshire. now, it does look likely that we are going to see more cloud, and so maybe the aurora not quite as prominent as we go through the next few hours. high pressure with us, but a north—easterly flow is drifting in a lot of cloud off the north sea, so that'll prevent temperatures from falling too far, perhaps staying above freezing.

but where we've got the clearest of the skies, we could see —5 in rural, sheltered areas of scotland — maybe a touch of the aurora is possible here. but first thing on tuesday morning, we'll continue to see cloud drifting in off the north sea and a scattering of showers to the east of the pennines quite likely. some of those showers could be frequent as well, and with that brisk north—easterly wind, it will feel quite cool. the best of the sunshine once again in sheltered western areas. we will see the cloud breaking up a little from time to time, with more persistent showers arriving in the far southeast, but you've got to factor in the strength and the direction of the wind. it will feel noticeably colder, particularly on exposed east coasts. now, those showers in the southeast will drift away during the early hours of wednesday morning, and once again, the high pressure is still with us. there'll be little in the way of change to the story, as we go through the remainder of the week. you can see on wednesday quite a lot of cloud around.

still the risk of some showers drifting in off the north sea. west is best, in terms of shelter, but sunshine is really going to be at a premium, i suspect. seven to nine degrees, our overall high. looking towards the end of the week, it's not going to be that much in the way of changes. you can see the high pressure does drift a little bit further north and west and the isobars open out of touch, which means potentially, the winds will fall just that little bit lighter, and so that means we might see a little more in the way of sunshine coming through, but largely fine and dry for the rest of the working week.

this will this is bbc news. the british prime minister and head of the european commission have hailed a revised deal is opening a new chapter in relations, they reached an agreement over changes to the northern ireland protocol which governs trade relations there. the international community has called for calm after israeli settlers attacked palestinian villages in the north of the west bank. they set fire to houses and one man died, it came response to the killing on sunday of two jewish settlers stopping the republican governor of florida has approved legislation taking

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