welcome to newsday. our top stories. britain and the european union agree a new post—brexit trade deal for northern ireland. it will scrap customs checks within the british mainland. this means we have removed any sense of a border in the irish sea. it provides for long lasting solutions that both of us are confident will work for all people and businesses in northern ireland. calls for calm in the middle east after more deadly violence in the occupied west bank between israelis and palestinians. why the florida governor is picking a fight with the company behind mickey mouse. the mexican president says he will push ahead with reforms to the electoral system

despite thousands protesting against him. a fantastic find. a collection of rediscovered short stories by the late author terry pratchett are to be published. 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. president biden issued a statement saying it was an essential step to ensure peace from the good friday

agreement is preserved. our political editor, chris mason, reports. 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. the prime minister welcomed the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen. thank you for the incredible work. diplomatic niceties for the cameras, yes. but a personal warmth between the two appeared genuine. a few hours later at windsor�*s guildhall, the announcement. 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. and take a listen to the

european commission president describing the prime minister 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 too. 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. not exactly a direct answer. and an answers matter. because the ultimate prize is the restoration of the devolved government here at stormont in northern ireland. if that happens there will be a first ministerfrom sinn fein for the first time. we have always said it was possible to have a deal. we've always said that 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. tonight in the commons, the scene of so many brexit defeats and so many prime ministers recently, rishi sunak had a plan to sell, sceptics to persuade. now is the time to move forward as one united kingdom. but the biggest question

of all, what about the northern ireland's democratic uunionists, will they buy it? in broad terms it is clear that significant progress has been secured across a number of areas. while also recognising there remain key issues of concern. there can be no disguising the fact, for example, that in some sectors of our economy in northern ireland eu law remains applicable on our part of the united kingdom. enter a familiarface who knows more than most about torturous brexit negotiations. the best move now is for everybody across this house to support this settlement. because that is what was in the best interests of all the people of northern ireland. but some brexiteers well versed in causing governments grief, are not rolling over quite yet. can you assure me and the whole house

when we go through the red book in this case, the detailed legal text, we won't find any nasty surprises? labour meanwhile are backing the government. when the pm puts this deal forward to a vote, labour will support it and vote for it. so the to come and pass easily but the prime minister won't want to rely on labour that means winning over every influential backbencher you can. including this one. boris johnson isn't saying anything, at least yet. for ursula von der leyen, time for tea at windsor castle with the king, a brew and handshake some feel uncomfortable about, bolted onto a very a political visit. most will forgive 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. the international community has called for calm after israeli settlers attacked palestinian

lodges 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 where 11 palestinians were killed in an israeli raid last week. our middle east correspondent 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 toured 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 violence 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. the republican governor of florida ron de santis has taken control of a special tax district that includes the themepark walt disney world which had been largely self—governing. last year disney criticised some of his conservative policies when he signed the bill,

he said today the corporate kingdom finally comes to an end. peter bowes gave me more details about the bill. this is a bill now a law that essentially ends the special status of disney, the sprawling complex around orlando, that gave it special rights to self—governance so that in terms of some local utilities, it has its own firefighting and tax issues all within the control of disney. now originally the theory was to take some of the tax burden off local communities when this complex was first devised and envisioned several decades ago. what the governor has done now is essentially to impose a board that will overrule this particular self—governance situation. so a board that will be appointed and we know some of the appointees, republican supporters and conservative

supporters, clearly of ron desantis taking away that self—governing power from disney. has disney released a statement on the signing of the bill? no, it hasn't, we haven't heard directly from disney, at least in the last few hours. clearly, something like this is an issue they have been uncomfortable with for some time because this is in many respects the way disney has managed to flourish in florida of course, disney being a huge success as a themepark, millions of visitors every year. as to the precise signing of the bill to make it more law we haven't heard from them just yet. there is been talk from the ron desantis running as a 2024 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 the ron desantis, especially on the conservative wing of the republican party. and remember if he throws name into the hat in terms of 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, the governor 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 popular, from some republicans, others may not be supportive of this but it is a way to get his name out there, not only in florida but on the national stage as well. peter bowes there. still to come: the works of late author terry pratchett identified by his fans.

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 in the end, as they say. -

this is bbc news. 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. as fierce fighting continues east of ukraine, where russian forces are trying to encircle the city of bakhmut, ukrainian forces are being assisted on the ground in disguise. we were given rear access. on combat missions they fly as low as one or two metres on the ground. orla guerin reports.

this report contains some flashy 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? 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. mexico's president won't be reversing plans to overhaul the electoral system after tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of mexico, protesting against the reforms. law—makers last week voted to slash the budget of the national electoral institutes

and cut its staffing a move which protesters say undermines the electoral authorities. i'm joined now by will grant who is there for us in mexico. so, will, what are the proposed electoral reforms?- will, what are the proposed electoral reforms? well, it's . uite electoral reforms? well, it's quite sweeping _ electoral reforms? well, it's quite sweeping in _ electoral reforms? well, it's i quite sweeping in lthlthlth. you've got to remember that this institute is probably one of the most trusted institute of the most trusted institute of technology tutees public bodies in mexico. to see it touched in any way is actually quite controversial, contentious, in mexico. what this reform will do is cut the number of officers at the local level, slash its budget significantly and generally critics of the reform say make it more susceptible to presidential oversight. that's something they worry about a great deal. indeed, we have seen that ta state department has now weighed in on this, after this huge protest here in mexico city where they said a

democracy, a healthy democracy, needs a plurality of voices. they were careful to say they respected mexican sovereignty but they made it very clear that there needs to be judicial independence in these sorts of events. ., ., events. you mentioned the protests — events. you mentioned the protests there _ events. you mentioned the protests there but - events. you mentioned the protests there but will - events. you mentioned the protests there but will they have any effect seeing as though the president has already dismissed —— dismissed it and will there be any more protests, do you think? i think there will— protests, do you think? i think there will be _ protests, do you think? i think there will be more _ protests, do you think? i think there will be more protests . there will be more protests ahead actually, yeah. i think this isn't going to go away. it sounds on some level quite dry and procedural. the overhaul of the electoral system but it really gets to the heart of the debate about the president. in essence, what happens is that those who support the president see this step as benefitting the mexican electorate, as effort to sort of overhaul a system that they believe has been corrupted over the years, that's become biased. but the president's critics see him as meddling. essentially they see

him as attacking a system that currently works, partly because of the fact that he blames them for a very narrow electoral loss in 2006. i think this one has quite a way to rumble even though it does look, as you say, that he's just going to sign it into play now. say, that he'sjust going to sign it into play now.- sign it into play now. very briefl , sign it into play now. very briefly, how _ sign it into play now. very briefly, how will _ sign it into play now. very briefly, how will the - sign it into play now. very briefly, how will the slash| sign it into play now. very l briefly, how will the slash in budgets impact future elections?— budgets impact future elections? ~ ., �*, ., ., elections? well, that's one of the very big — elections? well, that's one of the very big questions - elections? well, that's one of the very big questions really i the very big questions really about exactly how it's going to work on the ground. those who support the electoral authority, it means they simply won't be able to do theirjob as well. they'll be open to more influence, particularly in a country like this, where the drug cartels have an outside influence particularly around election days.— influence particularly around election days. thank you very much, will — election days. thank you very much, will grant _ election days. thank you very much, will grant for - election days. thank you very much, will grant for that - much, will grant for that update. hong kong's chief executive confirmed the covid mask mandate will end on wednesday. more than three years after strict rules were imposed. the requirement for facial coverings, both indoors and outside, will be scrapped

at the same time. hong kong's mask mandate came into effect in july 2020 mask mandate came into effect injuly 2020 and had been renewed every two weeks. with the latest administrative period set to end march eight. neighbouring na lthlth 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, that will be a deluge of heavy snow, thousands of houses have lost power and many people were stranded when roads were blocked off. in this part of ya, the world has turned white a blanket of snow has fallen across much of the country, making many roads a hazard even in the capital. it's difficult for drivers and pedestrians alike. it's a similar story in neighbouring croatia. all roads leading to

the aid attic coast were closed. many people became stranded, forced to sleep in sports centres and town halls. it feels luke the entire country is grinding to a halt. translation: i arrived late yesterday afternoon. i am on my way from germany. it's urgent but we stopped here and we can't go on. translation: ~ , , translation: we slept in the restaurant _ translation: we slept in the restaurant on _ translation: we slept in the restaurant on shares _ translation: we slept in the restaurant on shares -- - translation: we slept in the | restaurant on shares -- chairs. restaurant on shares —— chairs. there is no further accommodation. everything is taken. ., ., ., , , . taken. romania is experiencing a miserable _ taken. romania is experiencing a miserable end _ taken. romania is experiencing a miserable end to _ taken. romania is experiencing a miserable end to the - taken. romania is experiencing a miserable end to the winter. | a miserable end to the winter. trains have been delayed, roads 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 chin were taken to safety. for people round here, winter still has quite a sting in its tail. let's get some of the day's other news. the italian prime minister has written to eu leaders calling for immediate action to stop migrant boat departures after a vessel sank off the southern coast of italy yesterday. more than 60 are known to have died, including. it's believed many migrants were from afghanistan, pakistan and sew mail ya. nigeria's two main opposition parties have alleged fraud in saturday's election. international observers say there's been a lack of transparency and problems, with provisional results declared for nearly half the states. the state's leading dand and candidate is in the lead. a

collection of newly rediscovered short stories by terry are to be published later this after super fans tracked them. the english author became popular due to a series detecting a flat planet held up by elephants on top of a turtle. , . , by elephants on top of a turtle. , ., , .., by elephants on top of a turtle. , ., , , turtle. this really can be described _ turtle. this really can be described as _ turtle. this really can be described as a _ turtle. this really can be described as a case - turtle. this really can be described as a case of i turtle. this really can be - described as a case of super fans being super fans. described as a case of super fans being superfans. back in the 1970s and 1980s, these stories were rubbished in a regional newspaper. one of the longer ones, called for the quest of the key, was print out and kept by a fan. almost a0 years later he got in touch with the terry foundation, alerted them of this, and that treated other super fans to go digging. they've uncovered 20 of these so—called lost stories. this was no mean feat. some were written under terry name but some his pseudonym. while the ideas and characters were recognisable, this was his

early works. it took the super fans to pick out his style. what has been the fan reaction to this? ~ . , . what has been the fan reaction to this? ~ ., , ., , to this? well, fans are very excited indeed. _ to this? well, fans are very excited indeed. when - to this? well, fans are very excited indeed. when terry to this? well, fans are very - excited indeed. when terry died backin excited indeed. when terry died back in people were almost certain weed never see any more of his work, not least because he did take quite extreme steps to make sure that was the case. hi got his former assistant to take the hard drive off to a office to a fair and run it over with a steam driver. fans weren't hopeful of getting more work. they're excited. they're make ig it into an, anthology. it will be out around october this year. we can expect cave men to gnomes, blizzards to ghost, a and a councillor office and a visitor from another planet.- office and a visitor from another planet. thank you for watching- _ another planet. thank you for watching. that's _ another planet. thank you for watching. that's all _ another planet. thank you for watching. that's all for - another planet. thank you for watching. that's all for this i watching. that's all for this programme. you can reach me on

twitter. i'm at:. 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, there'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 is bbc news. the headlines: the british prime minister and the head of the european commission have hailed a revised deal of a long disputed part of the brexit agreement as opening a new chapter in relations. they've reached an agreement over changes to the northern ireland protocol which governs trading relations there. the international community has called for calm after israeli settlers attacked palestinian villages in the north of the occupied west bank. they set fire to houses and one man died, the rioting came in response to the killing on sunday of two jewish settlers near the city of nablus. the republican governor of florida, ron desantis, has approved legislation taking control of public services in the special tax district surrounding walt disney world's vast theme park in the centre of the state. he said disney's half—century of autonomy gave it an unfair advantage over other theme parks.