hello, i'm ben thompson, this is outside source. a backlash from beijing — china condems washington's decision to order all its agencies to delete tiktok. we firmly oppose the wrongful approach of overstretching the concept of national security by abusing national power and unreasonably suppressing the companies of other countries. it follows similar moves by the eu and canada — but does the social media app really pose a security risk? also in the programme... britain's prime minister visits northern ireland — seeking to secure support for his new trading deal with the eu. and the counting is still underway — but opposition parties in nigeria

want the election scrapped — calling it a sham. welcome to the programme. we start with the international row over tiktok. china has accused the us of overreacting after federal employees were ordered to remove the app from government—issued phones. tiktok is owned by the chinese firm bytedance. and on monday, the white house gave government agencies 30 days to remove tiktok from their phones. the us calls the guidance a critical step forward in addressing the risks presented by the app to sensitive government data. chris derusha is the federal chief information security officer. he said the guidance is part of the administration's ongoing commitment to securing our digital infrastructure and protecting the american people's security and privacy. china disagrees. here's a foreign

ministry spokesperson. the ministry spokesperson. united states, the rhodes one the united states, the rhodes number one superpower, is so afraid of a mobile phone application to young people like so much that they completely lacking self—confidence. we firmly oppose the us�*s wrongful approach on overstepping national security by abusing national power and unreasonably suppressing the companies of other countries. so — china accuses the us of abusing state power. but it's notjust the us — other western officials have voiced concern about tiktok recently. this announcement follows legislation passed by the us house of representatives which banned the use of tiktok on government phones. but it's notjust the us. last week, the european commission and the european council ordered employees to remove the app from their phones and corporate devices. canada has also imposed a new ban on the app on government devices starting from today. the the country's chief information officer said was an unacceptable

level of risk to privacy and security. and congressional republicans are expected to pass further legislation in the coming weeks which would give president biden the power to ban the app nationally. asia pacific editor, celia hatton explained more about the relationship between bytedance and beijing. have always maintained that it doesn't share user data with beijing but the fact is in 2017, china enacted a very strict national security law that requires all internet companies in china to share data that beijing deems important for national security. so, we simply do not know what bytedance is doing. we know them legally it is required to hand over information if asked to do so. you should also say we've seen many instances where tech

giants in china are brought under beijing's control. the reassert control over this tech giants, going so far as to detain china's richest man, a few years ago. so, really it is very clear that beijing is in control of major tech companies in china. but how much information bytedance might�*ve shared with beijing. tiktok has questioned the bans, saying it has not been given an opportunity to answer questions. spokesperson brooke 0berwetter said... caitlin chin is a fellow at the center for strategic and international studies, where she researches technology regulation

in the united states and abroad. caitlin, get too heavy with us. talk to us about the perceived threat here. there is a lot of politics involved, but what is it that they are most worried about? these governments around the actually tictac not be on federal devices. right. it all depends on who you ask. if you ask five different politicians what the tick—tock man is and you will get five different answers. the more hawkish members of congress, the threat is that the chinese communist party is using tictac as as a vessel to spy on americans, to spy and government officials and to potentially target specific critics or target this information to the general population. now, we have not actually seen examples of the chinese communist party using tictac for these purposes. we know that tictac collects a lot of very sensitive personal information from americans. we know that the chinese

government is interested in surveillance and propaganda more broadly. but we have not seen specific examples of tictac being used as a propaganda vessel or a direct surveillance vessel so far. caitlin, you talked about the data that tictac collects from users. tell us a little bit about what they are collecting and what they would possibly want to use that for tik ok like many mobile _ possibly want to use that for tik ok like many mobile apps _ possibly want to use that for tik ok like many mobile apps in _ possibly want to use that for tik ok like many mobile apps in the - possibly want to use that for t m; like many mobile apps in the united states tax statement collects personal information from users. —— tiktok, like face or voice print. all of this information could potentially reveal who somebody is, where they go on a daily basis. who they are in contact with, what their interests are, for example, what videos they search for online. so this is very, very sensitive personal information. that said, there are some of the mobile app

industry in the united states is very under regulated. many, many mobile apps have built their business models around collecting and sharing very similar types of information with data brokers. so tictac posts privacy concerns for sure, but it's not the only mobile app, and banning tictac would not solve the larger privacy problems within the us infrastructure. another moment, clearly a lot of the focus is on but that data could be that chinese may be able to harvest from the app. is there any suggestion that there is may be information within the other way? that china is using this to disseminate information, or spread false information around the world? we have been seen clear examples of china using personal information from tictac to disseminate propaganda on tictac. that said, we have seen examples of the chinese government setting state—sponsored messages on social media platforms in general. —— tiktok. actually,

twitter removed about 20,000 accounts that were affiliated with the chinese communist party that were spreading various messages related to the chinese government's role in addressing covid—19 to the chinese government's response to the hong kong democracy protests. so we do know that the chinese government is engaged in propaganda in general. wejust don't know is engaged in propaganda in general. we just don't know if it is happening on a tiktok. caitlin, briefly press. _ happening on a tiktok. caitlin, briefly press, the _ happening on a tiktok. caitlin, briefly press, the white - happening on a tiktok. caitlin, briefly press, the white house| happening on a tiktok. caitlin, i briefly press, the white house is pushing perhaps for an outright ban right across the us. could that happen? i right across the us. could that ha--en? ~ . happen? i think that if the united states were _ happen? i think that if the united states were to _ happen? i think that if the united states were to abandon - happen? i think that if the united states were to abandon tiktok, l happen? i think that if the united - states were to abandon tiktok, more broadly, notjust on government phones, but for all broadly, notjust on government phones, but forallamericans, broadly, notjust on government phones, but for all americans, this could raise serious free expression and free speech concerns. i think that any ban is likely to see lawsuits from tiktok to my potential from other users as well. many americans have actually built livings off of tiktok. influencers, they use tiktok to earn a living and

also many americans, especially younger americans have used tiktok as a creative outlet to share music, dancing, art. so i would expect that any larger band of tictac will experience legal concerns, and it is unclear what the outcomes of those challenges might be.— challenges might be. caitlin connected _ challenges might be. caitlin connected to _ challenges might be. caitlin connected to heavy - challenges might be. caitlin connected to heavy with - challenges might be. caitlin connected to heavy with us | challenges might be. caitlin i connected to heavy with us at challenges might be. caitlin - connected to heavy with us at the centre for strategic and international studies. thank you. you so much for having me. let's get the latest now on yesterday's top story — britain and the european union's new, post—brexit trade deal, for northern ireland. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, has spent the day selling the deal to lawmakers — first in northern ireland, and in the last few hours, to mps from his own conservative party. we'll here from him more in a moment, first let's remind ourselves what's in this deal. the bbc�*s helen catt explains. under the windsor framework, goods going to northern ireland and staying there would go through a

green name to me getting beat up virtually all checks. rishi sunak says that would remove any sense of a border into a receipt. there would be a redline for goods going on to the republic of ireland which would see full checks. northern ireland would still follow some eu lies, but a new measure, the stormont break would get the northern ireland assembly a way of saying no to some changes in future. fix, assembly a way of saying no to some changes in future.— changes in future. a lot could de-end changes in future. a lot could depend on — changes in future. a lot could depend on that _ changes in future. a lot could depend on that stormont - changes in future. a lot could i depend on that stormont break changes in future. a lot could - depend on that stormont break that was mentioned there and how it may be used to limit eu law. here is the prime minister, rishi sunak. the stormont prime minister, rishi sunak. tue: stormont break is prime minister, rishi sunak. tu2 stormont break is incredibly powerful new cross community safeguard that we have been able to negotiate with the eu. and what that means is that the people and institutions of northern ireland are institutions of northern ireland are in control of their destiny and if there is a significant eu law that comes along that will have lasting and significant impact on the everyday lives of people here in northern ireland, that the assembly will be allowed to pull the emergency brake and it's built on something called the petition of

concern mechanism which is a good friday agreement institution that requires the support of 30 and i lays from two parties and once that is done, crystal clear, the uk government then does have an unequivocal detail, and what i've said is the uk government wants to sit down with the parties in northern ireland, the assembly, to codify how the uk government would use that to be towed to make sure that it will work properly. so — rishi sunak has spent the last few hours trying to sell his deal to backbench conservative mps — also called the 1922 committee. and we know that the eurosceptic conservative group, called the european research group, are meeting right now to discuss their own response. let's talk about this with rob watson — our uk political correspondent. did too happy with us. yesterday we heard a deal is done, it was over the line, but it's not quite that simple, as today has proved. h0. the line, but it's not quite that simple, as today has proved. no, he also has to —

simple, as today has proved. no, he also has to sell— simple, as today has proved. no, he also has to sell it _ simple, as today has proved. no, he also has to sell it to _ simple, as today has proved. no, he also has to sell it to the _ simple, as today has proved. no, he also has to sell it to the main - also has to sell it to the main prounion party in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party who had left the power—sharing end, of course, he also needs to sell it to his own governing conservatives who have been so notoriously split over brexit. i guess you would say this, 48 hours ago, this was being described as a make or break moment for rishi sunak. it was either going to be fantastic, he sort of labelled borisjohnson as the bumbler and to put brexit on the back burner as an issue or he somehow re—ignites the civil war in the conservative party and suffers the same fate as teresa may. so far, one always wants to be cautious, it is looking much more of the former than of the civil war latter. �* . ., ., . ., latter. and eczema that civil war it made at the _ latter. and eczema that civil war it made at the door _ latter. and eczema that civil war it made at the door of _ latter. and eczema that civil war it made at the door of the _ latter. and eczema that civil war it made at the door of the euro - latter. and eczema that civil war it i made at the door of the euro sceptic conservative group, the erg commit the european resurgent script, but also that backbench rebellion, those that were just not happy with the deal. explain history in the context of this. t

deal. explain history in the context of this. , , , ., deal. explain history in the context of this. , , , 2, ~' deal. explain history in the context of this. ,, ~ ., of this. i guess if you think about the history _ of this. i guess if you think about the history and _ of this. i guess if you think about the history and context, - of this. i guess if you think about the history and context, it - of this. i guess if you think about the history and context, it has i the history and context, it has been under the grant from the conservative party on the issue of europe. eversince conservative party on the issue of europe. ever since i was a young reporter, my goodness that is a long time ago, covering the treaty, if anyone watching, good luck to them. this has been long running in the conservative party, but really ever since 2016 it had really been out there in the open causing absolute chaos and division. many of our regular viewers will know that. there was a fear that that would come back over exactly how pure should brexit be? how tough should the uk be with the european union? 0ne the uk be with the european union? one gets the sense that the conservatives are not wanting to undermine rishi sunak and that is for two reasons, they think he's got the better deal and probably the best he is going to get out of brussels, but secondly, this is what rishi sunak told them at this secret

meeting, the voters are just sick of us banging on about brexit and i think many conservatives are mindful of that. 2, 2, ,, ,, think many conservatives are mindful ofthat. ., ,, , ., of that. your assessment is that this will get _ of that. your assessment is that this will get through? _ of that. your assessment is that this will get through? so - of that. your assessment is that this will get through? so far. . of that. your assessment is that this will get through? so far. i i this will get through? so far. i mean, this will get through? so far. i mean. one — this will get through? so far. i mean, one always _ this will get through? so far. i mean, one always wants - this will get through? so far. i mean, one always wants to i this will get through? so far. i j mean, one always wants to be immensely careful with predictions on brexit, but you get the sense of the conservative party coming behind their leader. a different matter as their leader. a different matter as the democratic unionist party, what will they do? and it may take a week or two to know. rob — if you stay there — i want to show you this clip of rishi sunak earlier — selling this as a deal that will benefit trade and investment in northern ireland. if we get this framework implemented, if we get the executive back up— implemented, if we get the executive back up and running here, northern ireland _ back up and running here, northern ireland is— back up and running here, northern ireiand is in— back up and running here, northern ireland is in the unbelievably special— ireland is in the unbelievably special position, unique position in the entire — special position, unique position in

the entire world, european consonants and having privileged access, _ consonants and having privileged access, notjust to consonants and having privileged access, not just to the uk consonants and having privileged access, notjust to the uk home markets, — access, notjust to the uk home markets, which is enormous, fifth biggest _ markets, which is enormous, fifth biggest in — markets, which is enormous, fifth biggest in the world, but also the european union single market. so, rob, a lot of— european union single market. srr, rob, a lot of people european union single market. s57, rob, a lot of people looking european union single market. s513, rob, a lot of people looking at that who didn't vote for brexit will say, hang on, that is what we all wanted, we wanted access to the single market and we also wanted access to the uk, and the prime ministers touching that as a benefit of this deal but would apply in northern ireland. t deal but would apply in northern ireland. , .,, ireland. i must say when i was watchin: ireland. i must say when i was watching the _ ireland. i must say when i was watching the premise - ireland. i must say when i was watching the premise or- ireland. i must say when i was i watching the premise or northern ireland i was thinking to myself, i wonder what is going to happen on social media from remain voters, because that is exactly what has happened, sort of tore of both, i guess you call a mix of mockery and anger saying, guess you call a mix of mockery and angersaying, hang on guess you call a mix of mockery and anger saying, hang on a minute, you have been saying how brilliant it is for northern ireland to be part of the market does that fit the richest country in the world and also access to the single markets, hang on a minute, mr, that is what we had, all

of us had in the uk before brexit. so, yes, he's been a lot of mockery, yes, angerfrom remain voters. does yes, anger from remain voters. does this suggest — yes, anger from remain voters. does this suggest that _ yes, angerfrom remain voters. does this suggest that northern ireland, from being an inferior position from the argument before, they are now income as the prime minister called that, in unbelievably special position. that, in unbelievably special osition. ~ . ., , ., that, in unbelievably special osition. . ., , ., , position. well, certainly that is the argument _ position. well, certainly that is the argument being _ position. well, certainly that is the argument being made, i position. well, certainly that isj the argument being made, and position. well, certainly that is i the argument being made, and you will certainly hear that as well from some businesses in northern ireland, and you will hear it from the other northern ireland parties. we often talk about the democratic unionist party, but most of the other parties have supported the post—brexit trading arrangements and made that exact argument saying, hang on everybody, before we start worrying, this could actually be great for northern ireland. brexit was seen as something that was bad for northern ireland, something that sort of start up issues of identity, and set division, but hang in a minute can a minute, if we grab the

the prize here of treating freely with the uk and trading into the eu single markets, this could be a happy moment for northern ireland. that is the argument anyway. rab. happy moment for northern ireland. that is the argument anyway.- that is the argument anyway. rob, i am almost nervous _ that is the argument anyway. rob, i am almost nervous to _ that is the argument anyway. rob, i am almost nervous to ask. - that is the argument anyway. rob, i | am almost nervous to ask. assuming all of this goes through as a prime minister wants it to them, is this the end of the affair? in the prime ministers draw a line under the worst of the brexit negotiations and say, this is the start of the uk's new relationship with the european union? t new relationship with the european union? ., ., ., ., new relationship with the european union? ., ., ., 4' ., �*, union? i am going to think that's what he wants, _ union? i am going to think that's what he wants, yeah, _ union? i am going to think that's what he wants, yeah, think- union? i am going to think that's what he wants, yeah, think to i union? i am going to think that's i what he wants, yeah, think to some extent, that will be the case, that some of the worst bits of brexit would be buried if the dp accept this and if the conservatives get behind it. buti this and if the conservatives get behind it. but i think this is the sort of and of difficulties, tensions, turbulence between ten and brussels. britain is a very, very large country, former member of the european union, they are very close. the idea that it is going to be plain sailing, that they want to be

fiction, they want to be rivalries i think is fanciful and naive. i think both sides genuinely, genuinely are hopeful that this is the beginning of a new chapter and a chance for every sect, which, let's face it won't be difficult because since 2016 until this moment, things have been pretty poisonous. rab. 2016 until this moment, things have been pretty poisonous.— been pretty poisonous. rob, as alwa s, been pretty poisonous. rob, as always. thank— been pretty poisonous. rob, as always, thank you, _ been pretty poisonous. rob, as always, thank you, really i been pretty poisonous. rob, as always, thank you, really good | been pretty poisonous. rob, as. always, thank you, really good to talk to you. rob watson, our political correspondent. so — that's what's happening in westminster — now let's go to northern ireland — where rishi sunak was earlier today. he was speaking to northern ireland's biggest political parties. the largest unionist party in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party — the dup, heavily criticised the previous deal — even refusing to take part in northern ireland's power—sharing government because of that. so, their support is key to restoring power—sharing there. here's what its leader is saying. progress has been made. we continue to have some concerns. we will examine the legal text. we will look at all of this in around and come to

at all of this in around and come to a decision. we are reasonable people, but we want to ensure that but the pre—minister has said is matched by what is actually in the agreement itself. but some in the dup are more sceptical of the deal because they believe european law would still play a significant role in northern ireland. you don't defend the union by acting in a way— you don't defend the union by acting in a way which takes you out of the united _ in a way which takes you out of the united kingdom because you implement foreign _ united kingdom because you implement foreign law, which drives you further— foreign law, which drives you further and further away from the country— further and further away from the country that you belong to. so the first thing — country that you belong to. so the first thing is the requirement of unionists — first thing is the requirement of unionists to have to implement laws which _ unionists to have to implement laws which are _ unionists to have to implement laws which are designed for their destruction. the largest political party in northern ireland is sinn fein which wants northern ireland to become part of the irish republic. let's hear from them. firstly, let me say that i welcome the fact that a deal has been done. i think that most people in society i think that most people in society i think that most peoples minds here

well quickly turned to the fact that well quickly turned to the fact that we need to be in this institution, we need to be in this institution, we need to be working together. so — sinn feinn welcomes the deal — and called for the dup to return to government. now — let's hearfrom businesses. the bbc has been in the port of larne — and was told the deal will reduce costs and paperwork — but more work is needed to ensure smooth trading relations with the uk. we also have to focus on those suppliers in gb as well and let them know how easy it hopefully will be to move goods over here and to say we are open for business and we want you to send, you know, yourfreight, your kids to us. we are ready. and — this deal will impact what shoppers can buy in northern ireland too. here's our northern ireland correspondent, emma vardy. the deal also affects what products customers can buy in their weekly shop _ customers can buy in their weekly shop because the eu's ban on certain goods— shop because the eu's ban on certain goods like _ shop because the eu's ban on certain goods like chilled meats and trim northern ireland has been scrapped.

so for— northern ireland has been scrapped. so for shoppers, it means that things— so for shoppers, it means that things like sausages from britain or haggis— things like sausages from britain or haggis from scotland can be sold on northern— haggis from scotland can be sold on northern ireland's shelves and for parcels— northern ireland's shelves and for parcels being sent from britain to northern— parcels being sent from britain to northern ireland, there will be no need _ northern ireland, there will be no need for— northern ireland, there will be no need for customs declarations. | need for customs declarations. i think need for customs declarations. think it's need for customs declarations. i think it's good. i don't think it was practical in the first place. i just want to see things back rolling smoothly stopping there is some progress and common sense. online sho ers progress and common sense. online shoppers should _ progress and common sense. online shoppers should also _ progress and common sense. online shoppers should also face _ progress and common sense. online shoppers should also face less i shoppers should also face less complications stop that i had furniture in order that i've been waiting forfor ages. we furniture in order that i've been waiting for for ages. we are no longer the next delivering to northern ireland. because you are ordering from britain?— ordering from britain? yeah, it should not— ordering from britain? yeah, it should not be _ ordering from britain? yeah, it should not be like _ ordering from britain? yeah, it should not be like that. - let's turn to iran now at least 650 schoolgirls have been poisoned by toxic gas in iran since november, in what many believe is a deliberate attempt to force their schools to shut. iran's authorities have opened an investigation. no girls have died, but dozens have been admitted to hospital,

with respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. it's deputy education minister told reporters: "the chemical compounds used to poison students are not war chemicals. adding, "a large percentage of the chemical agents used are treatable." this all began in the religious city of qom — and now its happening elsewhere. there's been rising anger in qom — this was outside qom's governor's office — around 100 parents came out to protest. some say that the schoolgirls are being poisoned as payback for their role in the anti—government protests. they began after a young girl, mahsa amini, ——i'm joined now by taraneh stone from bbc persian. bring us up—to—date on this astonishing case. 650 girls affected. , , affected. yes, exactly. our investigation _ affected. yes, exactly. our investigation shows - affected. yes, exactly. our investigation shows that i affected. yes, exactly. our investigation shows that at j affected. yes, exactly. our- investigation shows that at least 800 people in total have been affected, over 650 of whom are girls. speculation say that girls

should —— may be specifically targeted by these attacks today. the health minister said that these poisonings have happened by a mild plays in. he did not specify what kind of poison it was or if it will have any long—term effect. the prosecutor general a few days ago said that these poisonings may be intentional, as you mentioned, the deputy health minister said that these could be deliberate. he said that some people don't want students, especially girls, they don't want them to go to school, but later he retracted his statement. [30 later he retracted his statement. do we know how this is even happening? eyewitnesses have told us that they have seen some objects being thrown into the school, so there were a few

attacks this morning. 0ne into the school, so there were a few attacks this morning. one of the eyewitnesses told us that they saw a bomb like objects being thrown from a mosque next door and there was a loud bang and they smelled something really bad just to be for the students fail l. some of the students fail l. some of the students describe a tangerine smile or a very strong perfume before they felt l. they all felt nauseous, they felt l. they all felt nauseous, they felt numb. some of them had difficulty breathing or had heart palpitations as well. he difficulty breathing or had heart palpitations as well. he touched a little in this _ palpitations as well. he touched a little in this this _ palpitations as well. he touched a little in this this could _ palpitations as well. he touched a little in this this could be - palpitations as well. he touched a little in this this could be a - little in this this could be a suggestion that this could be retaliation to those protests that got widespread coverage around the world remind us what caused those protests and what girls were calling for in their protest the protests and what girls were calling for in their protes— for in their protest the protest resect for in their protest the protest respect by _

for in their protest the protest respect by that _ for in their protest the protest respect by that death - for in their protest the protest respect by that death in i for in their protest the protestj respect by that death in police custody and when in and girls were the focal point of these protests. we saw many pictures of young girls in schools ripping the picture of the supreme leader or officials, they chanted antiestablishment slogans. some of the eyewitnesses told us that even today the girls where chanting death to supreme leader in the school after they had been poisoned. that is why so many people believe that that could be payback or a deterrent for students so they don't do this again. on the other hand, some people believe that this could be the work of some religious hardliners who just don't want girls to go to school.- want girls to go to school. thank ou for want girls to go to school. thank you for explaining _ want girls to go to school. thank you for explaining all _ want girls to go to school. thank you for explaining all of - want girls to go to school. thank you for explaining all of that, i want girls to go to school. thank you for explaining all of that, an | you for explaining all of that, an astonishing story. thank you for now. our correspondent. a reminder that there is much more in all of these stories on our website. if you want to reach me, stay with us for

the next edition of outside source. hello, we may have had plenty of cloud across the uk through today we may have had plenty of cloud across the uk through today, but one thing we haven't had are scenes like these, recorded, believe it or not, in a sunshine island of majorca. extensive snowfall, heavy rain and strong winds have caused power, travel disruption quite widely. it's all because of what's being named storm juliette, an air of low pressure stranded in the western mediterranean, only slowly moving eastwards and will start to have more impacts across italy as we go through into the middle part of the week. it's stranded there by this area of high pressure, which is sitting across north and northwest europe. we're underneath that, and what it's trapped for us has been that cloud producing some light rain, or drizzle as it will continue to do

so through tonight across england and wales. some heavier bursts of rain moving across southern counties of england and south wales, but with clearing skies in its wake, we will see the chance of some ice and some frost with some clearer breaks too in central western scotland. a touch of frost here, but most of you frost free into wednesday morning. now for tomorrow, a bit more breeze blowing, lots of cloud through across england and wales again with some light showers. there will be a few more brighter breaks developing through wednesday compared with tuesday. some of the sunniest weather will be through the eastern portion of the english channel, far west of scotland, and increasingly so through shetland and indeed 0rkney. winds though certainly across england and wales will there'll be a blustery northeasterly one, and that will add to a chill. so even though it's around average temperature wise, 7—9 celsius, it will feel cold in that in the breeze, especially along those east channel coasts. now as you go through into wednesday, our area of high pressure starts to recede and fill a little bit, but the lines opening out, an indication that it's going to be slightly lighter winds as we go through into thursday. still lots of cloud around,

some light rain or drizzle, especially across parts of southern scotland, northern england and northern ireland. but if you're dry, though, sunny spells breaking out a bit more widely in the far south, and still in shetland, there should be a reasonable amount of sunshine to take you through the day. then in towards the end of the week and weekend, we've got the cold air in place. butjust notice how those cold blue colours deepen a bit, as we go through into sunday and northerly wind develops more widely, and that will bring a few changes later in the weekend. there will be the chance of some precipitation in the terms of rain, sleet, hail and snow, and temperatures will continue to drop actually below average for the first few days of spring.

hello, i'm ben thompson, this is 0utside source. china hits out at the us — over its decision to ban tiktok from government devices. we firmly oppose the us wrongful approach of overstretching the concept of national security by abusing national power and unreasonably suppressing the companies of other countries. britain's prime minister seeks support for his new, post—brexit trade deal, for northern ireland. and nigeria's ruling party's candidate, bola tinubu, is leading the vote in its presidential election — while the opposition calls for a re—run.

let's turn to nigeria now — where it's being reported ruling party candidate bola tinubu has a definitive lead in the presidential election. that's according to a reuters tally of provisional results from all 36 states. but opposition parties are calling for the election to be cancelled — alleging fraud after technical problems in the new electronic voting system. we'll get to that shortly but first let's look at the results. the governing party candidate bola tin—ubu has a clear lead with around 35% of the counted votes. his main rival att—iku abu—bakar from the peoples democratic party has almost 30%. and labour's peter 0bi trails on 26% — though he caused an upset by defeating mr tinubu in the biggest city, lagos. but as we mentioned the opposition parties are now calling for the election to be cancelled — over what they say is voter fraud in the new electronic polling system.

votes are collated in each of nigeria's 36 states before the count is transmitted to the electoral commission's tallying centre. but delays slowed the uploading of results to the official website — which was meant to promote transparency. the independent national electoral commission denies any fraud. let's hear from the opposition labour party. this election is not really fair and credible. it is clear to all nigerians that this election is already compromised. and therefore, if that is the wishes of every nigerian and is the general opinion, the best thing to do is for us to correct it and get it right. many nigerians aren't happy with those results — and it's feared there could be unrest in opposition—supporting parts of the country. this is the police presence outside the electoral commission headquarters in the southern city of port harcourt. labour party candidate peter 0bi won the most votes here. let's hear from some voters there.

it's obscene. this is so close to depressing. it's close to depressing. people are crying. even when we came to vote, to participate in this election, with everything that makes us "us", and then eventually you go back and manipulate, and you want to do whatever you want to do. then what are you telling us? that you come out again in the next...0k you put in the person you wanted to put, in the next four years, in the next eight years, you think we will come out again? this has been going on for all the elections while growing up, what i've been hearing or what i've been seeing, they're always rigging, always changing results. so strong claims from the opposition. let's get more from our peter 0kwoche who's in abuja. those three parties seeing that these elections were a sham, a fraud and there were a lot of vote rigging

involved in the elections should be cancelled and they want the countries chief electoral 0fficer cancelled and they want the countries chief electoral officer to step down and calling on the president to intervene in the crisis. that's the view from the opposition, our correspondent mayeni jones has been speaking to the nigerian public in lagos about the vote. went out into the streets this morning and were speaking to an impassioned group of men who were talking politics over the newspapers, and all of them supported a different candidate. but one thing they all agreed on was that they were really unhappy with the way the election had been handled by the national electoral commission. all of them said they wished they'd been able to see the results as promised immediately after the votes were counted. they were incredibly suspicious by the fact that that didn't happen. so there's suspicion from the public and claims of fraud from the opposition parties — but election observers say despite a number of problems, the vote for the most part served it's purpose.

notwithstanding the shortcomings identified in these elections, nigerians were largely accorded the right to vote. we trust the final stages of collation and announcement of results will continue to be handled in a transparent, peaceful, and credible manner. let's compare what's happened to the last presidential election in 2019 when this man, nigeria's current president muham—madu buhari, won with 56% of the vote. one big difference is the size of the electorate, with 10 million more registered voters this year. a second change is that the two main parties have been challenged by a third credible contender: peter 0bi — who's energised voters with messages of accountability. the opposition people's democratic party also rejected the result in 2019, accusing the ruling party of tampering with the vote.

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from the electoral commission. i mean, they are going on with accounting, as i mentioned earlier on. the ruling apc, they came after their own counter press conference to say that what these three parties are asking for is illegal and should not happen. but what happens next? we are not quite sure. these elections have cost nigeria almost $700 million. i doubt very much with the cost of living crisis going on in the country right now that they can actually afford to have another election. let's look at why this election is important. nigeria faces lots of serious challenges: growing insecurity, deep poverty, and a corrupt political class. this moment is genuinely seen as a turning point, with hopes that a credible poll will change the country for the better. nigeria is also important regionally — it has africa's largest population and economy. and some analysts say a good election in nigeria would revitalise

the hopes of democratic reformers in other countries. 0sai 0jigho is the the director of amnesty international nigeria, shejoins me now from abuja. is there any evidence that this election is not credible? thank you ve much election is not credible? thank you very much for— election is not credible? thank you very much for having _ election is not credible? thank you very much for having me. - very much for having me. international has been monitoring potential hotspots throughout this electoral process while we are not actively underground, monitoring the elections, we have received reports of violence, late arrival of officials at the kick—start of the elections on saturday and general anxiety and worry and anger because the results are not reflecting some peoples expectations and one of

which was the electronic transmission results directly to the servers. and if i make it, what process is not to communicate with the challenges with regards to the coalition. irate the challenges with regards to the coalition. ~ ., ., , the challenges with regards to the coalition. . ., ., , ., coalition. we saw that it was vital to restoring _ coalition. we saw that it was vital to restoring faith _ coalition. we saw that it was vital to restoring faith in _ coalition. we saw that it was vital to restoring faith in the _ coalition. we saw that it was vital to restoring faith in the political i to restoring faith in the political system but to give hope to nigeria that they can help resolve some of the problems that he faces. how confident are you that it can do that, given the controversy surrounding the selection? well, this is one _ surrounding the selection? well, this is one electoral— surrounding the selection? well, this is one electoral process i surrounding the selection? well, this is one electoral process that| this is one electoral process that is been quite energised by young people and so, i think that is one plus, the fact that many people were first—time voters in the selection shows peoples hopes and aspirations

in terms of a better nigeria. but with recent happenings, people are content and it could quickly lead to further problems. today, their protesters in front the international conference centre where the independent coalition has its main coalition centre and the protesters were there to dazzle. in looking for the result, if people feel that they are perfect candidates and the votes have been counted, they do not reflect their own opinion in terms of how these votes should've they could potentially be more protests across nigeria. potentially be more protests across niceria. ., ., potentially be more protests across niceria. ., ~' ,, potentially be more protests across niceria. ., ,, i. ., potentially be more protests across niceria. ., ,, ., , , nigeria. thank you for being with us on outside source. _ nigeria. thank you for being with us on outside source. thanks - nigeria. thank you for being with us on outside source. thanks for i nigeria. thank you for being with us| on outside source. thanks for having me. here in the uk there is a massive police search, for a missing baby,

whose parents have been arrested, on suspicion of child neglect. the metropolitan police said the baby is believed to have had no medical attention, since the time of birth in early january. constance marten, and her partner mark gordon, who's a convicted sex offender, were found by sussex police in brighton last night, after a member of the public reported seeing them. the baby was just days old when the couple disappeared, since then they have been travelling across england by taxi, apparently trying to keep away from the police. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the latest. working their way slowly through allotments in north brighton, police officers from london are searching for a missing baby stop every shed and greenhouse was being checked with temperatures close to zero in the hunt for a baby born in less than three months ago. the baby's parents, constance marten and mark gordon, were arrested last night after a police hunt

that began injanuary. they had been in this convenience store and were spotted by a member of the public who called 999. they were arrested on the road leading to the allotments and a golf course and the south downs beyond. we feel that the risk is getting so great that we now have to consider the possibility that the baby has come to harm and that is the subject of part of the investigation by the officers involved. constance marten comes from a hugely wealthy family, growing up in this country house in dorset. her father was a page to the late queen, but she dropped out of drama school in 2016 when she met mark gordon. he was convicted of rape in the united states aged just 14 and served 20 years in prison. police believe the baby was born in the back of a car in earlyjanuary. the couple came back onto the radar on january the face when their car caught fire on the m 61 near bolton. from there the pair took a taxi to liverpool and another to harwich, arriving there on the morning

of the 6th of january. by lunchtime on the 7th of january they were in east london where they bought a tent from argos and abandoned their pushchair. there was an yet more taxi journeys, including the final one to the port of new haven. since then they have evaded detection since before 930 last night when a member of the public saw them and dialled 999. detectives say they still hope the baby is alive, perhaps being looked after by someone else, but they say they are extremely concerned. constance marten's father said he was relieved she had been found, but he was worried about the missing baby. stay with us on 0utside source — still to come... a second night of spectacular views. we'll take a look at the northern lights — which have brightened people's mood across britain. thousands of schools in england, scotland and wales are facing more disruption this week as teachers strike again over pay. the disputes across the uk started

with below inflation pay rises for this financial year. in england — teachers received a 5% pay increase, whilst a revised offer of 6 per cent has been rejected by unions in scotland. additional strike days are set to go ahead in march and april. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys reports. feast your eyes, look at this. bacon butties for striking teachers, gathering in newcastle from the picket line, protesting about workload as much as pay. among them lynn with her two daughters. i was really shocked by the workload expectations really from day one. it's really, really unmanageable. would that effect whether you are able or not to stay in teaching as a mother? yes, it is definitely something that is hard to see a future in. lifting spirits below grey skies. hundreds of teachers marched in newcastle city centre.

most experienced teachers like sean are getting a 5% pay increase. watch for the trees here. to pay for new teachers will go up to 30,000 next year. this dispute could turn into a long march. what do you say to a parent who says, look, i can't afford to be disrupted to lose a day's pay? i can't afford to be disrupted to lose a day's pay either really, but it's something we've got to do and it is this government's fault, the fault lies with this government, not with the teachers. we have been forced into this. there is no sign of the resolve of striking teachers weakening, but the government has said it is only prepared to continue negotiations if they call off all of the strikes. without progress in all of the teachers�* pay disputes this could become a regular sight. branwen jeffreys, bbc news.

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is... china has condemned the us government's decision to order all its agencies to delete the social media app tiktok because of security concerns. the british prime minister visits northern ireland — spelling out the benefits — as he sees them — of the new trading arrangements with the eu. let's get more on that now. because rishi sunak is now back in westminster, trying to encourage his backbench conservative mps — also called the 1922 committee — to vote for his deal. and we know that the eurosceptic conservative group, called the european research group, are meeting to discuss their own response. let's talk about this with rob watson — our uk political correspondent. they're going to get all their lawyers to get through this with the fine tooth comb they could take a couple weeks. i fine tooth comb they could take a couple weeks-— fine tooth comb they could take a couple weeks. i think you've got it all there, one _ couple weeks. i think you've got it all there, one of _ couple weeks. i think you've got it all there, one of the _

couple weeks. i think you've got it all there, one of the great - couple weeks. i think you've got it all there, one of the great joys i couple weeks. i think you've got it all there, one of the great joys of| all there, one of the greatjoys of modern technologies that we had one of our colleagues read outside the room to feed that anything that is basically where we stand and it would take a couple weeks for the experts to have to see whether or not rishi sunak is achieved and brought back more power and made sure the trade between gb northern ireland and it may be sticking my neck out here but when ideas that whenever these experts decide his hard—line conservative mps is the sense that the appetite for rebellion is going for a couple of reasons. allow conservatives think there is a somewhat better dl but also because the more they go on about brexit, and the more that it highlights that it is not been done as borisjohnson promised and it all comes a time where opinion polls are suggesting that increasingly, more people think that leaving the ee was a mistake. so, ithink all of people think that leaving the ee was a mistake. so, i think all of that works in rishi sunak�*s favour. irate

works in rishi sunak's favour. we like it when you put your neck out, thank you. and there will be that sense of to quell the growing frustration, the idea for the prime minister was talking about northern ireland and talk about a wonderful deal that gives access to both the uk and yet, parts of great britain may not have that. you thousand argument made by the scottish national party which favours independence for scotland yesterday independence for scotland yesterday in parliament when watching the debate and saying wait a minute, how come we can have what northern ireland has and it does open rishi sunak and other brexiteers up to the charge of hanging on a minute, they just made an argument for being inside the european union. but that's a inside the european union. ectii that's a politics is all about, isn't it. contradictions and off moments and those of the moments that make you shake your head in wonder,. b. that make you shake your head in wonder,. �* 3. .., that make you shake your head in wonder,. ~ , wonder,. a political correspondent.

thank ou wonder,. a political correspondent. thank you very _ wonder,. a political correspondent. thank you very much. _ now — we're going to talk about the drought in east africa. it's expected to continue into its sixth failed rainy season. kenya, somalia and ethiopia are the worst affected countries. and thousands of somali people are fleeing to neighbouring kenya. 0ur africa correspondent, catherine byaru—hanga, has been to the dadaab camp where more than 100,000 people have arrived in less than a year. thousands of homes that have sprung up in a matter of months. war used to be the main reason people fled somalia. now, climate change is a strong competitor. the camps here are literally bursting at the seams. thousands of new arrivals are settling on their outskirts, and because these are informal settlements, aid agencies say they can't provide the help that they need,

so, properaccommodation and health care. the people here are living in limbo, unable to get the support they need. they don't have much, but people here help one another. this family arrived two nights ago and were taken in by strangers. translation: it's much worse, compared to previous droughts. | no water, the dams are dry, a lot of people have died let alone animals, due to drought and hunger. at 98 years old, this woman has experienced a lot of somalia's recent history — independence and decades of war. but this is the first time she has fled her home. drought brought unbearable hunger. translation: i have lost 50 people from my family. i others were shot while others died of hunger.

we have run away from hunger and war. but the presence of somali refugees in kenya is contentious. the government has tried to push them out, accusing these camps of harbouring islamist fighters — something that has never been proven. it means even though old camps are being reopened, aid agencies can't bring anyone here or offer them the help they need. the facilities there, _ the government isjust telling us that refugees cannot be relocated to the site i until they are registered. but the government has to give the go—ahead i for registration to resume, because there was a ban . on registration after 2016. kenya's government promises to start registrations soon. but the people here need help now, and many more will surely follow

as climate and conflict form a deadly alliance against them. catherine boryanga, bbc news, dadaab, kenya. now — here in the uk, the aurora—borealis — or northern lights as they are more commonly known — have been putting on a show in the last few days. as the name suggests, the display is normally only visible in northern most parts of the country. but thanks to clear skies people living in southern parts of britain were also able to catch a glimpse — and many shared pictures like these on social media. and such was the show, one pilot on a flight from iceland's capital, reykjavik, to manchester, on monday gave passengers a special show, looping the plane around so passengers on both sides of the aircraft could see the lights — he did — we're told — get clearance from air—traffic control. and for one of those passengers, adam groves it was extra special. he'd flown to iceland to propose under the northern lights, but cloud ruined those plans.

so he and his new fiancee did finally get to see them probably one of the only times passengers were glad for flight delay. chris scott professor in space & atmospheric physics at reading university and joins us now. why have they been seen so far south as kent, cornwall in southern england and ireland? the sun is an active started to dazzle eruptions on its surface and we have two recently and these are known and they are a billion of tonnes of material travelling and if they come towards our planet, they bring the magnetic field to it and that allows energetic particles to fall into our atmosphere and lights it up in the same way that a neon tube works. and particles exciting the gases and on the edge of space. so far south, these terms are

particularly effective this time into a row. and he is a super bowl analogy, the runner behind has a clear path to run with the ball in the second has a clear path and rise of the earth with a lot more of its energy. that enables the magnetic fields to be eroded temporarily and stretched out into the tail on the far side of the sun and when the detailed steps back, it accelerates parts to the atmosphere but the more of the magnetic field that arises, the further it is from the polls, but magnetic particles can come and this is a particularly effective storm and much closer to the equator than we otherwise would've done. given that you've described the perfect storm, a lot of things that they have to happen for this to be visible. when might this happen again is yellow the son's activities

the sun of�*s activities cycle. and eruptions can occur in the things that will line our interruption is to occur that heads towards earth and if the eruption does arrive at earth, its magnetic field has to be oppositely aligned at the earths magnetic field in the the experiment to attract into similar magnets repel it in the same principle applies to the magnetic field and so, they are to be perfectly aligned and when the material does start to fall into the atmosphere, there needs to be clear skies. in your enthusiasm _ needs to be clear skies. in your enthusiasm is _ needs to be clear skies. in your enthusiasm is really _ needs to be clear skies. in your enthusiasm is really infectiousl needs to be clear skies. in your i enthusiasm is really infectious as well. thank you for talking this through this as well. more on the website about our top stories.

don't forget you can get in touch with me on twitter, i'm @bbcbenthompson hello. we may have had plenty of cloud across the uk through today, but one thing we haven't had are scenes like these, recorded, believe it or not, in a sunshine island of majorca. extensive snowfall, heavy rain and strong winds have caused power, travel disruption quite widely. it's all because of what's being named storm juliette, an air of low pressure stranded in the western mediterranean, only slowly moving eastwards and will start to have more impacts across italy as we go through into the middle part of the week. it's stranded there by this area of high pressure, which is sitting across north and northwest europe. we're underneath that, and what it's trapped for us has

been that cloud producing some light rain, or drizzle as it will continue to do so through tonight across england and wales. some heavier bursts of rain moving across southern counties of england and south wales, but with clearing skies in its wake, we will see the chance of some ice and some frost with some clearer breaks too in central western scotland. a touch of frost here, but most of you frost free into wednesday morning. now for tomorrow, a bit more breeze blowing, lots of cloud through across england and wales again with some light showers. there will be a few more brighter breaks developing through wednesday compared with tuesday. some of the sunniest weather will be through the eastern portion of the english channel, far west of scotland, and increasingly so through shetland and indeed orkney. winds though certainly across england and wales will there'll be a blustery northeasterly one, and that will add to a chill. so even though it's around average temperature wise, 7—9 celsius, it will feel cold in that in the breeze, especially along those east channel coasts. now as you go through into wednesday, our area of high pressure starts to recede and fill a little bit, but the lines opening out, an indication that it's going to be slightly lighter winds as we go

through into thursday. still lots of cloud around, some light rain or drizzle, especially across parts of southern scotland, northern england and northern ireland. but if you're dry, though, sunny spells breaking out a bit more widely in the far south, and still in shetland, there should be a reasonable amount of sunshine to take you through the day. then in towards the end of the week and weekend, we've got the cold air in place. butjust notice how those cold blue colours deepen a bit, as we go through into sunday and northerly wind develops more widely, and that will bring a few changes later in the weekend. there will be the chance of some precipitation in the terms of rain, sleet, hail and snow, and temperatures will continue to drop actually below average for the first few days of spring.

hello, i'm ben thompson, this is outside source. china hits out at the us — over its decision to ban tiktok from government devices. translation: we firmly oppose the us . wrongful approach of overstretching i the concept of national security by abusing national power and unreasonably suppressing the companies of other countries. the ban follows similar moves by the eu and canada. we'll talk about what we know about tiktok being a security risk. also on the programme... britain's prime minister seeks support for his new, post—brexit trade deal, for northern ireland. and nigeria's ruling party's candidate, bola tinubu, is leading

the vote in its presidential election — while the opposition calls for a re—run. we start with the international row over tick—tock. we start with the international row over tick—tock. tiktok is owned by the chinese firm bytedance. and on monday, the white house gave government agencies 30 days to remove tiktok from their phones. the us calls the guidance a critical step forward in addressing the risks presented by the app to sensitive government data. chris derusha is the federal chief information security officer. he said the guidance is part of the administration's ongoing commitment to securing our digital infrastructure and protecting the american people's security and privacy. china disagrees. here's a foreign

ministry spokesperson. |translation: the united states, | the world number one superpower, is so afraid of a mobile phone application that young people like so much that they completely lacking self—confidence. we firmly oppose the us's wrongful approach on overstepping national security by abusing national power and unreasonably suppressing the companies of other countries. so — china accuses the us of abusing state power. but it's notjust the us — other western officials have voiced concern about tiktok recently. this announcement follows legislation passed by the us house of representatives which banned the use of tiktok on government phones. but it's notjust the us. last week, the european commission and the european council ordered employees to remove the app from their phones and corporate devices. canada has also imposed a new ban on the app on government devices starting from today. the country's chief information officer said

it was an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security. and congressional republicans are expected to pass further legislation in the coming weeks which would give president biden the power to ban the app nationally. asia pacific editor, celia hatton explained more about the relationship between bytedance and beijing. china have always maintained that it doesn't share user data with beijing but the fact is in 2017, china enacted a very strict national security law that requires all internet companies in china to share data that beijing deems important for national security. so, we simply do not know what bytedance is doing. we know them legally it is required to hand over information if asked to do so. we should also say we've seen many instances where tech giants in china are brought under beijing's control.

they reassert control over this tech giants, going so far as to detain china's richest man, a few years ago. so, really it is very clear that beijing is in control of major tech companies in china. what's not clear, how much information bytedance might�*ve shared with beijing. tiktok has questioned the bans, saying it has not been given an opportunity to answer questions. spokesperson brooke 0berwetter said... caitlin chin is a fellow at the centre for strategic and international studies, where she researches technology regulation in the united states and abroad. she told us about the perceived threat.

you have the politician threat is that you get five different answers. for some of our more hawkish members of congress the threat is that the chinese communist party is using tick—tock as a vessel to spy on americans, to spy on government officials and potentially target specific credit but not critics or general information to the population. we have not seen examples of the chinese communist party using tiktok for these purposes. we know that tiktok collects personal information from an american. we know that the chinese government is interested in surveillance and propaganda more broadly. but we just have not seen since specific examples of tiktok being used as a propaganda vessel or a direct surveillance vessel so far. you talk about the data that tick—tock collects from users. tell us a little bit about what they are

collecting and what they would possibly want to use that for. tiktok like many mobile apps collects very personal information from users was that this could include geolocation, the phone contacts, biometric information like phase or voice prints. all of this information could potentially reveal who somebody is, where they go on a daily basis, who they are in contact with, what their interests are for example, what videos they search for online. this is very sensitive personal information. that said, there local app industry in the united states is very under regulated. many mobile apps and build their business models around collecting and sharing very similar types of information with data brokers. so tiktok poses privacy concerns for sure but it's not the only mobile app put up and banning tiktok would not serve a larger privacy problem within the us

infrastructure. aha, privacy problem within the us infrastructure.— privacy problem within the us infrastructure. a lot of the focus on what that _ infrastructure. a lot of the focus on what that data _ infrastructure. a lot of the focus on what that data could - infrastructure. a lot of the focus on what that data could be i infrastructure. a lot of the focus on what that data could be that l on what that data could be that chinese may be able to harvest from the app. is there any suggestion that there is information moving the other way? that china is using this to disseminate false information around the world, may be? we haven't seen clear examples _ around the world, may be? we haven't seen clear examples of _ around the world, may be? we haven't seen clear examples of china - seen clear examples of china using personal information from tiktok to disseminate propaganda on tiktok. we have seen example of the chinese government spreading state—sponsored messages on social media platforms in general. twitter recently revealed that 20,000 accounts —— remove 20,000 accounts that were affiliated from china's communist parties spreading messages for example, the china's government role in it covid—19, to the hong kong democracy process. we do know that the chinese government is engaged in propaganda in general. wejust don't

know if it's happening on tiktok. the white house is pushing perhaps for an outright ban right across the us. could that happen? i for an outright ban right across the us. could that happen?— for an outright ban right across the us. could that happen? i think that if the united _ us. could that happen? i think that if the united states _ us. could that happen? i think that if the united states were _ us. could that happen? i think that if the united states were to - us. could that happen? i think that if the united states were to ban i if the united states were to ban tiktok more broadly, notjust on government phones but all americans, this could raise serious free expression and free each concern. i think that any ban is likely to see lawsuits from tiktok and potentially other users. many americans have actually built livings off tiktok. influencers use tiktok to earn a living and also many americans, especially younger americans have used tiktok as a outlet to share music and dancing and art. i would expect that any larger band of tiktok will experience legal concerns. it is unclear what the outcomes of those challenges might be.

let's get the latest now on yesterday's top story — britain and the european union's new, post—brexit trade deal, for northern ireland. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, has spent the day selling the deal to lawmakers — first in northern ireland, and in the last few hours, to mps from his own conservative party. we'll here from him more in a moment, first let's remind ourselves what's in this deal. the bbc�*s helen catt explains. under the windsor framework goods going to northern ireland and staying there would go through a creed lane getting rid of virtually all checks. rishi sunak says that would remove any sense of a border in the irish sea. there would be a red lane for goods going on to the republic of ireland which would see full check. northern ireland would still follow some eu laws but a new measure, the stormont break would give the northern ireland is simply a way of saying no to some changes in the future. a lot could depend on the stormont brake that helen catt mentioned — and how it might be used to limit eu law.

here's the prime minister rishi sunak. the stormont brake is incredibly powerful new cross community safeguard that we have been able to negotiate with the eu. and what that means is that the people and institutions of northern ireland are in control of their destiny and if there is a significant eu law that comes along that will have lasting and significant impact on the everyday lives of people here in northern ireland, that the assembly will be allowed to pull the emergency brake and it's built on something called the petition of concern mechanism, which is a good friday agreement institution that requires the support of 30 mlas from two parties and once that is done, crystal clear, the uk government then does have an unequivocal veto, and what i've said is the uk government wants to sit down with the parties in northern ireland, the assembly, to codify how the uk government would use that to be towed to make sure that it will work properly. our uk political correspondent, rob watson, says the prime minister still has a few more hurdles to get the deal over the line.

rishi sunak has to sell it to the main party and the democratic unionist party who left the power—sharing. of course he also needs to share it to his own governing conservatives that have been so notoriously split over brexit. i guess you say this, 48 hours ago this was being described as a make or break moment for rishi sunak. it was either going to be fantastic, borisjohnson as the bungler, he must�*ve brexit in northern island, who puts brexit on the back burner or he somehow re—ignites the civil war in the conservative party and suffers the same fate as teresa may. so far and would always want to be cautious, it's looking much more of the former than that of the civil war ladder. yes in some of that scepticism and

also that backbench rebellion, those that were not happy with the deal. explain a bit of the history and context of this. we often talk about the democratic unionist party, but most of the other parties have supported the post—brexit trading arrangements and made that exact argument saying, hang on everybody, before we start this store has been long running in the conservative party. but ever since 2016 it has really been out there in the open causing absolute chaos and division. many of our regular viewers will know that. there was fear that that would come back for them exactly how pure brexit should be, how tall should the uk be with the european union? one gets a sense of the conservatives are not wanting to undermine mr sunak. conservatives are not wanting to undermine mrsunak. i conservatives are not wanting to undermine mr sunak. i think that's for two reason, i'll be brief, one is they think he's got a better deal and probably the best is going to

get out of brussels. secondly, and this is what rishi sunak told about the service, the secret meeting, it's all the voters are sick of us banging on about brexit. i think many conservatives are mindful of that. ., ., ,, ,, many conservatives are mindful of that. ., ,, , ., , that. your assessment is that this will aet that. your assessment is that this will get through? _ that. your assessment is that this will get through? so _ that. your assessment is that this will get through? so far. - that. your assessment is that this will get through? so far. one i that. your assessment is that this i will get through? so far. one always wants to be — will get through? so far. one always wants to be immensely _ will get through? so far. one always wants to be immensely careful- will get through? so far. one always wants to be immensely careful with | wants to be immensely careful with productions on brexit. you get the sense of the conservative party coming behind their leader. a different matter is the democratic unionist party and what they will do. it may take a week or two to know. so — that's what's happening in westminster — now let's go to northern ireland — where rishi sunak was earlier today. he was speaking to northern ireland's biggest political parties. the largest unionist party in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party — the dup, heavily criticised the previous deal — even refusing to take part in northern ireland's power—sharing government because of that. so, their support is key

to restoring power—sharing there. here's what its leader is saying. progress has been made. we continue to have some concerns. we will examine the legal text. we will look at all of this in around and come to a decision. we are reasonable people, but we want to ensure that but the pre—minister has said is matched by what is actually in the agreement itself. but some in the dup are more sceptical of the deal because they believe european law would still play a significant role in northern ireland. you don't defend the union by acting in a way which takes you out of the united kingdom because you implement foreign law, which drives you further and further away from the country that you belong to. so the first thing to fix is the requirement of unionists to have to implement laws which are designed for their destruction. the largest political party in northern ireland is sinn fein which wants northern ireland

to become part of the irish republic. let's hear from them. firstly, let me say that i welcome the fact that a deal has been done. i think that most people in society i think that most peoples minds here well quickly turned to the fact that we need to be in this institution, we need to be working together. so — sinn feinn welcomes the deal — and called for the dup to return to government. now — let's hearfrom businesses. the bbc has been in the port of larne — and was told the deal will reduce costs and paperwork — but more work is needed to ensure smooth trading relations with the uk. we also have to focus on those suppliers in gb as well and let them know how easy it hopefully will be to move goods over here and to say we are open for business and we want you to send, you know, yourfreight, your goods to us. we are ready.

stay with us on outside source — still to come... opposition parties call in nigeria for a re—run of saturday's presidential election saying the results declared so far are a sham. 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 i marches 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? oh, it worries me, yes, but i hope everything'll be all right at the end of the day. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... china has condemned the us government's decision to order all its agencies to delete the social media app tiktok because of security concerns. the british prime minister visits northern ireland, spelling out the benefits as he sees them of the new trading arrangements with the eu. let's turn to nigeria now — where it's being reported ruling party candidate bola tinubu has a definitive lead in the presidential election. that's according to a reuters

tally of provisional results from all 36 states. but opposition parties are calling for the election to be cancelled — alleging fraud after technical problems in the new electronic voting system. we'll get to that shortly but first let's look at the results. the governing party candidate bola tinubu has a clear lead with around 35% of the counted votes. his main rival attiku abubakar from the peoples democratic party has almost 30%. and labour's peter obi trails on 26% — though he caused an upset by defeating mr tinubu in the biggest city, lagos. but as we mentioned the opposition parties are now calling for the election to be cancelled — over what they say is voter fraud in the new electronic polling system. votes are collated in each of nigeria's 36 states before the count is transmitted to the electoral commission's tallying centre. but delays slowed the uploading

of results to the official website — which was meant to promote transparency. the independent national electoral commission denies any fraud. let's hear from the opposition labour party. this election is not really fair and credible. it is clear to all nigerians that this election is already compromised. and therefore, if that is the wishes of every nigerian and is the general opinion, the best thing to do is for us to correct it and get it right. many nigerians aren't happy with those results — and it's feared there could be unrest in opposition—supporting parts of the country. this is the police presence outside the electoral commission headquarters in the southern city of port harcourt, where labour party candidate peter obi won the most votes. let's hear from some voters there. it's obscene. this is so close to depressing. it's close to depressing. people are crying.

even when we came to vote, to participate in this election, with everything that makes us "us", and then eventually you go back and manipulate, and you want to do whatever you want to do. then what are you telling us? sad. it's not that i'm angry, i'm pained, i'mjust sad, because it's not fair actually. this has been going on for all the elections while growing up, what i've been hearing or what i've been seeing, they're always rigging, always changing results. that's the view from the opposition, our correspondent mayeni jones has been speaking to the nigerian public in lagos about the vote. we went out into the streets this morning and were speaking to an impassioned group of men who were talking politics over the newspapers, and all of them supported a different candidate. but one thing they all agreed on was that they were really unhappy with the way the election had been handled by the national electoral commission. all of them said they wished they'd

been able to see the results as promised immediately after the votes were counted. they were incredibly suspicious by the fact that that didn't happen. so there's suspicion from the public and claims of fraud from the opposition parties — but election observers say despite a number of problems, the vote for the most part served it's purpose. notwithstanding the shortcomings identified in these elections, nigerians were largely accorded the right to vote. we trust the final stages of collation and announcement of results will continue to be handled in a transparent, peaceful, and credible manner. let's compare what's happened to the last presidential election in 2019 when this man, nigeria's current president muham—madu buhari, won with 56% of the vote. one big difference is the size of the electorate, with 10 million

more registered voters this year. a second change is that the two main parties have been challenged by a third credible contender: peter obi — who's energised voters with messages of accountability. the opposition people's democratic party also rejected the result in 2019, accusing the ruling party of tampering with the vote. let's hear from some voters in the east of the country. it will make for the republic of nigeria. we are praying. we live it to god. that's our whole prayer. we leave it to god _ that's our whole prayer. we leave it to god. , , , .,. to god. everything is peaceful thou:h to god. everything is peaceful though for— to god. everything is peaceful though for my _ to god. everything is peaceful though for my own _ to god. everything is peaceful though for my own single, i l to god. everything is peaceful - though for my own single, i cannot say my— though for my own single, i cannot say my candidate _ though for my own single, i cannot say my candidate will _ though for my own single, i cannot say my candidate will win. - though for my own single, i cannot say my candidate will win. but - though for my own single, i cannot say my candidate will win. but any| say my candidate will win. but any person _ say my candidate will win. but any person who — say my candidate will win. but any person who win _ say my candidate will win. but any person who win the _ say my candidate will win. but any person who win the election, - say my candidate will win. but any person who win the election, i'm i person who win the election, i'm very— person who win the election, i'm very happy. _

many nigerians are asking what's likely to happen next. it's not certain — but many are now expecting the final result to be announced on wednesday. monitors say protests may happen — especially in the south and south east, and in lagos, which backed peter obi. once the result is declared, candidates have m days to file a challenge. and the new government must be inaugurated by 29th may. we've had no account, the ruling apc came up with their own counter press conference to say that what these three parties are asking for is illegal and should not happen. what happens next? were not quite sure. these elections have caused nigeria almost $700 million was up i doubt very much with the cost crisis going on in the country right now that they can actually afford to have another election.

0sai 0jigho is the the director of amnesty international nigeria. we've had results of elections and the kick—start on saturday. general anxiety and worry and anger because the results are not reflected in some of peoples expectations, which they were hoping to see. one of which was electronic transmission of results directly from the polling units to servers. i think it would been held if they had come out and clearly stated what the processes are and to communicate what their challenges with regards to the roads doing that results collation. we touched on the fact they election was volatile in restoring faith in the political system and also to give hope to nigeria that i can help

resolve some of the problems that it faces. how confident are you that it can do that given the controversy surrounding the selection? in the first instance _ surrounding the selection? in the first instance this _ surrounding the selection? in the first instance this was _ surrounding the selection? in the first instance this was one - first instance this was one electoral process being quite energised by young people. i think thatis energised by young people. i think that is one foot up the fact that many people were first—time voters in this election shows peoples hope and aspirations in terms of a better nigeria. with recent happenings, everyone is discontent, this could quickly lead to further problems. today there were protesters in front of the international conference centre where the independent electoral commission has its main coalition santa. and protesters there yesterday as well. people are eager for the there yesterday as well. people are eagerfor the results. the fear there yesterday as well. people are eager for the results. the fear is if people feel that their preferred

candidate has not one or three votes being counted do not reflect... more on the website. _ being counted do not reflect... more on the website. will _ being counted do not reflect... more on the website. will see _ being counted do not reflect... more on the website. will see you soon. bye—bye. this is the bbc news channel. we will have all the headlines and main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. hello from berlin. i'm tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today's program, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films

are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival's big attractions. british acting royalty was in town, with dame helen mirren portraying israeli prime minister golda meir. cate blanchett, oscar nominated for her performance in tar, walked the red carpet, as did steven spielberg, at the festival for a lifetime achievement award. and we look at queer cinema in berlin, which was making quite an impact. berlin has a long history of embracing political cinema. in fact, it is an avowedly political film festival. and this year, because the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine took place during the festival, the politics of the war were very evident in the proceedings. hollywood star sean penn brought the documentary superpower, which he co—directed, to the berlin film festival.

its focus — the war in ukraine and president zelensky, who addressed the opening night ceremony remotely. culture makes choices in times like these. at least three explosions rocked... the film recaps recent events in ukraine and its quest forfreedom. penn conducted three interviews with president zelensky. the wartime leader is presented in a very flattering light. penn is clearly a fan. he certainly offers an opportunity to humility. he stands so tall in his mortal body and heart and courage. do you think, in the nicest possible way, he was using you because he knew that he would be able to present his views through a sympathetic channel to a global audience? yes, keep on using me to use me up because this is... it's a purpose to be used in this battle.

other films being shown in berlin convey ukraine's wartime plight. eastern front follows five men who volunteer to go to the front line. then there's in ukraine, a documentary without narration, which silently observes daily life in the war—torn country. yeah, the simple concept is that we just observe the normal daily life of ukrainians in the war time. we do not have any characters we are following. the main character of this film is the country itself. we don't have explosion. we don't have crying people because they lost house, husband, wife. we weren't interested in such a scene. so we were looking for something that is not so much emotional, not so strong emotionally, but, you know, the ordinary life of these people. sean penn at least believes his film, which resembles a political thriller, is offering something quite different from conventional journalistic accounts

of events in ukraine. we came in and said, well, our innocence to knowledge about this may very well be eyes that look in other places than where a more academic approach might be applied. and that led us to a documentary that i do think has its own personality, and we really wanted to let the ukrainians tell their own story. and olesya nogina, a ukrainian movie and tv producer, believes all the ukraine—themed cinema on view at the berlin film festival serves as a powerful tool to sway public opinion. yeah, definitely, because cinema is a great power. and even in soviet union, or in russian propaganda machine, they use cinematography very powerfully as a propaganda tool. so we as ukrainians need just to fight with it, because we have our own history. and that's different history that the russians says.

good luck to superpower and the ukraine — glory to ukraine.