you are a unionist if you grew up in a unionist family and you are a republican if you grew up in a republicanll get in. and that is coming from both sides of the community. an old battle? an old battle. down through the ages of history. and still fought in modern times. game of thrones is a fantasy saga wwhich tells an epic tale set across continents of the fight for the arryn throne. the often vicious and violent drama might be worlds away from where so much of it is filmed, but political battles are nothing new in northern ireland. for politics to work here, people have to share power as opposed to grabbing it. but the parties are deeply divided. it is why there is currently no government in northern ireland and why this election is proving to be a bitterfight between unionists and nationalists. there is frustration among those who want to show off northern ireland. and concern that despite all the electioneering for westminster, for westminster, devolved issues are not being addressed. i think that they should be doing more for education, they should be doing more for our tourist industry

from mcdonald has mistreated his father, a unionist also. his temptation must have been sore as general hunter offered to turn the vagabond mcdonald over strother that i might work my pleasure with him. on is in teenage captivity, mcdonald was dropped off and a military prison with only a viable for comfort. four of the weeping and mourning of lexington, that town never escaped the worst damage inflicted by union forces in 1864. the campaign through augusta, and shenandoah county. for thedone a business confederacy that i reckon won't be forgotten very soon. after recounting the legend murder of several union soldiers by guerrillas, and of course most prominently the son of quartermaster general montgomery egs, they wrote about the rot upon the valley. of thencipal property persons engaged in the rebellion, anticipating rebels would call us very bad names, howard argued that such destruction was justified in view of the atrocities committed by the infernal traders. now purged by fire. he held the destruction paled insignificance before the b

in charleston publicly declared unionist can hardly believe what he is hearing. his own countrymen here in south carolina that makes them a call and partial observer so anything that would flatter their divisional so i say he is my favorite character. saudia have grown to like better than others. [laughter] that he is on the invitation. so little starts after midnight out of the ap from york center the telegraph station that set up a bulletin board they have been there for hours but no surprise bid charleston shots at the top of his lungs bring it on so then the federal judge right down there on charleston street opens up business that morning takes off his robe and declares it is the end of his association with the federal government so other federal officials retire as well he becomes an instant folk hero with paintings and posters and charleston bill say secession poll in the middle of town on main street in the honor that from the french revolution. interesting choice. [laughter] and from colonial massachusetts to be pinned to the side of their hats just like

reporter: according to the unionists, the government is turning a blind eye. mr.ueva: the politicians are just burying their heads in the sand. they don't want trouble, they're not interested. you have to remember, most day laborers in almeria aren't going to vote. so, they don't have a lobby. reporter: we tried to talk to the authorities in almeria, but were refused an interview. day laborer kwasi owusu is bitter. he's lost faith in the spanish authorities. mr. owusu: i just want the authorities to help people find decent places to live and to help us get slightly higher wages. we don't know how to claim our rights. reporter: kwasi sends the money he earns in spain back to his wife and three children in ghana, who he misses dearly. but given the way he's forced to live, he'd rather not bring them over to europe. michelle: russia's annexation of crimea unsettled other former members of the soviet union -- especially latvia, which has a considerably larger proportion of russian speakers than ukraine. while moscow continues to enjoy support among older, ethnic russi

there's a real complication in reading scotland, though, which is unionist tactical voting.labour unionists to lend them a quarter of their votes, they'll take those seats from the snp. that tactical voting bloc could be an enormous force multiplier for the scottish tories. there was, however, a glimmer week's local elections. there was some evidence that higher educated areas were turning out more strongly for the liberal democrats than the polling suggested. that's good news for them in some places. it's possible that the lib dems might hold onto richmond park, which they recently took in a by—election, and perhaps take places like twickenham and vauxhall. but several of their seats are also vulnerable to that tory surge. norman lamb, who ran for lib dem leader, is vulnerable in north norfolk. they might lose carshalton and wallington, and southport as well. and that might be this election in a nutshell, a high conservative tide that doesn't spare any of the other parties. chris cook. well, today, as ukip vowed to reduce net migration to zero, theresa may returned to the i

well, the alliance party and the democratic unionist party are issuing manifetos today.y said maintaining the union with the uk is the most important issue, the dup party, that is, and what is the most important issue for you in the alliance party? we are cross— party you in the alliance party? we are cross—party and we try to bring people together, with the vision of a shared northern ireland. it is important that we focus on stability within our region. we don't have an assembly and we do not have a functioning government and our public service is our suffering. and brexit, as you mentioned, that brings consequences, for the uk and northern ireland, not least because of our long border with the republic of our long border with the republic of ireland. and because of our unique political settlement with the good friday agreement, so these are the challenges for us and people need to understand that northern ireland works based on sharing and interdependence because we are a divided society. but brexit means fresh divisions and fresh borders and that really poses politic

it's now nationalist versus unionist.ve very successfully cast themselves as the only party who can defend the united kingdom. the constitution is the biggest and most important and defining dividing line in scottish politics. for a large number of voters they are prepared to support a party that they might disagree with on a number of issues, provided that party is sound on the constitutional question. that applies to snp supporters and it increasingly applies to conservative supporters. politics is all about momentum. that's why the players at the kelso cricket club believe voting tory could slow the snp‘s demands for an independence referendum. but this election will not settle the constitutional question. if people are voting now thinking about the independence referendum, they're being silly because it's a general election, not an independence referendum. people have got to realise. it's not a referendum, but you can be sure the election result in scotland will be used by all parties to try and justify their argument

but, hopefully, the unionist community will see through those things and get back to where their firsted conflict has been overfor 20 years, the agony brought to an end by a compromise which allowed all sides to feel their aspirations were respected. brexit has complicated that. a0 miles south of belfast, on the border, the debate has stirred painful memories. and i as a child remember sitting in the back, turning that corner we've just turned, looking down this road and just seeing... damian mcginty is a south armagh farmer. ..of maybe about 18 or 20 paratroopers or four or five ruc. this militarised frontier vanished with the troubles. but any kind of hard border, with customs posts and identity checks, could be economically costly and politically divisive. what happens if you get a hard border here again, what's that going to do? that's a scary thing. ireland, it's just one country. now, if you stick any kind of a hard border along that 300 mile stretch, you're saying to a sizeable chunk of the population, young people here, that this country is being repartitioned. the republican d

jackson was a strict unionist and calhoon was in favor of slavery. >> salena, you're a civil war buffw that. you've read a lot about it. but just give us the context behind it as you were speaking in the oval office. >> right. he's talking about jackson's portrait was to his left, jefferson was to his right and we got into a discussion about jackson and, you know, i mean, i don't think it's a surprise that the way that the president talks is very flippant. he talks in short, sort of -- like as if you were at the bar. >> we call ellipses. >> right. exactly. >> sometimes it's hard to sort of pull that all together and string coherent thought in there. >> were you surprised by the comments at all as a civil war buff, the reason for this war, were you kind of like -- maybe you didn't want to tackle it at that moment? >> i understood at the moment, yeah, jackson was a strict unionist and, you know, the civil war, maybe it would have been prevented. we don't know. we can't predict something like that. but that was the beginning of the interview. i had 15 minutes to interview him and i, you

back to the election now and the largest unionist party in northern ireland, the dup, has launched its party also pledged to make tourism a billion—pound industry and called for a public holiday to celebrate northern ireland's centenary in 2021. the dup's leader and former first minister, arlene foster, said she wanted a mandate for talks aimed at restoring power—sharing at stormont. but above all, she said, the election was about making sure northern ireland remains in the uk. 0njune 8th, i'm asking people to get northern ireland back on the right track. to vote to get the best deal for northern ireland. to strengthen our hands in the upcoming negotiations. to get the assembly back up and running, to protect our place within the united kingdom and to unite behind one strong unionist voice. northern ireland's alliance party has also launched its election manifesto, promising "progressive and pro—european politics. " the manifesto includes a series of commitments on power—sharing in the assembly, the economy and justice, but focuses on brexit. this is a manifesto which pledges to oppose

you were a unionist if you grew up in a unionist family and you were a republican if you grew up in al get in." and that's coming from both sides of the community. an old battle? an old battle. down through the ages of history and still fought in modern times. game of thrones is a fantasy saga, which tells an epic tale set across continents of a fight for the iron throne. the often vicious and violent drama might be worlds away from where so much of it is filmed, but political battles are nothing new in northern ireland. for politics to work here, people have to share power as opposed to grabbing it. but the parties are deeply divided. it's why there's currently no government in northern ireland and why this election is proving to be a bitterfight between unionists and nationalists. political deadlock is nothing new on this part of this island, but it is frustrating for those who want to show off what northern ireland has to offer, including business owners. they're being asked to vote again at a time when the lack of government at stormont is preventing decisions about important devo

but when you add together the votes of the three unionist parties, if you had had the local electionu think twice. john, i will have to go to the west midlands. the total number of valid second preference votes cast for each of the remaining candidates is as follows... andy street, the conservative party candidate, 7690. simon sean llewelyn, labour and co—operative party, 10300 and 82. total number of valid second preference votes is 31,000 488. the total number of rejected ballot papers is 2988. thank you. thank you, kate. as returning officer for the west midlands, the election for the mayor on the 4th of may 20 17th, election for the mayor on the 4th of may 2017th, i hereby certify that the total number of valid second preference votes cast for each of the remaining candidates is as follows. . . the remaining candidates is as follows... andy street, the conservative party candidate, 22,000 348. simon sean llewelyn, labour and cooperative party, 24,603. the total numberof cooperative party, 24,603. the total number of ballot papers rejected at the second count is as follows, 7515.

and to unite behind one strong unionist voice.this week, including the cross—community alliance party. the party campaigned to remain in the eu and says it wants to mitigate the impact of brexit on northern ireland. the alliance leader, naomi long, said following the referendum result northern ireland needs a special deal. this is a manifesto that pledges to oppose a hard brexit, support a special deal for northern ireland, and give the public the final say on the outcome of those brexit negotiations. it is a manifesto bubble that recognises whatever the outcome of the negotiations are, our best feature from northern ireland and all of these islands is one that recognises interdependence and cooperation with the rest of europe as the best way forward. naomi long of the alliance party. the latest headlines from bbc news... jeremy corbyn has challenged theresa may tojoin him on stage at the bbc‘s live election debate in cambridge this evening. a breast surgeon, who carried out unnecessary operations on patients leaving them scarred

and to unite behind one strong unionist voice.irectly to become detectives, without making them first work in uniform on the beat. the metropolitan police hopes the move will fill some of its 600 detective vacancies. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. for decades there has only been one way to become a detective. start as an officer in uniform, and then join cid. it was seen as the pinnacle of policing, everyone wanted to crack crimes. but not any longer. detective work is not thejob it used to be. there are more cases to handle, there is more pressure to get results. the independent inspectorate has described it as a national crisis because there are so many unfilled vacancies. now the metropolitan police is trying to do something about it. something that has never been done before. they're starting a recruitment campaign for people with no experience of policing. unlike other recruits, they will not have to spend time in uniform, doing street patrol and response work. this is about offering people a direct pathwa

i'm sure you are freely without paraphrasing i am first they came for the trade unionists and i am a union machinist. i have seen unions decimated. for -- you know what i'm getting at. could one of your callers get in there. then they came for the jews, i wasn't jewish and i didn't sing the. they came for me and there was no one left to speak up. we are seeing that right now, except instead of jews its arabs and muslims. politico with a story on the george's sixth district. it's the most expensive race in u.s. history. the piece is available online. we have a couple of tweets related to that. breath joining us from england. -- barbara joining us from england. go ahead. caller: i'd like to know if , does has an update -- does anyone have an up date regarding hillary clinton and her foundation? you never hear about that anymore? she doesn't hold public office. we're getting a bit of the delay. thank you for the call. this is what the washington post is writing about concerning health care. outsider try for a deal on health care. follows: reads as sylvia is joining us next on the indepe

no government in northern ireland, and why this election is proving to be a bitter fight between unionistsew on this part of this island. but it is frustrating for those who want to shoe off what northern ireland has to offer. —— show off. get years of political progress can be seen with every busload of tourists that arise here. some feel the fighting between the politicians can be foreshadowed to be because it is good for votes. —— for show. it makes election time particularly divisive. you are watching bbc news. and coming up at 6am on breakfast, dan walker and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport. they'll also have more on the warning that the possible return of thousands of expat pensioners to the uk to use the nhs after brexit could cost millions. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. there has been a huge explosion kabul. winners have been shattered and doors were off their hinges. the latest report is that there was a car bomb in the city that is home to many foreign embassies. no immediate word on casualties. the united states has completed its first e

should look like is dominating the general election and reinvigorating the divide between between unionistsnd nationalists. good evening. the bbc understands the conservatives will promise additional measures to curb immigration when they publish their manifesto tomorrow. there will also be extra costs for employers who choose to hire non—eu immigrants in skilled jobs. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. the publication of any manifesto is a big dealfor a party leader, especially for theresa may. this is the first big document to come from the first big document to come from the conservative party since she has beenin the conservative party since she has been in charge. it is her decision to call the election and her calculation that the idea is that she and her team put forward will be enough to keep her on in downing street. one of the first messages is uncompromising on immigration. it is their calculation that there was a clear instruction from voters that immigration must come down. theresa may will say in her view immigration is too high and she will suggest in her view we

should look like is dominating the general election and reinvigorating the divide between between unionists

that is about the unionist vote going to the tories. it is about her.e plausible face of the junior and labour aunt. she is plain speaking isn't she. you know where you are with ruth davidson. the assertion of the scottish daily mail that the snp have plummeted is, ithink, something they would argue with. they have not managed to take glasgow as they hope to. that is quite a thing. the tories have taken glasgow? if you had said this to me two we e ks glasgow? if you had said this to me two weeks ago i'd have told you to have a nice lie down. clearly, minds have a nice lie down. clearly, minds have shifted in scotland and clearly, there is a large number of vote rs clearly, there is a large number of voters who just clearly, there is a large number of voters whojust don't clearly, there is a large number of voters who just don't want another independence referendum. that seems to be the key message that ruth davidson was putting forward. and that the tories put forward in scotland and it's resonating. we don't want any more votes about anything ever. we'

he spent no time polling around with unionists and loyalist. he only took one side of the argument.m with people supporting a united ireland but he had two ways to do it, constitutional politics or the politics of he politics . violence. politics i violence. he said he the politics of violence. he said he disagreed with the military of approach that was taken during the troubles. he is condemned the bombing from all sides. i think he been extremely careful and, i would... i would disagree and say he has been consistent. he has stuck to his political ideas and in an age turn on f turnoiliz , ,, , f turnoiliz rit_ , have who f’féi’i‘; that i t h n 7775ij that e knowsi "72573 that; knows will voiced something that he knows will not play well with an enormous number of people and will play into a voting... that is because he has had the indulgence of irrelevance is entire political career. but then people as soon as they become popular, they don't have the right to change their mind. he is telling lies. he blamed britain for seeking a military solution. it does not say here that he was

there were clashes in paris where students and trade unionists called on the president to protect workers rights. that did not stop the candidates from hitting the campaign trail. >> emmanuel macron's two has not changed throughout this campaign. he remains favored to become the next president, but he is leaving nothing to chance. >> in the past week, our country has been involved in a profound change. the political landscape we have known for so many years has vanished before our eyes in just a few hours. >> across the city, marine le pen stuck to familiar themes. >> the reality is simple and clear. emmanuel macron is francois hollande, who wants to stick around and is clinging to power like a barnacle. he will continue to run politics in this country. we are going to get him out. marine wasn't the only le pen in town. her father appeared at the party's traditional mayday rally, despite efforts by marine to distance herself from her holocaust denying father. and this is why. in the eyes of many, they are one and the same. she took the leadership anyway. she will not change. the dynasty w

laura: we saw the trade unionists tying themselves in knots, encouraging themselves to vote against the national front but not saying they should vote is the onlywhich way people can vote against the national front. >> that's right. to abstain or to spoil your ballot is effectively to vote against emmanuel macron. , sherine le pen cannot win is looking to achieve two things through this election -- to reduce as far as possible the margin of victory so that he is a weekly elected president and to impose herself with a strong score as the new leader of the opposition. to be theive is gravitational center around which a fractured republicans party following the defeat will coalesce. if she gets a score somewhere more of 40%, that would than double her father's 18% in 2002 and would make a -- make her, that national leader, she hopes of the right and their natural candidate in 2022. a score that high would show just how far the once toxic f and has been normalized. laura: what about the legislative elections? how do you see those panning out. emmanuelle macron does win, he will struggle to

everybody because we already had demonstrations in paris today on monday, where a couple thousand unionistsned macron, saying with have a close eye on what you're doing. but for now that seems to be a minority. macron probably put enough distance between that and that period when he was the minister of economy. gave people the impression he's not part of that anymore in ready to build a new at forward. brent: -- new path forward. brent: he still needs to have a working majority in parliament. we know there are parliamentary elections next month. can his movement go from zero mp's to being a force to be reckoned with by next month? this is the new political sty you're are right, not one parliamentarian so far. but there will be 577 candidates for the parliamentarian elections. we still don't know who these people will be yet. one thing we already know is 50% of those people will come from civil society and will never have held elected office. this is obviously an attempt by macron to breathe fresh air into this encrusted lyrical landscape in france and rebally show his voters he is serious

once unionist majority has now gone. we wa nt to unionist majority has now gone.seek liberation both in terms of irish unity but in terms of the rights for all our citizens. the concentration in getting the assembly back up, we are focussed on that, many of the electorate will be coming out this time to reendorse the message that corruption at the heart of government is not acceptable. that we wa nt government is not acceptable. that we want to see equality for all our citizens and we want to see rights protected in law. john o'dowd, thank you very much. we will be talking to the other northern ireland parties when they launch their manifestos as well. if we asked you to picture marlon munro you will probably picture her wearing that dress. 80 million photographs from the getty archive are being stored in one location. graham satchell has been given exclusive access. they are some of the most remarkable, memorable and culturally significant photographs ever taken. and they all belong to the picture agency getty. this is their new home, it is now the largest commer

andrew jackson was a fierce unionist. he would have worked just as hard as abraham lincoln did to keep the the union together. i don't know what he thinks, because he had a big heart and a tough guy he could have headed it off. i don't know where he's going with that. of course we've spent hundreds of years talking about why the civil war happened so people do ask why. this is an indication besides being off base historically, this is an indication of what reporters find so entertaining about trump. he will answer any question, go off in lots of directions. it's unsettling and can be dangerous when the president of the united states is doing it because it puts you off in directions policies changes that get people worried and i think are confused by it. i think in the case of north korea, i think there's something going on here, an impulsivity aspect to it. i think there's a strategy going on. i think the united states is trying to help build up kim jong-un, give him some standing in the world, and to try to diffuse this

hopefully, the unionist movement will see through those things and get back to where their first loveays, that remains the queen and country. >> the armed conflict has been over for 20 years. the agony brought to an end by a compromise which allowed all sides to feel their aspirations were respected. brexit has complicated that. 40 miles south of belfast on the border, the debate has stirred painful memories. >> turning the corner we have just turned, looking down this road -- >> he is a farmer. >> about 18 or 20 paratroopers. and for a 5 -- >> this militarized frontier vanished with the troubles, but any kind of hard border, with customs posts and identity checks, could be economically costly and politically divisive. what happens if you get a hard border here again? >> that's a scary thing. ireland is just one country now. if you stick any kind of a hard border along that 300-mile stretch, you are saying to a sizable chunk of the population, young people here, that this country is being repositioned. >> the republican dead memorialized on the border road heading south. now, nobody i

many voters opting to vote on either unionist or independence lines.a gordon reporting let's speak to iain mcwhirter, political commentator at the daily and sunday herald. hejoins us from our edinburgh studio. lester cava the conservatives in scotland. they have done pretty well? yes, it was a sensational result from ruth davidson, leader of the scottish conservatives. —— let's talk about. they have decontaminated their brand. they were wiped out here in 1995 and have been in skillet ever since. now they are back. they are the opposition party in hollywood and have consolidated that by establishing themselves as the second party in local government in scotland. at the same time, it should be remembered that this is all relative and this is still a very significant victory for the snp. they had a31 seats overall against the tories' 276. some people are saying that the snp have done well but perhaps they have peaked and they are starting to lose a little momentum. is that you see it? well, we are past the peak for them. the days that they would sweep all

the conservatives think that the unionist vote in glasgow west is coalescing around them.has been chipped away and whether potentially in a few weeks, we could see labour pots last seat in scotla nd see labour pots last seat in scotland go to another party. nick, thank you. we are going to go from edinburgh to aberdeen. we are joined by the former first minister, former leader of the snp, alex salmond. thank you forjoining us. hull pleasure. what you make of things so far? well, it's early in the day in terms of a total pattern. but here in the north—east the snp are running very strongly. the snp have high hopes of taking control of the city. the conservative vote is very strong and we will have to do something about that in few weeks. to what extent would you agree with the reports of a conservative in parts of scotland, and what do you attribute that to? well, the conservative vote is on the rise but at the end of today, probably scotla nd at the end of today, probably scotland would be the only place where the conservatives have been beaten. that is to say the objectiv

they think by saying they are the only ones who can stop another referendum, they can attract unioniste nicola sturgeon says that a vote for the snp is about to make scotland's voice heard. theresa may absolutely ruled out the idea of giving her a seat at the brexit negotiating table, saying that she, theresa may, will negotiate for the whole of the uk. the former television star rolf harris has been released from prison, after serving nearly three years of his sentence. the 87—year—old is currently on trial on four counts of alleged indecent assault against three teenagers between 1971 and 1983, all of which he denies. he will attend the trial at southwark crown court in person from monday. the serial killer stephen port was jailed for life last year after he killed four men. their bodies were all found outside his flat or in a churchyard nearby. yet their deaths were not initially treated as murder, and detectives missed a number of chances to catch the killer. now the families of the victims say they're dismayed by slow progress of an inquiry into why the police took so long to catc

this party, the conservative and unionist party will be that government. so, while it is never true that government has all the answers, government put squarely at the service of ordinary people can and should be a force for good. a force that steps up and acts in the interest of ordinary working people. that doesn't ignore them or walk on by in the other side but serve the interest of the mainstream of the british public. with the right brexit deal secured, my mainstream government would deliver the mainstream version. all these who work hard and make the country what it is. if you have a job that doesn't have job security, people who own their home but worry about paying a mortgage, people who can just about manage but worry about the cost of living and getting their children into a good school and that is why we need a government that will ensure every able of the modern kingdom is able to prosperous with the opportunity to spread prosperity across the country. while the government i lead will build more affordable homes. it is why the government i lead

think that by saying that they are the only party who can stop another referendum they will attract unionisteon says a vote for the snp is a vote to make scotland's voice heard. theresa may rules out the idea of giving her a seat at the brexit table, saying she theresa may, will negotiate for the whole of the uk. stay with us here on bbc news because at 7.30 we'll bring you this: that and all the other campaign developments over the past week, in our special election wrap programme, that's at 7:30pm. president trump is starting the first foreign trip of his presidency. he'll take in four countries in eight days, starting in saudi arabia. we can take you live to the airbase where he is about to set off. if they widen the shot you will see our force one waiting to take the president on his trip. his first overseas trip since taking office as we say, visiting saudi arabia, israel and the vatican. the homes respectively of islam, judaism and christianity. a lot of comments being made about the fact that saudi arabia is spreading of destination for arabia is spreading of destination foer arabia i

i think the unionists will listen to this carefully and feel once again dublin is looking for an opportunitynd. we don't think about it at any time. i acknowledge the primacy of the good friday agreement and i acknowledge that now is not the time to talk about border polls and the unification of ireland. i am saying the unique circumstances on ireland need to be acknowledged. for example, there are 1.8 million people. under the good friday agreement, it is accepted that each of those people is allowed to declare themselves as british, or irish, or both. and those who declare themselves as irish are entitled to an irish passport. if you are entitled to an irish passport, you are by definition an irish citizen. and if you are an irish citizen, in the post—brexit uk, you are entitled to an eu citizenship. that will need to be resolved in the negotiations. everyone living in the area outside of the eu, keeping in mind the fact that we are withdrawing from the eu, accepting that ireland is part of the uk, and everyone is entitled to eu citizenship, that in itself warrants unique and special circu

increasingly polarised, binary nature of politics in scotland, with many voters opting to vote on either unionistes, which gives you a sense of the general election campaign ahead. sian, in cardiff, labour lost seats there, too, but not as many as feared. labour showing resilience in wales, performing far better than across—the—board. it is still the biggest party here and has kept control of the big cities here in cardiff, in swansea, in newport, although it has made some losses in traditional labour heartlands in the valleys, the tick in independent candidates. 0ne valleys, the tick in independent candidates. one of the theories put forward as to why labour performed better than expected in wales is due to the brand of welsh labour under ca rwyn to the brand of welsh labour under carwynjones. the conservatives made some gains in wales but nothing to the degree that they did in england. they gained overall majority and control in monmouthshire, and they came very close in the vale of glamorgan. plaid cymru had been hoping to gain overall control in ceredigion, carmarthenshire but they didn't qui

where the two big divides, the nationalist tradition and the unionist tradition, came together on a basiscognising a different tradition each had. that's quite powerful. you say you didn't support the ira but you invited convicted ira terrorists to tea in the commons, a few weeks after the brighton bomb, which tried to destroy our elected government. you stood for a minute's silence to honour, your word, mr corbyn, to honour, ira terrorists killed by the british army. throughout the ‘80s and the ‘90s you spoke at scores of hardline republican gatherings which backed the ira and the arms struggle. i always wanted and always do want peace. always want a dialogue between people of vastly different backgrounds. and the minute's silence you referred to was in 1987, it was for all who had died in northern ireland. in honour of the eight ira terrorists who had been killed. that was the purpose of the meeting. i said all those that had died in northern ireland. i made that very, very clear. but the purpose of the meeting was to honour these terrorists. as you went to all these hardline republican

he went on to say how he thought that there was bravery in both the unionist and the nationalist communityrisk for mr corbyn, on this day of his big, standard, flagship policy promise, he risks getting mired in continuing controversy getting mired in continuing c0 ntrove i’sy over getting mired in continuing controversy over his long—standing views on northern ireland and the ira. the green party has outlined ten key election pledges in its manifesto, saying it will offer a "message of hope" to voters. the party plans to "roll back privatisation of the nhs" and give people a referendum on the terms of a brexit deal. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. the greens are a party with notjust one but two leaders. in central london today, they set out what they called big and bold ideas which they insisted were possible. this election is about what kind of future we want for our children. it is about protecting our values of openness, of compassion, cooperation. it's about our promise that a confident and caring future is possible. if we work together, if we do politics different

in the 20th century, scots were devoted unionists, bound into the uk by the great shared enterprisesteel, shipbuilding — were bedrocks, notjust of labour loyalty, but of british identity in scotland. miners in fife were part of the community of shared interest with miners in yorkshire and south wales. the deindustrialisation of the 1980s and 90s brought down these powerful pillars of britishness in scotland. for much of the 20th century, dundee was a labour fortress. in 2014, it became yes city, voting for independence by the largest margin in the country. so i've been kind of falling out of love with labourfor a long time. that experience pushed many traditional labour voters to the snp. jane phillips was among them, she believes independence is inevitable. the idea is there and it's like trying to unknow something. you can't unknow it, and now that idea is out there, there's the move towards it. it's like, think of all the other countries in the world who've got their independence, think about the british empire. once this notion of independence was out there, it was an inextricabl

it was the conservatives, this time it is the conservatives, this time it is the conservative and unionisthe became prime minister, and is a helping hand to ruth davidson, currently presiding over a big tory revival there. and what do the general public think on that proposed big change in social care funding? we dropped into a day centre in suffolk, which is a popular meeting place for the over 60s, who stop by for a chat over coffee and biscuits to see what they think of the conservatives plans. people who have worked all of their lives are struggling. they are struggling more than ever. a lot of people have had to dig into their savings in order to survive and pay the bills. i cannot understand why all of these financial boffins at the top cannot get it right! we paying a fortune abroad? why did we support the nhs and those in dire straits here who fought the country —— who fought for the country? straits here who fought the country -- who fought for the country? i've worked hard and i want to leave something for my grandchildren and my children. i have four children andl my children. i

this party, the conservative and unionist party will be that government.why this is never true that government have all of the answer as, government put squarely at the service of ordinary working people can and should be a force for good. a force that steps up and abouts in the interest of ordinary working people that does not ignore them all walk on by on the other side but serves interest of the mainstream of the british public. with the right brexit deal secured my mainstream government would deliver the mainstream britain. all of those who work hard, and make this country what had it is, people have a job that don't have always job security. people who own their home but worry about paying mortgage and people who can just about manage but worry about cost of living and getting their children into a good school. and that is why the government i lead every area is able to prosper with a modern industrial strategy to spread opportunity across the whole country. why the government i lead would build a britain in which work pays with a higher national livi

often stood at odds with the administration from richmond that sometimes delt out harsh punishments unionists in the valley. black people, and slaved and free, typically welcomed the arrival of united states troops. many black refugees made their way to union lines. military operations in 1864 brought considerable dislocation to the valley and its economy. the burning in september and october anticipated sherman's march to the sea. sheridan and sherman operated under virtually identical orders under grant. sheridan and sherman are often singled out, but it is grant's hand at work. what our speakers tell you will an appreciation of how the valley provides a fascinating window into the most turbulent period in american history. we will have three speakers in the morning and three in the afternoon. following each set of three a panel we will have discussion and give and take with the audience. that will finish the morning's work, it will finish the afternoon's work. we picked our speakers with care. you will see why as the day unfolds. settle in. it is really nasty outside. there's nothing you c

being given a free run by the democratic unionists.inations. 0k, john, thank you. we are halfway through to the big night. humid. here we have the details from the roof of the bbc. good morning to you all. something else in the air, the lovely scent of wet ground. it is called. we have rain in the forecast. many gardeners and farmers will be rejoicing. yesterday we had showers with heavy thunder later. let's look at the details then because we have the air coming up from iberia and france. bands of cloud are sweeping the rain northwards. that band you can see stretching into wales and midlands is where we have rain. raining on and off at through the next few hours. brightening up towards the south after overnight rain but the rain will continue to edge northwards into north—west england in south—west scotland later. northern ireland sunshine and showers on. scotland should be largely die except a few showers in the west and with central scotland seeing the best of the sunshine again, highs of around 20 celsius. after a cloudy spell in

andrew jackson was a great unionist. his mother and his brothers died in the revolution.he believed that their blood had sanctified the union. what i think trump was doing he was conflating the nullification crisis in 1832-33 with the later march to war. and that was a moment where jackson, if he had been a pure states rights slave-owning man without any nuance, he would have actually been more on the side of those who wanted to pick and choose which federal laws they followed. but he believed instead, as he put it in his nullification proclamation, a document by the way that abraham lincoln called for as he was composing his own first inaugural, he said that the country was one great family and that we had to work out our difference under the same roof. and so there's a lot to learn from jackson, both positively and negatively. i just think if there were more of an engagement with that i think that would be more assuring to those of us who do think historically, sometimes at her peril. >> eugene, i was wondering how many people thought of f.d.r. today when they heard the

up until the time of virginia's secession, mosby was a unionist. he did not believe that the country should be torn apart. but when virginia seceded, he made the comments that he had to go with his mother. meaning the state of virginia, and he enlisted in the unit called the first washington mounted rifles. that was a calvary company formed out of southwestern virginia that would eventually be rolled into the first virginia calvary. his company commander was william e grumble jones. jones took mosby under his wing and it was there that mosby discovered that he hated camp life. he did not like the regimen of the army. he found he would much rather be out on ticket duty or outpost duty, but he did like to be in camp. that would show up later in his partisan career. after the battle bull run or manassas, the federal army began -- confederate army began to go through some transformation. jones had become the regimental commander of the first virginia and he would make john mosby his adjutant. jones very much took mosby under his wing, and mosby said a