the democratic unionist party welcomes the report, saying it is a constructive step, but sinn fein hasynical bargaining chip, the peace process is cynical bargaining chip in the negotiation with the eu. you might not be able to see it, but this border is certainly political. alex is in westminster. is there a sense in which these proposals raise rather more questions than answers? the government has been accused of a lack of clarity and confusion over its report into brexit, and it says its report into brexit, and it says it has a vision. i am told the reporter on the island of ireland was not meant to be a technical blueprint but a broad statement of principle. on the commitment to no ha rd principle. on the commitment to no hard border there is alignment between the uk and the eu, but there is scepticism about how that can work in practice. there is concern too about whether it would allow the government to deliver on the referendum result, because a key plank of the leave campaign was about taking back control of uk borders, and there are some concern that people can travel between

the diva that is now part of the ruling coalition of this country how lifeline here is the democratic unionist party which is a loyalist party dedicated to keeping the north of ireland in the united kingdom there is a natural alliance between the conservative and unionist party think that's what they're technically called and the do you pay but these people are clever negotiators when i was shot at texas state for northern ireland i saw what they extracted as a deal from tony blair in exchange for votes and it comes to millions they're great at getting public funds for example from if the reason may think there's going to be a small price tag here so you can think again they are going to be intransigent because they hold the keys to power not of the trees in may but for three hundred eighteen or three hundred ninety nine paise. very likeable people in my view but they're not the kind of people you want to be beholden to because they'll probably win the negotiation there was some commentary on social media that there was a strange kind of hypocrisy here because theresa may have criticised corbin for

here to resume as a protestant paramilitary militant after her billion pound deal with the democratic unionist party tell me about that got to it was more a criticism the way. sinn fein is. stretching the politics in ireland you know because you know sinn fein was the political arm of a and they fought along the cade's jus make an independent and now you have since fein i've been dawning the idea of independence and quite satisfied with dealing some concessions in order to chew chew chew rule. the north island with you kate so when you when you see for example pictures of the former maginnis also the di dizzy or i think. it was a dream with the queen is really you you see for temper pictures from him and the time of irate and the time of the troubles. with gans fighting the british and then you see pictures of him shaking hand off for the queen it's something. you cannot you cannot imagine this kind of things you know and of course we are always open for dialogue you know i defend the dialogue but there is a difference between dialogue and shoot negotiate concessions you know and it's a pity to see.

but arlene foster of the democratic unionist party said such language wasn't helpful.ris buckler reports. leo varadkar crossed the irish borderfor the first time as ireland's prime minister to set out his concerns about what could happen to it after brexit. he arrived in belfast having upset unionists with recent comments about brexiteers. but, inside queen's university today, the new taoiseach was keen to talk about solutions, not divisions. at a time when brexit threatens to drive a wedge between north and south, between britain and ireland, we need to build more bridges and fewer borders. he is a taoiseach of a new generation. the referendum over the good friday peace agreement marked the first time he was eligible to vote. he said the challenge of this generation is brexit, and again he challenged those he called the brexiteers to come up with proposals to ease the problems posed by new borders. they have already had 1a months to do so, which should have been ample time to come up with detailed proposals. but, if they cannot, and i believe they cannot, then we can

you can't forget the deal that was me with the democratic unionist party to get some sort of majority to rebel, perhaps people like yourself, who are supporters of the eu, for the whole process to be slowed down. there is a little riskier, it actually, it is in their? that this could become the dominant issue for the next 18 months, and everything is crowded back. there is a huge risk that this becomes a huge issue and the only issue that is talked about. i think that is wrong for a number of reasons. there is a big issueis number of reasons. there is a big issue is that i think people expect us to tackle. some people think, you know, the referendum happened in june 2006 in the way they still talk about it? but it would also be bad news for the conservative party. let me ask you, though, your colleague, anna soubry, who was a supporter of remain, a former minister sacked by theresa may, she wrote an article this month saying could she see herself joining with this month saying could she see herselfjoining with people who were like—minded and wanted to say the country from an appalling

and limb drazen may snap election gamble as result in the one parliamentary pact with the democratic unionist party and possible government concessions that with the good friday agreement and northern irish peace process in jeopardy joining me now as she invades newly elected m.p.'s out down chris has a do like other members of his party refuses to take a seat in parliament tipped the balance against tourism may. be all congratulations on being elected when you're going to sit down on a green bench and will never take their seats in westminster and this you know just merely isn't the produce of allegiance to an on elected monarch as a republican i wouldn't do it if i was an english republican or scottish republican and i certainly won't do it as an irish republican but moreover that it will sit beside the people the people in absolute all want and an irish parliament you know we ended up stances i'm in ireland because there are a parliaments and we will do so in britain you know the people of the north of ireland have also got their verdict on this they have returned seven abstention stampedes. and

you don‘t have the support of the democratic unionist party.d. if that does happen, do you think the conservatives would be prepared to introduce same—sex marriage? conservatives would be prepared to introduce same-sex marriage? that is an issue for the conservatives and theresa may. i know she has her difficulties being in hock to the dup to maintain a majority. but she has made it clear that she has changed her opinion on these issues over the years. she is no longer opposed to our community as she was in the past. this is an opportunity to prove it. this is an opportunity to prove it. this is an opportunity to prove it. this is an opportunity to prove she will stand up for marginalised communities in the uk. where do you go from here? you have had court cases. you have had the political lobbying. where do you go from here? we will study the judgment closely and discuss it with our legal team and clients, and we will make a decision on an appeal at some stage. this issue isn't going away. if the assembly gets back up and running, sinn fein ma

british government has come up with nothing so far nor have those including my friends in the democratic unionist partyd they wanted an open border. there isn't a practical alternative to remaining within the same customs union as the irish republic, involving the kind of security controls, the kind of ta riffs of security controls, the kind of tariffs and barriers that nobody wa nts. tariffs and barriers that nobody wants. looking more broadly at the brexit debate, especially in parliament, in a labour party there is talk of a vote being pushed in parliament to stay in the customs union and the single market at least during the transition phase. is there going to be a big battle coming ahead in parliament over this? yes, i do see a battle. clearly it is the only solution for the irish conundrum, but in a broader term why would we leave the customs union? we can leave the european union, to respect the referendum, of course, but we could stay within the customs union, as teddy has done for example. there is also the question of the single market, staying within that what in the european union. —— turke

the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster, is due to make a speech setting out her party'sinjune, talks between the main parties failed to restore a power—sharing executive at stormont. let's speak to chris buckler in belfast. chris, any indication of what arlene foster is likely to say? yeah, matthew. since january there has been no devolved government in northern ireland. that gives us a sense of just the northern ireland. that gives us a sense ofjust the time and the difficulties that there are between sinn fein and the dup. throughout this time, we've had the two parties really at each other‘s throats calling each other names sometimes, saying this they don't want to do a deal. each saying that about the other. tonight, arlene foster, the dup leader, is going to be speaking to members of her own party. but make no mistake, the speech that she gives is intended for the ears of sinn fein. they wants to see her party and sinn fein go back into a power—sharing executive shechl made no secret of that. sinn fein have said they are not prepared to d do a deal unless a number o

meanwhile, the democratic unionist party, whose westminster mps support theresa may's government in ahas listened to the concerns which read northern ireland, concerns from unionists about e—border being drawn across irish sea, concerns from nationalists a stiff border along the border between northern ireland and the irish republic. concerns of small businesses who do a lot of business across the border, concerns from people who move across the border on a regular basis and has brought forward a very well thought out paper with lots of ideas. mairead mcguinness, is a vice president of the european parliament and a mep for the ruling fine gael party in ireland. she told us today's developments should be seen as the start of a conversation. i think everyone must learn, including our government, that this is one about the politics rather thanjust technical is one about the politics rather than just technical and bureaucratic solutions. i think in northern ireland we didn't an assembly, and thatis ireland we didn't an assembly, and that is something i have concerns about. we're not heari

election, the conservatives chose to form an informal coalition with northern ireland's democratic unionist party of the concerns i know that people in your own party have expressed are the concerns around dealing with the dup and what that means, because some of their views have been really abhorrent to people in the lgbt community. i don't think you bring about change by demanding that people do things. you have got to campaign, you have got to seek to influence the argument and the debate. you have got to encourage voices to be heard and show your solidarity. my final stop is the magical highlands. it's where my family have come since i was a wee girl on holiday and it is where i had the first conversation with my mum face—to—face about my sexuality. she brought my brother and i up on her own and being politically active herself, has been absolutely instrumental in my election campaigns. one of the things i wanted to talk about was, i suppose, what it was like for you when i came out. it really wasn't a big deal. other than i didn't want you to be hurt in any additional way because of that and

there could also be an interesting conversation about leo varadkar and the democratic unionist party,nd. there is quite a divide and there might be interesting conversations around that. oxford university has urged one of its employees — who's suspected of murdering a man in chicago — to hand himself into the us authorities. andrew warren, who's 56, is wanted alongside an american professor, in connection with the death of a man found with multiple stab wounds. airlines, including british airways, rya nair and easyjet, are urging passengers flying home from europe this weekend to turn up earlier than normal at airports. tighter security checks have led to big delays at passport control. the new measures are in response to the recent terror attacks. ba and easyjet are texting passengers to arrive at least three hours before their flights. the french football club paris st germain have signed the brazilian forward neymar for germain have signed the brazilian forward neymarfor a germain have signed the brazilian forward neymar for a world—record fee of £200 million from barcelona, making

because notwithstanding the deal which your party made with a small northern irish party, the democratic unionistset some kind of majority in key votes. the fact is, it would only take a dozen or so of your colleagues to rebel — perhaps people like yourself, who were supporters of staying in the eu, or particular details of brexit — for the whole process to be slowed down. i mean, there is a real risk here, isn't there, that actually, this becomes — whether you like it or not — the absolutely dominant issue for the next 18 months, and everything is crowded out. the — you're right. there is a huge risk that this becomes a huge issue and the only issue that is talked about. and i have to say that would be wrong for a number of reasons. first of all, there are some big issues is that i think people expect us to — to tackle. i think many people think, you know, "the referendum happened injune 2016, why are they still talking about it? " and so that's about explaining about the detail, the level of complexity of any deal. but also it would be bad news for the conservative party. let me ask you, though

and b, that i begin to alienate the moderate unionists who become the democratic party in missouri after the civil war. now archie clement does not surrender. a lot of confederate guerrillas say there's no point in carrying on and surrender. archie clement centers in lexington at the end of may 1865. this is someone who is not willing to stop sacrificing and fighting. he never gives up. jesse james himself is badly wounded in a gunfight with the wisconsin cavalrymen. the first time i can confirm that he exchanged fire with confederate or with non-missouri troops is when he has a gunfight with the wisconsin troops in may of 1865. so jesse james is badly wounded. however, in 1866, archie clement comes back. and this is very important because this is the election that decides the fate of reconstruction. this is the one that i talked about yesterday that andrew johnson goes on the stump campaigning for a union which there's no slavery but white men rule the souchlt in which the radicals now come up with the 14th amendment. they come up with the civil rights act. they have increasingly a new

the two main parties here, the democratic unionists were passionate campaigners for a leave in the referendumy in favour of the uk remaining in the eu. the dup leader arlene foster has welcomed the paper, said it had a very constructive piece of work. sinn fein‘s stormont later, michelle o'neill, fein‘s stormont later, michelle 0'neill, has branded it delusional. no meeting of minds on this brexit issue. the biggest issue facing northern ireland at this time, many would say. let's speak now to the conservative mp theresa villiers, —— on northern ireland correspondent. clearly the border issueis correspondent. clearly the border issue is a priority, so what reaction has there been in brussels? we have not had a tweet from the eu's chief negotiator. we have not had a critical tweet from the mep leading the brexit response to the european parliament. that may be because everybody here in brussels agrees this is a particularly sensitive subject, and that is why it is not being treated in quite the same way as the other brexit related issues, or maybe it is because when you read the uk government

democratic party. if they can quince missourians they were a southern state, he creates the myth of the unionist coming from kansas and terrorizing missouri and turning it into missouri men that stood up for their rights, even though he's strongly a confederate. he sees jesse james as an ally. in fact, jesse james begins to write letters to his newspaper, the kansas city times, in which he says, listen i'm incident, it's those damned radicals that are targeted me because i stood up for southern rights because i'm a confederate and he said i'll be damned if they take me alive. i'm anyoinnocent but i'll fightl the end. that was the message he sends. any allies, he and his brother ally with the younger brothers and former confederates and they carry out robberies and their absolutely criminals. they're violent men, especially jesse james, 16, emersed in violence. he like see people cow wars when a gun is pointed in their face. politics is what distoishs his bandit career. if being a con fed ratd was a great excuse why is he the only one that's doing it. he becomes very important in missouri politics. he a

parties on the extremes. one of them very much in the pocket of, you know, the extreme brexit is and of course the democratic unionistncreasingly... are you big enough to hold pigment jirkal? we can if we work with other people. —— hold the government to account. there are sensible tories and sensible labour backbenchers. choosing our issues, keeping bringing the good institutions of the european union and working with other people to achieve that. the gifford running us. —— thank you for joining us. the us secretary of state rex tillerson has visited the pacific island of guam after north korea threatened to strike the us territory which is home to a major american military base. it follows remarks from president trump in which he said north korea would face what he called fire and fury if it attacked the us. here's our north america correspondent nick bryant. a far off american outpost in the tropical waters of the western pacific now finds itself at the centre of a dangerous stand—off. this is guam, the site this summer of us military exercises, american territory, that north korea says now could be in the firing