, to re—enter the stormont assembly, to re—enter the stormont assembly, to re—enter the stormontt been operating for three years. very nearly exactly three years that northern ireland has been without a working government. and sinn fein two president mary lou mcdonald telling a large crowd ofjournalists at stormont that this will work as long as service seriousness of intent on the part of all parties. let's hear her again. look, the comparison that has been cited is the language legislation in wales andi the language legislation in wales and i am advised that the welsh language act is now on its seventh iteration. it has evolved, deepened and developed and i believe that is what will happen here. i would say to irish language activists to take out that this is a historic moment because for the first time we have official recognition of... we have the establishment of commissioner and additional funding for irish language and i think everybody who loves gaelic and who embraces diversity and respect across society should regard that as a positive thing. and of course the converse

the 90 members of the stormont assembly met to formally appoint ministers to the devolved government.ader, arlene foster, and the vice president of sinn fein, michelle o'neill. they are respectively the first minister and deputy first minister and, in their speeches to the assembly, they spoke of the need to leave behind the years of division and disagreement and build a new future on common ground. most of the ministries went to those two largest parties but three others were involved as well — the nationalist sdlp, and the ulster unionist party have a ministry each. and the job ofjustice minister, always a sensitive one here given the legacy of the long conflict, that has gone to the leader of the cross—community alliance party, naomi long. the deal to restore these institutions put a heavy emphasis on reforming public services. you could read it, perhaps, as a sign that the aim is to move politics in northern ireland to a different place, away from divisive issues of identity and towards matters like health, education, the economy, which tend to dominate politics in most other plac

the 90 members of the stormont assembly met to formally appoint ministers to the devolved government.ne foster, and the vice president of sinn fein, michelle o'neill. they are respectively the first minister and deputy first minister and, in their speeches to the assembly, they spoke of the need to leave behind the years of division and disagreement and build a new future on common ground. most of the ministries went to those two largest parties but three others were involved as well — the nationalist sdlp, and the ulster unionist party have a ministry each. and the job ofjustice minister, always a sensitive one here given the legacy of the long conflict, that has gone to the leader of the cross—community alliance party, naomi long. the deal to restore these institutions put a heavy emphasis on reforming public services. you could read it, perhaps, as a sign that the aim is to move politics in northern ireland to a different place, away from divisive issues of identity and towards matters like health, education, the economy, which tend to dominate politics in most other places. all th

borisjohnson at stormont as assembly members return for their first day of work there in three years. and then there were five — the hopefuls who've made it through to the next round of the labour leadership contest. storm brendan sweeps into the uk, battering northern ireland and scotland with winds of 90mph. and thejoker in the pack leads the nominations for this year's oscars. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, trouble at the top — we'll get the latest from barcelona and their managerial situation. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last hour, the queen has issued a statement about the future of prince harry and meghan. her majesty, princes charles, william and harry have been in talks at sandringham today to try to agree a plan. in her statement, the queen has made it clear she would have preferred harry and meghan to remain full time working members of the royalfamily but she is fully supportive of their wish to live a new and more independent life — and a final decision will be reached in the coming days. in the meantime, there will be a p

a short time ago, sinn fein agreed to return to devolved government, meaning the stormont assembly can. that requires everyone to step up. sinn fein‘s commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. we believe this is a fair and balanced deal and a deal that can form the basis for allowing us to go back into government to deal with all of the difficult issues that we need to deal with. we'll be asking how difficult the road ahead could be. also tonight... an attack on a guard at a prison in cambridgeshire is now being treated as a terrorist incident.

after three years of absence, politicians have returned to northern ireland‘s stormont assembly afterd nationalist sinn fein, approved a deal to restablish power sharing in government. this afternoon a speaker and executive ministers will be appointed. so what‘s in the deal? the new agreement contains wide ranging promises. firstly to tackle the cirsis in the health service and to try and resolve a pay dispute that has seen nurses and health workers on strike. there‘ll be more money for schools after months of head teachers saying they face an unprecedented shortfall. and northern ireland will get about another 800 police to increase numbers to 7,500. our correspondent, richard morgan, is at stormont. after three years why now, what has changed? what has changed, the public mood, nurses have been out on strike in northern ireland and that has really put pressure on politicians here to get back to work in order to sign off and get funding to bring their pay in line with their colleagues in the rest of the uk. the public is also concerned about the long waiting lists here, the health se

the headlines at 11:00: sinn fein agreed to re—enter devolved government, meaning the stormont assemblylieve that power can work. that requires everyone to step up. sinn fein's commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. we believe this is a firm, balanced deal. we believe it is a deal that can form the basis for allowing us to go back into government and to deal with all the difficult issues we need to deal with. vigils in canada for the victims of the ukrainian plane crash, as iran rejects claims that it shot it down. the home office has requested american anne sacoolas to be extradited to the uk over the death of teenager harry dunn. and the cheshire teenager helped during a seizure by his online

the other big sticking point in the talks has been the rules as to how the stormont assembly operates contentious measures have to be approved by a majority of unionists and nationalists to be passed, proposing to reduce the use of that veto. it is quite a bold move by the two governments. the northern ireland secretary and the irish foreign minister held a news conference quite late in the night at stormont and we can hear some of that. not all the documents are agreed by all the parties. some are commitments by each government. but i believe we have a deal that all parties in northern ireland can support. my message to the public is very direct. tell your politicians to take this opportunity. demand a better future that this deal delivers and we can create a more tolerant, inclusive and generous place here in northern ireland. how is there any financial incentives to get this deal over the line? yes, the british government says it is going to provide a package of financial help, but there is no cold hard figures promised in the draft deal. the government says its power sharing execu

if they do the british and irish governments hope the stormont assembly will be recalled by the end ofped. nine years ago today, a young teacher called michaela mcareavey was murdered while on her dream honeymoon in mauritius. nobody has ever been convicted for her killing. it's led to a long fight forjustice for michaela's widower and her brother. we'll speak to them both in a moment. first let's remind ourselves of the case. it was meant to be the honeymoon of a lifetime on a tropical island. now it's a murder investigation. less than two weeks after getting married, michaela mcareavey was murdered. she was killed on honeymoon on the holiday island of mauritius. michaela mcareavey was well known on both sides of the irish border. she was the daughter of one of ireland's most famous sporting figures, mickey harte. michaela was a lovely girl. she was a wonderful daughter, a brilliant sister for these boys here. two hotel workers were later charged with murder and today they were found not guilty. the police in mauritius arrested her husband john at the start of the murder investigation

sinn fein agreed to re—enter devolved government, meaning the stormont assembly will sit again tomorrow's commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. we believe this is a fair and balanced deal. we believe it is a deal that can form the basis for allowing us to go back into government and to deal with all of the difficult issues that we need to deal with. with the political stalemate over, it's hoped the deal will bring about much—need improvements to public services. also tonight... vigils in canada for the victims of the ukrainian plane crash,

sinn fein agreed to re—enter devolved government, meaning the stormont assembly will sit again tomorrowi believe that power—sharing can work. that requires everyone to step up. sinn fein‘s commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. we believe this is a fair and balanced deal. we believe it is a deal that can form the basis for allowing us to go back into government and to deal with all of the difficult issues that we need to deal with. with the political stalemate over, it's hoped the deal will bring about much—need improvements to public services. also tonight... vigils in canada for the victims of the ukrainian plane crash, as iran rejects claims that it shot it down. the gangs using pay—as—you—go phones to deal drugs. now a call to change the law. and on the eve of elections in taiwan, we look at why china's taking centre stage. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, chris wilder signs a new contract at sheffield united. he plans to be at the club until 202a. good evening and welcome to bbc news at ten. after three years of deadlock, power—sharing will return to north

after three years of absence, politicians have returned to northern ireland's stormont assembly afterain parties, the unionist dup and nationalist sinn fein, approved a deal to restablish power sharing in government. this afternoon a speaker and executive ministers will be appointed. our ireland correspondent keith doyle is at stormont. keith, what's going to happen? another historic day for northern ireland politics, and in the hall just outside the chamber and in the last few minutes the various parties have been streaming into the chamber as this assembly gets back under way. the speaker is about to be sworn in and then we have a devolved government once again in northern ireland. it has been three years without any form of government here which has had huge implications on areas like health and education and investment. on thursday night the secretary of state injulian smith and irish deputy prime minister simon coveney put this make or break deal to the parties and despite the reservations, the main parties have all accepted the deal so what we're going to see later afternoon is

the headlines at 11:00: sinn fein agreed to re—enter devolved government, meaning the stormont assemblyill sit again tomorrow. i believe that power can work. that requires everyone to step up. sinn fein‘s commitment is to do all in oui’ fein‘s commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. we believe this is a firm, balanced deal. we believe it is a deal that can form the basis for allowing us to go back into government and to deal with all the difficult issues we need to deal with. vigils in canada for the victims of the ukrainian plane crash, as iran rejects claims that it shot it down. the home office has requested american anne sacoolas to be extradited to the uk over the death of teenager harry dunn. and the cheshire teenager helped during a seizure by his online gaming friend 5,000 miles away. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the political commentator and former conservative advisor, jo—anne nadler and political writer and academic, maya goodfellow. after three years of deadlock, power sharing will return to northern irelan

a short time ago, sinn fein agreed to return to devolved government, meaning the stormont assembly can finally sit again. i believe that powersharing can work. that requires everyone to step up. sinn fein‘s commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. we believe this is a fair and balanced deal and a deal that can form the basis for allowing us to go back into government to deal with all of the difficult issues that we need to deal with. we'll be asking how difficult the road ahead could be. also tonight... an attack on a guard at a prison in cambridgeshire is now being treated as a terrorist incident. a candlelit vigil in canada for the victims of the ukrainian plane crash, as iran continues to reject claims that it shot it down. bushfires merge — the mega blaze whipped up by gale force winds in australia. we report from one town where thousands of people are about to be evacuated. and why talking to strangers online may have saved this teenager's life. coming up on bbc news — as the australian bushfires continue to rage, we'll look at how it is affecting sport, and how s

sinn fein agreed to re—enter devolved government, meaning the stormont assembly will sit again tomorrow power can work. that requires everyone to step up. sinn fein‘s commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. we believe this is a firm, balanced deal. we believe it is a deal that can form the basis for allowing us to go back into government and to deal with all the difficult issues we need to deal with. vigils in canada for the victims of the ukrainian plane crash, as iran rejects claims that it shot it down. the home office has requested american anne sacoolas to be extradited to the uk over the death of teenager harry dunn. and the cheshire teenager helped during a seizure by his online gaming friend 5,000 miles away. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the the political writer and academic, maya goodfellow, and political commentator and former tory advisor, jo—anne nadler. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the queen has been treated "shoddily" by the duke and duchess of sussex — that's accor

borisjohnson at stormont as assembly members return for their first day of work there in three years. and then there were five, the hopefuls who've made it through to the next round of the labour leadership contest. storm brendan sweeps into the uk, battering northern ireland and scotland with winds of ninety miles an hour. and thejoker in the pack leads the nominations for this year's oscars. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the queen has issued a statement about the future of prince harry and his wife meghan, the duchess of sussex. her majesty, princes charles, william and harry have been in talks at sandringham today to try to agree a plan. in her statement, the queen has made it clear she would have preferred harry and meghan to remain full time working members of the royal family but she is fully supportive of their wish to live a new and more independent life, and a final decision will be reached in the coming days. in the meantime there will be a period of transition in which the couple will spend time in canada and the uk. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has the

situation, because those things that were stuck in a trafficjam situation, because we didn't have a stormont assembly, which is working, which could make decisions, and more and more we were hearing that decisions couldn't be made on things like additional recruitment for police, for instance, until stormont was back in place, so, with reservations on both sides of the community, there has been a general welcome the stoma will be back up and running. isuppose welcome the stoma will be back up and running. i suppose the various political parties have had to meet the electorate on the doorstep, and have had to answer them, because we didn't have a general election, we didn't have a general election, we did have a net election, and sinn fein did have a net election, and sinn fei n loss did have a net election, and sinn fein loss to see that they had previously held by a margin ofjust under 200 votes, and they lost more moderate sdlp, who hadn't been in government but had been in opposition, by a government but had been in opposition, bya margin government but had been in opposition, by a margin of 17,00

borisjohnson at stormont, as assembly members return for their first day of work there in three years. and then there were five — the hopefuls who've made it through to the next round of the labour leadership contest. storm brendan sweeps into the uk, battering northern ireland and scotland with winds of 90mph. laughter and joker leads the pack in the oscar nominations with 11 nominations, but three other films also receive 10 nominations each. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers dia chakravarty, brexit editor at the telegraph and lance price, political commentator and former labour party director of communications. stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the queen has announced a period of transition in which the duke and duchess of sussex will divide their time between canada and the uk. her majesty, who hosted talks at sandringham today, said she was entirely supportive of harry and meghan‘s desire for a new role, but she admitted she would have preferred them to stay on as full—time working royals. the talks took p

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boris johnson visits stormont to meet members of the newly—restored northern ireland assembly after three

assembly comes back today. the british and irish governments want the five main stormont parties to buy into this, to go back intovernment, but really, of the five parties, the two who really have to sign up to the deal in order for it to work are the dup and sinn fein. the dup seemingly prepared to do that, so really the focus, i think, for the coming hours, certainly through to the early afternoon, will be on sinn fein and on their response to proposals. and, chris, what is your gut feeling? will it happen, will it happen today? because there is a deadline looming, isn't there? that's right, the legal deadline for an agreement is midnight on monday. julian smith has made it very clear that this time there is no bluffing, he will call a fresh election to the stormont assembly if there is no executive in place by that stage. one thing we have learned, annita, over the years in northern ireland, is that until everything is signed and sealed, you can never be absolutely sure it is going to come off. so, until assembly members are back in that chamber, in that building behind me, until ministers are nominated and in

if there is no deal by the 13th of january, there'll be an early election to the stormont assembly. eland have been meeting representatives from the british and irish governments at stormont. our correspondent emma vardy explains why there's been gridlock there. just to remind people, the unique situation of government in northern ireland requires a mandatory coalition between unionists and nationalists. why this all fell apart was that the then deputy first minister martin mcguinness pulled out of the executive and that collapsed the assembly. and one thing being talked about a lot today is attainability so that cannot be collapsed so easily in future. the dup in particular talking about that and again and again and again they have accused sinn fein of holding people to ransom over this and want to make sure that the executive cannot be collapsed so easily again. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: a state of emergency has been declared in the australian state of new south wales, the area worst affected by bushfires. many thousands are being evacuat

politicians have returned to northern ireland's stormont assembly following the deal between the twoinn fein, to restore power sharing. it brings to an end three years of deadlock and the prime minister has hailed it as a "momentous day". our ireland correspondent chris page is at stormont. chris, talk us through what's happened this afternoon? for more than 1008, northern ireland has been in the remarkable position of not having elected government. but that changed a couple of hours ago. this parliament building is now ago. this parliament building is now a place of power once again. the new administration will be headed by the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster and the vice—president of sinn fein, michele o'neil. they have been appointed as first minister and deputy first minister respectively. in their speeches to the assembly, they both spoke of the need to leave behind the years of division and disagreement and look towards a future where the parties build common ground. most of the ministries in the stormont executive have gone to the two largest parties. bu

deadline, no bluffing, there will be a fresh election to there will be a fresh election to the stormont assemblyent by monday, as we all know in northern ireland when deadlines come, but there is a sense because the deadline is laid down in law that there is a serious threat, we would go to an assembly election. if you look at what happened in the general election last month and that european elections earlier last year, we had a change in the dynamics, the alliance party making significant gains and the two big parties lost a share of their vote in the general election, sinn fein retained the same number of seats and the dup lost two seats but both parties suffered a loss in share and that could be interpreted as voter frustration with the logjam at stormont, especially the health service which is acknowledged to be ina service which is acknowledged to be in a state of crisis, that is an issue of concern for people and waiting lists here being the longest in the uk and health service workers taking industrial action, there was a strike yesterday and another one scheduled for tomorrow so that ha

boris johnson visits stormont, to meet members of the newly—restored northern ireland assembly, afteree years of political deadlock there. what's so great about today is, as i say, that northern ireland politicians have put aside their differences, stepped up to the plate, and shown leadership. five candidates are through to the next round of the labour leadership contest, four women and one man. can you introduce me as joker? and, joker leads the pack in the oscar nominations, three films receive ten nominations each, including the first world war epic 1917. we'll be speaking to two best actress nominees, little women's saoirse ronan and bombshell‘s charlize theron. it's five o'clock. our main story is that the queen is hosting a meeting at sandringham, involving senior members of the royal family, to discuss the future roles of the duke and duchess of sussex, who said last week that they wanted to step back as senior royals, and divide their time between the uk and north america. press reports, suggesting a breakdown in relations between prince william and prince harry, have been st

northern ireland has not had an assembly or an executive for three years. but today stormontby the irish and british governments, which all parties have now signed up to. the british prime minister was in belfast to shake on the deal; for him an unmissable photo opportunity to underscore his commitment to the union, amid all the concerns that were raised by his brexit deal. never mind the hand of history on my shoulder. i see the hand of history... no, i see the hand of the future. i see the hand of the future beckoning us all forward, i hope that with goodwill and compromise and hard work on all sides it will be a very bright future indeed. joining us now from belfast is elodie fabre, a politics lecturer at queen's university. good to have you with this. some buy pledges in this agreement made by the british and irish government. i think they are talking about £2 billion but some very vague details on where the money is coming from and how it will be spent. yes, we're talking big numbers because there are some big needs in northern ireland. there are disputes with teachers,

stormont. the northern ireland assembly has resumed for the first time since the collapse of power—sharing three. keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, officially launches his bid to become the next leader of the labour party. now on bbc news, it's time for click. it's 2020. we're in las vegas and that can only mean one thing. welcome to ces. are you ces ready? featuring 180,000 people. from 160 countries, wth 4,000 companies, and one pizza making robot. it's ces! goodness, he sounded excited, didn't he? so he should. yeah absolutely, it is exciting. we only got ourselves out of the blooming studio this year overlooking the actual show. that's ces just over there, hello! oh yeah! it is quite something and we have for you the latest announcements from here as well as getting our hands on some of the most exciting looking gadgets that have made their way to las vegas. in fact, spencer, you've been in the water with one of them, haven't you? certainly have, yes. there's water in las vegas and here it is. this is lake las vegas, an oasis in the desert. this is stacey and this is the hydrofoiler

stormont. the northern ireland assembly has resumed for the first time since the collapse of power—sharing three ago. keir starmer — the shadow brexit secretary — officially launches his bid to become the next leader of the labour party. and coming up, the world's biggest — tech conference in las vegas. a bike that glides on water is among the latest advancements, in our tech show click — that's at 3.30. borisjohnson has said that iran's admission that it shot down by mistake a ukrainian passenger plane over tehran is an ‘important first step‘. four britons were among the 176 people killed in wednesday‘s crash. a senior iranian military official said the airliner was misidentified as a cruise missile. iran‘s president rouhani has called the downing of the jet an "unforgiveable mista ke". our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has more this is the moment iran made a catastrophic error, firing a missile into a passenger plane, killing everyone on board. for three days in the face of mounting evidence, iran adamantly denied it was responsible. but this morning brought an extraordinary about—f

minister boris johnson and his irish counterpart leo varadkar are to visit the northern ireland assembly at stormonth the first and deputy first ministers. northern ireland's devolved government was formally re—established on saturday after three years of deadlock. the restored power—sharing executive is headed by the leader of the democratic unionist party arlene foster and the vice—president of the irish republican party sinn fein michelle o'neill. former pope benedict has made an unusual intervention on a possible change to roman catholic church practice. in a book written with a vatican cardinal he's warned his successor pope francis not to relax the rules on clerical celibacy. vatican experts expressed astonishment that the retired pope would speak out on such a sensitive topic. police in gibraltar have arrested dozens of people, accused of smuggling migrants into europe, by fraudulently obtaining uk tourist visas. officers say the gang trafficked more than 130 people from morocco into spain and other eu countries and charged them around $8,000 each. the boeing crisis to is set to knock half a

stormont. the northern ireland assembly has resumed for the first time

minister borisjohnson and his irish counterpart leo varadkar are to visit the northern ireland assembly at stormontith the first and deputy first ministers. northern ireland's devolved government was formally re—established on saturday after three years of deadlock. the restored power—sharing executive is headed by the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster, and the vice—president of the irish republican party sinn fein, michelle o'neill. the british government says the talks will focus on reforms to public services. officials say a emergency alert about an incident at a nuclear power plant near toronto was sent by mistake. around three million residents were sent text messages suggesting staff were dealing with a serious incident at the pickering nuclear power plant. but an hour later a second message was received to say there was no active nuclear situation. local mayors have called for a full investigation. a dramatic release of ash and steam from a volcano in the philippines has led the authorities there to order eight—thousand people to leave the area. sped up footage of the ta

boris johnson visits stormont to meet members of the newly—restored northern ireland assembly after threef political deadlock there. the airline flybe asks the government for help with its tax arrangements to prevent the compa ny‘s collapse. the impact of storm brendan causing problems in many western parts of the united kingdom. when you bring me out, can you introduce me asjoker? and joker leads the pack in the oscar nominations with 11 nominations but three other films also receive ten nominations each. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... a man is banned from watching cricket in new zealand for two years after he racially abused england'sjofra archer during a test match. good evening. the queen has announced a "period of transition", in which the duke and duchess of sussex will divide their time between canada and the uk. her majesty, who hosted talks at sandringham today, said she was "entirely supportive" of harry and meghan‘s desire for a new role but she admitted she "would have preferred them" to stay on as full—time working royals. the talks took place as harry and his brot

speaking at stormont, the home of the northern ireland assembly, the prime minister praised all sides putting aside their differences more on our website. now it's time for the business use with asia business report and rico. —— business news. currency manipulator known more. the us offers china an olive branch before their trade talks begin. we explain why it's important. heartbreak in australia's bushland. farmers facing devastating losses of livestock as fires rage on. good morning and welcome to this tuesday edition of asia business report, live from singapore with me, mariko oi. let's begin in the united states, where officials have announced it will reverse its decision to brand china a currency manipulator ahead of a meeting this week. washington and beijing are expected to sign says one of a deal aimed at reducing tensions between the world ‘s two biggest economies. the news has been cheered by investors in asia with japan's nikkei up by more than 0.5%. japan was closed for a public holiday yesterday. let's bring you in peter bowes in los angeles. peter, seems like investors a

the northern ireland assembly will sit at stormont later today, following a deal to restore the devolvedyears ago. the assembly will elect a speaker, a first ministerfrom the dup, and a deputy first ministerfrom sinn fein. the deal, tabled by the uk and irish governments, offered resolutions on a range of long standing disputes including the irish language act and increasing police numbers. there are just two days left for the six labour leadership candidates to gain the backing they need to get to the next stage of the contest. sir keir starmer currently has the most nominations and the support of the uk‘s largest trade union, unison. let‘s talk now to our political correspondent tony bonsignore. tony, is sir keir the front runner in this contest? good morning, yes he is, definitely. the latest count, they update this every day, 68 nominations for keir starmerfrom labour every day, 68 nominations for keir starmer from labour mps and every day, 68 nominations for keir starmerfrom labour mps and meps, and that is way ahead from his nearest challenger, rebecca long—bailey who was on 26. th

the way the stormont assembly works.d helen mccourt and has never revealed the whereabouts of her body. we have been doing their story throughout because of the issue that ian simms has never revealed where helen mccourt‘s body as. she went missing in 1988 and ian simms was arrested and convicted of her murder the following year. he has never admitted his guilt or admitted what he did with helen's remains which means her family have he did with helen's remains which means herfamily have not been he did with helen's remains which means her family have not been able to see her rest in peace. he has served far longer than his original sentence and after numerous parole hearings in november it was recommended to 63—year—old should be released. this is a picture of him on day release. helen's family asked the board to review the decision but that appeal was rejected. this is what her mother said in november. they will not reveal where they are victims' bodies are on the evidence is overwhelming, then the only safe place for t

also this lunchtime — boris johnson visits stormont to meet members of the new devolved assembly, afterer—sharing is restored following a three—year suspension. the philippines braces itself for a possible "hazardous eru ption" — as volcano taal spews lava and ash. the airline flybe is reported to be in talks for emergency funding to prevent its collapse. and the uk braces itself for storm brendan, expected to bring winds of up to 90 miles per hour. and in the sport on bbc news — james hook calls time on his 16—year career in rugby union. the former wales fly—half wants to move into coaching and writing children's books. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. prince william and prince harry have issued a strongly—worded statement, describing as false and offensive a report in the times newspaper which suggests a breakdown in the relationship between the two. it comes as the queen holds a summit with senior members of the royal family at sandringham this afternoon — to discuss future roles for the duke and duchess of sussex. last week, the couple announced out of the blue tha

boris johnson visits stormont, to meet members of the newly—restored northern ireland assembly, afteree years of political deadlock there. what's so great about today is, as i say, that northern ireland politicians have put aside their differences, stepped up to the plate, and shown leadership. five candidates are through to the next round of the labour leadership contest, four women and one man. storm brendan sweeps into the uk, battering northern ireland and scotla nd battering northern ireland and scotland with wind of 90 mph. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc. we will speak to a ship captain who has steered his ferry through some of the most of the storm. at 8pm we will be live in sandringham for the queens statement on prince harry and meghan. and later, we will be taking a look at tomorrow's and later, we will be taking a look at front pages in the papers — our geuests are dia chakravarty, brexit editor at the telegraph and lance price, political commentator and former labour party director labour party direc

the northern ireland assembly has sat for the first time in three years after a deal to restore power sharing at stormontleader, arlene foster, has been appointed first minister, while sinn fein‘s michelle o'neill is deputy first minister. chris page reports. it has been a long, tense, exhausting journey to bring back northern ireland's government. for three years, stormont has mainly been a nice venue for runners. now, it's a place of power again. speaker: order, order, members. in the assembly, politicians appointed the leader of the democratic unionist party and the vice president of sinn fein to head up the power—sharing coalition. they both put the focus on the future. i'm not sure we will ever agree on much about the past, but we can agree that there was too much suffering, and that we cannot allow society to drift back and allow division to grow. let's not re—fight the battles of the past. it's time to bring people together. we can open doors, we can let the future in, we can give people hope, and we can give our young people opportunity. so, after more than 1,000 days, elected politicians are now

assembly. these are the scenes live in stormont, as talks resume for the first time since the power—sharing agreementpsed three years ago. keir starmer — the shadow brexit secretary — officially launches his bid to become the next labour leader, saying the country needs radical policies to fight inequality. the moralfight the moral fight against injustice and poverty and homelessness isjust as big a moralfight as it was in the general election. coming up, the best exclusive stories from vicotoria derbyshire — a review of the week, that's at a50. —— victoria derbyshire. borisjohnson has said that iran's admission that it shot down by mistake a ukrainian passenger plane over tehran is an ‘important first step‘. four britons were among the 176 people killed in wednesday‘s crash. a senior iranian military official said the airliner was misidentified as a cruise missile. iran‘s president rouhani has called the downing of the jet an "unforgiveable mista ke". our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has more. this is the moment iran made a catastrophic error, firing a missile into a passenger plane, kil

assembly. these are the scenes live in stormont, as talks resume for the first time since the power—sharing agreement

the assembly will elect a speaker, a first ministerfrom the dup, and a deputy first minister from sinn fein. keith doyle is there for us. what will happen today? good morning from stormonttics. later today, the northern ireland assembly will be back up and running. it was on thursday that the northern ireland secretary, julian smith, and the deputy prime minister of ireland, simon coveney, put that make or break due to the party right in front of the stormont parliament buildings on thursday night. so, yesterday we saw those dramatic developments as the dup said, yes, they would sign up to it. arlene foster, the leader of the dup called itafairand foster, the leader of the dup called it a fair and balanced deal. then we saw sinn fein come out yesterday evening saying, yes, while they did not think it was perfect, there was enoughin not think it was perfect, there was enough in it, particularly on that issue of irish language. that was one of their red lines on the fact that irish language will get an official and legal standing in northern ireland, was enough for them. so, the result of that is today at one o‘clock the assembly will be recalled. the speaker will be swor

stormont has mainly been a nice venue for runners. now, it's a place of power again. speaker: order, order, members. in the assemblythe leader of the democratic unionist party and the vice president of sinn fein to head up the power—sharing coalition. they both put the focus on the future. i'm not sure we will ever agree on much about the past, but we can agree that there was too much suffering, and that we cannot allow society to drift back and allow division to grow. let's not re—fight the battles of the past. it's time to bring people together. we can open doors, we can let the future in, we can give people hope, and we can give our young people opportunity. so, after more than 1,000 days, elected politicians are now back in control of this part of the uk. the deal to restore the devolved government can be read as an attempt to normalise politics here, move it away from divisive issues of identity and nationality, and make it more about health, education, the economy. whether your flag is the flag of ireland or the flag of britain, that doesn't really matter when you're not being cared for and looked after. and

boris johnson visits stormont to meet members of the newly—restored northern ireland assembly after threepolitical deadlock there. five candidates are through to the next round of the labour leadership contest — four women and one man. storm brendan sweeps into the uk, battering northern ireland and scotland with winds of 90mph. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lance price, former labour communications boss, and dia chakravarty, brexit editor of the telegraph. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the daily mirror leads on the queen's message to her grandson prince harry as he quits as a full—time royal. "i want you to stay, but you're free to go". "go...if you must" is how the daily mail sums up the queen's decision to allow harry and meghan to forge new roles in north america. the sun puts it another way — "orf you go — but one is not amused" is their headline. "you can go your own way" is the metro's summary of the queen's statement. the i newspaper says the queen has agreed what it calls a "reshaped royal fam

some people are speaking to the assembled media who have gathered here at stormont.ntains cold ha rd a financial commitment which contains cold hard figures. it has not happened this time, but the governments have said they will be generous in their financial support, but haven‘t given any actual figures as to how much money they are prepared to stump up. so certainly whenever boris johnson prepared to stump up. so certainly whenever borisjohnson was speaking to is here a couple of hours ago, he said that in his talks with the new stormont ministries, there was a conversation about funding as you would expect but he was not keen really to put the cash on the table just yet, by the sounds of things. he said it was notjust about money, it was also about leadership. so you can certainly expect the incoming stormont executive to keep up the pressure on london and dublin for more details of that package in the coming hours a days if necessary. 0k, coming hours a days if necessary. ok, we will be back to you later when it happens, chris. thanks for now. we now know that th

over the next few hours the assembly will elect a speaker, a first ministerfrom the dup, and a deputy first ministerfrom sinn fein. our correspondent, keith doyle, is at stormonttormont buildings. just over my shoulder is the chamber where in the next 15 minutes, the speaker will be nominated and sworn in. and then, really, that means we are in business, the assembly will be back up business, the assembly will be back up and running after three years of no government in northern ireland. it has had a huge impact right across the board, in education, health, infrastructure, investment, and what the parties hope in both the british and irish governments hope is that this new era in stormont, this new decade, a new delivery and a new way forward, well actually revitalise northern ireland and certainly revitalise politics. i have two guests with me, who know about what is going on here. sarah, about what is going on here. sarah, a political commentator, and patricia from unison. sarah, let's ask you first, let's talk about an historic day, is that over exaggerating it? is it historic? historic day, is that over exaggerating it? is it historiam is anyway. we have d