irakli kobakhidze said the president must leave office when her term ends this month.ment. masterchef presenter gregg wallace responds to complaints about his behaviour on the bbc show. hello and welcome. watching bbc news. counting has resumed in ireland's parliamentary election. during the first day of counting, 36 of the 17a seats in the dail or lower house were decided. the first preference votes have so far given the fina gael so far given the fine gael party of the prime minister simon harris 10 seats, with his fianna fail coalition partners and the main opposition sinn fein eight seats each.

georgia's prime minister irakli kobakhidze has said the country's president must leave office when her protests against his government continue. president salome zourabichvili yesterday restated her refusal to accept the legitimacy of the government, following 0ctober�*s disputed parliamentary election which kept his georgian dream party in office. mr kobakhidze has also praised police for cracking down on protesters, who he said were acting on foreign orders to undermine the state. riot police used tear gas and water cannon for a second consecutive night in the centre of tblisi, where pro—eu demonstrators have set up barricades — following the government's decision to suspend moves towardsjoining the european union. they're expected to gather later today. now, georgia's prime minister kobakhidze has denied suspending eu accession talks — when asked by the bbc�*s russia editor steve rosenberg. european union has already accused georgia of on democracy.— accused georgia of on democracy. accused georgia of on democra . , , ., democracy. this is not true. it is a lie. democracy. this is n

georgia's prime minister irakli kobakhidze has said the country's president must leave office when herome zourabichvili on saturday restated her refusal to accept the legitimacy of the government, following october's disputed parliamentary election which kept his georgian dream party in office. mr kobakhidze today denied suspending talks on european union membership, an apparent contradiction of his comments on thursday, that negotiations would not take place until 2028. he also praised police for cracking down on protesters, who he said were acting on foreign orders to undermine the state. riot police used tear gas and water cannon for a second consecutive night on saturday in the centre of tblisi, where pro—eu demonstrators have set up barricades. let's speak now to our correspondent rayhan demytrie whojoins us from tbilisi. talk us through what the prime minister has said today and what he said previously on thursday. today he made a comment about the president. he also in a way denied that the ruling party which he represents, the georgian dream party, put the eu accession talks on

georgia's prime minister irakli kobakhidze has told a press conference today that opposition leadersan deytrie says the protesters plan to remain on the streets. i am at the protest site, we are about one kilometre away from the parliament building which has been the focal point for clashes between the police and protesters overnight. this is the third night that the protests have continued. they were sparked by the government's decision to put georgia's accession talks with europe on hold. and the protest — they have moved to the street. they are blocking quite an important intersection outside the country's main university. well, with me here is one of the protesters. she has been protesting for days. can you please tell me how important is this fight that is happening now for georgians? the fight that is happening right now has been going on actually four years, which is our integration in europe. we want to be a democratic country of european union, and we have been fighting for this for years and we definitely do not want to be part of russia who has occupied 20% of our country,

turning to georgia, where the country's prime minister irakli kobakhidze has said the country's presidentonth, as mass protests against his government continue. president salome zourabichvili yesterday said she would stay in office because the new parliament was illegitimate and had no authority to name her successoi’. mr kobakhidze has also praised police for cracking down on protesters, who he said were acting on foreign orders to undermine the state. riot police used tier gas and water cannon for a second consecutive night in the centre of tblisi, where pro—eu demonstrators have set up barricades — following the government's decision to suspend moves towardsjoining the european union. they're expected to gather again today. these are pictures from previous protests. we are also monitoring live pictures on the streets of sibley see where once again protesters are out in force. we can cross over who is also in tbilsi for us. just bring us up to date what is happening behind you because i know that as we watch the live shot there, there is also stuff happening behind you with demonstratio

irakli kobakhidze said the president must leave office when her term ends this month. she's restated her refusal to accept the legitimacy of the government. masterchef presenter gregg wallace responds to complaints about his behaviour on the bbc show. hello and welcome. watching bbc news. counting has resumed in ireland's parliamentary election. during the first day of counting, 36 of the 174 seats in the dail or lower house were decided. the first preference votes have so far given the fina gael so far given the fine gael party of the prime minister simon harris 10 seats, with his fianna fail coalition partners and the main opposition sinn fein eight seats each. let's speak to our chief presenter caitriona perry, who's in dublin for us. things are farfrom things are far from clear. i can give you an updated total. fianna fail has 15 seats, its coalition partner fine gael has 12 seats, the third coalition partner, the green party has no seats. paying the price, as is traditional, unfortunately, in coalition governments, the smaller party. for its part, sinn fein has te