arlene foster said ina of that meeting. arlene foster said in a short statement that lessons would need to be learnt from the vote in parliament and the issue of the backstop needs to be dealt with and they would continue to work to that end. many of you will still be confused by what happens now over the brexit withdrawal agreement , the backstop and the irish border. at 8.30pm we'll be putting your questions to allie renison — head of europe and trade policy at the institute of directors, and bbc northern ireland's economics & business editor, john campbell. you can tweet them to #bbcask this — or email askthis@bbc.co.uk get all your questions together and send them in to those addresses and thatis send them in to those addresses and that is just for viewers in the uk, i should stress. i'm christian fraser live at westminster. the headlines... theresa may is back in the house of commons to face a vote of no confidence in her government. after last night's historic defeat on her brexit deal, the prime minister faces mps on

let me read you one line from the dup, arlene foster and parliamentary leader nigel dodds have met thesaid they had a useful discussion, these are critical times for the uk and we indicated that we would act in the national interest so they will vote with the government tonight. she said lessons will need to be learned from the vote in parliament, the issue of the backstop needs to be dealt with and we will work to that end. let‘s pick up with katy balls and the guardian columnist polly toynbee. the first formal confidence vote since the fixed—term parliaments act came in and it may not be the only one in the weeks to come. it looks like theresa may is on course to win this barring a massive shock, but this will not be the last because labour‘s plan is to have lots of confidence votes and hope one works and you get to an early election, and theresa may will find it harder to windows as she has to tell mps what plan b is for a brexit deal because that is when she makes enemies, whether your sceptics oi’ makes enemies, whether your sceptics or cori remainers. it's a difficult balancing a

the democratic unionist party leader, arlene foster, called it "a pointless act of terror which must ireland, but not anymore. this attack reawakens memories of a darker time. emma vardy, bbc news, derry. now on bbc news, sport today. an 18—year—old will appear in court later today charged with the murder ofa later today charged with the murder of a boy in east london. the boy was unconscious when he was stabbed to death after being knocked from his notepad earlier this month. police are looking forfour notepad earlier this month. police are looking for four other suspects who fled the scene —— moped. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i‘m chetan pathak and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: three goals for manchester city. all they beat huddersfield to move back within four points of leaders liverpool at the top of the english premier league. in a stunning finish. the los angeles rams beat the new orleans saints in overtime to make it to the super bowl. and a first ever masters snooker title forjudd trump — who hammers the seven time c

the democratic unionist party leader, arlene foster, called it called it a pointless act of terror, whicha very significant attempt to kill people here in this community last night. i must emphasise this bomb was put in a car in a local community, it was dripping through the city, single man jumped out of the car, ran away down the road, and left it here for the people of this community, and the local police have is to deal with. this afternoon, a large cordon remains in place in the city centre. declan harvey, bbc news. an 18—year old man will appear in court tomorrow, charged with the murder of a boy in east london. 14 —year—old jaden moodie was stabbed to death after being knocked off his moped in leyton, earlier this month. police say they‘re continuing to look for four other suspects who fled the scene. does my people and 22 people have been injured in a fire in the ski report the french alps. the blaze broke out in the middle of the night in an accommodation block for resort workers. it took 70 firefighters until daybreak to bring the fire under control. more than 70 years after the

the republican movement said that there was a no wonder standing that arlene foster would put to her party a number of proposals that they had discussed including an artist's language and when it came to the point of her doing so it became obvious that her colleagues weren't prepared to even agree to it so she didn't formally put any proposals to them unfair or nice saying well who do we negotiate with so as a full first minister you're encouraged then that both sides neither of them are saying they're of the good friday agreement even though stormont says no we wouldn't you know what i mean there's no it is kind of you've got a meeting again we had twenty years ago when the agreement was done we had a there was a referendum in northern on the referendum they are for public must of majorities ninety something in the republic over seventy percent in support of the d.p. of course oh posed it. ironically initially. they still say they oppose it but ironically they operate it and it is the only thing going for them the principle of consent that we negotiated thought no longer stay part o

the democratic unionist party's arlene foster described it as a pointless act of terror which must belocal community is shocked and, in particular, the many elderly residents who live in the area. she added that derry is a forward—moving city and no—one wants this type of incident. the sdlp representative, mark h durkan, said: reaction, too, from the governments in london and dublin. the british secretary of state for northern ireland, karen bradley, confirmed she's being briefed on developments while the irish foreign minister simon coveney said he utterly condemned the attack and said there was no justification for acts which seek to drag northern ireland back to violence and conflict. a strong 6.7—magnitude earthquake has hit northern chile. the quake struck at a depth of 53km, some 15km of coquimbo. one person is reported to have died and thousands of homes lost power. a decades—old dispute between greece and the former yugoslav republic of macedonia over its future name inched closer to a solution this week when the greek government narrowly survived a vote of confidence. it now

the dup leader, arlene foster, tweeted her reaction to the ongoing situation.mned in the strongest terms. it only hurts the people of the city and is perpetrated by people with no regard for life." she also said she was grateful to emergency services for their swift actions which helped ensure there have been no fatalities or injuries. the sinn fein mp for londonderry, elisha mccallion also spoke out about the car bomb. she said: "this incident has shocked the local community. in particular, there are many elderly residents who live in the area who have been alarmed by this incident. thankfully no one appears to have been injured. derry is a city moving forward" a bbc analysis suggests a shocking variation in access to gps across england. the findings show some doctors are struggling with three times as many patients as their equivalents elsewhere. the royal college of gps says it's the result of years of under investment. richard lister has more. a doctor's appointment on a saturday it used to be unheard of. now it is on offer across england but gps are spread

democratic unionist party leader arlene foster tweeted: "this pointless act of terror must be condemnedhurts the people of the city. perpetrated by people with no regard for life." sinn fein mp elisha mccallion said the incident had "shocked the local community," adding that derry is a forward moving city and no one wants this type of incident. at least 66 people are now known to have been killed when an oil pipeline exploded in mexico. dozens of others were injured in the blast. it happened as hundreds were taking fuel from the leaking pipe on friday night. a major crackdown on fuel theft was announced in december, but the plan has led to severe shortages in a number of mexican states. richard galpin has this report. with this huge fire enveloping the area, people screamed for help as they tried to escape the flames. but many didn't make it. more than 60 people were killed. those who witnessed the fire erupt horrified by what they had seen. translation: i was in my house and saw the explosion. the 1315321: we re the 1315321: were taken —— taking people services were taken —— taking peo

the democratic unionist party leader, arlene foster, called it "a pointless act of terror which mustongest terms." scenes like this were once common in northern ireland, but not any more. this attack re—awakens memories of a darker time. emma vardy, bbc news, derry. an 18—year—old will appear in court tomorrow, charged with the murder of a boy in east london. 14—year—old jaden moodie was unconscious when he was stabbed to death after being knocked off his moped in leyton, earlier this month. police are still looking for four other suspects who fled the scene. more questions have emerged for the royal family today about how the duke of edinburgh's car crash on thursday has been handled and about the fact that he's been seen since driving on a public road without a seat belt. the woman who suffered a broken wrist in the collision near the sandringham estate in norfolk says no one from the royal household has spoken to her. simonjones has the latest. the queen attends the sunday service at sandringham, but there's no sign of prince philip. he was last spotted yesterday driving on a publ

the democratic unionist party's arlene foster described it as a pointless act of terror which must bee strongest terms. the sinn fein mp elisha mccallion said the local community is shocked and in particular, the many elderly residents who live in the area. she added that derry is a forward—moving city and no—one wants this type of incident. mark h durkan said: "whoever is responsible for this explosion outside bishop street courthouse in derry really hasn't got the message that the people of derry do not want this on our streets". reaction, too, from the governments in london and dublin. the british secretary of state for northern ireland karen bradley confirmed she's being briefed on developments while the irish foreign minister simon coveney said he utterly condemned the attack and said there was no justification for acts which seek to drag northern ireland back to violence and conflict. the constitutional court in the democratic republic of congo has rejected appeals challenging recent presidential election results. they have confirmed the winner as felix tshisekedi, and he is exp

the dup's arlene foster described it as...he incident has shocked the community. she added that derry is a forward moving city and no one wants this type of incident. reaction to from the governments in london and dublin. the british secretary of state for northern ireland, karen bradley, confirmed that she has been briefed on developments, while the irish ‘s foreign minister, simon coveney, has said that he latterly condemned the attack and said that there was no justification for attacks which seemed to —— seek to drag northern ireland back into conflict. two people have died, and 1a are reported injured, in a fire at the ski resort of courchevel in the french alps. the pre—dawn blaze forced the evacuation of about 60 resort workers from a three—storey building. four people were seriously injured, and three were flown to hospital by helicopter. the bodies of the two victims were found inside the building. the number of major retailers warning of financial difficulties has reached its highest level since the economic crash of

the democratic unionist party leader, arlene foster, called it "a pointless act of terror which mustwere once common in northern ireland, but not anymore. this attack reawakens memories of a darker time. emma vardy, bbc news, derry. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a race against time — rescuers struggle to reach a toddler trapped for a week underground. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it‘s going to be only america first — america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. broken all records. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: affected by the global slowdown and a trade war with the us, latest data shows china‘s economy is slowing. the british prime minister is preparing to unveil her latest proposals for leaving the european union after plans were rejected by mps last week. african leaders have been congratulating felix tshisekedi this has been declared presi

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the dup's arlene foster described it as...he incident has shocked the community. the sdlp representative mark h durkan said... reaction too from the governments in london and dublin. the british secretary of state for northern ireland, karen bradley, confirmed that she has been briefed on developments, while the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, has said that he utterly condemned the attack and said that there was no justification for acts which seek to drag northern ireland back into violence and conflict. declan harvey, bbc news. our correspondent declan harvey joins us now from belfast. what else have the police been saying? they have released a bit more detail recently about the series of events and how it played out. they say that it around five to eight in the evening, officers on patrol in that area had spotted a suspicious pickle. they were in the process of having a look at it, when about five minutes later, an official warning came into the police service. a massive evacuation got under way. 100 people were evac

the democratic unionist party leader, arlene foster, called it a pointless act of terror, which mustned in the strongest terms. the police evacuation meant there were no injuries, but the incident reawakens memories of darker times. emma vardy, bbc news, derry. theresa may has been speaking with members of her cabinet to discuss how she intends to break the brexit deadlock. the prime minister is due to address mps tomorrow. meanwhile, with the uk due to leave the eu on march 29th, at least one cross—party group of mps is discussing how parliament could ensure a no—deal brexit is avoided. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. the noes have it. unlock! it's been five days since theresa may's brexit plan was thrown out, rejected by mps. and while she's working out her next steps, some of the back benches have plans of their own. some want to change parliament's rules, its standing orders, so mps could delay the brexit process to stop a no—deal scenario. what the commons, or this group of mps, is doing, is trying to work within the normal traditions of the house, albeit chang

arlene foster called it a pointless act of turret which must be act of terror which must be condemnedt there were no injuries, but the incident reawakened memories of darker times. emma vardy, bbc news, derry. police say they have spoken to the duke of edinburgh after he was pictured driving without a seatbelt — two days after he was involved in a crash. the accident happened near the royal estate at sandringham in norfolk when the 97 year old's car collided with a vehicle carrying two women and a baby. one of the women, who broke her wrist in the crash, says she has not received an apology from the duke. let's bring you up—to—date on the sporting action now with jeanette. thank you forjoining us, it's been quite a day at the australian open, roger federer at the defending champion standby stefanos tsitsipas of greece in four sets ending his bid for a 21st grand slam title. a record seventh in more than. angelique kerber ranked second in the world won only two games against debutant danielle collins. in these corridors of power sometimes the biggest name is right behind you. 20 all st

the democratic unionist party's arlene foster, described it as...ia mccallion said, "the local community is shocked and in particular, the many elderly residents who live in the area". she added that derry is a forward—moving city and no one wants this type of incident. the sdlp representative mark h durkan said, "whoever is responsible for this explosion outside bishop street courthouse in derry, clearly hasn't got the message that the people of derry don't want this on our streets". reaction too from the governments in london and dublin. the british secretary of state for northern ireland, karen bradley confirmed, she's being briefed on developments. while the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, said he utterly condemned the attack and said there was no justification for acts which seek to drag northern ireland back to violence and conflict. declan harvey, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister is to update cabinet on her talks with party leaders and senior mps on brexit negotiations. police say they have offered "suitable word

the democratic unionist party leader, arlene foster, called it "a pointless act of terror which mustke this were once common in northern ireland, but not anymore. this attack reawakens memories of a darker time. emma vardy, bbc news, derry. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a race against time — rescuers struggle to reach a toddler trapped for a week underground. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it‘s going to be only america first — america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him 'the butcher of lyon'. klaus altmann is being held here on a fraud charge in bolivia, but the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot, a tide of humanity

the democratic unionist party leader, arlene foster, called it "a pointless act of terror which musttrongest terms." scenes like this were once common in northern ireland, but not anymore. this attack reawakens memories of a darker time. emma vardy, bbc news, derry. sports direct founder mike ashley has placed a bid to buy the music chain hmv. last month, the company collapsed to its second administration in six years, putting over 2,000 jobs at risk in a hundred and twenty five stores. mr ashley owns more than sixty per cent of sports direct and has bought the retailer house of fraser, as well as having stakes in french connection and debenhams. an 18—year old will appear in court tomorrow, charged with the murder of a boy in east london. 14—year—old jaden moodie was stabbed to death after being knocked off his moped in leyton, earlier this month. police are still looking for four other suspects who fled the scene. more questions emerged for the royal family today about how the duke of edinburgh's car crash on thursday has been handled — and about the fact that he's been seen since

the democratic unionist party's arlene foster, described it as...ccallion said... she added that derry is a forward—moving city and no one wants this type of incident. the sdlp representative mark h durkan said... reaction too from the governments in london and dublin. the british secretary of state for northern ireland, karen bradley confirmed, she's being briefed on developments. while the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, said he utterly condemned the attack and said there was no justification for acts which seek to drag northern ireland back to violence and conflict. declan harvey, bbc news. two people have died, and 14 are reported injured, in a fire at the ski resort of courchevel in the french alps. the pre—dawn blaze forced the evacuation of about 60 resort workers from a three—storey building. four people were seriously injured, and three were flown to hospital by helicopter. the bodies of the two victims were found inside the building. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister is to update cabinet on her talks with party leaders a

arlene foster, the leader of the dup, joining us at the british academy in central london.: i could not have a more timely interview than that. alix: return to wall street beat, three things wall street is buzzing about. pg&e hedge fund makes an accomplished wager behind stocks in the third quarter and 20 billion in legal claims. then, vanguard's 450 million dollar pg&e muni bond holding, the vanguard group's hold half of pg&e's and .5 billion municipal bond and hallways founder breaks the silence.the billionaire founder brexiteer long silence in freezing president trump. david: joining us now is jason kelly, the new york bureau chief. i would say i'm not sure i do not understand, but position in equity, we don't know if they still have it, but also the position of buying up insurance claims. meon: this is fascinating to because it really breaks into a pretty complex story but effectively, what they are doing selling at a discount from phase, and essentially, it is claims because the insurer is betting effectively this will take a long time to get played st cannd bow post -

arlene foster is the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist governing coalition. >> the backstop was something th we could not accept. it does violence to the union. it separates us from the rest of the united kingdomn a very, very obvious way. >> reporter: there are also fears may's brexit deal could actually bind britain to the e.u.'s trade rules indefinitely, and constrain it from forging its own bilateral deals. >> i wish there was a political declaration that actually did point a way to a future that secured our economy, our jobs and our futures, and wasn't the meaningless text, the leap in the dark that it actis. the country deserves so much better than this totally inadequate agreement! >>eporter: passions ran hi during today's debate in the run-up to the vote. >> all they're doing by causing me to intervene is taking time away, not necessary, totally >> reporter: following the vote, labour leader jeremy corbyn filed a no confidence motion. >> the people need to be able to take back control and a general election would give them the opportunity to decide who their m.p.s we

emma vardy has said arlene foster and nigel dodds have met with the prime minister, pledging at the samerucial in helping the government survive the no—confidence vote. as laura kuennsburg has pointed out... emma vardy was referring to the backstop, one of the sticking points for theresa may's deal. it is an agreement within the droll agreement saying if there is no trade agreement between the uk and the eu by next day, northern ireland will stay in the customs union until there is. it is extraordinary leverages for ten mps from northern ireland? which they have had throughout. the backstop has to come out, according to nigel dodds. it has to come out for many of those within the european research group, those eurosceptics on the conservative benches. it is a real problem for the prime minister because the irish taoiseach has said that as far as they are concerned, it stays and as we know, the european union is stored as one when it comes to the backstop. the interesting thing i think about tonight's debate, you are hearing some backbenchers talking themselves into a customs union. but t

the leader of the dup, arlene foster, hasjust sent out this tweet, saying...people accused of domestic abuse from cross—examining their victims in the family court. the measure is part of what ministers describe as a "landmark" domestic abuse bill, aimed at strengthening penalties for offenders and increasing protection for victims. frankie mccamley reports. sarah, not her real name, survived years of domestic abuse. he would control the finances, so comment on what i spent, how much i spent, ask me why i spent something, so i'd just stop. if i was going out with my friends, he'd comment on the outfit — it was too short, i looked too fat. but when she had to fight to keep the child she had with him, she had to face her abuser in family court, where he was allowed to cross—examine her. it re—traumatises you. you believe them more than yourself, because they're allowed to tell you how to think, and he was allowed to tell me how to think for three years. so, by allowing him to cross—examine me in court for three hours, it took me back to a place i thought i'd hav

edwards,s now is anna breaking news out of the dup, arlene foster saying she endorses the mall tells. it is about the backstop. >> indeed. things move quickly, don't they? the malthouse compromise emerging overnight, crafted by warring factors in the conservative party. it tries to bring conservative factors together and the dup. we can agreedes, to get rid of the backstop , the signatories would agree to get rid of the backstop and in exchange, another year of transition. it seems to be uniting some of the tory party. one of the authors -- i spoke to one of the authors and asked her how much support she think she has? of details to lot be discussed with the e.u. a majority of mps want there to be in negotiated settlement. we have got less than 60 days to go. one of the big debates is how do we make it clear that a no deal is not acceptable to parliament. interesting to see the tory party coming together over this compromise and the dup. ablef the reasons they are to come together is it does not answer some of the things they have fallen out about. a news there would be backstop but

i know arlene foster was around westminster yesterday, so i suspect she was one of the first meetingsing to come before us on monday in orderfor whatever is going to come before us on monday in order for that to be the proposal that she takes to michel barnier. it is in ——it is pointless the european is a man are not going to talk. they have got to come to the table, to. jeremy corbyn has made clear he is not going to talk or take part in any talks u nless talk or take part in any talks unless no deal is taken off the table. do you think that is reasonable? ido i do think she is using no deal as a kind of blackmail for mp5, i do think she is using no deal as a kind of blackmailfor mps, she is trying to push us into a corner so we can only accept her deal. she has the responsibility and the ability to ta ke the responsibility and the ability to take that no deal off the table. i think that... can ijust say, in terms of an initial conversation, i don't think they should necessarily be preconditions for that, but for formal talks it is absolutely right to say no deal should be off the ta

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the dup party leader arlene foster party leader and nigel dodds also met with the prime minister.dup's 10 mps were crucial to theresa may surviving the no confidence vote. the irish border backstop has been a central sticking point for theresa may's deal. this is an agreement that says if there's no new trade deal between the uk and the eu by the end of next year, the uk will remain in the eu's customs union until there is a deal. this is an article on the telegraph in which it says it's obtained leaked recording of a briefing the finance minister philip hammond gave business leaders. he says "very clearly removing the irish backstop arrangements cannot be negotiated." "there is no point in wasting a lot of time on that theme." the dv and greatest supporters would like to put in more, the issue of the backstop. —— the du —— dup. jeremy corbyn was conspicuously absent. the labour leader says he won't meet the prime minister until she takes the prospect of a no—deal brexit off the table. this is a letter from jeremy corbyn to labour mps asking them not to talk to the government abou