so in radian belfast last last week to belfast. your, your, in the middle of this debate in south florida or a hard border has to be a soft border north and south and needs to be a softer border east and west. it's in the interest of both communities and everyone. gentlemen, thank you so much for giving us your insights into this very dense, very complicated story, but i think we've managed to break it down into its composite parts and dare i say we've made brakes. it slightly more understandable and it was half an hour ago. thank you so much. thank you to our guests. they were o in reedy nicholas white and green. gotcha. and thank you to, for your company. you can see the show again, any time via the website outage, your dot com, and for more discussion, go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. you can also join the conversation on twitter. our handle, you know, by now it's pat ha, inside story from me peter bobby, and everyone on the team here in doha, thanks for watching. i will see you ve

peter: owen reidy in belfast.re in the middle of this debate.soft owen: be a soft border north and south and needs to be a softer border east and west. it is in the interests of both communities and everyone in ireland. peter: thank you so much for giving us your insights into this very dense, complicated story, but i think we have managed to break it down into its composite parts, and dare i say we made brexit more understandable than it was half an hour ago. thank you to our guests, owen reidy, nicholas whyte, and graham gudgin. see the show again any at our website, al jazeera.com, and for more discussion go to facebook.com/ajinsidestory. you can also join the discussion on twitter. for me, peter dobbie, and everyone on the team here in doha, thank you for watching. i will see you soon. goodbye. ■oÑ@aóo - hey, i'm valerie june. coming up on reel sou . - [rn] evy plant has a ory, just likevery hun being haa sty. e storneeds toe told. [valerieamong the south's undant gdens, one n plantea masterfucare. - [m] he's

a personalised memoir of his belfast childhood from kenneth branagh. in black and white, is it his version of the oscar winning roma? the story of the film is this nine—year—old boy finding a way to navigate with his family through this period of intense change. acclaimed film maker edgar wright on the festival carpet for the first time with his dark valentine to soho in the 1960s. i've never had a film in the london film festival and i think i've been coming here since 1994. when this opportunity came up, it was like, well this is perfect. i said i think we should go to russia. and documentaries including one looking at the women who protested at greenham common against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. one of the big red carpet attractions at the london film festival this year was the movie spencer which gave festival—goers a fictionalised portrait of diana, princess of wales, when she spent christmas with the royal family at sandringham ini99i. it presents diana as being psychologically vulnerable and under the controlling grip of an unsympathet

a personalised memoir of his belfast childhood from kenneth branagh.f the oscar winning roma? the story of the film is this nine—year—old boy finding a way to navigate with his family through this period of intense change. acclaimed film maker edgar wright on the festival carpet for the first time with his dark valentine to soho in the 1960s. i've never had a film in the london film festival and i think i've been coming here since 1994. when this opportunity came up, it was like, well this is perfect. i said i think we should go to russia. and documentaries including one looking at the women who protested at greenham common against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. one of the big red carpet attractions at the london film festival this year was the movie spencer which gave festival—goers a fictionalised portrait of diana, princess of wales, when she spent christmas with the royal family at sandringham in 1991. it presents diana as being psychologically vulnerable and under the controlling grip of an unsympathetic royal household. it's an image of a

jonathan blake and westminster. _ chris page is in belfast.northern ireland want from these talks? weill. ireland want from these talks? well, there are two — ireland want from these talks? well, there are two dimensions _ ireland want from these talks? well, there are two dimensions to - ireland want from these talks? -ii there are two dimensions to the protocol in northern ireland itself. one practical, the other political. 0ne practical, the other political. when it comes to the practical side of things, that is mainly about the businesses who have suffered a degree of disruption, particularly companies who have in the past at least got most of their supplies in england, scotland and wales. they say they found certainly that has become much more difficult, some companies have stopped delivering to northern ireland altogether because of the extra paperwork and checks which mean it is too much hassle. those businesses will say fundamentally, what they need is the checks happening here and the likes of belfast port to be minimised so that part

let's speak to our ireland correspondent chris page in belfast.ution of dennis hutchings has been a high—profile and controversial case here. dennis hutchings was 80 years old, he was from cornwall, former member of the lifeguards regiment, and he was charged with attempted murder over the killing ofjohn pat cunningham in county tyrone in 197a. john pat cunningham was 2a, he had learning difficulties and he was shot in the back as he was running away from an army patrol. mr hutchings had been on trial in belfast high court for the last couple of weeks, he had been suffering from chronic kidney disease and heart failure and yesterday the trial was adjourned because the court heard that dennis hutchings had tested positive for covid—19, and he died in a hospital here in belfast yesterday afternoon. unionist politicians have said that he should not have been prosecuted in the first place, for example, the leader of the democratic unionist party, sirjeffrey donaldson, has said serious questions must be answered. but the public prosecution service have

he said anna's new film belfast out london lodge during the festival.tant household in belfast in the 1960s, just as the troubles began to make an impact. —— kenneth branagh. the story is told from the pov of the young boy which is played willingly by newcomerjudy hill. the kenneth branagh this is a film in which he had a huge emotional investment. it is based in part onjoshua's time in his tightknit belfast community whether pressures brought by the troubles eventually led to his family moving to england. wife of the boy at the centre of the film, kenneth branagh is essentially disrupted. —— like for the boy. it is essentially an account of a nine —year—old boy whose life is very settled and full, which is very settled and full, which is then turned upside down and the story of the film is this nine year old boy finding a way to navigate with his family through this period of intense change. it through this period of intense chance. , ., , through this period of intense chance. i, ., change. it is a very personal sto , change. it is a very personal sto

lindsay broadbent in belfast. yes, i think the renteri belfast.rd. — — the winter i_ pressures across the board. — — the winter idon't— pressures across the board. — — the winter. i don't have _ pressures across the board. — — the winter. i don't have a _ pressures across the board. — — the winter. i don't have a crystal- winter. i don't have a crystal ball, but i _ winter. i don't have a crystal ball, but i would — winter. i don't have a crystal ball, but i would like _ winter. i don't have a crystal ball, but i would like to hope _ winter. i don't have a crystal ball, but i would like to hope for- but i would like to hope for something _ but i would like to hope for something here _ but i would like to hope for something here in - but i would like to hope for| something here in northern but i would like to hope for- something here in northern ireland, it's that _ something here in northern ireland, it's that we — something here in northern ireland, it's that we see _ something here in northern ireland, it's that we see an _ something here in nor

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.gs on the island have been destroyed and hundreds of people have been displaced. our correspondent danjohnson is in la palma for us tonight. yes, there are around 7,000 people away from their homes because of this eruption which continues, and that volcano has actually grown over the last few weeks as more lava has built up and set hard in layers and there is no sign of that eruption relenting any time there is fresh lava pouring from the vents, and overhear where you can show you where the lava is flowing, because it is going right down the hillside here, having destroyed homes, villages and farmland. you can see right across here, down to the sea, all of that is lava that has flowed in the last month having destroyed everything in its path, and there are fresh fires breaking out all of the time with different forks of lava. over2,000 buildings the time with different forks of lava. over 2,000 buildings destroyed now, so are really difficult situation for the authorities to manage, bu

so for the london marathon, expect some sunshine, the marathon in belfast as well. are expected on sunday, with a keen westerly breeze, but at least we're not going to have that really prolonged rain. now, the temperatures both on saturday and sunday will be around the mid—teens — not that it'll feel like it because of the strength of the wind and also the prolonged rain. and then, on monday, the next area of low pressure heads our way. so early on monday there could be some sunshine around, but certainly by monday afternoon and evening we'll start to see the next area of wet weather approaching south—western parts of the uk. so a very unsettled spell of weather over the next few days — quite typical for october, really. here's the summary. you can see a lot of rain shower icons there, temperatures mostly in the mid—teens. there's just a hint that, sometime later next week, things will settle down at least for a bit. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories. optimism from health experts as a pill developed to treat severe coronavirus reports

further south, degrees in belfast and glasgow. furthersouth, it degrees in belfast and glasgow. south, it is colder, and there might even be an odd bit of frost in the countryside in the south. on friday we have got north—westerly winds ahead of this ridge, it will start off dry with some sunshine across much of southern england and wales but the north—westerly winds will be feeding in extensive cloud across north—western areas. in these areas there will be frequent showers, and for some it could turn out to be quite a damp day. away from those areas, there will be a fair amount of sunshine, probable either best of it across north—eastern scotland. for the weekend, we are going to start to get south—westerly winds feeding back in which we'll be bringing us some milder air back across the uk, and temperatures coming back up to average and perhaps a degree or two above. on saturday we have some rain in western areas. some fog patches around the coasts, and temperatures, 13-15. around the coasts, and temperatures, 13—15. forthe around the coasts, and temperatures, 13—15. for the se

andrew simmons al jazeera belfast . the us says it will open its land borders with canada and mexico next month for fully vaccinated foreign nationals. the restrictions for non essential travelers were put into place at the start of the kobe 19 pandemic. the economies of many border communities were badly hurt by closure. russia hit another record number of cobit 19 deaths in a single day with 973 on tuesday. but the government's refusing to consider a nation wide lockdown more than $28000.00 new cases all to reported another record in a spike of cases that began last month. the kremlin blames the slow progress of vaccinations . a court and algeria has sent him to the brother the late president abilities, but a flicker to 2 years in prison, prosecutors charge side, but a flicker and other former officials with obstruction of justice, abuse of office, and inciting the falsification of official documents. in september 2019, but if leeker was sentenced to 15 years in jail for plotting against the state. but he was later ac

andrew simmons al jazeera belfast investigation into the bay root port explosion has been suspended again after 2 partitions. wanted for questioning, filed a complaint against the judge. former finance minister eli hassle helene complained after an arrest warrant was issued for him. he is close to his bala, as is that former public works mr. garcia. zeta is also wanting for questioning. judge derek b t r has faced repeated obstacles as he tries to talk to some lebanon's most powerful figures about what they knew about the poorly stored chemical stockpile, which exploded, killing more than 200 people. any results from sunday's election in iraq show a coalition lead by a shia cleric tundra center 173 out of 329 seats. but some political parties have rejected the results. what would happen? why had reports from nasiriyah, an opposition stronghold in the south of the country? for the 1st time in 20 years, the people over now 3 will have a voice in iraq's parliament. i la re can be is one of 4 candidates elected to represent the anti government movement known as to screen or october. that's a

you case adamant that must change with andrew simmons joins us live now from belfast. andrew, so the u. k. making some very big demands of the e. u. was the response likely to be them from brussels? well it's like as a bait, in fact is almost certain to be very generous when it comes to the whole issue of border checks. of the customs areas are all on the ports here and also regulations on goods. and it's set to be something like half of the half of the customs checks will be lifted on on all of food products. not, not all food products, but most of them, and also apply products as well. and medicines will be free flowing, so that making major concessions, but the issue of the european judges, the european court of justice being, having the overarching role in this treaty. they say that's an immovable, immovable situation. it's a red line, whereas the u. k is pushing hard on it, but what's going on with the people on the ground business? people seem to be thinking, well, this is good news where we can look forward to this. but on the other hand, if that's now going to

let's bring in under simmons as life or as in belfast. so under the you expected to make some proposals to address around about trade in northern ireland. what can we expect? yes, morrow sift of it. sure. the you, those of us, sir, the deputy commissioner, he commission has said he's going to make very far reaching changes in the process of custom checks or of on food and own goods and also medicines. and basically give a streamlined system available to northern ireland. but that would be good news for business people all over old island, but no, as far as david frost, the u. k. a bricks, it minister is concerned. he's basically given the government lonnie wants to tear up the northern orland protocol together or replace it with something that really is written by the u. k. in terms of getting rid of the oversight of european judges, the european court of justice, which underwrites the whole over the island protocol. now he wants that he wants to get into independent arbiter and all of that is really good. a red line of fuzzy. his concern

there's problems in belfast on why the u. k. is taking such a hard line when they seem to be more hope of a compromise from brussels. and so is this last minute posturing on the part of the u. k. government? if it isn't, then there's a serious escalation to this crisis ahead. this at a time when it would appear, the majority of people in northern ireland, one to the end, to the standoff tess about the sea border had been led by unionists who say that been cut off from the u. k. before becoming prime minister boris johnson had told a democratic unionist party 3 years ago that he didn't want to see the northern ireland left in the lurch by a border in the sea. no british conservative government could or should sign up to any such arrangement. that assurance fell by the wayside. the people of northern ireland could be forgiven for feeling betrayed. and while eunice politicians welcome the harder line from the british government, there is a feeling of unease. for many people living here and re simmons al jazeera belfast . ah. this i

rouse up yourself, belfast, wake up... but she's lived in northern ireland for 18 years, one of an increasing number of people from diverse backgrounds who bring distinctive perspectives. ..true titanic. i'm conscious of it being a very welcoming place as well as it being a place where people will give you so much and no more. having said that, i do call northern ireland home. i don't know if northern ireland calls me one of its own yet. i still hear the word "blow—in" from time to time! for most of the last century there was this cultural diversity, there was less cultural diversity, but more cultural clashes. the boundaries of identity are still sharp, but they're being softened. linda irvine runs an irish language school in a strongly unionist part of east belfast. some argue the language is a political tool of irish nationalism, but linda passionately believes her work enhances her british identity. hello, linda. hello, nice to see you. you're very welcome. what do you think of the fact that we've seen this new appreci

and now play fellow englishmen this abundant in belfast and now play fellow alfie burden for a placeicketers are in quarantine after arriving in a training camp in the middle east to prepare for the upcoming t20 world cup. 0man is hosting the tournament, along with the united arab emirates. their opening match is against west indies in just under three weeks time, chris woakes has been speaking about the difficulties of isolating. we've been in hard quarantine start and we haven't left the hotel until today to get out to train and so today to get out to train and so today was the first training session and we did a bit of fitness within the hotel and nothing other than that. today was the first blowout and obviously, getting used to the heat because pretty hot out here. amy hunter has become the youngest player to hit an international sentry. turning 16 today and she raised 121 not out in the one day victory against zimbabwe. i just said she was even sure how to celebrate the milestone. she feels very good. i don't know _ milestone. she feels very good. i don't know what _ milestone.

we want to make sure that the hard earned gains of the belfast agreement are protected while avoiding a hard border on the island of ireland and maintaining the activity of the eu market. >> joining us is our correspondent in belfast. how are officials in northern ireland reacting to all of this? >> pretty well. before making this announcement you just heard the representative of the eu came to northern ireland and talked to local politicians behind me. he talked to local businesses. these proposals are the result of his findings over here. the largest party here, the largest unionist party which was hostile to this protocol, the democratic unionists have welcomed broadly this -- these proposals. the leader talked to france 24 here. he said after weeksnd months of wrangling that brought this protocol and this implementation close to chaos, this was a resolution. the offer is for a cutdown of 85% of checks on goods coming from great britain into northern ireland. most unionists here would like to see 100% of cuts and not just 50% less red tape, 100% less red tape because as far as they

so for the london marathon, expect some sunshine, the marathon in belfast as well.t at least we're not going to have that really prolonged rain. now, the temperatures both on saturday and sunday will be around the mid—teens — not that it'll feel like it because of the strength of the wind and also the prolonged rain. and then, on monday, the next area of low pressure heads our way. so early on monday there could be some sunshine around, but certainly by monday afternoon and evening we'll start to see the next area of wet weather approaching south—western parts of the uk. so a very unsettled spell of weather over the next few days — quite typical for october, really. here's the summary. you can see a lot of rain shower icons there, temperatures mostly in the mid—teens. there's just a hint that, sometime later next week, things will settle down at least for a bit. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories. optimism from health experts as a pill developed to treat severe coronavirus reports positive trial results that could halve the chances of d

i make no apologies for not supporting a protocol that damages the belfast agreement. agreement as much as brexit but they accepted it does damage it. 0mits many issues, the protocol has a built—in instability that will raise tensions every time we have an election as articles five to ten are voted on. every four years. from the sectarian headcount we are about to begin a protocol headcount which will take precedence over all other issues. the protocol must be replaced with a treaty that works for all of the people on this island. this means no trading borders, north, south, east and west. there cannot be a border in the irish sea. applause that was doug beattie there. investigative journalist dmitry muratov has told the bbc he is dedicating the nobel peace prize, which he was awarded jointly with fillipino journalist maria ressa, to russian journalists who have been killed in the line of duty. mr muratov is a co founder of russia's leading independent newspaper novaya gazeta. in the last few months, dozens of russian journalists and media outlets have been harrassed a

andrew simmons travels to belfast in northern ireland to see what effect the row is having.s the uk's brexit minister prepared to speak in portugal, karen sloan was taking a delivery from the irish republic. it is his main supply line now delicatessen in northern , and without it, his delicatessen in northern ireland would be out of business. he had been hoping the e.u. was about to smooth things out with concessions over regulations on food exported from the u.k. and streamlined custom checks. but the way the british government is now behaving leaves him and business people all over northern ireland in doubt. until now, he and many others never realized the role of the european court of justice was an issue in the post-present crisis. >> rule her was thinki was brexit and protocol and that is what you hear. he just think, that is something new, another thing to worry about. i work hard in this business to keep it going. you are left hanging. politicians need to do something. they need to smooth us out. reporter: but there is nothing smooth in what the u.k. brexit minister h

look at the temperatures, 16, 17 degrees in some spots, way above the average for example in belfast.an area of low pressure. that means weather fronts will be heading our way. further heavy rain expected towards the end of the week. at times it could even turn very, very windy, but i think the real message for this week is how changeable at times the weather is going to be, with those showers coming in and those particularly high temperatures, up to 18. goodbye. good afternoon. the chancellor, rushi sunak, says he will deliver a budget that invests in "infrastructure, innovation and skills", to grow the british economy as it recovers from the covid epidemic. he said there would be strong investment in public services. 0n questions about the rising cost of living, the chancellor said

andrew simmons has been following this story and joins his life from belfast. hello there, andrew. what has the e u been proposing as a solution to this protocol issue? will it's going all out. it would seem to try to smooth out this crisis over the sea borders you've explained. and what is happening is that there's a host of shacks as a host of formality that's been holding up goods coming in to northern ireland and causing massive problems. now, what we've been hearing from morris, seth greevich, the, the, the vice president of the european commission, or is that something like 80 percent off of the goods? mainly food at that sir? fresh meat sir, chilled meat, sir. dairy products, sir, they will go straight through without any checks or furthermore, something like 50 percent of the paperwork will be now completely cut out. so the reassurance to businesses is that there will be a much smoother process going on. so furthermore, there are assurances that the european union will, will take care of other matters as well. and there is though, with all of this, a red line is that the yo

rouse up yourself, belfast, wake up...well as it being a place where people will give you so much and no more. having said that, i do call northern ireland home. i don�*t know if northern ireland calls me one of its own yet. i still hear the word "blow—in" from time to time! for most of the last century there was less cultural diversity, but more cultural clashes. the boundaries of identity are still sharp, but they�*re being softened. linda irvine runs an irish language school in a strongly unionist part of east belfast. some argue the language is a political tool of irish nationalism, but linda passionately believes her work enhances her british identity. hello, chris! hello, linda. hello, nice to see you. you�*re very welcome. what do you think of the fact that we�*ve seen this new appreciation, this new sharing, if you like, of cultures in northern ireland, what it says about the society we�*re in now? how important will that be in the future? i think the fact that we can have an irish language centre here in east belf

in fact, 12 degrees in london, nine degrees expected in belfast, glasgow and edinburgh.for many parts of the uk but showers continue right from the word go in western scotland and northern ireland. there will be showers scattered elsewhere. some will move deeper inland but i think the further east and south—east you are, the drier the weather will be through tomorrow. 15 in london on monday. 11 in the north, so temporarily cooling off in the north before temperatures rise again as we head into tuesday. it's brought in by this next area of low pressure, you can see quite strong south—westerly winds drawing on that warmth from the southern climes and in fact that mild air spreads all the way across scotland as well. so early in the morning, some rain across the western isles and central scotland eventually too. perhaps some wet weather for northern ireland. much of england and wales stays dry on tuesday. maybe a few spits and spots around the lake district. look at the temperatures, 16, 17 degrees in some spots, way above the average for example in belfast. how about the r

just 18 years old, and i remember arriving in londonderry, having driven from the overnight ferry in belfastrong, drove my way up the falls road, miraculously found my way. not the ideal place for a soldier to be found. no, all my kit piled up in my mini. we were a bit naive in those days. i was just 18 years old, and i remember arriving in londonderry, having driven from the overnight ferry in belfast, got it wrong, drove my way up the falls road, miraculously found my way. not the ideal place for a soldier to be found. no, all my kit piled up in my mini. we were a bit naive in those days. but i remember arriving and being told to get my uniform on, and i'd be commanding my platoon. you knew you would have been the target of the ira. for sure, yes. we were going to an ambush on the road towards the pass, which was very notable, veterans will know very well. it was an extraordinary thing to do, and my company commander listened to the orders i gave. my platoon sergeant was very much there to make sure they were decent orders. but you were thrown in at the deep end, and it was one of those ci

so for belfast and glasgow, i think some sunny spells certainly in the forecast., and then the weather opens up a little bitjust in time for the marathons on sunday. so for the london marathon, expect some sunshine, the marathon in belfast as well. nowhere will be completely dry. in fact, showers are expected on sunday with a keen westerly breeze, but at least we're not going to have that really prolonged rain. now, the temperatures both on saturday and sunday will be around the mid—teens, not that it will feel like it because of the strength of the wind and also the prolonged rain. and then on monday, the next area of low pressure heads our way. so early on monday, there could be some sunshine around, but certainly by monday afternoon and evening, we'll start to see the next area of wet weather approaching southwestern parts of the uk. so a very unsettled spell of weather over the next few days — quite typical for october, really. here's the summary. you can see a lot of rain shower icons there, temperatures mostly in the mid—teens. there's just a hint that somet

andrew simmons line for us there in belfast. and the united nations, as recalls to senior officials working in ethiopia because of concerns about their safety. it comes after an unverified recording surface in which to you and workers say you an official, sympathize with rebels in te gray investigation into that recording comes days after ethiopia. expelled 7, un employees, accusing them of meddling. the un secretary general is calling on ethiopia to allow unrestricted access to deliver humanitarian aid to te gray, where the government is fighting rebels. live to markham way poor joining us from my ruby or kenya with an eye on that story for as there's been tension. we know malcolm recently between the u. n. n e t o p. and government. what more do we know 1st about these un officials of had to leave if you're here who, when the audio recording, which was published online to women, can be heard saying that they work for the un in ethiopia, speaking to a freelance journalist and saying that they believe senior global level, un off

andrew simmons there live for us in belfast. can years president says he will not recognize the ruling by the international court of justice. a judgement largely favors somalia in a long running maritime border. disputes at stake is control of the 100000 square kilometers section of the indian ocean. it's rich in oil and gas, kenya says it's maritime borders should be drawn in a straight line eastwards. parallel to the line of latitude in somalia says the borders should expand southwards, extending its land border. ma kenya should instead see the decision of the court as an opportunity to strengthen the relationship of the 2 countries and the collaboration of their neighboring people. somalia did not choose to be a neighbor with kenyana, but it was the willing of the almighty god. so that we're forced to live as peaceful neighbors. so mario was committed to that forever and welcomes it. now. this decision is in the circumstances, a 0 sum game, which will only strain the relations between our 2 countries. it will also reverse the

she's joining us by skype from belfast. thanks for your time, your initial reaction to what we've witness today out of to don. well, it's an exhilaration for most of these people, you know that the last 2 year were is actually the last 2 years of the transition was actually a cut off from the revolutionary movement that was supposed to with the sudanese people once and for all from security slash military and now militia alliance over power for the last 60 years since independence. so even though it might seem like a regression on the progress that it was made, it feels to move people on the ground that gets the actual corrective to use were hands words the actual corrective movement towards real transition to democracy. one that does not include an involvement by military and other armed forces, but they are believe that this will actually pressure the military and, and but, hong to, to reverse course and reverse the qu. well, the pro democracy movement also has a playbook. now that it's reading from, it's been doing this

in fact, 12 degrees in london, nine degrees expected in belfast, glasgow and edinburgh. 0nto the forecastwill be showers scattered elsewhere, some of them will move deeper inland but i think the further east and south—east you are the drier the weather will be through tomorrow. 15 in london on monday, 11 in the north, so temporarily cooling off in the north before the temperatures rise again as we head into tuesday. it's brought in by this next area of low pressure. you can see quite strong south—westerly winds drawing in that warmth from the southern climes, and in fact that mild air spresds all the way across scotland as well. so early in the morning some rain across the western isles and central scotland eventually, too. perhaps some wet weather for northern ireland. much of england and wales stays dry on tuesday, maybe a few spits and spots around the lake district. look at the temperatures, 16 and 17 degrees in some spots, that's way above the average for example in belfast. how about the rest of the week? quite a strong jet stream out in the atlantic, this big dip here spawning an a

let's bring in andrew simmons in belfast. thank you for joining us, andrew. it's quite a complicated situation. but what has the u. k. bricks minister been saying to day he obviously wants his northern island protocol changed. he doesn't just want it changed more or less once it ripped up. it was a really caught an extraordinary sequence of, of events with his speech because he started off about talking about the differences between the you, you follow up with britain and saying, you know, it takes to, to actually do things and we want to improve relations and then a few minutes later he was talking about, basically changing a billing recognition. really this, tracy, this, this part of the treaty, or the more than all and protocol, which is a problem. there's no doubt about the major issues involved, which is the slowness of checks, the, the regulations which stop various products from being imported from the u. k. businesses having a really difficult time, especially in the relative christmas and getting their product, sir on really a major issues. but that

so belfast and calais are completely different.- are completely different.pefully they come to something so we get a bit of the sound and fury this week and hopefully move together. but what recommendations would you make? your organisation has looked at it, how would you change it. 7 ittrui’ith organisation has looked at it, how would you change it. 7— organisation has looked at it, how would you change it. 7 with not “ust look at it, we've i would you change it. 7 with not “ust look at it, we've collectively i look at it, we've collectively joined with colleagues across northern ireland who engage deeply with the uk government. just ten days ago we sent a very detailed report to both the uk and eu to inform the type of position and the type of conversations we will have in the coming weeks. the really practical idea is that only business can deliver. this won't be sorted just by change to the european rules or changes to the uk legislative package. some of this will have to be delivered by businesses themselves and businesses are willing to claim that part

so for the london marathon, expect some sunshine, the marathon in belfast as well.ally prolonged rain. now, the temperatures both on saturday and sunday will be around the mid—teens, not that it'll feel like it because of the strength of the wind and also the prolonged rain. and then, on monday, the next area of low pressure heads our way. so early on monday there could be some sunshine around, but certainly by monday afternoon and evening we'll start to see the next area of wet weather approaching south—western parts of the uk. so a very unsettled spell of weather over the next few days — quite typical for october, really. here's the summary. you can see a lot of rain shower icons there, temperatures mostly in the mid—teens. there is just a hint that, sometime later next week, things will settle down at least for a bit. bye— bye. you're watching bbc news. i'm rich preston. provisional clinical trials of a new experimental drug for severe covid suggests it cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by about half if authorised by regulators the new drug, which is a pi

over 12 is| the population aged over 12 is vaccinated, a situation where bands are playing gigs in belfasto stay in place until february next year. as there public support for what is going on in the republic of ireland?- the republic of ireland? there is ublic the republic of ireland? there is public support _ the republic of ireland? there is public support around - the republic of ireland? there is public support around the i is public support around the fight against covid and the strategy by the government. not everyone is happy about it but the general support is we're doing the right thing and that has been shown by the vaccine take up in island. we have the highest take—up of vaccine per head of population anywhere in europe —— ireland and we're very proud of that and now we're starting a booster campaign for those over 60 and those who are vulnerable. as we go through the next number of weeks and months, and we are going through a time, the christmas period is very, very important for the hospitality industry, it is critical we have a good christmas and make sure we do it right an

in a moment, we will hear from hywel griffith in cardiff and emma vardy in belfast, but first our scotland scottish government was already expecting in the form of the block grant, and unusually, it includes direct treasury funding for projects in scotland, like upgrading some town centres, even an electric car grand prix in the western isles. and the chancellor specifically said this budget shows the financial value to scotland of remaining in the united kingdom. well, the snp say it was a missed opportunity, the money should have been spent on green projects, like a carbon capture and storage facility near aberdeen, and that the uk government's missing out on green economic opportunities, especially as, just over there, next week, glasgow will be hosting the cop26 environmental conference. in the welsh government building behind me, they'll be going through these numbers line by line, but one figure that stands out is the extra {2.5 billion a year that will come to wales. however, the labour ministers here say they already see gaps in the funding. they point to the lack of new money to d