well, brandon lewis s-ueakin apparently? well, brandon lewis speaking on _ apparently? well, brandon lewis speaking on itv last night said i apparently? well, brandon lewis. speaking on itv last night said this was not some sort of stitch up between the dup and the british government. the government has been saying that operating the protocol checks is a matterfor the saying that operating the protocol checks is a matter for the stormont executive. so the indications we are having from the westminster government is that it is not going to intervene over the head of the stormont exec executive to reinstate those checks if indeed it stop. instead the westminster government is emphasising it is still in negotiations with the eu to try to resolve the remaining difficulties about the northern ireland protocol. it is committed to try and find a resolution in those negotiations. mourning the reaction from the european commission in brussels, they have said it is unhelpful. the foreign minister, simon coveney, a very important voice on the eu side has said he thinks it will be

the uk northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis, was also asked about comments by the british defenceow the comparison he was drawing and about the intensive arguments that germany was an interesting and... is a directionless in france or germany? —— is he directing this in france or germany? no, the point he was making is that we are all working in this divided to find a diplomatic outlet and is the right outcome but he is expressing the fear that russia may not be as genuine around a diplomatic outcome and the political —— diplomatic engagement as we hope they are. but he also says he hopes they do mean what they said to him that they are not seeking to engage or to invade ukraine. president biden told russian president putin that there would be "swift and severe consequences" if russia invades ukraine. speaking earlier to the bbc, the white house senior adviser derek chollet says that a russian "military incursion" could take an unpredictable path. what we are worried about right now is russia's invasion of ukraine. its further invasion of ukraine and the consequences of that. war

raworth will be here at 9am tomorrow, where she'll be speaking to the northern ireland secretary brandon lewisg parts of the uk. when the weather across the south, lighter winds further north. on the satellite picture, you can see that shield of cloud racing and from the atlantic. this will bring wet weather to start sunday across western england, wales, quickly getting into northern ireland, northern england and up into southern scotland as well. for east anglia in the southeast, they will start off on a drying out, rain will arrive here to the afternoon. not in scotland likely to stay mostly dry lips and spells of sunshine and the hot shower. slightly drier conditions could develop in northern ireland through the afternoon. the winds across northern areas relatively light, southern areas, brisk winds, the average wind speeds, gusts can touch 50 mph for english channel coasts. relatively mild, 7—ii celsius. have a soggy sunday evening across east wales, central and eastern parts of england, that rain taking a long time to clear way. some drier conditions will develop out west, but with some s

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the northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis, has clarified comments by his cabinet colleague, ben wallaceo the appeasement of nazi germany before the second world war. the defence secretary told the sunday times there was a "whiff of munich in the air". mr lewis said it wasn't a criticism of any western ally, but was rasing a question about whether russia was genuine about seeking a peaceful solution. more on that in a moment, but first, our diplomatic correspondentjames landale has the background to the crisis. in the last three months there have been fears in the west that russia is planning to invade ukraine and it and it all began last november when satellite in villages showed russian troop movements close to the border with ukraine. president putin denied planning an invasion but he has written publicly about how he sees russians and ukrainians as one people and he also wants to block ukraine from our —— ever joining nato. this led western powers to bolster nato's eastern flank here and threaten severe economic sanctions against russia if it invaded and there the matter largely stay

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is brandon lewis by saying, sir keir made the apology and there was that inquiry.impression it gives. on the 12th ofjanuary when the summer garden parties had been revealed as well, the prime minister's apology at that point was, there were things we simply did not get right, i must take responsibility. i went into the garden, i believed implicitly this was a work event. so the prime minister apologising for things we did not get to write. labour today though, have been saying he absolutely should withdraw the comments and apologise for the comments and apologise for the comments he made about sir keir starmer because they are untrue and drawn from online conspiracy sites. this is what labour has been saying. he holds the highest office in the land and people do listen to what he says and it's trumpian—style politics and legitimises the sort of political discourse that isn't what we like or deserve in this country. and i believe he should come to the house of commons and apologise unreservedly for the slurs that he made last week, which is exactly what many of his

progress to try and resolve this crisis, but it would be up to the northern ireland secretary brandon lewisnists here in northern ireland feel is impacting on business, slowing down trade across the irish sea. it is costing businesses and customers hear time and money, and is in their view weakening northern ireland's place in the united kingdom. that's why they have insisted they want changes to the northern ireland protocol, but this comes down to the impossible conundrum of how do you make sure that goods are not flowing across the borderfrom that goods are not flowing across the border from the that goods are not flowing across the borderfrom the north that goods are not flowing across the border from the north of ireland into the republic without establishing hard border with guards, posts, checks in position. that was agreed right back at the start of the brexit process and that's why there is in effect a border instead in the middle of the irish sea. it is in issue everybody can see being a possible problem six years ago even before the referendum, and it is having the consequences i

the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis did appear on tv yesterday and said this was for the northernrthern ireland executive. is brussel surprise so far we have not had that much from westminster about this? ,, ., ., ., ., , this? strong would have raised e ebrows this? strong would have raised eyebrows here. _ this? strong would have raised eyebrows here. they _ this? strong would have raised eyebrows here. they will - this? strong would have raised eyebrows here. they will be i this? strong would have raised i eyebrows here. they will be tracked later on the man who needs deal, when it comes to ireland, is due to have a call with prince. they are trying to make the deal work in a better way. trying to make the deal work in a betterway. lord trying to make the deal work in a better way. lord frost used to lead for the uk and now it is liz truss and the hope is maybe they could make progress and benefit everyone. that is the line from brussels but people in northern ireland, traders, businesses, people on the streets will benefit from a better way of implementing the deal. i think th