chris buckler, thank you.ister is heading to brussels for talks to try to end a stalemate over brexit negotiations. she'll have dinner with the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier and the head of the european commission jean—claude juncker days after the men said talks were in deadlock. downing street says the meeting had been planned for some time though it wasn't in mr juncker‘s published diary. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. are these emergency talks in all but name? well, downing street insists this is not panic central because of the seemingly deadlocked brexit talks. but you really do detect a new degree of urgency in the government's approach and a clear desire for this dinner to go an awful lot better than the last one withjean—claude awful lot better than the last one with jean—claude juncker in downing street which ended in acrimony, with the german press being briefed that jean—claude juncker thought that theresa may was deluded. and then theresa may was deluded. and

chris buckler, bbc news, galway. 0ne one man has died and two others injured ina one man has died andtabbing outside parsons green tube station. the metropolitan police say the incident is not a terrorist attack and no arrests have been made. thousands of civilians are fleeing the iraqi city of kirkuk after the iraqi army seized control of the city from kurdish forces. kurdish fighters, known as peshmerga, have been in control of the city since 2014 when iraqi forces fled in the face of an advance by so—called islamic state. the city lies in a region claimed by both the kurds and the iraqi government and is outside the autonomous kurdish region in the north of iraq. last month kurds voted overwhelmingly for independence, provoking the iraqi government to send in troops. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin and cameraman duncan stone have sent this report from kirkuk. pledging to defend kirkuk. peshmerga fighters began the day with defiance but this small band was no match for tanks. nor were the locals armed with whatever came to hand. we lost 2000 men fighting is, he says. we ar

chris buckler is at the event in belfast for us now. chris. filled with people here to see the latest styles and trends. and one of the genuine stars of the show will be not a big—name super marco —— a big—name supermodel but instead, a teenager with down‘s syndrome. fashion is an industry where looks matter. what‘s seen on the surface can sometimes be judged as the substance. but not everybody gets the opportunity to stand out as special in this world. kate grant is 19 and she wants to be a model. oh, that‘s lovely. however, she was only given the chance to pose for pictures after her mum complained on facebook about the attitude of modelling agencies. she believes they didn‘t see potential in kate because she has down‘s syndrome — and that post has been liked and shared tens of thousands of times. whenever i applied for a few places for her to be a model, er, they really didn‘t want to know once it came down to that she had down‘s syndrome. to me, beauty is in everyone. and, erm, ifelt that the people were very narrow—minded. my body is so,

chris buckler, bbc news, galway.aqi city of kirkuk, after the iraqi army seized control of the city from kurdish forces. kurdish fighters — known as peshmerga — have been in control of the city since 2014, when iraqi forces fled in the face of an advance by so—called islamic state. the city lies in a region claimed by both the kurds and the iraqi government, and is outside the autonomous kurdish region in the north of iraq. last month, kurds voted overwhelmingly for independence, provoking the iraqi government to send in troops. our middle east correspondent orla guerin and cameraman duncan stone have sent this report from kirkuk. pledging to defend kirkuk. peshmerga fighters began the day with defiance but this small band was no match for tanks. nor were the locals armed with whatever came to hand. we lost 2000 men fighting is, he says. we are not afraid of the iraqi prime minister. but that's not how it looked, deep in the city. a checkpoint on the outskirts, now a tense new front line. the kurds, who fought is wit

chris buckler there in belfast.ow an army fitness instructor accused of attempting to murder his wife caused a gas leak at their home. emile cilliers is also on trial of trying to kill his wife by sabotaging her parachute. he denies the charges. the trial of a man accused of murdering his adopted daugher has been told she could have been at "high risk" of the bone disease rickets and had "classic signs" of vitamin b deficiency. —— vitamin d. 31—year—old matthew scully—hicks denies inflicting catastrophic injuries on 18—month—old elsie at their cardiff home. elsie died in hospital in may last year. the case continues. police in south lanarkshire say a 36—year—old man has been arrested after armed officers were called to reports that he had barricaded himself inside a house with a crossbow. he was detained shortly after a fire began in the property in blantyre. a woman was also inside the home. this year's list of the 100 most influential black britons has been published. at number one on the powerlist 2018 is gina mi

thousands are still without electricity, as chris buckler reports.unty after county, they've beenle clearing the mess left behind by the extreme weather. ophelia has done her damage, but the repairs now have to be carried out and there are huge numbers of people still without electricity. the suggestion is that there will be households that won't have powerfor days to come. in many ruralareas, teams are still removing trees felled by the strong winds and trying to reconnect power cables. that's true across this island. in northern ireland, the gusts ripped roofs off and at this house, in county antrim, forced a tree through the ceiling. it's as close as i ever want to get. storm ophelia has a lot to answer for. it certainlyjust missed me. this was a dangerous storm, but watch how some ignored the warnings. you were very happy to be indoors and yet there was an awful lot of lunatics that were going up—and—down, you know, they were actually going into the sea. ireland faced the worst of ophelia, but across scotland, wales and england this former hurric

chris buckler, bbc news, ireland.tting ready for what they expect to be very high winds indeed. no rainfall at the moment. things will get worse before they get better. things will get worse before they get better. chris fawkes from the bbc‘s weather service is here. where is it now and where is it heading? we have been watching this for a few days. at the weekend it started off as a very powerful hurricane, category three. that was on saturday. you can see the eye in the middle of the hurricane. it weakened a bit as it came past portugal and spain. i cannot believe we are talking about the hurricane coming past portugal and spain. why are we? it started off life in the azores, to the south—west of the azores. the temperature is about 2k celsius, about a degree and a half normal, but that is not enough to form a hurricane. but we had cold air in high levels in the atmosphere and that over the unusually warm seas created the temperature contrast that is similar to the temperatures you get in the tropics where hurricane

chris buckler, bbc news, galway.ew falder, has admitted 137 offences, including blackmailing young people into sending him degrading pictures, and then sharing them on the so—called dark web. the 28—year—old is said to have humiliated more than 50 victims. he'll be sentenced in december. you are up—to—date. don't forget you can get in touch with me on twitter. i'm @babitabbc. i will be back the same time for newsday tomorrow. time now for all the sports news in sport today. see you soon. hello, this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: riyad mahrez scores as leicester city come from behind to draw 1—1 all with west bromwich albion in the english premier league. and despite this scene at cork city's home ground after storm 0phelia, their league of ireland match against derry city will go ahead on tuesday night. england cricketer jonny bairstow talks to us about how family tragedy has shaped his life as a person and sportsman. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start wit

chris buckler, bbc news. the image is amazing, we're not used to seeing them in the north atlantic.ndon and incredible pictures of the sky. you are resident meteorologist! i know you have a masters degree in meteorological studies. apparently this was ophelia sucking in weather from the constant and apparently some sand as well from the sahara. that is why there was this orange tone. yesterday as well the irish government told people to stay indoors and not to go out. so who was out in dublin yesterday but this chap, you might recognise him. bill clinton. he was overin recognise him. bill clinton. he was over in ireland, he is in northern ireland today actually talking to parties about the stormont crisis. but he cancelled his fight yesterday and had extra time to go out sightseeing. and of course you can see he did a few selfies with people in dublin who were very pleased to see. being well of course hillary clinton is over here pushing her bookin clinton is over here pushing her book in london. and she has broken her toe. going down the stairs. so she has been late to all her appo

thousands are still without electricity, as chris buckler reports.hey‘ve been clearing the mess left behind by the extreme weather. 0phelia has done her damage, but the repairs now have to be carried out and there are huge numbers of people still without electricity. the suggestion is that there will be households that won‘t have powerfor days to come. in many ruralareas, teams are still removing trees felled by the strong winds and trying to reconnect power cables. that‘s true across this island. in northern ireland, the gusts ripped roofs off and at this house, in county antrim, forced a tree through the ceiling. it‘s as close as i ever want to get. storm 0phelia has a lot to answer for. it certainlyjust missed me. this was a dangerous storm, but watch how some ignored the warnings. you were very happy to be indoors and yet there was an awful lot of lunatics that were going up—and—down, you know, they were actually going into the sea. ireland faced the worst of 0phelia, but across scotland, wales and england this former hurricane showed her power t

that was chris buckler speaking to meet a little earlier. end ofjune. overall, crime increased by 13% — with 5.2 million offences recorded year—on—year. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has been looking in to the figures. the overall number of offences recorded by police, and that is important to remember, these are only the crimes that come to the notice of the police, that is passed the 5 million mark for the first time ina the 5 million mark for the first time in a decade. it is nowjust short of 5.2 million offences recorded in the period to the end of june. and the comparison is with the same period in the previous year and we can see in increase of 13%. in terms of violent crime, that is up bya terms of violent crime, that is up by a fifth, up by 19%, the increase in violent crime. we can see there are particular categories of crime, firearms offences are up, knife crime is up and cases of stalking and harassment is up sharply as well. also, one of the other categories are cases of murder and manslaughter. these are grouped und

our correspondent chris buckler reports from galway, where the centre of the storm passed through.the atlantic ophelia arrived in force. no longer a hurricane, from the atlantic ophelia arrived in force. no longera hurricane, but from the atlantic ophelia arrived in force. no longer a hurricane, but a storm still determined to show her power. that was seen on ireland's south and west coasts, but red wind warnings were in place across the country. trampolines were no match for the weather. and this roof was torn from a school in county cork on a day declared by the irish government to be one of a national emergency. this is a national red alert. it applies to all cities, all counties and all areas. also bear in mind, that even after the storm has passed, there will still be dangers. there will be trees on the ground and power lines down. galway was in the direct path. here many listened to appeals to stay inside. in the windows of shop after shop there we re windows of shop after shop there were signs saying they would be staying closed because of the storm. flood gates were put on

chris buckler is at stormont this lunchtime.een many deadlines and many days when the future of stormont hung in the balance and this is another one. none days brought balance and this is another one. none - days brought dup and none of those days brought dup and sinn fein back together and it seems unlikely this day will do that either. from the statements we have from the parties, they are starting to blame each other, before we have the technicalfailure of to blame each other, before we have the technical failure of the latest round of negotiations. the question is what comes next. well, the northern ireland secretary james brokenshire has two optionsment one is to put in place direct rule, that's something that he doesn't wa nt to that's something that he doesn't want to do. and they have said time and time again. it is something that the dup doesn't want and remember the dup doesn't want and remember the dup doesn't want and remember the dup are currently supporting the conservatives at westminster. so, what we are looking

our correspondent chris buckler reports. from the atlantic, ophelia arrived in force. the west but red warnings were in place across the country. trampolines were no match for the weather. this roof was torn from the school in county cork on a day declared by the irish government to be one of the national emergency. this is a national red alert which applies to all areas. bear in mind after the storm has passed, there will still be danger. there will be trees on the ground and power lines pulled up. galway was in the direct path. in the windows of shop after shop, there were signs saying they would be staying closed because of the storm. floodgates were put at businesses and the streets cleared of potentially dangerous debris. but in galway bay, even with ophelia approaching some ignored the warnings to go swimming. last night, we had a meeting at the city hall with the army, civil defence and fire services and the councils and of putting a plan in place but you will still have an idiot out in the water swimming beside the blackrock tower. that is the sort of idiot tha

our ireland correspondent chris buckler is at stormont. any sign of movement at all? these —— in must feel like there are a lot of these deadlines because i come on and save today‘s crucial, this really matters, and the uk government have been pushing the line. that‘s true to an extent. they are saying today is important because by next week they need to get either a power—sharing government at stormont, get that back up and running since it collapsed in january, back up and running since it collapsed injanuary, or alternatively they need to look at setting a budget for northern ireland. public services needed budget going forward. that is crucial work which frankly had budget going forward. that is crucia those nhich frankly had budget going forward. that is crucia those are h frankly had budget going forward. that is crucia those are the ankly had budget going forward. that is crucia those are the twor had budget going forward. that is crucia those are the two options. done. those are the two options. it's done. those are the two options. it‘s clear the northern ire

earlier legal rulings in northern ireland on the controversial issue. 0ur ireland correspondent chris buckler northern ireland is much stricter than that in any other part of the uk. essentially, pregnancy can only be terminated where a mother's life is at risk or her health is in serious danger. there have been a series of arguments that have been a series of arguments that have taken place in the courts here about whether that is right. a number of charities and campaigners have argued that it is a breach of some women's human rights and as a result they have been pushing for this issue to be examined by the courts. two yea rs this issue to be examined by the courts. two years ago, the high court ruled that that was the case, but in cases where the child or foetus would not survive childbirth, 01’ foetus would not survive childbirth, or where a woman had been a victim ofa or where a woman had been a victim of a crime such as rape or incest, then she should be allowed an abortion. however, that was overturned by an appeal court here, who said it was up to stormont, the devolved government th

place across ireland — after storm ophelia battered the british isles yesterday our correspondent chris buckler and there are huge numbers still without electricity today. the electricity supply board here has indicated it is likely some of those customers will be without power for perhaps days. that is a concern. which has had an effect on the supply of water. some customers are also without water today. this remains a big problem. the storm itself may have gone but there are still warnings about strong gusts of wind. you can see the impact in that all of the seaweed has been thrown about. not just all of the seaweed has been thrown about. notjust on the shore but the roads as well. the roads were flooded yesterday. all that is gone. but the clear up continues. as ireland tried to get back on its feet after the storm. to emphasise that point again. there are still warnings of strong gusts. the storm may have moved away from the island, but the winds that it brought with it, they are still having an effect and at times you can still feel the gusts. back to that breaking news where a man has bee

moment we'll speak to pascal shehee, who's in cork for us, but first, our ireland correspondent chris bucklery on the west coast of the republic of ireland. are the wind is getting up there? the winds are strengthening. you can see the promenade behind me and the wind really starting to have an effect, although people is a walking along the promenade, in the next 60 minutes or so we expected to be effectively closed as the concerns about the strengthening of the wind really grows. i have been inside the city centre and many shops have decided to close for the day. there are signs on store after store sent because of temp one they will not open today. it is starting to become in certain parts of the city you really quiet, but they have to be concerned. time and time again and you are hearing these warnings. you only have to turn the really want to give the public service announcements telling people to be aware, to make sure that their bins are secured, b garden furniture right. some of the businesses in town were taking their rubbish in, the bins they had left to be collected, they were takin

we can speak to chris buckler in galway on the west coast of ireland.ns like they're now?- the conditions like they're now?- the moment in galway they are not too bad. we have been preparing for the storm. the ominous skies give a sense of what is coming. already the storm has hit the southern part of this island and there are already 5000 homes without electricity and they are expecting more homes to lose power before the day is out. many people have been giving stark warnings not to go out unless you have to. schools have been closed across the island and outpatient appointments have been cancelled as people have been told to stay home if they possibly can. when you drive along here you will hear radio adverts saying particularly, public service announcements, that people should not go out, they should batten down the hatches, make sure that nothing in their garden, even bins and garden furniture, is left loose because they are concerned about the speed of the winds and the gusts that are coming. chris, thank you very much. the prime minister is headi