midnight on friday morning, the automatic, the result of that is that's what we've just heard from chris eton harris, that there have to be new elections. we don't know the date of those yet, but they are going to be held within 12 weeks from now. so there we are. that is the result of breaks it. and it's the results of the objections, the nor the modern irish protocol of the, of the d u. p. when there we are, rory challenge reporting from belfast still ahead on al jazeera, it's crunch time in brazil with the election just around the corner. but experts say misinformation could lead voters astray and forest fires a raging and spain with official saying, there may be more to come this. we can stay with us. ah, anticipation is rising. and so is the atmosphere. are you ready for the way spotted my cattle aways? hello, the weather set fair for the korean peninsula. we will see some showers. meanwhile, just pushing into japan, cyclical northern and western parts of the country. little area of ro pressure just coming in across the sea of japan. that will bring some rain into western parts of honshu, wette

the northern ireland secretary or chris eton harris as scott's until january the 19th to call an election, but were expecting him to move much quick of that and probably make an announcement later today. so our given it is likely to be at another election and what, what, what, what when we expect to happen next? so we are likely thing to get an announcement as a satellite, as a from, from the northern line secretary, or he is probably against say, we'll have an election in northern ireland in december. will that change anything? well, there are many people here. certainly the centrist parties who think that this is going to just be another go rounds on the merry go round, essentially that there will be exactly the same situation to comes out of an election in december as we have now. it won't move the dial in any significant way the dead then the next problem is what happens after that? if, if we are in the same position, you have a situation in which barrett essentially 2 choices. either you go to direct rule from london. ah, and that is got to be unacceptable. fortune fain, or which fav

the next hour or so is an announcement from the northern ireland secretary or chris eton smith, 2, sorry, christine harris. 2 are announced. new elections hasn't done that yet, but that's what's being expected. and that should happen very, very soon. okay, rory, so, if we do have elections in december as is expected, if this doesn't sort out the situation, what happens next? well it's very unlikely to sort out the situation, but lots of people here are bit speaking to her that her, her legislator from a party called the alliance party as a centrist party, knots sectarian elite sector really aligned. oh says that they really are, the elections will not make the situation any better, that you will just go for another rotation round this mary, go round and in december after the elections will be exactly the same spot. so what happens next? well, he was advocating for a re drafting of the, the framework ready for politics and northern ireland that you have to get away from a system where these 2 main parties in fain on one side and the dp on the other have a veto. that can essentially collapse the executive a