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 are concerned, ty can't accept a border within the united kingdom because northern ireland has one foot in the eu common market. of course, this is just the start of negotiations. mr. donelson sees these negotiations going all the way to mid-nember but at least a good start. bringing this whole negotiation back from the brink. on the other side of the break here, a very good welcome to these proposals. they want to recall this to scuss this and implement the protocol as quickly as humanly possible. the business community gave a these ideas because th

they have been cut off from the uk before becoming prime minister, boris johnson had told the democratic unionist years ago that he did not want to see northern ireland left in the lurch by a border in the sea. >> no british. >> conservative government should sign up to such an arrangement. reporter: that assurance failed by the wayside. the northern irish people could be forgiven for feeling betrayed. there is a feeling of unease for many people living here. andrew simmons, al jazeera, northern ireland. anchor: the investigation into the beirut port explosion has been suspended after two politicians wanted for questioning filed a complaint against the judge. the former finance minister complained after an arrest warrant was issued for him. he is close to hezbollah, as is his public works minister, who is also wanted for questioning. however reporter faced many obstacles as he tried to talk to public figures about what they knew about the chemical stockpile which exploded, killing more than 200 people. early results from sunday's election in iraq show a coalition led by sheer cleric moqtada al-sa

before becoming prime minister, boris johnson had told the democratic unionist party three years agohe did not want to see 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. reporter: that assurance fell by the wayside. the people of northern ireland could be forgiven for feeling betrayed and while unionist politicians welcomed the hard-line from the british government, there's a feeling of unease for many living here. andrew simmons, al jazeera, belfast. peter: let's bring in our guests today, joining us from belfast, owen reidy, assistant general secretary of the big -- irish congress of trade unions. nicholas whyte, senior director at apcp. -- apco. and we have graham gudgin, research associate at the university of cambridge, and a former special advisor to the former first minister of northern ireland, david trimble. welcome. the eu is offering some tweaks and changes for. . the du p, why isn't that enough? >> we don't know yet. we will have a look. it does look as if the eu has made a

excepting those involved at the irish question, if i can put it as crudely as that, so the democratic unionistland, otherwise it's been a relatively danger free job. i was listening on a chain of this afternoon to jo was listening on a chain of this afternoon tojo cox's sister who is now the mp for that and that's all saying this is causing real fear. and it will cause realfear among mps and she said she was frightened and her partner came home today and saying that she doesn't want you to do this any more and you can understand that. i think it would be a great shame if that puts people off from becoming mps because we all have our views about mps and their shortcomings from time to time, and questioning their motives from time to time come at the end of that day, the vast majority of them are doing a decentjob and doing their level best command our our representatives in parliament command it would be an appalling result of this terrible, terrible tragedy if fewer people came forward as a result of this, that it came forward as a result of this, thatitis came forward as a result of this, tha

before becoming prime minister bar, as 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 the board and see no british conservative government could or should sign up to any such arrangement. that assurance fell by the wayside . the people who don't ireland could be forgiven for receiving but frayed. and while eunice politicians welcome the hard line from the british government. there's a feeling of unease. for many people living here. andrew simmons al jazeera l phone . ah, this is all the 0. these are the top stories. the e u has placed a $1000000000.00 to have janice done, but the money will be given to international aid groups. not the taliban international funds. we've frozen as the groups take over and that's made the humanitarian crisis worse. chili's government has declared a state of emergency after armed members who indigenous marcio. people took control of forestry logging companies, demanding the preservation of ancestral lands. tens of thousands of governments, supporters of valley to cross bolivi

before becoming prime minister bar, as johnson had told the democratic unionist party 3 years ago that he didn't want to see an island left in the lurch by borderless c. no british conservative government could or should sign up to any such arrangement. that assurance fell by the wayside. the people don't. ireland could be forgiven for this evening, but frayed and while eunice politicians, welcome the hard line from the british government. there's a feeling of unease for many people living here. andrew simmons al jazeera l phone . lego is pledging to make it toys, gender neutral, the world's largest toymaker says it will no longer target different products. so girls and boys and 2 years agenda based marketing. the danish company says it made the decision after a survey found parents and children are still influenced by what it called ingrained gender stereotypes. madeline did not know is the president and chief executive officer of the gina davis institute on gender in the media that still granted ation that conducted the global survey on behalf of lego. she says her research shows gir

before becoming prime minister boris johnson had told a democratic unionist party 3 years ago that he didn't want to see in all marlyn left in the lurch by borderless sea. no british conservative government could or should sign up to any such arrangement. that assurance fell by the wayside. the people who don't ireland could be forgiven for feeding, but frayed and while eunice politicians welcome the hard line from the british government. there's a feeling of unease for many people living here. andrew simmons al jazeera belfast . ah. okay, let's bring in our guests today joining us from belfast, o. unready, assistant general, secretary of the irish congress, a trade unions in brussels. we have nicholas white, senior director in brussels for co, worldwide. that's a global public affairs and strategic communications consultancy. and in cambridge, in the u. k, we have gram gudgusten research associate at the university of cambridge and formerly a special adviser to the former 1st minister of northern ireland. david trimble. gentlemen, welcome to all graham in cambridge coming to 1st the

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 borderless 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 the eunice politicians welcome lahardo line from the british government, there is a feeling of unease for many people living here. andrew simmons al jazeera belfast investigation into the bay root port explosion has been suspended again after 2 politicians wanted for questioning, filed a complaint against the judge, former finance minister and he has on helene complained after an arrest warrant was issued for him. he's close to his bola as is it former public works mister garcia, zeta who's also wanted for questioning. judge tarik b t r has faced repeated obstacles as he tries to talk to some of lebanon's most powerful figures that what they knew about the poorly stored chemical stockpile which exploded, killi

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 borderless 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 the eunice politicians welcomed lahardo line from the british government, there's a feeling of unease. for many people living here, andrew simmons al jazeera belfast 15 people who were kidnapped in ne nigeria several months ago managed to escape. officials say the 6 women and 9 children had to walk for 6 days until i reached safety. they were abducted from villages in bruno state, escaped from an area known to be a strong hold of isolate groups. and here is government has brought in sweeping measures to contain attacks by om groups in the north. the restrictions include cutting communication services and a ban on markets and the transportation of certain goods and as amended. rece reports who can do net is lea

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 borderless, see 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 the eunice politicians welcomed lahardo line from the british government, there's a feeling of unease for many people living here. 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 kr

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 is our designer, these are the top stories, the e u has placed a $1000000000.00 to have canister.

that he should not have been prosecuted in the first place, for example, the leader of the democratic unionistuting miss to hutchings was in the public interest and that there was new evidence available to the court. john pat cunningham's family have said that in due course they will set out their response to the issues around the prosecution of dennis hutchings but they want to respectfully remind, they say, the public of the facts of the case which were not contested during the trial. so, a deeply personal story but also one that will play into the politics of legacy issues in northern ireland. the government currently has plans to scrap all prosecutions, all civil court cases, related to the conflict, and those plans are opposed by many victims' groups and all the main political parties in devolved government at stormont. , ., j ., , stormont. chris page, in belfast, thank you- _ police investigating the killing of sir david amess have been gathering cctv from shops and businesses near the home of his alleged killer. cctv footage from a convenience store in highgate road, north london, obta

that he shouldn�*t have been prosecuted in the first place, for example, the leader of the democratic unionistersonal story but also one that will play into the politics of legacy issues in northern ireland. the government currently has plans to scrap all prosecutions, all civil court cases, related to the conflict, and those plans are opposed by many victims�* groups and all the main political parties in devolved government at stormont. chris page, there, in belfast. police investigating the killing of sir david amess have been gathering cctv from shops and businesses near the home of his alleged killer. cctv footage from a convenience store in highgate road, north london, obtained by the bbc, shows a man believed to be the main suspect in the case walking down gordon house road, in the direction gospel 0ak 0verground station. 25—year—old ali harbi ali is being held under the terrorism act and officers have until friday to question him. tesco has opened its first supermarket in the uk without any checkouts. cameras and weight sensors will work out which items customers have picked up from the

but the biggest unionist party, the democratic unionists, have said that if there are not substantialial port, a backlog here likely to have an impact in december. food i think will continue to move. pigs in blankets, turkeys. the import from europe and what we have in the united kingdom will sustain us more than happily. but toys, electrical goods, white goods, it will be difficult to get them in. more than a third of the uk's freight container traffic is handled at felixstowe. shipping giant maersk is now re—routing some of its biggest ships away from the port to elsewhere in europe, using smaller vessels to unload goods in an attempt to ease supply chain pressure. adam's haulage business moves ioo containers a day, but a lack of space at felixstowe means his drivers are taking containers back to liverpool now instead. there is a massive backlog of deliveries created by the driver shortage, brexit and a number of other things. that has just all created a perfect storm. but this is a global issue, with similar situations in ports across the us, china and east asia too. problems here

the biggest unionist party, the democratic union is, they say if the changes are not to their satisfaction they will pull ministers out of the power—sharing devolved government, so the stakes certainly are very high. government, so the stakes certainly are very high-— are very high. thanks very much. chris page _ are very high. thanks very much. chris page in _ are very high. thanks very much. chris page in belfast. _ the uk's largest commercial port says the supply chain crisis has caused a logjam of shipping containers. the port of felixstowe, which handles over a third of the uk's freight container traffic, blamed the busy pre—christmas period and haulage driver shortages. but officials say the situation is improving. megan patterson reports. packed up and no backed —— and now backed up. christmas stock stuck in thousands of containers at felixstowe. normally, containers passed through here in two or three days, now it is taking more than a week. this is the uk's largest commercial port, a backlog here likely to have an impact in december.— likely to have an impact in december. ~ _, dec

first minister paul kevin and the deputy first minister michelle o'neill from respectively the democratic unionistsed what the latest development means for the case involving the prince. prince andrew has accepted that he has to engage in this case, he has to basically file a defence, he has to basically say why he denies all of these allegations virginia giuffre has made against him. virginia giuffre's core allegation is she was a victim of effectively sexual trafficking control by the sex offender jeffrey epstein, who's since died. in 2009, she settled a really important case she brought against him in florida. that bit is really important, shaun. because that settlement included some kind of language that is currently confidential, in which lawyers say she promised not to sue anybody else in similar circumstances. the duke of york's lawyers clearly want to see this document because they believe it may stop the action in new york. here's the twist, that action was all about events in florida, and the allegations ms giuffre's making about the duke of york concern allegations of sexual assault in l

that starts in missouri, a massive state divided between confederates and unionists and the 1865 constitution prohibits democrats from voting or being ministers or doctors are all those things so who gets to vote and how the government is going to work in missouri is a crucial spot in the country and in 1872 a woman named virginia minor tries to register to vote under the idea that she should be able to vote under the fourteenth amendment. she goes to the registrar and the guy refuses to let her register. she sues him and the case is going to work its way through the court and be decided by the supreme court in 1875 and i will tell you about that in a minute. but when you heard about in 1872 without putting in context is susan b anthony does register to vote. she registers to vote in new york and casts about one in that election. after she casts the ballot she is arrested for the crime of voting. an interesting concept to get your head around, the crime of voting in the argument about it being a crime to vote, they get her under the enforcement act put in place to protect african-american women but the crime of

mass of a state because of so easily divided between confederates and unionists that got the 1865 constitution that prohibits democrats from voting, being lawyers, being doctors pink ministers all those things. to who gets to vote and how is the government work in missouri is really a crucial spot in the country. in 1872 virginia tries to register under the boat she should be able to vote under the 14th amendment. she goes to the registrar, she goes and tries to register to vote and he refuses to let her register. she seems him and the case is going to work as a way to the court is going to be divided decided by the supreme court of 1875. i will tell you about that in a minutes. but the one you've heard about this year, and the year of 1872 was without putting in context is susan b anthony doesn't register to vote for it she registered to vote in new york. she actually cast a ballot in that election. but after she cast a ballot she is arrested for the crime of voting. it's kind of an interesting concept to get your head around the crime of voting. the argument being a crime to vote interestingly enough they get her un