he will not go to the building behind me because the assembly is empty because the democratic unionists partyed to share power with the other parties despite the rules of the good friday agreement because of the brexit arrangements. they are not happy with the brexit arrangements and the so-called trade border in the irish sea between great britain and northern ireland. they see that as diminishing their british identity. until that is removed they don't want to share power with the other parties. rishi sunak has called for the dup to go back into the assembly before joe biden comes on tuesday night. i'm afraid his wishes may not be granted. anchor: it's time for a look at the days top is news -- business news. a bunch of pharmacy executives in the u.s. have sounded the alarm over a court ruling regarding medical abortions. brian: more than 300 executives published an open letter on monday denouncing a u.s. federal court judge decision to suspend sales of the abortion pill. last week, a district court in northern texas issued a link that essentially invalidated the u.s. food and drug administ

he is the leader of the democratic unionist party. the party that has been boy costing. the devolved government here in northern ireland, and he said that biden's visit does not shift the political dynamic here. he said the u. k. government needs to do more to shore up the northern ireland ability to trade with the rest of the united kingdom. so it looks like, according to him, at least that, that visit actually hasn't shifted the political mood here. although of course we'll be waiting to see in the coming days and weeks. what happens next? thoughts are certainly the people that i've spoken to here are frustrated. the people in the streets are frustrated that there is no developed government in place on people talking about issues with health care. and i certainly heard at least one person sale politicians are getting paid. they should give their wages back if they're not going to sit in government. of course the d p says it does want it to sit out to government to be restored, but it says the conditions are not yet in place. so that still late for no remains . right. t

the problem is that the key unionist party in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party, refusesow, do you believejoe biden will go to belfast and try to convince the dup that they must accept this deal? well, the dup, they were in washington recently, i've had a long—standing relationship with them, and even where we might disagree, i think that part of what we want to accomplish here is prodding them to sit in government. in a democratic election, sometimes we might not like the result, but that doesn't give us the ability to walk away from a result after we've signed up for an agreement that brought about the idea of self—representative democracy. i think the danger here is that in the framework that was outlined by the prime minister, which i think is a pretty good one, incidentally, i think was the best path forward after a lot of deliberation, and remember this, there is a great deal of ambiguity in the good friday agreement, but the election that took place, the result of which the dup might have disagreed with, should not be the purpose and reason for leaving what i calle

should be based here toward stormont on the outskirts of belfast is not operating and the democratic unionist partytion of a power—sharing because of its objections to trade barriers as it sees it between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. so all that said, the leaders who were involved in the good friday agreement 25 years ago, and the british and irish governments, have put the emphasis over the last few days on what has been achieved. the fact that political violence, while not unknown, is relatively rare. president biden will be flying into northern ireland tomorrow night for a visit. at least five people have been killed in a shooting in the us state of kentucky, including a suspected gunman. eight others, among them two police officers, were taken to hospital after the attack in a bank in louisville. police said the suspect was believed to be a former employee. a boat with 400 migrants on board remains adrift in the mediterranean off the coast of malta. the vessel is said to be out of fuel, taking on water, and the captain is said to have abandoned ship. there are two merchant ships in

i think it is probably quite doubtful at this moment because the democratic unionist party, the largeste uk, and they have basically said they will not return to devolved government unless they get significant changes to the post—brexit trading arrangements, they are not happy with them at the moment, not happy with the proposals, so no matter whatjoe biden says it is unlikely they will return to government any time soon unless those issues are addressed, so a pretty brief visit here in northern ireland, he will be spending much more time in the republic of ireland, joe biden, a trip to dublin to meet the president and prime minister and that probably the personal highlight will be those homecoming events in county mayo, county louth, his ancestral homes, he will be meeting his relatives, learning about his ancestors and you can imagine thousands and thousands of people will be out on the streets. already the us flags are being hung from buildings, pubs and shops, people gearing up to welcome the president. charlotte gallagher. plenty more when president biden arrives in belfast later.

it is essentially mothballed with the democratic unionist party refusing to go back over their concernsrexit trading arrangements. rishi sunak has said it is his priority to get stormont back up and running and he referenced those people who negotiated the good friday agreement, saying, those leaders accepted compromises and they make difficult decisions. no doubt referring to northern ireland politicians at the moment. joe biden arrives in belfast tomorrow, but he has only got one public engagement here. he will be going to a new university campus here in belfast. he will not be going to stormont, there will be no speech there. he wants to employ the political stand—off here, which is really entrenched at the moment. then he will head to the south of ireland for a homecoming of sorts with his ancestral roots. nhs england has said it will prioritise emergency and urgent care during the four—dayjunior doctors' strike, which begins tomorrow. the british medical association has called for a 35% pay rise, to make up for the impact of inflation in recent years. the government says that's una

there has not been a functioning government here since the democratic unionist party walked out overbrexit arrangements 14 months ago. but he didn't stay long. by this afternoon the president had already crossed the border into the republic of ireland where, for the next two days, he will go in search of his irish roots. 0urfirst report tonight is from our political editor chris mason on the day the presidential cavalcade swept through belfast. preparing for a president to pass by. every inch of the route accounted for. a sight worth getting up for. as the clock struck midday, the beast on belfast streets. president biden�*s heavily—armored limo, with no shortage of other cars in tow. here it is, quite a spectacle, the president's motorcade. always something of a rigmarole when a us ppresident is on the move. yes, it's about security. it's also a projection of power. the president was heading for ulster university, to reflect on northern ireland now and northern ireland then — before the good friday agreement. every person killed in the troubles left an empty chair at their dining ro

line to bring you about some political reaction here in northern ireland, the leader of the democratic unionist partyen talking a lot about the dup, has said that the visit to northern ireland will not change his party's more than a year long boycott of the power—sharing government. there had been some help that because president biden is supportive of power—sharing and once devolved government to return to stormont, that he might be influential. jeffrey donaldson has said it doesn't change the political dynamic in northern ireland, we know what needs to happen. so this is coming just in the past few minutes, he says, we believe the british government needs to go further in terms of protecting northern ireland's place within the uk and our ability to trade within the uk internal market, that is what needs to happen to enable us to move forward towards the restoration of political institutions. so that is the response from the dup in the past few minutes to president biden. let's bring in a professor of social policy here at ulster university, and we'll talk about those comments in a moment, but first

the party— his message will be to try and see if the party leaders and particularly the democratic unionist partyson's party, will be _ party, jeffrey donaldson's party, will be prepared to find a way or a mechanism — will be prepared to find a way or a mechanism or some resolution to their— mechanism or some resolution to their objections to what was the latest _ their objections to what was the latest effort, the winds agreement, that rishi _ latest effort, the winds agreement, that rishi sunak did so much work on with the _ that rishi sunak did so much work on with the european union commissioner -- the _ with the european union commissioner —— the windsor agreement. maros sefcovic — —— the windsor agreement. maros sefcovic. we will have to see what he says _ sefcovic. we will have to see what he says. but i think it is fairly ihevitabte _ he says. but i think it is fairly inevitable we are not going to see the institutions up before the local elections. — the institutions up before the local elections, mid—may. still five weeks — elections, mid—may. still five weeks 50— elections, mid—may. st

he has denied an accusation from the democratic unionist party that he had put in place tough spendingsharing coalition at stormont. in the absence of local ministers, and elected officials are now in an unenviable position, having to decide exec you have to make cuts in areas like health care and education. —— much goes to the polls next thursday to vote in local elections and one area labour is hoping to make gains is in north warwickshire. as part of our series looking at the elections, alex forsyth has been seeing how the party's campaigns are going. it is mid—morning and breakfast is on the go at the river and roads cafe on a business park in north warwickshire. here they might not be gripped by local election fever but amy and lucy do know what matters to them. there are small businesses that are struggling. the energy bills increase, everything has increased. the cost of living is one of the things labour has put at the forefront of this election campaign. so what do they make of what keir starmer and his party have been saying? ijust i just know it ijust know it would be the wo

of the windsor framework in february did ease fears over post brexit trade rules but the democratic unionist partyon board so what does the future hold for businesses in northern ireland? gordon milligan is the chair of the institute of directors for northern ireland. give us a snapshot because you are in a position to see what business was like before the deal was signed and a business now, talk to me about how ireland has changed as a place to invest. ~ ., ., , , to invest. without doubt in my view northern ireland _ to invest. without doubt in my view northern ireland has _ to invest. without doubt in my view northern ireland has benefited - northern ireland has benefited hugely from the good friday agreement. i was therefore 30 years of the troubles, it was a bad and sad time for the history of northern ireland. plea the agreement business was difficult, limited foreign investment and companies were not growing. northern ireland was not on the tourist map. fast forward to following the agreement, north american organisations have invested 1.5 billion and two organisations and businesses in nor

i was able to speak to the leader of the democratic unionist party, jeffrey donaldson. that is the party that has been holding up and boycotting, forming a, a devolved government here in northern ireland. they say they, they said that the arrangement set up for trading after the united kingdom left the european union. our disadvantage in northern ireland and they are not happy, they would like to see some political change. that is the reason they have been boycotting, setting up this devil's government know when i asked jeffrey donaldson would this biden's speech with this visit, change things. he said he does not think that it will change the political dynamic here in northern ireland. no, he did say he welcomed biden's visit. he said he was happy to see the potential for more american investment here in northern ireland. but looks like that deadlock for know will continue. now, rosie and joe biden has travelled to add the republic of ireland to the ars capital dublin. tell us more about his trip down to out to arnold. well 1st of all, just to stay quickly here in nort

after these talks i spoke to sir jeffrey donaldson, the leader of the democratic unionist party. at is the party which has been refusing to form a devolved government here, complaining the post-brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland are posing an existential threat to northern ireland's place within the u.k. take a listen to what he had to say when i asked him whether biden's visit would make a difference to his own party's position. >> i do not think the visit today will change the political dynamic necessarily. we welcome the visit of the president and his commitment to continue helping northern ireland. we would like to see more american investment. some of the u.s. companies that have set up in northern ireland have done very well. and of course we always welcome that kind of investment and those jobs. so hopefully the president's visit today will lead to more american investment. but he was very clear in the conversation i had with him that he is not here to interfere politically, that it a matter for the political leadership in northern ireland to make the decision

it was an indirect message to the democratic unionist party. hat at the moment is refusing to be in that power sharing government. the leader of the democratic unionist party reflected afterwards and he said he thought president biden had been quite balanced. when the president came south of the border. it was less diplomatic. less serious, much wetter. it was raining. he visited relatives in carling, furred and dundalk. and then on to dublin and dublin, met with the president met with the prime minister and gave us speech to the parliament of joint session of parliament, which really seemed to hit all the tones are important to president biden islands important why the relationship where united states relationship with ireland is important? what he feels about the country? he said. i'm home. i'd like to stay longer, and i think that was a sense that a lot of people here got from him. but he also had a shop message for the british government as well, saying he wants them to work. more closely with the irish government on the good friday agreemen

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so jeffrey donaldson, he is the leader of the democratic unionist party that fred is the party which has been refusing to form a default government here complaining that the post bricks at trading arrangements for northern ireland are opposing really an existential threat to northern islands . place within the united kingdom, take a listen to what he had to say when i asked him whether biden's diff, a visit would make a difference to his own parties position. i don't think the visit today will change the political dynamic necessarily. we welcome the visit of the president and under his commitment to continue helping northern ireland, we were, would like to see more american investment or some of the u. s. companies sort of set up in orlando done very well. of course, we always welcome that kind of investment and those jobs, so hopefully they are presidents visit to day will lead to more american investment . but he was very clear in the conversation i had with him that he's not here to interfere politically. that it is a matter for the political leadership in northern to make the dec

so the democratic unionist party, that is the main party which is boycotting the default administration currently over those post wrecks it issues while they are not likely necessarily to pay great heat to what joe biden says, though, of course, they will be listening carefully and joe biden is expected to meet the political leaders here in belfast though it's a pretty short meeting but he may do is trying to push the economic case and say, well, listen, think of all the investment there could be in northern ireland, if their political perishing would be restored. rosie bar chart in belfast. thank you to the southern australian coast now and a sporting story about the circle of life. specifically, a mother and her son, 24 year old australian ethan ewing lost his mother to breast cancer when he was just a boy. she was a champion surfer who won the famous bells beach title in 1983. well now 40 years later, her boys become a man and become a champion at the same place. and his mom made history all those years ago. 40 years ago, it was ethan ewins mother who well judges on the way to victor

not appear that the parties will be going back to stormont anytime soon, because the main unionist party, democratice significant changes to the post—brexit trading arrangements, so i don't think a visit by any us president is going to get them into stormont. he is going to meet the five main political party leaders here, but it's going to be a very brief meeting, and i think meeting with rishi sunak is going to be very sure as well, spending far more time in the republic of ireland, meeting the president, the prime minister there and then having a homecoming of sorts with his relations in the south. so i don't think we can expect much political movement in northern ireland as a result of his visit. ., ., ., , northern ireland as a result of his visit. . ., . , , northern ireland as a result of his visit. ., ., ., , , ., visit. part of that is the dup, have characterised _ visit. part of that is the dup, have characterised president _ visit. part of that is the dup, have characterised president biden - visit. part of that is the dup, have characterised president biden as l characterised president bi

called for a restoration of northern ireland's government which collapsed la year after the democratic unionist party walked out over post brexit arrangements. >> i hope it's not too presumptuous of me to say, but i believe democratic institutions established in the good friday agreement remain critical for the future of northern ireland. i hope the assembly and executive will soon be restored. >> the u.s. president praised the recent windsor framework deal to ease post brexit trade deals, saying it will put the stability and predictability to encourage greater investments and pumping scores of major u.s. corporations ready to invest in the region. a topic which was high on the agenda earlier wednesday as he met the u.k. prime minister. >> we spoke in particular about the incredible economic opportunities that are there in store for northern ireland, and we talked about the investment potential that is there. i think that is incredibly exciting and will bring growth, jobs, and prosperity to northern ireland. >> biden then traveled to dublin where he is set to meet the irish president and to visit cou

let's hear what representatives of the democratic unionist party have to say. e the largest parties among the alists of northern ireland . i hope he does not come here to to lecture us about democracy, biden would hardly agree to the intervention of foreign organizations or states in the affairs of america, i don’t think that he expects a different reaction from us. i see no chance of a political agreement in northern ireland until then. until the british government expresses its willingness to repair the damage from the new customs regulations. he hates the united kingdom. i don't think there is any doubt about this and his coming to northern ireland. will not put any pressure on the democratic the youth party, quite the contrary, because many people consider baidy to be a supporter of nationalist republicans. representatives of the american administration even had to make excuses for their president, so as not to overshadow his visit. let's listen to the words that i said one of the american president's national security advisers. all the activities of the pre

the democratic unionist party is refusing to -- the prime minister is looking forward.unak paid tribute to those who signed the agreement saying we will celebrate those who took difficult decisions, accepted compromise and showed leadership. he said the promise made in 1998 was one of economic opportunity, prosperity and stability. it is a promise we must continue to fulfill he said so we must get on with the business of governance. after 25 years of relative peace, the focus is on a deal that started a work in progress. the u.s. government having played a key role in the good friday agreement talks. a visit to belfast tomorrow by president joe biden will mark the anniversary. louise cullen, bbc news. >> our correspondent charlotte gallagher is also in belfast and she has more. >> the big news in town at the moment is of course the u.s. president joe biden. he is arriving in belfast on tuesday night. he is going to spend part of wednesday as well going to a university campus. meeting with rishi sunak and he is going to go to the republic of ireland. he is going to go to

the biggest unionist party, the party that wants to keep northern ireland in the uk, the democratic unionists, because of their opposition to brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. when you look at the last quarter—century, they have not been operating for more than ten of those 25 years. the peace process has by and large been successful, political violence is relatively rare here now. the political process certainly has not been as successful. that said, if you ask most people in northern ireland if they would take the way northern ireland is today, if they were offered at 25 years ago in comparison with what was going on then, i imagine most people would say, guess they would. in then, i imagine most people would say, guess they would.— say, guess they would. in that sense, absolutely _ say, guess they would. in that i sense, absolutely transformative say, guess they would. in that - sense, absolutely transformative in terms of what happens and day—to—day living. in terms of what you were describing, the politics, how much, if any, is there hope that that visit from joe biden mi

that's because the democratic unionist party has boycotted the actual machine, the government machine which is sharing power between the unionists and the nationalists. will this be addressed? it is unlikely there will be any traction, any movement towards a settlement simply because the dup is absolutely adamant that it will not accept the trading arrangements, trading restrictions that are in place post-brexit, and furthermore, they are not impressed with the framework which was a new deal reached with the european union, which makes it easier to trade with the rest of the u.k. the dup is adamant it will not go forward on that, so will joe biden do something about this? he says he is not going to pressure them. there will be meetings with the five parties in northern ireland, and there will also be a meeting first up on wednesday with the u.k. prime minister, rishi sunak, but it is unlikely there will be any further movement in terms of trying to come to a settlement. furthermore, joe biden will make a speech in the new campus in the city center. he will then move on to meet civic l

so the democratic unionist party, that is the main party which is boycotting the default administration currently over those post record issues, but they are not likely necessarily to pay great heed to what joe biden says. though, of course, they will be listening carefully, and joe biden is expected to meet the political leaders here in belfast. though it's a pretty short meeting, but he may do is try and push the economic case and say, well, listen, think of all the investment there could be in northern ireland, if their political perishing would be restored. rosie bar chart in belfast. thank you and his look at some other stories making less for indian soldiers have been killed in a shooting at a military base in the border state of punjab. the incident took place in the early hours of wednesday. army officials say that it is unclear how many shooters were involved, but a search operation is underway. me on mars military rulers have confirmed carrying out air strikes that have reportedly left dozens of people dead, including many children. these picture showed the aftermath of the de

parties. john led the social democratic and labor party and david trumbull led the unionist party. without john, there wouldn't have been a peace process. [applause] without a david trumbull there would not have been a peace agreement. [applause] they were justly awarded the nobel peace prize. he later served as the first minister of the northern ireland government. he was greatly aided by several key officials. among them, lord john taylor, ken mcginnis and geoffrey donaldson. john hume received strong support from several talented leaders including a brilliant orator and negotiator who later became the deputy first minister, and brent rogers and shawn. jerry adams and the late martin mcginnis led him into and through the entire process. they were assisted by jerry kelly and alex mask e who is now the speaker of the northern ireland assembly. they were all and always strong and effective advocates for their cause. later he served for several years as the deputy first minister. ian paisley was a long time and strong leader of the democratic unionist party. they withdrew and opposed

president can add his voice to all those who would urge and in this case very subtly, the democratic unionist partyto look at the economic benefits of the windsor framework that the prime minister and his negotiators worked out with the european union back in february. the president supports that and his mission here, and i think you're right people had expected and hoped, particularly on the nationalist side, head sort of irish side he had hoped for more from the president. but that's part of the problem for the for the president here, part of the delicacy of his visit and the tough political time that it comes out because he is perceived as being very irish and up here in northern ireland, that means he his perceived as being sort of pro, the nationalist cause and is not being seen as a friend of unionism. in fact, some of those democratic unionist politicians have have said that they wouldn't take kindly to pressure from direct pressure from president biden to support the windsor. framework and to go into the power sharing government, but that's going to underscore the speech the president gives

it would normally be set by storm and but the democratic unionist party is currently blocking power-sharingprotest of the post brexit trading arrangements. the 72 hour cease-fire agreed to by the two warring factions in sudan ends at midnight. we have a statement from the army in the past hour saying that they are prepared for looking at extending it for another 72 hours. but that is only a report. we still need to confirm that. downing street says the british ambassador to sudan is speaking to the two sides trying to persuade them to keep the cease-fire going. in the last few minutes we have been hearing from government ministers that say they will continue to get the flights out to monica as long as they can and as long as the situation on the ground is stable, as it is currently at the moment. let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in nairobi. i am pausing because there is a lot unknown at the moment. the government wants to keep going, but it depends on the cease-fire and whether it holds. >> look, we need to derstand already, the cease-fire has not been holding in any s

so im paisley leader of the democratic unionist party, a fiery creature who, who it was called would never compromise with. nationalists ended up in government governing alongside martin again as a sion fain deputy 1st minister who had was believed to been an ira commander. you talk about power sherry is there, but whether it's functioning that up for debate, what do they need in your opinion for these institutions to work smoothly? well, the great difficulty is that if one of the 2 main parties and government pulls out, the government ceases to function. and that was because well, looks like we have lost our connection with neo. are we going to try them? if one of the major neil, can you hear me? yes, i can't. okay. we, we lost is there for just a moment. apologize for that, but i'm glad you're still with us now. i mean we, we've seen trouble on monday at march by hard line. republicans are, are extremists on either side of the political divide in northern ireland, at all relevant to where the country is going or are they now outliers, in the truest sense. they are to this point, th

i want us to listen to a statement from the head of the democratic unionist party jeffrey donaldson that was made following biden's speech on the good friday agreement this past wednesday, which was yesterday to take a listen. but it's good to have the president of the united states here in belfast . we welcome him as we welcome all visitors. but i don't think it changes the political dynamic or the reality. the what we need is the reassurance that are placed within the united kingdom is both respected, unprotected. so now when you hear that, i mean, how are you going to be able to push ahead with the referendum on a united ireland, if you can't get people who identify as british to, to join you. and, and i was looking at the date of the last episode, paul, which was taken last year, shows that northern ireland would vote against unification if there was a referendum held today. well, of course there is not going to be a referendum held today. there would be a company in our analysis is that a referendum winner actually can only take place after there has been detailed planning on prepar

secretary of state and prime minister need to focus much more intensively on talking to the democratic unionist party its leader, sir jeffrey donaldson, who i think once an agreement. some in his party probably don't, but i think he does. but he has got to have reasons to get that agreement, so there is more work to be done. but it can only be achieved, as i know from my own experience, and was proven at good friday, with intensive negotiations, not fly-in, fly-out diplomacy, meeting a party leader for an hour or so, but literally spending days, as which is -- as was achieved with the good friday agreement in 1998 and as we achieved in 2006. deep, intensive negotiations. micro this is a mess been, at least up until recently -- my criticism has been, at least up until recently and hopefully not in the future with richie sunak, that british prime minister's since 2010 have not given northern ireland the attention it needs. christian: he is going to reire engagement because we are at a standoff at the moment and there does not appear to be a resolution to it. sir tony blair criticized the government omo

will not put any pressure on the democratic unionist party, quite the contrary, because that many peoplebiden a supporter of the nationalist republicans of the american administration, even had to make excuses for his president in order not to overshadow his visit . process of northern ireland, he maintained contact with the leaders of all the northern irish parties, but nevertheless that's to overshadow biden's visit. we tried not only realists, but also supporters of the republican form of existence. i kiss a single island called ireland london coast. on monday there were protests. one of the police cars was burned there and on the eve of biden's visit. the police found, again in london, about four explosive devices that were located on the territory of the city cemetery, but estimating the meeting with biden, which was really short, as they joked in the american administration. they called this meeting belata. that is, this is the meeting for a cup of latte is short, despite this the representatives of the bag. and he himself said that the conversation was quite fruitful. is it true.

most notably, the democratic unionist party, which has been boycotting a, forming a devolved administration here as an or, and iris executive. instead, it seemed to me, he was kind of dangling an economic carrot in front of political party, saying that since the good friday peace agreement, g d, p in northern ireland has doubled. and he said, if things keep moving in the right direction, he predicts it will triple full. he also threw his own political backing behind a bait to try. and in this political deadlock, negotiated between the united kingdom and the european union, it stopped the windsor framework. it's essentially a reform to the technical document which lays out post breaks at trading arrangements for northern ireland and phil listened. this, it's all very technical. it's about border checks. it's about customs, but that shows you just how complicated policies can be here in northern ireland. because despite the fact that those are technical issues, well, it boils down to those most primordial questions here about borders and identity and about irishness and britishness. and was t

the democratic unionist party walked out in protest at post brexit trade regulations more than a year ago, and its leader does not show signs of showing his position, despite the presidential warning. >> it's quite something when you think about the president of the u.s. not only pointing the finger at northern ireland, saying you need to work harder, especially the elected representative's, but also pointing out how vulnerable all western democracies are and how that requires people to take up their responsibilities. reporter: people in northern ireland are divided about the u.s. president. when a unionists saying that his visit is like a stopover on his way to the republic of ireland. no walkabouts for joe biden because security is so heavy. but that is not the reason for the shortness of the scheduled. only 16 hours in northern ireland. and only a brief meeting over coffee with the u.k. prime minister rishi sunak. downing street said relations with the u.s. were good. the white house firmly denied a claim for a former democratic unionist leader the burden hated the u.k. soo locks,

the democratic unionist party walked out. the reverend ian paisley, a protestant preacher who was viewed by many as the embodiment of intransigence. it's stained with blood! it's surrender they want! nobody should be allowed to enter the talks until there had been — my father would've used the word repentance from terrorism. but the setting aside of the weapons, and making sure that people were there all on the same basis, otherwise it would look as if violence paid. but most unionists stayed in the negotiations. for the first time, the parties linked to loyalist paramilitaries were talking face—to—face with republican militants. as far as i was concerned, they were the enemy. but i also recognise that we were trying to get to a goal. i used to laugh because i used to see people from other parties, talking to people, and saying to them afterwards, do you not know who they are? these are some of the most wanted people in europe, and you don't even know you're talking to. the ulster unionist party, led by david trimble, was the

the democratic unionist party walked out.he reverend ian paisley, a protestant preacher who was viewed by many as the embodiment of intransigence. it's stained with blood! it's surrender they want! nobody should be allowed to enter the talks until there had been — my father would've used the word repentance from terrorism. but the setting aside of the weapons, and making sure that people were there all on the same basis, otherwise it would look as if violence paid. but most unionists stayed in the negotiations. for the first time, the parties linked to loyalist paramilitaries were talking face—to—face with republican militants. as far as i was concerned, they were the enemy. but i also recognise that we were trying to get their goal. i used to see people from other parties, talking to people, and saying to them afterwards, do you not know who they are? these are some of the most wanted people in europe, and you don't even know you're talking to. the ulster unionist party, led by david trimble, was the largest unionist group,