the dup minister in charge of the scheme told the chair that the dup tried to discredit him for speakingmpaign against you. yes. that led a former adviser to make this admission. that is politics, is it? that is politics. it isa politics, is it? that is politics. it is a grubby world. arlene foster has denied there was any attempt to smear has denied there was any attempt to smeaer has denied there was any attempt to smear mr bell or a strategy to protect her as dup a leader. it was not the only reason why the power—sharing executive collapsed but it triggered the final row between the democratic unionist and sinn fein. 20 months on there is no sign of devolution returning. now then, the doctor is back. fans of doctor who were out in force for the premiere of the new series in sheffield last night. and for the first time since the show began back in 1963, a woman takes the starring role, with jodie whittaker the 13th doctor. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. alien worlds, the past, the future. so far, so familiar, but the new doctor who also has perhaps a more contempo

there are no negotiations at the moment between the dup and sinn fein.function in the administration. there was a toxic relationship between an adviser, jonathan bell... there have been allegations that special advisers within the administration were much too powerful, that they were even making the decisions rather than ministers, that the politicians —— but the politicians have been denying that. if stormont comes back, in what form? should there be a reform of the government system to ensure that a scandal like this can never be allowed to happen again? there is intense attention on what is being said at this enquiry. it will form the backdrop to any new negotiations when they get under way. the british and irish governments hope to start talks sometime this autumn. more than six and a half million counterfeit goods have been seized since 2015, according to national trading standards. and in that year the number of items stopped at the uk border more than doubled. tim muffett has been to the port of felixstowe, where they check for unsafe and illegal

the dup leader, arlene foster, was the minister who signed off the scheme.bout a meeting when an adviser at first told her of its problems. i don't have a clear recollection and i apologise for that. but i obviously didn't think it was an issue of any moment at that time and had not been put across as a big issue by mr kearns and therefore i did not think it was of any issue. the inquiry has exposed a number of flaws. just two civil servants worked on rhi, compared with more than 70 working on a similar scheme in britain. staff gave advanced notice of a cut in the subsidies which created a spike in demand a massively increasing the overspend. and a dup adviser at the time, andrew crawford, shared confidential information with his cousin who was a claimant. previously, northern ireland's chief civil servant also revealed that key meetings were not minuted because the dup and sinn fein were sensitive to criticism. it is safer sometimes not to have a record that, for example, might be released under freedom of information. for those who signed up, like this car

northern ireland's strongly conservative party the dup has previously blocked attem pts party the dupthe dup has previously blocked attempts to have same—sex marriage but there is no government since power—sharing collapsed by ship. businesses have called on westminster to intervene. but northern ireland's strongest political opponents of gay marriage say it must remain a devolved matter and would oppose any move by parliament to intervene. this is a matter for the assembly, for this building and elected representatives of northern ireland, it is not a matter for the business community, some of whom are not even based in northern ireland, they have offices elsewhere. it is believed there may no longer be the numbers to block same—sex married within the northern ireland assembly but couples like jess and karolyn must wait until the political parties kiss and make up. the time is 6.14pm. our top story this evening. forced to defend its decisions on police pay and funding cuts — the government is heavily criticised for its handling of both. we are live at a reservoir in cornwall where th

a dup mp suggested that those who refuse to take their seats in the commons should also have their paythat on mla pay is the right decision, and i'll put that on record. but most mlas, including my own colleagues, want to get the assembly working fully and immediately. however, everyone is being punished due to the refusal of one party, namely sinn fein. those of the northern ireland assembly members, which is right to do, would they agree that the same principles for northern ireland assembly members should not be applied to those who refuse to do their work in this house? the minister said any decision on mp pay is a matter for parliament. you're watching the week in parliament with me. now, england's chief medical officer dame sally davies has warned that increasing resistance to antibiotics could lead to a lot of suffering and the end of modern medicine. to increase public awareness of the problem, she recommended including on death certificates if an individual died of an infection that couldn't be treated with antibiotics. in this country, we have people dying of resistant infect

the original proposals were widely reckoned to be unfavourable to the dup, and the dup threatened to one seagoing, the dup were at risk of losing a couple of seats and sinn fein gaining a couple of seats and the proposals, the particular redrawing would be unfavourable to the dup, and therefore a lot of disquiet within therefore a lot of disquiet within the dup. we will wait and see what they‘re going to do but i suspect they‘re going to do but i suspect the dup might now be willing to accept this proposals, given that they are now perhaps no longer likely to suffer as a result. with mp's likely to suffer as a result. with mp‘s personal ambitions, gerrymandering by the conservatives. is there anything in the facts to back that up? it is not gerrymandering but one could argue about the merits. the crucial thing about this is that for the first time, we are going to have a set of rules that means that more or less every constituency apart from a few islands off the coast will have to be around 75,000 people doing the electing, and therefore in particular the number of mps from wales an

well, debriefed largest parties here, the dup and sinn fein, remain as bitterly divided as ever on theseals. they have been saying that the irish border does not have to be such an obstacle, the european research group points out that mostly it is the same companies moving the same goods back and forth and it says there are already structures in place to deal with tax at the border and that technology can be incorporated after brexit to monitor the movement of goods. now, the one area where the european research group acknowledges that northern ireland might need to remain more tightly bound to eu rules is on agriculture, and they're proposing that there is this a security by ozone under which the island of ireland continues to be treated as this to allow the smooth movement of agricultural products across the board without the need for inspections. again today we have long heard the dup echo the sentiments of the erg, saying that the irish border does not need to be an impediment to getting a free trade agreement. but the reaction sinn fein has been the opposite. again today we have hea

. >> when you're done, you're dup, right?were talking off air during the commercial break. one of our producers says that's happened in this business before. just walk off the show. they're dup. >> i have never seen that. really? >> i think it was a producer. >> in football, it's close-knit. you are supposed to sack fight for the greater good of the team. he could have at least played the second half and then said i'm done. weird. all right. >> football is dramatic. >> yeah. now we know. let's take a look and show you what's going on weather wise. it will get that way in parts of my accuweather forecast. here's a look at low clouds streaming into the east bay. showing once again, yeah, the marine layer is here. yeah, it will be cooler than average again. clouds will return to the coast this afternoon. a few lingering along the east bay shore around berkeley. more clouds than fog to deal with. in the middle we get a warm spot. the jet stream not quite as undulating last week when we got this cool alaska an air. 72, milpitas. g

theresa may now infamously said no uk per mr could ever accept a proposal like this, the dup, who alson different regulatory systems. this is also na do we deal in two months or to be

northern ireland's two largest parties, the dup and sinn fein, have failed to restore power—sharing despitehe failure of one party, sinn fein, to actually enter the assembly without preconditions is, i think, a tragedy. hitting politicians in the hip pocket, says sinn fein, is long overdue. we argued for a mla pay cut a long time back. it wasn't our responsibility she'd refused to act on that. today, karen bradley also ruled out calling another snap assembly election. so, for many voters, it's that cut in pay they hope will focus the politicians‘ minds, because the longer this impasse continues, the more public services and people are suffering. i think it might give them an idea of, just a doublethink of what's going on. will it encourage them to get back into government? probably not. why's that? ijust think there's too much bad blood between them. sightseeing, folks. it's likely to take more than today's intervention if stormont is to be anything other than a tourist attraction. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. a leaked treasury paper has revealed that the government expects whitehall depa

theresa may now infamously said no uk per mr could ever accept a proposal like this, the dup, who also proper government may clear this this as a nonstarter, dividing the country in different regulatory systems. this is also na do we deal in two months or to be walk? do you believe her? i'm not sure jenna quite in that well. i think the express is very interesting. they are for leaving very firmly and i think the express in perhaps the most strident, the daily mail does not seem so obsessed with brexit because of the change and editors. obviously taking a hard line and something she has said, that we know but remember it has to conclude. and it may be into a much harder store that i believe it really is the case. the irish border is the big issue and in a sense, the customs union and free movement, one can fudge around. this is the one issue that wasjust can fudge around. this is the one issue that was just not discussed at all during the referendum and nobody knew about it. and there is a whole question, yes, northern ireland is pa rt of question, yes, northern ireland is part of the

those parties will suffer but if they do not have money to ride out this kind of pressure, the dup and it is a good thing. they would like to see their salaries scrapped altogether. why are some parties less tha n altogether. why are some parties less than keen to get into power and run stormont again? the main deadlock is over the question as to whether we should have an irish language act, a statutory standing for the gaelic language in northern ireland, in the same way that it is in the south, in a similar way to how gaelic has in itsjurisdictions. it is an obstacle, you may be appalled as i am, and as many people are appalled, that we lose out on health service reform. we lose out on rearrangement of budgets for schools, practically every prime minister in northern ireland has crashed its budget, and we lose out on so crashed its budget, and we lose out on so much else simply because the most important demand is for an irish language act. some would say it isa irish language act. some would say it is a test unionism from sinn fein, they see it emblematic of a failure in the democra

was that because of the dup or something else?, which was to get an arrangement with the eu, and the eu knows that as well. check is simply wasn't feasible for the eu and it isn't feasible for us. —— chequers simply wasn't feasible. so it has been a catalogue of errors. we were told it was all right and it has all been shown to the eu and they are fine on it and we'll get to that and agreed. clearly they were not fine on it so somebody has really screwed up on it so somebody has really screwed up in terms of the advice that is coming to her. my question to them now is, are you going to sit tight and simply say, we are not budging, or will you actually say, let's find a way through this in terms of free trade, not in terms of the customs issue, which is what they all object to. i think that makes common sense to. i think that makes common sense to me and that is what the negotiation is all about. david davis has said there are comfortably 30 or a0 davis has said there are comfortably 30 ora0 mps davis has said there are comfortably

you are asserting that the dup has created a massive smear campaign against you. -- flaws. yes.t incentive and its multi—million pound failings was not the only reason why the power—sharing executive collapsed, but it did trigger the final row between the dup and their power—sharing partners, sinn fein, 20 months on, there is still no sign of devolution returning. around 1200 issues have been identified at the new school in dumfries which has been closed because of safety concerns. the north west community campus opened in august but was shut after three weeks. the figure emerged at this morning‘s meeting of dumfries and galloway council. there‘s still no date for the reopening. archaeologists have found a 400—year—old shipwreck off the coast of portugal. the team believe the ship was returning from india when it sank sometime between 1575 and 1625. spices, ceramics and cannons engraved with portugal‘s coat of arms all lie around the wreck, found near the capital lisbon. time for a look at the weather. for most of england and wales, lovely sunny day, after the cold and locally f

i believe that even the farmers and the dup also want a deal to be done and are working towards that. but not part of our discussions. when you say it is not important, nor releva nt, you say it is not important, nor relevant, they talk about mobile solving problems, most customs inspection units and combined import and export declarations, isn't it helpful to at least discuss some of these things? i made the point i think is helpful. there is a realisation that today, as the uk and northern ireland, part of the uk in this european union, we'll ready has some checks and controls on the island of ireland to address some of theissues island of ireland to address some of the issues i have talked about. it is late in the day. brexit are not pa rt is late in the day. brexit are not part of the negotiating team, they are not part of theresa may's negotiating team. in a sense it is pa rt negotiating team. in a sense it is part of the noise of brexit that has gone on forfar too part of the noise of brexit that has gone on for far too long. part of the noise of brexit that has gone on forfar t

about europe, but we should have been talking about british domestic politics because it's is about the dup completely awol on the brexit debate. in western europe, the first few months of the second world war is often described as the phoney war — it was officially on, but there were few military clashes. donald trump's trade war with china feels much the same. his trade officials spent months preparing evidence of what he regards as chinese transgressions, there's been public consultation on how to punish them, and there've been exemptions. with the us economy apparently booming, american consumers may hardly notice tariffs imposed on chinese imports. but what about china? there are signs that its economy is slowing. from monday, at least 44% of its exports to the us will be affected. isabel, you are literallyjust back from china on friday night. we are very grateful for you staggering into the studio after a journey like that. what was your impression of china's economy? the economy was scheduled to slow, there is a planned slowdown. that is not surprising. china has to move through the

that isn't just borisjohnson, it would be unionists like the dup who are concerned that the nature ofthern ireland with the rest of the country could change as a result of that. the rest of the country as in britain? well, asi of the country as in britain? well, as i said, i can't understand. it seems to have taken so long, chat, chat, chat, all of these meetings and we still haven't got anything that's anywhere like it. is there a chink of optimism here with austria saying we mustn't let britain leave without a trade deal? well, yes, it makes sense to have some sort of deal but it will be on the european community's terms. this will lead to a united ireland, which will be the biggest irony of all. let's do something ozcan michelle wie? —— let's do something else, shall we. the newspaper says this is a radical idea. is it? i'm not sure it is radical but they have to do something. this was a big thorn in the side last time because we are an ageing population. there was a huge £3.5 billion funding gap for care. they say that will happen by 2025. at the moment you pay for your care until

we've immediately had reaction from an important group in the house of commons, the dup.re important because they represent a large chunk of northern ireland, and they prop up of northern ireland, and they prop up the prime minister. it's the only reason she is able to govern, because she has the support of their mps in parliament. they have reacted today, as you might expect, by not welcoming this at all. they don't put much whilst all by what michel barnier has said. the backstop being insisted upon by the eu still means a border down the irish sea, although a different kind of checks. they say that with theresa may and the labour party saying before, no british prime minister could accept that. although it sounds like a small change, basically, they are saying, we still need checks, you can do them yourselves. it doesn't look like that's going to be a laugh. it's still an acceptable to the uk. then the border issue which you were talking about there, there was broad agreement getting over the first hurdle, next is the bigger part, the bigger picture, what kind of futur

northern ireland's two largest parties, the dup and sinn fein, have failed to restore power—sharing despiteeen punished as a result of the failure of one party, sinn fein, to actually enter the assembly without preconditions, i think it's a tragedy. hitting politicians in the pockets, says sinn fein, is long overdue. we had said many months ago that the pay should be reduced, that it's not sustainable. we were not because of any delay in relation to that. today, karen bradley also ruled out calling another snap assembly election. so for many voters, it is that cut in pay they hope will focus the politicians‘ minds. because the longer this impasse continues, the more public services and people are suffering. i think it might give them an idea, just a doublethink on what's going on. will it encourage them to get back into government? probably not. ijust think there's too much bad blood between them. it's likely to take more than today's intervention if stormont is to be anything other than a tourist attraction. our top story this evening... the novichok suspects — russia hits back at the sali

the dup don't like talk of any sort of compromise.parties are lined up against it and you are just left with the thought that mrs may will have to demonstrate houdini like skills of political escapology to get out of this one. 0k. norman, thank you. norman smith at westminster. and we'll have more on the countdown to brexit a little later in the programme. and if you're confused by all the jargon, or any of the brexit terms, go to ourjargon buster on the bbc news website. the rail regulator says nobody took charge when new timetables were introduced in may, leading to weeks of chaos and thousands of services being cancelled. the office of rail and road says network rail, the two train companies involved, and the department for transport all made mistakes and the failings were systemic. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. for people commuting in and out of manchester, like marcus, it's been so bad recently he's sometimes been forced off the train. it's just been absolutely terrible. ram—packed on the train. obviously the

all the while, talks between the largest parties, the dup and sinn fein have repeatedly failed to reachntime it is civil servants who have been running the country. but their powers are limited. it has meant that a political decisions have been put on hold, big projects left in limbo and public services across northern ireland have been deteriorating, as a result. today we have karen bradley say that she would introduce new legislation to enable civil serva nts to new legislation to enable civil servants to continue making more decisions that would be in the public interest. but whether all of this helps to restore power—sharing any sooner this helps to restore power—sharing any sooner is really still yet to be seen, because we know that cutting the pay of mlas will focus minds slightly, but it does not change the back that there are still big divisions between the parties, big disagreements on some key issues. karen bradley has ruled out calling another election any time soon but this, today, is the most significant intervention by westminster since power—sharing collapsed last year. t

the stalemate has continued because northern ireland‘s two largest parties, the dup and sinn fein, havek. it says hitting politicians in the pocket is long overdue. we argued for a mla pay cut a long time back. it wasn't our responsibility she'd refused to act on that. you'd have to ask those who held her back. and what we want to see is the institutions restored. today karen bradley also ruled out calling another snap assembly election. so, for many voters, it‘s that cut in pay they hope will focus the politicians‘ minds, because the longer this impasse continues, the more public services and people are suffering. it might give them an idea of, just a doublethink of what‘s going on. will it encourage them to get back into government? probably not. why‘s that? ijust think there's too much bad blood between them. sightseeing tours! it‘s likely to take more than today‘s intervention if stormont is to be anything other than a tourist attraction. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. a ugandan politician who says he was tortured by the military after criticising the ugandan government has vowed to

the problem is away from the cowbells and edelweiss of salzburg, back at dreary old westminster, the dup for her majority have already torpedoed the plan on seeing a border is the border, whatever clever language you wrap around it. -- saying that "a border is a border. studio: thank you, norman. a woman has died after her caravan was blown into the sea, as storm ali batters ireland and parts of the uk. the vehicle ended up on a beach in county galway while the woman was asleep, as winds of up to 95 miles an hour tore down trees and power lines, destroying vehicles, and causing widespread travel disruption. the forecast is for powerful winds across northern parts of the uk until tonight. our correspondent emma vardy is in belfast. emma, apparently these winds that have been hitting northern ireland are some of the worst ever? yes, they are. northern ireland feeling some of the strongest winds ever recorded here. it has been causing widespread disruption. as you say, a number of roads closed because of voluntary is. a number of fallen branches along the road i am standing on now which hav

why might dup government -- the u.k. government want him to stay? >> it does add an element of stability. ofextended once at the end 2016. he said he would stay for a next her year to make sure he was there for brexit. he should have already left. he is now staying until june of next year. will he extend for a year beyond that? it would be good for the government because it gives them stability and a steady hand. it does also invite increasingly worrying things. it suggests they are preparing for a no-deal scenario and suggests they feel they need stability. perhaps they are worried about their own leadership visits. after the brexit vote, carney was lauded as the only adult in the room reassuring markets. it might suggest they cannot find a replacement strong enough at this point. that could be a concern as well. theyther worrying idea is don't have time because brexit has taken over everyone's time and effort now. finding someone strong to replace him is not in the cards. caroline: it is taking over all the u.k. market talks. setting ahead of any

given how reliant the prime minister is on the dup, does chequers fried?aid this as well. many of their backbenchers are as prounion as we are and indeed even the labour party has said it would not find a cce pta ble party has said it would not find acceptable the break—up of the united kingdom and they would not support the deal which led to the break—up. so we‘re not standing alone in this. but of course we are the ones who are most concerned about the kind of outcome the eu is proposing for northern ireland in the negotiations so far. the one encouragement we will take out from what‘s michel barnier has said is that for the last two years the eu negotiators have said there is no way in which you can deal with the issues of trade crossing the border between northern ireland and the irish republic by technological means and using technology and using notifications, etc. now they are saying they can apply that for trade coming from gb to northern ireland. if those methods are now deemed to be acceptable by the eu then they can be used in relation to the th

they did something last night they vice president dup in a long, long time. >> i was asleep when thisl sa sleep. >> reggie, jessica and natasha are all off celebrating what happened last night. >> are they browns fans? i can't imagine any of them are. >> i don't think any of them watch football. >> they're getting your surprise birthday party ready. >> that's it. >> go on twitter and guess how old i am. no. i don't hate myself that much. >> 28? >> too late now. @mattkellerabc7. calm to light breeze blowing offshore again. it will be warm for most of the day. you look from the east bay hills camera. in the 50s. 66 at the coast. notice it cools down. that's the sea breeze kicking in along the coast. the rest of us will soar into the 80s and 90s. still in the 70s at 7:00. cooler weather coming up. over to alexis for the morning commute. >>> we have new new issue in the tri valley. heading on our traffic maps. 680, sounds like this is around sunol boulevard. left lane partially blocked. we have some injuries. keep an eye on that one. a little bit of backup in the air right now. a quick ch

that's something that the dup party in northern ireland will not accept theresa may said that is a threato the uk's territorial integrity. she said european countries would not accept that being passed on to them, she says it is unacceptable. we'll have to see if there's a compromise a couple more summits in october and november for them to hash this out >> politically border walls are getting attention in a few countries. willem marx, thank you very much. >>> let's bring in peter spiegel news editor from "the financial times. you guys are leading with this right now on the website what is the macro take on where the brexit negotiations stand from a 10,000 foot view >> i think this issue of a no-deal scenario is on the table. what you've seen is huge swings in sterling. the sterling/dollar trade the last few days. every time michel barnier comes out and said we're willing to move a bit on northern ireland, the pound spikes every time theresa may comes out saying barnier has not gone far enough, the pound drops. the focus is on sterling, we keep updating that on our story, it's a focus for

'cause dupped sound so much >> first up, sargasms. yes." [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah, that's not a good idea. that's really -- [ applause ] that's really awful. >> yeah, hey, but you paid someone to come up with that idea. so, that's on you, buddy. >> seth: okay. [ light laughter ] >> all right. next up we have -- >> seth: next -- next sorry. next up? >> next -- >> seth: upped up. >> up up. upped up. >> seth: okay. >> upped up. >> urinal cake cake. someone rolls out a cake shaped like a urinal and if you look close, there's a urinal cake in the urinal cake cake, but it's not real, it's also made of cake. [ laughter ] >> seth: which -- which one of my writers came up with that? >> i'm not telling you, i'm not a rat, seth. [ laughter ] >> seth: was it you? >> it was jermaine. [ laughter ] and final up. [ light laughter ] >> seth: yeah. yeah. >> sorry, everybody. finally, amber -- one of our writers, amber ruffin was gonna come out here and sing a song called "witch-hunt" about how president trump continually calls the mueller investigati

well, that's exactly right, you know, dup has never been frtly good in this case it would serve him well to do that. every of every day he continues to tweet and harp on bob woodward. it's a self-afflicted wound. and even when heing talks about the economy, he got the numbers all wrong. he tweeted earlier today the unemployment rate is the lowehit it's been. higher than in 2006. even fox news did a fact check on him. if you want to know about the chaos in white house, you look at the tweets, you look at the omarosa tapes, this is a person who rambles, jumps from topic to topic, who has a disregard from the truth, and embraces conspiracy theories. you have staffers like sarah sanders who are enabling him. >> isaac, a lot of people are waiting for the other shoe to droop in terms of crisis, in terms of some big cataclysm. what do you say to people, well, look, the economy is doing pretty well, and things are humming along. maybe it's a comport himself in various ways as in these documents and we're still standing. >> yes, we're definite it nifty still standing. some bad things have happene

you ina require the dup or tory mps to back you in a motion of no confidence which seems unlikely soed to the question of the referendum, are you saying a future referendum should include the option, all options including remaining are on the table? i think we getting ahead of ourselves because when you get to the stage of what is on the referendum there are several options and we need to take this a step at the time. the key line is we want a general election if we cannot get a decent deal. let's ta ke decent deal. let's take it from there. this is very important because many people campaigning fora very important because many people campaigning for a so—called people's vote or think if labour was not to get a general election and hold the referendum maybe they would include the possibility of staying in the eu but that was rejected byjohn mcdonnell what are you saying that still as possible? i cannot repeat anything more i have said in terms of let's keep options oi'i said in terms of let's keep options on the table. there are people who do not believe that is the idea of an —— do

i'm not sure that she can get through with the dup who might not like it anyway and what planned as shes gone, how is she going to get it through? remain as are saying you are keeping it the eu at arms length and the levers say that they don't like chequers but they don't have a plan. i think it backs her into a difficult position. i don't think the leaders understood the parameters she was working in. the comedian bill cosby should be labelled a "sexually violent predator" said a prosecution expert today, because he has an uncontrollable urge to target nonconsenting women. the 81—year—old is in court in pennsylvania for a two day sentencing hearing, on three counts of sexual assault. he was convicted in april of drugging and molesting university employee andrea constand at his philadelphia home in 200a. more than 60 women have made similar allegations. nada tawfik has been following the hearing, and joins us now. some of these women were heard in court. i have just some of these women were heard in court. i havejust come some of these women were heard in court. i have just come from in

already the dup in northern ireland, whose votes theresa may have —— depend on, has dismissed the michel, which shows the difficulties theresa may has back on home. there have been warmer tones from european leaders in recent weeks, we have heard that from the man who is hosting the summit here in austria, the prime minister. he has had very positive things to say about how he wa nts to positive things to say about how he wants to move the negotiations in the right direction. and they have welcomed the chequers plan, that doesn't mean that the excepted, they only see as an opening position from the uk, and there are certainly some issues in it that they would very much disagree with notably, splitting goods from services. but they are going to certainly talk about that in the round tomorrow when they are just 27. they will also have to talk about what of political declaration there will be two go hand—in—hand with the ritual agreement. some months ago, the british side said it wanted quite a lot of detail in that, because they knew the other side of brexit, they will not have as much lev

for the things that dup wanonalp wants to now renegotiate, do you think it's possible for the leadersiran to come to the table and negotiate with a guy who has made their politics at home -- >> have you spoken to them? have you spoken to any of these -- >> i did. i talked to them before the deal, before -- >> would they renegotiate with president trump? >> i tauktd with them. they're not going to renegotiate the agreement, no. and they're not going to negotiate, as president trump has not offered -- as president trump is trying to rupture the benefits that they were supposed to get from the agreement they reached, which they have kept. and he has now made it politically impossible for the leader of iran to say, oh, great. under the pressure of the great satan united states, which is what they call us, they're now going to capitulate and walk up and say, i'll do whatever you want. that leader doesn't have a prayer of affecting that or of being able to survive if he did that. this is no way to proceed. >> there is a lot of internal hard line posturing in iran. i want to quickly move to

irish backstop last december which has become a millstone around the neck of this government and we saw dupart but they are supporting a government that signed up to this! the prime minister is prepared to make huge concessions to the european union,including continued concessions to the european union, including continued regulatory alignment. we go into this in a weak position and mrs may's opening gambit is, these don't be horrible, please don't be nasty, please be reasonable. and yet i don't think we understand our position. i was in strasbourg last week and i met both jean—claude juncker and michel barnier and i sense the change of mood. there will be to—ing and fro—ing over the next eight weeks of negotiations but what i detect is german industry particularly putting massive pressure on the european commission and on mrs merkel saying, six months to go, for goodness' sake, if can we please have a tariff—free sake, if can we please have a ta riff—free access sake, if can we please have a tariff—free access to one of our most important marketplaces in the world ? most important marketpl

already the dup in northern ireland, whose votes theresa may depends on, have dismissed the michel barnierhe difficulties theresa may has back at home. there certainly has been warmer tones from european leaders in recent youth —— weeks, and we have heard that from the man who is hosting the summit here in austria, the prime minister, who has had very positive things to say about how he wants to move the negotiation in the right direction. and they have welcomed the chequers plan. they see it as an opening position from the uk, and there are certainly some issues in it they would very much disagree with notably splitting goods from services. but they will certainly talk about that in the round tomorrow when they are just 27, but they will also have to talk about what sort of political declaration there will be two go hand—in—hand with the withdrawal agreement. some months ago, the british side said it wa nted months ago, the british side said it wanted quite a lot of detail in that because they note the other side of brexit, they will not have as much leverage as they have now. but the dif

it was triggered after the dup mp was suspended for failing to declare two holidays paid for by the srihen lobbying on its behalf. let's get more detail from our ireland correspondent, chris page who is in belfast. -- it is —— it is the first time it has been recalled since it was introduced in the extent —— expenses scandal. you may notice, it is spider season. warmer weather conditions have led to the eerie sight of a 300 metre long web in western greece. experts say it's down to tetragnatha spiders building large nests for mating. 40 a0 metres. people are not web phobic, are they? i know people in my house who are. not looking fa ntastically my house who are. not looking fantastically excited about that. you would not want to be in my house. do you go around with a hoover like a lunatic? i am not bothered by them at all. you know what is inside! bit of a spooky night last night. the champions league favourites are manchester city, they got beaten! they were beaten 2—1 at home by the french side lyon, on a night where city's manager pep guardiola had to watch from the stands because h

do you think your approach can be sold to the dup?he other changes that need to take place. all options on the table, included in the options is the option of a vote in some sort on the deal. maryam moshiri is at newark this afternoon, reporting on the lasting impact of the financial crash of 2008. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. tory euro—sceptics meet to discuss alternatives to the prime minister‘s brexit plans — but say they‘re not out to get her out. it comes as brexiteer tory mps say technology is key to avoiding a hard irish border and there will no need for physical checks. russian president vladimir putin says the two men suspected of poisoning the skripals are civilians, not criminals, and hopes they will appear soon and tell their story. this week marks ten years since the defining moment of the financial crisis, the collapse of the american bank lehman brothers. it was the largest and most devastating bankruptcy in history and set off a chain of events that led to the worst crisis since the great depression

so hearing there from nigel dodds, deputy leader of the dup. her country" or "disrespect the referendum result" after the eu summit in salzburg. the health service could save hundreds of millions of pounds every year after two drug firms failed in their legal efforts to block the use a cheaper treatment for an eye condition. for the first time police admit they did know an undercover officer was having a sexual relationship with an environmental activist, and bosses were aware. here's your business headlines on afternoon live government borrowing rose by more than expected last month following lower tax receipts and an increase in spending. borrowing jumped to £6.75bn last month from £4.35bn a year earlier. however, borrowing for the year to date is just over 30 per cent lower than last year at £17.8bn. discount supermarket chain lidl has announced that it will stop using black plastic packaging across its range of vegetables and fruit. the supermarket says it could save an estimated 50 tonnes of black plastic waste a year. other supermarkets i

the dup mp was suspended for failing to declare two holidays paid for by the sri lankan government andton since it was introduced in the wake of the expenses scandal. millions of unpaid carers are being warned that they are putting their health at risk looking after their loved ones. the local government association and the charity care uk says around five million people helping ill relatives or friends are unable to take a break from their roles. the department of health says it‘s looking at how to improve access to breaks and respite care. the credit reference agency, equifax, has been fined half a million pounds forfailing to protect the personal information of up to 15 million people in the uk during a cyber attack last year. the information commissioner‘s office said names, addresses, dates of birth and financial information were lost or compromised. the company described the cyber attack as a pivotal moment, which had prompted it to strengthen procedures. for a full summary of the news you can go to our website and find more details. council officials are warning that libraries,

the only way you do that is dup mps abandon mrs may, while they are not particularly enthusiastic aboutr, they are less enthusiastic about jeremy corbyn. prime minister, they are less enthusiastic aboutjeremy corbyn. 0r a number of tory mps will vote with labour in having no confidence in mrs may. i cannot see that happening. it is very hard to see how labour can actually trigger a general election. thank you, norman. now, a a bbc summary of the rest of the day's news. a public inquiry into a contaminated blood scandal, described as the worst treatment disaster in nhs history, opens today. thousands of patients that had transfusions in the 1970s and 1980s were given blood products from overseas infected with hepatitis c and hiv. at least 2,400 people have died as a result. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. it was supposed to keep them alive but for many it was a death sentence. thousands of people were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after getting contaminated blood. it is impossible to know how many people were infected by transfusions during surgery or childbirth. an