with the dup�*s support throughout all of that? i with the dup's support throughout all of that? to resolve the issues with the protocol but crucially to ensure northern ireland�*s place in the union, that�*s what i�*m working towards. the union, that's what i'm working towards. ~ , ., the union, that's what i'm working towards. , ., towards. why are people in northern ireland still being _ towards. why are people in northern ireland still being denied _ towards. why are people in northern ireland still being denied their- ireland still being denied their £600 energy support payment, like others in the uk are obviously receiving it? are they paying the price for the lack of an executive and devon executive was in place would they already have the money by now as the secretary of state just told us? now as the secretary of state 'ust told us? , ., ~ ., , told us? the first thing to know is eve bod told us? the first thing to know is everybody in _ told us? the first thing to know is everybody in northern _ told us? the first thing to know is everybody in northern ireland - told us

so you don't think that the dup are being intransigent about this?hat they've been kind of forced into a position where they they simply can't the executive under the circumstances of the protocol . circumstances of the protocol. well look i'm and the truth is they are intransigent but they don't really have choice that the electorate are very clear about. the unionist section of the electorate are very clear about and they know that it's a duty or the duty of sort of a mark steyn on this issue, really their will not because they've been both because they will be further punished for being weak in the face this challenge. so they have to do it they have to be in transition. and it doesn't matter how much money you of the mlas or how many times you force them to go through another election, if they if they back down on this, they're finished and of course, it's not just about looking weak, is it is the principle here. i mean, unionists appear to be utterly unhed unionists appear to be utterly united their opposition united in their opposition to the i

with the largest party and the dup with the largest party and the dup with the largest party of unionismireland have actually been less stable in recent years than when northern ireland was coming out of conflict. . �* , . , conflict. that's an interesting thou . ht. conflict. that's an interesting thought- as _ conflict. that's an interesting thought. as chris _ conflict. that's an interesting thought. as chris page - conflict. that's an interesting thought. as chris page was l conflict. that's an interesting - thought. as chris page was saying, the lights and children are going to school and you can still go to a hospital so if there are no ministers, who is actually making the day to day decisions that enables northern ireland to continue to function? {infill enables northern ireland to continue to function? , ., , to function? civil servants. ifi was a civil— to function? civil servants. ifi was a civil servant _ to function? civil servants. ifi was a civil servant in - was a civil servant in northern ireland i would want a double salary because they are doing the work politician sho

the dup continues to remain out of power sharing on a protest over the brexit arrangements and it's thet at stormont that would implement a pay rise for nurses, so no government means it's making this pay dispute even more difficult to resolve. the department of health today said the strikes he had an impact on fragile services. there were lots of patient appointments cancelled, some of them urgent. but i have to say in 2019 the nurses�* strike back then did provide a catalyst for the parties, the dup and sinn fein, to get back together for power sharing although there isn�*t really any optimistic sign of any movement on that front round yet this time around, because of the political deadlock over brexit. find political deadlock over brexit. and h el, is political deadlock over brexit. and hywel. is there — political deadlock over brexit. and hywel, is there likely to be any movement from the welsh government on this? h0 movement from the welsh government on this? ., , ., ., ~ , on this? no sign of a welsh settlement _ on this? no sign of a welsh settlement yet. _ on this? no sign of a w

that's absolutely visceral with the dup. they just simply couldn't take that.hat is the big issue. the other thing is if you actually forget about this sort of cross border , they this sort of cross border, they the idea that they're some sort of preventative border in northern on the land border , northern on the land border, then what on earth is that going to happen for european trade? because there's no that the eu is going to say that they can allow unchecked goods to flow in and out of a non eu country, i.e. great britain. yeah. now people sweden and norway people about sweden and norway and because the and many, because that's the only example in europe of only other example in europe of a land border with a non eu country. i there's country. but i mean there's about five crossing points on that nothing. that border. there's nothing. when up to, you know, when you get up to, you know, towards up towards towards kiruna and up towards the that closes the north and that closes at 10:00 at night, if have a border from donegal to dundalk, 302 miles with borde

for nurses, so that situation is still making life more difficult to resolve this dispute, while the dupt of power sharing over its protest over its opposition to the brexit arrangements. as for this strike today, the department of health here says it has created an impact on already fragile services. lots of patient appointments were cancelled. last time round, i have to say, the nurses strike on 2019 did help get the parties back together at stormont. but there is little optimism of that happening again yet at this time round because of the deadlock over brexit.— deadlock over brexit. thank you very much. deadlock over brexit. thank you very much- emma — deadlock over brexit. thank you very much. emma vardy _ deadlock over brexit. thank you very much. emma vardy in _ deadlock over brexit. thank you very much. emma vardy in dundonald - deadlock over brexit. thank you very| much. emma vardy in dundonald and hywel griffith in cardiff. the thousand of nurses who are on strike are part of a wave of industrial action in different sectors across the country. nurses in england, wales and north

ten months local ministers have not been in _ ten months local ministers have not been in place, the dupits opposition to the _ administration over its opposition to the brexit trade border in the irish— to the brexit trade border in the irish see — to the brexit trade border in the irish sea. the political situation adding — irish sea. the political situation adding complexity and many would say frustration _ adding complexity and many would say frustration to this industrial dispute _ dispute. chris, thank you. dispute. — chris, thank you. chris page in belfast. our health correspondent catherine burns is outside st thomas' hospital in central london. just look at the length of this picket line, i don't know if that lorry is blocking it but there are hundreds here. there were none here at 6am. we have been speaking to nurses and one thing is loud and clear, how emotional they are about this decision. many have said they would rather be inside caring for patients. what about those patients? it depends on where they are. a&e will be staffed as normal. in patient wards will be seeing mini

and frankly, unless the dup , and frankly, unless the dup, nothing will.e otherwise, protocol? because otherwise, ultimately the good friday agreement would collapse and no one of any political colour wants to see that the stakes are incredibly high. look, final question, rishi sunak voted for brexit. yes but is he a brexiteer by definite ? he voted brexiteer by definite? he voted for brexit. the most important thing and book really brings this point out because in the end we thought we were it was became a struggle for it was a struggle to uphold the right of the british people to decide their own destiny. so whether he sunak voted for brexit, whether you voted for brexit awry voted for brexit, the most fundamental important bit and this is the principle that we were fighting for all along is that 17.4 million british people voted for . and that book is about how it was actually delivered . indeed. was actually delivered. indeed. well, look, there it is, spartan victory, the inside story of the battle for brexit by francois. hopefully coming to the silver

and frankly, unless the dup , and frankly, unless the dup, nothing will.e otherwise, protocol? because otherwise, ultimately the good friday agreement would collapse and no one of any political colour wants to see that the stakes are incredibly high. look, final question, rishi sunak voted for brexit. yes but is he a brexiteer by definite ? he voted brexiteer by definite? he voted for brexit. the most important thing and book really brings this point out because in the end we thought we were it was became a struggle for it was a struggle to uphold the right of the british people to decide their own destiny. so whether he sunak voted for brexit, whether you voted for brexit awry voted for brexit, the most fundamental important bit and this is the principle that we were fighting for all along is that 17.4 million british people voted for . and that book is about how it was actually delivered . indeed. was actually delivered. indeed. well, look, there it is, spartan victory, the inside story of the battle for brexit by francois. hopefully coming to the silver

or anyone friend of, the dup or anyone else but watch what happens six weeks line.down the line. the guy's got conviction of principle got no conviction of principle before i go down the whole brexit track, which will take me is my day today. i want to go off for christmas. don't off for christmas. i don't people well i'll people about brexit as well i'll give word on this one give the final word on this one to gordon he says michelle if people have a spreadsheet mentality in 1939, we want to have country right now, let alone nhs that is gordon is also applauded as a false equivalence. well historical on this channel. on this channel everybody we have all sides of the story you what i'm going to get the festival back you know everyone else might not be in the zone, but i am i'm in the houday the zone, but i am i'm in the holiday mode, claire says. i, michelle look at my nutcracker inspired christmas tree. where is that ? it's coming out. it's is that? it's coming out. it's coming up . hold your horses. coming up. hold your horses. everyone there you go. nutcracker i

what should be the seat of power, today parties were still unable to restore a government while the duplion this year. an emergency budget has been set at westminster but it means unelected civil servants here are having to take political decisions about how cuts are made to balance the books. the big challenge facing... it's not long ago that david sterling was running stormont during a three—year absence of government after sinn fein walked out of power—sharing. what might the real impact on public services be if this situation continues? we have now had nearly four years out of the last six where we have had no ministers, and that is very evident. we have the highest waiting lists in the uk. we have a need for reconfiguration and transformation in those services but those decisions cannot be taken in the absence of ministers. there is not yet a clear path to a political solution but as each day passes, the winter crisis increases the urgency for the stalemate to be resolved. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. in new york, the duke and duchess of sussex have accepted an award for their wo

ongoing talks that will satisfy the dup�*s and says that a trade border no longer exists.gery. this is our home. cameron wants the emotion... i need you. ..to bejust as important as the spectacle of the movie, something backed up by the cast. the movie is about protecting what you love. in this case, it's protecting your family. we can all relate to that. and, you know, that's very important. you know? that connectivity and taking what you care about and protecting it at all costs. you know, it's all about the emotion. the experience of the film is completely emotional. and, all the battles and all the flights and all of that is also absolutely amazing. but the heart of it is emotion. the reason why it took so much time is because his main — and sometimes only focus — is the heart of the story. it's not how many tickets he's going to sell in the box office and whether or not he's going to break a record, it's whether or not the story that he's going to create for avatar 2: the way of water is going to have the same impact from the heart. joining the cast for this film is k

so the question is what could be dup. what kind of arrangement could be made. president putin said that about a trade being possible. it's a very frustrating situation for paul whelan's family. they're very, i think, dismayed by the fact that he has been there now four years on what seemed to be pretty much trumped up charges. and he has been left behind one more time. this is the second trade we have had with the russians this year in which he was not part of it. it's a grim picture for them as they head into this holiday season. >> thank you both, guys. appreciate it very much. >>> the body of american sports journalist grant wahl is now back in the united states. wahl, you may know, died suddenly, while covering the world cup. the state department says wahl's arrives arrived at jfk airport this morning, accompanied by an official from the u.s. embassy in doha. he was detained for wearing a rainbow shirt expressing saurd airport with the lgbtq community. you may recognize his wife. she posted these photos on twitter. wahl was just 48 years old. >>> and the u.

he'll also promote the government's investment in ship building in the city while he's dup leader sir jeffrey donaldson . there's sir jeffrey donaldson. there's likely to be an intensive creation of talks around the northern ireland protocol. at the moment, given the limitations of their negotiating mandate that we were just not in the in the space where a deal can be delivered, that really addresses the fundamental issues . and that for us means restoring northern ireland place within the uk internal market. british retailers recorded a drop in sales last month as despite online discounts and christmas shopping . the office christmas shopping. the office for national statistics says the volume of sales went down by 0.4% last month. it follows a rise of 0.9% in october. the owner says department stores did to report an increase in with a longer period of black friday office helping or retail expert kate hardcastle says cost of living crisis is forcing consumers to change their shopping habits. we've got so much fluidity out there. we've got a fiscal consumer now who shopping very much

did you read that they should have sent the money sooner so but then did a sort of a little dig the dupthis is why we need a functioning in northern ireland then that would have helped towards it. but really this whether that be an executive not i still don't believe people have got payments because this government is fully is this rubbish right. government is fully is this rubbish right . well conclusive. rubbish right. well conclusive. therefore i don't saharawi yeah course you don't. okay so moving on to the daily mail and it turns out josh that may be a reason for liz truss talking so much not listening to others and gritting all the time. is that liz? yeah well she's condemning category categorically untrue claims . that trace of suspected claims. that trace of suspected cocaine were found after summer parties at her grace and favour chevening mansion. she say this categorically untrue . this is in categorically untrue. this is in the mail, but it's from an article. laura is in the guardian, where they have found the cleaners found substances in various different rooms after these

did you read that they should have sent the money sooner so but then did a sort of a little dig the dupthis is why we need a functioning in northern ireland then that would have helped towards it. but really this whether that be an executive not i still don't believe people have got payments because this government is fully is this rubbish right. government is fully is this rubbish right . well conclusive. rubbish right. well conclusive. therefore i don't saharawi yeah course you don't. okay so moving on to the daily mail and it turns out josh that may be a reason for liz truss talking so much not listening to others and gritting all the time. is that liz? yeah well she's condemning category categorically untrue claims . that trace of suspected claims. that trace of suspected cocaine were found after summer parties at her grace and favour chevening mansion. she say this categorically untrue . this is in categorically untrue. this is in the mail, but it's from an article. laura is in the guardian, where they have found the cleaners found substances in various different rooms after these

and donaldson, sir jeffrey donaldson, sir jeffrey donaldson, the leader of the dup had to .ment had this to. clear at the moment the limitations of their negotiating mandate . we're just negotiating mandate. we're just not in the in the space where a deal can be delivered that really addresses the fundamental issues . and that for us means issues. and that for us means restoring northern place within the uk internal. restoring northern place within the uk internal . market well you the uk internal. market well you can hear from sirjeffrey , not can hear from sirjeffrey, not really in the mood for negotiation, he says not there. and you can see why. the court case yesterday in belfast ruled that ministers in stormont behind had to enforce the protocol . and that came about protocol. and that came about because the minister of agriculture there was in charge of the these border posts from irish sea coming in tried to stop that happening. there was a judicial that has not come out and said no ministers here must enforce the protocol. unionists are now saying, well, there's no s

so thank you for joining me and explaining the position but position of the dup today. anywhere. there's more coming show. well live coming up on the show. well live in ahead of england's in doha ahead of england's quarterfinal clash against france this weekend. plus, ten years on from the report into , years on from the report into, the scandal at winterbourne view . we ask anything has . we ask if anything has improved for those people with learning disabilities autism. but first, here's the news headunes but first, here's the news headlines headlines. but first, here's the news headlines headlines . arlene, headlines headlines. arlene, thank you. good afternoon. it's 232 on rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom, the chancellor has announced plans to overhaul the british financial sector, pledging to review and replace of pages of eu regulations. dubbed the reforms, jeremy hunt , brexit has provided a golden opportunity to reshape the rules . more than 30 regulatory changes have been unveiled including reversing some measures . following the 2008 measures. following the 2

the irish sea and all the division that's caused the fact that and caused the fact that the dup and alle been all that feel that they've been thrown as a second thrown under the bus as a second class of this whole class citizens of this whole thing. really, are we going to really erect border, a land border island, border on this island, a break—up tweed? that the break—up on tweed? that is the question would like to a scottish never to scottish national. i never to face the never one face up to the on the never one to answer the hard the hard questions they always want to say no, let's have a say no, no, no, let's have a fight england. let them fight with england. let them fight with england. let them fight a fight with the fight with me. a fight with the supreme court. well rna, scottish. looking at my scottish. i'm just looking at my email scottish email already. scottish nationalist watching. do you want? want. what do you want? do you want. what do you want? do you want. what do you want? border the allies want? this border the allies referring. thoughts referring. i want your thou

it's a boon for the a bit of a blow the dup.for sinn fein who was thought it was quite like this. was going to be quite like this. they put they wanted unity referendums by 2030 and because now a catholic now there's also a catholic majority the first time. majority for the first time. and so thought great for us, so they thought is great for us, but they're this proves but they're saying this proves we're the boycott we're right to keep the boycott going the northern ireland going over the northern ireland protocol to protocol and they still want to be. that someone wants be. it's nice that someone wants to stay with us. scotland does anyone else does this one though? is despite though? and that is despite a catholic vigil that's 1% of catholic vigil that's 2020 1% of voters catholic background voters a catholic background would just is would choose just that is surprising isn't for two reasons. the traditional reasons. one, the traditional loyalty also the south loyalty but also the south whatever you want to call it, ireland

it's a boon for the a bit of a blow the dup.for sinn fein who was thought it was quite like this. was going to be quite like this. they put they wanted unity referendums by 2030 and because now a catholic now there's also a catholic majority the first time. majority for the first time. and so thought great for us, so they thought is great for us, but they're this proves but they're saying this proves we're the boycott we're right to keep the boycott going the northern ireland going over the northern ireland protocol to protocol and they still want to be. that someone wants be. it's nice that someone wants to stay with us. scotland does anyone else does this one though? is despite though? and that is despite a catholic vigil that's 1% of catholic vigil that's 2020 1% of voters catholic background voters a catholic background would just is would choose just that is surprising isn't for two reasons. the traditional reasons. one, the traditional loyalty also the south loyalty but also the south whatever you want to call it, ireland

agreement that if the current bill that's going through the parliament, westminster, is not put through the dupnto government and therefore the good friday agreement collapse. so she will leave here within the next, i suppose 1015 minutes. hard to see president de higgins and that neutral before coming back to the erupts to address the upper and lower of the shannon and the doyle on the senators and the doyle on the senators and the doyle on the senators and the tds. there to very much tell them that that very good message that they are good europeans they are leading the way and energy but is it a staging post for what must happen for the protocol all to actually work to make ireland work again? because as unionists are saying to me morning, they find that quite bizarre, that if all of the eu voted and that includes places like latvia, estonia and poland where british troops are currently reinforced pushing their borders, they find it very that british troops and military hardware are there stop them being out of expand on country when exactly that may be happening inside northern ireland. so

so when he met with leaders here and amongst was sir jeffrey donaldson the head of the dup unioniststting in a government that actually takes us out of the uk in enforcing laws. by doing that, we're bringing ourselves out of the uk and. this is what sir jeffrey donaldson had to say. clear at the moment, given the limitations of their negotiating mandate , that we're negotiating mandate, that we're just not in the in the space where a deal can be delivered that really addresses the fundamental issues . and that for fundamental issues. and that for us means restoring northern place within uk internal . market place within uk internal. market well, he did say about the discussions the foreign secretary were having with maurice seferovic of the eu but the mood music has been moving quite well for the eu they visited ursula von der lion visited ursula von der lion visited dublin last week i suppose saying goodbye to a meal martin the taoiseach the irish pm. he leaves his post tomorrow that will be by leo varadkar there and a coalition government down there . so now we have more down there