and the republic of ireland.it is basely going around in circles. claire: the prime minister's conservative party is supported by the northern ireland democratatic unionist party. it boris johnson seen as an hohonest broker? phillip: this is not helping him because people are saying you are being supported in the house of commons. are pulliling dup the strings behind the scene. dup is refusing the backstop. is againston says he the backstop. there are pepeople in northernrn ireland, two .8 million people living in northern ireland and most of them are in favor of the backstop. it is a redline brought in by the u.k.. they say if there is no backstop, it will be disastrous for industry in northern ireland and disastrous for the republic of ireland. whichve that problem boris johnson is trying to sweep under the table. relations between britain and the republic of ireland are at a 10 year low. claire: thank you for your analysis. in other news, the latest and off between italy and the eu over migrants in the mediter

w6 rm warm at times for northern ireland and scotla nd times for northern ireland and scotland but some rain showing up at the moment for northern ireland and western scotland with a particularly 5°99y western scotland with a particularly soggy afternoon here. notice it should stay largely dry for eastern scotla nd should stay largely dry for eastern scotland and across much of england and wales where we have got someone sign spells, quite a bit of cloud, temperatures up to 2a degrees. overnight tonight, the rain really mounting up across western scotland, 25 to mill clinic 30 mil metres of rain generally but we could see as much as a hundred over the hills so the weather particularly wet here. localised flooding is a possibility as we head into monday. monday we start off rather cloudy, south—westerly winds pushing the raina south—westerly winds pushing the rain a little bit further northwards in scotland, staying pretty wet for the western isles stop outbreaks to give some very hot spells, highest temperatures soaring up to 29 degrees across eastern parts of england. warming up for no

northern ireland's border with the republic of ireland will of course be up for discussion.will become the uk's only land border with the eu. expect to hear more talk of the backstop today. that is the insurance policy designed to keep an open border which would keep northern ireland more closely tied to the eu that the rest of the uk. borisjohnson and the dup say the eu has to get rid of it to avoid a no—deal brexit. but yesterday in their first phone call, the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, told mrjohnson that whatever happens, the backstop must stay. we can talk to keith doyle now. good morning, keith. good to see you. these talks will be crucial, but it is very difficult to see something firm coming out of this, because there have been discussions for so long. absolutely, i mean, the prime minister is continuing his tour of the devolved nations after being in scotland, wales and last night he arrived here in northern ireland. he had a private dinner with arlene foster, the leader of the dup, and some of the senior members of her party. they are supporting her in cru

the two and half years, in northern ireland. the two and half yea rs, we in northern ireland. todoa fair on them either. i was elected to doajob, fair on them either. i was elected to do a job, which i want to do, so the onus is now in the political parties. how time when there were short to re—establish this place, and if we can do that before october to 31st, i think i'm afraid we're looking at a period of direct rule, because we need politicians here actually those decisions. many are saying that will push the argument for a border poll. that's what i'm hearing coming from sinn fein. i don't necessarily agree with their analysis. i think what it does bring about is the pressure on sinn fein and the dup actually to get their acts together, to knock their heads together and start delivering responsible government for all the people of northern ireland. anywhere else than the republic or northern ireland, our medical waiting lists would not be acceptable. so we need the politicians here, including ourselves, to be responsible and get in and do thejob we are ourselves, to be re

well, because happens in the republic of ireland.s focused on it, we are here to help him find that deal. as i have often said, i wonder have people ever been in negotiations where they ta ke ever been in negotiations where they take things of the table before you get to an end? of course you keep it on the table. we are in a negotiation trying to get the best dealfor the negotiation trying to get the best deal for the people of the united kingdom. you do not take things off the table. he noted that sinn fein had been talking about a boy pull and the referendum. —— a border pull. had respond to the comments? the taoiseach took a photograph from an old paper to the european union saying he did not want this to happen again on the border in northern ireland without even thinking of some of the victims who had been associated with that atrocity. he needs to dial down the rhetoric and recognise the mandate of the prime minister, and he needs to engage. unfortunately he has not been engaging. we have tried to engage with him on a number o

marriage in northern ireland. restored by the 21st of october. we will talk to our island correspondence in the next few minutes, just to talk a little bit more about how significant that vote is for northern ireland. well, the story we were discussing is likely to be raised in tonight's tv debate between the two conservative leadership candidates. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in salford, where that debate will take place. what are the issues that will come 7 what are the issues that will come up? a crucial question about the british ambassador, will that be debated? of course borisjohnson is pretty close to president trump. that is sure to come up tonight, and it is particularly interesting because jeremy hunt is it is particularly interesting becausejeremy hunt is the current foreign secretary, and borisjohnson as his predecessor, and it's a huge dilemma for them because the nature of donald trump's tweets was so personal, the criticism of theresa may, one of america's closest allies, not a

northern ireland's border with the republic of ireland will of course be up for discussion.border with the eu. expect to hear more talk of the proposed irish backstop today, which has caused deep divisions between the parties. the backstop is the insurance policy designed to keep an open border, which would keep northern ireland more closely tied to the eu than the rest of the uk. borisjohnson and the dup say the eu has to get rid of it to avoid a no—deal brexit. but yesterday, in their first phone call, the irish prime minister leo varadkar told mrjohnson that whatever happens the backstop must stay. arriving for the talks this morning, the prime minister said his main concern though is getting the stormont government up and running again. good morning, how are you doing. it's great to be here in northern ireland. clearly, the people of northern ireland have been without a government, without stormont, for two years and six months, so my prime focus this morning is to do everything i can to help that to get up and running again, because i think that's profoundly in the inte

abortion legal in ireland and not northern ireland, part of the uk.disproportionate and stands out like a sore thumb compared to the rest of the legislation. there have been a number of recent court cases, a couple still ongoing, one woman is an absolute champion for the women of northern ireland, in her first case the court found that the situation... the law in ireland... northern ireland was in breach of human rights and one of the judges described it as an untenable position. we have another young woman at the moment, 15, in an abusive relationship, her mother faces charges because she bought abortion pills for her child. it is out of step. it cannot be right. we call ourselves the united kingdom, it cannot be right to have such an anomaly in northern ireland. 65% of people in northern ireland are ready to decriminalise, it is time for change. stormont is suspended, nothing will change unless politicians here do something. dare i say, the british government keep hiding behind this, it is devolved, we cannot touch it. there has been no executive si

a few showers possible for northern ireland.ngland, perhaps easter scotland, with the odd rumble of thunder. in the sunshine, though, our temperatures starting to lift — perhaps 23, 24. certainly through the weekend that looks to be the case because the reason things are starting to calm down on friday because the reason things are starting to calm down by friday is high—pressure is beginning to build from the west, and it will spread out across the uk to take us through the weekend. i can't promise you faultless blue skies but i can promise you a much quieter couple of days with very, very few showers, perhaps just the odd one or two in the east on saturday, in the west on sunday. sunshine and temperatures into the mid—20s. welcome to bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: the two contenders to be british prime minister face each other in a head—to—head debate, clashing over brexit and the economy. what we should be doing is getting ready and encouraging the people of this country to believe they can do it, because th

boris has only yesterday made contact with the taoiseach of ireland.y defending our interests, they are defending theirs, so i wouldn't particularly want to blame anyone. hopefully it won't come to that, we'll sort something out. hello, what do you think of brexit? if something isn't sorted out, farmers like raymond will be hardest hit. most of his beef goes to the uk. he's worried there would be a further fall in the pound, and about tariffs, the taxes that would be charged on imports by the uk. both would make his beach more expensive. both would make his beef more expensive. in the unthinkable event of a crash—out brexit, this farm would have to cease beef farming, we're going to have to do something else with the land. disruption to transport is another potential problem because lots of irish products go to the continent via britain by what's called the land bridge. today, the central bank of ireland warned of lost growth, lostjobs and a hole in the government finances. there's a huge amount of work going into our next budget, which will happen in

against ireland. but congratulations to ireland. but congratulations to ireland today.ntastic day. put us under pressure and they did not let us off. they put the ball in the right place and we didn't respond to it either. julian alaphilippe retains the race lead at the tour de france with three mountain stages to come, with italy's matteo trentin picking up the win in stage 17. the bbc‘s simon brotherton was watching. another day on sunbaked road for the cyclists who face 200 kilometres into the foothills of the alps and it looked like prime territory for a breakaway and so it proved. 33 ryder group gained a sizeable advantage and that eventually whittled down with matteo trentin launching a successful low bid for victory in the final kilometres. the contenders tried to save energy for the rigours ahead, finishing 20 minutes behind the winner today. nothing has changed at the top of the leaderboard with julian alaphillippe one minute and 35 minutes ahead of second place geraint thomas. there were five gold medals at the world aquatics championships in gwangju, south ko

the bbc‘s northern ireland political reporterjayne mccormack has this analysis from stormont.n the commons on tuesday night was potentially a game changerfor northern ireland. now, the bill was only ever meant to keep public services ticking over here in the absence of a government. instead, we saw the clearest sign of direct rule by westminster yet. 0ne amendment from labour's connor mcginn sought to extend same—sex marriage to northern ireland, where currently it is not legal. another amendment from labour's stella creasy was to liberalise abortion laws in northern ireland, where currently it is only allowed in the strictest of circumstances. now, they both passed overwhelmingly, and it is safe to say the dup were not pleased about this. they oppose a law change on both those fronts, and they also said they felt the principle of devolution had been breached. there is one very big caveat to all of this, though. the law doesn't automatically change and in fact it will only become law if there isn't a return to power—sharing at this place by the 21st of october. does that mean

some rain settling into northern ireland and scotla nd settling into northern ireland and scotland passescloud moving into parts of wales in south—west england but ahead of it is where we will see the best of the sunshine. winds quite light here but they start to strengthen across northern ireland and scotland so a breezy into wednesday, a cooler feel as well, still some high temperatures across england and wales, potentially up to 25— 26 celsius. still warm in the mid week. as we go through, this front starts to push its way eastwards across the uk, not bringing much rain across central and eastern parts of england, areas they could do with rain, but by the time we get to friday and saturday, we could see something a little bit more u nsettled something a little bit more unsettled and whether arriving for all of us. that's all from me, bye for now. welcome to newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. the headlines: england cricketers win the men's world cup for the first time, beating new zealand in a thrilling final. we did it! jof delivered! we did it! jofra delivered! he's the guy! england

surely that is something that ireland's captain must be imagining. seen some great spotting results for irish spot, whether individually or collectively. if ireland were to win this test match wouldn't exceed anything that spot has achieved? i think it is a bit much to say but in terms of cricket, it would be. and it would keep the profile back home up there would get the following and everything else but i would not say that it would be the greatest thing ever achieved in irish spot but, as far as cricket goes, it would be. just the sight of kevin o'brien labouring up at lords would send english mind back to the world cup eight years ago where his scintillating hitting lead to a victory for ireland over england. different occasion, different format but what we have learned in never pays to underestimate ireland. antoine griezmann‘s barcelona career got off to a slow start after the catalan‘s lost 2—1 to chelsea in saitama on tuesday. goals from tammy abraham and ross barkley were enough for frank lampard's side injapan and, despite a late ivan rakit

but it does present an opportunity for 0lly stone against ireland and for 0lly stone against irelandck leach. collectively, it's an opportunity for england to build on the level of interest that currently is in cricket following the world cup. that are so point i put to the test match captain, joe root.|j that are so point i put to the test match captain, joe root. i think the most important thing for me and a message for the squad is to play with pride and passion and intensity. at the intensity this week will set the tone for the rest of the summer. as long as we apply ourselves in the right manner and go into this game exactly like that, we will give a good account of ourselves. maybe nothing ever at lord's will quite ever live up to or match the drama that world cup final, but imagine for a second, if ireland were to win a test match for the first time it right here. surely that's something that ireland's captain must be imagining? william, we've seen some great sporting results for ireland, whether individually in the open events or collectively in 6 nations in rugby. if ireland

we are standing literally on the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, in an areaents northern ireland retailers. this one stretch of road has 8500 lorries crossing it every day. many goods made here are processed on both sides of the border. if you look at a bottle of baileys there are five movements across the border until it becomes a finished product so it is that sort of integrated market we are talking about. is northern ireland business ready for a no—deal brexit? absolutely not. there is no way we can be ready for what is a systematic disintegration of the supply chains across this island. the no—deal brexit will be a disaster for the northern ireland economy. along the border in county fermanagh, andrew little is bringing his cows in. this is an example of how intertwined the two economies are. after a no—deal brexit, his milk would become an export to the eu. he says the tariff of around i9p per litre would destroy his profit. in theory you could be put out of business if there is a no—deal brexit. we couldn't afford to produce the milk. it would break my

boris only yesterday made contact with the taoiseach of ireland.ending our interest and the british are defending theirs, so i would not want to blame anyone. hopefully it will not come to that, we can sort something out. what do you think of brexit? if something is not sorted out, farmers like raymond will be hardest hit. most of his beef goes to the uk. he is worried there will be a further fall in the value of the pan and tariffs, the tax is charged on imports by the uk. both would make his beef more expensive. in the unthinkable event ofa expensive. in the unthinkable event of a crash out brexit, this farm will have to seize farming and we will have to seize farming and we will have to do something else with ourland. will have to do something else with our land. disruption to transport is another potential problem because lots of irish products go to the continent by britain via a land bridge. today the central bank of ireland ward of lost growth, lost jobs and a hole in the government finances. there is a huge amount of work going into our bud

targeting northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland tomorrow withasionally heavy rain and may be rumbles of thunder, pushing over scotland during the day and into wales and western parts of england and the midlands, but much of eastern england will remain dry. the further south you might not see much rain at all. still warm in the hazy sunshine in eastern england but elsewhere it will feel cooler with the rain and the breeze. the big picture again, wednesday night into thursday, the weather system approaching its way south and it will have some rain across parts of the eastern and south east of england, clearing two sunny spells, and behind that the showers following to northern ireland and into scotland, heavy and possibly thundery, baby a few of those reaching towards north west england, —— may be. another wet weather system coming our way on friday into friday night and for the weekend at some sunny spells but the chance of a shower that could be heavy and possibly thundery. nick, thanks forjoining us. that's all from the bbc news at six — so it'

ireland's moment. bowling cutie jason for opportunity. ireland's moment.owling cutiejason roy, out for five on his test debut. stirling caught it and is now using his fingers. ireland longs to... these are the batsmen who were when england the ashes. theoretically. rory burns next to go. stand by for three men who were in england's world cup squad, all out for none. in truth, they could have used a rest. 0n the ground they experienced the pinnacle of tryon, they were unravelled by a bowler who turned 38 next month. tim martin. fifa gets for 13 runs, england 35 all out. 0nce for 13 runs, england 35 all out. once more at the same as all ground, one found oneself asking did that really just happen? it one found oneself asking did that reallyjust happen? it was still happening. ireland were in the lead. yes, see it, believe it, now get. in fa ct, yes, see it, believe it, now get. in fact, england enjoyed the day's conclusion that it's fact, england enjoyed the day's conclusion that its beginning. build themselves back into contention, but do not start imaginin

a few showers in northern ireland and scotla nd few showers in northern ireland and scotland and they will become heavier this afternoon. in eastern scotla nd heavier this afternoon. in eastern scotland and northern ireland later on there could be the odd rumble of thunder. most places staying dry and that sunshine boosts the temperatures. 26 or 27 in the south and in the high teens in scotland and in the high teens in scotland and northern ireland. there could be some storms in eastern scotland to end the early evening rush hour, the same in northern ireland. some flooding is possible as well. a general area of rain will push itself eastwards over night. i cannot guarantee all gardens will get rain, in the southern areas it should stay dry again tonight. quite a murky night elsewhere. a muggy start to tomorrow. low pressure is sitting right on top of the uk and it is an area of the air lifting and rising and it promotes the formation of showers. there could be early doors at wimbledon, but overall an early dry day here. showers fading away. sunny spells developing and a few showers i

because ireland and northern ireland did not want a compromise.hip between britain and europe, it is going to be really bad. the rest of you have ten seconds. i think the british people should decide. i think he will cling on once he has got his feet under the desk. he has got until 2022 to mess things up. i think there are going to be quite a lot of crashes under boris immediately and then there might be some mature politics. and with that thought, we have to leave it. that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. hello, some hotter weather and the way in the week ahead. for some it isjust a way in the week ahead. for some it is just a one—day wonder. way in the week ahead. for some it isjust a one-day wonder. we will ta ke isjust a one-day wonder. we will take a little to expect in just a moment. sunday, it is how it looked earlier on the isle of wight. some hazy sunshine around, and atlantic weather system with these pants coming towards northern ireland and western scotland. rain turning heavier d

ireland depends very heavily on having zero barriers to do business with northern ireland and the restk, with warnings that ireland could suffer thousands ofjob that ireland could suffer thousands of job losses if that ireland could suffer thousands ofjob losses if the uk were to leave without a deal. with boris johnson as prime minister of the uk it now looks like ireland's worst case scenario is becoming more likely. in the phone call today the two prime ministers restated their positions which looked deeply incompatible. boris johnson will positions which looked deeply incompatible. borisjohnson will not agree to the irish backstop, leo varadkar stating that the uk cannot have a deal without it. boris johnson is here in northern ireland tonight and is having dinner with senior members of the democratic unionist party and discussing and renewing their alliance and government. tomorrow he will be meeting the main parties at stormont in his first visit to northern ireland since becoming the prime minister. the value of the pound has continued to fall as the government insists it is pre

with northern ireland and with the rest of the uk, with warnings that ireland could suffer thousandshe uk were to leave without a deal. and with boris johnson as prime minister of the uk, it now looks like ireland's worst case scenario is becoming more likely. now, in that phone call today, the two prime ministers restated their positions, which looked deeply incompatible. boris johnson will not agree to the so—called irish backstop, leo varadkar restating so—called irish backstop, leo va radkar restating the so—called irish backstop, leo varadkar restating the firm eu position that the uk cannot have a deal without it. now, as you say, borisjohnson is deal without it. now, as you say, boris johnson is here deal without it. now, as you say, borisjohnson is here in northern ireland tonight. he is having dinner with senior members of the democratic unionist party of northern ireland, discussing, renewing their alliance in government. and tomorrow he will be meeting the main parties here at dormont in his first visit to northern ireland since becoming the new prime minister. the value o

ireland, in 2018.tjust stay patient. and look, roy dismissed for 72. then leach on 92, so close to his hundred, gone. but the crowd knew what they'd seen. there's still a place in test cricket for the stoical hero. the leach spirit then vanished, as england contrived to collapse right back into jeopardy. the tumble of wickets would have been astonishing if we hadn't seen it before — for example, yesterday. make no mistake, ireland were once again inspired as they left england nine wickets down and just 181 runs ahead at the close of play. i learned of the sweetest scent of victory. —— ireland. joe wilson, bbc news, lords. well england's tail did wag a little after woakes' dismissal, but they'll resume tomorrow with just one second innings wicket left, and a lead ofjust181. so ireland are within sight of a historic victory in their very first test match against england, but still have work to do. the wolves have made a winning return to european football, almost a0 years after they were last there with

and ireland, there's your champion.nd, says he'll resign this week if boris johnson becomes the new conservative leader and prime minister. mr hammond says he could never sign up to a no—deal brexit, something borisjohnson has refused to rule out. mr hammond plans to resign on wednesday, just before theresa may leaves downing street. that's if borisjohnson is elected. here's our political correspondent chris mason. philip hammond has been chancellor for the last three years, appointed by theresa may in july for the last three years, appointed by theresa may injuly 2016. this was him packing up for the weekend. on wednesday, he will pack up the good. assuming that boris johnson becomes the next prime minister, i understand that his conditions for serving in his government would include accepting a no deal exit on the 31st of october. that is not something i could ever sign up to. it is very important that a prime minister is able to have a chancellor who is closely aligned with him in terms of policy. i therefore intend

what to do is to get rid of northern ireland and he says he won't. popular in birmingham.in brussels are very used to prime ministers walking around. whereas in birmingham they haven't seen a prime minister in decades. he said out loud that this is not going to a general election. but he is touring the country. birmingham today, manchester tomorrow. a lot of the remaining mps seem to have gone home for recess. they are not in a position of power. labour has put it mps ona position of power. labour has put it mps on a war footing. go back to your constituencies you need to start campaigning. crosstalk. this lot seem to be united. that is it. he has a plan. his plan is brexit. his plan is to get re—elected. brexit. his plan is to get re-elected. by talking a lot and taking hold of the news agenda, which they are at the moment, no—one is challenging that at the moment. he has more of a chance. boris johnson has managed to unite the leave side behind some hope. if he doesn't deliver on that hope that then got mork crosstalk. if you are talking about the brexit party, erg, tory

our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, said tonight's vote could be a real catalyst for change. divisive issues, this is the only part of the uk where same—sex marriage is not legal and where there is a near total ban on abortion. it's supposed to be the northern ireland assembly here where it takes decisions on the manner but there's been no politicians here during any decision taking for more than two and half years since a partially collapsed which has led to increased caused by mps at westminster for westminster to intervene. now the boats that today do not change anything overnight, but if there is no assembly restored by october 21st, then it means at westminster m ps by october 21st, then it means at westminster mps will be under obligation to bring forward legislation to legalize same—sex marriage and under pressure to decriminalise abortion. that has led toa decriminalise abortion. that has led to a very angry reaction from northern ireland democratic unionist party they have long pose a change thejuly party they have long pose a change the july and accused mps party th

ireland. the backstop is really an insurance plan and it is written that thehe agreement u.k. and the eu negotiated under theresa may, and all it says is that both sides want a frictionless border. that was part of the good friday agreement in 1998 that restored peace to northern ireland, but because the united kingdom and ireland were both in the united nogdom, they had restrictions with border goods, but after the u.k. leaves the european union, that becomes the external border of the european union. both sides want to make sure that there is no hard border checkpoints because if you will recall, those were militarized checkpoints. we had bombings and loss-of-life, it was a point of conflict. what prime minister johnson does not like about that backstop is that they believe that that will keep the u.k. tethered to the european union forever. because the requirements of seamless and this means that the u.k. has to make sure that it is in harmony, regulatory harmony with the european union on

game, they bowled out for 85 by ireland ? the answer game, they bowled out for 85 by ireland?. a medium pace boulder who has played for many years here and he bowls with a nagging accuracy. relentless. too much for england. we also have to bear in mind that the level of mental fatigue within the english dressing room. conspicuous by theirfailures, the members of the english test team here who were also part of the world cup squad. is that an excuse? of course not but it will be part of the explanation to in their reply, ireland had to bat sensibly and they did. contributions from stuart broad who is trying to get back in the ashes frame and ollie stone who is in the queue of fast bowlers trying to get into the testing that make test tea m to get into the testing that make test team permanently. but ireland are in such a strong position because of bowling england out so cheaply. england have a fight on their hands here and what does that mean? moving on now to football. celtic have moved a step closer to the group stages of the champions league, defeating the estonian side 5-0

of the one off test match against ireland at lord's. and julian alaphilippe closes in on becoming the first home rider to win the tour de france since 1985. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with golf and the fourth women's major of the year, where paula creamer leads after the first round of the evian championship in france. she carded a seven under par round of 64 to lead by one shot from a group of four players that includes her fellow american brittany altomare, and kojin—young, the winner of the year's first major, the ana inspiration. england's melissa reid is the leading european on five under par. the women's pga champion, australia's hannah green, is eight off the lead at one over par but it was day to forget for the defending champion angela stanford. the american shot a five over par 76 and faces a battle just to make the cut. colm harrison rounds up the day's action. it's five years since her last tournament victory anywhere, but she served notice that she's ready to end a long drought. on a baking hot day a

i say this very firmly to my friends from northern ireland in this house.se that there is nowhere in this united kingdom of ours that will be more affected by a no—deal brexit than northern ireland. no part of the united kingdom. this amendment is being moved or is being proposed by those who voted to remain and speaking as someone who voted to leave, and as a minority in this place, i can assure the minister that we on our side of the referendum debate would in no way countenance a prorogation of parliament. so, in many respects, these people are tilting at windmills! we have reached a narrowing funnel in which our choices are getting fewer and fewer. we are running out of room. the time and voters' tolerance of us failing to address that central issue is running out! so, the problem with this amendment for many of us isn't about more or less democracy. it is that it is pretending to be democratic but in reality, it is trying to prevent the democratic referendum decision from ever happening at all! the ayes to the right, 315. the noes to the left, 274. app

the cause of the excitement on the causeway coast, ireland's shane lowry.ked, and he didn't let them down. cheers ringing around the course as putts dropped and records tumbled. one of the best rounds in open history gives him a four shot lead. it's been an incredible day and i'm struggling to take it all in, but this is something that i never thought. this doesn't feel like golf to me. i don't know what it is, but look, i am very happy with how today went, obviously. i'm in a great position going into tomorrow and i'm very excited for it. the tens of thousands of fans that had been packing the galleries here at royal portrush have enjoyed much kinder conditions and some of the spectacular golf we've seen suggests the players have been enjoying it too. there hasn't been an english winner at the open for nearly 30 years. if anyone could stop lowry, it may well be tommy fleetwood, after another flawless round. and with fellow englishmen justin rose, lee westwood and danny willett all in contention, the stage is set for a spectacularfinish. bad weather is expe

so who would stand strong and hat for ireland? andrew balbirnie was the hero of theirfirst innings — he failed this time. the experienced paul stirling — clean bowled for none. 19 runs scored, three irish batsmen out. the equation was swinging, definitely, england's way. joe wilson, bbc news, at lords. time for a look at the weather. house of fraser, that we have had the heat wave. it has ended for many but not all of us. at the moment in northern scotland skies look like this, with warm if not hot weather round. a reminder of the temperatures. yesterday we got to 38.1. sometimes more data becomes more available but at the moment we think that was the highest temperatures on record, but also the second highest temperature ever recorded in the uk, and those temperature records were tumbling in europe with new national records set in belgium, netherlands, germany and luxembourg. at the moment we have a weather front bringing wet weather, stretching into kent, sussex, into the greater london area and on to the greater london area and

it is great to be here in northern ireland, and clearly, the people of northern ireland have been without stormont, for two years and six months, so my prime focus this morning to do everything i can to help that get up and running again because i think thatis and running again because i think that is profoundly in the interests of people here and all the citizens in northern ireland. make sure boris johnson doesn't ignore us! you wouldn't come to us so we have come to you. campaigners came with a cacophony of northern ireland's most divisive issues. shipyard workers alongside anti brexiteers and activists for victims of the troubles. but it is the irish language and proposed laws to protect it that has become the most difficult issue for the power—sharing talks to overcome. the democratic unionists' arlene foster was the only party leader to dine with boris johnson was the only party leader to dine with borisjohnson last night. he needs her ear and her party's votes in westminster. they discussed the tensions with dublin over the irish border, a dispute which, if unresolved, could see th

it was not so long ago that ireland and afghanistan would not...not... if they could get the job done tomorrow, some celebrations. and good for cricket. thank you very much, patrick, forjoining us. well, the former england bowler monty panesar joins mejoin from lord's. thank you so much forjoining us. as a bowler who has had to bat as tricky circumstances, i am talking by that incredible heroic not that you had in the ashes back in 2009 in cardiff, considering that, how good you think that 92 was from jack leach today? i thinkjack leach did brilliantly well, because considering the batting collapse again again, it's got to be a concern going into the ashes. jack leach did not get the 50 runs that he did, this total right now would be looking under 100, and 180, elite of 180, they can get 200, it is going to be a difficult case for ireland because they are batting against england's bowling. we know that this pitch, you really got to pitch the ball up, so anything can... it's going to be a famous win if ireland doing this, but i thinking would have t

there is no doubt that for northern ireland, four of the whole of northern ireland... 0ur ireland correspondentchallenges that awaitjulian smith? well, all of the non—dup parties are concerned that the dup will get special treatment. they say how could julian smith be an impartial broker in restoring power sharing when the tories have cosied up to the dup in westminster. but such is the dup in westminster. but such is the political arithmetic in westminster, of course the tories need to keep the dup on site to get anything done. butjulian smith has tried to reassure the parties that he has to be evenhanded and fair. he has huge challenges ahead, taking on the northern ireland brief, one of the northern ireland brief, one of the toughest jobs the northern ireland brief, one of the toughestjobs in cabinet. he has to try to resolve the tensions between the two big political tribes of the nationalist parties, unionist parties, because the only way to have a devolved government for northern ireland, the unique set up it has here because of the history of this place, is for the largest unionist and n

it is great to be here in northern ireland, and clearly the people of northern ireland have been withouthout stormont, for two years and six months, so my prime focus this morning is to do everything i can to help that get up and running again, because i think that is profoundly in the interests of people here and all the citizens in northern ireland. make sure boris johnson doesn't ignore us! you wouldn't come to us, so we have come to you. campaigners came with a cacophony of northern ireland's most divisive issues. shipyard workers alongside anti—brexiteers and activists for victims of the troubles. but it is the irish language and proposed laws to protect it that has become the most difficult issue for the power—sharing talks to overcome. the democratic unionists were the only party to dine with borisjohnson last night. he needs their ear and their votes in westminster. today, they discussed the tensions with dublin over the irish border, a dispute which, if unresolved, could see the uk leaving the eu without a deal. a sensible brexit is one that recognises that nobody wants to see a

warned that there's a hard border across the island of ireland and northern ireland and it would inevitablyotential target for the terrorists, the hard border at south and making the target for the terrorists would potentially lead certain members of the s&p, to be put at risk and potentially people more generally across northern island. those are serious warnings that we ought to take very seriously. debate on that bill continues on tuesday when several mps are set to put down controversial amendments on abortion rights and equal marriage. the fomer attorney—general dominic grieve has tabled an amendment that seeks to try to avoid a no—deal brexit but it will be down to the speaker to decide if those amendments are selected for debate and vote. and that's that from me for now, but don't forget on tuesday morning at 10am, sir david attenborough will be giving evidence to the business, energy and industrial strategy committee on clean growth and international climate change targets. you can watch that live on bbc parliament. david cornock will be with you for the rest of the week. for now, f

ireland, in 2018.ere's ever been soon learns that in test cricket, at times you mustjust stay patient. and look, roy dismissed for 72. then leach on 92, so close to his hundred, gone. but the crowd knew what they'd seen. there's still a place in test cricket for the stoical hero. the leach spirit then vanished, as england contrived to collapse right back into jeopardy. the tumble of wickets would have been astonishing if we hadn't seen it before — for example, yesterday. make no mistake, ireland were once again inspired as they left england nine wickets down and just 181 runs ahead at the close of play. and what it means, well, tomorrow at some point, ireland will bat quite conceivably for victory. joe wilson, bbc news, lords. that's it from us. newsnight has just got under way on bbc two. time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm chetan pathak. coming up: another day, another english batting collapse as the first test against ireland hangs in the balance. geraint thomas drop

and ireland as well. absolutely.jority on both issues, it is significant and cabinet ministers saying that... advocating advocating this change. the big question is, obviously, the dup in the conservative party depending on the dup for the coalition and the more principled question of devolution that can force this idea of westminster mps... it is very contentions. -- contentious. the paradox is that this is only happening because london is running northern ireland which is exactly not what people wanted and the fact that northern irish parties have been unable to agree for several years now and there are so many paradoxes. the dup topping up the government and the dup are staunchly leave yet northern ireland voted to remain. so there are many rep rentals wrapped in enigma 's. —— riddles wrapped in an enigma. now this picture, the queen saying that she can do this herself. and in heels. what did you make of this? absolutely wonderful. do we know what type of tree it is? we failed. i love the bubble quote. i'm perfect

ireland's trade is exports do the republic of ireland, so would bea do the republic of ireland, so wouldland's imports from the republic of ireland. all of that is pretty crucial. therefore, as to what happens, where those three little arrows are and where chris pages this morning, at the minute there are no checks. we are part of the european union. there is one trade agreement between that whole area and things can float freely, but thatis and things can float freely, but that is what is in question. that is why today is such a big day for jeremy hunt and borisjohnson as well. the question has always been for members of parliament, now it's for members of parliament, now it's for these two, what is your plan, then? because it's about, we've heard the mentioned a lot about planning for no deal, but what every once “— planning for no deal, but what every once ‘ ‘ everyone planning for no deal, but what every once “ everyone wants planning for no deal, but what every once —— everyone wants is a deal. what they've got to deal with is this october 31 deadline, that is when we are due to lea

ireland's hopes of a first test win against england are shattered. rain didn't stop play at the tour de france, hail, snow and a landslide did. and we've got a new leader too. we'll tell you who shortly. and a new leaderfor england netball too asjess thirlby is named as tracey neville‘s successor as head coach. ireland's first test match against england won't be forgotten in a hurry. memories of bowling england out inside a session on wednesday must seem like a distant memory now. it's after they capitulated to 38 all out at lord's failing in their run chase in spectacular fashion for the lowest test total at the home of cricket. from there, our sports correspondentjoe wilson reports. when england managed to bring to this day and this remarkable test match was the intensity. they themselves lack in the first days. it is hard to raise it to be mentally fresh after so much already happened in the summer. the ashes are next week and everyone knows that and death match would have served as some kind of preparation for that and certainly he will feel a lo

ireland?f golf that played does not stop even when the weather is bad. here at belfast city hall we have this crazy golf course with well—known landmarks for northern ireland and this is just one of many golfing attractions which have popped up around the city and beyond as people prepare to host the open. the excitement is building and it is a long time since northern ireland had this mum at last, 1951 was the last time that the open across the irish sea. since then we had 40 yea rs across the irish sea. since then we had 40 years of the troubles and during that time it was inconceivable that an event of that size could be held here but the peace process has brought new opportunities and this has been a huge ambition for many people here especially those in the tourism industry. anotherfactor especially those in the tourism industry. another factor is the success of local golfers, darren clarke, roy mcavoy, graeme mcdowell. with officials estimating the value to the local economy is more than

borisjohnson is in northern ireland for the first time as prime minister to talk about brexit, and toelp efforts to restore the power—sharing government. we'll be live at stormont. he was falsely accused of being part of a vip paedophile ring. his home was raided by police, and now the former mp harvey proctor wants an independent inquiry into the way police handled false allegations made by carl beech. i am frequently tortured by the realisation that had mr beech been successful in his scheme to pervert the course ofjustice, i would have been imprisoned until my death. we'll be talking to mr proctor about the impact the false accusations had on his life. the top ten warmest years on record in the uk have all occurred since 2002, according to the met office. what can we do to stop climate change? well, prince harry says he and meghan will help by only having two children. he's also said that many people have unconscious bias about skin colour and that racism is "passed down through generations". hello, welcome to the programme. we're live until 11:00am this morning. what do you make o

and northern ireland. i expect breaks it may come up a little bit i don't rule that out and i think the crucial thing to stress is that . this is the attach huge importance to the letter the spirit of the of the belfast good friday agreement and it will be in insisting on that now then baba has more from belfast. well prime minister johnson's only spending a few hours here at stormont and he said his aim is to try to help those policies get the devolved government here back up and running he says it's been far too long 2 and a half years which is not good for the people of northern ireland but he's given no idea as to how his input is actually going to help the process given that there are really tough issues which remain sticking points things like irish language rights abortion and he calls marriage he says that his government is strictly impartial in the process under the good friday agreement but the leading nationalist party here shin fein have questioned that saying that nobody believes his words on

also some showery outbreaks of rain initially across northern ireland and then into western scotlandhowers just working their way a little bit further north and eastwards throughout the day. can't rule out one or two across northern england and north wales most places across england and wales on tuesday will be mainly dry with some warmer sunshine again, 23—25 celsius the top temperature, a little bit cooler towards northern ireland and scotland, i9—2i celsius here. for the middle of the week, we've got a more active front starting to push in from the atlantic, taking its time, it may not be until the afternoon that it arrives into scotland. ahead of it, we're still holding onto the warmth across much of england and wales and a strengthening breeze across northern ireland and scotland a sign of things to come. so some rain settling into northern ireland and parts of scotland through the day on wednesday, timings may well change. high cloud moving into parts of wales and south—west england but ahead of it is where we'll see the best of the sunshine. winds still quite light here, but t