i know, because ireland right now... ultimately the backstop has universal support in ireland.d for backstop—supporting parties. there's not a crack in unanimity. timmy and other people are trying to put this on the irish government. timmy dooley was pointing to a position which in ireland it is very difficult to air, because the elite, the political establishment in your country is adamant that ireland must stand firm against all of this pressure from london. but there are people in ireland who are wondering whether right now this is, in effect, cutting off your nose to spite your face, because you, in ireland, are going to be hurt most. what timmy dooley was trying to do was score cheap domestic political points with a personalised attack on the taoiseach taken completely out of context. we know the impact of brexit. the support for the backstop is universal. there's a few dissenting voices in certain newspaper columns, the same people who say ireland should leave the eu, something that's favoured by only 7% of the population. but ultimately... i've met these people and debat

how has ireland adapted to this new borisjohnson how has ireland adapted to this new boris johnson dynamichas ireland adapted to this new boris johnson dynamic? will, being quite frank, for us in ireland and across the eu, the change in british prime minister doesn't actually mean we need to change at all. ultimately the uk is still intent on leaving the eu as they voted for in the referendum and we still intend to allow them to leave but make sure they keep their responsibilities as a departing member. we had a fair agreement over 18 torturous months that needed fair negotiation on both parties. nothing has changed otherwise. i must confess, i'm very surprised to hear you say nothing has changed because surely in the real world of politics, the fact there's now a prime minister in the uk is absolutely intent on leaving the eu even if, with a no deal, that makes a big difference because theresa may quite clearly wanted to do almost everything to avoid a no deal. things have changed. well, things may have changed in london and indeed the rhetoric may have changed but the facts of the matter

she gives him ireland. which is an american irish activist group i thought the books were parallel you looked at the institution of civil society and i was looking more closely at the relationships in the home and since i joke to people, your book was a meditation on burke's little platoons in mind was on ideas society of a contract between the living, dead and unborn. the experience that i write about in the book, write about that it primed you for the skepticism that was generous in the '90s about authorities, institutions, real purpose because the primal fact of your life is that someone who supposedly owed you in his time and attention and care and affection felt free to absent himself in some intimates away. it is my belief, i try to narrow this, but my children reconnected me too my father, my deceased mother into this national tradition, it does so in a vivid way in my particular case given the circumstances i was born into. but i think it's true on a general level for society the societies without t

the problem with northern ireland. may refer to them as communities as a nationalist communityy that have dueling national loyalties. i'm not sure i agree christopher that the identities receded in northern ireland. >> i'm not saying that they have that that is the argument. >> i think that is. but the attempt at the good friday agreement was the political implications although there were questions. so the police service of northern ireland no crowns that are worn on the police officers or those gestures to provide the illusion that you're not living in the country at all that the public or the state requires you to acknowledge. all the symbols have been reduced as well. yeven national identity is a private concern. we saw one week ago a dissident group claimed to be engaging the enemy and killing of the process, a journalist. my fear the attempt to erase national identity is doomed but if it were successful, it would be a calamity to recognize because national loyalty is shared when you are not in the disputed border

which is part of britain and the republic of ireland but it would involve northern ireland remaining in the e.u. customs union was johnson says would be a violation of british sovereignty. scholz reports from bell's belfast so many people on the island of ireland fear johnson's insistence of getting rid of the backstop could reignite the conflict known as the troubles. on one of the most popular activities these days for visitors to belfast is a troubles to or a 137 people hospitalized there were horrific injuries there were people multiple loss of limbs that were guides like paul donnelly navigate what's called a history of terror but many fear history can be repeated deadly clashes between protestant supporters of british rule and catholics wanting to unite with the republic of ireland were largely ended in 2 decades ago by a power sharing deal known as the good friday agreement but now the looming prospect of a new deal breck's it could mean the return of checkpoints along the irish border and that has people like donnelly warning that former anti british guerrillas known as dissi

and southern ireland as and say. of course there would have to be tyrants and there have to be checks and personnel and so on if a part is my duty if anybody erected infrastructure and they would have to take along the border to control terrorism movement of goods so for them people will carry the done with their bare hands and not make the best i can because if they are going toward the end of the request i'm supposed for example where people have to pull in their cars or trucks and check make no mistake about it and i don't say i say this as a person it's violence and the 2nd incident is a brief yes i have but then do you think that the e.u. could make some concessions over the issue of the hard border. well we can which is i think it difficult to know what they concession would be maybe wealthy but when the the a days and weeks take away towards the top of the 31st which is the absolute deadline and it may well be sort of that people well if it were ok we can't go down the road sort of in the in this chart crashin

and northern ireland and then anglo-american it was also a similar thing and she. of course couldn't answer that straight because they taunt tons about because this whole area has not yet been agreed. and said you know the problem here is that you've got 2 positions of brics it and this good friday agreement and those 2 kind of clash and they have to come to a solution but she's clearly open to a solution and made that very clear to boris johnson but also on the issue made it clear about europe's position is ireland's position so.

and ireland but it would involve northern ireland remaining in the e.u. customs union the fear is that a hard border on the island of ireland would reignite the decades of conflict known as the troubles teri schultz reports from northern ireland's capital fast. one of the most popular activities these days for visitors to belfast is a troubles 2 or a $137.00 people hospitalized there were horrific injuries there were people multiple loss of limbs that were guides like paul donnelly navigate what's called a history of terror but many fear history can be repeated deadly clashes between protestant supporters of british rule and catholics want to unite with the republic of ireland were largely ended 2 decades ago by a power sharing deal known as the good friday agreement but now the looming prospect of a new deal breck's it could mean the return of checkpoints along the irish border and that has people like donnelly warning that former anti british guerrillas known as dissident republicans might have bandon the peace process with the end of the hard border it

there is a political vacuum in northern ireland, ironically at the very time when northern ireland's with brexit, for both communities. there has been a real failure of politicians on both sides. so when parliament returns to westminster in september, that will be one of the big issues on their agenda. there is talk about direct rule, where london would roll directly in belfast. butjust this week, a few days ago, there was a bomb attack in fermanagh just week, a few days ago, there was a bomb attack in fermanaghjust near the border. people described feeling their houses shaking. the security services in northern ireland have warned about the threat from dissident groups in the north. i think this also may help to focus minds on the next few weeks and months. let me add one thing about the backstop. the 30 day period could have meant to refer to the document which we will also have to negotiate about the future economic relationship. and if goodwill can be seen relationship. and if goodwill can be seen to work, that will be an area where you really could propose a speeding up of the p

northern ireland is part of the u.k. so you can see where the problem is there now boris johnson says. it is anti democratic it would mean that the u.k. including northern ireland would have to stand a customs union they couldn't strike deals with countries outside the e.u. they want to scrapped so far there's been no movement on that the e.u. has said it isn't possible however today and going to marco and said look we're always open to alternatives you come up with them the u.k. perhaps you could even do it in 30 days a bit tongue in cheek but that has now been the mantle that's been set for boris johnson and the u.k. government coming up with alternatives have been 30 days and perhaps there will be a deal that can be achieved before the 31st of october or did we see or hear any alternatives to or the backstop then but could possibly be reached in 30 days good question it's been asked repeatedly of boris johnson and again he was vague pointing to some report that one of his ministers has come up with there was nothing s

and also finally, this idea that already we have northern ireland having one legal order and irelandroblem according to the eu. adam fleming there in brussels. let‘s go to our political correspondent, pete saull at westminster. not surprising the response from the eu. no, not many people in downing street will be taken by surprise at that rebuttal. quite a detailed rebuttal in terms of that document which has been sent to 27 eu countries. the remaining eu countries. the remaining eu countries on that point of boris johnson suggesting that the northern irish backstop is anti—democratic. he believes it is because the northern irish people will not have a say over the rules they would be subject to if they were to enter that arrangement. the european union says no, that‘s completely not true. one of the other key points boris johnson makes in that letter that potentially undermines the good friday agreement, again, that is described as completely misleading by the european union. they may be ina by the european union. they may be in a situation where we are going round and round in circ

northern ireland relations . hardbacks or no deal breaks it then he wouldn't be saying we should get rid of the backstop he'd be saying let's have the backstop because peace in northern ireland the prosperity and stability in northern ireland is were important than anything he's not saying that he's saying the brics that is the most important thing but why would he know it was. in wales why would he not want that unity i don't to get into too much psychoanalysis of boris johnson the the man but you know the united kingdom the clues in the title. the reason is i'm afraid that it's not about unifying it's about exactly exactly as they as the other panelists said it's about unifying the bricks that boris johnson is not the prime minister for 100 percent of the british people no to see who is the other purporting to be really he's a prime minister not even 50 percent of the british population or the rich british or that british voters are very set for breaks that he is a prime minister for 33 percent of voters who wa

northern ireland voted to remain and this has been done to them. as did scotland. that wales and moving towards remain. and in terms of the english identity where a few weeks ago you had that incredible poll that showed that 20 party members were willing to jettison northern ireland altogether, scotland and not even have great britain any longer but reallyjust angled and perhaps wheels. providing brexit is achieved. which is why i used that word shibboleth which means it is an religious totem. you are not european or british and i am interested as a view from the rest of the world, do you not find it equally astonishing if that threat is great ft risks particularly in northern ireland are so intense never made politics in scotland which is much more developed but the physical conflict risk is nothing like they are, that it is an island, that the eu would be so casual about the arrest of a no—deal brexit. yes you can play the british government for the eu would be equally to blame for the eu would be equally to blame for this because they have established this in th

in other words, the northern ireland peace process. says the agreement works on the basis of consent and northern ireland's dup, his partners in government, haven't consented to the backstop. politicians from the republic of ireland are signalling their disagreement with boris johnson's approach. using language like that is not helpful. saying the backstop threatens the good friday agreement is a worrying turn because the backstop is a creation based on the british government's red lines that underpins the good friday agreement and ensures there is no hardening of the border on the island of ireland. the president of the eu council, donald tusk, appeared to dismiss borisjohnson‘s offer in this tweet. those against a backstop, he said, are not proposing realistic alternatives, in fact, support re—establishing a border, even if they don't admit it. the eu has consistently said there can be no deal without the northern irish backstop. borisjohnson is arguing in no uncertain terms that there can be no deal with it. he seems to be after one

and that is between the republic of ireland which is in the south and northern ireland which is in the north and is part of the united kingdom said that is the tricky. plaint you know one of these discussions here so we have the with the withdrawal agreement which is that's that's the divorce deal we have the physical declaration that's what happens after the divorce and it's not sure how that the irish which is the problem child or the that neither parent wants that neither parent can can can find a good place for so northern ireland within the u.k. is within the u.k. as you say but it's also on the island a violent face but still. do you carry has had a problem with since theresa may 1st to carry home with it what's the problem so in a nutshell the problem is that if if it kicks in if this backstop this insurance policy kicks in it would mean that the u.k. including northern ireland would remain part of a customs union with the european union and that is to ensure that there is no hard border between the north and the south so that trade can continue that the trade of goods can conti

and the republic of ireland the good friday agreement means northern ireland can take a vote on doing just that belfast new lord mayor johnson who can wants to make sure citizens are well educated about their options while hoping they'll back unification his party shin fein openly lobbies for that it's a cause that colored his life he was just 9 years old when he saw his father a prominent republican human rights lawyer shot dead by pro british paramilitaries despite getting death threats himself as he took office in may when you can believe the time is right to move forward doesn't automatically mean that unification will happen but what i do think is that it means that the conversation because the conversation has already started not just from people within the north but people all over the island of ireland and certainly within europe as well. 50 years after the bloodiest period in northern ireland's history a time when moralize way so many walls and gates around this city no one i spoke with believes that addressing the question of a united ireland now would lead the country back

and the republic of ireland the good friday agreement means northern ireland can take a vote on doing just that belfast new lord mayor john finn you can wants to make sure citizens are well educated about their options while hoping they'll back unification his party she would fain open. lobbies for that it's a cause that colored his life he was just 9 years old when he saw his father a prominent republican human rights lawyer shot dead by pro british paramilitaries despite getting death threats himself as he took office in may when you can believe the time is right to move forward will be brax it doesn't automatically mean that unification will happen but what i do think is that it means that the conversation hostile because the conversation has already started not just from people within the north but people all over the island of ireland and certainly within europe as well. billy hutchinson a city council member from the progressive unionist party served 16 years in prison for 2 sectarian murders hutchinson says he's rejected by island but he's worried others haven't what i concerne

there is a political vacuum in northern ireland, ironically at the very time when northern ireland'sh brexit, for both communities. there has been a real failure of politicians on both sides. so when parliament returns to westminster in september, that will be one of the big issues on their agenda. there is talk about direct rule, where london would roll directly in belfast. but just this week, a few days ago, there was a bomb attack in fermanagh just near the border. people described feeling their houses shaking. the security services in northern ireland have warned about the threat from dissident groups in the north. i think this also may help to focus minds on the next few weeks and months. let me add one thing about the backstop. the 30 day period could have meant to refer to the document which we will also have to negotiate about the future economic relationship. and if goodwill can be seen to work, that will be an area where you really could propose a speeding up of the process. and when you have a functioning deal between the two blocks, then the backstop will disappear. but t

pressure continues to dominate our weather through the weekend, particularly for scotland and northern ireland where here we are likely to the most frequent showers perhaps merging to give longer spells of rain. likely to stay windy, strong gusts particularly for southern and western coasts. this is saturday, the overnight rain had cleared away from south—west england but plenty of showers in scotland and northern ireland merging to give longer spells in scotland. more scattered in england and wales, blowing through quickly on a blustery wind and temperatures perhaps 21 or 22, but more like the mid—to—high teens in scotland and northern ireland. by sunday, we've still got this area of low pressure dominating the scene and still generating showers particularly for northern ireland and scotland. again, heavy, merging to bring longer spells, and more frequent in england and wales, especially northern england but some will miss them, staying dry with sunshine, but strong winds widely gusting up to a0 mph and may be a5 mph for southern and western coasts. 20 at best for central and eastern parts of

northern ireland relations . hardbacks or no deal breaks it then he wouldn't be saying we should get rid of the backs up he'd be saying let's have the backstop because peace in northern aren't the prosperity and stability in northern ireland is were important than anything he's not saying that he's saying that brics that is the most important thing but why would he want. in wales why would he not want that unity and i want to get into too much psychoanalysis of boris johnson the the man but you know the united kingdom the clues in the title. the reason is i'm afraid that it's not about unifying it's about exactly exactly as they as the other panelists said it's about unifying the bricks that boris johnson is not the prime minister for 100 percent of the british people no to see who is the other purporting to be really he's a prime minister not even 50 percent of the british population or the rich british voters is very sad for breaks that he is a prime minister for 33 percent of voters who want a no deal breaks i

northern ireland moved on since the troubles ended? brexit has done, if it hasn't reopened old wounds, it has ripped the sticking plaster of them. my colleague julian has ripped the sticking plaster of them. my colleaguejulian o'neill them. my colleaguejulian o'neill the home is players corresponded for bbc northern ireland, he put it brilliantly in one of his reports about 1969 and looking back at the history of the troubles he said, there you have it, the past still festering away in the present. the past has not been dealt with. one of the core problems in the troubles was that each community felt itself to be the victim community. a lot of old soldiers feel very bitter about the reputation the british army has because of its involvement in northern ireland, for instance. none of those wounds have been healed and nobody... there have been attempts to address, and there was agreement on how it should have been done about five years ago, but the legislation to bring that into operation has never been enacted. the wounds are still fres

drier further north in scotland and the northern ireland's —— northern isles and northern ireland. thundershowers. a look at 4pm in the afternoon, windy but dried with spells of sunshine. extending down into northern and western scotland and you see the rain persisting through the central down into southern scotland and into northern england and maybe try for northern ireland as well as sunshine here in the afternoon. sunny spells elsewhere, but also heavy and locally thundershowers. 22 or 23 celsius in the east, cool for northern ireland and scotland particularly where that rain persists. temperatures can't get much higher than 13 or 14 celsius here. into the new week in our frontal system pushes away eastwards. so he threw monday morning, that heavy rain will persist and —— will slip away. showers gabbing across northern ireland, western town, wales, and south—west england and push their way eastwards as the day wears on. a cool start to the week. temperatures for many not getting into 20 celsius. that stays with us in the week of hand, a mix of sunshine and showers with more per

another penalty cornerfor ireland. destined for pool c. another penalty corner for ireland.two. you can watch via the bbc sport website and app. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. a report has warned there are more than 200,000 children in england without a permanent home, with some living in converted office blocks or even former shipping containers. the children's commissioner, anne longfield, says whole families are being housed in flats little bigger than parking spaces. the government says it's invested £1.2 billion to tackle all types of homelessness. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. would you like to live here? this office block in essex was converted into flats to house homeless families. developers don't need planning permission after the government relaxed the rules to boost the housing supply, and tens of thousands of similar properties have been created in recent years across england. today's report highlights that some of the flats are tiny, however, whole families living in an area little bigger than

and ireland on the border.here is something to talk about but very unclear where this goes. boris johnson has accepted that the onus is on the british government to come up is on the british government to come up with an alternative. it could be that they are just trying to tactically look like they are not blocking the negotiation or an alternative solution. but there is a weird paradox because there is no—deal brexit which will lead to checks on the european side at least. you can see the argument from the brexit is that if that is going to be the outcome, why are you sticking with the backstop and being so intransigent about it? the counterargument to that is that you have these arrangements of the idea ofa have these arrangements of the idea of a trusted trader, they insisted that those are there and ready to go. if they are confident about that they worried about the backstop ever happening because it isjust a fallback position. both sides still in this deadlock to some extent but i think the welcome to bo

and northern ireland following brags that. a day earlier johnson was in berlin where chancellor angela merkel told him the backstop wouldn't be necessary if britain could propose an alternative solution quickly. i admire that that can do spirit that she seems to have that i think she's right i think that the technical solutions are readily available you can have trusted traders schemes you can have electronic clearing of the goods moving across the border. to meetings main revelation a pledge that britain won't install controls on its border with ireland. but under no circumstances will the u.k. government be instituting imposing checks or controls of any kind at that border and we think i understand your desire to protect the integrity of the of the single market but if you had hoped that concession might soften europe's stance macron had bad news the e.u. has neither time nor intention to reconsider the brig's of divorce deal. or been any good the e.u. has negotiated at length i withdraw all agreement with the united kingdom

so another row over symbols in northern ireland.e significance given the very sensitive political situation there, but people will think back to the queen's very successful visit to ireland, and perhaps be surprised thatjust a picture of the queen could cause this sort of a row. well, what happens here in northern ireland might bemuse people in england, scotland, wales, and the republic of ireland, because things that would seem insignificant elsewhere are hugely significant here. you might remember back to the rows of flagpoles. when the british flag can be flown on official buildings. the lord mayor of belfast some time ago removed a picture of the queen and put a republican poster up there. that also caused a row. this is one of the complex things about life in northern ireland. a bitter trade war between america's two allies in asia has escalated, after the japanese government removed south korea from a list of preferred export partners. those on the so—called "white list" of countries enjoy fewer trading restrictions. it's a mo

in scotland isn't it actually also really important we get a government in ireland northern ireland i should say as well. yeah i'm not i'm not become increasingly difficult now we have of course for dogs of president premiership he's gone to belfast this week before he met the cross community leaders in belfast he met with the d.p. he relies on for their support in the house of commons so he is not seen as an honest broker in that negotiation to restart power sharing in northern ireland so it's really difficult to say that happening before potentially ardbeg and the bring .

northern ireland relations . hardbacks or no deal breaks it then he wouldn't be saying we should get rid of the backstop he'd be saying let's have the backstop because peace in northern ireland the prosperity and stability of northern ireland is were important than anything he's not saying that he's saying the brics that is the most important thing but why would he want. donovan in wales why would he not want that unity i don't to get into too much psychoanalysis of boris johnson the the man but you know the united kingdom the clues in the title. the reason is i'm afraid that it's not about unifying it's about exactly exactly as they as the other panelists said it's about unifying the bricks that boris johnson is not the prime minister for 100 percent of the british people no to see who is the other purporting to be really he's a prime minister not even 50 percent of the british population or the richer british or that british voters are very set for breaks that he is a prime minister for 33 percent of voters who

more showers for a while over northern ireland.shing the east over scotland into north—east england towards the wash and some of them may be heavy and thundery. feeling cooler and fresher everywhere. typical temperatures may be 15, 17 degrees. a touch higher in the south of england where it should be a dry day. more sunshine to start the day. a chilly start, atlantic wind coming in on monday, meaning increasing cloud. northern ireland and especially scotland, quite wet. 15 degrees in the central belt. 22 in south—east england. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. thousands take to the streets across the uk — to condemn borisjohnson‘s decision to suspend parliament. i never thought at my age, 61 years of age, i would have to be here in whitehall, protesting against the shutdown of parliament. there's been renewed violence in hong kong — with pro—democracy protesters defying a ban on rallying. more than 50 migrants have been detained as they tried to cross the english channel to reach kent. several boats have been intercepted. for

normally a united ireland in northern ireland would have around 40, a0 in northern ireland would have get around brexit and those who would have previously supported state within the uk are now turning towards the idea of a united ireland largely driven by the prospect of a crash out. now if you are a thirsty traveller passing through san francisco international airport from today — you are going to find it harder to get hold of a plastic water bottle. the airport says it normally sells ten thousand of the bottles a day but has implemented a ban on them in its stores, restaurants, and vending machines. it is part of the drive for san francisco international to become the world‘s first zero—waste airport by 2021. we can now talk to debbie raphael, the director for san francisco‘s department of environment. thank you forjoining us. another big step on your road to 2021 how easy will it be to implement? big step on your road to 2021 how easy will it be to implement7m big step on your road to 2021 how easy will it be to implement? it has already being implemented right now, the vendor is