ireland. with brexit now behind us we're seeing the impacts of the withdrawal play out at shipping courts and unstocked supermarkets on the streets of northern ireland. complicated components of the withdrawal agreement, the effects of covid-19 pandemic, and underlying economic instability in the region have converged to create a very difficult environment. unfortunately, in the last few weeks, we've also seen a resurgence of violence across northern ireland involving young people, 12 years of age, more than a decade after the signing of the good friday agreement. this violence may have been sparked in the process of the protocol, it's rooted in historic conditions. after a period of relative stability following years of peace building efforts, this recent violence stopped many of us in our tracks, myself included. this is because clashes between groups in northern ireland have been incredibly dangerous in the past. northern ireland has already mourned the loss of more than 3,500 lives, many o

northern ireland is once again facing that political crisis. and the cause is said to be a row about brexit and the trading arrangements, which have left supermarket shelves empty and produced warnings that people simply may not be able to get the things they want come christmas time. it has come about too because of a speech by the new leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, a man who grew up under the shadow of the troubles, of the violence that claimed the lives of several members of his own family. sirjeffrey donaldson, welcome to political thinking. thank you, nick. we are speaking hours after you delivered what i suspect will be the most important speech of your career so far. and i want to understand the background to it. do you really believe, as you said, that the union, the place of northern ireland in the united kingdom, is at stake now? well, first of all, greetings from from belfast. and it's a pleasure to be on your podcast. yes, i really do believe that. i'm, as you say, passionate about the union. i grew up in a northern irelan

for women in northern ireland and for peace in northern ireland, hugely important. but i also want to mention obama and his support for integrated education when he came over here was a very, very important. then i want to come to some of [inaudible] nancy pelosi. it was excellent that [inaudible] that we matter and we talked about it. she listened and finding out more about us is exactly what an envoy would [inaudible] much, much more coming and going of these people, which is very great. and lastly, but not least, obviously, biden. the fact that he's already talking about the good friday agreement at the early [inaudible] so well, but i can i put in a [inaudible] could we make sure that on his first visit to ireland, which i'm assuming is going to be very soon, next year, maybe, covid permitting, but that he comes north of the border. that would be a big, big, important gesture. two things, one, that he, like other presidents who come before, visit [inaudible] school. that's gives a very important message. and secondly, [inaudible] wonderful new musical, on eagles

northern ireland's biggest arena. for them _ service. northern ireland's biggest arena.it's a massive - service. northern ireland's biggest l arena. for them it's a massive blow. it was due to be packed out this weekend for a sold—out comedy gig which has now been cancelled. and belfast�*s ice hockey team have not been able to welcome back supporters at full capacity. with the furlough scheme ending this month, there is no many entertainment businesses in northern ireland looking at laying off staff. jt northern ireland looking at laying off staff. ., , , northern ireland looking at laying off staff. . , , ., off staff. it leaves us on the precipice — off staff. it leaves us on the precipice at _ off staff. it leaves us on the precipice at the _ off staff. it leaves us on the precipice at the moment. i off staff. it leaves us on the l precipice at the moment. we off staff. it leaves us on the - precipice at the moment. we have no public funding, so from that date we are on our own completely financially and at the moment we have no revenue coming in and no date when even

ireland and the republic of ireland, which is part of the european union, but also...between great britain and northern ireland — the british government doesn't want a hard border either. you talk about how this could compromise peace. george eustice, a cabinet minister here, said, "unless we have a sustainable solution that enables trade "to continue between great britain "and northern ireland, "then we are going to have issues — and that itself "would become a challenge "to the good friday peace agreement." but i'm surprised by this kind of sentence, because there is no surprise. this protocol has very precisely been negotiated by mrjohnson himself, by his government, by the civil servants. there is no surprise. we know this situation is complex. now, we have to keep calm. we are already, on the european side — i'm no longer in charge — we are ready to find operational solutions to discuss this solution in the framework of the protocol. but there will be no renegotiation. i was going to say — operational discussions but, as you know, the uk brexit minister, david fro

he with president biden. outlined the importance of ireland's he outlined the importance of ireland'sccord. i he outlined the importance of ireland's peace accord. i would not like to see — ireland's peace accord. i would not like to see -- _ ireland's peace accord. i would not like to see -- i _ ireland's peace accord. i would not like to see -- i would _ ireland's peace accord. i would not like to see -- i would like - ireland's peace accord. i would not like to see -- i would like to - ireland's peace accord. i would not like to see -- i would like to see i like to see —— i would like to see in the irish courts, having a co—reporter again. we'll have the latest from new york and washington, dc. also on newsday. .. pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, has been speaking to the bbc about afghanistan, laying out what the taliban need to do before he'll recognise their government. and in the canary islands, another village on la palma is evacuated as the volcano destroys a new area. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's six in the morning in singapo

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your desire to renegotiate the northern ireland protocol is clearly | northern ireland protocol is clearlyden. do you agree with george eustice that the president doesn't fully understand?— eustice that the president doesn't fully understand? from our meeting esterda i fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't _ fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think _ fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think it _ fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think it came - fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think it came up i yesterday i don't think it came up at all. we had a meeting of over 90 minutes and it wasn't raised. there is a great deal of understanding among all ourfriends is a great deal of understanding among all our friends around the world that the belfast good friday agreement is crucial to us and to the world and we need to maintain the world and we need to maintain the balance and symmetry of that agreement and that's what we are going to do. agreement and that's what we are going to tie-— agreement and that's wha

northern ireland started _ see what they can do.an do. northern ireland started their campaign l see what they can do. northern - ireland started their campaign with defeat to italy. who went on to win the euros a couple of months later. then a last—minute save rescued a point against bulgaria at windsor park. northern ireland may have their backs against the wall but they are well used to it.- they are well used to it. throw caution to _ they are well used to it. throw caution to the _ they are well used to it. throw caution to the wind _ they are well used to it. throw caution to the wind and will. they are well used to it. throw i caution to the wind and will come out and show up on the night and get the right results and thursday will be no different. it's a game we are needing to win and we will have to if we can achieve anything in this group is a game we should be winning. we group is a game we should be winnina. ~ , winning. we will be positive as we have been in _ winning. we will be positive as we have been in every _ winn

they'll face ireland in the final round next saturday. over bottom side leigh centurions. louis senior scored two of their eight tries whilst leigh will be relegated with just two wins to their name all season. time now for some of the day's other sport stories. and italy's filippo ganna retained his world time trial title in belgium. the team ineos rider pipped home favourite wout van art for the second year in a row. britain's ethan hayter finished eighth. after winning a motogp race for the first time last weekend, francesco bagnaia has done it again by claiming victory at the san marino grand prix. starting from pole he led every lap, holding off championship leader fabio quartararo to win his home race. leeds rhinos have completed the super league challenge cup double in wheelchair rugby. they beat leyland warriors 52—36 in the grand final in kent this afternoon. finally tonight, we start where we began, with football paying its respects to one of its greats, the former england striker and tottenham's record goal—scorer jimmy greaves

last time we had 30 degrees was on the 23rd ofjuly and that was in northern ireland.art with mist and fog across parts of england tomorrow. that burns off in the morning, sunshine develops widely in england and is. after a cloudy start for northern ireland and southern scotland, sunshine develops, giving temperatures a boost into the low to mid 20s. it is across england and wales we see temperatures reaching 30 degrees, more likely through the midlands and south east of england. still a lot of heat around on wednesday as well. we see signs of change towards the south—west of england and wales, perhaps northern ireland, with an increasing risk of catching heavy and thundery downpours. with the sunshine moving further north into scotland, temperatures will be higher here, 26 and possibly 27 degrees. further east across england ahead of the thundery showers, temperatures close to 30 degrees. but look what has happened to those showers they develop and push northwards and eastwards overnight continuing northwards into scotland on thursday, some heavy rain for northern ire

ireland and the republic of ireland, which is part of the european union, but also... is part of theeace, no border- _ but also... for peace, no border. ..but_ but also... for peace, no border. ..but also - but also... for peace, no i border. ..but also between great britain _ border. ..but also between great britain and _ border. ..but also between great britain and northern. great britain and northern ireland — the british government doesn't want a hard border either. you talk about peace. george eustice, a cabinet minister here, said, "unless we have a sustainable solution that enables trade to continue between great britain and northern ireland, then we are going to have issues — and that itself would become a challenge to the good friday peace agreement." but challenge to the good friday peace agreement."— peace agreement." but i'm surprised — peace agreement." but i'm surprised by _ peace agreement." but i'm surprised by this _ peace agreement." but i'm surprised by this kind - peace agreement." but i'm surprised by this kind of. surprised by this kind of sentence, because ther

over the next few hours turning wet in northern ireland.he rain most persistent across western counties. turning quite cloudy for western scotland but east scotland along with england and wales dry and sunny spells, feeling warm, temperatures as high as 23 degrees. overnight tonight the rain will begin to spread from northern ireland into scotland. you might get an odd patch across the western most areas of england and wales but otherwise dry with some mist and fog patches particularly across southern areas. temperatures 10—14. tomorrow, the weather front is going to be very, very slow moving on friday and that means rain is going to be with you for much of the day in northern ireland, rain eventually starting to make inroads into western scotland as well but across western most areas of england and wales could see areas of england and wales could see a few patches of rain but east and wales, central and eastern england and central scotland, more cloud than today but not a bad day, highs of 21 degrees. here's how the weekend plays out. we h

but it's northern ireland stuck under the cloud and with the rain on friday.e gusty winds at times. big contrast between east and west — just mid teens, the temperatures in the west under the rain, we could still see 22, maybe 23 in the sunshine further east. 0ur front will gradually make its way eastwards across the uk through the weekend. for scotland and northern ireland, i think it will bring some patchy cloud, but for england and wales, it does bring the threat of perhaps some quite punchy showers, longer and more persistent outbreaks of rain at times. certainly, saturday looks like it could be quite wet across england and wales. the showers should thin out somewhat for sunday. welcome to bbc news — i'm ben boulos — our top stories. america's most decorated gymnast, simone biles, breaks down as she talks about the abuse she and her colleagues suffered at the hands of their team doctor. to be clear, i blame larry nassar, and i also blame... ..an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. the us, britain and australia announce a defence and secur

i am scotland, wales and the equivalent in northern ireland.— in northern ireland.am grateful for the minister giving _ in northern ireland. i am grateful for the minister giving way, - in northern ireland. i am grateful for the minister giving way, does | in northern ireland. i am grateful. for the minister giving way, does he not recognise the burden he is placing on small businesses, many of which the government completely excluded and failed to support during the pandemic, now having to pay this extra levy as opposed to making a fair taxation system which falls on those which can pay the most? ., ., ., , ., , , most? the honourable lady will be aware that because _ most? the honourable lady will be aware that because the _ most? the honourable lady will be l aware that because the employment allows the bottom 40% of businesses who pay nothing and the next 40% will pay an average of £1150, so it does not for heavily on the bottom end of businesses and it comes in the context of which the government provides over £400 billion of support to business and the nation

at the same time, scotland and northern ireland, a chance of rain, an area of high pressure is slowlyir to begin to head our way from the southeast. at the same time, this atlantic weather front will bring that chance of rain into scotland and northern ireland. these are all very slow, gradual changes this weekend, and for now, this evening and into tonight, it's pretty much as he wear, and that means there is a lot of cloud out there, as there will be overnight. one or two mist and fog patches, low cloud with some fog on the hills as well, temperatures for the most part holding up into double figures. that does make for a rather cloudy start again in the morning, and well indeed throughout the day tomorrow. where might we see a few breaks in the cloud? northern scotland, northern ireland, wales, southwest england, perhaps more so across southern england, even into parts of east anglia later in the day. now, the breeze still coming in from the east with the cloud and from the cloud, even some drizzly rain for parts of eastern scotland and northeast england, holding the temperatures do

. fin on his concerns about northern ireland. ., ireland.he uk, it is continuing _ ireland. on the dealwith the uk, it is continuing to _ ireland. on the dealwith the uk, it is continuing to be _ ireland. on the dealwith the uk, it is continuing to be discussed. - ireland. on the dealwith the uk, it is continuing to be discussed. but l is continuing to be discussed. but the protocols, ifeel is continuing to be discussed. but the protocols, i feel very is continuing to be discussed. but the protocols, ifeel very strongly about those. and i would not like to see nor i might add with many of my republican colleagues like to see a change in the irish courts. the end result having a closed border again. for number ten, though, the white house visit was 30 lucky, describing the atmosphere of the talks as very positive thing the relationship between the new neighbours at the white house and the uk is making great strides forward. finally, after two years, borisjohnson has had his moment in the white house as the uk prime minister unless washington

ireland situation, and the - over the northern ireland situation, and the other. over the northern irelandthing where he _ situation, and the other big thing where he didn't- situation, and the other big thing where he didn't get. situation, and the other big i thing where he didn't get any movement— thing where he didn't get any movement was— thing where he didn't get any movement was the _ thing where he didn't get any movement was the questionl movement was the question tong-term _ movement was the question long—term trade _ movement was the question long—term trade deal- movement was the question long—term trade deal with l movement was the question i long—term trade deal with the us, atways _ long—term trade deal with the us, always is _ long—term trade deal with the us, always is essential- long—term trade deal with the us, always is essential for. us, always is essential for britain _ us, always is essential for britain outside _ us, always is essential for britain outside the - us, always is essential for britain outside the eu - us, always is essential for britain outside the eu —

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our ireland correspondent emma vardy has this report.our daughter at school now. less than three weeks into the new term, and more than half of larne high school's 700 pupils are at home self—isolating and waiting for covid test results so they can return. it has just been crazy, lots of people off. last year we all went off and came back better, but it has almost come back worse. she will need to isolate, then. and the school has just been notified of another positive case. as well as having to contact everyone in that pupil's form class, they will have been in other classes for different subjects too, so the list grows longer. normally, this class would have a year 12 geography class doing gcse, but as you can see today, there are no children in the room. in northern ireland, the job of contact tracing has fallen to schools themselves, but many say it is not sustainable. by 10:20pm on sunday, we had had to contact over 300 families and ask did you ever imagine it would be so many pupils off at one time? no, we didn't. i think what we a

back to northern ireland so they were had players working the next day.ing at winter park is a huge night for the manager says he will rest some players and is going to use some of his younger players but playing at winter park, what a night for them. scotland are back at hampden park in the northern irish girls are back at winter park software that means a bigger audiences and people more watching and some victories. plenty of good victories with wales still what i've zero up against estonia and we will update you that score line here. hungary have been ordered to play two matches behind closed doors, one suspended, after england players were subjected to racist abuse in their world cup qualifier at the start of september. raheem sterling and jude bellingham were both targeted during the game in budapest. players were pelted with objects, and a flare was thrown onto the pitch. fifa said they took a "clear zero—tolerance stance against such abhorrent behaviour". they've also fined the hungarian fa over £150,000. nottingham forest have named steve cooper a

so, a wet evening in scotland and northern ireland. on towards parts go on through monday. we're left with some patchy rain towards the west of northern ireland and western parts of scotland. still a fair amount of cloud here, whereas for england and wales, there'll still be sunny spells, though it could still be quite misty around some of the coasts of southwest england. and the temperatures in the sunshine in england and wales a little bit higher, reaching into the upper 20s in the warmer spots. and the warmth becomes more widespread for tuesday and wednesday. clearer, warmer weather heading in from the southeast around that ridge of high pressure. there'll some mist and fog early on tuesday. that will clear away. still got some cloud in the far north of scotland, a few spots of rain to clear away, but by tuesday afternoon, there is a huge amount of sunshine out there and the temperatures are responding. scotland and northern ireland with lows of mid—20s, england and wales, mid to high 20s, and near30 in the hotspots. that continues

they have transformed in ireland as well after paying -- playing an important role.ed in the oecd process. we have not joined a consensus yet, and we are broadly supportive of the process but haven't signed up to the consensus yet because of some aspects we believe don't give certainty of continuity. some of those companies you mentioned, they require certainty for the future. tom: the arlen prime minister speaking to bloomberg -- the ireland prime minister speaking to bloomberg. coming up, a u.k. retail bank launching today. we will discuss that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it is "daybreak: europe." here is the agenda for the day, the u.n. general assembly gets underway in new york. here in dubai, we've got gas tech gathering to debate the global oil and energy markets. tom: we will get updated forecast for major global economies from the oecd, and the greenwich form will include speakers including ray dalio and alan greenspan. switching focus to a u.k. story and banking story, jp morgan has opened a digital retail bank and the u.k. as it seeks to expand its co

northern ireland and west of scotland will see thicker cloud. odd spot of rain in the highlands and it will be windy in the far north as well. these are the steady wind speeds, the average wind speeds. gusts could touch 50 miles an hour in places but to the east of high ground in shelter 20, 201 in places but to the east of high ground in shelter 20, 20 i degrees, and similar temperatures across a good part of england and wales. through this evening and tonight, the cloud will continue to filter and across scotland, northern ireland, perhaps into north—west england. the odd spot of drizzle and persistent rain into the far north—west where it will stay windy but further south with clear skies it is turning into quite a chilly night. a hint of something autumnal. seven, eight, 9 degrees. could be the odd nest patch first thing but for england and wales again tomorrow we should see some spells of sunshine and perhaps a bit more cloud than today. the odd bit of drizzle in north—west england. for scotland and northern ireland this band of rain will b

scotland, wales and northern ireland _ i've been through. ireland have not- i've been through. scotland, wales| and northern ireland have not made jabs mandatory for care home staff, but take up of the vaccine has generally been very high. alison holt, bbc news. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has warned that the scottish ambulance service and nhs are facing the most challenging winter in a lifetime. the military have been called on to help support ambulances after waiting times averaged six hours last week. from glasgow, alexandra mackenzie reports. the scottish ambulance service helps people when they are most in need, but lillian briggs lay in pain on her kitchen floorfor but lillian briggs lay in pain on her kitchen floor for eight hours. held my mum's hand, she had a couple of bruises, wiped herface, reassured her. eventually, seven hours after i called them, she says to me, we know about your mother, she is not a priority. i says, well, you will hopefully be here before she dies because she is in a bad way now. that she die

it is the united kingdom of northern ireland and great britain. and that's why it should have been called ox it. but it wasn't, it was breaks it. so northern island is part of the united kingdom, which is leaving, and that's why this is such a difficult issue because it's that border between southern and northern ireland that is at stake. and that's why the sausage was difficult because southern on his part of the e. u and northern on his staying with the u. k. now, when it comes is ongoing conflict. we heard 2 weeks ago, irish prime minister, michael martin, said he believed the issues over northern island could be resolved with the right political will if he referred to it. yeah. so what is it going to take for the situation to get worked out for once and for all? do we have until christmas? all right, so we have the political will for the it's a very, very complex issue. a couple of things that have been talked about a few things. number one, don't forget the swiss. on the e, you have an agreement with the swiss and switzerland is right in the

and when i say you k, i mean northern ireland as well. and those are called a sanatorium photo sanitary re relations. and those pertain to everything veterinarian veterinarians cover with regard to meat products, which is of course sausages, and everything to do with any meat products. those could be extended, bought, it would take the u. k. the british agreeing to the rules and regulations under the e. u. which they don't want to do, and it would mean the e, you agreeing to just basically duplicate those rules and regulations, which they don't want to do. the 2nd option would be to have the same thing that they have. the you also has with new zealand, which would be to agree to common high standards, which you already has with the, with new zealand. now actually there is already in place that was great to 2 years ago. a what is called a common agreement. and in terms of standards that could be carried through again, bought the you doesn't want to do that either. why doesn't you want to do this? if the e u was to make it easy for the u. k

ireland's ambassador to the us tells this programme....ors need to be rethou:ht. ~ ., �* , rethought. we haven't seen the band bein: rethought. we haven't seen the band being dropped. _ rethought. we haven't seen the band being dropped, which _ rethought. we haven't seen the band being dropped, which is _ rethought. we haven't seen the band being dropped, which is where - rethought. we haven't seen the band being dropped, which is where i - being dropped, which is where i would like to see happening, sooner rather than later. plus, mexico holds a lottery for one lucky punter to win the once—home of jailed drug kingpin, el chapo's. one of the european nations are closing their borders to unvaccinated americans. it is just that there are persistently high covid—19 cases, but it is the fact that most europeans who unvaccinated are banned from the us. that is a 550 days and counting. there is no counting that the biden administration is moving to eating those restrictions, despite the fact that vaccination rates on this site are much higher th

brexit has shaken the fragile balance that peace in northern ireland depends on.ews, belfast. the metropolitan police commissioner, dame cressida dick, is expected to be offered another two years in the job. her current five—year contract is due to run out in april. it comes as victims of police injustice urged the prime minister to replace her. they have written an open letter, accusing her of "presiding over a culture of incompetence and cover—up". the accountancy firm kpmg has become one of the first large uk businesses to set a target for the number of employees from working—class backgrounds. the firm has defined working class as people with parents who held �*routine and manualjobs such as a drivers, cleaners and farm workers' — the move comes after the company's former chairman dismissed the value in providing "unconscious bias" training. our business editor simonjack reports. getting through the door of top firms can be less about what you know than where you come from. people from a middle—class background are 60% more likely to be in a professionaljob. k

for scotland and northern ireland, i think it'll bring some patchy cloud.perhaps some quite punchy showers, longer, more persistent outbreaks of rain at times. certainly, saturday looks like it could be quite wet across england and wales. the showers should thin out somewhat for sunday. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. minutes to blast off — this is the scene at cape canaveral in florida — ahead of the first space mission crewed entirely by amateur astronauts. the us, britain and australia agree a closer military allianace — president biden makes it clear the focus will be on boosting their influence in the indo—pacific. the future of each of our nations, and indeed, the world, depends on a free and open indo—pacific enduring and flourishing in the decades ahead. america's most decorated gymnast, simone biles, breaks down as she talks about the abuse she and her colleagues suffered at the hands of their team doctor.

do you know anything about ireland? >> very little. >> can you name a city in ireland? dublin. >> can you name a city in ireland? >> dublin. >> dublin. >> name a second one. >> glasgow. [ buzzer ] >> australia. [ buzzer ] >> morocco. [ buzzer ] >> can you point out ireland on this map? >> right here? [ buzzer ] >> point out ireland on that map. >> i'm going to go with this one, it's green. [ buzzer ] >> fill in the blank. the blank irish. >> the drunken irish. >> the drinking irish. [ buzzer ] >> i really don't know, we're going drunking irish. [ buzzer ] >> the blanking irish? >> the [ bleep ] irish. [ buzzer ] >> what did st. patrick do? >> i don't know, i thought he was a leprechaun. [ buzzer ] >> name a famous irish person. >> how about mel gibson. [ buzzer ] >> the lucky charms guy. >> anna kendrick. >> mike myers. [ buzzer ] >> can you name a famous irish member of one direction? >> liam. [ laughter ] >> name a famous irish singer. >> oh, oh -- from one direction? is it -- uh -- niall? or louis? [ buzzer ] is the irish one niall? >> which one? >> i think louis? >>

looks like scotland and northern ireland will be the driest places over the weekend, rather unsettledover england and wales. and that is it from us. goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm chetan pathak. coming up on the programme: we'll be at anfield with a full house on a european night again, as liverpool take on ac milan in the champions league. he's won three premier league titles, will this be the season pep guardiola finally brings european glory to the etihad? we'll be there too ahead of the visit of rb leipzig. and slightly further afield, we'll hear from the newly crowned we will look at why 2021 could be a landmark year for women's sport. welcome along, thanks forjoining us. it's another big night in the champions league and that includes at anfield, where liverpool take on ac milan. until now, both sides have only ever met in the final. it's 16 years since that famous, breathless match in istanbul, where liverpool came from 3—0 down to lift the trophy. jurgen klopp says he nearly turned the tv off at half—time that night, but in the end witnessed what he calls one of

k. divorce steel will program that members of northern ireland government go as far as to resign over the conflict the we leave the program with the latest on china's new and more aggressive regulatory climate. beijing is now taking aim at ant groups. alley, pe owned by jack moore. the owner of ali baba, according to reports, china appears to want to break up alley pay the hugely popular payment app to then create a separate app for the company's highly profitable loans business. this latest move underscore is just how seriously the chinese government is looking at how big tech companies have gain the power to shape a society. so joining us now to break this all down our boom bus, co host, ben swan and christy i. christy, let's start with you here. so our pay is an incredibly successful platform. how does this move stand to impact the company overall? well, it's going to impact alibaba in a huge way. obviously thing as all the pay and as long business is one of the most lucrative arm of this conglomerate and goes kind of hand in hand with its retail shopping platform. because you alwa

one through monday patchy rain to parts of northern ireland and scotland slowly drying out.day into tuesday the warmth in england and wales will expand northwards into scotland and northern ireland with plenty of sunshine. goodbye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. pakistan's spy chief visits kabul. what does it mean for the taliban's yet—to—be—announced government? meanwhile, the taliban claims its fighters are closing in on the last organised group defying them in the panjshir valley. here in the uk, labour says there's a "strong case" for offering all 12 to 15—year—olds covid vaccinations — the government's scientific advisors don't support it. tuna stocks recover after years of overfishing, but the future of other species is still on the line.

perhaps a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland.stern areas, pushing temperatures up to around 21 degrees. thursday probably looking like the best day of the week with that ridge of high pressure across many areas, it'll be dry with good spells sunshine around. late in the day, cloud and breeze will start to increase for western scotland and northern ireland ahead of this new weather system. but in the warmest spots on thursday, we could see low—20s celsius quite easily. now as we head into thursday, though, this new weatherfront associated with this area of low pressure sweeps across the country during friday to bring outbreaks of rain, fairly strong winds across northern scotland. so, it looks like it'll be wet across western areas to start friday, rain pushing towards the east late in the day, sunshine and showers follow on behind. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... donors pledge more than $1 billion to afghanistan amid a growing humanitarian crisis. but on the ground, eviden

furthersouth northern ireland towards western scotland.the isle of man, western wales and south—west, the rain will be and patchy. but southern and central and eastern england it will be fine and dry for the rest of the afternoon. top temperature 20 degrees and will feel quite pleasant. the rain will peter out a little bit as it moves eastwards over night. lying across parts of scotland, northern england, through the irish sea, west wales and down to the south—west. clear skies of western scotland and northern ireland and may be just a few showers with a fine night to come across the western side of england. into the weekend, some uncertainty with the positioning of this weather front but on saturday it looks, at the moment, like it will be lying across parts of scotland, northern england, through the irish sea, wales and down into the irish sea, wales and down into the south—west producing outbreaks of rain. some sunshine in western scotland, northern ireland and a few showers around. the best of the weather at central and eastern england

for northern ireland, scotland and wales, thejourney for northern ireland, scotland and wales, the journey tonight. let's start with northern ireland. these were the scenes the last time they were in action. they had just qualified for their first in action. they had just qualified for theirfirst ever in action. they had just qualified for their first ever major tournament. next year's european championship. but now tensions have to turn to the world cup. they start their campaign with two matches against luxembourg and latvia. what makes this squad so impressive is the vast majority of players are not professional footballers. they are nurses, teachers, they work in retail. they all have to take time off work to play for their country. and one player in particular, this is an 18—year—old, she has made her own big sacrifices she looks ahead not only world cup qualifiers but also the us next year. for not only world cup qualifiers but also the us next year.— not only world cup qualifiers but also the us next year. for me i was su osed also the us next year. for me i was summed to — also the

the temperature in scotland and northern ireland, 14— 15. temperatures in scotland and northern irelandisters urge the public not to panic buy fuel as the petrol retailers association tells the bbc that as many as 90% of their members' forecourts have run dry. there is actually plenty of petrol to go around. this is an unnecessary situation where there are queues that are forming even though we have all the fuel that we need in the refineries and storage centres in the uk. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the 5000 temporary visas the government will issue for foreign lorry drivers are not enough to ease disruption to fuel and food supplies. there is 100,000 vacancies for drivers in this country and the government is saying, we are going to bring in 5000 visas. there is an obvious problem. at the labour party conference, the deputy leader angela rayner

more weather fronts pushing into western scotland and northern ireland., and in between a strengthening but sizable area of sunshine across much of england and wales and eastern scotland. many staying dry and sunny and for some, warmer than today. temperatures up a degree or so in most parts. through monday night, a weather front is moving. cloud and patchy rain. here it is, pushing into an area of high pressure which kills off weather systems by and large. an zone of misty low cloud, the odd spot of rain in wales and the midlands to begin with on tuesday. either side of it, some sunshine. many will stay dry with some sunny spells through the day, but once again, western scotland and northern ireland, a weak weather front pushing in, producing rain and drizzle in the west. mostly dry and pleasantly warm where you have the sunshine. through tuesday night into wednesday, a split. high pressure to the south, deep and potent low pressure to the east of iceland. not having a direct impact but throwing this weather front, heavy rain to begin with across scotlan

yes, the northern ireland -rotocol stability. yes, the northern ireland rotocol is stability.erjeffrey donaldson saying if unionist concerns about the protocol are not addressed his party in particular, he would be prepared to pull the dup out of the parachuting devolved government in belfast which would in effect collapsed. it has been a heavy week but what we have seen maros sefcovic saying at the end of his two—day visit as he is committed to finding solutions, you get the impression he has been trying to create a positive mood to stress he is an ace oceans are finding mode and he said the message he has got from everybody he has met as more than anything people want predictability and stability so he says he will work with the uk government and more with people of all shades in northern ireland to find a solution to these difficulties over the protocol to make it run more smoothly to reduce checks on goods crossing the irish sea though he has stressed that the protocol is not up for renegotiation, instead they will have to look at flexibility within the protocol to see the

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for scotland and northern ireland, i think it'll bring some patchy cloud.eaks of rain at times. certainly saturday looks like it could be quite wet across england and wales. the showers should thin out somewhat for sunday. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. more than four decades ago, nicaraguan president daniel 0rtega led a revolution that toppled a corrupt dictatorship. he can hardly be unaware of the irony of his current situation, imposing evermore repressive measures to silence dissent in the run—up to an election unlikely to be free or fair. in another ironic twist, my guest, carlos fernando chamorro, was a leading sandinista propagandist.

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