back migrants from ireland. we look at what happens next in scotland after the snp leader, humza yousaf quit earlier today, triggering a search for a successor and a new scottish first minister. and after more than 200,000 people signed a petition backed by a terminally ill broadcaster, dame esther rantzen mp , today debated in rantzen mp, today debated in parliament whether dying people should be able to ask for medical assistance to end their lives. we'll discuss all that and more after the news with ray allison . allison. >> thanks, chris. good evening. our top stories tonight. the snp is preparing for a leadership contest after the scottish first minister announced his resignation. humza yousafs admitted that he underestimated the level of upset that he would cause by cutting political ties with the greens. he will now continue in his post until a replacement can be found . replacement can be found. clearly emotional, mr yousaf said he's quitting to help repair relationships across the political divide . pol

john. towards migrants and asylum-seekers that ireland would be. . ._ that ireland would be..., thank you much for— that ireland would be... john, thank you much for that. _ that ireland would be... john, thank you much for that. thank _ that ireland would be... john, thank you much for that. thank you - that ireland would be... john, thank you much for that. thank you for - you much for that. thank you for coming on the program. what this really shines a light on is generally the complete failure of use wider migration policy. there is no return policy to speak of in any country. no return policy to speak of in any count . ., , ., ., country. no, there is a new pact for miaration country. no, there is a new pact for migration that _ country. no, there is a new pact for migration that the _ country. no, there is a new pact for migration that the european - country. no, there is a new pact for migration that the european union | migration that the european union has signed. i think most people are a bit sceptical how well burden sbaring — a bit sceptical how well burden sharing

it's the republic of ireland , not republic of ireland, not southern ireland.know, but it teases so . that's why but it teases so. that's why sometimes say southern ireland . sometimes say southern ireland. so today marks just one of many nails hammered into the coffin of scottish nationalism . as of scottish nationalism. as first minister, humza yousaf announced his resignation , announced his resignation, spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, for the government for and the country i lead. >> i've concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm . i have therefore informed helm. i have therefore informed the snp's national secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader . party leader. >> well, i'm not sorry to see the back of this eco woke fanatic and hope to welcome the socially conservative kate forbes to take his place. nonetheless, i thought it'd be fair to list some of humza yousaf greatest moments in scottish politics coming in at number three. we have th

from ireland. immigration lawyer for reaction shortly now, prime minister rishi sunak earlier today declared he is not interested in taking back migrants from ireland after an influx of asylum seekers crossing their border from the north. he said the uk would not accept migrants returned from the eu via ireland when the eu, of course, is refusing to take back channel migrants who come to england from france, many by small boats. the row continues to escalate after senior irish ministers said they would draft emergency laws to send back refugees who arrived in the uk to avoid them being deported to rwanda. well enjoy now here in the gb news studio in westminster by paul turner , one westminster by paul turner, one of the uk's leading immigration barristers with over 20 years experience. paul, thanks for coming to the studio . so, what coming to the studio. so, what do you make of all this tension here? do you do you believe that the issue in dublin is caused by the issue in dublin is caused by the r

it's the republic of ireland , not republic of ireland, not southern ireland.know, but it teases so . that's why but it teases so. that's why sometimes say southern ireland . sometimes say southern ireland. so today marks just one of many nails hammered into the coffin of scottish nationalism . as of scottish nationalism. as first minister, humza yousaf announced his resignation , announced his resignation, spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, for the government for and the country i lead. >> i've concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm . i have therefore informed helm. i have therefore informed the snp's national secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader . party leader. >> well, i'm not sorry to see the back of this eco woke fanatic and hope to welcome the socially conservative kate forbes to take his place. nonetheless, i thought it'd be fair to list some of humza yousaf greatest moments in scottish politics coming in at number three. we have th

times ireland.political landing space, that really is the phrase to consider, because the irish government is drafting legislation for a new returns policy. so tell us more about those plans, first of all. , , ., , ., ., more about those plans, first of all. , .,, all. this is a plan that is effectively _ all. this is a plan that is effectively correcting i all. this is a plan that is effectively correcting an all. this is a plan that is - effectively correcting an issue all. this is a plan that is _ effectively correcting an issue that arose in the high court in dublin last month, where the court ruled that the designation of the uk as a safe country in the aftermath of britain leaving the european union wasn't legally sound, so effectively what the government is proposing in dublin is to fix that alleged state of anomaly by way of a court verdict, to allow the resumption of returns of asylum seekers to the uk in situations where they have applied for asylum in the uk, registered in the uk, but hav

is ireland on the man walking. is ireland on the brink.ve got the legendary political pollster john curtice predicting there will be a second referendum to rejoin the european union. how soon and why will those answers are coming up? but look, this show is nothing without you and your views and let me know your thoughts on all the stories we'll be discussing today by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and joining the conversation. or message me on our socials . and message me on our socials. and we're of course @gbnews. but before all of that brace yourselves because it's your headunes yourselves because it's your headlines with tamsin roberts . headlines with tamsin roberts. >> thanks, martin. good afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . wenzler in the gb newsroom. humza yousaf says he will not resign as scotland's first minister ahead of a crucial test of his leadership next week. he says that as a minority government, his party will need to make some concessions as it negotiates with other parties. it's after the collapse

ireland will more _ help alleviate that. ireland will more than _ help alleviate that.at. ireland will more than likely have | help alleviate that. ireland i will more than likely have the election next year, so that will no doubt be on everybody�*s minds in terms of what they say and what they promise. with that in mind, the business lobby, how strong is it won an election is coming up? the business — election is coming up? the business lobby _ election is coming up? the business lobby in - election is coming up? tue: business lobby in ireland election is coming up? tt2 business lobby in ireland is struggling for the fact that we now have a much higher awareness of workers' rights, particularly coming out of the pandemic, at a time of full employment. it is remarkable that a fine gael government which includes another party in a green party, but the drive towards these higher minimum wages has come from fine gael over its 13 year in government. i have lost count of the number of times a minimum wage has gone up during the lifetime of that party being in government. rea

and the repubuc republic of ireland. and the republic of ireland. and the republic of ireland.epublic of ireland is a beautiful country. and i spent the weekend down there in newtownmountkennedy and newtownmountkennedy and newtownmountkennedy . the average newtownmountkennedy. the average house price is about ,300,000. there's houses there for 5.2 million, and they wanted to put in place an old convent and convert it into a place for immigrants, young men that are currently lining the streets of dubun currently lining the streets of dublin into wicklow . and of dublin into wicklow. and of course, the locals totally resisted. and we're not talking these are not working class people. and they had a peaceful protest for six weeks. but on friday, friday morning, the garda siochana came in very heavy handed. and that is what has actually sparked the irish government to start talking tough on immigration, because these people would have been finagled gael fianna fail voters and it has woken them up to the very fact that these liberal people actually clapped gb news in. they talked to

what does it mean for the no hard border between northern ireland and ireland.t going to mean? i think we're just going to take this now because as far as i can gather, the two gentlemen are walking to the plinth and this is the micheal martin, the foreign affairs minister and our northern ireland secretary hashing out something on illegal immigration. they've just taken to the plinth there. i think we'll just hear what they have to say. they look like they're about to get going. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome and welcome those from northern ireland, especially , it's nice ireland, especially, it's nice to see so many people at a press conference, after a british—irish intergovernmental conference. >> and i hope the improved attendance continues as we make sure that all the institutions connected to the belfast good friday agreement can now properly work. having established stormont, back again in february , i'm very grateful in february, i'm very grateful for the tanaiste to for travelling to london to discuss areas of shared concern to our two governments. w

arrivals into ireland.rful" of staying in the uk. more than 140,000 immigrants arrived in ireland in the year up to april last year — that's a 16—year high. for more on this i'm joined by steve smith — ceo at the refugee charity care for calais. thank you for being with us. did you get a sense of the people that you worked there that they know anything about ireland or want to make the journey there? i about ireland or want to make the journey there?— about ireland or want to make the journey there? i don't think people know too much _ journey there? i don't think people know too much about _ journey there? i don't think people know too much about the - journey there? i don't think people | know too much about the deterrent effect until they come to the united kingdom. the people that i speak to, the asylum—seekers really do not know much about this policy at all, if anything so when they get here, i think the deterrent effect is are we going to go to rwanda, if so, let us do something else but haven't seen

~ , , came to ireland and northern ireland? ~ , �* came to ireland and northern ireland? ., , ireland? absolutely. a really crucial issue _ ireland? absolutely. a really crucial issue in _ ireland? absolutely. a really crucial issue in this - ireland? absolutely. a really crucial issue in this respect. | ireland? absolutely. a really - crucial issue in this respect. when you look at the numbers, 4000 people live in gibraltar but everyday 15,000 workers come from spain across the border to carry out their jobs in gibraltar so the economy is boosted daily by that and all of these workers, a vast majority of them are spanish and we know unemployment is particularly low and not part of spain so they are able to find better paid jobs orjobs in general in gibraltar so at the heart of it you have 15,000 people so there is the incentive for some sort of deal to be done on both sides talk about creating a place which is mutually beneficial and economically prosperous but at the same time politically speaking, politicians talking about neither side losing sovereignty or losing out

you know, ireland's got its own issues. let ireland deal with its own issues.arade, this whole fiasco that is killing people , fiasco that is killing people, only stops when leaders of the united kingdom and eu nations pick people up out of the boats and take them back to where the shores that they left, whether that's france or whether it's nonh that's france or whether it's north africa, that's what leadership is about. and the gutless leaders of all these nafions gutless leaders of all these nations who didn't do this, they are literally responsible for people dying. i'm sick of it. i've had enough. >> ursula von der leyen, who we played a clip of it earlier on in the show, has done a huge amount of discussing how diversity and multiculturalism is europe's greatest strength. her party is now genuinely considering a third party removal scheme . i mean, that is removal scheme. i mean, that is whether or not you think those schemes will work. that is embarrassing for the european union. oh it is. >> i mean, you make it sound like pickfords, you know, sort of, bu

and southern ireland.g the uk through northern ireland to get into the republic. what is the situation in northern ireland? are there people sleeping on the streets in belfast and derry ? in belfast and derry? >> well, there is people sleeping on the streets, but not so many migrants, of course, but the people that are sleeping on the people that are sleeping on the streets are saying, well, we can't get anywhere else because the social housing is being bought up by an arms length body and a body operating for the government. so the likes of beaver estate in south belfast, where it's nearly impossible to get a social house in there, what is happening is most of these landlords and hotels are being bought, are being put into contracts with private companies whose job it is to look after the placement of migrants , and the placement of migrants, and thatis the placement of migrants, and that is where the problem in the social housing is coming . and social housing is coming. and that's what's causing the lac

ireland, wales, scotland, _ close eye on. ireland, wales, scotland, england _ close eye on.ngland coming tomorrow. manchester city manager pep guardiola says he's willing to rest rodri after the player said he needed a break. the city midfielder made the comments earlier this week when asked about the club's busy run into the end of the season. and he's by no means the only player in the spotlight, with the schedule set to get even busier with an expanded club world cup and champions league on the horizon. patrick gearey reports. this season, ollie watkins has been unstoppable. on droppable. last night goal number 21 in game number 40 four aston villa and england. the liverpool captain virgil van dijk has cropped up under 4700 minutes to season. manchester city's rodri a few behind. now he says he needs a rest. it has drawn attention to the issue of burnout so it does is miniature think the amount of football is increasing the risk of injury. football is increasing the risk of in'u . ~ , , football is increasing the risk of in'u , ., , , injury. absolutely. completely ri . h

and of course, because ireland.and we have seen many, many protests in the repubuc many, many protests in the republic of ireland because of the amount of immigrants that are actually arriving there. and, you know, there has some of those protests have turned violent and, yeah, things are are getting heated in the repubuc are getting heated in the republic of ireland because, i mean, in the last, the last five years, i think it has risen 10% of non—irish people living in the republic. and if you take it, that's only people that will actually fill in a census because they have came in legal vie the amount of illegal immigrants will be much, much bigger than that. >> yeah. and dougie, dare i say , >> yeah. and dougie, dare i say, actually a moment of reconciliation because i think it's a reminder of the shared problems both north and south, is it not? but dougie beattie , is it not? but dougie beattie, thank you very much for your time and analysis. as ever , time and analysis. as ever, folks, you are with me. darren

different northern ireland. different for northern ireland.whole point of it. there other northern there is no other northern ireland, obviously only ireland, obviously that only appues ireland, obviously that only applies so applies to northern ireland. so the the good the protections in the good friday agreement are friday agreement only are northern that's northern ireland matters. that's no change, know, but i mean, no change, i know, but i mean, if if you start, upending if you if you start, upending it, we're going to start having to at renegotiating the to look at renegotiating the whole thing. >> i'm not quite sure how you feel that we could still use the echr as the arbiter of a dispute that may exist between because northern ireland and the main provision in the northern ireland act 1998 for the use of the echr rules in northern ireland, and that meets the conditions of the good friday agreement >> no, i understand that. so that's done. yes. and the rest of the uk. >> but what happens if the dispute between the dispute is, is between

our wind swept northern ireland. our wind swept northern ireland.d reporter dougie beattie is in county down. it hit cork, waterford and kerry. >> there it has done some structural damage and power outages . the storm has now outages. the storm has now basically surrounded the coastal areas of the island of ireland. it is now making its way towards galway, mayo and donegal and it has come up the irish sea into the east coast here. and i'm standing in northern ireland, about 25 miles away from the isle of man , and the winds are isle of man, and the winds are picking up the gusts of the winds are the most damaging part here, and we will expect many more flights to be cancelled over the next few hours . over the next few hours. >> rail passengers are facing fresh travel chaos as train drivers continue striking in a long running pay dispute. members of aslef at six companies have walked out, leaving some areas with no services all day. chiltern transpennine express and northern will not run any trains, while there will be reduced services on great west

northern ireland waited until 2020. this is my wife.wife and we have actually had our marriage. but is everyone in the uk now able to benefit and does it make coming out any easier? one person who'd know is a tottenham striker, an england international and a lioness — bethany england, someone who's regularly called an lgbt role model. it's not often i'm sitting with somebody that's played in a world cup final. yeah. captain of a super league football team. fancy a kick—about? yeah, let's go for it. despite bethany�*s skills and success, she has to have a thick skin. this is vaguely terrifying, just in case you're wondering. she's played in a world cup final. i bought these in the shop this morning. it's not good. you were playing in that world cup final last year. do you find that you do still get the hate? nine times out of ten, it's not women trolling women, it's the men trolling the women's game and how bad we are and it's the same generic, "get in the kitchen" or "no—one wants to watch you". yet, you found the time to comment? so, i

different northern ireland. different for northern ireland.whole point of it. there other northern there is no other northern ireland, obviously only ireland, obviously that only appues ireland, obviously that only applies so applies to northern ireland. so the the good the protections in the good friday agreement are friday agreement only are northern that's northern ireland matters. that's no change, know, but i mean, no change, i know, but i mean, if if you start, upending if you if you start, upending it, we're going to start having to at renegotiating the to look at renegotiating the whole thing. >> i'm not quite sure how you feel that we could still use the echr as the arbiter of a dispute that may exist between because northern ireland and the main provision in the northern ireland act 1998 for the use of the echr rules in northern ireland, and that meets the conditions of the good friday agreement >> no, i understand that. so that's done. yes. and the rest of the uk. >> but what happens if the dispute between the dispute is, is between

temperatures here reached 18 celsius, the warmest it's been in northern ireland so far this year.hat it's warmer than average across the whole of the uk. we'll get similar temperatures again on friday but then over the weekend it gets cooler from the northwest. that cooler weather arrives in the south east by sunday. in the southeast by sunday. now, heading into early friday, we've got some sunshine to begin with in scotland. we've got these showery bursts of rain coming back into northern ireland, into cumbria and showers pushing into scotland. for england and wales though the cloud should be breaking up. we'll get more sunshine more widely, although some western coasts could stay a bit grey and cloudy. but in the sunshine, it's going to feel warm. temperatures in the southeast and east anglia reaching 20 or 21 degrees and again, in the northeast of scotland, 18 degrees where we're missing those showers. but the weather starts to change into the weekend because we've got a few weather fronts coming down from the northwest, bringing more cloud, some rain and some cooler air, too.

ireland, the dilemma in the republic of ireland is amplified.rning these people to britain? now? britain is arguing, of course, unless france sorts themselves out. there's no real solution to this. the cancelling of this meeting between the justice minister of the irish republic and mr cleverly , the british and mr cleverly, the british justice minister, it looks pretty clumsy . and the excuse of pretty clumsy. and the excuse of mr cleverly to say, oh, a clash of diaries. that's a classic old, old excuse , i think, and old, old excuse, i think, and this suggestion that they might draw up some emergency legislation. >> it's pretty en vogue this move, isn't it, that if you don't like the way things are going, create some new rules, perhaps ignore some of the treaties that are there? what might be an implication from that? >> well, i don't even think the irish government have worked that out. there's a cabinet meeting going to take place, and they're going to discuss whether they're going to discuss whether they can, do anything about the loophole

ireland.gee organisations questioned that figure released by the country's minister for justice. figure released by the country's minister forjustice. ireland's minister for justice. ireland's deputy premier, micheal martin, had said it was not based on evidence, statistics or data. however britain's northern ireland minister said the uk's new rwanda deterrent is clearly working . in other news, working. in other news, nominations are now open in the snp leadership contest and senior figures are backing former deputy first minister john swinney for the top job. it comes after humza yousaf stepped down and admitted he underestimated the level of upset he would cause by cutting political ties with the greens . political ties with the greens. he'll continue in his post until a replacement is found . scottish a replacement is found. scottish labour leader anas sarwar says john swinney is not a candidate for change. >> john swinney has been at the heart of the snp government for the last 17 years.

temperatures here reached 18 celsius, the warmest it's been in northern ireland so far this year.he red colour�*s showing that it's warmer than average across the whole of the uk. we'll get similar temperatures again on friday, but then, over the weekend, it gets cooler from the northwest. that cooler weather arrives in the southeast by sunday. now, heading into early friday, we've got some sunshine to begin with in scotland. we've got these showery bursts of rain coming back into northern ireland, into cumbria and showers pushing into scotland. for england and wales, though, the cloud should be breaking up. we'll get more sunshine more widely, although some western coasts could stay a bit grey and cloudy. but in the sunshine, it's going to feel warm. temperatures in the southeast and east anglia reaching 20 or 21 degrees and again, in the northeast of scotland, 18 degrees where we're missing those showers. but the weather starts to change into the weekend because we've got a few weather fronts coming down from the northwest, bringing more cloud, some rain and some cooler air, too

wales and northern ireland start their - and northern ireland start their campus at home, with phil croatiauate where we are at on and off the _ to evaluate where we are at on and off the pitch, and i feel that we did that, — off the pitch, and i feel that we did that, and we were still able to maintain — did that, and we were still able to maintain our status, within the league. so _ maintain our status, within the league, so i feel like we are starting _ league, so i feel like we are starting to really find our feet in terms of— starting to really find our feet in terms of understanding the environment we are trained to create — two years ago, ben stokes hit the winning runs for england in the t20 world cup final. he has asked not be selected for this summer�*s tournament as he tries to regain full fitness. he had knee surgery over the winter and has bowled very little. he says he wants to use a break to ensure he can be the all rounder he wants to be across all formats stopped here is the head of the ecb, richard gould. you understand the journey has been under. he has put his body under

and western parts of ireland. and western parts of the uk have the potential for travel disruption, especially the ferry routes up and down the irish sea. this is a deepening store moving along the west of ireland, strongest impacts across the republic of ireland but very windy but it will feel bizarre because it will draw in very warm air, could be 2! or 22 degrees across eastern england on saturday afternoon with lots of sunshine. huge temperature contrasts across the country, heavy, disruptive is no across scotland, wet and very mild indeed further west you start the day, the skies have been brightening up day, the skies have been brightening up nicely for england, wales, northern ireland, southern scotland and blustery showers rattling away very quickly, many places staying dry but it stays quite grey and chilly across the northern half of scotland, southern scotland southwards, 16 to 18 or maybe 19th in the south—east. this evening and overnight the rain clears for northern scotland, wet and windy weather spr

ireland's deputy prime uk.rtin, has said the rwanda bill was already affecting ireland with illegal migrants fearful of staying in the uk. i'm so confused. i thought the rwanda plan was an expensive white elephant. it's cost millions but sounds like good value already a policy so effective it's working before it's begun. the irish government announced, saying that migrants should be staying in the first safe country in which they arrive. well, we agree, but tell that to france and their president, emmanuel macron , who president, emmanuel macron, who has been raging about the rwanda plan, saying it's a betrayal of european values. well, mr macron , i'd say that open borders are a betrayal of european values. and as the french navy effectively escorts illegal migrants across the channel into britain, i'd say that your actions are a betrayal of the millions of pounds that we've given you to stop the boats . given you to stop the boats. meanwhile, no nonsense ryanair boss michael o'leary has annoyed woke progressi

meanwhile, in northern ireland, the 17 degrees were recorded here made it northern ireland's warmest and southwest england. whereas the best of the sunshine, really, was across the midlands, northern england and into parts of scotland. we've got a similar set of weather wise really into friday. the jet stream continues to drag up some very mild air from near the azores, moves it along into parts of the uk, and that's going to again boost the temperatures on friday into the high teens to low 20s. aberdeen seeing temperatures seven degrees celsius above average. now, before we get there, overnight tonight, we're looking at a few patches of rain coming and going across northern ireland, scotland and northern england. there'll be a few mist and fog patches around as well. the south—westerly winds continue to bring that mild air across the uk. so a mild night, temperatures staying up into double figures in most places. tomorrow, mild start to the mist and fog patches slowly lifting and clearing, but the chance of seeing sunshine and more sunshine across england and wales. whereas the thic

we had a good launch pad of the game against ireland _ good launch pad of the game against ireland onof the game against ireland on saturday, and yes, coming into this _ ireland on saturday, and yes, coming into this game will be in a really good _ into this game will be in a really good place for the squad. having won the last five tournaments, _ good place for the squad. having won the last five tournaments, it's - the last five tournaments, it's not your first rodeo or the teams, where does the motivation come from? we are striving to be the best, the best— are striving to be the best, the best in— are striving to be the best, the best in our— are striving to be the best, the best in our positions and number one in the _ best in our positions and number one in the world _ best in our positions and number one in the world currently in the rankings, _ in the world currently in the rankings, that's where we sit, but we stitt— rankings, that's where we sit, but we still have our own personal goals and squad _ we still have our own personal goals and squad goals, and 2025 isjust around

we never won in ireland so we are going to celebrate.he level that we made. it is a tough day for us, deeply disappointed to not get the win, as a group, started changing the narrative a little bit and we want to talk about performing and we want to talk about winning. you look back on that game, we've been plenty enough to put ourselves in a position to win it. so at the crucial times, plenty of possession plenty of territory, errors at the wrong time with pressure, but we let them off the hook. let's update you on the cycling now. world champion mathieu van der poel produced a stunning attack to win a record—equalling third tour of flanders. the dutchman accelerated away from his rivals with 45 kilometres to go and cruised to victory, finishing more than a minute ahead of the chasing pack to win the second of the year's big five one—day classics. van der poel will also be one of the favourites for the next classic — paris roubaix next week. meanwhile elisa longo borghini won the women's race, which came down to a three way sprint for t

we never won in ireland so we are going to celebrate. the level that we made. disappointed to not get the win — disappointed to not get the win as _ disappointed to not get the win. as a group we try to change — win. as a group we try to change the narrative a little bit. change the narrative a little bit we _ change the narrative a little bit. we wanted to talk about performing and we wanted to talk about winning. you look back— talk about winning. you look back at— talk about winning. you look back at the game, we have done plenty— back at the game, we have done plenty of— back at the game, we have done plenty of things to put ourselves in a position to win it. so at the crucial times, plenty of possession plenty of territory, errors at the wrong time with pressure, but we let them off the hook. world champion mathieu van der poel produced a stunning attack to win a record—equalling third tour of flanders. the dutchman accelerated away from his rivals with 45 kilometres to go and cruised to victory, finishing more than a minute ahead o

border into ireland.rified from a small town last weekend showing anti—migra nt protests. so what's the irish government's evidence for their claim? we asked them. they wouldn't give us any figures for how many migrants have crossed the land border, and there aren't any publicly available. instead, they pointed to a rise in asylum applications at the international protection office in dublin. they said over 6,000 people have applied here rather than at ports or airports in ireland, where you might normally expect people to claim asylum as soon as they arrive in the country. the irish government says it's their firm assessment that these people crossed over the land border based on the experience of staff and others in the field. so how much does this have to do with the rwanda policy? well, let's look at the data. this graph shows the number of people claiming asylum in ireland over the past few years. and you can see there's a large spike at the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022. the rwanda policy wasn't

ireland's minister for justice.eputy premier, micheal martin, had said it was not based on evidence, statistics or data. however britain's northern ireland minister said the uk's new rwanda deterrent is clearly working . nominations are now working. nominations are now openin working. nominations are now open in the snp leadership contest and senior figures are backing former deputy first minister john swinney for the top job. it comes after humza yousaf stepped down and admitted he underestimated the level of upset he would cause by cutting political ties with the greens. he'll continue in his post until a replacement is found. meanwhile former msp for south scotland region michelle ballantyne questioned john swinney's authenticity . swinney's authenticity. >> are we getting the true john swinney, you know, is was john swinney, you know, is was john swinney merely playing whatever game was in front of him to keep his position in the party? and i think there's a few people would would be uncertain now. and i think i

and then, following on behind, a lot of showers for scotland and northern ireland, some of them heavyheast — temperatures 20 degrees here — but elsewhere, those temperatures are going to be several degrees lower on saturday. now, we're replacing that warmer southwesterly wind with something much cooler — a westerly wind which will bring in more showers on sunday — and we'll see showers, particularly in scotland and northern ireland and just for a while, there could be a bit of winteriness over the mountaintops. there'll be a few showers coming in over the irish sea to north west england and north wales but further south and east, it may well be dry but it's certainly going to be cooler — we've got temperatures back down to 15 degrees, which is near normal for this time of the year, but struggling to 10 or 11 across much of scotland and northern ireland. and here, we're going to find a lot of showers overnight and into monday. low pressure moving down across the uk. that's going to bring a stronger northwesterly wind and make it feel chilly on monday. but after that, the weather should

that's what's going on in ireland. i don't feel sorry for ireland at all.fused to have border infrastructure because of brexit to be spiteful, and now they've got lots of migrants coming across tough. >> well, well there you go. eamonn. i mean yeah, ireland. i just don't think they're going to stand for this. i just wonder how much more the british public will actually take. >> well, indeed. i mean, look, the bottom line here is that these are unvetted. we don't know who these people are. where? well, we know where they're coming from , but we they're coming from, but we don't know who they are. and we simply don't know of their criminal backgrounds or what backgrounds they do have. but the bigger thing here is that the bigger thing here is that the vast majority of these are not actually genuine asylum seekers. they're not genuine refugees, as is the case. i mean, look, let's be honest, i stood for parliament in northern ireland in 15, and to travel from great britain to northern ireland, you need to show a photo id . okay, now, if these photo id. okay, no

now to ireland.m to send asylum seekers who arrive there back to the uk. irish ministers say that around 80% of recent arrivals have come to the country via northern ireland but the uk government says it won't accept any asylum returns from the eu via ireland. our political correspondent helen catt reports. the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland is designed to be easy to cross. but the irish government says it has recently seen an influx of asylum—seekers coming over it because they are fearful they will be sent to rwanda if they stay in the uk. and ireland can't return them. the irish high court ruled last month that would be unlawful because of the existence of the rwanda scheme. the irish government is now planning to pass new laws to enable it to do so. ., do so. the uk government, inducing — do so. the uk government, inducing brexit, _ do so. the uk government, inducing brexit, chose - do so. the uk government, inducing brexit, chose to i do so. the uk government, | indu

meanwhile, in northern ireland, the 17 degrees were recorded here made it northern ireland's warmestought a lot of cloud to wales and southwest england. whereas the best of the sunshine, really, was across the midlands, northern england and into parts of scotland. we've got a similar set of weather wise really into friday. the jet stream continues to drag up some very mild air from near the azores, moves it along into parts of the uk, and that's going to again boost the temperatures on friday into the high teens to low 20s. aberdeen seeing temperatures seven degrees celsius above average. now, before we get there, overnight tonight, we're looking at a few patches of rain coming and going across northern ireland, scotland and northern england. there'll be a few mist and fog patches around as well. the south—westerly winds continue to bring that mild air across the uk. so a mild night, temperatures staying up into double figures in most places. tomorrow, mild start to the mist and fog patches slowly lifting and clearing, but the chance of seeing sunshine and more sunshine across englan

well, maybe they're in ireland because ireland's department of justice is standing by claims that 80% of asylum seekers are coming into the country through northern ireland. it comes after refugee organisations questioned that figure released by the country's minister for justice. irelands deputy premier, micheal martin, has said it was not based on evidence, statistics or data . evidence, statistics or data. however, britain's northern ireland minister said the uk's new rwanda deterrent is clearly working. >> it was always going to be the case. we believed as a government that our rwanda policy would act as a deterrent for people coming to this country illegally, i think we are slightly surprised that it's manifested itself so quickly after the act, became , law, and after the act, became, law, and we are now in the process of making sure that we are, gathering those individuals who could qualify for the first flight to be on that first flight. >> the snp is preparing for a leadership contest after the scottish first minister announced his resignation. earlier, humza yousafs admitted

and then of course, because there is effectively no border between northern ireland and ireland, of courseill in the eu, they course, still in the eu, they are free to cross the united kingdom, northern ireland into ireland, from which, of course they cannot then be deported from rwanda. so yes, he is saying that the rwanda bill that only passed into law in the early hours of tuesday morning only got royal assent. i'm sorry, voted through on the early hours of tuesday morning and he passed into law yesterday with royal assent, is already having an effect, he said. it's already impacting on ireland because people are fearful of staying in the united kingdom. so this is clearly a bad news for ireland. it's already got plenty of its own problems as you've mentioned, but good news for the government. now, of course, the government ultimately wants the rwanda plan to work as a deterrent to stop people crossing the channel . people crossing the channel. rishi sunak pledged to stop the boats. no evidence of that at the moment. of course, the numbers are up this year on where they were a year ago

ireland's highest temperature of the year.onitoring that carefully through the weekend. 0n into next week, high pressure stays to the west of the uk, and we continue to see this feed of cloud coming down the north sea. if anything, the cloud getting a bit more extensive, a bit thicker, and that means there's more likelihood of seeing some patches of drizzle across northern and eastern scotland and some eastern areas of england as well. the best of the sunshine, probably parts of north west england, wales, south west england, northern ireland might still do 0k, and western parts of scotland, where the sunshine comes out, it shouldn't feel too bad. but if you're in the east where it's going to be quite cloudy with that wind coming in off the north sea, it will probably feel quite chilly. temperatures picking up a little later next week. live from washington. this is bbc news. world leaders call for calm after us officials say an israeli missile hit iran. a 61—billion—dollar aid ukraine aid package moves one step closer to passin

and sunday is going to be a blustery day for scotland and northern ireland.ith hail and thunder mixed in. there will be a few showers developing through the day across northern england and wales, but it may well stay largely dry across east anglia and the south of england. wherever you are, temperatures will be much closer to average, 15 degrees in london. so a big change from the low 20s that we'll have on saturday, it will feel cooler. on into the start of the new week, monday sees low pressure move in off the atlantic with this cold front diving its way southwards across the country. and that's going to be bringing a spell of rain followed by showers, showery weather conditions around for tuesday and for wednesday. but the weather should become drier and a bit warmer towards the end of next week. bye for now. live from washington. this is bbc news. the us says, the threat of an iranian attack on israel is real and viable — as president biden issues a clear warning to iran. un agencies say parts of sudan may tip into famine if the civil war continues. we'll

ireland on and frankly, northern ireland on and frankly, northern ireland would benefit enormously fromtate visit in australia a few months australia and just a few months after course, that cancer after of course, that cancer diagnosis. great news! i'm martin daubney on gb news britain's news channel welcome back. it's 550. we're on the final. final furlong now. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news now. let's get back now to that pro—palestine and pro—israel demonstrations outside parliament and speak to our reporter, charlie peters. charlie, welcome the charlie, welcome back to the show. what's the latest on the ground ? ground? >> well, we're here now at whitehall , where the quds day whitehall, where the quds day march has reached its final position for giving speeches there on whitehall, opposite downing street, you can see the crowds gathered in front of me here and downing street is just to my right, and they're directing a message towards rishi sunak and the government. this group organised by the islamic human rights commission, calling for an end to uk arms, a two way embargo o

thomas mcdonald, we declare the right of the people of ireland to the ownership of ireland and to the unfair control of the irish destinies to be sovereign and indefesable. the long usarption of that right by foreign people and government has not extinguished a right nor can it ever be extinguished as set by the destruction of the irish people. the main speaker stress the continued commitment to armed struggle against imperialism. as long as ireland is on free, the only honorable attitude for irish men and women is to have the attitude of rebellion, we are here to stay. he also stressed the solidarity of republicans with the palestinian resistance in gaza. we stand shoulder to shoulder of the palestinian people and the right to defend themselves or couldn't really change their occupier and anyway they deem necessary. from the river to the sea palestine will be free. an unnotified republican easter parade was held in the republican cragon esta. in past years erupted when the northern irish police attempted to stop the parade, this year's march concluded peacefully, but the presence of

where are you - out, david, in the debate about how ireland is doing?ou in agreement with that? yes, the outlook for this year is that return to growth will hold and then you will have i% growth in gdp for the year, but 2% growth in what we call modified domestic demand, which strips out of that international, multinational sector that we have. when we look at the budget which is going to be set later this year, we are accepting a surplus of over 8 billion euros, that is the equivalent of around 3% of national income. that will give the government flex ability going into a general election to be able to address issues like housing prices, issues like migration and to be able to keep overall living standards relatively buoyant. qm. keep overall living standards relatively buoyant.— keep overall living standards relatively buoyant. 0k, we will kee an relatively buoyant. 0k, we will keep an eye — relatively buoyant. 0k, we will keep an eye on _ relatively buoyant. 0k, we will keep an eye on those - relatively buoyant. 0k, we willj keep an eye on those stat