irish republicans broke with the british union because they saw their interests being in. represent themselves represent their economy in a democracy that a plate and responded to the needs of the people and in the north the unionists demanded not to be included not because they saw their need for some executive power and then they saw that in a link with britain but very much that they would control of their destiny and a large say in that we come to two thousand and the a team and neither side sees any. any need for their own sovereignty and they look to. almost bipolar the perspective of if we defer to this power or that part not seen that the both of them are actually there is to dis disenfranchise disempower and to impoverish or broken the deal is. over there holds the future of driesum or . yes because they come from their rationale sectarian rushnell they're caught and trapped in the history that doesn't a lot of them are just not that they're making very good political sense that they say in order to maintain the integrity of the united kingdom and in the fierce of

first, is there any way round the now famous irish backstop? uk under eu customs rules and northern ireland closer, to avoid stops and checks on the eu's irish border. that's if there's no final trade deal ready, after any brexit transition. after any brexit transition time. mps want mrs may to agree an alternative, but brussels says there isn't one. back home, of course, brexiteers and the dup say checks could happen away from the border. trade could be tracked with new systems, new technology. getting round the backstop might, just, might, unlock a deal but brussels says the technology doesn't exist. and even if the eu gave ground, and there's no sign of that, reopening the brexit divorce deal could open up new problems. spain could renew its claims on gibraltar. france might veto any new deal. the eu is clear it would shift position, if mrs may went for a brexit closer to europe, staying under eu customs rules, say, but that's not a true brexit, according to mrs may. and, anyway, just imagine the reaction of brexiteers back at westminster. m

first, is there any way round the now famous irish backstop? customs rules and northern ireland closer, to avoid stops and checks on the eu's irish border. that's if there's no final trade deal ready, after any brexit transition time. mps want mrs may to agree an alternative, but brussels says there isn't one. back home, of course, brexiteers and the dup say checks could happen away from the border. trade could be tracked with new systems, new technology. getting round the backstop might, just might, unlock a deal but brussels says the technology doesn't exist. and even if the eu gave ground, and there's no sign of that, reopening the brexit divorce deal could open up new problems. spain could renew its claims on gibraltar. france might veto any new deal. the eu is clear it would shift position, if mrs may went for a brexit closer to europe, staying under eu customs rules, say, but that's not a true brexit, according to mrs may. and, anyway, just imagine the reaction of brexiteers back at westminster. mrs may will be back in the commons in arou

i don‘t think the irish, you know, ithink in this.l brexit? the people i talked to and the senior level here and in brussels, some of them think that we are approaching a default option of actually postponing article 15, because i think that rather than have this kind of cataclysmic scenario, the british government could in fact postpone the implementation of article 50, that would require, you know, obviously a lot of work back in westminster, but it is doable, it‘s possible, it would cause a bit of a travesty, because britain will have to pull european elections, and send mps back to brussels, but it will have to be done i think. all right, ok. we will leave it there. thanks for talking to us. get to talk to you. the number of children and young people entitled to special needs assistance in england is growing fast, not only do they need support but they need help for longer. and it means that councils are having to spend far more than they planned to to try to help them. according to figures obtained by the bbc, councils in england

the irish backstop remains a significant factor. irish have been's extremely influential in this process and will continue to be so. withu is likely to stick one of its members and want to grant eu k its desire, which is to reopen the backstop. ways you could see this whole thing as employed by theresa may. have decided the eu will not renegotiate the backstop and what she is doing and is winding down the clock. she knows that brussels will not do anything about the irish backstop. she comes back and says they won't do anything. let's have another vote. that vote fails. and now we are close to march 29. now she says this is my plan. you vote for that are we getting no deal brexit. they will probably vote for that. that could be the strategy for theresa may at this point. our leaders in brussels about a no deal brexit? are there knock on ramifications for the eu broadly that they are concerned about? >> there are. there are member states that are concerned, like the netherlands, because they have close trade relationships with the u.

and the irish island was one. and i think it's interesting that the ambassador made reference to today's hundred treadth anniversary in terms of the election of the first -- which i think deserves to be reflected on as we talk about what happened 50 years after that. because the decisions that were made after that election, the partition that occurred after that election had an awful lot to do with the environment that called forth the civil rights movement after years of one party, one religion rule. and the tolerance of all that, you know, by the government in london. not feeling that that was anything to be concerned about. that neglect, that's a nice word for it. that neglect of the basic violation of people's rights, within the united kingdom. i think that it's very important to put those things in contrast. and not to let this -- the good feelings, somewhat good feelings of today, on things the progress that's been made. not to see that decisions that leaders make about injustice has a long tail. and many pe

and it would be a disaster for the entire irish food industry.ts to help them, like this one about rules for goods and services. the prudent thing to do is assume there will be a hard brexit, prepare for that, look at the timelines and start working today if you haven't already done so. and what business people want more than anything is a clear way forward. the sooner businesses see clarity, the better. because i think if business knows what the outcome is going to look like, we can all put plans in place and we will have to figure a way around it. the best outcome i would like to see is no brexit, but i don't think that is a realistic option now. i think the second—best option would be a soft brexit with a deal. ministers here have always wanted britain and the eu to have as close a relationship as possible after the uk leaves. the irish government is making its most basic position more clear than ever. that there cannot be a brexit deal without the backstop to guarantee an open border. chris page, bbc news, dublin. let's go to dublin now and t

kinds of reasons. —— depth of irish roby. big european games as we have seen conditions for the big european games as we have seen this weekend. they took gloucester to the cleaners at king simon. gloucester could not match it. if they can repeat their form and the international stage, it could be hard to bet against him. but whales could be going great. they're trying to send their coach off on they're trying to send their coach offona they're trying to send their coach off on a high note. scotland has been buoyed at the club level and they have the players to beat anyone. and a french resurgence, italians have potential. we are set up italians have potential. we are set upfora italians have potential. we are set up for a very interesting six nations in world cup year but as it stands i think you had to say the irish are going to be favourites to repeat the heroes of 2018. you are talking about perfectly. chrisjones thank you. i cannot wait for the six nations to get started. the score at sta nford nations to get started. th

historic majority of parliamentarians rejected it last week the main sticking point is the so-called irish backstop this is a political insurance policy meant to keep an open border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and the i have free public which will remain in the e.u. . supporters of mrs may's conservative party oppose the backstop as does the day you pay the northern irish party that is propping up the prime minister's government is part of his statement. with regard to the backstop despite the changes we have previously agreed there remain two core issues the fear that we could be trapped in it permanently and concerns over its potential impact on our union if northern ireland is treated differently from the rest of the u.k. so i will be talking to this week to colleagues including in the u.p.a. to consider how we might meet our obligations to the people of northern ireland and ireland in a way that can command the greatest possible support in the house and i will then take conclusions of those discussions back to the e.u. . war from d.w. correspondence a big mass in

this irish food hall imports all kinds of produce from the uk.e bringing products from the north to the south of this island remains as easy as it is now. there's going to be a eu border, not an irish border with the uk, it's an eu border with the uk. the backstop is imperative. because what if it doesn't come in? what if we don't have a position? what if we find in four orfive years' time, we don't have the technology for reading vehicles and for doing this? the backstop has to be there. as westminster‘s tug—of—war rages across the sea, many unanswered questions remain for people on both parts of this island. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. in a moment, we can speak to laura in westminster, but first let's go to our europe editor katya adler in brussels. : suggesting there could be a five year time : suggesting there could be a five yeartime limit on : suggesting there could be a five year time limit on the backstop. —— poland. is this an early sign we could see movement? palms are beginning to get a bit sweaty across the eu. this is an organisat

despite water being paid for through general taxation no tax exemption was planned for the irish as a counterpoint for the new charges i saw just watching. again and forcing more than made against abel's worse as many irish people feared they would end up paying for watcher twice they saw the proposed introduction of meters and charges as yet another austerity measure and the establishment of irish water as a first step towards water privatisation. stuffs rule to the centers of disease office and i will of course we all know privatisation is ultimately envisaged. and then there was a letter from the centers of the six of us in your start you can say that would you please take these words out of the report. so then the report came back for the result would towards the. following the examples of berlin and it's really a popular vote was planting greece in twenty fourteen the people of this in an e key were asked to take part in a non-binding referendum on whether they were in favor of the government's proposed privatisation of the water company but they were faced with a last minute pro

there is an irish tradition and a unionist tradition.lems. decades of violence between british loyalists and irish republicans are now in the past. modern rules dictate both communities must govern northern ireland together but that uneasy partnership collapsed two years ago over a flawed green energy scheme. the country is falling apart without the government. one of the major sticking points is this. campaigns to get legal recognition for the irish language have failed in the face of opposition from the largest unionist party, the dup. language is about choice and it is about rights and a number of commitments were made to our community. is there a danger that this one demand from the irish language act is holding back progress in many other areas? i would flip that question and say, isn't it time that the dup moved on this? sinn fein, the largest irish nationalist party, refuse to go back into government unless a number of requests are met. we have to give people some confidence that it is doable. i do believe that it is doable. but i

but the irish government and eu insist there is no deal without it. and here's why.e new checks at the sea border here, it would mean goods could travel on south without the need for further checks when they entered the republic of ireland here, keeping this irish land border as open as it is today. south of the border, many businesses in ireland rely on the easy movement of goods. and they see the backstop is something that guarantees their livelihoods. brexiteers in parliament argue an open border could be ensured in other ways, but that hasn't convinced many in ireland. we can't go backwards. bringing products from the north . it's going to be a eu border, not an irish border with the uk, it's an eu border with the uk. the backstop is imperative. because what if it doesn't come in? what if we don't have a position? what if in four or five years‘ time, we don't have the technology for reading vehicles and for doing this? the backstop has to be there. as westminster‘s tug—of—war rages across the sea, many unanswered questions remain for people on both parts of this

parliament voted for prime minister to resign may to seek an alternative arrangement to the irish back stop now that is something maine has spent the past two years trying to do the backstop you may remember is something like an insurance policy to stop the return of checks on goods and people along the northern ireland border it in effect keeps northern ireland inside the european union and that is a no go for british lawmakers or today the european union's chief breaks negotiator michel barnyard said the withdrawal agreement with britain including that irish backstop will not be renegotiate. dony point i went to a peace. conference at the e.u. institution remain united and we stand by the agreement we have negotiated the withdrawal agreement including the protocol in arlington northern ireland is not open for renegotiation to review all equipment remains the best and only due process so we don't agreement. if we negotiate to come to you opened this european council has stated clearly that the withdrawal agreement negotiated between the u.k. and the e.u. is the best deal possible it's

even if even the irish government says that the backstop cannot even go we negotiated let's ask them and then let them determine you know the way of the european union if they see that come up the negotiation of the backstop i mean let's begin with plan a what do they want when it comes to the trade deal what is that what is their plan in the next twenty one months i mean there's a there are so many smart people dealing with bricks and all the time for the last two years and you know let's start with that i mean we haven't even begun but we have begun it was the last two years it seems have nothing has happened like secular sick concertina standby we're going to come back to you in just a moment. give. concrete support our fight waffled on fight we start this in two thousand and fourteen when you put it up there denounce the last night for the haters and. we work a lot in the fight here and we met preston from the day to day present from our press in one way to thank you part of the united states thank you for governor thank you for all the countries that know us and know our i know

and to amend the irish backstop with a full explanation coming up the u. k. pm saying that as of right now to where. a substantial majority could be achieved to leave with a proper deal. the latest report from syria french you had this talk to our team about how their lives have been ruined by the decision to join the so called terrorist caliphate. what executive mango one issue is to pair the canadian court you charged with bank and wire fraud to violate us sanctions against iran ? thank you very much for joining us on another big night for theresa may with a series of questions. asked in the yet british parliament regarding her breaks the deal she has. in many ways gained the backing of the pollen to does she changes to the current. agreements will as she sees it motions to block a new deal option and another one to amend the irish backstop way past others -- to extend the brexit daschle pulling off was fifteen they rejected. it is of course a lot more complicated than i'm making it sound resumes oginal proposal was rejected categorically by the police palm

irish language act is holding back progress in other areas?d flip that question and see is it not time the dup moved on this? sinn fein refused to go back into government unless a number of requests are met. we have to give people some confidence that it's doable, i do believe it is doable but it will only be doable with political will and leadership will stop it will only be doable if the issues at the heart of the impasse, theissues issues at the heart of the impasse, the issues of rights, are dealt with. another obstacle is brexit, the dup has categorically rejected the dup has categorically rejected the controversial backstop. that plan to avoid a hard border. which again puts them at odds with sinn fein. without devolved government life in northern ireland has stagnated. around £2 billion worth of projects on hold. there is a debt crisis in schools and patients have the longest waits for treatment the uk. yet there have been no official talks here between the parties for more than ten months and still no sign ofany more than ten months an

political insurance policy too to avoid a controlled hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic in you however since this is not really go sation the prime minister's usual dress the house of commons in about half an hour and we'll bring that to you live. ahead of that let's look ahead to what we can expect with the w.'s of alex forrest a whites here in the studio and the biggest mass in london. welcome welcome bigots are welcome alex let's start with you alex so talk us through what's going to happen today well this is to resume a coming back to parliament with his so-called plan b. and it follows the massive defeat that she suffered in the house of commons last week she was defeated by two hundred thirty votes on her deal that was the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration that was thrashed out with the e.u. back in november and a majority of m.p.'s in parliament said they didn't like it because of a previous change to the rules that was put forward by an m.p. the week before she had three days to come three working days to come back to parliament with her

last week longstanding concerns over the irish border have been the main sticking point. and thousands of greek nationalists have been protesting in athens against a deal to change the name of their northern neighbor they say changing macedonia's names in north macedonia with thread. you're watching news from berlin more at the top of the hour and for the latest news information around the clock check out our website that's d w dot com stay tuned chris herren is next in the business. i'm secure in the volume. not hard and in the end this is a me you're not allowed to stay here any more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers with clients of. what's your.

there is an irish tradition and a unionist tradition.any problems. decades of violence between british loyalists and irish republicans are now in the past. modern rules dictate both communities must govern northern ireland together but that uneasy partnership collapsed two years ago over a flawed green energy scheme. the country is falling apart without the government. one of the major sticking points is this. campaigns to get legal recognition for the irish language have failed in the face of opposition from the largest unionist party, the dup. it is about choice and it is about rights and a number of commitments were made to our community. is there a danger that this one demand from the irish language act is holding back progress in many other areas? i would flip that question and say, isn't it time that the dup moved on this? sinn fein, the largest irish nationalist party, refuse to go back into government unless a number of requests are met. we have to give people some confidence that it is doable. i do believe that it is doable. but

divorce by removing these so-called irish backstop but the e.u. are already saying there will be no new deal so can to resubmit can she make the impossible possible also coming up tonight as a business way those crisis five rules the chief prosecutor moves to ban these self declared in the room for president one for leading the country and it's asked the supreme court to freeze his assets plus the us files criminal charges against a chinese telecoms giant cruel way that accuses the company of industrial espionage and violating sanctions against iraq and pakistan's supreme court of holds its decision to overturn a christian woman's blasphemy conviction and death sentence ozzy of leaving now lead pakistan where she still faces threats against. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us tonight theresa may has won a small break victory at least in the houses of parliament in london tonight the british prime minister will see. king a mandate to return to brussels to try to renegotiate that so-called irish backstop now that's the plan to avoid a hard

cut to even us mainstream media covering irish austerity in spite of the freezing weather thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of dublin our government has told us those that are penalizing people at the bottom up by the mistakes that they made got got got back. everyone in this crowd knows rough times are on the way and so ten years on up to e.u. i.m.f. financial control what is ireland like some might find this predictable because it's repeated across the you are. and is one of the richest countries in the world you know almost eight hundred thousand people are living below the poverty line one in three of those in poverty are children one hundred two thousand are in paid employment lone parents are one of the groups most at risk of poverty half of one parent families experience deprivation so is it time for ireland to join the u.k. and leave the e.u. trust business t.v. to cover the story david cameron's former adviser steve hilton on whether should leave the e.u. i think they should i was a great greatly in favor of. felt that it was important for a country like the u

we saw the irish leader talking theresa may yesterday.he paper is talking about a hardening of positions, a frosty position now. all the irish and the other members of the eu waiting for theresa may coupled with alternative proposals. we will watch this space and we will talk about it daily. let us and we will talk about it daily. let us look at the gulf news and the business pages. looking at stocks steady as apple greef offsets brexit. now they are claiming nicely. rowen powell hinting that future rate rises are now off the table. this is possibly the best they could have expected from the fed. in december they hiked interest rates. the middle of last year the market was aggressively expecting the fed to carry on a hike in interest rates because of the year. now they have said no. there have been several fed members, some of the hawkish ones even, suggesting there were ready for a pause, so it is not a complete surprise. they have really steadied the markets was nerves and the same respect to apple a few weeks ago. there were warnings f

the third biggest party in the irish parliament in dublin and the irish parliament in dublin and theave event in london changed anything? well, i suppose they represent a deepening of the instability and the concerns and the anxieties that people feel right across the island of ireland. and no doubt in britain. i mean, it's very clear that even though what happened in the house of commons has been painted as a victory for mrs may in some quarters, but she acted absolutely in bad faith. she whipped her own mps to vote against the very agreement she had brokered. she acted in bad faith in terms of ireland. she effectively put the backstop through the shredder, even though she knows, because we have had these conversations, and necessarily those most basic protections are for this country. i detect and have detected for a long time, a sort of studied belligerence from a section of the british political establishment as regards ireland. and i think last evening was further evidence of that. one thing is clear, the house of commons hasn't been listening if they think there will be a withd

the number of barclays staff in the irish capital will double. new elections, but says he is open to international mediation to resolve the political crisis in the country. there has been another day of anti—government protests today, called for byjuan guaido, the leader of the opposition, who last week declared himself interim president after doubts about the legitimacy of maduro's election. president trump has offered mr guaido his support, and the us has imposed some sanctions on venezuela. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin reports from caracas. a student leader stands alone, pleading for a better venezuela. "it's what we all deserve," he says. "think about that when you go home tonight." the security forces remain impassive. they are likely to decide the future here. and for now, it seems they are standing with president nicolas maduro. but the opposition has its foot soldiers, young activists who feel a renewed sense of hope. well, the students have brought their protest to the edge of the highway. the opposition wants to keep up the momentum. i

at the moment this can keep on harping on about this irish nonsense who cares who cares about this irish and says quite frankly there's more important things our freedom and quite frankly if the irish republic want to build a wall let the irish republic pay for it and them over they don't seem to be able to pay for anything they already in a great deal of money we should be helpful to britain and not spend our time trying to destroy our freedom and our breaks and it's what we have democratically decided and they are sure public should just try and fits in with that and it's their economy that's going to suffer and that that's that's why can some of radicals playing at he's the one who's going to be in serious balled up if they don't you know if we don't get a good deal. believe that david i mean pay for scotland on a member of the freedom direct democracy great pranks david coming up for a program. there's a pleasure. to the latest from afghanistan now where one hundred twenty six security force members have reportedly been killed in an attack by the taliban according to reports the tali

without an agreement the prime minister is expected to focus on the so-called irish backstop that's the plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic this comes after lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected her deal with the e.u. last week. joining us now live from london the state abuse barbara vai's all barbara do we know anything about teresa mayes plan b. yeah we know and we fear that her strategy today is going to come from the little self-help book for politicians if you fail try again try harder because what is going to be more or less likely is that plan b. is planned a she's going to come back with the exit deal from the european union and to present it again and say ok i will talk to brussels again just one more time and try to wrest further concessions about the back stuff that you mentioned from them and then she will try to woo her own rose so own party the hard line breaks and cheers and the extremely skeptical northern irish do you p.d. in order to support her so she just does the whole thing again like one small was feeling ok well barber of the t

the beatles were the irish in england, and liverpool was pepper land. i stayed up all night when harold wilson was elected. i never understood why the english could keep changing their government and we had the same one for 50 years. and when the 6:00 news came on from london on the 5th of october, we watched young ghosts of ourselves pass on the other side of a glass wall. i gathered those 50 years into my face. and no one came back from derry. thank you. that's the kind of -- gives you the atmosphere of what we walked into as a group. the first reaction to that -- and this point is about reaction -- was the minister for home affairs, william craig, called -- said it was a front for republicans and communists. on the 9th of october, the reason i'm standing here and also paul arthur has written a book called "the people's democracy," the people's democracy was formed. it was the student movement challenging the smear, the dismissal of the -- of the campaign for civil rights by saying we want civil rights, and they are not for republicans and communists

irish government to take such action that we are restrained by a european law that this is the advice being given by the attorney general eric government now there are other legal opinions to the contrary but looks as if it will it will not be passed into law at least on this occasion of course while israel likes to accuse everyone else of anti semitic behavior when the issue really here is about the rights of the palestinians and how ireland recognizes them to what sort of sort of political and diplomatic fallout do you think there might be between sort of irish israeli relations. well it could be serious i noticed that there one of the right wing israelis parties is already calling for the closure of the irish embassy in in dublin and if the if the bill goes through now the government is a minority government there are people supporting the government independent nonparty people who are not happy with the position of the government but they are abstaining at the moment so it looks as if the bill will not be passed on this occasion but it is an issue that won't go away it's certainly

said the withdrawal agreement with britain including that irish backstop will not be renegotiated. the only point i want to increase and. remain united and we stand by the agreement we have negotiated the withdrawal agreement including the protocol in arlington northern ireland is not open for renegotiation. remains the best an immediate post so we don't. eat it it was a chemical so you opened it he wrote in council has stated clearly that the withdrawal agreement negotiated between the u.k. and the you is the best deal possible it's not open to renegotiation. yet there is no room for negotiation. the role of the mean negotiate for the british government for more than a year. a clue did with a very good deal and now i get it will get better they will not give it now so i'm just going to keep trying. but is there a way out of this blockade to talk about that i'm joined now by constantine clearly he is a member of the german parliament the bonus talk of the free democrats he also sits on the committee for the affairs of the european union it's good to see you again constantine so wha

could the irish border scupper a brexit deal?rade agreement, what is called the northern irish backstop would avoid a hard border here after brexit. but it would also mean the uk as a whole would have to stay close to any eu rules. in what will be a dramatic week at westminster, conservative mps are likely to make clear they'll only back in what will be a dramatic week at westminster, conservative mps are likely to make clear they'll only back the prime minister's deal if the backstop is time—limited or removed. but the irish government says that would make the outlook for any agreement with the eu decidedly gloomy. listen to what people are saying in europe. the european parliament will not ratify a withdrawal agreement that doesn't have a backstop in it, it's as simple as that. and this government minister expects the eu to change its position when it considers the consequences of no—deal. the whole purpose of the backstop is to avoid a hard border, which risks being a consequence of a no—deal brexit. so the idea that the europ

and it would be a disaster for the entire irish food industry.companies to prepare for the worst. agencies are holding dozens of events to help them cover like this one about rules for goods and services. the prudent thing to do is assume there will be a hard exit, prepare for that, look at the timelines and start working today if you haven't already done so. and what business people want more than anything is a clear way forward. the sooner businesses see clarity, the better. because i think if business knows what the outcome is going to look like, we can all put plans in place and we will have to figure a way around it. the best outcome i would like to see is no brexit, but i don't think that is a realistic option now. i think the second—best option would be a soft brexit with a deal. ministers here have always wanted britain and the eu to have as close a relationship as possible after the uk leaves. the irish government is making its most basic position more clear than ever. that there cannot be a brexit deal without the backstop to guarantee

she said there'd be no new referendum but she would seek changes to the irish backstop.y focus continues to be on what is needed to secure the support of this house in favour of a brexit deal with the eu. what makes her think that what she tried to renegotiate in december will succeed in january? mr speaker, this really does feel a bit like groundhog day. and then, a surprise u—turn on fees for eu nationals wanting to stay here — on the day the scheme‘s launched, mrs may says there'll be no charge after all. we'll be asking why. also tonight. a teenager appears in court charged with murder after 14—year—old jaden moodie was knocked off a moped and stabbed to death in east london. i'm afraid at the moment we haven't got any beds available on the unit. a warning that hospitals are teetering on the edge of safety as pressure grows on a&e departments. and the "super blood wolf moon" — how this rare lunar eclipse has been wowing millions around the world. and coming up on bbc news: she's seeded 16th, but serena proves she's still the one to beat as the seven—time australian o

we had a vote where the hard brexiteers rejected brexit, the northern irish representatives rejectedething that would have protected northern ireland. so the prime minister seems to have decided that she just needs to keep putting her deal back to parliament and it will get through maybe with some twea ks. will get through maybe with some tweaks. the feeling i suspect as well is that theresa may believes it is about shoring up the mps in her own party and the dup and not about reaching out to the other side. that seems like a sensible strategy, that she will win if she can hold down her own race. the moment she came to power she came in and did not look at the arithmetic. all she has been trying to do with these red lines, no deal better than a bad deal at all that, all the time she has been protesting the erg and giving them scraps to feed on. in the referendum campaign they said we will get a deal. there was no talk about no deal. there was no talk about no deal. and every time she has played it... she said she would be flexible, open and inclusive. really she is like a manager of

neither the uk, eu or the irish government want that.uk and the eu fail to reach a trade deal once britain leaves the eu. all parties agree that a backstop is needed to maintain cross—border cooperation and protect the good friday peace agreement. and, as it stands, the backstop means northern ireland would stay aligned to some rules of the eu single market — but only if another solution cannot be found by the end of the transition period in december 2020. and our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels where eu foreign ministers have been meeting — theresa may seems to be still focussed on a breakthrough on the backstop — how likely are the eu to give ground on that? i think there will be a bit of confusion because they were hoping, all the foreign ministers came here today further meetings so they were looking to london for some clear direction and what they have got its aspiration, i think, direction and what they have got its aspiration, ithink, and not much more. theresa may said she would go and talk to the dup in no

dublin says it's essential to maintain peace in northern ireland a car bomb exploded in the northern irish city of london derry over the weekend a possible warning from militant groups in the region. may says that she is looking for a solution with regard to the backstop despite the changes we have previously agreed there remain two core issues the fear that we could be trapped in it permanently and concerns over its potential impact on our union if northern ireland is treated differently from the rest of the u.k. so i will be talking to her this week to colleagues in a way that can come on to the greatest possible support in the house and i will then take the conclusions of those discussions back to the e.u. . just who in the e.u. is willing to listen to those conclusions is an open question the block is ruled out further concessions to the u.k. and so far plan c. is nowhere in sight. the reason may taking it back to the e.u. we're going to take this story now to brussels and talk about that part of the story i'm joined now by a correspondent dear motss good evening to you georg so theres

majority support in the irish commons. . . majority support in the irish commons...ct of this. it's not just sort of, the impact of this. it's notjust some kind of esoteric a bstra ct notjust some kind of esoteric abstract idea of parliamentary process and procedure but this is how it's going to affect eu citizens facing a crisis bigger than windrush. mps who have to deal on a daily basis with the incompetence of the home office are the most concerned. windrush is an example of a systemic problem with immigration cases not being dealt with properly, losing documents. there is a scheme in which approximately 3.5 million eu citizens, particularly children who live in the uk, will be allowed to register and pay £65 for the privilege of doing so, so that they can apply as it were to remain in the country in which they already live. that is in itself controversial. bureaucracy will not be able to deal with that. proving caroline that you actually have a right to have this status. the windrush was obviously a huge scandal last summer when amber rudd had to go. here we are

the eu wants the backstop in place to ensure there's no return to a hard irish border.to talk to the opposition. president trump has offered his personal support to the opposition leader, juan guaido, in a phone call. he has declared himself

irish border open in all circumstances well to look at it another way what is the e. you supposed to do if that theresa may has self signed off on that irish backstop following eighteen months of negotiations -- if no i've heard multitude i think wait a bit bizarre position a with it the irony of the current brexit impulse is that that the main blockage to dodo. isis the backskstop insurane policy for the irish border without a deal i'm without a backstop they could be a hard irish bordeder and that of c course is the very thig thatat the backstopp is designed to prevenent. i think itt behooooves botoh sides to think very carerefully about whether ulultimately we gotot six hundred pagess of a treatyy that's ready to go that's what we spent eighteen months on what we all care about is two lines. it'll there's six hundred pages whihich is.. thee u. k. wanting assurancs that it would be stock permanently in the backstop anand the e. u. is also say. there are no a alternatives the bacackstop you've got to acaccept the bacackstop butf that's thehe case then the uk's rigigh

just across the irish sea from there are four men have been arrested in northern ireland in connection with a car bomb on saturday night in the city of derry police describe the attack as being on believably wreckless they suspect the new irish republican army to be behind the incident and let's just go through what we know here the bomb exploded outside a courthouse at around eight in the evening local time no one was injured the pizza delivery vehicle had been hijacked packed with explosives a bomb threat had been called in ten minutes before the blast hundreds of people were evacuated from the area. the new ira is offshoots of the decision parliamentary group internationally recognised the us a terrorist organization there are strongly opposed to the one thousand nine hundred good friday agreement which brought an end to decades of conflict in the region they believe the fight against the u.k. sovereignty of northern ireland should continue. calls for a united ireland have grown larger with brags that threatening to complicate the border on relations between north and south will let

at issue is the so-called irish backstop the plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland but since a british decision a u. leaders have been queuing up to say that the deal and the backstop cannot be changed. in a surprise move defying agreements already made with the e.u. british lawmakers gave the prime minister a mandate to go back to the negotiating table parliamentarians narrowly passed a government backed amendment to change the irish back stop it buys may some time but the challenges remain clear there is limited appetite for such a change in the negotiating it will not be. that close in contrast to a fortnight ago this house has made it clear what it needs to approve the withdrawal agreement may's chances of achieving that appears slim the e.u. says the backstop plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland isn't up for renegotiation. i think if the backstop is what is an insurance and insurance is needed. to be one hundred percent sure that there is no border between you and i shou