the prime minister and the eu do agree a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republiciating position is complicated by her government‘s reliance for parliamentary support on northern ireland‘s democratic unionist party. we didn‘t leave the eu to oversee the break—up of the united kingdom. it would be catastrophic economically, never mind politically from northern ireland to be cut off from its biggest market. this is not where the story ends. this document is a first draft to be amended by eu member states then negotiated with the government. which has plenty to say about it. the japanese car manufacturer toyota has announced plans to build the latest version of its auris model at its plant in derbyshire. most of the engines for it will also be built in britain, at the company‘s factory in deeside. the government says the plan will help to safeguard 3,000 jobs. one of president trump‘s longest—serving advisers, his communications director, hope hicks, has announced that she will resign. her decision to step down was confirmed by the white house but it‘s not clear when

and what would they expect to happen at that border between northern ireland and the irish republic? a member of the eu and northern ireland of course being outside the eu after brexit. whatever option you take — either a bilateral agreement or the wto option — uk exiting eu, meaning northern ireland exiting eu, this will necessitate a border. he suggested one possible model like that of macau and china. in order to be a wto member, you don't need to be a sovereign. you need to have another member's customs policy, which is something which macau, hong kong has — whereas in the case of macau they clearly belong to china, but they are members of the wto in their own right, because they have an autonomous trade. and the macau option would be that you should think it out, giving to northern ireland. the same trade capacity as china has given to macau, which doesn't mean that macau doesn't belong to china. and then you have the single system. apply the same trade relations as ireland. otherwise you have to have a border. again, where is this border? is it north—south, is the east—west? th

shivering has become the second—largest party in northern ireland and the third largest party in the irish republice new leader sinn fein is coming from the base here in dublin. marylou mcdonald is 48 years old, she is a member of the irish parliament here and has been for seven years, perhaps not particularly outside ireland has a very high profile in the irish republican army has become known for some very robust polymer trip performances and combative exchanges with prime minister leo varadkar. will we see a change in approach? i think we are certainly seeing a symbolic transition moment fishing pain, as we've got people who have had connections with the ira, although gerry adams has always denied being in that organisation, moving away from the senior positions in the party and being replaced by a new generation of leaders who had no connection with the troubles in northern ireland. mcdonald is among that generation, shejoined sinn fein during the peace process. as regard the party's attitude to the past, i don't think they will turn around and start deciding the ira campaign, i think they will

it isa border with the irish republic.ar as brexit negotiations are concerned. and a quick look brexit negotiations are concerned. and a quick look at brexit negotiations are concerned. and a quick look at the brexit negotiations are concerned. and a quick look at the european markets, all opening slightly down following negative trading on the asian markets overnight. and also on the us markets. have you fallen foul of the dreaded flu this winter? doctors and companies, suffering staff sickness, will agree it's been the worst flu season in years. so what about prevention? our next guest runs one of the world's largest flu vaccine companies; seqirus specialises in the influenza vaccine for the elderly, and is licensed in europe and north america. the us centers for disease control and prevention said this season's vaccine is just 36% effective, only 25% against the nastiest, dominant strain h3n2. the firm says its novel method, producing vaccines in cells at commercial scale, is an industry first and overcomes the problem

the prime minister and the eu do agree a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republicicated by the government's reliance for parliamentary support on northern ireland's democratic unionist party. if we didn't leave the eu to oversee the break—up of the united kingdom, it would be catastrophic economically, never mind politically, for northern ireland to cut off from its biggest market. but this is not where the story ends. this document is a first draft, to be amended by eu member states, then negotiated with the government — which has plenty to say about it. katya adler, bbc news, brussels. meanwhile, sirjohn major has called on theresa may to offer mps a free vote on the final brexit deal, with the option of a second referendum. the leading conservative brexiteer says his comments are riddled with errors. stop brexit! stop brexit. the freezing protesters who have taken up a permanent place in westminster might have a new ally. the former tory prime minister, sirjohn major, who says mps should be allowed to approve or to block the final brexit deal or give you second

and the europen union over whether there'll be a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republicet to intensify today. the eu will publish a draft of the brexit withdrawal treaty — setting out in legally binding text the proposed terms of the uk's departure. the document is expected to say that northern ireland will have to follow the rules of the eu's single market, if other solutions can't be agreed to avoid a hard border with the irish republic. our europe editor katya adler reports from brussels. this document is about the european commission putting into legally binding text the agreements that have been reached between the two sides, so remember those divorce issues, citizens rights, the brexit bill on the irish border and also the transition agreement, that is what will be in this 120 page document, and when it goes in black—and—white it will be interesting to see to what extent the uk government and the european commission really are on the same page. when it comes to issues where no final agreement was reached, such as over political hot potato is like the future role of

the irish problem is a party political problem in the south of ireland. it is not in the republicve a troublesome border. but they need to enforce... if they start putting up enforcement tariffs that is a matter for them, given that most of their trade is with ourselves and the united states of america, i think they would be foolish to do that. they might see it differently. they want to have a bad relationship with us? come on. dominic grieve, where would you start the meeting like this one they had today? if the prime minister can achieve what she set out in her lancaster house and florence speeches, why should i complain about it? we would effectively have our cake and eat it. we would have complete access to the single market as is if we were still in it, there would be no tariffs because we would have succeeded in finding a magic way of dealing with it, and at the same time we would not be bound by those eu regulations which are clearly objectionable to some of my colleagues. that's not the problem. the problem is logically it's most unlikely we are going to get that. because

the prime minister and the eu do agree a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic is complicated by the government's reliance for parliamentary support on northern ireland's democratic unionist party. if we didn't leave the eu to oversee the break—up of the united kingdom, it would be catastrophic economically, never mind politically, for northern ireland to cut off from its biggest market. but this is not where the story ends. this document is a first draft, to be amended by eu member states, then negotiated with the government — which has plenty to say about it. katya adler, bbc news, brussels. is politicians spend a lot of time talking about this and they came to some kind of agreement, is this a case of when you come to an agreement which is basically a fudge and they called it regulatory alignment, when you put the details on at the fudge falls apart? at some point you have to put it into legal text. we were at the summit in december and they said they had found an agreement on full alignment, no border between north and south. what michel barnier is saying is

upll sorts of problems, including the thorny issue of the bord between northern ireland and the irish republic. >> i'm not trng to provoke or create shockwaves. i want these negotiations to be a success. det let me remind you that it was the uk'sion to leave and nobody should underestimate the consequences of the action. rob:rn that nort ireland would have to effectively stay in the eu to avoid the hard border hard response from theresa may. she said she would sign no such treaty. prime miplster may: if ented it would undermine the u.k. common mket and threaten the integrity of the u.k. by creating the customs and revelatory border -- regulatory border, and no.k. prime minister could ever agree to it. rob: pro-brexit mp's and her conservative party applauded the tough line. outse parliament, these freezing anti-brexit protests may have a powerful new ally. former prime minister and r conservative party leadehn major launched a scathing attack on the government's handling of brexit, accusing it of caving into a handful of hartline --li har anti-europeans and pursuing a policy that would leave b

its antipathy towards a partly conflicting with its wish to maintain an open border with the irish republic the party funded by the late reverend paisley in the one nine hundred seventy s. has reached its zenith of power and influence by tyrone it clee that very success now if you face it all of its achievements rest from the stables b.m.w. college grid so you don't house of commons this week a scene deadlocked at the top so no. violent and all the governments are still in favor of the belfast agreement for the first statement twenty years voices across the political spectrum from brought to tears so the good friday agreement has outlived its usefulness and then the house of commons chamber a number of voices less than thirty asked about the resumption of devolution. i think the people of northern ireland will be disappointed in the secretary of state and of course they'd like the executive back but what they want more than anything is a budget blueprint on ways that reform of the health service and education that we're all agreed before and walked out why is the sixty of states still dilly

now, that file has been sent to an garda siochana, the police in the irish republic.s later, another woman — and that is the ninth woman to make allegations in the uk — came forward and said that harvey weinstein allegedly attacked her in london in 2011 and in an unspecified country in 2010. she says she managed to wriggle away. a spokesman for harvey weinstein has said that any incident that took place was a result of him misreading her signals. and has also said that harvey weinstein unequivocally denies any accusations of nonconsensual sex. three men in their early twenties have been charged with murdering a prisoner at a west london jail. 25—year—old khader saleh died on wednesday at wormwood scrubs after being found with stab wounds. fellow inmates ahmed kyre, kalif dibbassey and enton marku will appear at the old bailey next week. a local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls as a result of severe financial challenges. the conservative—run northamptonshire county council says it's faced large cuts and a big increase in

installed as leader of the party, the second biggest in northern ireland and the third biggest in the irish republicy major party leader in britain, or ireland, an extremely divisive politician. he was a peacemaker to his supporters, but he was at least an apologist for ira violence to his enemies, although he was never a member of that organisation himself. mary lou mcdonald in her speech said that it was time for fresh ideas and bold thinking. the ambition of the party is to be in government on both sides of the border, but whether they get back into government in northern ireland will depend upon negotiations between sinn fein and the democratic unionist party at stormont, word is, in particular, there has been some progress in british and irish governments in the last 2a hours, they have been warning that time is running out to get devolution back. whether or not an agreement is possible should become clear over the next week or so, as talks seem to be heading for a crosspoint. now, other issues that mary lou mcdonald touched on in her speech, international issues, the middle east, catalonia, cl

that a few steps over there cou nty ireland that a few steps over there county donegal in the irish republichat you are passing from one country to another is a sign like that which tells you that the speed limit is a sign like that which tells you that the speed limits will now be implementers per hour and not in miles per hour. no business people are used to trading freely across the frontier so they were watching developments in brussels closely. 0ne local man isa is a industry across northern ireland and has been reminding me of the possible consequences for business if any new border controls introduced after brexit. what they don't want is any disruption. they don't want is any disruption. they don't want is any disruption. they don't want additional costs and complexity is. what will inevitably happen if we don't get this negotiation right is that manufacturing firms will bear the brunt of what brexit will look like. that will be damaging to jobs, something that northern ireland can ill afford and the uk doesn't want either. is welcomed the fact that both the uk and the eu have mainta

antipathy towards should apparently conflicting with its wish to maintain an open border with the irish republic the party funded by the late reverend paisley in the one nine hundred seventy s. has reached its zenith of power and influence that ironically with that very success now if you face it all of its achievements rest from the stables doing. college grid so you don't house of commons this week assume a deadlock at the top so no. violent and all the governments are still in favor of the belfast agreement for the first statement twenty years voices across the political spectrum from brought to tears so the good friday agreement has outlived its usefulness and then the house of commons chamber a number of voices less than enthusiastic about the resumption of devolution. i think the people of northern ireland will be disappointed in the secretary of state and of course they'd like the executive back but what they want more than anything is a budget that is green on ways to reform of the health service and education that we're all agreed before and walked out why is the sixth state still dilly

now, that file has been sent to the police in the irish republic.an, and that is the ninth woman to make allegations in the uk, came forward to say that harvey weinstein allegedly attacked her in london in 2011 and in an unspecified country in 2010. now, the moment the police aren't saying where the other country is, that of course make emerge later on. the latest high profile figure to step forward, uma thurman, accusing harvey weinstein of assaulting her in the 1990s. there has been, as i said earlier, some reaction to that from his people? is right. if you cast your minds back to the mid—19 90s and the film pulp fiction which famously starred uma thurman and many would argue was perhaps the film that more than any other put miramax films, the company run by harvey weinstein on the map. he produced that film. what she has said in a newspaper interview is that in the aftermath of that, in hotel rooms in london and in paris, harvey weinstein, she alleges, tried to force himself on her and alleges, tried to force himself on herand in alleges, tried t

test for mary lou mcdonald, as she leads a party into her first election as leader here in the irish republicoxfam denies a cover up over claims that haiti aid workers paid for sex, as downing street orders a review of its relationship with the charity. israel has carried out attacks on a dozen targets in syria, including air defence systems, after one of its jets came under syrian anti—aircraft fire and crashed. at least 18 people are dead and 60 injured as a double—decker bus overturns in hong kong. in sport, tottenham win the north london derby, with harry kane's second—half header. spies are now up to third place in the premiership. ireland are thumping italy 28—0 at half—time in the second week of by half—time in the second week of rugby union's six nations. england play wales later. elise christie qualifies the second fastest in the short—track speed skating 500 metres heats in pyeongchang. australia thrash england by seven wickets to book their place in the t20 tri—series final. and the top chaser returned to the track after a long lay—off, winning the big race at newbury. more sport i

still to come in wales — on a visit to the irish republic, the first minister urges both governmentsit. and vale of glamorgan council leaders write to parent claiming pupils there are underfunded by more than £600 pounds each. despite an agreement allowing rohingya moslems to return to myanmar, from refugee camps in bangladesh, many say they won't go home. hundreds of thousands of people fled a military crackdown and violence from pro—government militia groups myanmar last year, but now wa nt safety gua ra ntees and the right to citizenship, before going back. well, three aid workers from one charity have been filming video diaries of their work helping the rohingya at the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh. chris rogers reports. the world's largest refugee camp. this is home to more than 800,000 rohingya muslim refugees, escaping persecution in buddhist dominated myanmar. dr ramiz momeni, genevieve jones—hernandez and sarah wade have travelled the world helping refugees. but nothing can prepare them for what lies ahead. the humanitas charity are heading deep into the camp, w

and eu withdrawal treaty calls for a common regulatory area between northern ireland and the irish republicinitive role for the european court ofjustice in policing the withdrawal agreement. theresa may rejected the eu‘s proposals, which could place a border within the uk between northern ireland and great britain. the draft legal text the commission have published would, if implemented, undermine the uk common market and threaten constitutional integrity of the uk by creating a customs and regulatory border down the irish sea. and no uk prime minister could ever agree to it. i will be making it crystal clear to presidentjuncker and others that we will never do so. in downing street, officials acknowledge brexit negotiations are entering a crunch phase ahead of a showdown summit in three weeks‘ time. ministers leaning to the brexit side believe the eu is turning the screws to improve its negotiating position. other ministers fear that the long drawn—out process to reach a cabinet consensus on the future trading relationship has provided an opening that the eu is exploiting. even a prime min

she acknowledges the term her party needs to reach out to more middle class voters here in the irish republic but all along the underlining the underlying message the underlying commitment was to keep pushing for a referendum on irish unity. thousands of anti fascist demonstrators have rallied in the italian city of much errata by a six africans were shot last saturday schools and shops in the city were closed and public transport suspended of affairs at the march could trigger violence last saturday a far right sympathizer was arrested on suspicion of carrying out and tried by shooting in which six africans were injured anti-racism rallies wholesale staged and run man and calamity. the world's biggest and most raucous street party is in full swing in brazil brazilians are using the carnival to let off steam after a difficult year a struggling economy spiralling corruption investigation and increasing political polarization of all taken their toll lucy a new man has been with the revelers in the northeastern city of receive. an early morning bugle call summons revelers on to the streets of th

comes at a time when there are real challenges for it's both in northern ireland and here in the irish republic how do we become the party that is seen by those people who are in full time employment and average wages those people are part of the point of poor wages and also you know plight how do we present ourselves as the champion of their needs and their interests the party's also been hit by resignations over alleged bullying and mcdonald says she's listening to complaints here in the south she's also backing a change in the law to allow abortion ahead of an irish referendum later this year but she and feigns long held aim of a referendum on uniting the island of ireland remained some way off the. dublin. now high production costs in nigeria are making it tough to do business one solution is for small businesses to pool their resources. and interests has been to see how that works and in northeastern nigeria. sherry's one of twenty technicians helping to keep the wheels of the machinery turning this industry and so on the outskirts of the city he moved to small workshop here three years ag

comes at a time when there are real challenges for it's both in northern ireland and here in the irish republic how do we become the party that is seen by those people who are in full time employment and average wages those people are part time a point of poor wages and also going to provide how do we present ourselves as the champion of their needs and their interests the party's also been hit by resignations over alleged bullying and mcdonald says she's listening to complaints here in the south she's also backing a change in the law to allow abortion ahead of an irish referendum later this year but she in feigns long held aim of a referendum on uniting the island of ireland remains some way off the al-jazeera dublin an explosion on a boat off the coast of the spanish canary islands has injured five tourists the holiday makers were rushed to hospital after flames engulfed the speedboat tenor east coast they were pulled from the water by a nearby yacht the spanish coast guard later extinguished the fire the cause of the incident is now under investigation. there under modi has wrapped up the fi

comes at a time when there are real challenges for it's both in northern ireland and here in the irish republic how do we become the party that is seen by those people who are in full time employment and average wages those people are part of a point of poll wages and also in a polite how do we present ourselves as the champion of their needs and their interests the party is also being hit by resignations over alleged bullying and mcdonald says she's listening to complaints here in the south she's also backing a change in the law to allow abortion ahead of an irish referendum later this year but she inflames long held aim of a referendum on uniting the island of ireland remained some way off the team barbara al-jazeera dublin. indonesia's navy has seized more than a ton of crystal meth and arrested for suspected drug smugglers they seized the substances. which were then paraded on baton island after being found on a boat in indonesian waters near singapore on wednesday they had been hidden under sacks of rice for taiwanese men have been arrested there are reports that the drugs were headed for

at a time when there are a real challenges for it's both in northern ireland and here in the irish republic how do we become the party that is seen by those people who are in full time employment and average wages those people a part time employment a poor wages and also you know polite how do we present ourselves as the champion of their needs and their interests the party's also being hit by resignations over alleged bullying and mcdonald says she's listening to complaints here in the south she's also backing a change in the law to allow abortion ahead of an irish referendum later this year but she inflames long held aim of a referendum on uniting the island of ireland remains some way off the al-jazeera dublin thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators have rallied in the italian city have a serato where six africans were shot and injured just over a week ago schools and shops in the city were closed for public transport suspended over fears the march could trigger violence a far right sympathizer being held by police is suspected of carrying out the drive by shooting anti-racism rallies al

comes at a time when there are real challenges for it's both in northern ireland and here in the irish republic how do we become the party that is seen by those people who are in full time employment and average wages those people are part time employment and poor wages and also you know plight i do we present ourselves as the champion of their needs and their interests the party's also being hit by resignations over alleged bullying and mcdonald says she's listening to complaints here in the south she's also backing a change in the law to allow abortion ahead of an irish referendum later this year but she and feigns long held aim of a referendum on uniting the island of ireland remained some way off the al-jazeera . votes are being counted in sri lanka where record number of women are vying for seats in three hundred forty local governments a new law requires women to fill a quarter of those positions the president and prime minister rule nationally in a coalition but they've campaign separately for their own parties now doctors in qatar are hoping to improve everyone's health by mapping out t

you are seeing a bit of de—escalation from the irish republic government.n a hard border. i will say what theresa may will not say, but i know that she thinks. we are not having a hard border in northern ireland under any circumstances. if the eu wants a hard border and they put stuff up at the border, then that is their problem. but this country has signed an agreement that says if we do not agree a border, we will align. that is the agreement that we signed. the word alignment is not regulatory alignment, it is a highly ambiguous, rather fudged agreement. full alignment, with the rules of the customs union. it is a somewhat fudged agreement. you're just trying to backslide from something you signed up to. it does not refer to regulatory alignment. alignment with he rules of the internal market and customs union. in trade agreements, alignment and regulatory alignment mean different things. you're just trying to backslide on an agreement. i am clear there is going to be no hard border in northern ireland. i'm also clear, worst—case scenario, unless the eu

comes at a time when there are real challenges for it's both in northern ireland and here in the irish republic how do we become the party that is seen by those people who are in full time employment and average wages those people are part of a point a poor wages and also going to provide how do we present ourselves as the champion of their needs and their interests the party's also been hit by resignations over alleged bullying and mcdonald says she's listening to complaints here in the south she's also backing a change in the law to allow abortion ahead of an irish referendum later this year but in frames long held aim of a referendum on uniting the island of ireland remains some way off but in barbara al-jazeera doubling. the charity oxfam has apologised after some of its staff members in haiti were accused of sexual misconduct the u.k. based group has had a presence in haiti ever since a major earthquake there in two thousand and ten what i'm apologizing for is that nine oxfam staff behaved in a way that was totally unacceptable and contrary to our values and that then led much more respons

at a time which relationships between our country and the irish republic have been challenged by thetary to intervene. frankly, he ought to know better, think a little more before he engages in something about which she understands very little clearly. we found out labour's positions on a customs union with the eu after brexit. your leader said that would go some way to solving the case you in ireland. it remains the case that the eu, doesn't it, that the uk cannot cherry pick bits and pieces of european rules that it wants to. why is there any reason it should view that proposal by jeremy is there any reason it should view that proposal byjeremy corbyn any differently than the way it has from government ministers?” differently than the way it has from government ministers? i think they will see it is one of the ways we can keep the border open, effectively having britain within with northern ireland within a customs union. customs, checks... it is one of the tools we need to keep to maintain the good friday agreement. jeremy corbyn was right to make that clear. it is imperative we k

comes at a time when there are real challenges for it's both in northern ireland and here in the irish republic how do we become the party that is seen by those people who are in full time employment and average wages those people are part of a point of poor wages and also going to provide how do we present ourselves as the champion of their needs and their interests the party's also been hit by resignations over alleged bullying and mcdonald says she's listening to complaints here in the south she's also backing a change in the law to allow abortion ahead of an irish referendum later this year but she in feigns long held aim of a referendum on uniting the island of ireland remains some way off the al-jazeera. mexico is in the grip of a war on drug gangs acapulco was once a sought after holiday destination now it has the highest murder rate in the world despite the resources put into policing and the efforts of n.g.o.s it's had a destructive effect on society john home reports from acapulco. the shadow of death has lain across the years the former taurus talksport was one of the highest murder

details and they didn‘t know how they would avoid this hard border between northern ireland and the irish republicichel barnier, says there are still significant points of disagreement with the uk over britain‘s withdrawal from the eu. it doesn‘t mean that this is to be no border between the north and south and the border will be putting the irish sea. it is there as a backstop. is saying they will have the solution if they can‘t find another way to get forward on the irish issue. i was going to ask whether this settled the question but i think you have and sedate. prosecutors in south korea are seeking a 30—yearjail sentence for their former president. park geun—hye, who is standing trial on charges including bribery and abuse of power, was ousted last year after being impeached over a corruption scandal. she‘s been held in custody for almost a year. a village in the southern germany has decided to keep a nazi—era bell hanging in a local church. the bell bears the engraving "all for the fatherland — adolf hitler" above a large swastika. after months of dispute, the church‘s parish council has now

comes at a time when there are real challenges for it's both in northern ireland and here in the irish republic how do we become the party that is seen by those people who are in full time employment and average wages those people are part of a point of poor wages and also going to provide how do we present ourselves as the champion of their needs and their interests the party's also been hit by resignations over alleged bullying and mcdonald says she's listening to complaints here in the south she's also backing a change in the law to allow abortion ahead of an irish referendum later this year but in frames long held aim of a referendum on uniting the island of ireland remains some way off the al-jazeera. president reagan a territory wants to change the constitution and switch to a new form of government he says it's a way to decentralize power to the regions and help alleviate poverty critics there warn it's just a trick to keep government officials and jobs to mail alan duncan has more. former philippines president for didn't marcus ruled with an iron fist for decades his martial rule was se

comes at a time when there are real challenges for it's both in northern ireland and here in the irish republic how do we become the party that is seen by those people who are in full time employment and average wages those people a part time a point a poor wages and also going to provide i do we present ourselves as the champion of their needs and their interests the party's also being hit by resignations over alleged bullying and mcdonald says she's listening to complaints here in the south she's also backing a change in the law to allow abortion ahead of an irish referendum later this year but she in frames long held aim of a referendum on uniting the island of ireland remains some way off the al-jazeera dublin. thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators have rallied in the italian city. where six africans were shot and injured just over a week ago schools and shops in the city were closed and public transport suspended over fears the march could trigger violence afar a sympathizer being held by police is suspected of carrying out the drive by shooting and terrorism rallies also took place in r

voters here in the irish republic but all along the underlining the underlying message the underlying commitment was to keep pushing for a referendum on irish unity. mexico is in the grip of a war on drug gangs acapulco was once a soft soft a holiday destination but now it has the highest murder rate in the world well despite the best efforts of peace and aid groups it seems as if the social fabric is coming undone from acapulco john home reports. the shadow of death has lain across a couple of years the full maturity as one of the highest murder rates in the world and behind the military patrols police sirens and daily crime scenes live a townspeople struggling with fear and grief knowing why in the last year francisco's wife was caught in the midst of a gang shootout and killed now he's raising their four children alone we hid his identity speaking out here is dangerous term. this. may. mean this is. a decade or more than one hundred twenty thousand victims into the drug war there's still no federal program dedicated to psychological support to the families left behind. in acapulco

that is just an agreement, nothing is hard and fast on that and that is the big concern for the irish republiculd be some kind of hard border. so brexit is a key issue hanging over all of these negotiations and clearly is going to bea negotiations and clearly is going to be a key factor here. people really what some resolution on it. many thanks. the latest there from belfast. a builder has beenjailed for life imprisonment with a minimum term of a0 years after being found guilty at the old bailey of kidnapping, raping and murdering his niece — and the attempted murder of a second woman. the court had heard that mujahid arshid, of kingston in south—west london, had developed an obsession with this 20—year—old niece celine dookhran — and the surviving victim — who cannot be identified. injuly last year, he attacked them at a house he was renovating. his co—accused — vincent tappu — was cleared of kidnapping charges. jon donnison is that the old baby. just bring us up to date with events. well there were cheers from the public gallery, friends and family of celine dookhran as the guilty verdicts

potentially intractable at least which is how to deal with the border between northern ireland and the irish republics to do is to settle that finally when it has the discussions in the future relationship, but it is pressure that brussels and ireland to try to sort that out, even sooner what the government said so far is that it has a fall back position, a reassurance if you like, for the government of ireland to say there would be full alignment if no better relationship is agreed. that would mean you could have different rules on different sides of the border and ireland but they would have the same outcock for when it comes to standards of food safety and so on. that is the government position at the moment. the question is what will they be specifically asking for in those trade talks, that has yet to be may clear and there is also rumours here tonight that the prime minister may in the end set south her ideas in another one of her speeches. she had one lastjanuary, then the florence speech, we may get a third speech where she clarifies this, especially if she can't get consensus in these meetin

government at stormont following the meeting on monday between theresa may and leo varadkar of the irish republica fair community. at the moment we do not haveafairand community. at the moment we do not have a fair and balanced package. i'll have a fair and balanced package. i‘ll go wander the statement because this is all we have at the moment on this is all we have at the moment on this breaking story. —— i‘ll go on. arlene foster of the dup says, after the assembly election i embarked on an engagement exercise with those who love and cherish the irish land which, respect the irish language and those who speak it but in a shared society this cannot be a one—way street, respect for the unionist and british identity has not been reciprocated and in our view there is no current prospect of these discussions leading to an executive being formed. the message to the government, she says, it‘s incumbent on the government to set a budget and start making policy decisions about our schools, hospitals and infrastructure. important decisions impacting on eve ryo ne important decisions impacting on everyon

be talking specifically about northern ireland, the issue of not having a border between the irish republiced the leaked eu document, suggesting they would not be so supportive of a transition deal which involves access to the single market. nigel farage has his opinion on that? they are saying it isa opinion on that? they are saying it is a draft document, theresa may says they are outlying the beginnings of this negotiation. as we went into the first stage, there are compromises on both sides. the eu are saying that taking us to the ecj would take too long, so they have to have some kind of sanction if we want all of the benefits. but i think, given that they are about to go to negotiation, just about the implimentation period, that will be fraught enough before they turn to the wider prospect of what our future relationship will be with the european union. that discussion will happen with the brexit subcommittee tomorrow, but we are not sure how much they will tell us about it. we can still speculate, watch us! a coalition deal has been struck in germany, between the centre—left social d

republic of ireland. the police say that they forwarded that information to the irish police.forward and claimed she was attacked on two occasions. one in london in 2011 and another in 2010 in a foreign country. the police aren't saying which country that is but they say they will forward the information to the relevant force there. this comes on the same day as uma thurman has made allegations as well. actually, there's been a response from mr weinstein and his team. yes, that's right. she's told the new york times in an interview that back when she was promoting the film pulp fiction, in which she starred, made by quentin tarantino but produced by harvey weinstein, she was at the savoy hotel in london when he attempted to sexually assault her. she says it was like "a lizard trying to wriggle away from him". she said that came after a similar incident in a hotel in paris. what he has said, through a spokesman, apparently, is that he misread the signals that he thought she was giving him. a syrian rebel group says it shot down a russian fighter plane near the city of idlib on

three episodes he conducts major interviews with irish politicians including former teacher prime minister bertie ahern on the form of one of the republic made evacuees however first he spoke with the women of the moment the new elected president of shin fein mediately mcdonald here's alex the fish import from dublin stephen's green one of the most famous locations and dublin's fair city one hundred years ago showing fame held a majority of parliamentary seats across the island of ireland last weekend they elected mary lou mcdonald as president of shaun finn she is the first shannon fame leader not to be associated with the struggle so could once again shouldn't fame be challenging for power across the island of ireland until the easter rising of one thousand sixteen shin fein had little success when all was changed and changed utterly by the oppressive british response to the rising sinn fein started to win by elections and then the one nine hundred eighteen u.k. general election swept ireland in a landslide victory only in the six counties which were to form northern ireland and unionism still hold sway after the establishment by trea

irish republicanism. her party is the second—biggest in northern ireland and third largest in the republic of ireland. tormont and dublin believes that will help towards the ultimate goal of irish unity. at the years, republicans tried to achieve that through bombs and bullets with sinn fein being seen as the political wing of the ira. gerry adams always denied being in the paramilitary organisation but security sources believe he was a senior ira man. during more than three decades of sinn fein president, he led the republican movement away from violence and into the peace process. mary lou mcdonald is a very different background. she in an affluent suburb of dublin and has no direct experience of the northern ireland conflict were not particularly well known outside ireland, she has had a leading role in the irish parliament for several yea rs in the irish parliament for several years and has become known for robust performances. she was the only candidate to put her name forward to succeed gerry adams and has already indicated she will do things her way. i won't feel gerry's shoes. but the news is t

three episodes he conducts major interviews with irish politicians including former teacher or prime minister bertie ahern on the form of one of the republic made evacuees however first he spoke with the women of the moment the new elected president of shin fein media limit donald here's alex with fish report from dublin stephen's green one of the most famous locations and dublin's fair city one hundred years ago showing fame held a majority a parliamentary seats across the island of ireland last weekend they elected mary lou mcdonald as president of shane finn she is the first shannon fame leader not to be associated with the struggle so could once again shared fame be challenging for power across the island of ireland until the easter rising of one thousand sixteen shin fein had little success when all was changed and changed utterly by the oppressive british response to the rising sinn fein started to win by elections and then the one nine hundred eighteen u.k. the general election swept ireland in a landslide victory only in the six counties which were to form northern ireland and unionism still hold sway after the establishment by tre

three episodes he conducts major interviews with irish politicians including former teacher or prime minister bertie ahern on the form of one of the republic made evacuees however first he spoke with the women of the moment then you elected president of shin fein immediately mcdonald has alex with fish import from dublin. stephen's green one of the most famous locations and dublin's fair city one hundred years ago shown fame held a majority a parliamentary seats across the island of ireland last weekend they elected mary lou mcdonald as president of sion fair in she is the first shannon fame leader not to be associated with the struggle so could once again shouldn't fame be challenging for power across the island of ireland until the easter rising of one thousand sixteen shin fein had little success when all was changed and changed utterly by the oppressive british response to the rising sinn fein started to win by elections and then the one nine hundred eighteen u.k. the general election swept ireland in a landslide victory only in the six counties which were to form northern ireland and unionism still hold sway after the establishment by

irish republicanism. her party is the second—biggest in the northern ireland, and third largest in the republic of irelandnd in dublin. four—year is, they try to achieve the union threw bombs and bullets, seem to be the political wing of the ira. mr adams has always denied being in the organisation, but security forces believe that he was. he then led the republican movement into the peace process. marylou mcdonald is from a very different background, she grew up very different background, she grew up in an affluent suburb of dublin, and has no direct experience of the northern ireland conflict. although not particularly well known in the —— outside of ireland, she has become known for her robust performances. she has already indicated that she will do things her way. i would fill gerry -- i would fill gerry's shoes. but i will bring my own. talks to restore the devolved government arithmetic to reach a crunch point, next week. the church of england is facing criticism over the way it deals with allegations of sexual abuse, after it emerged more than 3000 safeguarding issues were investigated in 2016. a g

republic. we completely blame you for making brexit so complicated(!) all yourfault! laughter we will see what michel barnier has been saying on the issue of the irish need to avoid the border and protect the corporation, and the good friday agreement. it is important to tell the truth, the uk decision to leave the single market and to leave the customs union would make border checks unavoidable. second, the uk has committed to proposing specific solutions to unique circumstances on the island of ireland, and we are waiting for such solutions. the third option is to maintain full regulatory alignment with those rules of the single market and the customs union, current or future, single market and the customs union, current orfuture, which single market and the customs union, current or future, which support the corporation, the economy, and the good friday agreement. options one and two can only be made in the context of the future relationship. in the meantime, it is our responsibility, to include the third option in the text of the withdrawal agreement, to guarantee that there will be no hard border whatever the circumstances. michel barnier, chie

republic of ireland. what i would say to michel barnier is that he knows that the british government doesn't want a hard border, between northern ireland and ireland, the irishmaking their first joint public appearance and we will bring you live coverage. good morning, it's 10am. here's joanna gosling in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. the european union's chief negotiator michel barnier will publish the first draft of the eu's brexit treaty this morning, detailing the terms of the uk's departure. the draft document is expected to say northern ireland would have to follow eu single market rules to avoid a so—called "hard border" with checks and barriers, unless alternatives are found. downing street has dismissed any prospect of a return to a hard border. yesterday a leaked letter from boris johnson appeared to suggest there could be customs checks in the future, she has been speaking in the last few minutes. the issue of the northern ireland border is being used politically to try and keep the uk into the customs union, and effectively be single market, so we can't really leave the eu, that's what's going on. but the letter says is that actu

republicanism. largest in the republic of ireland. of irish unity. of the ira. organisation but securityrces believe he was a senior ira man. and into the peace process. nice to meet you. mary lou mcdonald is from a very different background. experience of the northern ireland conflict. years and has become known for robust performances. things her way. i won't fill gerry's shoes. but the news is that i brought my own. a crunch point next week. chris page, bbc news. and stylists who are trying to look their best. this is the new york pet fashion show. canines showed off their outfits. dressed up brother elaborately as well. well. how about that one? that's just frightening... the few words spring to mind. there we go. practical out where for dogs. —— outdoor wear. outdoor wear. of the action from the winter 0lympics. that's coming up later. embarrassed to discuss relationships in the classroom. that's according to a group of charities. calls to roll out compulsory lessons in schools. so how would it work in practice? is in our london newsroom. thank you tojoining us. sending in questions