into a situation where checks are not needed on goods moving between northern ireland and the irish republic ireland. that is not how the dup see it, they would argue that if northern ireland has to continue following rules the movement of goods, they will be set in brussels, not london, and a sammy wilson, the dup's brexit spokesman has argued, that would be a break—up of the union. high stakes for unionists. chris page, thank you. thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes as wildfires rage across northern california. the fires broke out on thursday and have already burned 20,000 acres of land as the fast—moving wildfire approaches several towns in the sierra foothills north of sacramento. several properties have already been destroyed in the town of paradise, which is home to around 26,000 people, officials say the fire is being driven by 35—mile—per hour winds. it is1:20pm. our top story this lunchtime... the prime minister lays wreaths to remember the first and last british soldiers to die in the first world war, marking the hundredth anniversary of the end of the confli

with the irish republic build it? or would the eu build it? iasked republic build it?e 17th of october but she did not answer it, you just stated that we are all working to ensure there will be no hard border so please answer it now. who would physically put this hard border in place? we certainly wouldn't, the irish certainly wouldn't, the irish certainly wouldn't, the irish certainly wouldn't and how could you possibly do it if neither of us were going to do so? again i can only speakfor the going to do so? again i can only speak for the united kingdom government in these matters and we have said we will do everything to avoid their being a hard border on, between northern ireland and ireland. others, decisions forthe other parties in this our decisions for them, not for me. but if they took those decisions they would find it impossible to implement because we would not build it for them and the irish would not build it for them so unless they are anticipating sending in the eu army to build it for them it would never be built so the whole amounts does it not to an e

this is a rather unseemly blame game with the irish republic that helps nobody, we need to cooperatethey have obligations on being the external frontier of the eu. we must never be complacent about the importance of the good friday agreement at the peaceit the good friday agreement at the peace it has brought to ireland, and that involves legal obligations not to create a hard border. the belfast agreement said nothing about borders, hardly anything about the eu... because it was predicated on us eu... because it was predicated on us being in the eu. desperate complacency by the brexiteers about ireland. let me ask you about the vote, ifs graham brady gets the a8 letters he needs and there is vote next week, let's say, and it is hypothetical, that she wins, but 100 vote against because it will be a referendum on her deal, can she go one? she has made it clear that she will, and i am certain that she will, and i am certain that she will, and i am certain that she will, and if they were so foolish as to do that, the rules mean there can be no further challenge for a year, so be no furt

and then would the police force in the irish republic pick up the pursuit?ecent years, paramilitaries have targeted police with murderous intent. you can see the hedge line and the hedge line is the border. they planted a landmine here and they used the border conveniently to get away. the police service of northern ireland says its task is set to become even more demanding. it is recruiting around 100 extra officers to prepare for brexit and is likely to ask the government to fund more. the chief constable is hoping for a brexit deal, but thinks that would not solve all the issues. even a deal scenario, you know, we would need to try to work out and protect the likely responses to it. there are people in the brexit debate who will say that the threat of violence at the border, or the threat to stability in northern ireland is being exaggerated. what are your thoughts on that? those that say that we or others are overplaying the border of brexit in policing terms, they are simply wrong. history tells us that these issues around identity and people's position

would the irish republic build it? or would the eu build it? ahead of world aids day, a labour mp reveals he's living with hiv and urges others to get tested. it is better to live in knowledge than to die in fear. also on this programme, mps debate standards in schools and the environment secretary makes clear he won't give into french demands for access to uk fishing waters after brexit. the french president is, on this occasion, wrong. next week, mps will begin a five—day debate on theresa may's brexit deal. the crunch will come on tuesday, the 11th of december, when there will be a series of votes, when parliament will approve or reject the uk's divorce agreement with the european union and a political declaration setting out the relationship between the uk and the eu. the prime minister has been out and about selling the deal. but when she appeared before the group of senior mps who make up the liaison committee, she faced a series of questions about what would happen if, as many of the politicians expected, the government lost the crucial

travel on into ireland, at the moment there is no need for checks because northern ireland and the irish republicles. once the uk leaves, that will change. both the uk and the eu have committed to avoiding the need for checks at the irish border itself. brussels has always insisted that until an overarching agreement between the uk and eu can guarantee no hard border, the uk must abide by a backstop. this would keep the whole of the uk aligned by eu rules, but it is believed the backstop also includes measures which would result in the need for new checks on some goods coming from britain into northern ireland. this, the democratic unionist party says, would undermine the integrity of the uk by creating a border down the irish sea. businesses in northern ireland dealing with food or livestock could be particularly affected. like dan carlin, who supplies the hotel industry. everybody is guessing, i suppose. all supposition at the minute, no one really knows what this is going to bring. but, as i say, there is enough red tape and enough hassle on small businesses nowadays without this and ijust hop

and then would the police force in the irish republic pick up the pursuit? even in recent years, paramilitaries have targeted police with murderous intent. you can see the hedge line and the hedge line is the border. they planted a landmine here and they used the border conveniently to get away. the police service of northern ireland says its task is set to become even more demanding. it is recruiting around 100 extra officers to prepare for brexit and is likely to ask the government to fund more. the chief constable is hoping for a brexit deal but thinks that would not solve all the issues. even a deal scenario, you know, we would need to try to work out and protect the likely responses to it. there are people in the brexit debate who will say that the threat of violence at the border, or the threat to stability in northern ireland is being exaggerated. what are your thoughts on that? those that say that we or others are overplaying the border of brexit in policing terms, they are simply wrong. history tells us that these issues around identity and people's

it was a goalless draw as northern ireland took on the irish republic in dublin tonight.h sides. it's not really dublin's problem, so yeah, they can just sit and watch it all unfold in westminster. the best case scenario in northern ireland would be the hong kong of the uk, it's the place to do business if you want to do business with europe easily, but at the same time, without feeling like you've got difficulties actually within the united kingdom. the brexit deal could keep northern ireland more closely tied to eu rules, so trade can flow freely between the north and south of this island. some northern ireland businesses believe that's a benefit. from first impressions, we thought it was business friendly. we welcomed the fact that we had open access to both the gb and eu markets. one of theresa may's closest allies came to rally support for her plan. when people actually sit down and go through the detail, and it is incredibly technical detail, and they see the safeguards that have been put in place and they see the way that the people of northern ireland have been pu

and therefore leaving the irish republic which is a separate country and remaining what do we learn about what this deal says about bode. well the border is really the crucial issue and we have to really wait for the details of what people in northern ireland are fearing mostly the people who is helping to these amaze government they are fearing that there would be a separate status for northern nodded and they didn't want to accept that whatsoever says they are already very skeptical the noises that we're hearing from them so that makes it more difficult to reason may what's reason may to sell this in parliament so a lot of skepticism in northern ireland but it would have to wait for the exact details to come out to get mass in london thank you. to israel now where the defense minister avigdor lieberman has resigned over the latest ceasefire with the palestinian militant group hamas the truce was agreed to end the deadly escalation in cross border violence that followed an israeli raid in gaza one israeli officer and seven palestinians were killed in the fighting over the weekend the fis

majorwhat has been a sticking point, the future of the border between northern ireland and the irish republicshould the two sides failed to agree, there is a free trade pact after 2020. >> to agree to create the eu-u.k. customs territory. therefore, it will remain in this same custom territory as the rest of the u.k. sayrter: eu officials decisive progress has been made during the negotiations but theresa may promises a rocky road ahead. the deal is set to go before the british parliament sometime before christmas. government will have 21 days to put forth a new plan. let's bring more on brexit. i'm joined by catherine nicholson. good to have you with us. theresa may is clearly under pressure. catherine: those resignations came fast. the brexit minister himself, the man leading these negotiations since the summer. , pensionseigh minister, a big name. and another junior minister within the brexit department. there are a few more that journalists have on a watchlist. we are told that the agreement that theresa may's cabinet gave was not night unanimous. we know that the meeting was meant to las

gurkhas, people from the irish republic who joined the british armed forces.ervative mp and former british army colonel bob stewart. he's recently spoken to the chief of the general staff about army recruitment problems, and says too many people are being rejected by the armed forces. stay with us for that. people should take greater responsibility for managing their own health, and more should be done to prevent illness. that's according to the government's new long—term plan for the nhs in england. in a speech later today, the health secretary, matt hancock will say the aim is for people to have five more years of healthy, independent life by the year 2035. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the health and social care secretary will say that ten times more public money is spent on treating disease than preventing it and that this does not stack up. mr hancock will point to a new strategy for england next year, which will include measures to encourage employers to help improve the health of their staff, including getting those who are off sick back into work

want to avoid — a return to a troubled past with a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republicing after brexit is proving difficult. the eu wants northern ireland to continue to follow their rules on customs and on some goods, until a wider trade deal is struck. but the government and dup say this would effectively create a new border in the irish sea between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. this week, the prime minister sent a letter to the dup leader, apparently to reassure her that this will not come into force. but the dup say that is not enough of a guarantee. they want the prime minister to explicitly rule out this option in any brexit agreement she reaches with the eu. we want to trust the prime minister, because she has said so many times that that is the case. but you have to judge any promise by what is actually delivered in an agreement. and from what we can see in the latter, it is quite clear that some of the promises that are made do not conform to some of the content of the letter which has been written. all this is really about one of the most precious a

what's known as the backstop agreement affecting the border between northern ireland and the irish republic no confidence in her leadership. 0ur political correspondent susanna mendonca reports.

it was a goalless draw as northern ireland took on the irish republic in dublin tonight.t the draft brexit deal as a win for both sides. it is not really dublin's problem so yeah, they could sit and watch it all unfold in westminster. the best case scenario for northern ireland would be the hong kong of the uk, a place to do business if you want to do business with europe easily, but at the same time without feeling like you have difficulties actually within the united kingdom. the brexit deal could keep northern ireland more closely tied to eu rules so trade can flow freely between the north and south of this island. some northern ireland businesses believe that is a benefit. from first impressions we thought it was business friendly. we welcomed the fact that we had open access to but the gb and the europe markets. one of theresa may's closest allies came to rally support for plan. when people actually sit down and go through the detail and it is incredibly technical detail and base the safeguards that have been put in place and see the way that the people of northern i

the status of northern ireland and how to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republiceople who live there. what will their future relationship be like with the rest of the uk and with the south? here is emma vardy. bomb blast this island's history is marked by struggles over land and sea. today, brexit is redefining its modern borders. people here have found themselves caught in the middle of a political storm. we don't want to go back to days of old. whatever happens, happens. i don't think individually we can make a gigantic difference to what the higher powers decide. at northern ireland's larne harbour, every day trucks and trade arrive over the irish sea from britain. checks are needed on live animals, but currently little else, because the whole island, north and south, is under the same eu rules. but after the uk leaves the eu, there could be new checks on some products coming from britain to northern ireland. and northern ireland alone could remain tied to some eu rules. the democratic unionist party believes this would undermine the very integrity of the uk. i

it was a goalless draw as northern ireland took on the irish republic in dublin tonight. to present the draft brexit deal as a win for both sides. it's not really dublin's problem, so yeah, they can just sit and watch it all unfold in westminster. the best case scenario in northern ireland would be the hong kong of the uk, it's the place to do business if you want to do business with europe easily, but at the same time, without feeling like you've got difficulties actually within the united kingdom. the brexit deal could keep northern ireland more closely tied to eu rules, so trade can flow freely between the north and south of this island. some northern ireland businesses believe that's a benefit. from first impressions, we thought it was business friendly. we welcomed the fact that we had open access to both the gb and eu markets. one of theresa may's closest allies came to rally support for plan. when people actually sit down and go through the detail, and it is incredibly technical detail, and they see the safeguards that have been put in place and see the way that th

union, and the fear is that the underlying it will mean northern ireland drifting closer to the irish republickingdom, so these are major principles for unionists, high sta kes for major principles for unionists, high stakes for unionists, and i think there is all very much be at the heart of arlene foster's speech in just over one hour's time. live to brussels — and our correspondent gavin lee. just update us on the latest coming from spain and their objections to this deal. we appear to have a summit under way tomorrow after the 11th hour impasse between spain and the eu and the uk with pedro sanchez, up until this morning deeply unhappy that spain wasn't being given a as it wanted to, that any future decision over gibraltar, which it disputes as a british 0verseas territory, will have to go through them and bilaterally with the uk. the uk eu public representative has sent a letter to the eu council, putting the position hoping to placate the spanish worries, saying that there was a particular article, article 184 of the withdrawal agreement, the divorce agreement, set to be endorsed by the

what's known as the backstop agreement affecting the border between northern ireland and the irish republicwhile conservative brexiteers of the european reaseach group are planning to publish their own document tomorrow against the government's plans. 0ur political correspondent susanna mendonca reports. he is sticking with the prime minister, but is he going in the same direction? michael gove is among a group of cabinet brexiteers thought to be trying to change the brexit deal. today he was tight—lipped about that. i am totally supportive of the prime minister, i think she is doing a fantasticjob. theresa may has been trying to get the party behind her and her plan, calling constituency parties and doing media interviews to sell the idea. her supporters are calling for unity. these five leading leave campaigners who have stayed in the cabinet are expected to meet in the next few days to discuss how to push for changes to the brexit plan which the government has already agreed with the eu. to think thatjust because some cabinet ministers make demands of the prime minister that the details

he's being held in the irish republic on suspicion of murdering two ulster defence regiment soldiers in dublin tomorrow. a full—scale search is under way to find 79 children kidnapped from a boarding school in north—west cameroon. it's thought the school's principal is among three staff also abducted by gunmen. separatist rebels are being blamed for the attack — though they have denied responsibility. caroline rigby has the story. abandoned, the scattered belongings of missing students, left behind after gunmen broke into their dormitory. in all, 79 pupils were abducted from bamenda's presbyterian secondary school, along with the principle and two other staff members. one student who witnessed the attack described hiding under a bed in order to escape a similar fate to his classmates. one of my friends, they beat him up mercilessly. so they took him outside. all i could think about is just stay quiet. they will shoot. so everybody... one boy escaped. all the big boys, they rounded up. any small ones, they left them behind. the armed raid happened in bamenda, the capital of the englis

here on northern ireland today and visited two ports, and went closer to the border with the irish republicme here to meet the main political parties and the two biggest parties in northern ireland. the democratic unionists, and sinn fein, see brexit very very different way. the dup whose ten mp5 are keeping theresa may in power are passionate brexit supporters. the say their bottom line though is there can't be anything agreed as part of the brexit deal, that means there'll be trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. sinn fein on the other hand, passionately opposed brexit. sinn fein president marilyn macdonald said she had a direct meeting with dominic rabb, and she said that the brexit secretary had come here like a thief in the night, a fly—by—night visit she said, for a box ticking exercise, so certainly the two political parties aren't going to see brexit in the same way at all. there was a slightly more positive tone though at a meeting of british ministers across the invisible border. in dublin, they said they thought the deal was possible, and there have been

insurer —— insurance policy to make sure there is no hard border between northern ireland and the irish republicthe event that we do not negotiate a trade deal in the next couple of years after we leave the european union. according to the d raft the european union. according to the draft text that would be a joint decision between the uk in the eu and he wants britain to be able to make that decision unilaterally. theresa may who has been giving an interview to sky news in the past hour, has insisted over and over again that this in her view will not come to pass. she believes the backstop is only there in the event that they do not get a deal and she is confident of being able to do that. let's have a listen to what she has been saying this morning. that. let's have a listen to what she has been saying this morningm course it has been a tough week. these negotiations have been tough ride from the start but they were always going to get more difficult towards the end. when we come to that conclusion. what i think is, this is not about me. it's about what's right for the people of this country,

sharp end of brexit, because of the sharp end of brexit, because of the land border with the irish republic negotiations. there is disagreement over a backstop, i guarantee that no matter what there are not going to be any border checkpoints. the eu says that if that aim cannot be achieved with a new free trade deal then northern ireland should continue to follow european rules on the movement of goods. the government says that is not acceptable because it may result in new trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. here at stormont, dominic raab was asked whether he would definitively rule out any new checks on goods coming here from great britain and he did not definitively a nswer britain and he did not definitively answer but he did repeat that the government would not allow a new border along the irish sea. the dup, the government's parliamentary allies repeated their bottom line that the whole of the uk had to leave the eu together. sinn fein accused dominic raab of making a fly by night visit for a box ticking exercise. across that largely invisible border in dub

the question of how to avoid a hard border with the irish republic after brexit has become one of theiations with the eu. our ireland correspondent chris page is in the border town of warrenpoint for us. chris, bring us up to date. this is, you could say, the brexit front line. i'm standing in northern ireland. those hills kind the cranes are in the republic and behind me is warrenpoint port, where dominic raab has spent some time this morning. from this port, goods are driven all over the island of ireland. there is no need for them to be checked on the frontier and the question is, will that remain the case after brexit? for business people who dominic raab metz today, the border issueis dominic raab metz today, the border issue is not an abstract political argument, it's a real—life issue, something that affects jobs and livelihoods. it's been a pretty private affair so far, cameras were not allowed to follow mr raab as he was in the dock this morning, leaving the local mp pretty unimpressed. he has accused the brexit secretary of sneaking into the constituency for a stub. later in

what's known as the "backstop" agreement affecting the border between northern ireland and the irish republicpolitical correspondent iain watson reports. fighting for her deal and fighting for her leadership, this weekend could be crucial to theresa may's political survival. he didn't storm out of the cabinet. government insiders say michael gove's decision not to resign was a pivotal moment that kept theresa may in number ten. i'm totally supportive of the prime minister. i think she's doing a fantasticjob. but he could be gearing up for some arguments behind closed doors. he and four brexiteer cabinet colleagues — penny mordaunt, andrea leadsom, chris grayling and liam fox — are expected to press for further changes to the prime minister's deal. the uk cannot be trapped in a permanent customs arrangement and i think it is really important we get clarity and improvement on that particular aspect of it. 0ther ministers were dismissive. just because some cabinet ministers make demands of the prime minister, that the details are going to change is, i think, a fantasy. the reality of life is tha

is not perfect but would remove the need for any hard border between northern ireland and the irish republicmediate disruption to train. theresa may can take light relief from some of that support. —— trade. when it comes to the different regime from the rest of the uk. this is the dup leader arlene foster speaking to our political editor this morning. i think the disappointing thing for me is that the prime minister has given up, and she's saying, this is where we are and we just have to accept that. but she may have given up on further negotiations and trying to find a better deal, but i haven't given up. i believe in a better way forward, i believe we must find that. now, it is important to say that some of the northern ireland parties, including sinn fein, have cautiously welcomed this deal, but it is the dup's vote that counts when it comes to parliament. thank you very much indeed, from belfast and thanks to norman smith, our assistant political editor, at westminster. so what trade deals could britain strike with other countries, under the terms of theresa may's brexit deal? our reali

it was a goalless draw as northern ireland took on the irish republic in dublin tonight. a win for both sides. it is not really dublin's problem so yeah, they could sit and watch it all unfold in westminster. the best case scenario for northern ireland would be the hong kong of the uk, a place to do business if you want to do business with europe easily, but at the same time without feeling like you have difficulties actually within the united kingdom. the brexit deal could keep northern ireland more closely tied to eu rules so trade can flow freely between the north and south of this island. some northern ireland businesses believe that is a benefit. from first impressions we thought it was business friendly. we welcomed the fact that we had open access to but the gb and the europe markets. one of theresa may's closest allies came to rally support for plan. when people actually sit down and go through the detail and it is incredibly technical detail and base the safeguards that have been put in place and see the way that the people of northern ireland have been put at th

they have issues with the so-called backstop for the border between northern ireland and the irish republic their leader already saying today they can't vote for this humiliation and as paul brennan. the prime minister needs all the support she can get at the moment and a selected group of her government ministers were brought to downing street on tuesday night to read the text of the negotiated breck's a divorce deal for themselves to date six government ministers have already quit over the way bracks it has been negotiated how many of the current cabinet will choose to follow suit once the bracks it term sinkin and even if cabinet unity is maintained leaked details of the draft agreement have provoked howls of outrage from both bracks its supporters and opponents in the british parliament we're going to stay in the customs union on this deal we're going to stay fit to be in large parts of the of the single market and that means it's vassal states we are going to for the first time in a founds in the years of this place this parliament will not have a say over the laws that govern this cou

avoiding a hard border with the irish republic has become the biggest sticking point in the negotiationsople who go to a&e with sports—related injuries are children and teenagers, according to research published in the royal society of medicinejournal. boys aged 1a and girls aged 12 were most at risk of sustaining a sports injury. for boys, playing football, rugby union, and rubgy league caused the most fractures while for girls, horse—riding, netball, and trampolining were mainly to blame. friday afternoon peak—fare restrictions on virgin trains from london euston station will be scrapped from today. services to birmingham, manchester and liverpool are often overcrowded and passengers have been forced to stand in order to avoid paying much higher peakfares. it is at 6:35 a.m.. mike kitty with the sport. we are talking, that big smile, and uppermiddle, simone biles. —— mike is here. smile, and uppermiddle, simone biles. -- mike is here. only 21. i suppose in gymnastics terms is not that young. to do it successfully at the top, 12 world titles and four in the top, 12 world titles and four

ports, larne in county antrim and mourne point docks in county down, close to the border with the irish republic biggest parties in northern ireland — the democratic unionists and sinn fein who as we've been saying see brexit very differently. the dup, whose ten mps are keeping theresa may in power at westminster, are passionate brexiteers. they say their bottom line though is there can't be anything agreed as part of the brexit deal that would mean there'd be trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. sinn fein on the other hand passionately opposes brexit. sinn fein president mary lou mcdonald said that she had a direct meeting with dominic raab and she said that the brexit secretary had come here like a thief in the night. for a "fly—by—night visit", she said, for a box—ticking exercise. more coffee shops, fewer pubs and more bookies. these are all signs of the changing face of our high streets, along with the closure of many shops. but you might not have thought about how it affects your health. the royal society for public health has analysed 70 major towns and cities,

riddle of the brexit negotiations, how to keep trade flowing across the land border with the irish republicetween northern ireland and the rest of the uk. the focus in the draft agreement has been on securing the backstop plan to guarantee there would never be checks on the land border even if the eu and ridge come up with a free—trade deal that would mean they are not necessary anyway. what that agreement contains is a backstop proposal which means that in essence northern ireland would continue to follow european rules on goods, the rules of the single market, and that means that there would have to be checks on goods coming to northern ireland from the rest of the uk, not in the other direction, that is something that has made the government's parliamentary allies the democratic unionist party unhappy and it looks like they will vote against this deal. for the moment, thank you very much, we will be back throughout the morning as well. that document will be trying —— that document, we will be looking through those 585 papers. more on brexit, including a look ahead to what happens in the

border between great britain and the irish republic. >>> a major shake-up in the israeli government.a cease fire with palestinian militants in gaza including hamas which came after days of fighting inside of the gaza strip which ignited fears ofgn an all out war. yesterday israel's defense ministerel resigned in protest that cease fire agreement labeling it a, quote, surrender to terrorism while calling for a stronger response in the latest round ofns fighting. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says hee will take or defense minister duties. it weakens netanyahu's power leaving him n with just 61 of 1 seats needed to control parliament. meanwhile, another of the prime minister'sth rivals is now also threatening to leaveis the coalition. it also increases the chances of early elections in that country which are currently scheduled for november 2019. netanyahu faces other issues including a series of corruption scandals that have led police to recommend the prime minister be indicted. >>> prosecutors in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi have announced they will seek theav death p

and therefore leaving europe and the irish republic which is remaining within the u. what have we learned about what's in this deal about the. well we still have to wait for details but what we do know is that the d u p who are propping up trees mais government northern irish party they are very very skeptical and they fear that there will be a division between northern ireland and the u.k. and they fear that there will be some sort of special status for northern ireland and they won't accept it so some more sort of deeper. deeper probing into the know the nod and border and more regulation on the no on the border between northern ireland and the u.k. something that they will not accept and they could make it very very difficult for tourism may so if mrs mary defies the odds and gets her minister actually agrees there's in this meeting that he's running over time what vent does she have to. well best would just really be the fast how to then she has to get it through parliament eventually it has to go also back to the to the e.u. there is speculation about another sum

brilliant solution, emma and stanley come up with a brilliant solution — southern ireland, the irish republica handle on immigration. what worries me is, with the current proposals, is, they don‘t indeed give us power to deal with the movement of people. staying in, for example, if we did stay in, we would absolutely have to say we‘re staying in but we are invoking all the exceptions we could possibly invoke. well, i‘m perhaps a bit of an odd fish on that because my opinion is, more people is always better, i think there‘s power in people and i like the idea of immigration and migration as a force that can be good for society. but i want to have a national discussion about immigration, i want to argue for open borders, i want to argue for borders but open and liberal borders. but i think where we might find common ground is, i don‘t know how you feel about this, but the discussion about immigration is so hostile, is so utterly hostile, that if you voice something like you‘ve just voiced, you get labelled a bigoted. bringing up what your son, borisjohnson, said, in relation to... he is rather

ireland, under the fallback arrangements to prevent border checks on the land frontier with the irish republicively be tied to the rules of the european union, which would mean the rules set for goods in northern ireland would be set in brussels and not to london or belfast. that is a red line for the dup. so the message from arlene foster will be that the brexit deal in its current form will not wash with her party. they will vote against it when it comes before the house of commons. and it is the dup who are at the sweet spot of parliamentary arithmetic. their ten mps are propping up the government. they have a deal with the conservative party to support them in key votes, but that has been strained in recent days because of their opposition to the brexit deal. so arlene foster is trying to persuade the prime minister to go back to the negotiating table and get a better deal. and we can expect her party members to be passionately in favour of that stance. climate change will cost the us hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the centrury, according to a major government report. it say

focus on a lot today is not wrecking the good friday agreement -- in other words, keeping the irish republic's border open with northern ireland. we're going to focus a lot on that nowadays today. the key thing here, though, is britain's [ inaudible ] is not going to result in candy. it's going to be giving candy to brussels, how much and what degree of bad will. we've got a very diverse range of scenarios on offer. people talk about radical uncertainty now adays in geopolitics. but the radical uncertainty in the coming weeks and months what's going to happen with brexit is really very, very acute. it's as plausible that britain crashes out in a no deal from brexit next march, theresa may having failed to secure a divorce agreement, or having succeeded and parliament having voted it down, as it is i think after last saturday's 700,000 strong march in london for a peoples vote, that there is a second referendum, and then the third ordinarily mainstream scenario that theresa may gets her deal, parliament agrees and we go to brexit on march 29th, after which the real negotiations begin. this is j

the question of how to avoid a hard border with the irish republic after brexit has become one of theome into this port from all over the world, and then they are driven all over the island of ireland, and there is no need for them to be checked at the land frontier, and the question, though, of course, is whether that will remain the case after brexit. so mr raab has been meeting business people, for whom the border issue is not an abstract political argument — it's a real—life issue, something that affects jobs and livelihoods. it's been a pretty private affair so far. no cameras were allowed into the docks while mr raab was there, leaving the local mp, chris hazzard of sinn fein, unimpressed. he accused the brexit secretary of sneaking into the constituency for a stunt. however, later this afternoon dominic raab will meet politicians at stormont, and will discuss with them the state of the brexit talks. he'll hear what they have to say. the sticking point in the negotiations at the moment is over a backstop, a kind of insurance policy which will only kick in if the border can't be

didn't relate, so all the irish fishermen can come into northern ireland but northern irish fishermen can't go to the republics a specific issue and i'm happy to look at the specific issue of the six mile water she refers to. we will become an independent coastal state, asi become an independent coastal state, as i have just become an independent coastal state, as i havejust said, and we will ensure that it is the uk negotiating on behalf the uk, for access to uk fishing waters. the people of northern ireland are at the forefront of our concerns in relation to the deal we are negotiating. the prime minister is to be commended for initiating her race disparity ordered, which showed, amongst other facts, that traveller children have the worst education and wealth and employment outcomes of almost any group. given the acute distress also caused too many settled residents by this policy, and given the support for the ten minute rule bill yesterday calling for a review across the house, would be prime minister please appoint a senior cabinet minister to undertake a complete review of this area, so we can have bett

if you like, a thin end of a wedge, to having northern ireland outlined economic claim or the irish republic ireland. what sort of defence has that made? and does that have a political significance given what is going on now? i think it has made a difference, in as certainly some money has been thrown at trying to lower waiting lists and hospitals here and so on. i don't necessarily think it has been a magic wand, we still have significant budgetary difficulties. just yesterday, it emerged that half the schools in northern ireland are running at a budget deficit. that is partly because of a lack of local government here, making financial planning very difficult. we have received about half of that £1 billion, but there is still an outstanding £570 million, which had been earmarked for various infrastructure projects, such as improving broadband in rural areas, and important road projects, sol think if that was clawed back by the treasury because they felt this confidence and supply deal had been broken, that might cause negative publicity in northern ireland. whether people would blame the d

thoseissues depends how long it takes to resolve those issues about trade across the northern irish border with the republicto when the uk could properly fully, finally leave the customs union, as was promised. then the uk could enter into broad free—trade agreements with other countries. the president has foreseen that won't happen any time soon under the latest version of the agreement that theresa may negotiated. this is not the first time he sounded this warning. he has been a vocal critic of "soft brexit". he was talking about the possibility of a hard brexit, he said it would be a clear break for the uk, it would enable free—trade agreements with more treaties. he aligned himself with brexiteers before. they will take heart from this. another instance where theresa may looks like she is without an ally. we will leave it there. thank you,. —— thank you dan. -- thank you dan. he has aligned himself with the likes of boris johnson, nigel farage. we will discuss this in further detail later in the programme. now, let's talk about happening in ukraine. it has declared martial law in part of the country aft