the picture that is becoming clear both he and all over the irish republic, even though we haven't gotote has surged. so far in the history of the eric fisher republic of the government has been dominated by two parties, fianna fail, led by the current prime minister leo varadkar —— fine gael and fianna fail, prime minister leo varadkar —— fine gaeland fianna fail, and prime minister leo varadkar —— fine gael and fianna fail, and both parties are in the political centre. but sinn fein has gradually increased its ratings in the opinion polls and according to the exit poll published at the close of polls isolate compelled for several irish media organisations, now ireland looks to be moving from being a 2—party system if you like to a three party system and the third party is sinn fein. the exit poll putting it level pegging with fianna failand fine putting it level pegging with fianna fail and fine gael, putting it level pegging with fianna failand fine gael, or putting it level pegging with fianna fail and fine gael, or three parties tied round about 20% according to that exit poll. so

this breakthrough for sinn fein is unprecedented in the irish republic. the two main parties who've dominated irish politics for a century. we need change, we need a new government. the best outcome is a government without fine gael and fianna fail so that's the first thing that i want to test. sinn fein's ultimate goal is to create a united ireland, breaking northern ireland away from british rule. its historical links to the ira caused controversy during the campaign, but the party appealed to voters with radical left—wing policies on health, housing and pensions. the surge for sinn fein has changed the landscape of irish politics and it raises new questions for the uk about the likelihood of a border poll. but it's still unclear who will form the next government. leo varadkar‘s party, fine gael, and their opponents, fianna fail, had previously said they will not form an alliance with sinn fein. it seems that we have now a three—party system, three parties all getting roughly the same number of votes, roughly the same number of seats, and that's going to

should change place in politics in northern ireland is nothing new but south of the border in the irish republic sinn fein ties to sectarian violence well they have been harder to shake until now the same thing leader mary lynn mcdonnell celebrated the result taking nearly 25 percent of the poll that put the party ahead of 2 center right parties which have dominated irish politics for a century the result leaves shin fein on the verge of government with the policy of a united ireland high on its agenda. the election has been described as a seismic and game changing here's what people in dublin had to say. perhaps insane from some sort of a government by one of those insane because the policies and we need to be changed but i think it's best to be on the switch i think we're going to be in a situation again where we're not going to be able to form a stable government in this country. i really don't know what's going to happen but things could have a backlash against you know people are already struggling to get good hazing into your kind really high rents or see a mature situation pushing you mor

this breakthrough for sinn fein is unprecedented in the irish republic. ith the two main parties who've dominated irish politics for a century. we need change, we need a new government. the best outcome is a government without fine gael and fianna fail so that's the first thing that i want to test. sinn fein's ultimate goal is to create a united ireland, breaking northern ireland away from british rule. its historical links to the ira caused controversy during the campaign, but the party appealed to voters with radical left—wing policies on health, housing and pensions. the surge for sinn fein has changed the landscape of irish politics and it raises new questions for the uk about the likelihood of a border poll. but it's still unclear who will form the next government. leo varadkar‘s party, fine gael, and their opponents, fianna fail, had previously said they will not form an alliance with sinn fein. it seems that we have now a three party system, three parties all getting roughly the same number of votes, roughly the same number of seats, and that's goin

this breakthrough for sinn fein is unprecedented in the irish republic. w on a par with the two main parties who have dominated irish politics for a century. we need change, we need a new government. the best outcome is a government without fine gael and fianna fail, so that's the first thing that i want to test. sinn fein's ultimate goal is to create a united ireland, breaking northern ireland away from british rule. its historical links to the ira caused controversy during the campaign, but the party appealed to voters with radical left—wing policies on health, housing and pensions. the surge for sinn fein has changed the landscape of irish politics, and it raises new questions for the uk about the likelihood of a border poll. but it is still unclear who will form the next government. leo varadkar‘s party, fine gael, and their opponents, fianna fail, had previously said they will not form an alliance with sinn fein. it seems that we have now a three—party system, three parties all getting roughly the same number of votes, roughly the same number of seats

process and sinn fein strongly wants both northern ireland to lead the uk and unite with the irish republiche opportunity to fix things that are broken. the mood music in this election suggests a shift is likely. a coalition will be needed to form a government that politicians will have to work in harmony after voters give their verdicts. £170 million is being invested in england's bus network. local authorities will be invited to bid to become the first town with an all—electric bus fleet, and there'll be money to restore services which have been cut. our transport correspondent, tom burridge, reports. buses in london have been a big success. they're heavily subsidised, and the mayor decides which routes and sets fares. but in the rest of england, council funding for buses has fallen by more than a0% over the past decade. today, a move by government to buck that trend. there will be more money for super bus networks. one is already in place in cornwall, where a mix of lower fares, frequent services and lots of bus lanes has driven success. campaigners who have called for more funding for y

so all in all, as you say, a very significant, very historic even shift in politics in the irish republicill in a state of denial. they're still not listening to what the people have said and i want us to have a government for the people. i want us to have, ideally, a government with no fianna fail or no fine gael in it. i have started the contact with other parties to explore, over the next days, whether or not that is a possibility. so mary lou mcdonald, the president of sinn fein, definitely a great day for her and her party. in the last hour or so, we've also heard from the man who currently occupies the prime minister's office, as i say, leo varadkar of fine gael. and he has once again, as he did numerous times during the election campaign, ruled out any prospect of going into coalition with sinn fein. it seems that we have now a three—party system, three parties all getting roughly the same number of votes, roughly the same number of seats, and that is going to make forming a government quite difficult. indeed, it's not even clear yet whether any the two parties together will have e

process and sinn fein strongly wants both northern ireland to lead the uk and unite with the irish republiche opportunity to fix things that are broken. the mood music in this election suggests a shift is likely. a coalition will be needed to form a government that politicians will have to work in harmony after vote rs will have to work in harmony after voters give their verdicts. here's our briefing on some of the key events happening later on thursday. we start in brussels, where christine lagarde, president of the european central bank, will appear before a committee of the eu parliament. it's the first such appearance since britain exited from the european union. only an hour or so later, crew members from the international space station are due to touch down in kazakhstan. among them will be nasa astronaut christina koch, among them will be nasa who has just completed the longest ever single space—flight by a woman. later on in new york, president trump's special adviser, and son—in—law, jared kushner will present his middle east peace plan to the un security council. the proposals hav

about the irish border true an international agreement signed between united kingdom and the irish republic have any more than there on the terrorism a it was there under boris johnson in his negotiations with the you and of course varadkar took a close interest in those negotiations well the obligations under the good friday agreement are there under every prime minister unless u.k. wants to revoke the international agreement to resume negotiated a person breaks it deal they did not include a line down the irish sea where as well as johnson did now yes facing aligned a border down the irish sea yes but in trees amazing agreement with europe there was to be no border between the republic of ireland no our border crete republic of ireland and not an armed there and as a thank you. thank you. that's over the show will be. globally at the same times but a lot to u.k. the new times of 830403830 g.m.t. until they get social media don't forget to subscribe. as the election cycle rages on the media highlights or even invent what they deem to be important even radical what they don't tell you is ho

about the irish border true an international agreement signed between united kingdom and the irish republic you haven't heard them there on the terrorism a it was there under boris johnson in his negotiations with the e.u. and of course. took a close interest in those negotiations well the obligations under the good friday agreement are there under every prime minister on less u.k. wants to revoke that international agreement to resume negotiated a post breaks it deal that did not include a line down the irish sea where as well as johnson did now brooke yes facing aligned a border down the irish sea yes but in trees amazing agreement with europe there was to be no border between the republic of ireland no our border crete republic of ireland i'm not an ardent there and as a thank you. thank you. that's over the show will be back of the table gusting globally at the same times but a lot to you kate on new times of 83423830 g.m.t. until they get judged by such media don't forget to subscribe to your. we know in psychology that the more people are told that they can't or shouldn't do something

started out in academia fame we're a pariah party they were polling less than 2 percent in the irish republic and they had a vote in the north but it was always a minority vote even amongst the national population things have changed and changed utterly should faine is now the the most popular party on the on the violent shift they will be producing a prospectus for irish unification as a consequence of its position electorally and all of the parties are going to have to respond to what should faine wants in terms of our huge occasion even if they don't welcome the prospect of unification themselves so we should face setting the agenda on the on the violent for the next few years professor john tong university of liverpool thank you very much indeed pleasure. the new ideas government when formed will have huge implications for the politics of the norse join us after the big win we continue our discussions on the future of irish politics. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic developments only i'm

so all in all, as you say, a very significant, very historic even shift in politics in the irish republic gael are still ina fianna fail and fine gael are still in a state of denial and there are still not listening to what the people have said. i want us to have a government for the people. i want us a government for the people. i want us to have, ideally, with no fianna fail or no fine gael in it. i have started the contact with other parties to explore, over the next days, whether or not that is a possibility. so mary lou mcdonald, the president of sinn fein, definitely a great day for her and her party in the last hour or so, we've also heard from the man who currently occupies the prime minister's office, as i say, leo varadkar of fine gael. and he has once again, as he did numerous times during the election campaign, ruled out any prospect of going into coalition with sinn fein. it seems that we have now a three party system, three parties, all getting roughly the same number of votes, roughly the same number of seats. and that is going to make forming a government quite difficult.

between northern ireland in the irish republic but it's unclear how a northern island can stay in the u.k.'s customs territory while applying e.u. rules on its agricultural manufactured products. all right let's turn away bring in our guests in belfast we have david finn him or he's a professor of european politics at queen's university belfast in london catherine mcbride senior economist at the international trade and competition unit at the institute of economic and fares and joining us from stockholm in sweden will survive skype call built former swedish prime minister and now a co-chair of the european council on foreign relations welcome all to the program you know we've been through this all so many times but this time it is real so i'm going to start by asking you 1st of all what your general assessment is of where we're at and 1st up katherine mcbride is the daughter of a bright new era as boris johnson would have it or one of forgotten gloom what do you reckon oh it's definitely the dawn of a bright new era that's for sure however it's it's going to be a long bill on if we do

a very significant and historic shift in politics in the irish republic.ill not listening to what the people have said, and i think, i want us to have a government for the people. i want us to have, ideally, a government with no fina gael in it. i started that contact with other parties to explore over the next days whether that is a possibility. so that is the president of sinn fein, definitely a great day for her and her party. the last hour or so we have heard from the man who currently occupies the prime minister's office, leo of fina gael and as he did numerous times during the election campaign he has ruled out any prospect of going into coalition with sinn fein. it seems that we have now a three party system, three parties are getting roughly the same number of votes and same numberof roughly the same number of votes and same number of seats and that's going to make for forming a government quite difficult and it's not clear yet whether any of the two parties together will have enough to form a majority and i think we will have to count the votes an

part of the devolved government across the irish border is now a majorforce in politics in the irish republic both in the political centre, fine gael led by prime minister leo varadkarand fine gael led by prime minister leo varadkar and fianna fail led fine gael led by prime minister leo varadkarand fianna fail led by fine gael led by prime minister leo varadkar and fianna fail led by the man who really throughout the campaign had been favourite to succeed leo varadkar, that is micheal martin. sinn fein leader mary lou mcdonald arrived at the centre in dublin in the last hour and she said they had convinced voters they were a vehicle for change. they presented themselves as offering a strongly left—wing alternative to fianna fail and fine gael alternative to fianna fail and fine gael, and that had paid off. they may even be on course to be receiving the largest number of first preference votes in the country. although that might not translate into them having the largest number of seats, given that this is a complex count system involving proportional representation. now the coalition calcula

process and sinn fein strongly wants both northern ireland to lead the uk and unite with the irish republic coalition will be needed to form a government that politicians will have to work in harmony after voters give their verdicts. let me show you some pictures both a capsule which has landed carrying a crew of three from the international space station and it includes christina koch, a record—setting us astronaut landing in kazakhstan. she has now broken the record for the longest continuous stay in space by a woman. 328 days in space. extraordinary. they touched down in a snow—covered steppe in kazakhstan along with the other astronauts. 328 days, record—breaking mission. they launched into orbit last march and the mission was extended after the original span of six months. i can't imagine what it must have been like to finally come down to earth. she looks very happy. congratulations to that team. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon. good morning. we've got some wild weather on its way for the weekend, storm ciara is going to move in. more details and a second. today it

the authorities here are working with counterparts in the irish republic to try to find out who the woman a week tomorrow has been cancelled. thank you, chris page in belfast. there was a record four principal in the dowjones in the us yesterday, so we are keeping an ion the ftse, nina will have the latest after 8:30am. thousands of people are expected to visit bristol later this morning tojoin a climate change protest attended by teenage activist greta thunberg. but police are warning that the size of the event has grown so large that they're worried routine safety measures will no longer be adequate. the young campaigners behind the event though say they have worked tirelessly to create a safe protest for all those who attend. teams of behaviour experts will be sent into struggling schools in england and wales, in an attempt to improve standards. it's hoped that stricter discipline will lead to improved academic results. in the last half hour the schools minister nick gibb explained to us how it would work. we are identifying the very best schools in terms of behaviour policy and then s

final results from the irish republic's general election show that sinn fein have only narrowly missedfianna fail, while fine gael have 35. the sinn fein president, mary lou mcdonald, says she is talking to other left—wing parties about a coalition, as she believes she should become the new prime minister: now it's time for a look at the weather. no sooner have we finished talking about skier that there is a new storm on the block. storm gen x has now been named by the met office —— storm dennis has now been named by the met office. we will expect snow on southern uplands and blizzard —like conditions into the evening rush hour. it is certainly very brisk wherever you are across the country, even when you have the drier brighter weather towards the south and there is a loss of wind into day's temperatures to come highs of up to 12 celsius. it is a slightly quieter day of weather tomorrow morning, some snow across the highlands and perhaps the pennines as well, then in the south—west of england there will be some showers moving across south wales and perhaps the midlands too. quieter to

what is clear is that there has been a big shift in politics here in the irish republic. ahead of the two parties who have dominated the government here for almost a century, fianna fail on 2296 for almost a century, fianna fail on 22% and fine gael, led by the current prime minister, leo varadkar, on 21%. so the question is, cana varadkar, on 21%. so the question is, can a collision be formed? both fine gael and fianna fail ruled out going into government with sinn fein during the campaign. fine gael says it is sticking to that position but last night fianna fail said it is not ruling it out. thank if you for your analysis, and we will be sticking —— staying across that story. across the country storm ciara has brought severe gales and flooding. wind speeds of 97 miles per hour have been recorded in the needles in the isle of wight. across the uk, hundreds of flights were grounded, motorways and main roads shut, and trains cancelled — with threats of further disruption today. at the peak of the storm 675,000 homes were left without power — engineers are currently working

irish unity. fethey would like a ndum on whether the republic of ireland and northern ireland should be united the conflict in northern ireland should favor the political wing of the paramilitary group the ira f whichought for a united ireland. during the campaign, both ofhe other parties focused on those links with the ira. eyrgued that this made sinn fein unae to be a party power. >> i made my position very clear during the election campaign. >> but fine gael's leader isn't so categorical. >> for any government to exi b, there has -- one's position and principal does not chan overnight. the irish times economist mullally in dublin. >> ts has been in historic and unique election. we are in uncharted waters with regard to the kind of balance of por that sinn fein holds going into any kind of government negotiations. mary mcdonald was iniabally talking t reaching out to left-wing parties to see if they can form a coalition. the numbers don'tr look very clr that. whether the rivals we don't real between them will fall. orov whether the outnment and this government will go together or whether no gove

republic of ireland. sinn fein has become the second biggest party in the irish parliament with 37 seats, one behind fianna minister leo varadkar, came third. the numbers are so tight they will almost certainly mean lengthy negotiations to form a government. the turkish military is saying it's struck more than a hundred syrian government targets, in response to an attack on turkish troops in the syrian province of idlib, which killed five. the syrian army is attacking rebel and jihadist fighters there. president trump has published his election—year budget proposals. his $4.8 trillion wish list envisages big increases in military spending and deep cuts to social, health, and environmental programmes. the senior democrat, nancy pelosi, claimed the budget showed how little the president valued the wellbeing of hardworking american families. pete buttigieg and bernie sanders have both requested a partial review of results from the democratic party's caucus in iowa. the former mayor of south bend indiana narrowly beat senator sanders in a chaotic contest beset by technical problems, which delayed the result fo

irish unity. it wants a referendum on whether the republic of ireland and northern ireland should be united, and itng the conflict in northern ireland, sinn fein was regarded as the political wing of the main republican paramilitary group, the ira, which fought for a united ireland. sinn fein always emphasises its role in the peace process, but during the campaign both of the other two main parties focused on its links with the ira, they argued this made sinn fein unsuitable to be a party in power, and said they wouldn't consider a coalition with sinn fein. and for the moment, leo varadkar‘s not budging. i made my decision and i made it very clear. we won the votes that we wa nt very clear. we won the votes that we want on that basis. we won the votes that we want on that basis. but fine gail's leader isn't being so categorical. there has been complete compatibility in the government. once policies in prayer doesn't change overnight. let's get more analysis from the irish times columnist, una mullally in dublin. this has been a seismic historic unique, incomparable election. we are now in uncharted

north and that fundamentally changes the outlook on irish politics both north and south of the border i think to the political system in the republic it's been a huge shock. i think it's delayed it merely political journalist just because it's so interesting and it kind of so overturns most of the expected outcomes that were predicted at the beginning but 1st to to your tweets emails and messages are now well received show on the topic of the coronavirus more have says this time you covered is sensitive topic it occupies a kind of public opinion of course we all worry about the spread of this school pandemic i hope scientists research find a suitable vaccine as soon as possible thanks for this interesting episode gary says pretty sure a lesson over the next 2 weeks in china if the figures are correct jill says my mother nearly died of flu in 1957 and a sponsor to which margaret says i was 9 years old when i was extremely ill with the asian flu my mother phoned me unconscious in bed have had the flu see times and each time still very ill susan says excellent informative presentation thank you and finally and says great show as alway

irish sea has confirmed that there will be checks, inspections and some new infrastructure for trade, and it wants to know what the uk government will pay for. the plans will affect both trade with the republick between great britain and northern ireland, as a result of brexit. stena line said that its working assumption is that new checks will be carried out in british ports. 0ur economics editor faisal islam sat down with stena lines chief people and communications officer ian hampton. it does mean a change but i don't think these changes should be viewed to offensively because just like any trading relationship there needs to be checks. the complication in the irish sea is where they put the border. it is now physically a sea border rather than a land border. so just to clarify, there will be new procedures and checks not just there will be new procedures and checks notjust between the united kingdom and the republic but also great britain and northern ireland ? but also great britain and northern ireland? yes, that is as it sits, but let's be future focused. these only come in after the transition period so the 31 january date is just a date. formally when we leave the eu but with the tr

irish politics in this election. this is because sinn fein is performing extremely strongly. until this point in the republicthe current coach mike leo varadkar and fianna fail led by the man he was thought to for most of the campaign be his main challenge, micheal martin. but it looks like the surgeon martin. but it looks like the surgeon as sinn fein vote which was predicted in the exit poll has materialised. in leo varadkar‘s constituency in dublin, it looks like mccarty himself will not top the poll, although he will hold onto his seat, but the poll topper will be sinn fein candidate. so right across the country, we are seeing sinn fein taking ground. sinn fein themselves didn't expect to do quite so themselves didn't expect to do quite so well. that means that they have run so well. that means that they have ru n fewer so well. that means that they have run fewer candidates than their rivals. just 42 across 39 constituencies. so even if they come out on top in the number of first preference votes, this is a pr election, so people rate their candidates in numerical preference, evenif candidates in numeri

irish sea and the fairies. the biggest operator of ferries is spent online. they have been talking about extra checks notjust between great britain and the republic of ireland but stena line. —— here isa he was a boss at stena line. —— here is a boss. our final quarter of this year, i would say, is vital to us. if we know by then we don't have a trade deal and we have to default to let's say maximum checks as a hypothesis, then temporary infrastructure can be brought into play. what are we talking about? well, you need to have the space to do the necessary checks. you need to be able to house necessary officials from governments to carry out and perform their role to protect the border, which is important. it's an obligation, you could say, of being a port owner to the state. we still don't know the extent of these types of checks when the new arrangements come into force at the end of the year, but it is clear, if a deal was to be done, it could be less, and if technology was available it could be less. for now, these operators are planning on the basis that they will happen and they will happen on the british side of the irish sea. china has now confirmed mor

irish general election as an exit poll puts the three main political parties level pegging. there could be a major shift in the poltical a landscape a major shift landscape of the republic of irelandion. an exit poll suggests there's now a three—way tie between all the main parties, including prime minister leo va radka r‘s fine gael. here's our ireland correspondent emma va rdy: before today, irish politics was dominated by two main parties, but now sinn fein, the staunch irish republican party whose ultimate goal isa republican party whose ultimate goal is a united ireland, have surged forward. that is now this tight three—way race. who actually form the next government will be decided by coalition negotiations. fine gael and fianna fail have previously said they would not going into coalition with sinn fein, a party with historical links to the ira. they will now be under pressure to reconsider. sinn fein, meanwhile, they are triumphant with their success , they are triumphant with their success, their president mary lou mcdonald arrived here earlier to huge cheers, colin is a revelation at the ballot box. there is success —— calling it a revelation. it is likely they will push

unchecked and so if if the irish don't do it then of course people on the continent will and so there will be a border between island and other and and that i tell you that the republic of ireland is very much pride about the integrity of the single market and doesn't want to be excluded from the single market and believe me and this is the calculus that many british are just ignoring is that yes heartbreaks it will be damaging for you $27.00 it would be even more for the u.k. but that is not a problem it would. actually probably 27 will be in parliament this failed time again to connect to ordinary people bricks it is proof of and you know i don't think bricks it is proof of that we don't you know that the analysis on what breaks it really means is still out because i think you know the reasons why people voted for bricks that are maybe very much connected to the reasons why american people voted for trump and incidentally to turn out if you're in because america really likes their freedom you can maybe you can hear me out the american turnout at the american elections is not very high either but it's clear that people are facing a choice of the kind of world they w

and irish government on this kind of issue said he didn't anticipate that happening in this next parliament. but he said a variety of factors involving brexit, the changing economy here in the republice other factors as well make it more likely that in the next ten years, by 2030 we could see a peaceful transition to a unified island >> that would certainly be something. thank you for bringing that color from dublin. >>> just a reminder. you can follow us on twitter @streetsignscnbc if you want to get involved in the conversations we've been having and you can also tweet us directly. >>> stay with us history has been made at the oscars stay tuned to find out which film is the first of its kind at this year's academy awards ♪ (sensei) beautiful. but support the leg! when i started cobra kai, the lack of control over my business made me a little intense. but now i practice a different philosophy. quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. and now i'm back on top... with koala kai. hey! more mercy. (vo) save over 40 hours a month with intuit quickbooks. the easy way to a happier business. ♪ here's a razor that works differently. the gillette skinguard it has a gua