but there was no equivalent calculation for loyalists and checks in the irish sea.llowed. the protocol has betrayed us and has made us feel like foreigners in our own country. tea and sympathy will not cut the mustard. we've also seen violence in loyalist areas. this was belfast in april. this was connected to upset over the handling of a large republican funeral last year, and that's connected to a broader perception that loyalists are not being treated fairly. for his part, borisjohnson expressed concern at the violence and he's called the checks in the irish sea unnecessary, describing what's happening this way. we're getting the barnacles off the thing, and there have been, and sandpapering it into shape. this is the prime minister arguing to sandpaper into shape the checks that he agreed to. in fact, the uk has now delayed some of these checks and is accused by the eu of breaking international law. all of which highlights that how to be outside the eu and to avoid border checks remains a problem that's hard to sandpaper away. and so, not for the first time, bel

the and checks in the irish sea, and anger has followed.. the protocol has made us feel like _ anger has followed. the protocol has made us feel like foreigners - anger has followed. the protocol has made us feel like foreigners in - anger has followed. the protocol has made us feel like foreigners in our. made us feel like foreigners in our own country. tea and sympathy will not cut the mustard. we own country. tea and sympathy will not cut the mustard.— not cut the mustard. we have also seen violence _ not cut the mustard. we have also seen violence in _ not cut the mustard. we have also seen violence in loyalist _ not cut the mustard. we have also seen violence in loyalist areas, - seen violence in loyalist areas, this was belfast in april. this was connected to upset over the handling of a large republican funeral last year which is connected to a broader perception that loyalists are not being treated fairly. borisjohnson expressed concern and has called the checks in the irish sea unnecessary, describing what is happening this way. we

after walking back to the coast, they'll cross the irish sea to northern ireland, where they'll tacklehighlands of scotland. there, they'll climb ben nevis. the irish sea has a lot of challenges. it's got shipping lanes. it can be horrendously tidal and choppy. so we have everything crossed for a high—pressure system and a gentle crossing, but we're not under any illusions. the pair will be raising money for the mental health charity mind. me being a former marine, a veteran of the marines, some lads who leave struggle a lot with mental health, including myself. so, when ijoined the forces, the forces was my family. and then to go from that to civilian life is a bit of a shock. it's hard, really, to find that purpose, of where you stand in civilian life and what gets you up in the morning. ijust want people to be able to talk about it, the benefits of being outside and pushing yourselves physically, and the benefits that can have on mental health. you are really going to be pushing yourself physically, aren't you? yes, i think we are! we are definitely going to be pushing ourselves phy

the irish sea has a lot of challenges. it's got shipping lanes.system and a gentle crossing, but we're not under any illusions. the pair will be raising money for the mental health charity mind. me being a former marine, a veteran of the marines, some lads who leave struggle a lot with mental health, including myself. so when ijoined the forces, the forces was my family. and then to go from that to civilian life is a bit of a shock. it's hard, really, to find that purpose, of where you stand in civilian life and what gets you up in the morning. ijust want people to be able to talk about it, the benefits of being outside and pushing yourselves physically, and the benefits that can have on mental health. you are really going to be pushing yourself physically, aren't you? yes, i think we are! we are definitely going to be pushing ourselves physically, and, you know, we're probably talking 16, 17 hours rowing a day. they'll set off on their challenge onjune the 3rd. is it going to challenge your friendship, do you think? we had a couple of hairy momen

i think they should get rid of the irish sea border. can they, though?moment we've got the worst of both worlds, we are cut off from ireland, we are cut off from england to a degree. you won't get rid of that protocol, _ not in a month of sundays. so we can't get rid i of it, we can't stop it. so you don't think the tough talk isn't realistic? they know they can't win that. in a break from tradition, while edwin poots will lead the party, it's understood he won't take on the role of first minister, and it's not yet clear who that will go to. 50 years ago my father helped form this party... many unionists feel their british identity has been weakened by the brexit arrangements. edwin poots will be hoping he's the man to strengthen northern ireland's place in the uk. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. now on bbc news: nigeria's pensions system is in a mess. it leaves some elderly people penniless after decades of hard work, but it grants some politicians generous retirement packages. you work hard, behave responsibly, save into a pension seem and have a happy

the irish sea has a lot of challenges. it�*s got shipping lanes.ir will be raising money for the mental health charity mind. me being a former marine, a veteran of the marines, some lads who leave struggle a lot with mental health, including myself. so when ijoined the forces, the forces was my family. and then to go from that to civilian life is a bit of a shock. it's hard, really, to find that purpose, of where you stand in civilian life and what gets you up in the morning. i just want people to be able to talk about it, the benefits of being outside and pushing yourselves physically, and the benefits that can have on mental health. you are really going to be pushing yourself physically, aren�*t you? yes, i think we are! we are definitely going to be pushing ourselves physically, and, you know, we�*re probably talking 16 or 17 hours rowing a day. they will set off on their challenge onjune 3rd. is it going to challenge yourfriendship, do you think? we had a couple of hairy moments on the training row last weekend and we got through that and said

in fact we could see gusts of wind 60 miles an hour plus across exposed coasts, through the irish seaales, now temperatures, a little subdued for this time of year, 8—13 widely, we might see 15 where we get some brightness in the south—east. the low pressure is not really going very far very fast. it drifts steadily eastwards and the emphasis is stronger winds shifts that bit further south into tomorrow, so yes, we still have a gale force gusts along the welsh coast but also through the bristol channel and also through the bristol channel and also through the bristol channel and also through the english channel as well. 50-60 through the english channel as well. 50—60 miles an hour gusts of wind, very unusualfor this 50—60 miles an hour gusts of wind, very unusual for this time of year and a strong wind will push bands of showery rain from time to time across the country. a really messy story, i'm afraid, on friday. slowly brightening up into northern ireland and west facing coasts of scotland but the temperatures are really going to be quite disappointing for this time of year and on

i think they should get rid of the irish sea border. can they, though?are cut off from ireland, we are cut off from england to a degree. you won't get rid of that protocol, not in the month of sundays. so we can't get rid of it, we can't stop it. so you don't think the tough talk isn't realistic? they know they can't win that. in a break from tradition, while edwin poots will lead the party, it's understood he won't take on the role of first minister and it's not yet clear who that will go to. 50 years ago my father helped form this party... many unionists feel their british identity has been weakened by the brexit arrangements. edwin poots will be hoping he's the man to strengthen northern ireland's place in the uk. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. let's take a look at some of today's other news. the serious fraud office is investigating the business empire of the owner of liberty steel, sanjeev gupta. his steel company employs around 5,000 people across the uk with sites in rotherham, motherwell and newport. the probe is into suspected money laundering a

tomorrow, wintry showers will move them toward scotland, more showers for northern ireland, over the irish seasouth—east of england in the afternoon. there won't be too many shares in the south—west of england and the showers may ease in wales. some heavy, thundery ones with hale heading across the midlands towards the south—east, perhaps east anglia. reifer northern england, may be a bit drier in the north—east of scotland, showers moving down towards the central belt and south—east of the country. and it's a northerly wind, not as windy on wednesday, but temperatures may be 10 degrees in glasgow, 12 in london. below parfor the time 10 degrees in glasgow, 12 in london. below par for the time of year. winds tend to ease down further for many as we head into thursday, the weather front heading in from the atlantic, bringing more cloud into southern england for a while, perhaps some rain, more likely through the english channel, then some sunshine and showers, more frequent, heavy, blustery showers blown in across scotland, perhaps northern ireland, northern england could be a bit wintry of the

the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gustingse some disruption. 0ur temperatures still very unremarkable for the time of year, at least a couple of degrees below where we'd expect to see them. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday. perhaps a little bit drier towards the far south and to the far north, but overall, plenty of showers still set to swirl around that low. and the biggest headache yet again will be the winds. very strong gusts across southern britain on friday. and still our temperatures, well, we're barely scraping into the mid—teens. for the weekend, it looks like things will become somewhat quieter, certainly on saturday, perhaps some dry weather towards the west. yet more showers, though, on sunday. this is bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: new york's attorney general says its investigation of a donald trump company is now a criminal inquiry. israel's prime minister warns the operation against hamas in gaza will take as long as

i think they should get rid of the irish sea border. can they, though?e cut off from ireland, and we're cut off from england to a degree, so... to be honest, you won't get rid of that protocol, not in a month of sundays. so, say, listen, we can't get rid of it, we can't stop it. so, you don't think the tough talk is realistic? they know they can't win that, but they want to get more votes. many unionists feel their british identity has been weakened by the new brexit arrangements. edwin poots will be hoping he's the man to strengthen northern ireland's place in the uk. emma vardy, bbc news. more on face maskes, and here in the uk, hundreds of women may have wrongly been made to wear a face mask during childbirth, a leading charity has warned. research shared exclusively with bbc news, found 160 mothers, out of more than 900 who gave birth last december, said they were made to wear a mask during labour. guidance published by the royal college of midwives says expectant women shouldn t have to wear any form of facial covering during labour because of the r

but there was no equivalent calculation for loyalists and checks in the irish sea. port is centre stage. this, after all, is the city that built the titanic — something its creators thought was unsinkable. and back in 2018, as borisjohnson warned of getting the wrong type of brexit, he turned to that story. the titanic springs to mind. applause and now is the time to point out the iceberg ahead. now, though, borisjohnson believes with brexit here, the uk can sail on, its peace protected, greater prosperity to come. but for some, his titanic warning still stands. they see a brexit for northern ireland that isn't as promised, where the risk is greater than its creators realise. what's certain is that how brexit works for northern ireland is still being contested. next, we turn to trade, because it was at the heart of what brexiteers promised the uk. i genuinely believe our future will so much brighter if we vote leave and take back control of our trade. the vote leave website told us that... and if that was vote leave, their opponents had predictions too. the economic

hand that boris johnson has pulled off when it comes to the border right down the middle of the irish sea because he managed to kind of sneak in under the wire because everyone was thinking about covert a few months ago and they're angry because they see that as them being cattle or corralled into a much closer relationship with dublin than it could ever be with london. that's true and that's a common theme in amongst loyalists among unionists of this fear of betrayal from london and it's a theme that has been there for for decades but you must remember that unionism or at least the majority of unionists campaigned for greggs that so you know there had to be a border somewhere as a result of leaving the single market in the customs union the e.u. had made it clear that it couldn't be on the island of ireland and johnson accepted this as part of negotiations and indeed that's why we have the the border now down the irish sea but northern arm has always been different norden and has always been an arena of conflict it was built on essentially a gerrymander in the 1920 s. a subversion of the

the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gustingthem. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday. perhaps a little bit drier towards the far south and to the far north, but overall, plenty of showers still set to swirl around that low. and the biggest headache yet again will be the winds. very strong gusts across southern britain on friday. and still our temperatures, well, we're barely scraping into the mid—teens. for the weekend, it looks like things will become somewhat quieter, certainly on saturday, perhaps some dry weather towards the west. yet more showers, though, on sunday. sunday and see where we end up, if it's in the champions league then amazing, if this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. three palestinians have been killed and many others injured in clashes between protesters and the israeli security forces in the occupied west bank. israel's prime minister repeats his warning that the operation again

after walking back to the coast they'll cross the irish sea to northern ireland, wherte they'll tacklehe benefits of being outside and pushing yourselves physically, and the benefits that can have on mental health. you are really going to be pushing yourself physically, aren't you? yes, i think we are! we are definitely going to be pushing ourselves physically, and, you know, we're probably talking 16 or 17 hours rowing a day. they will set off on their challenge onjune 3rd. is it going to challenge yourfriendship, do you think? we had a couple of hairy moments on the training row last weekend and we got through that and said to ourselves, there's no—one we would rather be in a boat with. alison freeman, bbc news. 16 or 17 hours rowing a day and that is without all the walking and climbing. you're watching bbc breakfast. coming up in the next half hour: we'll meet the model maker who's been dubbed the michelangelo of middlesbrough — after he built this replica of the old town in his bedroom. and if you're wondering — he now sleeps on a camp bed in his kitchen. hello, this is breakfast

the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gustingur temperatures still very unremarkable for the time of year, at least a couple of degrees below where we'd expect to see them. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday. perhaps a little bit drier towards the far south and to the far north, but overall, plenty of showers still set to swirl around that low. and the biggest headache yet again will be the winds. very strong gusts across southern britain on friday. and still our temperatures, well, we're barely scraping into the mid—teens. for the weekend, it looks like things will become somewhat quieter, certainly on saturday, perhaps some dry weather towards the west. yet more showers, though, on sunday. this is bbc news. the headlines — france has called for a un security council resolution on the violence between israel and palestinian militants. the body has held its third meeting in a week, but the united states is still holding back, claiming a "public prono

showers for northern scotland, not many elsewhere, showers affecting northern ireland, over the irish seanto wales, pushing into the midlands and the south—east of england. sunshine elsewhere and a fuchsia was too the temperature is disappointing, up to 11 or 12 at the very best —— and a few showers. the win sees overnight into thursday, we have a little runner coming from the atlantic bringing more cloud into the far south of england and wales. some rain, mainly through the english channel, sunshine and showers, but fairly frequent showers, but fairly frequent showers, across scotland and the north of england, wintry over the highest ground. 7 degrees at newcastle, 13 perhaps in cardiff with the sunshine. into friday, a cold start, may be more foster rants, cloud bubbling up, the charity developing but it will be a dry day fortnightly and a bit milder —— the shower developing. 1a or 15 degrees at best. into the beginning of next week we have another area of low pressure bringing rain on saturday to many parts of the winds will be more from the south, which could bring much—needed warmer

the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gustingisruption. 0ur temperatures still very unremarkable for the time of year, at least a couple of degrees below where we'd expect to see them. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday. perhaps a little bit drier towards the far south and to the far north, but overall, plenty of showers still set to swirl around that low. and the biggest headache yet again will be the winds. very strong gusts across southern britain on friday. and still our temperatures, well, we're barely scraping into the mid—teens. for the weekend, it looks like things will become somewhat quieter, certainly on saturday, perhaps some dry weather towards the west. yet more showers, though, on sunday. this is bbc news. the headlines — clashes have taken place between palestinian protesters and israeli security forces in the west bank town of bethlehem. the demonstrators were supporting a general strike amid the ongoing battle between israel and mil

the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gustingwe�*d expect to see them. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday. perhaps a little bit drier towards the far south and to the far north, but overall, plenty of showers still set to swirl around that low. and the biggest headache yet again will be the winds. and still our temperatures, well, we�*re barely scraping into the mid—teens. for the weekend, it looks like things will become somewhat quieter, certainly on saturday, perhaps some dry weather towards the west. yet more showers, though, on sunday. this is bbc news, the headlines: the new york state attorney has said it has told the trump organisation that its investigation of a company run by donald trump is now a criminal probe, not purely a civil one. israeli air strikes on gaza and rocket fire by palestinian militants towards southern israel have continued after a day of protests in the occupied west bank. in new york, the latest meeting of the un securi

trade border in the irish sea separating the u.k. mainland from the island protestants fear alienation the government here in dublin sees are as unity as a distant prospect officially at least could it happen sooner rather than later well there's a growing body of opinion that it could do you will never solve the problems of northern ireland by violence the good friday peace agreement recognise something that fighting couldn't achieve a referendum on irish unity dependent on catholics becoming a majority that's likely to be confirmed that a new u.k. census then brit. and besides if there is a referendum this is the birthplace of irish democracy and there's another factor briggs it took northern ireland against its will out of the european union so for a lot of center middle ground people a united ireland is the only route back to the european union and the advantages which they enjoyed as european union citizens and many young people in the south support reunification and what their leaders to put more emphasis on the cheating and i

the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gustinge of year, at least a couple of degrees below where we'd expect to see them. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday. perhaps a little bit drier towards the far south and to the far north, but overall, plenty of showers still set to swirl around that low. and the biggest headache yet again will be the winds. very strong gusts across southern britain on friday. and still our temperatures, well, we're barely scraping into the mid—teens. for the weekend, it looks like things will become somewhat quieter, certainly on saturday, perhaps some dry weather towards the west. yet more showers, though, on sunday. welcome to bbc news, i'm david eades. our top stories: israel's prime minister warns the operation against hamas in gaza will take as long as needed to restore calm. at the un, france pushes for a resolution but washington says it wants to pursue talks behind the scenes. the prime minister of spain vows to restor

coast, parts _ morning through the irish sea coast, parts of— morning through the irish sea coastlated showers for the likes of northumberland down to norfolk — likes of northumberland down to norfolk. in this and you top temperatures get up to around 18 or 19 degrees— temperatures get up to around 18 or 19 degrees for some, but cooler across— 19 degrees for some, but cooler across parts of scotland, particularly aberdeen, with cloudy skies. _ particularly aberdeen, with cloudy skies, only about 13. in the evening, _ skies, only about 13. in the evening, one or two showers in the east tending to linger but they will fade and _ east tending to linger but they will fade and it will become drier to the west was— fade and it will become drier to the west was not perhaps a bit of drizzle — west was not perhaps a bit of drizzle left by the time we get a saturday — drizzle left by the time we get a saturday morning. under the cloud in the west— saturday morning. under the cloud in the west temperatures around ten or 11 the west temperatures around ten or ii degrees, _ the west temperatur

the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gusting temperatures still very unremarkable for the time of year, at least a couple of degrees below where we'd expect to see them. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday. perhaps a little bit drier towards the far south and to the far north, but overall, plenty of showers still set to swirl around that low. and the biggest headache yet again will be the winds. very strong gusts across southern britain on friday. and still our temperatures, well, we're barely scraping into the mid—teens. for the weekend, it looks like things will become somewhat quieter, certainly on saturday, perhaps some dry weather towards the west. yet more showers, though, on sunday. this is bbc news. i'm david eades with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. israel's prime minister warns the operation in gaza will take as long as needed to restore calm. at the un, france pushes for a resolution, but washington says i

the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gustingfor the time of year, at least a couple of degrees below where we'd expect to see them. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday. perhaps a little bit drier towards the far south and to the far north, but overall, plenty of showers still set to swirl around that low. and the biggest headache yet again will be the winds. very strong gusts across southern britain on friday. and still our temperatures, well, we're barely scraping into the mid—teens. for the weekend, it looks like things will become somewhat quieter, certainly on saturday, perhaps some dry weather towards the west. yet more showers, though, on sunday. welcome to bbc news, i'm david eades, ourtop stories: israel's prime minister warns the operation against hamas in gaza will take as long as needed to restore calm. at the un, france pushes for a resolution but washington says it wants to pursue talks behind the scenes. the international energy agency

one or 2 shall close western parts there into the the irish sea with these showers will get squeezed out of the way by our area of high pressure. and it looks like a pretty good thank holiday weekend here actually with warmer weather to come see move into next week. so fantastic news. there will be some showers, danica, southern parts of france, northern areas of spain, looking good for the football in portugal. unstable. seem fine and dry weather into central parts by the state, but a few showers over towards austria and the wet weather continuing a little further east across the maddest fine and tri, warm and sunny that warm, stretched across northern parts of africa and the showers the season she was now doing quite nicely for west africa sponsored pay cut on airways. be part of the debate itself defeated and closing in the us or in the u. k. because it will just come back again when no topic is off the table. what we wanted to talk about where the man was white, man touching a dream, where a global audience become a global community. jumping to the comment section and part of the

spearheaded bricks it was johnson that created the idea of a de facto border down the middle of the irish sea making people in northern ireland unionists and loyalists feel they're being treated differently to the rest of the united kingdom so important for blinken to acknowledge this key adverse rebook perhaps also we can read a little bit more into that comment as well so this is sort of a lead in to the main event if you like which is the g 7 meeting just tell us a little bit that the fact that well actually they're meeting in person. they are and who would have thought to the sight of lots of men in grey suits an entire grey room quiet so exciting but it is really important milestone radio after 2 years of doing things on skype and human teams you know finally face to face talks or at least mass to mass talks are very important when it comes to establishing rapport between nations or reaffirming the values of these top industrialized economies and reaffirming that democracies as well are those kimberly mentioned there also an attempt to restore a sense of the international alter the rule

along the irish sea coast. it should be continuing for most of us through— should be continuing for most of us through the course of the weekend. back to _ through the course of the weekend. back to you. through the course of the weekend. back to yon-— the health secretary will address mps in the commons later in response to a series of explosive claims made against him by the prime minister's former senior adviser the former aide accused matt hancock of �*lying' and being incapable of doing thejob, with labour now we're joined now by the labour deputy leader, angela rayner. can wejust can we just establish first of all, you may have been amongst those who criticised dominic cummings in the past for a number of things, including barnard castle, much documented. do you think —— take what he said yesterday on face value? ~ . , . , , value? well, it was incredibly devastating — value? well, it was incredibly devastating to _ value? well, it was incredibly devastating to hear _ value? well, it was incredibly devast

gusts of wind in excess of 60 mph on exposed west—facing coast to the irish sea.th to 60 mph, and once again, it is feeling disappointing for this time of year. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a report into how martin bashir secured his panorama interview with princess diana in 1995 says the bbc fell short of high standards of integrity and transparency. in a statement, mr bashir has apologised for mocking up bank statements to help secure the interview — but said he remained immensely proud of the interview itself. the bbc has also made an unconditional apology. proposals for the biggest shake—up of the rail network in 25 years, including a new state—owned body to set timetables and ticket prices. the trains are regular enough, it's just way too squashed on the trains. actually, i have invested in one of those flexi tickets, which i think is brilliant. so, yes, i can work from home and have the flexibility to travel in when i need to. failures in the national test and trace system are partly responsible for the surge in the indian variant in blackburn w