he'll be meeting the the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, and we're expecting this to happen shortlyare a lot of issues to sort out including sector pay and nhs waiting lists. sara girvin has been talking to students in belfast to hear their thoughts on the new devolved government. it's almost like you're ashamed to be from here sometimes, just because of the way that the government get on, like children. people say to themselves, oh, the government won't last long, and probably in a year or two's time, there will be another problem for them to kick up a fuss about. | personally, i don't want to have to leave here, i want to actually work and try to make this place work for everyone. _ this is northern ireland's first planned integrated school, set up in the 1980s specifically to educate catholics and protestants together. politics students there have been following the events of the past week closely. the dup and other political parties are still getting paid for not doing theirjob properly. what is it like being a young person in northern ireland? as mad as it looks, people watchin

returning to northern ireland now where prime minister rishi sunak and taoiseach or irish pm leo varadkarmark the return of power sharing in northern ireland. i spoke to bertie ahern, former taoiseach between 1997 and 2008 and lord peter hain, former northern ireland secretary from 2005 to 2007. and asked them about their reaction to the political developments and the return of power sharing at stormont over the weekend and today. the institutions have been suspended too often and out of the last seven years we have lost five, but we are thankful for the progress that has been made over the last number of months. i was hopeful that the institutions would back up before christmas, but better late than never. so i think the fact that saturday went well, we have now the first minister, deputy first minister, we have an executive, and it's a very experienced executive, i must say, and impressed with the appointments. i know most of them and the people who've served before, and i think they would bring a lot of experience and action to the job. and i wish them well and hope that we can have a

he met the irish prime minister, leo varadkar. issues to sort out, including public sector pay and nhs waiting lists. sara girvin has been talking to students in belfast to hear their thoughts on the new devolved government. it's almost like you're ashamed to be from here sometimes just because of the way that the government get on like children. people say to themselves, "0h, government won't last long, and probably in a year or two's time there'll be another problem for them to kick up a fuss about." personally, i don't want to have to leave here. i i want to actually work and try to make this . place work for everyone. this is northern ireland's first planned integrated school — set up in the 1980s specifically to educate catholics and protestants together. politics students there have been following the events of the past week closely. the dup and other political parties are still getting paid for not doing theirjob properly. what's it like being a young person in northern ireland? as mad as it looks, people watching on the ne

the irish taoiseach leo varadkar has also arrived at stormont.y reconvened on saturday, exactly two years after the democratic unionist party walked out in protest against post—brexit trade agreements. our correspondent charlotte gallagher gave us this update from stormont there has been a lot of comings and goings at stormont here this morning. firstly, rishi sunak, the british prime minister, he arrived around 8.00am, was met by chris heaton—harris, the northern ireland secretary, and the speaker of the newly—formed assembly. edwin poots, made his way into the building behind me to meet with parties to discuss issues. one thing we know they're going to talk about is money. as you've hinted there, parties here don't agree on many things and that's partly why the assembly collapsed for two years, but one thing they do agree on is that northern ireland needs more money. they've been offered about £35 billion for public services here, but all the politicians say that's just not enough to tackle things like hospital waiting lists, which are the wors

people are shouting questions now at leo varadkar.any, wants to get straight to answer any, wants to get straight to business. back to what i was saying, a significant moment, many people didn't think we would have a nationalist first minister in northern ireland. when northern ireland was created, that was never the intention of people who set it up, it was supposed to be run by unionists, people he want northern ireland to remain part of the united kingdom. and now we saw in the last election, sinn fein, the nationalist party became the largest party. so an historic moment, we have two women in charge, the first minister, michelle o'neill from sinn fein and emma little pengelly from the dt, a party that wants to remain in the united kingdom as deputy first minister. it is a landmark moment and people hoping for positive change, not another collapse of government. it has been two years without a functioning devolved government. issues like hospital waiting lists are the worst in the uk, public sector pay, and the last thing voters wa

we are awaiting a press conference from the taoiseach leo varadkar.e northern ireland executive so it'll be interesting hear what he has to say. charlotte, this is a hugely symbolic day today at stormont. 7 it symbolic day today at stormont. ? it is for two reasons. firstly, the fact we are at this point in stormont is back up and running after two years of political chaos, instability, many people thought we would never get here again, that's devolution would be back up with running. a more importantly, the first ever nationalist first minister in northern ireland's history. when northern ireland was created in 1921 after partition, it was designed by unionists for unionist people. the founding fathers would have always intended that unionist politicians would be part of the largest party here and now sinn fein, nationalist party who wants to reunite with the rest of ireland, they are the largest party, michelle o'neill is the first minister. hugely symbolic for northern ireland. michelle o'neill has made a big point of saying she is the first minist

the irish taoiseach leo varadkar also arrived at stormont in the last hour.reconvened on saturday, exactly two years after the democratic unionist party walked out in protest against post—brexit trade agreements. charlotte gallagherjoins me now live from outside the stormont parliament buildings in belfast. it buildings in belfast. is good to see you again. coul you it is good to see you again. could you recap the rivals here and why they are so historic?— you recap the rivals here and why they are so historic? there has been a lot of coming _ they are so historic? there has been a lot of coming and _ they are so historic? there has been a lot of coming and going _ they are so historic? there has been a lot of coming and going at - a lot of coming and going at stormont this morning, so firstly rishi sunak the british prime minister arrived around eight o'clock this morning, was met by chris heaton harris, the northern ireland secretary and the speaker of the newly formed assembly, edwin poots made his way into the building to meet with parties to discuss issu

the taoiseach, leo varadkar, had swapped dublin for belfast. glad to be here today.this day would happen. from a round table to a classroom table... you guys munch into that! the prime minister went next to a primary school just outside belfast. he wants to emphasise day to day stuff on this trip, not just highfalutin politics. he dispensed snacks... who wants a cracker? ..and took questions. what would your advice be for going into big school next year? oh, wow. what would my advice be? first of all, i would be excited about it. are you excited? yeah. prime minister, this must be a moment of pride. it's one of the biggest achievements of your term as prime minister, getting devolution up and running again here. well, lots of people thought that this wouldn't ever be possible so i actually i think it's an enormous cause for optimism that we've got to this place. northern ireland's health service is widely seen as in crisis, and many schools are struggling for funding. prime minister, you've met the first minister this morning. we've met her as well. and they're talki

the irish taoiseach, or prime minister, leo varadkar, has also travelled to belfast.eople who made today possible to congratulate the first minister, deputy first minister, the new executive on taking up their new roles and really pledged to do everything that we can do to help help this executive to be successful. a lot of everyday issues that need attention here in northern ireland and i know they're going to work very hard on that and we're keen to get north side cooperation going again. have a meeting of the nsmq in the next couple of weeks and focus on some of that practical cooperation that works well for everyone on the island. so very keen to work with the new executive and looking forward to doing that. our ireland correspondent explains more about the importance of today. the british and irish prime ministers have not long departed here from stormont. this is the home of northern ireland's regional assembly which is back up and running after an absence of two years. on saturday the new ministers were officially installed and for the first time northern irela

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now i asked, um, leo varadkar, who's the irish first minister, the taoiseach, i should say, um, just you see a vote on on uniting northern, northern, southern ireland within ten years? he didn't deny it. he just said that's not for today. and indeed the pm, rishi sunak , and indeed the pm, rishi sunak, was asked the same thing when he met a journalist earlier. that certainly feeling if certainly is a feeling that if you see sinn fein forming you if you see sinn fein forming a government, winning the election in ireland later election in, in ireland later this year or early next year, you could have the same party running northern, north and south southern ireland . and that south southern ireland. and that leads about whether leads to questions about whether we might see a degree of unification . but will that mean unification. but will that mean a with unionists ? that a deal with the unionists? that is a long way to go before you get yeah, is a long way to go before you getyeah, but is a long way to go before you get yeah, but a is a long way to go before you getyeah, but a lot of

letter to the eu commission by spanish prime minister pedro sanchez and his irish counterpart leo varadkar. they asked the eu to take appropriate measures if israel is found to be violating its agreement with the block. the accord demands israel respect the principles of human rights and democracy as an essential element of the block's trade ties with the regime. the unprecedented move raises the possible. the eu imposing economic sanctions against the tel aviv regime, spain's foreign minister, jose manuel alvarez also said no license to export weapons to israel has been approved by his country since october the 7th, and none would be as long, as the on gaza continued. truce talks in cairo have not achieved any breakthroughs, as calls continue for israel to avoid a full-fledged attack on the gazan city of r. we had two guests on our news review program, shedding light on the issue. let's take listen to parts of it. it's time now for the news review of this bulleton. in the egyptian capital cairo, negotiations are underway to bring more than four months of the u.s. isrely genocide in gaza t

the british pm rishi sunak and the irish prime minister leo varadkar have visited stormont to mark theaid the new deal would protect northern ireland's place in the union, and the return of devolved government was a cause for optimism. a 22—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of assisting the alleged clapham chemical attacker. the metropolitan police said a man was detained on suspicion of helping the attacker, abdul shokoor ezedi, who is still at large. police are appealing for any information on his whereabouts. prime minister rishi sunak has been criticised by opposition parties for a bet over his rwanda policy. asked by talktv�*s piers morgan if he would bet £1,000 for a refugee charity that deportation flights would take off before the next election, the pm shook hands with him. labour said it showed he was "totally out of touch with working people". the snp has reported mr sunak for a potential breach of ministerial rules. you're live with bbc news. britain's africa minister tell the bbc there is "every danger" ethiopia will be engulfed with famine unless action is taken

the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, called the developments very positive.respondent, chris page, reports. at daybreak, rishi sunak arrived at the plate where a new political dawn has apparently come. the speaker of the stormont assembly, edwin poots, showed the prime minister around the chamber and this week, locally elected politicians will once again be able to debate legislation after an absence of almost two years. it is an historic and important day for the country, because northern ireland politicians are back in charge of making decisions on behalf of their people, which is exactly how they should be. our new deal gives them a funding and more powers than they have ever had so they can deliver for families and businesses across northern ireland. that is what everyone's priority is now. rishi sunak has come to stormont to put his stamp on what he will regard as a significant achievement of his time in downing street. the parties of the devolved government have told him that for things to work out well, he will have to give them more money. london has

also it stormont today, leo varadkar, the irish prime minister.d ireland the next decade. so what does the prime minister think?— minister think? everyone is committed _ minister think? everyone is committed to _ minister think? everyone is committed to the _ minister think? everyone is committed to the belfast . minister think? everyone is . committed to the belfast good friday agreement but also people agree that now is the time for delivering on the day—to—day issues that matter to families and people and businesses in northern ireland. a border poll will undoubtably be an issue in the years ahead. as politicians get back to work today, there are plenty of immediate issues like hospital waiting lists and public sector pay that voters want dealing with. in 20 minutes when we focus on the top business stories i'll be talking to the head of federation of small businesses for northern ireland get his take on the new deal that has been brokered and what it means for trade between northern ireland, uk and the european union. the authorities in chile

and yet leo varadkar would have us believe precisely that, wouldn't he?idiculous. kicking a football and goals. >> it'sjust ridiculous. every >> it's just ridiculous. every where across europe you can see where across europe you can see where there's an increase in unvetted male immigration. in this country, there's an increase in crime . so, for increase in crime. so, for example, in sweden , in a non example, in sweden, in a non national no, this is according to government reports, not just small scale kind of small time studies. uh a foreign national is two and a half times more likely to have committed rape or sexual assault in sweden in, in germany, for example, in lower saxony, there was a government sponsored study which from 2015 to 2016 found that there there had been a 10% increase in serious crime and 92% of that had been carried out by new migrants. now, in 2022, in ireland , there was 12 women were ireland, there was 12 women were murdered and five of those were murdered and five of those were murdered by non—irish nationals. so the idea this

also arriving later will be the irish prime minister, leo varadkar.ies, they have stood together. they had been apart for so many months, for two years, but all parties have united today. they have written the prime minister a public letter saying they need more money, the package they have been offered, the package they have been offered, the uk government has offered nearly £3.5 the uk government has offered nearly 5.5 billion to try to stabilise £3.5 billion to try to stabilise finances in northern ireland, including those hundreds of millions of pounds of public sector pay claims leading to strikes delays and hold—ups. all the parties are saying to the prime minister they need much more money if they are going to create a government which is more sustainable and can pay for everything it has to sort out. as we heard said jeffrey donaldson saying, they are quite simply underfunded as we speak and more money is desperately needed to keep public services in northern ireland running. as we see, prime minister jeffrey donaldson and chris heaton—harris,

the british prime minister, rishi sunak, and the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, are in northern

the islands prime minister, for example, leo varadkar, is one of the latest to say that they, he believes that israel is quote, blinded by rage also saying that it's very clear that israel is not listening to any other country in the world at the moment including the nighted states. now we have had indication from within the biden administration, people familiar with what is going on there, that there is growing frustration from the us president himself as to what president netanyahu was doing. and the fact they do not believe that the guidance they are giving that is being he did. now also, we heard from the un a chief martin griffiths saying that a military operation could lead to a slaughter, saying it would lead humanitarian efforts in gaza at death's door. we've also seen from the egyptian side of the border with gaza that there seems to be according to european the insecurity officials, a buildup of security potentially concerned about any spillover from what could happen if this if this operation did go ahead. rosemary and elliot, let's go to you now, live in london. what what is t

we heard from the islands leader in factor, leo varadkar, saying that it doesn't, he doesn't believe that that israel is listening to any of the warnings or any country at this point, including the united states, also saying accusing israel of being quote, blinded by rage. now we have had numerous comments within the united nations, the set terry general, calling for this not to happen. and also the un, a chief martin griffiths who gave a statement saying, quote, today, i'm sounding the alarm. once again, military operations and rafah could lead to a slaughter in gaza they could also leave an already fragile humanitarian operation at death's door. so there are some very dire warnings coming from a number of different areas. the uk foreign minister david cameron also saying that that is is at risk of violating international law if it does not allow the humanitarian aid to get into gaza where it is needed. now we know on the egyptian side of the border as well with gaza, that according to european security officials, there's a buildup of security. we understand in the northern sinai as

minister, italian foreign minister spoken out about it, and i should to the irish prime minister leo varadkar said, it could lead to a bloodbath. >> nic robertson in tel aviv for us. thank you so much. appreciate it. long covid is something we've typically associated with folks who have weakened immune systems. it turns out that's wrong. we have a new report on the issue next every day, more dog people and more vets are deciding >> it's time for a fresh approach to bet food they're quitting the kibble and kicking the can and feeding their dogs, dog food. >> that's actually well >> developed with that made from real for me and veggies portioned for your dog. and delivered right to your door >> it's >> smarter, healthier, pet food get 50% off your first box at the farmer's dog com slash real food. >> why choose asleep ever smart bad. >> can i make my side softer >> my side firmer? sleep number. does that now say 50% on the steep number limited edition smartphone plus free home delivery. when you add any base ends, president staying this one might think >> when it's time for an update or complet

we also heard from ireland's leader, leo varadkar saying that he believed and he israel of being quote blinded by rage, saying he was concerned that they simply aren't listening to anyone at the moment, even those closest to them, even the united states bianca, paula hancocks for us in abu dhabi. thank you >> israel has launched a new round of strikes >> in lebanon and is warning the next one it could be much worse. the idf says its warplanes hit hezbollah targets in five separate areas on wednesday, aiming at military compounds, control centers, and what it called terrorist restructure, the strikes came hours after a deadly attack in northern israel, which the idf says came from lebanon. israeli officials say, and israeli soldier was killed and multiple people wounded. hezbollah has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but the idf's chief of staff is warning that israel's next camp campaign across the border will include a very strong offensive >> in the end, we will be ready for war if it doesn't end in war, it won't in by compromising the achievements, hezbollah will not be pr

. >> uh, but leo varadkar as well, the president taoiseach of ireland, um , he's in a very ireland, um state of the eu . but then to state of the eu. but then to want tougher, um, border orders, where are these illegal, um, immigrants coming from because they're not coming via the north. they're not coming from belfast. and crossing that way. so are coming from? so where are they coming from? how get there? and lots how do they get there? and lots of irish republicans do not want the north to be encapsulated back into the south because of reasons, not only because of the religious divide. take that away . i'm not making that as a point at the moment is because they don't want the burden of, of power and the burden of supporting those from the north to implement them within their social services network, their health network as well. and i'm afraid it's actually good news because they're actually focusing on something that we feel very , very, um , concisely feel very, very, um, concisely aboutin feel very, very, um, concisely about in this country is about the high levels of immigratio

and i also asked leo varadkar, the irish taoiseach at the same question. and uniting the island of ireland in the next ten years? he said now is not the time. so on that at least mr sunak and mr varadkar are as one, but also , as you're are as one, but also, as you're saying there earlier, um, we are looking ahead now to a people's panel with the prime minister on monday, 8 pm. live on gb news next week. that's the start , as next week. that's the start, as we see it, of the long general election campaign. it's the moment when we as journalists move aside and let the pm face questions from our viewers and listeners and often , as you both listeners and often, as you both well know, they're better than well know, they're better than we can here's the pm we can do. here's what the pm had to earlier. had to say earlier. >> sunak here. join me >> hi rishi sunak here. join me for a special gb news people's forum live on monday the 12th of february. i want to hear about the issues that matter to you for your chance to be part of the audience and to your the audi

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. >> that's leo varadkar. yeah >> that's leo varadkar.called comedian. no response . a brighter outlook no response. a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of with boxt solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather. i'm greg dewhurst. it's going to be mostly cloudy across the uk today. there'll be outbreaks of rain, but it is going to be mild and we can see the cloud across the whole of the uk this morning with the exception northern with the exception of northern and some and eastern scotland. some sunshine but a cold start, sunshine here, but a cold start, temperatures below freezing as we through the day. the we move through the day. the cloud mild air and the cloud and the mild air and the rain pushes north rain pushes its way north eastwards. perhaps few heavy eastwards. perhaps a few heavy bursts at times, a few glimmers of brightness from time to time. but staying cloudy but most places staying cloudy and well above and temperatures well above ave

and indeed their attacked leo varadkar will call these people far right or fascist. to them, they were anything but. >> no , they had very reasonable >> no, they had very reasonable concerns about their communities being transformed and about their services being stretched too thin already and not needing too thin already and not needing to have an additional thousand or so asylum seekers. um you know, attending schools, hospitals , putting a strain on hospitals, putting a strain on police, etc. so, yeah, it's a it's a very different conversations that's had about this in the halls of power in dubun this in the halls of power in dublin and on the streets of, um , deprived areas and cities and rural ireland. >> and when you look at some of the numbers more than 26,000 asylum seekers over the past , asylum seekers over the past, um, two years, a 200% increase since 2019. and yet oftentimes when the locals raise legitimate concerns as you highlight in yourin concerns as you highlight in your in your video about safety, about overcrowding , crowding, about overcrowding,

and a lot of the shouting was aimed at leo varadkar the taoiseach. sinn fein right now, as you know, sinn fein have been climbing all the time and polls in the republic of ireland. there was a poll out at the weekend that shows that they have dropped to their lowest point three years, and it's point in three years, and it's to do with immigration because they've encouraging they've been encouraging it. they are they have they they are pro—immigration. they they pro—immigration. they say they welcome everybody. because welcome everybody. and because of this, they of that, they before this, they were putting themselves around as, the champions of the as, as the champions of the working class. and we're there for and we'll, we'll sort it for you and we'll, we'll sort it all and we're a good all out. and we're a good socialist now ordinary socialist and now ordinary people turning on sinn fein people are turning on sinn fein and saying, sorry, you're traitors. that's what they said in actual you are treated in the actual you are treated the ordinary work

ireland premier leo varadkar says that while the european commission would have quenes european commission what's called command paper, there were no suggestions on an initial assessment that it contained any red flags. he called them leader of the dup sir jeffrey donaldson says the new laws will now mean his party can end their boycott of power sharing . and as we've of power sharing. and as we've been hearing, hundreds of farmers are still continuing to protest outside the eu headquarters as tensions continue to rise over better working conditions. live pictures here showing the scenes in brussels, the centre of a plaza there with multiple fires breaking out, tractors parked up against buildings barricading the entrance to the building where eu officials are meeting today. where eu officials are meeting today . it comes as france has today. it comes as france has been at the centre of the growing dispute across europe, with tens of thousands of workers staging demonstrations in countries including germany , in countries including germany, in countries including germany, in poland, belgiu