the dup leader, arlene foster, has been appointed first minister, while sinn fein‘s michelle o'neill all of the main parties agreed to return to the stormont assembly this afternoon after a deal was reached yesterday. so what's in the deal? the new agreement contains wide—ranging promises. firstly, to tackle the cirsis in the health service and to try and resolve a pay dispute that has seen nurses and health workers on strike. there'll be more money for schools after months of head teachers saying they face an unprecedented shortfall. and northern ireland will get about another 800 police officers to increase numbers to 7,500. our ireland correspondent, chris page, has sent us this update from stormont. for more than 1,000 days, northern ireland has been in the remarkable position of not having an elected government. but all that has changed. this parliament building on the outskirts of belfast is a place of power once again. the 90 members of the stormont assembly met to formally appoint ministers to the devolved government. it will be headed by the dup leader, arlene foster, and th

the dup leader, arlene foster, has been appointed first minister while sinn fein‘s michelle o'neill isain parties agreed to return to the stormont assembly this afternoon after a deal was reached yesterday. so what's in the deal? the new agreement contains wide—ranging promises, firstly to tackle the health service and to try and resolve a pay dispute that has seen nurses and health workers on strike. there'll be more money for schools after months of head teachers saying they face an unprecedented shortfall. and northern ireland will get about another 800 police officers to increase numbers to 7,500. our ireland correspondent, chris page, has sent us this update from stormont. for more than 1,000 days, northern ireland has been in the remarkable position of not having an elected government. but all that has changed. this parliament building on the outskirts of belfast is a place of power once again. the 90 members of the stormont assembly met to formally appoint ministers to the devolved government. it will be headed by the dup leader, arlene foster, and the vice president of sinn fei

the dup leader, arlene foster, has been appointed first minister, while sinn fein‘s michelle o'neillirst minister. chris page reports. it has been a long, tense, exhausting journey to bring back northern ireland's government. for three years, stormont has mainly been a nice venue for runners. now, it's a place of power again. speaker: order, order, members. in the assembly, politicians appointed the leader of the democratic unionist party and the vice president of sinn fein to head up the power—sharing coalition. they both put the focus on the future. i'm not sure we will ever agree on much about the past, but we can agree that there was too much suffering, and that we cannot allow society to drift back and allow division to grow. let's not re—fight the battles of the past. it's time to bring people together. we can open doors, we can let the future in, we can give people hope, and we can give our young people opportunity. so, after more than 1,000 days, elected politicians are now back in control of this part of the uk. the deal to restore the devolved government can be read as an a

sinn fein‘s stormont leader michelle o‘neill has become deputy first minister.mbly meets for the first time in three yea rs, meets for the first time in three years, since its collapse in 2017. the dup and sinn fein decided to go back into power sharing after the deal which was presented by the british and irish governments which promised a lot of funding for public services and infrastructure and just to get northern ireland‘s economy back up and running. before they entered the chamber for the first time in three years we were still waiting to hear whether or not the ulster unionist party would re—enter power—sharing and just before one o‘clock they came here to the great hall and their leaders said they would enter the executive. there are elements of the deal we remain opposed to, in particular the implementation of the stormont house legacy provisions and the irish language act. we are very disappointed that our well thought out and reasoned ideas about making the executive more accountable, responsible and transparent have either been watered down or signi

restored with arlene foster and michelle 0'neill assembly were restored with arlene foster and michelle o'neill ministers. boris johnson today, and the taoiseach, leo varadkar, are going to meet michelle 0'neill leo varadkar, are going to meet michelle o'neill and arlene foster. borisjohnson michelle o'neill and arlene foster. boris johnson says michelle o'neill and arlene foster. borisjohnson says he wants to hear what they have planned for the assembly and executive. before arriving he issued a statement saying this is a historic time for the people of northern ireland. stormont is open for business again. the executive can now move forward with, to improve people's lives in northern ireland. that is the crucial thing, no government has been here so serious lack of investment and decision making and serious problems facing this executive that they have to tackle immediately. a promise of more money, what is the discussion around that? they deal they signed up to on friday to get the assembly back up and running was wide—ranging, covering a huge number of issues including health, a big health

power—sharing coalition is back, headed by the democratic unionists leader arlene foster and michelle o'neilllandmark moment. never mind the hand of history on my shoulder. i see the hand of history... no, isee shoulder. i see the hand of history... no, i see the hand of the future. i see the hand of the future beckoning us all forward, i do hope that with goodwill and compromise and hard work on all sides it will bea and hard work on all sides it will be a very bright future indeed. the prime minister was might come to apartment building that's suddenly functioning and abuzz after a long and toxic stalemate. but now that the negotiations to restore devolution have succeeded, the parties are keen to talk cash. the biggest priority will be solving huge problems in the regional nhs. northern ireland has the longest hospital waiting times in the uk by far, and workers, including nurses, have been on strike over pay and staffing levels. but they think having a government back will make a big difference. of course our health service is still in crisis. nothing has changed in two days, but the fact

the dup leader arlene foster has been appointed first minister, while sinn fein‘s michelle o'neill iseputy first minister. a political stalemate had prevented the administration from sitting. now, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london, the programme that brings together some of the uk's leading columnists with foreign correspondents who file their stories for the folks back home with the dateline london. this week — iran admits what it repeatedly denied that one of its missiles downed a passenger plane, killing the 176 people on board. was it international pressure or anger at home which forced the confession? as harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex, decide they want out of most of the royal role, is a life of good works on the other side of the atlantic, an escape route or a dead end? with me, jeffrey kofman, a canadian, in whose homeland the sussex's have been on retreat. thomas kielinger came to the uk to write for the german press. his fascination with the monarchy has led to biographies of the two elizabeths who've occupied the throne — t

sinn fein‘s stormont leader michelle o‘neill has become deputy first minister.romises. firstly to tackle the cirsis in the health service and to try and resolve a pay dispute that has seen nurses and health workers on strike. there‘ll be more money for schools after months of head teachers saying they face an unprecedented shortfall. and northern ireland will get about another 800 police to increase numbers to 7,500. our correspondent, richard morgan, is at stormont. what has changed? the public mood. there is a real sense over the last weeks and months that the public just wanted politicians in northern ireland to get back to work and one of the key drivers behind this are the nurses strikes, nurses taking to the nurses strikes, nurses taking to the picket lines for the first time in over 100 years, because the health service is in crisis. it is underfunded and nurses want their pay to match the pay of their collea g u es pay to match the pay of their colleagues in the rest of the uk. this deal on the table it has a package of funding, lots of money being throw

unionist party arlene foster and the vice—president of the irish republican party sinn fein michelle o'neillct has made an unusual intervention on a possible change to roman catholic church practice. in a book written with a vatican cardinal he's warned his successor pope francis not to relax the rules on clerical celibacy. vatican experts expressed astonishment that the retired pope would speak out on such a sensitive topic. police in gibraltar have arrested dozens of people, accused of smuggling migrants into europe, by fraudulently obtaining uk tourist visas. officers say the gang trafficked more than 130 people from morocco into spain and other eu countries and charged them around $8,000 each. the boeing crisis to is set to knock half a percentage point off us gdp. that's according to treasury secretary steve mnuchin. the timing won't be welcomed by dave calhoun, who starts as the new boeing ceo on monday. it is an important day for boeing. to discuss this i'm joined by our guest this morning — kulveer ranger is the vice president of strategy & communication at atos. good morning. nice t

unionist party, arlene foster, and the vice—president of the irish republican party sinn fein, michelle o'neillrnment says the talks will focus on reforms to public services. officials say a emergency alert about an incident at a nuclear power plant near toronto was sent by mistake. around three million residents were sent text messages suggesting staff were dealing with a serious incident at the pickering nuclear power plant. but an hour later a second message was received to say there was no active nuclear situation. local mayors have called for a full investigation. a dramatic release of ash and steam from a volcano in the philippines has led the authorities there to order eight—thousand people to leave the area. sped up footage of the taal volcano, south of the philippine capital, manila, shows the plume of white smoke that's several kilometres high. as tremors shook the area, sped up footage shows a volcanic lightning storm in the column of steam and ash. the bbc‘s howard johnson is just a few miles away. we're six miles away from the volcano. i'lljust pan the camera around. in the last ha

arlene foster and michelle o'neill.uggests women are better a compromise. but still, as with every negotiation, the message coming out from yesterday was thank you prime minister is, still not enough money. it has all come back to the money which is not surprising. that's the way it goes. natalie, thank you. so much to learn. now to the us, where earnings season is getting under way. today it's the turn of three of america's biggest banks. michelle fleury has more from new york. for investors, earnings season is about to begin and there is quite the to—do about whether corporate america can deliver and keep the stock market rally going. to kick things off, wall street will get a chance to look under the hood of three of the biggest names finance, jp morgan chase, run byjamie dimon, citi group and wells fargo and they're expected to painta positive picture, despite weak business investment, ongoing trade disputes and, of course, low interest rates. for banks, low interest rates can eat into lending profits, but they can

deputy first minister, possibly michelle o‘neill from sinn fein, but we will have to see exactly whoustice minister. that has been held in the past by the alliance party, but we will have to see who gets that. it is more complicated, it needs cross— party is more complicated, it needs cross—party support. there are three ministerial positions for the dup, two for sinn fein and one for the other nationalist party, the sdlp and another for the advance party. the smaller parties, they might make up the smaller parties, they might make up the rest of this, what is, effectively a coalition government, 01’ more may effectively a coalition government, or more may decide to stand as official opposition. either way, what we will see by the end of the day as the northern ireland assembly up day as the northern ireland assembly up and running. the prime minister borisjohnson has said that this is a great step forward for the people of northern ireland and for restoring public confidence and sta ble restoring public confidence and stable and devolved government. really, there is a collective sig

when she addressed the chamber it she said she would never agree with sinn fein‘s michelle o‘neill who time has come to move forward and lessons have been learned from the past three years of deadlock. more ministers will be appointed over the day, one of the controversial ministries is that ofjustice, there needs to be cross community agreement for that post, and the alliance have ta ken agreement for that post, and the alliance have taken that position and it has been given to its leader naomi long. our ambition is to have sustainable government and that we would be able to have a fit for purpose executive and that it would deliver for all of the people of northern ireland. the deal was put to us and whilst imperfect as any deal would be, we believe it can be the basis for delivery for the people of northern ireland. if it is implemented with good well. i would love to know what the atmosphere is like there now. now they are convening after all this time. there has been a real buzz at the chamber and the great hall where i am now, because this has been a long time coming, northern ir

coalesce and the democratic unionist party all in force foster was sworn in as 1st minister while michelle o'neill from the irish nationalist party in feigned was appointed deputy 1st minister the restoration comes after a deal was brokered by the british and irish governments the power sharing agreement as part of northern ireland 1908 p. settlement and huge crowds have marched through glasgow in support of scottish independence glasgow city council estimates as many as 100000 people took part q jay ins for the pro independence scottish national party in last month's british general election have reignited the push to break away most scottish forces also oppose leaving the european union. well thousands in poland have rallied against a controversial law that could see judges punished if they're critical of court reforms the parliament passed the law in december defying warnings from the european union and the reports from mosul. down out in warsaw they sang the national anthem in solidarity members of the public joined more than a 1000 judges from around the country and delegations from across eu

foster, and the deputy first minister from sinn fein, the largest nationalist party, likely to be michelle o'neillfirst minister. in the last few minutes we have heard the alliance party, they are nonpartisan, so they want affiliate to either the union or national side. there is the crucial role of the justice minister here. side. there is the crucial role of thejustice minister here. that was previously taken by the alliance party, because it has to be agreed bya party, because it has to be agreed by a different way, by consensus right across the communities. we understand the alliance party have been offered that crucial role of justice minister. this is the alliance party boss mike naomi long. are ambition for this place has always been that we would have sustainable government, a fit for purpose executive and that it would deliver for all of the people of northern ireland. the deal that was put to others was imperfect, as any deal would be we believe. it can be the basis for delivery than people of northern ireland if it is implemented with good well. the test of that goodwill will not come to

the assembly swung back in and the first minister and deputy first minister arlene foster and michelle o'neillday? borisjohnson is positions. what is happening today? boris johnson is going positions. what is happening today? borisjohnson is going to arrive here, along with leo varadkar. both governments are seeing this as a success , governments are seeing this as a success, getting the assembly back up success, getting the assembly back up and running the top of course, the irish government is facing an election in the near future the irish government is facing an election in the nearfuture but before his visit, borisjohnson released a statement saying this is an historic time of —— for the people of northern ireland. stormont is open for business again and the executive can now move forward with improving people ‘s lives. this deal that those parties are signed up to this full of very expensive promises so this full of very expensive promises so today is notjust going to be a photocall. the assembly members here and the executive are going to want to know whether money is going to come from

historic the democratic unionist parties arlene foster has returned as 1st minister her deputy is michelle o'neill leader of the irish nationalist shin fein party. it's a good moment i'm very very pleased to see the progress that has been made a great leader. never bite the hand of history on my shoulder i see the hand when i had that history i see the hand of the future i see the hand of the future. with good will and culpable and hard work all sides it will be a very bright future. one of the 4 suspects in the murder trial of a slovakian investigative journalist has admitted to the killing in courts. and his fiance were a shot and killed at their home near the capital bratislava and 28 prosecutors accuse the prominent businessman kartchner of ordering the murder he was a subject of reporting into fraud and political corruption. where the trial is taking place and he says the murder has mobilized political activists. slovak media calls this trial the trial of the century really it's changed a lot after the murder of sloc journalist investigative journalist. after his murder and his fiance in 2000

when the by mr borisjohnson and the taoiseach wawrinka arrive here, arlene foster and michelle o'neillese promises, now we need the money. —— datsyuk leo varadkar. promises, now we need the money. -- datsyuk leo varadkar. thank you very much, keith. the headlines on bbc news. the queen will hold talks with the duke and duchess of sussex to find a way forward for the couple after their decision to step back from royal duties. labour leadership contenders are making their last pitches ahead of the deadline for nominations this afternoon. they need to get the backing of 22 mps and meps to make it on to the ballot authorities in the philippines are warning a hazardous eruption is possible within hours or days after a volcano began spewing lava. in the sport, sergio aguero becomes the premiership‘s record ever scrub with a hat—trick in the 6—1win at aston villa. wales and british lions playerjames hook aston villa. wales and british lions player james hook has aston villa. wales and british lions playerjames hook has announced he will retire from rugby at the end of the season, he wants to

form a power sharing government democratic unionist parties foster was sworn in as 1st minister michelle o'neill the leader of the opposition shin fein was appointed deputy 1st minister restoration comes after a deal was brokered by the british and irish governments. and that's it from london for now we'll have more in about 10 minutes time let's get back to terrain and our marion thank you will one of the effects of climate change is rising sea levels which sciences say will displace millions of people but indonesia's capital jakarta is facing another problem it's sinking at an alarming rates were the mohamed reports from jakarta. around 4000000 people live in water on the north coast of jakarta many stay in unsafe buildings and partially submerged streets like this is the water has had to raise the foundation of her home because of the high tides and rain that of course flooding in the area and that's because part of indonesia's capital sinking of our own the land and sea used to be the same level unlike now then they started building hotels and that's led to flooding we keep trying to raise o

power—sharing coalition is back, headed by the democratic unionists leader arlene foster and michelle o‘neillure. i see the hand of the future beckoning us all and i hope that with goodwill and compromise and hard work on all sides it will be a very bright future indeed. the prime minister was might come to apartment building that‘s suddenly the prime minister ——has come to apartment building that‘s suddenly functioning and abuzz after a long and toxic stalemate. but now that the negotiations to restore devolution have succeeded, the parties are keen to talk cash. the biggest priority will be solving huge problems in the regional nhs. northern ireland has the longest hospital waiting times in the uk by far, and workers, including nurses, have been on strike over pay and staffing levels. but they think having a government back will make a big difference. of course our health service is still in crisis. nothing has changed in two days, but the fact we have local political leaders in place, decision—makers, that we have found the table around the table that we can have decisions made at, that‘s

and there's deputy first minister michelle o'neill, from the nationalists sinn fein.was a delicate balance struck in the good friday agreement, the deal which brought to an end decades of violence in northern ireland. here's the irish prime minister leo varadkar. the agreement is visionary and the good friday agreement is working again. power—sharing here in northern ireland is going to resume, we're going to be deep in cooperation between britain and ireland in the interests of everyone that lives on these islands. arlene foster tweeted this picture of her executive back at work. the general consensus is the various parties put aside their differences in order to secure badly—needed extra funding for public services in northern ireland, particularly health. it was only afterwards they found out the exact figures being offered by the british government. the response of the new finance minister conor murphy was "they fall way short". he said of the british and irish governments "they can't congratulate us for living up to our commitments and then not live up to their o

the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster and the vice—president of sinn fein, michele o'neilfirst minister and deputy first minister respectively. in their speeches to the assembly, they both spoke of the need to leave behind the years of division and disagreement and look towards a future where the parties build common ground. most of the ministries in the stormont executive have gone to the two largest parties. but three others are involved as well, the ulster unionist party, and the nationalist sdlp and the job ofjustice minister, always a sensitive one given the legacy of the long conflict, that has gone to the leader of the cross community alliance party naomi long. in the deal to restore these institutions, there was a lot of emphasis on plans to reform public services. you can read it as a move to bring politics in northern ireland away from identity issues and more towards health, education and the economy, but there is no doubt that in the opening weeks of the new power—sharing coalition, the priority will be simply rebuilding those relationships. chris page reportin

power—sharing coalition is back, headed by the democratic unionists leader arlene foster and michelle o'neilloment. never mind the hand of history on my shoulder. i see the hand of history... no, i see the hand of the future. i see the hand of the future beckoning us all forward, i do hope that with goodwill and compromise and hard work on all sides it will be a very bright future indeed. the prime minister was might come to apartment building that's suddenly functioning and abuzz after a long and toxic stalemate. but now that the negotiations to restore devolution have succeeded, the parties are keen to talk cash. the biggest priority will be solving huge problems in the regional nhs. northern ireland has the longest hospital waiting times in the uk by far, and workers, including nurses, have been on strike over pay and staffing levels. but they think having a government back will make a big difference. of course our health service is still in crisis. nothing has changed in two days, but the fact we have local political leaders in place, decision—makers, that we have found the table around t

deputy first minister is possibly sinn fein‘s michelle o‘neill. we do not know.iler, mothercare, is closing its final stores after it fell into administration in november with a loss of 2,500 jobs. it‘s been a momentous few days following the announcement from the duke and duchess of sussex that they plan to step back as "senior" royals and become financially independent. but so many questions remain unanswered, including where they will live and how they‘ll support themselves. in the studio with us is former team uk invictus games vice captain, michelle turner, with her daughter maya. we‘re alsojoined by the economist‘s anne mcelvoy, who is outside buckingham palace. this a very good morning to you. let us get your take on things, firstly. you have watched this unfold, you have met the duke and the chest, it must be like they are under a lot of pressure. yes, but for me, prince harry created the invictus games, and it is heads pride and joy. —— his pride and joy. he has shone the spotlight onto wounded, injured, sick soldiers across the world. do you feel like i

arlene foster of the dup and michelle o'neill alves sinn fein and the two of them sitting side by sidemany women will say the process needs to go further but i think the fact even in northern ireland the leaders of the two principal political parties are women is an indication of how women are advancing in politics. question of whether a woman will lead the labour party and at the moment the poll suggest possibly not. the polls are very poll suggest possibly not. the polls are very limited and the essential message is that most voters don't know who any of the new labour candidates are. any of them. including keir starmer the front runner, and of course tomorrow is the crucial deadline for the first stage of the process. they have to get 22 mps to say they want them to stand. keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey, jess phillips, lisa nandy, they have got past the threshold. emily thornberry and clive lewis are currently struggling. interesting thing i think about this, the way in which keir starmer is seemingly managing to gain the front person position. he is very clearly trying to positi