laws in northern ireland.d not be putting in to force abortion on northern ireland. as long as westminster realise that and don't impose abortion on northern ireland, which they have no right to do since abortion has always been a devolved issue in northern ireland, there is no risk. but mps from across all parties in westminster are pushing for a change in the law in northern ireland, except the dup. we caught up with one of their mps, jeffrey donaldson. this is a devolved issue. the 1998 agreement was a finely balanced constitutional settlement. if you upset that settlement, if you set aside the principle of devolution, you will undermine their entire constitutional arrangements for northern ireland. for now, there are many women we have spoken to that are being forced to use illegal abortion pills because of the laws in northern ireland. what do you think about that? we don't want women using illegal abortion pills, clearly. but people in northern ireland are clear. none of the main political parties, sinn

well unfortunately we haven't had a government in terms of the northern assembly for seventeen months night and so we have to legislate it the one hundred sixty seven abortion act has never been implemented in northern ireland even though where citizens of the united kingdom so we are asking our night to legislate and our human rights are not a devolved matter to the northern ireland assembly even if it came back tomorrow so it's under u.k. legislation really doubt deliver human rights for women in northern ireland and this time we have a right it's hundred plus women who travel from northern ireland to be on to access abortions and that's ok if you're in able to travel but there are so many women who can't so if you're an undocumented migrant if you have a disability if you're in a course of controlled relationship if you don't have a passport or other documents if you're under sixteen for example so a lot of people can travel a lot of people haven't been northern out of never mind travel in a strange country to access their reproductive health care and also we have a situation where

it's hundred plus women who travel from northern ireland to be on to access abortions and that's ok if you're in able to travel but there are so many women who can't so if you're an undocumented migrant if you have a disability if you're in a course of control relationship if you don't have a passport or other documents if you're under sixteen for example so a lot of people can travel a lot of people haven't been northern out of never mind travel in a strange country to access their reproductive health care and also we have a situation where women are accessing abortion pelz but you showed earlier abortion polls ordered on lang from women on where we have been women help women are safe abortion polls but they are a late goal so women are part and they're never to be out are risk and b. and present because their access an abortion polls and that's happened three times in northern ireland so far so we had three cases of people being prosecuted for m.x.'s and abortion polls on line you know chris here on twitter chris henry says in regard to northern ireland it's been shown clearly in

yesterday devolution in northern ireland and scotla nd devolution in northern ireland and scotland got is important that all four corners of the uk are respected and held together through brexit but the behaviour that we saw both last night when labour called a whole load of unnecessary votes to eat away debating time and then by the snp for marching out of the chamber when the were actually being offered a vote, if they had just waited ten minutes, was very, very childish, it was childish behaviour, there are serious issues and we must respect devolution as well as making sure that we hold the country together. that is what the pm is focused on. isa that is what the pm is focused on. is a big issue here, isn't there? the unity of the kingdom. and maybe in the guha over the single market and a customs union we have lost sight of the bigger picture of trying to keep the union together? the youth led by spike the uk is very important and i do not blame the scottish nationalists for doing this. i have seen this happen many times. it is to draw attention to something they feel strongly abo

a lot of the showers fell across northern ireland.e have a lot more sunshine, or we had a lot more sunshine, across northern ireland and scotland. and those high temperatures, the sunshine, triggered some heavier, thundery showers. we also had the remnants of a weak weather front sitting across parts of england and wales. there was more cloud across northern england and parts of wales during friday. a similar story for saturday. some dry, brighter spells to the south. so as we dawn saturday morning, still chilly in the north—east of scotland. a lot of low cloud having returned back in off the north sea. that will clear away. one thing worth pointing out again is the very high levels of grass pollen, particularly for england and wales, but for northern ireland, as well. so unfortunately no sign of respite as well. so for the day ahead, plenty of sunshine to start across northern ireland. mist and low cloud clears away. if anything, the showers will be more prevalent for scotland. and we will take a while to get that cloud clear back to

’ possibly northern ireland, maybe one or two possibly northern ireland, maybe one ortwo in possiblythern ireland, maybe one or two in the south—west, but the vast majority of the country it's a fine, sunny saturday. all partly cloudy skies at worst. high—pressure is across the uk and scandinavia, so this is where the quiet weather is at the moment. low pressure is to the south, that's where the clouds is and the raynal thunderstorms are robbing three. sunday across most of the country is looking good. showers are expected across western parts of scotland, maybe one or two in northern ireland, but if you have any plans for both saturday and sunday the good news is that the weekend is looking absolutely fine with temperatures into the low 20s. very quickly into next week, the jet strea m very quickly into next week, the jet stream is going to change position and that's an indication that perhaps next week the weather will turn just that little bit more unsubtle. —— unsettled. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. another blow to the high street as house of fraser says it plans

desperation and anger as mps debate the abortion laws in northern ireland.ise, if we had had the legislation which exists here and the rest of the united kingdom, would been discarded and put in a bin before they were ever born! and with train timetables derailing chris grayling, i ask an old cabinet hand how to survive a ministerial crisis. whatever goes wrong in your department, however much it's at arm's length from you, you're not, in practice, responsible for it. you have to take responsibility. but first: after 50 years of umming and ahhing, at last, a breakthrough. on tuesday, the cabinet agreed that the controversial third runway at heathrow airport should go ahead. many don't like the idea — not least the foreign secretary, borisjohnson — on the grounds of noise and pollution. mps will be asked to vote on the decision within the next three weeks. so the transport secretary was at the despatch box to deliver the news. the time for action is now. heathrow is already full, and the evidence shows the remaining london airports won't be far behind. despit

workers into the northern mariana work force. number three, this is peaps the important one, to eure that no u.s. worker is at a competitive disadvantage compared to any non-u.s. worker or is going to be displaced by a non-u.s. worker. but until that time is accomplished, this bill will have some flexibility on those caps, and it will be permitted to extend beyond the 2019 date to 2029 so we can see how it does or does not work. this bill gives necessary relief to the northern marianas. so i want to thank the gentleman from the northern marianas, mr. sablan, for working with us on this bill. i'm also grateful for the government of the northern marianas. governor torres has been in constant communication with us. he supports what we are trying to do. oddly enough, i want to thank our colleagues in the senate. they drafted somewhat an inartful piece of legislation. so we have to come at it one more time. there is agreement this is the proper thing to do so this commonwealth can actually maintain a steady work force and maintain an

it's also clear that both northern and gtr we re clear that both northern and gtr were not sufficientlyed to manage a timetable change of this scale either. gtr did not have enough drivers with the route knowledge required to operate the new timetable, and neither northern nor gtr had a fallback plan. in gtr's case, the process of introducing the new timetable has been overseen for the last two years by an industry ready this board with some of the most senior people in the industry on it, who told me they had been given no information to suggest that the new timetable should not be implemented as planned albeit with some likely early issues as the timetable bedded down. this body was set up specifically to ensure that all parts of the rail network, network rail, gtr, other operators, were ready to implement these timetable changes. it should have been clear that some key parties were not ready. they did not raise this risk. the department received advice from the thameslink readiness board that while were challenges delivering the may 2018 timetable, namely the logistics of moving flee

how long would you give northern northern rail?the end of that period and if they can't satisfy people with regards to the services they are running then the franchise should be stripped. chris grayling is expected to make a statement later on the situation. let's return to our main story. the grenfell tower inquiry is hearing reports from experts on the cause of the fire. it's heard that the there is ‘insufficient evidence' to determine the exact cause, but the origin was more than likely a fridge—freezer in one of the flats. a report found that advice to "stay put" during the fire had "effectively failed" within around half an hour of the blaze starting. and the inquiry hear that there was "an early need for total evacuation of grenfell tower", but that was not an "easy decision to make". 0ur correspondent tom burridge is in central london. lots of information coming out today. go through the key headlines. we don't only have the opening state m e nts we don't only have the opening statements from the leading barrister representi

scotland and northern ireland, parts of northern england has seen the worst of those.n the way of sunshine, starting to feel a little bit warmer given that the sunshine will be stronger with less cloud around. that trend continues into sunday, the second half of the weekend is probably the better half weatherwise. showers not far away from south—west england, still a couple showers across scotland but for most of us, sunday will be a dry day with sunshine slowly breaking through in the afternoon. warm as well in the south with highs reaching 25 celsius in london. hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and sally nugent. 0n the brink of a trade war — fears for thousands of uk steeljobs donald trump claims he's putting america first as he imposes tariffs on imports, but europe threatens to retaliate. more than 30,000 people work in the british steel industry, i'll have more on the fallout for the uk. good morning, it's friday, june 1st. also this morning: 1,000 train cancellations and delays in just one day. will there be any relief for passengers after the chaos of the ne

could be changed for northern ireland and implemented. but theresa may has a particular good reason to dismiss this. aresays that health issues up to the northern assembly. it is up to northerelandnd its legislators here to change the legislation if they want to do so. the lem is that there is no one sitting in this is only behind me, and there has not been sincean 2017. is ae ther reason why theresa may is not keen to tackle this issue, because of her conseative government, and they nto the 10 northern ireland members, and they do not want to change the legislation here. genie: thank you for explaining the situation for northern ireland. other european news, the new in veain has made history with the most women ever to serve in a cabinet. new prime minister pedro sanchez has named 11 female ministers, almost twice as many as the men. >>s negovernment is committed to equality in an unequivocal way. you have heard me say on many occasions spain changed on march there e was a befan after in our country with the feminist protests, and the ne

also northern ireland. very muggy night, 15 degrees in glasgow, a bit fresher in the south compared to the past few nights. but here you will start your sunday with some sunshine away from some eastern coasts. blue skies for many, maybe one or two isolated showers close to cornwall and the isles of scilly. always more cloud in northern england, scotland and northern ireland so a little bit cooler than in recent days but not as many showers as today. if you do get one or two of the heavier showers, you could be rather unlucky. temperatures are bit closer to where they should be for this time of year but climbing a bit on thursday's values in the south, 26 or 27 not out of the question. so that's the weekend. a quick look into next week. we still have high pressure dominating the weather charts. it is to the north—west of us on monday and, with winds flowing round clockwise, that means, like we saw the other week, cloud coming in off the north sea to give a rather grey start to monday. there could be the odd

some in northern england and northern ireland but not as many as today.in southern england. 26 across scotland. call it still into monday, the high pressure to the north of us should keep many dry into the start of next week but around it will fade m, of next week but around it will fade in, more of the misty grey low cloud of the north—east soap areas, monday, misty and murky, spots of light rain and drizzle and maybe the odd shower possible on monday, the vast majority of the uk so will be dry. in this guys in the west and temperatures in the high teens low 20s. not desperately hot but very pleasa nt 20s. not desperately hot but very pleasant indeed. i will have more through the morning. that looks pretty good, we will take that. if you have been trying to use a visa card over the course of yesterday evening, it has been a nightmare. visa has apologised to customers across the uk and europe after they faced problems using their cards yesterday. some businesses were forced to implement a cash—only policy. visa says all its systems are now working properl

and parts of northern england.he north—west of scotland and northern ireland, england and wales and far south—east of scotland staying fairly muggy, with temperatures into the teens. heavier rain through the night into wednesday is courtesy of this waving weather front which actually pushes out into the north sea quite quickly on wednesday morning, just leaving is trailing cold front, which will work its way southwards, introducing fresh air during the day. here it is. outbreaks of rain for northern england and north wales to start wednesday. through the day, itg turns showery, that band pushes through wales, the midlands, towards east anglia by mid—afternoon. keeping things muggy towards the south—east corner. with the cloud brekas, temperatures will shoot up. notice, though, on our temperature profile, the contrast. temperatures much, much fresher further north, the mid—teens at very best in scotland. with a few showers to the highlands and islands. a lot of sunshine out across northern and western parts of the u

but a lot of sunshine out across northern and western parts of the uk to finish the day.o the fresher air, northerly airflow across the country, bringing a few showers for shetland, the north—east of scotland. most, though, will be dry. sunniest top and tail of the day. cloud builds up, spreads out a little bit during the middle part of the day. but note that temperatures by this stage — mid—teens across scotland, maybe low 20s in the south, a big drop on how we started. but as we finish the week, go into the weekend, high pressure starts to nudge its way in, killing off that northerly airflow and bringing in slightly warmer aironce again. and with high pressure in charge, it stays dry for most on friday, this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. our top story: inching closer to a trade war. donald trump threatens new tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. joy and relief for england fans as harry kane scores a last—minute winner against tunisia. by tonight, all 32 teams will have played their first game, while the hosts, russia, prepare for their second one agains

behind it, fresh air in scotland and northern ireland and northern england.ning the heat on wednesday. the weather front will go further south. look how very hot it is across the near continent. temperatures on wednesday, getting to around 26, perhaps 27. newcastle, only around 16. quite fresh contrasting across the uk. thursday, high pressure establishing across the uk. dry weather. turning a little bit cool for a little while. goodbye. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: a day of surprises at the world cup, with title—holders germany beaten in their first—round match by mexico. "i hate to see children separated from theirfamilies". america's first lady speaks out about a controversial practice at the us border. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: addicted to video games. the world health organisation recognises gaming disorder as a medical condition. is hong kong's appetite for seafood on the wane? the discovery of tiny plastic particles inside local fish is leading many people to think twice.

a lot of the showers fell across northern ireland.ere, as you can see, at lurgan, and that was because we have a lot more sunshine, or we had a lot more sunshine, across northern ireland and scotland. and those high temperatures, the sunshine, triggered some heavier, thundery showers. we also had the remnants of a weak weather front sitting across parts of england and wales. there was more cloud across northern england and parts of wales during friday. a similar story for saturday. some dry, brighter spells to the south. so as we dawn saturday morning, still chilly in the north—east of scotland. a lot of low cloud having returned back in off the north sea. that will clear away. one thing worth pointing out again is the very high levels of grass pollen, particularly for england and wales, but for northern ireland, as well. so unfortunately no sign of respite as well. so for the day ahead, plenty of sunshine to start across northern ireland. mist and low cloud clears away. if anything, the showers will be more prevalent for scotland. an

ireland and northern england.eastern east anglia, more cloud and quite muggy and the chance of catching a few sharp showers. as we head towards the latter part of the week into next weekend, at one stage it looked like a pressure pattern was going to change and higher pressure would build on. now it looks like we have the higher pressure more across the north and lower pressure dominating across many western parts of europe pushing northwards and bringing with it some downpours. next weekend for the northern half of the uk we might hang on to blue skies and sunshine and feeling pretty warm under light winds but further south, the cloud will be much more threatening across england and wales and the chance of catching some heavy boundary downpours which may lead to some localised flooding. bye— bye. this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 10pm... the bbc learns that police have reopened an investigation into one of the central figures in the jeremy thorpe scandal of the 1970s. the us defence secret

our political editor nick watt is in northern ireland.end at larne in northern ireland. these two parts of the uk have been intertwined for centuries and today this port could find itself at the heart of the brexit negotiations. larne is a uk port serving one uk destinations — cairnryan in scotland. the assumption that crossings from larne would be unchanged by brexit is being questioned again. the eu sees theresa may's proposals as only half a solution and it still has its eye on creating a single eu regulatory zone on the island of ireland. this change would turn this overwhelmingly unionist port town into an internal uk border post. a step towards the break up of the uk in the eyes of theresa may and her dup allies. a border down the irish sea doesn't seem to bore brussels. we understand they dismissed to theresa may's face her original idea for the backstop. that is when it comes to north/south co—operation in ireland, the uk should align fully with the eu. downing street believes its new ideas largely supersede the december deal, but

heavy and thundery, perhaps fewer for northern ireland and a few more across northern england and walesy showers anywhere but you will be lucky if you catch one. there will be a lot of dry and bright weather except for scotland. they do ease away as we go through to sunday morning, but there will be still one or two lingering, missed and fog, just like the past four hours and again that moisture is there to trigger the showers are. further east on sunday across scotla nd further east on sunday across scotland and northern ireland, perhaps fewer for northern ireland against a peak temperatures are little bit high. strong sunshine all the time. that he is quite exceptional just to the the time. that he is quite exceptionaljust to the east of us across scandinavia. the wildfire risk is high. on the satellite picture i showed you a swell of clout and that is low pressure interacting with all of that heat, it could give lively downpours and we will keep an eye on the one for you. welcome to bbc world news, i'm duncan golestani. clashes over trade tariffs are continuing to overshadow the g7 s

abortion in northern ireland. minister, i beg of you, don't make a victim go to court. name the date the domestic abuse bill will come to parliament, and we can get on and end this scandal. the shadow leader of the house gives her verdict on the arrangements for brexit legislation in the commons next week. i just can't believe what i've heard, mr speaker. what a mess. what a shambles! and a plea from the lords to help cancer patients get the drugs they need. and bring the bean counters in nhs england to heel. but first, following the recent decision to relax the law on abortion in the irish republic, earlier this week mps backed calls to decriminalise abortion in northern ireland. their vote wasn't binding and won't bring in a change, but that doesn't mean the issue has gone away. on thursday, a challenge to northern ireland's strict abortion laws was rejected on a technicality. the supreme court said human rights campaigners didn't have the legal standing to bring the case, even though it agreed the current law w

in northern ireland, the afternoon.ers. in greater detail in the afternoon. some slow—moving torrential thunderstorms in this area of scotland. rainfall totals could be significant out of these if you catch them. lighter rain to come and at this stage of the afternoon, parts of northern england and southern scotland, the odd shower but most, it is dry and sunny and warm. the area of low pressure to the south has been feeding up thundery downpours for a week. less so thundery downpours for a week. less so monday— wednesday. high pressure is dominant to the north but it is a north—easterly flow around it and at least on monday, it brings plenty of cloud in from the north sea, through central and eastern parts of the uk in particular. it is cooler than it has been where you have the clout. in the west, parts of northern ireland, scotland, western england, will get to see some warm spells, maybe a shower, most will be dry. as we go through tuesday and wednesday, the cloud will clear and more of the way of sunshine coming ba

northern england, levels are low. thundery. high—pressure still much vary much in charge of the weather that you can see the weather front coming up from the south, which is producing go showers. as we go through the morning showers will continue, they are hitand morning showers will continue, they are hit and miss. cloud that we currently have will burn back to the north sea coastline, but it will also be breezy, but there will be a also be breezy, but there will be a a lot of sunshine around. temperatures today away from the north sea coastline are a two about 23, but generally the high teens and low 20s. —— up to. into the evening, some early evening sunshine but overnight what you will find is that cloud coming from the north sea will push across most areas and we will probably have some clear skies by the end of the night across north—west wales and england and northern ireland. for many of us, temperature wise we will stay in double figures. but luckily we will see temperatures dip down into single figures. tomo

still cloudy, grey start across northern ireland and northern england.t rains across southern england and the south—west and also south wales. north of that, we are looking at a lot of sunshine. lengthy spells of sunshine, bright spells in northern ireland, the cloud could produce some sharp showers, we could equally see some across north—west scotland, but north—west scotland and northern parts of northern ireland could hit 20 celsius today, maybe 21. if you are stuck under the cloud along the east coast or in the south, temperatures will be lower than they we re temperatures will be lower than they were yesterday. through this evening and overnight we start off with some pleasa nt and overnight we start off with some pleasant early evening sunshine, but then more cloud romps in from the north sea. we hang on to the cloud across the channel islands, south—west england and south wales for a south—west england and south wales fora time, and more south—west england and south wales for a time, and more cloud across parts of the west. temperatures lower than

one or two showers for west of scotland and northern ireland but most scotland and northern ireland butres on the mild side tomorrow morning with the spots of rain across wales and the midlands. these showers could be heavy at first tomorrow but similar to today's most places dry. more cloud than today but it should break up cloud than today but it should break up on into the afternoon. sunny spells developing, temperatures up to around 21 degrees, a bit cooler in the east. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. house of fraser is planning to close 31 of its 59 stores as part of a survival plan, with the loss of about 6000 jobs. theresa may is expected to reveal her brexit backstop proposals later today after a crunch meeting with david davis to address his concerns — the brexit secretary is said to have considered resigning over the plans. human rights campaigners have lost their attempt to overturn northern ireland's strict abortion laws on a technicality. but the supreme court made clear that it agreed the current rules are incompatible with european human rights legislation. stars

flashing away across the north of wales, northern england, northern ireland and scotland, where we hade water flooding issues as well. what catches my eye on the satellite picture at the moment is this area of cloud extending out from europe across east anglia. it is bringing outbreaks of rain. most of it's quite light but i think this will have a bearing on the weather forecast across eastern counties of england, as i'll explain in a moment. for the time being, a few splashes of rain for the next few hours across some of these eastern counties. not as murky a night as it has been, particularly across southern england, although around coastal areas there are still some patches of mist and fog. perhaps a few patches of mist, too, around the pennines and north midlands, we have the most humid air. thunderstorms developing through today. i think they will be mostly in scotland. one or two for northern ireland, one or two for east anglia. so this is how the day starts. we will see this cloud and light rain working in across parts of norfolk, moving across lincolnshire and in across yorkshi

always more cloud, northern england, scotland, northern ireland. of the heavier showers, you will be rather unlucky and temperatures a bit closer to where they should be for the time of year, but climbing a bit on today's values in the south, 26, 27 not out of the question. that's the weekend, quick look into next week. we've still got high pressure dominating the weather charts. it's to the north—west of us are monday and with winds flowing round clockwise, that means like we saw the other week, it will bring in the cloud off the north sea to give a grey start to monday. could be the odd spot of drizzle around, most will be dry, isolated showers later but most having a dry and fine day. sunny spells breaking through and temperatures closer to where they should be for the time of year, mid—to high teens, if not low 20s. we will stick roughly with those values through the week, maybe getting a little bit warmer at times, so the chance of a few storms across the south, but by and large, especially northern areas, a lot of dry weather to come. bye for

thundery downpours once more, a few for scotland and northern ireland and northern and eastern parts on saturday. pretty warm and there will be more of those on offer in the day ahead. it will feel a bit warmer, too. starting the day warm, 10—14 degrees. the area of cloud and rain still with us the further north you are in england and southern scotland. it is not moving much in the day ahead. the rain will ease but for some of us, it will still be there into the afternoon. north of the central belt we'll get sunshine in scotland but a few thunderstorms developing. northern ireland, the rest of england and wales, warm, sunny spells. low to mid—20s, maybe an isolated shower, most of us will stay dry. it's late afternoon i want to focus on, the thunderstorms in scotland. slow—moving, frequent lightning and hail. not everyone will see them but if you do, you will know about it. then the cloudy, wet zone in parts of southern scotland and northern england. for northern ireland, the rest of england and wales, you can see the lack of cloud, plenty of sunshine around and the chance of picking

illegal drug day for northern ireland. —— probably a warm day for northern ireland. late 2425 degrees. very warm and not far away. it has been very warm for some time now in scandinavia, it is in europe, and the eastern mediterranean looks good. but more downpours to come across europe, especially in france. measures are from the uk, dominated, as we are, by an area of high pressure. but is it. good night. this is bbc news, i'm alpa patel. our top stories: sitting down together, but there are strong disagreements as g7 leaders meet in canada. they don't mention the fact that they are charging almost 300% tariffs, when it all straightens out, we will all be in love again. anger in turkey as austria shuts several mosques, saying they are funded from abroad. turkey says the move is racist. several palestinians are killed protesting at the gaza border. hundreds more are reportedly injured. president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort faces further charges, along with an associate who's said to have ties to russian intelligence. also in the programme — celebrit

but a lot of sunshine out across northern and western parts of the uk to finish the day.cold front has moved off into the near continent, pushing us all into the fresher air, northerly airflow across the country, bringing a few showers for shetland, the north—east of scotland. most, though, will be dry. sunniest top and tail of the day. cloud builds up, spreads out a little bit during the middle part of the day. but note that temperatures by this stage — mid—teens across scotland, maybe low 20s in the south, a big drop on how we started. but as we finish the week, go into the weekend, high pressure starts to nudge its way in, killing off that northerly airflow and bringing in slightly warmer aironce again. and with high pressure in charge, it stays dry for most on friday, saturday and sunday. varying amounts of cloud, good deal of sunshine, and temperatures just up a little bit. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and charlie stayt. england's hero captain, harry kane, scores twice to give his team a winning world cup start. an injury—time goal, reli

remaining fresh across northern britain.h is because the air never reaches. it just takes a detour and moves across the eastern —— england and wales and out into the continents. out on the store the edge we have a weather front that will turn what the country on tuesday and parts of northern ireland and western scotland. to the south of this weather front here, this scotland. to the south of this weatherfront here, this is scotland. to the south of this weather front here, this is where the warm air is across england and wales. temperatures are at least around 25 celsius on tuesday. midweek, we see that weather front moving away and behind this weather front, we have fresh air which means scotla nd front, we have fresh air which means scotland and northern ireland remained in fresh air on wednesday. there will be sunshine around the western isles. certainly for glasgow and belfast. it looks as though it may cool off just a and belfast. it looks as though it may cool offjust a fraction across northern parts of england as well

northern scotland.onditions in the north, and we will start to see some rain coming. first thing this morning we have some sunshine across scotland and northern england. northern ireland, so more cloud with that rain starting to show ten in the west. for the rest of england and it is fairly cloudy. again some patchy light rain and drizzle and some eastern murk around the south—west of england and also the channel islands. through the day the cloud will build where we have the sunshine at the moment, and the cloud will break where we have the cloud. across parts of eastern, central and southern england we should see some sunshine with ties up should see some sunshine with ties up to about 24. fresher in the north and windy across the far north of scotland. as we head on through the evening and southwards, producing a lot of rain across northern ireland, scotland, northern england and also north wales. behind it, some clearer skies and ahead of it a fair bit of cloud, but still clear in the far south wher

we did surveys in wales and scotland and northern ireland as pa rt of scotland and northern ireland asithink it does. i think that how you relate to the country and how you relate to the people around you, your sense of belonging, your sense of identity, is really, really important. in terms of connectedness, in terms of feeling that you are part of something, part of a wider community that shares your values and principles. and also it's about social cohesion. it's about making sure that places work. we need to understand in england the complexities of the identities at work. in this survey we were looking at national identities but also things like people's identities around a county or a city or a town or in village or a legendary identity. tomorrow i will look at people who still believe in dragons and while sales and all of that. who doesn‘t?! i am and while sales and all of that. who doesn‘t?! iam not and while sales and all of that. who doesn‘t?! i am not sure you are entirely dressed appropriately for canal boating. i feel you should be something more marine —based... i don‘t k

behind it, we've got fresh air in place in scotland, northern ireland and northern england.ins the heat on wednesday. the weather front be pushing the heat further south. look how very hot it is across the near continent. so temperatures on wednesday probably getting to around 26, perhaps 27 celsius. in newcastle, only around about 16 degrees, so quite a bit fresher, contrasting across the uk. by thursday, high pressure establishes across the uk. this means dry weather, but it will turn a tad cooler for us. goodbye. this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: taking on trump over us migrants. the president's wife melania says she hates to see children split from their parents at the border — former first lady laura bush says the policy's "cruel" and "immoral". mexico's world cup win over champions germany triggers shockwaves in mexico city and stuns fans across the globe. i'm lucy hockings in moscow. after sunday's surprises, we're looking forward to another day's action — and england's debut. and addiction to electronic games formally recognised as a medical dis

but a lot of sunshine out across northern and western parts of the uk to finish the day.nto the near continent, pushing us all in to fresher air, northerly airflow across the country, bringing a few showers for shetland, the north—east of scotland. most, though, will be dire. sunny top and tail of the day. cloud builds up, spreads out a little bit during the middle part of the day. but note that temperatures by this stage — mid—teens across scotland, maybe low 20s in the south. but as we finish the week, going into the weekend, high pressure starts to nudge its way in, killing off that northerly airflow and bringing in slightly warmer aironce again. and with higher pressure in charge, it stays dry for most on friday, saturday and sunday. varying amounts of cloud, good deal of sunshine, and temperatures just up a little bit. bye for now. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the trump administration defends its policy of separating migrant children from their parents. the president agai

cloudy but mainly dry for northern ireland. cloudier still for scotla nd northern ireland.still for scotland and it will see some patchy rain. otherwise dried, some sunshine and highs of 2a celsius. now it is time for dateline. hello and welcome to dateline, where each week some of the uk's best known columnists debate the week's big stories with journalists whose dateline is london, as they report those events to the world beyond. this week, theresa may averts the resignation of her brexit negotiator — but is itjust crisis delayed? as donald trump delights the russians and alienates long—standing allies, is it g7 minus one? and the me too movement, has it moved too far or not far enough? with me agnes poirier, who writes for marianne in france. the portuguese academic and journalist eunice goes. yasmin alibhai—brown, political commentator in british newspapers. and maria margaronis, who writes for the nation but also makes time to translate modern greek poetry. i am amazed you find the time, good morning to you all. thank you for being with us. for brexiteers, membership o

they must northern ireland, northern england more likely to be over the pennines.northern and eastern areas but clear in the south and not as humid as recently. a cracking date—krumm across southern areas, sunshine in the ——a cracking day to come. sunshine in the east. a few more showers and thunderstorms breaking out but not as many as recent days, the vast majority spending all is not the bulk of the day dry and warm. that is how we see the weekend, showers gradually fading. that will be the case on monday. the high pressure in charge. dragging and slightly cooler air, nothing too chilly but with that, low cloud off the north—east are a great start on monday in central and eastern areas, many dry, only one or two showers but lots of sunshine breaking through the cloud in the west. a pleasant day rather than a particularly hot one. back to you. time now for all the latest technology news in this week‘s click. a bit of rain, a bit of sun and a lot of books. that‘s the world—renowned hay festival. once a year, the small town of books, hay—on—wye on the england—wales

the northern people. the northern states. abolitionists in general. and as they got wound up, the -- those blacky republicans, as they like to say -- and eventually lincoln. believed thatouth the north was filled with abolitionist of the john brown stripe, that the republican party was an abolitionist party and a ram lincoln was the leading abolitionist in the country. none of it was true, but people believed it. i think the third conclusion was that -- and we hear a lot in any popular discussion you have with my students or others that they would take away the states' rights. in looking at these amendments, it turns out that southerners and perfectly willing proposed treating state authority.or federal the issue was not about states rights. it was about property rights. about 67here are amendments that make that point very clear. i've got a couple of other points. answersave them into my to your questions. i'm going to stop an open the floor. ranger dave has a microphone and he will be selecting the questionnaires. all i have to do is think of some c

a few thunderstorms possible across northern ireland.ower in south—west england and wales. for the bulk of england and wales it will be a nice warm day. typical temperatures into the low 20s. into the evening the downpours continue to rumble away. as we head into the second half of the weekend, probably drive the northern ireland but some storms possible across scotland. elsewhere, it should be dry. more sunshine for england and wales, except for the channel islands where we could get some showers. temperatures will be a bit higher. 24 temperatures will be a bit higher. 2a or 25 at best. we are on the edge of really warm weather. it has been pretty hot across southern scandinavia, eastern europe and the eastern mediterranean this weekend. that heat comes with some heavy rain and thunderstorms. those should be steering clear of our shores. some dry weather on monday. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: theresa may has said she is determined to deliver brexit for the whole of the uk after borisjohnson was secretly recorded suggesting t

probably drive for northern ireland, away from the cloud, plenty of sunshine, but the heat could trigger one or two late showers, perhaps over the hills of wales and the moors in the south—west, the downs in the south—east, perhapsjust south—west, the downs in the south—east, perhaps just to the north of london as well, but these are very isolated and you will probably stay dry. any storms that do develop particularly in scotland will tend to fade away during the night, and we will see cloudy skies returning. a lot of cloud in the north sea will get drawn back inland again, and it will be a great start for many areas. it could stay cloudy and cooler across south—eastern scotland, northern england, through to the midlands. to the south—east, some sunshine, and sunshine further west, but it is here with more warmth that we could spark off one oi’ warmth that we could spark off one or two sharp showers, notably across the western side of scotland and into northern ireland, so quite a range of temperatures on monday. a lot of cloud feeding in from the north sea, with high pressure to the nor

because we don't have a functioning devolved government in northern ireland in stormont haven't had it for eighteen months to recently is reliance on the democratic unionist party which is against any change in the law for the or much a majority of means that she's unwilling to go against them to order your next statement back steps it doesn't seem as good it's going to move politically are you going to try to achieve some legal difference well it's very clear actually best way to put look at the height of commons that there is front bench support and treat them as cabinet for this change including ministers like danny mordant the women inequalities minister that is very welcome to treat them a dozen they find herself in a difficult position between her party members who want to see this change on the d.d.p. who are propping up our government but we will not accept women's rights being sacrificed for political expediency so we will know i'm a forward by initiating proceedings today and belfast to have a formal declaration of an compatibility me it but also there is a clear way forward

december, the uk and eu agree no hard border in northern ireland.py. in february, the eu came up with a d raft in february, the eu came up with a draft legal text which put it all down in the cold light of day in black and white. that made very clear that the customs union, in effect, and parts of the single market will continue to apply northern ireland but not the rest of the uk. so the infamous idea of some sort of customs border down the irish sea between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. cue uproar in parts of northern ireland, in parts of the conservative party and theresa may herself saying in february that no uk prime minister could accept that. essentially, when she had said that, the eu then slightly sat back and folded its arms and said, if you don't like our proposal, where's yours? it has taken until proposal, where's yours? it has ta ken until today, proposal, where's yours? it has taken until today, june, for the uk to come up with its alternative. what is in it? the technical note that goes with it is six pages long. what it b

safe in in northern england where it is moderate. pre—northern ireland.ing of showers, it looks like the heavy ones will be further north. temperatures 19—24dc. perhaps 1 degrees higher in london and south—east england. more detail on the showers. there are more eastwards than the work. chance of some heavy rain, torrential downpours and a rumble of thunder and flash of lightening. they may work their way southwards. some lighter showers, scattered across parts of wales and south—east england. some thunderstorms nearby the channel islands. elsewhere, dry and warm sunshine. a dry day for many of some showers across parts of northern england and scotland. a couple of showers mayjust reach parts of south—west england. that cloud beginning to creep its way westwards a cross cloud beginning to creep its way westwards across the night. some clear spells and lows on a par with last night, 9—1lidc. feeling monday and humid in parts of central and southern england. we start the week dry and there will be good spells of sunshine, particularly in england and wales.

i asked our northern ireland political correspondent, stephen walker. getting advice from all sides. it also means that the issue of abortion remains high up on the political agenda. theresa may is getting advice from labour mps, liberal mps and people in her own party like maria miller and amber rudd who want abortion reform. however, she is also hearing from the dup, her political partners. they do not want abortion reform and do not want to see the 1967 abortion act in northern ireland. but the issue is complicated. while sinn fein would like to see some legislative change, there is no assembly, and it seems unlikely that the assembly will come back in the foreseeable future. that means all eyes are on westminster and the pressure remains an theresa may. she is hearing these voices and she knows the mood of the house, but she knows she has to keep the dup happy and that explains why she is treading very carefully. stephen walker in belfast. now for a look at some of the other news from westminster this week: mps backed a motion summoning a prominent

here is how the rest of scotland. —— hi for northern ireland. it is scotland and northern ireland.thern ireland that we are likely to see the heaviest showers, potentially thundery. don't take the blue and green too literally, this just gives an idea of where could be affected. some will stay dry and keep the sunshine. the met office warning also extends to northern ireland, showers into cumbria and north yorkshire, wales, and maybe one 01’ north yorkshire, wales, and maybe one or two later in the day across parts of the midlands and east anglia. most places largely dry and in the sunshine, getting up to 22 or 23. still heavy showers for the channel islands, they should fade overnight as well most of the showers elsewhere. many places dry, clear spells, cloud creeping in as the night goes on. temperatures on a par with last night, coolest across scotla nd par with last night, coolest across scotland and the far north of england. high pressure in charge of the weather through the weekend, little features generating showers, particularly this one was france. the channel islands in th

ireland, quite a few for northern ireland, quite a few for scotland, northern and eastern parts of scotlands of heavy rainfall parts of northern england and southern scotland overnight. elsewhere becoming dry, the cerys weather in the southern half of england into wales, could be a few mist and fog patches developing, some spots in single figures but most of us at 10—14dc as sunday begins. through this zone of northern england into southern scotland, not just cloudy northern england into southern scotland, notjust cloudy but further outbreaks of rain, only slowly easing as the day goes on. north of the central belt there will be some sunshine but there could be slow—moving and torrential thunderstorms developing into the afternoon. in northern ireland, for the rest of england and wales, warm sunny spells compared with today, plenty of sunshine, just an isolated shower but most will avoid them and stay dry. low—pressure to the south has been feeding up some thundery downpours over the past week or so. less of an issue for the first half of the week ahead. high—pressure will produce a north—e

that is to say between ireland and northern ireland. 0k, uk.een ireland and northern ireland. ok, so no hard border between those two. it means that border there but ireland will be in the customs union and will be treated differently —— northern ireland and that is not acceptable. to have the sort of crisis just before the summit, that sort of pantomime, it has been happening for two years since the referendum took place. so theresa may will probably survive the next eu summit and everyone will try to save face. and then there is this summer and then what next, september. she might not survive the party conference. because we are talking about brexit but perhaps we should stop talking about brexit and stopped talking about brexit and stopped talking about the tory party. and labour as well. the tory party has a lot of ossified between tribes, the brexiteers claiming to be the real patriots, and the soft brexiteers, the philip hammond kind of tribe saying we are the real patriots. and the deafening silence from labour because lost if that was r