how has the result in the republic of ireland been viewed in northern ireland today? t it is vital that no woman on the island of ireland has left behind. all eyes are now on the uk government. they need to decide if they are going to remain complicit in the harm and suffering of women living under these restrictive abortion laws, or if the politicians in the republic of ireland, they are going to stand with an sad other women in northern ireland and urgently legislates a much—needed and long overdue reform. be dup has 0rigi said that northern allott must not be forced into doing something just because of what has happened in the south. this is a devolved issue, how can you ask westminster to intervene? well, the dup are wrong. they are out of step with their own electorate, on that. amnesty polls and other opinion polls have the illusion that the majority of people in northern ireland favour reform, which includes the decriminalisation of abortion. health and justice are indeed devolved matters, but we haven't had a devolved government for16 haven't had a devolved gov

and also, what does the northern ireland and the people of northern ireland and the people of northern their politicians, what sort of relationship are they going to have an opposed exit world with the politicians at the south and indeed with those of westminster? interesting to note the british prime minister, she was one of the first people to call the tee shot, thatis first people to call the tee shot, that is the irish prime ministers of the override code, these are his offices behind me to congratulate him because he was somebody who was such an advocate for the yes campaign. —— taoiseach. he thought it was time for this society to have more liberal abortion laws. others within mrs may's party feel that she should jump on this moment and try and push to similar legislation in northern ireland. thank you very much indeed for your analysis of the situation in both south and north at the moment. that is going to run, thatis the moment. that is going to run, that is for sure. italy is once again in political turmoil, after the man chosen to be prime minister by the two main anti—estab

in northern ireland, the leader of the dup arlene foster has said that the result of the referendum onrtion law in the republic of ireland has no impact in northern ireland, although she said they would take note of issues impacting upon their nearest neighbour. there have been cross party calls for reform of the strict abortion law in northern ireland following the overwhelming vote for change in the south. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. in dublin today, people are considering the outcome of what was a defining vote on a touchstone social issue. for many years, the catholic church's strong opposition to abortion was reflected in the law. churchgoers this morning were disappointed. i couldn't vote for that. i'm disappointed, i have a no badge, the majority spoke and you have to agree with the wish of the people so it's back to the government to see what they do now with it. but the referendum resulted in a landslide. abortion has been illegal in the irish republic unless a woman's life was substantially in danger. 66% of the voters supported the case for change. minister

there is no such thing in northern ireland. it isa no such thing in northern ireland. to circumvent the assembly‘s role may be doing so to avoid its position. the dup is a pro—life party, and it is an extremely sensitive issue, not one that should have people taking to the streets in celebration. she finishes off with a reference of the fa ct finishes off with a reference of the fact that storm and has not been sitting for many months. she says "i wa nt to sitting for many months. she says "i want to see the assembly restored. " some of those up of the same people blocking devolution are demanding that westminster change the law are simultaneously opposing direct rule. the dup's position very clear, there. that was arlene foster. let's ta ke there. that was arlene foster. let's take a look at the weather forecast. there has been a lot of talk about these thunderstorms. it has been beautiful and other areas. but southern and central areas, that thunderstorm risk will continue. the receiving, some rambling, a bit further north this time, maybe to merseyside, around the m

want abortions on demand, to use the horrible expression, in northern ireland, will come to england ow conceivably go to the republic of ireland. just as it was after the people of the republic of ireland, to decide what their stance is on abortion, we must all look at this and think it must be up to the people of northern ireland. problem is northern ireland does not have a legislative body at the moment. but in the end, it should be up to them. yes, oh yes, it would have to be, and it would be even more hard fought in northern ireland by people who are deeply religious and conservative. and that is their right to do so. but as you say, at the moment, there is no government in northern ireland. jeremy corbyn, the leader of the labour opposition, was on a visit to northern ireland this week and he sparked a fair degree of controversy with his remarks. he has always been open about being a supporter of the idea of a united ireland. it is supposed to be by consent, that's in the good friday agreement, it would require a border poll. do you think all of these pressures building up, whet

matterfor northern ireland, a downing street has indicated it's a matter for northern ireland, a start i could buy arlene foster, the leader of the dup which is a pro—life party. from amnesty international and northern ireland shares of the license or government should not push for reform north of the border. all eyes are now on the uk government. they need to decide if they are going to remain complicit in the harm and suffering of women living under these restrictive abortion laws, or is like politicians in the republic of ireland they are going to stand with and stand up for women in northern ireland and urgently legislate for much needed and long overdue reform. us officials have reportedly travelled to north korea for talks on the possible summit between president trump and kim jong—un despite the event remaining officially cancelled. the news comes after a surprise meeting of the leaders of north and south korea yesterday. president trump had suggested the summit could still go ahead whilst north korean officials have said it is kimjong—un‘s ahead whilst north korean officials ha

and that's northern ireland and northern ireland could come to sort of agreement israeli speculating rder with the uk is at the heart of the negotiations for brexit. after the uk leaves the eu next year, how will goods — and people — travel between them? this week, the most senior customs official in the uk said it could happen — but at a price. max fac, the preferred option of the brexiteers designed to minimise delays at the irish border, or indeed between british ports and the continent, will cost businesses between 17 and £20 billion a year. that's about twice as much as britain's net annual contribution to the eu budget. theresa may's preferred alternative, a customs partnership with the eu would be a lot cheaper but has been dismissed in brussels as "magical thinking". imean, alex, i mean, alex, we heard that expression, we have heard it again from michel barnier saying that really, the deal about the trade partnership is a game of hide and seek at the moment. he doesn't know what it is the british want? is it time for the british to get real and agree on what they wanted tabs t

downing street is clear, this is an issue for northern ireland and northern ireland only. the government is focused on getting that stormont executive back up and running and it is not for politicians here to be dictating policy there. but what is clear is there are many mps at westminster who feel passionately that women in northern ireland should have the same rights and choices as women in the rest of the uk. there would be a majority in the house of commons who would support that if and potentially when that comes to a vote, but theresa may will continue to be underan vote, but theresa may will continue to be under an enormous amount of pressure over this issue and of course she is in an extremely tricky situation because she relies on that alliance with the socially conservative dup for her majority here, and they made it clear throughout the day that in no uncertain terms do they want to see any liberalisation of abortion laws in northern ireland. two people have died and another person is in a critical condition afterfalling ill at a music festival in hampshire. the

downing street's view is that this is an issue for northern ireland in northern ireland only.say they are focusing on getting the stormont executive up and running again and wa nt executive up and running again and want to avoid any oppression of direct rule. the feeling is this is not time the politician said to be dictating policy there, but what is clear is that there are many westminster m ps clear is that there are many westminster mps who believe passionately that women in northern ireland should have the same rights and choices as women in the rest of the uk and i think there is support for that among labour and liberal democrats mps and significantly among conservative mps, and some senior server to the camp mps as well. —— senior conservative mps. well, my view is that it's not right that women in northern ireland can't be able to access the same rights as women in the rest of the united kingdom. and if an amendment is allowed by the speaker, during the domestic violence bill that has come to parliament that put that right, i will be supporting it. i think there would

however the democratic unionist party said northern ireland "should not be bullied into accepting abortionn demand". our ireland correspondent chris page reports. in dublin today, people are considering the outcome of what was a defining vote on a touchdown social issue. for many years, the catholic church's strong opposition to abortion was reflected in the law. churchgoers this morning where disappointed. i couldn't vote for that. i'm disappointed, i have no badge, the majority spoke and you have two agree with the wish of the people so it's back to the government to see what they do now. at the referendum results in a landslide, abortion has been illegal in the irish republic and let a woman's wife were substantially in danger. 68% of the voters supported the case for change. ministers are now set to bring forward legislation which will now a low termination for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant. but this has raised discussions about abortions in northern ireland which are only permitted unless there is a serious risks to the health. this has been a national debate, people d

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 the past week that's recently has no intention of providing choice to northern irish women propped up by the d u p the democratic unionist party in northern ireland as it is which leaves the people in northern ireland one real choice protest organize agitate actually do so i've got as usual you say well we have been doing in that for years and years and years and cali has been doing that a lot longer than i have we have been protesting we have been. try and organize as many things as we can to get the to educate people on what the situation is really like here but it is you know we are grateful for the result in the irish referendum because it has really shown the spotlight even further on to northern ireland and dreams are made does have a choice she can legislate because as kelly rightly said human rights are not a devolved matter so she has the part to take action right now i but she won't because of the coalition with. co we're going to show to by though

northern ireland's largest party, the dup, remain opposed to a change in the law in northern ireland.nly have an abortion if there is a series or permanent risk to permanent mental oi’ permanent risk to permanent mental or physical health, so more restrictive than the rest of the uk although women can travel to have abortions in england, scotland and wales and many do. but the wider political picture, in northern ireland, what is interesting is none of the five main parties are in favour of extending the law in the rest of the uk to northern ireland. you have a range of political opinions. the dup very strongly against the law, the second biggest party, sinn fein, their position does not go far as the irish government in dublin, they plan to parsley gust —— legislation to legalise terminals until one nation/ legislation for terminations but they may relax their position further at their annual conference ina further at their annual conference in a couple weeks. the fact there is growing pressure on the westminster government to legislate to relax the abortion laws in northern ireland,

senior female mps are calling for northern ireland's strict abortion laws to be relaxed, after the referendum, a source in downing street has told us that number ten believes any reform "is an issue for northern ireland". "it shows one of the important reasons we need a functioning executive back up and running", the source said. well, joining me now from exeter is the conservative chair of the health select committee, sarah wollaston. good afternoon. the source in downing street highlights an important fact, this should be a decision for the executive. of course who would all like to see the stormont assembly back up and running. it's now an acceptable that women in northern ireland will be in the only part of the united kingdom not to have the same human rights as women elsewhere. and also things moved have on in the republic of ireland too, so it's absolutely time for us to change this. if the stormont assembly was in place, that would be the first port of call, but it isn't. and i think if an amendment is allowed by the speaker to the domestic violence bill, to allow women to have the sam

calls for change in northern ireland, after the republic overturns the ban on abortion. salvaging the summit. us and north korean officials try to get president trump and kim jong—un‘s historic meeting back on track. votes are being counted in colombia in a presidential elections crucial to the country's fragile peace deal. and decoding dolphins. we find out what makes the marine world's most charismatic mammals click. an attempt to form a new government in italy has ended in failure. the man named as prime minister on wednesday, giuseppe conte, said he'd handed back the mandate during a meeting with the country's president. he made the decision after the president blocked the appointment of a finance minister who has questioned whether italy should keep the euro as its currency. james reynolds has the latest from rome. italy's president has begun a dramatic stand—off with the country's populist parties, five star and the right—wing league. the head of state vetoed the government lineup suggested by giuseppe conte. the law professor put forward by the populists as prime

can just ludicrous that the people of northern ireland canjust sit and wait it out.er 2016 which found that 72% of people in northern ireland were in favour of relaxing abortion laws except in the case of fatal beetle abnormality. they have to have their voices heard. it's crazy that people in ireland and the rest of the uk have different rights to the women of northern ireland and i don't see why they should tolerated a minute longer. when you look at the figures, it is shocking. between 2013 and 2014 only 23 abortions were deemed necessary to be carried out. i wonder. absolutely. they do have this condition in northern ireland that it's only when life is in danger that they will carry out the abortion and there was only 23. which doesn't mean nobody else had an abortion, they just which doesn't mean nobody else had an abortion, theyjust travelled to the rest of the uk, which means it isa the rest of the uk, which means it is a privilege extended to women who can afford to travel and not extended to women who can afford to travel and also means that a at some people

for scotland and northern ireland, the cloud is in. us, a and northern ireland, the cloud is in. forsome of us, a bit and northern ireland, the cloud is in. for some of us, a bit of rain. i had this weather fronts, the lion's share of the sunshine, gorgeous afternoon in these midlands. high cloud spilling in. out of that cloud, further north, patchy rain for northern ireland will stop running through north—west scotland. through tonight, spread across all of northern ireland, dark blue indicating it will get heavier into north—west scotland, western isles, northern ireland. misty cloud in eastern parts of england. lowest temperatures here in single figures. chilly start tomorrow. cloud pushing back towards the north sea coast tomorrow. if mailing of some, part of history in scotland. he said temperatures cooler than it will be inland and the sunshine. rainy northern ireland, really pushing its hold on the east. still therefore north—west scotland. lighter later in the day. blue across southern parts, this is the chance for catching a s

with the odd shower in northern ireland. from love thunder overnight. low cloud becoming the main feature with skies above eastern scotland. some eastern coastal counties will see cloudy throughout. elsewhere, lots of sunshine. in the sunshine, it will feel warmer. this is bbc news. the headlines. it looks to be back on. preparations for a summit next month with north korean leader kimjong—un and president trump, are going ahead as originally planned. cancellations and delays to flights at stansted airport after a lightning strike which hit across southern england knocked out the aircraft fuelling system. senior politicians call for northern ireland's strict

senior politicians call for northern ireland's strict abortion laws to be relaxed as voters in the irishublic overwhelmingly back change in a referendum. the government is considering whether to expand england's network of national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. coming up in the next hour... misery for liverpool fans. two game—changing mistakes from their goalkeeper help real madrid to win the champions league final in kiev. more big acts perform on day two of radio 1's biggest weekend in swansea. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the latest on the north korean summit, it seems to be back on. north korea's leader, kim jong—un, is committed to denuclearisation. that's the view of south korea's president who met him for the second time this month on saturday. as preparations for a summit with the united states get back on track, moonjae—in said mr kim's main concern is the stability of his government — and he's not sure that washington can guarantee it. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in seoul. nothing conveys the dramatic change of mood here in korea than t

in scotland and northern ireland, a bit rain close by. elsewhere in scotland, there is some sunshine. the chance for thunderstorm developing in parts of southern

, and now the law in northern ireland, and now the difference between northern ireland and theirit is very difficult for the government to act. they could do in the absence of the northern ireland assembly and the executive which, as you say, has not been in place the nearly 18 months now. it is possible for the westminster government to legislate and impose that change in the law on northern ireland but it would be very difficult and a very controversial thing to do. that said, there's pressure on the government to act. labour say they are looking at legislative options and whilst their preferred method would be to do this through the northern ireland assembly, they say that women have suffered long enough. the shadow attorney general, shami chakrabarti, spoke this morning, saying," as a self identifying feminist, theresa may should negotiate with parties in northern ireland and impose legislation. women have suffered long enough and this is an issue of fundamental human rights". but downing street are not really engaging on this. a source says it isa engaging on this. a source

. day for northern ireland. showers perhaps heading towards scotland and northern ireland.ch win to move things around with humid air. humid air. the midlands and east anglia as well. well. thunder and lightning and the possibility of localised flooding. possibility of localised flooding. the end of the week is to push everything further north. everything further north. wales, not as wet, generally dry, sunshine around. sunshine around. ireland, there will be slow—moving and heavy and thundery downpours. and heavy and thundery downpours. arrives in scotland and northern ireland for a while. ireland for a while. for most of england and wales it may be dry. england and wales it may be dry. warm sunshine and temperatures in the low to mid 20s. the low to mid 20s. and into monday, the threat of catching thunderstorms remains. catching thunderstorms remains. weather pattern not changing significantly. significantly. large part of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. in north america and around the globe. i‘m duncan golestani. a summit between donald trump and kimjong—un. tryin

and although it is a devolved issue to northern ireland, this story as it says is that northerned to change its laws and has a far more repressive set of laws than the uk. it is not surprising that she does not want to listen to these pleas for change in northern ireland because she is propped up by the democratic unionists who are opposed to abortion, and it's a can of worms and it will be difficult to keep it off the agenda now. it is and isn't a can of worms, the numbers in northern ireland according to amnesty and 2016 suggested 72% of people in northern ireland are in favour of abortion in the case of rape, incest or fatal facial abnormalities so higher numbers than the results of the republic of ireland referendum abnormality —— faecal abnormalities. so it seems absurd, and the people in northern ireland have had to choose it because everybody who stands for election want to keep those laws, and they feel differently as the actual people that's why they say that when asked for their opinion. lot of people are talking about the great shift in the social landscape we have se

this is what northern ireland's most senior policeman told us earlier this week. you know, is a concern, certainly from a policing perspective. we wouldn't want to see anything that looks like physical infrastructure at the border, primarily because we assess that that could symbolically become the focus of attention and targeting by violent dissident republican groups. our political editor, nick watt, is here with more on this. following those remarks by george hamilton, the northern ireland secretary said yesterday there would be no new cameras on the border, no new infrastructure. and she cited security concerns. i have learned the calculation that have informed her and george hamilton's thinking. this is that the secretary of state has been told that there would need to be an additional 1000 or more police officers just to police the most minimal level of extra infrastructure involving cameras. and that is because there would obviously be targets on the border. we put this to the police service of northern ireland, and this is what assistant chief constable st

, none of them are right in favour of extending abortion laws to northern ireland.pping up theresa may's minority government at westminster are opposed to any change in the law. yesterday, ian paisley treated that northern ireland should not be bullied into accepting abortion on demand. so pastor will be campaigning for the laws to change, it is not guaranteed that will happen. rbs has failed to appreciate the impact of its decision to close dozens of branches in scotland, a report by mps has found. the scottish affairs committee described the move as a devastating blow for communities affected. it is urging the bank to halt plans to axe up to 62 branches. rbs said the closures were in response to an increase in mobile and online banking. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump has indicated that preparations for a summit next month with the leader of north korea, kimjong—un, are going ahead as originally planned. england could get more national parks after the environment secretary, michael gove, announced he's launching a review into the country's natural landscap

streets of northern ireland today, is who is actually running northern ireland ?where. the people of northern ireland deserve an executive focused on the issues that matter to them. education, health, schools, farming, all the obvious stuff. we need to get the executive back up and running. the parties themselves need to do so. at the moment, the pilot light is on but no one is twirling those knobs. we need to get the executive restored. he is and cahoots with, is encouraging them not to come together to form, to let the assembly work. are there not people in this chamber who could assist, who negotiated the belfast agreement? some who served as chairman of the assembly, and it is important that we face up to the reality. there is a wealth of experience in this house, and i hope we can continue to draw upon that. my right honourable friend, the secretary of state for northern ireland, flies above and below the radar. does he agree that the longer the assembly and the executive are down, the harder it is to get it back up? that is the lessons of the past, even afte

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pressure to relax northern ireland's strict abortion laws is intensifying with labour adding its voicefor change. it comes after friday's historic referendum in the republic of ireland. mps from across the commons, say women should have the same rights in all parts of the uk, but downing street insists it's a matterfor northern ireland. the dup, on whom theresa may relies for a majority in parliament, says it will not be bullied into accepting abortion. our ireland correspondent, chris page, is in belfast, and explains how the law in northern ireland differs to the republic. currently, a woman can only have an abortion if there's a serious or permanent risk to your physical or mental health, so much more restrictive than in the rest of the uk, though women can travel from here to have abortions in england, scotland and wales and every year plenty do. however, looking at the wider political picture in northern ireland, what's interesting is that none of the five main parties are in favour of extending the law in the rest of the uk to northern ireland. you've got a range of political opi

in northern ireland abortion remains illegal in most circumstances, today sinn fein said it wanted todeliver rights' to women in the north as well as the south. at westminster too, there have been calls for the law on abortion to be the same for women across the uk. but the democratic unionists — on whom the prime minister depends for her majority — said northern ireland should not be bullied into what they called ‘abortion on demand.‘ our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. chant: we made history! this was a seismic moment, marking a shift away from the country‘s once strict conservative past. yes, yes, yes! two thirds of irish voters backed repealing the ban on abortion, and the reverberations of this decision are being felt elsewhere. this has very much been a national debate, people the length and breadth of the island have been talking about how we need to support women. our policy is the same from the north through to the bottom of ireland, we need to show care and compassion towards women. ice cream! in belfast today, a sense that the debate now moves here. northern irela

one or two showers, scotland, northern ireland, into north—west england.re is the cooler air, moving east, as we head through thursday and towards the end of the week we see milder error making inroads. thursday, cool, dry start across central and eastern areas, some sunshine, louts tending to build, and a little bit across eastern parts, still sunny spells, slightly milder air mass, looking at 14, slightly milder air mass, looking at 1a, 15, 16 celsius, a little milder. north and west, cloudy, outbreaks of rain. north west southeast split, on friday. —— northwest southeast split. stronger windfall scotland and northern ireland, particularly western scotland, outbreaks of rain. temperatures coming back, you can see it is mild, and across the south—east, 18 or 19 degrees. warmer still into the bank holiday weekend, thanks to the high pressure and southerly south—easterly wind. low 20 celsius, and lots of sunshine. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. today at 2. peers are accused of trying to block the will of the british people over

northern ireland?rve an executive focused upon the issues that matter to them — education, health, schools, farming, all the obvious stuff. we need to get the executive back up and running. the parties themselves need to do so. at the moment, the pilot light is on but no—one is twirling those knobs. we need to get the executive restored. lord duncan. now, do we simply have too many mps and peers? there was an urgent debate at the start of the week over the government's handling of a bill from a labour mp which would, in effect, halt plans to cut the number of members of the commons from 650 to 600. at the same time, the latest list of new peers has been released with 13 names — the majority of them conservative, which will take the total to 793. so how does the uk parliament shape up compared to other countries? here's julia butler. britain is thought to be the only democracy in the world with a second chamber larger than its first. let's take a tour. australia has 150 seats in its house of representat

again we will see it get scotland and northern ireland. scotla nd scotland and northern ireland.ain cloudy for much of england and also wales and overcast. it is later in the south—east we will start to see things brightening up. but it will feel humid. overnight and this evening, it showers continue across the isle of man, getting into northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland and they will be pushing north—west woods. behind, a lot of cloud. some breaks in the cloud and a lot of showers. the humid night. the weatherfrom continuing to move away leaving drier and brighter conditions, but by then, the next crop of thundery downpours coming across southern england and moving north into wales, the midlands and continuing the journey north as we go to the rest of the day. these could prove to be problematic so it is something we are keeping a very close eye on. yes, umbrellas up and then down. up and then down. welcome to the midlands where we talk about these things. some builders in the country reporting delays are getting deliveries and back could have a knock—on effect for

in northern ireland.way of life and in our democracy. this deficit should have been caused by the collapse of the executive and for it to be very clear to everybody that the lack of ministerial decisionmaking is impacting on people's everyday lives. ijust wonder has — what the chairman's thoughts are and where we go to try to move forward sinn fein from the obstinance they have in relation to their position. sometimes, we need to move forward and part of the things that we disagree on. i would urge dup and all the other parties in northern ireland to set aside those things on which they cannot agree and get on with what they can agree. i think people in northern ireland are increasingly frustrated with silly nonsense around politicking in northern ireland. which means that their day—to—day, things that are important to them on a day—to—day basis, health care, education, infrastructure, are not being done because of obstinate politicians standing on their dignity in respect of particular areas though they

i friday, the wettest of the weather moves towards northern ireland, northern england, up into central of england and wales and temperatures typically into the low perhaps mid— 20s or so. 0ver typically into the low perhaps mid— 20s or so. over the weekend, i think you will see some heavy rain storms in scotland on saturday and perhaps into the south—west on sunday. the south—east, eastern england largely dry, at some sunshine. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: italy's two main populist parties have called for peaceful protests against the nomination of a technocrat as the country's prime minister. the five star movement and the league have promised to block any programme to be submitted to parliament by carlo cottarelli, a former economist at the imf. talks are resuming between american and north korean officials to try and reinstate a summit between donald trump and kim jong—un. president trump has spoken to japanese prime minister shinzo abe and they both agreed it was "imperative" to completely dismantle pyongyang's nuclear weapons. the search for the missing malaysian airlin

the warmest weather in the sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, so a lovely day here.and thunderstorms pushing back into the south—east and east anglia early on wednesday morning, and to the north of that, you guessed it, more mist, fog and low cloud coming back in again. that will retreat to coastal areas but this rain is going to be on the move, a spell of a few hours of heavy rain, potentially thundery too, moving westwards across england towards wales. looks dry in the south—west. conditions should improve in the south—east. again, the sunny skies, the highest temperatures will be across scotland and northern ireland. making the most of that dry weather here because it is probably not going to last, pressure is lowering, which is why we're finding more downpours coming in from the near continent, and they will start to move their way northwards as well. we may have a few storms across northern ireland on thursday, perhaps in the south—west of scotland. more cloud around here certainly, and more storms pushing back from the south—east, across england and wales. thes

cloud bringing outbreaks of rain for the hebrides and that'll bring the odd splash of rain to northern ireland western scotland. for many, not quite as chilly as it has been. for many, another fine start to sunday. but we will have big applied across scotla nd but we will have big applied across scotland with more breeze and northern ireland, bringing occasional rain. still drier moments with hazy sunshine. hazy sunshine andi with hazy sunshine. hazy sunshine and i slid in showers to be used to scotla nd and i slid in showers to be used to scotland with temperatures around the moray firth up to 21 but with long spells of sunshine across england and wales once more, even after the misty start, highs of around 23. buying into sunday evening but a translator across the north—west of scotland and northern ireland and that departs westwards once again and into next week it'll be fine many. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... prince harry and meghan markle have been married at a ceremony in st george's chapel, windsor, in a royal wedding that's been watched across the world. the bride arrived

pressure is mounting for northern ireland to liberalise its strict abortion laws.dum in the irish republic that overturned that country's ban. however, the democratic unionists, the largest party in the north, said it should not be bullied into accepting abortion on demand. emma vardy reports. this was a seismic moment, marking a shift away from the country's once strict conservative beliefs. two thirds of irish voters backed repealing the ban on abortion and the reverberations of this decision are felt elsewhere. this has very much been a national debate, people all over the island have been talking about the need to support women and our policy is the same from the north through to the bottom of ireland, we need to show care and compassion towards women. ice cream! in belfast today, a sense that the debate moves here. northern ireland remains the only part of the uk where abortion is illegal unless it is a risk to the life of the woman. i would love to see a referendum up here. again, it probably will never happen. but hopefully it will start a conversation going

a little bit more cloud building into northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and westernon. temperatures are doing well. in the bulk of the country it is a pretty sunny day. high temperatures up to 21. tuesday, another largely fine and tri—star to the more cloud with patchy rain for for northern ireland in north—west scotland. for the rest of the country at is looking like another sunny day with fairly light winds, and temperatures will be on the up. high is up to 23 degrees in the south—east and 16 degrees to 18 degrees across parts of scotland and northern ireland. with pressure continuing to build through the week ahead it is looking mainly dry, and in those bells of sunshine it should feel presently warm. goodbye for 110w. this is bbc news. our top stories — a man has stabbed five people in central paris, killing at least one. the attacker was shot dead by police. president trump thanks north korea after they said they will be dismantling its nuclear sites in less tha n dismantling its nuclear sites in less than two weeks. turkey's president tells the bbc that preside

northern ireland and western scotland, including the northern isles, always that bit cloudier, occasionalather, too. these areas into sunday night will turn wetter and the rain becomes heavier and more persistent but we will see skies clear through eastern scotland and down through much of england and wales with the risk of some mist and sea fog around the coast. temperatures by night not dropping as much as they have done recently. one good news for the gardeners. the bad news is high pressure will still dominate through the start of the week so not much in the way of wet weather. plenty of watering of plants to be done. the wettest weather on monday confined to scotland and northern ireland. heavy, persistent rain to start the day but with that high pressure building from the east, it will nudge off westwards. so many of you, including eastern parts of northern ireland and much of scotland by the end of monday, dry, sunny and warm again. an outside chance across southern counties of england of a small thunderstorm or heavy shower. same too on tuesday. most will be dry. a bit more cloud

in northern ireland abortion is illegal u nless northern ireland abortion is illegal unless there isw is outdated and unfair. i feel we're dragging say that the law is outdated and unfair. i feelwe're dragging behind the rest of europe, the rest of the western world. women are being denied human rights. it is like the dark ages and incredible we are still in this position. a huge shift in attitudes on the other side of the irish border has given new momentum to these demonstrators but there has been no devolved government now for more than 500 days and in the absence of stormont campaigners are focusing on westminster. this woman and her story made a big impact on the debate, she travelled to england to end her pregnancy when doctors said that her unborn child could not survive outside the womb. it was a terrifying time and more traumatic thanit terrifying time and more traumatic than it should have been. if stormont was up and running we would be up there begging by the help but it is not so we're asking theresa may and westminster now to help us. we need the help now. activists in

in northern ireland.the scene. in hertfordshire, a place where i grew up, we have some sunny spells. grew up, we have some sunny spells. moving in and it is spiralling around this area of low pressure. around this area of low pressure. ireland and eventually the rain will spread its way further eastward. spread its way further eastward. ahead of fact, the cloud increasing across england and wales. across england and wales. england, hold onto brighter skies and some sunshine. and some sunshine. where we will eventually see rain pushing into the west of scotland. pushing into the west of scotland. afternoon and temperatures 11, 13 degrees and feeling chilly. degrees and feeling chilly. but the further east, dry and bright. still warm in london. temperatures about 20 celsius. moving further eastward overnight into saturday. into saturday. there could be rain first thing across the far north. across the far north. lincolnshire and a cool to 18 degrees. degrees. 10 celsius below what the temperatures where las

everything is moving northwards, so that by friday the wettest of the weather moves to northern irelandparts of england, with temperatures perhaps into the lower mid—20s or so. we will see heavy rain in scotland on saturday and perhaps into the south—west on sunday. the south—west and east of england largely dry. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. the doctors and nurses who treated sergei and yulia skripal have spoken for the first time about their treatment. they say they didn't expect the former russian spy and his daughter to survive the nerve agent attack. we would try all our therapies, we would ensure the best clinical care. but all the evidence was there that they would not survive. good morning, it's tuesday, 29th may. also this morning... the obesity crisis in the classroom. 22,000 children leave primary school dangerously overweight. a £a3 billion boost to the economy from drones.

the only thing and so the problem, eu point of view is that if goods go across the border from northern ireland to the republic of ireland without any difference in tariffs theatre is still the principle problem of the regulatory alignments or not which is part of the single market effect. which is what the premier has been talking about as well. which is what we probably do not want to happen because then they are still back in the eu. the brexiteers want that and probably is not a great situation to be in if we are in that situation. this is an idea as a backstop and it may not fly. then we get the whole issue of what her actual concrete firm proposal is. let's look at the independent. 4 million, the number of homes england needs, just england needsit of homes england needs, just england needs it says to tackle epic shortage. where have they got these figures from? doesn't explain how they are tech related, but point is that the government of the current target is 300,000 and this is saying there are even more of a shortfall. clearly, it's a problem that we do not seem to have enough houses.