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

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

as it is which leaves the people in northern ireland one real choice protest organize agitate actually do see i've got as usual you say well we have been doing that for years and years and years and cali has been doing it 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 farther on to northern ireland and dreams are made does have a choice she can lead to because as kerry 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 the co we're going to show to by about as much as we can. actually i'm sensing as a sense of momentum that come from ireland judy here for instance on twitter says this campaign is an over and to our brothers and sisters up north have the right to choose was so so maybe meant in the maybe some pressure there might be some infu

’ 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

we need to decriminalize am abortion in northern ireland we need to make it free safe and they go we need to provide reproductive health care for our sisters and pregnant people as soon as possible rebecca here says saying the north to snacks is great in theory but in practice the politicians are way behind the people on this in northern ireland we need actions not words and full decriminalisation of abortion and none of the five major parties support this we need to lobby and to fight for abortion access and northern ireland i'm wondering kelly or ashley where the doctors stand on this. well and i know. you're going to as well know ask you to go. well just in my partial experience and when i was denied an abortion my a doctor i saw a number of doctors that my me and consultant told me that he was sorry but his hands were tied at the minute if doctors help a pregnant person have an abortion they can rest the reason their license for a start being prosecuted and go into jail so doctors can't help women and pregnant people even if they want to and not only that but they can't eve

and in october, the supreme court was asked to consider an appeal that argues northern ireland law istional human rights. 0ur ireland co—respondent, emma vardy, is at the supreme court in central london. this case brought by the northern ireland human rights commission lost ona ireland human rights commission lost on a technicality. take us through the details of what the judges had to say. northern ireland human rights commission was dismissed today but lots of excitement from campaigners out here because campaigners out here because campaigners for reforming abortion law in northern ireland will be talking this up as a win. that's because of the very powerful language used by the judges because of the very powerful language used by thejudges in because of the very powerful language used by the judges in the supreme court today. they ruled, while they remarked, that this was, they considered the abortion law in northern ireland to be incompatible with human rights legislation. in cases of fatal foetal abnormality, rape and incest. they pointed out this is not binding. the reason it w

the supreme court will today rule whether northern ireland's strict abortion laws are a breach of humanegislation. unlike other parts of the uk, a termination is only permitted if there's a serious or permanent risk to a woman's health. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. we made history! last month, people in the republic of ireland voted overwhelmingly to repeal the eighth amendment of the irish constitution. here, abortion is now expected to be legalised up to the 12th week of pregnancy but in northern ireland, the law on abortion remains one of the law on abortion remains one of the strictest in york. terminations are banned including in cases of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality is. the controversial laws have been the subject of a 3— year battle through the courts. in 2015, belfast high court ruled northern ireland's abortion with human rights however this was overturned by judges at human rights however this was overturned byjudges at the belfast court of appeal and it's now being considered by the highest court in the uk. whatever the outcome, northern ireland i

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

the heavier showers have been in the slow—moving thunderstorms across northern ireland and a few developing ireland and a few developing in scotland as well. those will slowly become fewer and lighter. probably not completely fading away. more low cloud coming back in of the north sea down the eastern side of england and scotland. a bit chillierfawn north—east scotland and england. we are in the height of the pollen season. are in the height of the pollen season. grass pollen and it will be high or very high levels in northern ireland and the bulk of england and wales. helped by some more sunshine. the cloud should then and break. we should see showers developing again across northern ireland but especially across scotland and ever higher ground. even in dumfries & galloway you could season downpours. in northern ireland it will be cooler and cloudier. some sunny spells across scotland. a few thunderstorms possible across northern ireland. a risk of a shower 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.

heavy hail and thunder, perhaps fewer showers for northern ireland. ly, across the home counties. they can't be ruled out. but for many it is fine and dry after a murky start, potentially. through the evening and overnight, temperatures will fall away again in the north and the east. a few showers to continent with. if anything, there will be focused eastwards, across scotland, the north—east of england, as we go through the day on sunday, perhaps a few more across northern england and wales and the south—west again. we'll watch developments to the south, in the channel islands, and just one or two elsewhere. but if anything, temperatures will be just a little higher on sunday. but there's a lot of warmth close by. some exceptional heat at the moment across scandinavia. high wildfire risk here. whilst it's a little cooler across iberia. but without heat and low pressure moving northwards, as are mentioned, some showers crossing into the channel islands. of course, that would trigger some because of interruptions at roland garros. it looks as if it will

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.

— ireland border. unresolvable problem of the northern ireland- ireland border.tuation is one when i think the whole brexit negotiations started, many people didn't realise it would be a big stumbling block in the sort of longer term negotiations to watch david davis has proposed in this sort of exclusive story in the sun if there is a twin regime, eu and uk legislation takes place in northern ireland and becomes effectively a special economic zone which seems to be a very good solution, actually, except the dup in northern ireland who are likely to be sort of very anti this and uk politics at the moment the dup do hold displays the current administration. but it is interesting because you can look at it standing back and think hang on, that's a pretty good effort. absolutely. but it is utterly irrelevant, as you say, the unionists who know that northern ireland is part of the uk,. so there is no give there, it'll be interesting to see this has any legs at all. this story wouldn't have come out without it already having legs and perhaps behind the scenes the dup

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 new

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

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

can build on arrangements and facilities which already exist between the rest of the uk and northern ireland we wa nt to obviously behind all these rules we want to preserve the fluidity and ease of trade and production of the island of ireland, and once again, we need such a solution. we will not leave this issue unresolved. translation: my third and final point relates to that very point, out point relates to that very point, our future relationship with the united kingdom. in line with the mandate that i received from the european council in march, and in line with the wishes expressed by the european parliament in its resolution, we are now in the process of discussing the framework of this new relationship, which will comprise an economic partnership and strategic corporation on security matters. up until now, in all the british papers that we've received, andl british papers that we've received, and i do read them very carefully with my team, there is a request for the status quo, a request for continuity, which is somewhat paradoxical when the country took the decision to leave the eu

some rain for western scotland and northern ireland, then sunshine further south. rain through the evening, some showers across northern england, too. it is towards the end of the night that the winds really starts to strengthen and gus are likely to be problematic through the morning, especially for rush hourin the morning, especially for rush hour in northern ireland, scotland and northern england. gusting up to 60 mph and exposure channelling through central lowlands, and to 60 mph year. we're talking 50—55 mph. there will be some disruption to transport. bbc local radio is a good place to go for a detailed local to you. further south the windy start as well, not as much as for the northern part of the british isles but still around coasts 50 60 mph and across some of the higher ground, too. some light panty removing its way through on thursday morning. further north spell of heavy rain and showers across scotland, the weather in terms of the rain coming down significantly as the day goes on, the wind gradually easing to the north and remain in quite strongly to

prime minister's brexit red lines remain in place, full alignment can only take place between northern irelanded by the uk, would mean a border down the irish sea. if you talk of trouble along the border you would find the same, unionists would be saying we will not accept that we are part of united kingdom, yet we are restricted to travelling and doing trade with other parts of united kingdom and i think that the, this is one of the things that has not opinion focussed on so far. we hear about the opposition and protests that republican would launch against such boardser treatment. unionist wouldn't behave differently. except they wouldn't be threatening to blow up parts of their own country. but there would be opposition, i believe there would be physical opposition to it. i've spoke on the a senior unionist who said the eu would do well to remember the history of this corner of northern ireland. an early attempt at power sharing in 1974 was brought down when loyalists walked out of northern ireland's largest power station, just over the harbour from larne. the phasing out of station was the

heavy hail and thunder, perhaps fewer showers for northern ireland. uth—west, and the odd homegrown one as well, potentially, across the home counties. they can't be ruled out. but for many it is fine and dry after a murky start, potentially. through the evening and overnight, temperatures will fall away again in the north and the east. a few showers to continent with. if anything, there will be focused eastwards, across scotland, the north—east of england, as we go through the day on sunday, perhaps a few more across northern england and wales and the south—west again. we'll watch developments to the south, in the channel islands, and just one or two elsewhere. but if anything, temperatures will be just a little higher on sunday. but there's a lot of warmth close by. some exceptional heat at the moment across scandinavia. high wildfire risk here. whilst it's a little cooler across iberia. but without heat and low pressure moving northwards, as are mentioned, some showers crossing into the channel islands. of course, that would trigger some sharp showe

the majority ofjudges here at the supreme court ruled that the northern ireland human rights commission cases of pregnancy by rape or incest, and in the cases of fatal foetal abnormality, where an unborn child cannot survive. it is those comments, although not legally binding, which will have been heard loud and clear by mps at the house of commons because mps on all sides support changing the law. and there are number of mps who want to see westminster intervene whilst the stormont assembly in northern ireland is out of action because that collapsed 17 months ago. but there is strong opposition from the northern ireland party, the dup, a strongly anti—abortion party, so that creates problems for theresa may. but supreme courtjudges' comments will add weight to the argument of mps at westminster who want to find a way to get this changed. microplastics are reaching the most remote waters of the world, and pollution in the air is contaminating even the freshest snow in antarctica — those are the conclusions of a greenpeace survey, gathered during a three—month expedition earlier this yea

that is to say between ireland and northern ireland. 0k, uk. en 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 re

forward is to hold a referendum in northern ireland?o go through the situation ofa women who go through the situation of a fatal foetal abnormality to have this, we have been waiting five yea rs have this, we have been waiting five years and it is five years too long. sarah ewart and grainne teggart, thank you for speaking to me this morning. donald trump has freed a 63—year—old woman, who was given a life sentence for a drug offence, after a campaign by a news website that was taken up by kim kardashian west. alicejohnson was jailed in 1996 as a first—time offender and her case found its way to the white house last month with a personal visit from the reality star. now, donald trump has commuted her sentence. kim kardashian west said on twitter it was "the best news ever." this is what she had to say as she campaigned for alice's freedom. we can now take a look at the moment alice mariejohnson was released. this is the first time she's seen her family out of prison in 22 years. i got you. watch it, guys. ok, let's... 0k. good luck to y

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

some heavy and thundery showers, particularly across the channel islands, western scotland and northern ireland. there could be a lot of rain in a short amount of time. showers in northern england, cumbria and yorkshire. through parts of wales, south—west england and the odd shower later in the afternoon across east anglia and south—east england. through this evening, most of the showers will fade away. cloud tending to fill back in as the night wears on, the further east you are. temperatures on a par with last night, between nine and 14. for sunday, many places having a largely dry day. more sunshine across england and wales but still some showers around, transferring eastwards. in the sunshine, temperatures up to 2a degrees. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: the queen's birthday honours are announced. amongst the names on this year's list are former liverpool manager kenny dalglish, who is knighted, and actress emma thompson, who is made a dame. but there's anger too as the chief executive of network rail, mark carne — is made a cbe — despite the recent chaos on the railways. the secon

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

now, mps have backed calls to decriminalise abortion in northern ireland. had called an emergency debate, following the decision of the irish republic last month to liberalise its abortion laws. the irish taoiseach, leo varadkar, welcomed the yes vote in ireland a week ago, saying that, "ireland will no longer say to women take the boat or take the plane when they need an abortion." instead, he said, "ireland will say take our hand." it is now time for us to offer our hands to the women of northern ireland in the same way. women who face a situation where if they are raped and seek a termination they will face a longer prison sentence than their attacker. she proposed repealing the parts of the act that made abortion a criminal offence. but there was angry opposition. i made the mistake that many mps make of actually reading my e—mails today. "your views are a disgrace to humanity and a betrayal of the truly innocent." "women can always say no or keep their clothes on." "you, madam, were once an embryo." "you, madam, were once a foetus in your mother's womb

within just into scotland and northern ireland. withinjust a into scotland and northern ireland. day. the afternoon temperatures, forget about 31, more like 26 in glasgow. further south, the heat continues. still the potential to hit 30 degrees. this weekend, we will be watching the area of low pressure. it is possible to have some showers, but high pressure seems likely to stay. this weekend, lots of sunshine, still very hot in the south, a little cooler further north. that is all for now. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm ben brown. today at 2. the doctor at the centre of the gosport hospital scandal breaks her silence and says she was doing the best for the patients. her husband speaks on her behalf. she was a hard—working, dedicated doctor. doing the best for her patients in a very inadequately resourced part of the health service. ‘it‘s like the apocalypse' say people threatened by the wildfire raging on saddlworth moor as dozens of homes are evacuated. we noticed a new thick black plume of smoke and heard crackling and the fire, and there was all this ash and the t

currently, an abortion is permitted in northern ireland only if a woman's life is at risk. 0ur irelandast to england, in 2013 the bbc followed sarah, who travelled to the uk for an abortion. i don't even want to go out and do a shop, for baby clothes. people pushing their newborns. her unborn baby had a fatal condition. she's campaigned ever since to try and change the law. if i'd had this procedure at home, in my own hospital with my own medicals, i would have had a grave to visit or ashes. i have absolutely nothing of my wee daughter to remember her by. that breaks my heart. today, sarah was in court to hear the ruling of the most seniorjudges in the uk. the legal challenge by the northern ireland human by the northern ireland human rights commission failed on technical grounds. but the supreme court made it clear, and majority ofjudges believe northern ireland's abortion law is in breach of women's human rights. we are of the firm and clear opinion that the current law is incompatible with article eight. the judges‘ remarks today were not legally binding. but will add weight to the

brexit now poses a massive political challenge, as well, both here in the republic and in northern irelandll. my guest today is the leader of sinn fein, the irish republican party, which is steeped in ireland's history. the question is, can it be an agent of irish change? mary lou mcdonald, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. ireland is changing remarkably fast, both in terms of its social and cultural attitudes, its politics, as well. and your party, sinn fein, is steeped in the past. how can you persuade the irish people that you can be agents of change? well, i think you're right to say that ireland is changing, and in some respects quite dramatically. i mean, we had a recent referendum on the very vexed social issue of abortion rights. and i think, more than anything else in recent times, that is a weathervane forjust how radically irish public opinion has changed, and the extent to which we now live in a much more diverse, much more open, much more tolerant society. and a year ago, slightly more, of course, we had the referendum on marriage equality. again, another — not quite so vexed, b

one or two for northern ireland, one or two for east anglia. so this is how the day starts.d and light rain working in across parts of norfolk, moving across lincolnshire and in across yorkshire. that might get to northumberland and durham as well later in the afternoon. what that area of cloud will do is stop temperatures rising so high. further north we can see some sunshine, with heavy thundery showers for scotland. a risk of localised flooding here, but it's not certain these showers will develop across eastern england. that cloud that i showed you might actually stop the showers from falling here. there could be a few thunderstorms, though, to the south in east anglia. southern counties of england and across southern wales, this is where the driest weather is going to be with the best of the day's sunshine. the heaviest of the downpours, i'm pretty sure, will be across scotland and maybe into east anglia. those showers will fade away through the night. on sunday, a lot of dry weather for the second half of the weekend. not completely dry. a few showers around. northern

and northern ireland will catch them.of the uk is underneath the fine weather, with sunny skies. partly cloudy at times. showers continue in scotland and the possibility of flash flooding. sunday, look how hot it is in central europe, nearly 30. cool and showery in spain and portugal and parts of france. this pattern has been fairly steady now for weeks over been fairly steady now for weeks over there. we will have the odd shower during the course of sunday, most of us on sunday should have a fine day, with temperatures even hitting the mid—20s in london depending on the sunshine. the weekend is looking bad overall across the uk. let's make the most of it as things might change as we head into next week. this is bbc news afternoon live with me ben brown. the latest headlines. the prime minister says she has full confidence in boris johnson, after the foreign secretary is secretly recorded suggesting the government lacks guts in the brexit negotiations — and that donald trump could do a betterjob. meanwhile the eu's chief

in northern ireland, the possibility of other spreaders south.f flash flooding. hopefully most of us will escape that, but bear in mind there is that risk in scotland and northern ireland. saturday is looking fine for most of us. to the south of the uk, some rougher weather, thunder storms brewing but for most of us across the country on sunday it is fine. the possibility of showers but look at the temperatures in the south, possibly getting up to 2a degrees. fresher in aberdeen around 16 degrees. that is it. enjoy your weekend. a reminder of our main story... theresa may is in canada for talks with other world leaders — but her ongoing cabinet row over brexit follows her there as her foreign secretary says her brexit strategy lacks guts. that's all from the bbc news at six. so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s this is bbc news, the latest headlines. the prime minister moves to assert their authority after suggestions from the foreign secretary that her government lacks guts in negotiations with the eu. people like boris

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

but they are expected to brew across scotland and northern ireland, one or two, across scotland and northern one or two, could be very happy with the crack of thunder, but most of us should miss the worst of it. sent away to work as domestic servants, some are abused or even worse but those responsible are rarely brought to justice. this is bbc news — the headlines. the prime minister moves to reassert her authority, after suggestions from the foreign secretary that her government lacks guts in its negotiations with the eu. look, people like boris have strong views on brexit but so do i. i want to deliver brexit for the british people. that is what the people want andi people. that is what the people want and i am getting on and doing it. borisjohnson was recorded at a private dinner saying leave voters might not get the deal they wanted, and he hinted that donald trump could do a betterjob. in brussels, the eu's chief negotiator says the government's latest backstop proposals won't solve the question of the irish border. and, breaking ranks — president trump says russia should be readmitted

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

reiterating, the heavy rain and the strong wind going to come in across scotland, northern ireland andthat in mind. we have been talking about sports days, and everyone will be watching out. we will have to watch closely. everyone is on the sofa for a look at the newspapers. looking at some of the front pages first, this image is very much dominating the front pages this morning. this time yesterday morning was that extraordinary meeting. a lot of analysis today of just what extraordinary meeting. a lot of analysis today ofjust what it means, and question marks over how much detail there was, and just how it will all work going into the future. it is interesting that most of the papers really focusing on those two stories, donald trump and kim jong—un meeting yesterday at what happened in parliament. looking at the metro, kim heart donald. pretty much one picture all the papers have used, and that is the same one the daily express is using, talking about brexit and england, so pretty much three stories. looking ahead to some of our chats this morning, it is interesting what the sun hav

human rights campaigners have lost a legal challenge to northern ireland's strict abortion law.ern ireland's human rights commission was not entitled to bring a challenge without an actual case of a woman affected by the law. but the court made clear it would have found the abortion law to be incompatible with human rights. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy is outside the court in central london. those particular comments that you make there are not legally binding, the once by the supreme courtjudges here, but they will have the effect of increasing the pressure on theresa may and increasing the pressure on the government, to act on northern ireland's abortion laws. the majority ofjudges here at the supreme court today ruled that the northern ireland human rights commission did not have the power to bring those proceedings, but as you say had the case being brought by an individual, by a woman who felt that she had suffered because of northern ireland's abortion laws, the judges here made it clear in that case they would have made a formal ruling that northern ireland's abor

northern ireland and northern england having a few isolated blustery showers, sunny spells and windyonditions. less windy further south but down towards london some of the gusts reaching around 30 mph over the next couple of hours. temperatures this afternoon not doing too badly, feeling cooler where you have the strong winds, highs of around 17—18 in the north, further south, up to around 22 degrees and for many it brightening up in the afternoon with a return to sunny skies. this evening at night further heavy showers for a time for northern ireland, into scotland as well, dryerfor england ireland, into scotland as well, dryer for england and wales and the winds falling lighter. quite a chilly night ahead, fresher than it has been recently, around 8—13 degrees first thing friday morning. friday, a much quieter day than we've seen out there today. not as windy, still some showers particularly across scotland and northern ireland. 0ne particularly across scotland and northern ireland. one or two for england and wales but there will be some sunshine in between. another breezy day, not

clear skies for northern ireland and the north of england and scotland.e a teen is london. vince is north and south come either side of that weather front. it is bringing the cloud that we saw earlier on and some rain later on tuesday across scotland and northern ireland. probably more into the afternoon that you see the rain developing in northern ireland into the evening and scotland but that ring will be steady and heavy. a few pockets of drizzle in england and wales were the morning will be cloudy but further eastern afternoon we should see increasing sunshine. temperatures boost into the mid—20s 01’ so. temperatures boost into the mid—20s or so. very much chillierfor western scotland and northern ireland. especially as the train arrives. the across uk. south—westerly is across southern areas and north—west in the north as much fresher. cooler and fresher air comes in behind that with front which will work seven wednesday. for a while it will be weather when i'd in scotland but my morning that rain has cleared away and this band of rain is moving sout

some strong winds this morning right across the uk but particularly across scotland, northern irelandr warning from the met office to be prepared for potential damage and disruption in the north and northern ireland. perhaps in the north and northern ireland. even higher thai exposed perhaps even higher than that in exposed areas. 60—70 mph and perhaps more than that in exposed areas. that book of cloud as it moves in. look at the isobars, the white lines quite close together, indicative of some strong winds. we don't often see areas of low pressure like this in the middle ofjune. the wind will cause the biggest problems this morning, right across scotland. particularly the central belt of scotla nd particularly the central belt of scotland and northern ireland where there is an amber weather warning in force. gusts of 60—70 mph and more than that in the higher ground of scotland. northern england getting strong winds, 60 miles an hour in the north west of wales. elsewhere a gusty start to the day. but some rain affecting the far south—east of england, generally clearing away. a dry s

showers as yesterday and many places will remain dry and plenty of sunshine across a good part of northern irelandnd into the highlands, we will see snow and torrential downpours. different story across the southern half of scotla nd story across the southern half of scotland where it is dull and bump. sunny spells across northern ireland. later on in the data towards the south—west, sharp showers. a lot of places having a lovely end to the day. any storms that do develop will fade away overnight. at the expense of the low cloud out in the north sea that will work its further way inland overnight so it is misty and murky at the end of the night with some patches of fog. a dull, gloomy start and it may stay cloudy to the day across south—east scotland and much of england and east anglia. sunshine breaking in the far south—east and further west across the uk, although that could trigger a slow—moving, thundery downpours. quite a range of temperatures across the uk, cooler than today across many eastern areas of the midlands. it is coming our way because we have high pressure to the north, low prices

across northern ireland, northern england and scotland, these areas most prone to see some heavy burststing longest in scotland. for the rest we will see things brightening up from the west during the day. still a few showers around. east anglia across much of southern england, not much rain at all despite all the cloud around and it being cooler compared with yesterday. if you are looking for something on your garden it might be a bit dry at the moment. i don't think this is the day it will come for you. there will still be a few showers around here. that is how it is looking by four p.m.. through the evening a few showers here or there, especially in scotland and some down the eastern side of england for a time. notice how it clears out later this evening into the first part of the night before cloud increases again later in the west and a hint of patchy rain coming towards wales in south—west england by the end of the night. some of us dipping into single figures, as you can see. apart two of the weekend, for tomorrow, we will start mainly dry. the best of any sunshine will be across

emma vardy has this report from bangor, in northern ireland.hern ireland's hottest june day for 22 years, or to put it another way... boiling! baking. it's piping today. glorious. it's about 15, 16 degrees. this is nice, it's perfect. and a quick breakfrom the dayjob to enjoy it. i'll get an hour in the water now, a bit of a shiver after getting out, even today, and then back to work. i'll take the kayak out there. it's not often it comes like this, so i'll have to make the most of it, and enjoy it while it's here. northern ireland has been making the most of its share of the uk's heatwave, because weather like this here is rarely seen for so long. meanwhile, health warnings have continued to be issued around the uk as the heatwave has intensified. in leeds, a 17—year—old swimmer drowned after getting into difficulties in the river aire. his body was recovered this morning. scotland basked in its warmestjune day for two decades, while temperatures were above 30 degrees again in wales. yesterday, this was the hottest place in the uk. the seaside

temperatures rising as well for scotland and northern ireland.ds the high 205, not so high in holyhead because it is more coastal. the 2 degrees on the cards, northern england and the eastern side of wales. as ever, keep up to date on where you live on the website. i'll see you later. this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at three: thousands of people are marching through london to demand a vote on the final deal on the uk's departure from the eu. brexit is not what people expected, not what they voted for, and we can't keep going into this absolute disaster without stopping and rethinking whether we really want to do this. senior cabinet ministers stress the uk is still prepared to walk away from brexit talks without a deal. an explosion rocks a stadium in zimbabwe where president emmerson mnangagwa was addressing thousands of people. officials say he wasn't injured. inside mali — we follow the un soldiers battling al-qaeda and islamic state in the world's most dangerous peacekeeping mission.

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

more sunshine on the way for england and wales, probably at friday for northern ireland as those slow—movingst to bridges should be higher away from the coast, with highs inland of 2a, even 25 degrees. some very warmun not far away, it has been very warm for a long time across southern scandinavia and eastern europe, with the warmth is more downpour, securely in france, those should stay clear of the uk, donated as we are by and area of high pressure. this is bbc news. i'm alpa patel. our top stories: things are moving forward, after a tense start to the g7 summit, france says the us and its allies can make progress on trade issues. i see iseea i see a willingness from all sides to find an agreement and find a win—win approach for our workers and our middle classes. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, faces new charges of obstructing justice. turkey accuses austria of being anti—muslim after its decision to close down seven mosques it says are funded from abroad. also in the programme — celebrity chef, writer and tv presenter anthony bourdain has died. we'll hear how he

the greatest risk of some storms will be inland areas of scotland, isolated in northern ireland, throughorthern england, into the east midlands and east anglia. slow—moving thunderstorms at that which could cause some minorflooding. away from it, some sunny spells, the best of which are in parts of inland northern scotland and through the likes of wales, the midlands and southern england where we could hit temperatures of 24—26d. clear skies through the night, the storms fading elsewhere for many but the far north of england and southern scotland could continue to see some showers into the morning. a very muggy night, 15 degrees in glasgow. a bit fresher further south compared with recent nights but a lovely, sunny start and a lovely sunday to come for much of the midlands, wales and much of southern england. the small chance of a shower in cornwall. a bit more cloud through northern england, scotland and northern ireland at times, threatening one or two showers and thunderstorms but not as many as we will see through today. many will be dry although feeling a bit cooler than the past fe