tell the political leaders of northern ireland. they should put all their divisions aside and try and be cohesive and work together to provide the best future for northern ireland this is a crucial time in our country's history and really. well let's say the franchise that of having to wait till you were eighteen sixteen scott would be eighteen to vote limited the franchise is. over twenty five was allowed to go what do you think then just the under twenty five voting no about what then would have to do that the society would change dramatically yeah obviously the younger people have more liberal views you know you look at parties like the you can see they're represented by an older generation you know a generation to be stuck in the past stuck in the troubles with you know some bitterness here should you know you look you look at the young people today i mean the notion posy and we saw that you know older generations look and i think that young people shouldn't have a voice because they don't know what they're talking about but we

however it leaves northern ireland in uncertainty.row, there is a need to target specific monies across all departments. particular to health and education, as they suggested. dozens of secretary of state feel that perhaps it is going to be vital to have an independent facility to chair the process? because the uk government, rightly or wrongly, may appear to be compromised by its current arrangement in this place with the dup. could i suggest to her that to do something a bit more radical, a bit more... you know, to take the initiative. what about calling the assembly together? what about putting it up to the parties? who is prepared to go into the government now, and who wants to sit outside? because my understanding is that four out of the five parties in northern ireland would go into government tomorrow. why not put it up to people? instead of all the talk about wanting to evolution, let‘s see who actually will vote for it. in the lords, labour‘s former northern ireland secretaries share their concern. this is a dire situation. i

could this be unfair on northern ireland farmers, because they may have to face ta riffs because theyriffs on stuff they sell to the republic of ireland, but the irish farmers would be exempt from that on goods going the other way. at the moment the uk says it doesn't know what reciprocal arrangements will be from the eu into northern ireland. another question is, does this open the back doorfor another question is, does this open the back door for smugglers. another question is, does this open the back doorfor smugglers. if another question is, does this open the back door for smugglers. if you are an irish producer selling to great britain, could you re—route your stuff through northern ireland to avoid tariffs. stuff coming from the eu, could you route it through the eu, could you route it through the republic of ireland and northern ireland in order to reduce tariffs? the uk government admits it's not a perfect system and there is the risk of smuggling, but it's the only thing the uk can do on its own to ensure an open border and it believes it can catch people out through intelli

northern ireland the unionists in northern ireland are concerned that this backstop essentially treating the whole island of ireland as as kind of a separate country that's a big no no for them isn't it because that's not that's not what they're there with what they want to them that that is a path to a united ireland isn't it isn't that a legitimate concern. well two things there one when you say the union is a problem we were talking primarily here about the do you see who got about a third of the vote in the last election opinion poll suggests that about two thirds of the population don't want norton out of state but in the customs union distancing the marks of the g.o.p. are not representing the people of north americans on this issue and therefore i think it's important to stress that at the outset in terms of prospects of united aren't just sometimes mentioned that's something that nobody really wants to address right now i mean there's been a demographic shift in northern ireland over the years you know four of the six counties in order to snap up nationals the garveys shin fein i

the fate of the border between northern ireland, ich is part of the u.k., and the republic of ireland independent nation that will remain part of the e.u. how that border matter is resolved could also have major implications for the peace forged 21 years ago, that ended the deadly uprising in northern ireland. special correspondent jane ferguson was born and raised in northern ireland, and rerned there to examine these tense and fraught times. >> reporter: as the sun rises over this corner of ireland, first light bathes an invisible frontier. it touches carlingford lough, just south of the border... ansreaches across to the hi of south armagh, in the north. it's a peaceful place scene. lbut this rugged, beautifd, straddling two nations, has a violent history.er h wasthat the deadliest branch of the irpublican army, or i.r.a., battled against british rule for some 30 years, beginning in the late these fields and lanes became so dangerous for british troops, ey could only deploy here safely by helicopter. "the troubles," as they were called, transformed this tranquil place into a war zo

but our lambs aving northern ireland and going to southern ireland would pay a tariff of about 35 topounds sterling per lamb, anthat would mean that, well, farming just wouldn't stand that. >> reporter: another fear is new imports from other countries, like the u.s. free from europeans regulations anon how animals are raise cared for, farmers here could find themselves undercut in price by foreign goods. >> the e.u. s quite strict standards, so they don't want american beef because it's full of hormones. the chicken is washed with chlorine, so they don't want at. they won't allow that in. so that's a thing we are concerned about as well. if the u.k. decided to drop the standards, then that would be a major difficulty for us. >> reporter: democratic unionist party campaigned for brexit, ani is a key partnprime minister theresa may's governing coalition; they say that farmers should keep calm and farm on. >> we want to see a with awal agreement with the european union. we want to see that there is the protection and the certainty there for business above anything else. reporter: for un

the consequences of that are devastating for northern ireland, because goods would flood northern ireland would not be subject to tariffs. whereas if there was good land in dover or holyhead, they would be subject to tariffs. so local businesses would face competition. the other thing, that wouldn't really be sustainable, the government acknowledges we could get away with doing that for about a year, because wto might have an issue with this. but also you might have high levels of trade flowing into gb via northern ireland that could take other routes. what happens after a year? the government has to look at at and say, how do we e nforce has to look at at and say, how do we enforce this, how do we know it is goods are coming from. the goods coming from liverpool and cairnryan, are they from northern ireland or the republic? so then they start checking everything northern ireland going to gb, which creates a hard water down the irish sea, something that people who are against no's agreement fear most. many people are telling me that the dup are coming under pressure from businesses. every

mark easton, bbc news, northern ireland. i don't even like that! special season on bringing people together across divides. do you live in a social bubble? there's an interactive quiz that could help you find out. that's all at bbc. com/crossingdivides. you can also download the bbc news app. an award—winning greek photojournalist with the reuters news agency, yannis behrakis, has died of cancer at the age of 58. in a career spanning 30 years, mr behrakis covered conflicts around the world. he captured kurdish refugees, fleeing near the iraqi—turkish border in the i990s. more recently his photos of syrian refugees crossing into europe won a pulitzer prize. martina navratilova has apologised for language she used about tra nsgender athletes. the tennis champion used the term "cheating" when discussing whether the athletes should be allowed to compete in women's sport. she says she's been "vilified" as "transphobic" since the comment. the space x dragon capsule has successfully docked with the international space station. nasa is hoping that it could

she border between northern ireland and ireland. i will give way.a beacon across the world, but when 28 countries went to salzburg in novemberand countries went to salzburg in november and strike a deal, who later ratted on the deal, leaving the 27 high and dry? her government? cani the 27 high and dry? her government? can i say, his history is a little wrong because actually the agreement on the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration as a future framework were not agreed in salzburg, they were agreed later last year in november in brussels, and secondly he says who was it who went back on the deal, the government? no, we voted for the deal, the eu voted against it. cheering if he wants to look for an example of bad faith, look in the mirror. some colleagues... i will give way. she referred a moment ago to the possibility of the uk suspending the operation of the northern ireland protocol, in his legal advice published today the attorney general talked also about measures to this apply the provisions of the protocol, can she tell the hou

but there was a clear concern in parliament over one issue in particular, the northern ireland backstops policy to guarantee that there will never bea to guarantee that there will never be a hard border in northern ireland is absolutely right. —— insurer must. it honours the uk's solid commitment in the belfast good friday agreement but if we ever had to use that insurance policy, it can't become a permanent arrangement and it is not the template for our future relationship. the deal that mps future relationship. the deal that m ps voted future relationship. the deal that mps voted on injanuary was not strong enough in making that clear and legally binding changes were needed to set that right. today, we have agreed them. first, a joint instrument with comparable legal weight to the withdrawal agreement will guarantee that the eu can't act with the intent of applying the backstop indefinitely. if they do, it can be challenged through arbitration but if found to be in breach, the uk can suspend the backstop. thejoint breach, the uk can suspend the backstop. the joint instrument also give

mark easton, bbc news, northern ireland. i don't even like that!el shoqafa catacombs. the ancient burial site, whose name translates as "mound of shards," for the pieces of terracotta visitors leave behind, had been threatened by rising water. kim gittleson reports. this is one of the seven wonders of the middle ages. a multi—storey network of catacombs near the egyptian city of alexandria, at risk of being permanently destroyed due to flooding. it was discovered nearly a century ago, when a donkey accidentally fell down into its steps. ever since, archaeologists have fought to preserve its unique mixture of egyptian and greco—roman architectural styles from rising water. translation: the kom el-shoqafa area is a unique antiquities area that has suffered from groundwater contamination since it was discovered in the beiginning of the 20th century. there have been a lot of attempts to prevent the water from entering, the most important of which was in 1995, but unfortunately the water rose again. but now, after a two—year, multimillion—dollar effort,

but the dup will not support any plan that sees northern ireland aligned with ireland on trade, whileheresa may's deal, at least it does for the moment. it says it has to be treated the same as the rest of the uk. let's bring in rob watson from westminster, i feel like i've uk. let's bring in rob watson from westminster, ifeel like i've been making the same explanation for three years, the same issue hasn't shifted? absolutely. you set up very nicely, it really does need explaining and contacts. i guess north, a lot of people on the remaining side of the campaign would say actually, this is one of the reasons why we thought brexit might not be such a good idea. because you would have this problem in northern ireland or potentially, because there is nowhere as far as anyone i know in the world where two countries don't have a border. if they are not in a customs union together. going back to the conundrum were in, there's no doubt that theresa may needs the dup to change their minds. the number one priority for the dup, the democratic unionist party, they really believe in the union be

see significant change to theresa may's proposed withdrawal agreement regarding the so—called northern irelandeturn of physical border checks in ireland if talks on future trade fail. and the importance of the backstop has been highlighted by northern ireland's most senior police officer. in 1998, the signing of the good friday agreement brought a measure of peace to the british province, but chief constable george hamilton says politics is now more polarised and more entrenched than 20 years ago. as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides season, our home editor mark easton reports from belfast. rebecca is from a protestant area in belfast. naomi lives in a catholic district. but, like 93% of children in northern ireland, to this day, they go to segregated schools and they live in segregated neighbourhoods. until recently, neither girl had any friends from the other side of the wall. hi. i think she's just so funny! like, she'sjust, like, such a friendly person. you wouldn't normally think that, when you look at her. it's not often that two people from two different communities would be able to co

suppose we shouldn't be surprised because northern ireland voted to stay in the eu.brexit. 7796 position of the dup is strongly in favour of brexit. 77% are dissatisfied with the uk government, i'm surprised that is not higher. laughter 6796 of the set with the way the dup has representing northern ireland but that that is really important because mps have a disproportionate amount of power and they did not represent the people of northern ireland. they don't even represent their constituents. a lot of dup supporters are also dissatisfied with arlene foster and you have to remember that she herself a year ago was in disgrace over another scandal over renewable heating initiatives, and that was why the storm in parliament collapsed, it is not like she has been a unifying bradley popular leader. —— stormont parliament. yes, she seems to have the power here because of the pressure she can put on theresa may, that is not how they see her over there. in terms of what this is about sinn fein, one of the things that struck me was the large numbers of people who think that s

plenty of showers, lottery showers across scotland, northern ireland, northern england as well.n the north. at the same time, wet weather begins to return northwards into northern ireland, across england and wales. we may see snow for a time developing over the northern pennines. that takes us into the weekend. the weekend is all about this fairly serious area of low pressure that brings multiple hazards across the uk. what might catch your attention is the snowfall that we are expecting across northern ireland, northern england, and scotland, where in the hills, above and scotland, where in the hills, a bove 350 and scotland, where in the hills, above 350 metres elevation we could see up to 20 centimetres of snow. disruptive weather high. perhaps snow to lower levels for a time. heavy rain for the pennines and the higher ground in wales. 100 millimetres also could promote the risk of flooding. very windy. southern wales, southern counties of england, gusts expected up to 60 mph, perhaps 70 in places. these weather elements could bring the risk of disruption to different parts o

in such circumstances, isn't it right that the people of northern ireland and the people of northern nd the republic of ireland should have the republic of ireland should have the confidence that measures they can trust will be in place to prevent a hard border? and that the backstop should be exited on upon a new agreement being reached? doesn't that make perfect sense? it does make perfect sense. i have to say that i would have preferred to see a right of termination mitigated and graduated fairly balancing and apportioning risk and only usable in apportioning risk and only usable in a last resort with the. the union is not willing to agree to that moderate proposal. that is why i voted for the deal. i think it is sensible that that assurance can be given. that is why the british government has given it. i would say this, though, bad faith and best endeavours is not now, particularly now, with a context tightened and the benchmarks tightened, is not a meaningless duty because best endeavours requires that a party should consider proposals... we will pull away from the commons for no

further northwards, you get some sunshine, but here again blustery showers, northern ireland, northernreland, across england and wales. we will see snow for a time of the high ground. there is potentialfor multiple hazards around as we start off the weekend. thanks to this developing nasty area of low pressure. what make it your eye is the snow. we will see some of that over the high ground of northern ireland, northern england, and scotland. 10—20 centimetres above 350 metres elevation. some so could get down to lower levels for a time. it will be very wet across the hills of northern england wales. of the high ground of wales we could see 100 millimetres of rain which could bring a risk of localised flooding. the winds could gust up to 50—60 mph for southern wales, southern england, perhaps 70 mph in the most exposed locations. all of these weather elements add up to the risk of some disruptive weather as we go through the first part of the weekend. that system actually strengthens as it leaves the uk, so across eastern scotland could have strong winds for a time. on sunday, north—we

more cloud for northern ireland, northern and western parts of scotland, some drizzle towards the highlandsck. temperatures could hit 17 or 18 celsius in the south—east of england. this weekend, some changes on the way. daytime temperatures will drop as the weekend goes on. it will drop as the weekend goes on. it will be dry for many parts of the country. we have a weather front on the scene, that is the cloud that is coming into the north—west tomorrow. it is very weak as it moves south, and behind it, the colder air will be dragged in as well. there is our weather front on saturday, mainly a band of cloud, not much rain or drizzle heading into northern england and north wales. sunny spells ahead of it and behind it. those showers in north—west scotland could turn wintry later. it will be cold enough. in the south, the last of the warmth, with highs of 17 celsius. on sunday, the band of cloud will be across southern england. fairweather cloud bubbles up, so sunny spells and a dry day. light winds, but we are in that cooler and fresher air, with typical temperatures of 9—10dc. that's all fr

mark easton, bbc news, northern ireland. i didn't even like that! taking us astronauts into space has so far gone well. the dragon vehicle successfully docked with the international space station earlier today. karen allen has more. two metres away... 248 miles above earth, and this was the moment the spacex dragon capsule successfully docked onto the international space station. capture confirmed. applause and cheering. the applause signalled a sense of relief. ignition, lift—off. it was just over 2a hours earlier, here in florida, that a clear night sky offered a spectacular view of the falcon—9 rocket blasting the capsule into space, ahead of a scheduled manned flight later this year. for now, though, the mannequin on the left, nicknamed ripley, inspired by the film alien, was the only passenger on board. here, the first pictures of the scientists from the international space station entering the capsule. there he is, davide inside... the spacex dragon is expected to re—enter the earth's atmosphere on friday, bringing the possibility of commercia

in northern ireland, they should ease from northern england at this stage of the afternoon and strong england and wales by the odd passing shower. on through saturday evening, some rain pushes more through a large pa rt rain pushes more through a large part of england and wales but into the peak district, temperatures at their lowest the further north you are away from it and the frost setting in, particularly into scotland, as sunder begins. it is in the cold might further southward you are seeing rain. all that clears away sunday, slow process are. it will take an area of rain and hill snow across the uk during sunday, and the snow in scotland particularly will be falling to relatively low levels that do not be surprised by it. the chance of some significant snow piling up in the hills in scotland on sunday at elsewhere, some sleet and hail out of these showers but also some sunny spells around. it will be a windier and called a feeling day on sunday. low pressure still in charge, bruce lee quiet on monday, then into wednesday deep area of low pressure after just the wednesday deep

and increasingly back into northern ireland and into northern england too.es will dip away to around 4 or 5 degrees. it will feel colder, though, as we head into thursday. let's trace where our air is coming from, all the way from the arctic, a cold north—north—westerly wind is going to be wrapped around the area of low pressure, which, by this stage, is out in the north sea. but around the edge of the low, where we're packing in a lot of wet weather into scotland, especially eastern scotland, northern england, down into east anglia too, some more snow over the high ground and a few wintry showers will be following in behind. probably the best of the sunshine and the dry weather, southern england and south wales, 11 degrees here. but a chilly 6 or so, i think, in northern scotland. as we head into the end of the week, well, that area of low pressure is moving away. it's taking away those cold winds. clearing skies, light winds means friday could start with a touch of frost, and some sunshine too. but it's going to cloud over. we saw the cloud earlier on comi

further showers running into northern ireland, across northern england, northern and western scotlandin, wintry on the hills but there'll also be some decent sunshine. let's take a look at things at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. very strong gusty winds across the far north of scotland and northern isles. a bit of wet weather on and off during the day into 0rkney. these are the showers running into scotland. again, wintry on the hills. not too many to the east of scotland. they're there in northern ireland, they should be starting to ease from northern england at this stage of the afternoon. strong gusty winds right across the uk and actually, a fair amount of fine and occasionally sunny weather across the bulk of england and wales, bar the odd passing shower. look at this, though. 0n through saturday evening, some rain pushing north through a large part of england and wales. a bit of snow in snowdonia, into the peak district. and temperatures will be at their lowest the further north you are away from that, and a frost setting in, particularly into scotland, as sunday begins. but it's n

brightening up for northern ireland through the afternoon. outh wales into southern england, maybe the odd passing show during the day. also very gusty winds. in the evening we will pick up showers in the far south and south—east. that is clearing away on thursday night and into friday morning. as that happens and the winds eventually ease, temperatures will drop away. plenty of widespread frost as friday begins. temperatures will be lower, away from towns and city centres. highland scotland could be —5 or —6 as friday begins. the odd mist and fog match. a lot of sunshine to start the day, not going to last. quite quickly cloud increasing from the west. quite a cold feeling day. you can see more hill snow to come in scotland out of that. that‘s friday covered. i want to show you the big picture for the weekend. still with the jet stream driving weather disturbances across us. it will be wet at times over the weekend. looks to be pretty windy throughout the weekend as well. but still something to play for in the detail aboutjust how wet and whe

the event of a hard brexit more voters would favour checks on goods between great britain and northern ireland border. very interesting, that. and even some support for unification of ireland, as well. and increasingly, actually, in the republic, where they would be voting about 50%, or roughly half, in favour of a referendum on this, it thanks quite a picture —— paints quite a picture of ireland, and of the dissatisfaction across the uk, no matter where you are, with how the uk government has handled brexit negotiations. i can imagine that. the uk government has handled brexit negotiations. ican imagine that. if you are living over there you are not only in distance, you are far away from westminster, but also all the decision—making. if you didn't vote to remain, and you didn't vote the dup, then you probably feel very isolated, and a lachlan is to your neighbours who are only across the border. —— and a lot closer. i can imagine the frustration of the people in northern ireland, not having an answer and actually being a tool that the negotiations. do you think theresa may is going to get an

having an insurance policy to guarantee that there will never be a hard border in northern ireland isely right. it honours the uk's solemn commitments in the belfast good friday agreement. but if we ever have to use that insurance policy, it cannot become a permanent arrangement and it is not the template for our future relationship. the deal that mps voted on injanuary was not strong enough in making that clear and legally binding changes were needed to set that right. today, we have agreed them. first, a joint instrument with comparable legal weight to the withdrawal agreement will guarantee that the eu can't act with the intent of applying the backstop indefinitely. if they do, it can be challenged through arbitration but if found to be in breach, the uk can suspend the backstop. the joint instrument also gives a legal commitment that whatever replaces the backstop does not need to replicate it. and it entrenches in legally binding form the commitments made in the exchange of letters with presidents tusk and juncker in january. the president of the european commission, jean—claude

wales through the night, clearing away from northern ireland later.windy and wet weekend, with low pressure moving across. the first of these on saturday will swing into the north—west, bringing strong winds, rain pushing in. always heaviest in the north and west. saturday in detail, not a bad start, some dry weather with spells of sunshine. but going downhill for northern ireland with rain moving in, spreading northwards and eastwards. the winds will strengthen, a blustery afternoon. up to 70 miles an hour in western scotland. this next system is one which will explosively deepen, the pressure falls rapidly as it moves into england and wales, causing strong winds. wet weather moving in, some uncertainty how far north of the band of rain will get. scotland, the north is dry and bright with blustery showers. in the afternoon, we will see the winds picking up. the met office has issued a weather warning. strong winds affecting these areas. across western coasts, up to 70 miles an hour. 0n across western coasts, up to 70 miles an hour. on sunday evening

in one of the worst episode of the northern ireland conflict british troops gunned down civilians what became known as for these on. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us tonight perhaps the answer to breaks it is simply more time british lawmakers have voted in favor of delaying the country's departure from the european union by at least three months the government tonight passed its motion four hundred twelve votes to two hundred two all twenty seven e.u. member states excluding the u.k. still need to agree to the extension the prime minister now plans to have another go at getting the deal that she negotiated with the e.u. through the british parliament and that will be in a vote next week a third attempt if m.p.'s back that deal the government will request a three month extension if they reject it london will seek a longer extension. our let's take the story now to our correspondent our pervaiz will she joins us from outside the houses of parliament in london good evening to you barbara so far we've had three nights of votes and westminster now it looks like we're going

tuesday into wednesday, nowhere near as severe the gales, but nevertheless heavy rain across northern irelandantly into northern england and scotland by the end of the afternoon, scattered showers following behind, and it will turn increasingly wintry with any elevation, 6—7 in scotland, 12—13 down in the south—west. once that low pressure is out of the way, it looks as though things will change, sunshine and showers for the week ahead, wet and windy through the middle part of the week, then turning chillierfor all middle part of the week, then turning chillier for all of us. that's all from the bbc news at one, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. the world of football has gathered to pay their respects to an icon this afternoon, with the funeral of world cup winning england goalkeeper gordon banks taking place in stoke. the service has been getting under way in the last few minutes where many familiar faces are in attendance including his 1966 team—mate sir geoff hurst, who is giving a eulogy this after

so there are a lot of different stories bubbling around in northern ireland and in ireland that i thinkntion to. it is likely to early to tell what this is all about. absolutely. let's go to the front of the sun, interesting, call in the arnie, top cops plea on knife crisis. who said that? we don't know gavin williamson... they made it up? he made it up, didn't he? ithink made it up? he made it up, didn't he? i think it is... you have put their name on the front page...” left three and a half years ago! they have a quote from gavin williamson who said he would always be ready to respond as... that is one of those things. of course he isn't going to say i am prepared. we will keep the cops off the streets no matter how hard it gets.” will keep the cops off the streets no matter how hard it gets. i don't care... if you put the negative on it, i think you see apologies, how ridiculous this story is. it is a sign that all of the tabloids are looking for an angle on knife crime and they want their own angle and this is the son's angle, which i think is rubbish. the issue of knife crime is a

within the body politic such as it isn't northern ireland. and it's making it almost of because unionism but it is the body that wants the rootin norton aren't within the united kingdom and republicanism our national isn't which wants to reunify with the rest of the island . that the last twenty years has been a law experiment in trying to create a car a power sharing settlement between those two parties and the disturbance in a way is that either of them have gone to the other side so although a substantial body of a soldier being in the practice of referendum since then the polarization of politics has meant a unionist of gone won by on the nationalism has gone the other way and was been left behind as a huge vacuum for constitutional or peaceful politics that is where in a sense. organizations like see your show. have an opportunity in a way to kind of movements and on vacuum not how likely is it that they will be on their own able to create a conflict on the scale that we saw in sixty seventy s. and ninety's i think that is a moot point s

he has mentioned northern ireland. he has mentioned northern ireland.an union without a deal. —— if, heaven forbid.” leave the european union without a deal. -- if, heaven forbid. i am grateful for the opportunity to do so. we faced the situation of where there is high anxiety in northern ireland and across ireland as a whole, across all communities, and different communities, about the prospect of no deal. because the people of northern ireland know that the open border is the manifestation of peace and there is great concern that if anything happens at that border, it will put back the good work that has happened in the last 20 years. that anxiety and this issueis 20 years. that anxiety and this issue is being debated when some of those elected to this house are not here to make their views they might make on behalf of those that they are voted here to represent and therefore that voice isn't here, i don't say one way or the other what they should do but it is not here in this debate and the executive for northern ireland is not functioning, so the co

the snow situation that deals with real politics that does not have northern ireland treated differentlysue. you have a choice of which first. that's a thing about the agreement being yet another unicorn is that it does not fully acknowledge the northern irish issue and until you do that you can have no deal and you do have either no deal that will pass and so you are the default outwards to no deal or you have the status quo. you cannot have anything in between and that's what keeps crashing out of the eu very much still on the table. we we re very much still on the table. we were reminding me of a comedy from a few years ago. it's a good night time drink like ovaltine or something. very nourishing. let's move on. the net of drama seems for a ministers breakthrough and even more bizarrely one of the whips effectively saying it was a state not as ideal was ordering people to go and vote the government tonight but then himself abstained. but then the situation that they had already whipped against this said they had proposed. it's where the farce become so proposed. it's where the farce b

how serious is it an issue if they don't work this out and there is a border between northern irelandireland? >> reporter: well, opinion in northern ireland, especially along the border, on both sides of the border, is absolutely clear. they do not want what's called a hard border. what that means is customs posts possibly protected by police check points, if it came to it, by army check points. there are, you know, reconstructed terrorists out there who would only be too happy to attack those posts. and you could have the beginning of the war again, the troubles. and nobody, nobody on the island of ireland wants that. ironically, a lot of people in northern ireland are not represented by the d.u.p., and they would be perfectly happy to see the uk remain. in fact, they voted for the uk to remain in the european union, but it looks like march 29th is coming fast. so just very briefly, the next step, tomorrow they'll vote yes or no on no deal. in other words, will the uk crash out of the european union? then on thursday, they will vote probably on whether or not to extend brexit, in oth

the irish border could be exploited if irish producers decided to re—route their goods through northern irelandou will see goods from ireland being redirected north and within a couple of weeks, goods from the whole of europe seeking to avoid the tariffs in the rest of the uk will go through northern ireland. not so fast, says the government. there will be intelligence to catch smugglers out. but keeping the border open isn't without risk. emma vardy, bbc news. the government has downgraded its prediction for economic growth this year, but says it expects borrowing to be lower. the details were announced in the chancellor's spring statement to mp5. philip hammond said the predictions depended on an orderly brexit, and he highlighted what he called the "cloud of uncertainty hanging over the economy". he also made a number of announcements about housing, police funding and free sanitary products in english schools. our economics correspondent dharshini david reports. at this cookery class in manchester, cuts to some public services have been hard to swallow. they are keenly aware of the way budge

whole backs of issue is about the future of northern ireland and the northern irish in peace i think are going to take the lead in this vote later on tonight and they all have come out against reason may still i speak to one of them this morning one of the leading and reason these still called a deal it's expensive no deal than a toxic deal is what he said and now they have to side it not to vote for the deal and a lot of conservative m.p.'s are going to swing behind the northern irish in peace because they're looking for their lead in that matter some have speculation that they will abstain soon it could be that reason is not suffering a defeat as heavy as last time but the the impression is that she is so it's going to suffer a defeat nevertheless that's a brussels a much tougher and be a use lot of has consistently being asked insistently there is a deal there will be no reason to go see a show and so what's changed what is different between the what what mrs may will presented to parliament today and what she presented to parliament at the end of last year. you know phil it's by

pounds or euros and whatever denomination forth.he border back and the economies of ireland and northern ireland all of the island of ireland and the united kingdom as a whole have been deeply integrated, very beneficial. so it would be a very, very huge mistake to restore a hard border. i hope that does not happen. remember, you just pointed out in your opening the prime minister has promised that repeatedly, going all the way back nearly 15 months ago when the u.k. and european union, the 27 nations making up the rest of the european union, publicly committed that no matter what the outcome of their negotiations, there would not be a hard order. that is what the have to deliver on. david: are we seeing any evidence of increased violence? there were reports and londonderry, places like that, there may be evidence, even reconstituting parts of the ira. are you seeing that or our people overreacting? >> i don't think there's been any significant increase in overt violence. whether anyone is preparing that, i think is much too subjective for me to know about or comment on. majority of the people o

eu has given theresa may until tomorrow, to come up with fresh proposals on the controversial northern ireland hard border on the island of ireland. ministers are pressing for concessions from the european union, before a crucial vote on the prime minister's brexit deal next tuesday. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. the bells will ring... mps will be called to vote on tuesday. walking through this lobby to back the prime minister, or the other, to reject her brexit deal again. and how many go each way depends on what he says. we have been engaging, mr speaker, in focused, detailed and careful discussions with the union. the attorney general geoffrey cox is pushing for extralegal promises from the eu on the most controversial part of the deal. we continue to see legally binding changes to the backstop which ensure that it cannot be indefinite. and it's not a laughing matter. it's come to be called "cox's codpiece". what i am concerned to ensure is that what's inside the codpiece is in full working order! the argument‘s intense. but between the uk and the eu, over — you guessed it —

and there are ice warnings for northern ireland, parts of wales, northern england and some areas of scotland of warm and dry weather to come. simon clemison, bbc news. the former vice president of the united states, joe biden, has given his strongest hint yet that he may run for president. if he enters the race, the 76—year—old would join a packed field of more than a dozen democratic candidates hoping to challenge donald trump next year. speaking at a rally in deleware last night, mr biden gave the impression his campaign is already under way, though he says he misspoke. i'll get criticised and told i'll be criticised by the new left. i have the most progressive record of anybody running for the... ..anybody who would run... cheering and applause. ididn‘t mean... cheering and applause. ..of anybody who would run... new powers to help police better protect people being stalked by strangers have become law. the crime survey for england and wales says more than one in five women and nearly one in ten men have been victims of stalking. the new law will allow officers to intervene sooner. anisa

right there was a deal the there was an accord or an agreement a compromise on the status of northern ireland which was premised on the assumption that the you know you would remain in the e.u. and so the republic of ireland and northern ireland would be in this overall framework that the e.u. will fundament or in the attempt of the u.k. to exit the european union northern ireland voted against lead right now in voting to leave england voted overwhelmingly early so these people want different things now obvious that you ation the obvious solution to this would be to have some accommodation to allow northern ireland to go with the republican right robert robert. in you they've made it clear that that's not going to happen in fact theresa may have still urging parliament to approve her deal which she's already gone to them a couple times and they've resoundingly said no they've rejected it twice in record numbers if they do cave in and she manages to override the will of lawmakers could that have worrying implications for democracy in the u.k. you mentioned that democracy still reigns there but

professions to prevent a hard border between the republic of ireland and the british province of northern ireland known as the backstop this is important to keep trade flowing but it's also important to guarantee pace irish republicans for to decades long campaign to force reunification of the island of ireland and largely lay down their arms after the nine hundred ninety eight good friday agreement but republican. hardliners who never accepted peace are sensing that brought so it could give them a fresh opportunity to restart their campaign of violence. patty gallagher is the youthful face of the latest irish republican offshoot the party sierra or liberation as it's called was founded after the bronx and referendum their stronghold is a city whose name itself is a point of contention londonderry to some dairy to others the group is widely seen as the political wing of the paramilitary group called the new ira. diary of today there's one with an army that function on and still conduct acts of resistance against british occupying forces. a security camera caught one of the latest attacks in janua

deal, the irish border backstop, this is a safety net that guarantees no hard border between northern irelande heard theresa may trying to convince and in the end failing to convince the mps that her deal does deliver on these issues. the end of free movement and its replacement with a skills —based immigration system delivered by the deal. the end of ecj jurisdiction in the uk, the end of the common agricultural policy. the end of the common fisheries policy. all of these are delivered by the deal. the closest... just a moment... the closest possible economic relationship with our nearest neighbours outside of the single market and the customs union, able to trade freely without tariffs or rules of origin checks. protection for the just supply chains that provide the livelihoods for millions of families. the ability to strike free trade deals around the world, all delivered by the deal. worth emphasising, we cannot say this enough, this proposed deal is the withdrawal deal, it is not any future trading relationship, so, some would say, this is the easy a bit and not even thatis this is the e

and one of the worst at the service of the northern ireland conflict british troops gunned down civilians in what became nervous of bloody sunday mass. lightning sex scandal grips south korea's pop music industry k. pop stars face a police questioning after admitting sharing nonconsensual pornography. i'm from gail welcome to the program for tonight in a row this big board dramatic out. in britain's parliament and tonight some main motion the u.k. lawmakers are voted in favor of asking the european union to delay its departure from the bloc at least three months the government motion passed four hundred twelve votes to two hundred two advice theresa may have little more time to win over opponents within her thoughts much of the deal that she's agreed with the. next week the prime minister is expected to ask the house of commons to vote on that deal for a third time. straight to london where we join data because pando barbara phase will have cyber house of parliament to welcome barbara so this vote was about parliament trying to take control of the press and process from the gove

and one of the worst episodes of the northern ireland conflict british troops gunned down civilians in what became known as the bloody sunday massacre and a winding sex scandal grips the south korea's music industry k. pop star face police questioning after admitting that they shared that nonconsensual for not worth. i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome well tonight perhaps the answer to briggs it is more time british lawmakers have voted in favor of delaying the country's departure from the european union by at least three months the government motion passed today by four hundred twelve votes to two hundred to all twenty seven other e.u. member states will still need to agree to the delay the prime minister now plans to have another go. we're getting the deal that she agreed with through parliament that will be in a vote next week if m.p.'s back that deal the government will request a three month extension if they reject it one then will try to seek a longer extension. or let's take the story now to our correspondent barbara f

for seized northern ireland continuing to follow e.u. rules in order to keep the border they're open would only apply temporarily after. younger warned that there would be no third chance to change this agreement theresa may says the revised terms should convince lawmakers to back her breasts a deal having the insurance policy to guarantee that there will never be. this absolutely right is on this the u.k. some of the commitments in the belfast good friday agreement. but if we have to use that insurance policy it cannot become a permanent arrangement i just know it's the template for our future relationship. to deal with these voted on in january was not strong enough to make that clear and legally binding changes we need to say that right today we have these binding assurances be enough let's bring in the mosque from london to get good morning to you theresa may there sounding very positive what does she bring back from her last minute meeting and strong. she has to be very poses she has to put a positive spin on this because really it'

a former british soldier is charged for his part in a mass shooting in northern ireland. british troops gunned down civilians in what became known as the bloody sununday masassac. aa wideninin sex scandal grips south korea's music industry. kpop stars face question after admitting they shared nonconsensual pornography. ♪ i'm breakoff. -- brent goff. welcome. tonight, perhaps the answer to brexit is more time. british lawmakers have voted in favor of delaying the country's departure from the european union by three-month. the government motion passed today by 412 votes to 202. all 27 other e.u. member states will still need to agree to the delay. the prime minister now plans to have another go at getting the deal that she agreed with the e.u. through parliament. that will be in a vote next week. if mp's back that deal, the government will request a three-month extension. if they reject it, london will try to seek a longer extension. let's take the story to our correspondent barbara wesel. she joins us in london. good evening. so, we've had three nights of votes in westmins

northern ireland in a particular position.as been this very specific part of this morning's announcement relating to keeping the border on the island open and in a special case scenario is going to relate to the public —— republic of ireland where the government has said they will be new ta riffs government has said they will be new tariffs for other countries and the eu but for the republic of ireland they will not have to pay any ta riffs they will not have to pay any tariffs on goods moving from the south into northern ireland. that is to keep the border open. it raises a few issues. northern ireland could be used as a back door for people re—routing the goods to and avoid tariffs. they will be a real risk of smuggling. the uk government says this is the only... and fortunately we have some technical issues. asked if the emergency no deal measures could lead to smuggling across the irish border, conservative party deputy chairman, james cleverly, accepted there was a theoretical chance it could happen, but said customs chec

mike has plenty of tales of smuggling he lives in northern ireland right next to the border the former truck driver says lots of shady stuff went on in the area in the past much of it involving customs control or between the british province and the e.u. member state to the cells i seen you can enter a shed. on the sale so with when this big ship is. made a very through that door that door let's share that shit are also not in the say the virus so he thought that if it's impossible getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland are still taken across regularly there are legal in the north and sales of them are brisk in the border region. and foreign diesel subsidized by the e.u. also often crosses the border illegally as does heating oil from northern ireland that's not been slapped with a value added tax because there are no controls. conor patterson remembers a very different time into the one nine hundred ninety s. thousands of trucks were checked by customs officials in the sheds they disappeared with the advent