i class myself as northern irish, but not irish.e sinn fein‘s recent calls for a referendum on a united ireland are now off the table. and across the political divide here, there is a belief that the dup can push for money for infrastructure projects, the economy and public services. it's probably mostly about money. i get more money for stormont, more money for the budget. more money for education and things like that there. and there inevitably be some price for the dup support. during the election, sinn fein campaigned against both the dup and the conservatives. now they're finding their electoral opponents teaming up. however, even here in republican west belfast, there's an acknowledgment this could mean extra money for northern ireland. in an irish language and cultural centre, plenty were chatting about politics. power—sharing at stormont may have collapsed, but they share a desire for any cash from a westminster agreement to be used wisely. education probably because we're all training to be teachers. i think that is somethi

risking northern irish peace and power—sharing by appearing to take one side.i am wary about it, i am dubious about it. the danger is, that however much any government tries, they will not be seen to be impartial if they are locked into a parliamentary deal at westminster, with one of the northern ireland parties. concerns shared by the dup‘s rivals in northern ireland, sinn fein, who took a rare trip to parliament today. this new arrangement is very unsettling and people are concerned and wary of what it may mean and what promises will be given. tonight, theresa may, in paris, trying to get back to business, but when it's hard to keep her papers in order, let alone her party, what options does she really have? what we are doing, in relation to the talks that we are holding, the productive talks we are holding with the democratic unionist party, is ensuring that it is possible to, with their support, give the stability to the uk government that i think is necessary at this time. yet no deal would be a risk everywhere. theresa may has few good choices. "chin up"

as a northern irish voter i was somewhat dissatisfied with the bbc‘s general election coverage becausem to include the parties from northern ireland and never the issues northern irish voters were concerned about in the election. i think this is especially obvious whenever it came to the big set piece television debates and interviews of the campaigns, such as the leaders debates, and the leaders interviews with andrew neil. first, i'd like to ask what the justification is for excluding all northern ireland parties from those programmes? and secondly, given that the dup is in such a prominent national position after the election, will the bbc reconsider this for future general election coverage? let's discuss some of those issues which the bbc‘s head of news gathering, jonathan munro. jonathan, let's start with the dup. in hindsight was it a mistake, it was, wasn't it, not to include them in that debate? no, it wasn't a mistake it was deliberate. the reason for it there are five parties in northern ireland who are described as major parties. parties of significant support in the consti

our top stories: theresa may has discussed finalising a deal with a northern irish party to enable britain's minority government to pass laws. one of germany's key ministers tells us that mrs may's poor performance was the result of a change of mood across europe. also this hour, us special forces join the fight against islamic militants holed up in the philippine city of marawi for nearly three weeks. and rescued by a cruise ship after a storm leaves a lone yachtsman stranded in the middle of the atlantic. it's now three days since the uk held a general election and britain's prime minister theresa may is still trying to finalise a deal with a northern irish party to enable her party, the conservatives, to stay in government. with no majority, it needs support to get legislation through parliament. such an agreement is known as a "confidence and supply deal". theresa may has also confirmed to german chancellor angela merkel that britain is ready to begin brexit negotiations "as planned in the next couple of weeks". our political correspondent mark lobel has more. historically friends, hopin

our top stories: theresa may says she's reached an outline agreement with a northern irish party that will allow her minority government to pass laws. but after mrs may's poor result in the general election, two of her key political advisers resign. us special forces join the fight against islamic militants holed up in the philippine city of marawi for nearly three weeks. rescued by a cruise ship after a storm leaves a lone yachtsman stranded in the middle of the atlantic. hello, and welcome to bbc news. britain's minority conservative government says it has struck the outlines of a deal with a northern irish party to help it get legislation through parliament. the prime minister was left eight seats short of an overall majority in the general election. theresa may has also confirmed to german chancellor angela merkel that britain is ready to begin brexit negotiations "as planned in the next couple of weeks." our political correspondent, alex forsyth, reports. past friends, now even closer political allies. without enough mps of her own, theresa may has turned to the democratic unioni

british prime minister theresa may due to meet with the northern irish party that could help her form of government in the wake of her election setback. she has been heading to france for talks with the present. another public hearing in washington today. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions due to be grilled in the senate over his contacts with russia. football star cristiano ronaldo for slapped with a lawsuit allegedly docking almost 15 million euros in taxes. how a shortage in butter in france but lead to a -- could lead to a croissant crisis. catching theirs ionship in three years. that's coming up. ♪ >> british prime minister theresa may is set to meet with the leader of the northern irish party today. a woman who could be the themaker may need to avoid second election. her snap election failed last week, leaving the conservatives with less than a majority in parliament. we have the latest. reporter: theresa may's future as prime minister now lies in this woman's hands, the northern irish dup leader is set to hash out a plan for a informal alliance. without that the conservative p

as a northern irish voter i was somewhat dissatisfied with the bbc‘s general election coverage because include the parties from northern ireland and never the issues northern irish voters were concerned about in the election. i think this is especially obvious whenever it came to the big set piece television debates and interviews of the campaigns, such as the leaders debates, and the leaders interviews with andrew neil. first, i'd like to ask what the justification is for excluding all northern ireland parties from those programmes? and secondly, given that the dup is in such a prominent national position after the election, will the bbc reconsider this for future general election coverage? let's discuss some of those issues which the bbc‘s head of news gathering, jonathan munro. jonathan, let's start with the dup. in hindsight was it a mistake, it was, wasn't it, not to include them in that debate? no, it wasn't a mistake it was deliberate. the reason for it there are five parties in northern ireland who are described as major parties. parties of significant support in the constituen

risking northern irish peace and power—sharing by appearing to take one side.ary about it, i am dubious about it. the danger is, that however much any government tries, they will not be seen to be impartial if they are locked into a parliamentary deal at westminster, with one of the northern ireland parties. concerns shared by the dup's rivals in northern ireland, sinn fein, who took a rare trip to parliament today. this new arrangement is very unsettling and people are concerned and wary of what it may mean and what promises will be given. tonight, theresa may, in paris, trying to get back to business, but when it's hard to keep her papers in order, let alone her party, what options does she really have? what we are doing, in relation to the talks that we are holding, the productive talks we are holding with the democratic unionist party, is ensuring that it is possible to, with their support, give the stability to the uk government that i think is necessary at this time. yet no deal would be a risk everywhere. theresa may has few good choices. "chin up", as t

our top stories: theresa may has discussed finalising a deal with a northern irish party to enable britain's minority government to pass laws hello and welcome to bbc news. britain's prime minister theresa may has discussed finalising a deal with a northern irish party to enable the minority conservative party government to get legislation through parliament. such an agreement is known as a "confidence and supply deal". the aim is to finalise it when parliament returns next week. theresa may has also confirmed to german chancellor angela merkel that britain is ready to begin brexit negotiations "as planned in the next couple of weeks". our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. past friends, now even closer political allies. without enough mps of her own, theresa may has turned to the democratic unionist party to help herform a government. she signalled her intention yesterday in this address. we will continue to work with our friends and allies in the democratic unionist party in particular. our two parties have enjoyed a strong relationship over many years, and this gives me the con

this is not northern irish control of parliament. to make westminster work at all. ministers knew this criticism would come — are they prepared? i'm not against investment in northern ireland, i welcome investment in infrastructure and public services but there ought to be fairness. if there's investment coming to northern ireland, scotland should be getting its fair share. you're paying £100 million to the dup for every single one of their votes. you've bought them off, haven't you? people in all parts of the country are benefiting from the fact that we have a strong enough economy that we can afford to spend more money on health. we placed 8 billion on health around the country. if you're cancelling austerity in northern ireland, you're not cancelling it anywhere else and people in scotland, wales, the north of england, haven't they got every right to feel quite cross about this? well, people in scotland, wales and different parts of england are getting money but this is separate from that. this is the northern ireland block grant

news — the headlines: britain's conservative party says it is working on a deal with a small northern irisharty to help it pass legislation. the democratic unionist party says discussions will continue next week. the prime minister has faced mounting criticism since she lost her parliamentary majority in thursday's election. american special forces have joined the battle in the southern philippine city of marawi against militants who've declared allegiance to the islamic state group. the fighters have held parts of the city for nearly three weeks despite intense urban fighting. the us forces will provide technical support to philippine forces. a major rescue operation has taken place in the mid—atlantic after a yacht race that set out from the uk was hit by a severe storm. one boat sunk and several other crews had to abandon their vessels. a passenger cruise ship, the queen mary 2, was among boats that were drafted in to help the rescue. now on bbc news, it's time for our world. they are the unlikely sporting heroes in a country ripped apart by conflict. syria is in the midst of a bloody ci

reporter: relying on a northern irish party is a danger according to one tory pm, risking northern irish peace by appearing to take one side. .> i am wary of the the danger is however much any one government tries they will not be seen to be impartial if they are locks into a parliamentary deal at westminster with one of the northern ireland parties. taking a rare trip to parliament today. arrangement, people are concerned and worried what it may mean and what promises will begin then. tonight, theresa may is in paris trying to get back to business. hard to keep her papers in order, let alone her party. what options does she have? prime minister may: would we are doing in relation to the productive talks we are holding is to ensure that it is possible with their support to give the stability to the u.k. government that i think is necessary at this time. reporter: no deal would be a risk everywhere. theresa may has few good choices. up, perhaps her only helpful advice. laura: inching towards the deal in british politics. the u.s. says north korea released an american student who was impri

the headlines: britain's conservative party says it is working on a deal with a small northern irish party to help it pass legislation. the democratic unionist party says discussions will continue next week. the prime minister has faced mounting criticism since she lost her parliamentary majority in thursday's election. american special forces have joined the battle in the southern philippine city of marawi against militants who've declared allegiance to the islamic state group. the fighters have held parts of the city for nearly three weeks despite intense urban fighting. the us forces will provide technical support to philippine forces. a major rescue operation has taken place in the mid—atlantic after a yacht race that set out from the uk was hit by a severe storm. one boat sunk and several other crews had to abandon their vessels. let's. .. the ethiopian government and humanitarian agencies say emergency food aid for nearly eight—million people affected by drought will run out at the end of the month. the drought has been blamed on successive failed rains. other parts of the horn

meet the 10 strong democratic unionist party, northern irish mp's who propped theresa may up. >> the prime minister has spoken with me this morning and we we will enter discussions with the conservatives to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation. laura: others, though, calling for her to go. >> we will work with others if it is at all possible to keep the tories out of government. laura: but only late this afternoon did the prime minister acknowledge that anything has gone wrong. prime minister may: i wanted to achieve a larger majority, but that was not the result we secured, and i'm sorry for all those candidates and hard-working party workers who were not successful. laura: she won more votes, more seats. she keeps this address. but her gamble failed. the electorate can damn with faint praise. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street. jane: as you have just heard, it was quite a dramatic night as the results poured income and now all seats have been decided. the bbc's jeremy vine tracked all the movements and has this guide on the key numbers. jeremy: le

meet the ten—strong democratic unionist party, northern irish mps who will prop theresa may up.rime minister has spoken with me this morning and we will enter discussions with the conservatives to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation. others, though, calling for her to go. we will work with others if it is at all possible to keep the tories out of government. but only late this afternoon did the prime minister acknowledge that anything had gone wrong. i had wanted to achieve a larger majority, but that was not the result that we secured and i'm sorry for all those candidates and hard—working party workers who weren't successful. she won more votes, more seats, she keeps this address, but her gamble failed. the electorate can damn with faint praise. laura keunssberg, bbc news, downing street. as we heard, the politics of northern ireland are now more significant than usual at westminster. theresa may's decision to rely on the support of the socially conservative democratic unionist party has far—reaching implications — not only for the brexit process —

this is not northern irish control of parliament it's about being able to make westminster worker told. ministers near this criticism would come. are they prepared i'm not against investment in northern i would i welcome investment and destruction. a public services but that ought to be fairness. if this investment coming to northern ireland scotland should be getting its fair share. you're paying a hundred million pounds to the d. u. p. for every single one of their votes. football them often people in all parts of the country are benefiting from the fact that we have a strong enough economy that we can't affor. not to spend a moment young healthy replaced like betty on health around the country if you're counseling austerity in northern ireland. you're kathleen anywhere else and people in scotland wales north of england and they got every right to feel quite cross about this book people end it in scotland wales and and different parts of england. all getting money but this is separate from that this is a little not a book on the as i say has already existed side said this is not. unp

northern irish party to help it pass legislation. the democratic unionist party says discussions will continue next week. the prime minister has faced mounting criticism since she lost her parliamentary majority in thursday's election. american special forces have joined the battle in the southern philippine city of marawi against militants who've declared allegiance to the islamic state group. the fighters have held parts of the city for nearly three weeks, despite intense urban fighting. the us forces will provide technical support to philippine forces. a major rescue operation has taken place in the mid—atlantic after a yacht race that set out from the uk was hit by a severe storm. one boat sunk and several other crews had to abandon their vessels. a passenger cruise ship, the queen mary 2, was among boats that were drafted in to help the rescue. now on bbc news, click. this week, preparing for the worst in vr. a bunch of new apples. and the bouncy, strokey, stretchy, bendy, slimy world of soft robotics. it is hard to believe that

meet the ten—strong democratic unionist party, northern irish mps who will prop theresa may up.ter has spoken with me this morning and we will enter discussions with the conservatives to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation. 0thers, though, calling for her to go. we will work with others if it is at all possible to keep the tories out of government. she put her party before her country, she has been found out. she should be ashamed. it's an act the westminster circus did not expect. i think labour mps have been shocked by how well we've done. a lot of them will recognise jeremy's here and will take us into the next election and they will start to work with him. i think we've witnessed a political earthquake and i am going to be the first or second or third person to say that jeremy has had a character explosion. you must accept, though, that a hung parliament makes the government less stable, less strong. i accept this isn't the result we wanted. it's not a great result. i'm not here sugar—coating this view. i'm telling you that of the options, once th

this is not northern irish control of parliament. bout being able to make westminster work at all. ministers knew this criticism would come — are they prepared? i'm not against investment in northern ireland, i welcome investment in infrastructure and public services but there ought to be fairness. if there's investment coming to northern ireland, scotland should be getting its fair share. you're paying £100 million to the dup for every single one of their votes. you've bought them off, haven't you? people in all parts of the country are benefiting from the fact that we have a strong enough economy that we can afford to spend more money on health. we placed 8 billion on health around the country. if you're cancelling austerity in northern ireland, you're not cancelling it anywhere else and people in scotland, wales, the north of england, haven't they got every right to feel quite cross about this? well, people in scotland, wales and different parts of england are getting money but this is separate from that. this is the northern irela

britain's prime minister theresa may has discussed finalising a deal with a northern irish party to enablegh parliament. such an agreement is known as a "confidence and supply deal". the aim is to finalise it when parliament returns next week.

party, the dup, talks are going well,. —— the small northern irish party.hn major has warned that any deal could destabilise what he called the fragile peace process in northern ireland, and as someone who was one of its architects, it is something he knows something about. he was talking about getting the power—sharing agreement back in order. can be sure that? i am concerned about the deal. i am wary about it. i am dubious about it — both for peace process reasons but also for other reasons as well. that said, all my life i've been a conservative i very much want mrs may to succeed as pm and to stay as pm. and i understand why she wishes to shore up her pa rliamneta ry position — that is entirely understandable and i sympathise. but, but, my main concern certainly is the peace process. a fundamental part of that peace process is that the uk government needs to be impartial between all the competing interests in northern ireland. khamenei 0k, john major speaking earlier about the peace process. there are also questions about what that deal was green to con

more than that, the government is dependent on the unionist northern irish mps to get anything done.he discussions are ongoing, we will have further meetings this evening and we are confident we can get an agreement on the confidence and supply basis before the votes of the queen's speech next week. the speech was emptied of many of the prime minister's ambitions that went away with a majority. what remains is the biggest task of all, getting brexit through parliament. before that can begin, the prime minister must pass a more profound test, showing that she has enough clout to govern at all. crowd chants: 0h, jeremy corbyn. police say 300 people turned up to a planned protest outside parliament. but in or out, resistance to the weakened prime minister could come from all directions. so, the legislative programme ahead will be dominated by the major challenges surrounding britain's departure from the european union. in the debate following the queen's speech today, theresa may said the government would try to build a wide consensus as the brexit legislation makes its way through both

the tories hopes of getting anything done lie in a deal with northern irish mps.en clear yet if the queen's speech, the official start of the government and its business, will go ahead as planned next week. i think that the details of the queen's speech, the substance of the queen's speech is what matters. it's been known for some days that we are seeking an agreement with the democratic unionist party. that will provide the stability and parliamentary votes that will allow us to do the many important things we need to do. some loyal supporters were trying to cheer theresa may up. but the fact that scores of newly elected labour mps are arriving here and old tory mps departing means theresa may is going to have to change, whether she likes it or not. she is a weakened prime minister, with no majority in this place and that means any of the more controversial ideas in her manifesto will bite the dust. it's probably goodbye to more grammar schools, probably an end to the idea of tightening up pensioner benefits. the simple truth — theresa may can't guarantee she'll

help from northern irish mps means she can gather enough support to stay on.lieved herself to be on the brink of a sizeable majority, going backwards seems like defeat. i have just been to see her majesty the queen, and i will now form a government. a government that can provide certainty and lead britain forward at this critical time for our country. this government will guide the country through the crucial brexit talks that begin injust ten days. not a single mention of the result. what the country needs more than ever is certainty, and having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of seats in the general election, it is clear that only the conservative and unionist party have the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority in the house of commons. this will allow us to come together as a country and channel our energies towards a successful brexit deal that works for everyone in this country. securing a new partnership with the eu which guarantees our long—term prosperity. that's what people voted for last

there will be some sort of arrangement with the dup and the northern irish party. a hard border between the north and south, and that means, we cannot leave the customs union, so is there now a possibility that we might stay in the customs union and perhaps give the customs union and perhaps give the single market? jeremy corbyn himself said we would leave the single market but that leaves a question of the fate of the customs union open. returning

people were talking about the northern irish, welsh and scottish governments on brexit. they were not at the beginning of this, right? absolutely not. go back and look at the polls. the range is from a small tory majority through to a hung parliament through to a minority... they are ahead, aren't they? i spent the whole of the 2015 election campaign preparing for it hung parliament. wishing it is going to happen doesn't actually make it happen! you are believing the polls that you want to believe, not the majority. labour very concerned about the turnout. on a high turnout of young people... and you have to get young people out, young people to put their money where their mouth is. if they don't vote labour, it is £9,000 on your university fees from september. he is also saying that students who have already gone through the university going to have their money refunded, this is fantasy politics. this feels like a personality race. the more people have seen ofjeremy corbyn, it seems the more they have warmed to him. the more they have seen of theresa may the less they h

there will be some sort of arrangement with the dup and the northern irish party. it may be it is not in northern ireland's interest to have a hard border between the north and south, and that means, we cannot leave the customs union, so is there now a possibility that we might stay in the customs union and perhaps give the customs union and perhaps give the single market? jeremy corbyn himself said we would leave the single market but that leaves a question of the fate of the customs union open. returning to the issue of the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, one of the key issues that eu negotiators, illuminate for us if you would how the dup‘s position on that and the conservative position might affect brexit. arlene foster had said prior to the election that she did not want a hard border between the north and the south, and if we leave the customs union and there is nothing put in its place, there is nothing put in its place, the northern ireland border will be the northern ireland border will be the outer border with the eu and so for

as a northern irish voter i was somewhat dissatisfied with the bbc‘s general election coverage because as the leaders debates, and the leaders interviews with andrew neil. first, i‘d like to ask what the justification is for excluding all northern ireland parties from those programmes? and secondly, given that the dup is in such a prominent national position after the election, will the bbc reconsider this for future general election coverage? let‘s discuss some of those issues which the bbc‘s head of news gathering, jonathan munro. jonathan, let‘s start with the dup. in hindsight was it a mistake, it was, wasn‘t it, not to include them in that debate? no, it wasn‘t a mistake it was deliberate. the reason for it there are five parties in northern ireland who are described as major parties. parties of significant support in the constituencies in northern ireland. we cannot put the dup into a networked programme without also putting sinn fein, the sdlp alliance, and the ulster unionists. that would have taken cambridge from a 7 handed debate to a 12 handed debate. it would have been comp

one to bear in mind that the other northern irish party, the republican party in northern ireland, they the house of commons. so actually you don't really need that 326 to have a working majority, you can t awayith a little less,o th the dup on board, i think that's going to give conservatives probably a working majority of about eight, but that is very slim and they're relying on another party who may make various demands, the political situation in northern ireland is a little bit confusing as well so it's going to be very interesting to see how that plays out. lauren: tom, i want to ask you and i'm not even sure there's an exact answer to this, what exactly happens, theresa may thought she had all of the support and she called the election three years early, what happened? and i'm asking in the backdrop of what i've been hearing people say is that the world is pushing left at the moment, is that what we saw yesterday in the uk? >> it's hard to say that at this point. i think that's one possible interpretation of the data. there's one thing that's important to bear in mind first of al

amend the queen ‘s speech, as it is called, what it is expected to pass with the support of small northern irish our newspaper review. the south china morning post has the twentieth anniversary of hong kong's handover from britain to china. it looks at how security is tight because of the threat of protests. 11,000 police officers will be protecting president xi and the first lady during their three day visit. "accept demands or it's goodbye qatar". a stark message from the united arab emirates' ambassador to moscow. in the gulf news, the ambassador insists doha must comply with a 13—point demand list, otherwise it'll face expulsion from the gcc, the gulf cooperation council. many of the british papers leading with this story — the six people facing criminal charges for the hillsborough disaster. the independent paying tribute to the 96 liverpool fans who died from the football ground crush in 1989. the financial times reports on two days of heavy market trading, after so—called confusion — apparently caused by two of europe's

the tories hopes of getting anything done lie in a deal with northern irish mps.t even clear yet if the queen's speech, the official start of the government and its business, will go ahead as planned next week. i think that the details of the queen's speech, the substance of the queen's speech is what matters. it's been known for some days that we are seeking an agreement with the democratic unionist party. that will provide the stability and parliamentary votes that will allow us to do the many important things we need to do. some loyal supporters were trying to cheer theresa may up. but the fact that scores of newly elected labour mps are arriving here and old tory mps departing means theresa may is going to have to change, whether she likes it or not. she is a weakened prime minister, with no majority in this place and that means any of the more controversial ideas in her manifesto will bite the dust. it's probably goodbye to more grammar schools, probably an end to the idea of tightening up pensioner benefits. the simple truth — theresa may can't guarantee she

but uk government hanging in the balance as a deal between theresa may's conservatives and the northern irish dup remains in limbo >> we're in complete unknown territory. they're trying to sew up the deal with a smaller party not telling us what that deal is that smaller party today, so they can't do the deal yet because the governing party is in chaos. >>> travel niis kalanick steps n as ceo of uber over a shareholder revolt >>> it's officially in bear market territory we had a rollover in one of the contracts from july to august yesterday. the oil prices falling pretty modestly bearing in mind this has been a long pulldown from january where we were trading around about 55 bucks a barrel on the front month contract all the oil majors finding themselves under a significant amount of pressure in europe let's look at the u.s. energy sector as well bearing in mind we've been talking about record after record on the broader u.s. indices. record after record on sectors such as material, technology which has had its own wobble this sector moved in one direction all year from the top of the month w

the northern irish party could play a big role in a coalition government in great britain. another story we're following this morning in afghanistan -- three army rangers are dead, one injured. an afghan soldier began to fire on the rangers could story from the fox news channel. jerry from north dakota, good morning . caller: good morning. but as what i'm calling i used to be a democrat and i voted for my senators when they were in office. i watched both of them leave. i've now become an independent. wasn't very happy with a lot of barack obama's ways. i ended up voting for mr. trump, although i really have problems with him. but i've got it for you, i'm so disappointed with the newscasts we see. i watched entirely, the entire comey thing. when i took out of it, we got a man who is disgruntled because he was fired. his story don't add up. and he seems to be made the biggest leaker that we have. he seems to have gone and done things for the obama administration by talking with -- towing the line, so to speak, when it came to hillary, and was willing to make the decision on h

hadn northern ireland, you 20 years of religious civil war. nationalism versus unionism. irish nationalism versus unionism. they sent in troops, a rather large number come to suppress the nationalist rising. their roots are in the constitutional aspect of that will stop but there are many people involved in that party who has a background in the armed struggle on the british side, just as much as the hours national party has a background in arms struggle on the other side. deeply religious, conservative party. it is antiabortion. it is anti-women's rights, anti-gay-rights. it was too close shops on sunday. it would be well at home in a donald trump rally in a way that theresa may would not be. remember, we have remnants of religious rivalry here. in many british cities where there are irish communities. so to choose one side in the northern irish conflict and put them into government is going to play really badly, not just in one of our main trading partners -- southern ireland -- it also in addition cities like liverpool and glasgow. it is an act of desperation born of total s

negotiations in brussels will focus on issues related to citizens rights, financial settlements and the northern irishder. the u-k is set to leave the e-u by the end of march 20-19. house - mixed messages this morning from the president and his team over that possible investigation into obstruction of justice. one of trump's lawyers now says the president is not under investigation. but that's despite the president's own tweet on friday which appears to suggest otherwise. quote "i am being investigated for firing the f-b-i director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director! witch hunt." on sunday - trump's lawyer appeared unable to clear up the confusion. that special prosecutor - former f-b-i director "robert mueller". there have been reports the president was looking to fire him. but lawmake asking the president to give mueller the room he needs to investigate. a u-s warplane has shot down a syrian fighter jet near isis's self-declared capital of raqqa. the pentagon says the syrian plane was bombing u-s backed coalition forces on the ground. it's the first time a u-s jet has shot down a syrian

talks back underway the dream theresa may and the northern irish leader. in the finding a deal disastrous election results, but the announcement of any deal could be delayed until next week in the wake of the tragic fire. the u.s. attorney general set any claims of collusion in donald trump selection are detestable and appalling lies. more on the heated senate hearing on the way. coming up, more trouble at uber. one of the company's directors is forced to resign after making acoming sexist joke at the meetg decided to tackle that. and our top story live from paris. first we will start with the devastating fire at an apartment building in london, six people have been confirmed dead. is home tower hundreds of people. we are hearing the fire reached from the second to the very top floor. here's more from the london mayor. been people -- people can stay in and be safe yet, but the issues raised by tenants of the reason thatnother should be a crucial concern for all of us is there are many problems that are the responsibility of the authorities, many private co

and celtic could face northern irish champions linfield in the second qualifying round.e opening round for that to happen. welsh champions the new saints will face europa from gibraltar. the draw for the first qualifying round of the europa league has also been made. rangers will make their return to european football against luxembourg outfit progres niederkorn. stjohnstone will play lithuanian side fk trakai. crusaders from northern ireland are up against latvia fk liepaja. bala town will face liechtenstein club fc vaduz, and another welsh side, connah's quay nomads, will play hjk helsinki. bangor city are at danish club lyngby in the first leg of the first round and northern ireland side coleraine are at haugesund. in hockey‘s world league, scotland's men were beaten by pakistan this afternoon. scotland took the lead in the match, wei adams with the strike. that was as good as it got, it ended 3—1, and they are bottom of pool b. but scotland could still qualify for the quarter finals if they beat canada in their next game. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more s

there's still no agreement between theresa may and northern irish politicians as she seeks to former government following last week's inconclusive election results. the leaders of all nor the irish main political parties tomorrow. the nationals have expressed concerns her plan to make a deal with the democratic unionist the northernperil irish peace process. a spokesman said it was important that theresa may work to enforce the spirit of the good friday agreement. france, the veteran centrist whose support help propel french president emmanuel macron to power has been reprimanded by the prime minister, after he called a radio station to complain about a story on an alleged expense scandal. it's particularly embarrassing because he's preparing a new law on cleaning up politics. bayrou's meant to be pet bill, however the justin ministers -- justice ministers accuse them accusing european funding of paying parliamentary assistants. he is not alone. about a dozen mps are facing similar claims which came to satirical paper. insistingo his guns, that it did work at the european level. >> t

britain's ruling conservative party secures its minority government safety net signing up with the northern irish. prime minister's election download box fired earlier into. syria accuses israel of aiding terrorists after the i.d.f. bomb syrian troops for the second time in two days the most because they were promptly . the time. also and in our t.v. news hour we hear from a us democratic congresswoman who is pushing to stop washington supplying arms to terror groups in syria. each time we have waged these wars it has results.