one of the key issues it covers is northern ireland's land border with the republic of ireland. 5, $3.4bn worth of goods were traded across it in both directions. on tuesday the uk's international trade secretary liam fox reiterated that "the avoidance of a hard border in northern ireland is of crucial importance". that's something the republic of ireland agrees with. but businesses on both sides want to know what the future rules will be. and in the document the eu is expected to confirm it's fall back position is that eu rules continue to apply on both sides of the border. martin shanahan runs ida ireland, the irish government agency responsible for attracting foreign investment into ireland and has been telling our correspondentjoe lynam about the challenges brexit will bring. i think from the companies that we deal with, brexit is not something that they asked for. for them, it typically means cost and disruption. they are working, at this point, to minimise both. try and minimise the cost of this and try and minimise the disruption. but it has also given many of them cause t

suggesting there is some sort of electronic solution, where you have a hard border between the republic of ireland of the uk. the bottom line is, as we are going to hearfrom uk. the bottom line is, as we are going to hear from the uk. the bottom line is, as we are going to hearfrom the european commission today when they bring out their latest document on these negotiations, that is not acceptable to the government in the republic of ireland, it is not acceptable to the european commission, the idea of having a hard border. it may be something that boris is trying to put forward because he knows it is important to keep the conservative party ‘s allies on board, the dup of northern ireland, they need them for a majority. that's one reason why they are doing this but at the european commission, the idea of a ha rd european commission, the idea of a hard border between the north and the south island is not acceptable. it is squaring the circle at some stage, and michel barnier the from european commission is making this clear, the british government need to come forward with what he would regard as r

is doing here is crafty, they try to move the border from between northern ireland and the republic of irelandwo between the island of ireland two between the island of ireland and the uk. some of the consequences that could lead to are unthinkable. it is certainly playing with fire. there is so much brexit to talk about as ever. lots of other stories to get through. let's take a book at the metro here, talking about five minutes that cost my girl her life, that is a dramatic headline they come up with. an extraordinary story, a doctor has been condemned for turning away this girl who was five minutes late for an appointment at her surgery, and who then collapsed and died in hospital. the doctor missed the opportunity to provide life—saving treatment. as with all these things, you don't actually know what happens. one of the things that happens. one of the things that happens is when you have these systems are trying to make targets, trying to see times, it can have unintended consequences. this doctor will be living for the rest of her life with the knowledge that this girl could have been sa

of ireland will automatically change what both sides say they want to avoid is a return to a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland but there have been the checks or controls on that front tier for two decades well today barney a proposed a back up plan keep it in northern ireland in the e.u. use customs union well that would leave things unchanged from what they are today guaranteeing the free passage of people and goods so where's the border well the e.u.'s plan could potentially put it out to see the irish sea with northern ireland behind a hard border between the e.u. and the u.k. kind of like being in political limbo british prime minister theresa may has made it clear that is a line too far. the draft legal tax commissioner published good if implemented it undermined the u.k. common market and threaten the constitution integrity of the u.k. by creating a customs and regulator reported on the irish sea and no u.k. prime minister could ever agree to it. no u.k. prime minister could ever agree to a david is she going to regret those words one day she may have to swallow those words eventually but the

mcguinness went on to become deputy first minister of northern ireland adams took a back seat briefly in twenty eleven he contested and won a seat in the republic of ireland part of a deliberate shift in the focus for shin fein strategy as then she became becoming involved in decision making on both sides of the border in the north they quickly establish themselves as the dominant political party and have been the dominant nationalist party for a generation now but in the south they needed to build up from a very low base under gerry adams his leadership shin fein has become not only the largest nationalist party in northern ireland but the third largest group here in the irish dorell or parliament and they're hoping to be in government here in the not so distant future when martin mcguinness was buried gerry adams carried his coffin so too did mary lou mcdonald who officially becomes shin feigns new leader on saturday her challenge now is to broaden the party's appeal to a younger generation that never knew the troubles. well there are significant challenges facing the party under the new leadership of mary lou mcdonald i think people here are

that on october the 31st, a woman came forward to claim he attacked her in the republic of bali and —— the republic of irelandc of bali and —— the republic of ireland. on november 13 last year, another woman came forward and claimed she was attacked on two occasions. 0ne forward and claimed she was attacked on two occasions. one in london in 2011 and another in 2010 in a foreign country. the police are not saying which country that is less salea ble saying which country that is less saleable they will forward the information to the relevant force there. this comes on the same day it firm and made allegations as well. there has been a response from mr weinstein and his team. —— as uma thurman made allegations as well. she told the new york times that back when she was promoting pulp fiction, made by quentin tarantino but produced by harvey weinstein, she was at the savoy hotel in london when he attempted to sexual assault her. she says it was like a lizard trying to wriggle away from him. she says that came after a similar incident in a hotel in paris. what he has said through a spokesman a p pa re ntly he has

one of the key issues it covers is northern ireland's land border with the republic of ireland. in 2015 $3.1; billion worth of goods were traded across it in both directions. on tuesday, the uk's international trade secretary liam fox reiterated that "the avoidance of a hard border in northern ireland is of crucial importance". that's something the republic of ireland agrees with. but businesses on both sides want to know what the future rules will be. and in the document the eu is expected to confirm its fall back position, that eu rules continue to apply on both sides of the irish border after brexit. our correspondent adam fleming is in brussels. todayis today is a significant day for anyone who watches these negotiations, today is a day which could change the future of them. yes, we will get this 120 page document with 168 paragraphs, a few protocols and annexes thrown in for good measure so not easy reading. everyone is looking at the language about the irish border and preventing physical infrastructure. in september three options were agreed, option that a is an amazing tr

as well and his successor is a grass roots politician from the republic of ireland so a lot of people are pointing to about as an important signal of where the party's going many of his critics both north and south of the border both of adams's critics will tell you that despite all of the praise he's got over the years for his role in the peace process he's never actually fully accounted for his role in those years of violence that killed thousands of people. over the years gerry adams has been praised as a brave political leader and condemned as a secret terrorist commander the boy from belfast became active in northern ireland civil rights movement in the one nine hundred sixty s. . following the arrival of british troops the province descended into decades of sectarian conflict the troubles. in the one nine hundred seventy s. as events like the bloody sunday shooting of catholic protesters by the british army hit the headlines adams was very sickly and turned and arrested he always denied being a member of the provisional ira the irish republican army but many people on b

of ireland between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. nion, which becomes rather tricky in the eyes of many. this comes down to arithmetic. of course, the conservatives did not get a majority of last year's elections are the numbers are piped for them, and the estimate is you will only need 10—12— 14 conservative mps willing to back the idea of some sort of customs union and those who make the argument said they could well have that number, in order potentially for the government to be defeated. there will be labour mps who might side with the government he were offered brexit instinct in the referendum campaign but you wouldn't need many conservatives to potentially defeat the government and its lack conversation about the potential of such a defeat that now hangs in the air at westminster. studio: that is fascinating and something we might discuss with ken clarke but let's had to brussels itself and join adam fleming. again, as we always ask, your sense for your reading of the tone and mood of this as someone who's followed it so closel

of ireland bergen in london remind us why this ireland border issue is so sensitive. well basically on the island island of ireland you've got two communities one is the republic of ireland and then you've got northern ireland and within northern ireland there are broadly speaking protestants who align themselves with the u.k. and there are catholic community who align themselves with the republic of ireland and you have decades of war and between those communities until the nine hundred ninety s. when there was a peace agreement and the genius of the peace agreement was to basically broaden the issue and have numerous identities which was possible within the e.u. framework it was possible to have to be irish to be northern irish to be british basically it allowed for flexibility now there it has to be a border somehow of order because the u.k. leaves europe leaves the e.u. and this opens up a can of worms practically ok cared of worms and well we've already heard from theresa may let's bring in the e.u. chief chief michel barnier he delivered his statement on the deal today let's listen it. soon you will you see you. if we wish to make this exist of these negotiations a

in one, a woman alleges she was attacked by harvey weinstein in the republic of ireland in1991. es that she was attacked in london in 2011. and in an unnamed foreign country. this comes after uma thurman gave an interview native states that says after the release of pulp fiction, produced by harvey weinstein, she alleges he tried to attack" albums in london and paris but she managed to wriggle away. a spokesman for harvey weinstein says that any incident that happened was asa that any incident that happened was as a result of him misreading her signals and that harvey weinstein unequivocally denies any accusations of nonconsensual six. thank you. president trump says a classified memo released yesterday vindicates him of any charges of collusion with russia. the memo, written by republican members of congress, accused the fbi of bias against the president, and abuse of power. in a tweet, donald trump said the investigation into his ties to russia was an "american disgrace". david willis sent this report. his supporters believe he struck a blow for justice. but his supporters beli

the republic of ireland but in northern ireland we're a tiny island on the edge of europe. and post break this we would we will form have the only land border between the e.u. and the u.k. will be on the island of ireland. and that is a significant part of the consideration and how exactly britain structures and indeed the e.u. structures britain's exit from the e.u. it's critically important for us as an island a small island nation where we agriculture for example is a huge part of our economy we have farmers producing milk in northern ireland in the morning that is processed in the afternoon in the republic of our we have that free movement of people and goods back over across our border which is led to. significant economic growth in both those jurisdictions which is lead to peace in both of those jurisdictions and that is what we're trying to protect here so i think people need to be aware internationally of how important it is to argue that that border remains open free and seamless and also wants to ensure that there are a few barriers to trade between itself and the

mr corbyn also argued that a customs union would avoid the creation of a hard border between northern ireland and the republicf ireland. we'll have detail and reaction. also tonight... the number of people known to have died in an explosion and fire in a building in leicester has now risen to five. warnings in place across the uk, as bitterly cold weather sweeps in from eastern europe. tonight, hundreds of ploughs and critters are heading out onto the road networks to keep them open and ready for the morning. we will have the latest on where the heaviest snowfall is expected over the next 2a hours. serious questions about standards in some unregistered schools in england following a bbc news investigation. and team gb arrives home from pyeonchang after a record—breaking winter games for britain. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, could scotland's ryan wilson's six nations be over? as the number eight is sited over alleged foul play during saturday's victory over england. good evening. jeremy corbyn has laid out labour's approach to britain's trade relations after brexit. he says he wants the uk to enter

or to the republic of ireland a small airport struggled with a deluge of snow there. is a fact for you it takes roughly four thousand lorry loads to shift only ten centimeters of snow from this entire trip and given the amount of snow that we've seen here recently is pretty much a twenty four hour endeavor cold weather in winter holiday a surprise you may be asking but what's worrying the climatologists is that for the past few days it's been consistently colder here in europe than it has been in the arctic and they are blaming manmade global warming for causing all of this they say the warm air is being drawn up north over the arctic displacing cold rare and pushing it down south over siberia and here first into eastern europe and then into western europe here in the u.k. and over in ireland they know we have to be much more research to find out whether or not all of this freak weather is the shape of things to come. how many houses are built from the ground up but in libya some have been dug downwards in the mountainous city of copy and cave homes can be hundreds of

from borisjohnson to dennis tueart ahead of the brexit subcommittee to discuss options for managing the border in ireland between northern ireland and the republicample, feasibly how the border might work after brexit. they say he was not suggesting they should be any kind of ha rd suggesting they should be any kind of hard border. the problem was, there was a phrase in the letter which said even if there is a hard border, 85% loss of goods still would not be checked. that is haps raising the possibility that he was contemplating a hard border against the state government policy. so downing street are making it clear the position of the government is unchanged, they will not contemplate a hard border on the island of ireland, nothing has changed because of boris johnson's ireland, nothing has changed because of borisjohnson's mate, nothing has changed in their position. his own spokesman has suggested that he was pointing at ways in which after brexit the border did not have to get in his words significantly harder. some of them were technological solutions, some of them goodbye to the comments he made this morning on the bbc when he suggested i

jeremy corbyn is concerned, that is one way of getting around the northern ireland question, about having a border between northern ireland and the republicthe european union. but it is sebastien's story. just looking at this story here, do we think that some of these rebel tories will really side with labour? the ft seems to suggest they will be. the story is whether this will mean anything. jeremy corbyn is not in power at the moment. the only way this matters is because of the parliamentary arithmetic. theresa may has a gossamer majority, so she has to do a deal with labour leaders and the dup and so on. this is so important for the future of

ireland and the republic? and he said, i haven't thought of that! i mean, this is extraordinary to me. from ireland originally, so it was very much at the forefront of my mind, but i really cannot believe it was not talked about more. i remember maybe a year or two ago on this very programme, we had a story on a front page about northern ireland. and i rememberone of page about northern ireland. and i remember one of the commentators saying, it must be a slow news day! it is something people underestimated, how big this issue would be. here we have the european commission absolutely clear that there needs to be sort of regulatory alignment for northern ireland with the eu to stop that hard border reappearing. but for the dup, the eu to stop that hard border reappearing. but forthe dup, of course as a result of this confidence and supply arrangement with theresa may's government, they don't want northern ireland to be treated any differently to the rest of the uk. that is utterly bizarre to me, they say they don't want a ha rd to me, they say they don't want a hard border but they are i

even in the republic of ireland recently, they have found a way for the minister to give exceptionalkind circumstances that help alfie dingley. we need to get real here. there's a boy here who is suffering very greatly, and we should find a way for him to get the treatment he needs. it is fair to say he was in the netherlands in the autumn, and it was prescribed by a paediatric neurologist there. the dose, according to his mother, it is three drops of oil, so not a big dosage, nonetheless, they have a problem being able to get it. the home office says that whilst it is very well for it to be prescribed by a doctor in the netherlands, in this country, it is not recognised as having any medical benefit. you only have to look at the difference alfie dingley in the netherlands or the uk. in the uk, he is going to have to go to hospital 150 times a year ata to go to hospital 150 times a year at a huge expense to the nhs, and in the netherlands, those occasions are reduced to a tenth of that. it is really rather straightforward what we ought to do in these circumstances, we need to find a

president of shared fame how she found the key to taking shouldn't fame into power and the republic of ireland thirty years of troubles twenty years of peace but of course a breakthrough process which some people believe is a fundamental danger to the peace process how do you evaluate the braggs us and the good friday agreement are mutually incompatible you cannot have brags that you cannot have a forcing of the north of ireland i was of the european union on the one hand and still claim to honor in word and spares and last are the good friday agreement it is in our view as stark as the us and i listened to theresa may and i listened to others from the english tories saying that. don't worry about the border in ireland ireland will be fine on the one hand and then insisting that britain will leave the customs union leave the single markers and so on and of course the reality is that those two positions are completely at odds with each other i think the tories have played a very dangerous game no way can arland or show daryn and or will argument be the collateral damage in the midst of all of t

northern ireland and the republic of ireland. y said no british prime minister could ever accept. minister could ever accept. where does that leave the negotiations? does that leave the negotiations? the moment they are at their early stages. stages. to put its documents on the table and then we'll have the talks. and then we'll have the talks. the good friday agreement, not the border. border. the violence of the past would be a terrible tragedy. terrible tragedy. got to respect the spirit of the accord. the spirit is effectively a triple—lock. triple—lock. who must agree should anything change in northern ireland. change in northern ireland. the irish government and the british government. government. that's been made clear time and again. time and again. rightful place as citizens in the uk. uk. settlement and one we must be very careful not to undermine. careful not to undermine. started very much byjohn major —— one that is hard—won macros. started very much byjohn major —— one that is hard-won macros. one that is hard-won ma

would impose a hard border when there is no british consensus and probably no support in the republic of irelandting tactic but what i think it will do is drag the eu into much more complex constitutional questions about the nature of northern ireland and its existence either in the uk or in a united ireland. do you think this idea supported by many brexiteers that evenif supported by many brexiteers that even if the uk was outside the customs union, you could indeed have an arrangement whereby goods could flow pretty freely because of the use of technology, trusted trader status and so on. is that a workable solution? i am not going to be an apologist on a spokesman for the brexiteers but i would say that exists already on the border. you have call on the main dublin— belfast road where vehicles pass by every single day 2a hours a day and there are pieces of technology to allow you to have free for through that tall, by buying fobs that you stick on your car and so on. it is feasible technologically but i don't see any appetite on either side of the border region among the police. the chief con

has died of cancer, 36, terrible news, kevin kell band played alongside liam malone with the republic of irelandll the clubs he played for, inspired a leeds fightback, 3—0, leah miller brought them back to win the game, one of many memories that people will have. —— liam miller. not really publicised. —— kevin kilbane. all done? all finished, celtic play partick thistle, of memories. let's find out what is happening with the weather, it is a chilly one. it is colder than yesterday, just as cold tomorrow in the wind, this is the view that many of us are waking up the view that many of us are waking up to. —— some of us. western england, rang to begin with, and scotland, overnight, wet weather, rain for many of us, and tomorrow, writer, blue skies, snow showers around. cold and wind to content with. recent satellite picture, what is around, good deal of cloud, because the rain is falling, and heading south—east, reaching those parts which are starting the day drive. after the overnight rain, quieter and drive. after the overnight rain, quieterand dryer drive. after the overnight rain, quieter and

assaulted her in westminster in 2011, and another from a woman who says she was targeted in the republic of irelandof women who have reported the producer to british police to nine. offices in new york and los angeles has also begun investigations. he has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex. harvey weinstein was once one of the most powerful man in hollywood, credited with scores of oscar wins, that he has been three out of the organisation that runs the oscars and is now in rehab, a huge fall from grace in which there is likely to be no return. simon jones, bbc news. north korea has defended plans for a large—scale military parade scheduled for the day before the winter olympics in south korea. pyongyang's annual military parade, to mark the founding of its armed forces, has taken place in aprilfor a0 years. this year, it has been changed to february 8 — when athletes will gather in pyeongchang for the opening ceremony. north korea says no—one has the right to take issue with its plans. earlier, i spoke to rodger baker, vice president of strategic analysis at the geopolitical intelligence

a leeds van, he play for manchester united and sunderland as well, winning 21 caps with the republic of ireland gone, australia‘s david warner picks up the ball and mid dive throws it straight at the stumps and davide malan, was run out — england, who lost their opening match, now 120—5. the ball was really hugging the ground as it went along... i have never seen ground as it went along... i have never seen anything like that. england lost their opening match, they are now 120—5. something else special for you, talking england and wales... back in 1947 harry walker made his england debut against wales. 71 years later, he still remembers the game with fond memories because england won 9-6. fond memories because england won 9—6. today the teams meet again in the six nations championship and harry will be hoping for a similar result. ian winterjoined the world‘s oldest international player at his 103rd birthday celebrations in coventry. iamso i am so pleased to see all of you so and sos here... laughter it is incredible. happy birthday, harry walker, coventry rugby club has never seen a party like

viewers who might not be familiar this why this matters so much to people not just in in the republic of ireland but in northern ireland when we're a tiny island on the edge of europe. and post break this we would we will form have the only land border between the e.u. and the u.k. we'll be on the island of ireland. and that is a significant part of the consideration and how exactly britain structures and indeed the e.u. structures britain's exit from the e.u. it's critically important for us as an island a small island nation where we are for example is a huge part of our economy we have farmers producing milk in northern ireland in the morning that is processed in the afternoon in the republic of ours and we have that free movement of people and goods back over across our border which is led to . significant economic growth in both those jurisdictions which is lead to peace in both of those jurisdictions and that is what we're trying to protect here so i think people need to be aware internationally of how important it is to argue that that border remains open free and seamless and also wants

what was she talking about when she spoke of full alignment between northern ireland and the republicious decision by the parliament here could decide to mirror the rules of elsewhere, or we could simply say we are going our different ways. it is pretty much impossible for any british prime minister to do anything to threaten the territorial integrity of the uk. i'm fearful that is the ritchie is going down. i don't think she understands the logic of her own she came back trumpeting in december the fa ct came back trumpeting in december the fact they had come to an agreement in december. this text is only meant to bea in december. this text is only meant to be a version of what the agreed in december. so it's quite clear nothing has been agreed. my anxiety is we will get all the way down the line is there is still a wish for no border within the island of ireland and no border in the irish sea. the end result is to stay in the customs union. this sort of opens up. the eu are playing a game here. it is about what we need to do to find some satisfactory customs union in whatever form th

assaulted her in westminster in 2011, and another from a woman who says she was targeted in the republic of irelandbritish police to nine. officers in new york and los angeles have also begun investigations. he has denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. harvey weinstein was once one of the most powerful men in hollywood, credited with scores of oscar wins, but he has been thrown out of the organisation that runs the oscars and he's now in rehab, a huge fall from grace from which there is likely to be no return. simon jones, bbc news. the aviation watchdog is to investigate airlines' seating practices. it comes after accusations that flight operators are deliberately splitting up groups so they pay extra to sit together. the civil aviation authority says passengers are paying as much as £400 million each year to be reallocated, and 1 in 10 didn't know they would incur an extra cost to sit with their group. police in florida have arrested a man they say made threats to kidnap the singer lana del rey. the man was carrying a knife when he was arrested near the amway center in orlando where the s

or to the republic of ireland a small airport struggled with a deluge of snow there. is a fact for you it takes roughly four thousand lorry loads to shift only ten centimeters of snow from this entire strip and given the amount of snow that we've seen here recently is pretty much a twenty four hour endeavor cold weather in winter hardly a surprise you may be asking but what's worrying the climatologists is that for the past few days it's been consistently colder here in europe than it has been in the arctic and they are blaming manmade global warming for causing all of this they say the woman there is being drawn up north over the arctic displacing cold around and pushing it down south over siberia and here first into eastern europe and then it's a western europe here in the u.k. and over in ireland they know what to do. much more research to find out whether. this freak one of the. things to come. was the. farm over. solidarity protests. ok here is lee with all the spoiler starting with a story that isn't exactly surprising is it mean are not at all barbara russia is

though, is that on october the 31st, a woman came forward and claimed he had attacked her in the republic of irelandmation to the irish police. on november 13th of last year, another woman came forward and claimed she was attacked on two occasions. one in london in 2011 and another in 2010 in a foreign country. the police aren't saying which country that is but they say they will forward the information to the relevant force there. this comes on the same day as uma thurman has made allegations as well. actually, there's been a response from mr weinstein and his team. yes, that's right. she's told the new york times in an interview that back when she was promoting the film pulp fiction, in which she starred, made by quentin tarantino but produced by harvey weinstein, she was at the savoy hotel in london when he attempted to sexually assault her. she says it was like "a lizard trying to wriggle away from him". she says that came after a similar incident in a hotel in paris. what he has said through a spokesman, apparently, is that he misread the signals that he thought she was giving him. a syrian reb

itjust shows that this bank, having been brought back to the uk and the republic of ireland, that strategyad an incredibly critical report of you and how you have dealt with your business customers, the drg unit, as it was called, showing how you were still putting bankers first, your interests first, above your customers. can the public really trust that the culture in rbs has actually changed ? —— trust that the culture in rbs has actually changed? —— the grg unit. that report was hard reading for us, it did bring out the worst of the organisation between that time, and i believe that this organisation is changing dramatically, focusing heavily on customers, for example, in the personal business banking, there are no bonus is paid for any sales whatsoever, no bonuses, it is focus on customer, do the thing. —— do the right thing. you're watching business live. our top story: international airlines group, which owns british airways, iberia, vueling and aer lingus, has posted a 19% rise in annual profit. the firm's been benifiting from a shake—up amongst european carriers and rising fares.

and the future relationship i think for trade is important for the republic of ireland for the island environment for scotland for wales. it's what's going to happen in that kind of a knock on effect to our population and workforce and i'm to your leadership the chinese council. a meaningful institution out of the agreements and and normile and to see. a more meaningful role for the british i was council perhaps looking at this confused landscape as a means of getting that cooperation which would be difficult to see any other institution which could bring about we all toss for evermore that we were going to be in the european union together and that we would be partners in european union and that's the negotiating table for fisheries and. you know for health care and cooperation and education was going to be in the european union and. bex it happens that's not so anymore there is no british representative set the table and i need a d.c. issues but the issues are still hugely important so i think the british are as council would be the only place i have where political leaders of these

even in the republic of ireland recently, they found a way for the minister to give exceptional use ind to get real here. there is a boy who is suffering greatly, and we should find a way for him to get the treatment he needs. there's been a large fire at the most important shrine in tibetan buddhism, the jokhang monastery in the capital, lhasa. video footage showed smoke and flames billowing from the roof and at least one gutted pagoda. chinese state media gave few details but insisted that the blaze was quickly extinguished and no relics were damaged. a memorial service for zimbabwe's opposition leader, morgan tsvangirai has been held in the capital harare, four days after he died from cancer in south africa. politicians from across the political divide gathered at the church to pay tribute to mr tsvangirai, while outside hundreds of supporters wearing the red colours of the mdc party celebrated his life. his body was flown back to the country yesterday from south africa, where he had been receiving treatment. the bbc‘s shingai nyoka has been watching events in harare. 0n on this ove

in one, a woman alleges that she was attacked by harvey weinstein in the republic of ireland in 1991.an alleges that she was attacked in london in 2011 and in an unnamed foreign country in 2010. now, this all comes as the actress uma thurman has given an interview in the united states in which she says that after the release of the film pulp fiction, which was produced by harvey weinstein, she accuses him of trying to attack her in hotel rooms in london and paris. she said she managed to wriggle away. a spokesman for harvey weinstein said that any incident that took place was a result of him misreading her signals. and has also said that harvey weinstein unequivocally denies any accusations of nonconsensual sex. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. palestinian officials say a teenager has been shot dead in clashes with the israeli army in the occupied west bank. israeli forces say they entered the village of burqin to find a man suspected of murdering an israeli rabbi last month. the israeli military says it's checking the report. the kremlin has condemned t

assaulted her in westminster in 2011, and another from a woman who says she was targeted in the republic of irelandngeles have also begun investigations. he has denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. harvey weinstein was once one of the most powerful men in hollywood, credited with scores of oscar wins, but he has been thrown out of the organisation that runs the oscars and he‘s now in rehab, a huge fall from grace from which there is likely to be no return. simon jones, bbc news. moscow says the pilot of one of its jets, which was shot down yesterday over north—west syria, ejected from the aircraft but was killed by militants on the ground. a group formerly linked to al-qaeda claims it destroyed the plane using a shoulder—launched anti—aircraft missile. sarah corker reports. the burning wreckage of what looks like a russian fighterjet, red stars clearly visible on the wing. this footage posted online appears to show the plane being hit and bursting into flames in a rebel—held area of north—west syria. jihadist group hayat tahrir al—sham, formally linked to al-qaeda, said it had shot the pla

assaulted her in westminster in 2011, and another from a woman who says she was targeted in the republic of irelande producer to british police to nine. officers in new york and los angeles have also begun investigations. he has denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. harvey weinstein was once one of the most powerful men in hollywood, credited with scores of oscar wins, but he has been thrown out of the organisation that runs the oscars and he's now in rehab, a huge fall from grace from which there is likely to be no return. simon jones, bbc news. police in florida have arrested a man they say made threats to kidnap the singer lana del rey. the man was carrying a knife when he was arrested near the amway center in orlando where the singer was due to perform. michael hunt, who is 43, is facing charges of aggravated stalking and attempted kidnapping. research suggests regular churchgoers are more likely to support immigration, than people who regard themselves as christian but don't attend services. the study of data from the british social attitudes survey has been carried out by bristol univ

assaulted her in westminster in 2011, and another from a woman who says she was targeted in the republic of irelandnd los angeles have also begun investigations. he has denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. harvey weinstein was once one of the most powerful men in hollywood, credited with scores of oscar wins, but he has been thrown out of the organisation that runs the oscars and he‘s now in rehab, a huge fall from grace from which there is likely to be no return. police in florida have arrested a man they say made threats to kidnap the singer lana del rey. the man was carrying a knife when he was arrested near the amway center in orlando where the singer was due to perform. michael hunt, who is 43, is facing charges of aggravated stalking and attempted kidnapping. darkest hour, a film depicting winston churchill during the war, has been nominated for 9 baftas and 6 oscars. the make up team that transformed gary 0ldman into the prime minister are among those hoping to win an academy award. brennan nicholls has been to meet them. you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth

assaulted her in westminster in 2011, and another from a woman who says she was targeted in the republic of irelandoducer to british police to nine. officers in new york and los angeles have also begun investigations. he has denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. harvey weinstein was once one of the most powerful men in hollywood, credited with scores of oscar wins, but he has been thrown out of the organisation that runs the oscars and he's now in rehab, a huge fall from grace from which there is likely to be no return. simon jones, bbc news. the international olympic committee president thomas bach has described the decision to overturn the lifetime bans of 28 russian athletes found guilty of doping as "extremely disappointing". on thursday, the court of arbitration for sport upheld the athletes‘ appeals, saying there was insufficient evidence they had benefited from a system of state—sponsored doping at the 201a winter games, which were held in russia. speaking at a press conference, mr bach said the ioc will look to overturn the decision. we, unfortunately, do only know about the reasons

in one, a woman alleges that she was attacked by harvey weinstein in the republic of ireland in 1991.lleges that she was attacked in london in 2011 and in an unnamed foreign country in 2010. now, this all comes as the actress uma thurman has given an interview in the united states in which she says that after the release of the film pulp fiction, which was produced by harvey weinstein, she accuses him of trying to attack her in hotel rooms in london and paris. she said she managed to wriggle away. a spokesman for harvey weinstein said that any incident that happened was a result of him misreading her signals, and has also said that harvey weinstein unequivocally denies any accusations of nonconsensual sex. president trump says a declassified memo vindicates him — and his campaign team — in the investigation into russian involvement in the us election. the republican—drafted memo alleges pro—democrat bias within the fbi. david willis reports from washington. (all) chant: usa, usa, usa! his supporters believe he struck a blow for justice. but by releasing a secret memo alleging bias on

came to scotland yard to allege to detectives that she was attacked by harvey weinstein in the republic of irelandshe was attacked her in london in 2011 and in an unspecified country in 2010. now, at the moment, the police aren't saying where that other country is. the latest high profile figure to step forward, uma thurman, accusing mr weinstein of assaulting her in the 1990s. and there has been, as i was saying earlier, some reaction to that from his people? now, harvey weinstein, through a spokesman, has said that any incident that took place was a result of him misreading her signals. he also unequivocally denies any accusations of nonconsensual sex. world leaders meeting in the senegalese capital, dakar, have pledged 2.3 billion dollars to fund education in developing countries. organisers of the global partnership for education conference say it will fund projects in nearly 90 countries. britain, the european union and norway were the biggest donors. the kremlin has condemned the pentagon's announcement that it's to modernise america's nuclear arsenal, including developing new cruise missile

celtic led one—minute's silence for the former celtic and republic of ireland midfielder.ome side the best possible start. a mistake by defender simonovic allowed the opposition back into the tie. james forrest completed his hat—trick in the second half. he helped celtic to the victory and a place in the quarterfinals. no real shocks elsewhere in the scottish cup. falkirk, motherwell, hearts, kilmarnock and morton all go into the last eight. although the focus of most rugby union fans will have been on the six nations, there are still some domestic matches to take a look at. with leaders exeter suffering a shock defeat to worcester warriors gloucester remain unbeaten at home, with a 24—17 win over leicester at kingsholm. there were also wins for sale sharks and second—placed saracens. in the pro 1a the jitters are leading cardiff 10—0, no school between munster and zebre. —— the cheaters lead cardiff. rugby league history has been made, with the first super league match played outside europe. woolongong in new south wales is one of australia's rugby league heartlands and a

the fact of the matter is we cannot have a frictionless open border between northern ireland and the republicat the eu is proposing a hard border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. if this is not accepted, are not inevitably heading towards some sort of hard border? this is an opening draft position from the task force. this has to go to member states. clearly the british government will find this unacceptable, just as they found a punishment clause to be unacceptable and it was dropped. i expect there to be movement on all of this because ultimately what matters is that in october we get to a position ofan that in october we get to a position of an overall uk eu trade deal and in that context we sought the northern ireland border. the british government appears to have given ground over the divorce bill and the timetable, how confident are you you will not be sold out? very confident because we didn't leave the eu to oversee the break—up of the united kingdom. it would be catastrophic economically never mind politically for northern ireland to be cut off from the rest of the uk

came to scotland yard to allege to detectives that she was attacked by harvey weinstein in the republic of ireland file has been sent to an garda siochana, the police in the irish republic. and then about two weeks later, another woman — and that is the ninth woman to make allegations in the uk — came forward and said that harvey weinstein allegedly attacked her in london in 2011 and in an unspecified country in 2010. she says she managed to wriggle away. a spokesman for harvey weinstein has said that any incident that took place was a result of him misreading her signals. and has also said that harvey weinstein unequivocally denies any accusations of nonconsensual sex. three men in their early twenties have been charged with murdering a prisoner at a west london jail. 25—year—old khader saleh died on wednesday at wormwood scrubs after being found with stab wounds. fellow inmates ahmed kyre, kalif dibbassey and enton marku will appear at the old bailey next week. a local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls as a result of severe financial challenges. th