concerned about the way it which by sunday bbc news was moving the story on from the vote in the republic of irelandin belfast today, a sense the debate now m oves in belfast today, a sense the debate now moves here. northern ireland remains the only part of the uk were abortion is illegal unless there is abortion is illegal unless there is a risk to a woman's life. abortion is illegal unless there is a risk to a woman's lifelj abortion is illegal unless there is a risk to a woman's life. i would love to see a referendum appear. again, with the parties it will probably never happen, but hopefully, it will start a bit of a conversation going.|j hopefully, it will start a bit of a conversation going. i would love the same sort of vote up here, so i would. could it happen? i don't know, not without government. grace dalton rang us with her thoughts. know, not without government. grace dalton rang us with her thoughtslj felt dalton rang us with her thoughts.” felt extremely depressed about the referendum result in ireland. it was confounded so much by bbc coverage the following day, throughout sunday ni

markham —— concerned with the weight bbc news move the story on from the boat on sunday in the republic of ireland debate moves here, northern ireland remains the only part of the uk where abortion is illegal unless it's a risk to woman's life. wu i would love to see a referendum appear, again, it'll probably never happen, but hopefully it'll start a bit of a conversation going. happen, but hopefully it'll start a bit of a conversation goinglj happen, but hopefully it'll start a bit of a conversation going. i would like to see it appear i don't know if it'll happen. grace run as were her thoughts. i feel... if it'll happen. grace run as were her thoughts. ifeel... it if it'll happen. grace run as were her thoughts. i feel... it was compounded so much by the coverage following day, throughout sunday night and most of monday, but suppose it calls for abortion laws to be changed than in northern ireland. it seemed bizarre to me that you would have a news report about that as those some significant number of public statements have been made by significant figures. it wasn't news, it wasn't a new story

new figures out today help explain just how much is at stake for the republic of ireland. ireland and the republic is proving to be a massive challenge in the brexit negotiations. and that talk of no deal is making a lot of people nervous. but it‘s notjust in the uk that this really matters. because the republic of ireland is hugely dependent on trade with the united kingdom for its economic well being. you only need to look at the map to understand why. there‘s been a lot of talk about north—south trade across the border with northern ireland, and the need to avoid the reimposition of any border checks. but in purely economic terms, east—west trade across the irish sea between ireland and great britain is far more important. so we‘ve had a look at freight traffic leaving the republic of ireland and the vast majority of it goes from dublin, with the busiest routes to ports in liverpool and holyhead. so how much trade are we talking about? well, one way of measuring it, is to look at the data on roll—on roll—off freight containers, many of them carrying food and other retail

brought an endca to s of sectarian conflict in northern ireland known as the couple, and that paved the way to peace. some fear what the future holds. pii went to the l of the republicand to find out more and set in an iconic dublin cafÉ with two friends to hear theirin concerns for irelan post brexit world. >> i don't think the british voters give any talk to consequences of brexit on this island. i will think ty thought about pport from i don't think they thought about the good friday agreement. if the conflict reemerges on this island, people will die. that is a nightmare atenario, and akes all the other things -- money, economic come that stuff pale. people internationally orhaps to realize the sca the conflict we carry. those who live through th conflict, it is not good enough. we cannot sever the link with whomlosest neighbors, foris thero a relationship. we are in a difficult scenario, like the kid in the divorce. laura: from the civil wato the end of slavery abraham lincoln's story fills the history books. be are the white house, he w lawyer in illinois. his final courtroom appearance is the subject of a new book by dan abrams, "lincoln's last trial: the mur

it is positively catastrophic for the republic of ireland, 1 million jobs catastrophic for the republiconjobs will be lost with our partners, if that‘s what happens. if i can with our partners, if that‘s what happens. ifi can interrupt you... by happens. ifi can interrupt you... by not making clear what no deal means means we have not released all the interests of the other side of the interests of the other side of the negotiating table who need to impress upon the people who are negotiating that they are the real interest of europeans in a proper sensible forward thinking trade with the united kingdom. but if this government holds up the threads of the possibility of a no deal, isn‘t that in the meantime potentially going to do a lot of damage to the british economy? we have heard from air bus and siemens, businesses that need to do considerable forward planning, if they do not have clarity and if there is this threat of no deal, surely ultimately it is bad for the economy? that is correct. no deal is no one‘s interests, everybody loses, and the conclusion my committee came to when we

it's no secret that the future of the irish border between northern ireland and the republic is provingssive challenge in the brexit negotiations, and that talk of no deal is making a lot of people nervous. but it's notjust in the uk that this really matters, because the republic of ireland is hugely dependent on trade with the united kingdom for its economic well—being. you only need to look at the map to understand why. well, chris morrisjoins me now. welcome to newswatch. there is a lot of talk about deadlines and crunch points, but danny dyer seemed to speak for many on good evening britain when he said brexit is a mad riddle — no—one knows what it is. as the correspondent tasked with explaining it all to us, is it frustrating for you? it can be, and i thought "mad riddle" was a brilliant phrase and i would like to strenuously object to steve's proposal for a 24—hour brexit channel, because then i would never get to lie down, anywhere. it can be frustrating, but it is incredibly complicated. i mean, people use various different metaphors for trying to get out of the european union.

switzerland and scotland remain first and second respectively in group 2, and the republic of ireland's qualification play—off took a blow when they lost 1—0 to second—placed norway. centuries from tammy beaumont and sarah taylor helped england's women beat south africa by 69 runs and level the three—match series at 1—1. opener beaumont made 101 and wicketkeeper taylor struck ii8 as the hosts posted 331—6 in brighton. only lizelle lee, with a century, and 44 from chloe tryon made an indent on the score, with the third and final match to be played in kent on friday. fresh from their historic victory over england on sunday, scotland's cricketers have come back down to earth with a bump. pakistan skipper safraz ahmed top—scored with an unbeaten 89, as his side set a victory target of 205 for the hosts in their t20 international in edinburgh. the scots fell well short of their target, managing 156—6 in their 20 overs. england captain eoin morgan says his side will be happy to shake hands with australia's players before the start of the one day series on wednesday. it is the first time austr

the republic of ireland take5 was totally wrong. the republic of ireland takes a different view. and and the republic of ireland without either britain remaining in the eu or there being a commitment to stay in ea5ing the market and customs union with all that implies, ie the market and customs union with allthat implies, ie being the market and customs union with all that implies, ie being a rule ta ke all that implies, ie being a rule take and the rest. it is an ineradicable political and economic fa ct. ineradicable political and economic fact. the point is, and the labour leadership are as guilty of this as the tories, but everybody is living ina the tories, but everybody is living in a fantasy in which there is some place between a hard brexit in which briti5h trade is related by the world trade organisation, and membership of the innovation union, there is not. there is no place between that. —— of the eu also what we are discovering i5 between that. —— of the eu also what we are discovering is that the attempt to create one is difficult to do anyway because world trade is m

the ruling comes after a constitutional ban on abortion was overturned by a referendum in the republic of ireland gnostic turkish which is living abroad have started casting their ballots in the country snap elections in june on june twenty fourth here in germany polling stations open this morning across the country of the more than three million turkish overseas vote is the hof live in germany and they could stay or influence the outcome of the election in the last election three years ago some sixty percent of votes cast in germany went to president of egypt. and his party the somites higher percentage than turkey itself did the obvious is a lead guess was out in berlin to test the political temperature. ticket electing campaigning in a german capital is good advice and his friends are canvassing for turkey is pro kurdish parties this is the word this is for the election in turkey were against terror one they didn't believe that was against terror one ok i'll take one of those. is your left turkey because of president are gone he's very concerned about politics in his home country. he's been. i

well, northern ireland's hopes of making the world cup next year are over after they were thrashed 5—0 by the netherlands. they're now 4th in group c behind the republic who also lost tonight 2—0 to norway. as we said earlier, kenny dalglish has been honoured with a knighthood in recognition of his contribution to football. the former liverpool, celtic and scotland player is among those named in the queen's birthday honours, as james burford reports. and liverpool football club come under their player— manager kenny dalglish on the to 13 this century to do when the first division championship and the fa cup, the marvellous double, and the same season. marvellous double, and the same season. 1986 was a famous year for kenny dalglish. his surely was a trophy laden career. 29 major titles asa trophy laden career. 29 major titles as a player, 1a as a manager. how did you find out the news of his knighthood? there was a a letter. and i went and i opened it. it was brown. i thought, another tax bill here. perhaps it is an field where he is most probably thought up but before he arrived in 1977, celtic was his home and there we re 1977, celtic was his home a

of. they need to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. owing the dog, which is an extra ordinary way for british foreign minister to describe ireland. he also warns in this there could be brexit precipitating a meltdown and we just have to be comparing to do with a meltdown. you know, not great things for the foreign secretary... strong language. but listen. the reason this is being prolonged is there is a section of levers in the cabinet. there is a fundamentalist wing of people who voted leaf who do not wa nt people who voted leaf who do not want anything other than the exact vision of birth they had in mind. they can't have it! there is no constituency for it in the parliament, not in the public. the longer they keep going with this fight, the longer they are prolonging the suffering of uncertainty... this is a bit silly. i don't know what you're getting attacked from. 57%, the last time i saw fact, want to stay in the customs union. i'm going to move onto another story. let's move down to the front page of the telegraph. who would have

the republic of ireland is hugely dependent on trade with the uk for its economic well—being. ically east west trade across the irish sea between ireland and great britain is far more important. we have had a look at freight traffic leaving the republic of ireland and the majority of it goes from dublin with the busiest routes to ports like holyhead and liverpool, so how much trade are we talking about? we can look at the data on roll on roll off freight containers and many of these containing food and everyday items, and ireland‘s central statistics office have said in 2017 more than 550,000 loaded freight containers on trucks and trailers were shipped from ireland to the rest of the world. only a tiny number of those went outside of the eu. 85% of trade goes to british ports and this is more than 475,000 containers exported to the uk. we can break that number down further, the irish freight transport association estimates the final destination of roughly 60% of those freight containers is britain itself and 40% are destined for elsewhere in the eu, transiting across britain v

legislator here in northern ,reland to change, to reform the context of the referendum in the republic of ireland just across the border two weeks ago, two-thirds of the voters decided that the abortion legislation in the republic needed to be , that itnd legalized was about time to change things. genie: given what you are saying and the fact that in northern ireland there has not been a working government in 18 months in the ball is in the british government court, why hasn't the british governmentade moves to change the law? >> will, it is indeed up to theresa may to make a decision on the legislation. could be changed for northern ireland and implemented. but theresa may has a particular good reason to dismiss this. aresays that health issues up to the northern assembly. it is up to northerelandnd its legislators here to change the legislation if they want to do so. the lem is that there is no one sitting in this is only behind me, and there has not been sincean 2017. is ae ther reason why theresa may is not keen to tackle this issue, because of her conseative government, and they nto the 10 n

new figures out today help explain just how much is at stake for the republic of ireland. e nervous and the republic of ireland issued you dependent on trade with the uk for its economic well—being —— is hugely dependent. there has been a lot of talk about north—south trade across the border with northern ireland and the need to avoid the reap position of any —— reimposition of any border checks, but east west trade across the irish sea between ireland and great britain is far more important. we have had a look at freight traffic leaving the republic of ireland and the majority of it goes dublin with the majority of it goes dublin with the busiest routes to ports like holyhead and liverpool, so how much trade are we talking about? we can look at the data on a roll on roll off freight containers and many of these containing food and everyday items, and ireland's central statistics have said in 27 see more than 550,000 loaded freight can train as on trucks and trailers were shipped from island to the rest of the world —— 2017. only a tiny number of those went outside of the e

i would be like offer not available in the republic of ireland. this the sense that amazing world and internet out there, but not all of those opportunities being available to someone in the middle of the countryside in ireland. it is focused on global access and expansion of opportunity and all those things. this was not conscious in any way. now, looking back over the last 20 years, i think that mindset was instilled by the experience of growing up in 1990's ireland. >> how did you discover computers? >> we were free range kids. i am always struck in the u.s. by people needing finer grained controllers for their lives. half-hour increments are not precise enough. in our case, our parents were both entrepreneurs, they had started. we had a lot of latitude to figure out what we were interested in and go explore that. the one who started with programming but that was very self-directed. >> we read a lot. our ine was to your to library and get to books. >> walk to the library. >> yes. two new books. read the books. repeat the next day. at 1.i happene

the moment, because we cannot agree on what kind of customs arrangement we might want for the republic of irelandears, this is why boris went totally bonkers the other day. —— the theory is. he was worried about the uk orbiting around the eu. to have freedom of movement, we would have to have some kind of access to the single market, so kind of access to the single market, so joining kind of access to the single market, sojoining the kind of access to the single market, so joining the european kind of access to the single market, sojoining the european economic area, for instance. michel barnier would like us to be with the single market, with the customs union, in other words, in the eu. market, with the customs union, in otherwords, in the eu. and of course we would have absolutely no say on anything that is going on. it can't happen, because that wouldn't be brexit. i don't think most people would accept that. well, yes, but she has got so little wiggle room for negotiating. but that would cross, for negotiating. but that would ci’oss, you for negotiating. but that would cross, you know, two o

to browsing websites, to scrutinize the fine print and be like, offer not available in the republic of irelandso the sense was airing through the glass at this amazing world and internet out there and not all of those opportunities being available or equally available. so, in a way stripe is focused on global access and expansion of global opportunity and all those things. this really was not conscious in anyway. but looking back over the last 20 years of my life, i think in some ways, that mindset was instilled by the experience of growing up in 1990 ireland. emily: how did you discover computers? it would be fair to say that we were free range kids. patrick: i am always struck in the u.s. like people need finer grained counter controls for their kids life. it is like half hour increments are not precise enough. in our case, our parents were busy. they were both entrepreneurs running businesses they had started. patrick and i had a lot of latitudes to figure out what we were interested in. and go explore that. you are the one that started with programming. that was not the plan. patrick: we r

concerned about the way in which by sunday, bbc news was moving the story on from the vote in the republic of irelanddum appear. again, with the parties, it will probably never happen, but hopefully, it will start a bit of a conversation going. i would love the same sort of vote up here, so i would. could it happen? i don't know, not with our government. grace dalton rang us with her thoughts. i felt extremely depressed about the referendum result in ireland. it was confounded so much by bbc coverage the following day, throughout sunday night and most of monday, of supposed calls for abortion laws to be changed then in northern ireland. it seems bizarre to me that you would have a news report about "calls", as though some significant number of public statements have been made by significant figures. you vox popped people in the street but it wasn't news, it wasn't a news story. what you were doing was to stoke more division and more controversy and hurt. the bank holiday weekend also saw an event important enough to the news that one that it featured in friday's headlines — the bbc‘s festival of musi

ireland. the move, backed by a cross—party group of mps, follows a referendum in the republic of ireland last the ban. calling for the talks, labour mp stella creasy told the commons it's wrong that northern ireland is out of step with the rest of the uk. the life of a woman with terminal breast cancer has been saved by a pioneering new therapy, according to researchers in america. judy perkins was given just three months to live but two years later there is no sign of the disease in her body. the treatment involved using her own tumour to grow 90 billion immune cells which were then pumped into her body. more than 50 countries are taking action to reduce plastic pollution, that's according to a report from the united nations. the authors say policies are improving but more needs to be done to reduce the blight on rivers and oceans. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. another heartbreaking plastics story. this pilot whale in southern thailand swallowed more than 80 plastic bags weighing more than 8kg. another victim of our throwaway society. southeast asia is afflicted by plastic p

what you haven't addressed is the degree to which you have to straddle the interests of the republic of irelandth of ireland. sinn fein, of course, being committed to a united ireland, has a significant presence in both. but the point i'm getting to is that you, as a dubliner, as a middle—class dubliner, of an age where the troubles, as they're called in northern ireland, were not woven into your childhood and early adulthood, you are somebody that many of your party members in the north are suspicious of. they're not, actually. well, i can quote you a few who are, if you want me to. well, let me tell you that i am the leader of the party, and i'm the leader on the basis of a huge degree of confidence and support, from people right across the country. so don't buy into this fairlyjaded mythology that there is such a vast difference between sinn fein and the south and the north. you know, it's about 100 miles from where we sit into the centre of belfast. it's not outer kathmandu. that's very true, but 100 miles geographically... sorry, you have asked a question. we shared common social norms, so

what you haven't addressed is the degree to which you have to straddle the interests of the republic of irelandorth of ireland. sinn fein, of course, being committed to a united ireland, has a significant presence in both, but the point i am getting too is that you, as a dubliner, as a middle—class dublin, ofan age dubliner, as a middle—class dublin, of an age where the trouble is, as they are called in northern ireland, we re they are called in northern ireland, were not woven into your childhood and early adult hood, you are somebody that many of your party members in the north are suspicious of. they are not, actually. well, i can quote you a few who are, if you wa nt can quote you a few who are, if you want me to. well, let me tell you that i am the leader of the party, andi that i am the leader of the party, and i am the leader on the basis of and i am the leader on the basis of a huge degree of confidence and support, from people right across the country. so don't buy into this fairly jaded mythology the country. so don't buy into this fairlyjaded mythology that the country. so don't buy

with the republic of ireland altogether. that it remains its plan to leave the european union. and complete the transition. [chanting] the right honorable member does not share the certainty. that will follow her implementation. when it comes to brexit this government. and more cancellations than the northern rail. the custom proposals had been canceled and ripped up its own timetable. my question to the prime minister is this. when they talk about the labour party. from the secretary party. and i quote everybody in the labour party is in the same thing. what the right honorable gentlemen is. with the referendum. they voted to do that. and since then they had than they had tried to go straight to brexit. they voted against the with the draw bill. they are refusing to rule out a referendum. on the vote of the british people. i had written a paper on it. with the 2% of gdp. to harnessing this. that they remain at the forefront with the greater global britain. and i think my honorable friend. they invested a round 10 million. but the reserves -- they are working on those currencie

cross the border without economically damaging delays; in the case of the land border between northern ireland — out — and the republic — the damage could be political. in december, theresa may, the uk's prime minister agreed a fall back position in the absence of customs arrangements acceptable to both sides. the eu and the uk said northern ireland would have to remain compliant with eu standards. this week, mrs may's cabinet colleague, david davis, her chief negotiator with brussels, threatened to quit, if she accepted a back stop without an end date. i hope you are following all of this! she satisfied him but that only served to alienate the eu further. alexander the great, according to legend, didn't worry about the niceties involved in untying his knot by negotiation. instead, he simply sliced through it. maria, i suppose if that were to happen that would be the hardest of hard brexits. how much trouble by these negotiations in. i think in britain everyone is obsessed with the british side of it and back stops and non—back stubbs and so on. but look at what is happening in europe. the whole thing is in crisis. we

the usa are in action against the republic of ireland. the second day of the second test between england and pakistan at headlingley and it was a wet start in leeds with the morning session lost to the weather... england finally closed on 302 for seven, a first innings lead of 128 — nightwatchman dom bess made a9, captain joe root 45 and jos buttler ended unbeaten on 34. mohammed amir and faheem asraf both taking two wickets for the visitors. yamaha's valentino rossi has taken his first motogp pole position in a year and a half while breaking a few records at his home grand prix in italy. it was the seven—time champion's 55th pole position in motogp but first since october 2016 and sees him become the first rider to start from pole seven times at mugello. rossi shaved two—tenths off the new lap record to finish ahead of his former team—mate jorge lorenzo, who's now at ducati. suzuki's maverick vinales completed the front row, with championship leader marc marquez starting on the second row after finishing sixth. now to racing, and with the

is that eu is saying you cannot have a free border across the republic of northern ireland and not theunion because how do we check the you respect the rules when you go across? may wanted to have a specific date by which negotiations have to be finalized over what we call the soft border between the two parts of ireland. insist that there shouldn't be such a date because it goes brexit, if you will, there shouldn't be such a date because what happens if there is no appeal hat date on customs? so, where we are now seems to be a situation where the vote might say there is no limit to how long the irish border remains open and therefore by default there is no limit to how long the u.k. remains in a customs union. frexit --at the especially boris johnson, are insisting. of course, mps might vote for it, partly to do with the irish question and partly because the rebels control the eu, the rebels might take this as an excuse to vote on some amendment it is much more pro-eu than the government had been making it out to be. professor, thank you so very much for your time today. that's christ

people online are discussing if northern ireland will decriminalise abortion following the republic of ireland's historic vote. here to discuss what's next for northern ireland kelly o'dowd she's the co-chair for alliance for choice and activists ashley topically and welcome to you both ashley i want to start with some action on the street if you have this headline here from the independent on my laptop northern irish women protesting anti abortion laws take illegal terminations pills in front of police and there's a bit you can see pictures of that all over twitter today now all mine this is their reaction or about the tweets into the stream you shouldn't have last reproductive choices because you were born in derry and not durham or belfast not birmingham it's time to decriminalize abortion and give women and northern ireland autonomy over their own bodies equality with sisters in england scotland and wales when you see pictures of these protests when you read solidarity tweets like this do they resonate with you. oh totally just to give you an idea of what my experience was. years ago i find

it follows last month's referendum result in the republic of ireland — which overturned a de facto bann‘s leadership, has however, divided party members. from belfast, our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports anti—abortion demonstrators turned out at the sinn fein conference this morning, they used to be in the mainstream, but not any more. today delegates spoke in favour of abortion reform. we must face the reality, the lives of some women are placed in danger and real risk due to their pregnancy. in the recent referendum campaign i was struck by the scores of women that came forward and told their personal stories. last month ireland voted decisively to overturn its ban on abortion. today sinn fein members backed a change in party policy, allowing abortion up 12 weeks of pregnancy. but not without some internal division. the 26 counties of ireland has lost something beautiful and precious, the protection of the unborn, but we the already born did not lose on may the 25th — the unborn child did. leading the call for change, sinn fein‘s first delayed in 35 years. mary lou mcdonald

of clarity what what effect is this having. well you know there are two different issues one is the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland's and the e.u. is insisting that the have to be guarantees in the withdrawal agreements that there will be no hard border the u.k. wants to do that no way which doesn't create divisions between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. that may well end up tying the u.k. into the e.u.'s customs union for the for a period of time and scotland has a separate set of issues which is around devolved powers to the scottish parliaments the british government wants to take control over some of those powers so that when responsibilities are return from brussels they can set u.k. wide policy frameworks but the scottish parliament. objects to the u.k. government doing that unilaterally and at the moment we have a standoff which has been resolved for the time being by the u.k. government really pushing through the changes that it wants to happen so we have a constitutional crisis of sorts and scotland's good to speak with you grego in thanks very much for your time you're very welcome

they told their stories as part of a debate on whether abortion should be legalised in northern ireland, following the republiche government has said stormont should have the final say. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. cheering and applause this result did more than shift the landscape in the irish republic. it reopened the debate about abortion in northern ireland too, where terminations are illegal in all but very limited circumstances. in westminster today, a succession of mps argued for the uk government to act. some spoke from a very personal perspective. i was ill when i made the incredibly hard decision to have a termination. i was having seizures every day. i wasn't even able to control my own body let alone care for a new life. so, mr speaker, are you seriously telling me that in a civilised world, rape, incest or a foetus that is so badly deformed that it could never live, are not sufficient grounds for a woman to have the power to decide for herself, that she shouldn't make that decision? no, enough. such testimony isn't common in parliament, yet today more than one mp spoke about t

the ruling comes after a constitutional ban on abortion was overturned by a referendum in the republic of ireland last week. turkish voters living abroad have started casting early ballots in the country snap elections on june the twenty fourth here in germany polling stations open this morning across the country off to more than three million turkish overseas voters nearly hoth of them live in germany . in the last election three years ago about sixty percent of turkish voters in germany supported president don and his party that's a much higher percentage than in turkey itself and the job views that it gives was out in berlin to test political temperature. tickets electing campaigning in a german capital is good advice and his friends are canvassing for two piece procurer. party this is what this is for the election in turkey were against terror the one they didn't get that was against terror one ok i'll take one i was. busy left because of president add on he's very concerned about politics in his home country. he's been. indicted and i've been in germany for six years and. many of my friends

cross the border without economically damaging delays; in the case of the land border between northern ireland — out — and the republiceptable to both sides. the eu and the uk said northern ireland would have to remain compliant with eu standards. this week, mrs may‘s cabinet colleague, david davis, her chief negotiator with brussels, threatened to quit, if she accepted a back stop without an end date. i hope you are following all of this! she satisfied him but that only served to alienate the eu further. alexander the great, according to legend, didn‘t worry about the niceties involved in untying his knot by negotiation.

it follows last month's referendum result in the republic of ireland which overturned a de facto banbacked by sinn fein's leadership has, however, divided party members. from belfast, our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. anti—abortion campaigners turned out to greet sinn fein delegates this morning. these views were once in the party mainstream, but not any more. capitalised and commercialised! today, sinn fein delegates of a new generation spoke in favour of abortion reform. we must face the reality that the lives of some women are placed in danger and real risk due to their pregnancy. during the recent referendum campaign, i was struck by the scores of women that came forward and told their personal stories. last month ireland voted decisively to overturn its ban on abortion. today sinn fein passed a motion requiring its politicians to back new laws in the irish parliament, allowing abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. but not without some internal division. the 26 counties of ireland has lost something beautiful and precious, the protection of the unborn, but we the alre

along with the eu, has signed up to avoiding the reintroduction of the hard border between the republic of irelandriday peace accord. this is the reddest of red lines for brussels. even if the government finally comes to agreement, the warning from brussels tonight is that the irish border deal could still bring brexit all tumbling down. the boss of tsb has admitted that fraudsters targeted thousands of people's bank accounts in the aftermath of an it meltdown in april. paul pester told mps that the bank had been overwhelmed by what he called an unprecedented attack by organised crime after a botched systems upgrade. it resulted in money being taken illegally out of 1300 accounts. simon gompertz reports. the sorry saga of the systems upgrade which left tsb on its knees started six weeks ago, yet customers like photographer paul clark say they're still suffering. the effect has been enormous, a huge amount of mental stress, night and day. not only was paul shut out of his account, it was then raided by fraudsters, exploiting the confusion, who took more than £10,000. then three days hanging on the

earlier, our ireland correspondent chris page explained the ramifications of the recent referendum in the republiccdonald, the relatively new sinn fein resident, she only took over from gerry adams a few months ago, played a very prominent role in a referendum campaign which resulted in a landslide vote in favour of change to the irish republic as he removed its constitutional near ban on abortion. the irish government, now planning to bring forward legislation which would legalize the termination of pregnancy for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant, and until this afternoon sinn fein‘s current policy actually fell short of that. sinn fein were in favour of legalizing abortions in cases where a woman's health was at risk, so the party executive put forward a motion to the annual conference today, where they said that the party executive firstly should able to instruct mps to the irish parliament as to how they vote on the issue. and they said that abortion should be available without specific reason for a limited gestational period. so there is a bit of flexibility there. but the bottom