the republic of ireland is not able, that is the point, as an eu memberyou of ireland is not able, that as an eu member you cannot strike iran trade deals. and apart from that but just strike iran trade deals. and apart from that butjust to wrap up this story, we have had a response from downing street, regarding this idea ofa downing street, regarding this idea of a plot, this wargaming for a snap election, and in response to the sunday times story, it is suggesting that aides have secretly begun contingency planning for this snap election, a source at downing street says it is categorically untrue that number ten is planning for an election or holding meetings to discuss one or holding any meetings to plan an election, or even preparing any documents relating to one, just to make sure that the message does get across, for the avoidance of doubt, the source has gone on to add that it is hogwash wrapped in piffle. so there we go, thatis wrapped in piffle. so there we go, that is the response to the sunday times story. isn't that in response toa times story. isn't that in response to a d

northern ireland, reunification with the republic of ireland, raking up the republic of ireland, raking so that will only be england and wales left. some would argue last week scottish politics were in turmoil. alex salmond now legally pursuing the snp... turmoil. alex salmond now legally pursuing the snp. .. with a big war chest from crowdfunding. at the same time, it was his big dream that scotla nd time, it was his big dream that scotland would be independent of the uk. nicola sturgeon, we know where she is out on this issue but she has been vocal on the fact that if the uk does not get a good deal when it comes to brexit, as closely as it can to be aligned to europe, she says they would be to leave. the big question is whether or not conservatives take her seriously. the conservatives say this issue was settled in 2014 for a generation but there were quite a number of tory mps who want to remain closely aligned to the eu and use it as a stick to beat theresa may and the brexiteers to say, you will break up the united kingdom as well as leave the united kingdom as well as leave the e

wales stun the republic of ireland in their nations league opener for ryan giggs first competitive game. we hearfrom england captain joe root ahead of alastair cook's final test match at the oval. serena edges towards a 24th grand slam title — but admits she still has a long way to go at the us open. hello and welcome to sportsday. let's start in cardiff, where you might remember wales' world cup dreams were shattered by the irish nearly one year ago. many said tonight's uefa nations league match between the two sides might be a chance for revenge. if so — they certainly got it — beating the republic of ireland 4—1 and in ryan giggs first competitive match in charge. david ornstein was there. their run to the semifinals of euro 2016 captured the hearts of a nation, and invigorated welsh football. but now for a new era, and a new competition that orders an alternative ticket to the next major tournament. wales with a new manager, and ryan giggs's first competitive match in charge got off to the perfect start. tom lawrence finishing with the type of move of which his boss would approve. h

on the issue of the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, i recommend a paper we wrote. emphatically, the biggest threat to the good friday agreement is to terrapin principle consent, the good -- terra the principle consent -- tear up the principle consent. david trimble, an architect, wrote the belfast agreement, he is very clear, if there is an artificial border put down in the irish sea between gb and northern ireland, that is a direct contradiction of the belfast agreement. it breaks the principle of consent and completely unacceptable. it is much the biggest threat. and i saidper shows if i had not said that, it would have been mocked as crazy. every technology in the paper is being used this morning around the world. every single administrative procedure is being used this morning within the eu. there is nothing new. i said that any paper. it is a matter of great regret that they started talks, that work has been stopped. i would strongly urge the republic of ireland to work closely with simon, a good guy, we would never -- i worked closely with them. him

of the republic of ireland. celebrate —— over the republic of ireland. wales are off to a flying start in football's inaugral, nations league with a 4—1win over the republic of ireland in cardiff. it was ryan giggs' first competitive match in charge and tom lawrence started the party after five minutes. wales' all—time top scorer gareth bale added a second with a spectacular effort. aaron ramsey added a third before half time, with connor roberts adding a fourth. it's a good start, and like i said to the players, the bad news for them is that the standard now, they can't drop below it. there's things we could do better obviously. there's things in the game i wasn't happy with. but we can't really moan after a performance like that. you got to look at the games, see what you can do better and try and do that —— you've got to. scotland begin their nations league campaign at home to albania on monday, but tonight they have a much tougher task. the scots host belgium, who finished third at the world cup, and they'll

on the issue of northern ireland of northern ireland and the republic of ireland i do recommend the paperwe wrote last week. emphatically, the biggest threat to the good friday agreement is the principle of consent which is the absolute tour and the proposal which is still enunciating last week. you're shaking your head, but david trimble who was the architect of what the belfast agreement with others is very clear about it. if there's an artificial border between gb and northern ireland, that is a direct contradiction of the belfast agreement. and it is completely unacceptable. it is much the biggest threat. so, what are paper shows and if i hadn't said that, he would've been crazy crazy and wacky comments wacky ideas. every single technology in that paper is being used this morning around the world. every single administrative procedure is being used this morning within the e.u. there is nothing new. it is a matter of great regret they started talks on the sort of solution for network is then stopped. i would strongly urge the republic of ireland. he's a really good guy. we would never

i remember a year ago before christmas, the irish border between the republic of ireland in northern at couldn't be moved. they pushed it through and then here we are approaching october, we haven't really resulted of what we are hearing, would we allow something whether checkers plan allows british participation in the eu single market for goods in agriculture but not the services sector, but that represents 75% roughly of the uk economy but it is also violating the terms of the single market, you can't be cherry picking, that's been the eu position against great britain since the start and not really sure how they are going to square this circle in the conservative eurosceptic mps in this country don't like it. but the clock is ticking in earnest and you get that sense. everybody is trying to, certainly in brussels, on the part of the eu, they are really wanting this to get through in october so in november, they can present it to the 27 member states and the get on with the point of getting their own governments onboard. this is the problem. there is so much to do, even when they h

this is actually less than 5% of the northern ireland economy, a smaller fraction of the republic of the paper does and you have heard it two or three times already today is that it remind you that there is a border there already. this is not a non—border, it is an invisible border and therefore there are mechanisms that deal with that border. you have heard vat, excise, judicial, currency, it is a very serious border and the mechanism for all of thoseissues border and the mechanism for all of those issues exist already. there are three reasons for borders. no—one is fiscal, that is tariffs and vat, corporation tax, excise and duty. one is regulatory and one is origin, controlling rules of origin. the paper deals with all of those things very well. on the fiscal front, the european union has offered a zero tariff no quota arrangement, so there is no question of any additional financial transaction having to take place at the border than takes place now. that is why the mechanism that works will work now afterwards. on the rules of origin front, people talk about hundreds of crossing

ireland has a very small number of votes and it will be dominate the eu and it will be outvoted whereas we were a major ally with you. on the issue of the republic of ireland, i do recommend the paper we wrote last week. emphatically, the biggest threat to the good friday agreement is to tear up the principal consent which is the core of it and the proposal which is still enunciating and i had my colleagues last week, you're shaking my heart head and it was in the architect is very clear about this. if there is an artificial border put down between gb and global ireland, that is a direct contradiction of the belfast agreement. it breaks the principle of consent and it is completely unacceptable. it is much the biggest threat. so what our paper shows and i got -- it was boring because if i hadn't said that it would have been mocked as being crazy and every single technology in that paper is being used this morning around the world. every single administerial procedure is being used this morning within the eu. there is nothing new and i've deliberately said that in the paper and it's a matter of great regret that started talks on these sort of sol

the bay of carlingford it separates the british province of northern ireland from the republic of ireland in the south a ferry service began recently. about three thousand passengers take the daily sea route between the irish republic and the british territory. the tourists enjoy the landscape. but for commuters it represents a convenient shortcut. we used to ferry here to go to work in the sight of god and the sea with a live in the north front we have to trade west managed to get ships us maybe forty five minutes and it brings in a lot of tourism into the north side and down the coast along the seashore a lot from here so it's it's very very handy yes. it took more than ten years for the ferry company to overcome all the bureaucratic hurdles and finally start. now the private operator is worried about brakes and. right now there are no border controls between the two neighbors but nobody knows. if it will stay that way. there's been a vast improvements in business a vast increase talk to the local restaurants the butchers the hospitality providers the supermarkets all of them are seeing

that the government needs to protect the rights of workers, jobs and also needs to make sure their is no hard border between northern ireland and the republicd. how that plays out in practice is more questionable, it is a more grey area. the hard border is clear but potentially the other issues, how the government can protect rights and ensure that the tuc is satisfied that workers' rights and jobs will be protected is certainly more open to debate. at what stage another potential referendum would be called for by the tuc is more questionable. we might get more clarity tomorrow as frances o'grady gives her keynote speech. brexiters taking centre stage today, but what are we likely to here for the rest of the week? the tuc discussing lots of different issues, they represent 49 different unions and they will have their own agendas, but the real thrust this week is the implications for workers of new technology, the changes in the nature of work, zero—hours contracts, there are a lot of big issues up for discussion but of course it is brexit dominating everything at the moment. a group representing religious education teachers and faith organi

it's left two people dead in the republic of ireland and northern ireland. rned lorries and train cancellations. dan johnson reports. a casualty of the extreme weather which lashed the west coast of ireland. but for pa pa but for papa hospitality tent at st andrews. falling trees crushed buildings during northern ireland's strongest ever september gailes. there were near misses the roads. this pilot trying to land in dublin thought better of it. 100 miles per hour winds brought down powerlines. there are still homes without electricity. some engineers on site can't stand up. that stopped us and delayed us from getting some of our customers back on. a woman died when this caravan was blown over a cliff on the irish coast. and then looking to northern ireland water was killed bya to northern ireland water was killed by a falling tree. storm ali made its mark and wins were still blowing strong. an inquiry into the disruption caused by the introduction of new train timetables in may has criticised network rail, the department of transport and the train companies

their view is he has to komru miah is more, particularly on the issue of ireland and how to avoid frictionless trade between the republicf ireland and the north —— you have to compromise more. if we wind the clock back a week, there were headlines about the fa ct week, there were headlines about the fact that brussels was trying to give theresa may a lifeline, they we re give theresa may a lifeline, they were trying to help, realising how the situation is within westminster. michel barnier saying we will reach a compromise, 6—8 weeks. in thing to have changed in terms of that we are here to help you conversation. the bottomline is that they do not want a crisis before the conservative party conference, which is coming up ina party conference, which is coming up in a couple of weeks. they realise that in she goes there could be something far worse. it might be very to negotiate with whoever follows theresa may. but again they are very clear. they believe strongly, the other eu 27, in the integrity of the single market. nothing must be done to compromise that no deal can be done with the united kingdom that says you can p

of another referendum. they were talking about protecting workers' rights, jobs and also there being no hard border between northern ireland and the republicbrexit the focus of today but more days to come at the conference. what can we expect to hear about? within the last hour, doors havejust expect to hear about? within the last hour, doors have just opened here at the convention centre where the congress is taking place. the first few delegates already arriving keen. tomorrow we will get much more detail within that speech as to what those red lines consist of and when it would be triggered, the idea of the tuc support for a second referendum. we will be hearing from many others. brexit not the only issue. they're all so concerned about the future of work here, how workers can be supported in a modern economy. they're trying to make that a thug is also but it is brexit the dominant —— that dominates everything at the moment. thank you. serena williams who's been grabbing the headlines, after she accused the umpire of sexism and treating her unfairly. williams was cited by the official for three code violations, and for breaking her rack

in northern ireland to reason why it's governments are not going to miss tricky notice the good ear they reject of any hot water on the republic of ireland marsh. ok and we should know more about where this is heading following that cabinet meeting today josh bloom thanks very much for that from. well we'll german cities be banning diesel cars and trucks then we'll have more on that coming up in the business. in rural. a contentious figure at home. here in germany. gorbachev is one of the great heroes of the twentieth century mikhail gorbachev the last leader of the soviet union was an agent of change. who quickly met his downfall. i have decided to resign my duties as president of the soviet union. he continues to fight for world peace with a reminder when you notice we have to comprehend where peace has taken us today there is a new arms race. the roof time gorbachev and the opportunity for peace which starts october third on d w. china accuses the u.s. of starting the largest trade war in economic history this after washington slaps a new round of tariffs on chinese goods from handbags to rice coming into effect today. and

can't agree on what will happen here on the border between northern ireland a part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland and a you member the case promised there will be no return to a hard border but it's rejected the e.u. has a backstop plan to keep the region aligned with its trading rules it's something we will never agree to said to resume a it would mean breaking up our country before her response to theresa may proposal have been playing tension among hard line break that fear within how own party they believe the e.u. are pushing for more concessions from the u.k. but they are productive it will mean leaving me you will be increasingly more and more pointless they want a clean break from brussels with or without a reason may be but this latest message to europe may help restore some confidence from bric cities who believe she hasn't been tough enough the prime minister says there's currently no counter proposal on the table this is an impasse with no solution in sight come out zero westminster. salvage experts say could take at least ten years to restore what is left of brazil's natio

they thrash the republic of ireland in the new uefa nations league, with gareth bale amongst the goalsall, as she returns to competitive riding just two months after giving birth.

future trade ties the other one being a possible hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland but on the other hand people were nice year at this informal summit and that wasn't always a given in the last weeks or months it seems seemed that the leaders really tried to have a civilized discussion everybody said how good the atmosphere was and that's news so good spirit but really no results when it came to the actual policy all right well let's take a listen now to prime minister teresa mayes that take on things we are continuing to work for a good deal i think you will have heard both president to his kind of number of the e.u. leaders saying that they are looking and and hoping king to that good deal but there's a lot of work to be done and we will be doing as obviously over the next few weeks and what will drive continue to drive me will be delivering for the british people mercs i'm not really sure if she listened to what president actually said or for she's just trying to put on a brave face but this is quite a setback for prime minister may. well sure she listen to i don

ryan giggs‘ first game has wales manager study with an impressive thumping of republic of ireland onakeshift denmark side lost to slovakia last week but the big names were back. at the world cup they will move final as croatia on penalties in the last 16 and they began to worry the welsh. but wales had something other side ‘s lack and is gareth bale. then again, denmark have christian eriksen and he is not bad either. the seventh goal in his last six competitive home internationals. cisco could've made it to map before half—time but for the reflexes of wayne hennessey. those of the defender were sluggish. handball, penalty. christian eriksen with the second of the evening. mixed for wales, former world champions spain at the principality stadium. james lumsden, bbc news. the new women's super league season kicked off today. defending champions chelsea had a goaless draw with manchester city. arsenal thrashed liverpool and there were also victories for birmingham city, bristol city and a big win for reading over yeovil town... matthew fitzpatrick is the first golfer in a0 years to def

prime minister claims that in her plan she allows to have a frictionless travel between the republic of ireland and northern ireland but that assumes that they'll be a future technology but can somehow create a virtual customs border that doesn't require much of anyone stopping as they go backwards and forwards. with their goods the problem is that one this technology doesn't exist and it violates a fundamental freedom of european union around goods and services that the european union will not accept you think the border issue is enough to or could be enough to almost hold breaks that situation. possibly i think that the prime minister has set this up as you know my deal or no deal now her a deal is not of the support of members of parliament it is not of the support of her party and it doesn't even have the support of many who stayed in the cabinet not yet resigned she had risen nations every day for about a week from her cabinet in protest of her checkers plan she set it up as checkers or no nothing at all thinking that well no plan is so bad they won't go for that but there isn't really muc

elsewhere there were a host of friendlies on tuesday with northern ireland returning to winning ways with a 3—0 win over israel. the republicead in poland finishing 1—1 — while england after three successive defeats won out thanks to marcus rashford's second—half volley that gave them victory over switzerland. you know, we were very keen that he had the opportunity that we were keen to give him, some match minutes, because we think he is a big part of our future, minutes, because we think he is a big part of ourfuture, we minutes, because we think he is a big part of our future, we think he isa big part of our future, we think he is a fantastic talent with a great mentality and we have really talked to him a lot about being in the penalty box more, being higher up the pitch, and both of those goals have come from those areas, which is great for him. now to boxing where the most hotly anticipated bout of 2018 will take place in las vegas this weekend between mexico's canelo alvarez and kazakhstan‘s gennady golovkin. this is a rematch of last year where the pair fought a controversial draw and could be a career defining fight

there needs to be some sort of border between the republic of ireland the northern ireland or what the e.u. is preferring to keep somehow northern ireland inside the customs union and then have some sort of sec checks between the northern ireland and the u.k. so that some border checks need to take place and the question is where will that be the do u.p.d. the unionists who are basically propping up to reserve may's government they don't want anything on the i received and what they don't want any border between the mainland and northern ireland and they are going to be crucial in putting their foot down will there be any so full form of checks for example that that the e.u. want on ships that cross between northern ireland and the u.k. so this is something that's discussed and they need more time to firm up their position and to find a compromise on this big mass reporting from london thank you. our next up to our other top story the leaders of north and south korea have hailed a deal to improve ties between their two countries and a highly symbolic move the celts moon in even invited

understandably, the republic of ireland manager, martin o'neill, is frustrated as his team are also ines. he expects uefa to act over the danish dispute which threatens to turn ireland's nations league group into a farce, as his side may have to face a full—stregth denmark when they play them. well, if it does develop like that, then i think that they will certainly be a degree of unfairness about it. i think that everyone would accept that. if that is the case, i mean, if... if denmark do not play one of the top players playing, as we mentioned earlier, about the players playing from the lower divisions in the game, it would certainly give a massive advantage to their opposition. the situation might get resolved in the next couple of days, and perhaps maybe denmark might be able to play theirfull maybe denmark might be able to play their full strength side. maybe denmark might be able to play theirfull strength side. i don't know in what advanced state they are now, at the moment, but i think we really just have to wait to see that. stepping back from a job you have done for 12 years

first time in a competitive fixture as he saw his side run out convincing 4—1 winners over the republic of irelandmadrid's gareth bale among the scorers. there were four games in leagues c and d, and they included a 2—0 win for macedonia in gibraltar. that was gibraltar‘s first competitive international on home soil. tiger woods and rory mcilroy have both equalled the course record at the bmw championship in pennsylvania, the penultimate tournament of the fedex cup play—offs on the pga tour. the pair shot 8—under rounds of 62 to share the lead by a stroke. the iii—time major winner woods carded a round that included an eagle and seven birdies along with a solitary bogey, and the 42—year—old will feel like he has momentum heading into his second round on friday. although mcilroy will feel he missed out on more after he bogeyed two of his last three holes, interspersed with some wonderful play, as he looks to become one ofjust 30 who'll progress to the season—ending tour championship in atlanta. now to cricket, and friday's fifth and final test at the oval in london will see former england captain a

they reject asked any hard border on the republic of ireland nor marsh. ok and we should know more about where this is having following that cabinet meeting today josh bloom thanks very much for that from. well will german cities be banning diesel cars and trucks ben we'll have more on that coming up in the business. and. a contentious figure at home. in germany. gorbachev was one of the great heroes of the twentieth century mikhail gorbachev the last leader of the soviet union was an agent of change.

but while giggs maintained that his side are focussed on their match against the republic of irelandch as manager, the wales boss admitted that he had been surprised by the situation in denmark. top ten team, so i mean it's strange, especially in the world cup, the last two years of form has been brilliant so yeah it's strange asa been brilliant so yeah it's strange as a football player you want to just play football, bobby sleep you feel you're not getting a good deal, the other side of the federation think that they are getting a good deal is a something that you would think would have been sorted out by 110w think would have been sorted out by now but it's not and yeah, like i said just face the problem when it comes. well it was a rather unrecognisable denmark side in action this evening against slovakia in an international friendly, they were beaten 3—0. a respectable scoreline for a squad made up almost entirely of amateurs and futsol players. britain's simon yates continues to wear the race leader's red jersey after stage 11 of the tour of spain, the vuelta a espana. italy's a

can't agree on what will happen here on the border between northern ireland a part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland and a you member the case promised there will be no return to a hard border but it's rejected the e.u. has a backstop plan to keep the region aligned with its trading rules it's something we will never agree to set to resume a it would mean breaking up our country the frosty response to terrorism a proposal having flaying tension among hard line break that fear within how own party to believe the e.u. are pushing for more concessions from the u.k. but if adopted will mean leaving me you will be increasingly more and more pointless they want a clean break from brussels with or without a reason may be but this latest message to europe may help restore some confidence from bric cities who believe she hasn't been tough enough the prime minister says there's currently no counter proposal on the table this is an impasse with no solution in sight bark at al-jazeera westminster. now yemen may be at war but that's not stopping some from trying to revive the culture of going to the m

northern ireland's border is the defining moment of brexit >> so essentially what's happened is both sides in this negotiation from the outside said they do not want to see a hard border between the republicf ireland and northern ireland because fixed installations there, police patrols, security checks have in the past been targets for violence during the period you're talking about, the troubles so they had a solution where they have goods transiting day-to-day after that border without those kinds of checks. for that to happen the europeans have said we want regulatory alignment between northern ireland and the rest of the european union so people can cross that border without problems the problem for the uk, if you have that regulatory alignment and northern ireland part of a wider customs area with the european union, you have a division between northern ireland and great britain. that's something that the dup party in northern ireland will not accept theresa may said that is a threat to the uk's territorial integrity. she said european countries would not accept that being passed on to them, she says it is unacceptable. we'll have to see if there's a compromise a couple more summits

of warrenpoint. we are in northern ireland. the republice believe technology can erase the borders, but both the eu and the uk say it can't remove the need for checks. so the dilemma — is there any border solution acceptable to the eu, uk, unionists, and other brexiteers alike? the eu's hope now to is to tweak its plan to make it more palatable, by making any checks that have to happen here less obtrusive. the question is, could theresa may sell that to her party and mps in parliament? if not, any brexit deal may be in trouble. elon musk‘s company spacex has named the first private passenger it plans to fly around the moon. the japanese billionaire yusaku maezawa will be joined by eight other people, including artists, designers and architects. maezawa declined to disclose how much he had paid tojoin the mission, but he did share his reaction with the crowd at the spacex headquarters in california. yes. finally i can say, i'm very glad to be here, and i'm really excited and really honoured, really appreciate to be able to share with... to s

the elements and says the weather is having an big impact in both northern ireland and the republic of irelandthe republic of ireland. and there was the tragic incident of the woman in her 50s who died when her caravan was blown off a cliff in galway. we are told she was a tourist. the ca rava n are told she was a tourist. the caravan landed on the coastline below. widespread disruption to journeys today. flights have been cancelled, a number of roads are closed. also, we are told that northern ireland railways has imposed speed restrictions on its lines and staff are working to clear the tracks and working to monitor the tracks and working to monitor the situation is the day. there is also a meeting of officials this morning to look at the response to the destruction that has been caused by storm ali. it hasn't quite reached its peak yet, is due to peak around midday or early afternoon. i spoke earlier to our weather presenter matt taylor — where he said there's more to come. it is going to peak in the short—term but look at the pressure chart, you can see the centre of that storm, working it

very shortly what this is about the island of ireland is made up of northern ireland which is part of the united kingdom and the rest of the island is the republic of ireland which is part of the european union they don't have a hard border because of the e.u. at the moment and people are worried that once they have a hard border again if they have a hard border then this might have tensions flare up so we're not back to square one a lot of issues are resolved but not enough to avoid a hard break all right max hofmann reporting from salzburg austria thank you. the leaders of north and south korea have hailed a deal to improve ties between their countries and a highly symbolic move the south's moon j. and even invited kim jong on to seoul and what would be the first ever visit by a north korean leader but progress on reducing nuclear tensions in the region was less clear cut kim jong un promised to close the country's main nuclear complex that is if the united states made reciprocal moves. day two of south korean president visit to his northern neighbor kim jong un more carefully staged displays of harmony along with the generous serving of. the

hosting france in munich and there's another match taking place in cardiff — wales up against the republic of irelandleague opener. our sports news correspondent david ornstein is in the welsh capital for us. it isa it is a huge night for ryan giggs, his first competitive match in charge of the welsh. yes and his first on home soil. he took charge of wales for three friendlies over the summer at the china cup and that was after being appointed injanuary and this will be the true test of ryan giggs as a manager. ourfirst glimpse of him in a match that actually means something, following some contemporaries from his playing days like steven gerrard, now it is his turn and some strong team selection for him with gareth bale and aaron ramsey starting. the manager himself appears to be raring to go. this is a competitive game, i still put myself under the same pressure. i want the team to be hard to beat and to play attractive football. football i would want to watch. i wa nt football i would want to watch. i want the players to express themselves, do what they're good at. if they're defending, defend the

they play the republic of ireland in the uefa nations league. the idea being... do you remember we used to have lots of dud friendlies which didn't matter too much. the idea of this is a new tournament, so we actually have something to play for, and lesser nations can qualify for the euros. it is replacing the old dud friendlies. so it all matters. there is something on the line. it should have mattered anyway. they should be playing or pride. we will look at the stories dominating the papers in a moment. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. did you say there would be goosebumps? for some. a little bit on the chilly start and temperatures down on what you would expect but for many a lovely start to the day, the picture behind me is a hint of what is to come. some rain developing here and there. while we have the clear skies across many areas, these clumps of cloud into the north—west highlands will bring showers, stuff bring ireland bringing longer spells of rain. clipping the south of northern ireland this morning spreading into p

we crashed out committee argument is there would be a border between northern ireland, the republic of irelandlysis, might create some support for a united ireland and break of the union that way. clearly the s&p and the scottish, people in scotland, might argue that don't like brexit, did i vote that way. i would like to know who cabinet colleagues are. it does strike me that that does not seem to bea strike me that that does not seem to be a large group within the cabinet. i think there seems to be a much more aggressive effort by the brexiteers within the cabinet to try and drive the narrative brother. what they sought this week... and clearly it was the way things laid out in salzburg... it's clearly it was the way things laid out in salzburg. .. it's notjust the brexiteers. jeremy hunt, who is a remainder. people talking about this being a dramatic calamity on the scale of the suez crisis... 0k. and there was something here i picked up. some tory aides are said to be so up. some tory aides are said to be so worried about the lack of support for may's current aggressive when they fear a sn

to account by the financial reporting council the regulator for the united kingdom and the republic of ireland for faulty reports it received from k.p.n. g.'s client b.n.y. mellon bank on a trillion dollar basket of assets f r c says no investor money was lost and was on able to convince k. p.m.g. to pay a settlement as we've discussed here in the program before k. p.m.g. has bad taste of scandals recently with the most recent case involving their work in south africa. and other u.k. regulator news regulators are making news with regard to pressuring bankers and insurers for written responses on planets to plans to manage a transition away from the london inner. bank offered rate that's liable for the average rate that banks charge when lending to their peers and is used as a global interest rate benchmark upon which most global credit transactions rely earlier today officials from the u.k.'s prudential regulation of already the p.r. and financial conduct authority f.c.a. sent letters addressed to dear c.e.o. to insurance companies and banks the letter seeks us surance that management quote un

if you don't want a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, you need perhapsacceptable but it actually would mean probably less controls because the flood of goods between the uk and northern ireland is actually quite minimal. so you could have ports outside of ireland, you could have on—board checks with technology. 0r visiting customs officials europe. that is what barnier has been using on this week, trying to be very practical. so that we can perhaps get to a deal because a no deal would be bad for everyone, not only for britain. i'm told that theresa may have decided a no deal would be calamitous. that is not the view of some in her party but that is her view. however, the irish question is... i mean, you give a practical example of a solution but as ever with britain and anything to do with europe, the politics are so complicated. i don't think that the unionists, with whom she has a formal relationship with at the moment to keep her in place, in effect, in that hung parliament, would accept anything which suggests that northern ireland is in a different

they're going to do about the irish border the border of the northern ireland which should be in the u.k. outside the european union and the republic of ireland which would stay inside the european union if you keep that border open which both sides say they want to do then you have a movement not just of people but of goods and services through its. and the bricks it says don't like that it's also create enormous problems particularly for people like car manufacturers and that's where germany comes in i've just been to munich in southern germany to find out what's german manufacturing in the massive car industry thinks about the mess the britons him. if there is a city in europe which signifies muscular success and power in munich is surely it's the economy of the region of bavaria is bigger than all but five countries in the whole european union german exports to britain were worth tens of billions of dollars last year a messy bricks it with no plan could cost the germans a lot so people are worried they also think that britain should be is in danger so relation of it to say a polite and as he also was a big big burden of brokers

thursday in his first competitive match in charge of ryan giggs for his wales team beating the republic of ireland for one same's in each group i hope you know why this year with the team finishing top of each section being promoted and the nation finishing bottom dropping down a level the four nation see when the groups in the top tier will advance to a knockout finals event next june and that will decide the first nations really we're not belgium of last just one of their last twenty six matches and that defeat was to france in the world cup semifinal the team with some to beat england to finish third of the finals in russia belgium's nations league campaign will begin against iceland before that they have a friendly against scotland coming up on friday. now the world surf league has announced that male and female pro surfer will get the same prize money from next year it becomes one of the first global sports leagues to achieve probably some money equality surfing is set to be a part of the twenty twenty olympic games in tokyo earlier on we spoke to the world surf league women's commissioner wh

to dublin that was after it emerged that the tech giants had a sweetheart tax deal with the republic of ireland and they were told that they had to pay that back vest it has a long run of the even smaller scale company says cyprus airways they were told that sixty five million euro of their oath of aid that they'd been given well the state that they had to pay that back in fact that have previously been on her radar this was over two hundred fifty million euros of taxes they were told they had to pay to look for two hundred fifty million euros it's small potatoes to a company the size of amazon this type of fine that could come in though if they're found to have done something wrong that could be much much bigger if you remember vested in her role as the european commission of a competition she has the ability to impose. a ten percent fine of global turnover and that of course could be whopping if they decide to push through with this investigation further against. and andre i mean i guess you know amazon may be just a monolith unto themselves but are there other companies that you can think ab

what he did was take the technical aspects of our proposal, the dealing with and avoiding friction at the northern ireland republicand he said why do we put that on the northern ireland side. and to be honest with you, there was not really much more to it than that. and the noises that are being made when you walk around the commission and you hear some of the noise about northern ireland being the price the uk will pay in order to leave the eu, that's just not going to happen. not to this prime minister, not with this parliament it's fair to say and not this country. with respect secretary of state, what eu countries object to is the prime minister trying to divide off eu member countries want from each other or trying to divide them from the european commission with matt and that is why president macrina for example said he came back so strongly yesterday at the summit and said no, we are united and also anyone who suggests there's an easy solution to brexit, is a liar. i mean i think that on the eu side, there was a lot of frustration and facts were really put a band they sayjust as the prime minister has her d