similar story everywhere along the five hundred kilometer border between northern oil and the republic of ireland. but bricks it is making people here nervous for a long time no tradesmen have worked on both sides of the border businesses have branches in both countries and if hours long border controls were reintroduced the tourists who brought the region modest prosperity would also stay away. reporter sullivan is from the border region and was just back there last week tell us and describe to us how the situation there has changed over the years from. when you were born right right up until today well when i was a child i was born in the year he's and i remember we used to regularly visit family in county donegal which we had to go through the border to reach and at that time it was a case of driving up to a heavily militarized border with british army soldiers who would come out check the car generally there if they knew at that stage what people to look out for not but it was quite a tense time as a kid i remember crossing the border and i can only imagine what it was like for people who liv

their nations league group, martn 0 neil and his backroom team have left their roles with the republic of irelandit's with a heavy heart he leaves following a run of poor results. joe lynskey reports. one was the tactician, the other hand of government, it was the blend of personalities that ireland hoped promised so much. here he comes now. the republic of ireland scores in the place is going on. this was the high point of o'neill and keys revolution. a win against italy to come to the knockout stage at the euros, but the next cycle brought harder times, and key players retirements were exposed in world cup qualifying where ireland's hoped that my clothes were ripped apart by russia. —— hopes were ripped apart by russia. you are asking about roy's criticism of players. the tv tell you, this is my responsibility. —— let me tell you,... tell you, this is my responsibility. -- let me tell you,... relegation from the nations league was confirmed injust one from the nations league was confirmed in just one goal in four games. the new manager will go straight into qualifying for euro 2020. the results

similar story everywhere along the five hundred kilometer border between northern island and the republic of ireland. but bricks it is making people here nervous for a long time now tradesmen have worked on both sides of the border up businesses have branches in both countries and if hours long border controls were reintroduced the tourists who have brought the region modest prosperity would also stay away. more joined by author sullivan who's a d w reporter d.w. business reporter who's just come back from there are you also grew up there know the area quite well and you've just reported on how business businesses are dealing with the prospect of bragg's it what's the mood in the border region i would say the mood is one primarily of worry and concern and also a lot of uncertainty. the main thing that it's thrown up is at the moment on the present owners is that they don't know what's going to happen obviously we don't even know at the moment if there's going to be an e.u. summit in november or not we don't know when the next one's going to be because the such uncertainty over the negotiations are g

of ireland and the republic of ireland is obviously in the e.u. and will stay in the e.u. northern ireland believe the e.u. along with the rest of britain and that is the problem because if this so-called hard border between the north and the republic of ireland a big deal also because of the the former troubles that they've had within that country and they do not want in any way to threaten the peace process that was agreed twenty years ago so it's very very sensitive right and to resume a has the do you p.c. a northern irish party breathing down essentially her neck so we're going to look at that in a little more detail let's take a look now at what prime minister may is facing in the way of opposition within her own ranks. threats it wrecks it wrecks it means bricks it and we're going to make a success of it i'm very clear breaks it does mean that when theresa may became prime minister in twenty six b. she quickly adopted the credo were divorcing the u.k. from the e.u. formally opposed she said she wanted to create the

of ireland and the republic of ireland. is always in the e. u. and will stay in the e. u. northern ireland believe the eu along with the rest of person and that is the problem. because of the so called haunted border between the north and the republic of ireland. a big deal also because if the do not want in any way to threaten the peace process that was agreed twenty years ago so it's very very sensitive right and theresa may has the d. u. p.. a nortrthern irirish party breathing down -- essentially her next so we're going to look at that- in a little more detail let's take a look nowow at what prime minister may is facing in the way of opposition with in her own ranks. brexit means brexit brexit means brexit and we're going to make a success of it. i'm very clear brexit tells me brexit. when theresa may became prime minister in twenty sixteen she quickly adopt to the credo of boasting the uk from the e. u.? formally opposed to brexit she said she wanted to create the best deal possible for great britain. back to negotiat

martin o'neill's five—year reign in charge of the republic of ireland comes to an end — who now to leadreen? a call for tougher sanctions on clubs with racist fans following a damning report on the levels of abuse in football. and we bring you the latest from antigua ahead of england's world twenty20 semifinal clash on friday. also coming up in the programme... she was on thin ice in pyeongchang, but now world champion elise christie says she's not giving up on olympic gold. it is not time to back off now. i was the medal hope with the team, but it is a medal hope everyone and i think everyone felt the pressure just keep pushing. and who is your bbc african footballer of the year 2018? we hear from one of this year's contenders — sadio mane. good evening and welcome to the programme. plenty to come, but first the republic of ireland are on the hunt for a manager after the departure of martin o'neill. his coaching staff are gone too, including roy keane, putting an end to a pretty torrid 2018 for the irish set—up. they haven't won a competitive game so far this year, finding themselves r

open free border there's roughly thirty five percent of northern ireland's exports that doesn't include what go to great britain arch of the republic of ireland and there's about i'm not sure exactly the percentage for the other way around but it's roughly one billion a year since he levels of interaction and there's obviously massive fears that any return to previous coast and posts or border arrangements like existed previously will potentially ruined us that level of interaction at the very minimum jeopardize that some of these businesses taking precautions yeah absolutely i mean a lot of them have already cut back their accounts the business owners i spoke to particularly in the agriculture sector and in the manufacturing sector particularly on the southern side of the border they've already started cutting back on their northern accounts and started looking for alternative suppliers which remain in the e.u. and then on the northern side there's a lot of businesses that are looking into set no bases on the southern side of the border so in the event of a hard so-called hard bags it and return to questions arrangements that they

gareth bale and aaron ramsey are back in the squad after missing the win over the republic of irelandt month and boss ryan giggs has backed bale to make a big impact having been booed by real madrid fans at the weekend. he was with us more or less the jury should in the last camp, trying to get over his injury, and it is good to see him back playing. so, yes. i know that he can't wait to join up with the lads and be a part of the game, so like i say, we have got one weekend to get through, and hopefully, be that the denmark. —— be there for denmark. liverpool midfielder xherdan shaqiri will miss the side's champions league game against red star belgrade

ina northern ireland and the republic of ireland in a no—deal scenario? reland in a no-deal scenario? no, you are not, because the eu have already promised the irish government, this is the irony about the argument of a high border, the eu already promised the irish government that they will not require a hard border in the case of ano require a hard border in the case of a no deal. we are bewildered by this. if you don't have a hard border in the case of no deal why would there be a hard border in the case of a deal? i'm sure you understand the concerns of people in northern ireland listening to the chief executive of manufacturing ni in interview he gave this morning, talking about business in northern ireland potentially facing the double whammy of no assembly and in no—deal scenario, and he was saying, of course we are interested in the politics but we are interested in the practicalities as well. what reassu ra nces the practicalities as well. what reassurances can you the practicalities as well. what reassurances can you give the practicalities as we

talks remains on resolved how to keep the sense that for a father of kilometer border between the u.k. is northern ireland the republic of ireland free of controls. also the shell bearing the brunt us sank. in iraq already changing ordinary lives european companies pull out of the country. this is the business on behalf of as well german motorists are said to file a class action lawsuit over emissions trading today new legislation allows consumers in germany for the first time to jointly sue companies for damages according to the plaintiffs deliberately cheated drivers by using software that manipulated emissions results v.w. designers signed up to the litigation for free subchannels it's common practice in the u.s. since the nineteenth century w. had to refund the full purchase price of vehicles to most of the american customs this. was bad news for v.w. bring in. the frankfurt stock and straight down here pull down the share price and how relevant will that be for the w.'s bottom line you think. here very interesting garrett when i was talking with an investor this morning about this situation he told me that he was

the pair have left their respective roles as manager and assistant manager of the republic of irelandeen relegated from their uefa nations league group, they haven't won a match this year. here isjoe lynskey. one was the tactician, the other had the temperament. it was the blend of personalities that ireland hoped would promise so much. and it comes now. the republic of ireland have scored, and the place is going mad! this was the high point of o'neill and keane's revolution. a win against italy took them to the knockout stage of the euros. but the next cycle would bring harder times, and key players' retirements were exposed in world cup qualifying, where ireland's hopes of reaching russia were ripped apart in a play—off. it was also a campaign where keane's personality tested the squad. rows with players went public in leaked recordings. club managers and colleagues got on the wrong side of the assistant. you're asking me about roy's criticism of players. let me tell you — this is is my responsibility, totally my responsibility. in the last 12 months, some of ireland's worst. relega

in this process has been what to do about the border between northern ireland which is obviously part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is a separate country and will remain in the u. we don't know the full details of the deal but what have we learned about xix issue on this well obviously they're trying to avoid a hard border between the two and it looks like the way around this is to keep the whole of the u.k. in a temporary customs union and to try to make sure that northern ireland has to agree to certain regulations of the use now this is it worrying to those unionist m.p.'s there were ten do you pm piece within or the not into a propping up to raise amazed minority government they have made it very clear that they are not happy if they are treated differently from the rest of the u.k. and they are concerned that this temporary arrangement may last for a very long time and have a lot of support within. those bricks it is the jacob riis morgues and all those who are also very concerned about it and they have expressed that already on the other hand island itself the republic of ireland the prime m

when we got onto the issue of things like welsh ports, tonnes of freight going between the republic of irelandreland to europe go via welsh ports. and that really gives an insight into the significance for wales of what the border between northern ireland and the republic ends up looking like. a direct impact potentially there on thousands of welsh jobs that are dependent on those ports, and those jobs in very deprived parts of wales to boot. obviously, the first minister of wales, carwynjones, has not been in a position where he has been able to respond yet to the text thatis been able to respond yet to the text that is being discussed, as i say, because he hasn't seen it. a little earlier, though, a spokesman for him did issue a statement in which he called on the prime minister to stare down brexit extremists and secure unfettered access to the single market and the customs union. felicity, thank you very much, and we will talk again if we get some reaction, not least from the welsh government there. felicity evans in cardiff, thank you. we will be talking to more guests in a few moments. t

—— a high number of hgvs goes from the republic of irelandof the importance. ca rwyn you an idea of the importance. carwyn jones has you an idea of the importance. carwynjones has called on the prime minister to stare down the brexit extremist and keep the uk in the single market and the customs union. thank you very much indeed. we can get the latest on all of this from brussels. 0ur correspondent is there. we know the eu ambassadors are meeting today. there has to be political sign off on this proposed agreement here in london, but also in brussels and among the other eu 27. that's right. everyone here is taking a big intake of breath. and they are also holding their breath now to see how this plays out that cabinet meeting in london today. really, everybody being silent. the official spokesman here wouldn't have any comment at all. he said a process is under way. it has gone to the cabinet in the uk. it'll come back here. we will wait and see. he made no comment. that is the reflection of that sort of nervousness that the text has been put

they fail to as republic of ireland manager. they failto wina as republic of ireland manager.sted for the final test against sri lanka. stuart broad replaces him. jonny ba i rstow stuart broad replaces him. jonny bairstow comes in for the injured all—rounder sam curran. i will have more on those stories at around half past. gambling is usually thought of as an adult issue — but now there's real concern about the impact it is having on the lives of teenagers. more than 50 thousand children in the uk have developed a gambling problem, according to a report by the gambling commission. the regulator says more teenagers now gamble than drink alcohol, smoke or use drugs. chi chi izundu reports. i got addicted to fixed odds betting terminals, which are the machines in betting shops. matt started gambling when he was 16. by the time he had stopped, he had racked up debts of more than £16,000. it was very exhilarating, when you win it is like a massive adrenaline rush. what you become addicted to eventually is the anticipation between bets. so if you have a bet, on these machines, you

of the identity and constitution questions it's raised, there is practically no governance on the ground in northern ireland. the dup doesn't actually control any of the bordering constituencies with the republic of ireland and so a lot of the instability is being questioned by people there. the paper that i've written outlined a lot of the practical questions that brexit is raising, both in terms of agriculture, business, and the one that struck me was the increase in all island services that have developed since the good friday agreement. one in particular which i think is quite poignant is health services. there was a decision which the dup had supported to close the one children's cancer hospital in belfast and centralize all children's cardiology in dublin. so there's now questions if you have a hard brexit as to what the access of medical services for people living in northern ireland is going to be to people in the republic. so this has a huge raft of consequences across the board on all areas of people's daily lives in northern ireland. >> thank you. so the gentleman at the back and then you and then -- well, then the lady in front of you sitting down. brief questions because time is s

after all he was not even an english player but say that to stoke city's james maclean from republic of ireland who also refused to wear a poppy and got so much abuse coming towards him that it. you know the social media literally exploded with vile things said about the republic of ireland international player and he even had somewhat of a confrontation with the fans at one of the recent stock city's games so all this basically raises a big question what is wearing a poppy in england a symbol remembrance or something that you can use as a stick to hit a player if you refuses to wear it based on his nationality if you are doing it. then i think that really sometimes you should swallow your own personal. opinions i don't think. it is dealing with. the war us become but. if he lives and works in britain. on the national. special. you can find more details on any of our story. i'll be with you at the top of the hour with the latest. when norm a gets manufactured consent instead of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous merry go round lifts only the one percent.

after all he was not even an english player but say that to stoke city's james maclean from republic of ireland who also refused to wear a poppy and got so much abuse coming towards him that it just you know the social media literally exploded with vile things said about the republic of ireland international player and he even had somewhat of a confrontation with the fans at one of the recent stock city's games so all this basically raises a big question what is wearing a poppy in england a symbol of remembrance or something that you can use as a stick to hit a player if you refuses to wear it based on his nationality. their. reaction to the story in london the decision not to wear a puppy. if he lives and works in britain yes issues are on the national dish and poppy days especially yes it should but he obviously has a great personal feeling as to why i think you just have to respect his previous chairman if you're actually doing it. like that then i think really sometimes you should swallow your own personal opinions as to show respect for the people around him and his family and his even his

hundred thirty seven border crossings ok that's the whole of the eastern border now you take the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland there are over two hundred oficial border crossings so more than in the entire eastern flank of the european union and those borders cross through roads they cross through bridges indeed if you're driving on the dock into belfast motorway for one section of it if you're driving on the left hand side you're in the republican party and you're driving on the right on site or in northern ireland so this is something that there's a huge amount of interaction and tips says it has killed one thousand fighters including gunman behind an attack that killed seven coptic christians on friday the attackers targeted two buses on their way to a woman's train in a city of minya south of the capital cairo six of the victims were from the same family interior ministry says that finances were found and a hideout near minea. so i guess present life for a palace or a santa has ordered parliament to reconvene next wednesday and debate his decision to replace the prime minister last week he swor

hundred thirty seven border crossings ok that's the whole of the eastern border now you take the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland there are over two hundred oficial border crossings so more than in the entire eastern flank of the european union and those borders cross through roads they cross through bridges indeed if you're driving on the dock into belfast motorway for one section of it if you're driving on the left hand side you're in the republican party and you're driving on the right on site or in northern ireland so this is something that there's a huge amount of interaction. and some of the most traditional professions now being done by computer is that even in close the job of church bell ringing well i challenge has more on how a recent expansion of rushes over the crazes a skills shortage is being felt by machines. a small modern church in a village outside st petersburg and people have gathered for a morning service for time immemorial russia's orthodox faithful have been called by bells rung by a person and yukito is not a human ringing it's a computer for a growing number of russian churc

are seemingly in sign up to the idea of no hard border between the republic of ireland and northern alliance or the nile and at least under the current draft do that my force to you kate to stay in the european customs union how is that compatible with the idea of breck's it and britain. well it is of course highly incompatible with the idea of brooks's and britain so you have to put your finger on it worse still it's highly. incompatible with the union of the new owner of the united kingdom the united kingdom is a union between england scotland wales and northern ireland so. it's incompatible and that's why the democratic unionist didn't like it but i'd like to make a slightly different point or just to share with you. a couple of basic facts the facts is that ready at the moment as we speak the irish buddha the border between london and the other republic of ireland is so ready a taxation buddha it's already a v. a t. buddha it's already an excise buddha it it's already and it's already a currency buddha they have different currencies and. without having a hard border without having a hard

their nations league group, martin o'neill and his backroom team have left their roles with the republic of irelandts. joe lynskey reports. one was the tactician, the other had the temperament. it was the blend of personalities that ireland hoped would promise so much. and it comes now. the public have scored, and the place is going mad! —— the republic of ireland have scored. this was the high point of o'neill and keane's revolution, a win against italy took them to the knockout stage of the euros, but the next cycle would bring harder times and key players‘ retirements were exposed in world cup qualifying, where ireland's hopes of reaching russia were ripped apart in a play—off. it was also a campaign where keane's personality tested the squad. rows with players went public in leaked recordings. clubs and colleagues got on the wrong side of the assistant. you're asking me about the criticism of players. this is is my responsibility, totally my responsibility. results do fall under his responsibility and 2018 has seen some of the worst. relegation from the nations league was confirmed with just a

from the londonderry chamber of commerce, just on the border between northern ireland and the republicc of ireland. i am joined by the conservative pro—brexit mp crispin blunt. do you think that the deal, what you have been able to glean from the draft deal, is what people voted for in the referendum in 2016? i don't think so. there is no confidence we can escape from the backstop plan of the uk remaining in the customs union for some period, andi the customs union for some period, and i will have to see what the text says, but that is not acceptable. the prime minister made it clear that we will not be in their customs union and if we are we will not be able to make deals with the rest of the world. it is difficult to see how the arrangement presented to us is better than no deal. is it fair to say you are keeping an open mind until you see more detail? that is the only responsible thing to do. given what we know so far, the shape of how the negotiations have been conducted by the eu in particular and the way i'm afraid the government have simply followed the text set out for them by

one of the biggest brexit disputes has been the future of the border between northern ireland and the republics draw as northern ireland took on the irish republic in dublin tonight. but theresa may's been trying to present the draft brexit deal as a win for both sides. it's not really dublin's problem, so yeah, they can just sit and watch it all unfold in westminster. the best case scenario in northern ireland would be the hong kong of the uk, it's the place to do business if you want to do business with europe easily, but at the same time, without feeling like you've got difficulties actually within the united kingdom. the brexit deal could keep northern ireland more closely tied to eu rules, so trade can flow freely between the north and south of this island. some northern ireland businesses believe that's a benefit. from first impressions, we thought it was business friendly. we welcomed the fact that we had open access to both the gb and eu markets. one of theresa may's closest allies came to rally support for her plan. when people actually sit down and go through the detail, and it is in

and the republic of ireland which is part of the european union and the question there was of the backstop and i don't know if we have some time to kill but i can go for it you just stop me some more and the back stuff is sort of is the insurance the insurance making sure that whatever is negotiated in the future so during the transition period the transition period starts after the u.k. leaves the european union and that's the period where the negotiating the future relationship that's a free trade agreement a free trade area or a custom in this or whatever they come up with all right and during this period if they fail during this period they need the insurance and that's the backstop that there won't be a hard border between northern ireland and ireland and now there were a couple of models discussed. before that and they settled more or less with what was called the swimming pool theory and barbara you chip in if you see this differently because like i said five hundred eighty five pages but meaning that more than a it will be a customs union if they need the specs up a customs union w

would that potentially mean for both of these borders between gibraltar and spain between the republic of ireland and northern ireland all right now thank you very much there live at westminster in central london. now the number of migrants and refugees arriving in europe is at its lowest for the past five years a tough european stance has prevented many from entering but those stuck in limbo impulse near every veiled stories of brutality by croatian border police david chase who has been to the border border town of be hard to find out more was a star through. the bosnian border city of be harsh is on the frontline of europe's latest refugee crisis the residents are no strangers to warfare and his affects the fighting in the civil war here in the one nine hundred ninety s. displaced two million people they were demanding their government to take action to provide the refugees with humane living conditions that same night we found a group of afghan teenagers huddled around an electric fire at the main station they told me in graphic detail how croat border guards had kicked them and beaten them w

hundred thirty seven border crossings ok that's the whole of the eastern border now you take the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland there are over two hundred official border crossings so more than in the entire eastern flank of the european union and those borders cross through rowan's they cross through bridges indeed if you're driving on the don't go to belfast motorway from one section up but if you're driving on the left hand side you're in the republican party and you're driving on the right on site or in northern ireland so this is something that there's a huge amount of interaction it's not just trade it's cultural it's ok logical. so so let me ask you then could the irish border at this stage still derail a deal or will other countries said look it's not worth such a touching a deal with britain over this one issue that only affects island. if there is no deal this issue of the border in ireland will be the issue that will scupper yes there is no question about that it's the one remaining issue and when you hear it kind of statistics emanating from downing street that there are ninety five perc

hundred thirty seven border crossings ok that's the whole of the eastern border now you take the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland there are over two hundred oficial border crossings so more than in the entire eastern flank of the european union and those borders cross through roads they cross through bridges indeed if you're driving on the dublin to belfast motorway for one section of it if you're driving on the left hand side you're in the republican party and you're driving on the right on site or in northern ireland so this is something that there's a huge amount of interaction voters in new caledonia as referendum have rejected a breakaway from france though a celebration in the capital manila off the final results showed fifty six percent of voters chose to remain a french territory. there is concern that the result could rig night tensions between europeans and people who are the original inhabitants of the islands in the pacific. want to split from france. bahraini opposition leader charged with spying for qatar has been sentenced to life in prison shefali sound man was acquitted earlier this y