to the republic of ireland.and effective border control policy, i have no doubt. whilst there is a theoretical chance, in practice, it's something that is modest and intelligence led customs checks by the irish authorities i think would dramatically reduce the risk of that. so if it is as simple as all this, why have we had all these endless rows about the backstop? the backstop is not about smuggling from the republic of ireland to northern ireland, it's a very different subject. it's about trying to find a situation where there is no hard border and it seems by what has been announced today, you have kind of found a way around it.|j announced today, you have kind of found a way around it. i have always felt that the chances of the uk entering the backstop were always very, very modest indeed. some of my collea g u es very, very modest indeed. some of my colleagues who felt there are technical solutions to the customs border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, those technical solutions are one

republic of ireland.l and effective border control policy and so whilst there isa control policy and so whilst there is a theoretical chance, it is something that is modest and intelligence led customs checks by the irish authorities i think would dramatically reduce the risk of that. the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, says the risk of a no deal brexit has never been higher. speaking to the european parliament in strasbourg, he said that the eu is ready for all eventualities. if the uk still wants to leave the european union and wants to do so in an orderly fashion, if that is still the intention of the united kingdom then this treaty which we negotiated with the government of theresa may for a year with the government of theresa may fora yearand a with the government of theresa may for a year and a half, this treaty is and will remain the only available treaty. we are at a critical point. the risk of no deal has never been higher. that is the risk of an exit even by accident by the uk of the euro

so there is a similarity in it does give the police here and the republic of ireland, something to followlic of ireland, something to follow up and given the length of time this was cordoned off this morning, the package was found in the postal office just behind morning, the package was found in the postal officejust behind me morning, the package was found in the postal office just behind me at the postal office just behind me at the station and they're looking very closely at the area, closer to the television, piecing together the arrival of the package, presumably in this morning's mail and began to trace it back to the irish sea to dublin. any suggestion that there could be other packages out there? it is very early in the investigation, but given certainly that we know, there are no arrests, or motives to the counterterrorism command, there is just or motives to the counterterrorism command, there isjust the or motives to the counterterrorism command, there is just the linked similarities between the packages themselves. yes there is a chance andi themselves. yes there is a chance

take on this because where where island is this has huge implications for the republic of ireland of course and for northern ireland so i want to i want to get his take on this obviously people in the republic of ireland are deeply concerned about about breaks it and where it's going and how it's going to affect them. just just highlight for us what what one of the big concerns there with this and when with this whole idea of the as the irish backstop and and how it affects the. agreements did the peace peace deal with northern mali. well there is a unity of purpose in jobs and in the parliament it crosses all parties the problem is minority government the ruling party is only a third of the seats in the parliament and all the parties have united behind a common position in favor of preserving the gains of the peace process and preserving the strong and gracious ship we have with you know the kingdom with the european union the north and south and certainly a new deal breaks it would jeopardize that it's often neglected to the south because the g.o.p. approach of you know a key role i

smuggling is a thing of the past in ireland for now but whether breaks it comes with or without a deal the frontiere between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland part of the united kingdom could put smugglers back in business. through money got all three on the fifty says mike has plenty of tales of smuggling he lives in northern ireland right next to the border the former truck driver says lots of shady stuff went on in the area in the past much of it involving customs control or between the british province and the e.u. member state to the south i see me going to shit what's the lorry so we're going to this big shit. my day through that through that door let's share that shit. in the so if i were to have even thought that if it's impossible i getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland are still taken across regularly there are legal in the north and sales of them are brisk in the border region. and foreign diesel subsidized by the e.u. also often crosses the border illegally as does heating oil from northern ireland that'

brags that is set to affect the republic of ireland more than any other e.u. country especially if a hard border is reestablished between it and the british province of northern ireland that would bring back memories on the island of a more violent iraq and could result in the resurgence of smuggling which an open border had long kept under control. if you want to go out on bush three hundred fifty. mike has plenty of tales of smuggling he lives in northern ireland right next to the border the former truck driver says lots of shady stuff went on in the area in the past much of it involving customs control or between the british province and the e.u. member state to the cells i seen you can enter a shed. on the sale so with when this big ship is. made a very through that door that door let's share that shit are also not in the say the virus so he thought that if it's impossible getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland are still taken across regularly there are legal in the north and sale

the fate of the border between northern ireland, which is part of the u.k., and the republic of ireland independent nation that will remainart of the e.u. how that border matter is resolved could also have major implications for the peace forged 21 years ago, tded the deadly uprising in northern ireland. special correspondent ja ferguson was born and raised in northern ireland, and returned there to examine these tense and fraught times. n risesrter: as the over this corner of ireland, sifirst light bathes an ine frontier. it touches carlingford lough,st outh of the border... and reaches across to the hills of south armagh, in the north. it's a peaceful place scene. but this rugged, beautiful land, straddling two nations, has aol t history. it was here that the deadliest branch of the irish republican army, or i.r.a., battled against british rule for some 30 years, esginning in the late 1960s. these fields and lecame so dangerous for british troops, they could only deploy here safely by licopter. "the troubles," as they were called, transformed this tranquil place into a war zone. as a

franks it will have a bigger impact on the republic of ireland than on any of the e.u. countries especially if a hard border is real stuff between it and the british province of northern ireland would bring back memories on the island of a more violent era and is practically guaranteed to revitalize a long forgotten economic crime. if you want to go to three hundred fifty three. mike has plenty of tales of smuggling and he lives in northern ireland right next to the border the former truck driver says lots of shady stuff went on in the area in the past much of it involving customs control between the british province and the e.u. member state to the cells i see going into a shed said laurie so with a win to the state she has. made a very through that through that door let's share that shit are also not in the safe environment so he thought that if it's impossible i getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland still cross regularly they're legal in the north and sales of them are brisk in the border

had two ends because he had basically a pardon, his extradition hasjust been granted from the republic of ireland to northern ireland and that is currently under appeal. itjust shows you the authorities here are still pursuing people that went soldiers. yes, part of the good friday agreement were that all the

irish detectives are assisting the metropolitan police, as all of the packages had republic of irelandcaught fire when staff opened the bag. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is at waterloo station. the latest on the days events, daniel? the first of these devices was discovered in the head office building at heathrow airportjust before ten o'clock this morning, and that's the device that went off, slightly melting the packaging. then a second device was discovered in the post room here at waterloo railway station just before 12. a third device was discovered just after midday at london city airport. neither of those devices was opened and neither went off but both seem to be designed to also cause a small fire. all three packages looked the same. white plastic postal envelopes of a4 size with a5 jiffy envelopes inside them with postage stamps displaying heart motifs that come from the republic of ireland. not surprisingly counter terror police are linking all three packages although they are keeping an open mind about motivation at this stage. it's worth remembering tha

beautiful and rugged, this is the north—west coast of the republic of ireland. d choose for a day out. at eight windsurfers, this is the perfect storm they have been waiting for. the red bull storm chasing is a competition with a difference. it is not restricted to a specific time or place and only happens when a suitable storm develops with enough warning to make the most of the conditions. we have probably the best riders in the world, toughest conditions you will be in. we have a really strong wind. the waves are a nice, not huge, but decent waves. proper storm. in winds gusting more than 100 km/h, competitors took part in three rounds of short head, earning points of jumps, in three rounds of short head, earning points ofjumps, tricks and wave riding. in the water for 20 metres at a time, that average is the biggest problem. metres at a time, that average is the biggest problemlj metres at a time, that average is the biggest problem. i am not used to cold water and it takes a lot of energy out of you and makes your arms, like, my arms are realistic. it is har

in such circumstances, isn't it right that the people of northern ireland and the people of northern ireland and the republicnd should have the republic of ireland should have the confidence that measures they can trust will be in place to prevent a hard border? and that the backstop should be exited on upon a new agreement being reached? doesn't that make perfect sense? it does make perfect sense. i have to say that i would have preferred to see a right of termination mitigated and graduated fairly balancing and apportioning risk and only usable in apportioning risk and only usable in a last resort with the. the union is not willing to agree to that moderate proposal. that is why i voted for the deal. i think it is sensible that that assurance can be given. that is why the british government has given it. i would say this, though, bad faith and best endeavours is not now, particularly now, with a context tightened and the benchmarks tightened, is not a meaningless duty because best endeavours requires that a party should consider proposals... we will pull away from the commons for now. the attorney general

he transferred from republic of ireland to england after playing some families from his grandparents country and today he had to apologise for a social media post that has emerged where he made an apparent reference to the ira. is currently with the england squad for their 2020 qualifiers after being called up by the england manager garrett southgate. the posting question came from 2015, when the milled field there was an island youth player and wrote at the time on instagram, and he has apologised on instagram, and he has apologised on the same platform today. this is what he had to say today. i am aware that a poorly expressed, and i made when i was a junior player has been circulated on social media. i recognise now that my intent to show support for my team—mates at the time could be negatively interpreted. while my naive weights we re interpreted. while my naive weights were not meant to be a political opinion, and do not represent who i

i think everyone knows my situation with the republic of ireland.e in the set up. i had to make a decision that was best for me. i am english, i am from england, decision that was best for me. i am english, iam from england, and it was really good playing ireland, no iamjust was really good playing ireland, no i am just looking forward to the future and putting on the england shirt and future and putting on the england shirtandi future and putting on the england shirt and i look forward now and forget about the past. —— i have to. the major league baseball season gets underway injapan on wednesday, but along with that, we could be on the verge of the biggest professional sports contract of all time. reports in the united states say that mike trout will sign an extension to his deal with the los angeles angels worth $430 million. that will be over 12 years and contain no opt out clause. trout is a seven—time all star and a two—time mvp in the american league. certainly not a fishy story that one, it should be quite the catch. anyway, i will leave it

this is the border along northern ireland, this part here, which is part of the united kingdom, and the republic a separate country they that will remain part of the european union. lawmakers created the so-called backstop provision, ensuring there would be no hard border between the irelands, but pro-brexit politicians don't want this to become a permanent thing. in most other situations, a physical barrier of some type at border check points would be put in place to regulate the flow of good and people. but in ireland, things are different because of history. a physical barrier defines some of the most painful and deadly parts of the 20th century on the island. many in northern ooir lane and the republic of ireland say any border check points could reignite tensions that have been dormant since the 1998 good friday agreement. to head off that possibility, the british and the european union negotiators created a backstop provision. it keeps britain in the european customs union so there would be no border checks between northern ireland and ireland, but britain wouldn't be part of the larger eu

take on this because where where ireland has huge implications for the republic of ireland of course and for northern ireland so i want to i want to get his take on this obviously people in the republic of ireland are deeply concerned about about breaks it and where it's going and how it's going to affect them. just just highlight for us what one of the big concerns there with this and when would this whole idea of the as the irish backstop then and how it affects the. agreements the peace the peace deal with northern ireland. well there is a unity of purpose in doves and in the parliament it crosses all parties the problem is minority governments the ruling party is only a third of the seats in the parliament and all the parties have united behind a common position in favor of preserving the gains of the peace process and preserving the strong and gracious ship we have with the united kingdom with the european union the north and south and certainly a no deal breaks it would jeopardize the us it's often neglected to the south because the g.o.p. approach of you know a key role in prop

topping the news at the moment is of course one of the biggest sticking points is the border between northern ireland part of britain and the republic of ireland an e.u. member my colleague frank met with the author of a trench in belfast she's written a bestselling book about this is an irish republicanism today. iconic images that have gone down in european history bloody sunday a deadly incident in derry in one nine hundred seventy two has become symbolic of the north and conflict between pro irish republic catholics and pro brits and protestants that conflict ended officially in one thousand nine hundred eight with the good friday peace agreement but historian marisa mcglinchey says many irish republicans to refuse to accept that for her recent book unfinished business the politics of dissident irish republicanism she interviewed some ninety radical pro irish nationalists who stand as commemorations right done today of so-called dissident organizations you will hear the c.m. traditional republican ideology talk of it as you would have heard in the seventy's or eighty's that ideology calls for a united ireland and the end of brit

also not in the south of ireland so he thought that if it's impossible i getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland are still taken across regularly they're legal in the north and sales of them are brisk in the border region. and foreign diesel subsidized by the e.u. also often crosses the border illegally as does heating oil from northern ireland that's not been slapped with a value added tax because there are no controls. conor patterson remembers a very different time into the one nine hundred ninety s. thousands of trucks were checked by customs officials in the sheds they disappeared with the advent of the e.u. single market here but breaks it could bring it all back along with a return of more professional organized smuggling if beef and they are for public and lying with beef prices across the years at waller a at cheap beef is being poured not that for answer could be significant enough corage widespread smuggling the issue for also is that smuggling likely to be captured exploited by crying. new re northern ireland has benefited from its position at the border it's developed int

brad six going to have a bigger impact on the republic of ireland than any other e.u. country specially the hard border is restocked place between it's the british province of northern ireland that would bring back memories of a more violent era according to locals and practically guarantee a return to cross border crime. three hundred fifty. mike has plenty of tales of smuggling he lives in northern ireland right next to the border the former truck driver says lots of shady stuff went on in the area in the past much of it involving customs control or between the british province and the e.u. member state to the cells i've seen you can and shit. so with this big shit. my day through that door let's share that shit. in the series about it so even. if it's impossible getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland are still taken across regularly there are legal in the north and sales of them are brisk in the border region i and foreign diesel subsidized by the e.u. also often crosses the border illegall

press it will have a bigger impact on the republic of ireland than any other e.u. country especially if the hard border is re-established between it and the british province of northern ireland would bring back memories of a more violent era according to locals and practically guarantee of return of border cross border crime. when you got all those three hundred fifty. mike has plenty of tales of smuggling to taro he lives in northern ireland right next to the border the former truck driver says lots of shady stuff went on in the area in the past much of it involving customs control or between the british province and the e.u. member state to the cells i seen you can enter a shed great well said henri. i've been to this big shed. made a very through that door that door let's share that shit are also not in the say the virus trade even thought that. it's impossible getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland are still taken across regularly they're legal in the north and sales of them are brisk

the republic of ireland have started their euro 2020 qualifying campaign with a 1—0 victory against gibraltarbegan with a laboured win but it was the republic's first competitive win in almost 18 months. holly hamilton reports 17 years after his last time in charge, mick mccarthy finds himself somewhere between a rock and a hard place. after a dismal nations league campaign, this is an island side with a mountain to climb. gibraltar insured this would be an uphill struggle, with the boys in green unable to find the net time and time again. david mcgoldrick came closest to breaking the deadlock but no cigar. the grass may be thick, but the coach's frustrations were real. a wake—up call from the visitors, this from a team ranked 19ath in the world. but relief for the travelling fans, jeff hendrick with his fifth international goal, enough to settle the nerves and take three points back to dublin, but perhaps not enough to settle nerves about their euro 2020 prospects. aaron ramsey will miss wales's opening european qualifier against slovakia tomorrow. he's failed to recover from a leg injury an

we'll be taking a look back at how the home nations have fared so far, but the republic of ireland areon this evening and chris mitchell. ireland are playing their first euro qualifier, gibralter, anything other than a win for mick mccarthy's side unthinkable, it's his first game back in charge of the side, republic have only won once in last 11 games, jeff hendrik of burnley finally got one early in the second half, in that same group, group d, switzerland beat georgia 2—nil, steven zuber opened the scoring in the second half. deni zakaria got the second as the group favourites started with a win. here are the days other results and games to come. sweden playing romania at the friends arena in stockholm, spain — who failed to qualify for the uefa nations league finals, finishing second behind england, host norway — their first match against each other for 16 years. italy have only ever lost to finland once. getting a little used to england success ramon bring it coming off the back of a world cup semifinal. it's all looking very good. a great performance. we are getting a little bit u

seven letter bombs were sent to army recruiting officers, some of which were posted in the republic of ireland a dissident irish republican group calling itself the new ira said it was responsible. daniel sandford at waterloo station, one of the places where those packages were found. also making news today: pakistan's navy says it's prevented an attempt by an indian submarine to enter pakistani waters. the navy released this footage of what it said was a video clip of the submarine. but there's been no independent confirmation of this, nor of reports in the indian media that it shot down a pakistani drone over the state of rajasthan on monday. there's been an escalation in tension between the two countries over the disputed territory of kashmir. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, is facing one of the biggest scandals of his leadership. a second high—profile minister has quit, over the government's handling of a recent corruption inquiry. it follows allegations the prime minister tried to protect a major engineering firm from a bribery trial. the philippines has called for long—stand

they have said when it comes to the one land border between the republic of ireland and northern irelandy doing about that? they have said, we will not impose any checks, tariffs, controls of any kind. coming from the republic of ireland, which is in the eu, into northern ireland, which is part of the uk. they are not sure whether that will be reciprocated the other way but they say as far as we are concerned, we are not going to check anything. if they do vote later behind us against a no—deal, will any of this come into place? not in a short term. everybody says only in the no deal scenario we expect two votes which look like they take that eventuality way. but we could be back here in three months, if we get a three month extension, back here looking down the barrel of european elections and extending beyond that and at that point, if no one does anything, no—deal happens or by itself so there is still a possibility. thank you very much indeed. our business editor talking about the news earlier today from the department of international trade with regards to how tariffs will work when

what is the level of concern in the republic of ireland about the prospect of a no—deal brexit? a no-deal brexit? the concern is, the withdrawal agreement and the issues around ireland will be maintained and supported by the house of commons. no—deal brexit is bad for all of us, including the united kingdom. there is a sense when i hear some commentators that it would be europe and ireland that would suffer. but everybody would suffer. 0ur businesses, farmers and everybody is looking at how to minimise the damage and no deal would cause. the question we are not asking yet, in the event of a no deal, which might happen by accident rather than design, given it is on the statute books in the uk, what would happen the next day? the european union and the united kingdom cannot part on bad terms and never speak again. we would have to think about what would happen in the worst—case scenario about the relationship between the two blocks. we need now to focus on that possibility, although it is still on the table, but focus on what the next 48 hours will deliver. i don't have a vote in

seven letter bombs were sent to army recruiting officers, some of which were posted from the republic of irelandsh rep group calling itself the new ira said it was responsible. one of the british soldiers involved in the bloody sunday shootings in londonderry in 1972, when 13 civilians killed, says he has no regrets over the army's actions on that day. next week, we'll find out if any soldiers will face prosecution as a result of those events. the independent saville inquiry into the killings, which reported in 2010, concluded that all of the victims were innocent. but a former head of the british armed forces has told the bbc that the deaths happened during a state of war. he was speaking to the bbc‘s peter taylor, who was in derry on bloody sunday. this is the second of his special reports. shouting. lord saville's official enquiry into the killings on bloody sunday concluded that soldiers lost their self—control. senior officers who once served in northern ireland can understand the pressures. bloody sunday was part of a war, and for those fighting it, there was no doubt about that. all the d

the republic of ireland were 1—0 winners against georgia in dublin this evening in their euro 2020 qualifier onto the pitch to show their anger at the governance of the football association of ireland and a series of revelations about former ceo john delaney,who is still involved with the association. after the clean up, it was aston villa's conor hourihane with a superb free kick that gave ireland the win. that's two from two for mick mccarthy on his return as ireland manager. british number one kyle edmund reacted angrily to noise from the crowd as he lost during his miami 0pen fourth—round to american john isner. the british number one was trailing 5—3 in the second set tie—break when the point was stopped after he heard a shout from the crowd. the umpire ruled edmund had lost the point as a result. reigning miami champion isner served an ace on the next point to wrap up win in straight sets. england women have beaten sri lanka by eight wickets in colombo, to take an unassailable 2—0 lead in their twenty20 series. sri lanka could only manage 108—6 in their innings, with two wickets for ka

republic of ireland, they air campaign does not start until tomorrow night. republic of ireland boss and it begins their campaign against gibraltar. some bad news firing fans. strike that jonathan walters posted this on twitter this afternoon. he said: he has been unknown this season let me just three appearances after suffering that i can ease injury backin suffering that i can ease injury back in september. championship club birmingham city have been deducted nine points for breaching football league rules. they incurred losses of almost £49 million between 2015 and 2018, almost £10 million more than is permitted. the points deduction means birmingham are now just five points clear of the relegation zone with eight matches still to play. this was the reaction from some blues supporters today. it could have been 12, we are in trouble. even gets a fair decision then? yes, fair decision, your can't argue. we will start again next season. too many themes in the league, too many clubs. like i said i'm glad it happened this season. now we can crack i'm glad it ha

good friday agreement we are not i mean the two parties to the good friday agreement other republic of ireland and the united kingdom and i mean it is a responsibility of the united kingdom to stand by its word and what is not doing and what the extremists the extreme british are doing is basically we need seeing the good friday agreement you cannot want all the details here who agree with you where to start again as we are very agreement but we cannot defend it if one of the two parties to the good friday agreement doesn't give ireland a choice don't you good friday i mean the brits or the single mother the brits have to make of their minds whether they want to stand by an agreement an international agreement that they cite it is their responsibility you told an audience in dublin that if the irish government said to hell with the single market let's keep the good friday agreement any cost well they'll be twenty six other member states who won't see it that way exactly so you're opening up a huge rift between arlen the rest of the lawyers for it for again the two parties to the good friday ag

good friday agreement we are not i mean the two parties to the good friday agreement other republic of ireland and the united kingdom and i mean it is the responsibility of the united kingdom to stand by its word and what is not doing and what the extremists the extreme british are doing is basically we need seeing the good friday agreement you cannot want all the details here who agreed with you whether as far as we can dream but we cannot defend it if one of the two parties to the good friday agreement doesn't give ireland a choice don't you good friday i mean the brits or the single mother. have to make of their minds whether they want to stand by an agreement an international agreement that they cite it is their responsibility you told an audience in dublin that if the irish government said to hell with the single market let's keep the good friday agreement any cost well they'll be twenty six other member states who won't see it that way exactly so you're opening up a huge rift between arlen the rest of the lawyers for it for again the two parties to the good friday agreement to decide wha

there will be a border between our learned and other and and you have to tell you that the republic of ireland is very much pride about the integrity of the single market and doesn't want to be excluded from the single market and believe me and this is the calculus that many british are just ignoring is that yes heartbreaks it will be damaging for you twenty seven it would be even more for the u.k. but that is not our problem it will. twenty seven but what does lose a lose lose simon kovan he said absolutely lose absolutely but then again disintegrating the single market just to please the g. will be even more damaging and between two evils we have to to some lesser one so it's a choice between the good friday agreement and the single market. while it isn't fair for a new war in dublin that if it came to a choice between those two things you would decide that the single market was more important well we will do some of that hey are you a better player i mean the british or the british politicians remind us too often and not only about the british position too but what you i'm talking to you yo