of that border is sensitive. under the agreement, northern ireland maintains some of the eu customs rules to assure there are no hard borders between the republiceland and northern ireland. they would also have to be some checks on goods traveling between great britain and northern ireland. in other words, it effectively puts a customs border in there. some said that would notappen. well, this new legislation could see the eu remove the obligation to remove those checks. if that happened, we come back to the same question everyone has been wrestling with for years. how to avoid custom checks on the board with the republic of ireland? that is something everyone says they want to move forward. here is the trade minister leo varadkar. >> these have to be honored, and they trump any legislation that may be passed, and that agreement is in place to make sure we do not see the emergence of a hard border between north and south, something we all want to avoid. >> the.k. government has downplayed this, saying they are committed to implementing the withdrawal agreement. here is the cabinet minister on bbc radio. >> these are important butinor , technica

politically sensible this is this northern ireland protocol reads organizes basically how the republic of ireland indeed you and the northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and the rest of the u.k. how old this works together and how trade disorganized and it's politically very very very very sensitive we've had on the rest. in the ahl and in northern ireland for 4 decades and really within the european union this is all being very very peaceful wreath now had peace for decades but many people on the island of bali really fear that if this is not tended handled carefully that there could be a threat to this still quite fragile peace process on the island of holland and you can thank you very much that was do you know these big boss in london. a court in london is due to resume hearings in the extradition case of wiki leaks founder julian assange the u.s. wants to stand trial for breaking into classified computer systems and leaking information about wars in afghanistan and iraq and sensitive government operations assange faces up to 175 years in jail if convicted there in the u.s. the hearings

stake look a number of things in the brawl breaks that problem you could result with some smoky deals about what you cannot resolve is the fact that northern ireland and the republic of ireland have a common border and this is an open border on the island of ireland now northern ireland belonging to the u.k. and ireland the republic of ireland but look belonging to the e.u. and that open border is of course a threat to the internal market something that is economically very dear is at the heart of the e.u. construct on top of this you have a political conflict between those 2 entities on the island of ireland and the big concern of the e.u. but of many people on the island of ireland of course is that this political conflict was which has cost many people dying could come up again if indeed this common border would be under threat and if the u.k. drops out this would be the case. if the u.k. does scrap the withdrawal agreement with the e.u. house is likely to go down with the british public. well boris johnson was elected on the ticket off that. easy off unready is what he said and this is why the british public voted for him he was optimistic and fresh face and t

of ireland. northern ireland is part of the united kingdom — it shares a border with the republic of ireland which and because of northern ireland's violent past and its successful peace process, the status of that border is highly sensititive. under the withdrawal agreement, northern ireland retains some of the eu's customs rules to ensure there is no hard border or customs checks between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. there would also mean some checks on goods travelling internally within the uk between great britain and northern ireland. in other words, it effectively puts a customs border in the irish sea. that was hugely controversial — given some pro—brexit politicians had said that wouldn't happen. well, this new legislation could see the uk remove its obligation to carry out those internal checks. the checks in the irish sea. if that happened, we'd come back to the same question everyone's been wrestling with — how to avoid customs checks on the border with the republic of ireland. that being something everyone says they want to avoid. here's ireland's former prime minister

northern ireland ipart of the u.k. and the republic of ireland is in the union.ecks on any since the peace deal 1990's which eioed decades ofnce and avoiding a heart border is seen as key to intaining the peace. onthe european uhought both sides had agreed last year. they thought so because the u.k. agreed to and signed a deal. that all seems to be again.ay our correspondent has more. >> it is agreed northern island will continue to follow some eu customs rules. extra paperworks, checks, and tariffs between great britain and northern ireland. now, its own law, so u.k ministers could -- could decide how to apply the rules without the eu agreement. >> the u.k. government ponlished an opi saying sovereign as a matter of domestic law and can pass legislation in breach of the u.k. treaty obligations. cabinet minister involved in today's emergency talks also spoke briefly to the media. a recognition that we have an obligation to the people of northern island to make sure nuthey con to have unfettered access. we as a gover hent alsoe an obligation we take equally seriou

of these plans and it also hopes thhe trade deal will happen. northern ireland was the signal bid this -- single biggest obstacle to this getting done. northern ireland shares a border with the republicireland. because of the past and successful peace process -- process, the status of that border has always been important. to try to resolve this, the u.k. agreed to some checks between great britain and northern ireland. >> it agreed that northern ireland would continue to follow some eu customs rules. that would mean extra paperwork, checks and tariffs for goods moving between great britain and northern ire. now, the government is introducing its own law saying the ministers can decide how to apply the rules without the 's agreement. >> the problem is if the u.k. were to renege on the obligations, then we come back to the same question everyone has been wrestling with for years. how to avoid the customs checks on the border with the republic of ireland. having initially heard brexiteers say they would not agree to checks, the u.k. government did agree to dohat but it is now sayingt do it after all. the opposition leader has been speaking to the bbc. >> they are reopening old argument

northern ireland is part of the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. een no border checks or any type since a peace deal in 1990s — that ended decades of violence. and avoiding a hard border is seen as key to maintaining the peace. the eu thought both sides had agreed on a solution to that problem last year. now it's all in jeopardy again. they thought so because the uk agreed to and signed a deal. our chief political correspondent vicki young explains. it agreed that northern ireland would continue to follow some eu customs rules. that would mean extra paperwork, checks, and tariffs for some goods moving between great britain and northern ireland. now, the government's introducing its own law so that uk ministers can decide how to apply the rules without the eu's agreement. earlier today the uk government published a legal opinion saying... and the cabinet minister involved in today's emergency talks, michael gove, has spoken briefly to the media. this is what he had to say. i hope that across the house of commons there will be a recognition that we ha

of ireland. northern ireland is part of the united kingdom — it shares a border with the republic of ireland which of northern ireland's violent past and its successful peace process, the status of that border is highly sensititive. the question has always been — how do you avoid a hard border on the island of ireland — and take all of the uk out of the eu's single market. to get round this, the uk agreed to some checks between great britain and northern ireland. vicki young has more. it agreed that northern ireland would continue to follow some eu customs rules — that would mean extra paperwork, checks, and tariffs for some goods moving between great britain and northern ireland. now the government's introducing its own law, so that uk ministers could decide how to apply the rules without the eu's agreement. the problem is that if the uk reneges on its international obligation to carry out internal checks, then we come back to the same question everyone‘s been wrestling with — how to avoid customs checks on the border with the republic of ireland. or to put it another way — having said initially

question was traditionally in breaks it is where do you draw that border between northern ireland of the republic of ireland or do you draw it's between basically the island of ireland and the rest of the u.k. and that is basically a web service to draw its although he himself would say i never wanted a border in the irish sea that's essentially he's already to put it bluntly sold the northern irish. and it and he's still keeping on maintaining high for the notion it would be a border but the have to be according to the old one person told us i'm coming he just talked about the have to be export declarations on goods being exported from northern ireland to the rest of the u.k. so the politicians in northern ireland already fear is already from back in november and they still fear essentially because boris johnson as i see it has not taken the questions of northern ireland peace and security northern ireland anything close to seriously enough until now is that what part of the problem is here is that you've got the leadership in london is somewhat clueless about the border issue in ireland right a

breck said the of relating to northern ireland prime minister boris johnson intends to impose a unilateral interpretation of how a range of events to avoid a hard border with the republic of ireland will actually work that of the u.k. government's legal department has quit in response the send the pound has fallen sharply as the prospect of a no deal exit increases are insanely has. there been several rounds of talks already and mutual suspicion has only grown over time sticking points so betrayed to do with things like state aid and fishing with their already even before british government minister confirms that the u.k. now intends to break international law a remake ing on parts of the divorce agreement with the european union if you had already signed up to. i would say to my friend yes these guys great international law in a very specific and limited why we're taking the power to disappoint you know the concept of darren to create required by law school for in a certain very tightly defined circumstances no like the e.u. some very senior conservatives who devoted for the bill were left asking who trusts the u.k. in the future how can the government reassure future

question was traditionally in breaks it is where do you draw that border between northern ireland of the republic of ireland or huge or it's between basically the island of ireland and the rest of the u.k. and that is basically webb boris johnson chose to draw it although he himself it's had never wanted a border in the irish sea that's essentially he's already to put it bluntly sold the northern irish. and it and he's still keeping on maintaining high of the notion it would be a bold but the have to be according to the old one person told us i'm coming he just talked about the have to be export declarations on goods being exported from northern ireland to the rest of the u.k. so the politicians in northern ireland already fear is already from back in november and there's still fear essentially because boris johnson as i see it as not taken the questions of northern ireland peace and security no and i don't anything close to seriously enough until now is that what part of the problem is here is that you've got the leadership in london is somewhat clueless about the border issue in ireland right a

talking about the hard border, you mean between northern ireland and the republic of ireland ? nd. to make the land border between northern ireland and the republic as open as it is now, where do you have checks on things moving between britain and into the eu single market? the eu's a nswer into the eu single market? the eu's answer is if it is not going to be between northern ireland and the republic, there has to be some sort of infrastructure and checking between great britain and northern ireland, so within the united kingdom. the withdrawal agreement sets out pretty clearly that if goods are moving from great britain to northern ireland with the prospect of them moving on to the republic of ireland then they have to pay tariffs. if they do not move into the republic of ireland, those ta riffs into the republic of ireland, those tariffs can be reimbursed. when it comes to northern ireland, eu rules... have to follow state aid. as haran said, we have to see which the legislation which the government plans to put forward this week actually says. —— helen. if they say that the

the basic idea is that to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland between here and the irish republicarriving here in northern ireland from the rest of the uk. for example, they would be taking place in belfast airportjust behind me politically, there has been a spat amongst the main parties in the devolved government. the nationalist party and the sdlp and the unity party all who opposed brexit in the first place, said any move by british government to change the new arrangements would be treacherous, a betrayal, an act of bad faith however you have said that they would be with anything, any new checks on goods, data guard, as any comic barrier between here and the re st of comic barrier between here and the rest of the uk. chris page, in belfast. now to iain watson at westminster. a difficult question, what is going on? i wish i could tell you, simon! clearly there are two things going on. firstly, the big picture, brexit talks are stuck. there is tomorrow at a crucial stage and given the usual arguments between both sides, britain have said they are prepared to be without a deal an

was traditionally in breaks it is where do you draw that border between all the modern of the republic of ireland or huge or it's between basically the island of ireland and the rest of the u.k. and that is basically where some churches draw it's although he himself would say i never wanted a border in the irish sea that's essentially he's already to put it bluntly sold the northern irish. and it and he's still keeping on maintaining high for the notion it would be a bold but the have to be according to the old one person told us i'm coming you just talked about the have to be export declarations all goods being exported from northern ireland to the rest of the u.k. so the politicians in northern ireland already fear is already from back in november and they still furious essentially because boris johnson as i see it has not taken the questions of northern ireland peace and security northern ireland anything close to seriously enough until now is that what part of the problem is here is that you've got the leadership in london is somewhat clueless about the border issue in ireland right and also.

arrangements for northern ireland, gives it a special status in terms of customs and trade to try and make sure there is no hard border, as they put it, between northern ireland and the republicciple, the details of how that would actually work in practice were not nailed down. they have been ever since there has been this joint committee of the uk and eu working together to try and thrash out the detail of how that would actually work in practice. and it has hit some sticking points. whatjohnson is saying, he is characterising it as a serious misunderstanding has arisen about basically what both sides thought they had signed up today. and he is characterising the eu's interpretation as being extreme. he wants to pass uk legislation which would change that withdrawal agreement. and that is the thing that would break international law, that is the thing that is causing this big furore. michael gove is the cabinet office minister who is heading up those sort of technical negotiations on the detail of how the northern ireland protocol, as it is called, would work. he said that the government is committed to implementing it, though. the protocol is being implemented by us because

union over the status of the northern island border and how that relates to its border with the republic of ireland which will remain in the european union so the european union is very concerned that there will be breaches of trade of the trade rules by goods and services potentially crossing the border in the wants to keep northern ireland as close as possible almost identical to european union rules . that leaves the mainland of the united kingdom. stuck when it comes to importing and exporting to northern ireland because it creates a de facto border according to the british government down the irish sea through which they will have to check goods and services going back and forward in northern ireland and they wanted to put a proviso in the law that they could change what was agreed with the e.u. to make trade within the united kingdom including northern ireland a completely level playing field and this is cause the problem the response huge controversy on both sides of the atlantic yeah i mean you're right it is complicated and complex will it have or could it have dire consequences for irelan

union over the status of the northern island border and how that relates to its border with the republic of ireland which will remain in the european union so the european union is very concerned that there will be breaches of trade of the trade rules by goods and services potentially crossing the border wants to keep northern ireland as close as possible almost identical to european union rules. that leaves the mainland of the united kingdom. stuck when it comes to importing and exporting to northern ireland because it creates a de facto border according to the british government down the irish sea through which they will have to check goods and services going back and forward in northern ireland and they wanted to put a proviso in the law that they could change what was agreed with the e.u. to make trade within the united kingdom including northern ireland a completely level playing field and this is cause the problem the response huge controversy on both sides of the atlantic yeah you're right it is complicated and complex will it have or could it have dire consequences for ireland in northern i

the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland has lain at the heart of disagreementsrder open as required by the good friday agreement. now there are fears that government's decision to revisit the brexit divorce deal could threaten peace and stability here. fears expressed now by the man who could be president. in a tweet, the democratic candidate joe biden said, "we can't allow "the good friday agreement that brought peace "to northern ireland to become a casualty of brexit. "any trade deal between the us and uk must be "contingent upon respect "for the agreement and preventing the return "of a hard border, period." the foreign secretary is in washington having talks with his us counterpart and he attempted to pour oil on troubled waters. the threat to the good friday agreement as it's reflected in the northern ireland protocol has come from the eu's politicisation of the issue, and to be clear on how that's happened and why that happened, our commitment to the good friday agreement and to avoid any extra infrastructure at the border between the north and south is a

is because if you're not going to have checks on the border between northern ireland and the republic of irelandome in the irish sea? so he is saying that the eu is interpreting as that and saying it would have to have a full trade body. if this committee, which is still meeting, can't agree together what the detail should be, he is saying this is what the eu says should happen. they said they would look of imposing full tariffs. having the ability to stop food going from great britain to northern ireland. would that happen? who knows. that is the sort of theoretical thing. he is saying that is not a risk we can take in uk law and the we need to have our own safety net and this is what we are proposing. it would allow uk ministers to decide which goods have ta riffs ministers to decide which goods have tariffs put on them. in the end this will all be sorted out are not sorted out by the end of the negotiations on the trade talks. where are we? well this joint committee is looking at the detail of proposals, there are the trade talks that this has a bearing on. it has ratcheted up the pressure. y

ireland is approached now under that deal the u.k. province of northern ireland will continue to enforce custom rules to avoid a hard border with the republic of ireland the deal is considered crucial to protect peace and stability in northern ireland and was a precondition for trade talks currently underway in the u.k. has admitted that the new legislation breaches their international obligations and could jeopardize the trade talks. let's go right to london to be a speck of nasa standing by for us there high park and explain what this righteous legislation really means. well just to understand this is the new bill that the u.k. government is proposing it's an internal u.k. law that gives the u.k. government power to basically override the withdrawal agreement and the withdrawal agreement is the hard one of the negotiation between the u.k. and the e.u. it's an agreement so cool dubose agreement that the u.k. and the you had concluded and that the u.k. now it moves itself is going to be breached if the u.k. government carries out this plan it also has admitted itself a government minister has admitted that it does breach international a res

we have a very special situation there we have an open border between the republic of ireland and which is part of the e.u. and still is and northern island which is part of the u.k. and that open border has so far guaranteed peace in northern ireland and it has also guaranteed economic prostration because it's an open border the standards are the same the customs are the same now all that has been put in danger by breck's it and that is why this divorce agreement has been made so that in case there is no agreement this situation remains it remains an open border and now backtracking on that already puts the whole concept introduced into danger and also puts peace and the economic concept of an over the internal market of which northern ireland would be part intraday injury as well and that was the goal of matches in brussels and bear get mass here get mass in london speaking with me earlier well as we've just heard from london correspondent there that mass there's lots of uncertainty in the u.k. as negotiators work on a withdrawal deal there get also sent us this report on british busi

a deal relating to northern ireland prime minister barak's johnson intends to impose a unilateral interpretation of how arrangements to avoid a hard border with the republic of ireland will work the head of the u.k. government's legal department has quit in response and the pound has fallen sharply i'm going to have more on that and all the other news on the al-jazeera news hour that's in just under half an hour al-jazeera world continues next looking at the lives afforded by refugees in rome and amsterdam thanks for watching. born in amsterdam from father mother. my father was an artist and yeah he just tried to find a better life in europe and also all he was very a free spirit so he couldn't really live in this moral can political climate a lot of things were like forbidden for for people to talk about to write about and we just wanted to be free and yeah i just tried to search is. is life somewhere else then yeah you heard of. that it's like a city and where i love the different people live and yet also open minded culture so i have to to try and dare them by accident he came here. in the states till he died. and then born and raised in amsterdam in t

meanwhile, stephen kenny's first match in charge of republic of ireland ended with late drama in a 1—ide had gone in front mid—way through the second half. that looked like it was going to be enough for victory, until captain shane duffy thumped home this towering header to earn a point. there's been disappointment for british number one johanna konta, who has been knocked out of the us open in the second round by world number 77 sorana kirstea of romania. it had started brightly for konta, ninth seed in new york, as she won the opening set 6—2 at flushing meadows. she also looked well set in the second set, as she led by a break at one stage. but the romanian hit back to win it on a tie break before wrapping up victory in the decider. later on, andy murray will look to reach the third round of a major for the first time since 2017. having come through a four—and—a—half—hour epic in the opening round, he faces another tough looking match against 15th seed felix auger—aliassime. felix has an a distinct age advantage. it was for sets, whereas murray's was a five sets. it lasted for hour

s customs area but it's also and it's going to have the same rights as the neighbor in the republic of ireland of course boris johnson folded on that as the last minute when he signed the northern ireland protocol but it really does go to make it very tricky for the u.k. if they do decide to walk away without a deal and you know there have been reports that it could hope to cover some of that mess up with this whole plan and the whole recession that it is facing but the likelihood of that in the middle of winter this happening and having a bare supermarkets and of course you know other sectors affected it will hit the u.k. a lot harder than it really would hope it would. india has once again report of the world's highest single day tally of new coronavirus infections on sunday more than 1000 of them with the death toll now supposing 70000 the government says the rise is because of increased testing a medical school graduates doctors and nurses are protested in iraq's capital over a lack of covert precautions and a lack of jobs iraq is seeing a surge of new cases with a record 5000 new infectio

gareth bale for october's friendly against england, and their nations league matches against the republic of irelandned tottenham on loan from real madrid earlier this month and still isn't match fit. here's wales manager ryan giggs. we had to think seriously about, you know, not only the short term but the long—term, get gareth back for it and playing, and look forward to seeing him in the premier league. he will be playing regularly. so yeah, i'm happy that gareth is back at a clu b i'm happy that gareth is back at a club he knows so well. wigan athletic‘s administrators have reached an agreement with a bidderfrom spain to buy the league one club. wigan entered administration in july and were relegated from the championship after a 12—point penalty. the bidder, who is yet to be named, has paid a "substantial" deposit and will pay non—football creditors to ensure the club doesn't pick up a further is—point penalty. it's set to be a fascinating finale to the regular english premiership season, with sale and bristol bears both tied on points for the last playoff spot. bristol thrashed leicester by 40

about that georg about what this could mean for that border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland because it has been one of the major sticking points. it is a complicated issue but 2 things here are basically at stake on the one hand it's peace in northern ireland and the other thing is economic prosperity and the internal the integrity of the internal market of the european union the issue in northern ireland is that you have an open border between northern ireland which belongs to the u.k. and the republic of ireland which belongs to the e.u. and so far both countries being inside the us result a lot of problems now with the u.k. withdrawing this could turn into a hot border and it could stir not just political conflict but also in danger and economic prosperity project that so far has delivered for both sides and that is something the e.u. had agreed with the u.k. to preserve this and that is not something apparently the u.k.'s prepared to water down mattison brussels thank you. well all this week we are looking back at events of the summer of 2015 when germany took an unprece

a no-deal situation at the end of this year but also a highly sensitive scenario in regards to northern ireland and the irish republicoint in these negotiations, and that's why by changing the legislation, they are to allow state aid into northern ireland, it could be seen by the europeans as breaching the agreement we had before, so clearly, under that scenario it looks a little bit harder to getan looks a little bit harder to get an agreement in the timeframe we need to buy the middle of october. there is no official response from brussels to this news coming from downing street. borisjohnson is expected to say later if no agreement is reached by the 15th of october, both sides should move on. what will be the consequences of a no—deal at the end of this year if there is not a trade agreement in place? that is the worry. that is the big consequence, you would see the sterling would fall, there would be an impact on the uk assets and clearly you could see something like one to 2% of gdp knocked off quarter one of 2021, and obviously a slower recovery probably since then. in the context of covid—19, obviously this wo

agreement that they agreed with the european union over the status of the northern ireland border and how that relates to its border with the republic of ireland which will remain in the european union so the european union is very concerned that there will be breaches of trade of the trade rules by goods and services potentially crossing the border in the wants to keep northern ireland as close as possible almost identical to the european union rules. that leaves the mainland of the united kingdom. stuck when it comes to importing and exporting to northern ireland because it creates a de facto border according to the british government down the irish sea through which they will have to check goods and services going back and forward in northern ireland and they wanted to put a proviso in the law that they could change what was agreed with the e.u. to make trade within the united kingdom including northern ireland a completely level playing field and this is cause the problem the response huge controversy on both sides of the atlantic i mean you're right it is complicated and complex will it have or could it have dire consequences f

of circumstances. reporter: they insisted the u.k. fully intended to implement the protocol and northern ireland that will see it follow northern borders to keep the land with the republic of ireland open. >> this parliament devoted the withdrawal agreement into u.k. legislation. the government is nowow changing the operation of that agreement. reporter: the bill could damage trust in the u.k. over future trade deals. anchor: a trial continues today of 14 people accused of assisting the gunman that carried out the january 2015 terror attack in the paris region. some of the survivors of that bloodshed carried out the offices of the charlie hebdo newspaper. it was forced by the assailants. she spoke of herer dread and distress that day, adding that she has been left traumatized with a new sense of guilt. reporter: reliving the attack .roved too great she worked on the ground floor of the office building. >> [speaking foreign language] reporter: known as cocoa, she is a cartoonist for the paper. she left the office to have a cigarette. the attackers killed 10 people in under two minutes. she described the attack in .ivid detail suffering trauma and feelings of guilt. hebdo

union over the status of the northern island border and how that relates to its border with the republic of ireland which will remain in the european union so the european union is very concerned that there will be breaches of trade of the trade rules by goods and services potentially crossing the border in the wants to keep northern ireland as close as possible almost identical to the european union rules. that leaves the mainland of the united kingdom. stuck when it comes to importing and exporting to northern ireland because it creates a de facto border according to the british government down the irish sea through which they will have to check goods and services going back and forward in northern ireland and they wanted to put a proviso in the law that they could change what was agreed with the e.u. to make trade within the united kingdom including northern ireland a completely level playing field and this is cause the problem the response huge controversy on both sides of the atlantic i mean you're right it is complicated and complex would have or could it have dire consequences for ireland in

we have a very special situation there we have an open border between the republic of ireland and which is part of the e.u. and still is and northern island which is part of the u.k. and that open border has a so far it guaranteed peace in northern ireland and it has also guaranteed economic prostration because it's an open border the standards are the same the customs are the same now all that has been put in danger by breck's it and that is why this divorce agreement has been made so that in case there is no agreement this situation remains it remains an open border and now backtracking on that already puts the whole concept into the into danger and also puts peace and the economic concept of an open internal market of which northern ireland would be part into danger as well. dear god i'd like to ask you about the mood where you are there in london if the u.k. scraps the withdrawal agreement with the e.u. how well is that likely to go down with the broader public. well i think the broader public. they wanted they elected boris johnson because he promised to bring an end to all these e

brics a deal relating to northern ireland prime minister boris johnson intends to impose a unilateral interpretation of how arrangements to avoid a hard border with the republic of ireland will work the head of the u.k. government's legal department has quit in response and the pound has fallen sharply . more news in half an hour the stream is next looking at what is next for mali in the wake of a military coup thanks for watching a c half an hour of our. i'm melissa chand and i'm guest hosting this week for a few days you are watching al-jazeera is the stream competition and today we're going to be talking about mali to be weeks ago a coup took place there after a summer of protests so now what does the future hold for this west african country as usual and get on you to post your comments and questions we'll try to get as many as possible so you too can join the string. welcome everyone and welcome to our guests now go away and fatima and mohammed i'm going to ask each of you to introduce yourselves to everyone we'll start with me ugly. i know i am right and you're getting ready you know and i and your chair are . where we should be in a working on a democr

s customs area but it's also in it is going to have the same rights as the neighbor in the republic of ireland of course boris johnson folded on that as the last minute when he signed the northern ireland protocol but it really does really going to make it very tricky for the u.k. if they do decide to walk away without a deal and you know there have been reports that it could hope to cover some of that mess up with this whole pound the whole recession that it is facing but the likelihood of that in the middle of winter this happening and having a bare supermarkets and of course you know other sectors affected it will hit the u.k. a lot harder than it really would hope it would. more than 800000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in southwestern japan as typhoon close up it's the 2nd powerful storm to hit the region in a week for costs predict record rainfall and precedented wind speeds warnings have been issued to 5 and a half 1000000 people brought mcbride reports now from the south korean city of behind. the city of pohanka is the most easterly in the south korean part of the penc

traditionally in breaks it is where do you draw that border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland or huge or it's between basically the island of ireland and the rest of the u.k. and that's basically where boris johnson chose to draw it although he himself and so i never went to the border in the irish sea that's essentially he's all ready to put it bluntly sold the northern irish. and it and he still keeping on maintaining high for the notion it would be a bold but the have to be according to the one person told us i'm coming you just talked about the have to be export goods being exported from northern ireland to the rest of the u.k. so the politicians in northern ireland already fear is already from back in november and they still fear essentially because boris johnson as i see it has not taken the questions of northern ireland peace and security northern ireland anything close to seriously enough until now is that what the problem is here is that you've got the leadership in london is somewhat clueless about the border issue in ireland right and also. boris johnson essentially

s customs area but it's also and is going to have the same rights as the neighbor in the republic of ireland of course boris johnson folded on that as the last minute when he signed the northern ireland protocol but it really does go to make it very tricky for the u.k. if they do decide to walk away without a deal and you know there have been reports that it could hope to cover some of that mess up with this whole pound the whole recession that it is facing but the likelihood of that in the middle of winter this happening and having a bear supermarkets and of course you know other sectors affected it will hit the u.k. a lot harder than it really would hope it would. amount of the top stories on our jazeera security forces in belarus have beaten and detained dozens of protesters at a massive anti-government rally in the capital minsk tens of thousands of marched for the 5th week demanding president because resignation police blocked off a center of misc and later used pepper gas to try to test his back the country has been gripped by anti-government protests since last month's disputed presid

ireland is approached that divorce deal the u.k. province of northern ireland will continue to enforce e.u. customs rules to avoid a hard border with the republic of ireland the deal is considered crucial to protect peace and stability in northern ireland was a precondition for trade talks currently underway. it's that the new legislation breaches that international obligations and could jeopardize trade talks and let's go straight to our correspondent in london big of mass to get what are the implications of this new legislation presented by the government and the prime minister. do you have already explained it but it's really quite crucial to understand that the prime minister on one hand says he wants to protect peace in northern ireland and this is why he's preparing a new bill in new trade bill that regulates the trade between the mainland of u.k. and northern ireland that this is in order to protect the peace and stability in northern ireland on the island of ireland on the other and we also know and that has been admitted by government ministers and parliament that this is breaking international law why is that because this goes against

is planning to override aspecects of the withdrawal treaty, including related to what would happen with customs and trade on the northern ireland and republicireland border. hasot 10 downing street denied this, but issued a statement that it is considering a fallback option if no trade deal can be found by december 31, and it is working hard to resolve problems with the border and with customs. nonetheless, sterling fell ,gainst the dollar on this news seeming as it would be that it deal brexit and complicated trade relations much more likely. the cat has been put among the pigeons in brussels. --is and linda von der leyen bandar lyon, head of the european commission, saying it is an obligation to live up to withdrawal treatment -- treaty. he talked about protecting peace in ireland and the development of the single market. 27 e.u. membership 8 -- member states trade. talk on the new u.k. relationship with the e.u. coming to a crunch point. we are now well in to september. the transition period out of the e.u. will end on december 31. that means the new trading relationship, one way or another, will l start on january 1. so a deal, if there

ireland is approached under that deal the u.k. province of northern ireland will continue to enforce e.u. customs rules to avoid a hard border with the republic of ireland the deal is considered crucial to protect peace and stability in northern ireland and it was a precondition for trade talks that are currently underway the u.k. has admitted that the new legislation breaches their international obligations and could jeopardize trade talks. let's go right to london to massa standing by for us there hi farragut explain what this righteous legislation really means. well just to understand this is the new deal that the u.k. government is proposing it's an internal u.k. law that gives the u.k. government power to basically override to withdraw agreements and the withdrawal agreement is part one of the negotiation between the u.k. and the e.u. it's an agreement was so cool dubose agreement that the u.k. and the you had concluded and that the u.k. no it myths itself is going to be breached if the u.k. government carries out this plan it also has admitted itself a government minister has admitted that it doesn't reach into national a result because

the successful agreement is there for the world to witness, republic of ireland gave up articles two three of the constitution for the agreement. what we want to do is remind people there ought not to be any threat from. -- from secretary rob. katty: did you get clarity on that, or you convince u.k. government is not preparing to do anything that might jeopardize the good friday agreement? >> we made it very clear that there was no consideration for returning to order -- i think it is welcome news. the dispute they had with the ee remains cotant. i think what we will do is, we will be vigilant. many of us were part of that agreement and feel very strongly that we ought not to be revisiting it every time there's a dispute someplace that default -- involved a trade agreement with european union. katty: congressman, thank you very much for joining the program. 20 years ago, the government of zimbab seized farmland largely white landor -- landowners in a move that was meant to redress colonial era landgrab's. but now the country's new government has offered to return some of those seized

breaks in negotiations the collapse in talks is creating a lot of anxiety for communities around the border between northern ireland the republic of ireland a fault line in the talks lawrence lay has our report. you need a long memory to understand why the roads between northern ireland and the republic are such a flashpoint on this stretch of road alone dozens of people have been blown up or shot in fighting between the british army and irish republican fighters they even put up an army checkpoint on the railway line under the road and it all began with the u.k. putting customs posts to check on the movements of cops they were attacked and then along came a large amount of policemen or you syrian forces to protect them and then when deer attacked in there was many attacks and then along came the british army. and there were subsequently attacked so and then all of a sudden build up a huge military infrastructure here along the border the biggest of the west. army helicopters army troops and the grain it became a war zone really putting the trade board in the irish sea was the agreed solution to avoid a return to the past but t

northern ireland, is part of the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu.e since a peace deal in 19905 — that ended violence between unionists who want northern ireland to remain in the uk — and republicans who want northern ireland to join the republic. and avoiding a hard border is seen as key to maintaining the peace. to prevent any customs checks on the border, the uk agreed to two things — that northern ireland would continue to follow some eu rules and so remain aligned with the eu's single market. and that there would be some checks on good moving between britain and northern ireland. this new uk legislation gives the uk the option to unilaterally change which goods are checked. which is right at the heart of how the whole thing works. here's our reality check correspondent chris morris. in order to achieve that, it meant there had to be some additional bureaucracy between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, between northern ireland and great britain, so one of the things it said was that the goods moving from northern ireland to great britain w

friday agreement is therefore the world to witness including elimination of the border and republic of irelandr the purpose of helping to secure the agreement so helping to secure the agreement soi helping to secure the agreement so i think what we want to do is remind people what the circumstances were and that should not be any threat and whistle clarity today from secretary dominic raab. did you get clarity always convinced that the uk government is not proposing to do anything that may jeopardise the proposing to do anything that mayjeopardise the friday agreement? he indicated very clearly that there was no indication of moving back to a ha rd indication of moving back to a hard border on the island. the dispute they had with the eu remains constant, so i think that what we will do is we will be vigilant, many of us were pa rt be vigilant, many of us were part of that agreement and we feel very strongly that it is celebrated everywhere and we ought not to be revisiting it there is a dispute someplace that involves a trade agreement with the eu. stay with us if you can, much more to come,

wasn't a ha rd was to make sure that there wasn't a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of irelandway that would work in terms of whose customs territory northern ireland would be in etc. that left a lot of details and decisions that still needed to be made, and they are being thrashed out by a joint committee of the uk and the eu that has been meeting for most of this year. they have hit a sticking point on some of these issues. what borisjohnson has said todayis issues. what borisjohnson has said today is that he believes there is a serious misunderstanding between the two sides about what they thought they had signed up to. he is saying they had signed up to. he is saying the eu interpretation of it is extreme. he says that if they couldn't find another agreement, then what could end up happening is that you could see the eu putting ta riffs that you could see the eu putting tariffs on goods going between great britain and northern ireland, which would effectively create a border down the irish sea. he is saying thatis down the irish sea. he is saying that is not acceptable, so