simon coveney speaking to the bbc a little earlier. least eight people. the powerful blast also injured around 50 more, and destroyed more than a dozen houses. the united nations has condemned what it called an alarming increase in attacks deliberately targeting civilians, despite peace talks taking place between the taliban and the afghan government. no group has claimed it carried out the latest attack. now to the american city of minneapolis, and one of the largest pre—trial settlements in us history — 27 million dollars, to the family of george floyd. he�*s the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year. lawyers for his family say the city has agreed to settle the civil case for damages. seperately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here�*s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their fami

strong words, as you say, from the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, in the last hour.ng partner it simply cannot trust. this is all about the new brexit arrangements for northern ireland. basically, in order to avoid checks on the land border between northern ireland and the irish republic, there is an arrangement known as the northern ireland protocol, which means there are some checks on goods arriving here from the rest of the uk because northern ireland's, in effect, staying in the eu single market for goods, while england, scotland and wales have left. now, there has been some discontent about this in northern ireland. some disruption to business supply chains, and there were fears that could get worse, the 1st of april when there was due to be a tighter enforcement of rules, particularly for food deliveries going to supermarkets and other large retailers. so now the uk government has moved unilaterally to move back that enforcement on the 1st of april to the 1st of october. according to the eu, that would be a breach of international law, and they say they are go

the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, has accused the uk of "perverse nationalism" for trying to uk, us and canada should join together to reach a joint trade agreement rather than each racing to sign a deal. mr coveney has also called for talks to end the dispute over brexit border checks on goods going from britain to northern ireland. the eu wants to resolve these issues through negotiation, to listen to business leaders in northern ireland, to understand what the problems with the implementation of the protocol are, and to try and accommodate the concerns. that's what we all want to do. nobody wants disruption or rancour or division. we've had enough of that on brexit. eight people have been shot dead by the security forces in myanmar, as protests continue across the country against last month's military coup. images posted online show several severely injured people, including a buddhist monk. at least two men were killed in yangon, while a woman was shot dead in mandalay. earlier, jonathan head, our south—east asia correspondent, gave us more details on the situation in mya

the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, has accused the uk of "perverse nationalism" for trying towith the us. he said the eu, uk, us and canada should join together to reach a joint trade agreement rather than each racing to sign a deal. mr coveney has also called for talks to end the dispute over brexit border checks on goods going from britain to northern ireland. what the eu wants to do is resolve these issues through negotiation. to listen to business leaders in northern ireland, to understand what the problems with the implementation of the protocol are and try to accommodate their concerns. that's what we all want to do. nobody wants disruption or rancour or division. we have had enough of that on brexit. a huge car bomb in herat, in western afghanistan, has killed at least eight people. the powerful blast also injured around 50 more and destroyed more than a dozen houses. the united nations has condemned what it called an alarming increase in attacks deliberately targeting civilians, despite peace talks taking place between the taliban and the afghan government. no group ha

ireland's foreign minister, simon coveney, has criticised the uk for taking the action and says the euand would be solved. we're taking some temporary technical measures to ensure that there are no barriers in the irish sea, to make sure things flow freely from gb to ni and that is what you would expect. obviously, these are matters for continuing intensive discussions with our friends and we'll continue to do that. i'm sure with a bit of good will and common—sense that all these technical problems are eminently soluble. borisjohnson there. nick beake is in brussels. temporary measures, mrjohnson says. what is the reaction to this? lots of --eole what is the reaction to this? lots of people are _ what is the reaction to this? lots of people are furious here in brussels, and they say the uk through doing this is on the verge of breaking international law for a second time, and so they are looking at their legal actions. and if we ask ourselves what may they be the first of all, there's the option of taking the uk to the european court ofjustice. how can they do that, you may ask, bearin

ireland�*s foreign minister simon coveney has criticised the move — and says the eu is negotiating withnuing discussions with our friends and we will continue to do that. i am sure that with a bit of goodwill and nonsense that all of these technical problems are in the. jess sargea nt is a senior researcher for the brexit team at the institute for government — a non—partisan think tank. thank you forjoining us. yesterday it was foods, today we are talking about grace period for parcels. the prime minister is saying this is a technical situation. the eu is saying it is a basque illegal. who is right? saying it is a basque illegal. who is riuht? ~ : saying it is a basque illegal. who is riuht? 9 . ., , saying it is a basque illegal. who is riuht? 9 . . , ., is right? what we have seen a uk government _ is right? what we have seen a uk government do _ is right? what we have seen a uk government do today _ is right? what we have seen a uk government do today as - is right? what we have seen a uk government do today as you - is right? what we have seen a uk - government do today as you menti

ireland's foreign minister simon coveney has criticised the uk for taking the action — and says the euolice. the united nations says 38 people were killed in the country yesterday. borisjohnson says he's horrified by the escalation of violence. he's called for the release of the civilian leader aung san suu kyi and an immediate end to military repression. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports. this was an astonishing display of courage and defiance by a protest movement that's seen dozens gunned down in the past 2a hours. they're fortifying their own neighbourhoods, knowing that they too could be shot, forcing the police to retake them street by street. it's a war now for control of myanmar, but a war in which only one side is armed. this is okkalapa township in yangon, the shrines marking out where seven protesters were killed in a deadly confrontation with the security forces. caught on this terrifying video, as people tried to avoid the volleys of gunfire while calling out to get help for those they see being hit. gun fire. translation: soldiers fired live rounds f