here in dublin we are expecting simon harris to speak shortly. the deputy leader of fine gael. simon harris has cleared the vote, simon cove said he has already spoken to simon over the last few days, he said he thinks he has done a really good job. this is significant because fine gael is one of the three parties involved in government, it will mean simon harris becomes the taoiseach, the prime minister, the country's youngest ever prime minister, or taoiseach. it comes after leo varadkar stepped down citing va radkar stepped down citing political and varadkar stepped down citing political and personal reasons. we will bring it to you when he speaks. well, simon harris is a senior member of the current irish government, and what is happening now is sequencing, if you will, towards him being eventually elected as the prime minister of ireland next month. later this afternoon he will be confirmed as the new leader of his own fine gael party, and that in itself is significant, because fine gael is currently part of a three—party coalition government

simon harris has been elected the new leader of the irish governing party, fine gael.aradkar�*s surprise resignation. it's been revealed that nearly half of playgrounds in the uk are not suitable for disabled children. a survey by the charity, scope, found that more than 1,000 play areas had little or no accessibility. now they're launching a new tool to help parents find spaces that are suitable for their children. our reporter louisa pilbeam has more. whoa! nine—year—old benjamin loves playing with his brothers in the playground. but because he has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and is registered blind, it's not always this easy because not all playgrounds are like this one, where equipment can be used by disabled children. according to new figures, half of the uk's public play areas are unfit for children with disabilities. one day, we went to the local park, we lifted him into the standard toddler swing and he actually got stuck, where his legs had gone really stiff from his cerebral palsy. we really struggled to remove him from the swing safely. and that was the defini

it's believed simon harris is the only name in the hat. the youngest ever taoiseach at 37. earlier i spoke to our reporter in belfast — kevin sharkey. simon harris is a senior member of the current irish government, and what is happening now is sequencing, if you will, towards him being eventually elected as the prime minister of ireland next month. later this afternoon he will be confirmed as the new leader of his own fine gael party, and that in itself is significant, because fine gael is currently part of the three coalition government in ireland, and fine gael currently holds the position of prime minister and the government, so basically have the pick of the next prime minister, so it will go on to nominate simon harris at a meeting of the parliament, that won't happen until the 9th of april, a few weeks away yet, and when he is nominated he will be supported by the other members and parties of the government, fianna fail and the green party, so he will be elected as an extra minister of ireland next month, and as you say, when he is

waiting, simon harris, as you have just been hearing there.d, and he has been speaking and addressing domestic issues across the republic of ireland, but also he has been speaking to global events, referring to what he described as the illegal invasion of ukraine. he also spoke about the crisis in the middle east and said that ireland would continue to address and do what it could to help what he described as a humanitarian catastrophe in gaza. he also said that under his leadership, ireland will continue to pursue demands for an immediate ceasefire, for the immediate release of hostages, and for the pursuit of a two state solution. and as far as europe was concerned, he said that under his leadership, ireland will continue to be a pro—european party. that is for another day, because simon harris has been elected leader of his party today, but as far as being elected leader of the country and being prime minister and taoiseach, that is some time away. that will happen on the 9th of april when the irish parliament reconvenes after the easter re

one of the country's main governing parties, fine gael, has declared simon harris, who's 37, its new rime minister, or taoiseach, when ireland's parliament reconvenes next month. mr harris spoke to the media and was asked whether a general election might be on the horizon. it's my view and my intention that this government should run full term. i am very conscious that governments take on a rhythm of their own. and i'm very conscious that all people need to act in good faith. and events can happen in irish politics, of course they can, but we've a lot of work to do and i don't think there needs to be any mystique around my intention, where you guys ask me every second day where my head is at. i am planning for this government, should i be lucky enough to form one and to become taoiseach. i would like to see this government run full term, and that's my intention, as of now. earlier, i spoke to fionnan sheahan, ireland editorfor the irish independent, and i asked him to tell me a little more about mr harris�* political career so far. yeah, as a teenager, he began as a campaigner for aut

one of the country's main governing parties — fine gael — has declared simon harris, who's 37, its newe'll be formally appointed as prime minister — or taoiseach — when ireland's parliament reconvenes next month. mr harris spoke to the media and was asked whether a general election might be on the horizon. it's my view and my intention that this government should run full—term. i am very conscious that governments take on a rhythm of their own, and i'm very conscious that all people need to act in good faith, and events can happen in irish politics, of course they can. but we've a lot of work to do and i don't think there needs to be any mystique around my intention. i'm planning for this government, should i be lucky enough to form one, and to become taoiseach. i would like to see this government run full term, and that is intention as of now. let's speak to paul cunningham — political correspondent for rte — who can tell us a little more about ireland's latest premier. so he is 37, but he has been in politics for more than 15 years, hasn't he?— politics for more than 15 years, hasn't

and simon harris, as taoiseach, will now see out that term in office.— term in office.ndent, thank. term in office. ireland editor of i the irish independent, thank you term in office. ireland editor of - the irish independent, thank you for joining us on bbc news. fionnan sheahan. here in the uk, the chancellor has confirmed that the conservatives will commit to keeping the so—called triple—lock on pension increases in their election manifesto. under the current government system, state pensions rise every year in april, in line with whichever is highest out of inflation, average wage increases, or 2.5%. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has more. they say a week is a long time in politics. just five days ago, the chancellor suggested future increases in the state pension would be kept under review. now he says they'll be guaranteed. but will the triple—lock be in the tory manifesto this time round? well, i can confirm it will be, yes. so, why did he spell that out? well, pensioners�* groups had called for certainty and older people are more likely to vote than y

one of the country's main governing parties, fine gael, has declared simon harris, who's 37, its new me minister, or taoiseach, when ireland's parliament reconvenes next month. mr harris has just been speaking to the media, and he was asked whether a general election might be on the horizon. it's my view and my intention that this government should run full term. i am very conscious that governments take on a rhythm of their own. and i'm very conscious that all people need to act in good faith. and events can happen in irish politics, of course they can, but we've a lot of work to do and i don't think there needs to be any mystique around my intention, where you guys ask me every second day where my head is at. i am planning for this government, should i be lucky enough to form one and to become taoiseach. i would like to see this government run full term, and that's my intention, as of now. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. you're live with bbc news. with the war still raging in gaza there are calls from the far—right in israel forjewish settlers to return to gaza

and simon harris has been elected the new leader of the irish governing party, fine gael.e's set to become the republic of ireland's youngest prime minister — at the age of 37 —— after leo varadkar�*s surprise resignation. now on bbc news, click. this week, nick's at south by southwest, where assistive tech is helping one artist with muscular dystrophy crack the music scene. what do you think about this from a fashion perspective? oh, yeah, definitely, it can't cramp my style. chris suits up... they've gone to get me a bigger size. . ..eventually, to see how our old four—legged friend spot is helping with the decommissioning of a nuclear power station. and we travel to miami to see what sd printing might mean for marine wildlife. every march, thousands of musicians, movie stars and media moguls from all over the world descend on austin, texas. it's time for south by southwest. and this year, one musician made quite a splash on this global stage thanks to a life—changing innovation. and nick kwek travelled with him as he made his us debut. this is eli's story. # ..tears on

youngest prime minister to send to right from the go potty has chosen 37 year old health minister simon harris. as it's new lead to parliament to set to confirm his appointment as premier next month. rally in belgrade has not the 25th anniversary of nato as strikes against which was then yugoslavia, the alliance was protecting ethnic albanian surfaces and neighboring costs of the soviet forces withdrew from comfortable months later, the nature strikes give hundreds and knocked out much of so if he has infrastructure un secretary general, antonio gutierrez says the only way to effectively get more aide into gaza is by road. he's called on israel to stop blocking humanitarian assistance for the policy . the entire tree guitar is also repeated. his goal for an immediate cease fire, use use or your crane is increasing, you rely on drones and this fight against russia to make up for its lack of artillery power. the minute you at croft is effective at destroying russian defensive positions. but military on the small and that droves alone won't be enough to win the war. ukrainian soldiers are instruc

ireland is set to have its youngest—ever prime minister, with simon harris declared as fine gael leaderrld's most gruelling races — speaks to the bbc. any woman that wants to take on a challenge and maybe doesn't have the confidence, the idea that i might have inspired them to believe in themselves and have a go, that's huge.

the sense arrived in a day of positives chosen health minister simon harris to replace leo veronica as potty liza following his surprised resignation. last week. 37. mr. harris will become islands. youngest, ever prime minister and parliament confirmed the appointment. in april, a 2 men have been challenged in connection with fridays cons. that whole attack in moscow, the men face terrorism charges in the mosque of district court for that. and that's roles in the attack. but sales 137 people. i'm going to dozens more actual thoughts . so you say some of the suspects of from the majority muslims. former soviet republics of project is down. the so called islamic states as claims response dependency. a claim confirmed by the us, i'm the u. k. russia is upset. i think i national day of mourning after the attack, which the criminal has tried to link it to you quite. a growing mountain of tribute smacks the scene of friday's attack. a focal point, the people looking to pay their respects and rushes national day of mourning meaning were united in the grease and in the a shock, people came to

and simon harris has been elected the new leader of the irish governing party, fine gael.e's set to become the republic of ireland's youngest prime minister — at the age of 37 — after leo varadkar�*s surprise resignation. now on bbc news — sportsday. here's gavin. hello, and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. coming up on the show... a dominant start for england in the women's six nations, despite a red card in their opener with italy. a monumentous collapse sees england lose the third t20 against new zealand. and max verstappen feels the melbourne heat, as carlos sainz leads a ferrari one—two in the australian grand prix. and chelsea are back on top of the women's super league after they beat west ham. hello there, and welcome to sportsday. it will take something special to stop england in the women's six nations this year, as the defending champions cruised past italy in their opening match today. the red roses turned on the style in the second half, as they begin their campaign for sixth tournament victory in a row, with 48—0 bonus point win in parma — as jane do

ireland is set to have its youngest ever prime minister, with simon harris declared as fine gael leader complete one of the world's most gruelling races, speaks to the bbc. any woman that wants to take on a challenge and maybe doesn't have the confidence, the idea that i might have inspired them to believe in themselves and have a go, that's huge.

simon harris has been confirmed as the new leader of fine gael, one of the governing parties in the republict prime minister. he replaces leo varadkar, who announced on wednesday he was stepping down as party leader and taoiseach. while speaking to reporters, mr harris was asked whether a general election might be on the horizon. it's my view and my intention that this government should run full term. i am very conscious that governments take on a rhythm of their own. and i'm very conscious that all people need to act in good faith. and events can happen in irish politics, of course they can, but we've a lot of work to do and i don't think there needs to be any mystique around my intention, where you guys ask me every second day where my head is at. i am planning for this government, should i be lucky enough to form one and to become taoiseach. i would like to see this government run full term, and that's my intention, as of now. now, jasmin paris from scotland is the first woman to complete one of the world's most gruelling races — the barkley marathons in tennessee. 100 miles, up and down

i'm to solo al jazeera stumble. simon harris is set to become orleans youngest, as a prime minister itself. to he was elected to leave the governing fun gail policy. it follows the surprise of resignation, informing us that near veronica on wednesday 37 year old is best known for helping stay of the country's initial response to kind of 19 as a government most. i want to time to i want to thank every single person in this room and every single community you come from across ireland. i want to thank you for your trust and i wanna promise i'm pledge to you today that i would repay that trust with hired work, with broad selection tiers, day in and day as with responsibility, with humidity and with civility. okay, that's it for me, my main site, you can find lots more information that one on websites out. is there a dot com? the news continues here and i'll just there to the india to stay with us. the why have american evangelicals become this real strongest backer? is us president, you will find the right to stand with this really with no red line, as long as us support continues. is there an

that opposes the confidence of images and meanness tavis regions, and they bring us up by john simon harris says that to become orleans youngest of upfront minnesota not solved. he was elected to lead the governing cynical policy. it follows the surprised resignation of 5 minutes and there veronica on wednesday. 37. 0 is best known for helping stay of the country's initial response to cobit 19 as a government, minnesota. that's it from me, laura called to stay with us. listing place is not the the latest news as it breaks demonstrators, law ser remaining is really captive brought back from dollars us. and they want the broad back now with the to coverage hosting and say that what terry did here in his final words, free power stuff made them feel since then for that he was saying before going from the home to the story, at least 9000 palestinian families are missing at least one loved one. at the start table, the in washington practice to take down the tick tock in the us. pat issue besides chinese ownership. but compounding matters is the volume of pro palestinian content on the israel inva

the center right in a gale party has chosen 37 year old higher education minister simon harris. as its new leader, replacing leo borrowed car, parliament is set to confirm his appointment is premier next month. now what's the best way to relieve stress? some deep breaths? meditation perhaps, or maybe just smashing up everything inside. that's what some people are doing in so called range rooms in nigeria are corresponded when to find out what they're all about. you need protective head gear, gloves, and boulevard, and boots for these kind of stress relief. i've brought some stress with me is taking me more than 2 hours to get here twice as long as it should. yeah. well when it comes to. busy driving really makes me hungry. i'm about to pick. i pulled up 1st ration inside the range room. i'm. we're putting ready for the kids at facing airports. i'm ready to smash. that's go. the uh, that was really exit of rights. it was, i really thought they were all emotions and it was also quite fun theory. no way. i wasn't in this room attract some young people as a new way of paying attenti

place on the president hobby and many critics, the keys of downplaying atrocities committed time simon harris is set to become odd and youngest prime minister and soft that he was elected to lead the governing fine gave coffee, honestly surprised resignation. in front me to sit near herancha, especially a 7 year old is best known for helping stay of the country's initial response to case of 19 as a government. i want to time to, i want to tank every single person in this room and every single community you come from across ireland. i want to thank you for your trust and i wanna promise i'm pledge to you today that i would repay that trust with hard work, with broad selection tiers, day in and day as with responsibility, with humidity and with civility. in salisbury and professions, that medical schools are missing the rest of nations. in support of striking training doctors, they want the government to withdraw its plan to increase student enrollment and medical training institutes. thousands of training adult just moved off the job in late february to protest against the plan, saying it woul

to solo al jazeera stumbled, simon harris is set to become an island youngest. as a prime minister. that's off. so he was elected to leave to the governing fina gail potty and follows the surprised resignation of prime minister leo. veronica on wednesday. said he 7 year old is best known for helping to stay of the country's initial response to cover the 19 as it goes along. and i want to thank you. i want to thank every single person in this room and every single community you come from across ireland. i want to thank you for your trust and i wanna promise. i'm pledge to you today that i would repay that trust with hard work, with broad selection tiers, day in and day as with responsibility, with humidity, and with civility, to eliminate preparations in full swing and the french capital and with some of all the interesting things on the streets of paris, the as you see that these true wages squared off in a rather unusual race. the event is more than a century old and make sense or time of to start doing is wages have to carry a place that with a crystal coffee and a glass of water.

and simon harris has been elected the new leader of the irish governing party, fine gael.s set to become the republic of ireland's youngest prime minister — at the age of 37, after leo varadkar�*s surprise resignation. more on all of the stories of the bbc news website. now on bbc news, it's newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's paddy in the studio. and laura in the studio. and henry at home. laura's had a scoop, so she got the chancellor to commit to the triple lock in the conservative manifesto. because you hinted this week that the triple lock, which guarantees pensioners�* income, keeps pace with inflation. you hinted that might be reviewed, but will the triple lock be in the tory manifesto this time round? well, i can confirm it will be, yes. and there's two very important things i would say about that. when we came to office in 2010, pensioners were more likely to be in poverty than other income groups. now, because of the triple lock that we introduced, they are less likely to be in poverty. and i think that's a very important social change because,

. _ simon harris has been confirmed as the new leader of fine gael, one of the governing parties in theplaces leo varadkar, who announced on wednesday he was stepping down as party leader. while speaking to reporters, mr harris was asked whether a general election might be on the horizon. iam i am conscious that people need to work in good faith. there does not need to be any mystique where you asked me every day where my head is at. i am forming for this government, if i am lucky enough to form one, i would like to see this government run full term and that is my intention for now. now to the story ofjasmin paris from scotland. she's the first woman to complete one of the world's most gruelling races — the barkley marathons in tennessee. 100 miles. up and down hills. through rugged terrain. she finished with just 99 seconds to spare before the 60 hour cut—off. jasmin has finally recovered her breath and spoke to the bbc. it wasn't until the last kilometre that i really sort of doubted that it was going to be possible. and at that point i was just so desperate to stop, to stop running a

so simon harris was kind of the one man who actually wanted be man who actually wanted to be t shirtw. he's very much a fella who blows with the along now. he's very much a fella 'whatilows with the z —— — — along now. he's very much a fella 'what morewith the ’—— — — along now. he's very much a fella 'what more you the ’—— — — along now. he's very much a fella 'what more you can ’—— — — along now. he's very much a fella 'what more you can sayéa . . along now. he's very much a fella 'what more you can say about — — know what more you can say about that monumental stupidity. >> well, exactly. >> well, exactly. >> it's sweet that >> yeah, it's very sweet that they try . they try. >> it is very sweet. okay, well, at they didn't and at least they didn't try and give mouth mouth. at least they didn't try and give know? mouth mouth. at least they didn't try and give know? i mouth mouth. at least they didn't try and giveknow? i mean, th mouth. at least they didn't try and give know? i mean, anyway, uth. at least they didn't try and give know? i mean, anyway, let's you know? i mean, anyway,

within the last half hour, we've learned that irish government minister simon harris has thrown his hat the ring to become ireland's next taoiseach , ireland's next taoiseach, announcing he'll put his name forward to become the next leader of fine gael first. it comes a day after leo varadkar's announcement that he was standing down and would step aside taoiseach, once his aside as taoiseach, once his successor was appointed. if he is appointed fine gael leader, mr harris would be expected to formally be elected in april and would be the country's youngest premier at the age of 37. thousands of women born in the 19505 thousands of women born in the 1950s may be eligible for compensation , after a report compensation, after a report found that the department for work and pensions failed to adequately inform them that state pension age was changing, the parliamentary and health service ombudsman looked at potential injustices resulting from the decision to raise women's retirement age, to bring it in line with men's back in 2010, the women against state pension inequality campaign, that's

ireland is set to have its youngest ever prime minister with simon harris declared as fine gael leadereir support — following catherine's announcement that she is being treated for cancer. hello. welcome to the programme. russia is observing a national day of mourning today for the victims of friday's attack on a concert venue, just outside moscow. in the last couple of hours, vladimir putin lit a candle in a church outside his residence outside moscow in memory of the victims. at least 137 people died in the attack on concertgoers in the crocus city hall — the latest death toll from officials. mourners have also been placing flowers at a makeshift memorial at the concert venue — others have queued to donate blood for the many survivors. the islamic state group has released graphic footage, which appears to back up its claim of responsibility for the attack. caroline hawley reports — and a warning, it contains some images you may find distressing. a growing mountain of tributes in memory of those killed in russia's deadliest attack on civilians in two decades. many had been attending a

simon harris — who's the ministerfor science and higher education — has announced he intends to run fornd honoured to receive the support of so many party members. many seniorfigures in the party have ruled themselves out of the race to replace mr varadkar, who announced his shock resignation on wednesday. 0pposition figures in india have strongly condemned the arrest of delhi's chief minister. police surrounded the home of arvind kejiriwal, a prominent opposition leader, in connection with corruption allegations relating to the city's policies over alcohol sales. a probe into the matter has already seen two of his top allies jailed. he was detained after several hours of questioning by india's main financial crimes agency. mr kejriwal's arrest comes weeks before voting starts in a general election. here's our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan. it isa it is a hugely significant moment as you say, that elections are only a few weeks away from now. starting on the 19th in seven phases, it will go on for weeks, so this arrest has triggered widespread condemnation by opposition parties

the ruling thinner gael party has named higher education minister simon harris as its new leader.would succeed leo varadkar, who surprisingly resigned last week citing personal and political reasons. but adkar had also been ireland's youngest ever leader when he was elected in 2017. at the age of 38, he guided the country through some difficult times, including brexit and the covid, pandemic in his acceptance speech, sunday, harris pledged, quote, hard work blood, sweat and tears as the next prime minister will still to come on your mark, get set, go observers or servers. i should say in paris, compete in an historic wage his race, that's back after more than a decade, the action and the details after the break sanity needs to save space >> you have a show were right and left talk to each other cnn presents an encore presentation of hbo's real time with bill maher saturday at eight on cnn >> drives tack gone, get i got america is bad for a comprehensive quality eye exams. i'm dr. yeah. and it may cause less than your regular doc plus america's best as one of the nation's largest g

so simon harris was kind of the one man who actually wanted be man who actually wanted to be t shirtlla who blows with the wind , fella who blows with the wind, so when we passed the abortion law six years ago, he was absolutely, in favour of law six years ago, he was absolbut y, in favour of law six years ago, he was absolbut y, he in favour of law six years ago, he was absolbuty, he sees'our of law six years ago, he was absolbuty, he sees that)f law six years ago, he was absolbut y, he sees that the that, but now he sees that the political beginning to political winds are beginning to shift a bit. you see, i think what would happen in what happened would happen in that six ago what happened would happen in thewhat six ago what happened would happen in thewhat you six ago what happened would happen in thewhat you might ago what happened would happen in thewhat you might call ago what happened would happen in thewhat you might call the 30 is. what you might call the progressive side decided that they a license to do they now had a license to do absolutely anything they liked without

in other news, simon harris has been confirmed as the new leader of fine gael party in ireland , of fine gael party in ireland, paving the way for him to become the country's youngest premier it follows the surprise resignation of leo varadkar on wednesday of this week for what he described as personal and political reasons. mr harris is expected to become ireland's youngest taoiseach after the easter recess , and he said today easter recess, and he said today that the politics should be a force for good. oh enterprise. >> equality of opportunity, integrity and security. i have beenin integrity and security. i have been in this party since i was 15 years old, and those values mean and meant everything to me because i believe in public service. i believe in the power of politics to make a difference. i believe that politics as a profession can make people's lives better. >> the british museum was forced to close today as hundreds of pro—palestine and environmental protests gathered outside. activists were seen waving banners and palestinian flags and shouting hands off the middle east! th

poised to get its youngest ever prime minister the ruling party has named higher education minister simon harriser. the 37 year-old harris would succeed. leo varadkar, who surprisingly resigned last week citing personal and political reasons. >> hindus are celebrating the festival of colors >> in india and pakistan, known as holy aid marks the beginning of spring celebrates the victory of good over evil. >> some communities begin >> the festivities the night before by lighting bonfires followed by singing religious songs and drenched seeing each other in colored powder and buckets of water. >> on the de, of homey assistance for ukraine has been blocked in the us congress for weeks, but it may become a bargaining chip for house democrats on friday, georgia representative marjorie marjorie taylor greene filed a motion to oust fellow republican mind johnson from his role as house speaker. will democrats now say they might come to his rescue if he helps pass ukraine aid. cnn's manu raju has the story house democrats are considering saving mike johnson from a threat from his speakership after marjori

and simon harris is expected to become the new leader of ireland's fine gael party, putting him on tracker as the country's next prime minister. it follows the surprise resignation of leo varadkar on wednesday for what he described as personal and political reasons . at the age of political reasons. at the age of just 37, mr harris will become ireland's youngest taoiseach. he's expected to be formally elected in april after the easter recess. you get more on all of our stories by signing up to our alerts. your screen is on your code on your screen right now, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to michael i >> -- >> thank 5mm >> thank you, aaron armstrong. now which of these two propositions is more true? one elections are won on the centre ground. the tories are losing because they're perceived to have abandoned it. the great danger for them is that after their defeat, they'll move to their defeat, they'll move to the right again , as they did the right again, as they did under howard, under haig and howard, and remain wilderness . or remain in the wilderness. or two, the p

america on the 5th of of course, america on the 5th of november, if you if, helen mccarthy or simon harrisach, it's likely that they'll go long and the election in northern ireland, in ireland itself will be in april or at least as late as april next yeah least as late as april next year. so it's all in flux. least as late as april next year. so it's all in flux . why? year. so it's all in flux. why? why now? of course they look, the government lost this recent referendum on the role of mothers in in the constitution. i think they were quite surprised by the fact that lots of the irish population voted against what the what the elite in dublin wanted. if you use that that language , there's also that that language, there's also concern about immigration, the, the of ireland has the population of ireland has gone up by 1.5 million in the past ten years. and the feeling is that is immigration being is being a tough enough line taken by the dublin government. so i think it may it's all come. it's all building up i think on the on the t shirt. and he decided to resign suddenly, so more uncerta

in other news, simon harris has been confirmed as the new leader of the fine gael party, paving the way for him to become ireland's youngest premier. it follows the surprise resignation of leo varadkar on wednesday of this week for what he described as personal and political reasons . mr harris is political reasons. mr harris is expected to become ireland's youngest taoiseach after the easter recess. he said today that politics should be a force for good hope, enterprise, equality of opportunity, integrity and security . integrity and security. >> i have been in this party since i was 15 years old and those values mean and meant everything to me because i believe in public service , i believe in public service, i believe in public service, i believe in public service, i believe in the power of politics to make a difference . i believe to make a difference. i believe that politics as a profession can make people's lives better. >> in london, the british museum was forced to close today as hundreds of pro—palestine and environmental protesters gathered outside. activists were seen waving

the top story tonight from the gb newsroom is that the irish government minister, simon harris, has thrown his hat into the ring to become ireland's next taoiseach, announcing he'll put forward to become put his name forward to become the next leader of fine gael first. it comes a day after leo varadkar's announcement that he was down and would step was standing down and would step aside as taoiseach, once his successor was appointed . if he's successor was appointed. if he's appointed fine gael leader, mr harris would expected to be formally elected in april and would become the country's youngest premier at the age of 37. the bank of england held the interest rate at 5.25% today, for the fifth time in a row, bank of england governor andrew bailey said the economy wasn't yet at the point where rates could be lowered, but said things were moving in the right direction. when inflation is expected to fall below 2% by the summer. but the bank of england said conflict in the middle said the conflict in the middle east and disruption to commercial in the red commercial shipping in the red sea f

in other news, simon harris has been confirmed as the new leader of the fine gael party, paving the wayr on wednesday of this week for what he described as personal and political reasons . mr harris is political reasons. mr harris is expected to become ireland's youngest taoiseach after the easter recess. he said today that politics should be a force for

simon harris has been confirmed as the new leader of the fine gael party, paving the way for him to becomethis week for what he described as personal and political reasons . mr harris is political reasons. mr harris is expected to become ireland's youngest shock after the easter recess. he said today that politics should be a force for good. oh enterprise, equality of opportunity , integrity and security. >> i have been in this party since i was 15 years old and those values mean and meant everything to me because

ukraine, though, has denied any involvement and simon harris has been confirmed this afternoon as thearadkar on wednesday this week for what he described as personal and political reasons. well, at the age of just 37, mr harris is expected to be formally elected as taoiseach in april after the easter recess. and speaking moments ago, he said he would repay the trust put in him with hard work . i repay the trust put in him with hard work. i hope repay the trust put in him with hard work . i hope enterprise repay the trust put in him with hard work. i hope enterprise is equality of opportunity, integrity and security. >> i have been in this party since i was 15 years old and those values mean and meant everything to me because i believe in public service, i believe in public service, i believe in public service, i believe in the power of to politics make a difference. i believe that politics as a profession can make people's lives better . lives better. >> meanwhile, in london, hundreds of protest protesters and environmental campaigners are still demonstrating outside the british museu

simon harris has been confirmed as the new leader of the fine gael party, paving the way for him to becomereland's youngest premier. it follows the surprise resignation of leo varadkar on wednesday of this week for what he described as personal and political reasons . mr harris is political reasons. mr harris is expected to become ireland's youngest shock after the easter recess. he said today that politics should be a force for good. oh enterprise, equality of opportunity , integrity and security. >> i have been in this party since i was 15 years old and those values mean and meant everything to me because i believe in public service. i believe in public service. i believe in public service. i believe in the power of politics to make a difference. i believe that politics as a profession can make people's lives better. >> government lawyers working from home have reportedly spent nearly £4 million of taxpayers money on new laptops , tablets money on new laptops, tablets and mobile phones, according to reports in the telegraph. the government legal department has purchased thousands of remo

finally, simon harris is set to become ireland's youngest prime minister after no other candidates tof leo varadkar on wednesday for what he described as personal and political reasons . at the age of political reasons. at the age of 37, mr harris will become ireland's youngest taoiseach. he's expected to be formally elected in april after the easter recess . well, you can easter recess. well, you can scan the qr code on your screen for gb news alerts or find more details on those on our website. but now it's back to dawn. >> thank you very much, erin. let's get straight into today's story, shall we? chance for jeremy hunt has stood by his claim that £100,000 a year is not huge salary . camilla not a huge salary. camilla tominey pressed him on this earlier today. here's what he said. >> 100 grand isn't a large amount of money to earn. >> well, i was talking to a lady who was explaining to me the average house prices in that part of the world, £670,000. if you've got a mortgage, if you're paying you've got a mortgage, if you're paying childcare, what looks like a very high salary doesn

who might replace him is interesting, helen mcentee, simon harris, they are they could replace him. ear. simon coveney will be a stop gap leader and if he takes charge, there could be an election in ireland, i'm told in october, around the time in october, when around the time we go to the polls. so a lot of things are happening in ireland right could have right now and it could have this, change of this, this huge change of government. it's sinn government. and if it's a sinn fein government, if they win a sinn win southern sinn fein win in southern ireland sinn fein ireland with a sinn fein administration, northern ireland with a sinn fein adminis'the on, northern ireland with a sinn fein adminis'the on, n> independent candidates or polling high. people sick of the political status quo, sick of the continuum. could we see a brexit party st

simon and gossip. the territory is run by him off which carried active tuber 7th terror attacks. for us vice president cala harris has called for a ceasefire and got some kind of and has urged as well to a low gaza aids or comments were among the sharpest yet by senior us leadership. and given the amends scale of suffering in gaza, there must be an immediate cease fire the select which is what is currently on the table. this will get the hostages out and get a significant amount of a in well for more and i, we can speak to giorgio coffee euro. he's the middle east analyst on the ceo of gulf states analytics in washington, d. c. thanks so much for joining us here. on dw, we just hired combo harris call for an immediate cease fire using really some of the strongest language we've heard so far from the u. s. do you think this is washington trying to distance itself from is really leadership as well. it's a good question and i think it's important to realize that of course, us domestic politics are in the way on many of the, the basic voters, if you will. and the democratic party are very upsetting, fighting in minis