chris hazzard and —— chris hazzard from sinn fein and jeffrey donaldson from sinn fein and jeffrey donaldsonap general election, that also looks like it will hit the buffers because by and large labour vetoed that move. he has to come up with a plan b.a move. he has to come up with a plan b. a number of ways of doing this. one is that you try and snarl up and move to pass the no—deal legislation the house of lords and table some mighty amendments. even so, very difficult to do. i think the peers would probably sit through the weekend to get it through and i don't think that will work. that has to get through before the proroguing of parliament. yes, i don't think that'll work. another option is to introduce a short one line bill to aside the fixed term palin it's out and have an election. the advantage is you only need a simple commons majority rather than two thirds. the problem is getting legislation through now when the prime minister doesn't have a majority and the mood on the backbenches. .. doesn't have a majority and the mood on the backbenches... my best guess is he will sayjeremy co

somebody called sinn fein in all of this who made sure that they were not set again in the past year their attitude to this? we started with a question if ended with a question, thanks. let's move on to the front page here, good news if you're a foreign student, even better if you are a scientist. a foreign scientists student. this is a huge story for the universities, i've been lucky enough and privileged enough to be on the council of an excellent university, the university of birmingham and i know they have been crying out for a better deal for students for the years after they graduate and they have been frustrated, frankly by one person and that one person is the former home secretary and prime minister, theresa may, who is very adamant that the risks of people overstaying their welcome illegally and the rest were too great. now, here is the newjohnson government saying this rule change will mean that overseas students will be allowed to live and work in the uk for two years after graduating and the idea is to boost the number of overseas students welcomed by universities. overs

and does this footage show the late sinn fein leader martin mcguinness making a car bomb during the troublesng up on bbc news. serena williams has another chance to win a record equalling 2a grand slam singles after beating elina svitolina in straight sets. she's through to the us open final. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. opposition parties in parliament have agreed to stop borisjohnson holding an election — until brexit has been delayed beyond 31st october. mps vote again on monday on whether voters should go back to the polls. today the so called rebel alliance — including labour, the liberal democracts and the snp — decided to either oppose an early election or to abstain. some mps say that means an election is now unlikely before november. our political corresponent chris mason reports. trying to strike a deal is rarely easy. £50 per fish. good god! if this looks like a prime minister on the campaign trail that's because it is. hello, good morning. boris johnson started the day in peterhead in aberdeenshire talking fish and talking to farmers, and encountering this b

it was gladiatorial on—air combat, here challenging gerry adams of sinn fein.itical rules of engagement. i'm telling you things have changed, that's all. it's a manifest fact things have changed. he left school aged 15 and started work as a journalist. the story that shaped him was aberfan. he was the first reporter on the scene — 116 children killed when a coal tip subsided onto the town. he then joined the bbc, here truly in the thick of it in the indo—pakistan war of 1971. there's the big guns falling. there's a sabre just gone overhead. but the place he truly made his mark was today. take this in 2012. the bbc director—general george entwistle under fire after false allegations of child sex abuse in a newsnight report. what's happening here? the second this was brought to my attention last night, i immediately... brought to your attention? do you not read papers? do you not look, do you not listen to the output? george entwistle resigned later that day. have you ever regretted going too far with a politician? oh, yes, yes, yes, many times. many times. have

how can you let a man who supported sinn fein ira be in charge of our nation's security and who thinksmmigration controls, be in charge of our borders. a man who thinks that punishing companies for being successful is, allow him to be in control of our economy. and how on earth can we let a man who has indulged, accommodated and excused the most terrible anti—semitism be in charge of our democracy. the's. soft on terrorism supine on acuity and bankrupt economically and a danger minorities, jeremy corbyn is totally unfit to be by minister of oui’ our country. applause. these are testing times, but when our party and our country have been tested in the past, we have been tested in the past, we have met and listed the challenges of our times. conservatives are rose to the industrial revolution whether the courage to cut tariffs and with the courage to cut tariffs and with the compassion to pass laws to protect factory workers. conservatives responded to the turbulence of the 1930s with investment in health and housing for the poorest and the resolution to rearm in the face of dictatorship

sinn fein don't take their seats. picture, what is clear from these benches is that with 341 mps who aren't with him, the prime minister — who promised to take back control — has lost control of the commons, at least until a general election. and even that is not within his gift. that's christian fraser. so, a dramatic week here at westminster, but what are people across the uk making of it all? and particularly young people? leigh milner has been speaking to a group of sixth form politics students at a college in colchester. yes, it is their first week back this week, they all study politics. what do you make of what's going on in westminster at the moment?” think it is disappointing our mps and especially our prime minister who is leading the country are behaving in a way that makes me uncomfortable to call these people my mp5 and my prime minister. boris johnson is challenging the sovereignty of parliament in my eyes. parliament is challenging the will of the people, parliament is trying to stop brexit and boris jo

it was gladiatorial on—air combat, here challenging gerry adams of sinn fein.ence helped define the political rules of engagement. i'm telling you things have changed, that's all. it's a manifest fact things have changed. he left school aged 15 and started work as a journalist. the story that shaped him was aberfan. he was the first reporter on the scene — 116 children killed when a coal tip subsided onto the town. he then joined the bbc, here truly in the thick of it in the indo—pakistan war of 1971. there's the big guns falling. there's a sabre just gone overhead. but the place he truly made his mark was today. take this in 2012. the bbc director—general george entwistle under fire after false allegations of child sex abuse in a newsnight report. what's happening here? the second this was brought to my attention last night, i immediately... brought to your attention? do you not read papers? do you not look, do not listen to the output? george entwistle resigned later that day. have you ever regretted going too far with a politician? oh, yes, yes, yes, many ti

was suspended in january 2017, following a row between the main power sharing parties, the dup and sinn feinil servants have been taking day—to—day decisions. the northern ireland secretary told mps he would do everything he could to restore power sharing. democratically—elected politicians in northern ireland are best placed to take the decisions needed to support hospitals, schools, and the police. i've seen the excellent work of civil servants in northern ireland over the last few weeks, but they cannot of course take the proactive decisions that are needed on public services or the economy in the run—up to 310ctober. if we cannot secure the restoration of an executive, we will pursue the decision—making powers that are needed at the earliest opportunity. julian smith was answering an urgent question from his labour shadow, who said some form of "direct governance" would be needed if there's a no—deal brexit. mr speaker, if this were your constituency, whether it be wales or scotland, this situation would not be allowed to happen. hopefully the secretary of state shares with me the view t

the pro united ireland party sinn fein accusing him of failing commitments to uphold northern ireland'sood friday peace agreement, enshrining an open border. >> we're very concerned to hear -- and concede the point there might be checks. >> reporter: when he became t. shot two years ago, he broke the mold for irish leaders. young, gay, the first-ever born to immigrant parents. brexit is by far his biggest challenge. and while housing and health care have taken the shine off his early popularity, his handling of brexit is well received. for the past year he has had plenty of e.u. support. meetings with german chancellor angela merkel, french president emmanuel macron, and european council president come apace. his meeting with johnson in the face of the u.k.pm's no deal extension brexit threat could be less smooth. he appears less than impressed with johnson's tactics. >> this isn't about politicians, it isn't about our lateral prospects. it's about protecting people's jobs, people's livelihoods, protecting business, protecting peace and protecting security. if an extension is required t

which will incentivise sinn fein to advocate for the border poll to take northern ireland out of theblic of ireland toa and then to the republic of ireland to a united ireland. how on earth could be right honourable gentleman defend the indefensible? because i simply disagree with the honourable lady, but there would have to be a political desire to impose a hardboard that political desire to impose a ha rdboa rd that and political desire to impose a hardboard that and neither united kingdom nor the republic of ireland government has such a desire.|j thank the right honourable gentleman for giving way and i have a fondness for giving way and i have a fondness for him from time at the committee years ago. what is constitutionally irregular shutting down parliament, shutting down debate on shutting down the ability of mps to hold this government to account. can the right honourable gentleman tell me when it was he became aware of the payments are's planned to shut down parliament in order to force down a no—deal brexit because papers today suggest it was the plan on 16th august? as par

sinn fein don't take their seats.hes is that with 341 mps who aren't with him, the prime minister the prime minister who promised to take back control has lost control of the commons — at least, until a general election, and even that is not within his gift. so, how have the markets responded to the toings and froings in westminster over the past 2a hours? dominic o'connell is here. what reaction has there been from the markets? we have been going through an extended period of uncertainty. and that uncertainty is reflected in what is happening to sterling. since town macro became prime minister, it has been trending downwards. with these votes and counter downwards. with these votes and cou nter votes, downwards. with these votes and counter votes, it has been up and down and it has mirrored how close you get to a no—deal brexit that makes telling weaker and when a no—deal brexit receipts, sterling goes up. but in a fairly narrow range. about one us dollar and 22 cents, down to $1 and 18 for a few moments a couple of

sinn fein don‘t take their seats.ion parties gang up, boris johnson can‘t get near an election, evenif johnson can‘t get near an election, even if he does it through a bill that needs a simple majority. but we re that needs a simple majority. but were not the opposition parties seems to be divided and that is the snp. i think labour, the liberal democrats, the x tories, they are all likely to say we need a delay until... you think the former tories, the 21... i think until... you think the former tories, the 21. .. i think they will say don‘t have an election now, have it once we have extended britain‘s membership of the eu. the party still arguing internally is the snp and if the snp go with the government, then boris johnson and if the snp go with the government, then borisjohnson has the numbers and we will have an election in october. if the snp stand with the other parties, we will not have an election in october. and you think they are ' 7 october. and you think they are split? that is what i am hearing but ther

it was gladiatorial on—air combat, here challenging gerry adams of sinn fein. me make this point. you, who i admire as a broadcaster... his terrier—like persistence helped define the political rules of engagement. i'm telling you things have changed, that's all. it's a manifest fact that things have changed. he left school aged 15 and started work as a journalist. the story that shaped him was aberfan. he was the first reporter on the scene — 116 children killed when a coal tip subsided onto the town. he then joined the bbc, here truly in the thick of it in the indo—pakistan war of 1971. there's the big guns. there's a sabre just gone overhead. but the place he truly made his mark was today. take this in 2012. the bbc director—general, george entwistle, under fire after false allegations of child sex abuse in a newsnight report. what's happening here? the second this was brought to my attention last night, i immediately started... brought to your attention? do you not read papers? do you not look, do you not listen to the output? george entwistle resigned later