sinn fein in the 1980s. we have seen it all before.hey are the same. derry‘s creggan estate is the stronghold of the new ira. here it's a battle, as ever, for hearts and minds. the police need intelligence and the dissidents need both tacit and active support. when they kneecap drug dealers, dissidents say they are responding to community concerns over anti—social behaviour. the sentiment in the community they are based is one that they do not want them there and they are seen as people who ruin their lives and exploit vulnerable young people. they also have a softer and more subtle way of winning those hearts and minds. we've launched a food bank appeal. we've seen in the last couple of years the rise in the use of food banks, specifically here in derry. and where do these come from? it's local people that donate these items. isn't this the soft, friendly face of saoradh? well, you say that as though saoradh has another face. we're a socialist party. we work on behalf and for the working—class communities that we come from. if people

earlier, sinn fein's leader at stormont, michelle o'neill saw off a challenge to her position. water cannon and tear gas on demonstrators in paris, on the first anniversary of the anti—government protest movement. the clashes were the worst for several months, with thousands of protestors coming on to the streets to support the so—called gilet jaune or yellow vest movement. more than a hundred people were arrested. from paris, lucy williamson reports. in paris today, a reminder that the anger that sparked this movement a year ago hasn't gone away. the number of protesters much smaller now, but for the rioters and police, the tactics remain the same. translation: today is one year since the gilets jaunes took to the streets, to demand social, tax and economicjustice. one year later nothing has changed. we are still angry and still here, and still they gas us and they beat us. it was enough for police to ban the main protest at place d'italie. tear gas and water cannon clearing the square within hours. tonight across the city, small pockets of demonstrators are still battling wit

it's sinn fein in the area in the '80s. we've seen it all before.lities. they are the same. derry‘s creggan estate is the stronghold of the new ira. here, it's a battle, as ever, for hearts and minds. the police need intelligence and the dissidents need both tacit and active support. when they kneecap drug dealers, dissidents say they are responding to community concerns over antisocial behaviour. the sentiment in the community in which they're based is one that they don't want them there and they are seen as people who ruin their lives, they exploit vulnerable young people. they also have a softer and more subtle way of winning those hearts and minds. we've recently launched a food bank appeal. we've seen in the last couple of years the rise in the use of food banks, specifically here in derry. and where do these come from? it's local people that donate these items. isn't this the soft, friendly face of saoradh? well, you say soft, friendly face as though saoradh has another face. we're a socialist party. we work on behalf and for the working—class

i would much rather see the snp more deeply involved but also let the green party have one mp, sinn feinld like to see some debates with more people involved but i think that has to represent what is currently in parliament. it makes you wonder whether the debate over brexit will be different in terms of northern ireland if the political parties in northern ireland were parts of. the other interesting point is if you do it on parliamentary representation, the uk brexit party argument, is excluding. and so, they may feel unrepresented and on the other hand you have the liberals and historically, for decades. point between 23% and you ended up with eight. so it is really tricky. clinic and the one judgement, the onejudgement that i clinic and the one judgement, the one judgement that i thought was correct when thejudge one judgement that i thought was correct when the judge said he is not sure that this is correct for a court of law. will talk more about this in the coming days, let's talk finally about this review, the most distressing story of the day. on the most distressing things i ha

sinn fein has confirmed the party won‘t stand three candidates in northern ireland constituencies inidates in south belfast, east belfast, or north down, and are urging voters to back pro—remain parties. it follows a similar move from the ulster unionist party and the sdlp, who are not standing in north belfast to give sinn fein a better chance of beating the dup‘s deputy leader, nigel dodds. if you want to know about why an election has been called, and the issues that voters care about, see our really simple guide to the general election, at bbc.co.uk/news, or on the bbc news app. mps will vote this afternoon to electjohn bercow‘s successor as speaker of the house of commons. the seven candidates will make their pitch before a series of secret ballots. ben brown looks at the importance of the role of the speaker. order, order! john bercow stood down as speaker of the house of commons last week after ten years in the hot seat. thank you, order. as well as pomp and regalia, what exactly does the job involve? we march on our way. well, probably the best—known role of the speaker is ke

the sinn fein leader, mary lou mcdonald, has told her party conference there should be a referendum onithin the next five years. she said she believed a united ireland would be achieved in the 2020s. earlier, sinn fein‘s leader at stormont, michelle 0'neill saw off a challenge to her position. more than 60 flood warnings are still in place across england and wales as water levels begin to subside. large parts of the country have been water—logged for days with south yorkshire among the hardest hit. hundreds of volunteers have begun a clean—up effort in doncaster a week on from the worst of the flooding. some people travelled miles to help out as tom airey reports. ruined down to the foundations. two weeks ago, glyn had decorators in his living room putting up new wallpaper. a week later, it's volunteers ripping up the floor after floodwater rose up through it. we had a few sandbags that i bought years ago and put them in front of the door, but a stupid person drove by when it were about two foot and knocked my wall down. everything's gone, my blinds fell down, everything, but like i sa

michelle 0'neill will continue in the position which, in effect, means she is leader of sinn fein inducted in a "comradely way". there've been skirmishes in paris between police and yellow vest protesters, a year on from the first of the movement's weekly demonstrations. demonstrators threw projectiles at riot police, who responded with tear gas. they first took to the streets to protest against president macron‘s fuel tax hike, but the movement went on to challenge his wider reforms, even demanding his resignation. hugh schofield has sent this report. one year on, not the champs—elysees this time, but the place d'italie in the east of the city, and the rioters are out again. maybe they are only a minority among the yellow vest protesters, but they are certainly setting the tone. this was supposed to be the starting point for a peaceful march for gilets jaunes through the centre of paris. instead, we have burning barricades, clouds of tear gas, projectiles being thrown at police. scenes very reminiscent of this time last year. earlier, a group of protesters tried to block off the par

michelle 0‘neill will continue in the position which, in effect, means she is leader of sinn fein in in place across england and wales as water levels begin to subside after large parts of the country were water—logged. south yorkshire has been worst hit. today hundreds of volunteers started a clean—up effort in doncaster, a week on from the worst of the flooding. some people travelled miles to help out, as tom airey reports. we went down to the foundations. two weeks ago, glyn had decorated in his living room putting up a new wallpaper. a week later its volu nteers wallpaper. a week later its volunteers ripping up the floor after floodwaters rose up through it. we had a few sandbags that i bought years ago and put them in front of the door, but a stupid person drove by and knocked my wall down. everything... everything. but i couldn‘t work without these people. glyn has been uninsured after the cost of flood cover became unaffordable following major floods here 12 years ago. we came together to help him. what we can do for these people is what the insurers won't do. we took all thes

sinn fein says it won't not run candidates in three northern ireland constituencies.johnson and jeremy corbyn to a tv debate. so far the only tv debate to have been confirmed is on itv betweenjeremy corbyn and boris johnson. and that has the liberal democrat leader jo swinson has also been talking about being excluded from the itv debate. she says the party is taking legal advice. here's more of a statement earlier. i stand as a candidate to be prime minister, and as the leader of the biggest and strongest party of remain, it is nonsense to suggest that these debates should go ahead, leave versus leave with no voice at fort remain whatsoever. itv says it's planning comprehensive and balanced election coverage, including a debate in which seven party leaders will be invited to take part. helen catt, westminister. one of the rules around the tv debates, can the broadcasters do whatever they like? they are chosen by discussion between the tv companies and the political parties as to the makeup of each one, and that we have seen different things over the years so if you t

you regard the alliance party, a very soft unionist party, but essentially the alliance party and sinn fein, m ost of the divide was about brexit, and the point is that two people were elected who were totally against brexit, or totally against a hard crash out brexit, versus one. so arguably things are getting a little more fluid, and of course northern ireland now divides demographically between catholic and protestant, both heading towards 45%, but there is a significant sort of new immigrant population, but also people who don't strongly identify as either, and in certain instances, in the be lfast city council, can actually swing things when there is a reasonable decision to be taken versus an unreasonable one. so i think, now, you see, one of the things, the great cry 100 years ago was that home rule would be rome rule, which is why ulster unionists were opposed. now of course you have a situation where things like same-sex marriage and even a moderate form of abortion have been legislated in the republic, and are not legislated for in northern ireland. so the new protestant cry from

and the alliance risking emerging between sinn fein and the green party in some seats may make it hardernservatives as he sees it are the party to protect the union particularly in scotland making the argument that he felt for the conservatives is the only way to stop another independence referendum facade —— on teesside. a busy couple of days for the premise and a busy couple days for the election. thank you jonathan. time for a look at the weather. ben rich has the details and rain is a big part of the story. we have seen heavy and persistent rain especially across northern england. it has been causing problems, flooding problems in places but also some really appalling travelling conditions on the roads and on the rails. many flood warnings issued across england and mostly in the north. last i checked 73 flood warnings but that has been growing. we have a met 0ffice amber warning enforced in parts of derbyshire, greater manchester and parts of west yorkshire. these areas have been seeing rain for the day as it piles into the evening. before heading out and about in these areas do take