inlet emma, when other likely to see an election at stormont?— election at stormont? put on notice that then the announcement came from the secretary of state over people put cornflakes early this morning that he wasn't to go for that pre—christmas election after all but we had all been starting to get the feeling that he was moving in this direction after having previously said he would for one at one minute past midnight and then seemed to stall for time. the bbc understands that what changed is there was intervention from the new prime minister rishi sunak so chris heaton—harris has been holding off, he has been leaving parties in some confusion but we have now that clarity this morning, they won't be a polling dayjust before christmas. that doesn't let me know when to be one at all because the legislation still stands that he has to call an election to be held by the 19th of january. that was to change, what he would need to do is to pass an emergency legislation, and reading between the lines of a statement this morning, people are now thinking that might be the

it's been confirmed that there won't be a stormont assembly election this year.is heaton—harris had said another election would be called, after the deadline to restore power sharing passed last week. currently a vote is still required within the next three months. let's get more from our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. what does this mean, emma, for the people of northern ireland?— of northern ireland? well, none of the parties — of northern ireland? well, none of the parties were _ of northern ireland? well, none of the parties were looking _ of northern ireland? well, none of the parties were looking forward i of northern ireland? well, none ofj the parties were looking forward to a christmas election. i'm not sure many voters were either. so when that announcement from the northern ireland secretary came this morning, there was quite a lot of relief around, but the reality for people here is that life continues in northern ireland without a government here at stormont but perhaps the one thing almost everyone agreed on was an election wasn't going to solve

sinn fein became the largest party at stormont for the first time, after an election in may.northern ireland's first minister. the dup says it is refusing to enter into power—sharing until its complaints about post—brexit trade rules are addressed. candlelight vigils have taken place in south korea to remember the victims of last week's deadly crush — that killed 156 people. the disaster in the capital, seoul, a week ago during halloween celebrations has caused growing public anger. mourners, many holding placards and white candles, gathered in the city to demand justice. our correspondent nick marsh has the story. this city is still in shock. after one of the most terrible weeks in recent memory, adults came together to mourn the young. but the air is also thick with blame. "our children have been sacrificed," this woman says. "i need to mourn. "the korean government has not done a good job. "we want them to truly say sorry and we want "the president to resign." last weekend, 156, mostly young people, went out, and didn't come back. it was supposed to be a fun halloween nigh

northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris has announced there will not be a stormont assembly election in december. keeping the lights on this winter — a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. will you be changing you habits at peak times to save money? you have to have a smart meter to take part in this scheme. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc or use the hashtag bbc your questions. twitter says it will tell staff whether they still have a job, today, following the firm's takeover by elon musk. prince william has announced the finalists for his global we are going to find a solution is to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the �*earthshot prize�*. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the government could delay or scrap major energy and transport projects as it tries to rein in public spending — a spokesperson said �*we are reviewing every major project'. the treasury is due to reveal its tax and spending

sinn fein became the largest party in the stormont assembly at the last election, but michelle 0'neillminister, while the dup refuses to go back into an executive. 0ur correspondent, emma vardy, is live in dublin for us this morning. time for changes the theme of the conference this year, what is michelle 0'neill going to say about changing that stalemate at stormont? she is going to refer to that pivotal moment that came earlier this year in may when sinn fein for the first time became the largest party at stormont, that was historic because it was the first time that a nationalist party had been the largest party in northern ireland since the formation of northern ireland 100 years ago and it meant that michelle 0'neill, the vice president, is entitled to take up the first minister role at stormont. he could not do that because since many dup have stayed out of power—sharing in a protest over the brexiteer arrangements but what michelle 0'neill brexiteer arrangements but what michelle o'neill is going to tell the party conference today is the dup is punishing people, leaving them in

, the first time that a nationalist party has held the most seats at stormont since northern ireland— michelle 0'neill would have been entitled to the northern ireland first minister role but i did not happen, she could not take office because the power—sharing arrangements in northern ireland mean that sinn fein and the dup must agree to govern together and since the election, the dup has refused to go back into power—sharing, they say, because of their opposition to the brexit arrangements. michelle 0'neill has been telling people at the party conference today that she believes the real reason the dup will not go back into power—sharing is because she says the dup don't want to serve alongside a nationalist first minister. she says they are punishing people at a time when people are struggling with the cost of living and leaving people in limbo. some very strong words from her today, which have gone down well with the party delegates. of course, the dup strongly deny this, they say they will respect the mandate from voters, that they would go back into government, but they have thi

sinn fein became the largest party in the stormont assembly at the last election, but ms o'neill haswhile the dup refuses to go back into an executive. our correspondent emma vardy is live in dublin for us this afternoon. northern ireland is in the grip of this political crisis at the moment. people have no government at stormont, no politicians in power, no ministers to take really important decisions which matter for public services. why is this happening? in may, sinn fein for the first time in the history became the largest party, and historic moments for them, the first time a nationalist party became the largest party in northern ireland since the formation of northern ireland 100 years ago. it didn't get to take up the first ministerial because the dup has been blocking the formation of the new power—sharing executive there because of their deep opposition to the brexit arrangements which has created a new board in the irish sea which the unions say as a seeing divides northern ireland has no place in the uk. that has stopped michelle o'neill from taking office as first minist

her party became the biggest at stormont after an election in may, meaning ms o'neill is entitled to into power sharing until its complaints about post—brexit trade rules are addressed. our ireland correspondent emma vardy told us more. northern ireland is in the grip of this political crisis at the moment. people have no government at stormont, no politicians in power, no ministers there to take important decisions which matter for public services. why is this happening? in may at the stillman selections, sinn fein for the first time in the history became the largest party, an historic moment for them, the first time a nationalist party had become the largest party in northern ireland. but they didn't get to take up ireland. but they didn't get to take up the first minister role, that is because the dup has been blocking the formation of a new power—sharing executive because of their deep opposition to the new brexit trading arrangements which have created a new border in the irish sea which units see as that in the main thing northern ireland's very place in the uk. that is prevent

i i, i, i, i, , i, , at stormont. what do ordinary voters make of this? — at stormont.ple? i thinkj people are usually frustrated and this will not change in any practical terms today, at the end of the day, northern ireland still does not have a functioning executive or government, and you have the secretary of state there talking about some of the measures we will have to take with regards to simply having a budget in placejust have to take with regards to simply having a budget in place just to keep the lights on and keep things ticking over. it was interesting earlier on tuesday, chris heaton harris was answering questions in the commons at northern ireland question time in that awful lot of those focused around things like when people in northern ireland will get the money, the energy payment money that will elsewhere in the uk have got but in terms of northern ireland, there is still no clarity around it, so people usually concern about these costs of living crisis and the energy crisis, about things like health waiting lists, they are worse in northern ireland th

very strong words from sinn fein today about the stormont crisis.it has been left without a government. in 2017, the government collapsed and that time it was sinn fein walking out. you need to take a wider look at history when you hear things like this at party conferences. but sinn fein are in a confident mood today because of their success at the last elections and they hope that eventually when power—sharing does return, that one day michelle o'neill will be taking up day michelle o'neill will be taking up that first minister role. it is historic, not only because it is the first on the nationalist had been in the majority in —— the largest party in northern ireland, but because of the story of this party, once upon a time sinn fein was the political voice of the ira, now at the top of government, what a journey they have been on. they are celebrating their recent success in the polls today. thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather. thank you very much. good afternoon. we have low pressure firmly in charge of the weather this

sinn fein became the largest party in the stormont assembly at the last election, but ms o'neill hass first minister, while the dup refuses to go back into an executive. our correspondent emma vardy is live in dublin for us. michelle o'neill, the vice president of sinn fein, has been making some strong statements today. when she is addressing the party conference in that a reference to a crisis in politics instalment. there hasn't been a government in northern ireland since the may elections, or a fully functioning government anyway. back in those may elections, it is a historic turning point because for the very first time sinn fein became the largest party at the stormont assembly. that is an historic moment, the first time for a nationalist party to become the largest party in northern ireland since the formation of the ten to 100 years ago. that should have meant sinn fein michelle o'neill�*s should have become northern ireland's first minister. that wasn't possible because the rules governing power sharing me the dup and sinn fein have to agree to govern together and the dup was

northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris says there will be no stormont elections before christmas takeover by elon musk. a memo has gone out to staff detailing how they'll be sacked now stories from newsrooms across the uk. sir graham brady revealed for the first time today that boris johnson had decided simply not to stand, and sir graham has been talking to annabel tiffin, saying what he said to liz truss just before she resigned as prime ministers. overthe before she resigned as prime ministers. over the last few months, he's arguably been one of the most powerful people in politics. sir graham brady, tory mp for altrincham and sale west, chair of the 1922 committee and the man who sees off prime ministers. over the last three years he's had to do that three times. what did you say to liz truss when he went to see her at the morning she resigned?- when he went to see her at the morning she resigned? well, it was a much easier — morning she resigned? well, it was a much easier conversation _ morning she resigned? well, it was a much easier conversation i _ morning she resigned?

it's been confirmed that there won't be a stormont assembly election this year.on would be called, after the deadline to restore power sharing passed last week. currently a vote is still required within the next three months. let's hear from our correspondent. that is what the law says, i suppose it is not impossible that there could be an amendment to the legislation, the government has a majority in westminster so presumably all options are on the table? ., , presumably all options are on the table? .,, ~' , presumably all options are on the table? ,, ., ., ., table? the most likely scenario that the arties table? the most likely scenario that the parties here _ table? the most likely scenario that the parties here are _ table? the most likely scenario that the parties here are now— table? the most likely scenario that the parties here are now expecting. the parties here are now expecting is for the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris, to pass some legislation which enables him to put the deadline for that election back. at one point, a christmas se

we can see pictures now from stormont, where the leaders of the eight parties which have been involvedwith the prime ministers of the united kingdom and the republic of ireland, are announcing details of an agreement which is intended to end nearly 30 years of conflict and which have cost more than 3,000 lives. agreement. the impossible was done late this afternoon, but done it was, to the delight of the prime ministers, their sad remembrance of the injured and the dead, their realistic hopes for the children's future. the prime minister announces the toughest restrictions on our way of life in living memory. from tonight, you can only leave your home for very specific reasons. we kept audiences up to date as the virus spread. coughing can project small droplets up to six metres. the anguish of thousands who lost loved ones. families separated by the pandemic. no, you can't touch my hand. this is the first timejulie bennett has seen her father in four weeks. shouts heartbreaking. those supporting the work of the nhs. thank you, captain tom, from the nhs. _ those working for it. somebod

yesterday, chris heaton—harris ruled out elections to the stormont assembly before christmas.ainian capital. as you can see, it is really — ukrainian capital. as you can see, it is really foggy _ ukrainian capital. as you can see, it is really foggy here _ ukrainian capital. as you can see, it is really foggy here in _ ukrainian capital. as you can see, it is really foggy here in kyiv - ukrainian capital. as you can see, it is really foggy here in kyiv and l it is really foggy here in kyiv and it is really foggy here in kyiv and it is really foggy here in kyiv and it is getting colder. the concern about power accesses the big international issue as winter sets in. we have heard from the us secretary of state, antony blinken, saying that g7 countries are going to help ukraine protect its energy infrastructure against russian attacks. what we have seen over the last few weeks has been large—scale missile and drone attacks targeting energy substations, energy generation centres, and that has led to massive blackouts in this country. president zelensky said there are 4.5 million u

stormont but a london assembly . stormont but a london assembly.now in the budget last week talking about mayors for southwark and goodness what else being serious when i else i am being serious when i say i'll bet you very people are watching or listening now have any what the london assembly does even if they live and vote in london . so there you were you in london. so there you were you know on a taxpayers salary of 4550 grand a year. i it was 55 i again working about two days a week max. oh no we. didn't we know that . yeah. no, no we know know that. yeah. no, no we know because we were ukip and, we were a small that 72 of us and, you know, we were a novelty for them and so therefore actually worked pretty hard . the thing worked pretty hard. the thing i'll say about the assembly is that essentially if you are a small party, it is the most fantastic platform , which is one fantastic platform, which is one of the reasons why we went for it and that worked so good. no i get it from a ukip perspective . get it from a ukip perspective. you know, w

stormont but a london assembly . stormont but a london assembly.now in the budget last week talking about mayors for southwark and goodness what else being serious when i else i am being serious when i say i'll bet you very people are watching or listening now have any what the london assembly does even if they live and vote in london . so there you were you in london. so there you were you know on a taxpayers salary of 4550 grand a year. i it was 55 i again working about two days a week max. oh no we. didn't we know that . yeah. no, no we know know that. yeah. no, no we know because we were ukip and, we were a small that 72 of us and, you know, we were a novelty for them and so therefore actually worked pretty hard . the thing worked pretty hard. the thing i'll say about the assembly is that essentially if you are a small party, it is the most fantastic platform , which is one fantastic platform, which is one of the reasons why we went for it and that worked so good. no i get it from a ukip perspective . get it from a ukip perspective. you know, w

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris has said there will be no elections for the stormontthin 12 weeks of the 28th october deadline for power—sharing to be restored. devolved government has not functioned since february, with the democratic unionist party blocking the formation of the ruling executive. scotland's first minister has denied that the awarding of a contract to build ferries at fergusons shipyard in port glasgow was a case of "jobs for the boys". nicola sturgeon said she refuted the suggestion that the work was improperly given to a businessman with a known relationship with the scottish government. the ferries are years late and could be £200 million over budget. ms sturgeon said she deeply regretted the impact on island communities. a group of tourists, including some britons, being held captive on an amazon cruise boat in peru for 2h hours has been released this evening. indigenous people stopped the boat as part of a protest about their community being damaged by an oil leak from a pipeline in september. they were trying to force government officials to pro

the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris has said there will be no elections for the stormonte 28 october deadline for power—sharing to be restored. devolved government has not functioned since february, with the democratic unionist party blocking the formation of the ruling executive. scotland's first minister has denied that the awarding of a contract to build ferries at fergusons shipyard in port glasgow was a case of "jobs for the boys". nicola sturgeon said she refuted the suggestion that the work was improperly given to a businessman with a known relationship with the scottish government. the ferries are years late and £200 million over budget. ——the ferries are years late and could be £200 million over budget. ms sturgeon said she deeply regretted the impact on island communities. football fa ns football fans travelling to the world cup could be affected by a strike at heathrow. unite said 700 members are due to walk out for three days from november the 18th. the workers are employed in services including baggage handling and cargo. unite said the action would cause dis

dan: two are stormont, authorities are warning about showers, high waves and potential power outages could reach 15 or even 20 feet. a couple from connecticut was impressed by what they saw at rodeo beach in marin county. this is their first visit to the pacific ocean. >> so far i would say keep out, stay out of the water. >> we were able to take photos of the waves breaking and the surf being pulled back into the water. it's just absolutely beautiful. dan: yesterday two swimmers had to be rescued, one of the swimmers did not survive, unfortunately. pg&e is also a of unplanned power outages because of wet and windy conditions, so here we go. ama: more rain coming. sandhya: it's going to be downpours if the system holds together. right now we are just tracking light to moderate showers, as we get you into street-level radar, found grove parkway, you will notice light showers, light to moderate around american canyon, vallejo and 5th street. if you're stepping out, definitely grab the umbrellas as you will notice showers begin to move into the sunset district. it is a light level 1 rig

irish taioseach micheal martin about how to try and find a solution to the protocol that would get stormontbeen there for so long. the mood music on that is sounding a bit better. the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris this morning is saying he is a glass half—full kind of person and that there is a lot of expectation from the negotiations between brussels and london. but i've got to say, looking at the specifics, it's not clear where that logjam is going to be unblocked. it is not totally clear if enough has changed to allow a new deal. so the optics on that will matter with that caveat that it does not necessarily mean a solution. and then, secondly, as you mentioned, there is the discussions with nicola sturgeon, scotland's first minister, and mark drakeford, the first minister of wales, i think that matters in terms of optics as well. because it is a very public show that rishi sunak wants to do things differently from liz truss who did not speak to ms sturgeon or mr drakeford at all in her period in downing street. i think rishi sunak wants to give the impression that he i

and then collapse as then when stormont collapse as well, there's money.rnett consequentials extra that commander direction will be basically plugging that hole. but i'm in dundonald international ice ball and. you might ask why i'm here of all places. well, we had no regional government in 1985 and local councils in northern ireland had to act like a government. but there's one big thing in all this is riots and it's business in northern ireland, it's very scared of riots going , extremely scared of riots going, extremely high because we have no government at the moment. governments regional rate quite quite so set domestic rates . quite so set domestic rates. well back then it was castlereagh council no less than castlereagh council no less than castle ray to decided to build the international ice ball behind us. they acted like a private company. they put the investment them and people came from all over the island of ireland and still do to get here . dundonald international expo . . dundonald international expo. that of course created revenue inside c

the deadline to restore the power—sharing executive at stormont passed last month following the electionate change for decades, and many had assumed he would want to travel to sharm el—sheikh in person. according to palace sources, advice was sought from the government, then led by liz truss, and the decision taken that king charles should not go. that decision stands despite the change in prime minister, although a downing street spokeswoman indicated yesterday that had mr sunak been in post earlier, his majesty may have gone, after all. his majesty, of course, is a great supporter of this issue, has been for very many decades, almost a lifetime. and he's seen as a leader on this around the world. he was there in paris, he was there in glasgow. and this is a matter between the palace and the government. but whatever happens, his majesty will be there with us in spirit in egypt. so rather than travelling to sharm el—sheikh, a palace spokesperson said, the king's focus is on the pre—cop reception, where senior business leaders, experts and ngos can discuss the important work of the summit

the northern ireland secretary has announced he's to extend the deadline for calling a fresh stormontmart meter is in store, it's a simple process for them to flip you at the push of a button to a prepayment mode. they don't have to apply for a warrant or install a physical box in your home. and most customers like samantha didn't even know it was possible. i didn't have any say in it at all. it wasjust done. and that's not ok, that's not a way to deal with things and it's not a way to deal with people, particularly now. if i didn't have any money to put an extra £10 on the meter, what would i have done? i understand you're having trouble with a prepayment meter, is that right? the regulator has told me that 60,000 smart meters were remotely switched by suppliers just in the last few months. debt charities are already seeing the impact on the most vulnerable. i there is a lot of benefit to be i taken from people being on smart meters but that remote switching process does mean that there i is a risk that people might end up self—disconnecting. - if they are unaware _ they are on a pre

every one involved in doing stormont as well in business, we cutting the good and maybe early.as well in the evenings switches switch off everything. the lights that we use to lift on an evening. maybe if are no light to see the sight of the restaurant. maybe we turn it off in evening before we leave . shopping the way we do leave. shopping the way we do shopping as . well, instead of shopping as. well, instead of going to the store, maybe we looking online to how we can find it cheapest it bargains. i mean it's black friday and is onune mean it's black friday and is online trying to find some onune online trying to find some online that going to us over the next few days or weeks faster absolutely fascinating fascinating you don't only run your own brilliant tiki bar and restaurant you're also you set up restaurant you're also you set up haitian collective of businessmen and women who are running all sorts of small businesses who are the optimists . and why are they optimistic ? i . and why are they optimistic? i guess. . and why are they optimistic? i guess . thank . and why

-h look, politics here at stormont isn't simple at the best of times.the secretary of state, chris heaton—harris, had been warning he would call the election the minute the time went out for talking. that deadline expired last week. there was even a data being talked about of the 15th of december. 6000 election staff, 600 polling stations put on notice. but when that moment came last week, he seems to want to play for a bit more time and said he wanted to talk to the parties first. those talks are happening today. but no one is really sure exactly what is going to come off them because the parties' positions have not budged an inch. sinn fein and the dup have to agree to govern together. at the minute the dp won't do that because of their opposition to the brexit arrangements. the talks between the british government and the eu to try to are not those brexit problems have now restarted. perhaps the secretary of state wants a bit more time to see if something comes from that to take back to the parties. as it stands at the moment, legally there has to be

you have extended the deadline now for restoring power—sharing in stormont until the spring of next yearalks are| ongoing and we are round the table so the _ ongoing and we are round the table so the cbi _ ongoing and we are round the table so the cbi should be very happy about— so the cbi should be very happy about that and also the atmosphere has completely changed. there is mutual— has completely changed. there is mutual respect and trust on both sides— mutual respect and trust on both sides which has been lacking in the past _ sides which has been lacking in the past lia— sides which has been lacking in the ast. , f , , past. liz truss's departure helped the atmosphere? _ past. liz truss's departure helped the atmosphere? no, _ past. liz truss's departure helped the atmosphere? no, it— past. liz truss's departure helped the atmosphere? no, it was i past. liz truss's departure helped j the atmosphere? no, it was reset before that. _ the atmosphere? no, it was reset before that, and _ the atmosphere? no, it was reset before that, and i _ the atmosphere? no, it was reset before that, an

do you believe stormont could be back in action and they addressing all those issues that northern needsow , but think they can go back now, but the that what the major unionist call because the dup's . yeah, call because the dup's. yeah, exactly yeah . no i was just exactly yeah. no i was just i was honestly just about to say that won't happen whilst we've this issue this issue with the northern of protocol. so we know and commission knows that we and the commission knows that we to solve this issue of the northern ireland protocol so goods flow freely goods can flow freely into northern as they would northern ireland as they would do throughout the rest of a they do throughout the rest of a they do now throughout the rest of great there's no great britain. so there's no issues , state vat. and so issues, state aid or vat. and so the ecj, the european court of justice is not the ultimate arbiter of all these disputes, but knows needs but everybody knows what needs be but we do need to be solved. but we do need to have better have we now have better relationships to solve them. and i'm r