when people talk about the irish border of the past, they tend to refer to the years of the troubles,hen huge security was needed along these roads. that's not the case any more. this is actually the dividing line between the countries, not that you'd notice. there's going to be some form of border because the uk won't want people going into the south of ireland and using it as the gateway into the uk itself. i've never seen before, you know, i was too young. i didn't see the border but i can imagine that it won't be good. on this shared island, leo varadkar knows there are many interests. a brexit deal that's good for the uk is likely to be important on both sides of this border. chris buckler, bbc news, northern ireland. let's speak now to the former northern ireland secretary, peter hain, who joins us live via webcam from neath. lord hain, thank you forjoining us this evening. every site says that this evening. every site says that this is a priority but what are the practical measures that can be taken to make sure free—trade continues with northern ireland and ireland? the only p

the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, who i was speaking to before we came on air. lurfrom a politician who should know better? earlier today, sarah champion — the shadow women and equalities minister — resigned from labour's front bench after a row erupted about an article she penned for the sun newspaper. its headline? "british pakistani men are raping and exploiting white girls, and it's time we faced up to it." in the opinion piece, she wrote that "we must accept for gang—related child sexual exploitation, the convictions have largely been against british pakistani men." she has now apologised for the offence caused by her "extremely poor choice of words". but does she have anything to say sorry for? i'm joined now in the studio by muhbeen hussain, the founder of british muslim youth, and from salford by amina lone, from the social action and research foundation. let me come to you first, amina, was sarah champion right to resign let me come to you first, amina, was sarah champion right to resign from her post as shadow women and equalities minister? no, i don't

that hasn't stopped the new irish prime minister from hasn't stopped the new irish prime ministerfroming hasn't stopped the new irish prime minister from making his hasn't stopped the new irish prime ministerfrom making his opinions known. he made a speech this week, calling for unique solutions to preserve the relationship between the uk and the eu after britain leaves. brian, you're not long back from dublin. just how worried as the administration? it is a distinct change of tone from enda kenny's time. leo veradker has decided, probably correctly, to distance himself from the uk. enda kenny, at the beginning of when the referendum was held, enda kenny has said to the other eu members, "we are very close to britain, we can help britain through this." now you get leo veradker, who is saying in fact, well, britain better get on with it, the border. they have to come up with solutions. and in politics, as eve ryo ne with solutions. and in politics, as everyone around this table knows, words are important. so what does a sea mless words are important. so what does a seamless border mean

this time, it's about minimising disruption at the irish border. on the government has proposed, there'd be no customs border at all between the uk and ireland. this would enable goods to flow freely between northern ireland and ireland. (mix screen 2) the paper also highlights protecting —— the paper also highlights protecting the common travel area and associated rights for uk and irish citizens. thanks to the current arrangement, people can move freely between northern ireland, the republic and the rest of the uk without passport checks. the centre for cross border studies estimates that up to 30,000 people cross the border every day for work. and according to the central statistics office, the value of ireland's exports to britain has grown by 14% to $8.5 billion so far this year. joining us now is professor lee mcgowan from queen's university belfast. good to see you. so who is set to benefit most from the maintaining of this current border you like. everyone is going to benefit from the current situation if it is allowed to continue but this i

and if the irish republic wanted to join us bureaucracy of the eu. so. you know, i think there will be bumps on the road, we can expect that over the course of the next few months. hopefully we can get to a point where trade for go on unhindered between the uk in the republic. it is in both of our interest to do that. nobody wants a hard border. therefore richard by relatively easy to ensure that we don't have one. well, how easy? —— therefore it should be relatively easy. i was speaking to a former northern ireland secretary earlier who says that all of the technology is there to make sure that this border should work with very little hard border presence, if you like? well, if you look at the factual position at the moment, europe does not want a hard border because they see that it is in nobody is addressed to have that. northern ireland, we don't want the ha rd northern ireland, we don't want the hard border, and the republic don't wa nt hard border, and the republic don't want it. so why do you know why we would end up with one when all of the p

the irish establishment very much would like the uk to stay within the eu. and we will leave and we wa nt voted to leave and we will leave and we want the very best relations with our neighbours. we don't have any close and neighbours than the republic of ireland. we have better terms with the republic of ireland and we want to keep it going. we wa nt to and we want to keep it going. we want to conclude a free trade deal with the european union. make sure thatis with the european union. make sure that is all done in a tidy manner so that is all done in a tidy manner so that there are no problems, such as he has mentioned. the problems he has mentioned are all super bowl with modern technology. thank you very much for your time and sorry about the communication difficulties. thank you for your time this morning. the royal bank of scotland, which is still predominantly owned by the taxpayer, has reported a substantial profit after a £2 billion loss for the same period last year. the bank made almost £940 million in the six months to the end ofjune. they also a

when people talk about the irish border of the past, they tend to refer to the years of the troubles,along these roads. that's not the case any more. this is actually the dividing line between the countries, not that you'd notice. northern ireland's biggest party, the dup, campaigned for brexit. but they believe these roads can remain completely open. there is no binary solution to these things, and actually pejorative language like "hard brexiteers" doesn't really work for anybody. brexit has led to a lot of divisive language in stormont, where the main parties still can't agree a deal to restore power—sharing. the dup are very disrespectful about the vote in the north. the majority of people here, we say it loud and clear, the majority of people voted against brexit. on this shared island, leo varadkar knows there are many shared interests, and the final details of the deal that sees the uk leave the eu will be important on both sides of this border. chris buckler, bbc news, belfast. our political correspondent ben wrightjoins me from westminster. the status of the border is one of

britain the clock is ticking on brexit — and accuses theresa may's government of having no plan for the irishder. president trump calls the russia allegations ‘a fake story‘ as the possibility of criminal charges grows. and on newsnight, as the world's finest athletes descend upon london, we ask whether the sport can ever shrug off the shadow of doping revelations and rediscover the heady heights of london 2012. good evening and welcome to bbc news. sir mo farah has won gold in the 10,000 metres at the world championships in london — his final competitive athletics event. it was an emotional victory and the stadium erupted when he crossed the line well ahead. this was the scene of his greatest victory, five years on, london and his family were ready to watch ridden‘s team get off to the perfect start. one more time for m0 farah. but he adopted his favourite position near the back of the pack. it seemed there was a tagteam of other nations working together to keep him out of the hunt, lap after lap he stayed out of trouble, riding his time, even asking the crowd from all passion. —— the more p

the future of the irish border is a key part of talks with brussels, but the taioseoch says so far, british ministers have no plan. we'll have the latest from belfast and westminster. also on the programme. president trump dismisses allegations of russian links with his election campaign as "total fabrication". ba warns holidaymakers of delays at european airports, ahead of one of the busiest travel weekends of the summer. football star neymar, is unveiled at his new club, but can any player be worth close to £200 million? and the drama school producing some of britain's best black actors. we talk to star wars‘ john boyega, about fame and success. there's a purpose and a value, making others see themselves in a better way. you've got to break glass ceilings to do that. and that's what i'm doing. that's it. and coming up later in the hour in bbc news, in world athletics sportsday, we will look forward to the first day of competition at the london stadium, including usain bolt and mo farah. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. ireland's prime minister, leo varadkar, says britain

the irish foreign minister talking to chris the irish foreign minister talking to chris buckler. ality check team has been looking in more detail at why the irish border matters so much. the government's proposals promise to uphold the good friday agreement in full and to maintain the common travel area, which allows irish and uk citizens in ireland to travel freely, but the determination to avoid a hard border after brexit is at the heart of the matter. that's because when brexit happens, the uk will suddenly have a major land border with the eu. here it is, between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, running for 310 miles. during the troubles, with tensions on the border there were just 20 official crossings between northern ireland and the republic. the british army shut down, spiked or cratered the rest. but following the good friday agreement, there has been considerable change and now there are more than 260 public roads that cross the border. the centre for cross border studies has estimated that between 23 and 30,000 people cross the border daily for work. while,

that is to say, the external land border of the european union will be the irish border. fter brexit, wants to control migration, then there will have to be some kind of control of that border. because otherwise eu nationals who want to come into the country illegally will come into the country illegally will come through the irish republic, as they are entitled to do. so that issueis they are entitled to do. so that issue is from the british point of view, but the irish border will need to have some control, otherwise goods will be sold across it in contravention of the customs union. a solution is, as the taoiseach says, for either britain to stay in the customs union with the irish republic, in which case the problem is solved. but he seems to suggest that there should be a new agreement, a far better solution is to stay within the customs union, not try to spend months and years negotiating a new one. but i also think that northern ireland needs to remain within the single market. sorry for interrupting you, time is a lwa ys sorry for interrupting you, time is always l

customs posts were once a feature of the irish border. ese huts lie derelict now and the british government has made clear it wants them to stay that way. its position paper calls for no new buildings or barriers at the border. and repeats calls for a temporary customs union with the eu. followed by a deal that would avoid the need for customs checks for the billions of pounds in trade carried up and down these roads every year. as we look forward to brexit of course we do want to ensure that we do not see a return to the borders of the past. we do not see a return to a hard border and we are able to ensure that the crucial flow of goods and people between northern ireland and the republic of ireland is able to continue in the future. today's document also calls for the protection of the common travel area. which allows people to travel between the uk and ireland without passport control. crossing time today is two hours and 25 minutes. and the government says it has ruled out the idea of a customs border being placed between the islands o

this is a chance to get it on the table by talking about the irish border. ct is a repeating one of the phrases we have seen in recent months. the idea that there should be no return to the borders of the past, that there should be a seamless, frictionless border. but we have also heard cynicism from the eu, the idea that an invisible border is something that is fantasy. the likes of the irish government, they will be looking closely at the proposals, looking closely at the detail to see if they have something thatis detail to see if they have something that is workable there. thank you. the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire — which left more than 80 people dead — has officially got under way. it will look at how the blaze started, the design and refurbishment of the tower as well as the response of the authorities. but broader questions about social housing will not be considered. that has prompted criticism from the local mp, residents and campaigners — as our special correspondent lucy manning reports. hanging from near the top of the tower. ther

on the economic progress of most irish americans. hft, it wasn't until those political machines started to decline and influence that we saw the swelling of the irish middle class to the point where today average irish incomes and educational payment and so forth exceed the national average. viewed against this history many blacks were expecting obama presidency to have more than political clout plans to deliver in the u.s. or any other -- the black experience in america i should add is, of course, different from the irish experience in turn different from the chinese or german or jewish -- and indeed we can't really even generalize about the black experience because native blacks have patterns that differ are from black immigrants from the west indies for example or from africa. but that doesn't mean that because we can't make perfect apples to apples comparisons that we have nothing to learn from what other ungrows experience or that no comparisons can be made. many different racial and ethnic minority groups experience various degr

let‘s find out why the irish border is such a complicated issue. here to explain the details for us. it's it‘s a very sensitive issue, isn‘t it? it certainly is. all of these brexit issues seem particularly real in northern ireland, arguably the part of the uk which will be most affected by brexit. and probably standing in northern ireland on the southern shore of a lock and county down. on the other side of the water, that is the republic of ireland. in the past, this castle stood guard over this limit of the sea. there have been any fortifications on the border for some time. in the past, they were customs checks but that ended with european integration in the 1990s. there are also used to be security checks, watchtowers, helicopters often in the sky. for people living in border areas like this, the prospect of any return to border checks brings back some unwelcome memories. that‘s why this issue is so memories. that‘s why this issue is so politically sensitive and why everybody is stressing that they are committed to getting it right. the governm

we'll have the latest, with reaction from the irish border and from brussels — and we'll talk to thetre for cross—border studies. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. theresa may criticises donald trump for failing to single out white supremacists for criticism, following the violence in virginia at the weekend. we've proscribed certain far right groups here in the united kingdom. and there's no equivalence, i see no equivalence, between those who propound fascist views and those who oppose them. and i think it is important for all those in positions of responsibility to condemn far right views wherever we hear them. the labour mp the labourmp sarah the labour mp sarah champion has resigned from her front bench role and apologise for what she said was and apologise for what she said was a poor choice of words in a newspaper article about child abuse. at least 600 people are still missing after the mudslide in sierra leone. the president of the country says entire communities have been wiped out. unemployment falls to the lowest level since 1975 — but average earnings are still la

the british government wa nts to irish border. e british government wants to negotiate the future of the relationship. the irish border is interesting because one of the things that britain must think about in that context was how goods and people and services might be traded across the border once britain is out of the european union and the republic of ireland remains and the customers that land border. the europeans said we're not talking about that because that is the relationship. in a sense, their distinction is a little artificial, isn't it? let's not pretend that either side is a paragon of virtue in this discussion. both sides are trying to stake out a maximalist position is, which is part and parcel of a negotiation. this reminds me of the presidential campaign when people said we should not take donald trump literally be taken figuratively, or make the mistake of doing it the other way about. with negotiations like this we can get stuck on certain literal statements that perhaps figuratively mean something else. i agree

the irish prime minister continues his first official visit to northern ireland today. rivate event a little later. —— pride in bed. yesterday he suggested the bilateral customs union could be the bilateral customs union could be the best way to deal with northern ireland's order with a republic and described brexit as the challenge of this generation. after record breaking temperatures across europe this week, scientists are warning that the number of people killed by extreme weather conditions could increase 50—fold by the end of this century. a study in the lancet planetary health journal suggests that heatwaves alone could account for 100,000 deaths a year. researchers in italy say urgent action is needed to curb the effects of climate change. an oxford university employee, who's been on the run on suspicion of murder, has been arrested with his alleged accomplice. andrew warren and professor wyndham lathem of northwestern university are accused of stabbing a 26—year—old man to death in chicago last week. both men were detained in oakland in california. people closel

this time, it's about minimising disruption at the irish border. rn ireland is the only part of the uk which will share a land border with an eu member state when the uk leaves the eu in 2019. under one option the government has proposed, there'd be no customs border at all between the uk and ireland, enabling goods to flow freely between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. protecting the common travel area is key. thanks to the current arrangement, people can move freely between northern ireland, the republic and the rest of the uk without passport checks. this is important because, according to the centre for cross border studies, up to 30,000 people cross the border every day for work. and the central statistics office estimates the value of ireland's exports to britain has grown by 14 % to $8.5 billion so far this year. with us is dr paul breen, senior lecturer, university of westminster. good to see you. welcome to the programme. it is hard to overemphasise how important politically and economically there is an invisible border on the

leo varadker crossed the irish borderfor the first time leo varadker crossed the irish border for theland's pm —— prime minister to set out his concerns about what could happen to it after brexit. he arrived after upsetting unionist about brexiteers. but in queens university the new taoiseach was quick to point out how much relationships have changed in a few decades. the border itself was a very different place. a place of bloodshed, of violence, of checkpoints. he is of a new generation. the first time leo varadker voted was generation. the first time leo va radker voted was in generation. the first time leo varadker voted was in the referendum for the good friday agreement. but there is a new challenge and the potential of a new border. there are people who do want a border, a trade border, between the united kingdom and the european union, and therefore between ireland and britain, and therefore, across ireland. these are the advocates of the so—called hard brexit. at a time when brexit threatens to drive a wedge between north and south between britain and ireland, we need to buil

the british and irish government? itish and irish government are guarantors of the good friday agreement. they compensated structure that took a long time to negotiate and i do not think the british government is paying enough attention to the north— south structures that are in place. that is the political part, but the economic part is the trade across that order. you cannot have the technological, technical solution to it. they say, for example, you can pay your customs duties on the same way as the tall by having a bar code in the windscreen of the truck. ask anyone in ireland what happens if you put a very small, on top of a very tall pole on the board of the republic and northern ireland. the negotiations for brexit get back under way at the end of august, and we measured the summit in october. there were major international developments in two areas this week, venezuela and north korea. let's start with venezuela, and the controversial new assembly — packed with allies of the unpopular president nicolas maduro —

leo varadkar crossed the irish borderfor the first time is as ireland‘s prime minister, to set out hisat could happen to it after brexit. he arrived in belfast having upset unionists with recent comments about brexiteers. but inside queens university today, the new taoiseach was keen to talk about solutions and not divisions. at a time when brexit threatens to drive a wedge between north and south, between britain and ireland, we need to build more bridges and fewer borders. he is a taioseoch of a new generation. the referendum over the good friday agreement marked the first time he was eligible to vote. he said the challenge of this generation is brexit and again he challenged those he called the brexiteers to come up with proposals to ease the problems posed by new borders. they have already had 14 months to do so, which should have been ample time to come up with detailed proposals. but if they cannot, and i believe they cannot, then we can start to talk meaningfully about solutions that might work for all of us. for example, if the united kingdom doesn‘t want to stay in the customs

the irish border has become a divisive issue in the debate about brexit.mpletely open roads that connect northern ireland and the republic carry huge amounts of traffic and trade, and on his first official visit north of the border as ireland's prime minister, leo varadkar insisted that the free movement of people, goods and services should continue here after the uk leaves the eu. perhaps the biggest challenge for our generation is brexit. every single aspect of life in northern ireland could be affected by the outcome. we will do all that we can in brussels, london and dublin to achieve the best outcome for everybody on this island, to protect our peace, our freedoms, our rights and our prosperity. mr varadkar has also been meeting northern ireland's main political parties, including the dup, who supported brexit. they've taken exception to some of his recent comments that were critical of those he called the "hard brexiteers". some of the party members have also questioned his decision to attend and event this morning as part of belfast pride. the organ

a series of position papers from the british team to absorb, on subjects including immigration, the irishorder and the court. eunice, have the europeans been impressed 7 well, they have been somehow optimistic about a sudden outbreak of realism from the british government. on the other hand, these position papers were strange because they were dismal position papers without positions, just kind of scenarios and the british government has no position. but there are some signs of well, realism, in the sense that the british government is ready to continue to contribute to the budget of the european union for as long as it is a member of the eu. there has also been movement, welcome movement in the area of the authority of the european court of justice, and i think it is going to be arranged. there are also interesting noises about britain wanting to have a deep and special relationship with the european union, wanting to have also a special and deep relationship, a trade relationship with the eu. wanting to replicate the customs union and so on. the noises pointer a kind of membership of th

this business of the irish border is interesting, because one of the things that britain was talkingbout in that context was how goods and people and services might be traded across the border once britain is out of the european union, and, of course, the republic of ireland remains in because there is that land border. and the europeans said, we are not talking about that because it is about the trade relationship. in a sense, their distinction is artificial, and we must talk about the divorce before we talk about what comes after. let's not pretend either side is a paragon of virtue in this discussion. both sides are perhaps also trying to stake out maximalist positions, which is part and parcel of the negotiating process. this reminds me in some ways of back in the presidential campaign in the us, when people said, we shouldn't take trump literally but figuratively, or make the mistake of doing it the other way about. sometimes, with negotiations like this, we can get stuck on literal statements that perhaps figuratively mean something else, and so i agree with eunice, in that the

the proposals do welcome the irish language of "no border controls." frenchave farmers raise concerns about the prospects of a totally open border between the north and south of ireland. their point is the u.k. could ship indeed from brazil, ship it down to the south of ireland in into the eu. it has been made clear that they're already asked if some kind of frontier control, so we could see a collision course unless these issues can be resolved. matt: what happens next on this issue? where do we go from here? >> my feeling is that the border question is not going to be the whole of the talks. after all, we can only really border once we know what the relationship is between the block in the u.k. i think we will see something in the order that will agree to general principles around the irish border. ultimately, the shape of the irish border will depend on the .eal of the theresa may strike but this will not be resolved for three or four years. guy: can i ask you a longer-term question about the relationship between the u.k., ireland, and ireland's rel

crossing the irish border, which will be the only border still in place.customs post. that to say, they want to keep it that way. the top priority will be to avoid bringing in any physical structure on the last border. how they are going to do this in a situation where the uk is outside the eu and outside the single market and the european customs union, they have basically set out to ideas. they have also suggested there could be a new customs partnership, the same arrangements in paris between the uk and the eu, meaning things can continue as they are at the moment, but alternatively say there could be a highly streamlined border, a technological solution where goods are electronically monitored. it is going to be a very complicated negotiating process. a hospital trust at the centre of an inquiry into a number of avoidable deaths among newborn babies has been criticised forfailing to learn the lessons of past mistakes. a report by the nhs standards watchdog, the care quality commission, found that safety still needs to improve in maternity services at t

0ur ireland correspondent chris buckler is in narrow water on the irish border. miles, crossing fields and bridges, roads and rivers, there is a political dividing line on the island of ireland. but it is a border that cannot be seen, and many want it to stay that way. soft toys and cushions are the latest protest against a hard brexit. where some kind of barriers could divide towns like belcoo in northern ireland and blacklion in the republic, they are either side of this bridge and people in areas like this havejobs, businesses and friends that require them to cross this border regularly. i cross this border quite easily 15, 20 times a day, moving goods sometimes, sometimes just to manage staff, meet people, whatever is involved in daily work. if there is any sort of checks that slow that down or anything else, it is going to create a lot of logistical difficulties. the government wants to return to the days when border huts the government wants no return to the days when border huts and customs posts marked where northern island meets the republic. this paper s

the irish prime minister will be on the eu's side of the table during negotiations.hared island, there is a shared interest in finding solutions. they only have months to discover them. chris buckler, bbc news, northern ireland. well a little earlier chris told us what he thought was the key message leo varadker was trying to get across. in the speech that leo varadkar gave, he set out a number of what he regards as solutions to try and look at this issue to try and deliver some of the issues and solutions to the problems potentially caused by potentially caused by the border but the fact he has come here to deliver his speech at queen's university in belfast is a sign he has become is slightly frustrated, there were flashes of frustration at the way westminster is handling this. he doesn't feel solutions are being put forward quickly enough. he said time and time again the clock is ticking. he's also concerned about the fact there is no power—sharing government at stormont. as a result he asked a of times who speaks for northern ireland? that of course isn't him. bu

one of the big questions of the portrayal of the irish and the view of the irish has to do with the religious faith of most of the irish people in new york, because nast almost certainly was raised catholic, and responded to his young adulthood by rejebting that entirely, and one of the ways that he attacked irish people was by attacking their faith. it is a really curious thing to try to interpret somebody owho grew up in a neighborhood of immigrants and grew up in the faith of the people who he so derides and yet who has come to the set of opinions, and they are totally inconsistent with some of his other opinions about identity and race and citizenship. he is a complicated figure. and it is one cartoon from the tweed era that you asked about and in which he draws irish people in new york in a sympathetic way as victims of tweed, but often his portrayals were just totally out of keeping with what you would have otherwise see in his work. he could be quite bifurcated in that way on other subjects, too. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so, when we think of political satire today, think of "all

it helped to inform his antipathy toward the irish for the rest of his life. he had lots of experience with irish. he grew up in manhattan close to the five points neighborhood. he spent his entire childhood in the company of irish and other immigrants, so it was not new but it shaped what he thought about irish immigrants for the remainder of his life. it reappeared in his work on various occasions as well. we have seen a couple of examples of this, but if you look on the left you can see that he has drawn in the burning colored orphan asylum and next to it a man on a street lamp who has been lynched and below it a stock character from his stable of stereotypes, the irish thug. that particular set of images appears over and over again, so i have this green thing -- oh, look at this, show shiny, right? all of that and almost exactly like that appears six, eight, ten times over the next decade or so in his cartoons. it came to be kind of a shorthand for violence perpetrated for racist reasons, violence perpetrated in defines defines -- defiance of the state, et

says the clock is ticking on brexit and challenges britain to find a solution for the key issue of the irish border. i do not underestimate for a second the enormity of the challenges we face. the probe into russian interference in last year's presidential election intensifies as the man investigating appoints a grand jury. the russia story is a totalfabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. four members of a police helicopter crew are found not guilty of filming people sunbathing naked and engaging in sexual acts. the world's most expensive footballer, neymar, is unveiled at paris st—germain. he says it's about more than money. translation: i was never motivated by money. it was never my first motivation. what i think about is my happiness. i want to be happy. also coming up, the world athletics championships get under way in london tonight. the fastest man in the world and britain's greatest distance runner are both in action in their last major competition before retiring. stay out of the sun. as temperatures soar over southern europe holi

when people talk about the irish border of the past, they tend to refer to the years of the troubles,huge security was needed along these roads. that's not the case any more. this is actually the dividing line between the countries, not that you'd notice. northern ireland's biggest party, the dup, campaigned for brexit. but they believe these roads can remain completely open. there is no binary solution to these things, and actually pejorative language like "hard brexiteers" doesn't really work for anybody. brexit has led to a lot of divisive language in stormont, where the main parties still can't agree a deal to restore power—sharing. the dup are very disrespectful about the vote in the north. the majority of people here, we say it loud and clear, the majority of people voted against brexit. on this shared island, leo varadkar knows there are many shared interests, and the final details of the deal that sees the uk leave the eu will be important on both sides of this border. chris buckler, bbc news, belfast. a british computer expert has appeared before a judge in las vegas, charged

tonight at 10: the government wants business as usual on the irish border, after britain leaves the eu. the prime minister says people and goods should be able to cross between north and south as they do now. we do want to ensure that we don't see a return to the borders of the past, we don't see a return to a hard border. we'll ask whether the government's plans are achievable. also tonight: republicans, including two former presidents, join the condemnation of donald trump for his handling of the violence in virginia. unemployment falls to the lowest level in a0 years — but average earnings still lag behind inflation. also tonight, the bbc talks to child soldiers trained by so—called islamic state — and now living in europe. and, as herfilm about civil unrest 50 years ago opens, oscar—winner kathryn bigelow tells us race relations in america have barely improved. until there's a meaningful conversation about race in america, i'm worried that these events will keep happening. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: celtic try to make the champions league group stage for a second seaso

the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, has called for "unique solutions" to preserve the relationshipen the uk and the european union after brexit. during his first official visit to northern ireland, mr va radkar raised concerns that the irish border could become a barrier to free trade and commerce. our ireland correspondent chris buckler reports. leo barak across the irish border for the first time as prime minister to set out his concerns about what could happen to ireland after practice. —— varadkar. he upset union is with recent comments about brexiteers, but inside queen's university today, he was keen to talk about solutions, not divisions. ata time talk about solutions, not divisions. at a time where wrecks at threats to drive a wedge between north and south, we need to build more bridges and fewer boarders. —— brexit threats. the referendum over the good friday peace agreement marked the first time he was eligible to vote. he said the challenge of this generation is brexit, and he challenged those who he called the brexiteers to come up with proposals to ease the problems po

the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, says it's "only a matter of time" before same—sex marriage isroduced in northern ireland. it is of course a decision for the northern ireland assembly, but i'm confident that, like other western european countries, they will make that decision in due course. on day two of the world athletics championships, britain's katarina johnson—thompson sees her hopes of heptathlon gold fade as she flops in the high jump. and after mo farah retained his ten thousand metre title in his last world championships, will usain bolt emulate him tonight by winning the 100 metres before bowing out? and in half an hour on bbc news, click looks at whether we might one day drive on solar roads, and explores the hacker conventions in las vegas. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. millions of rail passengers are facing three weeks of disruption, as work to update the uk's busiest railway station gets under way today. the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million. ten of the station's i9 platforms are being closed, which means a significantly reduced

we will return to the subject of the irish border, of course, throughout the afternoon.ng news to bring you. this first of all from the national crime agency. in connection to the kidnapping of a model, officers from west midlands police arrested one man in connection with the kidnapping. he is 36 and was arrested at an address in birmingham. this was on a european arrest warrant, issued by the italian authorities. we are told he is due to appear at westminster magistrates‘ court on the 17th, tomorrow, and the national brown agency says it is providing —— national crime agency says it is providing support to the italian police over the kidnapping of chloe. another piece coming from the house of commons, about big ben and the plans to effectively silences for the next four years to carry out essential maintenance work. when parliament returns, the house of commons says after the summer recess, in light of concerns expressed by a number of mps who have been saying that they were unaware that big ben was going to be silent for quite so long, the house of commons commission

but there are concerns about smuggling and the irish government has other doubts. the island of ireland issue's will be resolved through technology and i believe this paper but we also acce pt believe this paper but we also accept that, which is a step forward andl accept that, which is a step forward and i welcome that. it does leave you wondering what the board it is going to look like and if you are outside of the customs union how you police that. we are no clear as to knowing what that is going to be, are we? that is because a negotiation now needs to take place. and there is a will to find solutions in this negotiation because tied up with the politics and practicalities are concerns about the attention impact of peace and prosperity at this, what is currently the softest of borders. alex forsyth is in westminster. listening to the reaction, people still seem to have a lot of questions about these plans. until now, the goblet has been accused of a lack of clarity is and confusion of its approach to brexit so it is showing it has been working on this for some t

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the first time he was able to actually vote. it shows he is an irish and the quote michel barnier, the clock is now ticking. every single aspect of life in northern ireland could be affected by the outcome. jobs, economy, the border, the rights of citizens, the rights of cross—border workers, research funding as i mentioned earlier, trade, agriculture, energy, our fisheries, aviation, eu funding, tourism, public services. the list goes on. in october, not that far away, i sit around the european council table in brussels with 26 other prime ministers and presidents and we will decide together whether sufficient progress has been made on the treaty issues to allow the brexit negotiations to proceed to the next stage. those key issues as you know, citizens' rights, financial settlement between the uk and the european union and specific issues relating to ireland. that will be an historic meeting for this island. it is my fervent hope progress will have been made by them. but i do not underestimate for a second the enormity of the challenges that we face.