to stay in power and therefore the democratic unionists have a particular muscle to flex here.es me when people talk about the border between ireland and the north is that border zones occur on a straight line but of course with ireland and northern ireland it isn't at all. it's a very curvy and crinkly line. 500 kilometres. there are people who do it, somebody said there are more crossing points on the 500 squiggly kilometres of the irish border than the entire eastern land border of the eu covering the whole of eastern europe. that is a handy fact for a pub quiz. in practical terms, how do you police that? i think it will make it an impossibility. so it seems to me that the customs union is the way forward. theresa may has ruled that out but her chancellor thinks that a customs union with the eu for the whole of the uk is the way to go and there may well be plenty of tory mps who feel that too. there are brexiteers who supported brexit who feel this is being used as a convenient red rag to wave, to make brexit difficult. after 20 years of comparative calm in northern ireland,

that is why if i was a unionist in northern ireland, i find those unionists who are opposed to membershipge consideration when you think of the interests of northern ireland must be with remaining, with britain remaining part of the eu, because it makes life so much easier with the border. you had a very close partnership with bertie ahern at the time of the agreement. are you dismayed about the situation now in which there does seem to be tension in that relationship between dublin and london that there hasn't been for many years? yes, i'm worried about it, because that relationship, and it wasn'tjust a personal relationship between myself and bertie ahern, it was also that the two countries were natural allies. and if you think back in time, we most certainly had not been natural allies. and i think the fact that the republic of ireland also when itjoined the european union, it really did upgrade itself as a country, and frankly even after the financial crisis and the eurozone crisis, when you think what the republic did, it is immensely impressive, having come through all that tour mil

one brother was a confederate and the other was a unionist hopkins. and fighting is broken out and a one point, the new miss shoots into a crowd of confederates and shoots his own brother, and he falls. according to the article, the union brother approached his wounded brother immediately thereafter, told the mortally wounded confederate that he had quote done on purpose, and then left. night, as things that settle down, the new brother returned to the scene of the battle, brought water on a blanket and stayed with his ailing brother for half the night. the weber explained the actions of that brother by the fact that he was quote a man of family. and this is quite a story. was it all true? newspapers did look to talk about instances of brother versus brother, here's one article, brother against brother you see in the headline. if you go through the civil war newspaper you will see brother shoots brother, brothers blood, these are the sorts of titles you see through the stories. and again, many are exaggerated and some made up altogether. and that's ho

i don't think he does understand the wider unionist culture of northern ireland.s government. he's hearing it from sinn fein. we have tried to get him to understand the unionist position for the people of northern ireland, but he hasn't really responded to that and i'm disappointed about that. 0n the face of it, the eu and the uk remain deadlocked over the irish border. however, sources inside the british government have told the bbc they believe they will get their proposal through. but until an agreement is reached, businesses both north and south say they feel livelihoods are at stake. we keep trading but our suppliers in england, all anxious to know how they are going to panic because they will potentially lose us 3s customers. so, nobody knows, so we need to find out and find out soon. because this is real and this is happening to real people, and real families and real businesses. so, something needs to be done. a solution for the border must be signed byjune, must be found byjune, according to the eu, for the talks to stay on track. without that, the uk cou

i don't think he does understand the wider unionist culture of northern ireland.nment, he is hearing it from sinn fein, we have tried to get him to understand the unionist position for the people of northern ireland, but he hasn't really responded to that and i am disappointed about that. while on the face of it, the uk and eu appear to remain deadlocked over the border, sources inside the british government have told the bbc, they believe they will get their proposal through. a solution needs to be found byjune, says the eu, to keep the talks on track or the uk could be in danger of crashing out without an agreement and without a transition period to allow businesses to adjust. whether you are coming or going from this part of the world, you barely notice the border, but it is still the biggest obstacle the brexit talks are yet to overcome. emma vardy, bbc news, on the irish border. a man who's terminally ill has appealed to judges to allow him to ‘die with dignity‘. noel conway's challenge to the law is being heard at the court of appeal tomorrow. mr conway has

that is why if i was a unionist in northern ireland, i find is why if i was a unionist in northern irelandhink of the interests of northern ireland must be with remaining, with britain remaining part of the eu, because it makes life so much easier with the border. you had a very close partnership with bertie ahern at the time of the agreement. you'd is made about the situation now in which there does seem to be tension in that relationship between dublin and london that there hasn't been for many years? yes, i'm worried about it, because that relationship, and it, because that relationship, and it wasn't just a personal relationship between myself and bertie ahern, it was also that the two countries were natural allies. and if you think back in time, we most certainly had not been natural allies. and i think the fact that the republic of ireland also when it joined the european union, it really did upgrade itself as a country, and frankly even after the financial crisis and the eurozone crisis, when you think what the republic did, it is immensely impressive, having come through all that t

i don't think he does understand the wider unionist culture of northern ireland. he is hearing it from sinn fein. we have tried to get him to understand the unionist people of northern ireland's position but he has not responded to that and i am disappointed about that. a solution to the border must be found byjune according to the eu, so it can be presented at the next leaders summit to be completed in october. without that, the uk could be in danger of crashing out was no agreement and no transition period to smooth the way. on the face of it, the eu and uk remained blocked over the irish border, but sources inside —— remain deadlocked, but sources inside part of the bbc they remain convinced they will get their proposals through. michel barnier will be visiting business leaders over the next two days, both north and south, people's whose livelihoods may well depend on what is finally agreed. three people have been rescued from the sea off ramsgate in kent after apparently being swept off the pier by a large wave. the incident was reported around 10.30 this morn

i don't think anybody thought that was possible including the unionist parties. and the other thing is i think we all need to missed the others and the unionist parties of thinking that that was scottish politics for the next twenty years that you know these protests or the labor party could make any of a comeback in that we were going to be able and i think looking back you know we that was too presumptuous because obviously the subsequent jello asian we lost twenty of those seats so a good thing i was i'll sell neutrally some foreigners but then something's happened and we muted the point during the. referendum it was possible scott could be taken out of europe against his will is it we put the point forward with no campaign said that was impossible the only way to stay within europe was to avoid or a level end of. the whole david cameron as prime minister gambled everything in european referendum and lost so the situation we'd ventilated as being a classic illustration of scotland's inability to control its own destiny or as other great examples the five subma

program to go to a day with some of the extreme unionists. and they would almost question the rights of gerry adams to be in order and so i know afraid that it doesn't help on either side it and that kind of language doesn't happen either side but in fairness you have to dora lot of had people in both the unionist and nationalists and this week we've had the loyalists issue new very positive statement at trying to move away from violence trying to move out not to move away from vines but move away from criminality and the old sort of freedom fighters to go to the fence association or read time commanders so there are people on all sides trying hard to at to build peace build relationships woodsman or what were. some some and i don't think you'd argue with some up but you know stickley using bricks it to try and unpick the union not that well you get the relates and you have to do just that there are you're certainly right and out there are british politicians tory british politicians who have all the empty and big time like on patterson and e

i don't think anybody thought that was possible including the unionist parties. and the other thing is i think we all need to missed the others and the unionist parties of thinking that that was scottish politics say for the next twenty years that you know these are the labor party could make any of a comeback in that we were going to be able and i think looking back you know we that was too presumptuous because obviously the subsequent jello asian we lost twenty of those seats so a good thing i was our sound neutral listen for years but then something's happened when we muted the point during the. referendum it was possible scott could be taken out of europe against his will is. we put the point forward with no campaign said that was impossible the only way to stay within europe was to avoid or a level end of below and behold david cameron as prime minister gambled everything in european referendum and lost so the situation we'd ventilated as being a classic illustration of scotland's inability to control its own destiny or as other great examples the five subma

the two main parties, that is the unionist party, the dup, and sinn fein, can't work with each other.ns today? i used to feel a sense of failure and an enormous sense of friction. the frustration continues, but that's not useful emotions, you just have to keep working at it. they should by now have learned how to do a deal. there's nothing wrong with the agreement, either the belfast good friday agreement or st andrews. it's about relationship building, it's about committing to something, it's about promising to carry it out, and it's about fulfilling those promises. well, i come back to that word realism — the historian ruth dudley, who spends a lot of time thinking about northern ireland politics, she says that given the fact it's more than a year since you've had workable power—sharing, she says the truth is the good friday agreement has, quote, "outlived its usefulness." well, i think that's total nonsense. i don't know when ruth dudley edwards was back in belfast to see the life i'm now leading. it's notjust governance arrangements, the policing changes are now a role model for o

the two parties, the unionist party and sinn fein, cannot work together.t continues but thatis and frustration, it continues but that is not useful emotions, you just have to keep working at it. they should have learned by now how to do they should have learned by now how todoa they should have learned by now how to do a deal and there is nothing wrong with the agreement, either the belfast good friday agreement or st andrews. it is about relationship building, committing to something, it is about promising to carry it out... i come back to the word realism, an historian and spends a lot of time thinking about northern irish politics, she says that given it is more than year since you have had workable power—sharing, she says the truth is that the good friday agreement has outlived its usefulness. i think that is total nonsense, i do not know when ruth dudley edwards was back in belfast to see the life i am now leading. it is not just to see the life i am now leading. it is notjust the governance arrangements, it is the policing changes which are now a rol

i don't think he does understand the wider unionist culture of northern ireland.e tried to get him to understand the unionist position for the people of northern ireland, but he hasn't really responded to that and i'm disappointed about that. on the face of it, the eu and the uk remain deadlocked over the irish border. however, sources inside the british government have told the bbc they believe they will get their proposal through. but until an agreement is reached, businesses both north and south say they feel livelihoods are at stake. we keep trading but our suppliers in england, all anxious to know how they are going to pan out, because they will potentially lose us as customers. so, nobody knows, so we need to find out and find out soon. because this is real and this is happening to real people, and real families and real businesses. so, something needs to be done. a solution for the border must be found byjune, according to the eu, for the talks to stay on track. without that, the uk could be in danger of crashing out with no agreement and no transition peri

party which is the big unionist party and a pact with the tories as liberal lost forever that that's you know there's always a nab or a flow in every process so we're in a bit of a nab but that will pass not something we do nothing no we have to continue to write rates work with other people the prosperity process when i went as should same going to get back in government with the d u p here and get that process back on the right well we had a drop agreement west a democratic unionist party just over a month ago i was part of not i think to do you peter acted in good faith with us unfortunately when she went back on her own party she didn't get support so you know it's not going to go away these issues and suddenly your viewers may be interested the greats being denied to people here are available everywhere else in these things whether it's margie quality whether it's indigenous language rights whether it's a bill of rights there are a pledge about everywhere else on these items so it's only a matter of time before we get the political insecurities back up and there's lightning toda

main unionist part of it do you want it. by strengthening the e.u. banking union not call hopes that german banks and savers would also be liable for bank failures across the union a commitment many germans are reluctant to make. it's good not to miss him also does he actually there are different starting positions between the opinions in germany and france people we need to debate we need open debate and finally have the ability to compromise. but that will not be easy not cole is also looking for a unified budget across the eurozone going to be presided over by european finance minister mccall wants to see germany more engaged in a new eurozone but there is considerable resistance among legislators to paying more in the process germany and france want to have a new eurozone reform plan drafted by june but at the moment that looks like you have bishes goal. all right ninety parents grandparents or relatives of small children watching will likely not be surprised to learn that the toy industry is seriously big business in fact globally it brings in n

a few years later, they became the dominant party on the unionist side in northern ireland, and they think of them as an irrelevance or what was your view of the dup? i was sorry that they were not there. they had played a constructive enough engagement in the talks in 1991 and 1992. those talks broke up without really getting anywhere, but there were talks. then they were involved in the talks in 1997 and 1998, but they had pulled out at that stage as well. i would have preferred them in, because we always said that what we were trying to achieve was a comprehensive inclusive process. of course, they oppose the good friday agreement, they were under no side of the vote in may of 1998, but they were usually on the no side of everything in those and those days. there was a moment in 2004 when everyone wanted the dup to come in, and become the biggest party on the unionist side in northern ireland and you met with ian paisley and prayed with him in the irish embassy in london. tell me about that. that was our first formal meeting. we had great difficulty in deciding where the meeting w

, the dup, the democratic unionists. is a willingness to work with our neighbours and make a pragmaticjudgment work with our neighbours and make a pragmatic judgment in relation work with our neighbours and make a pragmaticjudgment in relation to these matters. you suggesting they're not willing to work with you at the moment? they become very aggressive. there was an article in the irish independent today which is very aggressive in its tone. you know, there are two jurisdictions on the island of ireland. we are part of the united kingdom. they have to respect that constitutional reality. arlene foster there. michel barnier has been holding a news conference here this morning. you wouldn't expect him to agree what you have to say that he certainly did not. i'm not ready to engage in any kind of polemics with mrs foster. i have never been aggressive since day one of this negotiation, never. there is no spirit of revenge. let me repeat that i profoundly regret brexit, for many reasons. and i've never been aggressive. spea

from my guest ben larry who is a deputy editor of the newsletter a newspaper which has a mainly unionist that is pro british readership here then a jew you think my analysis is is correct peace is still a work in progress well it's very peaceful here but i think that your analysis is correct is that there's a stalemate and it's a sad thing on the twentieth anniversary of a huge political agreement i mean think of the names that we have coming in today president clinton and tony blair and senator mitchell so there's definitely a political stalemate but northern ireland itself is very prosperous nor its really a very good place to live at the same time as this political stalemate there's very little political violence and that's a good way of looking at it in my report ben we were seeing some neighborhoods on the edge of belfast which are to an outsider i think still shockingly sectarian in day to day life are protestants and catholics interacting more than they were twenty years ago well the funny thing is you could probably say yes to that in that if you go to a bustling bars in the city

the one group of mps who have had a say ahead of the bombing is the democratic unionist party. the dup. it is one of the reasons she has cropped up in powerful stock if you are a labourmp, cropped up in powerful stock if you are a labour mp, —— in politics. cropped up in powerful stock if you are a labour mp, -- in politics. she might have been lucky that david cameron didn't get close on a vote in military action in syria. she is an much safer ground with the action has been taken. if she was to lose that vote, she would resign. it means that she won't lose the vote because the stakes are so high. if there is a vote held, she will presumably win it. we don't know whether a vote will be held on a government motion. the observer is convinced they will be problems for theresa may on monday. pm reveals legal advice on allied attack. trump hails his mission accomplished. we have been hearing on so many of them is the president trump about the decisions he has made that they wish more could have been done in america. there are, it has been looking like a repudiation of 0bama's drawi

most of the trade unionists and the retired people who have come to washington couldn't afford plane tickets back and forth. they car pool and ride all night in buses. some ride on a bus and after they've walked the halls all day, turn around and go back on a with us and arrive in ohio in the early morning hours. they stood for hours in the d.c. summer heat and waited in line for the bitter cold just to get through security in some of the buildings. they represent a million and a half workers and retired people. they come from everywhere in our country. they're all at risk of losing their retirement if congress doesn't act. earned over a lifetime of work. that's so important to remember. their advocacy has brought us to where we are today. we would not be here if they had not been walking the halls of congress reminding congress of the work we should be doing for them and for their fellow men and women in the labor movement. during the budget negotiations at the beginning of the year, i brought together a group of senators. we made it clear to leaders in congress in a we had to have

after cattle and front he is a trade unionist and malea and of moroccan descent. he documents the exploitation of the disadvantaged and underprivileged people on the border including the mule women. when the purcellville are in the ownership of the water i saw these women for the first time when i was seven or eight because we lived quite near the border it was perfectly normal to see them working between malaria and morocco of the bonuses it's a form of survival because there are no jobs neither in malaria nor in morocco the only way to ensure a daily income is to join the smuggling business and carry the packages. out of. the porters or the final link in the smuggling chain in million. the other one to the smugglers and millions of euros on the border on the other side there is the government which profits from the local it's a levy and other taxes a lot of profit is being made but it's not being distributed fairly the wearing on who shoulders the heaviest burden rests. in the least. how low mohammed can we get together later and deliver food to some of the wome

to lose millions more unionists look to the world. to flourish to the. you know if it's me up or someone that needs to plant themselves you know that the folks here have the upper hand so good that august you . in these new month it appears are some go for spot stuff i think. you'll be in feels a. lot out of school. don't want to stop jumping to the south side it's nice to listen to people. you don't i mean you sound so females a ballet teacher and also says she's ready. for the next measure that a modern to kind of serious mistake b.s. . you know. you never know what's around the corner you never know what's in the pub you can walk into excitement it's that mood now and that's where the adrenaline in much comes from. you need to move on definition and the extremes who will support. the violence is a part and it's almost a schizophrenia going to where you can do all these things and behave badly. important people of course qualify that all for the political split more so for the last one. hundred million infirm then more money rule and didn't follow us t

the goal of the unionist majority was to remain part of the united kingdom, the goal of the nationalist was to become part of the republic of ireland. in the conflict known as the troubles, violence was largely perpetrated by paramilitary groups on both sides, such as the ira. while others were killed by the british security forces. 0ver killed by the british security forces. over 3500 people were killed, the majority civilians and thousands more injured. several attem pts thousands more injured. several atte m pts to thousands more injured. several attempts to find that critical solution failed until the 1998 good friday agreement. this is it, this is the agreement. you have it in your hand. it is not a day for the soundbite, really. ifeelthat, i feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. it is still largely bought anand to the sectarian violence. —— that he is still largely bought anand. and while there has been considerable progress, flashpoints remain in some communities are still divided by so—called peace walls, like this one in west belfast. but today, many are reflecting on th

many of you as journalists have helped to tell the mine workers and teamsters and other trade unionists who are part of the fight, to tell their story. good journalism and good politics are so often about simply telling the stories about people who have no other voice. these folks have come to washington by the bus load, demanding their government live up to our promises and that their government work for them. we're not talking about wealthy people who have a lot of money to throw around. most of the people -- most of the trade unionists and the retirees who have come to washington couldn't afford plane tickets back and forth. they carpool, they ride all night in buses, some ride here on a bus and then the same day after they've walked the halls all day turn around and go back on a late night bus and arrive back in ohio in the wee hours of the morning. they stood for hours in the d.c. summer heat and waited in line through bitter cold to get through security in some of the buildings. they represent 1.5 million workers and retirees. they come from every -- they come from everywhere in o

. >> there is a fear that culture, particularly within unionist and protestant culture that it's being diminished over a period of time. but i could see how the children worked with one another, how they interacted.me that thowed that they had no fear, so really we shouldn't have any fear of it ther. >> reporter: originally supported by an american foundation, this program is now being administered by the government, which plans to replicate it in more than half of northern ireland's schools by 2021. acing 7th graders are em the program and their new classmates. >> they have sisters, they have brothers, they have pets. they have the same life as us basically. >> difference good. you don't need to be like not be theifriend because they are that different religion as long as you two get along. r orter: programs like this are only possible because of the peace agreement that ended northern ireland'sonflict, signed 20 years ago this week. society had become weary of violence, and a cease-firego allowed neators to come to the table. >> at a leadership level there was an appreciation that ne

to lose millions more unionists ruled the world. was. god. russia's u.n. envoy describes the u.k.'s allegations of the screwball poisoning case as absurd during a tense meeting out the security council. called too busy. it's a district of paris where the soaring crime rate has been blamed on gangs of migrant teenagers. plus a campaign for israeli women to keep their seats on airplanes instead of switching with ultra orthodox jewish man is blocked by the authorities. are broadcast live in moscow this is our chief international tom certainly glad to have you with us now world powers have concluded a meeting at the u.n. security council on the screen paul poisoning case the russian ambassador of.

environment a different workers from different sectors also going out to the streets next week a trade unionists have called on their members to down their tools as well so a lot of frustrations here in south africa many people you talk to say they are frustrated and they want the president to effect changes to help improve their livelihoods improve their lives and the president has said many times that he wants to effect this changes he wants to deal with these social problems that are affecting the people so they are waiting to see and it's going to be interesting going forward to see what kind of changes that he's going to he's going to put in place how he's going to perhaps strengthen existing policies and what new policies perhaps he's going to put in place to make sure that people have a decent life to have just the basic services as well catherine thank you very much for that that is catherine sawyer live and johannesburg thank you. and still ahead on the bulletin the auction taunts protest and what's being billed a march of the candles class. on malcolm where the tory programs in the dem

. >> unionists will say, "look at george washington. the union above any local allegiance.'" >> [ echoing ] there's no massachusetts or virginia in this army. this is an american army. >> secessionists will say, "no, no. george washington fought against a union with the british." >> if we are to die, let us die as a free people, not as slaves to tyranny. >> i, too, wish to honor our fathers. to fight for freedom, as general washington did, in the service of my home country. >> so you will do it? >> no, general. i am a virginian. i hope never to draw my sword again except in defense of my native state. >> [ sighs ] >> i hereby resign from the united states army. >> before the civil war, many americans, particularly southerners, believed their citizenship and loyalty is with their home state, not their country. however, there are some virginians, like general scott, who fight for the federal government. but not robert e. lee. he puts the defense of his beloved virginia over preserving the union, choosing to become a rebel officer. and whi

thirty years in prison this has been a situation for many procession this but also all the trade unionists took part in sunday's demo where they feel that these men have been used as political prisoners but the spanish government maintains that what has happened is that they have indeed. undertaken an act of rebellion legibly for trying to act against the spanish constitution and attempting to see it from spain they say that this has been an illegal act but interestingly enough is also being examined what's also being examined is the misuse of public funds at the time of the form of vice president approve the budget for the referendum that is also being looked into is whether how much of that. public funds or whether public institutions were abused in that situation in the illegal referendum china's most popular social media network as are versing its decision. content i would say sent away by china's equivalent of twitter but a lot of backlash when it blocked videos and comics related to homosexuality company said it was trying to comply with cybersecurity laws are china correspondent a t

of thirty years in prison this has been a situation for many procession this but also other trade unionists took part in sunday's demo where they feel that these men have been used as political prisoners but the spanish government maintains what has happened is that they have indeed undertaken an act of rebellion legibly for trying to act against the spanish constitution and attempting to see from spain they say that this is been an illegal act but interesting in what's also being examined is the misuse of public funds at the time the form of vice president approved the budget for the referendum that is also being looked into is whether how much of that. public funds or whether public institutions were abused in that situation in the illegal referendum armenian place of fired tear gas and stun grenades as thousands of people demonstrated against the former president's plan to stay in power several demonstrators were wounded in the capital here as the anti-government march turned violent sergey sargent's on served as president from two thousand and eight until he was forced to step down earl

i do not think we should take for granted the enormous situation that was where we could have unionistsin 20 years ago. a lot of observers her saying, the good friday agreement has led to globalisation. it was less about... it would not have been the case. bertie ahern, tony blair, without these national and international players would have been difficult for what was a local compromise to be secured. there is a sense that there is disappointment we are no further forward, but we should not ta ke further forward, but we should not take for granted what has occurred and that northern ireland has become and that northern ireland has become a more normal society. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. we will bring you a sense of all the key players and their messages throughout the day. a council in west london is set to vote on whether it will be the first in the country to create a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic to prevent patients being intimidated. ealing council has been looking at a range of options for the marie stopes clinic after local women set up a petition. staff at

was a trade unionist. when he started publicly condemning his own company's practices. that's cost him his job and led to a long legal battle that resulted in his dismissal and then rehiring by veolia. going to give us a board back video even do daily mail for those who did you know a man few notes yeah extraordinary something to me only all very demo i think the field. going to get that he's assured about. a pretty oscar on that. it will include. uncle discover the law i feel so badly like top. of it all the very power woman in ma all that it would sound like will harm or is truly key file is reduced us really poorer. is sassy it will pose us reject of all that to do who put bottom on the other to get the t.v. charcoal charge of on the inside member told all think look final down the post followed you it was this from. new on up out of three thousand you she owned was battling it out for there on the bus and a bit of a nazi out on this one i. know sis also include law in new four avoir of i won't be in c.p. bleach me transit in the bay in the biggest show i've been to