ireland the difficulty is that the u.p.a. have overplayed their hand in the british in the u.k. context and they've put that priority forced on their main interest is the suffering of the united kingdom the problem is that it's a totally at all do with the interest the economic interests of the man in the street to the woman in the street to northern ireland that's the difficulty i do think it's economic and social protests which will prevail at the end as a yes the economy oldest prevails in spite of everything people people people have been enough to eat that people haven't access to education and health care then basically they begin. to place the software d. of the u.k. second or third in their list of them first how does the fact that so many young people know now and through europe i was not good to play when you overly against the national question young people here on those that are not so young maybe people that are young twenty years ago all were able to access a term or a period and a european university or european institute of education of some sort basically the young people in their teens not feel that the opportunities big shop dine and shop off the one taken away fro

that should be finished lynch a things the ongoing breaks a debate has made the prospect of a united ireland an increasingly realistic one even for moderates. analysis has brought to the conclusion that once britain leaves the e.u. europe will have to deal with the question of irish unification. one of germany's greatest and longest serving film directors turns eighty this weekend he's probably best known internationally for became the most important film made in post-war west germany the ten drama. in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine. made cinema history with the tin drum the nazi era story of young oscar who stops growing at age three. based on the novel by going to gus the film took the top prize at con. this and that makes. that was just wonderful being admitted into the film world with the palme d'or especially since it was in france where i had learned filmmaking it was like being knighted by. the federal republic of germany for the children. in one nine hundred eighty the tin drum won the oscar for best foreign language picture that award brought german cinema into the internati

been articulated as you would have heard in the seventy's or eighty's that ideology calls for a united ireland and the end of protests rule in the north it's also the subject of republican murals which continue to be painted in northern ireland's mike lynch race analysis of the militant minority is a cause for concern these radical groups are prepared to go to any lengths in pursuit of their goals. are realistic in their assessment that popular support isn't a numbers aren't what they have been in the past and so oh very much so keeping the city i'm burning as essential to. the present as one of the interviews said in the book depository alone for the next generation to soak up. that means that below the surface the north niland conflict has still not been settled. one of the militant groups has agreed to a rare interview we are directed to sleepy town somewhere in the countryside these members of the republican sinn fein party say that bracks it would actually help them in their cause for. the president. you know to continue all. right. for reunification. and these radical republicans may not

allow the people to have their say in a referendu on a border poll. >> reporter: on a united ireland?absolutely. >> reporter: a hard border in northern ireland would almost certainly re-ignite anger, butno fo the likelihood of an outright insurgency again is lew. is a return to ve realistic? >> no. i don't think that is realistic at all. i don't see a return to thatnd f violence post 9/11, we live in a different kind of world. >> reporter: that doest mean sporadic violence, less organized, would not be possible. >> i think it would be a very foolish, and very reckless person, that would gamble at all on stability. that would gamble in any way, however small, would takany chance with the peace that we have built. >> reporter: the memories of violence and loss, however, are still sharp, and nthern ireland's people know they have much at stake in the coming months, hoping their hard-won peace here can withstand the changing world around them. for the pbs newshour, i'm jane ferguson, in belfast, northern ireland. >> nawaz: a spike in deaths among race horses has triggered e indefinite shu

because that's not that's not what they're that what they want to them that that is a path to a united ireland isn't it isn't that a legitimate concern. well two things there one when you say the union is a problem we were talking primarily here about the do you see who got about a third of the vote in the last election opinion poll suggests that about two thirds of the population don't want nor in our state but in the customs union distancing the marks of the g.o.p. are not representing the people of north americans on this issue and therefore i think it's important to stress that at the outset in terms of prospects of united aren't just sometimes mentioned that's something that nobody really wants to address right now i mean there's been a demographic shift in northern ireland over the years you know four of the six counties in order is now up national majorities should faine is the largest party in belfast and in derry but i think there was a consensus that there's a good friday agreement created an environment where apologies to be made to work within northern art and as i said this some j

night hit the backstop nationalist look the backstop because they think it's a one way street to united ireland. and there's and in fact actually unionist objections may well end up the really misses. just look at the wider british context there have been concerns expressed that whichever way it ends up turning out independents referendums will follow in scotland and perhaps northern ireland can you see that happening. i think it's problematic for a number of races one. it will suck not surprise any of your your viewers to understand that the press at referendum has made referendums referendums vary on popular if the polarization that is led to the end action within westminster that has led to the sense of a complete loss of the agency and people kind of turning on earth and country i think i would understand party i think is a very distasteful it's a very studious told steve you're going to so i think all of them scotland is contemplating going to a referendum i think it will be difficult to sell that one particularly if there's chaos and in the immediate aftermath in the medium to longer term

the good friday war belfast peace agreement but for the hardline republicans the fight for a united ireland isn't over young people like paddy gallagher see a hard break sit as their golden opportunity to reclaim the north from great britain. the unfinished revolution miral identifies this building as a local headquarters of northern ireland's most dangerous political party c route irish for liberation the party demands the unification of ireland it was founded in twenty sixteen just three months after the break that referendum. the party shop carry souvenirs of what they describe as the heroic struggle against the british occupation of northern ireland. the public face of syria is party spokesman twenty six year old patrick gallaher. he's living proof the irish nationalists are finding young recruits. the directed referendum had the effect of driving even more young people into the radicals arms. speak up your people within our communities i can understand. it will be angry if if there is. a for infrastructure of this british therefore. it's a con of the people will get i'm rick. perry loo

disruption one of the fossils still hasn't been found the ira which water violent campaign for a united ireland disarmed more than a decade ago some small breakaway cells are believed to be still active. since he swept to power in a landslide victory in december mexico's president manuel lopez obrador has become even more popular his first one hundred days in power are being described as a long honeymoon with record approval ratings was eight out of ten mexicans have confidence in their leader david messer reports from the capital mexico city on what's behind his success and the challenges that lie ahead. when man well lopez obrador was sworn into office on december first. tens of thousands of cheering fans welcomed him and the mexican president's honeymoon isn't over yet . on monday lopez obrador celebrated his first hundred days in office and with the most recent survey putting his approval rating at seventy eight percent his first three months in power have been the most popular since polling began in the one nine hundred eighty s. . the government belongs to all mexicans and its main functi

protestant communities were mostly unionist, wanting northern ireland to remain a part of the united dom. catholic communities were irish nationalist for the most part, wanting all of ireland to be unified, free from british rulea more3,500 people died during the troubles, half of them civilians. in 1998, armed groups andli cians agreed to finally make peace, and signed an t historaty called the "good friday agreement," that effectively ended northern ireland's bloody sectarian conflict. 20 years, and that pas brought stability. as long as both the republic of ireland and britofn were members he same european union, there was no need for a militarized border, and sectarian tensions between protestants and catholics eased, he political fight over brexit-- britain's exit from the european union--s threatening that precious harmony. that's because if the u.k. slices away all offiies to europe, the irish republic would remain inside the e.u., with a european border running across the land, separating the republic of ireland from northern ireland, which could mean new customs and security

because that's not that's not what they're that what they want to them that that is a path to a united ireland isn't it isn't that a legitimate concern. well two things there one when you say the union is a problem we were talking primarily here about the do you see who got about a third of the vote in the last election opinion poll suggests that about two thirds population are not and want norton out of state but in the customs union distancing the marks of the g.o.p. are not representing the people of north americans on this issue and therefore i think it's important to stress that at the outset in terms of prospects of united aren't just sometimes mentioned that's something that nobody really wants to address right now i mean there's been a demographic shift in northern ireland over the years you know four of the six counties in order to snap up national darcy's should face the largest party in belfast and in jerry but i think there was a consensus that there's a good friday agreement created an environment where apologies can be made to work within northern art and as i said this some jeop

. >> it doesn't mean united ireland is inevitable.es mean brexit could possibly be the strongest goal by unionism in 100 years. >> reporter: the dup unrepentant. >> we should start links with the rest of the united kingdom. those go back hundreds of years. and we're not going to give that up. >> reporter: for now the dup can breathe easy, the poll shows less than one-third of voters in the north want union with the south. even as polling south of the border of 1,200 people shows a significant majority in favor of irish unity. but all that is in the distant future. right now, the brexit end game is front and center. on friday, the irish prime ministers say the uk has to compromise just as teresa may said the eu is the one that needs to bend. nic robertson, cnn, dublin, ireland. >> we'll wait and see what happens next week. >>> as women across the globe celebrate international women's day, protests to make their voices heard, meghan markle is speaking out for women everywhere. we will tell you why the duchess of sussex is on a new missi

. >> it doesn't mean that a united ireland is inevitable, but it does mean that brexit could be the biggest goal in 100 years. >> we have huge historic links with the rest of the united kingdom. and those go back hundreds of years and we're not going to give that up. >> reporter: so now the dup can breathe easy. the poll shows less than 1/3 of voters in the north want union with the south. even as polling south of the border of 1,200 people shows a significant majority in favor of irish unity. but all that's in the distant future. right now the brexit end game is front and center. on friday, the irish prime minister saying the uk has to compromise. just as theresa may said the eu is the one that needs to bend. nic robertson, cnn, dublin, ireland. >> seemingly forgotten. robert levinson has been held in iran for 12 years and his wife says he deserves more from the u.s. government. >>> plus, cnn goes to by b couny to hear from the base that is stale loyal to embattled prime minister benjamin netanyahu. we've got that and more after the break. i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.co

mcguinness they were god demonstrators have given up their struggle before to achieving their aim of a united ireland. like this or obviously always a concern but how much of a concern do you feel they are you know weeks now from when the u.k. is supposed to leave the a you and this whole border issue becomes very real. yes well i mean it is a we have had a coming together of different crises here eighty eight people here really fear is the possibility of a hard barter of between northern ireland and southern and if that happens there's a hard barter there were have to be customs posts or some of the installations along the border to control and keep check on what goods and people are passing back and forth if a customs pushed or a series of customs post is erected along the i raise barter that it's just a fact not speculation i regarded that as a fact that some people will shoot at them and there won't be it doesn't take very many people are history tells us that you know it doesn't take very many people to spark off you know a white or a cap come the end of violence and half a dozen people half a d

northern ireland being cut off from the rest of the uk and basically put on a conveyor belt to a united ireland dup and that is what is important tonight for that parliamentary arithmetic. just in terms of the way did you peak could move after this vote, let's say the prime minister does not get her way and we move into the no deal and then the extension vote, how the dup than conduct themselves? the dup have been consistent and they say but no deal would be better than the deal to me currently has on the table and that puts them at odds with many people in the northern ireland business community. so i can easily see them saying we would rather have no deal than less bad deal and in terms of extension, i'm a bit less clear whether they would pull on that but any conversation i had recently with the dup has been that this negotiation is not over until the last minute, that downing street should not blink and we should negotiate with the eu up until the last minute when the uk is still within the eu because they still think there is a possibility however remote that the eu could crack at the last

, because the essence of this issue is about the union and treating northern ireland in the same way as the rest of the unitednd's democratic unionists are still considering their position. and, remember, given the scale of the government's defeat last time, the prime minister could be very successful in persuading a lot of mps to change their minds, and she could still lose. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. as chris points out, it is all still to play for. very much so. you only have two cast your mind back a couple of months to mid— january, when this brexit withdrawal deal was put before mps and was rejected, and historic defeat, a huge margin, 230 votes it was defeated by. that will be very much in the prime minister's mind as she opens the debate, as theresa may sets out what she feels she has achieved to assuage people's fears, the fears of mps about the original deal and where their concerns were. she feels she has gone to be eu, has secured changes, and will put the deal before the once again and will try to persuade them that she has dealt with big concern that they had about the deal in its or

uk is no longer inside it, except they share a land border, which divides northern ireland, which is part of the unitedom, from the republic of ireland. and that has never happened before, because the uk and ireland joined the european union on the same day in 1970 theory. so, they traded quite happily across the border. you can probably just see the happily across the border. you can probablyjust see the entrance to the right to bear. it looks like we have got journalists the right to bear. it looks like we have gotjournalists already in place, seated. everyone is flashing, the photographers flashing their cameras in the hope of getting the first frame. we were told that the meeting had broken up a few minutes ago and that they were under way, so iam ago and that they were under way, so i am pretty sure we are going to see them pretty soon. a lot of the people coming through that door at the moment are government officials, and officials from the european commission. you go. he was teresa me taking her seat on the plaque from there. following her isjunko junker, president of the european commission, t

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commitments today and protections for northern ireland and protections for northern ireland and its integral place in the unitedvote on a cross community basis on whether the backstop should be brought into force if there are delays in the trade talks. stormont does not support this, ministers will be bound to look for an approach to achieve cross community support, it could for example be an implementation —— an extension of the implementation period. it has previously been the understanding the choice would be between backstop and the implementation period, the introduction of alternative arrangements brings another element into that, but there is that key commitments in relation to the northern ireland assembly. stormont does not support this, and if stormont were to support an implementation period as the alternative, ministers would be bound to look for an extension of the implementation period, assuming that had achieved cross community support. we will maintain the same regulatory standards across the uk for as long as the backstop is in force, this is a commitment we have already made but i can now tell

because the essence of this issue is about the union, and treating northern ireland in the same way as the rest of the unitedreland's democratic unionists are still considering their position. and, remember, given the scale of the government's defeat last time, the prime minister could be very successful in persuading a lot of mps to change their minds, and she could still lose. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. well, the northern ireland backstop is of course central to all this last minute diplomacy and the prime minister of ireland leo varadkar has given this reaction has given this reaction to what's been agreed. in the context of tonights fort in westminster at the outcome from yesterday's meeting is positive. i hope and trust the withdrawal agreement will now be endorsed by the house of commons. in discussions with the uk, the government has worked hand—in—hand with our eu partners and eu institutions including the commission and the task force led by michel barnier. in that work we have insisted that the withdrawal agreement could not be rewritten and that the backstop arrangement while intended

britain probably can get the medicine it needs and overtime and it's not part of the united kingdom. northern ireland is part of the united kingdom and leaves along with britain. this is the part of the deal that many are worried because of potential for tension and violence. >> i'm from northern ireland and was there recently and people are deeply worried. a lot of that violence was centered along the border whether a british army check points and helicopters going back and forth and many were closed off. after the good friday geamt that brought peace, people do not want to go back. this is not just about the constitutional position. it's a matter of life and death. there's deeply serious issues and just to back up what many said, the problem in the building behind me is there are lots of ideas and no kbreaagree. none of the solutions and none of the options being tossed out in the last 2.5 years commands a majority. nobody knows what is going to happ happen. is there going to be a general election or will teresa may be forced by the men in gray suits to say your time is up and you need a new leader

protection for northern ireland to continue as part of the united kingdom. i don't agree with that. he knows that we have a difference of opinion, i hope that the right honourable, the honourable gentleman will move towards my position. i have still a hope that that might be so, and the reason i say that is because one has to look at the mutual incentives and disincentives for both parties to stay in the arrangement. this is a point i made in december, and for reasons i advanced in december, for reasons i advanced in december, for reasons i advanced in december, for reasons i advanced in my november opinion, that the incentives or disincentives for the european union are as profound or if not greater to get us out of the backstop than to keep us m, out of the backstop than to keep us in, that is what i firmly believe. the honourable gentleman may disagree, but that is what i believe. that is why i have taken the politicaljudgment believe. that is why i have taken the political judgment that this withdrawal agreement needs to be supported, but in saying that, these improvements do ma

this year's parade comess midst questi relations between the united kingdom and ireland over brexit negotiations. the u.k. is trying to exit the european union withoutwo disrupting theecades old peace accord that created an open border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. new york democratic senator kirsllibrand officially entered the race for president early this morning. vi a campaign-produced two and a half minuto, gillibrand said the country needs a leader who "makes big, bold, brave choices," and she posed the question, "will brave win?" >> brave doesn't pit people against each other. brave doesn't put money over lives. brave doesn't spread hate. cloud truth. build a wall. that's what fear does. >> sreenivasan: gillibrand joins more than a dozen other democrats now in the race. she says she'll hold an official campaign launch rally next sarday in front of the trump international hotel in new york city. and was it a slip of the tongue or is former vice president toe biden abounter the race, too? >> i have the most progressive record of anybody running r thu-- anybody who wou

this is the border along northern ireland, this part here, which is part of the united kingdom, and the which is a separate country they that will remain part of the european union. lawmakers created the so-called backstop provision, ensuring there would be no hard border between the irelands, but pro-brexit politicians don't want this to become a permanent thing. in most other situations, a physical barrier of some type at border check points would be put in place to regulate the flow of good and people. but in ireland, things are different because of history. a physical barrier defines some of the most painful and deadly parts of the 20th century on the island. many in northern ooir lane and the republic of ireland say any border check points could reignite tensions that have been dormant since the 1998 good friday agreement. to head off that possibility, the british and the european union negotiators created a backstop provision. it keeps britain in the european customs union so there would be no border checks between northern ireland and ireland, but britain wouldn't be part of the

member and northern ireland part of the united kingdom could put smugglers back in business. through money got all three on the fifty says mike has plenty of tales of smuggling he lives in northern ireland right next to the border the former truck driver says lots of shady stuff went on in the area in the past much of it involving customs control or between the british province and the e.u. member state to the south i see me going to shit what's the lorry so we're going to this big shit. my day through that through that door let's share that shit. in the so if i were to have even thought that if it's impossible i getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland are still taken across regularly there are legal in the north and sales of them are brisk in the border region. and foreign diesel subsidized by the e.u. also often crosses the border illegally as does heating oil from northern ireland that's not been slapped with a value added tax because there are no controls. conor patterson remembers a very differen

member ireland and the united kingdom's northern ireland remains open after brexit. the goal: for the u.k. not to be tied to the e.u. and its trade rules indefinitely-- should they be unable to agree on the nature of their future relationship. right now, the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland is all but invisible. that means cars and goods can cross freely.y' original brexit strategy would have kept that border open. >> a joint instrument with comparable legal weight to the withdrawal agreement will guarantee that the e.u. cannot act with the intent of applying the backstop indefinitely. >> reporter: but that assurance also came with a warning... >> in politics, sometimes you t a second chance. it is what we do with thisat second chance ounts, because there will be no third chance. b there wino further interpretation of the interpretations, and no further assuranc of the reassurances. >> reporter: then this morning,i brs attorney general, geoffrey cox, took the wind out of may's sails, issuing a legal assessme that the changes reduce-- but do

and i'm conscious also of my duties as prime minister of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and to the potential damage to the union that leaving without city who could do when one part of our country is without devolved governments i can therefore confirm that the motion will wreak that this house declines to approve leaving the european union without a withdrawal agreement and a framework on the future relationship on the twenty ninth of march two thousand and nineteen and notes that leaving without it to kill remains the default in u.k. and e.u. law unless this house and the e.u. ratify an agreement i will return to the house to open the debate tomorrow. and stake interventions multiple members and to ensure the house is fully informed and making its historic decision the government will tomorrow publish information on essential policy is which would need to be put in place if we were to leave it out of the this will cover our approach to tariffs and northern ireland border among other matters if the house votes to leave without a deal on the twenty ninth of march it will

dup, the democratic unionist party, they really believe in the union between northern ireland and the rest of the unitedtreated the same. thank you very much, rob, stay with us. the dup oppose the backstop. so do the 75 conservative rebels who voted against theresa may's deal. and they are against the backstop too. high profile among them is jacob rees mogg, this him after yesterday's vote. the problem with the deal was that it didn't deliver on the commitment to leave the european union cleanly, and that the backstop would've kept us in the customs union in the single market. what we have done is stick to the result injune 2016 that we should leave the european union, and the conservative party manifesto, we should leave the european single market, and that no deal is better than a bad deal. that phrase no deal is better than a bad deal is important. theresa may used it all the time for a while. less so now where the message is more, my deal is the best we can get and it's better than no deal. some conservative brexiteers are still on "no deal is better than a bad deal". the conservative steve baker, f

they fear it would trap the uk in there and we would end up with northern ireland being treated differently from the rest of the unitedingdom. many of them actually would prefer a long delay to brexit rather than get caught up in that. so theresa may can't rely on the ten votes of the democratic unionist party. they have been talking to labour mps, mainly those in brexit constituencies, trying to pile the pressure on them and say to

because the essence of this issue is about the union, and treating northern ireland in the same way as the rest of the unitedhern ireland's democratic unionists are still considering their position. and, remember, given the scale of the government's defeat last time, the prime minister could be very successful in persuading a lot of mps to change their minds, and she could still lose. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. it is one of those mornings where there are so many questions on the back of that. our political correspondent ben wrightjoins me now. i suppose first up, what has actually changed ? what i suppose first up, what has actually changed? what did last night's meeting with jean—claude juncker, thatjoint night's meeting with jean—claude juncker, that joint statement, night's meeting with jean—claude juncker, thatjoint statement, what did it actually mean? well, it has produced a lot of paperwork which the government planned to stable under the withdrawal agreement and put it in front of mps for them to go through and digests, and work out whether there are now the additional legal assurances ar

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members against the british different conceptions and ideals that and certainly in support for ireland they're united for one reason they're terrified of a country going to follow britain and lead the european union we are one of the biggest contributors and they're trying to say to the rest of europe it's not easy to leave us the rules of this cover pretty tough the five presidents all men notice going to do everything in their power and they still are to try to keep britain in that's the game for them they want to drag this process out as long as possible because they cling to the hope they'll be a second referendum in britain and that would result in a different outcome i'm telling you it would know all of this process in parliament seems to be going the way of jeremy corbin's policy curiously reluctant to match the second round of referendum which you just said is an old gods really do you think the overriding concern.