walls and gates around this city no one i spoke with believes that addressing the question of a united ireland now well lead the country back into vat kind of sectarian conflict at the same time no one is completely confident it won't. billy hutchinson a city council member from the progressive unionist party served 16 years in prison for 2 sectarian murders hutchinson says he's rejected violence but he's worried others haven't what i'm concerned of birders the people will try to use a result from brax at. the border post as an excuse to start another war. at queen's university belfast professor colin harvey says people are anxious about the possible impact of unification but also frustrated britain the british government has behaved recklessly and irresponsibly in relation to this region for some time people look at what's happened in their own private that's been let's pick on a. balik alter disastrous mess that the british system sees are falling apart and i think there's a real feeling on this island that we need to mature really and sensibly manage and plan a conversation and whatever the

most people in northern ireland prefer to stay part of britain for now but those who want to united ireland say they're in no hurry expecting a chaotic process to help their case. taxi driver. from dublin has always enjoyed singing arias on the road a passenger recorded him and put the video on mine it went viral and now the south african capital is a star. frenzy is just 27 years old but half of south africa already knows he shot to fame when a passenger filmed him singing opera in this taxi and the video went viral. it's just get to my emotions so much because i didn't realize it will go the spot. it 10 just old school to facebook may be under its own 2 and a deal was one of them or just saying no can you bring that guy it's a common platform in my wedding or something like that just just a small things that small ball would be like kids'. menzies phone is constantly ringing he gets requests for interviews from all over the world invitations to perform and give or dishes to men's wear shop even offered him a free taxi to for his next events. menzi is currently rehearsing for an upcoming p

most people in northern ireland prefer to stay part of britain for now but those who want to united ireland say they are in no hurry expecting a chaotic to help their case. u.s. president donald trump has canceled a state visit to denmark because the danish prime minister refuses to talk about selling greenland to the us describing the proposal as absurd greenland is an autonomy territory and belongs to denmark it is the biggest island in the world its government decided greenland is not for sale cancelled by a tweet all the plans were in place in copenhagen for a state visit by the u.s. president but then donald trump announced on twitter he's not coming after all denmark is a very special country with incredible people he tweeted but at the danish prime minister doesn't want to discuss something greenline to him from the visits canceled. it is with. surprise that i received the news. today. as. i've been looking forward to the. change. of good relations and we will of course continue. with the u.s. on how we can operate and deal with. this we face a. greenland maybe geographically next do

most people in northern ireland prefer to stay part of britain for now but those who want to united ireland say they're in no hurry expecting a chaotic to help their case now is due to political correspondent ron welcome hands just america has already ruled out any renegotiation of the brink's a treaty from mr barak's chances insists the backstop moscow isn't it went to the meeting this evening well there's always a point of meeting there's always a point and talking and getting to know the position of the other person and getting to know that other person a little bit more in. symmetry him in more detail so yes there is certainly point in talking and in fact it hasn't closed the doors to any negotiation whatsoever she said that the european union too is not really interested in this backstop if other all the good it of a arrangements can be found the european union is prepared to talk about that and to agree to that if they are. in the fold that the european union can agree to but of course those kind of arrangements have so far in 3 years or so of negotiations not been found there's still

most people in northern ireland prefer to stay part of britain for now but those who want to united ireland say they're in no hurry expecting the chaotic to help their case. now to a fresh controversy over immigration in the us the. but ministration has unveiled new rules that make it possible for authorities to hold of migrant families indefinitely while their asylum cases are being considered now the real price of migrants who cross the border illegally and it replaces a previous court agreement that put a limit on how long immigration authorities could detain migrant children the trumpet ministration has been pushing to lift that limit saying it encourages families to bring their children across the border and release them in the u.s. it's expected that the new regulation will face a court challenge immediately and this is what the acting department of homeland security secretary have to say about the new role by eliminating the incentive to make the journey of the united states as a family the new rule reduce the young president volume of family units that history in the already limited

most people in northern ireland prefer to stay part of britain for now but those who want to united ireland say they are in no hurry expecting. to help their case. they will take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the head of sudan's military council has been sworn in as the leader of the newly formed solving council it's made up of military leaders and members of the opposition alliance and will lead the country during its 3 year transition to civilian rule. my dear as president mohamed you bihari has sworn in he's new capital. almost 6 months after he was elected to a 2nd year mindset minister of petroleum it's considered the most important ministerial post because oil exports account for about 90 percent of the country's foreign exchange. but amber of wildfires in brazil's amazon rain forest is here to wreck or this year according to new data there's been an 83 percent increase in fires compared to the same period last year present drier balls than are says the government is working to control the blazes and accuses environmental activists of starting the. p

walls and gates around this city no one i spoke with believes that addressing the question of a united ireland now would lead the country back into that kind of sectarian conflict at the same time no one is completely confident it won't. billy hutchinson a city council member from the progressive unionist party served 16 years in prison for 2 sectarian murders hutchinson says he's rejected violence but he's worried others haven't what i'm concerned about is that people will try to use results from breakfast. or result from the the porter as an excuse to start another war. at queen's university belfast professor colin harvey says people are anxious about the possible impact of unification but also frustrated britain the british government has behaved recklessly and their response to play in relation to this region for some time people look at what's happened in britain. and it's been. like alter disasters mass that the british system sees are falling apart and i think there's a real feeling on this island that we need to mature and sensibly manage and plan a conversation and whatever the outcom

most people in northern ireland prefer to stay part of britain for now but those who want to united ireland say they're in no hurry expecting a chaotic to help their case. well here in germany president from walda steinmeyer has warned against abusing religion for political gain in a speech at an assembly of religious leaders some 800 delegates from about 100 countries are attending the interfaith meeting we're going to eyes by the ngo religions for peace in the south germantown lindo is on abraham meditation each and participant who says women have a special role to play when it comes to religion and peace. how does a lab a deal as many hats she's a politician or a translator professor as well as contributor to her need to tunisia's new constitution. today she's far away from home in lindo southern germany advocating for women's role as peace builders the religions for peace 10th world assembly and the 1st witness and even the victims off conflicts when they happen this is why they develop the capacity of feeling dangerous city and of the impact of conflicts so they at the same time develo

given those anxieties just a quick question, what about a united ireland, what is the kind of polling5% support here. atte ntively around 40, 40 5% support here. attentively based on on how you ask the question. but polling suggests people are increasingly supporting a united ireland as a way to get around brexit and those who would have previously supported state within the uk are now turning towards the idea of a united ireland largely driven by the prospect of a crash out. now if you are a thirsty traveller passing through san francisco international airport from today — you are going to find it harder to get hold of a plastic water bottle. the airport says it normally sells ten thousand of the bottles a day but has implemented a ban on them in its stores, restaurants, and vending machines. it is part of the drive for san francisco international to become the world‘s first zero—waste airport by 2021. we can now talk to debbie raphael, the director for san francisco‘s department of environment. thank you forjoining us. another big step on your road to 2021 how easy will it be to imp

sinn fein's ultimate aim is and always has been achieving a united ireland and a clear warning to the prime minister is the way he's going about brics it could make the prospects a great deal more likely. for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of breaks it an uphill struggle. belfast. will staying with bricks at the british pound sterling falling to its lowest level since january 27th in the currency slumped after the break that referendum in 2016 and it's never fully recovered it stands at one point $21.00 against the us dollar since boris johnson became prime minister last week the pound has lost nearly 3 percent of its value against the dollar and the euro. the russian president vladimir putin has ordered the military to help fight wildfires in siberia nearly 30000 square kilometers have been affected and a state of emergency has been declared in 5 regions some fires

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sinn fein's ultimate is and always has been achieving a united ireland and a clear warning to the prime minister is the way he's going about bricks it could make up prospects a great deal more likely for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of bricks it an uphill struggle barbara al-jazeera belfast. doctors in the democratic republic of congo have quarantined 15 people in south kivu province over fears that they've been invective by a bola at least all 50 all 15 members of the same family and they recently returned from the provincial capital city of goma where a man died of ebola on wednesday catherine sort of force from nairobi. this is the clinic in goma where the man sought help before he died he fell sick days after returning home from an infected area where he was working in a mining area the clinic is now closed some clinicians have been vaccinated and health workers

she and feigns ultimate aim is and always has been achieving a united ireland and a clear warning to the prime minister is the way he's going about brics it could make that prospect a great deal more likely. for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of breaks it an uphill struggle de barber al jazeera belfast israel's security cabinet has approved the permits for the construction of 700 palestinian homes in the occupied west bank it was announced ahead of a planned visit to israel this week by senior white house advisor jared krishna how the force that has more from western recent health. well just days after carrying out an extremely controversial series of demolitions of palestinian homes in occupied east jerusalem the israeli government is now sanctioning the construction of some $700.00 palestinian homes in the part of the occupied west bank which it controls known as

also is and always has been achieving a united ireland and a clear warning to the prime minister is the way he's going about bricks it could make up prospects a great deal more likely. for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations receive its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of threats it an uphill struggle. al-jazeera belfast. hello you're watching al-jazeera and these are main stories the united states has imposed sanctions on iran's top diplomat and is accusing dods a reef of spreading propaganda for around supreme leader ayatollah ali how many so we 1st pondered on twitter and ridiculed the measures roselyn jordan has more. they basically say that this is a situation where because of the u.s. is concerned they actually need to be engaging with people who they believe could actually make real change but they also indicate that they don't think that this is possible because they are continuing the sanctions and they are

here we are 15 years later in one of the key causes of the trouble is, should there be a united irelandjust in these different parts of the united kingdom and therefore the understanding now of the importance of that border and how people would feel, you know, depending on where they live around the discussions with what happens with brexit and the border? very much so. i think one of the things that might have, in fact if it happens it will have an enormous impact in northern ireland, but what happens if scotla nd ireland, but what happens if scotland votes for independence? when there is that affinity between northern ireland and scotland, the whole ulster scots connection in history, what is the knock—on effect for northern ireland? i think that is unquantifiable at the moment. what you are looking at at the moment is the possible end of the unionjack, moment is the possible end of the union jack, the union moment is the possible end of the unionjack, the union flag might cease to exist if scotland and ireland leave, but i think if you have learned one thing from brexit it is this. y

sinn fein's ultimate aim is and always has been achieving a united ireland and a clear warning to the prime minister is the way he's going about brics it could make the prospects a great deal more likely for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of bricks it an uphill struggle. al-jazeera belfast in baba reporting there will him again there is a writer and political activist based in london there he joins us now via skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera the whole issue of the backstop and off obviously you know the fact that there has effectively be no government in ireland for a few years now those things have been there for a while but what do you think boris johnson adds to this of this equation today his 1st day that he went there as prime minister. well whether he's out of anything but open question and i mean mr johnson and it is an awkward pos

nicola sturgeon, has condemned rioting in glasgow after clashes between marchers in support of a united irelandnce in the govan area of the city last night. riot police and mounted officers were deployed. a powerful storm threatening the bahamas and the south—eastern coast of the us has gathered strength and is now expected to be the strongest weather system to hit the us coast in decades. winds of up to 150mph are expected to hit the bahamas tomorrow. the prime minister hubert minnis called for those living in the north west of the country to leave for shelters immediately. iam six i am six foot one. the surge is expected to be two or three times my height. what this means is that homes may be potentially submerged with water. 0ur weather presenter nick miller has more. the forecast for hurricane dorian track has evolved considerably. here it is on the satellite picture as it continues to head west. vi here is a sign of the strengthening we have seen and continue to see with dorian. maximum winds at the centre around 150 mph. there will be variations in strength over the next few days but it i

nicola sturgeon, has condemned rioting in glasgow after clashes between marchers in support of a united irelanda of the city last night. riot police and mounted officers were deployed. nearly two million people in the indian state of assam have effectively been stripped of their citizenship, after being left off a newly published register of indian nationals. residents were asked to prove they had lived there since 1971, when neighbouring bangladesh declared its independence. it's home to around 10 million muslims, many of whom are suspected by india's hindu nationalist government of being illegal migrants. our india correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report. lining up to find out if they still belong in the country they call home. if they are not on this list, they are not considered citizens, their fate decided by a paper printout. none of asiya khatoon‘s family of nine has been included. "i'm an indian citizen. i should be on it", she says. it's the same for salma. "what do i do? i'd rather die than go to a detention camp". best known for its tea, assam is one of india's poorest sta

united in front, but southampton equalised. the belgian grand prix takes place tomorrow. a world cup warm up match is under way in cardiff. ireland's2—10, approaching full time. i will be back with a full update around 5.30, see you then. a military court in the united states has set a trial date for khalid sheikh mohammad, who is accused of playing a lead role in planning the 9/11 attacks on the united states. he'll be tried in guantanamo bay from january 2021. he's already been held for more than 15 years. 0ur north american correspondent, peter bowes, has more. this trial has been a very long time in coming. khalid sheikh mohammad was detained by the americans in pakistan in 2003, three years later moved to the detention centre in guantanamo bay, and initially charged along with his alleged accomplices, under the administration of george w bush, and the initial plan was to have the trial in guantanamo bay. then president 0bama came up with a plan to move it to a civilian court in new york city. and that really caused an outcry from members of the public and that plan was eventually dropped. so it looks like it will go ahead. it

trouble erupted when a planned march in support of a united ireland was met by a counter protest withinpolice and mounted officers dealt with the disturbance. two men aged 33 and 36 have been charged with the murder of a youth whose body was found at barry docks in south wales. the victim has been named as harry baker, who was 17 and from cardiff. police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen a disturbance in barry between midnight and one in the morning on wednesday. the us national hurricane centre says a powerful storm threatening the bahamas and florida has gathered strength and is now expected to be the strongest weather system to hit the us coast in decades. hurricane dorian now has winds of more than 215 kilometres an hour. this is how the bbc weather centre expects the hurricane to develop over the next few days. it's now marked as a category four storm — one that is considered to be extremely dangerous. cbs news reporter hilary lane is at cocoa beach in florida with more. a few years ago, hurricane irma hit florida, and there was massive gridlock with thousands of people

trouble erupted when a planned march in support of a united ireland was met by a counter protest withina of the city. riot police and mounted officers dealt with the disturbance. more migrants have arrived on the kent coast this morning. more than 200 people have crossed the channel in the last ten days. yesterday, the home secretary, priti patel, said urgent action was needed to stem the flow. a powerful storm that is threatening florida and the bahamas has strengthened to category 4. hurricane dorian is expected to grow even stronger as it passes the bahamas before making landfall early next week. a state of emergency has been declared in florida, where residents have been urged to stock enough food, water and medicine. tens of thousands of pro—democracy demonstrators have taken to the streets in hong kong in defiance of a police ban. petrol bombs were thrown at officers, who responded to the protesters by firing tear gas and water cannon. the event was called to mark five years since beijing ruled out fully democratic elections in the territory. stephen mcdonnell sent us this, from t

trouble erupted when a planned march in support of a united ireland was met by a counterprotest withinfficers dealt with the disturbance. joining me now from the scottish borders is david scott from the anti—sectarian charity nil by mouth. thank you for being with us. people might have been surprised by what they saw last night. first of all, just for context, how common are these kind of marches? marches in glasgow are somewhat rare because in recent yea rs glasgow are somewhat rare because in recent years we found more loyalists then we found back in belfast. they are part of the fabric of the city and with the apprentice boys in various opposition. in a smaller number of marches of republican groups between 20 and 30 a year. quite an awful lot. so we don't have a marching season in glasgow but almost a march every weekend here. given that, what is it you think that made last night's march go so badly wrong? last night, it seemed very shocking, very disgraceful. they were part of a wider part of the city for quite a year now, we have had incidences after a catholic priest was spent o

trouble erupted when a planned march in support of a united ireland was met by a counter protest withinfficers dealt with the disturbance. two men aged 33 and 36 have been charged with the murder of a youth whose body was found at barry docks in south wales. the victim has been named as harry baker, who was 17 and from cardiff. police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen a disturbance in barry between midnight and one in the morning on wednesday. the headlines on bbc news... thousands of protestors have taken to the streets across the uk — to condemn borisjohnson‘s decision to suspend parliament. critics accuse the prime minister of trying to by—pass democracy. the chancellor, sajid javid, insists his relationship with borisjohnson is "fantastic", despite downing st abruptly firing one of his special advisers, sonia khan. there's been renewed violence in hong kong, with pro—democracy protesters defying a ban on rallying. some activists threw petrol bombs, started fires and attacked the legislative council building and police fired tear gas and water cannon. nearly 2 million peo

trouble erupted when a planned march in support of a united ireland was met by a counter protest withinhe anti—sectarian charity — nil by mouth. he told me that marches happen regularly in glasgow, but that the violence last night was the result of a year of mounting tensions. marches in glasgow are somewhat of a phenomenon because in recent years we find more loyalist and republican marches in the city than we had back in belfast. they're very much something that are part of the fabric of the city. we have the orange order and the apprentice boys and various organisations who have in excess of 100 a year, and a smaller number of marches from republican groups, which are about 20 and 30 year, which is quite a lot. we don't necessarily have a marching season in glasgow. it's almost that we have marches almost every weekend of the year. given that, what is it do you think that made last night's march go so badly wrong? last night seemed very shocking, disgraceful and worrying. they are part of a wider narrative that goes on in the city. for about a year now we've had instances in and arou

trouble flared when a planned march in support of a united ireland was met by a counterprotest in the officers were called in. the us national hurricane centre says a powerful storm threatening the bahamas and florida has gathered strength and is now expected to be the strongest weather system to hit the us coast in decades. hurricane dorian now has winds of 140 miles an hour. this is how the bbc weather centre expects the hurricane to develop over the next few days. it's now marked as a category four storm, one that is considered to be extremely dangerous. cbs news correspondent hilary lane is in cocoa beach in florida. a lot of people here are breathing a sigh of relief. much of florida and cocoa beach here was in dorian‘s direct path yesterday, but overnight, those models shifted and showed the storm going out to sea and also hitting places like north carolina and georgia as of now. many people in florida were in line for hours getting gas. they were hunkering down. they were getting supplies, but everyone now breathing a sigh of relief as there is a good chance the storm will miss

sinn fein's ultimate aim is and always has been achieving a united ireland and a clear warning to the prime minister is the way he's going about brics it could make that prospect a great deal more likely. for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of breaks it an uphill struggle barbara al-jazeera belfast. a more than $100.00 migrants stranded at sea are now allowed to come ashore after italy and the e.u. reached a deal last week deputy prime minister material salvini blocked the italian coast guard vessel. from docking until european nations agreed to take in the asylum seekers so he says germany france portugal luxembourg and island will take them in . in northern japan all nuclear reactors in the region devastated by the earthquake and tsunami a years ago are to be shut down tokyo electric power company will switch off the 4 reactors still operating in the fukushima prefe

seen feigns ultimate is and always has been achieving a united ireland to make clear warning to the prime minister is the way he's going about brics it could make up prospects a great deal more likely. for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of breaks it an uphill struggle barbara al-jazeera belfast. when we come back here on al-jazeera. 6 months after it was at the center of a deadly attack by and chabad fighters a kenyan hotel reopens israel makes a surprise announcement about palestinian homes in the occupied west bank. and the woman who guided the usa to world cup glory is going out on top of the details later in sport. hello again some very heavy rain pushing into southern sections of china now the satellite is a massive cloud an eminence all of this we have actually got a tropical storm with well actually weaken in terms of winds quite rapidly over the next 24 hours but

sinn fein's ultimate aim is and always has been achieving a united ireland and a clear warning to the prime minister is the way he's going about brics it could make that prospect a great deal more likely. for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of brics it an uphill struggle nadine barber al jazeera belfast israel's security cabinet has approved the permits for the construction of 700 palestinian homes in the occupied west bank it was announced ahead of a planned visit to israel this week by senior white house adviser jared krishna how a force that has more from west to recent polls. well just days after carrying out an extremely controversial series of demolitions of palestinian homes in occupied east jerusalem the israeli government is now sanctioning the construction of some $700.00 palestinian homes in the part of the occupied west bank which it controls known as area

seen feigns ultimate is and always has been achieving a united ireland and a clear warning to the prime minister is the way he's going about bricks it could make up prospects a great deal more likely for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of breaks it an uphill struggle. belfast more than $100.00 stranded at sea are now allowed to come ashore after italy and the e.u. reached a deal over where they will go last week that the prime minister met there salvini block today tallinn coast guard vessel good 80 from docking until european nations agreed to take in the asylum seekers so when he says the migrants have been accepted by germany france portugal luxembourg and ireland they were rescued on thursday from 2 boats off the coast of malta and they're expected to dock in southern italy a little later. u.s. civil rights lawyers have gone back to court in an effort to stop the se

seen feigns ultimate is and always has been achieving a united ireland to make clear warnings to the prime minister is the way he's going about brics it could make up prospects a great deal more likely for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of breaks it an uphill struggle. al-jazeera belfast foreign ministers from southeast asian nations are meeting in bangkok the trade war between beijing and washington is expected to dominate those talks the 2 sides and that another round of dialogue on wednesday without any concrete progress the u.s. secretary of state by com pale is also due to meet his chinese counterpart later scott heide lawyer has the latest on that summit from bangkok. there hasn't been anything scheduled there's nothing on the books to say post this bilateral meeting between the japanese in the south korean foreign ministers there will be a press statement we'

should feigns ultimate aim is and always has been achieving a united ireland and a clear warning to the prime minister is the way he's going about brics it could make that prospect a great deal more likely for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of breaks it an uphill struggle. al-jazeera belfast. all right still ahead when we come back rolling out a truce why turkey's beefing up its forces in northern syria. iran. 6 months after it was at the center of a deadly attack by al-shabaab fighters kenyan hotel reopens it's all ahead. hello again some very heavy rain pushing into southern sections of china now the satellite is a massive cloud an enemy and so all of this we have actually got a tropical storm with will actually weaken in terms of winds quite rapidly over the next 24 hours but it will not ease off in those rains you can see here some very dark colors the right the wa

trouble flared when a planned march in support of a united ireland was met by a counter protest in theve teenagers arrested on suspicion of arson after a huge blaze at a kitchen appliance factory in peterborough have been released. around £2 million worth of damage was caused as 52 lorry trailers were destroyed in the fire on thursday. police inquiries continue. a powerful hurricane heading towards the bahamas and florida has strengthened to a category four. hurricane dorian is expected to swell further as it makes landfall on the us coast early next week. a state of emergency has been declared in florida, where residents have been urged to stockpile food, water and medicines. tens of thousands of pro—democracy demonstrators have taken to the streets in hong kong in defiance of a police ban. petrol bombs were thrown at officers, who responded with tear gas and water cannon. it's five years since beijing ruled out allowing fully democratic elections in the territory. from hong kong, john sudworth has more. just take us through the events today. well, hong kong's political crisis as it h

no deal over keeping scotla nd prioritise no deal over keeping scotland within the united kingdom and northern irelandroblem is with him that if a no—deal brexit was taking place then he thinks it would bea taking place then he thinks it would be a boost for scottish nationalism. that concerns him. he blames boris johnson. he blames john that concerns him. he blames boris johnson. he blamesjohn macdonald —— macjohn mcdonnell for suggesting that he would be happy with an independence poll held in scotland. a lot of people wouldn't be happy, would they? not least because of the electoral this. they were furious with him saying that. the prime minister would defend himself and said that he has one of the first things he would do was visit scotland, wales and northern ireland and he is a minister of the union. china has warned britain to stop "meddling" in hong kong, after the foreign secretary called for an independent investigation into disorder in the territory, in a telephone call with the city's chief executive. dominic raab told carrie lam that he condemned violence on all sides. there have been fur

united kingdom. you mentioned northern ireland. m stay together and move forward in a situation where boris johnson has basically set it up so there has to be a miracle, a long shot to either vote of no confidence, and again, you're talking about now sort of splitting the remain camp and a vote that would take 14 days out of a calendar that just doesn't have that kind of time. the way forward just seems more and more stark every day. and again, in a government that really hasn't done at least a job that many people see as satisfactory to prepare for that hard exit on midnight of the 31st. >> there's been a lot of suspicion that the people who have been advocating a basically so-called hard exit with no deal have not really meant it and they were using it as a way of trying to force parliament into some kind of deal. are any of those people weakening at this point as this crash approaches? >> no. and strangely enough, on the air today, on the evening news, there was this theory that maybe boris johnson was smarter than we all thought

for him as he thinks people would prioritise no deal over keeping scotland within the united kingdom and northern irelands showing that if brexit was taking place in terms of no deal, it would boost scottish nationalism. he blames borisjohnson for his nationalist policies, he blamesjohn for his nationalist policies, he blames john mcdonnell interestingly, the shadow chancellor in the labour party for also agreeing or suggesting that he would be happy with an independence poll held in scotland. a lot of labour people would not be at least for the electoral risk that they might never again be able to form a majority government. these scottish labour party was incandescent with rage. they were furious with him saying that. the prime minister would defend himself and say that one of the first things he did was visit scotland, wales, northern ireland to show his commitment and he is the minister of the union. white marquee is, so that must tell us something. thank you very much. the fbi is to investigate the death of the multi—millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who was found

will not even contemplate sort of any i can ario and which northern ireland part of the european union started as a part of the united kingdom signed which northern ireland part of the united kingdom become separated and any way whatsoever from england scotland and wales but it's difficult to see how dr beat on either that if there are a country preserve the good friday agreement and also to preserve free trade arkansas i think ira that cannot be done it's absolutely contradictory to any notion of a heart barter so there are comparable here so i would suggest that one of the side of the other must be bluffing somebody is going to have blinked and it's ready to call to see which side can blink and at the same time and pains of any credibility given the position they have already taken up and a macand there and i thank you very much thank you. time the weather is over to find very much part of an absolutely lovely across much of southern europe as as it should be but not everywhere that is the southeastern corner you can see where we've seen some rather lively showers in east downpour a little area cloud here just push