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 for access to health care kate. taxi driver many seen him from dublin has always enjoyed singing arias on the road a passenger recorded him and put the video on my it went viral and now the south african capital is a star. benzine it's 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 and. it's. taken me. it's just get to my emotions so much because i didn't realize it will go the spot i thought maybe it can just go to to facebook maybe pundits own 2 of the 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 auditions to men's wear shop even offered him a free taxi to for his next event. m

ireland is so important united states as a trading partner, but in so many ways for 30 million americans, ireland his family. and i'm one of them. it's deeply humbling for me to be able to come back to ireland. have the opportunity to go to the very hometown of my mother's grandmother. i mean, we'll have dinner tonight at a little pub that i worked at when i was 20 years old, when i came over here after my grandfather passed away. and right across the street is the house where my great grandmother grew up. she often spoke of a castle that was out of the window of her bedroom. and to be able to be here, to be able to reaffirm our commitment to the republic of ireland, to all our economic and diplomatic ties. but at the same time to have an opportunity to, to connect to the roots of my family, i think supports the relationship between the united states and ireland. i mean, if you think about, if you think about the bonds that exist between the irish people and the american people, they have much to do with shared heritage, they have much to do with family. and that's why it was important f

the european union is political death because they see it as a whole step towards a political united ireland in the northern ireland moving away from from the u.k. so in that sense johnson would lose that support entirely and he also loose the hard right wing of the conservative party on the mainland which butch which shares the d u p s views about the importance of keeping north knowledge in the bloc but a lot of the opposition at adesa a lot of bricks it votes on the mainland he really don't have very much about nor not and it's all wouldn't have very much if if that customs border was in the irish sea because they could guarantee a much harder breakfast on the mainland so again the problem for the conservative party is always this that if they go down the hard bricks it route would just leaving in that sort then they lose the moderate end of their policy as we've seen happen over the last week if they try to make an accommodation in the way that the oil and economy would enfold then they lose the heart and their party it's a big game of whack a mole really you know you try to knock out on

decide for themselves this is why people say the failure to agree on brics it could lead to a united ireland so the choices are. the british government can either accept the backstop and the minimal protections that it provides in order to ensure that we don't have a hardening of the border or that can give the people in the north of ireland a choice as to which union they want to be part of didn't want to be part of the dysfunctional so called united kingdom or didn't want to as declared in the previous referendum a man part of the european union the essential contradiction of breck's it remains that the u.k. wants to shut itself off from the european union while keeping its border with the e.u. open any ideas proposed by the irish to square that circle have been ruled out as unacceptable in london and yet here they are still waiting for the british prime minister to come up with something else instead joining us now via skype from dublin is john mcgrane jones the director general of the british irish chamber of commerce john great to have you with us now economists reckon that ireland's ec

decide for themselves this is why people say the failure to agree on brics it could lead to a united ireland so the choices are. the british government. accept the backstop and the minimal protections that it provides in order to ensure that we don't have a hardening of the border or that can give the people in the north of ireland a choice as to which union they want to be part of didn't want to be part of the dysfunctional so called united kingdom or didn't want to as declared in the previous referendum remain part of the european union the essential contradiction of brics it remains that the u.k. wants to shut itself off from the european union while keeping its border with the e.u. open any ideas proposed by the irish to square that circle have been ruled out as unacceptable in london and yet here they are still waiting for the british prime minister to come up with something else instead. carlo. thousands of people have protested in haiti's capital demanding the resignation of their president. the. riot police fired tear gas at demonstrators who want president. to step down many believe

decide for themselves this is why people say the failure to agree on brics it could lead to a united ireland so the choices are stark the british government. accept the backstop and the minimal protections that it provides in order to ensure that we don't have a hardening of the border or that can give the people in the north of ireland a choice as to which union they want to be part of didn't want to be part of the dysfunctional so-called united kingdom or didn't want to as declared in the previous referendum remain part of the european union the essential contradiction of brics it remains that the u.k. wants to shut itself off from the european union while keeping its border with the e.u. open any ideas proposed by the irish to square that circle have been ruled out as unacceptable in london and yet here they are still waiting for the british prime minister to come up with something else instead al-jazeera carlow in ireland. thousands of algerians have returned to the streets for the 31st week in a row. they're demanding an end to the current leadership rights groups amnesty international

decide for themselves this is what people say the failure to agree on bricks it could lead to a united ireland so the choices are stark the british government. except the backstop and the minimal protections that it provides in order to ensure that we don't have a hardening of the border or that can give the people in the north of ireland a choice as to which union they want to be part of didn't want to be part of the dysfunctional so-called united kingdom or didn't want to as declared in the previous referendum the man part of the european union the essential contradiction of brecht's it remains that the u.k. wants to shut itself off from the european union while keeping its border with the e.u. open any ideas proposed by the irish to square that circle have been ruled out as unacceptable in london and yet here they are still waiting for the british prime minister to come up with something else instead joining us now via skype from dublin is john the grain john's the director general of the british irish chamber of commerce john great to have you with us now economists reckon that ireland's e

decide for themselves this is why people say the failure to agree on brics it could lead to a united ireland so the choices are. the british government. except the backstop and the minimal protections that it provides in order to ensure that we don't have a hardening of the border or that can give the people in the north of ireland a choice as to which union they want to be part of didn't want to be part of the dysfunctional so called united kingdom or didn't want to as declared in the previous referendum the man part of the european union the essential contradiction of breck's it remains that the u.k. wants to shut itself off from the european union while keeping its border with the e.u. open any ideas proposed by the irish to square that circle have been ruled out as unacceptable in london and yet here they are still waiting for the british prime minister to come up with something else instead joining us now via skype from dublin is john the graeme jones the director general of the british irish chamber of commerce john great to have you with us now economists reckon that ireland's economy

concerned that brexit will lead to a break—up of the united kingdom, possibly first through a united irelandally in the last of the four nations, wales coming to the conclusion that maybe they are better out too? i thought it was interesting to hear sam, our wonderful new liberal democrat mp, sam gyimah, talking about how he sees the liberal democrat party —— how he sees the party playing to nationalism, that force of nationalism, that force of nationalism represents a threat to the united kingdom. i am absolutely determined that we keep our united kingdom together, because it is a partnership, it is a family of nations that has worked well and is pa rt nations that has worked well and is part of who we are. we are so much stronger together. the same arguments, the same reasons why we wa nt to arguments, the same reasons why we want to stay in the eu are the same arguments as to why we should stay together in our united kingdom. if there is anything that we can learn from the brexit mess that we are in, it is breaking up is hard to do. we are talking about tearing apart a union which is a fe

decide for themselves this is why people say the failure to agree on brics it could lead to a united ireland so the choices are. the british government can either accept the backstop and the minimal protections that it provides in order to ensure that we don't have a hardening of the border or that can give the people in the north of ireland a choice as to which union they want to be part of didn't want to be part of the dysfunctional so called united kingdom or didn't want to as declared in the previous referendum remain part of the european union the essential contradiction of breck's it remains that the u.k. wants to shut itself off from the european union while keeping its border with the e.u. open any ideas proposed by the irish to square that circle have been ruled out as unacceptable in london and yet here they are still waiting for the british prime minister to come up with something else instead. carlo in ireland. kurdistan is trying to boost its image and revive lost traditions the government is organizing the 1st ever know my games thousands of people are attending the event this

it could lead to a united ireland so the choices are stark the british government. accept the backstop and the minimal protections that it provides in order to ensure that we don't have a hardening of the border or that give the people in the north of ireland a choice as to which union they want to be part of didn't want to be part of the dysfunctional so-called united kingdom or didn't want to declare than the previous referendum part of the european union the essential contradiction of brics it remains that the u.k. wants to shut itself off from the european union while keeping its border with the e.u. any ideas proposed by the irish to square that circle have been ruled unacceptable in london and yet here they are still waiting for the british prime minister to come up with something else instead. and. now the america has met with the british prime minister boris johnson in london a statement from downing street says shaikh. honey and johnson agreed the war in yemen must come to an end. for the. personal relationship 3 years ago and business you do your. relation

decide for themselves this is why people say the failure to agree on bricks it could lead to a united ireland so the choices are. the british government can either accept the backstop and the minimal protections that it provides in order to ensure that we don't have a hardening of the border or that can give the people in the north of ireland a choice as to which union they want to be part of didn't want to be part of the dysfunctional so called united kingdom or didn't want to as declared in the previous referendum remain part of the european union the essential contradiction of breck's it remains that the u.k. wants to shut itself off from the european union while keeping its border with the e.u. open any ideas proposed by the irish to square that circle have been ruled out as unacceptable in london and yet here they are still waiting for the british prime minister to come up with something else instead. carlo in ireland. live from london coming up. enjoy a moment of world history whole. story and much more. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. business up

the idea of an all in the economy in the notional idea of that being moved towards an idea of a united ireland would be absolutely disastrous for his support in northern ireland but it could actually be one way out of this which the european union could end up supporting could be interesting to see the one go for something like that thanks so much than think that. north korea has $52.00 missiles into the sea just hours after it offered to resume denuclearization talks with the us they were imported lee launched from south pyongyang province south korean officials say they flew across the country before landing in waters off north korea's east coast gauche ations between pyongyang and washington have been deadlocked since the country's needs failed to reach a deal in february from mcbride has more from seoul. this seems to be a continuation of the missile launches that have continued now for a number of weeks as seen as being north korea's anger to military exercises that have been taking place in south korea but those exercises ended last month it seems that north korea's missile testing has n

are all focused on brexit and the united states's commitment after brexit is completed to negotiating a free trade agreement with the u.k., but i told the leader of ireland today that we are also equally anxious to have a free trade agreement with the european union and expand trading opportunities that will create jobs in the united states and more prosperity for all our countries. they also talked about broad range of security issues, including huawei. we had a frank conversation with the prime minister about our concerns that a chinese telecommunications company which is required by chinese law to give their government access to any date that they acquired, would have aess to our economies, even on access to the security in the last. i was grateful that primie informed meadkar that there were continuing to review the huawei issue and appreciated hearing from me on that. finally on the subject of brexit, limited clear that the u.s. supports the uk's decision to leave the au est to leave the e.u. that being said, we recognize ireland has unique challenges within the northern border, and we are absolutely determined to play a positive role in ensuring th

in effect he was advocating a united ireland. the violence was to last another quarter—century. which still impacts on the fraught politics of today. and you can watch the first in a seven—part documentary series on bbc spotlight at 8:30pm next tuesday on bbc one in northern ireland — and on bbc four. mystery still surrounds the death ofjoy morgan, a 20—year—old woman killed last year by a member of the controversial church she attended. a man has been convicted of her murder — but he still refuses to say wherejoy‘s body is. now, herfamily have told radio 1's newsbeat about the dramatic change they saw in her character when she joined the congregation. cherry wilson reports. joy's family say she lived up to her name — compassionate and caring, she was a joy to be around. but when she started becoming interested in a church called israel united in christ, they say she changed. because in the israelite church you can't be israelite if your father is a white man, she would be like to my little sister, "you're a white devil," and it was like, "whoa, what's happened tojoy?" and that'

sea but then of course it is got to be a sort of where is ireland where is northern ireland where they should do united kingdom so technically it's feasible to move the bond requestion from between the republic and northern ireland to between northern ireland and the united kingdom but apart from that i have difficulty seeing any adjustments that would be possible . do you think there is any as a sense of impatience among some of the e.u. members perhaps. and an appetite to not give the the u.k. an extension to essentially just tell them well if if you want to leave will will will just let you leave one time in 31st come what may. well they there certainly are high degree of frustration and. also sense that we we have important things to do in europe. we can't be sort of preoccupied with this it breaks it mess for ever and the brits simply have to make up their mind they do have a domestic political crisis there's fair amount of understanding of that there's a hope that they will get out of the it in some sort of orderly and decent and democratic shape. but clearly there's an understanding that this ca

this is why the failure to agree on brexit could lead to a united ireland. >> choices are start. -- starkish government accept it, or they can give the people in northern ireland the choice to what union they want to be a part of. we want to be a part of the united kingdom will remain part of the european union? reporter: the contradiction of brexit remains, u.k. wants to shut itself off from the european union, while keeping its border open. any ideas proposed by the irish to square that circle have been ruled out as an acceptable in london. here, they are still waiting for the prime minister to come up with something else instead. in ireland. anchor: still with the newshour live from london, japan's rugby fans enjoy a moment of world cup history. we will have someone here very shortly with that story and much more. ♪ anchor: the latest in sports. reporter: thank you very much. japan has made a winning start the rugby world cup. the home team overcoming some of the nerves to run in four tries against russia in tokyo, japan, securing the victory by 30-10. we have another reporting. report

which will incentivise sinn fein to advocate for the border poll to take northern ireland out of the united ireland toa and then to the republic of ireland to a united ireland. how on earth could be right honourable gentleman defend the indefensible? because i simply disagree with the honourable lady, but there would have to be a political desire to impose a hardboard that political desire to impose a ha rdboa rd that and political desire to impose a hardboard that and neither united kingdom nor the republic of ireland government has such a desire.|j thank the right honourable gentleman for giving way and i have a fondness for giving way and i have a fondness for him from time at the committee years ago. what is constitutionally irregular shutting down parliament, shutting down debate on shutting down the ability of mps to hold this government to account. can the right honourable gentleman tell me when it was he became aware of the payments are's planned to shut down parliament in order to force down a no—deal brexit because papers today suggest it was the plan on 16th august? as parliament

in effect, he was advocating a united ireland.long, complex bitter conflict which still impacts on the fraught politics of today. chris page, bbc news, belfast. the headlines on bbc news... opposition leaders in parliament agree to stop borisjohnson having a snap election until brexit is delayed beyond the end of october. peers have approved legislation aimed at blocking a possible no—deal brexit. robert mugabe — the man who delivered independence for zimbabwe but went on to become its dictator — has died at the age of 95. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's coming up on bbc news, a good partnership between captainjoe britt and rory burns, but will it be another england? britt and rory burns, but will it be another england ? they britt and rory burns, but will it be another england? they have dug in at the portraits the ashes, after australia declared on

the pro united ireland party sinn fein accusing him of failing commitments to uphold northern ireland'sood friday peace agreement, enshrining an open border. >> we're very concerned to hear -- and concede the point there might be checks. >> reporter: when he became t. shot two years ago, he broke the mold for irish leaders. young, gay, the first-ever born to immigrant parents. brexit is by far his biggest challenge. and while housing and health care have taken the shine off his early popularity, his handling of brexit is well received. for the past year he has had plenty of e.u. support. meetings with german chancellor angela merkel, french president emmanuel macron, and european council president come apace. his meeting with johnson in the face of the u.k.pm's no deal extension brexit threat could be less smooth. he appears less than impressed with johnson's tactics. >> this isn't about politicians, it isn't about our lateral prospects. it's about protecting people's jobs, people's livelihoods, protecting business, protecting peace and protecting security. if an extension is required t

on the other side the ira wanted a united ireland they launched a series of attacks, in 1974 hitting in the hotel included prime minister margaret thatcher who narrowly escaped the blast. northern ireland is a very different place today — because of the good friday agreement. it's peaceful and more prosperous but challenges remain. emma vardy is the bbc‘s ireland correspondent. parents were urged to get their children home, as petrol bombs were thrown at police lines. officers say at least two young people involved the violence began when around 80 officers entered the area of derry known as the creggan. police had come to carry out searches in an operation targeting the new ira. a bomb was found in the boot of a car. we know that the new ira are constantly planning to murder police officers. i don't know if there more devices in creggan, but i would be fairly confident the new ira are planning further attacks against police in northern ireland. violent dissident republicans oppose the british governance of northern ireland. it looks like a pretty ordinary street, but this was the pr

decide for themselves this is why people say the failure to agree on brics it could lead to a united ireland so the choices are. the british government can either accept the backstop and the minimal protections that it provides in order to ensure that we don't have a hardening of the border or that can give the people in the north of ireland a choice as to which union they want to be part of didn't want to be part of the dysfunctional so called united kingdom or didn't want to as declared in the previous referendum a man part of the european union the essential contradiction of breck's it remains that the u.k. wants to shut itself off from the european union while keeping its border with the e.u. open any ideas proposed by the irish to square that circle have been ruled out as unacceptable in london and yet here they are still waiting for the british prime minister to come up with something else instead joining us now via skype from dublin is john the graeme jones the director general of the british irish chamber of commerce john great to have you with us now economists reckon that ireland's

decide for themselves this is why people say the failure to agree on brics it could lead to a united ireland so the choices are. the british government. accept the backstop and the minimal protections that it provides in order to ensure that we don't have a hardening of the border or that can give the people in the north of ireland a choice as to which union they want to be part of do they want to be part of the dysfunctional so called united kingdom or do want to as declared in the previous referendum remain part of the european union the essential contradiction of brics it remains that the u.k. wants to shut itself off from the european union will keeping its border with the e.u. any ideas proposed by the irish to square that circle have been ruled unacceptable in london and yet here they are still waiting for the british prime minister to come up with something else instead. ok to the now where they are of qatar has met with the british prime minister boris johnson in london a statement from downing street. and johnson agreed the war in yemen must come to an end they also discussed the re

there would be a risk that paramilitaries might attack and insulation because they don't want a united ireland a big difference. it's quite clear to is a big difference. it's quite clearto remember is a big difference. it's quite clear to remember that regardless of what backstop bid northern ireland or the current one we have it's an insurance policy and a last—ditch scenario that we hope will never come into place, but by having it we would be able to negotiate a new trade customs and deal between the eu and uk as a whole. if that deal was not able to be flushed out we would come of course, be able to alternative arrangements but none have been prevented. the backstop as is and as was originally drafted is no threat to the community. has all the threat of checks and balances and puts the medicaid advantage over us on and puts the medicaid advantage over us on the south. i'm slightly bemused that you say you have no alternatives because the alternative arrangements commissions supplied you with a document with 250 pages of alternative arrangements that could be discussed. i wonder why the bri

european government at the behest of the dublin government to try and carve off northern ireland from the rest of the united kingdom my 3 certainly from the who the. lead information receive you know ireland but also in britain and also emanating from the union is that there will be some attempt to draw the heart of the border and in a sense to move to march towards a march some of the bricks and that we're going to remove some some of you know some of that political pressure will not work and the prime minister has said that a northern ireland backstop is not acceptable they do you have said a northern ireland backstop is not acceptable so it's just so it's that simple as this the very idea that brussels would seek to divide the united kingdom shows how little good well there is towards the united kingdom and northern ireland particular by the european union. and the the irish parents will be softened considerably but in a sense the there will be. we know unionists i think will retreat from their heart of position the johnson government might quiet so that i think some. bricks it will tape parades so i thi

the vice president of the united states visits ireland and decides to sleep on the west coast of irelandel all the way across the country for his meetings with irish government officials in the irish capital of dublin. fly all the way across the country for the meetings. normally when the vice president of the united states goes to dublin, he stays in dublin, as joe biden did at the phoenix park hotel when he was vice president. president john fitzgerald kennedy was the first irish catholic president, and he became the first president of the united states to visit ireland, and he stayed in the shellburn hotel in dublin. former president ulysses s. grant stayed in the shellburn hotel. former president clinton stayed. michelle obama stayed in the hotel with her children when she was first lady. if you glance at the display in the lobby about notable guests who have stayed there, it seems every movie star who has ever been to dublin stayed there at some point, but mike pence says he and his entourage could not stay because they needed a place big enough, quote, to accommodate the unique ton

private equity firm was allowed to take over much of the property market here in the united sates also in germany and ireland in the united kingdom in 2013 if you'll recall they announced a program called help to buy you and i here in kaiser report we said that day we said well this is like a ponzi scheme essentially because those in it the property market already need to be paid out by incoming people. people in the rest of the economy who did not own a property did not have the resources to enter this scheme this pyramid scheme of property so the taxpayer provided a huge portion close to 20 percent of the deposit for a certain sector of the population anyway we call that a ponzi scheme and except for george osborne's mother thought it was a great program of course she thought it was a good idea. this is from the financial times 6 years 6 a half years after we said this and this. is how to buy has failed to make homes more affordable ok let's talk about this for a moment so the government injects a bunch of free money into the housing market and prices go up and as a result people find that they are less af

private equity firm is allowed to take over much of the property market here in the united sates also in germany and ireland in the united kingdom in 2013 if you recall they announced a program called help to buy you and i here in kaiser report we said that day we said well this is like a ponzi scheme essentially because those in it the property market already need to be paid out by new incoming people people in the rest of the economy who did not own a property did not have the resources to enter this scheme this pyramid scheme of property so the taxpayer provided a huge portion close to 20 percent of the deposit for a certain sector of the population anyway we call that a ponzi scheme and except for george osborne's mother thought it was a great program of course she thought it was a good idea. this is from the financial times 6 years 6 and a half years after we said this and this is how to buy has failed to make homes more affordable ok let's talk about this for a moment so the government injects a bunch of free money into the housing market and prices go up and as a result people find they are less affo

general assembly will hear and excellency, boris johnson, from the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. his excellency. i invite him to the general assembly. johnson: mr.r president, your excellencies, and faithful audience. it is customary for the british prime minister to comment to a nation to pledge to advance our values and defend our rules and preserve the two-state solution to the conflict in the middle east. but no one can ignore a gathering force reshaping the future of every member of this assembly. there has been nothing like it in history. when i think of the great, scientific revolutions of the past, the steam engine, aviation, the atomic age, i think of new tools that we acquire over which we, the human race, have the advantage, which we control, and that is not necessarily the case in the digital age. you may keep your secrets from your friends and your parents, your children, your doctor, even your personal trainer, but it takes real effort to conceal your thoughts from google, and if that is true today, in the future, there may be nowhere to hide, sensors all joined to

deals it want, while northern ireland economically could benefit from the advantages of both sides and politically, could keep its relationship unchanged with the rest of the unitedreland that the majority there are in favour of the majority there are in favour of the backstop, and recently the prime minister said he was open when it comes to trade in agricultural products for northern ireland to be aligned with ireland. so why not for the rest of trade asked the eu but it knows that the prime minister if he is open to the idea of the northern ireland only backstop needs the numbers in parliament and there will be some unionist opposition for sure. could he pull it off before a general election or after a general election? that is one of the reasons that eu leaders are very likely indeed to grant another brexit extension, if the prime minister asks for it, yes, france at the weekend said don't take that extension for granted, but all the rest of my contacts across the eu say forget france, we know they like playing brexit bad cop. if the rest are in favour of a an extension france is unlikely to veto it. so the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, has co

european project to get things started we come here to northern ireland as you know northern ireland belongs to the united kingdom and border with the republic of ireland the separate member states that border is wide open right now but.

european project to get things started we come here to northern ireland as you know northern ireland belongs to the united kingdom and shares a land border with the republic of ireland the separate member state now that border is wide open right now but. the european union the border arrangements could change radically and that could affect much more than just the economy some worry that could reignite the bloody conflict between republicans and loyalists that raged here. in this market and on the irish side of the border has everything a local farmer could want. it's been attracting merchants and customers from the republic of ireland and british northern ireland for 34 years. so they did call the market into being. the 80 year old knows everything there is to know about drama. in his guard house he recounts what it was like during the troubles the days when there were military checkpoints and the ira was active. and he explains why many here fear a hard we're going to start all over again. no we. if britain says so and when i heard it do you know. the border will come into operation again maybe they're

normal start of a northern ireland unit is and could explain why arlene foster the leader of the d u p had a meeting with the prime minister at number 10 so isn't too hard to find in this crisis whatever the strategy is being moldova here in downing street there is one overriding factor which dominates and can't be outmaneuvered and that's time or the lack of it under simmons outers era london. u.s. president says he's working to improve gender equality in football donald trump who openly argued with the star player during america's victory in the women's world cup talks with the head of world football at the white house where it states reports. president trump's relationship with the u.s. women's football team is frosty at best but after talks with the president gianni and punting you know he for the 1st time publicly acknowledged that he's trying to do something about gender inequality in the game johnny and i just had a meeting on women's soccer is what everybody's going to do to make that even better and more equitable etc etc so johnny thank you very much greater great meeting w

said, we are going to temporarily place the border in the irish sea and treat the island of ireland as one unit be a way of springing out of his troubles, at least as far as brussels is concerned, if not with the dup? yes, the dup would be hugely unhappy with that scenario. they have already spoken out against that idea that has been floated around. i think really the pressure is on boris johnson to come up with an alternative at the question everyone is asking, including leo varadkar, who he will be meeting this morning, is what is your alternative to the backstop? he doesn't want the backstop? he doesn't want the backstop in the withdrawal agreement, but there is a feeling amongst those in the eu that he actually hasn't come up with the details. we may hearfrom him before he goes in. they are in fact going to be giving a short statement, taking a couple of questions from the media. whether he will give us an insight into exactly what his alternative is to the backstop, we will have to wait and see. they haven't arrived yet, we were expecting them to come here at 9am. discussions here, not neg