today a united ireland of 5 years and we draw agreement will be 2 years and therefore you'll sort it all out is. not only is older than me but he looks from sort of be older than me and he knows that there's never been a united ireland that has lifetime there will never be one in my lifetime none of your engine because if you're in secretly wanting a united ireland to take advantage of european union trade no because on the sly voting in the general election vision for. the north koreans but collapsed north and they work 16 percent i think today they're 6 percent and north on them so they collapse dramatically no i think people want to see stable politics stop this man on the moon pursuit of only elastic things let's focus on what people really need stability politically good jobs a sense but colony going forward i'm delighted that we have the best employment figures that we've ever had in our lifetime look at the best and what investment figures will forever out of my lifetime let's try those things out of the. tracks ok what my lawyer said about boris johnson's comments on wednesda

get intelligence and the fact that there was a senior voices in m i 5 actually secret disorder united ireland seem. believable i don't think it's comment very specifically about a former or current m i 5 operative for the sake of paperwork but i will read his book about to be answered by the british so i will make some some general comments which i think are important i think that using human intelligence sources to counter terrorism is a very very specialised talk that m i 5 and the british security services not only developed in northern ireland but lead across the world and something which they share with friendly nations is the hard to conquer and to a counterinsurgency programs for people who will turn and side the organization was very widely used in northern ireland very deliberately to undermine that ray will be supporting this story lou investigations unit mandated by the good friday will be over the line marks if i'm for justice equal justice so if there is sufficient evidence to prove the song was done something wrong that they're held responsible and accountable join a court of la

talk of a united ireland happening imminently is a bits, a bit exaggerated, the time frame on that.northern ireland. there is still a great deal of uncertainty for what the ultimate trade and security and regulatory relationship will be with the eu. and northern ireland is, it has the only land border between the uk and the eu and especially those towns along the border have been suffering economically for quite some time because of this uncertainty. that is the economic side stop the political side is that there are some changing demographics and changing understandings of what identity means and is in northern ireland today. thank you so much bonnie. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: plants living the high—life — why vegetation is growing at higher altitudes in the himalayas. day one of freshness on to force the iraqis out of kuwait has sent the most intense errant absences are convertible. tobacco is america's because industry. the industry as divers of the report. this mated to make people to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street thatis cigarettes. there is not

said this in response to collins claim that some of the british government secretly wanted a united ireland well i think that at different times you asked if i know your thoughts are on the british government i do said they would never talk to their aid and yet we find behind the scenes a war talk and they are it as they were trying to get a political settlement on their terms so i think the british government like any other government walk in a number of different times and at the same time will be made held back to overexaggerate as a thank you know what port and he was caught i think in the mind of british intelligence and. really hard and worse and they keep their we also asked him about whether the ira is ill in control shin fein is alleged by coughlan well i think if you look at the our party as a democratic organization political organization they stand for election our members are deputy 1st minister no was elected democratically and so with all our members with that we recently went through the west new selection where 7 of our m.p. for returned again so i think in order for a theo

bricks its border in the irish sea to the british security services lay the groundwork for a united ireland we speak to a self-confessed m i 5 spy. working undercover at the highest levels of shin fein over the mall coming up in today's going underground 1st on saturday's show we spoke to m.p.'s from both the d.p. engine fein about the return of good friday agreement local government to northern ireland we also was the shin fein m.p. from c. malloy about the history of his party during the troubles the subject of a new book by a self-confessed for m i 5 spy willie calling who confesses to working at the highest levels of sinn fein in the seventy's and eighty's well i said this in response to collins claim that some of the british government secretly wanted a united ireland well i think at different times you act if i know no stature on the british government i do said they would never talk to their aid and yet we find that behind the scenes the war talk and they are it as we're trying to get a political settlement on their terms so i think the british government like any other government wa

said this in response to call his claim that some in the british government secretly wanted a united ireland well i think at different times you asked if i know your stature on the british government you said they would never talk to their aid and yet we find behind the scenes a war token today as they were trying to get a political settlement on their terms so i think the british government like any other government walk on a number different time just at the same time william may have backed.

said this in response to collins claim that some of the british government secretly wanted a united ireland well i think that at different times you act if i know no stature on the british government i do said they would never talk to their aid and yet we find that behind the scenes of war talk and they are it as we're trying to get a political settlement on their terms so i think the british government like any other government work on a number of different time just at the same time will be made have acted over exactly as a thinking what port and he was adequate i think in the mind of british intelligence when he thought and wasn't a key player we also asked him about whether the ira is still in control shion fane as alleged by government well i think if you look at the our party as a democratic organization a political organization to stand for election our members are the. the 1st minister no was elected democratically and so with all our members with and we recently went through the west new selection where 7 of our m.p.'s were turned again so i think ignored break here is a democratic

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lay the groundwork for a united ireland we speak to a self-confessed m i 5 spy working undercover at the highest levels of shin fein over them all coming up in today's going underground 1st on saturday's show we spoke to m.p.'s from both the d.p. engine fein about the return of good friday agreement local government to northern ireland we also was lieschen fade m.p. from c. malloy about the history of his party during the troubles the subject of a new book by a self-confessed former m i 5 spy willie calling who confesses to working at the highest levels of sinn fein in the seventy's and eighty's well i said this in response to collins claim that some of the british government secretly wanted a united ireland well i think that at different times you have to find no no thought you're on the british government i do said they would never talk to their ear and yet we find that behind the scenes the war talk and they read that they were trying to get a political settlement on their terms so i think the british government like any other government work on a number of different times that th

said this in response to collins claim that some of the british government secretly wanted a united ireland well i think that at different times you act if i know who thought you're on the british government you said they would never talk to their aid and yet we find that behind the scenes the war talk and they read that we're trying to get a political settlement on their terms so i think the british government like any other government on a number different tangent at the same time will be made to have acted over exactly as a thinking what a portent he was could i think in the mind of british intelligence with a car and worse and they keep their we also asked him about whether the ira is still in control shin fein is alleged by coughlan well i think if you look at the our party as a democratic organization political organization they stand for election our members are that the 1st minister no was elected democratically and so with all our members with that we recently went.

to avoid a hard border on the island of trade talks went sour but that sounded too close to a united ireland for the d.p. so she went with an all u.k. backstop instead but that left the entire country in the grips of an e.u. customs union which many saw as a brecht that betrayal despite all kinds of ideas to avoid that scenario from alternative arrangements to technological solutions none of them quite fitted the bill the withdrawal agreement is in short a reckless leap in the dark there will be or can scare people going into the lobby is against this deal it is a denial of our democracy and therefore of the national interest the democratic unionist party will be voting against withdrawal agreement we now have a problem looked around only 20 percent of the public appear to think that this is a good deal i think should come as no surprise that so few members of parliament are also willing to support it not once not twice but 3 times parliament rejected the deal and with that by june 29th team it was time for the end of may i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honor of my life to

with the countries like pakistan i question thank you thank you very much after the break from a united ireland to war in the middle east we are former irish defense and justice minister helen chancer if lack of trust in our media and politicians is fueling global instability. deal. back. welcome to max kaiser. yanks this is what happens to pensions in britain. watched as a recurring. welcome back britain's breakfast mandarins were no doubt watching closely u.k. prime minister boris johnson's meeting in the past 48 hours with irish prime minister. but kamber and could be trusted as johnson drives direct straight the u.k. from the european union revelations from one of his former cabinet colleagues alan shatter in his new book frenzy and betrayal the i definitely have a political assassination arguably suggest not former justice and defense minister joins me now from naples in florida alan before we go to more pressing issues arguably about ireland and its place in the european union tell me about the book frenzy and betrayal the anatomy of a political assassination and why it may interest any p

people of the north of ireland and ireland for 7 years 7 months and i was listening to your commentator is there say that the u.k. is leaving millet's not even as a single unit because the north of ireland has been given special status we will stay in the custom union rules will apply single market and e.u. tax and the reason why that is because i'm leaving in the minutes to go on to start of the border the bridge and which is the border protection in ireland and on like what you are saying it's a micro way i could put one foot in derry and the other in donegal so for anyone to trying to suggest that it is 2 different member states it's one country and that was why i recall in the brutal agreements crucially important and that was why on wednesday that the n.e.p. is forwarded overwhelmingly for no harder border an errand i'm talking about that about border martin if i can just jump in there to sort of the protests on the border could be really say a return to the troubles we think. you seem fixated about about this the war is over no people are exercising their democratic right to protest because we come from a city that longer stands gerrymander and because

again will rise again and that could be you know with brags that now happening that you know a united ireland and an independent scotland going forward so hopefully we'll. be back there take your castle yeah my house. castle is ready to be retaken the maxwell clan currently doesn't have a leader i'm putting myself forward as to be the leader of the maxwell clan our ongoing multi 100 year conflict with england scotland this is never been easier now to walk away from england to be independent from england and i'm going to be more of 2020 my goal is to lead the maxwell clan in our separation a completely from england of course our lives can be reunited the 6 counties in the north will be going to be attics essentially by the republican thank god for the northern ireland because they don't want to be part of that dump called england and i want to quickly do a headline democrats need to accept these 3 to use to be a trump a 2021 trump didn't steal the 2016 election to the economy is doing well even for the little guy 3 stop denigrating the voters i think that one is the most important this is from

said this in response to collins claim that some of the british government secretly wanted a united ireland well i think you at different times you have to find no no thought you're on the british government you said you would never talk to their ear and yet we find that behind the scenes the war talk and they are it as they were trying to get a political settlement on their terms so i think the british government like any other government on a number different tangent at the same time william may have actually over exactly his thinking what he porton he was i think in the mind of british intelligence with a car and worsened the key player we also asked him about whether the ira zylon control shin fein is alleged by government well i think if you look at the our party as a democratic organization a political organization they stand for election our members are that the 1st minister no was elected democratically and so with all our members with that we recently went through the west new selection where 7 of our m.p. for returned again so i think in order for a theory a democratic organizatio

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nationalists, widened the divide between those people who see themselves as wanting to be part of a united irelandelves very much as british, so those arrangements we are yet to understand what they mean underground. that will have to be determined in the 11 months to come. lots of people coming past have if you want brexit, it has been a source of debate for several years now, but the debate between leo varadkar, the irish government and the rest of the eu and what this means in future, that is yet to be determined. let's speak to the former conservative mep stanley johnson, father of the prime minister. i hope you don't mind, for our younger viewers, i will remind them younger viewers, i will remind them you were an mep from 1979 until 1984. what does today mean for you? i was 1984. what does today mean for you? iwasa 1984. what does today mean for you? i was a european civil servant way backin i was a european civil servant way back in 1973, one of the very first brits to arrive in brussels just after we joined. brits to arrive in brussels just after wejoined. i went brits to arrive in brussels

question scotland may leave the union and the northern ireland may join the irish republic for a united ireland that's the 1st issue that he'll need to deal with and that's going to be very very difficult to do to do in terms of a deal with the e.u. and the us and trying to balance in those particular points i think the biggest partner there is the e.u. because that's where we trade the most but there will be deviation and the e.u. is a very hard. trading sort of negotiator more so maybe than the us. it's us it's a spirit smaller in terms of our trade with the u.s. but it's election year in the united states so this may not be a priority as it stands as the year goes on because we get 2 boards the national election in the united states in november. for the last 3 years to be tearing their hair out about don't run the b.b.c. but we're going to have to leave it there i'm sorry if we're out of town thank you so much and we have half an hour away from when the u.k. will cease to become formally a member of the european union back to your home thank you very much. so to come the anger in south korea

well, look, the question of a united ireland came back to the fore during the brexit process. it as a way to... republican party here, they used it asawayto... a republican party here, they used it as a way to... a bigger pardon, very loud. they used it as a way to really, if you like, but their horn for their cause tooth further the cause for a border poll for irish community. that —— the democratic unionist party were angry about that, trying to hold targeted british roots. prosise hard their positions, really into their two changes. that is what reawakened all the old divisions in northern ireland and why it became the part of the brexit process that really wasn't talked about all that much in the referendum but suddenly came to the referendum but suddenly came to the fore as the difficult issue to resolve. nothing around here will change to the eye, but there will be changes behind the scenes going forward for businesses, perhaps there will be more disruption, more bureaucracy. a lot of that will dependin bureaucracy. a lot of that will depend in northern ireland on how mu

harry took her around the four nations of the united kingdom, ireland, scotland, england and wales. they welcomed her with open arms. they were greeted by tens of thousands of cheering people. if you look at the wedding, there was in excess of 100,000 people along the route. it shows you how the people embraced her, embraced harry. what went wrong somewhere along the line was last year. it was the taking private jets, having preached about carbon footprint, global warming and protecting the planet and you've got to lead by example. that wasn't leading by example. they got a lot of bad press on that. i have to admit that the press did go over the top and they went on incessantly. they swung around when harry and meghan went to africa. they got the most fantastic wall to wall coverage that anybody's got. unfortunately, they decided that they made up their own minds and they want to back off from being royals and want to just be harry and meghan doing their own thing. >> harry drops the mike. that was such a relatable moment not just bringing the monarchy into modern times and pop cult

ireland and the conflict over whether northern ireland should stay as part of the uk or become a united irelandnorthern ireland will work in future. that is where unanswered questions will now live. now lets unanswered questions will now live. n ow lets ta ke unanswered questions will now live. now lets take you to raf brize norton, where we are seeing the coaches that are leaving with their 83 british nationals who have been evacuated from china. they were on that plane that arrived at around 1:30pm this afternoon from wuhan, the city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. that plane brought the 83 evacuees in. they are being driven on a fleet of coaches to the wirral. it is a journey of about 170 miles, we are told. there is an nhs facility where they will be kept in quarantine for 1a days. two weeks of quarantine for their 83 british nationals who have been flown back from china. there were more british nationals out there, but this is who has been brought back for the time being. we were speaking to one of them. ben williams was saying he went to china to get married and he has had to l

. >> the name of the united kingdom of great britain and ireland, we present count two, crimes againstts participated in the planning and waging of wars of aggression, wars in violation of international treaties, agreements and assurances. >> the first step, the next step. >> the land is occupied, austria and czechoslovakia are seized by germany. now the nazi conspirators turned to the next problem. the conquest of poland. agitant transcribed hitler's word. is impossible. questiontherefore no of sparing poland and we are left with the decision to attack suitable the first opportunity. we cannot expect a repetition of the czech affair. there will be war. >> meanwhile, the conspirators stirred up the issue to furnish frontier incidents which could justify an attack on poland. august, the nazis signed their nonaggression pact with russia. he told his high command -- is in the position in which i want them. i'm only afraid that at the last moment -- >> appeals were made. pope.by the and by president roosevelt. >> finally, he asks, that assurance be given him that the forces will not attack

and the united nations have also criticised the reforms. northern ireland's main parties has formed a power sharing government off to 3 years sound off the deal between the unionists do you pay a nationalist should say was brokered by courts and then on and for years ago should say quit the power sharing a. ainge meant because it said it felt was it was not being treated as an equal moving again thank you. for several 1000 people have marched through scotland's largest city glasgow to show support for independence nationalists hope to hold a referendum database here on whether scotland should break away from the united kingdom britain's decisions lead the european union has increased support for scottish independence. will taiwan's pro independence president saeed one has been reelected and by a landslide margin side won 57 percent of the vote showing strong support for a tough stance against china which does not recognize taiwanese independence and insists that the island is still part of china. savoring her victory sorry wants message of defiance to get spa

ireland. the worst health service in the united kingdoms, schools and funding issues and the universities haved brexit situation and the fact that northern ireland has not had its own elected government like scotland and wales made it has not been able to feed on its own crucial views on the brexit agenda, including on the irish border, which is literally a matter of life and death to keep that com pletely of life and death to keep that completely open. lord hain, good of you tojoin us completely open. lord hain, good of you to join us tonight. thank you. lord hain, former secretary of state for northern ireland. you're watching bbc news, we will keep an eye on any further developments their instrument. —— their instrument with a look at some other situations at the moment iran has denied that it shut down the passenger plane that was shut down earlier this week. the us, british and canadian governments now believe that the jet was brought down by an anti—aircraft missile. shortly after taking off from tehran airport. there are suggestions it could have been a catastrophic mistake. the us has

if you remember, when she got engaged, harry took her around the four nations of the united king doll, northern irelandotland, england and wales, and she was greeted, they welcomed her with open arms, greeted by tens of thousands of cheering people, if you look at the wedding, they were in a chest of 100,000 people along the route and it shows how the united kingdom embraced her, embraced harry and happy for the happiness that harry sought in marrying meghan. what went wrong is somewhere along the line is last year unfortunately, there was the taking private jets, having preached about carbon footprints, about global warming, about protecting the planet, and you know, you've got to lead by example, and that wasn't leading by example. so they got a lot of bad press on that. and i have to admit, that the press did go over the top, and they went on incessantly, but they swung around, and when harry and meghan went to southern africa, they got the most fantastic wall to wall coverage, for any tour, that anybody's got. but unfortunately, they decided that they made up their own minds, they want to back off

ireland or the falklands. johnson seems to be answering for the united states. telegraph, how they have made that jump from the headline into the body of the text. the journalist don't like the headlines in the headline writers don't write the stories. you would expect the headline writers to read the story. i would have once expected that but i don't expect it any more. across the industry, there has been a decline in standards. but we are also making a specific point here that us, in this context, whenever the prime minister says don't strike at us, he means the us, but he also means the united kingdom and the nato alliance. everybody has to work out who their best ally is in this. iraq and iran have been at war in the past but they are neighbours. and so the iraqis are having to try to tread a very difficult line. what i find extraordinary is only less than a month ago, borisjohnson was standing outside downside —— downing street, he probably thought the hard yards were done for a while yet, go off to the caribbean, have a chill out, and here he is, one of th

basically, allowing that trade border down the irish sea, separating northern ireland, in practical terms, from the rest of the united and the irish accepting what earlier would've been impossible was an effective time limit on the backstop. the power was given to stormont, but this is something that ireland said could never be, it has to be open—ended otherwise it's not a security mechanism and here they were, allowing a de facto time limit. the eu will argue again and again that their concession was smaller than borisjohnson‘s concession and we are going to enter the same kind of realm now when it comes to the trade deal, but those were the fundamental shifts. and both sides budged. and from this end, what they're saying is that maybe some extra checks but there's already checks, that does not have to be that different. they have democratic consent, as you say if they ever get back up and running, they can vote down and northern ireland as the power to say actually, we do not like having a different arrangement. and there's even a back—up plan. stormont sitting for four years. exactly, both sides will fight over th

the next step is to negotiate a free—trade agreement between the eu, including ireland and the unitedre and housing, climate action and tax reform, all depends on achieving a positive outcome to these negotiations and it has to be done by the end of the year. so, there now exists a window of opportunity to hold a general election and have a new government in place for the next crucial european council meeting in march with a strong mandate to focus on these negotiations through the summer and autumn. england 5 smallest county, rutland, boasts two historic towns, a large lake, and a population of 38,000 people. but there's one thing it doesn t have and that's a branch of mcdonalds. it's the only county in england not to have a branch of the fast food chain. but that could soon change. councillors will be meeting shortly to consider allowing a drive—thru outlet asjohn maguire reports. for more than 40 years, an ever expanding clan has been spreading the length and breadth of the uk. the golden arches of mcdonald's are everywhere, it seems. everywhere, that is, apart from here. this is r

ireland and for its people. this is the whole region of the united kingdom that attracts the most inward investment, the most tech on that potential, through better infrastructure, and i heard some wonderful schemes discussed today, better education and, of course, technology. and using those three things to bring our whole united kingdom together. so that all four nations of the uk, above all, northern ireland benefit from the prosperity and growth with intent to deliver. it is a good moment, i'm very pleased to see the progress that has been made, a great moment. never mind the hand of history on shoulder, i see the hand of history... no, isee shoulder, i see the hand of history... no, i see the hand of the future! i see the hand of the future beckingham is all forward and i hope with goodwill and compromise and ha rd with goodwill and compromise and hard work on all sides, it will be a very bright future indeed. —— beckoning us all forward. i've got a list of questions, mark davenport, bbc northern ireland. indiscernible. it is pretty big when it comes to the pledges from the uk government, so can! the pledges

united kingdom. we had devolved power in a very asymmetric way to northern ireland, scotland, wales, and to london.the house of lords is being a revising chamber where no party had the majority, was no longer working very effectively. and i remember literally saying to david cameron, "irrespective of the outcome of the eu referendum, you are the prime minister of a deeply fractured nation". and that‘s what we are trying to address, a new look of how the four nations work together and hold together. and what is your solution for the house of lords? we offer one option, which goes for you have complete abolition. and you really look at, very much like the german second chamber, where you have representatives of the regions who speak collectively. or you have a house of lords which has an element of being elected. we ended up with a figure of 292 to be elected for 15—year terms, and 100 appointed. so you have a natural churning. the one thing we definitely decided was that the house of lords should not be for life. right, right. haven‘t we been here before? you were an mp back in 2003. you will rememb

brexit and has strong views about what will happen, and the border than the channel between ireland and the unitedent, and that was well spent. theresa may spent a billion to getjust put the tory party, and that was less well spent. we also have this question over the legal standing of the irish language. that has been a perennial concern for sinn fein. how much of a sticking point might that be, if all the other pieces seem to be fitting? well, i mention the st andrews agreement in 2006, and that was, we had a lot of discussion about the irish language then, and it has been a vexed point between sinn fein and the dup for all that time. i think they have come up with a sensible compromise here. i see it has been denounced by the orange order and some of the irish language organisations, so it must be fairly well balanced. i hope both parties will embrace this is a reasonable way forward to make sure that the irish language is taken seriously. good of you to join irish language is taken seriously. good of you tojoin us, thank you. the duchess of sussex has travelled back to canada — following the n