even though money might have passed through ireland. and that is what is at stake here. what business was irish and deserves to be taxed in ireland. >> let's go to david rosenblum.

and the border of northern ireland and the republic of ireland, that's where the focus needs to be. as we go forward, how do you see the relationship between the united kingdom and ireland developing after brexit? do you think because of geography, trade, french, that the republic of ireland might gravitate more towards the uk than the —— friendship? that's for me to say, thatis friendship? that's for me to say, that is for the government of the republic of ireland to say. what i will say and what i hope everybody would accept and agree with is that i think it has been very welcoming to see the growing relationship between the uk and the republic of ireland in recent years. and i want to see that continuing. , asked about the devolved administrations? they have the ability to make laws themselves. how would the great reform bill or act affect them in that respect? would they be required to adopt any eu legislation themselves, or would it all be done ona uk themselves, or would it all be done on a uk bases? these are matters of detail that would need to be looked into. it would b

gales and showers in northern ireland. a few coming into western ireland and wales. much of england dry and quite sunny. there will be a chilly feel in there. not bad where the winds are lighter in the south and you get the sunshine, but vertically cold with the gales and showers towards the north—west. we have our storm, barbara, heading towards the north—west of scotland. a deep area of low pressure. that weather front on friday will give us all a spell of rain. the wind will be the main feature. the met office have issued this amber wind warning for friday and into friday night. the strongest of the winds will develop across the north west of scotland. cost of 90 miles an hour. across the rest of scotla nd miles an hour. across the rest of scotland on friday and friday night, gusts of 70 miles an hour, so doing northern ireland and north wales. christmas eve morning, the winds becoming lighter. still blustery showers in the north and some could be wintry. it's not as wintry further south, but clouding over, just in time for christmas debts. very windy, especia

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competition authorities for reporting its european profits through ireland. ireland is expected to argue that it is perfectly legal to levy less tax on profits than s.her apple calls it a convenient target. ireland are gearing up to appeal any you commission ruling requiring the company to pay 13 billion euros in back taxes. the tech giant says it has been singled out because it is a convenient target. apple's european headquarters are located in ireland, where the standard rate of corporate tax is 12.5%. in august, the commission said ireland had enabled the company to pay substantially less taxes than other businesses, in effect paying less than 1%. is not inestigation the apple corporation as such. it is apple international and apple operation europe. that is where the figures are in ,ome years 0.005% of tax rates which are accurate. , which are accurate. >> in a strongly worded message, ireland's finance minister rejected the e.u.'s findings. >> ireland did not give favorable tax treatment to apple pretty full amount of tax was paid, and no state aid was

ireland. this is a map of the irish sea, england over here, wales and scotland above it. the people known as the scots-irish or the ulster scots are basically what we might think of as interior was him -- imperialismism -- shock troops. the reason is that ireland is colonized by the english beginning in about 1169, but it is very haphazard and loose affiliation of states and small principalities. it is not until the 16th century under henry viii that the british create a system that they call plantation. in which the english want to create a stable colony in ireland. it is anything but stable up to that point. what they do is they plant -- they basically plant subjects of the king in ireland, especially northern ireland. and here is what james i says about these people and what he wants to happen in northern ireland. he writes in 1603, "the setting of religion -- protestantism -- the introducing of civility, order, and government amongst a barbarous people, acts of piety and glory, and worthy

scotland and northern ireland, a weather front, not a scotland and northern ireland, a weatherfront, not a lot scotland and northern ireland, a weather front, not a lot of rain but it is in the north—west of scotland and it will spread south—east during the day. fab for a time in parts of scotla nd the day. fab for a time in parts of scotland and northern ireland. behind it, brighter for some scotland and northern ireland. behind it, brighterfor some of us before the sun goes down. not a lot of sunshine. many places will stay dry despite the cloud. parts of eastern and south—eastern england getting some patchy rain. and overnight on monday that will drift west. monday night in scotland and northern ireland, a cold at night, a touch of frost and maybe some fog. tuesday, the further west you are in wales and england, you may see rain, brighter skies elsewhere in england and in scotland and northern ireland, heavy rain stronger win. the first of a number of weather systems coming this way. more powerful areas of low pressure coming in as the week goes on, leading to christmas, so

. >> there have been bombings, shootings, and strikes in northern ireland. >> guerillas shot at a school bus near the lebanese border. >> the 1970s saw the development of the terrorist repertoire. >> gangs of young people, products of the riotous 1960s, prefer terror, kidnapping, bombing, arson, machine guns, death and destruction. >> it was a global thing. in the '70s, those who wanted change faster than was going to come resorted to violence. >> japan has had its first plane hijacking. >> the chronicle of terrorism which took them as far as athens, greece. >> most americans thought of terrorism as a problem that happens a world or half a world away. throughout the 1970s, terrorism began to hit home. >> an elegant townhouse in new york's greenwich village was destroyed by a series of dynamite explosions. >> authorities first assumed an accidental detonation in a gas line had been responsible, except that the blast had been too powerful, destroying the $100,000 house and badly damaging the two neighboring homes, one belonging to actor dustin hoffman. and as firemen picked their way throu

the best of the sunshine really through much of northern ireland and parts of western scotla nd ireland and parts of western scotland as well. through the night to night the cloud and showery rain will drift westwards but we will keep those clear skies for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures falling away down below freezing and perhaps as low as —4 but things will change dramatically through the day. the wind and rain increasing, perhaps even storm force winds in the final. further south

even though some money might have passed through ireland. they shouldn't be taxed there because they would be taxed somewhere else. the question is what businesses are irish and deserve to be taxed in ireland. caroline: let's go out to david rosenblum. thank you for joining us. give us a sense of apple claiming they were selectively targeted by the eu. do they have a case? david: yes, they have something of a case. aids true that the state investigation is focused to some extent on u.s. companies. on the other hand, it is probably also true that u.s. companies have led the world in aggressive tax planning and i do not find it particularly surprising that the commission would begin by focusing on these companies. caroline: david kirkpatrick, give us a sense of your reading of the tea leaves. is there warfare going on? i don't think it is to that point. it is a confusing situation, where apple has been aggressive and how they structure themselves when they face these tax jurisdictions is an interesting question, and whether it is appropriate t

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they come into ireland. the king has opened all this land for settlement, but what he really needs is land to be dispossessed from the indigenous irish. and the ulster scots come into ireland in the 15th and 16th, through the 17th century, are essentially settler colonial's. it means they're going to be there to dispossessed the indigenous irish of the land, to establish some sort of english settlement, and stay there, to live, to transform this region into -- well, into englishness. ancestorsiz calls her empire shock troops. the westward soldiers of empire. understanding of the king and of the english government is that these settlers will be always fighting, always under threat. the temperament that develops among the scots-irish is the temperament of endowment, constant vigilance against incursions here among the irish. imagine --as you can by these soldiers, by the english government, by most literature, with this term savages. it is not really a new term, but it comes into currency with the english and

ireland, could be a foggy start to tuesday morning. still fog an issue for one or two of you for tuesday. probably worse in northern ireland and in the hills with outbursts in the south. through central and eastern england, brighter afternoons in store than we've been used to for a while. but, at last, the arrival of some sunshine. some sunshine for eastern parts of scotland, but in the west, we start to see some rain. a cooler day by and large, but let's focus on that rain. western scotland and northern ireland, not just rain but strong winds. the strong winds are back. gale force across many areas into tuesday evenings rush hour. severe gales, if not storm force, across the north, thanks to this weather front bringing rain across the country and increasing winds as we go through the night and into wednesday. and that links into weather systems waiting in the wings being fired up by the jet stream i mentioned. so it is that big challenge to start the week. fog could be an issue. strong winds and heavy rain later on. we'll of course ke

ireland, could be a foggy start to tuesday morning. still fog an issue for one or two of you for tuesday. probably worse in northern ireland and in the hills andier bursts in the south. through central and eastern england, brighter afternoons in store than we've been used to for a while. but, at last, the arrival of some sunshine. some sunshine for eastern parts of scotland, but in the west, we start to see some rain. a cooler day by and large, but let's focus on that rain. western scotland and northern ireland, not just rain but strong winds. the strong winds are back. gale force across many areas into tuesday evenings rush hour. severe gales, if not storm force, across the north, thanks to this weather front bringing rain across the country and increasing winds as we go through the night and into wednesday. and that links into weather systems waiting in the wings being fired up by the jet stream i mentioned. so it is that big challenge to start the week. fog could be an issue. strong winds and heavy rain later on. we'll of course kee

look at northern ireland an western scotland. beautiful afternoon for you, i hope you are making the most of it because all change for tomorrow. lovely spells of sunshine through western scotland and northern ireland, perhaps the cloud thick enough in eastern scotland, down into the lake district and wale todd spot down into the lake district and wale t odd spot or two or drizzle. a weather front is steadily drifting westwards out of south—east england, towards the midlands and into lincolnshire for the afternoon. fair amount of cloud jenny in england and wales and another drab afternoon for many. that, the band of patchy rain will drift steadily westwards, further north we see the temperatures falling away, a frost is likely through northern ireland, and scotland, in towns and city centres round freezing but perhaps in rural parts as low as minus two to four, not set to last though, the next area of low pressure will move in and bring wet and windy wester, heavy rain through northern ireland, gales or severe gale, maybe storm

even though money might have passed through ireland. and that is what is at stake here. what business was irish and deserves to be taxed in ireland. >> let's go to david rosenblum. give us the sense of apple claiming they were selectively targeted by the eu here. do you think they have a case? >> yes, they have something of a case. it is true the investigations have focused to some extent on u.s. companies. on the other hand, it is probably true that u.s. companies have led the world in aggressive tax planning, so i don't find it particularly surprising that the commission would begin by focusing on u.s. companies. >> david kirkpatrick, weigh in and give us a sense of your reading of the tea leaves. bayview there is potential tax warfare between the u.s. and europe? >> i don't think it is quite to that it is a confusing situation point. of where i think apple has been extremely aggressive in how they structure themselves when they face these tax jurisdictions is an interesting question, and whether it is appropriate they should be so fi

the fight between apple, ireland, and the commission has been building. margrethe vestager, the european competition commissioner explains why this fight will be , a long one. margrethe: i think that we will continue to disagree on the decision. also, because we have very different legal traditions. i have learned that in the u.s., it is absolutely the order of the day for a business to negotiate tax rates with the state where it is situated, and we have had the prohibition to do that since so you have a 1958, clash of understanding. caroline: we discussed the latest development's with david rosenblum of nyu law. he spent years at the treasury department covering international tax law. also, david kirkpatrick and bloomberg editor at large cory johnson. >> it was interesting, because it explained the history of this tax regime and the different pieces of apple and which pieces of apple should be considered irish were considered irish, and , which are not. there are two ways to look at the news of the day. one is whether this backwards looking thing, lookin

the fight between apple, ireland, and the commission has been building. explainedvestigator why this fight will be a long one. >> we will continue to disagree on the decision because of the fact that we have legal traditions and i have learned that, in the united states, it a ise order of the day for an is to negotiate tax breaks with the state where it is situated and we have had a prohibition to do that and a clash to understand how this should be played out. >> we are joined by david spent years ate the treasury department. also in new york, our guest host for the hour, david kirkpatrick. with me in the studio is cory johnson. bring me up to speed. apple is appealing and we had a release of a statement today. : it explained the history of this tax regime and the different pieces of apple and which pieces of apple should be considered irish, were considered irish, and are. there are two ways to look at the news of the day. one is the backwards-looking thing and how they paid taxes being different, as it relates to getting taxed in ireland. if you want t

apple and ireland wage war on the european union. plus, blackberry doubles down on software, and the move is paying off. online lender sofi taking it slow and pushing back plans for an ipo. first, to our lead, europe is challenging apple with its $13 billion tax bill. the fight between apple, ireland, and the commission has been building. margrethe vestager, the european competition commissioner explains why this fight will be a long one. margrethe: we will continue to disagree on this decision. also because we have different legal traditions. i have learned that in the u.s. that it is the order of the day for a business negotiate tax rates with the state where it is situated, and we have had the prohibition to do that since 1958, so you have a clash of understanding. caroline: we discussed the latest developments with the david rosenblum he spent years at the treasury department covering international tax law. also, david kirkpatrick and bloomberg editor at large cory johnson. >> explaine the history of this tax regime and the diffe

in northern england, northern ireland and scotla nd england, northern ireland and scotland it is a cold, crisp start but with some sunshine. it will be breezy particularly across northern areas. watch out for ice first thing. then for the midlands, southern and south—eastern parts it will stay wet with heavy bursts at times. a bit of brightness getting to north wales, the far north of england. north of the country will stay bright but very cold with some wintry showers. then that colder, drier, brighter air moves in across the country for monday. a frosty start with plenty of sunshine around. the england and wales, the best of the sunshine. scotland and northern ireland cloudy. there could be some spots of rain as well. this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines. australia welcomes in the new year in style with a spectacular of fireworks over the sydney harbour bridge. security is stepped up in major cities around the world and here in the uk for new year crowds and celebrations after the deadly lorry attacks in germany and france. there'll be police officers, stewards, there

northern ireland who played azerbaijan £15, 000, 16,00 pounds. northern ireland who played azerbaijan £15,000, for similar offencers fifa say there is only room for sport and nothing else when inside the stadium and on the pitch but we can expect appeals here. pitch but we can expect appeals here. the broadcaster and rabbi, lionel blue, has died, aged 86. he became a rabbi in 1960 and was a regular contributor to thought for the day on bbc radio 4. he revealed his sexuality relatively late in life — the first british rabbi to speak openly about his homosexuality since i couldn't find anyone to love who would love me, i decided to love god instead. i then began to see people in a different light. crushed in a late—night train, i saw god's image in them, and they ceased to be pushy, crazed cattle, but souls journeying to paradise, like me. and when i offered one my seat, i saw how love had blossomed into loving kindness. the reverend lionel blue,0be who has died at the age of 86 the hungarian born actress and socialite, zsa zsa gabor, has died

the fight between apple, ireland, and the commission has been building. margrethe vestager, the european competition commissioner, explains why this fight will be a long one. margrethe: i think that we will continue to disagree on the decision. also, because we have very different legal traditions. i have learned that in the u.s., it is absolutely the order of the day for a business to negotiate tax rates with the state where it is situated, and we have had the prohibition to do that since 1958, so you have a clash of understanding. caroline: we discussed the latest development's with david rosenblum of nyu law. he spent years at the treasury department covering international tax law. also, david kirkpatrick and bloomberg editor at large cory johnson. >> it was interesting, because it explained the history of this tax regime and the different pieces of apple and which pieces of apple should be considered irish, were considered irish, and which are not. there are two ways to look at the news of the day. one is whether this backwards looking thing, looking

in scotla nd scotland and northern ireland. in scotland by the end of the night some could be bringing some snow, possibly even to low levels, which might affect higher level roads across western scotland. we start tomorrow with all the squally showers and once again we have an extra of hail, heavy rain, thunder and lightning. in the southern uplands and northern ireland any snow is likely to be in the hills. meanwhile the rain in the south will p9p up meanwhile the rain in the south will pep up tomorrow and so we have a period of heavy rainfall southern and south—eastern counties. in between there will be some sunshine. in between the showers there will be some sunshine. then as we move wednesday into thursday we go into a quieter period. there goes the rain. things settle down. we see sunshine coming through. 0ne things settle down. we see sunshine coming through. one or two showers into northern ireland and parts of scotland. most of us will miss them. then as we had on from thursday into friday it livens up once again, as

apple and ireland wage war on the european union. berry doubles down on software, and the move is paying off. sofi taking it slow and pushing back plans for an ipo. e, europe isr lead challenging its $13 billion tax bill. apple,ht between ireland, and the commission has been building. the european competition commissioner explains why this fight will be a long one. >> we will continue to disagree on this decision. also because we have different legal traditions. i have learned that in the u.s. that it is the order of the day to a business negotiate tax rates with the state where it is situated, and we have had the prohibition to do that since 1958, so you have a clash of understanding. >> we discussed of the latest developments with the david rosenblum. he spent years at the treasury department covering international tax law. david kirkpatrick, and bloomberg editor at large cory johnson. >> explained the history of this tax regime and the different pieces of apple, and which pieces should be considered irish, were considered irish, a

heard loud and clear in relation to those preparations and one of the aspects is the 1949 ireland act, the rights of citizens of the united kingdom and that is part of the work we are doing. >> order. >> questions for the prime minister. doctor philipa whitfield. >> the leader of the house. [shouting] >> my right honorable friend, the prime minister, the gulf corporation summit in bahrain. this morning i have meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in this house i have further meetings later today. >> senator whitford. >> the memorandum of understanding, the right space institute brings the reality closer. with huge boost that could give to the uk aerospace industry will the uk government join the scottish government to literally get this off the ground. >> i can show the honorable lady the government is looking keenly at the opportunities to scotland and the whole of the united kingdom rising from future development of commercial space operations, the projects she has described will be examined very closely by those colleagues of particular concer

brexit blues hit ireland. its nearest neighbor leaving the eu. and it is the word we will be hearing a lot in 2017. everything you need to know about reflation. it is one of the world's most iconic car brands. feworghini sells only a thousand cars every year but the designs are known around the world. theyw a sharp increase as have recovered. the company unveiled its latest model. on super cars in china may stint some of its growth. the chief executive from lamborghini joins us. thank you for speaking to us on france 24. the was a record year for company. how is 2016 looking for lamborghini? >> as you said it was a positive year. we are really proud here to say all the figures are heading to a new record. a new record of profitability. >> and where is that growth coming from? >> we are focused on two main aspects. we need to be current with the value of our brand. you can see close to me, the new that really continues the success with the launch in 2011. we did a little bit of celebration with all of the people there. we are still providing the l

by carbon dating a fragment of the true cross given to the king of ireland by the pope. in 1100 a.d. >> the true cross is the most important relic. so to have it tested in this way which could reveal that the story that's potentially true is fascinating. >> this is the first time we've actually, to our knowledge, directly dated a piece of the true cross. >> radiocarbon is a complex method involving a series of stages. the first of which is to preclean and pretreat the sample to remove any contaminating carbon that could thwart the result. in the final stage of the process is the accelerator which enables us to measure individual particles of the carbon. the more radiocarbon there is, the more recent the sample. and the less radiocarbon, the older it is. we can date anything from the present day back to about 50,000 years ago. >> in less than 20 minutes, they may solve an enigma that dates back 2,000 years. >> this should just about be finished now. let's just have a look and see what we can see. >> could the waterford cross be part of the cross helena is said to have dis

wales, northern ireland and scotland it stays cloudy. transport could be affected by these fog patches that will linger through the afternoon and well into the night—time. the focus overnight across east anglia and south—east england duty that poor visibility. further west, a lot of cloud around. that should help improve visibility through the night. northern ireland and scotland, it will be relatively mild, but we have some rain sinking its way southwards. there continues to new year's eve. eventual sea wet weather crossing into the belt and northern ireland during the afternoon. the breeze picking up, so the fog will lift. it will turn milderfor the fog will lift. it will turn milder for a the fog will lift. it will turn milderfor a time, with the fog will lift. it will turn milder for a time, with temperatures reaching 10 degrees in london. that is the weather. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 12.30. president putin says he will not expel anyone in response to president obama's sanctions against moscow, for interfering in

apple and ireland wage war on the european union. plus, blackberry doubles down on software, and the move is paying off. online lender sofi taking it slow and pushing back plans for an ipo. first, to our lead, europe is itsple is challenging $13 billion tax bill. the fight between apple, ireland, and the commission has been building. margrethe vestager, the european competition commissioner, explains why this fight will be a long one. margrethe: we will continue to disagree on this decision. also because we have different legal traditions. i have learned that in the u.s. that it is the order of the day for a business negotiate tax rates with the state where it is situated, and we have had the prohibition to do that since 1958, so you have a clash of understanding. caroline: we discussed the latest developments with the david rosenblum. he spent years at the treasury department covering international tax law. also, david kirkpatrick and bloomberg editor at large cory johnson. >> it explained the history of this tax regime and the diff

scotland and northern ireland seeing colder, clearer air moving in. a soggy end to 2016th some of us. rain across southern scotla nd some of us. rain across southern scotland and northern ireland. at midnight that will move towards the south. clearing skies but wintry showers pushing in could bring icy conditions on roads across parts of northern scotland and northern ireland. heading south, mostly dry at midnight, there could be cloud around. misty patches, too. rain moving in later on in the night. at midnight we've got the rain draped through central parts of the country. colder conditions moving in from the north and through new year's day, that colder air will move further south across the country. a different feel to the weather during new year's day. rain across much of the southwest, wales, the midlands, east anglia. the southeast may start off dry but we will see the arrival of that rain later in the morning. sunny skies across northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland with further showers moving in across the north of scotland

but the cloud will thicken up across northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland through the day, heralding the arrival of a band of rain and strengthening winds. the wind will bea strengthening winds. the wind will be a feature of the weather as we head through the evening. patching downforce, even severe gales. locally across the outer hebrides, storm force gust of wind so bear that in mind. that's tomorrow evening and into the early part of the night stop what happens on wednesday the first front bringing the rain moves to the south—east and then a weaker one comes in hot on its hills. here is the first one, taking the reins southwards accompanied by windy conditions. the skies remain. weak front comes accompanied by windy conditions. the skies remain. weakfront comes in from the west moving east of the weakening feature all the time. there will be sunshine that there will be showers behind it in scotla nd will be showers behind it in scotland and some of those will be wintry in nature, especially on the hills. as we head through the rest of the week

many in northern ireland's parliament voted for brexit. jim allister: a democratic decision has been taken and it's not for individuals like mr. mccord to hold up their puny hand and try and thwart that. we should be pulling together to make a huge success -- as it will be -- of brexit and to embrace the opportunities. reporter: mccord fears that brexit could further deepen the divisions in northern ireland. the scars of the past are still very evident here. huge walls divide the catholic and protestant areas. mccord has often received death threats because of his outspoken criticism of the loyalist paramilitaries and his refusal to the let the murder of his son rest. raymond mccord: no problems in the car but if i was to walk up and down here, and these people on the other side of the road see me, there's a possibility car loads of guys would come down looking for me. reporter: mccord regularly meets with relatives of other murder victims from the northern ireland conflict. ciaran foxs father was killed over 20 years ago. he too spent yea

eventually into northern ireland. away from that, dry. the best of the brighter breaks will be to the east of high ground. temperatures around 7- 12 of high ground. temperatures around 7— 12 degrees. if you are out this evening, be prepared for rain early in scotland and northern ireland, but by midnight, clearer skies and cold conditions. winter conditions for northern parts of northern ireland. if you are celebrating across england and wales, rain pushing into north—west england by the time to get to midnight and to the time to get to midnight and to the north and west of files. patchy rain and drizzle across western areas. the rest of you will see the new year under dry conditions. a mild start to 2017 across the south. chilly conditions across midnight in scotla nd chilly conditions across midnight in scotland and northern ireland. they will push southwards. a slow process through new year's day, but it will eventually reach all of us. beware that will struggle to shift away. it is through a good part of south and central england

quite a few shelves in northern ireland as well. those stronger winds will blow a fuse showers over the irish sea, into wales and the south—west too. brightening up quickly in the south, some sunshine around, but some fog in the morning. he shouldn't last too long, if you hours, but the breeze will mix things up. in east england, a dry day, if you showers, mostly towards the north west of the uk. some really atrocious weather in the scottish mountains in the next 24 hours or so. very cold here, given the strength of the wind. some sunshine. windy, into friday, this is the second named storm of the season, storm barbara. that will bring us all a spell of rain, but it's the strength of the wind that is concerning. the met office have issued a yellow weather warning. heavy winds across the north, and scotland. 90 mph. the rest of the north and scotland, 70 mph. by the time we get to christmas eve morning, some of those showers a touch wintry further south. as we head into christmas day, potentially some more damaging winds in the nor

scotland and wales are fined £15,500 and northern ireland, £12,000. the 2017 bobsleigh world championships will be held in a german resort after saatchi was stripped of the right to stage it following allegations of russian state—sponsored doping. i will be back with more on those stories. in the past hour the head of the international monetary fund, christine lagarde, has been found guilty of negligence over a huge compensation payment made eight years ago the french court has found that ms lagarde, french finance minister at the time, was responsible of a payment of more than $400 million to the tycoon, bernard tapie. ms lagarde was not present in the court in paris for the verdict, having left france for washington. the imf board will meet shortly to discuss the outcome of the case. earlier i spoke to our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, and i asked her explain the details of the case. well, the court found she was guilty of not appealing against an arbitration deal that resulted in this massive 400 million euros pay—out back in 2008. it w

a sign of the sheer political heat about this issue in ireland. the prime minister is due to give a statement to mps shortly after attending an european council meeting last week. mrs may went to brussels but was not invited to an informal dinner in which 27 eu leaders discussed brexit. let's talk to our chief correspondent, vicki young, at westminster. the premise has been playing cards close to your chest over everything brexit. are we going to hear any more detailed today? what was interesting about the summit was that it ran over. there were meetings, a dinner in the evening when theresa may was not invited. that was for the other 27 to talk about brexit. in the end, they didn't talk for long. as she left she didn't do a press conference because time was pressing. the main issue was syria. she will talk an awful lot about that. i think what is interesting is the questions. she makes a statement to mps, they are given up to an hour to mps, they are given up to an hour to ask questions and we will really see how much she gives away during that q

behind that, it will brighten up in western scotland and northern ireland with sunshine. elsewhere, it is going to be fairly cloudy, any sunshine will be limited. through the evening and overnight, our weather front pushes westwards and joins forces with the other one coming south. so we will have a period of heavier rain across western parts of england and wales. under clearer skies in scotland and northern ireland, there will be a touch of frost and possibly freezing fog patches. into tomorrow, we've got quite an active system coming our way. it will introduce some rain and increasingly strengthening winds particularly in the evening. so we start off on a quiet note across much of england and eastern scotland with some sunshine. a little bit of rain in the west. but heavier rain and stronger winds arrive in the north—west later. this is bbc news withjoanna gosling. thousands of workers are launching a wave of strikes this week hitting postal, rail and air services in the run—up to christmas. the disputes include issues overjobs, pay, pensions and safety involving so

scotland and northern ireland, the cold est start scotland and northern ireland, the coldest start to the week with widespread frost, and a bright start with sunshine. already the first hint of change in the rush hour as wind picks up in the hebrides. northern ireland, dense freezing fog could trouble the morning commute. it will clear through the morning. it will clear through the morning. it will clear through the morning. it will be dry and bright for a time. and a brighter start for england and why, especially further east. not as much missed orfog. it is grey and misty through wales. to the east of it, more sunshine around. staying dry and sunny in eastern parts of scotland, away from the borders, that is, but by the end of the afternoon, northern ireland, western scotland, wet and windy and the wet and windy weather spreads tomorrow night into england and were. it will introduce cold conditions to take us into wednesday. we are not done with the strong wind. on the weather front we see bands of thundery showers pushing east, so we could see some damaging winds in one or two plac

even though money did pass through ireland, and that is what is at stake here. what business was irish and deserves to be taxed in ireland. >> let's go to david rosenblum. give us a sense of apple claiming they were selectively targeted by the eu here. do you think they have a case? >> yes, they have something of a case. it is true the investigations have focused to some extent on u.s. companies. on the other hand, it is probably true that u.s. companies have led the world in aggressive tax planning, so i don't find it particularly surprising. >> david kirkpatrick, weigh in and give us a sense of your reading of the tea leaves. there is potential tax warfare between the u.s. and europe? >> it is a confusing situation of where i think apple has been extremely aggressive in how they structure themselves when they face these tax jurisdictions is an interesting question, and whether it is appropriate, whether they should be fine tuning their own structure when they are simply trying to do business around the world. it is legal in the unitestates at least. it's turni

ireland, could be a foggy start to tuesday morning. still fog an issue for one or two of you for tuesday. probably worse in northern ireland and in the hills andier bursts in the south. through central and eastern england, brighter afternoons in store than we've been used to. at last, the arrival of some sunshine. sunshine for eastern parts of scotland, but in the west, we start to see some rain. a cooler day by and large, but let's focus on the rain. western scotla nd let's focus on the rain. western scotland and northern ireland. not just rain but strong winds. the strong winds are back. gale force across many areas into tuesday evening's rush hour. severe gales, if not storm force, across the north thanks to this weather front bringing rain across the country and increasing winds through the night and into wednesday. and that links into weather systems waiting in the wings being fired up by thejet strea m wings being fired up by thejet stream i mentioned. so it is that big challenge to start the week. fog could be an issue. strong w

by for scotland and northern ireland. by the weekend, some wet weather coming down across the country through new year weekend. so expect some rain and then behind that, it turns colder again. this is bbc news. the headlines: the imperial senate will not stand for this. the actress carrie fisher, best known for playing the princess leia in the star wars films, has died aged 60. she was taken ill last week. carrie fisher's co—star mark hamill, who played luke skywalker, tweets to say he's devastated, adding: "there are no words." ministers reject criticism that plans to require voters to show id at polling stations are a "sledgehammer to crack a nut". the author of watership down, richard adams, has died peacefully aged 96, his family has announced. japan's leader is at pearl harbour ahead of an historic visit, when he and president 0bama will pay their respects together.

and ireland is a western country. the middle east is the middle east, and, yes you had a part ebony's background but somehow i would just assume it was a much harder sets of people to navigate on both sides, the israeli side in the palestinian side. >> guest: very much so. important to keep in mind with the israeli-palestinian issue is that it does not exist in isolation. that is part of a larger region that is itself an upheaval and tumult which affects the israeli-palestinian relationship and is affected by the relationships, so i think many people tend to try to focus israeli-palestinian issue as though it existed all by itself. you can't do that. that. it is much more complicated. islam is now driven internally by many conflicts, the most prominent of which is the division between sunni and shiite, but there are many other internal conflicts. the entire middle east is torn by a range of intersecting sometimes contradictory conflicts, turkey and and the kurds, the arabs in the persians, as i said the sunni initiate

and northern ireland is a western country. the middle east is the middle east and you had a part lebanese background but i would assume it was a much harder set of people to navigate on both sides israel side and palestinian side? >> guest: very much so. important to keep in mind in mind in discussing the israeli-palestinian issue is it does not exist in isolation. it is part of a larger region that is itself upheaval and affects the israeli-palestinian relationship. i think many people tend to try to focus the israeli-palestinian issue as though it existed, it exists all by itself. you can't do that. it's much more complicated. islam is now driven internally by many conflicts, most prominent which is the division between sunni and shiite but there are many internal conflicts. the whole middle east is torn by the range of intersecting sometimes contradictory conflicts, turkey and the kurds, arabs and the persians, as i said the sunni and the shiite, a whole range -- >> host: us and the russians jocking for position. >> guest:

turning wetter and windier for northern ireland and western scotland. gales or severe gales developing here to finish the day. wet and windy weather into england and wales into wednesday morning. that will open the door to cold air and clear skies with showers for wednesday in scotland. and along the little front on wednesday the wind will pick up. that could cause a few travel issues. if you are heading out across scotland and northern ireland on wednesday, gales, severe gales at times as wind accompanies the showers, dropping snow notjust on the hills but at lower levels at times in the far north. on wednesday, northern england, the midlands, wales, dry and bright. fairly cloudy in the south with occasional rain. that will clear into thursday. better weather on thursday, less breezy. a bit chillier, especially further north, with a noticeable breeze. and some further showers at times. then stormy weather into the end of the week. and as christmas approaches, a deep area of low pressure pushes north—west. if your travel plans are weather dependent, k

, through the evening, however from northern ireland, through the evening, howeverfrom the northern ireland, through the evening, however from the ventricle is away from the central lowlands of scotland, clears away from northern ireland, and as we head toward midnight that remedy settling across northern england and parts of wales, then the fireworks start to go off across the country. towards the south and east of the weather front should be dry, fairly cloudy, a lot to the north, turning cloudy, cold and office and showers in northern scotland. this arctic air will be flooding south behind this band of rainfor flooding south behind this band of rain for new year's day, this band of rain may well get a bit stuck across east anglia and the south—east into the afternoon, so be rather dull and a a fair here, but elsewhere, brightening up, we will see a bit of sunshine, but it will feel cold in the northerly wind. this is bbc news — i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 5pm: president putin says he will not expel anyone in response to president obama ordering 35 russian diplomats out of th

across scotland and northern ireland it is a different story, a touch of frost. it has been a clear end to the day. clear night, frosty morning. these are the gales in the north, they will be pushing this weather front through in that election of scotland and northern ireland, so we are in for some rain here, a bit of sunshine developing across england and wales. that last calm day, if you like. and then from tuesday night and certainly through wednesday, gale force winds that are really ramping up in the atlantic, they will push this first weather front through. this is a cold front. hide it comes a shot of cold air. we get some snow showers across the hills of scotland and then some sunshine as well stop gale force winds midweek. still for a time relatively mild across the south, and then from thursday, friday, saturday into sunday, the weather is just going to go up and down, up and down. remember it could be even disruptive. we did not want to hear that. that is all from us. now on bbc one begin joined the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. this is bb

for northern ireland, some brighter skies. for england and wales, quite a lot of cloud around, some brightness but again you might find some pockets of fog lingering across the southeast and east anglia. it's going to be a generally mild day anyway. then for new year's eve, that weather front sinks that bit further south taking rain with it and windy conditions. there will be a quite a bit of cloud around. as this front continues to descend on south, what you will find is that behind it we start to pull in colder air. as we head into new year's day if self, the timing of the weather front coming south could change but this is the current timing we think, moving across england and wales and heading down towards the south—east through the day. behind it, brighterskies, some sunshine and showers. increasingly the showers will be wintry and we could see some lower levels as well. you can always keep up to date with the weather forecast where you are or where you want to be, by going online. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10.

we visit the embassy for ireland for more on that and the unusual food le for santa. ft >>> over the next week, we're taking you on a holiday trip around the world. the journey is called christmas on embassy row. through the years we've been lucky enough to get insight from the diplomats living here in washington. today, a look inside the embassy of ireland. ♪ ♪ >> it's a house with a history of many christmass. built some 80 years ago here in the nation's capital for the uncle of franklin dell mo roosevelt. known as delano house, the elegant portico now bear as brilliant coat of arms of the republic of ireland. this year marks the golden anniversary of the raising of the irish flag above this beautiful washington residence. ♪ ♪ >> hi. >> thank you. merry christmas. >> welcome as we say in ireland. >> what a beautiful room. >> a welcoming fire crackled in the hearth of the first four libraries, it's what you need when you go into every irish house. >> and in every irish home at christmas, a candle is lit in the window. >> every household in ireland has a candl

the city of waterford is the oldest city in ireland. it boasts a long history of christianity. and a museum that holds an important relic of the true cross. >> what's fascinating is that it is said to have been given directly by the pope to the king of ireland and rome as we know had access to relics from jerusalem. >> archaeologist georges kazan is joined by scientist tom higham. he is also from oxford university in england, and he will put the relic to the test. >> for the first time in history, we're able to place these relics in their proper time and proper date. >> the waterford cross is on loan to the medieval museum from the roman catholic archdiocese. and museum curator eamon has their permission to test it. >> and the relic is just inside this? >> it's just inside this. >> is that a modern script or an ancient script? >> no, it's a 12th century script. it says a piece of the wood of the true cross, and it was given to the king by the pope in 1110. >> so we can date it at least back to 1110. >> the cross is believed to be cedar wood. and since its arrival in ireland, it

it's already been a fine evening across scotland and northern ireland, the skies cleared but it means here you are in for a frost, good chance of a widespread frost across parts of scotland and northern ireland, mist and fog forming ina northern ireland, mist and fog forming in a few places whereas to the south of the weather front, this is called air here, you can see around 56 degrees which is where we'll have the cloud and drizzle once again. one more day before all these isobars you can see behind me will send winds and it will blow all the cloud away and the weather will go downhill. here is a look at tuesday, the northwest rainey, sunshine here and there across england and wales on tuesday. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7:30pm. russia's ambassador to turkey has been assasinated. at the scene, the gunman shouted his support for syria and the people of aleppo. russia, which backs the syrian government in the civil war, has called the shooting a terrorist attack. meanwhile evacuations have resumed from east aleppo, including nearly 50 orphans driven to safety after bein