to sinn fein. the situation that we have been dealing with in the course of recent years is unacceptable. i have now called a halt to dup arrogance and if the dup think in the aftermath of an election that they're going to step back into ministerial positions, short of resolving the critical issues, some of which i have identified, during the course of this conversation, then they're living in a fool's paradise. this is bbc news, the headlines at lipm: we've just been listening to martin mcguinness and the reasons for his decision to design as deputy first minister. the ongoing scandal involving arlene foster. let me speak to the spokesperson for the dup and westminster. is an election now inevitable? that depends on how they intend to push the issue. there are solutions which have been offered by the party, arlene foster will go and give evidence at a public enquiry which will be totally independent and i'm waiting to find out what the failures were in drawing up the scheme and how it came about.

the two parties who were sta ble sinn fein. the two parties who were stable in government in northern ireland for the last ten years now. it quite often looks like that stormont would fall but never happen. now it is an unprecedented situation with martin mcguinness tendering his resignation as deputy first minister. thank you. sun mcbride, political editor of the newsletter, the daily newspaper, is on the line. thank you forjoining us. on the line. thank you forjoining us. our correspondence there saying this issue has escalated and escalated, was it inevitable that this would bring about martin mcguinness‘s resignation? this would bring about martin mcguinness's resignation?” this would bring about martin mcguinness's resignation? i don't think so, over the last month it has becoming creasing the likely, sinn fein has been under a lot of pressure from supporters to act in a way seen as pressure from supporters to act in a way seen as being decisive. the scandal caused unprecedented public outrage, the scale of the losses

and we were part of a very very strong sinn fein team which built sinn fein and bareback constituency into the strongest sinn fein —— and they built that constituency into the strongest sinn fein constituency probably anywhere. i wa nt to constituency probably anywhere. i want to pay tribute to brendan and kathleen. we should remember that this is also notjust a sinn fein occasion, but this is a family occasion. so, why michelle o'neill? well, people know the history of the peace process and they note the history of where opposition, even within irish republicanism, came to that peace process, to the political institutions and to the progressive agenda that sinn fein has had for a very long time. of reaching out and building partnerships and doing that without compromise. and our work trying to reunify our country by peaceful and democratic means. one of those areas which had a number of people who were totally and absolutely opposed to the peace process and i would even go as far to say it trying to influence people in the area, that was easter road, around there. i watched as mi

on sinn fein leadership to take a tough sta nce sinn fein leadership to take a tough stance on this. this is a double resignation, one voluntary in martin mcguinness and one in voluntary because affectively martin mcguinness has stood down arlene foster. sinn fein will not be offering a replacement deputy first minister so elections seem unavoidable. it's difficult to see how that can occur. i'm sure the secretary of state will try and force negotiations to avoid elections which will in themselves solve nothing. the chances are, the dup and sinn fein will still emerge the largest parties and it will put off any investigation into the scandal in terms of this heating scheme. if there is an election, arlene foster as potentially the leader of the party who gets most votes will still be in place? we can fairly safely assume that. there is a good chance that the dup will receive some electoral punishment from dup voters. sinn fein could then become the largest parties which would provide a sinn fein first minister which doesn't solve the problem of the heating scandal but it will make ou

today we've had the dup blaming sinn fein and sinn fein blaming sinn fein and sinn fein blaming the other parties. we can expect more of that when the statement has been made. i'm hoping there will be a chance for questions to the secretary of state, to underline a couple of the points that need to be clarified. it's been very difficult so far to get a clear picture of exactly what lies ahead. but, as arlene foster were saying earlier, it's a very turbulent time in the world. a new president coming into office in the united states, the whole brexit process, which has very big implications for northern ireland, as it does for the rest of the uk. so the absence of an executive administration belfast is clearly a cause for concern. but notwithstanding all of those concerns, it's been very difficult to get agreement there. the photographers are preparing for mr brokenshire's entrance and i am sure he will be with us in a few seconds. his statement is safely fair on the podium and there is a gathering of journalists. i am podium and there is a gathering of journalists. iam being podium and the

with sinn fein and dup the biggest parties. they are supposed to share out the way you do things, the benefits that different areas get. they are saying that arlene foster, quite apart from the energy problem, is too much concerned with giving things to protesta nt a nd concerned with giving things to protestant and unionist districts and neglecting what happens for catholics and republicans. so there isa catholics and republicans. so there is a real sense within the rank and file of sinn fein that catholics haven't really got out of power sharing what they hope over the last few yea rs ? sharing what they hope over the last few years? that's right. before arlene foster, there were two other unionist first ministers, ian paisley and peter ronson. they were regarded as being basically towards the centre and regarded as not keeping everything for the protesta nts. keeping everything for the protestants. but now you have this fairly new first minister, arlene foster, and she stands accused of tremendous incompetence in what she ha

soa is what annoys sinn fein the most". so a pretty combative response from arlene foster as the first minister to the resignation of martin mcguinness. and of course, the view among some of arlene foster's collea g u es among some of arlene foster's colleagues including ian paisley, who we spoke to a few minutes ago, is that unless something unexpected happens, we will be in a position where the secretary of state in northern ireland, james brokenshire, will have to call a new set of elections in around eight weeks' time, they say in reasonable period of time within the letter of the agreement. so it doesn't seem at the moment that this deadlock is going to be broken. martin mcguinness has now resigned as deputy first minister. it means that arlene foster, the first minister, can't do herjob properly either because those two jobs are closely linked. and it could be the case now that mr mcguinness's move today has forced arlene foster to be in a position where she will have to go along with plans for new elections. that has

that is the sinn fein approach. today sinn fein will not renominate for the position of deputy first minister. sinn fein has honoured all agreements. we have striven to make these institutions work. martin mcguinness has acted at all times with integrity, with dignity, and with respect. he has taken personal and political risks to build a process of reconciliation. if we were to return to this chamber, then there must be real, meaningful change. there must be respect and equality for all sections of our society. these institutions must operate to the highest standard, with no place for arrogance or malpractice. it is now over to the people to have their say. so that is the moment, as anticipated. sinn fein will not be nominating a replacement for martin mcguinness as deputy first minister, which does mean that northern ireland will now go to elections. the comment there that it is now up to the people to decide. let's go back to annita mcveigh. theresa may had stepped in with a last—ditch attempt to try to get som

finally sinn fein have called the plug on it. sinn fein doesn't want direct rule itself, but feels it is better off in the short term under direct rule and possibly making electoral gains as a consequence of an election. fascinating. thank you for your analysis. a coroner has ruled that the death of a young mother following childbirth was the result of "failures, inadequate diagnosis and treatment". frances cappuccini — who was 30 — suffered a fatal haemorrhage at tunbridge wells hospital, after an emergency caesarean in 2012. daniel boettcher reports. frances cappuccini died after giving birth by caesarean, the inquest heard she'd suffered a haemorrhage because a piece of placenta had been left in her womb. she was operated on, but died within eight hours of the birth. today, her husband tom arrived at the inquest to hear the coroner's conclusions. roger hatch said the death of frances cappuccini was as a result of the failures, inadequate diagnosis and treatment of her at tunbridge wells hospital. the coroner found that the

straight to stormont and sinn fein are giving a news conference. well, today we have called time on the arrogance of the dup and their behaviour in these institutions. we have done so because we could no longer accept how these institutions we re longer accept how these institutions were being treated with contempt and continue today to be treated with co nte m pt by continue today to be treated with contempt by the dup which in turn treats the public who elected us here with contempt. for our part, sinn fein and martin mcguinness have stretched ourselves to the very limit to try and keep the institutions working. unfortunately, they have been let down by the behaviour of the dup, by the imposition of tory policies and by the inaction of the irish government. so, the next step very clearly is to move to an election and the secretary of state needs to call that and we need to move quickly to that point, but we must be clear, these institutions of the good friday agreement, this assembly is based on the corner stones of the good friday agreement of q

how much of a boss is this for sinn fein and nationalist politics? it is a big loss for sinn fein. they have been engaging in succession planning for quite a long time now. but even so, someone quite a long time now. but even so, someone of the stature of martin mcguinness politically, his departure will be a big loss. the people like conor murphy and michelle o'neill who are being groomed to follow him, but the passing of the bat and still a challenge for sinn fein. it is perhaps ironic that martin mcguinness has stood down at the time when sinn fein have not had a better chance of providing notjust the deputy first minister but a first minister, sinn fein could finally become the largest party in northern ireland. that shows the journey they have travelled from, you know, and armed campaign under the ira, prudish in vain as a fully fledged political force these days. martin mcguinness was instrumental in that transformation. i'd highlight not just the in that transformation. i'd highlight notjust the good friday agreement, which was a big change for sinn fein, but also martin mcg

that is the sinn fein approach. but they refused to put forward a name, so wearing the power—sharing government. —— so ending. what does all this mean? uncertainty for northern ireland. without an executive, key areas of government will be stored and most importantly, there is brexit. where will be the northern ireland voice and crucial decisions are taken? we are ina and crucial decisions are taken? we are in a very grave situation going into this election and the timing of it when northern ireland has no budget agreed when we are facing brexit and we are also commits the end of the financial year is possibly the worst time we could be entering into this kind of disarray. why macri recent years have changed northern ireland, but the shadows of the past still may compromise difficulties. —— may compromise difficult. david, very good to have you with us this evening. david, it will be a tough road ahead to get to this partnership government that james brokenshire is talking about? certainly. but as you know

there is a capable young lady rising to sinn fein in the north. many people know thatjerry and i and a small group of people around leadership level have been involved in discussions going back well over a year about the need for generational change. martin mcguinness. joining me now is chris paige our ireland correspondent. all change at the top and this injection of youth at the top of sinn fein? yes. this is a very important moment for the modern republican movement. michelle o'neill is taking over as leader of the second largest party here at stormont, the biggest irish nationalist party in northern ireland and, as you heard, she's going straight into an election campaign, stormont. there'll be a pool for the stormont assembly on 2nd march. it can't be that often that a new leader goes into an election campaign as quickly as that, but the two men who've been at the top of sinn fein for the last two decades, gerry adams and martin mcguinness were there when it was announced she'd take over as head of the party here at stormont. just that image

so, that is sinn fein's gerry adams. it does seem clear that there is bad blood between sinn fein and the dup, particularly in terms of the personalities here at stormont, with martin mcguinness and arlene foster in particular. martin mcguinness seems to get on well with ian paisley, when he was first minister. but with that, he was accused of being selfish with his resignation and he has accused her of being arrogant. northern ireland secretary james brokenshire has said that he is prepared to broker talks between the two sides and the irish minister charlie flanagan has said he can get involved with that as well but the likelihood is, there will be this crisis seems to continue for many months to come. thank you. record numbers of patients are facing long waits in a&e according to documents leaked to the bbc, which show the full extent of the winter crisis in the nhs in england. more than 18,000 patients waited longer than four hours at a&e last week — with only one hospital hitting its target. some 485 waited for mo

and how much of a loss is this for sinn fein? there is no doubt he will miss martin mcguinness and he says this is part of a process of transition which will like it will also see gerry adams at some point yet to be announced stepping down. the new generation are not as well—known and certainly across the world as martin mcguinness or gerry adams. they will be tested soon on handling the difficulties because we have had the breakdown of the power—sharing system in northern ireland over the renewable heating scandal. the one hope is they will not be tested in the tough times that martin mcguinness lived through. the prime minister says she's confident that britain's financial services sector will continue to prosper after britain leaves the eu. it's a view echoed by the head of barclays who says he expects the city of london to remain the financial centre of europe. that's despite a number of other banks and financial institutions suggesting they will move thousands ofjobs away from london.theresa may has been talking to busin

that is the sinn fein approach. but they refused to put forward a name, so ending the power—sharing government. what does all this mean? uncertainty for northern ireland. without an executive, key areas of government will be stalled and then, most importantly, there's brexit. where will be the northern ireland voice when crucial decisions are taken? we are in a very grave situation going into this election and the timing of it went northern ireland has no budget agreed, when we are facing brexit and when we are also coming to the end of the financial year is possibly the worst time that we could be entering into this kind of disarray. recent years have changed northern ireland, but the shadows of the past still make compromise difficult. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists have started in london. they were shot dead by a gunman at a beach resort near sousse. it was the deadliest terror attack on britons since thejuly the seventh bombings in london in 2005. the inquest has been told that some of the

today, sinn fein will not renominate for the position of deputy first minister. crisis at stormont — northern ireland's power—sharing government looks set to collapse today sparking fresh elections. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists killed at a beach resort in tunisia in 2015 opens at the high court in london. former football coach barry bennell appears in court and pleads not guilty to child sex offences. the biological father of the teenager snatched from hospital when she was just eight hours old speaks about their reunion for the first time. coming up in sport on bbc news, andy murray gets a winning start in the australian open and was made to work, but is through to the second round. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. just days before taking over the white house, president—elect donald trump has promised a quick trade deal with britain. the former cabinet minister and brexit campaigner, michael gove, who interviewed mr trump for the times newspaper, said the president—elect was enthusiastic about britain leaving the

the new leader of sinn fein. let's speak to the editor of the irish times who joins us from belfast, you are from the irish news, i should say. paints a pen portrait of michelle o'neill. she's very much a member of the good friday generation, became involved in politics in the late 1990s as devolution came into place commission became a party worker, a

the power—sharing government is in crisis following the resignation of sinn fein's martin mcguiness as deputy first minister. the main cause of the dispute is the mis—handling of an energy scheme which could cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds. my colleague ben brown has been following the story from stormont for us. james brokenshire, the northern ireland secretary, said in the commons today this situation here is grave. it is in truth the worst, most serious political crisis here in northern ireland for a decade, triggered by the resignation by martin mcguinness over the controversial renewable heating scheme. but many here saying it is actually running much deeper than that and that sinn fein have become fed up with the way that power—sharing in northern ireland has been operating recently. arlene foster, who was the first minister, is now no

how much of a loss is it for sinn fein in nationalist politics? it is a big loss because he has been a big figure, both in his early days and now in sinn fein. a great surprise was that this guy, who was the toughest of the tough in the ira, who when he went into politics, he blossomed and concentrated on winning friends and influencing people. he made a lot of friends and contacts, developing a relationship in unlikely places, for example, buckingham palace, where he had a relationship and various meetings with the queen. he will go down in history as somebody who started out on one winger —— wing of paramilitary is. david trimble has stood down, we have also had the reverend ian paisley passed away, is there a sense that northern ireland is entering a new phase now that could be quite destabilising and turbulent? that could be the case, because the people who want to take over from martyn mcguinness, because the people who want to take overfrom martyn mcguinness, and the people that will take over in various other parties and sources of othe

so we in sinn fein will not tolerate the arrogance of arlene foster and the dup. sinn fein want equality and respect for everyone. that is what this process must be about.

sinn fein will not want that. sinn fein are very keen to stay in the european union. they do not want to theresa may representing their voice. but if they are not in government themselves, they have no right of access to the irish government either. james brokenshire says it will not affect the government's brexit timetable. says it will not affect the government's brexit timetablelj government's brexit timetable.” think it will, because you will have a situation where the sdlp and sinn fein are going to say no one is representing their voice in these talks. they don't want the irish government or theresa may doing it. it will lead to a huge problem and it will knock the timetable of course. alex kane, thank you for your thoughts. after elections, which it is most likely will be called, the parties would have three weeks to try to bring a power—sharing executive back together, three weeks to hammer out all the issues the parties are concerned about. that seems a very short period indeed. that may mean very protracted negotiations before we could get back to this p

at sinn fein say they will not do so so the devolved government will officially collapsed. the law says the northern ireland secretary james brokenshire at must call an election within a reasonable period of time. negotiations to try and restore power—sharing would follow but no one believes it would be an easy process. devolution has lasted for almost a decade in northern ireland, at stormont may not survive its most serious crisis. coming up at 6:00am on breakfast: charlie and naga will have all the day's news. they will also have more on why doctors say a system in place to review gp referrals can lead to dangerous delays in diagnosis or treatment, and involve people who have never seen a patient. donald trump has outlined his foreign policy priorities in an interview with a british and a german newspaper. he talks about smart trade, not free trade, how brexit could be "a great thing", and a possible nuclear deal with russia. the special prosecutor in south korea is seeking an arrest warrant for the head of the samsung group for his role in a corruption and influence�

we heard from the unionist dup who said sinn fein, instead of working with them, chose to pursue a path of political self—interest. and from the republican party sinn fein, we heard them accuse the dup of arrogance and a lack of respect for certain sections of the community. so that'll put the ball, at least at the moment, into the court of the northern ireland secretary james brokenshire and this is what he had to say a short time ago. lam now to say a short time ago. i am now obliged, under relevant legislation, to propose a date for the next northern ireland assembly election. in forming a view on a potential polling day i have consulted the chief electoral officer for northern ireland on operational matters, and been informed by my ongoing dialogue with northern ireland's political leaders. in the light of this, i propose that a draft order in council be brought forward shortly, to set an election date of thursday the 2nd of march, and to dissolve the assembly from the 26th of january, and to dissolve the assembly from the 26th ofjanuary, meaning that its last sitting day would be

the question is can this be resolved before sinn fein place a motion before sinn fein place a motion before the assembly saying that she should stand aside. if not we could be into a fresh stormont election. an israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded palestinian has been convicted of manslaughter. sergeant elor azaria killed abdul fatah al—sharif in hebron last march, after the palestinian had been involved in stabbing another soldier. tonight the israeli prime minister called for him to be pardoned. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. it's minutes after two young palestinian men with knives attacked israeli soldiers in hebron. both have been shot. one is dead and one's clearly still alive. sgt elor azaria, a 19—year—old medic, helped treat a wounded soldier. and then, he did this. gunshot a single bullet to the head killed abdul fatah sharif. today, the sergeant was in a military court, smiling to see a friend and his mother. but soon after, he was found guilty of manslaughter. judges rejected the soldiers claim that the palestinian posed a threat and decided

sinn fein asked arlene foster to step aside, either she did all she didn't. arlene foster was re-elected in may of this year. she is a very different personality, she's even acknowledged it herself. she's a strident personality. i asked who she modelled herself on and she said margaret thatcher. i think the personality between her and martin mcguinness hadn't meshed and this has led to the souring of relationships. give us a sense of how frustrated ordinary people are, people who have nothing to do with politics. i get a sense people are extremely frustrated that this is on the brink of collapse, over a green energy scheme. turnout is going down in northern ireland. it's gone from the high 70s to the low 50s. this colla pse the high 70s to the low 50s. this collapse will get a lot of people shrugging their shoulders. many people were not that in with the performance of the executive. a lot of people shrugged their shoulders. this is just of people shrugged their shoulders. this isjust 16 months after the agreement. people will be shrugging their shoulders, th

in 2007 the dup got 36 seats and sinn fein got 28. in 2011, the dup got 38 seats and sinn fein 29 and in 2016 the dup got, wait for it, 38 seats and sinn fein 28. in every year since 2007 there has been a dup first minister and a sinn fein deputy. so it's perfectly possible that on the other side of a bruising election it will be as—you—were at stormont. at this point, either another solution must be found for the very existence of power—sharing could be under threat. —— or the ver existence. to those who prefer their glass half full, there are grounds of optimism. after decades of violence and factional politics, northern ireland finally has a political crisis provoked by a nonsectarian issue. that in itself could be seen as a sign of progress. are the great writers, philosophers, artists that our students study too white? you're probably groaning by now, either because you think it's the stupidest thing you've ever heard or because its so manifestly true it barely needs asking. students at the school of oriental and asian

we in sinn fein will not tolerate the arrogance. sinn fein wants equality and respect for everyone, and that's what this process must be about. so today i have told arlene foster that i have tendered my resignation, effective from 5pm today. so i believe today is the right time to call a halt to the dup‘s arrogance. is the right time to call a halt to the dup's arrogance. the bbc's stephen walker in our belfast newsroom has been helping me describe the controversy at the centre of this story. what is at the heart of this dispute is a story that has been going on in northern ireland for a that has been going on in northern ireland fora numberof that has been going on in northern ireland for a number of months. this renewable heating scheme was set up, the idea was it would move one form of energy to renewable forms of energy but the tariffs were set too high. it ended up potentially costing the executive £400 million, so costing the executive £400 million, soa costing the executive £400 million, so a big mistake was made. then t

i have to say, positions both in sinn fein and the dup seem to be hardening today. let's talk to the cross community alliance party, david ford, here at stormont. what you think is behind sinn fein pulling out of this administration, resigning yesterday? is it just about the administration, resigning yesterday? is itjust about the renewable heating scheme or other more deep—seated reasons? heating scheme or other more deep-seated reasons? clearly that's one of the straws that break the camel's back, but there could be deep—seated problems between sinn fein and the dup. they agreed a fresh start two months ago, on the day i said it was a false stone and i think that's proven to be correct. whilst they have been able to work together in the fight party coalition, but they haven't put forward anything constructive, and this assembly has been sitting in its current guys, and there's only one government bill, that is how little they have done together, even before these problems blew up. they seem before these problems blew up. they seem incapable of getting on with

so the dup first minister cannot rule without the sinn fein deputy first minister. but an election will bring out the same as arts, the dup will probably be the ruling party. what they are helping us to get rid of arlene foster, who they find it difficult to work with. but there are brexit overtones to this, as mihir says, there are brexit overtones to this because nobody knows how it will all work with the border with northern ireland, if you have not got an open border, how will you make this whole thing work? jeremy corbyn on the front page of the daily telegraph, he faces labour backlash over strikes. this is the rmt strike, southern rail strike, jeremy corbyn has refused to condemn the strikes, even though the mayor of london sadiq khan has attacked rail workers who went on strike on the tubes today, and this is seen as something that could hit him electorally. today, and this is seen as something that could hit him electorallylj think it could. there are hundreds of thousands of not more people who are of thousands of not more people who a re really of thousan

so we in sinn fein will not tolerate the arrogance of arlene foster and the dup. sinn fein want equality and respect for everyone. that is what this process must be about. so today, i have told arlene foster that i have tendered my resignation, effective from five o'clock today. so i believe today is the right time to call a halt to the dup's arrogance. millions of commuters have had a difficult start to the week after a strike on the london underground shut down most of the network. one of the capital's busiest train stations — clapham junction — had to be evacuated for a time as large numbers of people tried to use overground services instead. the strike, which ended at 6pm, is over staff numbers and safety on the tube. our correspondent daniel boettcher is at piccadilly circus station in central london. the strike ended 45 minutes ago. how bad is it for people trying to get home tonight? well, around here, it isn't that busy at the moment. that isn't that busy at the moment. that is in part because people have changed the timings of their journeys and tried

today, sinn fein published proposalfor an collapse. today, sinn fein published proposal for an investigation into the green energy scheme at the heart of the crisis. it was called the renewable heat incentive. it was supposed to encourage people to switch to environmentally friendly fuels, but it run massively over budget and is expected to cost £500 million over the next ten years. sinn fein say they want a judge to lead a panel to investigate this, and it will have the power to compel witnesses to appear, for documents to be produced. at the heart of the proposal is that they want arlene foster to step aside as first minister, temporarily, for a few weeks, while the inquiry publishes preliminary report. they have stated that position for a number of weeks, that position for a number of weeks, that they wanted to leave the office for a while. arlene foster has made it clear she has no intention of doing so. she has not done any interviews so far, but she was at an event at a school in her constituency. julian fowler caught up constit

we spoke to sinn fein's chairman and he said that was something they would resist. and in terms of the relationship between sin fein and the dup, it has not been great since arlene foster took over. that is one of the key problems here. underlying this, there is this renewable heating scheme that sinn fein say cost unnecessarily £0.5 billion, and they put that at the door of arlene foster, because she was enterprise minister when that was brought back in in 2012, saying that it is a com plete in in 2012, saying that it is a complete waste of public money, and they want an independent enquiry, and they blame her for that. but others are saying there is more to that, that sinn fein is fed up with the way that power—sharing works in northern ireland, and they want it restructured. i looked at their grassroots aboard as saying the same thing. it's also a clash of verse and alan tees. martin mcguinness worked reasonably successfully with people like ian paisley, who were once known as the chuckle brothers. the relationship has become more bitter with arlene foster, an

we in sinn fein will not tolerate the arrogance of arlene foster and the dup. a crisis triggered by the so—called cash for ash scheme — hundreds of millions of taxpayers‘ money wasted. we'll be asking if there is any way out of the current crisis. also tonight: it is clear we need to have an honest discussion with the public about the purpose of a&e departments. the health secretary says the four oui’ the health secretary says the four our a&e target should only be for urgent health problems. piecing together theresa may's vision for britain — does a major speech today fill in the gaps about her plans? tackling the hidden injustice of mental health and why ministers say the classroom is a good place to start. commuting misery for millions of londoners — travel chaos in the capital after tube staff go on a one—day strike. can i help you, gentlemen? is the bar still open? and the night manager leads the british charge at the golden globes. oh, and there was some politics as well. coming up in the sport on bbc news, we are in zurich, where leicester'

but sinn fein say they will not do so, so the devolved government will officially collapse. the law says the northern ireland secretary, james brokenshire, must call an election within a reasonable period of time. negotiations to try and restore power—sharing would follow, but no—one believes it would be an easy process. devolution has lasted for almost a decade in northern ireland, but stormont may not survive its most serious crisis. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british holidaymakers killed in a terror attack in tunisia are due to open at the royal courts ofjustice later today. in total, 38 tourists were killed by a gunman, who targeted a beach near the town of sousse injune 2015. the first week of hearings will see organisations including the metropolitan police, the foreign and commonwealth office and the owner of tour operator, thomson holidays, give evidence. sarah campbell reports. lives lost — 30 at people were killed in total, 30 british, including three generations of the same family, married couples and a teenager. all had been staying at hotel riu imp

that is the sinn fein approach. but they refused to put forward a name, so ending the power—sharing government. what does all this mean? uncertainty for northern ireland. without an executive, key areas of government will be stalled and then, most importantly, there's brexit. where will be the northern ireland voice when crucial decisions are taken? we are in a very grave situation going into this election and the timing of it when northern ireland has no budget agreed, when we are facing brexit and when we are also coming to the end of the financial year, is possibly the worst time that we could be entering into this kind of disarray. recent years have changed northern ireland, but the shadows of the past still make compromise difficult. a turkish cargo plane has crashed into a residential area close to the main airport in kyrgyzstan. local authorities say at least 37 people have died. the boeing 747, operated by act airlines, was flying from hong kong. in thick fog, it crashed into houses near manas airport, in

that is the sinn fein approach. but they refused to put forward a name, so ending the power—sharing government. what does all this mean? uncertainty for northern ireland. without an executive, key areas of government will be stalled and then, most importantly, there's brexit. where will be the northern ireland voice when crucial decisions are taken? we are in a very grave situation going into this election and the timing of it when northern ireland has no budget agreed, when we are facing brexit and when we are also coming to the end of the financial year, is possibly the worst time that we could be entering into this kind of disarray. recent years have changed northern ireland, but the shadows of the past still make compromise difficult. a turkish cargo plane has crashed into a residential area close to the main airport in kyrgyzstan. local authorities say at least 37 people have been killed. the boeing 747, operated by act airlines, was en route from hong kong. it crashed into houses near manas airport in the ky

fein. 0ver parties of the dup and sinn fein. over this green energy scandal they've very quickly run out of road and whilst the government wants to try to avoid a fresh election, it seems tonight there will be no way they can do that. 0nce seems tonight there will be no way they can do that. once they have the election, if things, as seems likely, that two main players will be facing each other again across the table, but it will be hard to know how they can piece things together. not only this deep rift over this heating scandal but a whole other issues on which sinn fein believes they've been treated as second—class citizens by their partners in government. difficult terrain here instrument. thank you for bringing us up to date. mark davenport at stormont. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories: millions of commuters in london have been struggling to get to and from work because of a strike, forcing the closure of large parts of the underground system. members of two unions have been staging a 24—hour w

that is the sinn fein approach. but they refused to put forward a name, so ending the power—sharing government. what does all this mean? uncertainty for northern ireland. without an executive, key areas of government will be stalled and then, most importantly, there's brexit. where will be the northern ireland voice when crucial decisions are taken? we are in a very grave situation going into this election and the timing of it when northern ireland has no budget agreed, when we are facing brexit and when we are also coming to the end of the financial year, is possibly the worst time that we could be entering into this kind of disarray. recent years have changed northern ireland, but the shadows of the past still make compromise difficult. a turkish cargo plane has crashed into a residential area close to the main airport in kyrgyzstan. local authorities say at least 37 people have died. the boeing 747, operated by act airlines, was flying from hong kong. in thick fog, it crashed into houses near manas airport in t

fein but sinn fein has not got back to them, but sinn fein says there has been no agreement with the dup on the terms of reference for any investigation so we are not sure what will happen, whether the parties will be able to find some kind of compromise as they have in the past with other crises enabling the past with other crises enabling the administration to continue, and if they do not one option sinn fein has mentioned is that could resign from the stormont executive which would mean the administration false and we would be into fresh northern ireland assembly elections, just seven or eight months after the last election. thank you, chris page, from belfast. military and security experts in the uk are urging people to learn lifesaving skills in case they're caught up in a terror attack. they've launched an app called citizenaid, which offers people a step—by—step guide to saving lives in the event of such an attack. they say people need to know how to give vital first aid, such as stopping severe bleeding, before paramedics arrive. with me is security analyst paul beaver. w

what it is about is sinn fein seeking opportunity with a advantage, seeking to overturn the result of the election held just a few months ago and seeking to gain a list of concessions from the government on legacy issues, such as rewriting the past and putting more soldiers and policemen in the dock and other issues and more concessions and other perversions from the dup. let's be clear. we will work through selection to correct the devolved government. but let the people know thatjust as we government. but let the people know that just as we have not given government. but let the people know thatjust as we have not given into sinn fein demands in the past, we will not bow down and give into sinn fein's unreasonable demands going forward , fein's unreasonable demands going forward, because that is what this election is all about. they urged the northern ireland secretary to support an enquiry into the energy scheme. a public enquiry, public confidence will sink even further and make restoration of the executive even more difficult. that is what the people are telling me on the street

that is the sinn fein approach. but they refused to put forward a name, so ending the power—sharing government. what does all this mean? uncertainty for northern ireland. without an executive, key areas of government will be stalled and then, most importantly, there's brexit. where will be the northern ireland voice when crucial decisions are taken? we are in a very grave situation going into this election and the timing of it when northern ireland has no budget agreed, when we are facing brexit and when we are also coming to the end of the financial year is possibly the worst time that we could be entering into this kind of disarray. recent years have changed northern ireland, but the shadows of the past still make compromise difficult. some campaigning for this snap poll have already begun with voters going to the polls on march the 2nd. then what will happen will be a period of negotiations, perhaps lasting three weeks when they will try and hammer out whether there is a basis for future power—sharing. what h

and that was put to the sinn fein president gerry adams. the last person that wanted to resign is martin mcguinness. butjust shows you how untenable the position was, that he felt, and i fully support him in this, that he had no other option but to bring a halt to it, to say the status quo cannot prevail. let's start all over again, folks, if the dup want to be in power—sharing with the rest of us, they cannot be in there on their terms, any more than we can be there on our terms. the good friday agreement, the principles of good manners, respect, tolerance, and equality, fairness, transparency, have to be at the core. the thoughts there of gerry adams. let's talk now to brian rowan, journalist, commentator and author, a veteran commentator, maybe, on northern ireland affairs. put this into historical context for us, we talk about this being the result of this heating scheme, but it runs deeper than that? there is a much wider frame and here we are almost 20 years after the good friday agreement, that historic moment which was portrayed a

next up, sinn fein. there can be no return to the status quo. if something is broke, you stop and you fix it, that is the sinn fein approach. but they refused to put forward a name, so ending the power—sharing government. what does all this mean? uncertainty for northern ireland. without an executive, key areas of government will be stalled and then, most importantly, there is brexit. where will be the northern ireland voice when crucial decisions are taken? we are in a very grave situation going into this election and the timing of it, when northern ireland has no budget agreed, when we're facing into brexit and when we're also coming to the end of the financial year, is possibly the worst time that we could be entering into this kind of disarray. recent years have changed northern ireland, but the shadows of the past still make compromise difficult. gavin hewitt, bbc news, belfast. campaigning for the snap election will begin almost immediately with the voter is going to the polls on march the 2nd. but after that there will be three weeks or

conor murphy from sinn fein accused the dup of treating the stormont institutions, with contempt. today we have called time on the arrogance of the dup and the behaviour in these institutions. we have done so because we can no longer accept how these institutions we re longer accept how these institutions were being treated with contempt, and continue to be treated with co nte m pt by and continue to be treated with contempt by the dup. for our part sinn fein and martin mcguinness have stretched ourselves to the very limits to try and keep these institutions working. unfortunately they have been let down by the behaviour of the dup, by the imposition of tory policies, and by the inaction of the government. and by the inaction of the government. the former northern ireland first minister, arlene foster, was scathing in her condemnation of sinn fein's actions accusing it of trying to re run an election to advance it's own political ambitions. northern ireland does not need, nor does its people want, an election. with the triggering of article 52 leave the european union, a new presi

so sinn fein have run out of patience with the way the power—sharing work?|j run out of patience with the way the power-sharing work? i was at an event on saturday were gerry adams was addressing a large republican audience, making clear that if arlene foster did not step aside, sinn fein would bring that situation about that led to martin mcguinness's resignation. the republican leadership is responding toa republican leadership is responding to a grassroots mood, the mood that these institutions are not working for republicans, what is in this for us? that is what has brought this to a head and brought into the frame this discussion now about the need for a new agreement, this discussion now about the need fora new agreement, putting this discussion now about the need for a new agreement, putting on the table issues that have been impossible to deal with over the past decade or so. so we are likely to have new elections but they would not change very much? elections change numbers but not issues. the big issues that republicans are talking about is a proce

that is the sinn fein approach. but they refused to put forward a name, so ending the power—sharing government. what does all this mean — uncertainty for northern ireland. without an executive, key areas of government will be stalled and then, most importantly, there's brexit. where will be the northern ireland voice when crucial decisions are taken? we are in a very grave situation going into this election and the timing of it, when northern ireland has no budget agreed, when we are facing into brexit and when we're also coming to the end of the financial year is possibly the worst time that we could be entering into this kind of disarray. recent years have changed northern ireland, but the shadows of the past still make compromise difficult. gavin hewitt, bbc news, belfast. some still say they're confused, but we did get some clarity this week on britain's plans for brexit as theresa may announced her i2—point plan, including a pledge to leave the single market. the prime minister insisted that people were c

tomorrow the sinn fein and dup will be asked to nominate a first minister and deputy first minister to replace them. it is expected the dup will nominate arlene foster back to her existing position but sinn fein have said they will not nominate a deputy first minister and so that will crystallise a position that has existed for a week now, where we have no first minister or deputy first minister. at five o'clock tomorrow it will be exactly a week since martin mcguinness stood down and at that pointjames brokenshire will have no option but to call an election. he is obliged to do that within a reasonable length of time, so that's open to interpretation what a reasonable length of time is. what are the risks to power—sharing in northern ireland because of this crisis, would you say? we are in, effectively, unchartered waters with this. the election would have to be called, most likely called from march the 2nd for reasons of mathematics. it is 43 days from which the point james mathematics. it is 43 days from which the pointjames brokenshire announces it and we are looking at probably

sinn fein are describing this is generational change. she replaces martin mcguinness, he has been a figurehead, representing sinn fein for a matter of decades. michelle o'neill is an experienced politician, health and agriculture minister. she takes over that most senior position in northern ireland. although she is from a staunchly republican family, she does not have the personal ira past that martin mcguinness had. he will be a difficult man to replace, important in bridging the gap between unionists and republicans that led to power sharing. that has collapsed, that will be a challenge to michelle 0'neill. she did pay tribute to him as she was confirmed. for me to be selected as leader of the party in the north the truly the biggest honour of my life. ifeel a huge responsibility on my shoulders and while i don't underestimate my task given the change in the political world locally nationally and internationally, i will not let you down. i won't let you down because i've learnt from the best. my late father former sinn fein councillor

and coming up, the new face of sinn fein — michelle o'neill takes over from martin mcguinness. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: johanna konta will face serena williams in the quarter—finals of the australian open. the british number one hasn't dropped a set all tournament. it's one of britain's best known new towns — but half a century ago this was milton keynes — a small rural village in buckinghamshire. then, within just a few years the surrounding area was transformed into a modern city scape. and this is the town today as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. our home editor mark easton has been to see how it has aged — and what lessons it might hold for future new towns. # happy birthday to you. happy birthday, milton keynes dons the little los angeles of buckinghamshire. that's what they call to 50 years ago with your shopping malls and grid planned streets. your concrete cows. not so much a new town as streets. your concrete cows. not so much a new town 3s a new streets. your concrete cows. not so much a new town as a new city. more than a quarter of a million p