it's a year since sinn fein's martin mcguinness resigned as deputy first minister, bringing down the power sharing executive at stormont. he died two months later, and there's been no progress in attempts to restore power sharing. here's our northern ireland political editor mark devenport — his report contains flashing images. hospitals across the uk are struggling to cope with the pressures of winter, but patients in northern ireland face some of the longest waits for emergency treatment. meanwhile, without government ministers, a blueprint for reorganising the local health service can't be put into practise. there's no doubt that the nhs across the uk is challenged, but i think what makes northern ireland different and what nurses say is different is that they feel they have been let down by the leadership in the system, and secondly by the fact there is no political leadership in the country. the stalemate at stormont goes back a year, to when sinn fein's martin mcguinness quit as deputy first minister. that triggered the collapse of the power—sharing government at stormont.

so she is the new broom, if you like, sinn fein. the party will present her as it leadership figure, in the republic, but also as far as northern ireland as concerned as well. the party has its own local leader here in northern ireland, michelle 0'neill, but as president of the party, mary lou mcdonald will be the overarching figure in ireland but also on the global stage. thank you very much. british tourists injamaica are being advised not to leave their resorts unsupervised, after a state of emergency was declared in the area around the montego bay. it's one of the island's most popular tourist destinations but there's been a recent rise in violent crime. nick davis reports. for a country that depends on tourism, the pictures of troops on the streets in montego bay, jamaica's biggest resort, isn't ideal, but the government says it is something that needs to be done. the security forces are expected and have been directed to treat citizens with respect and protect the dignity and safety of all. most of the tourists who visit monte

sinn fein‘s political opponents will continue to focus on the links to the ira, and sinn fein will continue to defend the ira campaign. these days the party prefers to talk about present—day politics rather than the paramilitary violence of the past. turkey has launched a new military offensive against kurdish militants in northern syria — opening a new front in the seven—year conflict there. turkish warplanes have bombed positions of the ypg, which ankara says is linked to kurds who have been fighting an insurgency in turkey for decades. mark lowen sent this update from hatay, it began today, so called operation olive branch. turkish f16 fighter jets pounding afrin, an enclave of northern syria under the control of the syrian militia, the ypg. and turkish backed syrian rebel fighters are on the ground as part of that offensive. turkey sees the ypg as a terrorist group, linksed to turkey's kurdish militants, the pkk, who have been fighting an insurgency here in turkey since the 1980s. but it is a dangerous operation, because the americans back the ypg in the fight against the islamic

— sinn fein is continuing to defend that. as well as being the second biggest party in northern ireland, it is the third largest in the republic. the first challenge for mary lou mcdonald will be negotiations to restore power—sharing with unionists at stormont. but she will be talking a lot about brexit, which republicans believe has changed the picture and renewed the debate about irish unity. six women from the british army have become the largest all—female group to ski coast—to—coast across antarctica. the ice maiden team began the 1,000—mile expedition on november the 20th. they've been battling winds of up to 60 miles per hour and temperatures as low as minus 40. with all the sport, here's lizzie greenwood hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks very much. good evening. it's been a busy day of football. match of the day and scottish cup highlights are on bbc1 later tonight so if you don't want to know the scores — you know what to do. manchester city bounced back from their first defeat of the season with a 3

it's a year since sinn fein's martin mcguinness resigned as deputy first minister, bringing down the power sharing executive at stormont. the sinn fein politician died two months later, and there's been no progress in attempts to restore power sharing. here's our northern ireland political editor mark devenport. this report contains flashing images. this report contains flashing images. hospitals across the uk are struggling to cope with the pressures of winter, but patients in northern ireland face some of the longest waits for emergency treatment. meanwhile, without government ministers, a blueprint for reorganising the local health service can't be put into practise. there's no doubt that the nhs across the uk is challenged, but i think what makes northern ireland different and what nurses say is different is that they feel they have been let down by the leadership in the system, and secondly by the fact there is no political leadership in the country. the stalemate at stormont goes back a year, to when sinn fein's martin mcguinness quit as deputy first minister. that triggered th

now, sinn fein's political opponents will still continue to focus on the links to the ira, and sinn fein will indeed continue to defend the ira campaign, but these days the party prefers to talk about present—day politics rather than the paramilitary violence of the past. chris page reporting. more now on the one year anniversary of donald trump's presidency. any celebrations he may have had planned have been somewhat marred by the shutdown on services announced in congress last night. iamjoined by i am joined by charlie wolf, a republican commentator. it is an example, the shutdown, is it not, of extremely divided politics in washington? the last time the government shutdown was, the joe quaranta, at least we can get something is done, with the government out of the way —— the joke around town was at least we can get some things done. even though the republicans have the house, the senate and the presidency, i think this time around as with last and it didn't bode well for the republican party when they shot the government down and i don't think this will bode too well for the dem

sinn fein's opponents still focus on the party's links to the ira and sinn fein is continuing to defend the ira campaign, but it prefers to talk about the present rather than the past. as well as being the second biggest party here in northern ireland, it is also now the third largest in the republic. the first challenge for mary lou mcdonald will be negotiations to restore power sharing with unionists at stormont. but in the coming years, she'll be talking a lot about brexit, which republicans believe has changed the picture and renewed the debate about irish unity. the international olympic committee has approved plans for north korea to participate at next month's winter olympics, and agreed teams from north and south can march under the same flag at the opening ceremony. the agreement comes after months of heightened tension on the korean peninsula over the testing of nuclear weapons by the north. imogen foulkes reports from ioc headquarters in the swiss city of lausanne. two koreas face—to—face. such is the tension on the korean peninsula that this meeting, ostensibly about the

we have the dup and sinn fein who are sworn enemies at this stage. we have the inclusion of the conflicts of the deal between the conflicts of the deal between the dup of the tory government which has made these current talks extremely difficult. james brokenshire i was criticised for not being an honest broker. how can he hold an independent position given his deal with the dup? the new secretary of state will face similar criticism. what about the public mood? we criticism. what about the public mood ? we have criticism. what about the public mood? we have mlas not at work in the assembly but earning their salary come at the public frustrated? they voted in numbers that puts the dup and sinn fein into these dominant positions. that is an element of dishonesty on the part of some of the electorate in this. there's a lot of anger at the fact politicians are paid for almost a year, full salaries, expenses, millions of pounds going into partick offers or mlas bank accounts and yet not doing the job. they spent 46 minutes in the chamber. at the same tim

fein which supports brexit and sinn fein which does not add another complicating thank you.|j which does not add another complicating thank you. i have been hearing some pretty pessimistic assessments about the possibility, the chance of progress. brexit is certainly a complicating factor. it exacerbates the differences between the main parties, the dup which supports brexit and sinn fein which does not add another complicating factor dup pact with theresa may. talking to people today, what is clear is that there does not seem to bea clear is that there does not seem to be a road map ahead and that is the to establish one. prince harry and his bride—to—be meghan markle have visited the studios of a radio station in brixton in south london, to learn about its work supporting young people. the couple met presenters and staff from reprezent fm which trains hundreds of people every year in media and employment skills. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relphjoins us now from brixton — and a warning that some of the picture's we're going to show contain flash photography. they

sinn fein has announced who will succeed gerry adams as its party president. mary lou mcdonald, a member of parliament in the irish republic, was the only candidate for the role. mr adams emerged from northern ireland's turbulent history to become leader more than 30 years ago. ms mcdonald comes from a very different background. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. tell us a bit more about her. she has been favourite for some time, hasn't she? that's right, kate. it hasn't she? that's right, kate. it has been thought for some years now that mary lou mcdonald was the likely successor to gerry adams. she has been a very strong presence at his side at key political events recently. her personal political journey has been very different to her predecessor. mr adams was brought up in west belfast, a working—class area, the crucible of the conflict in northern ireland. security sources believe he was a senior member of the ira although he has always denied being in the organisation. mary lou mcdonald grew up organisation. mary lou mcdonald grew up i

sinn fein's opponents still focus on the party's links to the ira and sinn fein is continuing to defend that. but it prefers to talk about the present rather than the pavrs. as well as being the second biggest party in northern ireland, it is the third largest in the republic. the first challenge for mary lou mcdonald will be negotiations to restore power—sharing with unionists at stormont. but she will be talking a lot about brexit, which republicans believe has changed the picture and renewed the debate about irish unity. british tourists travelling to jamaica are being advised to stay in their resorts after a state of emergency was declared around monteego bay. there's been a surge in gang—related violence in the area. every year, around 200,000 britons visit the popular holiday destination as nick davis reports. for a country that depends on tourism, the pictures of troops on the streets in montego bay, jamaica's biggest resort, isn't ideal. but the government says it is something that needs to be done. the security forces are expected and have been directed to treat citizens wi

sinn fein's opponents still focus on the party's links to the ira and sinn fein is continuing to defend the ira campaign, but it prefers to talk about the present rather than the past. as well as being the second biggest party here in northern ireland, it is also now the third largest in the republic. the first challenge for mary lou mcdonald will be negotiations to restore power sharing with unionists at stormont. but in the coming years, she'll be talking a lot about brexit, which republicans believe has changed the picture and renewed the debate about irish unity. chris page, bbc news, belfast. pope francis has celebrated a huge outdoor mass in peru's northwest coastal region of trujillo, which was badly hit by floods last year leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless. from there, the pope will head for lima, the final stop on his week—long south american tour. mend ,dedicatitm and t e, ,dedicatitm and $4.32]; byi :§ an ,dedicatitm and $4.32]; byi zjég an estimated ,dedicatitm and $4.32]; byi _v:§ an estimated 200,000 the seaside. an estimated 200,000 people turned out f

she was a member of the european parliament for sinn fein, she is a sitting td in the irish parliament in dublin at the moment, so parliament in dublin at the moment, so there is no doubt she will have a very significant role, and one very important issue facing sinn fein and facing politics in northern ireland at the moment is trying to get devolution restored. a talk will begin here in belfast next week between the parties in an attempt to get power—sharing restored at stormont. mary lou mcdonald will not be in post on these talks when they resume next week, but there is no doubt she will have a very significant input. thank you, kevin. the french president has suggested the uk could get a bespoke trade deal with the european union after brexit, but again warned that britain would not have full access to the single market unless it accepted its rules. in an interview to be broadcast in full on the andrew marr show tomorrow, emmanuel macron said he respected, but regretted, the brexit vote, but the eu would love to welcome the uk back. to get full access to the single market, you ne

sinn fein‘s opponents still focus on the party's links to the ira and sinn fein is continuing to defend the ira campaign, but it prefers to talk about the present rather than the past. as well as being the second biggest party here in northern ireland, it is also now the third largest in the republic. the first challenge for mary lou mcdonald will be negotiations to restore power sharing with unionists at stormont. but in the coming years, she'll be talking a lot about brexit, which republicans believe has changed the picture and renewed the debate about irish unity. chris page, bbc news, belfast. the international olympic committee has approved plans for north korea to participate at next month's winter olympics, and agreed teams from north and south can march under the same flag at the opening ceremony. the agreement comes over months of heightened tension on the korean peninsula over the testing of nuclear weapons by north korea. imogen foulkes reports from ioc headquarters in the swiss city of lausanne. two koreas face—to—face, as the 7-7 tension on 1; two koreas face—to—fac

sinn fein‘s opponents still focus on the party's links to the ira and sinn fein is continuing to defend the ira campaign, but it prefers to talk about the present rather than the past. as well as being the second biggest party here in northern ireland, it is also now the third largest in the republic. the first challenge for mary lou mcdonald will be negotiations to restore power sharing with unionists at stormont. but in the coming years, she'll be talking a lot about brexit, which republicans believe has changed the picture and renewed the debate about irish unity. chris page, bbc news, belfast. six women from the british army have become the largest all—female group to ski coast—to—coast across antarctica. the ice maiden team began the 1000—mile expedition on november 20. they've been battling winds of up to 60 mph and temperatures as low as —40. breaking news this hour, the siege in kabulat breaking news this hour, the siege in kabul at the intercontinental hotel has ended according to newswi res. hotel has ended according to newswires. you are looking at live pictures of

sinn fein must hope they can put this matter behind them. it has damaged the party and their west tyrone mp, and undoubtedly it has cost hurtand pain. and undoubtedly it has caused hurtand pain. it also serves as a reminder that what is done and said about the past still has enormous repercussions in the present. stephen walker, bbc news, belfast. let's return to the cabinet reshuffle theresa may has been engaged in the day and we will find out a little bit more now from my guest who is standing by, kevin schofield, the political editorfor politics home. kevin, good to see you. the big news out of the hole they seems to be justine you. the big news out of the hole they seems to bejustine greening leaving education. it had been suggested that would be the case by some people watching politics but she was offered anotherjob and turned it down, apparently? yes, she was offered the post of work and pensions secretary. clearly theresa may did not want to lose justine greening from the cabinet altogether, but the pair, i believe, held quite heated

the dup and sinn fein increased their dominance in both elections last year and they blame each other for the stormont stalemate. in the meantime, unmade decisions are piling up. half of the construction industry's business comes from public sector projects. workers are concerned about a downturn in demand. within the next few months, unless decisions are made and projects and things start to move forward, i think we could see a situation where we're seeing layoffs in the construction industry. we need to see the executive and the assembly reestablished as soon as possible. the british and irish governments are aiming to restart talks between the parties in the coming weeks. at the moment, there's no sign of a deal to bring devolution out of the deep freeze. chris page, bbc news, belfast. with me is the author and commentator barry rowan. it's pretty much a year ago to the day we had a conversation about this situation. has much changed since then?” conversation about this situation. has much changed since then? i think things have got worse. just look around us. it's a ghost house.

martin mcguinness ended sinn fein's uneasy partnership with the democratic unionists when he resigned as deputy first minister. there have since been elections to stormont and westminster and several rounds of talks to restore power—sharing. but many days of negotiations have failed to break the deadlock. the dup and sinn fein increased their dominance in both elections last year and they blame each other for the stormont stalemate. in the meantime, unmade decisions are piling up. half of the construction industry's business comes from public sector projects. workers are concerned about a downturn in demand. within the next few months, unless decisions are made and projects and things start to move forward, i think we could see a situation where we're seeing layoffs in the construction industry. we need to see the executive and the assembly reestablished as soon as possible. the british and irish governments are aiming to restart talks between the parties in the coming weeks. at the moment, there's no sign of a deal to bring devolution out of the deep freeze. chris page, bbc news, b

barry mcelduff, the sinn fein mp who caused controversy over a social media post which unionists said mocked victims of the ira, has resigned. mr mcelduff posted a video of himself on twitter with a loaf of kingsmill bread on his head, on the 42nd anniversary of the murders of ten protestants in the village of kingsmills in county armagh. he was suspended by his party for three months, but this morning he has announced he is standing down as an mp. let's talk to our ireland correspondent chris page who is in belfast. just remind us about the serves massacre and why that social media posed by barry mcelduff was so helpful. —— kingsmill. it was one of the most dreadful atrocities throughout the troubles here in northern ireland. it happened in the mid—19 70s at a village called kingsmill. republican gunmen stopped a minibus which was carrying textile workers home from work and they were shot dead, ten men. it is raw beet are connected to those killings in the community where it happened. 0n the community where it happened. 0n the 42nd anniversary of those killings, barry mcelduff,

unionist and sinn fein collapsed last january. awards last night and there was another big win for ant and dec. amazing. and that was for the bbc‘s blue planet ii. to remind the audience of the damage we are doing to our planet. our beautiful world, then all of us will be very pleased. thank you so much. v an incredible voice. it's very rare a programme like that causes a national debate. prize beating saturday night rival the x factor. podium, it's nota podium, it is a stage, i think that is a ten! stage, i think that is a ten! daly dedicated their victory to her original co—host, sir bruce forsyth. my friend, and yours, the one and only serve bruce forsyth. only serve bruce forsyth. and i'd like to say thank you for the memories. the memories. thank you, everybody. good night! winners last night from the national television awards. television awards. just every other year, we don't have to go every year! good morning, sonali. england players on twitter and that was a sign something was going on! was a sign something was goin

this is that only one candidate has been nominated to succeed gerry adams is president of sinn fein, and therefore the dublin member of the dail, mary lou mcdonald, who sits for a dublin constituency, is the candidate who will succeed him. she comes from a middle—class background in dublin, so she is not associated with the troubles, and she will be formally elected as the party president at a special conference next month. that is marylou mcdonald, who is effectively becoming president — she has to get through the formalities, but is the only candidate nominated cash she has to go through the formalities, but will become the next president of sinn fein. british tourists injamaica are being advised not to leave their resorts unsupervised, after a state of emergency was declared in the area around the montego bay. it's one of the island's most popular tourist destinations but there's been a recent rise in violent crime. nick davis reports. for a country that depends on tourism, the pictures of troops on the streets in montego bay, jamaica's biggest resort, isn't ideal, but the gov

mary lou mcdonald is confirmed as the only candidate nominated to replace gerry adams as sinn fein president. turkey deploys tanks to shell kurdish fighters in northern syria, as turkish air strikes are ordered. the move is likely to cause tensions with the united states. time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with mejohn watson and lizzie greenwod hughes. the headlines this evening. hazard shines as chelsea score four at brighton. the battle for the quarterfinals in by the battle for the quarterfinals in rugby union's champions cup is hotting up. saracens have kept their hopes alive. rory mcilroy makes his return from injury at the abu dhabi championship. the players in black armbands to honour the former england international, widely regarded as a pioneer, who helped break down racial barriers in the game. brighton were hosting the premier league champions, chelsea, who were missing a number of first—team regulars through injury and suspension. one man who was playing was eden hazard. and it didn't take long for him to make his mark. thre

mary lou mcdonald is confirmed as the only candidate nominated to replace gerry adams as sinn fein president. and fans at stadiums across the country remember cyrille regis —

sinn fein described the video as inexcusable and indefensible. that breaking st andrews that he has been suspended for three months. a quick line of breaking news coming in from downing street on the reshuffle. boris johnson has not been reshuffled, he remains as secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs, as expected. he, philip hammond, amber rudd are keeping theirjobs so far and the only senior position change is that of northern ireland secretary because of james brokenshire resigning because of ill health. borisjohnson brokenshire resigning because of ill health. boris johnson remains foreign secretary, we are keeping an eye on downing street. any more changes and we'll bring them to you. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines am before rudd keeps her role as health secretary. brandon lewis is new conservative party chairman with a host of vice chairs. a couple who met on a muslim dating site are found guilty of planning a terror attack in the uk. and after months off the court, andy murray's had hip surgery and

his party, sinn fein, and the democratic unionists have been unable to reach an agreement to restore the power—sharing coalition. civil servants have been running the country, but they‘re not able to make any major decisions. our ireland correspondent chris page has been looking at the impact of 12 months without government. just like everywhere else in the uk, the health service in northern ireland is under severe pressure this winter, but what‘s different here is that there‘s no health minister. three months before it collapsed, the devolved government published a plan to restructure the nhs after a report said the system was at breaking point. no problem with your blood pressure before? no. this gp says urgent reforms are being held up because ministers are out of office. we already see it with the long waiting lists for secondary care. we see it with the lack of investment in social care. we see it with the issues around the out of hours service and we see it with the heavy demands on access to gp services, and that‘s where the patients will see it primarily. others who

sinn fein came within one seat of drawing level with the dup after a bitterly divisive campaign. applause. just a few weeks later, the death of sinn fein‘s martin mcguinness, northern ireland's former deputy first minister. martin mcguinness was a freedom fighter! even now, there's still no sign of a breakthrough so that power—sharing can be restored at stormont. saving for a rainy day, chancellor? back in london, philip hammond gave the first of his two budgets this year. theresa may was really looking forward to it, as the chancellor said it would prepare britain for brexit. it provides a strong and stable platform for those negotiations. "strong and stable" — a phrase we'd all get bored of. on 22nd march, a terrorist ploughed through pedestrians on westminster bridge, killing four and injuring 50. he then stabbed to death a policeman just outside the houses of parliament. he was later shot dead. the first three months of the year in westminster and beyond had already provided plenty to fill the airwaves and the newspapers. and then, a surprise announcement no—one saw c

power sharing between the democratic unionists and sinn fein collapsed more than a year ago. it's believed she'll announce plans to begin a short, intense phase of talks in a week's time. police in portugal and spain have broken up an international drug smuggling ring that used boxes of fruit to bring in cocaine from south america. authorities found more than 700 kilogrammes of the drug hidden in pineapples packed in shipping containers. nine people have been arrested. questions have been raised in venezuela about the government's account of the killing of a dissident former police officer and movie actor, oscar perez, and six others on monday. while the operation against them was under way, mr perez used social media to say they were unable to surrender because the police would not stop shooting. former us senate majority leader, bob dole, has received one of the country's highest civilian awards. the 94—year—old was awarded the congressional gold medal in recognition of his service to the nation. president trump said the former presidential candidate as "a patriot, a le

mary lou mcdonald is confirmed as the only candidate nominated to replace gerry adams as sinn fein president. some breaking news, concerning two missing children in sheffield. south yorkshire police have reported that the two children, aged 13 and 12, have been found. they were reported missing yesterday evening. they were at the ice rink in sheffield in the ata cliff area. at the ice rink in sheffield in the atacliff area. 8pm they went missing. south yorkshire police now report that the two children have been found. they wish to thank all the public for their help in the matter. now on bbc news stephen sackur is in new york to speak to the actor and activist, ashleyjudd. welcome to hardtalk from new york, with me stephen sackur. this city and los angeles are the twin capitals of america's giant movie, media and entertainment business. a business that has been rocked by allegations of systemic sexism, misogyny and abusive behaviour. my guest today is ashleyjudd, the actor and activist and one of the first women to go public with her accusations about the mega—producer harvey weinstein. wh

over the past eight months, the political parties, particularly the dup and sinn fein have made progress in closing the gap that existed between them in a range of difficult issues that prevented formation of executive. the gaps are narrow, but there are still significant differences to overcome. i also want to emphasise the role played by the stl p, alliance and the dup, who have made and active and positive contribution to making political progress. based on mike, —— on mike conversation so far, all of the parties have expected their commitment to the restoration of the executive. they have indicated to me directly their willingness to engage in a constructive manner to meet agreement. in short, a set of political talks to restore the executive will commence next wednesday. these will involve the five main parties, the uk government and the irish government in accordance with the well—established three strand approach. initially, these talks will focus on getting clarity on the understanding of the progress that has been made on the last seven months on a range of issues includin

sinn fein have announced that gerry adams will be succeeded as leader next month by his deputy for the past nine years, mary lou mcdonald. she‘s been a member of the irish parliament since 2011 and had previously been an mep. gerry adams announced his intention to stand down in november last year. the international olympic committee has approved plans for north korea to participate at next month‘s winter olympics, and agreed teams from north and south can march under the same flag at the opening ceremony. the agreement comes over months of heightened tension on the korean peninsula over the testing of nuclear weapons by north korea. imogen foulkes reports from ioc headquarters in the swiss city of lausanne. two koreas face to face — such is the tension on the korean peninsula that this meeting about the olympics became something much more. here the two sides spoke for hours and emerged with an agreement and the blessing of the international olympic committee. the ioc has approved their request to have their delegations marching together as one. under the name korea. for first tim

power—sharing between the democratic unionists and sinn fein collapsed more than a year ago. the government's spending watchdog says taxpayers owe private companies almost £200 billion for deals set up under private finance initiatives. pfi schemes mean private companies build and maintain schools, hospitals and other projects, in return for an annual payment. the national audit office has found that annual charges linked to the schemes have reached more than £10 billion. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. rv pfi scheme is a bad dealfor taxpayers? the national audit office don't quite tell us that but they do tell us we will be facing a big bill asa tell us we will be facing a big bill as a result of pfi because basically it's like getting new hospitals and schools built and paying for it through a mortgage. you can have your new hospital now but you will be paying over 25 years or so with interest attached. bear in mind successive governments have backed the idea but significantly the national audit office says some schools have cost a0% more as

mary lou mcdonald is confirmed as the only candidate nominated to replace gerry adams as sinn fein president.

mary lou mcdonald, a member of the irish parliament, is to succeed gerry adams as president of sinn fein. as the only candidate to be nominated, mary loud macdonald will formally be elected at a special conference next month. mr adams is retiring after leading the republican party for more than 30 years. the chair of the work and pensions select committee, frank field, has criticised auditors for not raising concerns about carillion before the construction giant collapsed, with debts of around one and a half billion pounds. mps on the committee have begun an inquiry into the way carillion‘s pension deficit was handled. their labour chairman says regulators should have stepped in much earlier. 0ur political correspondent, emma vardy is here with me in the studio. andrew marr show. sniet so there are two concerns here, the the first is the auditors kpmg, take us through that. yes, so the question that frank field is raising here, is why alarm bells weren't ringing sooner because kpmg have been auditing the accounts of carillion for many years, they had give them a clean bill of health to

mary lou mcdonald, a member of the irish parliament, is to succeed gerry adams as president of sinn fein. as the only candidate to be nominated, mary lou mcdonald will formally be elected at a special conference next month. mr adams is retiring after leading the republican party for more than 30 years. two children who went missing in sheffield yesterday evening have been found. police launched an appeal to help find marcel menyhart, who's 12, and 13—year—old marcela menyhartova, who went missing last night at around eight o'clock in the evening. they were last seen at the city's ice rink near the suburb of attercliffe, but were found safe and well in the city this afternoon. the french president has suggested the uk could get a bespoke trade deal with the european union after brexit, but again warned it could not expect full access to the single market unless it accepted its rules. in an interview to be broadcast in full on the andrew marr show tomorrow, emmanuel macron said he respected, but regretted, the brexit vote. a bespoke special solution for britain? sure. this special way

mary lou mcdonald, a member of the irish parliament, is to succeed gerry adams as president of sinn fein. mary loud macdonald will formally be elected at a special conference next month. mr adams is retiring after leading the republican party for more than 30 years. the chair of the work and pensions select committee, frank field, has criticised auditors for not raising concerns about carillion before the construction giant collapsed, with debts of around £1.5 billion. mps on the committee have begun an inquiry into the way carillion‘s pension deficit was handled. their labour chairman says regulators should have stepped in much earlier. our political correspondent, emma vardy is here with me in the studio. take us through these points yes, so questions are being raised over why alarm bells weren't ringing much sooner, because carillion‘s accounts we re sooner, because carillion‘s accounts were audited, signed off by the regulator kpmg, as a going concern, saying this company has the cash flow to keep going for the foreseeable future, that turned out to be in hindsight a very poor

barry mcelduff, the sinn fein mp who sparked anger over a social media post which unionists said mocked victims of the ira, has resigned. mr mcelduff posted a video of himself on twitter with a loaf of kingsmill bread on his head on the a2nd anniversary of the murders of ten protestants in the village of kingsmill in south armagh. he was suspended by his party for three months, but this morning, announced he is standing down as an mp. the deep and unnecessary hurt that this video has caused the families of the victims of kingsmill is undoubtedly my deepest regret and i do offer again my apologies to the families and the wider community for the consequences of the video. i want to be very adamant about this. not for one second, not in a million years would i have made a connection between the terrible atrocity at kingsmill and the brand name of the product. i certainly would not have posted that tweet had i made any connection whatsoever in my mind. obviously, it is very important for me to get a hearing to say that. i genuinely did not make that connection, not for a second did i make t

mary lou mcdonald is confirmed as the only candidate nominated to replace gerry adams as sinn fein president. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with mejohn watson and lizzie greenwod hughes. the headlines this evening. league leaders manchester city put their defeat to liverpool behind them with victory over newcastle. the battle for the quarterfinals in rugby union's champions cup is hotting up. saracens have kept their hopes alive. a return from injury and a return to form. why rory mcilroy could be the man to beat on the final day in abu dhabi. plenty to get through but we start with football where a sergio aguero hat—trick has helped manchester city maintaina12 hat—trick has helped manchester city maintain a 12 point lead at the top of the table. after liverpool ended their winning run of the table. after liverpool ended theirwinning run in of the table. after liverpool ended their winning run in the league last weekend, city put the disappointment behind them, beating newcastle 3—1 to continue their seemingly relentless march towards the title. drew savag

a member of parliament of the irish national party sinn fein has been suspended after the victims of them sicker during the northern irish troubles mary mackell the host of the video of himself walking around a show shop with a loaf of king's mill bread on his head on the anniversary of the kingsville massacre the party leadership described the to it as indefensible residents of a small town in the u.s. state of washington are being urged to evacuate is a slow motion landslide heads their way to the hillside above union gap in washington state is slumping at a rate of about forty centimeters a week geologist warned almost a cubic kilometer of rock face could collapse by the end of february workers have set up shipping containers filled with tons of concrete to hold back the slip which is also threatening a major highway facebook has agreed a deal with the huge music publishing company sony a.t.v. to let their music be used on social media in exchange for payment to song wait is it follows a deal facebook bade with universal last month and the deals mean facebook more have to take the

especially given the bad blood that exists between the main parties the dup and sinn fein. yesterday when the former secretary of state james brokenshire released his resignation letter he said northern ireland was well into overtime to try to get this executive up and running. and further intervention would not be neededin further intervention would not be needed in other words, a return to direct rule. so the new secular state karen bradley has got a challenging job ahead and a very full entry. —— in tray. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... north korea has offered to send a delegation including athletes and journalists to next month's winter olympics in south korea. the offer was made at the first talks in two years between the north and the south. zimbabwe's anti—corruption agency is investigating whether the former first lady grace mugabe fraudulently obtained a doctorate. she was awarded the phd just months after enrolling at university in 2014. a suicide bombing in the western pakistani city of quetta has killed at least seve

fein. there was very little very little substance of talk. syrian government delegation had come here also voicing its discontent dollars to fund de mistura saying that to fund them is to us report to the u.n. security council at the end of last year was biased against the syrian regime now also we are waiting to hear later on in the day the day whether the opposition will attend. the meeting early next week we asked again when he was coming in to the building whether that decision will come today well he said maybe later on today the opposition does say that it comes under a lot of pressure from its own supporters some of them the crying the fact that already for example the head of the s.n.c. really had gone to moscow before coming to vienna and had met with sergei lavrov there some of the supporters of the opposition said that should have not happened. also our it's the delegation going to sochi that this decision has not been taken the u.n. still has not indoors those talks in sochi tho

sinn fein m.p. barry macao duff posted a twitter video with a loaf of bread on his head on the anniversary of the nine hundred seventy six kings mill massacre in which ten protestant civilians were killed by republican ira gunmen the brand of bread is called king's mill. has also been suspended by his party and after initially denying any link has now issued an apology. tens of thousands of jobs are at risk with the collapse of the u.k. construction and services company karelian the firm is invests involved in a vast range of infrastructure and service contracts and the announcement that it's been forced into liquidation means uncertainty for the future of several flagship construction projects paul brennan reports. the sheer scale of karelians business activities reaches into almost every aspect of british life karelian and its contractors are involved in managing hundreds of schools hospitals and prisons and maintaining thousands of military haves karelian it's also a major infrastructure company

sinn fein mp who cause controversy after posing with a kingsmill ranted loaf on the anniversary of the anniversary of the kingsmill massacre has resigned. so sinn fein mp barry mcelderry has resigned after posing with a loaf on the anniversary of the kingsmill anniversary. the construction giant carillion has gone into liquidation, saying it's failed to secure a funding deal with the government and the banks. the firm, which employs 20,000 people in the uk, has overall debts of one—and—a—half billion pounds. the government says it will do all it can to protect the company's workers and contracts. jerry swain is from the unite union, the conservative chairman of the house of commons public administration select committee has said he's considering launching in inquiry into government procurement and contracting. and labour's shadow minister for the cabinet office, jon trickett, is with us. ian, who has been working for carillion as a sub—contractor. we've agreed not to disclose his identity. how'd you react to the company going into liquidation this morning?m how'd you react to t

power—sharing between the democratic unionists and sinn fein collapsed more than a year ago. the new northern ireland secretary said that a short intense set of talks would begin next week, and it was vital they succeed. the adopted daughter of the hollywood film director woody allen says she feels outrage at being ignored for years after making a sexual assault allegation against him. 32—year—old dylan farrow is appearing on television for the first time to discuss the allegation. 82—year—old woody allen was investigated over the claim that he molested dylan in an attic when she was seven. he has always denied the allegation and was never charged. lizo mzimba reports. the multi—0scar—winning director is one of film's best—known faces. he's also one of the many hollywood figures accused of sexual misconduct. in her first tv interview, with cbs news, his adopted daughter, dylan farrow, has again said she was abused by him when she was just seven. claims that allen has consistently denied. i was taken to a small attic crawl space in my mother's country house, in c

>> yes sh, and i don't know if is repairing, but whateverquiva sinn fein and us and us alone, and we have to figure out what that is. because i have become deep ly o the policymake ers' ability of leveraging black america writ o large out of the mire that it is in economically right now. what i do see are, you nknow, particularly in the education stuff are, you know, the schools and instances are where, like,i small groups of people are going to be getting an opportunity to become their highest and best selves and those people are changing the getworld, right? they are certainly changing their own worlds, right? ed that is at the expense of everyone else, and not to the betterment of others, like zero, abo getting so you ar often. >> but, if you aree g talking at black business, black sort of the self-help and not waiting for the government to solve all of to problems, you have to go back to talk about the fact that you have talked about in your introductory remark, and in pittsburgh, you had a community that black folks, en t entrepreneurial blacked folk, a thele talented tenth as t

over the past eight months, the political parties, particularly dup and sinn fein have made progress in closing the gaps existing between them on a range of difficult issues that have prevented the formation of an executive. still significant differences. i also want to emphasise the role played by sdlp, and the alliance, who have made an active contribution and based on conversations so far, i believe it is possible to reach an agreement. all the parties have expressed a commitment to the restoration of the executive. they have indicated to me directly the willingness to engage in a constructive manner to try to reach an agreement. as short intense set of political talks to restore the executive will commence next wednesday. these will involve the five main parties, the british government and irish government in accordance with the stranded approach. initially, these talks will focus on gaining clarity, understanding the progress made, on a range of issues including the formation of the executive and legacy issues. progress must be swift. it is clear that northern ireland needs stro

martin mcguinness resigned as deputy prime minister, pooling sinn fein out of power—sharing with the democratic unionists. the deadlock has not been broken. karen bradley chose a symbolic location for her first visit here, the titanic quarter of belfast. the old industrial heartland where the famous liner was built. no major tourist attraction. in recent years, this whole area has been redeveloped. new studios where game of redeveloped. new studios where game 0f thrones is filmed, for example. behind me, belfast metropolitan college, where she visited students. she was trying to put the emphasis on she wants to look to the future, make the future of northern ireland different and better. however, you could say the politics still have the echoes of the past, division and deadlock. questions from reporters, she was determined to restore government as soon she was determined to restore government as soon as she was determined to restore government as soon as possible. she has already spoken to some of the major politicians here. she will hold further meetings this afternoon. no doubt ev

the coalition between the democratic union and sinn fein collapsed last january. liam fox, the international trade secretary, has told the bbc the government is providing enough funding for the nhs but admitted it may be time for a national debate on how that money is spent. his comments come after borisjohnson let it be known he would push in cabinet for more funding for the service. dr fox, a former gp, was speaking from the world economic forum in davos, where he is hoping to lay the foundations for post—brexit trade deals. i think it's very clear where our direction of travel is on health. we've spent £12.5 billion more since 2010 — that will be £16 billion more by 2020. and we've seen extra money for winter pressures this year, another £400 million, so the money's going in. if we have to have a debate in this country about how we spend that money, how we get better efficiency in the health service and make sure that more of the money goes through to the patients, i think that will be a good thing i think that would be a good thing not least as an ex—

the coalition between the democratic unionists and sinn fein collapsed last january. the former labour cabinet minister dame tessa jowell has spoken about her diagnosis of a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. in herfirst interview since being told she had the illness, the former culture secretary has been speaking to the today programme's nick robinson about how she's determined it will not diminish her sense of hope. i was diagnosed with an acute and very serious form of brain cancer. it came with absolutely no expectation. no warning? absolutely none at all. i had not a single apparent symptoms. but you've decided to speak in the house of lords about your illness, and what you think needs to be done to help others. was it a difficult decision? and why is it important to you to go to the lords to speak out? it hasn't been a difficult decision at all, because this is something that i feel a tremendous sense of mission about. one change you want is a change to the way medical research is carried out, and the phrase that is carried out, an

power—sharing between the democratic unionists and sinn fein collapsed more than a year ago. let's have a look at the weather and it is windy. we have had the strongest of the winds with gusts of up to 83 mph in norfolk last night. they have brought down trees, but the strongest have eased away. we can look at what is happening, the low—pressure, that is the storm that bought the windy conditions and it has shifted into the netherlands and germany also you remember that picture of a tree, this is north—west germany. similar scenes to what we have seen. but they have now eased into other parts of europe. looking at that map, there is something else heading our way? more wintry weather, the showers falling as snow and sleet across many northern and western parts of the country so we are not out of it yet. things staying very wintry in the next couple of days. this is how things are looking, a mix of rain at low levels but sleet and snow over the hills of northern ireland, scotla nd the hills of northern ireland, scotland and northern england. further south, the snow is conf