it will bring some snow over northern ireland in particular. we could see the slow turning to rain which could freeze. it is worth bearing in mind it will be pretty difficult during the early hours of friday morning across the south—west and eventually into northern ireland. you need to keep abreast of the weather forecast because this area of low pressure will continue to track its way steadily northwards during the day on friday. that could be a little change as to exactly where this noble lie. keep abreast of the forecast. further north, slightly quieter, still a few scatterings of showers. still feeling bitterly cold. take care out there. severe weather across the uk causes widespread disruption. warnings in scotland are raised to the highest level, red, meaning there is a threat to life. more than 1,000 schools are closed, roads are blocked, trains are cancelled and airports are affected. the area covered by the warnings stretches from the south east to the far north and there is much more snow to come. yes, hearing thornton—le—dale

it is the largest party in northern ireland. it's the largest party but only 0.6% of people in northern ireland are actually free presbyterians, so they do represent something very extreme. in the same sense that sinn fein doesn't really represent nationalist views either. we have ended up with the two most extreme parties who don't represent in all... crosstalk. ..what people actually feel and where they stand. it is a misrepresentation of the real state of being. very interesting, and what is so interesting as well, just in terms of the african angle, is of course cyril ramaphosa, who we were just talking about a moment ago, he once played a role in bringing sides together and inspecting ira arms dumps, so is there a role for outsiders at this point, do you think? i don't think he will have any opportunity. i'm not talking about him, because he's busy, but is there role for any outsider in the irish question right now? well, i'm sure european union. but your opinion is dying down in terms of britain and so on, but as i say, yo

it is the largest party in northern ireland. it is the largest party that only 0.6% of people in northern ireland are actually free presbyterians, so they do represent something very extreme. in the same sense that sinn fein does not really represent nationalist views either. we have ended up with the two most extreme parties who do not represent in all polls what people actually feel and where they stand. it is a misrepresentation of the real state of being in northern ireland. interesting, and what is interesting, vincent, in the african angle, is that cyril ramaphosa and we we re angle, is that cyril ramaphosa and we were talking about a month ago first played a role in bringing sides together and inspecting ira arms dumps. so is there a role for outsiders at this point? no, i don't think he will have any opportunity. i'm not looking at him because he is busy, but is a role for any outsider in the irish question? i'm sure the european union, but in terms of britain and on... i think the role of ireland will be something that

in northern ireland. i mean, when you think about some of the enormous challenges that these two parties have overcome in the last 20 years to get where we are today it is astonishing in a way to those you don't follow it daily to think that we could fall down over an issue of language. i mean, people have been comparing it to the scotland on which act, but northern ireland is different. it goes back to the good friday agreement in 1998 where they talk about parity of esteem and one of the shibboleths that is the recognition of the irish language, and scots gaelic as well as unionist. there was a deal on the table between the dup and sinn fein. ultimately, arlene foster the dup lino couldn't sell it to her grassroots because they were afraid of things like roadsigns in two languages and quotas for civil serva nts languages and quotas for civil servants seeking irish which michelle o'neill her counterpart in sinn fein on the other side of the table said well, the draft agreement doesn't even have that in i

what explains northern ireland's social conservatism? we know the society that we want to be part of. we know there is overwhelming public support for some of these issues, so it's really disappointing that some of our leaders cannot and fewer people are using public transport in the capital. a blip, or an early sign we've finally reached peak london? hello. it's been one of those days that demonstrates the limits of diplomacy. the security council was meant to vote on a motion for a ceasefire at four o'clock this afternoon, our time. then it was postponed to 7.30. and in the last few minutes the vote has been rescheduled again — this time delayed until tomorrow. you probably don't need me to tell you that it is the russian veto — or the threat of it — that has blocked the motion. however, the russians have said they'll sign up to a ceasefire as long as it is guaranteed to be observed by rebels as well as the syrian government. talks will no doubt continue overnight before the vote — which we're now told will happen at 5pm our ti

northern ireland has been without government for 13 months. today, arlene foster has been involved in negotiations for the last few weeks, she said there was no prospect of bringing back devolution. sinn fein blamed the dup per what happened, saying they had reached an accommodation with the dup leadership that they had failed to close the deal. i'm joined by a leader of one of the other parties, colum eastwood, from the sdlp. what are your thoughts on what has happened today? it is a serious and real crisis for our institutions, for the good friday agreement. we have had 13 months with the government. the two political parties have been negotiating for that length of time and this is anotherfailure. we that length of time and this is another failure. we are that length of time and this is anotherfailure. we are heading that length of time and this is another failure. we are heading for direct rule from london and that has to be resisted at all costs. those of us here who don't support the dup can't have them calling the shots over aggreko —

and clarity about a budget for northern ireland for next year as soon as possible. i intend to take steps to provide clarity on the budget, and i will update the house as soon as i'm in a position to this is clearly not what i want to be, but in the absence of an executive in northern ireland, i have no other choice. talks between the dup and sinn fein last week over legislation for the irish language, with both sides isolating each other. i must commend the secretary of state for the herculean optimism that she continues to still hope for a deal to be done and for the clear statement that she's rejecting the calls to exceed to direct with immediate effect. optimism the vital ingredient in northern ireland, even when it's at its most difficult to summon. i will not criticise the government for remaining hopeful. but clarity and contingency planning has also been important features of the process, mr speaker, so people know where they are in the process and what it will follow if there is no progress. and on this question, mr speaker, i fear that many in northern ire

the document‘s paragraphs on northern ireland are particularly controversial. the eu‘s chief brexit negotiator came out today to defend them. we have applied imagination and creativity to find a specific solution to the unique challenge that brexit poses for the protection of the good friday agreement. mr barnier said three options had been agreed with the uk to avoid the reintroduction of a hard border between the northern ireland and the irish republic, but he said the uk hadn‘t yet come forward with details so his back stop solution involves northern ireland remaining in a customs agreement with the eu and in parts of the single market. you must also be aware of the potentially explosive effect in the uk of this northern ireland protocol. is this perhaps intentional on your part? translation: i'm not trying to provoke or create shockwaves. i want these negotiations to be a success. let me remind you that it was the uk‘s decision to leave. as i said from the beginning, nobody should underestimate the consequences of this action. but the prime minister w

with northern ireland. this has been an issue from the get go and it is still so problematic, chris. that's right. this is the brexit front line, vital in negotiations, this vital issue is playing out in the everyday lives of locals. and just about in northern ireland that a few steps over there cou nty ireland that a few steps over there county donegal in the irish republic. normally when you cross the border the only sign that you are passing from one country to another is a sign like that which tells you that the speed limit is a sign like that which tells you that the speed limits will now be implementers per hour and not in miles per hour. no business people are used to trading freely across the frontier so they were watching developments in brussels closely. 0ne local man isa is a industry across northern ireland and has been reminding me of the possible consequences for business if any new border controls introduced after brexit. what they don't want is any disruption. they don't want is any disrupti

biggest bricks and blockade if you will the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland here show you if you could bring your attention over here to the big wall we're going to talk about this thanks to ireland and the u.k. joining the european union plus the good friday agreement there is now a border only in name but the irony is that by northern ireland leaving the european union the border with the republic of ireland will automatically change what both sides say they want to avoid is a return to a hard border between northern ireland in the republic of ireland and there have been the checks or controls on that front tier for two decades well today barney a proposed a back up plan keep it in northern ireland in the e.u. customs union well that would leave things unchanged from what they are today guaranteeing the free passage of people and goods so where's the border well the e.u.'s plan could potentially put it out to sea the irish sea with northern ireland behind a hard border between the e.u. and the u.k. kind of like being in political limbo british prime ministe

northern ireland is different. and it goes back to the good friday agreement in 1998 where they talk about parity of esteem and one of the sort of shibboleths of that is the recognition of the irish language, and scots gaelic on part of unionists. the problem is that there was a deal on the table between the dup and sinn fein. ultimately, arlene foster the dup leader couldn't sell it to her grassroots because they were afraid of things like road signs in two languages and quotas for civil servants speaking irish which michelle o'neill, her counterpart in sinn fein on the other side of the table said, well, the draft agreement doesn't even have that in it. so it is a question of trust and misunderstanding. is it a blip? they will come back to this, they will have to, because they cannot move forward — sinn fein will not allow power—sharing to move forward until it is... crosstalk. ..personalities in a way because... well, i was wondering, yeah that... i think not, i think the problem is profound in that it isn't

they want to have more of an alignment between the rest of the uk, and northern ireland. and this isa uk, and northern ireland. and this is a tripwire for this entire conversation. if this is to happen tomorrow, as is widely reported, this could have a huge impact on what theresa may has to try and think about next to get her head around, and in the meantime labour leaderjeremy corbyn has set out his stall, and this adds to the pressure on her because he is saying that they would pitch for being part of a customs union, if they were in power, as a government and that is music to the ears of many, some within the conservative party. let's be clear. jeremy corbyn is his own form of eurosceptic. some would say that he didn't campaign wholeheartedly during the european referendum for the uk to stay in. his language has been moving closer and closer and closer towards his chief brexit spokesman keir starmer. and yesterday he came up with a formula of words to say that labour would back staying in a customs union, not necessarily the customs union. eztv try to respect the opini

but for northern ireland, northern scotland, something more bright. sunny spells returning. a rash of showers to the north—west. because of the slightly milder air, most showers falling as rain rather than anything more wintry. now, as we go on through the day, we take this band of cloud and rain further south and east. do you see the deep blue colours? that indicates the rain will turn more heavy for wales and northern england during the afternoon. clouding over in the south—east after the bright start. remaining chilly here. scotland, northern ireland, sunshine and a few showers. temperatures getting up to 7—8 degrees. thursday night, we push this band of at this stage quite heavy rain eastwards. showers too, wintry showers. as we get into friday, the air will be turning more cold. temperatures dipping away. seven in cardiff. some rain, sleet, and snow perhaps in the south—east for a time. some wintry showers elsewhere. generally speaking, high pressure with us for the very start of the weekend. a cold and frosty start to saturday. another frontal system. perhaps a

biggest bricks and blockade if you will the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland here listen and show you if you could bring your attention over here to the big ball we're going to talk about this thanks to ireland and the u.k. joining the european union plus the good friday agreement there is now a border only in name of the irony is that by northern ireland leaving the european union the border with the republic of ireland will automatically change what both sides say they want to avoid is a return to a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland but there have been the checks or controls on that front tier for two decades well today barney a proposed a back up plan keep it in northern ireland in the e.u. use customs union well that would leave things unchanged from what they are today guaranteeing the free passage of people and goods so where's the border well the e.u.'s plan could potentially put it out to see the irish sea with northern ireland behind a hard border between the e.u. and the u.k. kind of like being in political limbo britis

northern ireland and the rest of the uk as there is today. boris johnson created another who have. there was a leak of a mammal to cabinet ministers in which he appeared to countenance the idea ofa he appeared to countenance the idea of a hard border. jeremy corbyn pressed theresa may on whether the government was secretly considering that option. three months ago, the foreign secretary told the house regarding northern ireland, there can be no hard border, that would be unthinkable. that's what he said. yet ina unthinkable. that's what he said. yet in a leaked letter to the prime minister he wrote, even if a hard border is reintroduced, we would expect to see 95% plus of goods pass. he is shouting at the moment. he is obviously mixing up the border with the border between camden and islington. samuelwilson, let's start with that very firm rebuff from theresa may to the eu package. i'm presuming you guys are saying yes, result. i would i'm presuming you guys are saying yes, result. iwould have i'm presuming you guys are saying yes, result. i

ireland, scotla nd higher parts of northern ireland, scotland and northern england. as we look at tomorrow morning's rush hour, we could see a raid 5—10 centimetres, and even lower down in the central belt a few centimetres, worried than enough to cause transport disruption. although the worst of the snow will be easing away from northern ireland, the hill? , away from northern ireland, the it%% will , 27,2; wing over 27,2; will 2 over the ..;;§;>‘3: ... .: , ..: ..;;§;>‘3: ..l .l l l.l and ..;;§;>‘3: ll .l l l.l and the pennines. this band peaks and the pennines. this band works used words, slowly lingering a crust east england, slow to use off here and will feel cool. there is some sunshine, but temperatures only around 4 degrees. that is your weather. this is bbc news. the headlines: 0xfam's deputy chief executive penny lawrence resigns amid a scandal surrounding aid workers seven years ago, as labour demanded more openness. 0xfam should have been more open and clear about it at the very beginning. both, too, the charity commission and to the department

two challenges make this a fraught time in northern ireland. one — it can't agree on self government. and two — brexit. and so it has been interesting to watch, in the last few days, a small number of keen brexit supporters suggest that the 20—year—old good friday agreement is past its sell—by date. kate hoey said it's time for a "cold, rational look at it." mep daniel hannan wrote a telegraph piece arguing that british ministers should "start working with their irish counterparts on improving the system." it's gently phrased, and it's not a brexit point they are making per se, but this sentiment has only come from that side. there's an interesting linguistic point here, too — critics of the agreement tend to call it the belfast agreement, perhaps because good friday makes it sound too holy or reverential. but whatever you call it, for many, the agreement is, of course, synonymous with peace. today, the irish government called those who questioned it "reckless". the british said they stand by it "steadfastly". so what is going on? o

we are a united kingdom and northern ireland is an essential pa rt northern ireland is an essential part of the united kingdom. we should not bejeopardising it. part of the united kingdom. we should not be jeopardising it. let's just take a quick look at the financial times. narrated by michel barnier. —— berated. what do you make of this? yes, i mean, it's a really big point, david davies is the head of the uk negotiating team and the head of the eu negotiating team has not seen him in a really crucial time. he is team has not seen him in a really crucialtime. he is busy team has not seen him in a really crucial time. he is busy touring the nordic countries. he would argue he is going out and reaching out to leaders in europe. which he is. which he is, i'm sure that would be his response. also in the story are some comments this mine from martin donnelly, who used to work as the permanent secretary in liam fox's department, which livened up the debate. it brought it back to less complicated language. he said going into brexit was like giving up a three course meal for a packet of cr

for the northern ireland secretary, it's a valentine's day headache. we'll ask the dup whether they are embarrassed at the inability of their region to look after itself. oxfam loses another star. senegalese musician baaba maal told us tonight he's withdrawing as an ambassador for the charity. the charity's former nigeria country manager tells us her own experiences of working there. and i thought that i would be protected. i thought i would be safeguarded from sexual harassment and from sexual abuse. and why don't women dominate in subjects like science and maths? is it because they're just not interested ? people have long thought that the more gender equal a country, the more similar men and women will become in their interests and occupational choices. we find the opposite. we'll hear both sides of the argument.

lifting over northern ireland and western scotland. rain later on, but to begin with quite a bit of snow falling. temperatures will be close to freezing at this point. let's take a look around, on a pretty chilly saturday morning we could see as much as ten centimetres of snow on the ills of scotland first thing. most of it will turn back to rain and fragment. northern ireland straight into brighter weather but for northern england, a spell of rain until snow pushing eastwards. not a huge amount of rain elsewhere to begin with. rain may come and go. wet weather arriving in the south—east late in the afternoon. northern scotland staying dry and reasonably bright. temperatures may be as high as i! in cardiff. it won't be desperately cold if you are off to the six nations matches. but there will be rain around that time. this area of low pressure could bring gales or severe gales, as well as snowfall for a time. it clears out of the way into sunday. some pretty chilly air on sunday. sunny spells for many. sleet and snow will continue to

some sunny spells around in parts of northern ireland and the west of scotland. still further snow showers in the east, but a bit of a break from them in south—east england. it will feel colder in the wind. the focus of the snow showers from wednesday to thursday moves further north. another abba warning in force for north—east england, through eastern and northern scotland, again up to ten centimetres of fresh note from these, and there will be some travel disruption. through wednesday, some snow showers popping up elsewhere for northern ireland, some coming in from the east, but perhaps not so many. when you factor in the wind, it real feel much colder, many degrees below freezing. this thing will get worse into friday, because who would see an area of low pressure come to us who would see an area of low pressure come to us from the south. as it takes its moisture into cold air, we will see significant and heavy snow in places, and with the wind picking up there is the risk of seeing blizzards as well. this is bbc news. iam carol i am carol walker. the head

it isa infrastructure in northern ireland. it is a high—stakes situation we are talking about here and right now no prospect of a return to devolved government after 13 months of stalemate. it was interesting that karen bradley said that there is the basis for an accommodation there she thinks between the dup and sinn fein, despite the fact that the dup today said there was no prospect of that at all. interesting. karen bradley saying that there would be a statement that westminster on the way ahead. if there is any more reaction to that situation we will bring it to you straightaway. let's get more now on boris johnson's speech this morning in which he has tried to reassure voters who opposed leaving the european union, saying that it's a cause for hope, not fear. many of those who opposed brexit will have been listening with interest. i'm joined now by the former conservative minister nicky morgan, who voted to remain in the european union and also voted against theresa may's eu withdrawal bill. thank you forjoining us. di

what next for northern ireland? talks to restore a power sharing government at stormont have collapsed. the uk government believes a deal can still be reached. the position of the uk government remains the same. devolved government is in the best interests of everyone in northern ireland, and is best for the union. the former zimbabwean prime minister morgan tsvangirai has died — the 65 year old's career is marked by his political struggle against robert mugabe. after refusing calls to stand down, south african president jacob zuma says he'll address the nation this evening. and this is the same now at the union buildings in pretoria, where that address from mr zuma is expected to take place very shortly. we will bring you that live. life in prison for the builder who kidnapped, raped and murdered his 20—year—old niece. also tonight... inspiring hope and encouraging unity: borisjohnson‘s rallying call for everyone to get behind his vision of brexit. in the first of a series of ministerial speeches in the run

northern ireland's protected status. northern ireland's protected status. northern ireland's protected status. northern ireland voted 56% to remain within the eu, but objectively it seems to me that if the eu starts to get involved in the border and constitutional issues it is in danger of threatening its own long—standing issue of being neutral on that issue and being benign in the way it supports projects that shore up the peace process. the headlines on bbc news. the families of some of the victims of two british extremists belonging to the so—called islamic state group ca ptu red to the so—called islamic state group captured in syria, call for them to face justice captured in syria, call for them to facejustice in captured in syria, call for them to face justice in court. a warning from the eu's chief brexit negotiatior — a transition period isn't a given, because of continuing disagreements. the handshake of her study, the sister of kim jong—un meets the south korean president. an 11—year—old, named by police as jasmine forrester, has die

northern ireland. and northern ireland. south—west, wales and then into northern ireland. northern ireland. this could bring some disruption. some disruption. you get this snow that is coming up from the near continent. from the near continent. southern england, south—west england and into wales. and into wales. handed it to be freezing rain. freezing rain. as dangerous, treacherous on the roads. roads. across the south—west and eventually into northern ireland. eventually into northern ireland. northwards as we go through the day on friday. on friday. the particular track of this area of low pressure to change. low pressure to change. less cold, but they still stay u nsettled. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 3:00. to leave some villages cut off. the alert means a risk to life is likely. twice before taking to the roads in dangerous conditions. to drop her "red lines" and allow a vote on the final deal. no—one can truly know what "the will of the people" may

and i rememberone of page about northern ireland. and i remember one of the commentators saying, it must be a slow news day! it is something people underestimated, how big this issue would be. here we have the european commission absolutely clear that there needs to be sort of regulatory alignment for northern ireland with the eu to stop that hard border reappearing. but for the dup, the eu to stop that hard border reappearing. but forthe dup, of course as a result of this confidence and supply arrangement with theresa may's government, they don't want northern ireland to be treated any differently to the rest of the uk. that is utterly bizarre to me, they say they don't want a ha rd to me, they say they don't want a hard border but they are in favour of brexit and what appears to be a pretty ha rd of brexit and what appears to be a pretty hard brexit. you think, how can those two things go together? it doesn't make any sense to me, their position. hopefully there are lawyers that can work this stuff out and it would be some kind of

into northern ireland. that will move further north and east into western england, and the midlands on friday. more disruption is expected through friday. temperatures are not getting above freezing. a lot going on over the next few days. stay tuned to the forecast. goodbye. hello, it's wednesday 28th february, it's 9 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. amber warnings for snow are in place for large part of the country. drivers have been one to take care, hundreds of schools are closed and public transport is widely affected. with more snow overnight and temperatures falling as low as minus 12, some councils have brought in emergency measures to offer immediate accommodation to people sleeping on the streets. we'll be talking to one rough sleeper and two people who have a roof over their heads but can't afford heating. a key document detailing the proposed terms of the uk's departure from the eu has just been published. it says northern ireland will have to follow the rules of the eu

we've the details of the eu's controversial brexit proposal for northern ireland. rallying the royals, prince harry and meghan markle appear with the duke and duchess of cambridge, setting out their charitable work. get in touch with us using #beyond1000ays. hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. jared kushner, the president's wunder—kid son in law, is not having a good day. his white house security clearance has been downgraded meaning he no longer has access to top secret information. and, a report in the washington post, describes how jared's business interests are seen as vulnerabilities by foreign leaders. us intelligence authorities have picked up conversations in china, mexico, the uae and israel that show officials there think they can manipulate the 37—year—old political novice. the post report was written by shane harris their national security correspondent. i spoke to him earlier. speu spell out this story for us, according to your reporting us intelligence has overheard or somehow got information that

northern ireland, another political crisis. their headline is the dup calling for direct rule, leaving theresa may facing crisis in northern ireland. yes. reminiscent of the story we we re yes. reminiscent of the story we were discussing. a sense of, what a long time ago it seems that there was successful, unexpectedly successful power—sharing between... in the days of mcguinness and a reverend ian paisley. the chuckle brothers they were called. nobody laughing now, that's the case. in a slightly wicked way i couldn't help finding peculiarly amusing the idea that theresa may's dup partners have been quite so catty, i think about her involvement with trying to get this show back on the road, saying quite publicly her trip there yesterday was less than helpful. they said it was a distraction. less than helpful. you feel you don't need friends like that, what enemies do you need? it centres on the irish language, use of the irish language on signs and so on. i agree with joanne, it indicates what an arm lock the dup has the cons

sunshine and showers to scotland and northern ireland. cladding over a bit more in the day but the showers will mainly rain. snow limited to the hills. across england and wales, one of the early showers. a dry day with gaps in the cloud. temperatures again in double figures. with windfall in a bit the south to the later stage of friday, we could see some foster round. the weekend, some mist and fog patches, sunny spells but a weather front travelling across northern ireland and southern scotland. that will bring some scott spots of light rain. to be? comes the sunday. at the moment, it looks like primarily across parts of england and wales. some breaks in the round —— in the cloud that just the some breaks in the round —— in the cloud thatjust the chance of rain band. keep an eye on your forecast if you got any plans this weekend. as far as rainfall is concerned, throughout this weekend, temperatures up on what they've been. many bases close to double figures. and we get the chance to cd—r borealis? some might see it tonight in

it's the position of the parties in northern ireland. it's the position of irish government and it was what we agreed in the december agreement at that joint report. so there are still tough negotiations to come. the signs in brussels are warning that it is dangerous to tread on thin ice, but that is where the brexit talks are headed. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in muff in county donegal near the border with northern ireland. but let's go first to brussels. again, fascinating, not by any stretch with the first time, people in brussels talking about time running out and asking britain to pick up the pace. that is why the eu is tabled this legal document now. michel barnier said today this was so michel barnier said today this was so that negotiations could press ahead on the basis of a text that they can hammer out because they have to have that by the end of the year if the x it is going to happen smoothly. as he said again today in his press conference this text is not a surprise. it is the result of all of those negotiation

it is notjust a political problem at this shoe shop in newry, northern ireland. these shoes are meant for walking, on both sides of the border. customs and tariffs could mean a business like this running into trouble. we need easy access from the factory to our shop floor. if there is a hard border, there will be hold—ups all the way along that we cannot predict. but the unionist party shoring up the government in parliament says that when britain leaves the customs union, northern ireland must leave, too. the bottom line is that northern ireland will leave the european union with the rest of the united kingdom. we would not countenance a situation where there would either be political constitutional barriers within the united kingdom, and economic barriers within the united kingdom internal market would be catastrophic for northern ireland. brexiteer tories say ministers should take warnings from brussels in their stride and not give ground on the way out of the eu. we will not accept that we become rule—takers from the eu when we have no say over it. yes, b

flying, good slang from britain to northern ireland? eu customs post in belfast stopping stuff. is that really your proposal? we are not proposing anything. if you let me finish, with the agreement agreed by both the british and european sides in december, this isn't just a european and european sides in december, this isn'tjust a european suggestion. this is the legal draft based on the political agreement in december. it refers to joint political agreement in december. it refers tojoint eu uk political agreement in december. it refers to joint eu uk customs operations. wait there while i talk to bernard jenkins. what is your solution? you are seeing a bit of de—escalation from the irish republic government. they do not want to threaten a hard border. i will say what theresa may will not say, but i know that she thinks. we are not having a hard border in northern ireland under any circumstances. if the eu wants a hard border and they put stuff up at the border, then that is their problem. but this country has signed an agreement that

parts of northern ireland, scotland and northern ireland. how much now? around five to ten centimetres is likely, the snow coming down thick and heavy for the tuesday morning rush—hour. likely to cause some problems out of about on the roads in scotland. higher parts of northern ireland and northern ireland could see similar amounts of snow. the risk of some disruption has further south it is going to be rain that falls, and that band of rain that falls, and that band of rain will clear. feeling cold wherever you are. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the deputy chief executive of oxfam, penny lawrence, has resigned — claiming ‘full responsibility‘ after the charity's workers were accused of hiring prostitutes in haiti. becky dobson is named as one of three britons who died in a helicopter crash over the grand canyon — the others were jason hill and stuart hill. theresa may is to meet the irish prime minister leo varadkar in belfast, as talks continue to restore the power—sharing government at stormont. south africa‘s

ireland's democratic unionist party. politically, for northern ireland to cut off from its biggest market. but this is not where the story ends. then negotiated with the government — which has plenty to say about it. katya adler, bbc news, brussels. in a second referendum. lines are unrealistic. speech as "riddled with errors". 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. stop brexit! stop brexit. up a permanent place in westminster might have a new ally. might have a new ally. deal will give you second referendum. referendum. nobody can truly know what the will of the people may then be. of the people may then be. what the will of the people may then be. will of the people may then be. what the will of the people may then be. the will of the people may then be. 0r put the issue back to the people. i don't enjoy being out of step with so many of my party. so many of my party. pleasure at all in speaking out as i have today. have today. to speak truth to the people as it is to speak truth to power. is to speak truth to power. decision is far more than a party issue. issue. united kin

rain turning to snow in higher parts of northern ireland, scotla nd higher parts of northern ireland, scotland and northern england. how much, 5—10 centimetres. it could be riding towards morning rush—hour in scotland, coming down heavily, so difficult conditions, a risk of disruption and even lower down there will be a few centimetres. the snow moving away from northern ireland but leaving thick cover over the higher ground. through the rest of the davie provan that nation is slowly moving over east anglia and south—east england so it will feel particularly cold. sunny spells for the rest of us but it will be cold, temperatures struggling, four, 5 degrees. 0n temperatures struggling, four, 5 degrees. on tuesday night, icy stretches and then a weather system racing from the atlantic and it will do more of the same, strong wind, then a band of rain, turning to snow over the higher ground, leading to further significant accumulations. some snow at lower levels in eastern scotla nd some snow at lower levels in eastern scotland but things will turn milder from the west with temperat

more sunshine on sunday for northern ireland, perhaps just a more sunshine on sunday for northern ireland, perhapsjust a bit ireland, perhaps just a bit of cloud onto the shores of the northeast through the afternoon and highs of around four to six celsius. factor in the wind and it will feel much colder, particularly on sunday, temperatures perhaps feeling freezing below many —— feeling freezing for many of us. wrap up warm because the cold weather is set to stay with us, they are coming all the way from the arctic, it will get colder still into next week and there is a risk of starting to see some snow showers around so you have been warned, very cold, bit of winds, some snow at times, frost and iis winds, some snow at times, frost and i is continuing as well. —— frost and ice. fine, dry but chilly with highs of 4-7. this is bbc world news today. our top stories. the un security council prepares to vote on a new ceasefire in syria — as government forces continue to target eastern ghouta, these are live pictures from the united nations in new york. the vote has been postponed s

for the irish republican army in its thirty year water when british rule of northern ireland and since then he's played a pivotal part in the peace process. join. us now from dublin so tell us a little bit about who takes over what we know about mary lou. well sammy this is a momentous occasion mary lou mcdonald who's will be speaking fairly shortly gerry adams the man she takes over from has been round largely applauded here he's not speaking but there have been tributes to him and what he's achieved both for the party in terms of getting them into power in the power sharing government in northern ireland but also the inroads that he's monies to make here in the republic of ireland as well of their own party activists members and officials from all over the island of islands here i'm not something that should really striking the move towards strengthening the party on both sides of the border and at the same time amongst the wider population there still is a debate over exactly what gerry adams his political legacy will be. over the years gerry adams has been praised as a brave politi

a minister to argue with mental health in the northern ireland there will be no ministers for thirteen months that's how a lot continue. to set a budget that the efforts continue yes we want to see devolution but it is a dereliction of duty to continue without a budget without ministerial decisions it's time to get on with it well the slightest bit of a drain and a time line for the imposition of the records that sit in this place to ensure that the people of northern ireland are not contained to the lead of the nose by shanty in the party who don't have the intestinal and aren't at heart pretty sick when destruction of the state of northern ireland an attempt to secure i don't want that on on workable on and that is never never never going to happen jim shannon the experienced m.p. full strength echoing an old war cry from dr lee in paisley i thought it was ian paisley who led. the government to thing in contrast in a later interview jim shannon pretty uncompromising i think there are three options in the table that one of those getting her possible birthday and that's the fact that w

the document's paragraphs on northern ireland are particularly controversial. the eu's chief brexit negotiator came out today to defend them. we have applied imagination and creativity, to find a specific solution to the unique challenge that brexit poses for the protection of the good friday agreement. mr barnier said three options had been agreed with the uk to avoid the reintroduction of a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic, but he said the uk hadn't yet come forward with details. so his backstop solution involves northern ireland remaining in a customs agreement with the eu and in parts of the single market. you must also be aware of the potentially explosive effect in the uk of this northern ireland protocol. is this perhaps intentional, on your part? translation: i'm not trying to provoke or create shock waves. i want these negotiations to be a success. but let me remind you that it was the uk's decision to leave and, as i've said from the beginning, nobody should underestimate the consequences of this action. but the prime minist

the prime minister said she hopes an executive in northern ireland could be up and running very soon. her comments came after a day of meetings with the irish prime minister and political leaders in stormont. speaking in the past hour, she said she could see the basis of an agreement. i've had full and frank conversations with the five parties, i've also met with the taoiseach. while some differences remain, i believe it is possible to see the basis of an agreement here. there is the basis of an agreement and it should be possible to see an executive up and running in northern ireland very soon. the dup and sinn fein have been working hard to close the remaining gaps, but i would like to recognise the contribution of other parties here in northern ireland. what i am clear about is that we are all fully committed to doing all we can to support this process , doing all we can to support this process, and as far as westminster is concerned, we stand ready to legislate for the re—establishment ofan legislate for the re—establishment of an executive as soon as possible after an agreeme

and affects the economy in order and aren't who's going to get the blame in northern ireland patrice and pay it will be that democratic unionist party so they can only support as long as they agreement this puzzle off. and that's not going to be easy as we go through this year. because. the transition agreement ok i don't see that it's a difficulty transition agreement that probably would go where you want to go to the end to twenty twenty two weeks may want to go bit a bit longer but she has to watch the next general election when that is but more importantly she has to to now start work what's the future relationship and that's going to be to the crucial issue in order to hadn't look at blood and the islands both the. scottish first minister those are working together to try and secure the position within the single market a few of the thoughts of advice to these ministers how they might deploy the deploy their arguments to get a result it's in our interest to to to watch carefully and the island the veyron of both north and south and how they do and what they do because we we have

northern ireland has been without a devolved government for 13 months. i have urged the parties today to get a final push to see if we can get a final push to see if we can getan get a final push to see if we can get an executive up and running, i believe there is the basis of an agreement here and i believe it should be possible to see an executive up and running in northern ireland soon. the main sticking point has been whether there should bea point has been whether there should be a new law to protect and promote the irish language. for speakers of the irish language. for speakers of the time, irish is about identity, culture and history and they believe it needs legal recognition. culture and history and they believe it needs legal recognitionm culture and history and they believe it needs legal recognition. it needs a quality, it needs to be on the same level as gaelic in scotland and welsh in wales and obviously english here too so it needs to be on an equal footing. but in here too so it needs to be on an equalfooting. but in unionist areas, ther

it's notjust a political problem at this shoe shop in newry, northern ireland. these shoes are meant for walking, on both sides of the border. customs and tariffs could mean a business like this running into trouble. what we need is easy access from the factory to our shop floor. if there is a hard border, then there will be hold—ups all the way along that we cannot predict. the government wants to keep allies on side. brexiteers who say stand up to brussels, and unionists who say britain and northern ireland must leave the customs union as one. the bottom line is this, that northern ireland will leave the european union with the rest of the united kingdom. we would not countenance a situation where there would either be political constitutional barriers within the united kingdom, and economic barriers within the united kingdom internal market would be catastrophic for northern ireland. we're not prepared to accept that we become rule—takers from the eu when we have no say over it. that would be the worst of all worlds. yes, business wants certainty and to k

i think the people of northern ireland will be disappointed in the secretary of state. and of course they'd like the executive back but what they want more than anything is a budget agreement on ways that reform of the health service and education that we're all agreed before and walked out why is the sixty of states still dillydallying and waiting and waiting and waiting what does she think is going to be achieved in the next month you mr speaker in the last thirty forty hours a couple of members of this house of the british amy p have attacked because trading agreement has been saying it has failed an unsustainable will she join the times to our lives to keep prime minister in condemning such language as irresponsible for the good friday agreement to go to the peace for almost twenty years in a with a nod could the foreign secretary have given other political assurances the her majesty's government will not do anything that undermines the agreement including pursuing any policy that not only undermines the agreement or in any way undermines the principles that led up

it was part of their campaign to try and undermine british rule in northern ireland and to make northern ireland effectively ungovernable. >> no warnings were given, and the targets seem to have been chosen precisely because they would be crowded with people at that time of day. >> what they managed to do was make the percussive regularity of bombs going off the norm in northern ireland during the 1970s. >> what do you think will happen? >> i think they'll just keep bombing going on. >> it's got to end some time. >> aye, some time, but i don't know when. nobody knows. >> i'm jim mckay speaking to you live at this moment from abc headquarters just outside the olympic village in munich, west germany. the olympics of serenity have become the one thing the germans didn't want them to be, the olympics of terror. >> i was in my bed at the hotel. and the phone rang, and they said, you better get in here. some terrorists have taken over the apartments of the israeli team. and i said, they did what? >> at about 5:00 this morning, before dawn, arab guerillas believed now to be five in number got o

it looks like conditions will go downhill in northern ireland and into western scotla nd northern ireland and into western scotland and eventually western fringes of great britain as we head into the afternoon. central, southern and eastern parts will hold onto sunshine and stay dry and feeling mild in the south but cold in the north. the breeze will pick up as the weather front moves in and brings rain and hill snow to scotla nd brings rain and hill snow to scotland and maybe the far north of england. they few centimetres of setting snow in scotland and the pennines. clear skies in the east. not as cold further west because we have cloud and rain. the weather front will remain to start saturday. central areas will have cloud and outbreaks of rain, which moves eastwards, so there could be showers in central and eastern england also showers in western scotland could be heavy. that said, a lot of sunshine and it should be pleasant. the winds falling light. between seven and ii degrees in the south. you will notice the temperature difference on sunday. this feature moving in from the atlanti

weather—wise, blustery showers for scotland and northern ireland. snow on high ground. further south, cloudy in southern england. that cloud will thin, with sunshine coming through. most of england and wales should have a largely dry day with sunny spells. mild in the south. quite a contrast further north. still into colder air. what about friday? as that ridge five pressure builds in more, a lot of dry weather. high temperatures across northern england into scotland. at the same time a weather front will approach from the atlantic, bringing late day rain to northern ireland and scotland. snow over the highest parts of scotland. generally there is a trend for the weather did become drier and milder. that is the forecast. thank you. a reminder of our main story... the uncle of celine dookhran has been convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering his niece, before putting her body in a deep freezer. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: after

sunshine and showers throughout the day in northern ireland. that could go on into western parts of scotland, with sunshine and showers throughout the day northern ireland, much of england and wales. the main exception is lincolnshire and east anglia, where you just about stay dry after morning brightness, but grey, gloomy, cold, damp and a little bit wintry in places for many, with temperatures at lunchtime only about 2—3 degrees. the greater chance of snow mixed in and that'll be over the hills. through the afternoon, the patchy rain and drizzle, sleet and snow, gradually fizzles out. most will stick with the cloud and that will be of course evidenced if your‘e going to and from cardiff for the start of the six nations. maybe a little bit damp here. a bit drier in paris, but here it will be similarly cold. the weather front starts to lose a bit of oomph into sunday. we see more clear skies and there could be ice into sunday morning. this is the temperature profile across europe on sunday. the blue colours are the coldest conditions, towar

scotland and northern ireland are drierfor scotland and northern ireland are drier for a scotland and northern ireland are drierfor a time, with rain coming back to northern ireland before the end of the afternoon. a fairly brisk south—westerly wind, seven or 8 degrees down the eastern side of the uk, elsewhere seven or 10 celsius, as high as 12 in south—west england. gail is developing as part of england and wales this evening and overnight. more wet weather around. this is snow, particularly in southern scotland and northern england. several centimetres into the hills. maybe snow relatively low levels as welcome as it turns colder, showers developing to the north—west as time goes on. there will be ice going into the morning. a much colder day for all tomorrow, with the north—westerly wind. there will be sunny spells around, blobs of white indicating where there will be wintry showers. a lot of these are show, be wintry showers. a lot of these are snow, spreading south eastwards across the uk has day goes on. this is bbc news. the department for international development is