ireland— republic of ireland or dirt. dirt. area where i have seen one —— the republic of ireland border. republic of ireland border. are you almost giving is about fisheries? fisheries? common fisheries policy, this is a slap in the face for michael gove. slap in the face for michael gove. he was arguing for an additional quota. quota. continued access to uk waters for such purposes. such purposes. the northern ireland— republic of ireland border as a final thought. ireland border as a final thought. border will, by their very nature, go away. go away. towards northern ireland wouldn't apply. apply. replicate a, the gated series of deals like with switzerland. deals like with switzerland. very difficult to see how this would work in practice. work in practice. in the absence of such a complicated trade agreement. trade agreement. no doubt we will talk again in the coming months. talk again in the coming months. thank you very much indeed. and cocaine at an all time high. open testing encourages more people to take illegal drugs. the home office says "no drug—taking can be assumed to

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 that there have been the checks or controls on that front tier for two decades will today barney a proposed a backup plan keep it in northern ireland in the e.u. use customs union or 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 british prime minister theresa may has made it clear that is a line too far. the draft legal tax commissioner published good if implemented it undermined the u.k. common market and threaten the constitution integrity of the u.k. by creating a customs and regulator reported on the irish sea and no u.k. prime minister could ever agree to it. no u.k. prime minist

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 but there have been the checks or controls on that front tier for two decades will 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 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 minister theresa may has made it clear that is a line too far. the draft legal tax the commission will publish good if implemented it undermined the u.k. common market and threaten the constitution integrity of the u.k. by creating a customs and regulator reported on the irish sea and no u.k. prime minister could ever agree to. no u.k. prime mi

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 will today barney a proposed a back up plan keep it in northern ireland in the e.u.'s customs union or 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 british prime minister theresa may has made it clear that is a line too far. the draft legal tax commissioner published good if implemented it undermined the u.k. common market and threaten the constitution integrity of the u.k. by creating a customs and regulator reported on the irish sea and no u.k. prime minister could ever agree to it. no u.k. prime ministe

ireland and ireland. between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. republic of ireland. period, the european court of justice would be in charge. justice would be in charge. british prime minister would agree to it. to it. so they are saying, give us a better idea. better idea. what the europeans have been asking forfor a long time. forfor a long time. example, aviation is, pharmaceuticals. pharmaceuticals. the europeans will be saying, tell us what you want. be saying, tell us what you want. five from british ministers saying this is what we want ahead. this is what we want ahead. for clarity today so they can move forward ? for clarity today so they can move forward? forward? like to stay a member to some agencies. agencies. about whether you want to stay part of the customs union or how much. of the customs union or how much. we would like to stay part of a customs union. customs union. your own trade deals with the rest of the world. of the world. it is the us, there is no trade deal. deal. look at germany's deal with china, there is no trade dea

the pope is going to ireland, the republic of ireland in august for a couple of days. my wish would be to see him do what theresa may didn't do and go north of the border where the bishop of newly in the dioceses has had to resign over his handling ofa has had to resign over his handling of a paedophile priest. the former president of ireland and the canon lawyer of some repute was banned from the vatican for speaking at a women's conference in the vatican a few weeks ago because she said the catholic church was misogynistic, homophobic and asked what would it do to accommodate the 600 million women who are barred from the priesthood given that all the work of the church comes via the priesthood. there is no answer, she said pope francis five years has been a disappointment and as a practising catholic i agree with what she said and i would like to hear from the pope on that because certainly massive tendencies in ireland are declining rapidly. thank you all very much, however you are celebrating, if you're marking easter this weekend or next weekend happy easter to yo

the pope is going to ireland, the republic of ireland in august for a couple of days. my wish would be to see him do what theresa may didn't do and go north of the border where the bishop of newry in the dioceses has had to resign over his handling of a paedophile priest. the former president of ireland mary mcaleese, and a canon lawyer of some repute, was banned from the vatican for speaking at a women's conference in the vatican a few weeks ago, because she said the catholic church was misogynistic, homophobic and asked what would it do to accommodate the 600 million women who are barred from the priesthood given that all the work of the church comes via the priesthood. there is no answer, she said pope francis in his five years has been a disappointment, and as a practising catholic i agree with what she said and i would like to hear from the pope on that because certainly mass attendancies in ireland are declining rapidly. thank you all very much, however you are celebrating, if you're marking easter this weekend or next weekend happy easter to you and thank you wh

and the republic of ireland." does that make sense to you ? it will be technically challenging. i really don't know what the answer for that would be. i think there will also be a big political component. we'll have to see what that is. technically there is a very challenging proposition. i don't know how to answer that. can you of any neighbouring countries with a significant border that are notjoined together in some sort of economic union, customs union, which have a frictionless open border? can you think of a single example? not really. it seems to be very specific in that situation. and i think that's why i keep saying that, you know, political elements are going to be very important, because whatever the decision is, it will take political commitment to find it. otherwise, technically, you are just looking at it from a technical perspective. i can't see any easy solution. finally, i want to go back to your overview of the world trade organization. your predecessor pascal lamy said very recently, in the ligh

and we will be live sport relief where the republic of ireland goalkeeper shay given has been trying to save for seven hours. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, ominous signs ahead of the first race of the formula 1 season. mercedes and defending champion lewis hamilton are fastest ahead of the opening weekend in melbourne. this week, as part of our investigation on the impact of plastic on the environment, we've been following one family from bristol and their attempts to live without single—use plastic for ten days. last night they tried to find alternatives — today they meet the environment secretary michael gove to try to get some answers. jon kay reports. from this... ..to this. for ten days, the evans family tried to avoid single use plastic. and the milk is inside of a glass. reusing bottles, refilling tubs. we're trying to save the planet. their rubbish pile before... and after. liz and andy have come to meet environment secretary michael gove at a zero—waste shop. to show him that going plastic—free has not been hassle—free. everything packaged in blinking plastic

in the first in—depth response to her plan, the republic of ireland has cast doubt on whether the eu would go for it. i am not sure that the european union will be able to support a situation whereby 80% of companies that trade north to south and south to north will actually protect the integrity of the eu single market. the irish leader met the prime minister last year to discuss solutions to the irish border question which has been a sticking point ina question which has been a sticking point in a brexit negotiations. the european union wants northern ireland ina european union wants northern ireland in a customs union, while the dup and the uk governments do not. mrs may says her speech moves the issue forward. it sets out some plans in terms of customs with the border and we can resolve that. the taoiseach, when i met him recently, has agreed that the uk and irish governments and the commission can sit down and look in more detail at the proposals that we have put forward. the future of financial services is another crucial area for the uk economy and the prime minister has made

government objective is not to maintain a no border situation with the republic of ireland. well i mean the bottom line is you don't know what's going to happen on a daily basis with the government so he says that yesterday on the day before you may see something different something different tomorrow i mean there's absolutely no consistency or continuity in the way the government to handling this so it changes bybee by the day if not by the hour so we'll have to see what what comes next what changes he makes next any dangers derived from the fact that dres arrays are only prime minister because of a de facto coalition with the formerly paramilitary linked party in the north a violent look the bottom line is this we are all trying to be because constructive as we can the whole question of rights it would mean we all including including today the maidan but i think that we will i'm look i'm not going to down the path of saying that people are not trying to be constructive about this particular i suspect even the prime minister in some fashion is trying to be constructive put

of ireland. when britain leaves the european union, this currently invisible border will become its frontier with the eu and all sides want to keep it invisible. the question is how, considering britain doesn't want to stay in the single market or customs union. we are committed, the irish government, all the parties in northern ireland, to making sure there is no hard border. the prime minister says a soft border could be kept intact through the use of technology and no new trade restrictions on smaller businesses, but in its first in—depth response to her plan, the republic of ireland has cast doubt on whether the eu would go for it. i'm not sure that the european union will be able to support a situation whereby 80% of companies that trade north—south and south—north will actually protect the integrity of the eu single market. the irish leader and the prime minister have met to discuss solutions to the irish border question which has been a sticking point in the brexit negotiations. the

government objective is not to maintain a no border situation with the republic of ireland. well i mean the bottom line is you don't know what's going to happen on a daily basis with the government so he says that yesterday on the day before you may see something different today something different tomorrow i mean there's absolutely no consistency or continuity in the way the government or hounding this so it changes bybee by the day if not by the hour so we'll have to see what what comes next what changes he makes next any dangers derived from the fact that teresa mayes only prime minister because of a de facto coalition with the formerly paramilitary linked party in the north a violent look the bottom line is this we are all trying to be because constructive as we can in the whole question of rights it would mean we all including including to resume but i think that we will i'm look i'm not going to down the path of saying that people are not trying to be constructive about this particular i suspect even the prime minister in some fashion is trying to be constructive but s

of ireland. when britain leaves the european union, this currently invisible border will become its frontier with the eu and all sides want to keep it invisible. s'z’: : z. a... .—.. z...—. .—. g in northerg gelagg is no hard border. the prime minister says a soft border could be kept intact through the use of technology and no new trade restrictions on smaller businesses, but in its first in—depth response to her plan, the republic of ireland has cast doubt on whether the eu would go for it. i'm not sure that the european union will be able to support a situation whereby 80% of companies that trade north—south and south—north will actually protect the integrity of the eu single market. the irish leader and the prime minister have met to discuss solutions to the irish border question which has been a sticking point in the brexit negotiations. the eu wants northern ireland in a customs union, while the dup and the uk government do not. mrs may says her speech moves the issue forward.

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, clubs or restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. a hundred years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: the us could hit russia with further sanctions, after the expulsion of 60 of its diplomats over the spy poisoning scandal. australian cricketers prepare to return to the field for the first time since the ball tampering row. they're facing south africa in the fourth and final test. countries in the eu waste around 88 million tons of food every year, and one of the items which is most commonly thrown away is leftover bread. 0ne independent food shop in vienna is trying to raise a

of ireland and northern ireland just another firm rejection of brussels suggestion that northern. european customs union. friendly but there were no surprises the u.k. still headed for a hard break. all right soccer news now and match day twenty five for the bundesliga kicked off on friday night with two clubs on the upswing braman visiting a snowy mention and the post storm to a first half lead dennis the korea with the opener on the way to a two nil blood baf lead braman fought all the way back to your hands and equaliser left a two two draw. now the big game in the bonus league of this weekend is today lights a host dortmund both teams are vying for second place behind a runaway league leaders byron munich. i see temperatures in dortmund matching the current mood at the club while they're on peyton in the bundesliga or under coach peter shergold performances have been unconvincing after drawing to alex book last match day they now face their next test in la to see richard spawning there of course i'm cautious but it will be a thrilling task for i have a great respect for the wa

the irish border is one of the really crucial points because a border between northern ireland republic of ireland is something that nobody really wants to see on the island of ireland and the reason may has time and again said that this is not going to happen and she's repeated this today under her watch however how this is going to work will she argues that it's a matter of political will really she says there is technology in place or a trusted trader scheme she could also imagine that the u.k. would it here to all the regulation if goods come to the come via the border through the use of basically that the u.k. would follow e.u. rules when it comes to any goods that are going on to the you however how it really is going to work there are many experts who are trying to to to square the sakho and it's going to remain one of the really really tricky issues in these negotiations. really quickly bear get trees amaze public image has been on shaky ground for quite some time what's the reaction been where you are to discourage speech and her position lately well people have definitely been

all to the republic of ireland a small airport struggled with a deluge of snow there. is a fact for you it takes roughly four thousand lorry loads to shift only ten centimeters of snow from this entire trip and given the amount of so that we've seen here recently is pretty much a twenty four hour endeavor cold weather in winter hardly a surprise you may be asking but what's worrying the climatologists is that for the past few days it's been consistently colder here in europe than it has been in the arctic and they are blaming manmade global warming for causing all of this they say the warm air is being drawn up north over the arctic displacing colder air in pushing it down south over siberia and here first into eastern europe and then into western europe here in the u.k. and over in ireland they know we have to do much more research to find out whether or not all of this freak weather is the shape of things to come. it's half a century since the release of a landmark report from race and poverty in the u.s. now a new study has examined how far things have come since th

what is the republic of ireland's view on the issue? we will speak with the irish finance minister. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm vonnie quinn in new york. and i mark barton here in london. time to look of the biggest stories in the news right now. fortis going to lay off 2000 workers for almost six months this year. they will use the time to build a michigan plant to build a new range of the cups and suv's. in may.ffs will start has interest from kkr. the company has a market value of $3.8 billion. health care services to the elderly. largerinsurer axa once a share of the u.s. casualty market. excelill buy a portion of group --xl group. natural disasters last year pushed prices for coverage higher. that's your latest bloomberg business flash. vonnie? vonnie: still ahead, we will speak with a senior adviser aimed at an initiative navigating u.s.-china relations. the market jumping around a little bit, the s&p 500 down .4%, broadcom down 2.5 percent after a qualcomm shareholder meeting was postponed. this is bloomberg. ♪ mom you called? oh hi sweet

whether that is on the border of northern ireland or republic of ireland, northern ireland republic of ireland, that's up for debate, but there has to be a border. i am sure everyone in britain is riveted by this daily inundation of brexit news, but i have to say, outside of the u.k., here in the rest of the world, it's not at the top of our agenda. how much more important do you think, for markets, are the results of the spd vote and the results of the italian vote coming next week? nani: it's a big weekend for europe. i think we are going to expect to see a lot of no clearty, probably winner. another period of messi coalition-building. i think the markets have not been that reactive yet because the eurosceptic and anti-e.u. parties are actually going to do quite well, we think. nonetheless, they have tempered down their position on holding a referendum vote. that has been entirely about migration. like many other european elections, i think we will see a messi period coalition building. what's very important is whether or not the spd's member base on sunday decides to vote to go to c

of ireland and northern ireland open as it is now in any way. this reporting from brussels thank you. now in other news the turkish presence rich of tire air two on has vowed to expand his country's military campaign in syria to more kurdish held areas stretching eastward towards the border with iraq when the announcement comes a day after turkey declared victory in syria's northern i feel region to want claims the campaign is targeting kurdish militants that considers terrorists turkish president also warned the country may extend its offensive to northern iraq if saddam died fails to clear kurdish militants from the region. all right well for more let's bring in correspondent erin jones who is monitoring this situation for us from istanbul dorian era to one assess turkey has an intent has no intention i should say of invading syria so what's the end game here. well no quite knows about that but he's made it also clear that it's not going to hand over for into the the mascot's regime it's handing it back to its rightful owners who those people

of ireland and northern ireland open as it is now in any way. this reporting from brussels thank you. well meantime both the european union and nato have express their solidarity with britain and its row with russia over the attempted murder of a former spy while moscow has denied any involvement in the attack on the sergei script all and his daughter says britain needs to prove its claim or apologize while the case has proved a baptism by fire for germany's new foreign minister. there was no honeymoon period for the new german foreign minister got straight to work in brussels and russia was top of the cage and the election results in russia came as no surprise and the apparent irregularities in the votes weren't masses only gripe you tops the cities of it's unacceptable that the election was also conducted in an extreme media point. of us which for that reason we assume that russia will remain a difficult partner. britain's barra's johnson keeps up his war of words with russia relations between london and moscow are near an all time low followi

will there be a hard border between northern ireland, part of the u.k., and the republic of ireland? we still have no actual resolution on that. whatever deal happens, it is not a deadline for the deal of march next year. the deadline for the deal is october this year because then ratification needs to happen. have tother eu states be asked if they agree with this deal. as long as 20 agree, that can go ahead, as long as that adds up to 65% of the eu population, submit your calculator ready. some of them might have to hold their old referendums. the european parliament will have a vote and the u.k. parliament as well, and march 29 in one years time -- one year's time should be brexit they. genie: let's say all of the ratification is done. what happens then? catherine: nobody actually really knows. at the current moment we are talking about there being a transition phase that will come into effect. it is not a given at this stage. if it is green lit, he would be in effect for 21 months until december 31st, 2020. nothing much for citizens would actually change one year from today. peopl

the republic of ireland and might be online and i'm up at maybe a geographical. a marker on the. yes but because as a staunch parent it's we i can walk across that nuri and they and they. undock and i can cross a border of the don't need all. the donegal as well minute drive from seattle to vancouver no no no you can't i don't i don't think you know but i don't i'm. that was an example propped up one of our best examples. of a way of doing that like it or not i think she has united on large proportion of not all of our party that they at this moment try. to support her and where she is so calm we. the number recognition of it's. the present and see ms relationship with the car has a corner on the p.s. and i on probably m i five where we could have a security type border as well we have the administrative way of buses going from from your nards or from from puerto darren or for mana across the republic i think we could do because we've got a house with so it's not possible i put this question is it not possible they could tell you that while the governor is saying

we have a big bank in ireland, so the issue of the republic of ireland border is important to us. we are concerned about the impact to our customers. a lot of smaller mid-cap companies are underprepared. nejra: how many people might you move out of london in the event of no transitional deal? >> we talked publicly about needing 100 50 people in our dutch operation. some of those will come locally, some will be transferred from london. we are taking that pays as low as we can until we understand what the transitional arrangements are. nejra: would you move them all in one go or increments? >> it would be a slow movement of people overtime. nejra: still no updates on the u.s. department of justice probe . you expect to settle that? timing.ve no update on we would like to get it settled and resolves. i have nothing further to say at this point. nejra: could it be in the first half for the second half? >> a year ago, i would've expected it to be last year. we are not making predictions when it will be settled. nejra: you have said you may take further provisions as discussions with th

that misses the point why we in the republic of ireland, this is shared by our eu partners, are so concerned there will not be a difference to the relationship we have today. what is wrong with it? i would like theresa may to think little more deeply, to think more deeply about the consequences. our shared membership of the european union has facilitated a situation where even the nationalist community can accept they are part of the united kingdom because they're free, we are all within the same space, single market customs union. even with what is in the speech today, for somebody like me who travels through northern ireland all the time, there could be an impact because of checks that may happen along the way. i'm trying to move beyond the idea this isjust an infrastructure or lack of issue. it's about the psychological issue. let me take you on. we don't have long. some of the other things she was talking about, the associate membership. of some of the eu agencies. is it something the european parliament, that the eu, would welcome? i think that is being pushed by industry in the united

and the republic now in a little rehears time the island of ireland is said to be split into you and you turned tories and yes the population here both north and south have failed to get an answer to the fundamental question not how do we avoid returning to the border and the potential civil unrest that comes along side of it in such a situation. the five hundred kilometer border between ireland and northern ireland is possibly one of the biggest obstacles in britain's departure from the e.u. and there is no agreed plan of what it will look like after may twenty twenty british prime minister theresa may has. made several speeches in the past week outlining her vision for the u.k.'s future economic relationship with the e.u. and its exit strategy she's ruled out the return to physical infrastructure on the border between northern ireland and the republic but provided few details she is also pushing for a free trade deal that many lawmakers have criticized here to help us talk about this peter gagin an irish investigative journalist and writer welcome to the stream peter i want to star

government objective is not to maintain a no border situation with the republic of ireland. well i mean the bottom line is you don't know what's going to happen on a daily basis with the government so he says that yesterday on the day before you may see something different something different tomorrow i mean there's absolutely no consistency or continuity in the way the government to handling this so it changes bybee by the day if not by the hour so we'll have to see what what comes next what changes he makes next any dangers derived from the fact that teresa mayes only prime minister because of a de facto coalition with the formerly paramilitary linked party in the north a violent look the bottom line is this we are all trying to be because constructive as we can the whole question of practice it would mean we all including including today the maidan well i think that we will i'm look i'm not going to down the path of saying that people are not trying to be constructive about this particular i suspect even the prime minister in some fashion is trying to be constructive to c

to find a solution to brics it does not require the creation of a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland which still officially is part of the u.k. removal of checkpoints on that border were a important part of the good friday peace agreement from one nine hundred ninety eight. and last time we met here at the headlines we reported on the proposed european union digital tax on technology firms like google facebook apple yahoo and some others well the u.s. . treasury steve i'm a new chin says the tax which would prominently punish u.s. companies is in retaliation to the trumpet ministrations plan to impose a twenty five percent tariff on steel and a ten percent tariff on aluminum the e.u. is also listed nearly two hundred u.s. products representing roughly two point eight billion dollars of u.s. exports that would be candidates for increased e.u. duties should the e.u. fail to secure an exemption from those u.s. steel and aluminum tariffs for those who could tell that there is no trade war this news proves otherwise. finance ministers and central bankers from

to find a solution to brics it does not require the creation of a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland which still officially is part of the u.k. removal of checkpoints on that border were a important part of the good friday peace agreement from one nine hundred ninety eight. and last time we met here at the headlines we reported on the proposed european union digital tax on technology firms like google facebook apple yahoo and some others well the u.s. . treasury steve i'm a new chin says the tax which would prominently punish u.s. companies is in retaliation to the trumpet ministrations plan to impose a twenty five percent tariff on steel and a ten percent tariff on aluminum the e.u. is also listed nearly two hundred u.s. products representing roughly two point eight billion dollars of u.s. exports that would be candidates for increased e.u. duties should the e.u. fail to secure an exemption from those u.s. steel and aluminum tariffs for those who contend that there is no trade war this news proves otherwise. finance ministers and central bankers from the

and the republic now this will be years time the island of ireland is said to be split into e.u. and non u.-turn tories and yes the population here both north and south are fears to get an answer to the fundamental question not how do we avoid returning to the border and the potential civil unrest comes along side of it in such a situation. the five hundred kilometer border between ireland and northern ireland is possibly one of the biggest obstacles in britain's departure from the e.u. and there is no agreed plan of what it will look like after may twenty twenty british prime minister theresa may has made several speeches in the past week outlining her vision for the u.k.'s future economic relationship. with the e.u. and its exit strategy she's ruled out the return to physical infrastructure on the border between northern ireland and the republic but provided few details she is also pushing for a free trade deal that many lawmakers have criticized here to help us talk about this peter gagin an irish investigative journalist and writer welcome to the stream peter i want to start

to find a solution to brics it does not require the creation of a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland which still officially is part of the u.k. removal of checkpoints on that border were a important part of the good friday peace agreement from one nine hundred ninety eight. and last time we met here at the headlines we reported on the proposed european union digital tax on technology firms like google facebook apple yahoo and some others well the u.s. . treasury steve i'm a new chin says the tax which would prominently punish u.s. companies is in retaliation to the trumpet ministrations plan to impose a twenty five percent tariff on steel and a ten percent tariff on aluminum the e.u. is also listed nearly two hundred u.s. products representing roughly two point eight billion dollars of u.s. exports that would be candidates for increased e.u. duties should the e.u. fail to secure an exemption from those u.s. steel and aluminum tariffs for those who could tell that there's no trade war this news proves otherwise. finance ministers and central bankers from t

government objective is not to maintain a no border situation with the republic of ireland. well i mean the bottom line is you don't know what's going to happen on a daily basis with the government so he says that yesterday on the day before you may see something different something different tomorrow i mean there's absolutely no consistency or continuity in the way the government to handling this so it changes bybee by the day if not by the hour so we'll have to see what what comes next what changes he makes next any dangers derived from the fact that teresa mayes only prime minister because of a de facto coalition with the formerly paramilitary linked party in the north a violent look the bottom line is this we are all trying to be because constructive as we can in malaysia and the whole question of rights it would mean we all including including to resume but i think that we will i'm look i'm not going to down the path of saying that people are not trying to be constructive about this particular i suspect even the prime minister in some fashion is trying to be constructiv

june and think the market the republic of ireland will stay in it that will mean that they'll have to be some sort of a customs presence on the concern i think for a lot of people is that the very fact of having something on the border could become something that you know for distant republican people who oppose the peace process it could become a tartars to the head of the police service of northern ireland has mentioned this and i think there was a concern in border communities that anything that that changes the dynamic in these communities where was the successes of the peace process has been the border it's been this previously when what i was going up there to border we would have huge tales box trying to cross the border you could be a couple of hours only going a few miles because of the nature of us they're all totally disappeared and the concerns of anything to change that dynamic it might necessarily lead to violence it might necessarily need to to something very quickly but it will undermine this kind of coal relationship that has existed on the island of ireland and espec

republic of ireland back in play as a political issue, they have created a level of chaos. and one last thing, about 25 years ago. it did get into the nitty—gritty more than previously. but i want to ask diane, this is so different from the politics of china, what we have been discussing. from your position, what you make of the week we have just seen it is a conveyor belt going round and round. and theresa may always says, i have made it clear. it has never been clear. and it is 20 months later, she still has the sound bites. to me, theresa may is a typical middle manager who has no vision, who doesn't know where this thing is going and worse yet, she is very much boxed in by her party. i agree with michael, she is still doing internal politics she is not providing it now. ok, let's move on. i know many of our viewers will have opinions on this. if you want to give us your opinions on brexit, do tweet us, send an e—mail. diane was talking about a country that she sees as having a middle managerfor a leader, so let's move to the country that she is most interested in, w

june and think the market the republic of ireland will stay in it that will mean that they will have to be some sort of a customs presence and the concern i think for a lot of people is that the very fact of having something on the border could become something that you know for distant republican people who opposed the peace process it could become a tartars the head of the police service of northern ireland has mentioned this i think there was a concern in border communities that anything that that changes the dynamic in these communities where was the successes of the peace process has been the border it's been this previously when when i was going up there to border we would have huge tales box trying to cross the border you could be a couple of hours only going a few miles because of the nature of us they're all totally disappeared and the concerns of anything to change that dynamic it might necessarily lead to violence it might necessarily need to to something very quickly but it will undermine this kind of cold relationship that has existed on the island of ireland and especia

republic of ireland back in play as a political issue, they have created a level of chaos. and one last thing, about 25 years ago. when you do a negotiation in brussels, everybody knows nobody knows a thing, because the negotiators are professional. they keep their mouths shut. we shouldn't be talking about in public what we want and what they want, because the real negotiations happen under cover of darkness, and journalists spend hours trying to figure out exactly what... there was quite a bit of detail in that speech to be fair. it did get into the nitty—gritty more than previously. but i want to ask diane, this is so different from the politics of china that we have been discussing. from your position, what you make of the week we have just seen in terms of theresa may's speech, in terms of the draft legal document that we saw in the eu earlier in the week? to me, it isn't much of an escalator going up and down, it is a conveyor belt going round and round. and theresa may always says, i have made it clear. it has never been clear. and it is 20 months later, she still

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the work place. anyone lighting up will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of washington hilton hotel. a small crowd included his assailant. washington hilton hotel. a small crowd included his assailantm washington hilton hotel. a small crowd included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. a hundred yea rs become a symbol of paris. a hundred years ago many wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower‘s birthday is being marked. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines: at least 15 palestinians are reported killed and hundreds injured as israeli security forces confront protests along the gaza border. western ambassadors have been summoned to the russian foreign ministry as tit—for—tat expulsions continue over the poisoned spy the trump administration recently announced it will lift "temporary protected status" or tps for around 220,000 people from el salvador next year, who will then face deportation from the us. with limited support networks in place, el

republic of ireland or the kingdom of denmark which obviously is very disconcerting given that the. transaction volume for bit coin and other cryptic currencies in spite of the very high price is actually quite small in fact to be to coin from no more than seven transactions per second and then reality is probably close to five and maybe. maybe ten to fifteen that sort of thing and the idea is that in the decentralized system somebody needs to maintain its integrity by showing interest in maintaining this integrity by simply burdening elec tricity and purchasing specialized equipment in actual fact between mining does not require any special knowledge of mathematics or anything like that it's just a matter of purchasing specialized computers and burning elec tricity and this is one way or maintaining integrity but it's extremely inefficient by design and hans the idea is there too you can are have decentralized system but then the. integrity is maintained through the proof or work as you said correct. but you know of the situation is that as any other industry the mining industry in

and nearly a0 years after the last papal visit — pope francis is going to the republic of ireland in august. and coming up in the sport on bbc news — scotla nd scotland are set a target of 190 94 victory over the west indies and a place at next year's cricket world cup. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. more than a million nhs staff in england, including nurses, porters and paramedics, have been offered a pay rise of at least 6.5% over the next three years. the health secretaryjeremy hunt said the pay rise was recognition that staff have "never worked harder" but labour said it was long overdue. the plan will be funded by four billion pounds of new money from the treasury. wage rises in the nhs have been capped at 1% since 2013 — but given the forecasts for inflation, the real terms increase over three years from this deal is expected to be small. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. for the past seven years, nhs staff have had a pay cut or frozen. health service unions have argued that the members are chronically underpaid and nhs managers have been

republic of ireland back in play as a political issue, they have created a level of chaos. and one last thing, about 25 years ago. when you do a negotiation in brussels, everybody knows nobody knows a thing, because the negotiators are professional. they keep their mouths shut. we shouldn't be talking about in public what we want and what they want, because the real negotiations happen under cover of darkness, and journalists spend hours trying to figure out exactly what the sticking points are. there was quite a bit of detail in that speech, to be fair. it did get into the nitty—gritty more than previously. but i want to ask diane, this is so different from the politics of china, what we have been discussing. from your position, what you make of the week we have just seen in terms of theresa may's speech, in terms of the draft legal document that we saw in the eu earlier in the week? to me, it isn't much of an escalator going up and down, it is a conveyor belt going round and round. and theresa may always says, i have made it clear. it has never been clear. and it is 20

of ireland and northern ireland which still officially is part of the u.k. removal of checkpoints on that border were a important part of the good friday peace agreement from one nine hundred ninety eight. and last time we met here at the headlines we reported on the proposed european union digital tax on technology firms like google facebook apple yahoo and some others well the u.s. . treasury see them a new show and says the tax which would per dominantly punish u.s. companies is in retaliation to the trumpet ministrations plan to impose a twenty five percent tariff on steel and a ten percent tariff on aluminum the e.u. is also listed nearly two hundred u.s. products representing roughly two point eight billion dollars of u.s. exports that would be candidates for increased e.u. duties should the e.u. fail to secure an exemption from those u.s. steel and aluminum tariffs for those who could tell that there's no trade war this news proves otherwise. finance ministers and central bankers from the g. twenty group of nations kicked off a meeting today in buenos

the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. a hundred years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: moscow says it is expelling 60 american diplomats in retaliation, after the us ordered a similar number of russians to leave in the row over the poisoning of a former spy. donald trump has suggested he may delay the trade agreement the us agreed with south korea — until a deal is struck with north korea over denuclearisation. and these pictures of a cheetah dropping in on a tourist on safari in tanzania are popular on bb

and the republic of ireland and e.u. member to reason may said the border will remain open promising a combination of new technology and trust to keep goods and people moving without a hard border. text contains their legal commitments a wednesday the e.u.'s chief negotiator michel barnier said northern ireland should remain part of the customs territory with the e.u. after brics it. to reason maces any e.u. attempt to effectively an extent region will never happen she now has to provide more detail on how her high tech plan will work ok prime the u.k. and e.u. also can't agree on what's going to happen immediately after breaks it during the two year transition period the e.u. wants its courts to have the final say on any disputes of e.u. nationals arriving joining that time to have the same rights as those arriving before brick set to resume a switch to the plans. these and other issues need to be resolved before the e.u. summit on march the twenty second without any progress trade remains off the table negotiations. al

republic of ireland or the kingdom of denmark which obviously is very disconcerting given that the. transaction volume for bit coin and other cryptic currencies in spite of the very high price is actually quite small in fact to be to coin from no more than seven transactions per second and then reality probably close to five and maybe. maybe ten to fifteen that sort of thing and the idea is that in the decentralized system somebody needs to maintain its integrity by showing interest in maintaining this integrity by simply burdening electricity and purchasing specialized equipment in actual fact between mining does not require any special knowledge of mathematics or anything like that it's just a matter of purchasing specialized computers and burning elec tricity and this is one way or maintaining integrity but it's extremely inefficient by design and hans the idea is there too you can are have decentralized system but then the. integrity is maintained through the proof or work as you said correct. the situation is that as any other industry the mining industry in between if you call

republic of ireland or the kingdom of denmark which obviously is very disconcerting given that the. transaction volume for bit coin and other cryptic currencies in spite of the very high price is actually quite small in fact to be to coin from no more than seven transactions per second and in reality probably close to five and maybe. maybe ten to fifteen that sort of thing and the idea is that in the decentralized system somebody needs to maintain its integrity by showing interest in maintaining this integrity by simply burdening electricity and purchasing specialized equipment in actual fact between mining does not require any special knowledge of mathematics or anything like that it's just a matter of purchasing specialized computers and burning elec tricity and this is one way or maintaining integrity but it's extremely inefficient by design and hans the idea is there too you can are have decentralized system but the. integrity is maintained through the proof or work as you said correct. the situation is that as any other industry the mining industry in between if you call it thi

and the republic of ireland and e.u. member to reason may said the border will remain open promising a combination of new technology and trust to keep goods and people moving without a hard border. text counting their legal commitments on wednesday the ease chief negotiator michel barnier said northern ireland should remain part of the customs territory with the e.u. after brics it. to reason maces any e.u. attempt to effectively an extra region will never happen she now has to provide more detail on how her high tech plan will work prime the u.k. and e.u. also can't agree on what's going to happen immediately after breaks it during the two year transition period the e.u. wants its courts to have the final say in any disputes of even nationals arriving joining that time to have the same rights as those arriving before brick set to resume a switch to the planned. these and other issues need to be resolved before the e.u. summit on march the twenty second without any progress trade remains off the table negotiations he par

of ireland. severe weather is bringing chaos to large parts of europe. at least 60 people have died in sub—zero temperatures. heavy snowfall and blizzards are forecast to continue well into the weekend. and now on bbc news, it is click. this week, we are up, up and away. taking apart the first order. grandpa and confetti cannon. this week, 108,000 people landed in us this week, 108,000 people landed in us alone with one thing on their minds. mobile phones. welcome to the mobile walled congress. the enormous annual expo where we get to hear about the latest in phones, tablets and, increasingly, anything that moves. a smart watch with a built—in projector? the mobile industry is increasingly important to the economy of the world. last year it was worth $3.6 trillion. 5 billion of us have mobiles, three point 3 billion use the mobile internet. and despite it being the coldest event we can remember, the halls were still packed with thousands of exhibitors showing off their wares. this one is defi