but both key players in northern ireland. well it is and i mean there is the there is an absentee in this discussion and that's the british government and it was the british government who promised they would never be any kind of order in the r.t.c. and bars johnson the prime minister explicitly promised that that would never happen now and weeks after he became prime minister that is exactly what he did the other aspect of this is the british government is not properly operating the protocol they are going slow they are not cooperating with the european union they have been months behind in producing the sort of evidence that they should produce to take the committees to responsible for a minute giving the protocols and packed haven't even met and some kids as ormandy during the 8 they come to no decision because the british government actually wasn't ready to leave on the 1st of january they hadn't got the position and the customs positions in place at the ports here and there was an initial period of 2 or 3 weeks rather sh

so thickening cloud for parts of northern ireland and north—west scotland first thing. clearest of the skies across england and wales. that's where we'll see a touch of frost and the best of the sunshine of the day. although, actually, after that cloudy start, northern ireland and a good part of scotland should brighten up a little with some afternoon spells of sunshine. those temperatures, 11 to 15 degrees. it should feel a little bit less chilly at this stage for those north sea coasts of england. now, through saturday night and into sunday, we see frontal systems still wriggling around to the north—west of the uk. if anything, the veil of cloud associated with those weather fronts will move a little further south—eastwards, so sunday could be a cloudier day for some western parts of england and wales, certainly more cloud into northern ireland and scotland, with some rain into the far north—west. best of the sunshine further south and east and temperatures between 10 and 15 degrees. now, we will see some rain at times in north—western areas to start next week

the whole identity of northern ireland. i know an open border between both parts of ireland i don't think that was an issue indeed unionist representatives expressed. a desire to see the borders kept open the problem was that that was very difficult to reconcile with the type of regs that that was chosen by the do you and and their allies in the bridge conservative party in the g.o.p. had 2 and a half years off a century power without responsibility they were in government essentially with the tory government when bragg's it was being chosen and all sorts of options were put forward which which could have brought about a break so that would have been softer which would have meant less chaos and and and a very hard drugs that was chosen so essentially we're going to have northern ireland either having a border within on the island of ireland or somehow a trade border along the irish sea and it was the british going servant of government which negotiated an agreement which has brought us to this present impossible so certainl

was british soldiers being killed in northern ireland. as opposed to local northern ireland people. noel, do you agree with that? it seems to me there is a squeamishness in london—based newsrooms about these sorts of incidents in northern ireland. i know myself, when i was a reporter for newsround back in 2013, i was sent there to cover the flag rights. —— the flag riots. the last time there was a major flare—up of violence. and it was the most intimidating story i ever covered. i spent a long time researching it but in terms of the identity politics, everything that you could say wrong that could upset, or worse, offend a large group of people. do you think there is a problem with london—based newsrooms simply not wanting to tackle these issues? the flags issue was probably easier to cover because of the symbolism and the notion that a flag was being taken down from public buildings and there was an erosion in a sense of identity. even though it was a result of a democratic vote by an elected body. people could probably focus o

he'd been unhappy that the legislation excludes personnel who served in northern ireland. i would, before moving on to the main meat of my speech, to formally put on record my thanks to the honourable member for plymouth in his fantastic work on issues for many years and his work in getting this bill to this point today. and i know, madam deputy speaker, he will share my satisfaction that it will make further progress today. importantly, madam deputy speaker, i would also like to confirm to the house, although not in the scope of the discussions today, that a bill will soon come forward from the northern ireland office. it will protect our northern ireland veterans of operation banner and address the legacy of the troubles. that is very good news indeed. i look forward to it because right now, or if that does not happen, we have second—class veteran soldiers because those who have serve abroad are first—class in the way this is treated, and those of us that served many times and northern ireland would be second—class. there's been widespread criticism of the overseas

ireland secretaryjulian northern ireland secretary julian smith northern ireland secretaryjulian smith and the irish foreign minister, a deal was struck to get the power—sharing stormont executive back again. since then devolved ministers led by arlene foster and michelle 0'neill, they have been facing probably the biggest challenge they could have faced, the covid—19 pandemic, and arlene foster said there is still plenty of work to be done over the coming weeks in guiding northern ireland through that pandemic but certainly i don't think anyone thinks it is going to be anywhere near finished think anyone thinks it is going to be anywhere nearfinished by think anyone thinks it is going to be anywhere near finished by the end ofjune and then she will be handing over the reins to somebody else in her party. over the reins to somebody else in her -a . , ., ., her party. chris, for the moment, thanks for— her party. chris, for the moment, thanks forjoining _ her party. chris, for the moment, thanks forjoining us. _ her party. chris, for the moment, thanks forjoining us. chris - her p

leaving northern ireland in limbo if this were the only source of trouble it would be enough but it's not go off in berlin this is the day. it seems that we saw were absolutely disgraceful and it's a mercy that no one has lost their life as a result of this appalling violence. brick. pattern so one has achieved or can ever achieve anything. different for everybody but it's how you were there. there isn't room for armed gangs. gangs who care nothing about the future of the society. also coming up and they make up less than one percent of the us population yet transgender people are the target of legislation across the country this week our console became the 1st state in america to ban doctors from offering sex change treatments to transfer people under the age of 18 as soon as i came out i was like i want to start hormone i had to go through therapy. for a year before i could even start hormones it was very hard to find a psychiatrist that wasn't going to be like oh you need conversion therapy. and to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcom

that was the northern ireland person— that was the northern ireland person they— that was the northern ireland person they chose _ that was the northern ireland person they chose to - that was the northern ireland person they chose to focus i that was the northern irelandl person they chose to focus on. northern ireland is very much a part from the british - mainland. there may be 500 miles - between london and belfast but it really seems - psychologically at times like five million. and if petrol— bombs were being thrown and those disturbances. in london, in manchester, in cardiff, in edinburgh, . there would not have l been a gap of a week. that's the history of the troubles. i it's nothing new right now. generally, the british media focused on northern irelandj when there were ira attacks . in england or there was british soldiers being killed in northern ireland. | as opposed to local- northern ireland people. noel, do you agree with that? it seems to me there is a squeamishness in london—based newsrooms about these sorts of incidents in northern ireland. i know myself, when i

ireland, _ when it comes to northern ireland, i_ when it comes to northern ireland, i think there has been a wrecker— ireland, i think there has been a wrecker vision on the eu side that— a wrecker vision on the eu side that basically the deal that was — that basically the deal that was sold to the public and to politicians and member states and so — politicians and member states and so on _ politicians and member states and so on as having been done on island — and so on as having been done on island actually was not ready— on island actually was not ready - _ on island actually was not ready — that island. i hear that quite a lot. by eu diplomats. —— ireland. we were not ready— diplomats. —— ireland. we were not ready and that is why it has — not ready and that is why it has been _ not ready and that is why it has been so difficult to get off the _ has been so difficult to get off the ground.— off the ground. practical stuff, inevitably - off the ground. practical stuff, inevitably our- stuff, inevitably our conversations involve what is highfalutin high

in northern ireland and western scotland, there was some rain today. you are likely to see cloud throughout the rest of the afternoon but a little bit of rain perhaps to the south of scotland. a lot of dry weather to be had out there still. the problem now will be that the rain that we saw overnight could be the wettest weather that we get through the next ten days or so. it is the start of growing season and it is pretty challenging. the overnight frost will be back again tonight, wide spread across england and wales. also across eastern scotland, when sky is clear. lows of -10 scotland, when sky is clear. lows of —10 minus two degrees. temperatures will hold up at about... here is the area of high pressure across scandinavia are keeping us warm across monday. this renter does need to make its way southwards. mendes is not the date for it. it gets pushed away from scotland throughout the day and rain towards the west. for mainland scotland, more sunshine. there will be sunshine to the east of northern ireland and overall, it will be the warmest day

ireland in which — prosperous northern ireland in which all— prosperous northern ireland in which all communities have a voice — which all communities have a voice and _ which all communities have a voice and all communities enjoyed _ voice and all communities enjoyed again of a —— enjoy the gains _ enjoyed again of a —— enjoy the gains of— enjoyed again of a —— enjoy the gains of a — enjoyed again of a —— enjoy the gains of a hard one piece. this is something the president has spoken— is something the president has spoken to quite passionately in the past — spoken to quite passionately in the ast. ., ., �* , the past. northern ireland's fractures — the past. northern ireland's fractures now _ the past. northern ireland's fractures now reach - the past. northern ireland's fractures now reach its - the past. northern ireland's. fractures now reach its younger generation. james reynolds, bbc news. president biden has described gun violence as an "epidemic" and an "international embarrassment". on thursday, he put forward a series of measures to try to tackl

the whole identity of northern ireland. i know an open border between both parts of ireland i don't think that was an issue indeed unionist representatives expressed. a desire to see the borders kept open the problem was that stuff was very difficult to reconcile with the type of regs that that was chosen by the do you and and their allies in the bridge conservative party in the g.o.p. had 2 and a half years off a century power without responsibility they were in government essentially with the tory government when bragg's it was being chosen and all sorts of options were put forward which which could have brought about a break so that would have been softer which would have meant less chaos and and and a very hard drugs that was chosen so essentially we're going to have northern ireland either having a border within on the island of ireland or somehow a trade border along the irish sea and it was the british going servant of government which negotiated an agreement which has brought us to this present impossible so certain

ireland very keenly and there _ northern ireland very keenly and there are — northern ireland very keenly and there are broader politics over that intervention from the us government from boris _ intervention from the us government from borisjohnson and intervention from the us government from boris johnson and joe intervention from the us government from borisjohnson and joe biden is probably— from borisjohnson and joe biden is probably going to make his first visit as— probably going to make his first visit as a — probably going to make his first visit as a precedent to the uk which is hopefully, going to take place in cornwall— is hopefully, going to take place in cornwall this summer and boris johnson — cornwall this summer and boris johnson wants to get on a good foot withjoe _ johnson wants to get on a good foot withjoe biden showing that he can help sooth rather than inflate tensions _ help sooth rather than inflate tensions and it would definitely be an important part given how strongly joe biden— an important part given how strongly joe biden feels about this issue. i

leaving northern ireland in limbo if this were the only source of trouble it would be enough but it's not go off in berlin this is the day. it seems that we saw were absolutely destroyed and it's a mercy that no one has lost their life as a result of this appalling violence. brick new path alone so one has achieved our can ever achieve anything. is really for everybody at the table but it's how you are the country there isn't room for. care not for the future of the society. also coming up with a make up less than one percent of the u.s. population yet transgender people are the target of legislation across the country this week are console became the 1st state in america to ban doctors from offering sex change treatments to transfer people under the age of 18 as soon as i came out i was like i want to start hormone i had to go through therapy. for a year before i could even start hormones it was very hard to find a psychiatrist that wasn't going to be like oh you need conversion therapy. and to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we b

as the full squad is aware, northern ireland is bit of a tough i northern ireland is bit of a tough spot. we have unfortunately quite a bit of trouble on the streets. this northern ireland women's team is filled with people from across the community, which is incredible. do you think you guys can be a real example to people about what we can do when we come together? yeah. example to people about what we can do when we come together?— do when we come together? yeah, of course. do when we come together? yeah, of course- like — do when we come together? yeah, of course- like i — do when we come together? yeah, of course. like i said, _ do when we come together? yeah, of course. like i said, we _ do when we come together? yeah, of course. like i said, we have - do when we come together? yeah, of course. like i said, we have people i course. like i said, we have people from all different backgrounds from all parts of the country. there's no difference. we all get on and we all have the same dream, so itjust shows that it doesn't matter where you're from. you can still push on. let's cr

ireland otherwise when we're looking ahead to a grim summer potentially of violence in northern ireland as you say boris johnson has been calling for dialogue and not violence and you suggest that perhaps he should fire over there and have some i guess deep negotiations did you do you think negotiations would help to fix or or has the damage already been done do you think well little room for negotiations the e.u. protocol does allow for us especially this joint committee to try and work through some of the actions of the protocol but you need a summit level dialogue between boris johnson and you leaders you body johnson also needs repair relations with the doubling government which clean floors of late and he needs to encourage greater cooperation between the parties in northern ireland who were never going to agree on bragg's nationalists didn't want briggs it and a majority but by no. all eunice did want breaks it so you know boris johnson ultimately has to bear responsibility he's the person who signed the deal with the e.u. which was about the northern protocol the assumption was t

maybe slightly cooler, though, under the cloud in scotland and northern ireland. very little rain again on monday, it's just hanging around towards the north—west. after a dull and misty start for eastern england, we'll get some sunshine coming through. sunny spells as we head into the afternoon with some patchy cloud around. again it's looking pretty dry, it's warming up in scotland, and those temperatures continuing to climb across england and wales. it's going to be a warmer few days for the start of the week, and then from midweek it does turn a little bit cooler, but once again there's little or no rain. good morning. welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and victoria fritz. our headlines today: reflections after the day the queen and the nation bid farewell to the duke of edinburgh. one of the defining images, her majesty sitting alone as she said goodbye to her husband of 73 years. the royal family will continue to grieve this week, although the period of national mourning has come to an end. also this morning, the melting of the world's biggest iceberg,

the brexit trade deal comes with the northern ireland protocol, stipulating that northern ireland, in effect, stays in the eu single market for good and so selling goods moving to northern ireland from the rest of the uk are subject to checks. the checks, we were told, would not happen, and that has brought pressure on northern ireland's peace settlement. the good friday agreement was signed in the �*90s and ended violence between nationalists, who want northern ireland to join the republic of ireland, and loyalists, who wanted to stay in the uk. and as part of this, the irish border is all open with no checks. and the eu and the uk agreed that any land border checks risked anger. but there was no equivalent calculation for loyalists and checks in the irish sea. and anger has followed. we have been betrayed and we feel like foreigners in our own country. tea and sympathy will not cut the mustard. we have also seen violence in loyalist areas. this was belfast in april, connected to upset over the handling of a large republican funeral last year and that is connected to a broader perc

ireland, which means there is no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland so if the eu wants to be able to keep vaccines produced in the eu, in eu territory, we have that back door there into the uk through northern ireland. well, we had better close it over this." crosstalk. they still pressed the button though, didn't they? - crosstalk. well, they pressed the button on printing the proposal. they never actually got as far as becoming the real world. in a few hours after that, they would've done. crosstalk. i know that does not matter, yeah. for people here, itjust showed — it underlined also the kind of suspicion that people had all the way through that actually, lots of people in the commission particularly never really understood the sensitivity of northern ireland and ireland. they were very happy to talk about the importance of ireland and the good friday agreement but they never really understood actually the way that northern ireland is — parts is on the island of ireland but it is part of the uk. it took away the moral high ground from the eu. exa

in northern ireland and northern england. from the wales, midlands and east anglia, southwards the cloud some patches showery rain spreading a little bit further south and temperatures for some, the further south you are, still into double figures. we are into the arctic air over the weekend but into thatjust this weather system across southernmost parts on saturday and clearing on sunday, delivering some outbreaks of rain, still a lot of uncertainty about how far north across southern england and into east anglia that is going to get, there may be the potentialfor a bit of sleet and snow on the back edge before it clears away going into sunday. but for much of the uk on saturday and indeed and sunday too, it will be sunny spells, there will be a scattering of wintry showers around — what does that mean? it could be some sleet, hail, perhaps some snow out of the showers at times but with those sunny spells in between. what is for sure, though, it is going to be a cold weekend to come with widespread frosty nights. this is b

ireland — discourse to support northern ireland in— discourse to support northern ireland in leaving its divisive past behind, _ ireland in leaving its divisive past behind, by— ireland in leaving its divisive past behind, by continuing instead to look ahead at all of the opportunities of the future. mr deputy— opportunities of the future. mr deputy speaker, policing and justice matters _ deputy speaker, policing and justice matters are devolved under strand one issues— matters are devolved under strand one issues under the belfast good friday— one issues under the belfast good friday agreement. despite this being a devolved matter, though, the government has an important role to play supporting the executive to and offering _ play supporting the executive to and offering those that were like the police _ offering those that were like the police service of northern ireland supportm — police service of northern ireland support i— police service of northern ireland support... i continue to meet with northern— support... i continue to meet with northern ireland's party lea

but we've got much more cloud across scotland and northern ireland. most of the rain in the morning tending to peter out a bit more in the afternoon, eastern scotland staying dry and bright. sunshine across england and wales although we'll see some fair weather cloud bubbling up across wales and western england. further east in the sunshine, temperatures are likely to be a little bit higher than they were on saturday, but it may be a shade cooler than saturday where we've got the cloud in scotland and northern ireland. but at least in the northwest, the pollen levels are not going to be quite as high with that rain around. we're in the peak of the tree pollen season, of course. this rain hasjust been hanging around, though, in the northwest for a few days in actualfact, lowering pressure out to the west of the uk, but the rains not really making much progress at all. indeed, many places still dry on monday. could be quite a cloudy, misty start for eastern parts of england before the cloud breaks up. we'll see some sunshine for a while, but again, some

ireland otherwise we're looking at a grim some of the tensions of violence in northern ireland a. former u.s. intelligence analyst faces up to 10 years in prison for blowing the whistle on washington's drone assassination program daniel hale pleaded guilty to transmitting national defense information his case comes amid mass disclosure of similar crimes allegedly perpetrated by the us. i have to tell you when he called me a few hours ago he was surprisingly upbeat and optimistic and he he remarked about how much press this issue has been getting since he decided to plead guilty so in the end i think that he thinks that this is been worth it that americans know more about the drone program now than 8 they did 6 months ago or a year ago and even though he's likely going to go to prison it was worth it the u.s. is flying these drones or at least it was until recently that were used ostensibly to kill terrorists or would be terrorists but in reality to kill anybody who might resemble a terrorist and that included women children the elderly and anybody else who happened to be on the gr

ireland otherwise we are looking ahead to a grim summit potentially of violence in northern ireland. that in 20 past here in moscow this week the international space station welcome to a new 3 man crew 2 russians and one from the u.s. at the launch come ahead of tomorrow's anniversary of the 1st human space flight. the rocket took off from the same side where from where cosmonaut yuri gagarin it made history it was the morning of the 12th of april 961 his vostok one craft blasted into orbit circling the earth for 108 minutes the flight brought ghar an instant fame and we sent our global correspondents to find out if the memory is still alive. both of them can use it for you to get in you to go out and let them come up and it's all the continental god in your going to court. and i think here you could go right recognizing me and i wish i knew armstrong i'm sorry i don't know what. face recognition skills in the wild actually your car is now if you. have it are supposed. to stop mr padilla's the beast. so you do good god it was true i don't dispute that jesus is coming again and that j

elsewhere in scotland, northern ireland, northern england, the odd wintry shower. plenty of sunny spells. lots of cloud from wales, the midlands across two east anglia, the midlands across to east anglia, where it's a damp start. some showery rain spreading south into southern england. the breeze continuing to ease as we go through the day, but while some in southern england and south wales hold onto temperatures into double figures, elsewhere, it will be a colder day and a cold weekend to come. hello, this is bbc news with kasia madera. the headlines... police say last night's rioting in belfast was the worst they've seen in years. the northern ireland secretary holds urgent talks. we do believe that there was a level of preplanning. you don't come by such volumes of petrol bombs and missiles and fireworks without preplanning. the way to deal with these things is through a diplomatic, democratic political process. there is no legitimisation or excuse for taking to violence to deal with any of these issues. england's health secretary says the risk of getting a bloo

those engaged in this destruction and disorder do not represent the people of northern ireland. the reasons, he said, were complex, but had been fuelled over a lack of prosecutions of those who attended a funeral for a former ira member and tensions over checks on goods entering northern ireland from great britain, agreed as part of that uk—eu brexit deal. but the answer to all these issues and any others lie in dialogue, engagement, and the democratic process, not through violence or disorder. it is incumbent on all of us engaged in political discourse to support northern ireland in leaving its divisive past behind and continuing instead to look ahead to all of the opportunities of the future. for labour, the violence was unjustified and unjustifiable. the prime minister made promises to the people of northern ireland that there would be no border with great britain, knowing full well his brexit deal would introduce barriers across the irish sea. he made those promises because he knew economic separation would be unacceptable to the unionist community, and the growing politic

ireland and northern england. from this weather front it is a cold front. notjust cold air, but arctic air because that is coming back, spreading south across the uk tonight and into tomorrow and we have a cold weekend to come. here is the rain from that weather front into northern ireland. pushing into northern england this evening. behind it, clearing up, but turning colder, snow showers on northern scotland, gusting 60 to 70 miles an hour, so potentially disruptive. icy patches with the snow showers in northern scotland, a frost in scotland, northern ireland and northern england. but where you keep the cloud and patchy rain, the temperatures are a few degrees above freezing. so tomorrow from wales across the midlands and into east anglia and push it into southern england, that weather front, anglia and push it into southern england, that weatherfront, cloud, patchy rain turning showery. for northern england, northern ireland and scotland there is plenty of sunshine. snow showers in northern scotland. cold in no

the reality in northern ireland, which a growing _ reality in northern ireland, which a growing number of dup members accept, _ growing number of dup members accept, the growing centre ground, constitutional swing voters, people open to _ constitutional swing voters, people open to being persuaded, depending on who— open to being persuaded, depending on who can _ open to being persuaded, depending on who can make the best argument, those _ on who can make the best argument, those are _ on who can make the best argument, those are the people who they really need to _ those are the people who they really need to go— those are the people who they really need to go for now. will they go for those _ need to go for now. will they go for those people by tackling hard to the right, _ those people by tackling hard to the right, or— those people by tackling hard to the right, orwillthey those people by tackling hard to the right, or will they get those people by being _ right, or will they get those people by being more persuasive, opening themselves up a bit more, being a bit less— them

ireland.— working class communities in northern ireland. nichola mallon, there. a £43 million government support package has been announced for the expected arrival of thousands of hong kong citizens in the uk. a new visa scheme has been set up in response to china's security clampdown in the former british territory. the bigger the gorilla, the better he is at beating his chest, scientists say. the study of adult male mountain gorillas in rwanda confirms that the famous gesture — often portrayed in films — is a measure of size and strength, allowing communication in the dense, tropical forest habitats. in a moment, we can speak to a great ape keeper — but first, let's take a look at a classic gorilla chest beat in action. that was it and suddenly he was shy. let's now speak to clare redfern. she is a great ape keeper at twycross. good afternoon to you. many people will wonder, well, didn't we know this already? is this a surprise to you? oh, dear. ithink she this already? is this a surprise to you? oh, dear. i think she has frozen,

largely cloudy in scotland and northern ireland. not much rain left on this weather front. northern scotland brightening up, but here behind the weatherfront, well, the air, the wind changing direction — it will feel colder here. whereas south of the weather front it is still warm in light winds and where you get some of those sunny spells continuing. the cooler air behind this weather front, with cloud and not much rain, continues to push south overnight and into wednesday across the uk. and then a new area of high pressure taking over, giving plenty of dry weather in the second half of the week. but the wind around that coming in for the northeast. it will be colder along north sea coast. generally temperatures will come down a little bit, but yet again, it will continue to feel really quite warm where you get to see some sunshine. though there is still the risk, the threat of frost overnight. and for gardeners and growers, no significant rain this week. a very warm welcome to bbc news. i'm mark lobel.

today, we focus on northern ireland. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them. they have taken the capital which they have been fighting for for so long. it was 7 o'clock in _ the morning when power began to pass from the minority- to the majority, when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. - this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: evidence that india has been under reporting the number of deaths from covid—19 with some sources suggesting the death toll in delhi may be double the official figures. t

the whole identity of northern ireland. i know an open border between both parts of ireland i don't think that was an issue indeed unionist representatives expressed. a desire to see the borders kept open the problem was that that was very difficult to reconcile with the type of regs that that was chosen by the do you and and their allies in the bridge conservative party in the g.o.p. had 2 and a half years of a century power without responsibility they were in government essentially with the tory government in bragg's it was being chosen and all sorts of options were put forward which which could have brought about a break so that would have been softer which would have meant less chaos and and and a very hard drugs that was chosen so essentially we're going to have northern ireland either having a border within on the island of ireland or somehow a trade border along the irish sea and it was the british grown servant of government which negotiated an agreement which has brought us to this present impossible so certainly p

in wales, it is 88% and in northern ireland, just 63%. there are regional differences within england. in the south—west, 97% have had a first dose but in london, it is just 86% of those aged 50 and over. there is a little uncertainty over future vaccine supplies but nhs leaders and ministers think the target for all adults being offered a jab is still on track. the supply forecast gives us confidence that assuming that those supplies carry on as expected then, yes, we will not only deliver on the april 15 milestone of everybody aged 50 and above having had the chance for a vaccine but all adults by the end ofjuly. queues built up today outside testing stations and part of south london. residents have been urged to get tested because cases of the south african variant have been identified, including in a care home. officials say they are linked to a traveller arriving from africa in february. it's another reminder of the continuing threat of the virus. hugh pym, bbc news. first there were the concerns over the astra—zeneca vaccine —

no more business people in northern ireland are doing that make these _ northern ireland are doing that make these tensions have been boiling oven _ these tensions have been boiling oven the — these tensions have been boiling over. the buck did stop with olly foster. _ over. the buck did stop with olly foster, that is a big part of it. —— arlene _ foster, that is a big part of it. —— arlene foster. it will be quite a problem — arlene foster. it will be quite a problem for the government. she excepts _ problem for the government. she excepts the northern ista protocol as awareness and there is no guarantee that the next excess exit will do _ guarantee that the next excess exit will do the — guarantee that the next excess exit will do the same. —— northern ireland — will do the same. —— northern ireland protocol. that will be very important — ireland protocol. that will be very important for the government and it could _ important for the government and it could meah— important for the government and it could mean that a change again. it is damaging across the

meanwhile northern ireland's justice ministers blamed the u.k. government for the flare up a log accuse the conservatives of dishonesty over the way bracks it would affect the irish border saying they promised unfettered access while failing to work through the legal consequences she also slammed the british government's decision to suspend the northern ireland protocol which is part of the u.k.'s withdrawal agreement with the e.u. aimed at ensuring an open border a professor of british and irish politics jonathan tong thinks the government made a series of false promises to the people of northern ireland for the british government bonds johnson in particular have to bear a considerable amount of responsibility it was boris johnson who went over to belfast and totally democratic party the largest party in northern ireland told the public party conference 3 years ago that it would be untold for any british government to preside over a border in the irish sea forest johnson says hacking is precisely treason may signing a deal within a year boris jo

a dry day away from northern ireland. temperatures continue to rise for england and wales, up to 16 degrees. the rainbow peter out as this front reaches the rest of the uk. maybe you need the rain for england at wales, but it looks dry. some patchy rain coming into scotland and northern ireland. they will not be very much at all for the north of finland. for many places still dry. kula thought scotland and northern ireland. in the sunshine in england and wales, 15 or 16 is likely. by the time we get to the middle part of the week, cooler air will be arriving from the north, but it is still drive. —— dry. this is bbc news from windsor, where the funeral of the duke of edinburgh has taken place. the queen led mourners at the service, where only 30 people were allowed because of covid restrictions. prince philip's coffin travelled to the service on a specially adapted landrover— its design had been overseen by him. the duke's children, grandchildren and great grandchildrenjoined the solemn procession. the buglers of th

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leaving northern ireland in limbo if this were the only source of trouble it would be enough but it's not i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. it seems that we saw were. it is a mercy that no one has lost their life as a result of this polling violence. new paths are blown so one has achieved our kind ever anything. is written for everybody at the table but i tell you more that there isn't room for the rest of the gang who care nothing about the future of the society. also coming up and they make up less than one percent of the u.s. population yet transgender people are the target of legislation across the country this week our console became the 1st state in america to ban doctors from offering sex change treatments to transfer people under the age of 18 as soon as i came out i was like i want to start hormones i had to go through therapy. for a year before i could even start hormones it was very hard to find a psychiatrist that wasn't going to be like oh you need conversion therapy. and to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we b

ireland is that the whole point _ northern ireland is that the whole point of— northern ireland is that the whole point of the dup is that northern ireland _ point of the dup is that northern ireland is— point of the dup is that northern ireland is an integral intrinsic part— ireland is an integral intrinsic part of— ireland is an integral intrinsic part of the uk, and a border between great _ part of the uk, and a border between great britain and northern ireland contradicts that entire philosophy. thats— contradicts that entire philosophy. that's why— contradicts that entire philosophy. that's why there's been this revolt against _ that's why there's been this revolt against arlene foster. there's also been _ against arlene foster. there's also been decisions over gay rights. she was absent — been decisions over gay rights. she was absent at a vote on so—called conversion — was absent at a vote on so—called conversion therapy recently. but fundamentally, i think it is brexit that has— fundamentally, i think it is brexit that has led to the end of her leadership, an

also pushing into northern ireland. at the same time, just want to draw your attention to this cloud now working out of germany and the netherlands towards us. that's going to push into the north sea and then develop into a larger area of low cloud for tonight and into tomorrow. but to end the day, blue skies for much of england and wales and eastern scotland. an isolated shower towards the very south—east. temperatures above where we normally expect this time of year. 17,18 celsius in england. maybe 16 celsius to eastern scotland. into this evening and overnight, patchy rain and drizzle into scotland and northern ireland a little bit more widely. there is that low cloud blossoming over the north sea, pushing into eastern parts of england to give a rather murky start to tomorrow morning. another cool start tomorrow. temperatures below freezing in some rural parts of england and wales. less so for scotland and northern ireland, because it is here we start the day cloudy. patchy rain or drizzle. brightening up through n

slightly lower than today for scotland and northern ireland. weather france have been to the west of the uk for some few days now. but it is not really affecting much of the uk. some cloud into northern ireland and western scotland, but elsewhere drive. the cloud will break up and there weather cloud will break. temperatures rising a little across england and wales and parts of scotland, 14 to 16 celsius. this will eventually work its way into the uk, but the rainbow peter out and we get a high pressure building across it. maybe you need some rain across england and wales, but it looks dry here. there will be some sunshine at times and some patchy rain coming into scotland and northern ireland. perhaps the far north—west of england, but not much at all. for many places, still dry. cooler for scotland and northern ireland. 15 or 16 degrees in england and wales. 0nce ireland. 15 or 16 degrees in england and wales. once in the sunshine for the coming few days, but by the middle of the week cooler air will arrive from the north, but it is still d

riots across northern ireland over a post trade barriers. a former us intelligence analyst faces years in jail for exposing america's drone assassination program and we speak to one whistleblower who is in close contact with him. he did it because he was exposing a war crime he's not allowed to see that and so he really doesn't have any chance of the. top stories of the day and all of the week welcome to the weekly here on r.t. international just after 3 pm now here in moscow we start the program in europe where governments are split on. the. job on thursday the european commission warned but without a unified response public confidence could falter reaction in italy and france. i mean you want to be there are other vaccines so i cannot see the reason to focus only on astra zeneca if it has problems there are very rare but there are problems with the law for certain age groups it should be restricted i personally wouldn't take it i understand that it can be an advantage for the community but if something goes wrong you could get thrombosis a

ireland otherwise we're looking ahead to a grim summer potentially of violence in northern ireland. a former us intelligence analyst faces up to 10 years in prison for blowing the whistle on washington's drone assassination program daniel hale pleaded guilty to transmitting national defense information his case comes amid mass disclosure of similar crimes allegedly perpetrated by the us. i have to tell you when he called me a few hours ago he was surprisingly upbeat and optimistic and he he remarked about how much press this issue has been getting since he decided to plead guilty so in the end i think that he thinks that this is been worth it that americans know more about the drone program now than 8 they did 6 months ago or a year ago and even though he's likely going to go to prison it was worth it the u.s. is flying these drones or at least it was until recently that were used ostensibly to kill terrorists or would be terrorists but in reality to kill anybody who might resemble a terrorist and that included women children the elderly and anybody else who happened to be on the gr

this is news live from berlin a warning that sectarian violence could return to northern ireland the just call for calm after another night of clashes between police and protesters it comes on the anniversary of the agreements that brought peace to the problems also coming up the. military salutes and just moments of silence as britain and the world trip pay tribute to prince philip $1.00 day after the queen elizabeth's husband died. and really mohammed thanks for joining us arns prime minister has warned of a return to sectarian violence in northern ireland after another night of unrest in belfast the warning comes as our lands and the united kingdom are the 23rd anniversary of the good friday agreement which ended nearly 3 decades of conflict there was more violence on friday despite calls for calm following the death of prince philip scuffles between protesters and police led to 14 officers being injured the tensions many stems from the pro british unionist community in bell in belfast and it's fuelled by bitterness over the preg that agreement which imposes border checks between

for northern ireland in western scotland it should be milder as well as the breeze. we got cloud coming in from the atlantic that will bring some rain into northern ireland, and eventually into western scotland. elsewhere, we will have lighter winds and it'll be colder. temperatures be close to freezing and there will be patchy frost here and there will be patchy frost here and there. it will warm up in the sunshine, but for much of scotland and northern ireland. the rain and drizzle will peter out and it will be dry and bright for eastern scotland. some patchy fair weather cloud developing in the west. it may be a bit hazy for parts of east anglia, but probably a bit warmer today. temperatures a little lower in scotland and northern ireland under the cloud. most places will be dry on monday, a bit of a cloudy start from some instrument parts, sunshine elsewhere. —— eastern parts. maybe a bit of rain coming into northern ireland. otherwise, it's dry and warmer. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... the queen leads murderers at the duke of edinburgh's funeral

in a statement, the northern ireland secretary condemned those behind the attacks. the violence witnessed last week is totally unacceptable. attacks on police officers are utterly reprehensible. those engaged in this destruction and disorder do not represent the people of northern ireland. the reasons, he said, were complex, but had been fuelled over a lack of prosecutions of those who attended a funeral for a former ira member, and tensions over checks on goods entering northern ireland from great britain agreed as part of the uk—eu brexit deal. but the answer to all these issues and any others lie in dialogue, engagement, and the democratic process — not through violence or disorder. it is incumbent on all of us engaged in political discourse to support northern ireland in leaving its divisive past behind, and continuing instead to look ahead to all the opportunities of the future. for labour, the violence was unjustified and unjustifiable. the prime minister made promises to the people of northern ireland that there would be no border with great britain, know

ireland otherwise we're looking at a grim summer potentially of violence in northern ireland. for u.s. intelligence analyst faces up to 10 years in prison for blowing the whistle on washington's drone assassination program daniel hale pleaded guilty to transmitting national defense information his case comes amid mass disclosure of similar crimes allegedly perpetrated by the united states. i have to tell you when he called me a few hours ago he was surprisingly upbeat and optimistic and he he remarked about how much press this issue has been getting since he decided to plead guilty so in the end i think that he thinks that this is been worth it that americans know more about the drone program now than 8 they did 6 months ago or a year ago and even though he's likely going to go to prison it was worth it the u.s. is flying these drones or at least it was until recently that were used ostensibly to kill terrorists or would be terrorists but in reality to kill anybody who might resemble a terrorist and that included women children the elderly and anybody else who happened to be o

ireland a wise we were looking at a grim summer potentially of violence in northern ireland. a former us intelligence analyst faces up to 10 years in prison for blowing the whistle on washington's targeted drone assassination program daniel hale pleaded guilty to transmitting and retaining national defense information his case comes amid mass disclosure of similar crimes allegedly perpetrated by the us. i have to tell you when he called me a few hours ago he was surprisingly upbeat and optimistic and he he remarked about how much press this issue has been getting since he decided to plead guilty so in the end i think that he thinks that this is been worth it that americans know more about the drone program now than 8 they did 6 months ago or a year ago and even though he's likely going to go to prison it was worth it the u.s. is flying these drones or at least it was until recently that were used ostensibly to kill terrorists or would be terrorists but in reality to kill anybody who might resemble a terrorist and that included women children the elderly and anybody else who h

ireland, the bits— look, for much of northern ireland, the bits you — look, for much of northern ireland, the bits you don't see on the tv at the bits you don't see on the tv at the moment, it is a wonderful place and peopie — the moment, it is a wonderful place and people live completely different lives now. _ and people live completely different lives now, but when things like this happen, _ lives now, but when things like this happen, this is the worst we have seen _ happen, this is the worst we have seen for— happen, this is the worst we have seen for a — happen, this is the worst we have seen fora number of happen, this is the worst we have seen for a number of years in seen fora number of years in northern— seen for a number of years in northern ireland in terms of violence _ northern ireland in terms of violence on the streets and violence that has _ violence on the streets and violence that has turned into a bit of a sectarian _ that has turned into a bit of a sectarian conflict last night, it does — sectarian conflict last night, it does lead people to say, well, we ha

koulla yiasouma, northern ireland - yiasouma, northern ireland children's commissioner, thank you for speaking to us.— a man has been charged with murdering one of britain's richest men in dorset last week. sir richard sutton was attacked at his home on wednesday. a woman in her 60s, believed to be his partner, was seriously injured in the incident and remains in hospital in a critical condition. thomas schreiber, who's 34, is due to appear in court tomorrow. there's been another eruption from the volcano on the caribbean island of st vincent. after remaining quiet for nearly 42 years, la soufriere first erupted on friday. heavy ashfall has caused power outages and cut off water supplies. scientists warn that eruptions could continue for days or even weeks. the british film and television awards continue this evening for the second night of this year's ceremony. the presenters will be at the royal albert hall but all the nominees will appear via video link because of the coronavirus pandemic. the baftas will pay tribute to prince philip who was a long standing patron of the academy