burnett, scottish conservatives and unionist party-— burnett, scottish conservatives and unionist party. when the tories held on to aberdeenshire _ unionist party. when the tories held on to aberdeenshire west, - unionist party. when the tories held on to aberdeenshire west, the - unionist party. when the tories held| on to aberdeenshire west, the snp's hopes for an outright majority were extinguished. we hopes for an outright ma'ority were extinguished.* extinguished. we need to focus on the issues that _ extinguished. we need to focus on the issues that will _ extinguished. we need to focus on the issues that will secure - the issues that will secure scotland's recovery and that is important for people's jobs, for young people's education and investing in the nhs after everything they have done throughout this pandemic. there are so many issues we should be putting to the top of the agenda in scottish parliament and the next scottish parliament and the next scottish parliament but all we are speaking about again is another referendum. the scottish greens increased their seeds to eight

the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit saying it's playing "fast and loose" with the peace process. neighbours reunited — the leaders of australia and new zealand meet for talks for the first time in 15 months after coronavirus border restrictions are lifted between the two countries. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. and... borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at westminster cathedral. good afternoon. the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi says the government will be cautious, and look at all the data, before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. his comments came as the chief executive of nhs providers said "very, very few" coronavirus patients in hospital in england have received two covid jabs, showing the vaccines provide "very high" levels of protection. but he warned hospitals are dealing with a heavy backlog of non—covid cases. ou

the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit saying it's playing "fast and loose" with the peace process. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. celebrations for chelsea fans after their team wins the champions league final against manchester city to lift the european cup for a second time. and... borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at westminster cathedral. good afternoon. the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi says the government will be cautious, and look at all the data, before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. his comments came as the chief executive of nhs providers said "very, very few" coronavirus patients in hospital in england have received two covid jabs, showing the vaccines provide "very high" levels of protection. but he warned hospitals are dealing with a heavy backlog of non—covid care. our health correspondent catherine burns rep

the democratic unionist party has a new leader. he is edwin poots and he takes over from arlene foster who stood down after criticism of her handling of brexit. mr poots narrowly beat his opponent, the mp sirjeffrey donaldson today in the first leadership election in the dup's 50—year history. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy has more. the new leader of northern ireland's largest unionist party has made one thing clear, opposing the new brexit arrangements for northern ireland, the northern ireland protocol, will be one of his biggest priorities. edwin poots beat his rival, sirjeffrey donaldson, by 19 votes to 17. this party has been the authentic voice of unionism and will continue to be the authentic voice of unionism under my leadership. the northern ireland protocol has proven to be a massive challenge for us. and if we are to fight this to ensure that everybody in northern ireland is not worse off as a consequence of the protocol, then it's for us to do that together. edwin poots had been viewed as the more hardline of t

party, the largest unionist party, from westminster, remain sitting in the house of commons, and then he would nominate somebody else in the assembly party to take over the role as first minister. that is... sirjeffrey has not explicitly said what his plans would be if he is elected as dup leader. there had been talked before they split in two leading roles in the party, that the leader would not necessarily be first minister and it looks like that will the case if his leadership rival edwin poots is the new dup leader. he is currently agriculture minister in the stormont executive but has let it be known that if we becomes dup leader, he will not be putting himself forward to be first minister. thatjob will go to somebody else in the party and mr poots sees his role primarily as party leader and his priority will be preparing for the stormont assembly election. so whetherjeffrey donaldson or mr poots becomes leader of their party, it is highly likely that neither will be the first minister at stormont. so we could even envisage a triple leadership with poots as leader, two other peop

the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit saying it's playing "fast and loose" with the peace process. neighbours reunited — the leaders of australia and new zealand meet for talks for the first time in 15 months after coronavirus border restrictions are lifted between the two countries. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. good afternoon. the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi says the government will be cautious, and look at all the data, before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. his comments came as the chief executive of nhs providers said "very, very few" coronavirus patients in hospital in england have received two covid jabs, showing the vaccines provide "very high" levels of protection. but he warned hospitals are dealing with a heavy backlog of non—covid cases. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. ready, steady, go. we're in a race, vaccines against t

the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit saying it's playing "fast and loose" with the peace process. neighbours reunited — the leaders of australia and new zealand meet for talks for the first time in 15 months after coronavirus border restrictions are lifted between the two countries. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. and borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at westminster cathedral. now on bbc news, duncan kennedy reports on the story of historical forced adoptions and the mothers�* search for a justice. a warning 7 there are some details in this programme that some viewers may find upsetting. i loved her so much, i still love her. i'm her mum. it was to be a secret, it was not to be discussed. i was mourning for a child that i had lost. | i canjust remember lying there thinking... better to die. a historical injustice is what happened to us. other countries hav

party, the largest unionist party, from westminster, remain sitting in the house of commons, and then he would nominate somebody else in the assembly party to take over the role assembly party to take over the role as first minister. that is... sir geoffrey has not specifically said what his plans would be if he is elected as ndp leader —— sir jeffrey. if he is elected as dup leader. it looks like that will be the case if his leadership rival edwin poots is the leader. he is currently agriculture minister in the stormont executive but has let it be known that if we can dup leader, he will not be putting himself forward to be first minister. thatjob will go to somebody else in the party and mr boots sees his role primarily as party leader and his priority will be preparing for the stormont assembly election —— mr poots. so whether the jeffrey donaldson assembly election —— mr poots. so whether thejeffrey donaldson or mr poots becomes leader of their party, it is highly likely that neither will be the first minister at stormont. so will be the first minister at stormont-—

the democratic unionist party has a new leader — he is edwin poots, and he takes over from arlene foster, who stood down after criticism of her handling of brexit. mr poots narrowly beat his opponent, the mp sirjeffrey donaldson today, in the first leadership election in the dup's 50—year history. our ireland correspondent emma vardy has more. the new leader of northern ireland's largest unionist party has made one thing clear — opposing the new brexit arrangements for northern ireland, the northern ireland protocol, will be one of his biggest priorities. edwin poots beat his rival, sirjeffrey donaldson, by 19 votes to 17. this party has been the authentic voice of unionism and will continue to be the authentic voice of unionism under my leadership. the northern ireland protocol has proven to be a massive challenge for us. and if we are to fight this, to ensure that everybody in northern ireland is not worse off as a consequence of the protocol, then it's for us to do that together. edwin poots had been viewed as the more hardline of the two candidates. as agriculture minister, he's

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unionist party, 5258. philip holden, scottish— unionist party, 5258. philip holden, scottish family _ unionist party, 5258. philip holden, scottish family party, _ unionist party, 5258. philip holden, scottish family party, 317. _ unionist party, 5258. philip holden, scottish family party, 317. daniel. scottish family party, 317. daniel johnson, — scottish family party, 317. daniel johnson, scottish— scottish family party, 317. daniel johnson, scottish labour- scottish family party, 317. daniel johnson, scottish labour party. scottish family party, 317. daniel. johnson, scottish labour party and scottish— johnson, scottish labour party and scottish co—operative _ johnson, scottish labour party and scottish co—operative party, - johnson, scottish labour party and . scottish co—operative party, 20,760. katrina _ scottish co—operative party, 20,760. katrina mcdonald, _ scottish co—operative party, 20,760. katrina mcdonald, scottish _ katrina mcdonald, scottish nationalist _ katrina mcdonald, scottish nationalist party, - katrina mcdonald,

opposition parties, like the unionist conservatives and labor party, only help to deny that, as they battle for second place. >> there is a difference between they have a majority or they need to work with other unionist parties. if we can deal then that bloke, hopefully it will take independence off the table for five years, because it is something we wanto stop, and means they can force to the referendums. reporter: the scottish nationalist have been the dominant party for 14 years, during which critics say achievements in areas like health and education have not been great, but nicola sturgeon's handling of the pandemic and low death toll that has resulted haswon her praise and respect, serving to largely obscure it. in the oddest of campaigns conducted at arm's length from the voters, the s&p's pitch is about leaving the country out of the pandemic, but no obscuring where the real focus is. >> the proposal is we should have an independence referendum when we emerge from covid, within the next parliamentary term. right now we need to get the government in nicola sturgeon back to w

scottish conservative and unionist party. _ scottish conservative and unionist party, 4153. douglas mcallister, scottish— party, 4153. douglas mcallister, scottish national, sorry scottish labour— scottish national, sorry scottish labour party, 12,513, marie mcnair, scottish— labour party, 12,513, marie mcnair, scottish national party, 17,787. john— scottish national party, 17,787. john alexander robertson, 220. the total number of rejected votes were 107. total number of rejected votes were 107~ the _ total number of rejected votes were 107. the reasons for rejection are as follows — 107. the reasons for rejection are as follows. 0ne 107. the reasons for rejection are as follows. one of an official mark, none, _ as follows. one of an official mark, none. voting — as follows. one of an official mark, none, voting for more than one candidate, _ none, voting for more than one candidate, 15, writing or mark by which _ candidate, 15, writing or mark by which voter— candidate, 15, writing or mark by which voter could be identified, one and on _ which voter could be

the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. good afternoon. the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi says the government will be cautious and look at all the data, before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. his comments came as the chief executive of nhs providers said the rural hospitals are dealing with a heavy backlog of non—cosmetic care. —— warned that hospitals are dealing with. he also said "very, very few" coronavirus patients in hospital in england have received two covid jabs, showing the vaccines provide "very high" levels of protection. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. ready, steady, go. we're in a race, vaccines against the virus, and this was the start on december the 8th. maggie keenan was the first person in the uk to get vaccinated outside of clinical trials. that was less than six months ago. now, about

the unionist parties. — is the time for that. the unionist parties, scottish labour, the tories, — parties, scottish labour, the tories, lih— parties, scottish labour, the tories, lib dems,

the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "plaything" to punish the uk for brexit.

the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the european union of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit saying it's playing "fast and loose" with the peace process. borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at westminster cathedral. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hey, welcome to click. this week, we want to make you feel good through the medium of music. i don't know about you, lara, but i've been listening to a lotta, lotta music in the last year. i love a good tune to run to, but i do find it quite difficult to decide what music i want. so i end up downloading one song and then just having it on repeat for the whole of my 5k. do you do anything like that? is that weird? er, no, idon�*t. and yes, that is weird. it's not that sea shanty, is it? cos cause that would be, like, too weird. i tell you what, though, sometimes i do find myself listening to a really small set of songs.

he's pledged to unite the unionist parties in northern ireland. i will be a leader in unionism who will be reaching out to other leaders in unionism. i want to see unionism working together. the northern ireland protocol has proven to be a massive challenge for us. and if we are to fight this, to ensure that everybody in northern ireland is not worse off as a consequence of the protocol, then it's for us to do that together. and i want to ensure that that is the case, that we don't have the unionist bickering that we've had in the past, and i will encourage all unionists to work with me to deliver an end which ensures we set the foundations in this 2021 for another 100 years of northern ireland within the united kingdom. stay with us on bbc news. in a few minutes, we'll be joined by viewers on bbc one for the latest coronavirus briefing from the government. this is bbc news — buidling up to the latest coronavirus briefing from the government — today led by the prime minister. the headlines... glasgow and mori are to remain under level tree res

the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit saying it's playing "fast and loose" with the peace process. and borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at westminster cathedral. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. now on bbc news. our world. under cover of covid, the amazon rainforest, the greatest ecosystem on earth, is under attack. deforestation is at levels not seen for more than a decade. we meet the people on the frontline of the battle to save the forest... shouting. translation: the prospectors used to be scared of _ being caught by us. now they feel the president will protect them. ..and see the impact on the animals. the government is accused of encouraging the destruction. and i'm on a mission to contact some old friends — the members of the most threatened tribe in the world. their relatives have never had contact with civilisation. are they safe? are their precious

the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "plaything" to punish the uk for brexit. very good evening, welcome to bbc news if you have just very good evening, welcome to bbc news if you havejustjoined us. the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, says the government will be cautious and look at all the data before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. it comes as the chief executive of nhs providers says "very, very few" coronavirus patients in hospital in england, have received two covid jabs, showing that a double dose of vaccine can provide "very high" levels of protection. however, he warned hospitals are dealing with a heavy backlog of patients because of delays caused by the pandemic. here's our health correspondent, catherine burns. a critical incident for the south western ambulance service — not because of coronavirus, though. there are just 13 covid patients in hospital there but the system is dealing with a backlog in cases and a busy bank holiday weekend. so people are being told to only

the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit, saying it's playing "fast and loose" with the peace process. celebrations for chelsea fans after their team wins the all—english champions league final against manchester city to lift the european cup for a second time. neighbours reunited — the leaders of australia and new zealand meet for talks for the first time in 15 months after coronavirus border restrictions are lifted between the two countries. and britain's prime minister borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at westminster cathedral. jane hill is back with the headlines at two. now on bbc news though, the travel show. lucy hedges looks back at some of the unique places the team have spent the night over the years. coming up on this week's show... my very own spacesuit. i look ready, ifeel ready, i'm ready. you hear the echoing gunshots. tonight is supposed to be the coldest night of the year, so that's good, as i head into my unheated church room

the democratic unionist party has a new leader — he is edwin poots, and he takes over from arlene foster — who stood down after criticism of her handling of brexit. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. it's a good day for democracy. only the fourth leader of the party in 50 years, edwin poots was elected by the dup's members of northern ireland's devolved government and its mps, beating his rival, sirjeffrey donaldson, by 19 votes to 17. this party has been the authentic voice of unionism and will continue to be the authentic voice of unionism under my leadership. the northern ireland protocol has proven to be a massive challenge for us, and if we are to fight this — to ensure that everybody in northern ireland is not worse off as a consequence of the protocol — then it's for us to do that together. edwin poots had been viewed as the more hardline of the two candidates. as agriculture minister, he's already been responsible for moves to block the implementation of the new brexit arrangements for new checks on goods coming from great britain to northern ireland at the borde

the majority is the democratic unionist party the d u p and they according to many people made a mistake in backing boris johnson dermod ferrets or an irish historian picks up from their. since the brazen referendum in 2016 the do you pay in particular have put all of their political eggs in the basket of bars johnson's strategically that was very unwise it was a very foolish thing to do and they have ended up running out of political road and that is a crisis for unionism and it's clear that a different kind of unionism is going to be necessary as northern are marxist 100th anniversary if it wants to continue with its political creed and its ideological. determination to remain a part of the united kingdom it is going to have to figure out how to make that case in a very different way. yeah that's a really interesting point how can the d u p pick up its it's already lost its its leader after a coup against her and now it's trying to move more in a popular direction that's going to be hard line addressing the sort of people you saw in my report earlier now what will happen well several t

where you can need to work with all the unionist parties and that's what we're keen to see if we can deal them that blow hopefully will take independents off the table for the next 5 years because obviously something we want to put a stop to but it means they can't force through any referendums of their own the scottish nationalists have been the dominant party here for 14 years during which critics say the party's achievements in domestic areas like health and education haven't been great but nicholas sturgeon's assured handling of the covert 19 pandemic and the relatively low death toll that's resulted here as one hope praise and respect serving to largely obscure the party's record in government. so in the oddest of campaigns conducted at arm's length from the voters the s.n.p. central pitch is about leading the country out of the pandemic but there's no obscuring where the real focus lies the proposal is that we should have an independence referendum when we emerge from tolbert and that will be within the next parliamentary term right no we're needing to get nicholas sturgeon the

where they can need to work with other unionist parties and that's what we're keen to see if we can deal them that blow hopefully will take independents off the table for the next 5 years because obviously something we want to put a stop to but it means they can't force through any referendums of their own the scottish nationalists have been the dominant party here for 14 years during which critics say the party's achievements in domestic areas like health and education haven't been great but nicholas sturgeons carm assured handling of the covert 19 pandemic and the relatively low death toll that's resulted here has won her praise and respect serving to largely obscure the party's record in government. so in the oddest of campaigns conducted at arm's length from the voters the s.n.p. central pitches about leading the country out of the pandemic but there's no obscuring where the real focus lies the proposal is that we should have an independence referendum when we emerge from act of it and that will be within the next parliamentary term right no we're needing to get nicholas sturgeon the

where they can need to work with other unionist parties and that's what we're keen to see if we can deal them that blow hopefully will take independents off the table for the next 5 years because it's yeah obviously something we want to put a stop to but it means they can't force through any referendums of their own the scottish nationalists have been the dominant party here for 14 years during which critics say the party's achievements in domestic areas like health and education haven't been great but nicholas sturgeons carm assured handling of the covert 19 pandemic and the relatively low death toll that's resulted here has won her praise and respect serving to largely obscure the party's record in government. so in the oddest of campaigns conducted at arm's length from the voters the s.n.p. central pitches about leading the country out of the pandemic but there's no obscuring where the real focus lies the proposal is that we should have an independence referendum when we emerge from 12 it and that will be within the next parliamentary term right no we're needing to get nicholas sturge

where you can need to work with all the unionist parties and that's what we're keen to see if we can deal them that blow hopefully will take independents off the table for the next 5 years because obviously something we want to put a stop to but it means they can't force through any referendums of their own the scottish nationalists have been the dominant party here for 14 years during which critics say the party's achievements in domestic areas like health and education haven't been great but nicholas sturgeons carm assured handling of the covert 19 pandemic and the relatively low death toll that's resulted here as one hope praise and respect serving to largely obscure the party's record in government. so in the oddest of campaigns conducted at arm's length from the voters the s.n.p. central pitch is about leading the country out of the pandemic but there's no obscuring where the real focus lies the proposal is that we should have an independence referendum when we emerge from 12 it and that will be within the next parliamentary term right no we're needing to get nicholas sturgeon t

where they can need to work with other unionist parties and that's what we're keen to see if we can deal them that blow hopefully will take independents off the table for the next 5 years because yeah obviously something we want to put a stop to but it means they can't force through any referendums of their own the scottish nationalists have been the dominant party here for 14 years during which critics say the party's achievements in domestic areas like health and education haven't been great but nicholas sturgeons carm assured handling of the covert 1000 pandemic and the relatively low death toll that's resulted here as one hope praise and respect serving to largely obscure the party's record in government. so in the oddest of campaigns conducted at arm's length from the voters the s.n.p. central pitch is about leading the country out of the pandemic but there's no obscuring where the real focus lies the proposal is that we should have an independence referendum when we emerge from 12 it and that will be within the next parliamentary term right no we're needing to get nicholas sturgeon

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this is a big victory for the snp, but the other unionist parties, when you tally up their votes are pretty close to the snp overall. this country is divided on independent still. nick, thank you for that. labour is losing ground to the conservatives in elections across england in the first big test of sir keir starmer�*s leadership of the party. several big city mayors are yet to be announced including london, manchester and the west midlands. these are the results of the local council elections as they currently stand. labour has lost control of four councils, while the conservatives have made eight gains. here's our political correspondent greg dawson. there may be many more ballots left a county in england, many more council and mayoral results to come, but it's yesterday's defeat in hartlepool that'll cast a significant shadow over labour�*s overall election results. another harsh reminder of the party losing the support of voters in former heartland areas, no prompting a major policy review to reconnect with voters. we major policy review to reconnect with voters— with vo

a car bomb exploded next to the hotel. seriously damaging the protestant unionist party headquarters. 40 people were injured and the rope has windows, completely shattered. the hotels 1st manager was half a brown, and he immediately ordered the glass to be repaired and the guest should been evacuated to be re accommodated. most of them were journalist harper, broad international grey, a double m b. he was to be awarded member of the empire metal by the queen. a 2nd m b e was of course manager foster robot. and he was a seasoned hotelier with harper brown, was that rest sort of character who actually enjoys emergencies and danger. he bustled around and he was a small, energetic man who ran everything to do with the hotel. and we were actually rather proud of him and funny. so the way he was rather proud of us under brown, the roper continued to convey a sense of business as usual. but despite his efforts, the europa was soon back in the firing line. in october, $971.00 to our men, entered the hotel, held 8 people at gunpoint and placed a large white box at reception, which contained a

sirjeffrey donaldson has confirmed he is standing for the leadership of the democratic unionist party. the leader of the party's mps at westminster faces competition from stormont�*s agriculture minister, edwin poots. the current dup leader arlene foster resigned last week and stands down at the end of may. she'll continue as northern ireland's first minister until the end ofjune. the queen has credited the people of northern ireland with maintaining peace, in a message to mark 100 years since a parliament was set up in belfast, dividing the island of ireland. she recalled her visits with prince philip to ireland, saying the centenary served as a reminder of the country's "complex history", but was an opportunity to reflect on "togetherness" and "diversity". her majesty said it's clear in the light of recent events that reconciliation and mutual understanding cannot be taken for granted. police in manchester have condemned the protests that led to the postponement of manchester united's premier league match against liverpool yesterday, calling them "completely unacceptable". two off

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the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit saying it's playing "fast and loose" with the peace process. and borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at westminster cathedral. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rob merrick, deputy political editor of the independent and broadcaster and writer dawn foster. tomorrow's front pages, starting with, the i has a full page splash on the news that the government wants to offer all over 50 s a second jab in the next three weeks to end covid restrictions byjune 21st the times also leads the over 50's vaccine story and covers news that this bank holiday monday is likely to be the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures set to hit 25 degrees c. the financial times reports that us financial authorities are preparing to take a more

parties scottish labor and the conservatives is just how divided this country now is split pretty much right down the middle there may well be a pass to a 2nd referendum now but still no way of predicting the outcome if it happens and with its politics said to be defined by antagonism towards westminster and the pursuit of independence from it for years to come jonah how al-jazeera. russian soldiers are marching in parades across the country to mark the 76th victim a day is the anniversary of the soviet victory over nazi germany in moscow president vladimir putin is watching over 12000 soldiers. and china says remnants of one of its biggest rockets have landed in the indian ocean after an uncontrolled reentry into earth's atmosphere coordinates for the spice chinese space agency but the landing area here just west of malta needs saying it clear whether any debris landed on the islands china says most of it's burned up. on the docket called long march 5 launch 10 days ago carrying part of china's 1st permanent space station nasa has criticized beijing for failing to control the debris s

parties scottish labor in the conservatives is just how divided this country now is split pretty much right down the middle there may well be a path to a 2nd referendum now but still no way of predicting the outcome if it happens and with its politics said to be defined by antagonism towards westminster and the pursuit of independence from it for years to come jonah how al-jazeera edinburgh. and poor mexican farmers are hoping to cash in as efforts to legalize cannabis make their way through congress not everyone is convinced they'll get a fair share though critics say the reforms will favor multinational corporations and the reports from mexico city. that while here is a small village in central mexico it's a poor community lacking running water and electricity. villagers have relied on the sale of traditional medicines and more recently honey for their survival but amid drought in environmental degradation neither industry is viable anymore which is why they are looking to grow marijuana now legal under federal law. it's a madison ill plan the treats many things so why not we would

party the. big u.p.a. of kevin and year after year on the want to keep on government on. the need the need there needs to be any structural rappers out of the working class people and tend to step down that's one of the reasons for the ousting of alim foster 1st minister and do you prefer leader she may be replaced by evangelist edwin poots sitting beside her here he's a minister who's. catholics for spreading kovi. in west belfast republicans have a resentment to the 100 years celebration after the partition of olland and thousands of deaths on both sides that ensued and so more instability ahead alan mcbride thinks he lost his wife for the liar a bombing nearly 28 years ago and has campaigned for unity and i would just. just encourage in just a pain to our politicians to start to get around the table start to govern this place with us with a sense of just wanting to improve life for everybody not just their own particular tribe or no particular organization or group or community where they're

parties scottish labor and the conservatives is just how divided this country now is split pretty much right down the middle there may well be a pass to a 2nd referendum now but still no way of predicting the outcome if it happens and with its politics said to be defined by antagonism towards westminster and the pursuit of independence from it for years to come join a whole al-jazeera edinburgh. now the european union has posted. bail for georgia's jailed opposition leader in the hopes of ending a drawn out political crisis there nico melia was arrested in february in a police raid on his party headquarters that resulted in protests a widespread condemnation that dissent was being silenced his release is expected to end a political crisis sponsored by october disputed parliamentary elections the opposition denounce that vote has been rigged melia's united national movement party is holding out on signing an e.u. mediated agreement to defuse tensions until the party leader is released from jail . a feud over succession plans in the zoo new royal family seems to have ended prince misuzu

party scottish labor look in services is just how divided this country now is split pretty much right down the middle there may well be a path to a 2nd referendum now but still no way of predicting the outcome if it happens and with its politics said to be defined by antagonism towards westminster and the pursuit of independence from it for years to come jonah how al-jazeera edinburgh london mayor said he can has been reelected for a 2nd term giving a boost to the opposition labor party after a disappointing run in local u.k. elections. for 55 percent of the vote defeating prime minister barak johnson's conservative candidate in a closer contest that many had predicted khan became the 1st muslim mayor of a western capital when he was 1st elected in 2016 is made post pandemic job creation a top priority for his 2nd term and top u.s. fuel pipeline operator colonial says it's shot its entire network after a cyber attack the company's network transports 2 and a half 1000000 barrels of fuel a day through almost 9000 kilometers a pipe so cross the u.s. colonial says it took its systems offl

next summer. ., ~ , ., the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party, has accused the eu of using northern ireland as a "plaything" in negotiations over post—brexit border arrangements. edwin poots says brussels is damaging the peace process by implementing the northern ireland protocol, which ensures no border checks on the island of ireland but forces inspections on goods entering northern ireland from the rest of britain. mr poots says the protocol was having a "devastating impact" and leading to violence on the streets. the european commission says it rejects any suggestion it no longer cares about the peace process. the uk's biggest seller of building supplies, travis perkins, is warning of "considerable" cost increases to raw materials due to shortages. the company says surging demand as lockdown eases, as well as problems with the supply chain, mean bagged cement will rise by 15%, chipboard by 10% and paint by 5%. a key israeli opposition party has backed the formation of a unity government to oust benjamin netanyahu, the country's longest serving prime minister.

the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit — saying it's playing "fast and loose" with the peace process. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. and... borisjohnson has married carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at westminster cathedral yesterday afternoon. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. the week dominic cummings said sorry over the covid crisis. tens of thousands of people died who didn't need to die. he'd warned a hard rain was going to fall — the prime minister got a soaking. the only problem was, fundamentally, i regarded him as unfit for thejob. and borisjohnson wasn't the only one... i think that the secretary of state for health should have been fired for at least 15, 20 things. mps drew their own conclusions. if true, this is one of the biggest scandals and tragedies of the pandemic. but matt hancock hit back. these unsubstantiated allegati

parties scottish labor in the conservatives is just how divided this country now is split pretty much right down the middle there may well be a pass to a 2nd referendum now but still no way of predicting the outcome if it happens and with its politics said to be defined by antagonism towards westminster and the pursuit of independence from it for years to come jonah how al-jazeera edinburgh. the united states is attempting to resolve the long running dispute of ethiopia's ground in a sense dam on the river nile u.s. envoy for the horn of africa jeffrey feltman is in sudan's capital hard to him for talks along with the head of the african union sudan and egypt object to ethiopia filling the reservoir created by the dam saying it could disrupt their water supplies further downstream. now all the stories are following a feud over succession plans in the zulu royal family seems to have ended prince misuzu zulu will succeed his mother queen months formby she was named regent following the death of her husband kaine feeney in march but she died unexpectedly last week there was an initially

parties scottish labor look in services is just how divided this country now is split pretty much right down the middle there may well be a pass to a 2nd referendum now but still no way of predicting the outcome if it happens and with its politics said to be defined by antagonism towards westminster and the pursuit of independence from it for years to come jonah how al-jazeera edinburgh. and let's take a look at some of the headlines here on al-jazeera now there's been more violence in occupied east jerusalem with israeli forces cracking down on palestinian protesters for a 2nd day the palestinian red crescent says at least 90 people were wounded when those trying to clear muslims gathering.

party. he says he's convinced northern ireland's "best days are ahead". he'll be taking on the dup agriculture minister edwin poots for the leadership. arlene foster steps down, at the end of the month. premier league clubs will be required to sign up to a new owners' charter, with "significant sanctions" for breaches of rules, in the wake of the proposed breakaway european super league. liverpool, manchester united, manchester city, arsenal, chelsea and tottenham, all sparked outrage from fans with plans to join the new competition. this weekend, football clubs and their players have been boycotting social media in protest over online abuse and racism. the stand comes as police in london say the number of hate crimes against people of east asian descent has tripled since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, but it's thought many incidents across the uk go unreported. our special correspondent, fergal keane, has been meeting some of the victims. one old white lady, she uses herfinger,

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party that. he had kevin and year after year on the want to keep on government on. the need the need there needs to be any structure rappers out in the working class people and tend to step down that's one of the reasons for the ousting of alim foster 1st minister and leader she may be replaced by evangelist edwin poots sitting beside her here he's a minister who's blamed catholics for spreading kovi. in west belfast republicans have a resentment to the 100 years celebration after the partition of olland and thousands of deaths on both sides that ensued and so more instability ahead on a mcbride thinks he lost his wife in a lie or a bombing nearly 28 years ago and has campaigned for unity and i would just. just encourage and just a pain to our politicians to start to get around the table start to govern this place with us with a sense of just wanting to improve life for everybody not just their own particular tribe or no particular organization or group or community where they're coming from you

parties scottish labor and the conservatives is just how divided this country now is split pretty much right down the middle there may well be a pass to a 2nd referendum now but still no way of predicting the outcome if it happens and with its politics have to be defined by antagonism towards westminster and the pursuit of independence from it for years to come jonah how al-jazeera edinburgh. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines that's made another night of violence. i'd say the. muslims see the police crackdown as a provocation israel is threatening their freedom worship are a force that has war from occupied east jerusalem the israeli security forces have pretty much cleared a great deal of the square here close to damascus gate they are filtering people who.

unionist parties want to stop the overall programme for to majority, there is a race for second between the conservatives who overtook labour last time and labour, who feel that campaign is going pretty well. there is the scottish liberal democrats too. at the election is notjust about independence, we saw during the pandemic the big health decisions, and that will be the post—pandemic recovery on the minds of voters, but independence is a big issue closely watched notjust in edinburgh but from downing street. thank you, nick eardley, our political correspondent. for a round up of everything you need to know about the elections,?there's a guide on our website with much more information about who is standing where. that's at bbc.co.uk/news, or on the bbc news app. from here in edinburgh, back to you, jane. thank you, clive myrie at holyrood. the prosecution has opened its case against a west mercia police constable accused of the murder and manslaughter of the former aston villa footballer, dalian atkinson. pc benjamin monk has denied any wrongdoing leading to mr atkinson's death in 20

party the. big u.p.a. have kevin and year after year on the want to keep on government on. the need the need there needs to be on a structure rappers out in the working class people and tend to step down that's one of the reasons for the ousting of arlene foster 1st minister and de u.p.d. leader she may be replaced by evangelist edwin poots sitting beside her here. he's a minister who's blamed catholics for spreading kovi. in west belfast republicans have a resentment to the 100 years celebration after the partition of olland and thousands of deaths on both sides that ensued and so more instability ahead alan mcbride thinks he lost his wife in a lie or a bombing nearly 28 years ago and has campaigned for unity and i would just. just encourage and just a pain to our politicians to start to get around the table start to govern this place with us with a sense of just wanting to improve life for everybody not just their own particular tribe or no particular organization or group or community where t