it comes as a surrise surrounding edwin poots? it comes as a surprise and — surrounding edwin poots? it comes as a surprise and jeffrey _ surrounding edwin poots? it comes as a surprise and jeffrey donaldson - a surprise and jeffrey donaldson expected to become the new leader, currently he is the favourite, and it was thought he would keep paul givan in position, as his removal well create some political instability but edwin poots stepped down after just 21 instability but edwin poots stepped down afterjust 21 days as uup leader over his decision to agree a deal with sinn fein to introduce irish language legislation in order to nominate his close political ally paul givan as first minister but with that decision for edwin poots to go it means paul givan will have to go it means paul givan will have to also go. jeffrey donaldson has made it clear he intends to leave westminster and come to stormont and lead the party as a first minister. what that will mean when paul givan does step down, michelle o'neill is deputy first ministe

does it go back as far as what is taking place with edwin poots? the irish minister simon coveney said the dup has had a terrible number of weeks. doesn't it go beyond this few terrible number of weeks? does it go beyond arlene foster? because they have done quite well up until now. it goes back to arlene foster and i think it goes back in the dup history but fundamentally this is about the party that has made a number of catastrophic mistakes over the past few years, really, decades, really. that depends on your opinion. the party are struggling to grapple with its mistakes and i don't think it is ready to recognise those mistakes until it does so i do not think it will be able to move on. you mention the irish language, part of these latest discussions to put a first minister in place, but now we have the northern ireland protocol being thrown into the mix. there were protests that took place on friday, basically they were saying that you cannot have a new minister until the northern ireland protocol is abandoned. what exactly is going on there?

edwin poots announces resignationjust instability. edwin poots announces resignation just over an hour and a half ago. you get the sense that politicians of all parties are still absorbing what happened. of course lots will inevitably turn to what comes next. for now paul given will remain as northern ireland first minister but surely with very little authority given his mentorfor many years edwin poots is now stepping down as leader of his party. sinn fein for its part has said its focus remains on doing the work necessary in these executive not least to bring this part of the world out of the covid pandemic. the power—sharing stalemate has technically been resolved but yet their situation tonight feels even more uncertain. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are tonight are rosa prince, editor of house magazine and broadcasterjohn stapleton. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the front page story for the yorkshire post is the report into the manchester arena bombin

going back to edwin poots again, there was a fractious time for the dup. the party is clearly divided. the people that were loyal to edwin poots, they might well welcome someone is coming in. fundamentally this factions still exist at the same time, while the party is united at the minute against edwin poots, win a year later comes in, those factions will still exist. —— when a new leader comes in. the headlines on bbc news... a major push to offer coronavirus jabs to every adult in england is gathering speed, with queues forming outside pop—up vaccination centres. it comes as scientists repeat their warnings that a third wave of infections is under way: criticism of the metropolitan police by the son of a private investigator whose murder remains unsolved more than three decades later. northern ireland's first minister paul givan has been told he will have to resign once a new leader is elected by the democratic unionist party. senior conservatives have responded to the party's shock defeat in thursday's by—election in chesham and amersham, by war

but with that decision for edwin poots to go, it means paul givan will have to go too. jeffrey donaldson has made it clear he intends to leave westminster and come to stormont and lead the party as a first minister. what that will mean when paul givan does step down, michelle 0'neill as deputy first minister will also have to go, which will lead to a seven—day period again when the dup and sinn fein will have to nominate to those positions. it could lead to more negotiations with the government, more demands, and that will mean more instability and itjust shows really once again how precarious power sharing can be at stormont. this might be a simplistic question but, given edwin poots was leader of the dup, why was he not himself first minister? that was his decision. it did cause some surprise. but when he stood in the leadership contest following the ousting of arlene foster as party leader and first minister, he made it clear if he became leader he wanted to remain as agriculture minister. part of his reasoning was as the agriculture minister he has some control ov

but with that decision for edwin poots to go, it means paul givan will have to go, too. jeffrey donaldson has made it clear he intends to leave westminster and come to stormont and lead the party as a first minister. what that will mean when paul givan does step down, michelle 0'neill as deputy first minister will also have to go, which will lead to a seven—day period again when the dup and sinn fein will have to nominate to those positions. it could lead to more negotiations with the government, more demands, and that will mean more instability and itjust shows really once again how precarious power sharing can be at stormont. this might be a simplistic question but, given edwin poots was leader of the dup, why was he not himself first minister? that was his decision. it did cause some surprise. but when he stood in the leadership contest following the ousting of arlene foster as party leader and first minister, he made it clear if he became leader he wanted to remain as agriculture minister. part of his reasoning was as the agriculture minister he has some control ov

yes, so when edwin poots took _ of the party. yes, so when edwin poots took over _ of the party. yes, so when edwin poots took over three _ of the party. yes, so when edwin poots took over three weeks - of the party. yes, so when edwin poots took over three weeks ago | of the party. yes, so when edwin i poots took over three weeks ago as leader of the dup from arlene foster, he said he did not want to be first minister, he was going to appoint somebody else to thatjob and paul givan was his preferred candidate, a protege of his. he said in the chamber here today that paul givan was somebody who would come into his office as a young politics student eager to get involved and he sort of nurtured paul givan over many years while he is a member of the website of assembly here and accountable for that. so the website of assembly here and accountable for that. 50 paul givan was very much the preferred candidate even of the democratic and his party has been bitterly divided since arlene foster was forced to withdraw. so edwin poots has been treading a difficult line. he first of all had

edwin poots, this is his 20th day on the job as leader, so he's very new in that office. he decided not to take up the job of first minister as well, as arlene foster had done, but he wanted paul givan, a protege of his, to take that role instead. and that is what he has been trying to work out for the last few days, since arlene foster officially stepped down on monday. as i say, it all came down to this wrangling over the status, the protection of the irish language. sinn fein saw a chance to get extra reassurances on that. they got those last night from the northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis. he put that triumphant statement out this morning which some people were saying this morning sounded like his mo mowlam moment, or something. well, it hasn't worked out like that, because the division in the dup has only become even more apparent. there is a meeting of the party members and officials going on at the moment, potentially with a vote of no confidence in the new leader over the moves that he has made here. they were people going into that meeting saying, you ca

like edwin poots, he has socially conservative views. recently, he has been steering a private members bill £0 . to tighten . ”7 7 to tighteiniup . to tighten up abortion laws trying to tighten up abortion laws here in northern ireland and in effect ban abortions in cases where an unborn child is diagnosed with a serious disability. likewise, with mr poots, he says his faith as part of his politics and he is a member of his politics and he is a member of the free presbyterian church, the church set up by ian paisley a number of decades ago. speaking in the great hollow at stormont this afternoon, whenever mr poots confirmed he would be nominating paul given as first minister, he recognised he had a huge responsibility. the first policy issue he recognised was bringing down hospital waiting lists and northern ireland. he will be proposed as first minister in the stormont assembly on monday, which is when arlene foster will resign as first minister. that proposal will be put to a vote and it will have to be put to a vote and it will hav

the democratic unionist party is looking for a new leader again, following edwin poots' resignation. he'd only be in charge for three weeks, but angered the party after agreeing a deal with sinn fein. 0ur correspondent, danjohnson, is at stormont. dan, what is the deal that cost mr poots hisjob? dan, what is the deal that cost mr poots his job?— poots his “ob? well, that was all about poots his job? well, that was all about laws _ poots his job? well, that was all about laws to — poots his job? well, that was all about laws to enact _ poots his job? well, that was all about laws to enact the - poots his job? well, that was all about laws to enact the irish - about laws to enact the irish language legislation in northern ireland to mode and protect that language. that had been the sticking point that had stopped sinn fein supporting edwin poots' preferred candidate for first minister, so there was a stalemate, but then there was a stalemate, but then there was a deal struck between dup and sinn fein, overseen by the northern ireland secretary, that in effect, if those laws on th

the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist party, edwin poots, has resigned afterjust three weeks in the job. it follows a revolt in his own party when he agreed a deal to make paul givan northern ireland's first minister. mr poots will remain in the post until a successor is elected. the united nations is warning of an imminent famine in ethiopia's tigray region, unless drastic measures are taken fast. it's close to eight months since war broke out there and there continue to be reports of abuses. there have been repeated international calls for hostilities to end to allow humanitarian access.

the biggest political party in northern ireland — the dup— is in crisis — as its new leader edwin poots resignsjust weeks after taking up thejob. dj and producer david guetta sells his catalogue of music for $100 million in a deal that includes his future recordings. japan's naomi osaka pulls out of wimbledon a month after withdrawing from the french open. hello and thanks forjoining us. the us supreme court has ruled against the latest republican challenge to the affordable care act — known as obamaca re. it's survived the third attempt to strike it down, which was led by eighteen republican—controlled states. president biden described the decision as a big win for the american people. barack obama said it showed that his signature policy �*was here to stay�*. it's the third time the court has thrown out efforts to scrap the programme. well, to discuss can now speak to us supreme court and us constitution expert ilya shapiro who is the director of the robert a levy center for constitutional studies at the cato institute. thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank you

a leadership crisis in northern ireland, as edwin poots, the democratic unionist party leader, resigns afterjust 21 days in thejob. singing when you hear that noise of the tartan army boys! and — thousands of scotland fans make their way to wembley for tonight's big match against england in the euros. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the liberal democrats have pulled off a stunning upset — winning the chesham and amersham by—election from the conservatives, with a majority of over 8,000 votes. the contest in buckinghamshire was triggered by the death of the former cabinet minister, dame cheryl gillan. the conservatives had held the seat for nearly 50 years. sarah green, who won the constituency for the lib dems, said the tories had taken local voters for granted. tonight, the voice of chesham and amersham is unmistakable. together we have said enough is enough, we will be heard, and this government will listen. this campaign has shown that, no matter where you live or how supposedly safe a constituency may appear to be, if you want a liberal democrat member of parliament you

edwin poots — the leader of the biggest party in northern ireland — resigns afterjust 21 days in thejob. china s first crewed spacecraft blasted off from the gobi desert — in a landmark step towards establishing beijing as a major space power. the spacecraft carrying three astronauts is heading to the tiangong space station, which was put into orbit in april and is still being constructed. let's speak to let's speak to paul byrne, associate professor of planetary science at north carolina state university. what is china's haimen space? is to leave an indelible _ what is china's haimen space? is to leave an indelible mark on the history— leave an indelible mark on the history of— leave an indelible mark on the history of human space flight. the united _ history of human space flight. the united states is done that, the european — united states is done that, the european space agency, the soviet union _ european space agency, the soviet union and — european space agency, the soviet union and china is making sure they have their— union and china is making sure they have their g

his predecessor, edwin poots, has not come here today. jeffrey is to have to find a route back from westminster to stormont, where he wants to become first minister and that will lead to a westminster by—election, which could be pretty tricky for the dup, but his major focus is going to be the northern ireland protocol. that is the part of the brexit deal which creates a trade body in the irish sea between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. the dup what the northern ireland foot got to be removed or at least radically reformed. thank you very much. rescue teams in miami are continuing their search for survivors after an apartment block collapsed on thursday. the state governor has called for any explanation of why the building collapsed. the number of people unaccounted for now stands at 159 and four deaths have been confirmed. a coronavirus lockdown in parts of sydney in australia has been extended because of a sharp rise in cases driven by the delta variant. 7 the restrictions will now cover all of australia's biggest city and s

the democratic unionist party is looking for a new leader again, following edwin poots' resignation. he'd only be in charge for three weeks, but angered the party after agreeing a deal with sinn fein. 0ur correspondent, danjohnson, is at stormont and explained what the dispute is all about. that was all about laws to enact the irish language legislation here in northern ireland, to promote and protect that language. that had been the sticking point that had stopped sinn fein from supporting edwin poots�*s favourite candidate paul givan, but then there was a deal struck between the parties overseen by the northern ireland secretary, that in effect, if these laws were not passed here by the autumn then they would be passed at westminster by the uk government. that was enough to bring sinn fein on board to support paul givan but it enraged many of the dup's own membership. they said that was a sign of edwin poots�*s weakness in leadership, that he had rolled over and giving too many concessions to quickly to sinn fein and effectively giving decision—making that should have rested

the leader of northern ireland's democratic unionist party, edwin poots, has resigned afterjust three weeks in the job. it follows a revolt in his own party when he agreed a deal to make paul givan northern ireland's first minister. mr poots will remain in the post until a successor is elected. the united nations is warning of an imminent famine in ethiopia's tigray region, unless drastic measures are taken fast. it's close to eight months since war broke out there and there continue to he reports of abuses. there have been repeated international calls for hostilities to end to allow humanitarian access. now on bbc news. kenneth kaunda, zambia s founding president has died at the age of 97. in 2014, zeinab badawi travelled to the zambian capital to speak with him hardtalk asked him what 50 years of freedom had brought the people of zambia. welcome to hardtalk in the capital. my guest today is kenneth kaunda. the leader of the struggle for independence here. he was imprisoned by the colonial authorities before he went on to become the first president of an independent zombie. this is a

in the last hour, edwin poots the _ of it all? in the last hour, edwin poots the relatively _ of it all? in the last hour, edwin poots the relatively new - of it all? in the last hour, edwin poots the relatively new dup i of it all? in the last hour, edwin - poots the relatively new dup leader has held talks with gove and the northern ireland secretary, brandon lewis here. now the main item on the agenda, they spoke about several different dimensions was the northern ireland protocol, as you say, top of the political agenda here, this arrangement by which northern ireland has in effect stayed in the eu single market for goods which means there are checks on goods, particularly food products arriving into northern ireland from england scotland and wales, so unionist that is an unacceptable board we are the rest of the uk which weakens ireland's place in the union. a after the meeting mr poots made clear he wants the protocol to be scrapped, he wants it done away with all together. we have also had the us administration making it cl

the dup was in edwin poots's dna- this must _ leader. the dup was in edwin poots's dna. this must be _ leader. the dup was in edwin poots's dna. this must be hugely _ dna. this must be hugely disappointing for him. who do you think should take over? yes. disappointing for him. who do you think should take over?— think should take over? yes, it is clearly disappointing _ think should take over? yes, it is clearly disappointing for - think should take over? yes, it is clearly disappointing for him - think should take over? yes, it is clearly disappointing for him and| think should take over? yes, it is. clearly disappointing for him and it must be very difficult, of course, many people want to be a leader of a party. it would appear he had planned this for some considerable time. he took the leadership in quite a brutal way from arlene foster and that had left a bad taste in many mouth surround that and ill feeling across the party about the way it has done done that been done. he started his leadership in a difficult set of circumstances over the course of the last two

edwin poots, the leader of the northern irish democratic unionist party has said he will stand down as leaderjust three weeks after taking power — his decision comes after an internal party revolt against him. mr poots will remain in the post until a successor is elected. the japanese tennis star, naomi 0saka, has pulled out of the wimbledon championships later this month, but is planning to return for the tokyo 0lympics. in may, 0saka withdrew from the french open, saying she'd been struggling with depression and anxiety. her decision followed a dispute about post— match press conferences. the us supreme court has rejected an attempt by republicans to scrap barack 0bama's health care programme. thejustices ruled that there was no legal standing for the challenges. it's the third time the court has upheld the affordable care act since 2010. the law, known as 0bamacare, provides health insurance for tens of millions of americans. it bans insurers from denying coverage because of pre—existing conditions. french prosecutors have asked a paris court to jail the former president nicol

edwin poots resigned as leader of northern ireland's largest political party, the dup, after just three weeks in charge. he was forced out after an internal party revolt over his decision to agree a deal with sinn fein and nominate paul givan as first minister. the deal, brokered by the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis, followed a stand—off over irish language laws. the uk government said it would legislate for language protections if the stormont executive doesn't. the fresh instability may have implications for the future of power—sharing, and at a special sitting at stormont, unionist unhappiness was clear despite the appeal for unity from the new first minister. northern ireland is a special place. it's special because of its people. we have different identities. we need to respect those identities. that difference shouldn't be seen as a threat, it should be seen as a strength. we have a rich tapestry that makes up who we are, what we are, the society that we belong to. sinn fein nominated michelle o'neill to continue as deputy first minister, joint head of the executive

sirjeffrey is northern ireland's longest serving mp and will replace edwin poots, who is standing down after only a few weeks in the post. our ireland correspondent chris page has the details. sirjeffrey donaldson is the fifth leader of the democratic unionist party, but also the third since april. after arlene foster and then edwin poots were toppled by internal revolts, sirjeffrey is the only candidate this time. he says he wants a new start and notjust for the dup. our priority, as well, would be to put northern ireland back on track and then ensure we have political stability. the stability i know that the vast majority in northern ireland want to see. it is just six weeks since sirjeffrey donaldson narrowly lost the dup's first—ever leadership contest. but now he is taking on the top job after all. his first task will be to unite the party after a turbulent two months. his early career was forged in the years of conflict. he decided to stand for election after relatives were killed by the ira. but the politics of protest have long since given way to the politics of power. as nor

sirjeffrey is northern ireland's longest serving mp and will replace edwin poots, who is standing down after only a few weeks in the post. our ireland correspondent chris page has the details. sirjeffrey donaldson is the fifth leader of the democratic unionist party, but also the third since april. after arlene foster and then edwin poots were toppled by internal revolts, sirjeffrey is the only candidate this time. he says he wants a new start and notjust for the dup. he says he wants a new start — and notjust for the dup. our priority would be to put northern ireland back on track and ensure we have political stability. the stability that i know the vast majority of people in northern ireland want to see. it is six weeks since he narrowly lost the dup's first—ever leadership contest, but now he's taking on the top job after all. his first task will be to unite the party after a turbulent two months. his early career was forged during the years of conflict. he decided to stand for election after relatives were killed the ira. i have two members of my family murdered by the provos!

sirjeffrey donaldson was the only candidate to replace edwin poots, who was ousted last week afterjust three weeks in thejob. sirjeffrey�*s expected to leave westminster to become first minister. back at westminster, the northern ireland secretary had his hands full with the special brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland known as the northern ireland protocol. edwin poots had said the government had "promised that there will be a significant win" on the protocol and he'd "received assurances" from brandon lewis and that it could emerge in earlyjuly. this is what the northern ireland secretary told the commons. as i said at this despatch box last wednesday we will do what we need to do to make sure we deliver for the people of northern ireland and we take nothing of the table in that regard. but obviously we wait to hear from the eu and want to work this through with the eu. labour said northern ireland had been overlooked too often and laid the blame firmly at the feet of the prime minister. he was repeatedly warned of the consequences for the fragile peace process of his b

brandon lewis has reportedly told the outgoing leader of the dup, edwin poots, that there'd be "very significant" changes to the northern ireland protocol in earlyjuly. secretary of state, i'm going to ask you, i think, the question which is on everybody�*s mind — to which we do not know the answer. we had a taster, a tantalising taster yesterday in an interview, but between you and me, as friends, what did you tell edwin poots about the protocol the other day? laughter. i'm just laughing, at "between you and me". i suspect, chairman, we have a few more people than just yourself and myself. well, possibly, who knows? as i have said yesterday on the floor of the house, what i've outlined pretty consistently, actually, over the last period is that we are very clear with the minister at the dispatch box. as i've said myself, the current position of the protocol is not sustainable. he himself has also said this. it is causing issues for businesses and consumers, citizens in northern ireland, and we need to rectify that. we need to ensure that that gets corrected, and the prime minist

edwin poots resigned as leader of northern ireland's largest political party, the dup, after just three weeks in charge. he was forced out after an interal party revolt over his decision to agree a deal with sinn fein and nominate paul givan as first minister. the deal, brokered by the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis, followed a stand—off over irish language laws. the uk government said it would legislate for language protections if the stormont executive doesn't. the fresh instability may have implications for the future of power—sharing, and at a special sitting at stormont, unionist unhappiness was clear despite the appeal for unity from the new first minister. northern ireland is a special place. it's special because of its people. we have different identities. we need to respect those identities. that difference shouldn't be seen as a threat, it should be seen as a strength. we have a rich tapestry that makes up who we are, what we are, the society that we belong to. sinn fein nominated michelle 0'neill to continue as deputy first minister, joint head of the executive

arlene foster was deposed as leader in april and she was succeeded by edwin poots, who was succeeded by edwin poots, who was himself toppled by another backbench rebellion in the devolved assembly at stormont. the party has settled upon a coronation rather than a contest to try to unite and heal some of those deep divisions. sirjeffrey donaldson, the only candidate to put his name forward. he is northern ireland boss �*s longest serving mp had been at westminster for 2h years. he longest serving mp had been at westminsterfor 2a years. he began his career in another party, the ulster unionists but he left in protest at what he saw as too many compromises to republicans during the peace process. recently he's been the dup's westminster leader but he plans to resign his seat in the house of commons to come back to be first minister in the power—sharing devolved government. many would say his task now is even harder than it would have been had he been successful in his first leadership bid.— he been successful in his first leadership bid. pregnant women and new mothers have faced s

when it comes to political allies, you can't get two people more close than paul givan and edwin poots. whenever mr givan was still a teenager, he became mr poots�*s constituency assistant, then his ministerial adviser, before he himself went into the stormont assembly. he's been sitting in the assembly now for 11 years. in that time, he has been communities minister, meaning he was in charge of everything from social welfare to grassroots sport. more recently, he has been chair of the assembly�*s justice committee. he shares mr poots�*s social conservatism. for example, recently mr givan has been feeding a private members bill through the assembly tightening up abortion laws in northern ireland, in particular banning abortion in cases where an unborn child has a non—fatal disability. mr poots and mr givan both members of the free presbyterian church, which was founded by the reverend ian paisley. he also founded the dup. both of them would say that faith does play a role in their politics. mr givan now set for the top job in the stormont executive, but it is not quite a done d

the party is looking for a new leader after edwin poots resigned. stealth jets from the hms queen elizabeth have carried out strikes against the islamic state group as part of their first combat missions. the f 35jets, better known as the dambusters, carried out operational sorties. the commander said it marked the royal�*s navy return to operations since a campaign a decade ago. a report by mps it concludes that white people from poorer families have been let down by decades of neglecting england's education we can speak to a professor of social mobility at the university of exeter. he gave evidence to the education select committee for this report. thank you forjoining us. welcome. one of the things that really grabbed the headlines has been the use of the term white privilege by the mps and they are saying that it has been damaging to the prospect for many white people from working—class backgrounds. what he thought on the use of that time in this context? i think that the report is a good one in identifying the biggest factor that determines

and that spelled a crisis for edwin poots, dup leader for less than three weeks, with his party furious at his decision to nominate a first minister. three days earlier, arlene foster had stepped down with an appeal to northern ireland's political parties to stick to the deal they had agreed to injanuary last year. let us realise in every corner of this house that people live here who have an irish identity, a british identity. some have a british and irish identity, some are british and northern irish, and there are new emerging identities. but for all, this place is a place called home. we can poke each other in the eye and have a competition of "my identity is better than yours", but it is only by respecting each other's identity that we will move forward. and the beauty of the union is that we can have all of our identities and live here side by side. she ended her statement with these words. let's be generous. our lord told us the parable of the good samaritan, and i'm sure we've all heard it. but remember, two people passed by. they closed their eyes to the injured jewish man. now

poster and now edwin poots, it's not a good time?— a good time? no, it's a party that is deel a good time? no, it's a party that is deeply divided _ a good time? no, it's a party that is deeply divided and _ a good time? no, it's a party that is deeply divided and edwin i a good time? no, it's a party that is deeply divided and edwin poots couldn't do anything to united during the three weeks that he was leader. he was here at stormont yesterday endorsing his preferred candidate as first minister, paul givan, and in doing that he said he wanted to see a confident brand of unionism capable of recognising wins but what he hadn't spotted what the own goal he had scored with the deal he had done the night before to get sinn fein support essentially giving the power to enact laws here about the power to enact laws here about the irish language to the uk government if there is in progress here in the next few months. giving those concessions, it alienated the majority of his own party who thought he had rolled overfar too easily so that's what came to a

what that means in future for their leader edwin poots is a big question. the uncertainty of the last few days has now come to an end and business of devolved government can resume, but confidence in the dup leader has been shaken. what that means for the future is now a major issue. many future is now a ma'or issue. many thanks. social services in england are too often focused on investigating struggling families instead of providing them with support — that's the finding of a government—commissioned review of children's care. it describes the system as currently failing young people, and says it needs urgent investment and reform. here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. what can you see? playing and exploring in the shade at this children's centre in hertfordshire helps children and parents make the most of life together. it's the sort of community support that today's report says should be much more widely available to all families. certainly for these parents, it means a lot. very important for the mum and the baby, obviously, for the

and that spelled a crisis for edwin poots, dup leader for less than three weeks, with his party furious at his decision to nominate a first minister. three days earlier, arlene foster had stepped down with an appeal to northern ireland's political parties to stick to the deal they had agreed to in january last year. let us realise in every corner of this house that people live here who have an irish identity, a british identity. some have a british and irish identity, some are british and northern irish, and there are new emerging identities. but for all, this place is a place called home. we can poke each other in the eye and have a competition of "my identity is better than yours", but it is only by respecting each other's identity that we will move forward. and the beauty of the union is that we can have all of our identities and live here side by side. she ended her statement with these words. let's be generous. our lord told us the parable of the good samaritan, and i'm sure we've all heard it. but remember, two people passed by. they closed their eyes to the injured jewish man. no

the new dup leader, edwin poots, has nominated paul givan as the new first minister, but this still has to be agreed with sinn fein. in her resignation statement, arlene foster urged northern ireland's political parties to stick to a language and cultural deal they agreed to in january last year — an issue that now threatens the existence of devolution. let us realise on every corner of this house that people live here who have an irish identity, a british identity — some have a british and irish identity — some are british and northern irish, and there are new emerging identities. but for all of this place is a place called home. we can poke each other in the eye and have a competition of "my identity is better than yours," but it is only by respecting each other�*s identity that we will move forward. and the beauty of the union is that we can have all of our identities and live here side by side. she ended her resignation statement with these words. let's be generous. our lord told us the parable of the good samaritan, and i'm sure we've all heard it. but remember, two people

he was the only candidate to put his name forward for the position after edwin poots resigned last week — only three weeks in the job. sirjeffrey received the backing of 32 votes out of 36 votes from the party's stormont assembly and mps. his leadership will now need to be ratified at a meeting of the dup executive, next week. yeah, ithink yeah, i think she talked about this being a very bruising experience for the party because the men he is now the party because the men he is now the third leader in just 50 days and one of the things he is going to have to do will be to rebuild the unity of this party, a really extraordinary period in the dup's history, a party which has historically been known for really strong discipline but now you have open warfare between some of the members and he is going to have to try to heal those winds the best he can. but what he really wanted to talk about today was the northern ireland protocol, the part of the brexit deal which prevents a hard brexit deal which prevents a hard brexit dealer in ireland and it does that by creating a trade border betwee

a meeting of dup leaders is under way after the revolt of a nomination by edwin poots. they gather in belfast, amid speculation that mr poots could potentially face about of no confidence. a majority of its elected representatives earlier post the decision —— opposed the decision to nominate a first minister. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. good evening. for many today, it has felt a little fresher with some sunshine still, but across central and eastern parts of england in particular, we have kept humidity, there has been a lot more cloud and few rumbles of thunder and the show is a are going to plague central and eastern areas through this evening and overnight. we are going to continue to feed on the moisture from the south and so once again, really uncomfortable night sleeping, but for many, it will be far fresher and much more comfortable in fact — single figures, low single figures in the glens of scotland, but plenty of sunshine here tomorrow and indeed for northern ireland. just the odd shower bubbling up, but most shower activ

the democratic unionist party leader edwin poots has announced he will be nominating paul givan to be the next first minister of northern ireland. mr givan will be proposed for the position in the northern ireland assembly on monday, when arlene foster is set to resign as first minister. it will be put to a vote and will require the support of sinn fein in order to pass. our correspondent in belfast, chris page, gave this update. it was one of those worst kept secrets in politics moment, a long—standing ally of edwin poots so had been tipped to be the man who mr pitts would nominate to take over as a first minister at stormont. he is relatively young, he is 39 and has been a member of the stormont assembly for ten years. he has held some senior positions in that time, most recently chair of thejustice most recently chair of the justice committee. a few years ago, he was communities minister, meaning he was in charge of everything from the welfare system to grassroots sport. so he does have ministerial experience does not like mr boots, he has a socially conservative views —— mr

the party has been in turmoil culminating in edwin poots being forced out of the job last week. he had narrowly beaten sirjeffrey in the party's first leadership contest in 50 years — but was forced to stand down afterjust 21 days. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, says sirjeffrey has a daunting task ahead of him. political comebacks do not come any more quickly the fortunes of the dup as a party to be rejuvenated so rapidly. it has been a hugely bruising time for the biggest party in northern ireland and just a few weeks ago arlene foster was ousted after an internal party coup and then on thursday last we had her successor evan puts who had to resign. so in the past hour sirjeffrey donaldson has announced he will put forward his name for leadership once again and in a statement he focused on the issue that he thinks can and should unite his party and heal those fractures and that is the northern ireland protocol. the de facto trade border in the irish sea which he says is the number one issue facing northern ireland, its people and its place in the uk. another challenge

poots, the previous dup leader who stepped down last week after only three weeks in the job faced was he couldn't keep onside sinn fein to get his person in office here and his own party, that is why here and his own party, that is why he faced that rebellion, this is over laws to enact the irish language here, so if sirjeffrey donaldson is elected as leader, as everyone expected by the end of this week on saturday, that should be completed that is no end to the political wrangling here in northern ireland. there are so many other issues they are facing. the property coll is a huge issue, so electing sirjeffrey donaldson would be one solution to the mess the dup is in, but there would be a lot of stricky steps thereafter. dan, many thanks. dan, many thanks. back in the spring, official data suggested more than a million people in the uk were suffering from long covid. the symptoms — of breathlessness and fatigue — can persist for months, and leave sufferers unable to return to normal life. but therapists are working to rebuild people's strength, and our correspondent graham satche

he�*ll replace edwin poots, who resigned last week afterjust 3 weeks in charge. here�*s our correspondent, danjohnson with the latest. so jeffrey donaldson sojeffrey donaldson will be the new dup leader. at the second time of asking for him he stood against edwin poots and narrowly lost out just over a month ago at this time he has been elected and he is put front and centre of his leadership the northern ireland protocol. that is the set of rules that means checks on goods arriving in northern ireland from the rest of the uk and he has already squared up to the uk government and said this lunchtime, i will be speaking with the prime minister at the earliest opportunity to emphasise that it is not realistic to expect stability. that is not the only issue he faces. jeffrey had said originally he would stand down as an mp at westminster in order to become first minister here but that would mean prompting a by—election and it would put in doubt the future of poll given who was only confirmed in the office year last thursday. he also has a decision to make about

sirjeffrey will replace edwin poots, who is standing down after only three weeks in the job. a lot of us came to realise the importance of a good haircut during the lockdowns of the past year or so, but where will the next generation of barbers and hairdressers come from? the number of apprentices has fallen sharply, which is worrying some industry leaders. our business correspondent katy austin has been looking into this. my name is dulcie wilson. i'm an apprentice here at frank di lusso's here in carshalton. i have always been really passionate about hair. since i was younger i've always wanted to do something to do ifeel like when i'm working, i've got a job, i'm part of the real world and i'm helping real people. 17—year—old dulcie hopes to forge a career styling hair after she completes her apprenticeship programme. the boss says training on the job is really important. it's a well—trodden route here. three of them are assistants which are apprentices. four of my current styling team have been apprentices within the salon and have become stylists, senior stylists a

the party has been in turmoil culminating in edwin poots being forced out of the job last week. he had narrowly beaten sirjeffrey in the party's first leadership contest in 50 years — but was forced to stand down afterjust 21 days. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, is outside stormont. is this going to put an end to the dup�*s current troubles? political comebacks do not come any more quickly than sirjeffrey donaldson but few people here at stormont would expect the fortunes of the dup as a party to be rejuvenated so rapidly. it has been of a prison time for the biggest party in northern ireland and just a few weeks ago arlene foster was ousted after an internal party coup and then on thursday last we had her successor evan puts who had to resign. so in the past hour sir jeffrey donaldson has announced he will put forward his name for leadership once again and in a statement he focused on the issue that he thinks cannon should unite his party and heal those fractures and that is the northern ireland protocol. the de facto trade border in the irish sea which he says is t

he'll replace edwin poots who resigned last week afterjust 21 days in charge. charities say the number of people across the uk, living without basic furniture or appliances like a bed or a fridge in their homes, is on the rise. the campaign group, end furniture poverty, says more than two million people are living without at least one essential piece of furniture. in bath, a local charity says demand for their help has gone up by almost a third during the pandemic. fiona lamdin has more details. fiona, this was a shell — there was just nothing here, there was underlaying concrete. got the carpets, new bed in plastic, lovely chest of drawers, which was just fantastic. i had no other drawers. fridge freezer out of the box, microwave, washing machine, all brand new. but this time last year, things were very different. anne, a teaching assistant, lost herjob when schools closed for lockdown, and then lost her home. she was given 29 days' notice. and at 65, you find yourself homeless and sleeping on somebody�*s floor. i was quite willing to sleep in my car. ther

he was the only candidate to put his name forward for the position after edwin poots resigned last week — only three weeks in the job. sirjeffrey received the backing of 32 votes out of 36 votes from the party's stormont assembly and mps. his leadership will now need to be ratified at a meeting of the dup executive, next week. let's speak to our ireland correspondentjohn campbell. it has been a torrid time for the party, john. wedgesjeffrey donaldson start with this? what are his priority is a time? i donaldson start with this? what are his priority is a time?— his priority is a time? i think she talked about _ his priority is a time? i think she talked about this _ his priority is a time? i think she talked about this being - his priority is a time? i think she talked about this being a - his priority is a time? i think she talked about this being a very i talked about this being a very pleasing experience of the party because, remember, he is now the third leader injust because, remember, he is now the third leader in just 50 because, remember, he is now the third leader injust 50

edwin poots led that challenge and succeeded. it is about 50 days from the first—minister arlene foster resigning as party leader and there has been a huge number of issues that have happened since that. today really, many of those issues came to a head with the pressure on nominating to the first minister and deputy first minister positions. it is an unusual system in that when the first—minister steps down, which arlene foster did last week, that automatically triggers the resignation of the deputy first minister, michelle 0�*neill, as well. there has to be a joint read nomination. the dup could not nominate without the agreement of sinn fein, and vice versa. what we have seen over the last three weeks is a series of discussions and negotiations, perhaps, between the new leadership team and sinn fein. it was clearfrom new leadership team and sinn fein. it was clear from some of the comments made by sinn fein in particular they didn�*t feel they were getting what they wanted to get from the dup and that was a commitment

the new leader of the democratic unionist party, edwin poots, has chosen a close ally, paul givan, to be first minister. i know the challenge is great. the responsibility will be heavy. i have never shied away from taking on responsibility when asked to do so. the issue which held up the appointment was the protection and promotion of the irish language. the biggest nationalist party, sinn fein, wanted a guarantee there will be legislation soon. the british government has now said it will pass a law at westminster if that doesn't happen at stormont. but many senior democratic unionists are deeply unhappy about that move because they see it as bypassing the devolved assembly. it's understood most dup assembly members even told their party leader not to appoint a first minister today. so, that means that although the power—sharing stalemate's been broken, there's still no real stability. the dup�*s main coalition partner hinted the problems were far from over. and on the issue of rights, we've seen the dup resist these. i don't expect that to change. after years of stop—sta rt gov

he was given the news by officials in his democratic unionist party, after its leader, edwin poots, announced he would stand down just three weeks into the job. and rock fans from across the uk celebrate at the scaled down version of the download festival in england as it goes ahead as a test event. now on bbc news... as more us states move to legalise marijuana, there has been a rush to cash in on the business. in new mexico, a bizarre boom and bust of marijuana has become a cautionary tale. this is the latest front line of a cannabis boom in the us. a massive illegal marijuana operation on native american land. the suspects were found staying in a farmington motel where the occupied 19 rooms. police found around 2000lbs of marijuana plants and substances in multiple rooms. there is evidence of human beings that are not here any more, just sort of vanished. in the summer of 2020, hundreds of chinese immigrants moved to shiprock, new mexico, believing they were taking well—paid jobs on hemp farms. they found themselves prey to unscrupulous entrepreneurs who took advantage of the confusing l