in northern ireland and co-founder of the northern ireland women's coalition. ambassador mitchell reiss is a commissioner for the independent reporting commission. he's also a former united states special envoy for northern ireland. i'll now recognize the witnesses for five minutes each. and if i could, i would like to ask unanimous consent, because mr. sires as a chairman will be leaving. if i have unanimous consent, i would like to recognize him for a brief statement before he has to leave for his duties as chair of the western hemisphere. mr. sires, do you have, without objection, any introductory comments? >> well, thank you very much. what i wanted to say is, my first trip, one of the first trips i ever took from becoming a to northern ireland and for me, when i got there, the whole thing was really an eye opener for me. one of the things that is most vivid to me is when we got there, they put us in a bus and took us across this bridge where they had made a temporary basketball port and i saw kids, protestants and catholics playing, and as we gather around

northern ireland is once again facing that political crisis. and the cause is said to be a row about brexit and the trading arrangements, which have left supermarket shelves empty and produced warnings that people simply may not be able to get the things they want come christmas time. it has come about too because of a speech by the new leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, a man who grew up under the shadow of the troubles, of the violence that claimed the lives of several members of his own family. sirjeffrey donaldson, welcome to political thinking. thank you, nick. we are speaking hours after you delivered what i suspect will be the most important speech of your career so far. and i want to understand the background to it. do you really believe, as you said, that the union, the place of northern ireland in the united kingdom, is at stake now? well, first of all, greetings from from belfast. and it's a pleasure to be on your podcast. yes, i really do believe that. i'm, as you say, passionate about the union. i grew up in a northern irelan

for women in northern ireland and for peace in northern ireland, hugely important. but i also want to mention obama and his support for integrated education when he came over here was a very, very important. then i want to come to some of [inaudible] nancy pelosi. it was excellent that [inaudible] that we matter and we talked about it. she listened and finding out more about us is exactly what an envoy would [inaudible] much, much more coming and going of these people, which is very great. and lastly, but not least, obviously, biden. the fact that he's already talking about the good friday agreement at the early [inaudible] so well, but i can i put in a [inaudible] could we make sure that on his first visit to ireland, which i'm assuming is going to be very soon, next year, maybe, covid permitting, but that he comes north of the border. that would be a big, big, important gesture. two things, one, that he, like other presidents who come before, visit [inaudible] school. that's gives a very important message. and secondly, [inaudible] wonderful new musical, on eagles

your desire to renegotiate the northern ireland protocol is clearly | northern ireland protocol is clearly a stumbling block with president biden. do you agree with george eustice that the president doesn't fully understand?— eustice that the president doesn't fully understand? from our meeting esterda i fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't _ fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think _ fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think it _ fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think it came - fully understand? from our meeting yesterday i don't think it came up i yesterday i don't think it came up at all. we had a meeting of over 90 minutes and it wasn't raised. there is a great deal of understanding among all ourfriends is a great deal of understanding among all our friends around the world that the belfast good friday agreement is crucial to us and to the world and we need to maintain the world and we need to maintain the balance and symmetry of that agreement and that's what we are going to do. agreement and that's what we are g

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last time we had 30 degrees was on the 23rd ofjuly and that was in northern ireland. we start with mist and fog across parts of england tomorrow. that burns off in the morning, sunshine develops widely in england and is. after a cloudy start for northern ireland and southern scotland, sunshine develops, giving temperatures a boost into the low to mid 20s. it is across england and wales we see temperatures reaching 30 degrees, more likely through the midlands and south east of england. still a lot of heat around on wednesday as well. we see signs of change towards the south—west of england and wales, perhaps northern ireland, with an increasing risk of catching heavy and thundery downpours. with the sunshine moving further north into scotland, temperatures will be higher here, 26 and possibly 27 degrees. further east across england ahead of the thundery showers, temperatures close to 30 degrees. but look what has happened to those showers they develop and push northwards and eastwards overnight continuing northwards into scotland on thursday, some heavy rain for nort

: scotland, conditions across much of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. that is glenn —— glencoe under the blue sky. it was disappointing temperature wise, and that this area of high pressure bringing this contrasting weather. it will bring more cloud across the country this evening and overnight, the blanket of cloud covering most areas, but again towards parts of western scotland, northern ireland, and parts of south—west wales there could be clearer skies. ii to 14 degrees. we do it all again on friday, with mist and murk, but then some spots will see sunshine developing and those areas are scotland, northern ireland, northern england and perhaps across southern england and perhaps across southern england too. where you get the sunshine it will be warmer, 20 celsius, and where you get the cloud in the high teens. the high pressure then shifts over towards the near continent, low—pressure approaches from the south—west. from saturday we have a run of more south—easterly winds and a cloudy start of the day. there will be some holes in the clo

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but it's northern ireland stuck under the cloud and with the rain on friday. quite breezy here as well, quite gusty winds at times. big contrast between east and west — just mid teens, the temperatures in the west under the rain, we could still see 22, maybe 23 in the sunshine further east. 0ur front will gradually make its way eastwards across the uk through the weekend. for scotland and northern ireland, i think it will bring some patchy cloud, but for england and wales, it does bring the threat of perhaps some quite punchy showers, longer and more persistent outbreaks of rain at times. certainly, saturday looks like it could be quite wet across england and wales. the showers should thin out somewhat for sunday. welcome to bbc news — i'm ben boulos — our top stories. america's most decorated gymnast, simone biles, breaks down as she talks about the abuse she and her colleagues suffered at the hands of their team doctor. to be clear, i blame larry nassar, and i also blame... ..an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. the us, britain and

over the next few hours turning wet in northern ireland. the rain most persistent across western counties. turning quite cloudy for western scotland but east scotland along with england and wales dry and sunny spells, feeling warm, temperatures as high as 23 degrees. overnight tonight the rain will begin to spread from northern ireland into scotland. you might get an odd patch across the western most areas of england and wales but otherwise dry with some mist and fog patches particularly across southern areas. temperatures 10—14. tomorrow, the weather front is going to be very, very slow moving on friday and that means rain is going to be with you for much of the day in northern ireland, rain eventually starting to make inroads into western scotland as well but across western most areas of england and wales could see areas of england and wales could see a few patches of rain but east and wales, central and eastern england and central scotland, more cloud than today but not a bad day, highs of 21 degrees. here's how the weekend plays out.

northern scotland, northern ireland, wales, southwest england, perhaps more so across southern england, even into parts of east anglia later in the day. now, the breeze still coming in from the east with the cloud and from the cloud, even some drizzly rain for parts of eastern scotland and northeast england, holding the temperatures down on the coast around 50 degrees or so. elsewhere, but to around 20, a little bit higher, we get to see any prolonged and sunny spells towards the southwest of the uk. a look into saturday evening, still largely fine out there, sunday begins with a lot of cloud, submit stand fog patches around, but is more likely to brighten up on sunday, more widely as well. there will be some areas of cloud across parts of eastern england reluctant to clear. and we saw earlier that chance of rain coming into scotland and northern ireland as the day goes on, but there is some uncertainty about the timing of the arrival of any rain here, and indeed any progress of that rain southwards overnight and into monday. now, it could be by monday it goes to plan like this. this w

because the, the northern ireland is northern island is part of the u. k. it is the united kingdom of northern ireland and great britain. and that's why it should have been called ox it. but it wasn't, it was bricks it. so northern island is part of the united kingdom, which is leaving, and that's why this is such a difficult issue because it's that border between southern and northern ireland that is a steak. and that's why the sausage was difficult because southern on his part of the e. u and northern on staying with the u. k. now, when it comes is ongoing conflict. we heard 2 weeks ago, irish prime minister, michael martin, said he believed the issues of northern island could be resolved with the right political will if he referred to it. yeah. so what is it going to take for the situation to get worked out for once and for all? do we have until christmas? all right, so we have the political will for the it's a very, very complex issue. a couple of things that have been talked about a few things. number one, don't forget the swiss. on the e, you have an

scotland, wales and northern ireland _ i've been through. scotland, wales and northern ireland have - i've been through. scotland, wales and northern ireland have not- i've been through. scotland, wales| and northern ireland have not made jabs mandatory for care home staff, but take up of the vaccine has generally been very high. alison holt, bbc news. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has warned that the scottish ambulance service and nhs are facing the most challenging winter in a lifetime. the military have been called on to help support ambulances after waiting times averaged six hours last week. from glasgow, alexandra mackenzie reports. the scottish ambulance service helps people when they are most in need, but lillian briggs lay in pain on her kitchen floorfor but lillian briggs lay in pain on her kitchen floor for eight hours. held my mum's hand, she had a couple of bruises, wiped herface, reassured her. eventually, seven hours after i called them, she says to me, we know about your mother, she is not a priority. i says, we

back to northern ireland so they were had players working the next day. but that tells you what they are up against with playing at winter park is a huge night for the manager says he will rest some players and is going to use some of his younger players but playing at winter park, what a night for them. scotland are back at hampden park in the northern irish girls are back at winter park software that means a bigger audiences and people more watching and some victories. plenty of good victories with wales still what i've zero up against estonia and we will update you that score line here. hungary have been ordered to play two matches behind closed doors, one suspended, after england players were subjected to racist abuse in their world cup qualifier at the start of september. raheem sterling and jude bellingham were both targeted during the game in budapest. players were pelted with objects, and a flare was thrown onto the pitch. fifa said they took a "clear zero—tolerance stance against such abhorrent behaviour". they've also fined the hungarian fa ov

so, a wet evening in scotland and northern ireland. monday, some of this rain will push on towards parts go on through monday. we're left with some patchy rain towards the west of northern ireland and western parts of scotland. still a fair amount of cloud here, whereas for england and wales, there'll still be sunny spells, though it could still be quite misty around some of the coasts of southwest england. and the temperatures in the sunshine in england and wales a little bit higher, reaching into the upper 20s in the warmer spots. and the warmth becomes more widespread for tuesday and wednesday. clearer, warmer weather heading in from the southeast around that ridge of high pressure. there'll some mist and fog early on tuesday. that will clear away. still got some cloud in the far north of scotland, a few spots of rain to clear away, but by tuesday afternoon, there is a huge amount of sunshine out there and the temperatures are responding. scotland and northern ireland with lows of mid—20s, england and wales, mid to high 20s, and n

for scotland and northern ireland, i think it'll bring some patchy cloud. but for england and wales, it does bring the threat of perhaps some quite punchy showers, longer, more persistent outbreaks of rain at times. certainly, saturday looks like it could be quite wet across england and wales. the showers should thin out somewhat for sunday. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. minutes to blast off — this is the scene at cape canaveral in florida — ahead of the first space mission crewed entirely by amateur astronauts. the us, britain and australia agree a closer military allianace — president biden makes it clear the focus will be on boosting their influence in the indo—pacific. the future of each of our nations, and indeed, the world, depends on a free and open indo—pacific enduring and flourishing in the decades ahead. america's most decorated gymnast, simone biles, breaks down as she talks about the abuse she and her colleagues suffered at the hands of their team doctor.

one through monday patchy rain to parts of northern ireland and scotland slowly drying out. the numbers seeing sunny spells and as we go from monday into tuesday the warmth in england and wales will expand northwards into scotland and northern ireland with plenty of sunshine. goodbye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. pakistan's spy chief visits kabul. what does it mean for the taliban's yet—to—be—announced government? meanwhile, the taliban claims its fighters are closing in on the last organised group defying them in the panjshir valley. here in the uk, labour says there's a "strong case" for offering all 12 to 15—year—olds covid vaccinations — the government's scientific advisors don't support it. tuna stocks recover after years of overfishing, but the future of other species is still on the line.

i am scotland, wales and the equivalent in northern ireland.— in northern ireland. i am grateful for the minister _ in northern ireland. i am grateful for the minister giving _ in northern ireland. i am grateful for the minister giving way, - in northern ireland. i am grateful for the minister giving way, does | in northern ireland. i am grateful. for the minister giving way, does he not recognise the burden he is placing on small businesses, many of which the government completely excluded and failed to support during the pandemic, now having to pay this extra levy as opposed to making a fair taxation system which falls on those which can pay the most? ., ., ., , ., , , most? the honourable lady will be aware that because _ most? the honourable lady will be aware that because the _ most? the honourable lady will be l aware that because the employment allows the bottom 40% of businesses who pay nothing and the next 40% will pay an average of £1150, so it does not for heavily on the bottom end of businesses and it comes in the context of which the government provide

looks like scotland and northern ireland will be the driest places over the weekend, rather unsettled with showers over england and wales. and that is it from us. goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm chetan pathak. coming up on the programme: we'll be at anfield with a full house on a european night again, as liverpool take on ac milan in the champions league. he's won three premier league titles, will this be the season pep guardiola finally brings european glory to the etihad? we'll be there too ahead of the visit of rb leipzig. and slightly further afield, we'll hear from the newly crowned we will look at why 2021 could be a landmark year for women's sport. welcome along, thanks forjoining us. it's another big night in the champions league and that includes at anfield, where liverpool take on ac milan. until now, both sides have only ever met in the final. it's 16 years since that famous, breathless match in istanbul, where liverpool came from 3—0 down to lift the trophy. jurgen klopp says he nearly turned the tv off at half—time that night, but in the end witnessed wha

k. divorce steel will program that members of northern ireland government go as far as to resign over the conflict the we leave the program with the latest on china's new and more aggressive regulatory climate. beijing is now taking aim at ant groups. alley, pe owned by jack moore. the owner of ali baba, according to reports, china appears to want to break up alley pay the hugely popular payment app to then create a separate app for the company's highly profitable loans business. this latest move underscore is just how seriously the chinese government is looking at how big tech companies have gain the power to shape a society. so joining us now to break this all down our boom bus, co host, ben swan and christy i. christy, let's start with you here. so our pay is an incredibly successful platform. how does this move stand to impact the company overall? well, it's going to impact alibaba in a huge way. obviously thing as all the pay and as long business is one of the most lucrative arm of this conglomerate and goes kind of hand in hand with its retail shopping platform. because you alwa

it is the united kingdom of northern ireland and great britain. and that's why it should have been called ox it. but it wasn't, it was breaks it. so northern island is part of the united kingdom, which is leaving, and that's why this is such a difficult issue because it's that border between southern and northern ireland that is at stake. and that's why the sausage was difficult because southern on his part of the e. u and northern on his staying with the u. k. now, when it comes is ongoing conflict. we heard 2 weeks ago, irish prime minister, michael martin, said he believed the issues over northern island could be resolved with the right political will if he referred to it. yeah. so what is it going to take for the situation to get worked out for once and for all? do we have until christmas? all right, so we have the political will for the it's a very, very complex issue. a couple of things that have been talked about a few things. number one, don't forget the swiss. on the e, you have an agreement with the swiss and switzerland is right in the

many parents in northern ireland are struggling to book tests. the stormont assembly is being recalled on thursday to discuss the situation. our ireland correspondent emma vardy has this report. one of the pupils in the class has been tested positive for covid, so you need to come and collect your daughter at school now. less than three weeks into the new term, and more than half of larne high school's 700 pupils are at home self—isolating and waiting for covid test results so they can return. it has just been crazy, lots of people off. last year we all went off and came back better, but it has almost come back worse. she will need to isolate, then. and the school has just been notified of another positive case. as well as having to contact everyone in that pupil's form class, they will have been in other classes for different subjects too, so the list grows longer. normally, this class would have a year 12 geography class doing gcse, but as you can see today, there are no children in the room. in northern ireland, the job of contact tracing ha

some heavier cloud pushing into western scotland, perhaps northern ireland by the end of the night. but elsewhere, under clear skies and light winds, temperatures will dip into single figures for many with mist and fog developing. still quite mild in the south—east with that weather front — 13 or 1a degrees. this is the pressure chart for monday. we will still have the weather front in the south—east, a new cluster of weather fronts pushing into scotland and northern ireland as the day progresses, turning increasingly cloudier, breezy with a few showers. we'll continue with a few heavy showers in the south—east through the day. this also tending to fizzle out, but elsewhere, lots of sunshine. feeling quite warm, maybe 21 or 22 degrees in the warmest spots. now, our area of high pressure continues to build in on tuesday, so i think at this stage, it looks like tuesday could be the best day of the week, regarding widespread sunshine and also warmth. a bit of mist and fog to start the day, and then many places will be dry with lightish winds and some good sunny spells. but it w

for northern ireland, scotland and wales, thejourney for northern ireland, scotland and wales, the journey to the world cup in 2023 begins tonight. let's start with northern ireland. these were the scenes the last time they were in action. they had just qualified for their first in action. they had just qualified for theirfirst ever in action. they had just qualified for their first ever major tournament. next year's european championship. but now tensions have to turn to the world cup. they start their campaign with two matches against luxembourg and latvia. what makes this squad so impressive is the vast majority of players are not professional footballers. they are nurses, teachers, they work in retail. they all have to take time off work to play for their country. and one player in particular, this is an 18—year—old, she has made her own big sacrifices she looks ahead not only world cup qualifiers but also the us next year. for not only world cup qualifiers but also the us next year.— not only world cup qualifiers but also the us next year. for me i was su osed also the us next y

k. divorce steel will program that members of northern ireland government go as far as to resign over the conflict for this guy. we have a lot to cover today, so let's get started. the the we were the program with the latest on china's new and more aggressive regulatory climate. beijing is now taking aim at ant groups. alley pay owned by jack moore, the owner of ali baba, according to reports, china appears to want to break up our pay. the hugely popular payments out to then create a separate app for the company is highly profitable. lungs business. this latest move underscore is just how seriously the chinese government is looking at how big tech companies have gain the power to shape a society. so joining us now to break this all down our boom bus, co host, ben swan and christy i. christy, let's start with you here. so all we pay is an incredibly successful platform. how does this move stand to impact the company overall? well, it's going to impact alibaba in a huge way, obviously thing as all the pay and loan business is one of the most lucrative arm of this conglomerate. and goes

it is the united kingdom of northern ireland and great britain. and that's why it should have been called ox it. but it wasn't, it was bricks it. so northern island is part of the united kingdom, which is leaving. and that's why this is such a difficult issue because it's that border between southern and northern ireland that is a steak. and that's why the sausage was difficult because southern on his part of the e. u and northern on staying with the u. k. now, when it comes is ongoing conflict. we heard 2 weeks ago, irish prime minister, michael martin, said he believed the issues over northern island could be resolved with the right political will if he referred to it. yeah. so what is it going to take for this situation to get worked out for once and for all, do we have until christmas? all right, we have the political will for the it's a very, very complex issue. a couple of things that have been talked about a few things. number one, don't forget the swiss. on the e, you have an agreement with the swiss and switzerland is right in the heart o

furthersouth northern ireland towards western scotland. further south into the isle of man, western wales and south—west, the rain will be and patchy. but southern and central and eastern england it will be fine and dry for the rest of the afternoon. top temperature 20 degrees and will feel quite pleasant. the rain will peter out a little bit as it moves eastwards over night. lying across parts of scotland, northern england, through the irish sea, west wales and down to the south—west. clear skies of western scotland and northern ireland and may be just a few showers with a fine night to come across the western side of england. into the weekend, some uncertainty with the positioning of this weather front but on saturday it looks, at the moment, like it will be lying across parts of scotland, northern england, through the irish sea, wales and down into the irish sea, wales and down into the south—west producing outbreaks of rain. some sunshine in western scotland, northern ireland and a few showers around. the best of the weather at c

northern ireland, a lot of cloud. north—west scotland too. from that cloud eventually and slowly, outbreaks of rain progressing further east as the day goes on but a freshening breeze. light wind in england and wales. still areas of cloud around eastern england and to the midlands. more will get to see the warm sunshine as the warm spots head into the mid 20s. eventually the rain will push across more of scotland and northern ireland on sunday evening. starting to fizzle out on monday but keeps a lot of cloud in northern england, northern ireland and scotland. the rest of england and wales, some warm and son expels and again temperatures around the mid 20s in the warm spots, maybe a bit higher in places. certainly not cold in scotland and northern ireland. some brighter spells. the real warmth and sunshine will arrive as we get into tuesday and wednesday. all of us under the influence of high pressure and a clearer, warmer flow of ayr from the south—east. some rain early on in north—west scotland. for many, a sunny day, warm to very warm

it is the united kingdom of northern ireland and great britain. and that's why it should have been called ox it. but it wasn't, it was bricks it. so northern island is part of the united kingdom, which is leaving, and that's why this is such a difficult issue because it's that border between southern and northern ireland that is a steak. and that's why the sausage was difficult because southern on his part of the e. u and northern on staying with the u. k. now, when it comes is ongoing conflict. we heard 2 weeks ago, irish prime minister, michael martin, said he believed the issues over northern island could be resolved with the right political will as he referred to it. yeah. so what is it going to take for this situation to get worked out for once and for all, do we have until christmas? all right, we have the political will for it's a very, very complex issue. a couple of things that have been talked about a few things. number one, don't forget the swiss. on the e, you have an agreement with the swiss and someone is right in the heart of europe

for scotland and northern ireland, i think it'll bring some patchy cloud. but for england and wales, it does bring the threat of perhaps some quite punchy showers, longer, more persistent outbreaks of rain at times. certainly, saturday looks like it could be quite wet across england and wales. the showers should thin out somewhat for sunday. this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm sally bundock. china condemns a new defence and security deal between the us, britain and australia — aimed at boosting their influence in the indo—pacific. borisjohnson prepares to reshuffle britain's middle—ranking ministers — after completing a a sweeping reshuffle of his senior cabinet. the current director of the fbi apologises after four us gymnasts — including simone biles — testify about the failure to investigate decades of abuse by their former team doctor. to be clear, i blame larry nassar, and i also blame... ..an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse.

more weather fronts pushing into western scotland and northern ireland. rain and drizzle at times, and in between a strengthening but sizable area of sunshine across much of england and wales and eastern scotland. many staying dry and sunny and for some, warmer than today. temperatures up a degree or so in most parts. through monday night, a weather front is moving. cloud and patchy rain. here it is, pushing into an area of high pressure which kills off weather systems by and large. an zone of misty low cloud, the odd spot of rain in wales and the midlands to begin with on tuesday. either side of it, some sunshine. many will stay dry with some sunny spells through the day, but once again, western scotland and northern ireland, a weak weather front pushing in, producing rain and drizzle in the west. mostly dry and pleasantly warm where you have the sunshine. through tuesday night into wednesday, a split. high pressure to the south, deep and potent low pressure to the east of iceland. not having a direct impact but throwing this weather front, heavy rain to

because the, the northern ireland is northern island is part of the u. k. it is the united kingdom of northern ireland and great britain. and that's why it should have been called ox it. but it wasn't, it was bricks it. so northern island is part of the united kingdom, which is leaving, and that's why this is such a difficult issue because it's that border between southern and northern island that is a steak. and that's why the sausage was difficult because southern on his part of the e. u and northern on staying with the u. k. now, when it comes is ongoing conflict. we heard 2 weeks ago, irish prime minister, michael martin, said he believed the issues over northern island could be resolved with the right political will if he referred to it. yeah. so what is it going to take for the situation to get worked out for once and for all, do we have until christmas, or do we have the political will for the it's a very, very complex issue. a couple of things that have been talked about a few things. number one, don't forget the swiss. on the e, you have an agreeme

scotland and northern ireland has more cloud. and weather front brings rain to the north—west but that is still quite warm across eastern parts of scotland and as you are downed with the midlands and south—east of england temperatures will reach 25, may be 26. as we had ever night we will find it turning on this feel with some fog in the south—west of england, south wales. rain across scotland, northern ireland into the far north of england overnight and cloud around scotland. it will be warmer than last night. a111; or 15 degrees. we have still got some rain lingering across southern scotland and that tends to peter alba for the far north of england were left with more cloud although some sunshine to the eastern side of scotland. sunshine further south. the mist teen is clearing away from the south—west and those temperatures rising. it will be warmer day tomorrow with highs of 26 or 27. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the head of one of prince charles�* charities temporarily steps down after claims he helped se

because there's the northern ireland protocol, of course, wanting to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, which is part of the european union, but also... for peace, no border. ..but also between great britain and northern ireland — the british government doesn't want a hard border either. you talk about how this could compromise peace. george eustice, a cabinet minister here, said, "unless we have a sustainable solution that enables trade to continue between great britain and northern ireland, then we are going to have issues — and that itself would become a challenge to the good friday peace agreement." but i'm surprised by this kind of sentence, because there is no surprise. this protocol has very precisely been negotiated by mrjohnson himself, by his government, by the civil servants. there is no surprise. we know this situation is complex. now, we have to keep calm. we are already, on the european side — i'm no longer in charge — we are ready to find operational solutions to discuss this solution in the framework of the protocol. but there

for scotland and northern ireland, i think it'll bring some patchy cloud. but for england and wales, it does bring the threat of perhaps some quite punchy showers, longer, more persistent outbreaks of rain at times. certainly saturday looks like it could be quite wet across england and wales. the showers should thin out somewhat for sunday. this is bbc news. the headlines... the united states, britain and australia have announced a landmark security pact that will involve building a fleet of nuclear—powered submarines for the australian navy. there are concerns about china's growing military presence in the indo—pacific region. four us gymnasts, including america's most successful, simone biles, have testified at a senate committee hearing over the fbi's failures in its sex abuse investigation of the former team doctor larry nassar. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has sacked several senior government ministers in a cabinet reshuffle of his cabinet. dominic raab is replaced as foreign secretary by liz truss. shamima begum, who left the uk as a

for scotland and northern ireland, i think it'll bring some patchy cloud. but for england and wales, it does bring the threat of perhaps some quite punchy showers, longer, more persistent outbreaks of rain at times. certainly saturday looks like it could be quite wet across england and wales. the showers should thin out somewhat for sunday. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. more than four decades ago, nicaraguan president daniel 0rtega led a revolution that toppled a corrupt dictatorship. he can hardly be unaware of the irony of his current situation, imposing evermore repressive measures to silence dissent in the run—up to an election unlikely to be free or fair. in another ironic twist, my guest, carlos fernando chamorro, was a leading sandinista propagandist.

for scotland and northern ireland, i think it'll bring some patchy cloud. but for england and wales, it does bring the threat of perhaps some quite punchy showers, longer, more persistent outbreaks of rain at times. certainly, saturday looks like it could be quite wet across england and wales. the showers should thin out somewhat for sunday. this is bbc news. the headlines: four us gymnasts, including simone biles, have testified before a senate committee hearing. they gave evidence about the fbi's failures in its sex abuse investigation of theirformer team doctor, larry nassar. the director of the bureau has apologised for not examining the allegations promptly. beijing has condemned a new defence and security deal between the us, britain, and australia, saying it was part of a cold war mentality. the leaders of the three countries said the agreement would promote stability in the indo—pacific region, where china has expanded its military presence. the first space mission crewed entirely by civilians has taken off from cape canaveral in florida. four ama

ireland and northern england. easier looking picture across the uk. breezier looking picture across the uk. back to today, though, and the heavy showers. and beware the sunny spells, a few of those across eastern parts of england. but this is where we are seeing the heaviest and strongest downpours breaking out with the risk of 20 to 30 millimeters in an hour. to 30 mm in an hour. some local flooding and disruption is possible, but a few heavy showers from east wales across central and eastern parts of england for the eastern side of northern ireland as well. there�*s also a chance for some disruptive downpours. temperatures, high teens into the low 20s in scotland, maybe the odd shower towards the east. some patchy rain and drizzle to the west. and overnight, while many places turn drier in scotland, initially towards the western isles, it�*ll be getting much wetter with some heavy rain moving in here. it is another quite mild, muggy, misty, foggy night to come. so rather grey start to saturday for many of us

sunny spells through the day although western scotland and northern ireland, the wind picking up northern ireland, the wind picking up and outbreaks of rain, especially in the highlands. by wednesday, a case of high pressure to the south keeping things dry, a potent area of low pressure which will bring weather into northern ireland and scotland, heavy rain pushing across most areas, turning lights, dry for much of england and wales with some sunny spells. feeling warm but into thursday it will start to feel much cooler for all of us. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. england and tottenham footballing legend jimmy greaves has died at the age of 81. in later years, he was a tv pundit alongside former liverpool striker ian stjohn in saint and greavsie. absolutely gutted. an incredible player, fantastic on saintand saint and greavsie. that's a proper saturda . saint and greavsie. that's a proper saturday- he _ saint and greavsie. that's a proper saturday. he was _ saint and greavsie. that's a proper saturday. he was a _ saint and greavsie. that's a proper saturday. he was a real— sai

ireland afternoon. and northern ireland tomorrow afternoon. but, for the rest of today, then, looks a little bit like this, and sunshine for parts of southern england, wales, northern ireland also seeing sunny spells. also some brightness coming through around the moray firth into cumbria, for instance, as well. less windy than in recent days, particularly for the likes of east anglia and the south—east too, but still a breeze coming in off the north sea across parts of north—east england and eastern scotland, sojust11i degrees or so for aberdeen, perhaps the odd spot of drizzle here, but 23 in cardiff in the sunshine. quite a bit of sunshine into the evening hours as well, and then overnight things remaining largely dry. the odd spot of drizzle once again continuing across north—east england and eastern scotland, too, so quite cloudy here. even though we've got clear the skies further south it won't be a cold night because there's milder air moving in, so temperatures first thing tomorrow between about 11—15 degrees. so, through sunda

same, too, for eastern scotland, but northern and western scotland, and into northern ireland will see more cloud and a few showers around, so the mid—to—high teens here. could see highs of 21—22 celsius further south. now through wednesday night, it stays dry, with clear spells across england and wales — that will allow some mist and dense fog patches to develop. it'll turn a bit cooler, as well, for many areas. i think single—figure values across central and northern areas, particularly under any clear skies. and we'll continue with just one or two showers across the north, thanks to this weather front. but you can see the ridge of high pressure will be a little bit stronger, more dominant across the country on thursday. so i think thursday's actually shaping up to be the driest and sunniest day of the week across the board. we'll start off with that mist and fog around, quite a fresh feel to things but, with all the sunshine, temperatures will begin to rise into the afternoon — that'll allow a bit of fair weather cloud to bubble up here and there. top temperatures 22, ma

for scotland and northern ireland, i think it'll bring some patchy cloud. but for england and wales, it does bring the threat of perhaps some quite punchy showers, longer, more persistent outbreaks of rain at times. certainly saturday looks like it could be quite wet across england and wales. the showers should thin out somewhat for sunday. this is bbc news. the headlines — four us gymnasts, including simone biles, have testified before a senate committee hearing. they gave evidence about the fbi's failures in its sex abuse investigation of theirformer team doctor larry nassar. the director of the bureau has apologised for not examining the allegations promptly. the united states, britain and australia have announced a new defence and security partnership for the indo—pacific. the agrement was immediately condemned by beijing. the leaders of the three countries said the agreement would promote stability in the region, where china has expanded its military presence. the first space mission crewed entirely by civilians has taken off from cape canaveral in

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the temperature in scotland and northern ireland, 14— 15. temperatures in scotland and northern ireland, 1a or 15 . this is bbc news with the latest headlines... ministers urge the public not to panic buy fuel as the petrol retailers association tells the bbc that as many as 90% of their members' forecourts have run dry. there is actually plenty of petrol to go around. this is an unnecessary situation where there are queues that are forming even though we have all the fuel that we need in the refineries and storage centres in the uk. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the 5000 temporary visas the government will issue for foreign lorry drivers are not enough to ease disruption to fuel and food supplies. there is 100,000 vacancies for drivers in this country and the government is saying, we are going to bring in 5000 visas. there is an obvious problem. at the labour party conference, the deputy leader angela rayner

this evening and tonight cloud moving further west across scotland and northern ireland. single figures in a few spots but most of us staying at around 11, 13 degrees overnight. tomorrow more of the same with just subtle changes in the next few days. still a bit of a breeze towards the east temperature is 18, 19 degrees here but towards the north and west again you see most of the sunshine tomorrow. the high pressure is staying with us as we head into friday and a lot of clout once again trapped underneath that descending air with high—pressure overhead cell another cloudy day on friday. a few in the cloud here and there. still a bit of a breeze to the english channel but not quite as breezy by the time we get to friday so temperatures around 1a, wrenching to 22 degrees. into the weekend than in high pressure is still with us but just tries to nudge away towards the east. lower pressure trying to move on from the west but before it gets that it looks like the high pressure once again wins out so plenty of dry weather heading towards the weekend and you may even notice t