a surprise trip to belfast . a surprise trip to belfast. might a surprise trip to belfast . might the a surprise trip to belfast. might the prime minister have something up his sleeve in terms of final please solving this seemingly intractable northern ireland protocol issue? we'll try and make sense of that today. also truss has been in japan what's she been saying about the rise of china. meanwhile keir starmer has been in ukraine again and strikes in germany stopped him from getting across to the munich security conference. we'll also be discussing how labour be handling all of the above about to come after the headunes. above about to come after the headlines . good morning to past headlines. good morning to past . i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. the prime minister is holding talks with stormont leaders amid speculation deal could be close over the brexit protocol. rishi sunak along with the northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris, are meeting in an effort to reassure the dup about the prime hopes to overcome problems with the protocol . he hopes a deal

but at the moment, yeah, the minister is riding this in belfast riding the wave this in belfast i there elements i think because there elements of elements the of this, there are elements the european court of will have jurisdiction over eu law in northern ireland, although the government was saying less than 3% of eu law is going to be applying in northern ireland, it's still a and equally there will be a border in the irish sea just not for goods that are staying in northern ireland. it's sort of a halfway house situation. i wonder, have we got to the point as a country when we can sort of accept that it's almost a dual mandate we'll be seeing in northern ireland? i think everyone else is prepared to compromise the. moment and the ball is really in the dup's court. they've got the vast majority of what they asked for with their infamous seven test. the minister basically with their infamous seven test. the uk minister basically with their infamous seven test. the uk officials basically with their infamous seven test. the uk officials ,)asically with their infamous seven test. the uk o

we run-up to what's happening belfast toda ? ~ ., run-up to what's happening belfast toda ? ~ . ., ., today? we are waiting for confirmation _ today? we are waiting for confirmation as _ today? we are waiting for confirmation as to - today? we are waiting for| confirmation as to whether today? we are waiting for- confirmation as to whetherjames confirmation as to whetherjames cleverly, the foreign secretary, has yet arrived here for his talks with his counterparts in the eu, maros sefcovic. this seems to have been quite a hastily arranged was that we got news last night that the two men would meet for an early lunch to discuss the latest on the northern ireland protocol negotiations. and after that, what seems to be the case is that maros sefcovic, the eu's chief negotiator on the northern ireland protocol, will hotfoot it across the road here in brussels and speak to eu ambassadors about the latest as well. all quite full of process, but where why are we at the moment in terms of a potential deal? it's clearly edging closer. downing street continuing to downplay the prospec

a someone suffering with cancer in belfast , seeing a potentially belfast, seeing a potentially life changing new drug available everywhere else in the uk, but unable to access it at home. and when the current grace period endsin when the current grace period ends in 2024, the situation will get worse. still, expensive and burdensome checks on all medicines companies having to manufacture drugs with two completely different labels and supply chains. pharmacies needing to check every package with scanners. and when 80% of northern ireland's medicines come from great britain , those come from great britain, those frictions pose a serious risk to the supply of medicines to the people of northern. to fix this , today's agreement achieves something unprecedented. it provides dual regulation for medicines . provides dual regulation for medicines. the uk regulator will approve all drugs for the whole uk market. northern ireland. no role for the european agency . role for the european agency. this fully protects the supply of medicines from great britain into northern ireland and once again

see the industry going on there in belfast. earlier i spoke to belfast. but earlier i spoke to the minister deputy the former minister and deputy chair of the european research group of his understand of where we are with the negotiations we now are with the negotiations between european union and between the european union and the uk. i think number has been pretty tight lipped . all that pretty tight lipped. all that i'm gleaning is probably what else is gleaning, which is newspaper reports . it looks as newspaper reports. it looks as if they're going to propose a deal to the uk that should have red and green channels , the red and green channels, the admittance of goods into , admittance of goods into, northern ireland and there should be a more low role for the europe court of justice. but beyond that, i really haven't heard and i think that we do need that detail so that we can make an assessment of whether or not whatever deal is proposed is acceptable only to the people of northern ireland, but the people of the uk as a whole. i mean, give you've i

back in dublin, you're agreeing in your agree with mr. phoenix in belfast? yeah, i mean there's a, there, there is a lot of frustration and we don't you think that breaks it was voted upon 7 years ago and, and since that time we've had 5 british prime ministers and the european union has been negotiating with our british government at war with itself, and it's been the same conservative party in government all the time, but such as the factionalism within the conservative party that sometimes when a new prime minister comes into power in britain is almost like it's a new change of government. and you have to remember that the european union is 27 countries. each of them a democracy, sometimes coalition governments, sometimes they have to take regional governments into account and they, every time the agreement was signed, you know, more or less stuck to the agreement, but no sooner wasn't agreement signed before whether it was with morris johnson or with reason may the british government imploded and found that it couldn't implement or, or stick with the agr

more with our political editor belfast political editor in belfast coming . is it all over for coming up. is it all over for this , kate forbes before it's this, kate forbes before it's even begun in her interview last night, the finance minister pressed on the views on same sex marriage , it didn't go down at marriage, it didn't go down at all. well with senior members of the snp . so are we looking not the snp. so are we looking not first minister humza yousaf as a shoo in? we'll have the latest from edinburgh on that . and what from edinburgh on that. and what are the of the sussexes taking on satirical comedy series south park? no, this is the nicola media row. it's to just you on that. the media watchdog, ofcom has said it is extremely concerned by comments by the family nicola bulley and has now written to and sky to ask them to explain the. this is over the fact that they had contacted the family. so that's up for you in a moment. stay us and we'll have all the latest bulletin news with tensing . thanks with tensing. thanks much, mark. good afternoon f

anchor: briefly if you would, how has this messy divorce deal been in belfast? it must be a lot more frightening than the rest of the u.k.. viviane: basically, w had a very different brexit. some impacts that brexit has felt widy, we haven't felt them and we felt other things. with this deal, it looks like we will have a more similar brexit. whher that is good or bad depends on what you feel about brexit. anchor: thank you so much. other news, turkiye has been hit by its fourth earthquake in as many weeks. monday's 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit a southern province around 200 kilometers north we of the other earthquake that devastat the entire region paired one person is confirmed -- entire region. one person is confirmed dead. the world bank has estimated the damage from this month's disaster stands at over $34 billion, around 4% of the countries gdp. violence continued in the occupied west bank monday with another is really being shot by a palestinian gunman. this after sunday saw the worst widespread violence in decades in the territory. israeli settlers torche

we'll re challenge that 1st live in belfast. ah, takia has began work to rebuild the homes if one and a half 1000000 people that have been destroyed in the powerful earthquakes that struck the south. the country over 50000 people were killed in turkey in syria. and with elections just months away, present on his pledge to rebuild as soon as possible. his government is under pressure to prioritize safety standards. hasha met her by reports from cut amendment ash, levant turner has come back to his neighborhood in got a man mirage to recover his belongings. his family had to move to a village nearby, but levant says he intends to return. as soon as his parents house is rebuilt, una marsan, you know mother say us am. i told you that i want to spend my life in marsh. i was born here. all i want is a home that is built on solid ground and in lie with construction regulations. eager to counter growing criticism, the acted slowly during the earthquakes. government officials have pledged to finish reconstruction within a year. she emerg

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by achieving all this, it preserves the delicate balance inherent in the belfast good friday agreement. mr speaker, does what many said could not be done. removing thousands of pages of eu laws and making permanent weekly binding changes to the protocol treaty itself. that is the protocol treaty itself. that is the breakthrough we have made, those are the changes we will deliver, now is the time to move forward as one united kingdom. mr speaker, before i turn to the details, let us remind ourselves why this matters. it matters because at the heart of the belfast good friday agreement and the reason it has endured for a quarter of a century is equal respect for the aspirations and identities of all communities and all its three strands. but the northern ireland protocol has undermined that balance. how can we say the particle protects the belfast good friday agreement when it has caused the institutions of that agreement to collapse? so in—line with our legal responsibilities, are acting today to preserve the balance of that agreement and chart a new way forward for northern ireland.

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northern ireland would break it on the opposite of undermined the belfast agreement made the belfast agreement that made the belfast agreement that made the institutions which are the institutions of which are from agreement all from the belfast agreement all going certainly interrupt going up. certainly i interrupt you just explain how have you just to explain how have they undermined , in your view, they undermined, in your view, they undermined, in your view, the well, have to the belfast? well, you have to have northern call have something the northern call consensus. to consensus. we have to try to essentially be and a half essentially be two and a half tribes . there consensus tribes. there must be consensus between those tribes to govern ireland. and one side is upset. the process doesn't work. and we have unionists , the entire body have unionists, the entire body of the unionist politic upset and said disadvantaged and treated . we're upset about the treated. we're upset about the constitutional position that we're not in and we us to change and that is destabilised the poli

is not of course the belfast is not working . and of course working properly. and of course we all want to see the belfast agreement working properly and devolution in northern devolution back in northern ireland again. but can only devolution back in northern irelanwhen n. but can only devolution back in northern irelanwhen n. bconstitutionally come when the constitutional position is made clear again. and today we've had clarity as to protocol means. now to what the protocol means. now the government has to act to deal with all of that. there are, though, tensions within the unionist community. people are angry, people are angry, are they not? people are angry. are angry. but angry. people are angry. but i always do. i urge them to look to politics to solve this issue and to keep talking, because that's so. i've got a really easy one to finish and we've got to what's to happen ? to go. what's going to happen? if only i knew that i'd have my crystal ball mark. but do hope crystal ball mark. but i do hope that government will rea

is not of course the belfast is not working . and of course working properly. and of course we all want to see the belfast agreement working properly and devolution in northern devolution back in northern ireland again. but only ireland again. but that can only come when the constitutional position is made clear again. and today we've had clarity as to protocol means. now to what the protocol means. now the government has to act to deal with all of that. there are, though, tensions within the unionist are unionist community. people are angry, people are angry, are they not? people are angry. angry. but angry. people are angry. but i always do. i urge them to look to politics to solve this issue and to keep talking, because that's so. i've got a really easy one to finish and we've got to going to happen ? to go. what's going to happen? if only i knew that i'd have my crystal ball mark. but do hope crystal ball mark. but i do hope that government will read that the government will read this judgement today. it's a very important ju

he's an assistant professor at trinity college dublin at belfast and joins us from belfast. now 1st we will take a little bit of a step back if we can, which is soon as i said, this is all about stability in northern ireland for a special international view. as can you give us an idea of why this is so important? i'm so sensitive. yeah, i suppose all this goes back to braxton, ultimately in 2016 and the competing interests are on that were that you take over me and wanted to get as cleanly are out of the, of the you as possible. but because of the history of ireland and the irish border, and there was a great desire on the part of the e. u and the irish government and northern irish nationalists as well to avoid ard border order text security. host customs post on the island of ireland because that would have been so sensitive bars. johnston tried to square the circle by putting the order instead in the irish be and create these trade checks. what's known as the northern protocol. really block couple of years. union have been the ones who have been incense about this because

northern ireland would break it on the opposite of undermined the belfast agreement made the belfast agreement that made the belfast agreement that made the institutions which are the institutions of which are from agreement all from the belfast agreement all going certainly interrupt going up. certainly i interrupt you just explain how have you just to explain how have they undermined , in your view, they undermined, in your view, they undermined, in your view, the well, have to the belfast? well, you have to have northern call have something the northern call consensus. to consensus. we have to try to essentially be and a half essentially be two and a half tribes . there consensus tribes. there must be consensus between those tribes to govern ireland. and one side is upset. the process doesn't work. and we have unionists , the entire body have unionists, the entire body of the unionist politic upset and said disadvantaged and treated . we're upset about the treated. we're upset about the constitutional position that we're not in and we us to change and that is destabilised the poli

it preserves the balance of the belfast good friday agreement. of course, party is we want to consider the agreement in detail, a process that will need time and care. today's agreement is written in the language of laws and treaties. but really it's about much more than that. it's about stability. in northern ireland, it's about real people and real businesses. it's about showing that our union that has lasted for centuries can and will endure. and it's about breaking down the barriers between us, setting aside the arguments that for too long have divided us and remembering that fellow feeling that defines us, this family of nations, this united kingdom. thank you ursula. good afternoon. thank by minister the other sheaf. it is an honor and a pleasure to be here in windsor with you. and it is with a great sense of satisfaction that we stand here together. we are about to deliver on an important commitment we made to each other a few months ago. i remember our 1st discussions when we saw eye to eye on how to support our ukranian friends. and i wa

yes, the key question here in belfast - he is in belfast. yes, the key question here in belfast is, i he is in belfast. yes, the key i question here in belfast is, what will this deal mean for the very future of devolution in this part of the uk? currently, the state of play is that the democratic unionist party, the biggest unionist group in the northern ireland assembly, which usually sits here at stormont, is using their special power—sharing rules in politics here to block the formation of a devolved government and also to block the assembly from sitting at also there has been no fully functioning devolved government here for more than a year, when the dup first minister paul givan resigned in protest against the protocol, there has been no substantive sitting of the assembly since the end of march. in may, there was an election where for the first time, sinn fein overtook the first time, sinn fein overtook the dup to become the biggest party at stormont. if devolution is restored here, that would mean for the first time, sinn fein wou

why would you in belfast. i am. and reallyj not in belfast. i am. and really grateful. and when i speak to you , whenever you interview me, you, whenever you interview me, i'm always very of as an englishman. i'm speaking to somebody from belfast somebody who comes from belfast and respectful of that as i always, am for all people in, northern ireland that i meet. i visited twice in the last few weeks. i'm going there again this week. in fact, i'm going over there this week with keir starmer to ireland. starmer to northern ireland. it'll be the second trip that keir starmer has made to northern the last northern ireland in the last couple himself. so couple of weeks himself. so believe the labour party's investment, it's caring the way that it actually responds to northern has not changed. with keir starmer going right back to the investment that tony blair made when he first became prime minister in 1997. that investment that we do make in terms of our and our effort respecting all communities, seeking to be a voice for all communities in northern ireland, telegraphing

let's get the latest now from belfast . our latest now from belfast. our political editor darren mccaffrey quitting sir jeffrey donaldson there. but of course, there are others. ian paisley , there are others. ian paisley, who aren't quite so enamoured of it , is ian who aren't quite so enamoured of it, is ian paisley and perhaps wilson, you know, a lone voice within the dup at the moment. i would suggest rogue voices . mark would suggest rogue voices. mark instead. i don't think they would have any problem . me would have any problem. me calling slightly rogue mp in the sense that they are very independently minded to speak their minds over very quickly off or quick off the block. last night they think night that they didn't think this deal cut the mustard ball. i would say all honesty the person that you probably to listen little more listen to a little more carefully is sir jeffrey donaldson, leader the donaldson, the leader of the dup. was radio dup. now, he was on the radio this morning essentially all arguing, if you like, that progress is being

well let's cross now live to belfast , where cross now live to belfast, where we can join by dougie beattie , we can join by dougie beattie, our northern ireland reporter, because , dougie, it is because, dougie, it is fascinating to see the reaction of the dup to those quick talks that we saw on friday potentially what the prime minister thought was further advanced might not be so well at all. as you're guest has already said, it all is around the ecj. it basically means that we have no mep's in northern ireland. so any laws that are made that we don't like here are we are diverting from inside northern ireland. we have no way of addressing that. so democracy in that side of things has gone. and of course nationalist politicians here can use their sister parties and their own parties , the likes of sinn fein. parties, the likes of sinn fein. he is , are actually in pa here he is, are actually in pa here and also in the republic of ireland for to use their mep to make sort of try to change those laws or move around them and say europe. so basically northern ireland for unionists have becom

at 7am, 12 in belfast, around 11 in liverpool. that means that the day will be even milder. it doesn't change much in western scotland, still some outbreaks of rain, the gales eventually easing. we are in the second half of february and talking about 16 degrees in norwich and iran 13 also in belfast, so really very mild indeed. on tuesday a cold front approaches, eventually bringing colder air, a cold front approaches, eventually bringing colderair, but a cold front approaches, eventually bringing colder air, but it's to the west of us. ahead of it, still that mild south—westerly airstream, but it is going to be a cloudy day on tuesday. despite the thick cloud, those temperatures will still reach around 13. that cold front will sweep across the country on wednesday, pushing mild add to that is, so wednesday will be somewhat colder. here is the weather front. as it moves across the country through the day, often cloudy, outbreaks of rain, perhaps a bit brighter later in the west. temperatures returning to seasonal norms of between eight and ten sources. over to you. that's

the prime minister heads back from belfast as he tries to win i back from belfast as he tries to win support for his new deal and trading arrangements for northern ireland. the number of peoples being rough in england is increased by more than a quarter year on year and according to latest government figures. i double rapist while standing trial jailed for eight years. thousands of schools across england and wales face disruption as teachers go on strike again. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, it's been described as an unforgetable day of test cricket... the drama going right to the wire — as england lost their second test to new zealand by a single run. it's only the second time a test has been won by such fine margins. and forjames anderson, it was so nearly a day to remember. joe wilson reports. henry brooke ran out of the fall. if they felt responsible, he channelled his feelings into his batting. he had been stokes in support although the captain only had one good leg to stand on and he made 33. cheroot could guide england home but 95, cheroot found a

we she so knock is in belfast to build support for the post breakfast tray deal. he's struck with the european union from over the moon. yesterday. we managed to have a decisive breakthrough with all the oceans, with the you reached agreement. the new winds of framework that i think is an extraordinary positive step fennel than all that. jerry is 2 main opposition parties calling from a cancellation of a presidential election saying that results are being manipulated. and beijing says the us is politicizing the pandemic as washington cost or clarity on the origins of covered $90.00. we start with the city that's 4 months has been the focus of the few is fighting in ukraine, present voted muse lensky is warning. the situation in the eastern part line, city of back mold is getting worse. regional separate is need to send nearly all the roads into the city and now under ration control, the area has been the sight of a bitter deadly battle for more than 6 months. which can avenue oxidise in both the situation is constantly becoming more difficult. the enemy is constan

first up this morning, belfast, and later to appear before a private meeting with his own backbenchers. the agreement with the eu has been reached work at home has onlyjust started. helen catt, bbc news. to bern now, where we can speak to economist cornelia meyer. lovely to see you. across europe they will have been watching this very closely. what the perspective on this in europe? in europe the perspective is all positive because of what this does is, it is good, the european theatre good for britain because you can do the common sense things like you don't need passports any more to go from northern ireland to the mainland with pats, and so on. it is easierfor mainland with pats, and so on. it is easier for medication to flow, but it still keeps the integrity of the european union where the redline that they have open, and most importantly for the europeans, this probably opens and also for the british economy, a way to come to more agreements on such important things as finance. let us not forget, london still is the most important financial centre in europe and we do need to come

the british prime minister in belfast to bill support for the post rex at trade dale he struck with the european union. the fight for bach moore of ukraine was the situation is getting worse. the longest running battle of rushes year long invasion and the european parliament joins the u. s. and canadian governments and banning chinese on tech talk from staff funds. ah, we begin in nigeria where opposition parties, according for a cancellation of the presidential elections, calling the whole event. a sham who members from the labor party and people's democratic party said they've lost faith in the entire process. the national electoral commission says they have been technical glitches and vote in which to place on saturday, but counting is still going long. i spoke to people on the streets of boucher who, voicing their frustrations. we had to work on this and that's with our fed. burton was supposed to my defects. that's what all came on our most this time this adviser was right. just read that i know we do the need. how to do, why do we need to introduce a revised where you are not will

., , this agreement has been received in belfast. �*, ., , ., , , belfast. there's two questions. does it work for many _ belfast. there's two questions. does it work for many businesses? - belfast. there's two questions. does it work for many businesses? and i it work for many businesses? and then the big political question as to whether the dup will back it. let's look at businesses first of all. broadly, it has been welcomed by some major business groups here. they are fed up of all the uncertainty, tensions over this. they see the advantages for northern ireland being able to trade with the uk and the eu and they wanted that safeguarded, which largely they feel reassured that it has been today. for those businesses who struggled because of the new checks and paperwork for goods getting over the irish sea, they are being told that thatis irish sea, they are being told that that is going to be reduced. and that is going to be reduced. and that politicians here will get a say over any new eu rules that will apply to businesses in northern ireland. they are

chris page with the very latest there on those talks in belfast. a new pay offer has been proposed for nhs staff in scotland. ministers at holyrood have put forward a wage rise of 7.5% this financial year, followed by a 6.5% rise next year, backdated to january. our health editor, hugh pym, is with me. and those figures, that proposal purely for scotland, hugh. that's ri . ht. purely for scotland, hugh. that's right- this _ purely for scotland, hugh. that's right- this is _ purely for scotland, hugh. that's right. this is the _ purely for scotland, hugh. that's right. this is the scottish - right. this is the scottish government coming up with an offer for the next financial year, beginning in april, that is 6.5% backdated on top of the 7.5% already awarded. and the indications from a couple of unions are certainly reasonably positive. unison has said it is a decent offer and they will certainly consider it very, very carefully. the royal college of nursing has said it will consider the offer. 0n the scottish government has said this will make nhs

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the belfast agreement and that it actually what they're doing is interfering with south belfast agreement. but robert thank you for coming in thank you and explaining in such simple terms . well it's been a busy for president zelenskyy on wednesday . he addressed the uk parliament and pressed the response of the british people in the week of the or the russian of the ukrainian or the russian of his country saying that britain the first to stand with the people of whilst reinforcing his plea for the uk to lead and be the first country to commit to sending fighter jets to the country . he then britain to country. he then left britain to travel across europe, pleading with provide with with countries to provide with more weaponry to combat expected russian offences within the coming months. today the final day of his tour. coming months. today the final day of his tour . so it's very day of his tour. so it's very much crunch time for mr. zelenskyy. will he fly back to kyiv having secured new fighter jets for his country? well, joining me now to discuss all of this is, lieutenant colonel stua

let's go straight to belfast . let's join straight to belfast. let's join gb news as political editor darren mckee . jeffrey. darren, darren mckee. jeffrey. darren, good evening . good evening, good evening. good evening, nigel. as you said, we have the prime minister here today essentially part of his sales pitch. he was in windsor yesterday parliament last night in belfast today, probably talking business leaders to talking to business leaders to try win them over to his try and win them over to his windsor must be windsor framework. it must be said most business leaders do seem be on board. the big seem to be on board. the big question as you pose tonight is where are the dup? and they are holding the cards in close to the chest and they may well be somewhat of a divisions. we heard from paisley junior heard from ian paisley junior and wilson to dup's last and sammy wilson to dup's last night suggesting this deal would not cut the mustard that wasn't a view of jeffrey donaldson, the leader of the today. he says leader of the dup today. he says

i'm live in belfast, where people are waiting _ live in belfast, where people are waiting to — live in belfast, where people are waiting to see if any new deal could pave the _ waiting to see if any new deal could pave the way for the return of the devolved — pave the way for the return of the devolved government here at stormont. yes, we'll have the latest from windsor, from belfast and brussels. also this lunchtime... the energy regulator lowers the price cap for gas and electricity — but bills are still expected to rise because of less government support. i think it is time that members of this house grew up. betty boothroyd — the first woman to be elected speaker of the house of commons — has died at the age of 93. and a former love island star takes on a youtuber in boxing's most anticipated contest between two novices. and coming up on the bbc news channel... a moment to remember for 16—year—old mia brookes, becoming britain's first snowboard slopestyle world champion in georgia. good afternoon. a deal could finally be agreed today on post—brexit trading arrangement

chris page in belfast, more than a year. chris page in belfast. for _ more than a year. chris page in belfast, for now, _ more than a year. chris page in belfast, for now, thank - more than a year. chris page in belfast, for now, thank you - more than a year. chris page in | belfast, for now, thank you very much. we will be back to you in the coming hour. people will be looking at the text when it is released of the deal, if it is indeed signed off here in windsor. as we know, we are then expecting action to move to a press conference later and then back to the house of commons. what people will be watching for is any signs from the dup because that will affect in part what the conservative brexit backers say, whether they welcome this deal or whether they object to it, the numbers in the house of commons also matter of course. rishi sunak has inherited a very big conservative majority from borisjohnson and then liz truss but of course, the response of the conservative party, whether those divisions can be healed, whether the uk is seen to be able to move on in a more pr

prime minister now in belfast, trying to sell this deal. will it be a tough cell? i think if she's not, has any wisdom, he'll know not to be sued by this kind of warm, sent it off the praise that he's been receiving in westminster and in the british press where people i think, genuinely surprised by how wide and how deep this deal is with the you, how far he's managed to go with it. and encouraged by this new seemingly constructive relationship with the european union. whereas before, which is the next predecessors often chose a much more belligerence and hard nosed approach. richie, so you know, is it the real acid test for this deal is how it goes down in northern ireland and particularly how it goes down with the main unionist party here. the, you pay it is day who pulled out of the power sharing governments in this building behind me install once, and it is day that will need to be satisfied with the steel to return to that power sharing governments. now speaking this morning, jeffrey donna solomon, the leader of the d u. p. was saying

he is a professor of european politics at queens university, belfast. what is the steel and remind us, why was it necessary in the 1st place? okay, well the origin is the protocol come from breaks it and the need to do to avoid a harp or on the island of island. and when you can out that it was leaving the single market, the customs union, it was clear that you had to put in place some special arrangements for the north island. those were agreed no longer to stay in the customs territory of the e u. it would stay within the single market, the good, the, your opinion, the u. k. then signed it a very basic trade agreement with the you, which kept it out of the single market in the cost of june. and so as a consequence, you had to put you controls in terms of customers and in terms of regulatory controls for access to the single market on goods moving from great britain to northern ireland. and that obviously brought about a high level of a concern of a political front, but also um, acted as of this incentive to move goods from great britain into north nor

more of the belfast telegraph. more reaction, of course , as we get reaction, of course, as we get it, as things this it, as things unfold this afternoon, let's reflect on afternoon, let's now reflect on afternoon, let's now reflect on a man was found of murder a man was found guilty of murder in the who'd earlier avoided deportation to jamaica because of his criminal record following the intervention labour mps and celebrities an esther elliott was supposed to be deported the home of his flight back in december 2020. but she then murdered a 35 year old man in what's been described as a horrific knife fight in the streets of london. former home secretary priti patel said the case proved why it was crucial to define what she termed do gooders who to block deportations . let's get more deportations. let's get more with our national reporter, paul hawkins, joining us in the studio . and paul, he was studio. and paul, he was a number who were due to take to this flight, a boeing seven, five, seven, back in december of

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. so after the day's event in belfast. so after the day's event in belfast let's go to westminster and talk to our political editor chris mason. what is your sense of the support or otherwise of this deal? the prime minister seems to be a travelling salesman for this deal. he was in windsor yesterday and then he came to parliament and then he went to northern ireland and is back in parliament this evening. he has been down the corridor and up the stairs talking to the conservatives for about a0 minutes. a warm reception, we were loitering outside, loss of the traditional banging of the desks. what is striking is it would appear that the prime minister is managing to persuade people within the conservative party. you are quite often in a sceptical position as far as the government is concerned and brexit, and it seems they are coming around, some of them exercising muscles in theirjaws to sound positive that they have not exercised for quite some time. that said, there is another meeting of traditionally more sceptic conser

i'm will re talons and belfast and i'll be looking at the dangers involved. ah, i think sidney's about of a sundry day is this franco system moves up in that general direction behind it sings a warm yep. caught substantial. 29 in melbourne. 38 in ad labor. say 24 in the thunder in sydney. much of western australia increasing the cloud in the north, it's getting increasingly wet. that suggests flooding is quite likely. seasonal brazil the same is melvin for you. you're off of your 30 once again, the average is 27. you're up towards $35.00 that freeze out the interior of our tommy get to friday so that the front concert just gets warmer and warmer, and sidney will join him. that wants us, the shouts make their way up towards brisbin is already cooled and considerably in southfield cross. just drop about 15 degrees and it's still a cold wind from the south with yet more right over fright, significant rain fall north ireland in indonesia. showers anywhere could be pretty big in malaysia, pretty small. and in the philippines and optically wide spread, either we've

he is a professor of european politics at queens university. belfast. what is this dia and remind us, why was it necessary in the 1st place? okay, well the origins, the protocol come from breaks it and the need to do to avoid a hot border on the island of island. and when you came else that it was leaving the single market, the customs union, it was clear that you had to put in place some special arrangements for the north island. those were agreed no longer would stay in the customs territory of the e u. it would stay within the single market, the good, the european union, the u. k. then signed a very basic trade agreement with the e u, which kept it out of the single market and the customers union. and so as a consequence, you had to put you controls in terms of customers and in terms of regulatory controls for access to the single market on goods moving from great britain to northern ireland. and that obviously brought about a high level of concern of a political front, but also um, acted as of a disincentive to move goods from great britain into nor

he is a professor of european politics at queens university, belfast. what is the steel and remind us, why was it necessary in the 1st place? okay, well the origin is the protocol come from breaks it and the need to do to avoid a hot border on the island of island when you can out that it was leaving the single market, the customs union, it was clear that you had to put in place some special arrangements for the northern ireland. those were agreed no longer would stay in the customs territory, the e u. it would stay within the single market, the good, the, your opinion, the u. k. then find it very basic trade agreement with b, e. u which kept it out of the single market and the customer's union. as a consequence, you had to put you controls in terms of customers and in terms of regulate controls for access to the single market on goods moving from great britain to northern ireland. and that obviously brought about a high level of concern or a political front. but also to do, since i did to move goods from great britain into not, nor died at lee began to

he is a professor of european politics at queen's university, belfast. what is the steel and remind us, why was it necessary in the 1st place? okay, well the origin of the protocol come from breaks it and the need to do to avoid a hard border on the island of island when you came else that it was leaving the single market, the customs union, it was clear that you had to put in place some special arrangements for the north island. those were agreed no longer would stay in the customs to retrieve the e u. it would stay within the single market, the good, the european union, the u. k. then find it a very basic trade agreement with the e u, which kept it out of the single market and the customer's union. so as a consequence, you had to put e u controls in terms of customers and in terms of regulatory controls for access to the single market on goods moving from great britain to northern ireland. and that obviously brought about a high level of concern of a political front, but also um, acted as of a disincentive to move goods from great britain into north no

our ireland correspondent emma vardy joins us from police headquarters in belfast. what can you tell us about these reports? what can you tell us about these re orts? ~ ~' ., what can you tell us about these re orts? ~ ~ ., , reports? well, we know this incident ha--ened reports? well, we know this incident happened at around _ reports? well, we know this incident happened at around eight o'clock - happened at around eight o'clock this evening. police are saying a serving police officer was shot. he has been taken to hospital injured. we don't know any more about his condition. local political leaders have been quick to condemn this incident. sinn fein say it's a shameful attack. the dup have called it reprehensible. but of course, here in northern ireland, there is always a continuing security threat against police officers. that is something that dates back to the conflict here, known as the troubles. but today, it is much more rare for police officers to come to harm. the last time a police officer was shot was in 2017, a murder attempt by dissident republican pa

speaking from belfast, bbc northern ireland's business editorjohn campbell outlined the practical impact expected locally. businesses in northern ireland, particularly ones, who felt themselves to be drowning in paperwork, should now find it easier to bring goods here from other parts of the uk. it may also be that suppliers and other parts of the uk who just stopped masturbating in the northern ireland market because of the difficulties will look at the market are and say, yes, we can get back in. the deal also addresses some of the significant issues which certain sectors felt like the horticulture industry with people who run garden centres face an outright ban on some products from other parts of the uk, some plants, shrubs, even potatoes can't be moved from great britain and northern ireland. those bands will be reversed and we know the pharmaceutical sector was facing a particular issue around the labelling of drugs and medicines for northern ireland. sounds like a trivial but they were expelling because northern ireland is such a small market if they had to produce packaging solel

the british prime minister in belfast to build support for the post bricks that trade deal. he struck with the european union and the european parliament joins the us and canadian governments and banning chinese on tech talk from star farms. ah, who begin in nigeria, where opposition parties are calling for a cancellation of the presidential election, calling the whole event. a sham members from the labor party and people's democratic party said they've lost faith in the entire process. the national electoral commission says there have been technical glitches and voting, which took place on saturday, but counting is still going on. i want to 0, spoke to people on the streets of a buddha, had been voicing their frustrations, we had hoped, to be honest. and that's what the thieves or fed birdie was supposed to by the face . that's what we all came out in our muslims on this adviser walk, right. i have read that i know we do the need. i've been out grab without the i promise to do. why do we, we do introduce it, introduce though i be, by the way you are not willing to do the pe

our ireland correspondent emma vardy joins us from belfast. the prime minister is where you are so is a deal in the offing? tensions over the northern _ so is a deal in the offing? tensions over the northern ireland - so is a deal in the offing? tensions over the northern ireland protocol| over the northern ireland protocol deal for people here like they have dragged on for a very long time so if there is a possibility of a deal being agreed early next week, the prime minister is here and he will want to try to smooth the way with the political parties. businesses will be very eager to hear if it will be very eager to hear if it will make their day—to—day life easier, getting goods overfrom great britain into northern ireland, but the big question politically is willa deal pave the way for the dup to go back into power sharing? the party firmly believes the protocol has weakened northern ireland's bury place in the uk and there is some scepticism over whether any deal will go far enough to really assure the most staunch unionist. ——. t

ellie mcbride runs a web design company in belfast called calibrated concepts. thank you for coming in. what impact the northern ireland protocol has had on your business. the northern ireland protocol, _ had on your business. the northern ireland protocol, i'm _ had on your business. the northern ireland protocol, i'm a _ had on your business. the northern ireland protocol, i'm a service - ireland protocol, i'm a service —based business, said hasn't directly impacted me very much, but it impacts my clients. i build websites what e—commerce businesses who are struggling to get supplies and packaging in since the northern ireland protocol. and then it might beissues ireland protocol. and then it might be issues getting their products back out to other countries. what be issues getting their products back out to other countries. what do ou make back out to other countries. what do you make of — back out to other countries. what do you make of what _ back out to other countries. what do you make of what you've _ back out to other countries. what do you make o

u as bringing rory challenges in belfast for i. so the prime minister trying to sell this deal, how tough of a cell is it in northern, i would like since the deal was unveiled on monday, richie sooner has been basking in quite a considerable amount of prey, certainly in westminster and amongst the british press. people genuinely surprised nothing encouraged by how far reaching and deep are they steal goes and also this new constructive tone of the case dealings with the european union when you compare and contrast that with the tone of years gone by certainly bore us johnson and, and lis trust took a very different attitude there to the european union, but richey soon. ag, i think shouldn't let that go to his head, because he knows that the real acid test for this test is how it goes down. in northern ireland are particularly how it goes down with the d u p, who will be measuring it against their 7 tests. the criteria that they think that it has to meet or to get their approval. um they are, i think her cautious about giving approv

this will mark the 20 fifth anniversary of the belfast good friday agreement. it's an important milestone of the historic process. the new windsor framework is here to benefit people in northern ireland and support all communities celebrating piece on the ireland island. this is why i believe we can open a new chapter in our partnership. a stronger eu/u.k. relationship, standing as close partners now and the future. many thanks. >> we have time for some questions. can i start with the bbc? >> if they don't go back into government in northern ireland, does it amount to a failure? >> i think today marks a turning point for northern ireland. i have spent a lot of time listening to communities and businesses. understanding their concerns, i believe that today's framework addresses them. it ensures that we can move goods freely around the internal market. i recognize the parties and communities will want to take the time to consider the detail of what we are announcing today. we should give them time and space to do that. i believe that what we have achieved today i

the prime minister is in belfast, as he tries to win support for his new deal on post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. when goods move from great britain to northern ireland, they will now move without customs bureaucracy. they will move without routine checks. mi5 suspected a muslim preacher who was close to the manchester arena bomber of being a radicaliser, a bbc investigation can reveal. calls for race to be examined as a key issue in the public health inquiry into covid—19 response. a couple who disappeared with their newborn baby have been arrested in brighton, but their child is still missing. constance marten and mark gordon were found after being spotted by a member of the public. police have now launched an urgent search for their baby, who is not thought to have received any medical attention since birth. vincent mcaviney reports. 35—year—old constance marten and 48—year—old mark gordon were reported missing on the 5th of january, after their car broke down nearjunction 4 of the m61 near bolton. the car was found on fire and it's believed miss ma