that would be a pretty big selling point for northern ireland, for northern ireland business and for the development of its economic potential. but somehow, that all seems to have been completely dismissed. so i think brexit is a deeply unwelcome and unfortunate development. it is unfortunate because it has come at a time when other things have come into play and have conspired to create new tensions in northern ireland. by the way, my own view is we have to get over the brexit hurdle first. mendhen look at how we can some of the fences that have been damaged over the last couple of years. which are exacerbated by the impact of brexit. >> i would like to continue with this. first of all, i want to say that i, personally, think that the came in junewhich --2016, it seems like such a such a significant moment. we talked about tony blair earlier. one of the problems with brexit as it seems to be a reflection explained the good friday agreement to the british working class. it seemed to me that there is some way in which england, not london, which is where the brexit support is, has not

seebviously do not want to -- go to ireland. ink at all the is done ireland and northern ireland. it is amazing to me that they the 27ood firm as nations in support of the open border. that is quite unusual. shame that ita will come down to this. >> we have certain attitudes towards britain, towards the english. given thathas to be on many occasions over the generations, they have proved to have able politicians. amazing, the ineptitude. but ony on the tory side the liberal side as well. total ineptitude. hope that the brexit will eventually leave. i think it could be inevitably, there will be a referendum. i hope it will be different from the last time. so many lies were told. no alternative has been given. concerned, thee people of ireland are proud to have our diplomats. presidentthe government. i know from experience over the years, be it united states, be it can bash the continental europe, london and all over the place. i met many irish diplomats. the consequence now, we managed to hold 27 countries together against the british. realize the pride that for the diplomats. bene

there was a very long time in relation to the problems in northern ireland and ireland, northern ireland in particular. in one word, it was reconciliation. that is the objective of all of us to bring about reconciliation between the two communities to the north and between the north and the south. also i was a very strong supporter early and up to this year the policy idea of partnership between the two traditions. my attitude then was, well, we've got very major problems in northern ireland that affects the two communities. there are major problems of the jobs, particularly about housing, we've got so many political, social, economic, uncultured problems. if we form a coalition of tackling those problems, they eventually will lead to the reconciliati reconciliation. summoning one of those involved, in 1974, i believe that we had met simondale. it was better than the agreement. for example, the country of ireland was pulled down. the country of ireland between north and south was far ahead of the committees that are sent under the good friday agreement. on simondale, the government only

the majority of people in northern ireland, like me, campaignfor of people in northern ireland, like me, campaign for remain, so the dup do not speak for the majority of people 7 do not speak for the majority of people ? cheering ican people ? cheering i can reassure the prime minister that her withdrawal agreement has considerable support in northern ireland, particularly amongst farmers, businesses and fishermen. i'm soy that people feel it is funny. it isn't, it is serious for the people of northern ireland. the issue that needs reassurance from the prime minister is the constitutional guarantee of the good friday agreement that the labour party should be proud of, which has guaranteed —— which is guaranteed in the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration. why the labour party goes against it beats me but will the prime minister give a constitutional agreement that nothing will threaten the belfast agreement customer i'm ——7 nothing will threaten the belfast agreement customer i'm --? i'm happy to give that reassurance. this is an issue we have kept, it was refer

and in northern ireland. we are especially blessed to have with us today some of the key people actively involved in the struggle from both sides of the pond. truly amazing and heroic souls who literally changed the world. they faced violence, imprisonment and coercion. and they refused to bend. because they knew the power of justice was stronger than the power of injustice. all of our speaks today from a rich variety of backgrounds, from activism to education, to political life and diplomacy will help us explore what progress has been on both sides mpld. and how an engagement can help draw together civil rights in the future. now to my colleague who also wants to say a few words of introduction. >> good afternoon and welcome to georgetown university. i'm just going to say a few words because we want to hear from all of you, and our speaker is so keenly interested in engaging with you in discourse. i just wanted to welcome you as a washingtonian to our city and warn you, if i may, that washingtonians have a k

ireland, and the success of northern ireland, to try to somehow impute that there needs to be a special status for scotland. the fact is that northern ireland has a land border with ireland. and therefore will be an unrivaled position because it will be the only place that has both a land border with the european union and access to trade deals with independent trade policy of the united kingdom. labour said the belfast good friday agreement in northern ireland's politicians should be consulted about changes in eu rules. why should northern ireland members have confidence in this government? why should the people of northern ireland believe this government is committed to devolution, to the peace process and to the good friday agreement? mr speaker, it is this government that is inserted into withdrawal agreement and the future political... get the political declaration of the future relationship, our absolute commitment to the belfast good friday agreement. karen bradley. and staying on the other ireland, a minister has barred that the pressure of westminster to act on the province's a

government and indeed all of the political parties in northern ireland and in the south of ireland all do not want to see a hard border we do not want to see a return to the days when there were customs posts when there were soldiers police when there was a real physical border there right now there is perfectly free movement between both parts of the island people travelling between dublin and belfast for example. most times don't even know where the border is until they realize that the petrol prices are marked in pounds or rather than in euros or the distances in miles rather than kilometers so the border really is it's not a physical border at the moment and nobody wants to see a return of that and of course if the united kingdom leaves the costumes union as part of its levy of the european union that would in effect mean that a border would return and that's something that we don't want to happen so the discussions that have been taking place over the past two years yet. so i talk we're simply to this british m.e.p. william that more and he actually told me that the irish border i

dr vision between northern ireland. economic consequences it has a lot of consequences for people particularly those who live along the border there's a lot of free movement at the moment people move forward there's a lot of economic activity there's a lot of social social activity and nobody wants to see the. president promises to raise the minimum wage and cut taxes after four weeks of civil unrest across from the. british prime minister calls off a crucial vote in parliament after admitting that she would face a major defeat prompting calls for her to resign. this government and the prime minister who feels it's time to go outside of the week prime minister members across this house don't want your deal if you don't realize how. ridiculous this makes you know. and alleged russian agent requests to change her plea in the u.s. after initially insisting she was not guilty a hearing will be held on wednesday. on the stories you can head to our t dot com coming up though a former deputy prime minister of ireland is the gu

all i different place from northern ireland. alll am different place from northern ireland. all i am saying mr chairman is there is no presumption in the backstop is there is no presumption in the ba cksto p of is there is no presumption in the backstop of fluid frayed between great britain and the european union what the text says is that the degree of regulatory cooperation between the united kingdom as a whole, and the european union, will of course be a factor, in the way both parties decide how to set their systems is of checks and controls, so, nothing is assumed in either direction. why doesn't the word frictionless, which used to the government‘s policy, frictionless trade appear in the political declaration, is is it because we didn‘t ask or the eu would agree to it? so, the government's put forward its proposals on how to achieve frictionless trade with the eu as you know, vociferously especially since the white paper injuly and as i think the prime minister briefed you last week, some november of those proposals have gained fraction, others are still difficult

to talk about so the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland has become a key issue that you know that convincingly has to choose between staying in the customs union with the e.u. or putting up a hard border isolating northern island are this really the only choice is is there a third option that could work. no i think that i think that summer summarizes that really the agreement that was made twenty years ago between our london the united kingdom the good friday agreement which provided for the settlement of the conflict in northern ireland regulates all the relations between the main relations between our land and the united kingdom and arising from that both the irish government and the u.k. government and indeed all of the political parties in northern ireland and in the south of ireland all do not want to see hard border we do not want to see a return to the days when there were customs posts when there were soldiers police when there was a real physical border there right now there is perfectly free movement between both parts of the island people travelling b

do you think people outside northern ireland care about northern ireland as much as you do? the ordinary punter gets it, they are not stupid. the union is for everyone, no matter your caste, creed, identity, gender, it's for all of us. the dup are not fazed when the government tries to get them to act ina certain government tries to get them to act in a certain way. they've had years and years of tough peace process negotiations, they've gone eyeball to eyeball with sinn fein who are equally tough on the other side of northern ireland's divide, so the dup, they are hardline, they are beligerant, they know what they want and the dup doesn't love. today, belfast there is little sign of its history of violence and the backstop is to help ensure those days never return. but the complications from the past continue to stand in the way of a brexit deal for the future. with just a few days to the vote, does it look like the prime minister might come up with a compromise? 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg is at westminster with this assessment. theresa may gives a big clue this

john campbell is our northern ireland business editor. where are you in northern ireland, john? iam in iamina i am in a place called moira, then a distribution house. this business turns over more than half £1 billion a yearand turns over more than half £1 billion a year and specialises in red meat and cereal products, and it sells those products into the uk, ireland and the wider european union. this is precisely the sort of business that could find itself exposed on a no—deal brexit, because we could end up no—deal brexit, because we could end up trading on wto tallis. they could be new text on food products as the cross the border. trevor, the prime minister's deal, with its backstop, does not appear to have many friends in parliament, so why businesses think it is a deal worth backing? business groups have followed the economic arguments from day one. politicians have political priorities, and our view, they are putting those priorities over economic priorities. the economic argument tells us that a no—deal brexit is bad forjobs, investment and all the citizens of no

do you think people outside northern ireland care about northern ireland as much as you do? the ordinary punter gets it, they are not stupid. the union is for everyone, no matter your caste, creed, identity, gender, it's for all of us. they've had years and years of tough peace process negotiations, they've gone eyeball to process negotiations, they've gone eye ball to eye ball with process negotiations, they've gone eyeball to eyeball with sinn fein who are equally tough on the other side of northern ireland's divide, so side of northern ireland's divide, so the dup, they are hardline, they are beligerant, they know what they wa nt are beligerant, they know what they want and the dup doesn't love. today, belfast there is little sign of its history of violence and the backstop is to help ensure those days never return. but the publications of this place from the past continue to stand in the way —— but the complications of this place from the past continue to stand in the wake of a brexit deal for the future. let's speak to our political editor laura kuenssberg. does it

northern ireland. russia it might watch in order to get the deal... that northern ireland was majorly sacrificial lamb to placate the eu? what has happened throughout these negotiations is that this government has been very aware of their responsibilities we've to the people of northern ireland. it is that responsibility that we want to make sure that in the circumstances in the little agreement, we will ensure that they will be no hot water between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. —— no hot water. my looters are sick to the back teeth by being towed by people who was the referendum. we're told that the research, a bit stupid, now we're being told that we didn't know what we were looking for. what is going on in this place is a stitch up going on in this place is a stitch up by going on in this place is a stitch up by people have said they accept the results of the referendum who are using every single chick in a book to divide people what they voted for. —— every single trick in t

ireland protocol the northern ireland protocol the northern ireland protocol the northern ireland customs arrangements mean that there will be northern ireland will form part of the eu customs territory and not of the eu customs territory and not of the uk's customs territory and woods he confirm under article four of the protocol that is a new right under international law, one not in the 1998 agreement for the eu to oversee certain aspects of the implementation of the belfast agreement? i will follow those points further up with him in discussions but overall context is a deeply unattractive, and satisfactory presentation and he needs to therefore, rather than recommend this agreement, recommend it be rejected. nigel dodds of the dup. you are watching the bbc news at five. the attorney general geoffrey cox taking questions after making a statement to the house outlining a summary, i reiterate, is somebody, not full disclosure of his legal adviser to prime minister concerning her brexit deal. let's get the latest on all of this with our correspondent at westminster. the attorney general

collea g u es of northern ireland want to see. colleagues of years and say the prime minister's authority today is shot to pieces, what would you say to them? i think it would have been more damaged if the prime minister had knowingly gone into a vote in the house of commons that the government was going to lose. i think what the prime minister has done is to accept the reality of the position in which we find ourselves. there is no majority in the house of commons for any of the other options, not for another referendum, not for the eea. we have to understand the reality of where we are andi understand the reality of where we are and i think politicians have to face up to the realities of the situation and understand we have to ta ke situation and understand we have to take decisions because if we don't getan take decisions because if we don't get an agreement with our withdrawal provision in it, then we are either going to be true the voters and not have brexit or are we going to have brexit was no deal. when you have a change o

, and northern ireland? we have said we won't construct a hard border, and the british have said the same, so that is the position. the british government is party to an internationally binding treaty called the good friday agreement. at the core of that is the concept of consent. and what the agreement says is that the people of the north of ireland must consent to any change in the constitutional status of the north of ireland. and of course, when the agreement was signed, that meant the union between britain and the north. but i think that you can fairly and feasibly argue that the proposal to coerce the north of ireland out of the european union, despite the democratically expressed wishes and views of the people, actually flies in the face of the consent principle. we try to nail the big trends, as well as the big personalities. this took us to kazakhstan, a vast swathe of central asia poised to exploit the eastward tilt of the global economy. in the kazakh language, "asta na" means capital. in just 20

tween northern ireland garland and provided also for the totality of the relationships between the united kingdom and ireland and this was always going to be an issue that was going to have to be resolved as part of. the united kingdom leaving the european union there are lots of complex issues involved there's the issue of customs there's the issue of. environmental issues there's the issue of the single market all of these issues are involved i think it was probably an issue that needed to have been addressed more clearly before the referendum took place but we are where we are and it has to be addressed now so northern island and island have lived without a hard border for a long time although of course they are they use different currency different rules so it is a hard border really necessary to control the flow of goods back and forth. well this is a decision really that has been made by the united kingdom which is to believe the the european union at the time that the good friday agreement was negotiated twenty years ago and the present arrangements were put in place the working as

ireland from the rest of the united kingdom because of special arrangements to do with northern ireland in terms of that backstop they will retain some elements of the single market and therefore they will have to be regulated reboarded checks down the irish sea between northern ireland and the united kingdom in order to make sure there is no hard border on the island of ireland and that's something that they fundamentally ideologically politically reject so as long as this deal remains on the table there doesn't seem to be any way of taking the northern ireland unionists back into the fold and therefore you know it's not just about the big numbers next week it's about day to day government stories of may's got a real problem jonah for the moment many thanks jeremy corbyn the labor party opposition leader there on his feet trying to take some political chunks out of theresa may the u.k. prime minister day two of the debate focusing in on cybersecurity and what they're going to do with it how they're going to handle it how they're going to deconstruct it because cybersecurity is a big de

fuel be removed in northern ireland and the european court of justice removed in northern ireland and the european court of]ustice would adjudicate on that. that is all correct. one final point. on that issue, the european court will be ruling, so when the government says things, are we to assume there is a footnote saying except in certain circumstances, because the government doesn't particularly footnote its comments. one final point is to bring your attention to article four, which is at the heart of this. it establishes this treaty as superior law, and requires inconsistent or incompatible domestic provisions may be to supply. so the suggestion that some embers of the government have put in that if we don't like the backstop, we could simply pull out of it, we would then be breaking domestic law because we have agreed that this treaty would have the same status, the usual —— unusual constitutional status as the european treaties? millar parliament will get a in terms of how that applies, you are correct, in that there will be a direct effect element to those provisions, and s

it is also a very big northern ireland problem. one of the interesting straws in the wind are a couple of polls that suggest that people in northern ireland might actually prefer unity with ireland than a no deal brexit. northern ireland has got itself into a position whereby it voted to remain, is represented in parliament entirely by people who are hardline brexiteers and the people who would best represent the people who wanted to stay will take up their seats in parliament. another well functioning political system! in the good friday agreement, that is the tipping point when it could reunite with the republic. a few have a majority of citizens in northern ireland saying we want to join the republic, then that would be called for. another referendum! "let them drive less" had appeared to be emmanuel macron's initial response to the giletjaune, or yellow vest, protests which erupted across france over his plan to increase fuel taxes. the president said he was doing his bit for the environment. "those who complain about higher fu

it was part of their campaign to try and undermine british rule in northern ireland and to make northern ireland effectively ungovernable. >> no warnings were given, and the targets seem to have been chosen precisely because they would be crowded with people at that time of day. >> what they managed to do was make the percussive regularity of bombs going off the norm in northern ireland during the 1970s. what do you think will happen? >> i think they'll just keep bombing going on. >> it's got to end some time. >> aye, some time, but i don't know when. nobody knows. >> i'm jim mckay speaking to you live at this moment from abc headquarters just outside the olympic village in munich, west germany. the olympics of serenity have become the one thing the germans didn't want them to be, the olympics of terror. >> i was in my bed at the hotel. and the phone rang, and they said, you better get in here. some terrorists have taken over the apartments of the israeli team. and i said, they did what? >> at about 5:00 this morning, before dawn, arab guerillas believed now to be five in number got over

the northern ireland backstop, if it did not go into play would be detrimental for northern ireland, notjust economically and politically but also socially. we rely heavily on free movement between the north and the south of island. as a country we are very unstable and it is the glue that holds us together. with free movement between the north and the south if that is in trouble, the peace in northern ireland is in trouble as well. what do you think about the results run last night? the confidence vote? do you believe theresa may is below the water line or is she in trouble? she could have been in trouble last night. the party across the board made the right decision to keep her as mp. for her own party to oust her as prime minister would have been political suicide for the party and would have caused major issues. she has been given the worst of this bad deal, she has been left with this mess by a previous administration and has had to pick up and move on and do something with it. thank you very much indeed. from the national glass centre a bit of clarity, if that is not too bad a

northern ireland voted to remain in the referendum and northern ireland farmers are supportive of the deal. i think it is a mistake to assume the dup speaks for the whole of northern ireland. the dup holds a key position in the commons and your party is reliant on its support? key position in the commons and your party is reliant on its support7m is an important position but not blackmail chip and the tory party will not be held to ransom and we will not be held to ransom and we will not be held to ransom and we will not have who are leader is and what our policies are, dictated to by other parties. then it is a political stalemate because there is no way without the dup support the government can get anything through. this is a modern way of defining the success of a government, there are lots of things government can do without enacting legislation. the house should be focused on delivering a brexit deal which respects the result of the referendum but moves the country forward. we can not be blackmailed by people who just don't happen to like the direction of travel and are not prep

showers too for northern ireland. temperatures will be falling through the afternoon. seven to 10 degrees as that cooler air continues to work its way in. now, as far as the weekend goes, it will stay pretty wind and blustery, and we're looking at further showers around, particularly on saturday. it turns cooler on sunday, but with a bit more in the way of sunshine. here's a chart then to take us through friday night. those strong wind still buffeting scotland, it will take a while for those winds to ease down, and then we'll start to see the next system approaching from the west. so, this is the forecast for saturday. most of us will see at least some bright and sunny spells, but it's going to be a blustery kind of day, with showers moving in from the west and pushing eastwards as the day goes by. so it's one of those days where most of us will see at least a spell of rain. temperatures between nine and i3 celsius, so we're just about on the mild side of things. however, for the second half of the weekend, as winds swith round more to a north—westerly, still with so

including northern ireland would stay in a customs union but that specifically northern ireland would also have to abide by some specific e.u. rules and that is what they don't like the unionists that the members of the d u p party these m.p.'s that. up to reason may's government they really don't like it and neither do those on the right of tories amazed paciorek so we've got this is insurance policy if you will. concerning ireland in northern ireland and what about today in london what was happening while the reason may was touring europe well of course that was would be exciting because this is all drama that's playing out before our very eyes there was a moment this afternoon when we thought that there was possibly going to be a leadership bid against two reason may want she was out of the country forty eight tory m.p.'s have to trigger some let is to say that they want it to be a leadership contest at the moment they have not reached that number it's fifteen percent of the tory party but we are we are a leadership what shifts have not been going on secondly there's been a debate

some parties in northern ireland ta ke some parties in northern ireland take a different view to that. many businesses think that they are very keen to avoid any kind of new trade barriers. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. it's difficult to tell where it is, but it's easy to see how it's affected the brexit process. the irish border has been the most difficult issue for negotiators to resolve. the sticking point is the backstop, an arrangement to ensure there will be no checks on the land frontier, even if trade talks aren't successful. under the backstop, there would be some checks on goods coming across the irish sea from great britain into northern ireland, because this part of the uk would continue to follow rules of the eu single market. a number of mps argue that would mean the united kingdom would not be so united, one of the main reasons why this deal has run into so much political trouble. whether they transport products by land, sea orair, businesses say they need the uncertainty to end. the boss of this haulage firm said the lack of clarity is crippling. the po

ireland and northern england. blizzard is expected on the hills of scotland but for much of england and wales, breezy day, early rain in eastern areas clearing by the rush hour, sunshine and a scattering of heavy and thundery showers. still the rain and thundery showers. still the rain and mountain blizzards across parts of northern scotland into the afternoon. a rather chilly feeling day with temperatures close to 10 degrees and further south temperatures drop in the afternoon. 0ver temperatures drop in the afternoon. over the weekend saturday will see rain across england and wales clearing and then colder weather to ta ke clearing and then colder weather to take us into sunday and next week. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8. theresa may denies misleading parliament over the government‘s brexit legal advice, as the government publishes the document in full. is it time the prime minister took responsibility, a responsibility for concealing the facts on her brexit dealfrom members concealing the facts on her

most of geoffrey cox's statement focused on the plan to avoid border checks between northern ireland and the irish republic if there's no trade deal between the uk and the eu — the plan known as the backstop. some mps are concerned the uk couldn't leave the backstop without the eu's agreement, leaving the uk in a trap that would mean following eu rules. there is therefore no unilateral right for either party to terminate this arrangement. so, it's a trap? this means that if no superseding agreement can be reached within the implementation period, the protocol would be activated, and an international law would subsist even if negotiations had broken down. the gradual loosening and removal of the legal ties that have bound us to the european union for 45 years will take time to work out. this agreement, and the eu withdrawal act already passed by the house, allow for the necessary time and legal means for that process to unfold in a peaceful and orderly way. the reality of this situation is that all members are asking questions at a major disadvantage, because they have not read the

we're have the latest from brussels and from northern ireland. but our first report on the delayed vote — by our political editor laura kuenssberg — contains some flash photography. the landmarks look the same, but these are extraordinary days this place will remember. on the prime minister's most important plan — the brexit compromise that's taken more than two years — theresa may simply didn't have the mps to back her so, instead, the prime minister backed down. if we went ahead and held the vote tomorrow, the deal would be rejected by a significant margin. we will therefore defer the vote scheduled for tomorrow and not proceed to divide the house at this time. in other words, she knew she would lose, so there'll be no vote tomorrow. instead, she's appealing to the rest of the eu to look again at the most controversial part of the agreement, the backstop. i will go to see my counterparts in other member states and the leadership of the council and commission. i will discuss with them the clear concerns that this house has expressed. we

and northern ireland. they have also been clear on the temporary nature of the backstop. i think he is right. we should go boldly back to the european union on these issues. we have been rigorously and robustly -- we have been rigorously and robustly debating with them on this and have achieved a number of agreements to ensure that there could be that assurance. thist is now for me and government to go back and make the point that those assurances are sufficient for members of the house. nothing should be off the table but everyone should be very clear that in the recording for every opening of the withdrawal agreement, there were the issues that would be back on the table, including the north ireland territory. go today, the government has really lost all of authority. and might i just say -- in the fiasco today, the government has really lost all of authority. -- theht i just say leader of the opposition could proceed to a no-confidence vote. thespecifically on statement, can i ask the prime minister how

the major sticking point — how to prevent a physical border springing up between northern ireland and the irish republic. more on the tortuous way that developed a little later. but, of course, while brexit dominated life at westminster, there were other problems for ministers to deal with. top of that list — the new benefit system, universal credit. it combines six working age benefits into one with the aim of making the system simpler and helping people into work. 0pponents claim it's too inflexible and driving claimants into rent arrears and poverty. two former prime ministers, labour's gordon brown and the conservativejohn major, both warned of dire consequences if the roll—out continued unchanged. and one mp said universal credit was pushing women in his area into prostitution. it is not going as well as we are told in the house of commons, where some women are taking to the red light district for the first time. might she come to birkenhead and meet those women's organisations and the police who are worried about women's security being pushed into this position. perhaps he c

all sides agreed more than a year ago that the peace process in ireland and northern ireland, but order, keeping that open, has to be a guarantee. so that is the basic legal certainty that the eu and uk both the state needs to be in there. so they can get another assurance but it seems hard to deliver at the legal side of that and that is the hurdle but she has to clear for many in parliament. and might be where this attempt redefines it is difficult to deliver something that works back home. live to westminster and our chief political correspondent vicki young. how much frustration do you detect over this? people asking why she did not get the backstop in the agreement in the first place? downing street would argue that these negotiations were always going to go down to the wire and that is when changes can be made, at the last minute. there is evidence that that has happened before. and here people are talking about the idea of some kind of beefed up kind of assurance alongside the withdrawal agreement, beefing up the idea of best endeavours. the backstop is to best endeavours. the ba

ireland, rain will spread across scotla nd ireland, rain will spread across scotland northern ireland, bursts across scotland and in northern ireland, that will spread to northern england and west wales, after dry starts for the east, there will be some patchy rain and drizzle, writing up in scotland and cloudy in the south, but above where they should be. that will follow as a going friday, but friday potentially a very windy day, especially in the north. we will have more in half an hour. hello, i‘m ros atkins, this is 0utside source. the uk government has been forced to publish its legal advice on theresa may‘s brexit deal, emboldening those opposed to it ahead of next week‘s vote. this was the response of nmp. isn't it time the prime minister took responsibility for concealing the fa cts o n responsibility for concealing the facts on her brexit deal from members of this house and the public? we will hear her response. us special council robert mueller publishes a heavily redacted memo that could hold explosive revelations. we now know michael flynn — the former national se

but a mild afternoon across much of england and wales, 1a or 15 celsius. 11 for northern ireland and the far north of england, just eight or nine across scotland, where we keep this area of low pressure as we go into monday. meanwhile, another front for southern parts of the uk will generate more rain and some strong winds to start so a blustery start across wales, south—west england and southern coastal counties. to the north of scotland, some outbreaks of rain and snow sinking their way a little bit further southward but, in between, a fine and dry day with a good deal of sunshine, a breezy day but a mild day for england and wales. even though temperatures are down a little bit from what we see on sunday, ten to 13 celsius to start the new week, butjust six or seven across scotland. the rain and the snow will start to ease away, along with the rain across south—east england, so overnight into tuesday we'll see clearer skies, lighter winds and some cold conditions stretching across much of the uk. temperatures widely at or below freezing. the highlands could well get down to —

ireland, while they work ha rd in northern ireland, while they work hard on that, they will work speedily on that, the backstop has to be there unless and until that new arrangement is agreed. that is absolutely not what theresa may wa nted absolutely not what theresa may wanted to hear. also making news today: the french car—maker, renault, says an initial audit looking at the pay of its chairman and chief executive, carlos ghosn, has not found any irregularities. renault‘s board said its lawyers would continue to review allegations against him made by its partner group, nissan, which recently sacked him as its chairman. the executive is currently being detained injapan, where he's been charged with financial misconduct. he's denied under—reporting his pay package at nissan. a woman accused by the us of being a russian agent has pleaded guilty to conspiracy as part of a plea deal at a court in washington. maria butina was accused by prosecutors of trying to infiltrate the national rifle association in order to influence american policy towards russia. the lobby group is closely ali

ireland and northern england. blizzard is expected on the hills of scotland, but much of england and wales will have a breezy day, early rain across eastern areas, clearing by the early morning rush hour, turning the sunshine at a scattering of heathery and thundery showers but we still have rain and blizzards in parts of northern scotla nd blizzards in parts of northern scotland in the afternoon. temperatures close to 10 degrees and temperatures further south dropped through the afternoon. —— heavy and thundery. on saturday things will clear and then colder weather to ta ke clear and then colder weather to take us into sunday and next week. you're watching beyond 100 days. they came from around the world to say goodbye to a president who changed the world. the funeral of george herbert walker bush was history in action as mourners looked back on a different era. the 41st president helped navigate the end of the cold war, the reunification of germany and the liberation of kuwait. today though he was also celeb

it ta kes all improve in northern ireland. it takes all day for the vain to reach across east anglia another mild day with highs of ii or 12 celsius. —— rain. welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi, in singapore. the headlines: a huge explosion at a restaurant in northern japan leaves more than a0 people injured. north korea threatens what it calls "a return to exchanges of fire", as pyongyang condemns the latest us sanctions. i'm babita sharma, in london. also in the programme: a fifth victim dies after the christmas market gun attack, in the french city of strasbourg. and hunting for honey — we meet those risking their lives to access mountainside beehives in rural nepal. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday.

for northern ireland, northern england and wales, a blustery day with a mixture of sunny spells and passing showers. in northern scotland, notjust the winds could cause problems but also heavy rain, that brings the risk of some localised flooding. it could be pretty lively end to the week. thank you. a reminder of our top story... heated exchanges at westminster as the prime minister is accused of misleading mps over brexit, after the full legal advice on the deal is published. that‘s all from the bbc news at six. on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. this is bbc news with carole walker. the headlines. theresa may denies misleading parliament over the government‘s brexit legal advice as the government publishes the document in full. the benefits for patients now as british scientists complete the world‘s largest gene sequencing project in health care. the academicjailed for spying tells the bbc he was psychologically tortured while imprisoned in the united arab emirates. a warning that money for councils is running out fast as pressure on servic

england and northern ireland. the temperature range roundabout ii—isdc search above average for this stage in december. hello. this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines... britain's most senior police officer, cressida dick, has suggested a no—deal brexit could put the public at risk if security cooperation with the eu is weakened. new data suggests four in ten nhs hospitals in england have put up their parking fees in the last year. in some places, the charges have doubled. in an effort to reduce the use of plastic, the government has set out plans to increase the price of a single—use carrier bag in england to 10p and extend the policy to all shops. black and minority workers in britain are losing £3.2 billion a year in an ethnic pay gap, according to analysis by the resolution foundation thinktank. the us coast guard is searching for a 20—year—old british cruise ship entertainer, who went overboard from a royal caribbean vessel on christmas day. now on bbc news, 2018 has been a year in whic

the fact is that with the northern ireland back do? place they are tied to the customs union, that is heart of failure of theresa may's deal. there is no way i think she will get the eu to back down over this. >> ambassador. if there is a hard exit as was suggested, if this deal doesn't go through, is that better or worse for the eu? i understand how you feel it would work out for the uk. if the eu force this is scenario, where there isn't a deal that can pass in the uk, are think better or worse off for having you know, forced this situation forward? >> of course the eu doesn't want a hard no deal "brexit." it would be bad for europe. bad for uncertainty. bad for investments. they're not wishing for that. they have done the best in their negotiation. i disagree entirely. all the e u2 7 have domestic politics as well. the uk while it was a member tried to have many benefits of non-membership. now it wants to be a non-member with all the benefits of membership. you can't have it. it is impossible. so that really where we are today is in

perhaps the odd shower in parts of northern ireland. but northern ireland and scotland should keep the sun shine through the day. it will stay pretty cloudy and damp further south. temperatures between 6-13 further south. temperatures between 6—13 on sunday. next week, christmas week, we are interested in the weather. although there could be some rain in the south—west at first, christmas eve looks like we should see high pressure building on that high pressure, for most of us, holds on into christmas day. christmas day looks largely dry although there may be some patchy frost and fog around. mostly cloudy conditions. at least the days are better, getting longer as we are passing the winter solstice. good news, thank you very much indeed! a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. gatwick reopens after more than 30 hours of chaos, with most flights now running as normal, after the army was deployed to protect the airport from drones. that's all from the bbc news at one. so, it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbcâ

showers ease from northern ireland in southern scotla nd northern ireland in southern scotland later, the showers in northern scotland turn when the as temperatures dropped into a chilly start to tomorrow morning. for england and wales if you are barely there will be a lot of cloud around and still a few showers during the early pa rt and still a few showers during the early part of the morning. notice how they fade away southwards. showers are donated to northern ireland, wales and northern scotland can be wintry. he went loosened from a direction, so it will be a chilly one, temperatures in single figures. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: police in new zealand are to charge a 26—year—old man with the murder of british backpacker grace millane who went missing in auckland last week. the evidence we have gathered has established that this is a homicide. police fire tear gas on the streets of paris as anti—government protestors clash with officers in a fourth weekend of demonstrations. this is the scene live in paris, where ministers say the "yellow the number of writers is