tell the political leaders of northern ireland. they should put all their divisions aside and try and be cohesive and work together to provide the best future for northern ireland this is a crucial time in our country's history and really. well let's say the franchise that of having to wait till you were eighteen sixteen scott would be eighteen to vote limited the franchise is. over twenty five was allowed to go what do you think then just the under twenty five voting no about what then would have to do that the society would change dramatically yeah obviously the younger people have more liberal views you know you look at parties like the you can see they're represented by an older generation you know a generation to be stuck in the past stuck in the troubles with you know some bitterness here should you know you look you look at the young people today i mean the notion posy and we saw that you know older generations look and i think that young people shouldn't have a voice because they don't know what they're talking about but we

for northern ireland. probably the most serious crisis it has faced in many a long year, and that says something. it has been one long saga of inertia and inactivity. hear, hear. i know from personal experience how difficult it can be in northern ireland. but i see no evidence that energy and commitment has been effectively applied. the prime minister, frankly, has shown little interest. no attempt has been made to appoint an independent chair. there has been no structure to the talks. and suggestions regarding possible restoration of the assembly on its own have been ignored. mps have heard claims that an autistic child has to fail before getting the support he or she needs. members were taking part in a commons debate on services for people with autism. they heard first from hugh merriman, a member of the all—party parliamentary group on autism. each of us, as my honourable member has just reminded, has around 1000 people on the autism spectrum in our constituencies. and it affects one in 100 people. w

plus, there's been peace at the boer between the republic ireland and northern ireland since the 1998 good friday deagreement, but the brexite now threatens that stability. >> nobody envisaged, when the '98 agreement was put in place, that there would be a situation in which britain would be outside the e.u. and ireland would be in the e.u. so, this throws up all kinds of problems nobody had anticipated. >> nawaz: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >>ajor funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ >> on a cruise with american cruise lines, you can experience historic dtinations along the mississippi river, the columbia river and across the united states. american cruise lines' fleet of small ships explore american ndmarks, local cultures and calm waterways. american cruise lines, proud p sponsor newshour. >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> babbel. a language program that teaches spanish, french, german, italia and more. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial .teracy in

the consequences of that are devastating for northern ireland, because goods would flood northern ireland from the republic to the rest of the eu and would not be subject to tariffs. whereas if there was good land in dover or holyhead, they would be subject to tariffs. so local businesses would face competition. the other thing, that wouldn't really be sustainable, the government acknowledges we could get away with doing that for about a year, because wto might have an issue with this. but also you might have high levels of trade flowing into gb via northern ireland that could take other routes. what happens after a year? the government has to look at at and say, how do we e nforce has to look at at and say, how do we enforce this, how do we know it is goods are coming from. the goods coming from liverpool and cairnryan, are they from northern ireland or the republic? so then they start checking everything northern ireland going to gb, which creates a hard water down the irish sea, something that people who are against no's agreement fear most. many people are telling me that the dup are

to northern ireland. in the last few minutes, the business organisation, the cbi, has given its reaction — describing any no—deal tariff regime as a "sledgehammer" to the uk economy. our economics correspondent andrew walker is here. these details just released earlier this morning giving us an idea of what it might be like under no deal. talk us through what the tariffs would be. we currently get something like 80% of the goods coming into the uk tariff free and that's because more than half our imports come from the european union. under this new regime, and it's worth emphasising that this is still hypothetical at this stage, it's in the eventuality of a no deal departure, we would have goods coming from the eu, in some cases are subject to tariffs that currently don't apply, cars would be one example, a10% currently don't apply, cars would be one example, a 10% tariff on cars. we would have stuff coming in from outside the eu that is currently subject to tariffs but would no longer be. to give som

the fate of the border between northern ireland, which is part of the u.k., and the republic of ireland, an independent nation that will remainart of the e.u. how that border matter is resolved could also have major implications for the peace forged 21 years ago, tded the deadly uprising in northern ireland. special correspondent ja ferguson was born and raised in northern ireland, and returned there to examine these tense and fraught times. n risesrter: as the over this corner of ireland, sifirst light bathes an ine frontier. it touches carlingford lough,st outh of the border... and reaches across to the hills of south armagh, in the north. it's a peaceful place scene. but this rugged, beautiful land, straddling two nations, has aol t history. it was here that the deadliest branch of the irish republican army, or i.r.a., battled against british rule for some 30 years, esginning in the late 1960s. these fields and lecame so dangerous for british troops, they could only deploy here safely by licopter. "the troubles," as they were called, transformed this tranquil place into a war zone. a

northern ireland the unionists in northern ireland are concerned that this backstop essentially treating the whole island of ireland as as kind of a separate country that's a big no no for them isn't it because that's not that's not what they're there with what they want to them that that is a path to a united ireland isn't it isn't that a legitimate concern. well two things there one when you say the union is a problem we were talking primarily here about the do you see who got about a third of the vote in the last election opinion poll suggests that about two thirds of the population don't want norton out of state but in the customs union distancing the marks of the g.o.p. are not representing the people of north americans on this issue and therefore i think it's important to stress that at the outset in terms of prospects of united aren't just sometimes mentioned that's something that nobody really wants to address right now i mean there's been a demographic shift in northern ireland over the years you know four of the six counties in order to snap up nationals the garveys shin fein i

northern ireland and across england and wales. the potential for wintry weather over the hills, certainly hail and thunder. if you shelter from the breeze in the sunshine you will start to feel the effect of that strengthening march sunshine. lots of showers continuing through the coming night. we could see lengthy spells of rain and hill snow as well. quite chilly, we will see a touch of frost. fairly localised. low pressure dominates the weather as we go into tuesday. storm freya well and truly off into scandinavia, but with low pressure still keeping things unsettled, there will be showers or longer spells of rain, centred across northern parts of the uk. hill snow as well. that will tend to ease in the south ahead of this next area of rain which is our next area of low pressure. midweek looks set to turn very much more unsettled once again with more widespread rain or heavy showers. strong winds for a time, and yes, a more lengthy spell of snow, potentially, as that weather system comes into that cold air across the northern h

ireland, even if that meant northern ireland, even if that meant northern ireland, even if that meant northern ireland leaving the customs union within the eu? i think this was a point the attorney general responded to. it would be in his statement earlier, it is open to any southern government to choose to take a decision to to supply something it has entered into. of course it would have consequences and i think i am right in saying my leonard friend indicated that was not a route he could recommend ministers to take. but of course my honourable friend is right that is always open to a sovereign government to act in that way. i will give way. lam very i will give way. i am very grateful for the prime minister giving way. could the prime minister giving way. could the prime minister confirm the element of risk of going into the backstop when this country was told that this would be the easiest trade deal in history? well, can i say to my honourable friend that of course, any negotiation between different parties of this sort does take time. trade deals do take time. often a shorter t

but there was a clear concern in parliament over one issue in particular, the northern ireland backstop. having been sean ‘s policy to guarantee that there will never bea to guarantee that there will never be a hard border in northern ireland is absolutely right. —— insurer must. it honours the uk's solid commitment in the belfast good friday agreement but if we ever had to use that insurance policy, it can't become a permanent arrangement and it is not the template for our future relationship. the deal that mps future relationship. the deal that m ps voted future relationship. the deal that mps voted on injanuary was not strong enough in making that clear and legally binding changes were needed to set that right. today, we have agreed them. first, a joint instrument with comparable legal weight to the withdrawal agreement will guarantee that the eu can't act with the intent of applying the backstop indefinitely. if they do, it can be challenged through arbitration but if found to be in breach, the uk can suspend the backstop. thejoint breach, the uk can suspend the backstop. the

well, one law firm in northern ireland agrees. phoenix law belfast, who are representing the family of william nash, one of the teenagers killed, have referred the defence secretary‘s comments to the attorney general of northern ireland. they say in the statement... i should make clear, the british government helps all former soldiers with legal bills when it‘s to do with their time in service, so this isn‘t specific to this case. today‘s announcement follows on from the northern ireland secretary karen bradley saying this last week. over 90% of the killings were at the hands of terrorists. every single one of those was a crime. the fewer than 10% that were at the hands of the military and the police were not crimes, they were people acting under orders and under instructions, and fulfilling their duties in a dignified and appropriate way. karen bradley apologised the next day. we‘ve also heard from the commanding officer of the bloody sunday soldiers who maintains they acted in self—defence. he spoke to the bbc earlie

temperatures at their lowest across northern england, northern ireland and scotland. close to freezing in places. wintry showers in scotland. an area of rain and hill snow coming out of northern ireland and running through northern england first thing, so a bit of snow to the pennines out of that. further showers running into northern ireland, across northern england, northern and western scotland on through the day. again, wintry on the hills but there'll also be some decent sunshine. let's take a look at things at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. very strong gusty winds across the far north of scotland and northern isles. a bit of wet weather on and off during the day into 0rkney. these are the showers running into scotland. again, wintry on the hills. not too many to the east of scotland. they're there in northern ireland, they should be starting to ease from northern england at this stage of the afternoon. strong gusty winds right across the uk and actually, a fair amount of fine and occasionally sunny weather across the bulk of england and wales, bar the odd passing s

ireland, parts of northern england into southern scotland as well. under clear skies elsewhere, a cooler night. then shall eastern areas of scotland, temperature is low enough for frost. we start tomorrow morning called a first thing, this area of low pressure continuing to drive showers into the north—west, another low pushing from the south—west will bring wetter and windier weather as we go on into wednesday. for tuesday, many windier weather as we go on into wednesday. fortuesday, many of windier weather as we go on into wednesday. for tuesday, many of us will see a dry, sunny day, showers across scotland and northern england, by the end of the afternoon at rain showing its hand in the south—west and south wales. highs of 7-13 south—west and south wales. highs of 7—13 degrees. a significant area of low pressure arriving overnight tuesday into wednesday, nowhere near as severe the gales, but nevertheless heavy rain across northern ireland, again predominantly into northern england and scotland by the end of the afternoon, scattered showe

suppose we shouldn't be surprised because northern ireland voted to stay in the eu. even though the position of the dup is strongly in favour of brexit. 7796 position of the dup is strongly in favour of brexit. 77% are dissatisfied with the uk government, i'm surprised that is not higher. laughter 6796 of the set with the way the dup has representing northern ireland but that that is really important because mps have a disproportionate amount of power and they did not represent the people of northern ireland. they don't even represent their constituents. a lot of dup supporters are also dissatisfied with arlene foster and you have to remember that she herself a year ago was in disgrace over another scandal over renewable heating initiatives, and that was why the storm in parliament collapsed, it is not like she has been a unifying bradley popular leader. —— stormont parliament. yes, she seems to have the power here because of the pressure she can put on theresa may, that is not how they see her over there. in terms of what this is about sinn fein, one of the thin

it includes northern ireland. and there is no circumstance in which the government of this country, and are certainly not a conservative government, will ever leave northern ireland behind. subject to the obligations under the belfast agreement. let me say, because that has been proposed, it has been proposed that we should have a termination right for gb only. the prime minister explained why that was unacceptable. the attorney general says of the joint incident and the content of the unilateral declaration, related to the withdrawal agreement, reduce the risk that the uk could indefinitely or involuntarily be held in at the backstop in the event of bad faith. but surely that was only ever a very, very limited risk? is it not true that the far greater risk of being held in the backstop indefinitely is not as a result of the failure of either party to act in good faith, but because of intractable differences? in such circumstances, isn't it right that the people of northern ireland and the people of northern irela

ireland and the terrorists who dragged northern ireland through the troubles for decades? and when can we have a debate about how we bring closure and fairness for all those who serve this country bravely? yes, my honourable friend raises an incredibly important issue. the government recognises the terrible loss suffered by all those who lost loved ones during the troubles, but we've said that the system needs to change to provide better outcomes for victims and survivors of the troubles and to treat everyone fairly, including those who served in the armed forces and the police. andrea leadsom. the government has been pressed to do more to boost the take—up of shared parental leave, which was introduced in 2015. it follows concern that only a small proportion of new fathers are taking up the option. in the future, i think we will look back at the inequality between parental leave between fathers and mothers and think, wonder how on earth we thought it was ok for it to be like that. does my honourable friend agree that we need to rebalance parental leave between men and w

so this is how voters in northern ireland would vote if it comes to brexit, and when it comes toa dup— comes to brexit, and when it comes to a dup— tori brexit. 77% are satisfied with the uk government. —— dissatisfied. 67% dissatisfied with the way the dup is representing northern ireland. and 67% want the uk to stay in the eu single market and customs union to ensure they will be no hard border. so the majority supports a very soft brexit with no borders at all. this is quite different from the picture in the republic of ireland. yes, what is interesting, the survey was done face—to—face and that is why they can be so face—to—face and that is why they can be so accurate face—to—face and that is why they can be so accurate about it being correct, but also, what i understand is that only 30% of northern irish people voted to support the dup and supported them in the election, even though they won so many seats. so actually, these numbers feel about right. from what i understand, for the irish and the northern irish, not having a start—up of the troubles again is

there's a reason they both overlap on northern ireland. the snow situation that deals with real politics that does not have northern ireland treated differently. that's the issue. you have a choice of which first. that's a thing about the agreement being yet another unicorn is that it does not fully acknowledge the northern irish issue and until you do that you can have no deal and you do have either no deal that will pass and so you are the default outwards to no deal or you have the status quo. you cannot have anything in between and that's what keeps crashing out of the eu very much still on the table. we we re very much still on the table. we were reminding me of a comedy from a few years ago. it's a good night time drink like ovaltine or something. very nourishing. let's move on. the net of drama seems for a ministers breakthrough and even more bizarrely one of the whips effectively saying it was a state not as ideal was ordering people to go and vote the government tonight but then himself abstained. but then the situation that they

the ft leads on a warning issued by the head of the civil service in northern ireland that the country faces grave consequences if britain leaves the eu without a deal. the guardian details the findings of a parliamentary report which claims that the home office is still failing despite the windrush scandal. the daily mail has on its front page details of a case involving an eighteen year old man who has been given a suspended prision sentence for a second weapons offence. and the explosives sent to busy london transportation hubs is the mirror's lead. for you to enjoy tomorrow morning with cornflakes for you to enjoy tomorrow morning with cornfla kes or for you to enjoy tomorrow morning with cornflakes or induce or whatever you're having for brea kfast. whatever you're having for breakfast. bombs sent to airports came from ireland. dublin addresses, apparently, irish stamps, all hastily written, all to give you the impression that they have just sent these things out. i suppose we all thought the troubles were over as far as the thought the troubles were over as faras the uk thought t

ireland in the irish sea, isolating northern ireland and potentially pushing it closer to reunification with the republic of northern ireland, which is part of the european union. joining me now from london, nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely. to today's vote, any expectations how this is going to go? is theresa may finally going to win a vote? >> reporter: i think the short answer is no. remember, just a few weeks ago in january, she lost a vote on the deal, exactly the same thing is going to be put to the house tonight by 230 votes. that was the biggest defeat in a hundred years. i don't think she'll be defeated by that margin tonight, but we'll probably still be in three figures. it would take an absolute miracle for her to win. the arithmetic simply doesn't add up. it was all looking quite good for her this morning. she came back from strausburg, having negotiated late last night with european leaders, and had got to what seemed to be a concession, some kind of legal assurance that the uk wouldn't be trapped forever in this arrangement, the backstop a customs union. but

and increasingly back into northern ireland and into northern england too. further south, i think we lose a lot of those heavy showers and temperatures will dip away to around 4 or 5 degrees. it will feel colder, though, as we head into thursday. let's trace where our air is coming from, all the way from the arctic, a cold north—north—westerly wind is going to be wrapped around the area of low pressure, which, by this stage, is out in the north sea. but around the edge of the low, where we're packing in a lot of wet weather into scotland, especially eastern scotland, northern england, down into east anglia too, some more snow over the high ground and a few wintry showers will be following in behind. probably the best of the sunshine and the dry weather, southern england and south wales, 11 degrees here. but a chilly 6 or so, i think, in northern scotland. as we head into the end of the week, well, that area of low pressure is moving away. it's taking away those cold winds. clearing skies, light winds means friday could start with a touch of frost, and so

in northern ireland, they should ease from northern england at this stage of the afternoon and strong gusty winds across the uk and actually a fair amount of fine sunny weather across the bulk of england and wales by the odd passing shower. on through saturday evening, some rain pushes more through a large pa rt rain pushes more through a large part of england and wales but into the peak district, temperatures at their lowest the further north you are away from it and the frost setting in, particularly into scotland, as sunder begins. it is in the cold might further southward you are seeing rain. all that clears away sunday, slow process are. it will take an area of rain and hill snow across the uk during sunday, and the snow in scotland particularly will be falling to relatively low levels that do not be surprised by it. the chance of some significant snow piling up in the hills in scotland on sunday at elsewhere, some sleet and hail out of these showers but also some sunny spells around. it will be a windier and called a feeling day on sunday. low pressure still in charge, bruce lee

mark easton, bbc news, northern ireland. i didn't even like that! the test flight of a possible new capsule for taking us astronauts into space has so far gone well. the dragon vehicle successfully docked with the international space station earlier today. karen allen has more. two metres away... 248 miles above earth, and this was the moment the spacex dragon capsule successfully docked onto the international space station. capture confirmed. applause and cheering. the applause signalled a sense of relief. ignition, lift—off. it was just over 2a hours earlier, here in florida, that a clear night sky offered a spectacular view of the falcon—9 rocket blasting the capsule into space, ahead of a scheduled manned flight later this year. for now, though, the mannequin on the left, nicknamed ripley, inspired by the film alien, was the only passenger on board. here, the first pictures of the scientists from the international space station entering the capsule. there he is, davide inside... the spacex dragon is expected to re—enter the earth's atmosph

brightening up for northern ireland through the afternoon. a lot of cloud through northern england, into the midlands, east anglia, with the outbreaks of rain pushing south. bright spells in south wales into southern england, maybe the odd passing show during the day. also very gusty winds. in the evening we will pick up showers in the far south and south—east. that is clearing away on thursday night and into friday morning. as that happens and the winds eventually ease, temperatures will drop away. plenty of widespread frost as friday begins. temperatures will be lower, away from towns and city centres. highland scotland could be —5 or —6 as friday begins. the odd mist and fog match. a lot of sunshine to start the day, not going to last. quite quickly cloud increasing from the west. quite a cold feeling day. you can see more hill snow to come in scotland out of that. that‘s friday covered. i want to show you the big picture for the weekend. still with the jet stream driving weather disturbances across us. it will be wet at times over

and there are ice warnings for northern ireland, parts of wales, northern england and some areas of scotland. some will be holding on for any sign of warm and dry weather to come. simon clemison, bbc news. the former vice president of the united states, joe biden, has given his strongest hint yet that he may run for president. if he enters the race, the 76—year—old would join a packed field of more than a dozen democratic candidates hoping to challenge donald trump next year. speaking at a rally in deleware last night, mr biden gave the impression his campaign is already under way, though he says he misspoke. i'll get criticised and told i'll be criticised by the new left. i have the most progressive record of anybody running for the... ..anybody who would run... cheering and applause. ididn‘t mean... cheering and applause. ..of anybody who would run... new powers to help police better protect people being stalked by strangers have become law. the crime survey for england and wales says more than one in five women and nearly one in ten men have been victims of stalking. the new law wil

thank you very much, political editorfor northern ireland. thank you very much, political editor for brick bbc northern ireland. some of the tweets coming in. a cheer from a cheerfrom some a cheer from some of the opposition benches and a bow from some of the tory mps, when that happened. the message from michel barnier, eu's the message from michel barnier, eu‘s lead brexit negotiator is, we have done our bit, same message, the problem is now in the uk, it is for theresa may to work out what parliament wants, and to find if you can geta parliament wants, and to find if you can get a version of this deal through parliament, no sign of that happening anytime soon. probably a goodidea happening anytime soon. probably a good idea to take a breath and remind where we got to. this theresa may‘s brexit deal has been completely, resoundingly rejected for a second time, the first time was injanuary, second time today, these are the numbers. it is a defeat of 149 and if you think, that is down on the 230 last time, it is, but in any other context,

ireland in one of the worst episode of the northern ireland conflict british troops gunned down civilians what became known as for these on. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us tonight perhaps the answer to breaks it is simply more time british lawmakers have voted in favor of delaying the country's departure from the european union by at least three months the government tonight passed its motion four hundred twelve votes to two hundred two all twenty seven e.u. member states excluding the u.k. still need to agree to the extension the prime minister now plans to have another go at getting the deal that she negotiated with the e.u. through the british parliament and that will be in a vote next week a third attempt if m.p.'s back that deal the government will request a three month extension if they reject it london will seek a longer extension. our let's take the story now to our correspondent our pervaiz will she joins us from outside the houses of parliament in london good evening to you barbara so far we've had three nights of votes and westminster now it looks like we're going

wales through the night, clearing away from northern ireland later. temperatures, loads of four celsius, a mild night. at the weekend, it will be quite a windy and wet weekend, with low pressure moving across. the first of these on saturday will swing into the north—west, bringing strong winds, rain pushing in. always heaviest in the north and west. saturday in detail, not a bad start, some dry weather with spells of sunshine. but going downhill for northern ireland with rain moving in, spreading northwards and eastwards. the winds will strengthen, a blustery afternoon. up to 70 miles an hour in western scotland. this next system is one which will explosively deepen, the pressure falls rapidly as it moves into england and wales, causing strong winds. wet weather moving in, some uncertainty how far north of the band of rain will get. scotland, the north is dry and bright with blustery showers. in the afternoon, we will see the winds picking up. the met office has issued a weather warning. strong winds affecting these areas. across western coasts, up

england and perhaps northern ireland. a zone of sunnier weather through north wales into the north midlands, east anglia, the south—east, although that sunshine will tend to turn quite hazy, as cloud invades from the south—west ahead of this frontal system, bringing outbreaks of rain and a strengthening wind. as we go through tuesday night, we could well see wind gusts of 50 to perhaps 60 mph in exposed spots in the south—west. heavy rain driving its way northwards. a bit of snow developing, you'll notice, on the northern edge across higher ground in scotland. a chilly night in aberdeen, freezing. 10 degrees in plymouth, something milder spreading across parts of the south. but low pressure firmly in charge on wednesday. frontal systems, areas of rain spiralling around it, and as the wet weather meets some cold air across scotland, over high ground, we will once again see some wintry weather, plenty of showers flinging their way eastwards out of northern ireland, wales, into england, with some sunny spells in betwee

within the body politic such as it isn't northern ireland. and it's making it almost of because unionism but it is the body that wants the rootin norton aren't within the united kingdom and republicanism our national isn't which wants to reunify with the rest of the island . that the last twenty years has been a law experiment in trying to create a car a power sharing settlement between those two parties and the disturbance in a way is that either of them have gone to the other side so although a substantial body of a soldier being in the practice of referendum since then the polarization of politics has meant a unionist of gone won by on the nationalism has gone the other way and was been left behind as a huge vacuum for constitutional or peaceful politics that is where in a sense. organizations like see your show. have an opportunity in a way to kind of movements and on vacuum not how likely is it that they will be on their own able to create a conflict on the scale that we saw in sixty seventy s. and ninety's i think that is a moot point s

he has mentioned northern ireland. he has mentioned northern ireland. he has mentioned northern ireland earlier in his comments but didn't spend enough time talking about his assessment of the constitutional risk faced by northern ireland ace, hasn't surveyed, the united kingdom were to leave the european union without a deal. —— if, heaven forbid.” leave the european union without a deal. -- if, heaven forbid. i am grateful for the opportunity to do so. we faced the situation of where there is high anxiety in northern ireland and across ireland as a whole, across all communities, and different communities, about the prospect of no deal. because the people of northern ireland know that the open border is the manifestation of peace and there is great concern that if anything happens at that border, it will put back the good work that has happened in the last 20 years. that anxiety and this issueis 20 years. that anxiety and this issue is being debated when some of those elected to this house are not here to make their views they might make on behal

having an insurance policy to guarantee that there will never be a hard border in northern ireland is absolutely right. it honours the uk's solemn commitments in the belfast good friday agreement. but if we ever have to use that insurance policy, it cannot become a permanent arrangement and it is not the template for our future relationship. the deal that mps voted on injanuary was not strong enough in making that clear and legally binding changes were needed to set that right. today, we have agreed them. first, a joint instrument with comparable legal weight to the withdrawal agreement will guarantee that the eu can't act with the intent of applying the backstop indefinitely. if they do, it can be challenged through arbitration but if found to be in breach, the uk can suspend the backstop. the joint instrument also gives a legal commitment that whatever replaces the backstop does not need to replicate it. and it entrenches in legally binding form the commitments made in the exchange of letters with presidents tusk and juncker in january. the president of the european commission, jean

whole backs of issue is about the future of northern ireland and the northern irish in peace i think are going to take the lead in this vote later on tonight and they all have come out against reason may still i speak to one of them this morning one of the leading and reason these still called a deal it's expensive no deal than a toxic deal is what he said and now they have to side it not to vote for the deal and a lot of conservative m.p.'s are going to swing behind the northern irish in peace because they're looking for their lead in that matter some have speculation that they will abstain soon it could be that reason is not suffering a defeat as heavy as last time but the the impression is that she is so it's going to suffer a defeat nevertheless that's a brussels a much tougher and be a use lot of has consistently being asked insistently there is a deal there will be no reason to go see a show and so what's changed what is different between the what what mrs may will presented to parliament today and what she presented to parliament at the end of last year. you know phil it's by

this cloud sinks further south scotland and northern ireland. there may be fog patches, chiefly in the south—west, and a pinch of frost. it will warm up in the sunshine tomorrow, bags of that developing in england and wales. more cloud for northern ireland, northern and western parts of scotland, some drizzle towards the highlands as well. here, temperatures will be pegged back. temperatures could hit 17 or 18 celsius in the south—east of england. this weekend, some changes on the way. daytime temperatures will drop as the weekend goes on. it will drop as the weekend goes on. it will be dry for many parts of the country. we have a weather front on the scene, that is the cloud that is coming into the north—west tomorrow. it is very weak as it moves south, and behind it, the colder air will be dragged in as well. there is our weather front on saturday, mainly a band of cloud, not much rain or drizzle heading into northern england and north wales. sunny spells ahead of it and behind it. those showers in north—west scotland could turn wintry

the northern ireland secretary says she's "profoundly sorry" for saying deaths caused by the security services in the troubles were "not crimes". canada's prime minister rejects allegations his government has abused its power. but two ministers resign over claims of political pressure. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers rachel cunliffe, comment & features editor at cityam, and stephen bush, political editor of the new statesman. stay with us for that. good evening. welcome to bbc news. in the last half hour we've heard that the uk government is granting a special status to nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british citizen being held in prison in iran accused of spying. the aid worker recently went on hunger strike to protest against her treatment and denies any wrong doing. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has the latest details. it is extremely rare for the british government to grant diplomatic protection to any of its citizens. no—one at the foreign office can remember it happening before. the way nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe

member and northern ireland part of the united kingdom could put smugglers back in business. for the money go to three hundred fifty. mike has plenty of tales of smuggling to taro he lives in northern ireland right next to the border the former truck driver says lots of shady stuff went on in the area in the past much of it involving customs control or between the british province and the e.u. member state to the cells i see me going to shit what's the lorry so we're going to this big ship. made a very through that door that door let's share that shit. in the series about it so he thought that if it's impossible i getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland are still taken across regularly there are legal in the north and sales of them are brisk in the border region. and foreign diesel subsidized by the e.u. also often crosses the border illegally as does heating oil from northern ireland that's not been slapped with a value added tax because there are no controls. conor patterson remembers a very differ

ireland well why is there this lingering question of northern ireland because the legacy of british colonialism and imperialism in ireland so this is kind of a payback for eight hundred years of british colonialism and imperialism and i know and it's on resolve questions of this status of no there arlen right there was a deal the there was an accord or an agreement a compromise on the status of northern ireland which was premised on the assumption that the you know you would remain in the e.u. and so the republic of ireland and northern ireland would be in this overall framework that the e.u. will fundament or in the attempt of the u.k. to exit the european union northern ireland voted against lead right now in voting to leave england voted overwhelmingly early so these people want different things now obvious that you ation the obvious solution to this would be to have some accommodation to allow northern ireland to go with the republican right robert robert. in you they've made it clear that that's not going to happen in fact theresa may have still urging parliament to approve her

people here are very afraid that armed conflict will return to northern ireland if britain leaves the e.u. . and honestly to full of pain or breaks that's a lot of crap basically with the border nothing else. also only the border. bring back the troubles the inner select to if the poles and impose any restrictions on the free movement of the border in ireland there will be a raise and part of military activity so the result of violence we need to be reminded that your calls. during the troubles protestant minister chris hansen mediated between the ira and pro british militants he says republicans have approached him recently and says they want to avoid a return to sectarianism. they wanted to signal through particularly to those within the lawyers working cross products i'm working. on those who they saw i would be an active and loyalist part of moocher organizations that they wanted no conflict with them because to radical republicans the british security forces are the enemy. patti gallagher feels he's been harassed for years. he shows us these papers from the northern irish police.

ireland and one of the worst episodes of the northern ireland conflict british troops gunned down civilians in what became known as the bloody sunday massacre and a winding sex scandal grips the south korea's music industry k. pop star face police questioning after admitting that they shared that nonconsensual for not worth. i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome well tonight perhaps the answer to briggs it is more time british lawmakers have voted in favor of delaying the country's departure from the european union by at least three months the government motion passed today by four hundred twelve votes to two hundred to all twenty seven other e.u. member states will still need to agree to the delay the prime minister now plans to have another go. we're getting the deal that she agreed with through parliament that will be in a vote next week if m.p.'s back that deal the government will request a three month extension if they reject it one then will try to seek a longer extension. or let's take the story now to our correspondent barbara f

a former british soldier is charged for his part in a mass shooting in northern ireland. british troops gunned down civilians in what became known as the bloody sununday masassac. aa wideninin sex scandal grips south korea's music industry. kpop stars face question after admitting they shared nonconsensual pornography. ♪ i'm breakoff. -- brent goff. welcome. tonight, perhaps the answer to brexit is more time. british lawmakers have voted in favor of delaying the country's departure from the european union by three-month. the government motion passed today by 412 votes to 202. all 27 other e.u. member states will still need to agree to the delay. the prime minister now plans to have another go at getting the deal that she agreed with the e.u. through parliament. that will be in a vote next week. if mp's back that deal, the government will request a three-month extension. if they reject it, london will try to seek a longer extension. let's take the story to our correspondent barbara wesel. she joins us in london. good evening. so, we've had three nights of votes in westmi

ireland and one of the worst at the service of the northern ireland conflict british troops gunned down civilians in what became nervous of bloody sunday mass. lightning sex scandal grips south korea's pop music industry k. pop stars face a police questioning after admitting sharing nonconsensual pornography. i'm from gail welcome to the program for tonight in a row this big board dramatic out. in britain's parliament and tonight some main motion the u.k. lawmakers are voted in favor of asking the european union to delay its departure from the bloc at least three months the government motion passed four hundred twelve votes to two hundred two advice theresa may have little more time to win over opponents within her thoughts much of the deal that she's agreed with the. next week the prime minister is expected to ask the house of commons to vote on that deal for a third time. straight to london where we join data because pando barbara phase will have cyber house of parliament to welcome barbara so this vote was about parliament trying to take control of the press and process from the gove

to northern ireland and irish goods entering the northern ireland market would not face any tariffs. well in the last few minutes, the business organisation, the cbi, has given its reaction, describing any no—deal tariff regime as a ‘sledgehammer‘ to the uk economy. our reality check correspondent, chris morris, is here to unpick the detail of these emergency measures. first of all explain because if you are listening at home and you hear zero tariffs, that sounds great but the cbi says it's a sledgehammer for the cbi says it's a sledgehammer for the british economy. under the rules of the world trade organisation you have to treat all countries the same when it comes to tariffs unless you have a free trade agreement with them. at the moment for example we have zero tariffs with the european union because we are in a free trade agreement with them but we will leave that in the event of no deal so leave that in the event of no deal so then you have to decide do you impose tariffs on things coming in from the eu and if you do those products can become more expensive. on the other