a northern ireland only backstop would mean only northern ireland is aligned with the eu. politically it's complicated. northern ireland would essentially stay as part of the eu's customs territory while the rest of the uk wouldn't. so great britain could go off an make trade deals around the world but northern ireland wouldn't be included. northern ireland would also have to stay close to many of the rules of the single market — it would mean that it's treated differently. here is mairead mcguinness, who represents ireland in the european parliament, speaking yesterday. the original proposal was that there would be a northern ireland only backstop, and that was rejected because of the all uk scenario. if we are going back to that than i think there's a lot of scope, however, there are political sensitivities and the question i would ask in return is with the house of commons agree to that and it comes to vote on that? but here's the thing — the eu suggested a northern ireland—only backstop to begin with — months ago — and the uk said no. the then prime minister

northern ireland peace process. and the eu thinks from the uk perspective it would allow great britain to make whatever trade deals it wants while northern ireland economically could benefit from the advantages of both sides and politically could keep its relationship unchanged with the rest of the united kingdom. now polls indicate in northern ireland that the majority there are in favour of the backstop. and recently the prime minister has said he was open when it comes to trade in agricultural products for northern ireland to be aligned with ireland. so why not for the rest of trade, asked the eu. the eu knows that the prime minister if he is open to the idea of the northern ireland only backstop, needs the numbers in parliament and there will be some unionist opposition, for sure. could he pull it off before a general election? or after a general election? that is one of the reasons the eu leaders are very likely indeed to grant another brexit extension if the prime minister asks for it. yes, france at the weeke

the northern ireland backstop which is there to keep an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland if a trade deal between the uk and the eu can't be done in future. and as we have seen, it has caused no end of problems for both sides. borisjohnson caused no end of problems for both sides. boris johnson has caused no end of problems for both sides. borisjohnson has said it has to go and that an alternative has to be found. and there has been talk in recent days that the dup, who are of course are key to borisjohnson here at westminster, providing him with votes, might well be looking to soften their stance and allow some sort of different regulation in northern ireland, as opposed to the rest of the uk. so the idea that is being talked about is an all— ireland is own for agriculture and food products where they would be different eu aligned regulations to the rest of the uk. and the front page of the times this morning suggest that the dup is ready to do a deal on that basis. i have to say it sounds that the leadership of the dup are not willing to do any such

northern ireland will remain pa rt it. northern ireland will remain part of the uk onto the people would decide any different. part of the uk onto the people would decide any differentlj part of the uk onto the people would decide any different. i think there is general fatigue about it. people are sick of listening about it. much of the same way that prime minister johnson is playing on that emotion, people over here would like some sort of resolution. some sort of understanding, they are causing as many problems as brexit is. even in the no deal situation could be catastrophic for almost everybody involved. at least the unknowns would be put aside the people could deal with that eventuality whatever it is. thank you both. now for more on the story that president trump has fired one of the most senior members of his administration — his controversial national security advisorjohn bolton. disagreement between the two appears to have come to a head in the last week, over the abandoned plan to invite the taliban to camp da

there is a strong here in northern ireland. there is a strong consensus here in northern ireland. there is a strong consensus in northern ireland, including from virtually all the business community, farmers, the trade unions, the universities, that see the backstop as important. northern ireland voted heavily to remain, and if we can still remain that would be our prince. the dup has taken a very different view and have wrongly portrayed the backstop of some sort of constitutional threat with the notion we do things differently here. the fact is, northern ireland is a very special place. if it is to the uk. a lot of devolution, and even beforehand we do things differently including economic issues on terms of a single electricity market, we already have a single zone in terms of animal health, so that there are many precedents in which we can build. at this stage, northern ireland will proceed with a negotiated brexit, but it's important people follow through and what is in the interest of northern ireland. given everything you have outlined, when you hit the prime minister today

northern ireland suffered a 2—0 home defeat to germany. the best scotland can hope for is the play—offs after being thrashed a-o the play—offs after being thrashed a—0 by belgium. romelu lu ka ku scored first for the number one it was 3—0 by half—time and captain kevin de bruyne, who was by far the best player on the pitch, rounded off a good night for the belgians. they top the group with six wins out of six. england will be trying to maintain their 100 percent record in qualifying. they are facing kosovo tonight in southampton. kosovo are unbeaten in 15 games and haven't lost in two years. they'rejust a point behind england in group a but gareth southgate still plans to make changes to his side for the game at st mary's. we might freshen the team a bit. i think that would be important. we don't need to, everybody is fit and available so we just have to make sure we get the balance right because we need the cohesion. and we need to have the right defending and attacking profiles to make sure that we are giving ourselves the best

northern ireland, cani 2020 qualifiers. northern ireland, can ijust 2020 qualifiers. northern ireland, can i just say, 2020 qualifiers. northern ireland, can ijust say, they did themselves proud last night. they are in a good position. absolutely. they are. we will show you all the action now. it was a disappointing night for northern ireland and scotland in their euro 2020 qualifiers. northern ireland were beaten 2—0 at home by germany, while scotland were thrashed 4—0 in glasgow. david ornstein reports. in the march towards euro 2020, northern ireland are surprise leaders of a group that includes the netherlands and four—time world champions, germany. the latest to sample a raucous windsor park and immediately feel the force. they survived, almost thrived, and, though it was scoreless at the break, the home resistance soon broke. marcel halstenberg silencing the home crowd with a stupendous effort that put the game in germany's grip. a grip that tightened as they peppered the green goal. northern ireland gave everything, only to come away with nothing. on this

so the republic of ireland and northern ireland forfood ireland so the republic of ireland and northern ireland for food and animals. that would deal with some of the checks that would have to ta ke of the checks that would have to take place in an ideal scenario, not necessarily all of them, but a lot of that trade across that border has to do with food and animals so that could be part of a solution but on its own, there are other things it doesn't cover so it wouldn't cover making customs declarations, paying ta riffs making customs declarations, paying tariffs as part of customs, vat, other regulations on products, and the other point about eight singles out for food and animals the other point about eight singles out forfood and animals in ireland is that you would need to have more tracks between northern ireland and great britain, this so—called border down the irish sea which as we know is very tricky. also controversial is very tricky. also controversial is the idea of a backstop for northern ireland only, setting it apart from the rest of the uk. downing street said that is

that northern ireland feeding in as we move through the day. some showers for northern ireland, scott had north—west england. a blustery day with around 30 or 40 mph is. temperatures reaching a maximum of 21 celsius. here is how it looks into thursday, the next area of low pressure waiting in the wings, working in from the west as we move into thursday. thursday will bring further wet weather at times. we will also drag and this more humid air in the south and east. we will see things turning increasingly humid, but also the temperature picking up here as well. here is how it looks on thursday, abbots of rain for a time for scotland and northern ireland, then push into north—west and parts of wales was quite humid feeling in the south—east, with highs of 24 celsius. as we move towards the end of the week, we will start to see high pressure pushing m, start to see high pressure pushing in, so more in the weight of dry weather to come. there will be some weather to come. there will be some weather fronts just to the far north, bringing some

deal, which theoretically takes away the need for a hard border between northern ireland and ireland, but the issue is, and it revisits something that has been said before, it theoretically puts a border within theoretically puts a border within the irish sea, between northern ireland and scotland. so that is the issue that we are going to have on this point of view. he said — boris johnson said there are ways around that at the dup are happy with, a number of different checks and almost trusted trader types of ways to do business, but it is a big good at still a big issue that remains here that there could be a border within the city. we don't know how this works out. the devil is in the details and we don't know whether this is all goods and services crossing the border, or not. but the real issue is that this was mooted in the very beginning. this idea was suggested three years ago or 2.5 yea rs suggested three years ago or 2.5 years ago, whenever it was. it was thrown out because the idea of a border down the rsc where you got northern ireland and ireland having their own situa

cloud building in the west, rain in northern ireland, northern and western scotla nd ireland, northern and western scotland through the afternoon, spells of sunshine in the northern isles and the channel islands. rain slides its way south and east was through tomorrow evening and overnight. clearer skies following on behind. by wednesday morning perhaps something cooler in northern england, northern ireland and scotland. that rain will linger first thing on wednesday morning across east anglia and south—east england. as it scoots out of the way fairly quickly increasing amounts of sunshine behind. showers developing across northern ireland and scotland. those showers are emerging. some showers filtering down into parts of wales and south—west england. winds increasing on wednesday. particularly the western coast. we could see gail is developing on the western isles. —— gales developing on the western isles. isobar is facing further apart. winds will be lighter. still showers and spells of rain. some sunshine across northern ireland. it will be a cooler feel again on thursday. t

ireland and parts of northern england. more rain in the forecast on tuesday. but in the early hours of tuesday, more rain confined to southern scotland, northern england, quite light and patchy but some mist and fog developing along western coasts. we start tuesday with some spells of sunshine for central, southern and eastern england. also for the northern isles and channel islands, which will hang on to that sunshine in the afternoon. cloud building north and west, bringing rain into northern ireland, northern and western scotland. likely to be heavy in places. maybe a bit patchier in southern scotland, northern england and parts of wales and dry in central, southern and eastern england with temperatures up to 22 celsius, just 14—15 where we had the cloud and rain in scotland. eastwards on tuesday evening and this rain sliding south and east along england and wales, some of which could be heavy. clearer skies developing behind and a fairly mild start for most with temperatures in double figures. we've still got this ba

the third gold of the day went to northern ireland and the day went to northern ireland and the s 14 the day went to northern ireland and the 514100 the day went to northern ireland and the 5111100 metres backstroke. she is also battled back from injury to compete here. the mix at nine metals here on day two of the action. that's all from sportsday. up next — the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster david davies and rowena mason, deputy political editor of the guardian. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. could borisjohnson have the answer to solve the brexit deadlock? that's the question on the front of the telegraph — alongside an image of the prime minister with his hand in the air whilst visiting a london primary school. the financial times leads with the news that donald trump has fired john bolton as his national security adviser after months of tension over iran and north korea. the metro features comments made by sir geoffrey boycott — who was made a knight in theresa may

have a border down the irish sea and cut northern ireland off. is that wiwhat the conservative and unionist party wishes to do? that statement brings forth a manichaean approach. there are other controls in line already on animal and weapons down the irish sea. parliament has, i regret to say, sought to thwart at every turn the interpretation of the implementation of that decision of the british people. this bill is but the latest instalment of that said endeavour. it of course gets us nowhere. and the failure of the noble baroness to answer the question posed by the noble lord was eloquent in its admission that those who came together to support the bill before your lordships, both in the other place and in this house, are not in any sense in agreement about the next steps and about what ought to be done. now mps have been told that the uk government will take direct powers over northern ireland "at the earliest opportunity" if the stormont assembly can't be restored before britain leaves the eu. northern ireland has been without a devolved gove

attacks have rocketed from 5,800 in england, wales and northern ireland to more than 13,500. five years ago, 20% of these hate crimes resulted in a prosecution. overall, this has fallen to just 8%. and in west yorkshire, crimes have risen five—fold, with nearly 1,000 crimes recorded last year compared to under 200 five years ago. how much is west yorkshire police doing to support the lgbt community? we have a really good network of lgbtq officers who are well engaged. so we actually go out and promote and encourage people to report hate crime and hate incidents. collecting evidence can be difficult if it is just a report of somebody that has been name—calling. we need to learn all the time around how we investigate some of these reports. south yorkshire police say they have investigated lily's case, but no suspects were identified. lily says she won't give into hate. ben hunte, bbc news, sheffield. with driverless cars moving closer to being the future of our travel, insurers are beginning to voice their concerns. they're warning that there's a risk of more road accidents

ireland and parts of northern england. more rain in the forecast on tuesday. but in the early hours of tuesday, more rain confined to southern scotland, northern england, quite light and patchy but some mist and fog developing along western coasts. we start tuesday with some spells of sunshine for central, southern and eastern england. also for the northern isles and channel islands, which will hang on to that sunshine in the afternoon. cloud building north and west, bringing rain into northern ireland, northern and western scotland. likely to be heavy in places. maybe a bit patchier in southern scotland, northern england and parts of wales and dry in central, southern and eastern england with temperatures up to 22 celsius, just 111—15 where we had the cloud and rain in scotland. eastwards on tuesday evening and this rain sliding south and east along england and wales, some of which could be heavy. clearer skies developing behind and a fairly mild start for most with temperatures in double figures. we‘ve still got this

ireland and parts of northern england. more rain in the forecast on tuesday. but in the early hours of tuesday, more rain confined to southern scotland, northern england, quite light and patchy but some mist and fog developing along western coasts. we start tuesday with some spells of sunshine for central, southern and eastern england. also for the northern isles and channel islands, which will hang on to that sunshine in the afternoon. cloud building north and west, bringing rain into northern ireland, northern and western scotland. likely to be heavy in places. maybe a bit patchier in southern scotland, northern england and parts of wales and dry in central, southern and eastern england with temperatures up to 22 celsius, just 111—15 where we had the cloud and rain in scotland. eastwards on tuesday evening and this rain sliding south and east along england and wales, some of which could be heavy. clearer skies developing behind and a fairly mild start for most with temperatures in double figures. we've still got this b

writing up across northern ireland. temperatures today only about 14 to i6 temperatures today only about 14 to 16 celsius. it is feeling quite autumnal out there. as we had through this evening hours, some light rain. fairly cloudy for most of us tonight. temperatures dipping down into single figures, particularly where we have the clear skies in the west. we will also see some mist and fog patches around. a murky start to your tuesday morning. the mist and cloud will break up during the day. sunshine developing. scotla nd during the day. sunshine developing. scotland and northern ireland clouding over from the west, head scotland and northern ireland clouding overfrom the west, head of the next area of rain that will head in. captures tomorrow, warmer than today. up to 19 celsius with more sunshine. latertomorrow, today. up to 19 celsius with more sunshine. later tomorrow, this area of low pressure approaching towards the north of the uk. that is the re m na nts of the north of the uk. that is the remnants of the hurri

across northern ireland and northern england. we will see a good deal of dry and fine weather, particularly for south you,. as in the event sunday, brighter behind that and it will remain windy in the far north of scotland. holding on to some sunny spells in the south and east, here we will see temperatures picking up into the mid 20s. i spent 25, even 26 celsius. boris johnson denies lying to the queen over the government‘s reasons for suspending parliament. did you lie to the queen when you advised her to prorogue, to suspend parliament? absolutely not. his comments came after scotland‘s highest civil court ruled yesterday that the shutdown was unlawful. the prime minister also said there was a "landing space" for a deal with the eu, and that published plans for a no—deal brexit were just "sensible". labour said it will go on calling for parliament to be recalled, so that it can question ministers — we‘ll bring you all the latest. also this lunchtime... the number of people convicted of rape in england and wales falls

northern ireland should brighten up later. by the time we get to the school pickup and evening rush hour, still lively downpours in the channel islands in south—west england. rumbles of thunder could cause issues here. the winds could touch gale force around the likes of cornwall. also, still lots of cloud through england and wales, a bit more hit and miss by the end of the day. finishing the day with sunshine in northern ireland. still cloudy in scotland. the rain not as persistent as it was this morning in the west. but still there. some of the brightest conditions to be found through scotland throughout will be in the shetlands. temperatures 13—16 for many, much lower than we should be. tonight the sundry downpours in the south—west belize. easy in the south—west overnight. the risk of mist and fog, especially across parts of the midlands. another cool night with temperatures away from towns and city centres into single figures. south—east england, and northern ireland, probably the coolest. a bright start for nor

its single market and a member state ireland and the northern ireland peace process, and the eu thinks from the uk perspective, it would allow great britain to make whatever trade deals it want, while northern ireland economically could benefit from the advantages of both sides and politically, could keep its relationship unchanged with the rest of the united kingdom. now polls indicate in northern ireland that the majority there are in favour of the majority there are in favour of the backstop, and recently the prime minister said he was open when it comes to trade in agricultural products for northern ireland to be aligned with ireland. so why not for the rest of trade asked the eu but it knows that the prime minister if he is open to the idea of the northern ireland only backstop needs the numbers in parliament and there will be some unionist opposition for sure. could he pull it off before a general election or after a general election? that is one of the reasons that eu leaders are very likely indeed to grant another brexit extension, if the prime minister asks for it, yes, france

ireland and scotland, , and then rain pushing into northern ireland and scotland,, the remnants of another ex tropical system, outbreaks of rain into northern ireland scotland, pushing south and east as the day wears on for most of east as the day wears on for most of east anglia and the south—east it will stay dry all day. more of the way of cloud spreading in. another fairly windy day. down towards the south—east particularly a humid day, 24 south—east particularly a humid day, 2a degrees in london, 15—18 for aberdeen and belfast. not looking to that for the weekend but there will be some rain in the northern half of 00:29:54,660 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the uk. this is bbc news. the time is 5:30pm. the headlines: mps demand the immediate recall of parliament after scotland‘s seniorjudges rule the prime minister‘s decision to suspend it for five weeks was unlawful. in the last half hour — borisjohnson has defended his decision to suspend parliament, denying in a broadcast on social media that his government is ‘authoritarian‘. labour‘s deputy leader tom watson calls f

ireland—only backstop, that is, that the british would accept that northern ireland would abide by the regulatory framework of the single market and the customs union, that the rest of the united kingdom would not and thereby there would be some sort of regulatory border, if you like, a notional border, along with the irish sea. would that be acceptable to the european union? if you remember, this was precisely the proposalfrom the eu27 in the first place, when we were negotiating with prime minister may. the first version of the backstop was northern ireland only, in terms of regulatory alignment with the rest of the european union. at that time, it was changed due to the british negotiator, into customs union for the whole of the united kingdom. we, of course, have no problem with our own proposal but now, having said that, we all know that the devil is in the details and i have not seen and i have not heard of a precise proposal off borisjohnson. just one other thing on ireland, which puzzles me, the european union says that, if there is a no deal exit on the 31st of october, then t

northern ireland's jonny rea now stands alone in the superbike hall of fame. the first man to five world titles. he secured the championship, his fifth in a row, at magny cours in france. he did it with two rounds to spare, which means he can really enjoy his brothers stag do in ibiza this week patrick gearey reports. a superstar on a superbike, this is jonny rea wheeling into history, the first man to win five world titles. he took the scenic route, at one stage he was 61 points behind his main rival of vara batista who out yesterday. iman so used to try and see surprise yesterday. iman so used to try and see surprise even yesterday. iman so used to try and see surprise even himself. yesterday. iman so used to try and see surprise even himselflj yesterday. iman so used to try and see surprise even himself. i was not prepared mentally or emotionally will stop i enjoyed the race. as $0011 will stop i enjoyed the race. as 50011 as will stop i enjoyed the race. as soon as i saw the outside, i was trying to do the maths in my head. but i forgot the gap was so yeah

for northern ireland, this is theirfifth jordan thompson. for northern ireland, this is their fifth win jordan thompson. for northern ireland, this is theirfifth win in a low for some unformed just—in—time to face the germans. lydia campbell, bbc news. newcastle's fabian schar put switzerland ahead against the republic of ireland in their euro qualifier in dublin. but a late goal from sheffield united's david mcgoldrick rescued a point for the hosts — his first international goal too. they are unbeaten. those are your qualifiers so far. also in that group are gibralter and denmark. they play tonight. the danes comfortable winners by six goals to nil. jamie murray and neal skupski are in the semi—finals of the doubles at the us open. they lost the first set on a tie—break. the second is also going to a tie—break. murray is already into the mixed doubles final with his partner. and you can keep updated on that semi—final on the bbc sport website. england's paul casey shot a 6—under par round, to go top of the leaderboard at the

england, northern ireland and southern scotland. 0utbreaks northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland. outbreaks of rain here in the morning. humid and muqqy rain here in the morning. humid and muggy air so it will feel warm when the sun is on your back. clouding overin the sun is on your back. clouding over in the afternoon but 24, 20 5 degrees in the south east corner. 14 or 15 across the hebrides. a cool start to friday with temperatures in single figures. rain across the north west highlands of scotland and the hebrides, but the vast majority, a dry day on friday, long, sunny spells and pleasant enough in the sunshine. 0ther spells and pleasant enough in the sunshine. other than a bit of rain in northern scotland this weekend, most looking dry, sunny and pleasa ntly most looking dry, sunny and pleasantly warm. something to look forward to. back to you both. i spotted some high 20s in the! let return to a story we have been looking at this morning. police in northern ireland fear dissident republicans are making a ‘concerted effort‘ to kill officers. the latest in a se

ireland 19, scotla nd and wales, northern ireland 19, scotland 15—17. also strong gusty winds, these other wind gust on saturday afternoon, we could see 40-60 saturday afternoon, we could see 40—60 mile—per—hour gust of wind, particularly across the northern isles, that is where we see the strongest of those wind gusts. heading into saturday evening and overnight the winston to ease as this frontal system moves south, it will weaken a bit, patchy rain early sunday for northern ireland, part of northern england as well, and it is still reasonably mild as well with temperatures for most of us holding into double figures. through the day on sunday we have this weather front, it is putting south, just some patchy rain for northern ireland, northern england and perhaps north wales as well. either side of that some dry weather with some sunshine but a real contrast in temperatures, just 14 celsius in edinburgh but down in london, 25 degrees which will feel pretty warm through the day on sunday. heading into the new working week, at frontal system eases

to northern ireland, or vice versa? that is where the sweet spot will lie if they will be any last—minute deal. the positions from the two sides at the moment certainly seem as if they will be movement from the dup, movement from the eu in terms of what they would be willing to accept in terms of the irish border proposals if we are going to get this deal through. there may be positive language from boris johnson in the dup, but until you find it a solution which both sides can agree to, that‘s where it has to lie. and our europe corresponent gavin lee gave us this update from brussels. if there is something that we don‘t know about from eu officials, since last night, we have to do work in slight back to the future mode, because the way the eu works in this way, comments from michel barnier on how the meetings are going with borisjohnson how the meetings are going with boris johnson and as how the meetings are going with borisjohnson and as eu envoy david frost, who has come from the past two days a week for talk

northern ireland and scotla nd few showers. northern ireland and scotland with outbreaks of rain, and the temperatures will be knocked down through the afternoon. up to 19 in the sunshine in the south—east, but in the north just 11 in the sunshine in the south—east, but in the northjust 11 or 12 degrees for north—east scotland. you will notice that change, it will feel more autumnal as we head into the middle part of the week. thank you, chris. a reminder of our top story... confrontation in westminster, the government threatens to expel any tories who plan to block a no—deal brexit. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. england have revealed at least one change to their batting order for the fourth test, that starts on wednesday. joe denley will be bumped up the order to open at old trafford, he'll swap places with jason roy. i g

it should just about clear northern ireland in the first part of the day. it'll be there to be had across certainly a good part of england and wales. through the afternoon, we lose the intensity from the rain, save for the south—western quarter. best temperature on the afternoon about 16 or 17 — pretty shabby for the time of year. the rain eventually clears away even from that south—western quarter. there's a ridge of high pressure building in, so that offers the prospect of a drier, brighter, chillier start to tuesday, for sure. temperatures widely across central and eastern areas in single figures. and it's a decent enough day, but again, here we bring in some very wet and very windy weather to finish off the afternoon across northern ireland and into the western side of scotland. where you keep the sunshine further to the south and east, well, we'll tick those temperatures up by two or three degrees or so. now, from tuesday into wednesday, see the number of isobars we've got on the chart here. tuesday night a really windy one across the northern ha

in scotland, here in london, in northern ireland. essentially we have a game of three—dimensional chess going on and i don't think many people know how to play that very well. thank you, chris morris. time for a look at the weather here's chris fawkes. thank you, simon. i will bring you the latest in hurricane dorian. believe it or not, this is 2a others worth of satellite pictures and you can see the grand bahama wall has been peddling —— you can see the eye will has been pummelling grand bahama. florida is 100 miles to the west, winds are only 3a, so we go from a light breeze to something which can rip your house apart in just 30 miles. if the storm works northwards, a small deviation could bring much more severe conditions to the us coastline, which is why we are monitoring this very carefully. in the uk, a pretty cloudy day for most of us, summer rain across north—western areas. the rain will turn heavier and more persistent across northern ireland and scotland this afternoon, strengthening south—westerly winds. damp we

a scattering of showers for goblin, northern ireland, north—west england ona northern ireland, north—west england on a windy day across the board with gusts around 30—a0 mph stop locally higher than that far north of scotland. temperatures in the high teens for many in the north, a maximum of 21 celsius in this south and east. now we see the back of those weather fronts as we move into thursday. at the next area of low pressure starts to move in. this is the remnants of tropical storm gabrielle. that will bring some wet weather two pars of scotland, northern england, and into parts of wales as well. the best of the drier, brighter weather wales as well. the best of the drier, brighterweatherto wales as well. the best of the drier, brighter weather to be found in the south and east. here it will feel quite humid thanks to some tropical air that will have dragged in. temperatures at a maximum of around 2a celsius. as we move into friday we see this cold front thinking south and east and high pressure building in from the south and west. it means that friday brings a good deal of dry and f

ireland and the republic of ireland the good friday agreement means northern ireland can take a vote on doing just that belfast new lord mayor john finn you can wants to make sure citizens are well educated about their options while hoping they'll back unification his party sheehan fane open. he lobbies for that it's a cause that colored his life he was just 9 years old when he saw his father a prominent republican human rights lawyer shot dead by pro british paramilitaries despite getting death threats himself as he took office in may and you can believe the time is right to move forward will be brax it doesn't automatically mean that unification will happen but what i do think is that it means that the conversation hostile because the conversation has already started not just from people within the north but people all over the island of ireland and certainly within europe as well. billy hutchinson a city council member from the progressive unionist party served 16 years in prison for 2 sectarian murders hutchinson says he's rejected violence but he's worried others haven't what i'

into northern ireland. thursday will be a day of sunny spells and variable cloud. brisk breeze, not as strong as wednesday, and a cooler feel and this goes into friday and the weekend. temperatures not much higher than 18 or 19. some outbreaks at times the further north and west you are but drier further south and east. for all the details on hurricane dorian, go to the website. goodbye. i'm kasia madera in london. the headlines: borisjohnson insists there are no circumstances that would make him delay brexit, but is the uk on course for a snap election? hurricane dorian claims at least five lives in the bahamas, with 13,000 homes destroyed or damaged. the prime minister says it's a historic tragedy. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. in an emotional outburst caught on tape, hong kong's leader, carrie lam, says she's to blame for the crisis and wishes

ireland but most scotland and northern ireland but m ost pla ces scotland and northern ireland but most places will hold on to double digit temperatures, so i'll start to wednesday morning but a fairly murky start with quite a bit of cloud around and that rain will be more confined in the east of england, and behind at the skies will brighten and it will still be quite a blustery day and showers will rattle through quickly. temperature wise, we will see them pick up a little, particularly across parts of wales and southern england where we could see highs of around 21 celsius. as we head into thursday, we start to see the temperatures increase more, which is down to this area of low pressure which contains the remnants of the tropical storm gabrielle. another spell of windy weather for some, but that's only half the story because it will bring up some heat and humidity particularly for the far south—east quarter of the uk. wet weather for northern ireland, western scotland, into northern england and north wales but away from that a good deal of fine, dry weather, brightness around and

fresher brighter skies in a fresher filled to the day —— a bright one for northern ireland. the best of the sunshine towards the southeast of england. a high of perhaps 25 and certainly fresher for the north. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxhall. the headlines... former tory minister sam gyimah defects to the liberal democrats — he's the sixth mp to do so and was unveiled at the party conference. david cameron hits back at criticism of his memoirs — saying it was right for former prime ministers to explain their actions. fears that global oil prices could be affected as two of saudi arabia's biggest oil facilities are attacked by drones. houthi rebels in yemen say they are responsible. african leaders pay their respects at the funeral of the former zimbabwean president, robert mugabe — who ruled over the country for four decades. and now on the bbc news channel, a look at how algerians are trying to rewrite the history of revolutions in the arabic—speaking world, in algeria: revolution of smiles. in february this year, millions of algerians took to the stree

northern ireland and into england. northern ireland and into england. northern scotland only around 12 celsius. 20 at best in the south—east. for much of the uk, we are sticking around the mid teens. a mediocre warm up at the start of the week and then temperatures will be below average for the time of year. some rain at times, some sunny spells occasionally, too. a chilly night. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: labour's brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, says mps who want to stop a no—deal brexit will seek to bring forward legislation against it this week. the cabinet minister reponsible for no deal preparations, michael gove, refuses to commit the government to follow parliament's orders if no deal legislation is passed. the eu's lead brexit negotiator, michel barnier, says the uk has now reached a "moment of truth" — he rejects borisjohnson‘s demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. pro—democracy activists in hong kong target the city's airport after a night of violence in which dozens of peop

many of my members and our businesses in northern ireland have beenin businesses in northern ireland have been in operation for hundreds of yea rs, been in operation for hundreds of years, but we will still be here when the government is gone. we do 0k when the government is gone. we do ok without them, but if we can bring our government on board, then we can do so much better. is there any point in having a reception with the prime minister? do you think he was giving you his full attention? we can tell them and tell them again. we went to number ten, we went to westminster. i held firmly the dutch held firmly the prime minister's hand. what did you tell him? basically we outlined our thing, but we said unequivocably that northern ireland needs a deal. we cannot leave europe without one, and we just are reinforcing that at every opportunity. and when you said that, what did he do? did he repeat his promise that he is trying his best? he did indeed, and when he spoke at the event, he again reiterated that he wants a deal and he will get a deal. do you believe him? i mean, he is the p

tonight that band of showers in northern ireland will work its way into scotla nd ireland will work its way into scotland and northern england, away from these areas it's dry and under clear spells it will turn chilly, in towns and cities, some spots in this countryside will be 4 or 5 degrees. high pressure to start monday meaning it will be fine and right for the most part but this frontal system for the most part but this frontal syste m fro m for the most part but this frontal system from the west will bring changes, gradually through the day you can expect more cloud, for western wales and the south—west of the odd spot of drizzle, for northern ireland and scotland in the far north of england, some rain but eastern scotland likely to keep hold of sunshine, it might feel a little milder than today. on tuesday still quite a lot of cloud, some outbreaks of rain, the heaviest showers in the far north—west and windy in the north later on tuesday, so a little bit less cool but that doesn't last, from midweek onwards we see more rain sweeping south—east and those temperatures dip aga

ireland only backstop, that is that the british would accept that northern ireland would abide by the regulatory framework of the single market and the customs union, that the rest of the uk would not and thereby there would be some sort of regulatory order, if you like, notional border, along with the irish sea. would that be acceptable to the european union? if you remember, this was precisely the proposal from the remember, this was precisely the proposalfrom the eu remember, this was precisely the proposal from the eu 27 remember, this was precisely the proposalfrom the eu 27 in remember, this was precisely the proposal from the eu 27 in the first place, when we were negotiating with prime minister may. the first version of the backstop was northern ireland only, in terms of regulatory alignment with the rest of the european union. at that time, it was changed due to their british negotiator, into customs union for the whole of the uk. we, of course, have no problem with our own proposal but having said that, we will know that the devil is in the details and i have not seen and i

northern ireland may have had a perfect start to they qualify yes but germany will be their 1st pick test for the more but beatable i suppose possible they are but at the end of the day it doesn't mean that the game is going to be any easier for us and the players know that you know we look closely at the game we look closely at the personnel some very exciting players and some players that can really hurt germany need to reach higher than usual if they manage to play the a game for the full 90 minutes a win over northern ireland will send men top of the group this part of proctor few days. after the british pedal car championship race that's not for kids nor for the faint hearted while engines were revving over the weekend for me to want to tell you. in southern england a noise level from the pedal cars was a lot less raucous. far away from the high speed action in italy a more tranquil setting entertained the british pedal car championship no roaring engines here but races still put pedal to the metal in a bid for glory were of motors replaced by the subtle whoosh as drivers naviga

ireland and parts of northern england. more rain in the forecast on tuesday. but in the early hours of tuesday, more rain confined to southern scotland, northern england, quite light and patchy but some mist and fog developing along western coasts. we start tuesday with some spells of sunshine for central, southern and eastern england. also for the northern isles and channel islands, which will hang on to that sunshine in the afternoon. cloud building north and west, bringing rain into northern ireland, northern and western scotland. likely to be heavy in places. maybe a bit patchier in southern scotland, northern england and parts of wales and dry in central, southern and eastern england with temperatures up to 22 celsius, just 111—15 where we had the cloud and rain in scotland. eastwards on tuesday evening and this rain sliding south and east along england and wales, some of which could be heavy. clearer skies developing behind and a fairly mild start for most with temperatures in double figures. we've still got this b

outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and scotland. some drizzle for other western coasts and those temperatures between 15 and 22 degrees. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines. labour's brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, says this week will almost certainly be the last chance to stop britain leaving the eu without a deal at the end of october the senior cabinet minister reponsible for no deal preparations, michael gove, refuses to be drawn on whether the government would abide by any legislation designed to stop a no—deal brexit. meanwhile — the eu's lead brexit negotiator michel barnier says the uk has now reached a ‘moment of truth‘ — he rejects borisjohnson‘s demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. in other news — pro—democracy activists in hong kong target the city's airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. the german president, frank walter steinmeier, has asked for poland's forgiveness at an event marking the eightieth anniversary of the start of the second

in many ways because northern ireland is part of the island of ireland with with the republic it was a politically there's just a sense that the rest of the u.k. great britain often doesn't so much mind if northern ireland does something a little bit different so as long as the rest of the u.k. had left the customs union that probably would be politically acceptable alex was mentioning before the issue of the deal you pay the northern irish policy which is in a supply and confidence arrangement propping up the conservative government at the moment but interestingly on television a couple of nights ago one of the senior members of the of the d. he said that they would consider that and when you go back to 1st principles on that there's no reason really why it wouldn't be acceptable to have just northern ireland in the customs union they were all sorts of ways in which northern ireland is treated differently to the rest of the u.k. for example when it comes to utilities things like electricity there is a single market for that just for the island divine it is obvious it makes sense bec

boris johnson keeps on attacking the circle northern ireland backstop as basically the system. to prevent that being a hollow bordering on island off the brexit. nothing so the crucial point where boris johnson said we are not going to agree to anything with the northern ireland backstop in it. coleman says okay so if you're making progress show us and boris johnson just bluffed he had nothing to say. there is no evidence whatsoever. bristol sister trying to threaten the e. u. he is not going to the e. u. with any sort of sensible and work out. proposals on the eve is sitting make i'm a what we make of this. we deal with someone like that he's essentially trying to threaten us rather than negotiate with. fleas taylor now speaking. as a german looking at this situation and also with an incoming head of the e. u. commission. who is herself a former german politician. what do you think how much leeway and how much political will is there in brussels. to try to find a different solution for the so called irish backstop. i do think there still is. the portion of good will in brussel

ireland and come back to a form of northern ireland only backstop. the backstop has always been critical, but there are some in the tory party, some brexiteers, who don't like theresa may's deal and not just the don't like theresa may's deal and notjust the backstop, that wasn't the only thing they didn't like and maybe wouldn't vote for it whatever was decided about the backstop. but one of the things in favour of boris johnson getting a deal is of those people who didn't vote for his deal la st people who didn't vote for his deal last time are now in his cabinet, so this time it looks more likely they will vote for a deal, doesn't look like many would want to quit over this. for borisjohnson, he is facing difficult choices. if he seeks an extension from brussels, that will be highly controversial and if he breaks the law, obviously that would be very contentious so one way around this would be to get a deal and lots of people in the country do want to get on with it. if he strikes a deal, it could be quite popular. he has the ten dup mps who voted

and northern ireland. and the irish foreign minister in the irish times was talking about ways of facilitating that. that is what we have been asking to do. all we needis we have been asking to do. all we need is the political will for that to happen. we can then go onto the next stages. ijust wish amber rudd and her21 next stages. ijust wish amber rudd and her 21 friends, instead of shouting at boris, who is guilty only of trying to deliver what he was elected to do by the tory party membership and the country, rather than that, when italy use their channels, talk to michel barnier? they seem to have a line of communication to him, say to him to come to the negotiating table and talk about how we can deliver the brexit that people voted for and ensure a deal will be done. if they don't do that, they risk losing without a deal. thank you very much, nigel evans. you can hear it is incredibly noisy here at westminster today. as the clock potentially ticks down to the prorogation of parliament tonight, that w

it was made and worked on by 30 embroiderers from the national museums of northern ireland who worked in top—secret. game of thrones was not so much a series of books or a television programme, but a cultural phenomenon. millions of people watched it around the world and the awards just kept on coming and coming. this tapestry is, perhaps, even more impressive for those who appeared in the show. it‘s amazing. to see the scene actually recreated, you know, makes my heart sing. because this is where i am, this is where i began, and this is where game of thrones began. so for me this is a very proud moment and to see this as a legacy is fantastic. the tapestry was created in northern ireland, where much of game of thrones is filmed, and is now on display in normandy until the end of the year. from bayeux to winterfell, with a bit more blood and guts thrown in. tim allman, bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i‘m @bbcmaryam. hello there. the kind of weather you should expect this weekend depends very much upon where you are going to be spending it. the further south you are acr

at windsor park northern ireland are taking on germany. and at hampden, scotland are playing world number ones, belgium where the scots must win if they're to hold any hope of qualifying. but it's not looking likely — belgium are 3—0 up. the first from romelu lukaku, set up by kevin de bruyne in a counter attack after 9 minutes. then thomas vermallaen got on the end of a de bryune cross to make it two and after 30 minutes, toby alderweireld made it 3—0 to belgium. in belfast it's german keeper manuel neuer who's been the busier goalkeeper, with a paddy mcnair free—kick forcing neuer to punch clear. two calls for penalties from germany — neither given. craig cathcart getting hit on the hand in the box and johny evans charging down a shot with his chest, but his hands were on it and the ball did hit them. it's 0—0 after 45 minutes. meanwhile gareth bale has started on the bench for wales in their friendly against belarus. but it's not hampered wales who're1—0 up — and it's danieljames who's put wales ahead at the cardiff city