, some affection for ireland, admiration for ireland, affiliation with ireland. and that's a tremendous experience, for somebody like myself representing a smaller country in this wonderful colossus of a country. and it is not to be undervalued in any way, because most embassies don't have the opportunity i have to connect with people who feel that way. i mentioned it last evening, in philadelphia at the irish center. i spoke to a crowd of more than 200 people, who turned up just to hear a discussion about brexit and the implications of brexit for ireland. so that for me is the thing i enjoy most of all. you might have ideas of diplomats operating in a very refined, erudite slice of society, and of course we do get to meet senior people, that is true. i get to go to big events that happen. but i do genuinely most enjoy engagement with irish america, which to me is a phenomenon that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world, and gives ireland a presence here we could not possibly hope to have anywhere else in the world, because we don't have a community locally. it

ireland, this is of great import. that was chris morris there. earlier, i spoke to david henig, the uk director of the european centre for international political economy, a think tank focused on international trade. he says it's important voters understand what might happen to uk trade in the future. there is concerning that it is a mixed message. what is not being said is, as chris morris said, there will be extra checks from northern ireland to great britain and there will be extra checks from great britain to northern ireland. he doesn't every thing will be checked but i think the mixed messages to try to say that there won't be anything different in the future, it will look different under the agreement that the permit mr has signed. 0k, very quickly, just to try and expands people away from northern ireland and those business dynamics in that region, how would the situation post brexit compare with what is going on now in terms of checks? even now, there are some checks on trade between northern ireland and the

well, if our moving goods do northern ireland... well, from northern ireland... well, from northern ireland... well, from northern ireland to great britain, no, because we have said in terms of from northern ireland to gigabits that it will be frictionless. but could i come back to that fair question on declarations, just to be clear, the exit summary declarations will be required. in terms of northern ireland, to great britain. that was stephen barclay. our reality check correspondent chris morris has been trying to get to the bottom of the claims and counterclaims. further video emerged this afternoon of the meeting he had last night or yesterday with business leaders in northern ireland, in which he said, when it comes to trade going from northern ireland into great britain there will be no checks, no barriers of any there will be no checks, no barriers ofany kind, there will be no checks, no barriers of any kind, no forms to fill in. now, the forms but in particular is basically in direct contradiction to what his brexit secretary, stephen barclay, said in pa

we have partnered with the national museum of ireland and northern ireland to bring some of ireland's great treasures from that revolutionary moment to philadelphia for the first time. ribbon, theok, the coat worn at the battle, membership certificates and the society for the united irishmen signed, really great artifacts, downstairs in the exhibition. here is something many of you have not seen before, never published, never exhibited. and is discovered by myself another person when we went to ireland to secure these loans, also to walk on the property of where richard st. george lived. we got a tip from the irish architectural historian. he said when i met him in october for the first time, he said i think i know of another portrait of richard st. george in ireland. i said, i will believe it when i see it. i asked for pictures. he never sent me pictures, but going blind out to ireland to see this, we happened upon this in the drawing room of a descendent, in the home of one of the descendents of richard st. george. this is an interesting portrait because of the inscription on the ba

he goes from ireland to america. for shelburne, the legislative independence that britain granted ireland seemed like an acceptable form of independence for the united states. what's the matter? one of his first acts as colonial secretary was to instruct sir guy carlton, newly appointed anglo-irish commander-in-chief of britain's military forces in north america, to take whatever steps he judged necessary to revive old affections or extinguish late jealousies. to ensure that his instructions were followed, shelburne took the precaution of dispatching his personal secretary, maurice morgan, as carlton's assistant. after carlton and morgan reached new york, washington complained that it was impossible to say whether the new commander's mission was to concede independence as americans understood the term or legislative independence while the king retained quote, the same kind of supremacy as in ireland. as late as the end of july, shelburne minded richard ozweld, britain's emissary to paris, was his preference was for a

checks between ireland and northern ireland ? last checks between ireland and northern ireland? last night borisjohnson gave an off—the—cuff briefing to tory members in county armagh and said businesses who were sending products from northern ireland to great britain wouldn't have to fill in any paperwork or stop in the past, the brexit secretary stephen barclay and the home office have said they would need to be some sort of process. more questions over the issue of goods moving in the other direction, making the journey from great britain into northern ireland destined to stay here and not crossing the border into republic. johnson said they wouldn't need to be any checks on those goods. trade experts and business groups here have said that they will be need to have said that they will be need to have checks to follow the rules of the single market on food produce for example. that has led some to accusejohnson of not understanding the deal he negotiated. when questioned he said he felt this was a great dealfor questioned he said he felt this was a great deal for northern

are at risk of moving from northern ireland into the republic of ireland. assuming there will be checks on things like food produce and produce of animal origin because northern ireland and the republic of ireland under mr johnson's owned deal will be a single regulatory zone which will follow eu rules. so, he strained to reassure people in northern ireland and all of this sounds quite technical but for businesses in northern ireland, the palooka —— portable parties in northern ireland, this is of great importance. that was chris morris. let's discuss this further with the uk director of the european centre for international political economy a think tank... and hejoins us from south london. i don't know if you heard what borisjohnson had said earlier. is it reassuring, is it concerning that there is this next message that's going out to businesses queasy about yes, it is concerning that it is a mixed message that medical net and what is not being said as chris morris said... there will be extra checks from northern ireland to great britain and there wi

if it's decided they are at risk of moving from northern ireland into the republic of ireland. there will be checks on things like food produce and produce of animal origin because northern ireland and under of animal origin because northern ireland and undeer of animal origin because northern ireland and under mrjohnson's deal will be a single —— single regulatory zone which will follow eu... all of the sounds technical but for businesses in northern ireland, the political parties in northern ireland, this is of great import. anywhere, is it possible for him to claim what he means physical checks as opposed to paperwork?“ you just use the word checks it is not a bloke and a peek at on the side of the road saying show me your papers. but he said no forms to fill them. if someone tells you to fill out the forms,... them. if someone tells you to fill out the forms, . .. another question, and hsn visas of the other thing tories have been talking about today. how will this attract more staff from more countries was a —— and hs visas. we know this is a big pa rt and hs vis

why should ireland be different? a clear reference to the carlisle peace commission in this defining moment of silence 18th-century history. although we take another two years, britain eventually bowed to the wishes of the patriots after lord north fall from power. he falls from power in the wake of cornwallis's defeat at yorktown. interconnections here. during the spring of 1782, parliament repealed the act that affirmed supremacy over irish affairs, while the rocking burn a lot of the dublin parliament the law, the statute that subjected laws to review by the british council. in other words, britain conceded ireland legislated independence. for the first time since the revolution, irish historians argue over this, for the first time in a century, the irish parliament had the same legislative rights as the british parliament. hugely important. the british lower house, and westminster, with an even, who had been a member of the carlisle peace commission in 1778, one of carlisle's commissioners, who served as carlisle

ireland only backstop, which they refer to a task, which would keep northern ireland in the customs union and single market forever. but northern ireland is in its own customs zone so there is a border down the irish sea. absolutely not, if you read the treaty we have done with the eu, the deal that is ready to go, northern ireland, it says explicitly, northern ireland is part of the uk customs territory. a customs union is an area with a perimeter where ta riffs is an area with a perimeter where tariffs are charged. and the tariffs that northern ireland will charge on goods with third countries around the world, whether it is japan, india, where ever, will be the ta riffs india, where ever, will be the tariffs that the uk charges, not what the eu charges. this is a nonsense, northern ireland will operate within the eu customs zone. with great respect, you are wrong.|j will check that. i think you should. northern ireland will be offering for free trade northern ireland will be offering forfree trade deals northern ireland will be offering for free trade deals around the world the s

so we come back to ireland a. because the terms that carlisle offered congress, there's a whole body of loyalists thoughts, basically it prefigures in many ways the british commonwealth of the 20th century. loyal to the clowrown but want legislative rights. it's not surprising that benedict arnold and joseph galloway would have given them a warm reception. it's not surprising that congress would have said, yeah, that's what we thought. the support that the mission's terms received in ireland was a different matter. there's a lot of reporting on the carlisle peace commission in the irish press. during the late 1770s, the revolutionary war had imposed enormous economic costs on men and women, plunging the kingdom into a deep recession. patriots, as the governments opponents in the irish parliament called themselves, placed much of the blame on britain's embargo on the irish provisioning trade with america. and ireland had a very, very flourishing trade with america, very heavily involved in trading with america thro

denmark hold on in ireland to seal their qualification for the european championship finals. and despite missing out on the rugby world cup title, england head coach eddiejones speaks to us about why he believes his side can still dominate the sport. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. it's being called the world cup of tennis, with 18 countries involved. the davis cup finals have got underway in spain with a brand new format. more on that in a moment, but there's already been a big upset with italian world number 12 fabio fognini beaten by canada's vasek pospisil, who's ranked 150th in the world after recovering from back surgery. korin kashanov one his match against coric, making it a 3—0 victory. canada pulled off a big shock by beating italy. there was a scare for world number 11 david goffin who dropped the first set, but fought back to beat colombia's daniel galan in three sets. it gave belgium a 2—0 lead after they won their opening singles match as well. colombia playing at the top level of tennis for the first time, won the double match. all that acti

and across mainland scotland and northern ireland. a few showers in northern scotland and northern ireland. some showers into parts of wales. a cool day, temperatures in single figures. where you fin wish cloud, it will —— finish with cloud and rain it will continue through the night. not as cold. in the south and east of scotla nd cold. in the south and east of scotland and east anglia there could be some frost to start sunday. the same areas should be dry and sunny for much of the day. showers in the west of scotland and northern ireland will fade. some will continue in 0rkney and shetland. cloudy in northern and parts of wales and the south west. further rain and some heavier bursts in northern england. to the south of it, some sunshine and another chilly day. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: prince andrew speaks publicly for the first time, about his friendship with the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. in an exclusive interview with bbc newsnight, the duke says it was wrong to stay at epstein‘s house and admits

it seems to be an app the among tories on northern ireland. david: there have been gaps in our legislature. the need forilling legislation. unfortunately, it has been done over the head of northern ireland, which is not satisfactory. the secretary of state has put on an ultimatum to the assembly members that they sort themselves out by february. if they have not done so by february, he is going to put them to an election, will call and assembly election. we will see what the consequences are then. i hope the parties that have boycotted the assembly will change their position and go back. vonnie: lord trimble, pain us a picture of northern ireland post-brexit. have trading arrangements with, how much does it help or hinder economic growth? david: the objective at the end of the day is to get a free trade agreement for the whole of the british isles. that is our long-term objective. at the moment, we have to do with getting rid of the existing arrangements, which stem from the european union, and get ourselves free from that. then we will be in

chilly for all, ireland as the showers continue eastwards. chilly forall, but ireland as the showers continue eastwards. chilly for all, but the wind like today, although the breeze will pick up tonight across eastern counties of england, rain out of the near continent gets closer and closer. staying cloudy for much of england and wales, but where the sky is clear, particularly for scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england, a widespread frost on the temperature chart in the blue colours, and they could be frost elsewhere. that is because we have an area of high pressure moving on, i‘ve not said that for a while. not a substantial one but enough to mean a substantial one but enough to mean a dry day for many. the main exception being towards some eastern counties of england. around these north sea coasts there will be breezes blowing, and rain if you are close to the coast, but it is the exception rather than the rule. most places at long last seeing blue skies, early morning frost clearing, the fog clearing as well on the wins

waiting times of up to four years for routine operations in northern ireland prompt warnings that the health service there is close to collapse. and how david walliams‘ best—selling children's book has been turned into a musical with the help of robbie williams. and coming up on bbc news, scotland will face israel in their euro 2020 play—off semifinal in march. the winner will meet either norway or serbia for a place at the tournament. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a man who strangled a british backpacker in new zealand and hid her body inside a suitcase has been found guilty of murder. grace millane was found buried in bushland outside auckland last december. the 21—year—old from essex, was killed after a night out on the eve of her birthday. her family wept in court as jurors convicted their daughter's killer. he can't be named for legal reasons. shaimaa khalil is in auckland. this was an extraordinary day in court. you could feel the emotion and grief from grace's family and tense moments as the jury members walked into the courtroom, the pa rents walke

northern ireland, the republic of ireland and scotland are also in there, so they could cross paths. the highest ranking team in each group will host the lowest ranked — with the second playing at home against the third, in one—legged semi—finals on the 26th march. the winners of those matches will meet in 4 winner takes all finals a few days later for those final four places in the championship. so the playoffs await for northern ireland however they fare against germany in frankfurt tonight, theirfinal group match should hold them in good stead going forward. the main thing is the experience for us especially for the younger players of playing in this type of arena. it is similar to what you would play in the finals and possibly now what we were playing in a play—off but that experience can only stand a player in good stead from the individual confidence and confidence as a unit in the team. and we hope to get that tomorrow night. scotla nd face kaza khsta n at hampden park in their last qualifier. steve clarke has been with the national squad for 6 months now, and he was a

into ireland. but the whole of northern ireland and the rest of gb are part of the uk customs territory. and there can be no checks between goods operating in one customs union. we are the uk. we will not be instituting such checks. the advantage of this deal is that we come out whole and entire. northern ireland, with the rest of the country, can take part in doing free trade deals. and it is a fantastic opportunity for us to go forward. what would be a real shame would be to waste a whole year in renegotiation in another referendum, which is what i'm afraid jeremy corbyn and the labour party are insisting must happen. and i think it would be divisive and toxic. jonathan, you join us en route from campaign visit to campaign visit. these are intensive days of campaigning for the prime minister? they are. it has been a whistle—stop tour of the uk for the prime minister after officially announcing the election earlier this week. yesterday we had visited the north—east of scotland, the east midlan

mr johnson has emphasised today that the deal is a good one for northern ireland. all these issues may be highly technical, but in this election campaign they are also highly political. this weekend thousands of armed forces veterans will take part in the march—past at the cenotaph in whitehall on remembrance sunday. among those marking the day will be 94—year—old harry billinge, who was among the first british soldiers to land in france on d—day. he'd been raising money to help build a new memorial in normandy to remember those who died. he's now been shown images of the memorial for the first time, as our correspondent jon donnison reports. there you are, my love. thank you, darlin‘. in the remarkable life of harry billinge, this has been a remarkable year. there's about 35 quid there, harry. it was an appearance on bbc breakfast telly, on a normandy beach for the d—day 75th anniversary in june, that saw harry go viral. don't say i'm a hero. i'm no hero. i was lucky. i'm here. all the heroes are dead. and i'll neverforget them as long as i live. since

brighter skies for much of scotland and northern ireland, quite a nice day on sunday. we could see a little bit of brightness across the far south east but it will be another chilly day. a ridge of high pressure builds in from the west monday and tuesday. we look to the atlantic to this area of low pressure which will swing into bring us more rain, but we will start to see winds from the south turning milder. next week, we start fine, then, more rain, quite windy at times, as low pressure moves in, and with southerly winds pushing in, it will turn milder. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 2pm... labour promises free full—fibre broadband for every home in the uk by 2030. together we will build a new public service delivering the fastest broadband, free to everyone. this will be all at the heart of labour's plans to transform the future of our economy and our society. what we won't be doing is some crackpot scheme that would involve many, many tens of billions of taxpayers' money nationalising a british business. swans in the streets as heavy rain brings

ronan and christopher, hand yourselves in to the police service of northern ireland. we need you both to come forward and assist this investigation. in vietnam, the national broadcaster showed pictures of police launching an investigation there as two people were taken into custody on suspicion of people smuggling. what started with the discovery of 39 people dead in a refrigerated trailer here on an essex industrial estate has turned into an international investigation, with police looking into what seems to be a loosely—linked global network of criminal organisations smuggling people into the uk from halfway round the world. daniel sandford, bbc news, grays in essex. now, it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. batten down the hatches, we've got an impending autumn gale and it has prompted the met office to issue a severe weather warning. we've got high winds expected across the southern parts of the uk on saturday. let's have a look at the big picture, this is the low pressure that is going to bring the nasty weather, the strongest of the wind will be co

that it has brought to northern ireland. and we also believe that our future lies at the heart of the eu, working together with other european nations to tackle the major challenges which lie ahead. laura kuenssberg is in westminster this evening for us. we have had most, if not all, of the manifesto is now, what can we expect over the course of this campaign? campaigns and policies are slightly strange, they are a bit like pouring concrete. at the beginning, all the politicians are out there clamouring to get their manifestos across and clamouring to be heard, but it takes a while for that to be set and for the public to really start paying attention to exactly what is being promised. but now we are at pretty much the halfway mark with three weeks or so to go until polling day. important to say the snp has yet to publish its manifesto which of course will be looked at with great interest not just in course will be looked at with great interest notjust in scotland, but also here, because there is the possibility they could e

that will peter out but linger in the northern ireland is. some patches of rain and light showers coming in around irish sea coastal areas. on the whole, dry with a lot of cloud. misty and murky in the morning. not a great deal of sunshine, the best of it around the murray firth. temperatures similar to what we have seen today. more u nsettled to what we have seen today. more unsettled weather coming into the beginning of next week. we have the jet stream. picking up areas of low pressure. steering them in from the atlantic. on monday, with rain moving northwards and eastwards, the heaviest rain in england and wales. not too wet in scotland and northern ireland that sunshine hard to find. but at least it is on the mild side and frost free on monday morning. as we look further ahead, we have rain in southern parts of england and wales. on tuesday. wednesday is a mixed picture. mild and cloudy rain not far away. later next week, no signs of something a little different. getting cooler and by mid week we have patches of frost returning to the no

it came after video emerged of him last night in northern ireland talking to a group of northern ireland businessmen. more video of that meeting has emerged in the last couple of hours in which mrjohnson says that for trade in the future, under his deal between northern ireland and great britain, he assures the assembled throng, if throng it was, no forms, no barriers of any kind, which is in direct contradiction of what his own brexit secretary has said and what his brexit agreement says. that while there will be minimal administrative procedures, we are not talking about blokes in pink caps standing by the side of the road, but we are talking about filling in some export declarations, a lot of people in northern ireland are concerned about that. because they say however minimal it is, that is breaking the promise of u nfettered is breaking the promise of unfettered access for northern ireland to the great britain market. what he said there is that there will be no forms, not what his brexit secretary told parliament a few weeks ago. that is one we have to look at and see how that goes.

candidate failed to score in ireland had done it the ha rd to score in ireland had done it the hard way. but made it to tokyo. -- canada failed to score. it was not pretty. it wasn't pretty, yesterday, and it wasn't much prettier today. and i think the character of this group shown through their and i'm just so incredibly proud of them. the girls have put in ten, 12 years and so many players have gone before us, and they have built the platform and they have brought us the level that we are at and this is for them to. i can't even imagine what thoughts are going to go ahead. for time she tried this and now you're going to tokyo and the olympic games. we have to get picked first, nigel. listen, it is hard to put into words. we knew last year we put ourselves in such a good opportunity to be able to do this. we brought together such a strong team and work so together such a strong team and work so hard. where just so proud to be able to get there. we have somebody like aisha in goal, you have competence. the five girls and penalties they were outstanding and represented our whole group. i

it stays wet for northern ireland, the rain could cause problems for eastern counties in northern ireland. for scotland, a lot of dry weather and some sunshine, but a speckling of showers for northern and eastern areas and these will be wintry over high ground. as we head towards the end of the afternoon, the rain continues across the southern counties of england so there could be enough rain to cause problems here. they will start to pull away south through the night. damp weather for a time through the midlands and wales, over high ground the odd flake of snow, but for northern ireland, northern england and scotland, a dry night with clear, starry skies overhead so another cold one, minus 5 degrees easily across scotland. not as cold further south because here we will still have the cloud and showery rain which will clear slowly during the morning but it should be gone by the time we get to remembrance sunday commemorations at 11 o'clock. plenty of sunshine to be had through the day, not a bad day at all. some showers for northern and eastern coasts, more rain into northern ireland late

mps have fast—tracked legislation to compensate victims of historical abuse in northern ireland. it follows a report into allegations of abuse in 22 children's homes and other residential institutions between 1922 and 1995. the northern ireland secretary urged victims to come forward to make a claim and said around 5,000 people could be eligible for compensation. the bill establishes a redress board to administer a scheme for victims in northern ireland and paves the way for a commissioner for survivors to be appointed. victims worry let down notjust by the perpetrators and institutions but by the churches and the councils and the governments that were meant to look after them. standing by, ignoring, not checking and turning a blind eye. child abuse victims never had their fallen childhood. they were held hostage by the experiences they had throughout their lives. i hope this bill go some way in providing northern ireland victims with her address and i hope for other victims throughout our country that their time for redress will come very soon. the shadow minister had also met v

in northern ireland, sadly, it is becoming quite commonplace. here is where decisions should be taken to help tackle the problem but there is paralysis at stormont because northern ireland has been without a devolved government for nearly three yea rs, devolved government for nearly three years, since power—sharing collapsed. civil servants are running the health service in northern ireland, in the absence of a minister, but powers are limited. the minister, in my view, would either have sought more money and may have got it; or, they would have changed the priorities and spend more money on the waiting list times. if stormont is not restored soon, with patients at risk, there will be pressure on westminster to intervene. two men who were using metal detectors to look for treasure have been jailed for stealing a viking hoard of coins and jewellry worth millions of pounds. george powell was jailed for ten years and layton davies was sentenced to eight—and—a—half years. robert hall reports. the treasure stolen by a viking invader, gold, si

from gb into ireland, but the whole of the... northern ireland and the rest of gb are part of the uk customs territory, and there can be no checks between goods operating in one customs area. we are the uk. we will not be instituting such checks. and so the advantage of this deal is that we come out whole and entire. northern ireland, with the rest of the country, can take part in doing free trade deals. and it's a fantastic opportunity for us to go forward, to get... now, what would be a real shame would be to waste a whole year in renegotiation, in another referendum, which is what i'm afraid jeremy corbyn and the labour party are insisting must happen, and i think it would be divisive and toxic and pointless. the conservatives are promising a fast—track nhs visa that would make it easier for overseas doctors and nurses to work in the uk. ministers say the scheme would enable the health service to continue to attract the best medical staff after brexit. so, how feasible is this idea of fast track visas for the nhs? with me no

he was left out of ireland's world cup squad, but perhaps this try proves his luck is changing. bath kicked their way back. at the break, these two were separated by little, but lyttle is important. out on the ulster wing, rob lyttle playing his first european game for the club he'd always supported. a try he'll never forget. bath had their own new boy, his name gabriel hamer—webb, and two minutes after coming on england's jonathan joseph picked him out. what a start! now, what a finish. bath edged ahead, so pressure on this kick by cooney. that seemed to be crucial but, with the final move of the match, bath were in. there to spoil it was ulster‘s jacob stockdale. what an end to that contest! back from the world cup, just in the nick of time. patrick gearey, bbc news. five other matches in the champions cup today including an impressive opening pool win for exeter. they beat la rochelle 31—12. tom o'flaherty scored the second of two tries in the first half as exeter led 14—0. two more followed in the second half including one for england's henry slade as exeter eased to

the rain will sit through northern ireland, southern scotland, northern ireland as we go through the day. behind some sharper showers. 0nly perhaps the far north of scotla nd showers. 0nly perhaps the far north of scotland may well stay dry. it may be even brighter into the afternoon. i similar to today 9—13. moving out of monday into tuesday, we do it almost all over again. except this is the remnants of storm sebastian. it is likely to be a little more energy within that low pressure which means we are likely to see heavier rain if anything and some stronger winds as it continues to push its way steadily north and east on tuesday. again a trail sharper thundery damper is likely to follow behind. it will be a breezy day as well. top temperatures again have staying into the mid teens. something drier and quieter as 00:29:28,998 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 expected by the weekend. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am. the conservatives will pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance contributions or vat when they publish their election manifesto this afternoon. labour pledge

this atlantic air brings a bit more cloud in northern ireland but particularly into scotla nd ireland but particularly into scotland in the finals of the country that could be a bit of rain and drizzle too. it is in the highlands. we will probably find the highest temperatures. highlands and islands. further south and 6—8d. there is relevance topping across the northern half of the uk around that area of high pressure. that is going to relinquish its grip but it hangs on for longer across england and wales where the southern parts of england tuesday and a wednesday there will be mist, fog and low cloud. so to clear so these areas will be on the cold side. you'll get milder towards the end of the week as the atlantic winds pick up and blow some reigning to northern and 00:29:15,087 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 western parts of the uk. this is bbc news i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8. tributes are paid to the first victim to be named in the london bridge attack. cambridge graduate jack merritt, was running a prisoner rehabilitiation conference — to which his attacker had been invi

some changes for northern ireland and scotland overnight. increasing cloud without pics of rain into scotla nd cloud without pics of rain into scotland through the night. that means not be as good a night, temperatures well above freezing, but are and wales are to a cold and frosty started the new week. to sum up frosty started the new week. to sum up the week ahead, it starts mainly dry, away from scotland. certainly cold at first as we head towards the end of the week we will see returned is wetter graduate of india. the dominating feature in the first—half of the biggest high—pressure, the fa ns of the biggest high—pressure, the fans arejust of the biggest high—pressure, the fans are just spending scotland and a much wetter, windier date here on monday. they went is initially across the west side scotland and tracking insight nor that is rich with the diet becoming quite heavy and persistent across the northern highlands and the northern isles. further south quite dry and cloudy. for england and wales spells of sunshine once bookl

she said she believed a united ireland would be achieved in the 2020s. earlier, sinn fein's leader at stormont, michelle 0'neill saw off a challenge to her position. protests have erupted across iran after the government unexpectedly announced it was rationing petrol and increasing its price by 50%. at least one person has been killed and several hurt during clashes with security forces. iran's economy is already suffering because of tough sanctions imposed by the united states. french police have used water cannon and tear gas on demonstrators in paris, on the first anniversary of the anti—government protest movement. the clashes were the worst for several months, with thousands of protestors coming on to the streets to support the so—called giletjaune or yellow vest movement. more than a hundred people were arrested. from paris, lucy williamson reports. in paris today, a reminder that the anger that sparked this movement a year ago hasn't gone away. the number of protesters much smaller now, but for the rioters and police, the tactics remain the sa

a man faces extradition from ireland as pa rt faces extradition from ireland as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry in essex. the england team prepares for tomorrow‘s big match, where they left the rugby world cup trophy for the first time since 2003? millions of people are expected to tune in, to watch england take on south africa in tomorrow‘s rugby world cup final injapan. thousands of england fans have made the journey to yokohama, some paying thousands of pounds for a single precious ticket. this afternoon, the queen sent her best wishes to the team, for a memorable and successful match, and while england go into the game as favourites, they face formidable opponents in south africa, two time previous winners. in a moment we‘ll report on how fans here are gearing up for the big match, but first, our sports editor, dan roan has the very latest, from tokyo. another tactical masterclass by eddiejones. it may be the eve of the world cup final, but england‘s head coach still found time to put some local school kids through their paces today. earlier

he's been under pressure to clarify his stance — after he spoke in northern ireland last night. our correspondent chris page is in belfast tonight. what has been the impact of the remarks borisjohnson what has been the impact of the remarks boris johnson made? the recurrent brexit border brainteaser —— brainteaser has been how do you keep it open, between the republic of ireland and northern ireland, while avoiding checks, and last night boris johnson gave while avoiding checks, and last night borisjohnson gave an off the cuff briefing to some members in cou nty cuff briefing to some members in county armagh, in one business person asked would he have to fill in customs forms for products he we re in customs forms for products he were sending from here to scotland 01’ were sending from here to scotland or wales or england, and mrjohnson said he wouldn't and he said any paperwork could go in the bin. the brexit secretary stephen barclay indicated previously they would have to be some form of administrative process but they have been more questions about goods moving in the

ireland saying slovakia. if they both wind, they will face each other in belfast. chelsea travel to play defending champions manchester city for the eid match tomorrow with frank lampard being asked about his former boss who has been announced as the new tottenham manager this week. unsurprisingly, he was complimentary about mourinho but when lampard complimentary about mourinho but when lampa rd was complimentary about mourinho but when lampard was asked if he would ever ta ke when lampard was asked if he would ever take thejob when lampard was asked if he would ever take the job at white hart lane, he had a definitive answer.” can firmly say no and you can be played out again in ten years or whatever you want. it would not happen but things are different. as i say, housing happen but things are different. as isay, housing renewal happen but things are different. as i say, housing renewal has worked with a lot of football clubs and we have to respect his right to work. 0n the other hand, i was here for 13

the cross—community alliance party in northern ireland has launched its general election manifesto. the party's leader naomi long says they will put brexit at the centre of their campaign, calling for a new eu referendum, with the option to stay in the eu. like the majority of people in northern ireland we recognise the huge benefits of a membership to the eu. we also believe our future lies at the heart of the eu, working together with other european nations together with other european nations to tackle the major challenges the headlines on bbc news: in a highly unusual intervention, the chief rabbi criticises what he calls the labour leadership‘s failure to deal with anti—semitism, in an article for the times newspaper. levels of greenhouse gases break new records, as experts express their fears for the future of the planet. after 39 migrants' bodies were found in a lorry container in essex, a man pleads guilty to plotting to assist illegal immigration. the cinema operator, vue, has defended its decision to withdraw the gang film, blue story, after more than 25 incidents were

republic of ireland if the beats of last yea r. floyd republic of ireland if the beats of last year. floyd mayweather says he is coming out of retirement next year. mayweather is now 42. his last two outings have been exhibitions against conor mcgregor, and the javanese kickboxer. the latter lasted just 140 seconds, but and a reported £7 million. the announces comeback on social media today after an earlier post that he was in talks with the ufc president to set up what he described as another spectacular event in twenty20. great britain played a german in the davis cup quarterfinals this afternoon, with andy murray likely to be in action. he was arrested yesterday. they made it through to victory in the deciding doubles rubber against kazakhstan. our tennis correspondent has been talking to the coach about their chances. there is no rest and this new look davis cup, because having won this back—to—back group matches, great britain face a quarterfinal later today, and it will be against germany. what andy murray play, having b

sean maguire was close to a winner but ireland cannot solve the danish puzzle. they will have to be through the playoffs if they want to be at euro 2020. well the republic of ireland's only hope would've been the unlikey case of switzerland beating gibralter. instead they hammered them 6—1 to easily top group d. denamrk‘s draw in dublin secures automatic qualification a well while the republic of ireland go into the playoffs in march. elsewhere tonight, a huge win for italy over armenia — as well as spain.. who beat romania comfortably 5—0. none of those results have any real impact on qualification with the top two already decided in these groups — but you can check out all the results on the bbc sport website. saracens aren't going to challenge the huge punishment for breaking the premiership salary cap. the english and european champoions were hit with a 35 point penalty and £5 million fine. owner nigel wray said the club "made mista kes" and accepted the penalties "with humility". sarries have subsequently dropped from third, to bottom of the prem

it stays wet for northern ireland, the rain could cause problems for eastern counties in northern ireland. for scotland, a lot of dry weather and some sunshine, but a speckling of showers for northern and eastern areas and these will be wintry over high ground. as we head towards the end of the afternoon, the rain continues across the southern counties of england so there could be enough rain to cause problems here. they will start to pull away south through the night. damp weather for a time through the midlands and wales, over high ground the odd flake of snow, but for northern ireland, northern england and scotland, a dry night with clear, starry skies overhead so another cold one, minus 5 degrees easily across scotland. not as cold further south because here we will still have the cloud and showery rain which will clear slowly during the morning but it should be gone by the time we get to remembrance sunday commemorations at 11 o'clock. plenty of sunshine to be had through the day, not a bad day at all. some showers for northern and eastern coasts, more rain into northern ireland late

and for northern ireland and scotland, it should turn increasingly break through the day. it's still chilly, single digit temperatures for most of us. now, into the start of the new working week, this little ridge of high pressure is going to try to work its way across the british isles. and that should give a drier and brighter day on monday. this is the day where we do get to dry out. there will be a few showers brought into north sea coastal areas on a brisk, northerly wind, but otherwise it's fine. there is some sunshine. it stays pretty chilly, 6—10 degrees at best. but as we head deeper into the week, it does turn more unsettled again. we will see further outbreaks of rain, heaviest in the west. this is bbc news. welcome, if you are watching her in the uk, on pbs or around the globe. i am james reynolds. our top stories: prince andrew breaks his silence on thejeffrey epstein scandal in an exclusive bbc interview. he was question of staying at the home at the convicted sex offender. buckingham palace denies all allegations of inappropriate behaviour. evo morales, th

ronan and christopher, hand yourselves in to the police service of northern ireland. we need you both to come forward and assist this investigation. in vietnam, the national broadcaster showed pictures of police launching an investigation there as two people were taken into custody on suspicion of people smuggling. what started with the discovery of 39 people dead in a refrigerated trailer here on an essex industrial estate has turned into an international investigation with police looking into what seems to be a loosely linked to global network of criminal organisations smuggling people into the uk from halfway round the world. daniel sandford, bbc news, grays in essex. the man leading the inquiry into the nhs contaminated blood scandal has called on the government to improve financial suppport for victims and their families — saying some were living in "grinding hardship". sir brian langstaff‘s comments came after he heard the final day of evidence into how thousands died after being given tainted blood products in the 1970s and 80s. our health editor hugh pym r

eamon harrison, also from northern ireland, is accused of being the driver on the belgian side, and is fighting extradition from dublin. and, with the wider investigation into the lorry deaths still continuing, a third man from northern ireland, 23—year—old christopher kennedy, appeared in court in chelmsford today, also charged with people trafficking and assisting illegal immigration. daniel sandford, bbc news. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: russia could face another spell in sporting wilderness, as anti—doping bosses back a ban on their athletes for major events. england investigate after their fast bowler, jofra archers, says he heard racial abuse, in their defeat to new zealand. and "the booing of bale has to stop" — tha's the call from real‘s manager to the fans, after the welshman‘s controversial flag stunt. we start with the news that wada, the world anti—doping agency, will recommend that russia be banned from all sports for four years. the wada committee investigating russia's violation of

ronan and christopher, hand yourselves in to the police service of northern ireland. we need you both to come forward and assist this investigation. in vietnam, the national broadcaster showed pictures of police launching an investigation there as two people were taken into custody on suspicion of people smuggling. what started with the discovery of 39 people dead in a refrigerated trailer here on an essex industrial estate has turned into an international investigation with police looking into what seems to be a loosely linked to global network of criminal organisations smuggling people into the uk from halfway round the world. daniel sandford, bbc news, grays in essex. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories. the authorities in cambodia say a 21—year—old british backpacker whose body was found yesterday died from accidental drowning. amelia bambridge from worthing in west sussex disappeared more than a week ago after a party on the island of koh rong. the chief coroner for england and wales is calling on the government to consider new laws banni