big problems for the republic of ireland which is. state and so far the republic of ireland had full rock solid support from the other even member states so 2 things we need to look out for now what does the republic of ireland make of this new proposals and what dewey unique oshie 8 years make of the proposal they now have to decide whether this u.k. proposal that is now on the table could become a new landing zone for a deal to prevent a heart breaks it and from matters in brussels to some of the other stories making news around the world. in peru at least 23 people were killed when a bus plummeted more than 100 meters into a ravine the accident happened that night on the twisting mountain road or than 50 passages on. the u.s. has been given the green light to impose tariffs on 7 and a half 1000000000 dollars worth of craft and other goods following a world trade organization ruled tariffs in retaliation for e.u. subsidies for the plane. ideation regular it is avoided inspections of nearly 200737 aircraft after structural cracks wit

big problems for the republic of ireland which is you member state and so far the republic of ireland had full rock solid support from the other even member states so 2 things we need to look out for now what does the republic of ireland make of this new proposals and what do e.u. need goshi 8 years make of the proposal they now have to decide whether this u.k. proposal that is now on the table could become a new landing zone for a deal to prevent a heart breaks it. you know now to some of the other stories making news around the world. supporters of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi have called for a justice at a memorial event need these saudi consulate in istanbul where he was killed 11 suspects are on trial in saudi arabia but critics say it's a sham to protect the crown prince muhammad builds in some mountain. hundreds of pro-democracy activists have gathered in hong kong to demonstrate against a police shooting during cheese days protests and i thin year old was shot at close range after he attacked an officer with a metal incident marks a significant escalation of tension since

of course, the republic of ireland is still in the eu, northern ireland is still in the eu, northern ireland is still part of the uk. there would be a sort of softer border between the northern ireland and republic of ireland border, but also the softer border across the irish sea. between customs, will be britain and northern and command for goods and regulations to make would be between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. so essentially it's quite collocated. and this is his last gambit to gambit to try to say, look, let's get a guy get rid of the backstop, go for my does my partner solution, and we will find out the next ten days of this will fly. what do you think was mike i don't think it will fly, actually. i think if you look at the detail of what's being proposed, and it's enough to give everyone a headache, really. it is incredibly completed. and if you look at the way, the reaction in northern ireland this afternoon, you have got several opposition parties coming up against us. opposition parties coming up against us. you've got the northern irish business communi

ireland between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and that was also one of the big sticking points virtually no checks he says some will be made. and we are hearing the 1st reactions that for example the northern irish do you appeal who was always against it might now rally behind it ok sounds positive does that mean that boris johnson could have the votes in parliament to get the approval there for this package. well that is the big question right johnson has always set breaks it is about taking back control but he really is not in control at the moment as mike said the ball is somewhat in the european corner now so we'll have to wait and see what the european union says and then johnson is facing a very divided palm and here in the u.k. with really no majorities that the opposition labor party has already said they wouldn't really behind those plans he has lost majorities within his own polity so the question really is what a deal if the european union approves go through parliament and if not johnston has already said that he would take out the u.k. out of the european un

journal new border would be put up between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. and it would have to be secured after all the e.u. has strict rules on which products are allowed to be imported are exploited and under which conditions. the problem is no one wants a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. border patrols and guard posts are symbols of one of the darkest chapters in our lives history the northern ireland conflict the troubles in which more than 3500 people were killed starting in 1909. only with the 1998 good friday agreement did the violence come to an end together with e.u. support the deal paved the way to peace. many worry that the conflict may flare up again in the course of the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. and several attacks in recent months suggest that this concern is not unfounded. but how can breck's it take place while preventing a hard inner irish border at the same time. a comprehensive customs and trade deal between the e.u. and the u.k. would be one solution but this has yet to be agreed now that's why the e.u.

and the republic of ireland. britain's breaks that negotiators are delivered to proposals in person to brussels german reaction has been to say it will consider the proposals in detail 1st before commenting. events forcefully we will take a close look at the suggestions i cannot say anything more about that today because we have agreed to evaluate the issue amongst ourselves 1st for us it's very important that the 27 member states are unified on this issue they have trusted michele and we will continue to discuss the matter. boris johnson has made it clear that britain is expecting the e.u. to make concessions the ball is now in the e.u.'s court our eve correspondent gay or not as he is assessing whether the european union will accept boris johnson's proposals and he said that's what he thinks. after months and months of break that deadlock in brussels there finally seems to be ward off positive advances even progress the u.k. has made the compromise in the new proposal that northern ireland could remain part of

can say it's happy because it protects the integrity of the island of islands and the republic of ireland in dublin is or is it is it is also happy with it but of course doesn't mean the bracks it happens because it's not going to ratify today it's got to go through the european parliament 1st but crucially it's got to get through the british parliament as well and not looks a lot more alarms as you were saying there are concessions from bars johnson concessions on the e.u. side as well as your sense of who may have given more ground here and is it the fact that the compromise itself may or may do that ultimately. yet that will i mean i'll leave rory london to talk about the fallout from this particular as concerns the democrats are getting this policy which is most a proper conservatives up but there's the there is a sense here and everybody recognizes it's that boris johnson has thrown the day you under the bus because they can't abide the idea of and sort of all in the economy because it makes it look more like a united ireland sued them so yes it is very much a concession by boris joh

including northern ireland and the republic of ireland are two independent states. because they are both in the eu, there are no border posts or controls. if britain believes the eu as planned, the rules will change. an external eu border would be put up between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and it would have to be secured. the eu has strict rules about which products can be imported or exported and under which conditions. the problem is, no one wants a hard border between the northern ireland and republic of ireland. borderer patrols and g guard pos are symbolsls of one o of the darkest chapters in ireland's histor the nortrthern ireland conflict, the troubles in which more than 3500 people were k killed startg in 1969. only with the 1998 good friday agreement the violence c come to an end. together with the eu support, the way to peace. many worry that the conflict may flare up again and the cause of breaks its from the eu. how can brexit take place while preventing a hard irish border at the same time? a comprehensive customs and trade deal between

break this between the republic of ireland and northern ireland to pritish government as opposed to the backstop in its present form johnson said under his proposal there would be few customs checks on goods moving between northern ireland and the republic of ireland britain's breaks of negotiator delivered the proposals in person to brussels german reaction has been to say it will consider the proposals in detail 1st before commenting. events forcefully we will take a close look at the suggestions i cannot say anything more about that today because we have agreed to evaluate the issue amongst ourselves 1st for us it's very important that the 27 member states are unified on this issue boris johnson has made it clear that britain is expecting the e.u. to make concessions the ball is now in the e.u.'s court. let's get more with our brussels fair chief max hoffman and also in london from did abuse potts good morning to both of you max is the ball really now in brussels accord and what are you hearing where you are about it. the head of the u. commission reacted already last idea to talk wi

it has whipped up some big cds, big waves crashing into the coastline of the republic of ireland, and some big wins here. notice the white line squashing together on the weather chart. but watch those white lines as they stretch apart. this area of low pressure as we go through tomorrow, really dying a death, that significantly. so it isjust really dying a death, that significantly. so it is just the bog—standard area of low pressure moving its way out to the british isles into the northwest of europe as we head towards the start of the weekend. if you are travelling further afield, this area of low pressure to the southeast could be problematic. we've seen wet weather sliding across the balkans, that rain affecting greece during friday, romania and bulgaria. saturday increasingly gets into turkey with potential downpours, gusts of wind could cause problems for travel plans. that is how europe looks into this week. more cloud further north, and some cool air diving down from the north. so it looks pretty cool in paris over the coming days, there will be some showers at time, madrid

sojohnson, i republic of ireland and with europe. so johnson, i think, republic of ireland and with europe. sojohnson, ithink, is reliant republic of ireland and with europe. sojohnson, i think, is reliant on ten orfive sojohnson, i think, is reliant on ten or five labour mps sojohnson, i think, is reliant on ten orfive labour mps going through and crossing the floor, these are from working—class areas and there isa from working—class areas and there is a big ds—affinity, so the crisis of conscious these ten labour mps will be bigger and the vote will rest with them. there also has been the added complication, another possible vote on an option that would allow mps to support the deal, but with a built—in delayed until the legislation is passed. do you think i could win over some who may not quite be comfortable voting for it outright as it is? i do think thatis it outright as it is? i do think that is a question of say paul mason mps being more comfortable with having a delay. i think it's a question of the tory rebels, the

but, northern ireland, to prevent the erecting of a new border between the north and republic of ireland, which remains in the eu, will still remain within the eu's customs union. i know it sounds confusing, which means they will have their own tariffs if they have goods remaining in northern ireland. those tariffs will be reimbursed, but if the goods go into the republic of ireland, they will have to be applied. that is how this new deal will work. there will also be checks that won't take place on the border but will take place in other areas around northern ireland or in the irish sea, which will prevent the building of a b borr between nonorthern ireland and e republic of ireland. this border r has been the key problemm as far as brexit is for the reason that, under the good fighting agreement, which ended the troubles between republicans and loyalists in northern ireland,, the governments of the u.k. and the government of the heart republic are going to do irelandng they can -- republic are going to do everything they can. those problems might come back if a front's rebuilds between

us what about dublin it is of course very important voice in all of this about the republic of ireland especially about the backstop. i think we need to remind everybody what the backstop is about i know we talk about this all the time but it's probably nothing you would you know if you would read for breakfast each day the backstop was intended as an insurance policy to ovoid a hard border between northern island which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is part of the european union and that's why they had this backstop in this withdrawal agreement it was unlimited that's important to know because an insurance policy always an unlimited because if you limit it it's no longer an insurance policy at least that's the position of the european union now in this new proposal by boris johnson there is a limitation it's not a time limitation it is the limitation by the northern irish to accept this meaning that they get a vote every 4 year saying ok we're just still fine with this or no we will reject it and the limitation is the problem and the over of the irish prime mini

and the republic of ireland. britain's brexit negotiator deliver the proposals and person to brussels. german reaction has been to say it would consider the proposals in detail first for commenting. -- before commenting. >> we will take a close look at the suggestions. i cannot say anything more today because we have agreed to evaluate the issue amongst ourselves first. for us, it is important that the 27 number states are unified on this issue. we will continue to discuss the matter. >> boris johnson has made it clear that he expects the eu to make concessions. the ball is now in the eu court. brent: our eu correspondent is assessing whether the eu will accept the proposals and he sent us what he thinks. >> after months and months of deadlock, there seems to be word of positive advances even private -- progress. the u.k. has made the compromise that northern ireland could remain part of the internal market in other words, some products from mainland u.k. could no longer after following eu regulations going to no

including border and customs issues between ireland of the republic of ireland and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. still as we just heard there are johnson's northern irish allies in parliament that the u.p.a. said they do not plan to back the deal that is all up for debate on saturday in london thank you for watching t w news will be back in just a few minutes with more updates on the story. of the last of their kind in cyprus songbirds and threatened with extinction every year around half a 1000000 of them end up as a delicacy. it's prohibited but for the bird mafia it's a lucrative business. and by our presence or never took a show in cream you know it's nice to know without we're going to be there. 30 minutes w. . answer the conflicts. why is it populism. rising in venezuela. protests roxette blog. the world is in crisis mode. this week we look back at the key interviews of the season the point that for one strange statement was only the real actually real discernible and you. look so for. double. earth home to millions of species a home worth saving. googling geos te

before the good friday agreement, during the troubles of northern ireland, the republic of ireland, there was a physical barrier they are to cross that border and you had to cross fences and passports were inspected, and so forth, as unity between any international border. that has not existed since then, no one wants to go back to it but what the government of your to be proposing is, ok, at some place, it may be a couple of miles before the border, maybe after, someone will have to look to see whether tariffs have been paid, given there will be different once applicable, some of that may be handled in any event by technology, by using modern information technology, but whatever you think about that, that‘s not going back to where we were before the good friday agreement, that‘s not creating a hard border, as that word normally means, and we have cctv cameras all over london. we don‘t say london is divided by hard borders because of that. on that aspect, and i say i‘m not normally sympathetic to boris johnson and aspect, and i say i‘m not normally sympathetic to borisjohnson an

from the republic of ireland which is part of the e.u. would rush to northern ireland to get a better deal the small things like this is what negotiators in the cup past couple of days have hammered out have put into paper and it is those text that experts know at this summit will look into and then give their e.u. leaders the green light or not so so it's these small things that leaders have been working on and that is positive news whether it will work in the end you know that is the big question that u.p.c. in northern ireland has already signaled as it stands they they cannot vote for the deal and after all you know bracks brussels has been in exactly that situation with one could say exactly that to deal bit less function i would say and it has been rejected 3 times so i would say optimism yes but no no not too much optimism left but that one can i think that's a good way to handle it max you know there's other issues a big issues that the chancellor was talking about she's talking about turkey for example and what i found very inter

physical geography between the united kingdom and the republic of ireland. you have northern ireland, you have the six counties of northern ireland, and a border. so if we take the united kingdom out of the european union, we have to address this question of a physical border and how you're going to do checks. and borisjohnson in how you're going to do checks. and boris johnson in his how you're going to do checks. and borisjohnson in his announcement yesterday temp two think this can be done through electronic technology solutions —— seems to think. things that exist nowhere in the world. what is interesting is that some are saying, actually, the european union is feeling less pressure to engage because of how the british parliament voted to try and prevent a no—deal brexit at the end of october. the idea that there is less pressure to try and come you know, reach an agreement, because the eu side could just say, "well, it might work, but more time is needed, so it isa work, but more time is needed, so it is a may be finau." exactly. there is a may be

and the republic of ireland under his plan northern ireland remains closely aligned to the e.u.'s single market which is why the government in the republic of ireland in dublin are happy about this move as well but for the very same reasons the democratic unionist party the government partners in power have rejected boys johnson's plan and every single one of their 10 votes those 10 m.p. sitting in westminster every single one of those votes counts as to whether or not boris johnson will be able to get his plan over the line on super saturday that all important day in which boris johnson will have put his plan before parliament and he has 45 votes short of getting it exactly over the line but what we've heard so far in multiple statements coming from the d.p. here in belfast is that they are out to reject it on a number of different fronts firstly that they believe that it undermines the unity of the united kingdom one of the d.p.s. red lines is that northern ireland shouldn't be treated differently a tour politically economically or in a custom sense to the rest of the united ki

of ireland and thus the e.u. . a let's bring in our financial correspondent in frankfurt to talk about this only 1st of all i mentioned that sea boarded there and shakes and how how on earth would you monitor that and i mean are we talking about checking what's on a boat halfway between. the both sides old houses going to work. next to impossible it's hard to fathom and talked in a condiments about this who studied it and he says it's the irish sea is basically a pseudonym for a virtual check online trusting for example when there are big companies involved the big companies to do the checks on their own and if they see the need to report something then they reported and you trust it and you have the ability to go in and check because these companies have certain electronic structures that you can go and you can be certain what they did with smaller companies port checks i think are also a little bit unrealistic you know have to have a spot checks these are details that have to be hammered out but it's clear that y

plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland of the republic of ireland he suggesting that northern ireland remains closely aligned to the single markets of boyd the possibility of any friction when it comes to goods going back and forth it doesn't mean that the rest of the u.k. and northern ireland are in 2 different zones as it were leading to the need for it's a fact so you border down the middle of the irish sea when it comes to customs but all of those arrangements according to parse johnson will be put democratically before members of the northern ireland assembly store monson the issue lies in the kind of vote the boys johnson is saying should be allowed to take place here to keep these arrangements in place he suggesting it should be a simple majority and the worry is from the d p that the nationalists who the unionists are in a coalition leadership where the government with here will try eventually to push later down the line possibly for more economic integration with the republic of ireland because it is of course the nationalist reason to be i guess to push for the idea

between the republic of ireland and northern ireland the british government is opposed to the backstop in its present form johnson said under his proposal there would be few customs checks on goods moving between northern ireland and the republic of ireland britain's brags of negotiator delivered the proposals in person to brussels german reaction has been to say it will consider the proposals in detail 1st before commenting. we will take a close look at the suggestions i cannot say anything more about that today because we have agreed to evaluate the issue amongst ourselves 1st and for us it's very important that the 27 member states are unified on this issue boris johnson has made clear that britain is expecting the e.u. to make concessions the ball is now in the e.u.'s court. let's a preview now some of the other stories making news today in iraq at least 9 people been killed hundreds injured in violent anti-government protests across the country security forces using live ammunition and tear gas to disperse crowds demonstrators are angry about corruption and a lack of basic necessi

ireland out of the same arrangements as the republic of ireland against the will of the people of northern ireland and the republic of ireland this is essentially an expression of english nationalism it's nothing to do they never of course promote about the implications for the situation aren't when the vote took place in 2016 and we are running out of time but why are we running out of time it's true you know how few years since the french and referendum took place but no here workable plan has been outlined by to push for much and now with 10 days to the european council meeting we're getting a draft a couple of pages draft with no detail as if it's the basis for some new agreement as if everything that happened in the last 2 or 3 years didn't happen i thought we weren't. go see it because it was trees amazement as you remember is the same as a member of the same party as far as johnson forest johnson was foreign secretary in december 27th with a backstop was initially negotiated and the backstop then was a compromise what he's trying to do is not you know opera time from is the compromi

more aligned with the republic of ireland than with the united kingdom going forward in order to make that arrangement democratic boris johnson has said well there will be a vote here at the northern irish parliament to make sure that people here want it but that will be based upon a simple majority and the d.p.p. are just really worried that the nationalists through their locks in a power sharing government with will do everything possible to push for more economic integration with the republic of ireland as opposed to allowing for the current situation to continue which is a situation that allows 30 members of the more than an assembly to complain get together potentially veto anything any legislation they don't like coming out of westminster so in all the d.p. i just would be worried about a $37.00 from their hands and about what they feel is something of a creeping and station from the public or violent when it comes to a future here for the northern ireland they thank you for that that's when we leave need barbara force this ongoing coverage of the brics deal that's it for me we'

break system between the republic of ireland and northern ireland the pritish government as opposed to the backstop in its present form johnson said under his proposal there would be few customs checks on goods moving between northern ireland and the republic of ireland britain's breaks it negotiates or delivered the proposals in person to brussels german reaction has been to say it will consider the proposals in detail 1st before commenting. events before she will take a close look at the suggestions i cannot say anything more about that today because we have agreed to evaluate the issue amongst ourselves 1st for us it's very important that the 27 member states are unified on this issue that we have trust in michel venue and we will continue to discuss the matter here boris johnson has made it clear that britain is expecting the e.u. to make concessions the ball is now in the e.u.'s court well they have used correspondent barbara basler she was at that conservative conference in manchester she sent us this assessment of boris johnson's brags that proposals. after weeks of dithering in

between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and regulatory checks between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. a big thing that has emerged tonight is the dup. borisjohnson has has emerged tonight is the dup. boris johnson has managed has emerged tonight is the dup. borisjohnson has managed to get the dup behind it and borisjohnson has managed to get the dup behind itand i borisjohnson has managed to get the dup behind it and i think there is a chance that with the dup swinging behind it, that will bring some hardline brexiteers with them. i think a big question is will the eu accept it and one thing that is very clear is that this arrangement would still involve customs checks on island which the eu have said is a redline because of the good friday agreement and if you do not have customs check that as a compromise for the single market. how do you think this differs from theresa may's deal which was rejected three times by the house of commons? what she was putting forward was to try to keep the uk closely aligned with trade relations with the eu even though we were l

how to solve the issue of avoiding a hard border between the republic of ireland northern ireland he said they've also laid the groundwork to open negotiations on a future free trade agreement now let's break down all of what we just heard there we have our correspondents are on the story for us and brussels at the ports in london good to see you both garrick we have to start with you were all the action is at the moment you've been listening in there to michel barnier as well what did you take away from what he said. so me who would have thought we finally hear those was we have the liberty to gather and someone speaking of a dynamic compromise i mean off the really weeks and months of negotiations we're back where we have already been with to resolve may only this time there's i would say a lot more optimism then you've heard michele bunny's saying that he could imagine that boris johnson may well convince his parliament to support this deal but believe you me i mean you leaders will want to hear from boris johnson how exactly he's going to do that before they endorse this revised

did not and the republic of ireland did not and the republic of ireland did notand did not and the republic of ireland did not and if we are to be into different customs unions that a real difficulty that will be hard to reconcile. fir5t difficulty that will be hard to reconcile. first the proposals on customs, i do not fully understand how we could have northern ireland and the republic of ireland in separate customs unions and somehow avoid being tariffs, checks, customs po5t5 avoid being tariffs, checks, customs posts on trade between north and south and so we can tease that through and secondly, i think the issue of consent and democracy is important and as i have said before, any consent mechanism, any democracy mechanism must reflect their views of the majority of people in ireland and northern ireland and no one party, not my party, and not the dup, should be in a position to veto what would be the will of the majority. and northern ireland, our ireland so there is certainly difficulty around that aspect of it. that was leo varadkar speaking earlier. we have a demonstration of the gu

northern ireland and the republic of ireland. the reason has been controversial at the backstop would mean that the u.k., even after leaving the european union would have to abide by custom rules. the sense that we are getting is that he may be open to keeping it with a time limit suggesting that he is really focused on getting a deal. amanda: i've -- shery: i thought this whole idea had been proposed before, what changes? emma: it is -- it has been proposed and rejected by the european union, saying that the backstop is an insurance policy and they undermine it if you put a time limit. some are saying that it is starting to get traction within the corridor's of european union power, particularly with key member states of france and germany. it could be as a way of getting to a deal. both sides compromising enough. if the time limit was sufficiently long enough they may be able to come up with alternative arrangements i the time that the time limit expires. could see that extending with a timeline that could be attractive to ever

essentially it comes down to the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland — the most significant change being that the backstop has been scrapped. if you're confused, here's john pienaar to help you out. the prime minister has finally hatched a plan, and all that's left is to see if it flies. a plan for the uk to leave as one, and still keep the irish border open when it becomes an eu border. so the aim is to get from this, uk and ireland, part of the customs union, no trade tariffs, border taxes, and inside the single market, with the same rules and standards on goods, so, no checks needed, to this... the uk leaves the eu with a free—trade agreement by 2021, with no trade tariffs. though some say it's bound to take longer, but how? thejohnson offer is that mainland britain leaves the customs union and the single market, free to strike outside trade deals where it can, and set new standards for goods if it wants. though, that would mean checks and form filling, and could affect access to european markets. but here's the big sticking point. northern ireland leaves th

ireland and the republic of iran it's the only part of the u.k. with that special status what exists and that special status has been seen as haven't yunis perspective as a slow annexation by the republic of ireland but others see it as potentially being a positive step for northern ireland and there's been a lot of talk over the last couple of years about northern ireland becoming the singapore of the north of the other end of the scale they have been those look worried about the return of a hard border the possibility of violence to call this an emotional rollercoaster would be an understatement right in the fog of that from belfast. plenty more still ahead on the news hour including in the streets battles across. how the anger is rising against the jailing of catalan leaders plus. i was on a big job in the neighborhood watchman i'll tell you how this record. only rescue service for about $100.00 in a meeting. and installed the new york yankees breathe a sigh of relief a major league playoffs later and. now protesters have begun gathering on the

tariffs on meat going from northern ireland to the republic of ireland and vice ve rsa . to the republic of ireland and vice versa. we are into a very different arrangement from what was promised, including by boris johnson, arrangement from what was promised, including by borisjohnson, by successive brexit leaders as well as by the previous conservative government and by everybody, that actually there would be no changes of such a fundamental kind to a irish border, would not only unravel the good friday peace process, and mean that people can cross the border, there was one case reported yesterday of a woman who lives right on the border, she turns left she is in the republic of ireland, if she turns right out of her front gate she is in northern ireland. these types of complexities can unravel all the peace. the conclusion to draw from what you have said, is that therefore we are heading for no deal and if we end up with no deal then a lot of those checks that you are so alarmed about will presumably come into being anyway. yes, very well and they will be even harder but boris johnson

in the republic of ireland don't. well the proposals are also struggling to find support in northern ireland but members of the democratic unionist party have defended boris johnson blaming ireland for setting the u.k. on a path to no deal the proposal won't be amended the proposal is there the proposal will get the support of the house of commons therefore you're kidding you need to look very seriously at this proposal to very reasonable proposal and as i say i hope that other european leaders will prevail upon the irish government to to look at this proposal in a sensible and serious way today if they haven't done. ok let's get going joining us today on inside story from dublin on skype is the nature of recording a professor of politics at the school of law and government dublin city university in brussels we have peter club head of the think tank open europe brussels and in birmingham will be joined by alex the router that director of the center for breakfast studies at birmingham city university welcome to your al

ireland out of the same arrangements as the republic of ireland against the will of the people of northern ireland and the republic of ireland this is essentially an expression of english nationalism it's nothing to do they did never of course promote about the implications for the situation aren't when the vote took place in 2016 and we are running out of time but why are we running out of time it's true you know how few years since the brakes referendum took place but no clear workable plan has been outlined by to purchase government and now with 10 days to a european council meeting we're getting a draft a couple of pages draft with no detail as if it's the basis for some new agreement as if everything that happened in the last 2 or 3 years didn't happen i thought we weren't. go see thing because of these trees amazement as you remember is the same as a member of the same party as far as johnson forrest johnson was foreign secretary in december 27th in the backstop was initially negotiated and the backstop then was a compromise what he's trying to do is not you know opera companies the

with the republic of ireland and e.u. member it's been open and without checkpoints for 20 years both sides have benefited politically and economically. but it breaks it means a return to the so-called hard border of the past with security barriers and watchtowers the armed republican group the new ira says it will attack the prime minister here. prime minister boyce johnston says he's removed the need for a hard border by keeping northern ireland economically aligned with the e.u. and also the rest of the u.k. some customs checks however will now be needed between mainland britain and northern ireland there are. watching. that details and raise unionists any defense to the rest of the u.k. is seen as a threat to their british identity the democratic unionist party intend to vote against the deal in parliament while what are described as hardline unionists known as loyalists are threatening civil disobedience on a large scale if the deal goes through all she has i'm posting this even though she knows it would be described

main political party is against the deal the prime minister of the republic of ireland is very much in favor here some of his reaction. i think stuff we have a draft agreement between the european you know the one and the british government on the other i think it's a good agreement allows the united kingdom to the european union an orderly fashion with a transition period which is very important for businesses and citizens across the european union and also in the u.k. and also. create a unique solution for northern ireland recognizing the unique history and geography of northern ireland so what's changed for ireland and northern ireland in this new agreement will customs tax will be imposed along the ira see between northern ireland and britain so crucially these checks won't happen on the land border between the republic of ireland the north which many feared would inflame past sectarian divisions to make this possible northern ireland would remain aligned to a limited set of e.u. rules still as we mentioned northern ireland's largest party the piece as it can't support this it o

ireland to the republic of irelandal would under european customs rules. today the irish prime minister praised the deal. >> it is a unique solution that recognizes the unique geography of northern ireland. nick: it also reduces chances they could rejected and will keep the u.k. in line with european environmental and labor rules. johnson predicted members of the british parliament would ratify the new deal. and hope my fellow mp's stminster come together to get brexite, d to get this excellent deal over the line,an to deliver brexit without any more delay. ck: in today's parliament that is easiesaid than done. union party, criticized him in the deal. >> he has been too eager to get a deal at y cost. nick: the largest oppositio bloc, labour, and jeremy corbin,, will block. >> we are unhappy with this deal and will vote against it. nick: for a deeper look, we turn to the director of a london think take. thanks back to newshour. what are the two or three major aspects that have changed in this deal? robin: the major thing is that northern ireland from boris

a lot of people on the european mainland will be looking at it, especially people in the republic of ireland. the prime minister, the deputy prime minister -- they are already extremely skeptical that this plan is workable as it has been presented by the e reportsn its broad outlines. they see thehe contours of a had border being r reestablished. for them, that is an absolute nonstarter. laura: that was going to be my next question. what has ireland had to say so far? >> the prime minister and deputy prime minister said earlier that according to the reports it was likely not good news. they said they will assess the detailed proposal when they get it. it goes to the e.u. first, not straight to the governments of other countries. it has to go through the negotiation team within the e.u. he said he would not be too encouraged by the reports. if there are customs checks, he does not think that will be the basis for any agreement. that is the irish foreign minister's comments before the speech started. it is worth reminding ourselves what the e.u. says it's red lines are in this negotiat

the majority of people in the north don't, the majority of people in the republic of ireland don't. but if we're going to be in two different customs unions, i think that creates a real difficulty that is going to be very hard to reconcile. it does not sound too positive, does it? sir graham brady is chair of the 1922 committee, an influential group of tory backbench mps. good to have us this evening. the only brexit deal that has ever won a majority in the house of commons was the amendment that you tabled, the brady amendment, which advocated replacing the irish backs up with alternative arrangements, so was this the kind of proposal that you had in mind? absolutely. my amendment on the 29th ofjanuary, which did many majority of 16 votes, which did many majority of 16 votes, which in the current climate sounds like a princely majority, was deliberately fairly open. it allows the possibility that you might have a time limit to the backs up, you might have had a unilateral right of exit from it or you could put in place alternative arrangements —— a time limit to the backstop. t

the religious difference is of negligible importance today in the republic of ireland. i mean, i'm church of ireland protestant, and i was elected in a constituency that is 98% nominally catholic. and the minister who was in charge of the 1960's centenary commemoration was an ulster presbyterian from county monahan, which is part of the republic, and her grandfather signed the ulster covenant. so, it really does not interfere with it. if you go back 50 years, it was something of an innovation when quite a lot of protestants came into the department of foreign affairs in 1974, both from the north and the south. but unfortunately, north of the border, one encouraging thing north of the border is that there's a certain growth of the political middle ground. in the last european parliament elections, for the first time ever, they elected three mep's, and in the past at least two of the three would always have been unionist. this time, that didn't happen, unless you regard the alliance party, a very soft unionist party, but essentially the alliance party and sinn fein, most