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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

we would be exporting on a daily basis to the republic of ireland. and at some times, we would have orders for the republic of ireland which would possibly go to donegal, then come back in at strabane. i can't imagine how we're going to be able to put export orders and northern ireland orders on the same truck in the future. the prime minister believes the impact of this customs border can be minimised. instead of customs posts at the frontier, the border would effectively come here, to the factory or warehouse. most customs checks and formalities would take place in the company premises. but even if this could be made to work, it will add cost and complexity to cross—border trade. there are other worries for businesses like this printing firm. northern ireland won't automatically follow the eu rules necessary to keep the border open. instead, the northern ireland assembly at stormont will have to approve this arrangement every four years. ijust don't think that will be accepted by the european union at all. stormont‘s not a sovereign government.

we would be exporting on a daily basis to the republic of ireland. and at some times, we would have orders for the republic of ireland which would possibly go to donegal, then come back in at strabane. i can't imagine how we're going to be able to put export orders and northern ireland orders on the same truck in the future. the prime minister believes the impact of this customs border can be minimised. instead of customs posts at the frontier, the border would effectively come here, to the factory or warehouse. most customs checks and formalities would take place in the company premises. but even if this can be made to work, it will add cost and complexity to cross—border trade. there are other worries for businesses like this printing firm. northern ireland won't automatically follow the eu rules necessary to keep the border open. instead, the northern ireland assembly at stormont will have to approve this arrangement every four years. ijust don't think that will be accepted by the european union at all. stormont‘s not a sovereign government. i

a hard earned point for the republic of ireland — but will it be enough in their quest to reach next year's european championship finals? also coming up in the programme: a trio of world titles for max whitlock — as he claims pommel horse gold in stuttgart. and, it's a first wta final in three years for the british number two, for the british number two, heather watson, as she as she triumphs in tianjin. hello, and welcome to the programme. history was made in vienna this morning — as kenya's eliod kipchoge crossed the line in one hour 59 minutes a0 seconds to become the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours. the feat to being the first man on the moon. well whether or not this was a giant leap for mankind, the moment will be used as a reference point for decades to come. our reporter ade adedoyen was there. eliud kipchoge came to vienna with his sights set on one thing. running the quickest marathon ever. and from the word go, he was on track and well ahead of place. the detailed planning was paying off. some 41 pacemakers have been employed by the organisers to be

there has been a ranting narrative within the republic of ireland for a number of yea rs now republic of ireland for a number of years now that the dup and in particular, when we saw them aligned with theresa may's government that this was an unrequited love so to speak and that the du p were longing for a union that had a relationship that was never really to reach, and today really signalled that boris johnson in the conservative party we re johnson in the conservative party were willing and waiting to get a period in brexit done at any cost and that cost we saw was the dup. and you think the commitment to the union and its current form is as strong as is northern ireland than 20 or 30 years ago? i think in the last three years, we have seen this position and we can relate this directly to brexit and that we can see a direct correlation here and in a number of pre—referendum moves, we have seen a number of party members who define themselves, if they did stand with the union or northern ireland but really start to differentiate themselves more with societal issues and economic iss

we would be exporting on a daily basis to the republic of ireland. and at some times, we would have orders for the republic of ireland which would possibly go to donegal, then come back in at strabane. i can't imagine how we're going to be to put export orders and northern ireland orders on the same truck in the future. the prime minister believes the impact of this customs border can be minimised. instead of customs posts at the frontier, the border would effectively come here, to the factory or warehouse. most customs checks and formalities would take place in the company premises. but even if this can be made to work, it will add cost and complexity to cross—border trade. there are other worries for businesses like this printing firm. northern ireland won't automatically follow the eu rules necessary to keep the border open. instead, the northern ireland assembly at stormont will have to approve this arrangement every four years. ijust don't think that will be accepted by the european union at all. stormont‘s not a sovereign government. it's a

the secretary of state mentioned the port of holyhead, the busiest seaport in the republic of ireland, and on october the i9th,... -- it republic of ireland, and on october the i9th,... —— it came through the port of holyhead. how many checks we re port of holyhead. how many checks were made at the port of holyhead on that day? it is important because i know the work that people do on trafficking through that port. he raises a very important point, i cannot tell the house right now that information, that is subject to the investigation. i will come back to him directly myself as the investigation unfolds with the specific information he has asked for, but i can assure him that everything will be done in terms of checks coming through holyhead. both frontbenchers and my honourable friend for thurrock have spoken for the entire country of this horrific event, but isn't one of the most specific lessons that the existing international conventions simply do not work any more because of events of recent years. we this in the med iteration —— mediterranean and other areas, so iterati

the republic of ireland missed their chance tonight to qualify for the european championship next summer. their hopes of a spot now rest on next month's final group d game at home to denmark after suffering a 2—0 defeat in switzerland. a clean strike from haris seferovic saw ireland off to a disappointing start. in the second half — their captain seamus coleman got sent off — he'll miss the next game. he conceded a penalty which was saved by ireland's darren randolph. switzerland made amends though, with a goalfrom edimilson fernandes in added time. spain sealed their place at the euros with a draw in sweden, but they left it late. spain came from behind thanks to this scrappy late goalfrom rodrigo. it tied the score at 1—1 in the 92nd minutes. let's have a quick look at some of the days other sports stories. andy murray is through to the second round of the european open after beating kimmer coppejans in his opening match. the former world number one took the opening set 6—4, then the second in a tie breaker to advance to the next round. england all—rounderjenny gunn has ret

, between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. is this enough was to mark well, at least he offers the parts of the irish economy in the north will stay in the single economy until 2025. that is certainly movement but it does not go far enough. on the other hand, the eu now want to be seen to be talking. they will start talks. i don't think they will reject this com pletely don't think they will reject this completely but they want further concessions. i've heard boris johnson say this will be a final offer but i don't suspect it will be because this is a negotiation. how much noise do we hearfrom because this is a negotiation. how much noise do we hear from the because this is a negotiation. how much noise do we hearfrom the eu side? there was one source at number 10 indicating that if we really had some briefing against the uk position that could be bad news. i was getting any of that yet? we are certainly hearing from the irish government in the south, unhappiness about this potential deal we will wait for the details later tod

huge waves, the republic of ireland about gradually cloud building up across western britain, gales will develop across the irish sea coast. largely dry and fairly bright to some extent across total and eastern areas. still chilly any north—east, temperatures creeping up across the south as storm the renzo continues to work its way again. into friday, storm pushes across the country but we can dramatically, ice bars opening a veil which means the wind will not be quite as strong. windy for the south—west, rain will tend to drift southwards into the near continent at that looks like we will end friday on a drier and brighter note, milder in the south, 17—18dc, 14—15 across parts of northern ireland and scotland. the weekend, remnants of storm lorenzo pushing off into the near continent, this band of rain and wind spread in about the middle pa rt and wind spread in about the middle part of the weekend, but another ridge of high pressure building and, quite a mixed weekend, some sunshine around but also a little bit of rain saturday night into sunday with showers following behi

and the republic of ireland open after brexit. but, george, and you have heard all the ifs and buts from laura, even if this text is ready, and even if it can be signed off by eu leaders at their summit over the next two days with boris johnson, the eu will not yet be breathing a sigh of relief, because they've been here before. theresa may signed off a brexit deal with the eu, and it went on then to be rejected, multiple times in the house of commons. the fear amongst eu leaders is if this new brexit text were to beat the same fate, then all that would mean for them is then all that would mean for them is the government coming back here to brussels and asking the eu for yet more concessions. thank you very much. the parents of a british teenager who was killed in a collision with the wife of an american diplomat have had a meeting with president trump at the white house. they've been describing their surprise — even shock — when the president said the woman was in a room next door and invited them to meet her. they refused â€

of ireland. the logical conclusion would be that if that was the case, that they were trying to avoid areas where they put security checks might have been more stringent? you are in a good place to tell us about the level of security at these various ports? yes, human trafficking gangs have targeted the calais and dover route for numerous yea rs targeted the calais and dover route for numerous years as has been well documented and it is the members tell us routinely. there is an exclusion zone for many miles around calais where hauliers will not park overnight forfear of calais where hauliers will not park overnight for fear of stowaways getting on board and that is down to the authorities, especially at calais, putting technology in place with scanners to scan vehicles to see if there are people hidden in trailers. 0n see if there are people hidden in trailers. on this level, a scale we have not seen in 20 years, an industrial scale of human smuggling, they have obviously tried to bypass that te

and the republic of ireland. this plan by borisjohnson, the republic of ireland. this plan by boris johnson, the government republic of ireland. this plan by borisjohnson, the government say that you will be able to do border checks and factories and away from the border. but the european union does not seem particularly convinced of that. so far for the eu, does not seem particularly convinced of that. so farfor the eu, leo varadkar, b irish p.m. saying ifall short and donald tusk saying he has not convinced and the negotiations with the e diplomats say that that fundamental changes have not happened. we understand that they will clarify changes and by boris johnson is also going to be heading to meet eu readers in the coming weeks so certainly there will be an intent to get something that can be put to permanent but essentially if he doesn‘t manage to get something to print tape proudman, potentially, brexit may not happen or it could leave deal or no deal. john mcdonnell is in colchester today and is the sha

the land border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland is open for the movement of goods because right now, we are all following the same eu rules. after brexit, goods crossing the border would need to be checked. it is expected the new proposals will require northern ireland to follow eu rules on some things, like animal health, creating a border down the irish sea. to remain part of the uk's regime when it comes to customs duties. that has always gone against the demands of the eu, and, crucially, the irish government. against the demands of the eu, and, crucially, the irish governmentm is not good news, we don't believe that customs checks on the island of ireland will be the basis of an agreement between the eu and the uk. but, let's wait and see the detail of the proposals, when we get them later on, and we will make a much fullerjudgment. lying behind why the border issue has been so emotive, is northern ireland's history of conflict, removing any sign ofa history of conflict, removing any sign of a border was fundamental to ending 30 years of violence. today, north

the republic of ireland defender suffered knee ligament damage — was ruled out for up to 15 months, after tom lawrence crashed into a lamppost last month. lawrence and mason bennett both pleaded guilty to drink driving. derby said that his contract had been "terminated with immediate effect". keogh has 11! days to appeal against the decision. sam burgess admits hejust couldn't be himself on the field any more. after retiring from rugby league. a player who's been described as one of the greatest of his generation. has failed to recover from a chronic shoulder injury. burgess is just 30 and had three years left on his contract with australian nrl side the south sydney rabbitohs. his career included a brief spell in rugby union, but his two league stints included being england captain. let's quickly take you through some of the tennis stories of the day where. on friday and that will split an incident in third place play out. the match will be the last as coach after 12 years in the job. the match will be warren gatland's last as coach after 12 years in the job. he's picked rhys patchell to

and the republic of ireland. this matters because it's the biggest single block to a deal on how the uk leaves. tony connelly from ireland's national broadcaster rte got the scoop on this. he put this on twitter late last night. the prime minister has since disputed that the leak is entirely accurate — but says he "accepts "the reality of customs checks". he's been interviewed by the bbc‘s laura kuenssberg. if the eu is going to insist on customs checks, as we come out, as it is, then we will have to accept that reality. and there will have to be a system for customs checks, away from the border. now, we think that those checks can be absolutely minimal and nonintrusive and won't involve new infrastructure. that is where the argument is going to be and that is where the negotiation will be. there would have to be checks, though, and that seems to be toxic toa though, and that seems to be toxic to a lot of people, so these are similar proposals to those which have been turned down many times before? we will se

the impact of that on the republic of ireland? i think it is very difficult to estimate the chances of a deal because it doesn‘t depend on my gambling instincts, it depends on what is going on inside boris johnson‘s mind. so i think there is a positive deal but he has to move significantly beyond where he is now. the three main difficulties are first of all, the introduction of customs controls on the island of ireland which would undermine politically and in security terms and economically the good friday agreement. secondly, the inevitable introduction of tariffs, which would be bad for everybody, would do massive damage to business in northern ireland. the most negative reactions have come not from dublin or brussels or paris but from the business community in northern ireland. and the third problem is that one of consent. we all agree on the principle of consent in northern ireland and we hope we can find a way that northern ireland can feed on its use but if the idea is, as it might appear, that the consent of the majorit

avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland if they were to fall into two different customs regimes after britain leaves the eu. we don't know exactly what they're going to do that we are told that a plan has been drawn up that will solve that. the delicate telegraph said to the bbc that we have a suggestion of custom zones which is an area 5—10 miles away from the physical border, now with large parts of goods are —— need checking can be checked and it's particularly releva nt to can be checked and it's particularly relevant to small businesses that are moving stuff back and forth. large businesses will not have essentially an exemption but there will be other suggestions put in place how they can pass through the border and have pre— checks. as a sort of technology type solution and this was raised i2 sort of technology type solution and this was raised 12 months ago by a minister may‘s government, it wasn't particularly well received by the european union —— prime minister may. the daily telegraph has said it spoken to officials from three

you know, i don't fully understand how we could have northern ireland and the republic of ireland in separate customs unions and somehow avoid their being tariffs, checks, and trading posts between north and south. so we need to tease that through. secondly, ithink south. so we need to tease that through. secondly, i think the issue of consent and democracy is important, and as i said before, any consent mechanism, any democracy mechanism, must reflect the views of the majority of people in ireland and northern ireland, and no one party, not my party, not sinn fein, not the dup, should be in a position to veto what the will of the majority are in ireland. so i think there is difficulty around that aspect of it. around the other part, what i have said before is that if we end up in a no deal scenario, it may be the case that we have to live no dealfor a matter of may be the case that we have to live no deal for a matter of time, may be the case that we have to live no dealfor a matter of time, and ireland will do what is necessary to protect the single market, to ensure our place in t

would then go elsewhere, perhaps in the republic of ireland 01’ perhaps in the republic of ireland or immediately without protesting entering the single market, that is a question that will apply as a criteria to every consignment of goods. the value of the goods and the risk of infringement of rules in place, these are all decisions that will be taken in great detail by the joint committee, namely by both the eu and the uk, based on the expertise of competent officials. and with cannot totally eliminate the risk that we can try to manage it. you asked about a turning point. if we just look at the last 15 days 01’ if we just look at the last 15 days orso, if we just look at the last 15 days or so, together with the british tea m or so, together with the british team led by david frost, the ambassador and by all of the team, whom we thanked, every single member of the team that i have headed up have been exceptional. we have had a great number of meetings. we call them technical meetings but i know there‘s often a lot of politics behind them. all of these meetings we re very behind

ireland and the republic of ireland and the eu. in terms of what is happening here today, what are the parliamentary hurdle is between now and the 31st of october? when i say that, i'm talking about from both perspectives, borisjohnson who says he wants to get brexit done, and for those mps who say that if you can't get a deal in place, he must ask by the 19th of october for an extension from the eu? is boris johnson want to leave with a deal i'd avoid the a benn act, the legislation requiring him to ask for an extension, then he needs to get a majority in parliament for his deal before the 19th of october. that means ditching together different groups of mps around this deal. —— stitching together. there will be the brexiteers and his party and udp, but then there are also some of the labour mps who never came through 40 recent me to mcnay, who never backed her deal, he would be looking to back a day. —— theresa may. even if he can do that, he then missed a piece of legislation, and he will have very little time to do this

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

elsewhere, the republic of ireland missed their chance to qualify when they lost 2—0 in switzerland. in group f, norway kept alive their hopes of qualification with a 1—1 draw in romania. both sides are locked in a three—way fight with sweden for second place. in groupj, andrea belotti scored twice as italy thrashed liechtenstein 5—0 to make it eight wins out of eight. italy had already qualified — and finland look well—placed tojoin them. they beat armenia 3—0 — to go five points clear in the battle for second place. well the fallout from monday's night's racist abuse in the game between bulgaria and england has continued, with the president of the bulgaria football union borislav mihaylov resigning. the match in sofia was stopped twice due to racist behaviour from the home fans including monkey chanting and nazi salutes. bulgarian journalist teodora barzakova says that during mihaylov‘s tenure things have only deteriorated he have only deteriorated has been in the job for 14 ye during he has been in the job for 14 years. during the 14 years, it has gotten worse. not

to the republic of ireland or further into the destined to going to the republic of ireland orfurther into the eu, the correct tariff would have to be paid at the point of entry into northern ireland to make sure that nothing actually happened at the land border. that is pretty complicated, and is likely to add cost. i imagine that a lot of the very fine legal technical operational details which have been crunched over the last couple of years, have concerned how you could make a system like that operable when it doesn't really exist anywhere else in the world. 0k,john, thank exist anywhere else in the world. 0k, john, thank you very much. i'm joined byjonathan powell, former chief of staff to tony blair, and during that time, chief british negotiator on northern ireland. thanks forjoining us. this idea of community consent within the good friday agreement, essentially as far as the dup are concerned, they see that as they are right to a veto on any new arrangements, which seems to be the sticking point here. any new arrangements, which seems to be the sticking point harem any new arr

and the republic of ireland. this is what the times is unpacking but also the guardian as well. it's also about the fact that in this last—minute scramble that has been going on for the last sort of 48 hours are mainly in brussels... three years, mainly. it is mainly about has borisjohnson got those individuals and bits of westminster onboard, and is also looking to support from labour and within the tory party, the european research group, the eog, the hardcore brexiteer is, it's a really difficult process. —— erg. leaders in the eu might think we will agree toa in the eu might think we will agree to a deal, but then it could get thrown out of parliament in london and then we're back to where we were months ago. the issue then goes back to the people. again, this is something that gets lost in all of this discussion around the political aspects and where we go with the dup. it's that - aspects and where we go with the dup. it's that — we already have uproar in the uk about what is going on with brexit an

single malts from the republic of ireland will not. so this has been matured in a sherry glass for... this distillery sends 60,000 bottles of spey single mould to the us each year. patricia dillon has been talking to us importers to grow that number and those plans are 110w grow that number and those plans are now under review. we feel as though we've been dragged into eight trade war which is nothing to do with us whatsoever, and because of the 25% ta riffs whatsoever, and because of the 25% tariffs that have been implemented in the us, this is something we can't possibly absorb into our business, so what we have to do is reconsider the market in the us that we are... it's not just we are... it's notjust whiskey makers under pressure, cashmere made in scotland will also get hit. kashmir makers in italy will not and that puts johnstons of elgin at a big disadvantage. in the very short-term we will have to absorb these costs because we can't expect people to pay more for products they've already ordered. in the long—term this will hit

as ever, it is the question of what to do about the border between northern ireland and the republic that holds the key to a deal. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister said that his plan would include some customs checks on the island of ireland after brexit. but he insisted they would be minimal and would not involve new infrastructure. with more, here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. and a warning, there are reports this —— this report contains flashing images. when is a crisis and opportunity? right now. boris johnson seems to believe. in the last few weeks you have lost major votes in the commons, you've thrown mps out of your own party, the highest court in the land found you broke the law and gave the queen wrong advice, how do you think this is going? i think it is going about as well as can be expected if not slightly better. this was always going to be a really difficult time. what we have got, basically, is a situation in which the people voted for leaving the eu, and yes, there are many people in all sorts of positions, you don't think that was the right way

becoming part of the republic of ireland. irish prime minister, leo varadkar, lays it out in this clip. i think we had a broad meeting of minds, but turning that into a legal agreement is a different thing. that's what's under way. avoid a hard border, our objectives have always been the same — avoid a hard border, allow economy to thrive, north and south cooperation to resume as per good friday agreement, and maintain integrity of single market. and that is very much where the european union and our partners come in. want eu idea is to keep northern ireland aligned to the eu's customs union, shifting the need for checks on the irish border into the irish sea. but some brexiteers and those in northern ireland represents an unexampled divide between northern ireland in the rest of the uk. central to this story is eileen foster, the leader of the pro brexit democratic unionist party. there's been a huge amount of speculation since the prime minister met the taoiseach last thursday. they can't even see the market any more, hon

that agreement was endorsed in two referendums, one in northern ireland in one of the republic of ireland. thousands upon thousands and thousands of people voted for those in those two referendums for the agreement. when is the prime minister going to feel honour—bound to respect these referendums? there was a short, sharp question from a former conservative cabinet minister. is he proud of the tone and character of quasi—official briefings and language coming out of number 10, does he think that it's helpful? mr gove replied that it was important for everyone in public life to use language that showed respect for different points of view. her majesty's revenue and customs has also released a report about the impact of a no—deal brexit on british businesses. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, thought it contained some worrying figures. the government's own assessment shows that a no—deal brexit policy will introduce, and i quote from the assessment, "significant ongoing administrative costs impacting on the uk and eu businesses of all sectors." it's — mr speaker, it's an ava

we will see the republic of ireland qualify for a cup at euro 2020? ireland qualify for a cup at euro 2020 7 good ireland qualify for a cup at euro 2020 ? good news ireland qualify for a cup at euro 2020? good news for england ahead of their rugby world cup final against australia on saturday, there number eight is very likely to be fit to start, according to defence coach john mitchell. he injured his ankle against argentina ten days ago and was close to returning. england have beaten the wallabies in their last six meetings, but haven't won a world cup knockout game for 12 yea rs. whales world cup knockout game for 12 years. whales will be driven on by the pain of their 2011 world cup semi defeat against france when they took their morning sunday quarterfinal in japan, according took their morning sunday quarterfinal injapan, according to steven jones who quarterfinal injapan, according to stevenjones who missed a conversion as the welsh lost 9—8 in new zealand. the game is best remembered for the then wells captain's well car test red card. forju

northern ireland and the republic of ireland. matt carthy is a sinn fein mep — whose constituency is right on the irish border. hejoins me via webcam from brussels. can you give us insight into the strength of feeling amongst your constituents about what they have heard the prime minister say today? ican heard the prime minister say today? i can tell you categorically that their message is as clear as it was from the moment in 2016 when the people of england voted in favour of brexit, we will not and cannot countenance any physical manifestation of a border in ireland or anything that would result in a hardening of the border and the position we have has been vindicated by what boris johnson has position we have has been vindicated by what borisjohnson has said because the position of the british government has been from the outset, trust us, we will deal with the issues pertaining to the border when the time comes, but the eu at the behest of irish political representatives rightly said, no, theissues representatives rightly s

and the republic of ireland and how you maintain that situation which we have seen is crucial to maintaining peace on the island of ireland which there has been now for some decades. so an extraordinary, extraordinarily sensitive claim to make that security cooperation could be withdrawn and it is not necessarily the case that that will be constructive or seen as popular back home and certainly not in brussels. and in the last hour or so a ceremony got underway to suspend or prorogue parliament here in the uk. it is a marked contrast to the stormy scenes during the ceremony to prorogue parliament last month, a decision which was later overturned and ruled unlawful by the supreme court. mp5 and the house of lords will return to westminster for the queen's speech on monday 14th october. the trump administration has blocked the us ambassador to the eu from testifying at an impeachment hearing. this is gordon sondland — he was going to answer questions about whether he urged ukraine to investigate former vice—president joe biden and his son. in response the house committees say they'll issue

and the republic of ireland. under boris johnson's original proposal, the uk government wanted out of the eu's customs union. this includes northern ireland being out. that would mean different customs areas on either side of the irish border, which would mean checks. and the irish government and the eu did not like that. now, boris johnson's proposal offers something alternative — it shifts the need for checks from the irish border to the irish sea — by taking northern ireland out of the customs union while essentially keeping it aligned to the customs union. if that sounds confusing, it really is — and we also don't know the exact nature of what the uk is suggesting. if it is along those lines, for some — in particular the crucial dup in northern ireland — that may represents an unacceptable divide between northern ireland and the uk. for the eu, it works because there are no border checks on the island of ireland. here's irish prime minister leo varadkar. if it's to work for the people of ireland, it

the republic of ireland missed the chance to qualify for next summer's european championship. that's after losing 2—0 to switzerland. the hosts took the lead early on, and then doubled their lead right at the end of the game. ireland also had captain seamus coleman sent off. their qualifying hopes now rest on next month's home game against denmark. meanwhile, there's a worry for manchester united after keeper david de gea limped off during spain's qualifying match with sweden. united face premier league leaders liverpool on sunday. the game last night finished 1—1, meaning spain qualify for next year's finals. that's all the sport for now. the firstjudge to claim protection as a ‘whistleblower‘ has won a landmark appeal at the supreme court. the court unanimously ruled judges can be classified as workers and so should be entitled to whistleblowing protection. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman is at the supreme court. explain that this was about, she wa nted explain that this was about, she wanted to raise concerns but she was not able to do it. thisjudge is

most of the arrivals in holyhead come from the republic of ireland so it is very likely, although we do not know the details, that it arrived in the republic of ireland, perhaps from northern france somewhere, and then on from dublin to holyhead and then down here to essex. very circuitous route and we don't know the details at the moment but that looks its likely route. 0bviously at the moment but that looks its likely route. obviously the quickest would have been through calais and dover, the east coast ports, but if there was, as looks likely, some sort of people smuggling operation going on, it may be that a more circuitous route to a different port on the west coast of the uk may not have alerted the authorities to the same have alerted the authorities to the sa m e exte nt have alerted the authorities to the same extent and there may not have been such intense searches but we just don't know at the moment. thank you very much for that. andy moore at grays police station in essex. it is 11:39am. more than 45,000 officially—registered refugees are currently stuck in libya — u

the land border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland is open for the movement of goods because right now, we are all following the same eu rules. after brexit, goods crossing the border would need to be checked. it's expected the new proposals will require northern ireland to follow eu rules on some things, like animal health, creating a border down the irish sea. but to remain part of the uk's regime when it comes to customs duties. that's always gone against the demands of the eu, and, crucially, the irish government. it's not good news, we don't believe that customs checks on the island of ireland will be the basis of an agreement between the eu and the uk. but, let's wait and see the detail of the proposals, when we get them later on, and we will make a much fullerjudgment. lying behind why the border issue has been so emotive, is northern ireland's history of conflict, removing any sign of a border was fundamental to ending 30 years of violence. today, northern ireland's conflict is largely in the past, but brexit has rekindled old divisions. borisjohnson has promi

earlier, the republic of ireland missed out on the chance to take control of their group after drawing 0—0 with georgia in tibilisi. they're now level on points with denmark after the danes beat switzerland 1—0. at the rugby world cup, ireland have qualified for the quarterfinals following a crushing 47—5 win over samoa. with typhoon hagibis hitting the east coast of japan, this match was played in the south in fukuoka and ireland ran in three tries in the opening 20 minutes. their task wasn't helped when bundy aki became the first irishman to be sent off in a world cup for a dangerous tackle. it didn't have any effect on the result as andrew conway scored ireland's seventh try to confirm the bonus point win. it now means scotland must beat japan by eight points on sunday to progress — if their game in yokohama even survives the aftermath of the typhoon. the all blacks are a sort of team that you can play at your best and still not get the result because they want number one in the world for ten years, they are not back—to—back world cup winners, for no reason. they are tha

standards, to the republic of ireland. the backstop is the insurance policy that keeps the border open, until alternative arrangements, in the form of a new trade deal, and or a combination of customs and regulatory checks, can be found. the backstop has been rejected by the unionist community in northern ireland and by the british parliament 3 times. joining us now to discuss the border issue further is neale richmond — who chairs the irish senate's brexit committee. good evening, thank you for being with us. i don't know if you heard the prime minister speaking to laura but he says we are entitled to protect our customs territory as a sovereign customs country. your reaction to that? i recognise that fa ct reaction to that? i recognise that fact but i think what is quite clear if you go back to the joint declaration, the british government and the european commission agreed to no additional infrastructure or checks on the island of ireland or the border. in talks of the ideas dismissed from the leaks last night are dis

the authorities in the republic of ireland. meanwhile, in vietnam, there are samples being taken of hair and blood from the families who think they have lost their loved ones, and they will be very important to the police here, obviously trying to identify those victims. a day after it was announced that the head of the islamic state group died in a us special forces raid, there are reports that another senior is leader has been killed. a syrian kurdish militia leader says the us targeted abu hassan al—muhajir — a spokesman for the jihadist group and possible successor as its leader. allies of the united states have warned that the death of the is leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi, does not mean the fight against the group is over. chris buckler reports from washington. us forces carried out this raid, with orders to capture or kill. the deliberate and carefully planned strike left the compound, where abu bakr al—baghdadi was hiding, as little more than rubble. as others surrendered or were shot, the islamic state leader tri

to have a hard fodder between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and, therefore, the uk government has tried to find a way around it where the will not be a physical checkpoint. they say technology can solve the problem but without physical infrastructures, it is not possible and this unravels the good friday agreement. it stops everything from going forward last time and it feels not making too much progress this time either. thank you for now. you are back later with some interesting stories to get our teeth into including femmetech. it's 30 years since the tumultuous events of 1989, when the berlin wall fell, the iron curtain lifted and the soviet empire began to crumble. this week our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, brings us a special series of reports on how russia is trying to restore its influence. today steve is in latvia, a country once part of the ussr, now in the eu, where russia still casts a large shadow. what is real and what isn't? in latvia it is not always clear. the country has been targeted by russian disinformation to so doubt, confusion. moscow's object