in northern ireland. this funding from our confidence and supply agreement with the conservatives has been delivered. the money is here. it is funding extra gps, improving mental health services, it is funding breakfast clu bs services, it is funding breakfast clubs and after—school clubs in your area. and for those of you who still can't watch youtube, not that i'm a fan but i'm just saying, you still can't watch youtube without that frustrating buffering notice, i have good news. £150 million from the confidence and supply agreement is being used to transform rural broadband. faster broadband is on its way. so ladies and gentlemen, the 1 its way. so ladies and gentlemen, the1 billion its way. so ladies and gentlemen, the 1 billion extra its way. so ladies and gentlemen, the1 billion extra pounds its way. so ladies and gentlemen, the 1 billion extra pounds for northern ireland shows the difference it makes when you turn up, take your seats, and you use your vote for the betterment of eve ryo ne your v

will do, including northern ireland. and it is not what the european commission or our european friends thought would be the results of these negotiations. i believe it's a great success for northern ireland and for the whole of the kiffin and the arrangements and a half made that possible of course are temporary and they were determined by con sent. and i must say, mr. speaker, in all frankness, i do think ate pity that it is thought necessary for one side or the other in the debate over northern ireland to have a veto on those arrangements. it is after all -- and i must be very frank about in, mr. speaker. it is, after all -- the people of this country have taken a great decision embracing the entire four nations of this country by a simple majority vote that went 52-48, which we are honoring now, and i think that principle should be applied elsewhere and i see no reason why it should not be applied in northern ireland as well and it is in full compliance with the good friday agreement. >> mr. speaker, before i decide

ireland, might leave northern ireland, might leave northern ireland, might leave northern ireland to then go across the border, entering the single market. that risk exists and that is why, together with the uk, we have come up with a mechanism to assess these cases where there may be such a risk or not. and the decision on this risk will be based on a number of criteria. i can give you an overview. that will be the work of thejoint committee. overview. that will be the work of the joint committee. firstly, overview. that will be the work of thejoint committee. firstly, what is the final destination of these goods? if they are consumer goods and there is no problem, fine. if they are goods which may be industrial goods which may be further processed in northern ireland and 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, th

the main changes relate to northern ireland. it would stay in the eu single market for all goods, and that would mean accepting its rules and standards. but northern ireland would leave the customs union, and that would result in new customs checks. and all of this would depend on a future vote by the northern ireland assembly, which is currently suspended. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar, and his report does contain some flash photography. boris johnson's looking serious, and no wonder. can you get a deal, prime minister? truth is, he doesn't know. but his plan, today — tone down the fighting talk in the commons. order. statement — the prime minister. the speaker wasn't attacking him for once — sore throat. but today, the pm's message, "i've compromised, now it's your turn." we have made a genuine attempt to bridge the chasm to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable, and to go the extra mile as time runs short. still the same warning, though — britain would leave with no deal if it had to. if our europea

the winds picking up northern ireland. the winds picking upa bit northern ireland. the winds picking up a bit as well. ahead of that, temperatures about 14— 16 degrees. now, during the second half of the weekend, that weather front continues to ease its way eastwards across the uk. but then it stops and the main weight of rain drawn down towards the near continent. and by sunday morning at way your mac may well be dry. some sunshine for northern ireland, wales and the south—west. cloud tends to ease off from northern areas, but continues quite wet through the south—east of england. and these are the sorts of temperatures we are looking at. no great shakes on the whole. where you get the sunshine in wales and the south—west of england, 17 degrees. it should feel quite pleasant. that weather system slides away into continental europe, but another area of low pressure. the wind driving in the next weather system as well. eastern areas starting off dry. we have a rain band pushing from west to east, coupled with some strong winds. gales are possible towards the

secondly a border between northern ireland and the republic because northern ireland would not because northern ireland would not be in the customs union, and i think thatis be in the customs union, and i think that is the first problem because there will have to be customs checks and the prime minister admitted that finally yesterday, i think it is very ha rd to finally yesterday, i think it is very hard to see how you reconcile that with first of all the commitment that the government gave in 2017, no checks, no infrastructure, it is contained in war, the 2018 you will troll act so i don‘t think it is compatible with that. we know any difficulty, given the delicacy of the peace process in northern ireland, the second difficulty is the proposal that the assembly, which is meeting at the moment, in effect, will have a veto on whether the single market rules will apply to northern ireland or not. if they reject that, then you will have a full heart border between northern ireland and the republic, which everyone has said up until this point. they were desperate to avoid that. if one s

that for the people of northern ireland. of course, that may be a matter where in northern ireland opinion will be divided as to whether they want it or not, but the reality is that the clauses are going to continue to apply to northern ireland after the transition is ended for the rest of great britain. how does he square that with the recovery of sovereignty promised to the entirety of the british people?” sovereignty promised to the entirety of the british people? i am grateful to the right honourable gentleman but i think we can square that very simply by pointing out that yes, of course, there are transitory arrangements for some aspects of the northern ireland economy. but those automatically dissolved and are terminated after four years unless it is the majority decision of the assembly of northern ireland to remain in alignment with those arrangements either in whole or in part. and the principle of consent is at the heart of these arrangements. under this bill british firms will escape the frequently perverse effe

it is good for ireland and northern ireland, no hardboard, all for ireland and northern ireland, no ha rdboa rd, all ireland for ireland and northern ireland, no hardboard, all ireland can thrive, protects the single market and our place in it. but the view instead from the dup. .. it is interesting that he used the word unique because it is worth emphasising that they are trying to set upa emphasising that they are trying to set up a custom structure, an economic relationship that is not really in place anywhere else in the world. the idea of a deal customs zone where you have a legal border in one place but a practical border in another. all sorts of elements of this deal are things that aren't really done in most borders around the world, which is why there was a last—minute hitch about vat. that is another issue which is a complexity which you always face when you come toa which you always face when you come to a border between two custom zones and two regulatory zones. these are difficult issues, which is why it has been so hard to reach this agreement. i wonder, because that dr

johnson: what this does is protect northern ireland by extracting northern ireland from union.le of the european insofar as there may be checks , it would only affect 1% of the goods coming in. if that is too much of a burden, it is up to the people of northern ireland by majority to createthey wish to separate arrangements. it is done by consent. ingenious scheme that kicks northern ireland out of the customs union and allows the whole of the u.k. to do trade minimum obstacles. >> the british people are watching this very carefully in history is recording what we say . the clear majority message from my constituents is that they want brexit delivered, and this deal does that. can you assure us, mr. prime minister, that we will maintain our environmental and welfare status? i can reassure my honorable friend who campaigned to leave the eu that we will address environmental and other matters. >> north wales is a major artery to northern ireland vote and by vote -- northern ireland by road and by boat. even though he said that goods enteringf less risk the eu, where will be the tariffs? t

if a northern ireland fishing vessel leaves a northern ireland port and returns to a northern ireland port with its catch, could tariffs apply at that point to the fish the vessel has caught if there is a risk that some of the catch might enter the european union? so, it will be for the joint committee to determine to what extent there is a material risk to any leakage to the integrity of the single market. now, i think the example that the right honourable gentleman raises is not the sort of size of trade that i would expect to be a risk to the integrity of the single market. there are currently checks on animal products entering northern ireland from great britain, including physical checks on livestock. and while there is the potential for those to increase under this agreement, the agreement is not establishing a principle in that respect. that principle is already established. the head of the border force told the home affairs select committee yesterday that there would be checks and said it is yet to be worked out in detail who would do those checks between britain and northern

and northern ireland. gusty winds with the showers continuing into wales and southwest england. it could be heavy and possibly thundery. average wind speeds and stronger winds are down toward the south and southwest of britain. gusts will be higher than this. not a wash—out everywhere. there will be some occasional sunshine, temperatures a little bit down compared with today. what he means is we in the uk can come out of the eu as one united kingdom. england, scotland, wales, northern ireland, together. it means you can decide our future together. but the support of northern ireland's dup is crucial for the government, and so far they're not backing the new deal. in order to avoid trying to get an extension, he has been too eager to get a deal at any cost. and the fact of the matter is that if you held out, better concession. and labour dismisses the new deal as even more harmful to the uk than the one struck by theresa may as it stands, we cannot support this deal and will oppose it in parliament on sat

and northern ireland. fourth, unlike the so—called backstop, such a regulatory zone would be sustained with the consent of the people of northern ireland, as expressed through the assembly and executive. they will give their consent during the transition period as a condition for these arrangements entering into force. thereafter, the assembly will vote again every four years, and if consent were withheld, these arrangements with then lapse after one year. fifth, it has always been a point of principle for this government that at the end of the transition period, the uk should leave the eu customs union whole and entire, restoring sovereign control over our trade policy and opening the way for free trade deals with oui’ the way for free trade deals with our friends around the world, and thatis our friends around the world, and that is a fundamental point for us, mr speaker. under the proposals in this new protocol, northern ireland will be fully part of the uk customs territory, not the eu customs unio

having worked in northern ireland, having so many friends in northern ireland, its position in the union is very dear to me. and therefore, it is of concern to me that there are people in northern ireland, particularly within the unionist committee who feel heart sore about what they perceived to be the consequences of this deal. and one of the things that i will be doing in every hour and every day ahead is doing everything i can in order to provide reassurance in order to ensure we can put provisions in place that make sure the people of northern ireland appreciated that we love them and want them to stay. michael gove. you're watching monday in parliament with me, mandy baker. don't forget that if you miss our daily round—up or you'd like to watch our end of week extravaganza, the week in parliament, you can via the bbc iplayer. the case of harry dunn has rarely been out of the headlines for the past few weeks. the 19—year—old was killed in august when his motorbike collided with the car of anne sacoolas, the wife of an american diplomat, outside raf croughton in northamptonshir

of northern ireland. that is the basis on which the political process has advanced. he must respect that. , i amohnson: i must say grateful to the right honorable gentleman in this sense, together, he and i and the rest of his group made a case to the -- made a necessarily case to the e.u. that it was necessary. the significant point about a customs union is that it is a dutieshat sets its own at the perimeter. that is what the whole of the u.k. will do, including northern ireland. i believe it is a great success for northern ireland and the whole of the country. the arrangements that made that possible, of course, are temporary and determined by consent. frankness, in all for one side pity to have a veto on those arrangements. all,t be very frank, after the people of this country have taken a great decision and embracing the nations of this them by ad embracing simple majority vote that went 52-48, that we are honoring now. i see that principle should be applied elsewhere. compatibility with the good fri

island of ireland, but northern ireland comes out of the customs union? it is difficult to see how workable that is, there can be ways of using, doing customs checks that are not necessarily going to be that intrusive and it should enable you to still drive across the board without noticing that you have effectively driven across the border. dockets to be possible but i think part of the problem with the proposal that boris johnson is made is that there will bea johnson is made is that there will be a vote every four years and that vote, if it is up and running, it could probably give the unionist community vetoed it ended and there is no guarantee for the irish government, that is a problem. it will probably lead to difficulties three of the two communities would be coming up to these votes and if it was not in existence, there could bea it was not in existence, there could be a referendum and there could be a border pole and it would not be good for relationships and northern ireland. what is the political foresight then because a lot of these problems

ireland, recognising the unique history and geography of northern ireland and ensures there is no hard border. let's rejoice in which a deal has been found. but the numbers are tight in parliament. fit falls on saturday, what then? people are in favour of brexit or against it, doesn't matter, it is if we have a deal. what happens if it doesn't pass parliament? i'm not in charge. that is the job of boris. do you believe it will? i hope it will. i'm convinced it will. but it has to.“ it doesn't? there will be no prorogation. no delay? even if the dealfalls. not if prorogation. no delay? even if the deal falls. not if the opposition has anything to do wit. we believe the deal is heading britain in a deregulated society and as it stands, we can't support the deal and will oppose it in parliament. reaching a new deal, solving the political connumdrums with brussels isa political connumdrums with brussels is a big achievement. the eu has moved in ways thatjust a couple of ways ago they swore would never happen. but to reach there, boris johnson has of course had to compromise too. so he ru

they will end up in the eu or northern ireland? the process of tracking those goods and confirming where they end up could be a bureaucratic nightmare with a lot of cost. frictionless trade across the irish sea will and under these proposals. we can say that the pounded rally this morning on the news that there was a deal between the two side but that rally has petered out through the course of the day as it dawned on people that, actually, as good as the deal may be for business or not it may not even make it through the house of commons because the dup are saying they will not support it. so everybody has their eyes on the house of commons on saturday to see if the deal passes. today, us tariffs on eu exports come into effect after the world trade organization ruled that european plane maker airbus received illegal subsidies, $7.5 billion worth of eu goods will be taxed. they faced ta riffs of goods will be taxed. they faced tariffs of about 10% and items like italian cheese, french wine, spanish olives, scotch whiskey and uk swe

the main changes relate to northern ireland. it would stay in the eu single market for all goods and that would mean accepting its rules and standards. but northern ireland would leave the customs union and that would result in new customs checks — a highly controversial idea which has already been rejected in principle by the eu. and all of this would depend on a future vote by the northern ireland assembly, which is currently suspended. we start with this report by our political editor, laura kuenssberg. 70 days into office, a man in a hurry. a matter of hours perhaps before he will know and we will know, if he has a chance of getting a different deal with the eu. if he ought to be nervous, it didn't show. applause the darling of this hall for years, now their prime minister. leader here, but with no control of parliament, no way of predicting what will come next. his first target, with humour, less hostility — politics itself. if parliament were a reality tv show, then the whole lot of us, i'm afraid, would have been vote

the main proposals relate to northern ireland. it would stay in the eu single market for all goods, and that would mean accepting eu rules and standards. but crucially, northern ireland would leave the customs union, and that would mean new customs checks on the island of ireland. but all of this would depend on a future vote by the northern ireland assembly, a body which is currently suspended. our deputy political editor john pienaar has the latest. his report does contain some flash photography. boris johnson is looking serious, and no wonder. can you get a deal, prime minister? truth is, he doesn't know. but his plan today, tone down the fighting talk in the commons. order! statement, the prime minister. the speaker wasn't attacking him, for once. sore throat. but today, the pm's message, "i've compromised, now it's your turn." so we have made a genuine attempt to bridge the chasm, to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable, and to go the extra mile, as time runs short. still the same warning, though. britain would leave with

ireland to ghost you out of northern ireland. correct. but you had to take your wife and your kids. they were given, what, an hour or two to pack? 0ne suitcase. leave everything. what impact did that have on your family on your family? well, i remember coming in and saying to mary, "look, i've been doing something for the last number of years and i've been caught." and... were you honest? did you say mary, i have essentially lived a lie with you for these last nine years or whatever it was. and now, because of my lying, you and the kids have to get on this plane and you'll probably never see northern ireland again? well, over the years, i used to think ‘i wonder, should i tell her?‘ and then i thought, now, if i tell her and she has this information, if i'm ever caught, they'll shoot her too, so i'm not going to tell her. because there were people who left derry, informers, and their wives were able to return because they were seen to as not knowing very much about it. so i decided, "look, selfish as it sounds, i'm not going

and northern ireland authorities and northern ireland authorities and northern ireland businesses would effectively act like a bit of a customs agent or a customs officer on behalf of the eu. so if products are coming from great britain into northern ireland, which are then destined to going 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

northern ireland leaves the customs union, too. the dup insist on that, seeing it as a test of uk membership. so there would have to be some customs control with the republic, just to collect taxes due on goods from outside the uk and the eu. ireland says any border checks or control posts would disrupt the peace settlement called the good friday agreement, they'd maybe become terrorist targets — and the eu says the same. the british suggestion of checks away from the border — online and just a few physical inspections — is seen in brussels as wide open to smuggling. and that's not the only problem. the johnson offer keeps northern ireland in the single market for — and this is new — all goods, not just food and agricultural products. same rules and regulations on all sides, in other words. but that obviously means there would be checks on goods from the british mainland to northern ireland, which could cross into the republic and the eu. will the dup live with that? will the eu? there would be no border checks, so brusse

requires exit declarations from northern ireland... yes, it does. the brexit secretary said opposite yesterday and was corrected by hmrc. there are no checks, gb and i, there will light touch measures to ensure there is no illegal trade... illegal trade... illegal trade in endangered animal species, in endangered animal species and banned firearms. not everybody will be happy with what the prime minister is putting forward but all communities should be happy that nobody is talking about a coach and horses being driven through the good friday agreement, and there are no communities particularly at the border who are now fearful of a resurrection of violence and bloodshed and hatred, the prime minister is to be congratulated. i congratulate the prime minister for securing a deal, i never doubted it for a minute. can he reassure me that the moment this bill receives royal assent, hopefully sooner rather than later, he will work tirelessly along with the secretary of state to secure as close as possible relationship to european science and

which is reduced to two borders in northern ireland. and may i remind the prime minister the people of northern ireland certainly do not want the uk to leave the eu without a deal. what people in northern ireland really want — all of them — it's to continue to enjoy the peace and stability delivered by the belfast good friday agreement. theresa may's brexit deal failed because she couldn't win over tory brexiteers in the european research group, the erg. so can borisjohnson succeed where his predecessor failed 7 a leading member of the erg signalled support. does he recall that earlier in the year, when the house voted on the so—called indicative votes, on a number of different options a customs union and so on, all of those were defeated bar one. the one option that is ever passed this house other than the withdrawal agreement was the so—called brady amendment. the essence of which was to expunge the backstop in favour of alternative arrangements which passed the house of commons on the 29th ofjanuary by 16 votes. does that giv

northern ireland. article four of the protocol states, northern ireland is part of the customs territory of the united kingdom. it adds, nothing in this protocol to prevent northern ireland from realising the preferential market access in any free trade deals, on the same terms as goods produced in other parts of the united kingdom. our negotiations have focused on the uniquely sensitive nature of the border between northern ireland and the republic. and we have respected those sensitivities. above all, we, and our european friends, have preserved the letter and the spirit of the belfast good friday agreement and upheld the long—standing areas of cooperation between the uk and ireland, including the common travel area. and as i told the house on the 3rd of october, in order to prevent a regulatory board on the island of ireland, we propose a regulatory zone covering all goods, including agri— food, eliminating any need for associated checks at the border. mr speaker, in this agreement we have gone

to maintain the integrity of ireland in coming up with this deal with northern ireland. it remains part of you but also he's aligned to a you procedures as well take us to to the point of conjecture the issue that the democratic unionist have with this compromise. the that the really really impossible thing for outsiders to understand about about the democratic party in northern ireland is that it cares far less about about things to do with money and trade than it does about it's about the concept of unionism the absolute imperative on the from their point of view that northern ireland remains a part of the u.k. it's 100 years ago yesterday that the u.k. started partitioning islands. putting the border between the north and the south and the whole point of politician from the u.k. sides was to protect the protestants majority the union is part of the majority of northern ireland and that's what the stands for any idea that and that northern irish economy could be more aligned with that of the european union through the single market than the u.k. is in their estimation

ireland. conservative northern ireland. access to abortion remains one of the most divisive issues here, but it's now on the brink of change, decades after the rest of the uk. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. for more on this case and the rising number of states trying to implement new laws in the us, we arejoined now by mary ziegler in florida. she is author of after roe: the lost history of the abortion debate and specialzies in reproductive rights law. thank you forjoining us in the programme. why do you think we're moving further and further apart on the abortion debate right now? their are a variety of factors. american abortion politics have always been a more polarised in many ways than uk abortion politics, even in northern ireland. i think, abortion politics, even in northern ireland. ithink, at abortion politics, even in northern ireland. i think, at the abortion politics, even in northern ireland. ithink, at the moment, at least in the united states, probably the most important variable is the changing composition

on the island and safeguard the northern ireland peace treaty and thatis northern ireland peace treaty and that is what they have done. and for borisjohnson, he that is what they have done. and for boris johnson, he is that is what they have done. and for borisjohnson, he is able to say northern ireland will leave the eu customs union after brexit. but there have been big concessions. let's also put some context around what i said ofjean—claudejuncker, it seemed to give this rather... he was picked up that maybe he was going to grant an extension if this wasn't bo voted to on saturday but a lot of people say that is not the case. what do you think the true situation is with regards to an extension? two situations. one thing that he said it one thing i think what will happen, asjean—claude juncker spoke to a number of genderless and different ways about an extension, and one of them he was very clear he said no there will be no extension. but that is not had dissension. —— a journalist. that is made by the eu national leaders, the 27 leaders in their it is not jean—claude junc

ireland to ghost you out of northern ireland. correct. but you had to take your wife and your kids and they were given what, an hour or two to pack? kids, leave everything. what impact did you have on yourfamily — might dig that have? i came in and i thought, i have been doing that... did you say mary, i have essentially lived a lie with you for these last nine years or whatever it was and now because of my lying, you and the kids have to get on this plane and you will probably never seen northern ireland again? welcome over the years, i thought, i wonder if i should tell her and then i thought ifi should tell her and then i thought if i tell and she has this information, if i am ever caught, they will shoot her too so i am never going to tell her because they we re never going to tell her because they were seven people who left derry, informers, and their wives were able to return because they were seen as not knowing very much about it. i thought i am not going to tell her. and that is why i didn't tell her. but here was i, t

more cloud further north, certainly for scotland and northern ireland. most of the rain in the far north, with many places staying dry. temperatures 12—15 degrees in the south. so that should feel quite pleasant. and then through tuesday night it stays dry, variable cloud across england and wales. stays breezy, though, for scotland, northern ireland, with rain tending to flirt with the north—west corner. temperature wise, again chilly in one or two spots, particularly where skies clear. so on into wednesday, we hold on to the fine weather, i think, across much of the south—east. we have this weather front still bringing wet and windy weather to the far north—west. and that low pressure system across spain and france bringing a lot of rain and mayjust influence the weather across the south—east. a weather front here sending more cloud perhaps one or two showers. for the north and the west it stays windy. outbreaks of rain, which will become more persistent in parts of northern ireland, western scotland. but in between again a slice of dry weathe

i welcome the fact northern ireland. i welcome the fact northern ireland. i welcome the fact northern ireland has got this deal but scotland has been ignored through this, the country that voted to remain, we were told if we stayed in the uk... the dup have played the cards they have had very well. they have got extra money previously. who knows what negotiations are going on behind—the—scenes. have theyjust played a different game to you? at the end of the day, nobody plays with peace and security and we have to respect the circumstances... in terms of strengthening the position... the reason we want to have an election, the people of scotla nd have an election, the people of scotland have to see what is happening and we were told if we stayed in the uk our position would be respected, our rights as eu citizens would be respected, it has not happened. a country that has voted heavily to remain, i would say to the people in scotland, we need a general election, people have to respond to the position we have got, people vote for the snp, a vote for the p

ireland. -- key dealealer itself, it says northern ireland is part of the custom territory of the united kingdom. the devil is in the details because if you look at this deal, northern ireland is in the eu custom union for everything no risk of goods coming in through the eu customs. also, a tricky issue was a holdup at the last minute and it appears northern ireland will be -- what we are looking at is a soft brexit for northern ireland and a hard brexit for the rest of the u.k.. the key question is how is it going to go down with all of the different parties involved? the key question is how scotland will react to this because scotland might react saying if northern ireland could have a separate relationship, why not us. but all eyes are on the 27th eu leaders.- 27 eu officials welcome the deal but are very cautious. it doesn't sound like they were in any hurry to approve this. hopes here.d any the most we could hope for a political assent to the deal, so that you 27 leaders would put forward a communication saying we agreed in principle to the deal and now, let's handed over to the pa

if they do not work for northern ireland the people of northern ireland will have the right under this agreement to express all with hold their consent to these provisions by means of a majority vote in their assembly 4 years after the end of the transition time if you simply chooses to withhold consent these provisions shall cease to apply after 2 years during which the joint committee of the u.k. and e.u. would propose a new way forward in concert with northern ireland's institutions. and as soon as this house allows the process of extracting all souls from the e.u. to be completed the exciting and to price of building a new relationship with our friends can begin which again to. a brother mr speaker i do not wish this project to be the project of any one government or any one party but rather the endeavor of the united kingdom as a ho. lee. only this parliament can make this new relationship the work of the nation and so parliament should be at the heart of decision making as we develop our approach and i ignore the age but that's in the past we have not always acted perhaps in that

the wettest weather on wednesday is in northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland and it will become heavy and persistent. away from that, many stay dry and temperatures between 12-15. on stay dry and temperatures between 12—15. on wednesday night and into thursday the wind will strengthen some more. wet weather in the northern part of the uk and as this low pressure pushes in on thursday, we could see widespread gales across scotla nd we could see widespread gales across scotland and northern ireland, in the hebrides and in northern ireland. the wind could have an impact on the ferries. maybe cloudy in the south—east corner, but some dry and bright weather to enjoy for many. overall better than it has been, and better than it is in eastern spain and southern france. they could see as much as 300 millimetres of rain in the space of 24 millimetres of rain in the space of 2a hours for the east of barcelona and in southern france, accompanied by rough seas and strong winds. unpleasant conditions over there. i think i will take the drizzle in felixstowe my

ireland works but the northern irish party the de u.p.c. who's an ally of forrest johnson they still think that northern ireland will be treated differently from the rest of the u.k. and this is what they not want they are a unionist party they want to stay as closely aligned as possible to the rest of the u.k. and effectively there will be some changes and they fear that northern ireland will in the long run be drawn mood towards the european union that do relations the business relations will become stronger with the european union and then you would drift away from the rest of the u.k. so this is why they're objecting to it and this is where boys johnson had to even had to make concessions and this is why you will have difficulties getting in truth . is it just northern ireland's do you play that mr johnson has to worry about when he tries to start to parliament on a saturday or holders. exactly no it's not just northern ireland i just had a chance to speak to kids stomach who is leading the labor of his vision he's the bricks of spokesm

ireland, one in the irish sea and one between northern ireland and the republic. and in all of that it seems to be operating on the basis ofa seems to be operating on the basis of a veto that the dup will have. this simply will not work and it takes the uk away from what was agreed with the eu, back in 2017, of respecting the single market and the customs union. this is about creating a mirage that borisjohnson is negotiating in good faith, there is negotiating in good faith, there is no such thing, it is about making sure he can europe when this doesn't work and trying to force no—deal through in the teeth of that opposition the house of commons. we had a different mood today and i welcomed that, we have a jekyll and hyde minister, but let's not be thought about what is going on here. this is about blaming the eu for not negotiating in good faith, and boris johnson and his government putting forward a no—deal brexit. johnson and his government putting forward a no-deal brexit. you talk about the extension, the delay to brexit, what is the point of that? oppos

and northern ireland. he said the issues could be resolved with some checks, but they would be done somewhere in the supply chains or electronically. they don't see how this will be a guarantee against the prospect of further friction and eight conflict. on the business news. lots of reaction to the move by the u.s. >> their g goods could b be facg tariffs. the french g government is echog the e position tha therere w was ilill time to o negotiatate, but that the eu woululd retaliate. this threat coming after leleves werere aroveved by the w world e organizations after airbus received unfair support from european governments. >> some of the products are going to be more expensive for the united states to import. wtomove comes after the ruled european states had illegally helped airbus. is 15 years oldld. donanald trump wasn't quit to te -- was quick to take credit. >> the wto has been better to us. they understand they cannot rip off the united states. for now, the trump administration will target a wide r

and northern ireland. for tax collection at the border, for vat to be waived as well. for the eu, those are huge holes. so difficult to see how this will go but with the eu view this as a basis for negotiation? perhaps. it is interesting, borisjohnson‘s gamble is clearly appealing for compromise from the eu or it is a no—deal brexit. that is what he is basically saying, isn't he? yes. that is what he laid out. there are problems with that because number one, i think the eu will not view this as a compromise. as i was saying, they will view this as a significant step away from the commitment made by the uk in december 2017 to have no infrastructure at all on the island of ireland and the uk's commitment to the good friday agreement, the peace process in northern ireland. the eu will also view this as problematic because of the issue of, does this address all the questions in ireland, does it have support fully of the communities in northern ireland? fully of the communities in northern ireland ? it seem

is all those deep economic and personal links between northern ireland and ireland. they say they would be quite massively disrupted if these arrangements came into force and they are thirdly concerned about the whole idea of giving a whole load of extra power to the northern ireland assembly at stormont. is that a veto for the dup assembly at stormont. is that a veto forthe dup in assembly at stormont. is that a veto for the dup in particularfor these arrangements were these arrangements to ever come into play at all, and then when they are renewed every four years. that is quite a tough one for the eu to swallow but talks continuing tomorrow and we will get more details about exactly what the eu thinks through the day, because we will get a statement from the european parliament and the brexit committee any moment now, and michel barnier is going to brief diplomats from the member states this afternoon. those discussions always lea k afternoon. those discussions always leak out. good, good for you, good for us and for our audience. adam fleming reporting from bruss

so no arrangements can be imposed on northern ireland if they do not work for northern ireland. the people of northern will have -- the people of northern ireland will have the right under this agreement to express or withhold their consent to these provisions by means of a majority vote four years after the end of the transition. and if the assembly chooses to withhold consent, these provisions shall cease to apply after two years, during which the joint committee of the u.k. and e.u. would propose a new way forward in concert with northern ireland's institutions. and as soon as this house allows the process of extracting ourselves from the e.u. to be completed, the exciting enterprise of building a new relationship with our friends can begin, which has been too long delayed. i do not wish this project to be the project of any one government or one party, rather the endeavor of the united kingdom as a whole. only this parliament can make this new relationship the work of the nation. so parliament should be at the heart of decision-making as we develop our approach, and i acknow

northern ireland may get the odd shower. one or two around for england and wales to, but there will be some sunny spells. and here is the low pressure. by sunday, heading out into the north sea. close to that, still a few showers around, particularly parts of eastern scotland and north—east england, but there is going to be a lot of dry weather around on sunday. a good deal of cloud mind you. still a good chance of the odd mist and fog patch to start the day, and more of us tapping into that northerly breeze as well. so, we are going to feel things cooling down on sunday. some into the mid—teens, most of us lower than that. just seeing the figures here in northern scotland. but as the pressure moves away, higher pressure moves in to the start of next week. most places are looking dry, with a bit of fog and frost around. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown live at westminster where boris johnson is trying to persuade mps to back his new brexit deal, ahead of an historic vote in parliament tomorrow. the

requires exit declarations from northern ireland. yes, it does. the brexit secretary said opposite yesterday he had to be corrected by hmrc. there are no checks, gbni, they will be some measures to ensure there is no illegal trade... illegal trade... illegal trade, endangered animal species and banned firearms. but getting mps to give initial approval to the bill was only half the battle. the government was also proposing a timetable, known as a programme motion, to put the bill through all its remaining parliamentary stages in just a few days with the aim of getting the uk out of the eu by halloween. and there was to be a separate vote on that timetable after mps had voted on the bill. to propose a programme motion at the end of this debate will mean that all 68 clauses have got to be considered and voted on within the next, what, 2a, 48 hours, starting this evening is actually an abuse of parliament and a disgraceful attempt to dodge accountability, scrutiny, and any kind of proper debate. i was incredibly concerned when i was remi

the death due to the union in northern ireland? now, that is on offer, accelerated passage of a bill that would facilitate this agreement, and an election which the prime minister would use to justify breaking his promises to the people of northern ireland. that is an offer which we can refuse and will be quite happy to do so. because whilst we want to see brexit delivered, we want to see it delivered, we want to see it delivered for the whole of the uk. we wa nt delivered for the whole of the uk. we want to see it delivered in the form that the prime minister, three times, or twice because he changed his mind the third time, twice voted for in this house. and we will not be prepared to facilitate him moving the goalposts affecting northern ireland in this way. and for that reason, whilst we do not fear a general election, whilst we want to see brexit delivered, if it is not going to be delivered for the whole of the uk, then i do not think that anyone in this house could possibly condemn us for standing up for our constituents. 0u

ireland assembly, the northern ireland assembly, the northern ireland assembly, the northern ireland executive by elected politicians in northern ireland. it removes the trap that northern ireland was engaged in. there are other issues about the withdrawal agreement that also concerned are so many other mp5, but for us, this backstop proposal was never going to fly. it was objected to by unionists and were glad the proposals brought forward a massive improvement and massive sea change. although you would leave the customs union under the proposal you would effectively remain tied to the eu single market rules, so that won't change. only if the northern ireland assembly were to agree that under the consent mechanisms. previously, we would have been in the single market and customs union treated as a third country without any say whatsoever. what we welcome about the prime minister's proposals is that that cannot happen. it's only an outcome if the northern ireland assembly it if they agree and they do have a single rated electricity market in ireland but it would have to depend on mak