the wind will ease for northern ireland and scotla nd will ease for northern ireland and scotland and it will brighten up here, but starting to feel fresher. away from there, temperatures widely in double figures. very mild for the time of year. this evening, the band of rain continues to the south and east, taking the strongest of the wind. lightest wind in the north, still some showers which could pose an ice risk first thing on sunday morning. here, temperatures lower. with wind and rain, temperatures not dropping so far. on sunday, that will clear south and east, another band of rain were stretched through wales, clearing through the midlands and lincolnshire. brightening up through the afternoon for many, a blustery day and starting to feel fresher. this is bbc news. the headlines: iran admits unintentionally shooting down the ukranian airlines passenger plane killing all 176 people on board because of human error misidentifying it as a cruise missile. ukraine's top security officials say their investigators confronted around with conclusive evidence before they change their posi

part of the deal was the promise of significant extra funding for northern ireland, as our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. and a warning, her report contains some flashing images. high windscreen the prime minister ina high windscreen the prime minister in a place that's had to weather many storms. northern ireland's new parish sharing government between sinn fein and the democratic marks the end of three years of fighting, division and pain. with an irreverent nod to tony blair before the good friday agreement, boris johnson gave this new political venture his enthusiastic support. never mind the hand of history on my shoulder, i see the hand of history... i see the hand of the future! i see the hand of the future beckoning us forward. dublin also played a major role in brokering the agreement. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, came to endorse the deal, which includes promises of perhaps billions of more cash on the british government coming northern ireland's way. the money will end strikes by health workers over pay and help plug a major shortfall in school budgets, as well as

the northern ireland secretary hails the extra cash. this is the best financial deal of any northern ireland talk settlement, £2 billion. also in this programme, will big ben long for brexit? spoiler alert... there has been a suggestion that the cost of striking the bell could be covered by donations from the public. this would be an unprecedented approach. all that to come and more. but first, the northern ireland executive is back in business. devolution has been restored after three years of deadlock. on monday, the prime minister visited stormont to mark the return of power—sharing after a deal that ended the stand—off between the dup and sinn fein. but, when the northern ireland secretary made a statement to mps, he faced questions about the details of the deal, its funding, and whether it would last. rejecting allegations of penny—pinching, he defended the settlement, but also warned the local parties about the stringent conditions attached to the financial package. we will be providing the restored executive with a £2 bil

back to business for the northern ireland assembly. these are the scenes live in stormont, as talks resume for the first time since the power—sharing agreement collapsed three years ago. in the next hour, keir starmer — the shadow brexit secretary — officially launches his leadership campaign in the race to lead the labour party. today he defended anti—austerity policies. there is sometimes a tendency when you lose an election to say everything in their manifesto, everything in their manifesto, everything we believed in, has got to go, but that is wrong in my view. more hardship for the high street: ailing department store chain debenhams closes 19 stores as part of its restructuring plans. and coming up, it's back to brexit. get all the inside information in westminster and brussels from our top correspondents with brexitcast. borisjohnson has said that iran's admission that it shot down by mistake a ukrainian passenger plane over tehran is an ‘important first step‘. four britons were among the 176 people killed in wednesd

in northern ireland tonight. place an awful lot of people in northern ireland tonightm place an awful lot of people in northern ireland tonight. it sounds like we may be talking to you again. thank you very much. we will of course be taking a look at how the resumed northern ireland assembly and many other stories are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 1040 and then at 1130 this evening in the papers. my guest tonight, joanne nadler and political writer and academic my good fellow. bejewelled have been held in canada for some of the victims of the ukrainian plane crash on wednesday. iran has again rejected suggestions that one of its missiles brought down the aircraft, killing 176 people. the picture still remains unclear but what we do know is the flight took off from tehranjust after six know is the flight took off from tehran just after six in the morning but just two tehran just after six in the morning butjust two minutes later the data on that flight stop. the plane came down to the south—west of the ca

a return to devolution for northern ireland, and for many of the people in northern ireland, possibly a return to normality. the headlines on bbc news... iran admits unintentionally shooting down the ukrainian airlines passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board because of human error. the northern ireland assembly will today set for the first time since the collapse of power—sharing three years ago. kier starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, officially launches his leadership campaign in the race to lead the labour party. there are just two days left for the six labour leadership candidates to gain the backing they need to get to the next stage of the contest, and it's sir keir starmer who currently has the most nominations and the support of the uk's largest trade union, unison. the five other candidates standing are rebecca long bailey, emily thornberry, clive lewis, lisa nandy and jess phillips. registered supporters who are not full party members will have 48 hours from 1a 16 january to secure a vote by paying £25. the ballot will be open from 21st february to the 2nd of

power—sharing raw return to northern ireland. the agreement has been agreed by sinn fein and the dup. videos are held in canada for some of the victims of ukrainian plane crash that killed 176 people. iran rejects suggestions that one of its missiles brought on the aircraft. as we have just been missiles brought on the aircraft. as we havejust been hearing, 21—year—old woman who disguised herself as a teenage boy to groom and sexually assault girls is jailed for eight years. let's turn our attention to sport, if we can get a full round—up from the sports centre. we'll start in the sports centre. we'll start in the premier league. sheffield united who have extended, today, the manager's contract until 202a. they are taking on west ham, about quarter of an hour played there, goalless still. there are two matches, meanwhile, in rugby union's union champions cup. you can see sale are up 13—12. harlequins at the recreation ground lead 12 — seven. england say they won't be calling up another batsman. burns suffered ankle dama

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faces from northern ireland to's past here to witness a new future. i believe that power—sharing can work. that requires everyone to step up. sinn fein‘s commitment is to do all in our power to make this happened. it marks the end of a bitter stand—off between sinn fein and the democratic unionists. it is a fair and balanced deal. i know there will be challenges in the deal, not least we need to make sure that we have the finances to be able to deal with all of the issues in northern ireland that are present at the moment. events were set in motion when an ultimatum was given late last night in dramatic fashion. the british and irish government chose to go public with the deal, saying, take it or leave it. but the gamble paid off. the new agreement contains wide—ranging promises. firstly, to tackle a crisis in the health service and resolve a pay dispute which has seen health workers on strike. there will be more money for schools after months of head teachers saying they face an unprecedented shortfall. and northern ireland will get around 80

in places from northern ireland's past, here to witness a new future. places from northern ireland's past, here to witness a new futurei believe that powersharing can work. that requires everyone to step up. sinn fein‘s commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. sinn fein‘s commitment is to do all in our power to make this happenm marks the end of a bitter stand—off between sinn fein and the democratic, who had already given their endorsement to the deal. late last night, the ultimatum was given in dramatic fashion. secretary of state for northern ireland and the irish government's deputy prime minister chose to go public before all parties were on board, saying, it is on the table, take it or leave it. not all the documents are agreed by all the parties, some are commitments by each government. but i believe we have a deal that all parties in northern ireland can support. the deal contains wide—ranging revisions for the health service, education, policing and other areas. but the biggest ask was getting agreement for the much fought over legal protection for t

of this affected northern ireland's future direction? i would imagine very much so. it already has. many of your viewers probably know that there have been increases in favourability for the idea of a united ireland. talk of a united ireland happening imminently is a bits, a bit exaggerated, the time frame on that. however, the next year and beyond will be incredibly bumpy for northern ireland. there is still a great deal of uncertainty for what the ultimate trade and security and regulatory relationship will be with the eu. and northern ireland is, it has the only land border between the uk and the eu and especially those towns along the border have been suffering economically for quite some time because of this uncertainty. that is the economic side stop the political side is that there are some changing demographics and changing understandings of what identity means and is in northern ireland today. thank you so much bonnie. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: plants living the high—life — why vegetation is growing at high

devolution in northern ireland. what's so great about it today is, asi what's so great about it today is, as i say, that northern ireland politicians have put aside their differences, stepped up to the plate and shown leadership. thousands leave their homes as the taal volcano begins to spew lava, sparking warnings of a ‘hazardous eruption‘ — possibly within hours. tight—lipped: flybe declines to comment on reports that the airline is in crisis talks in an attempt to prevent financial collapse. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — jane. former world athletics president lamine diack has arrived for his corruption trial in paris. he's been investigated over allegations that he took payments for deferring sanctions against russian drugs cheats. he denies the charges. talk to you later, thank you. and storm brendan is on its way? yes, i'll give you more on that later, and on how these stones develops rapidly and drive across the uk. you then. also coming up —joker leads the oscar nominations, the film

part of the deal was the promise of significant extra funding for northern ireland — as our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. and a warning her report contains some flashing images. high winds greet the prime minister in a place that's had to weather many storms. northern ireland's new power—sharing government, between sinn fein and the democratic unionists, marks the end of three years of fighting, division and decay. with an irreverent nod to tony blair before the good friday agreement, borisjohnson gave this new political venture his enthusiastic support. never mind the hand of history on my shoulder. i see the hand of history, no, i see the hand of the future! i see the hand of the future beckoning us all forward. dublin also played a major role in brokering the agreement. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, also came to endorse the new deal, which includes promises of perhaps billions of more cash from the british government coming northern ireland's way. the money will end strikes by health workers over pay and help plug a major shortfall in school budgets, as well as contribu

either way, what we will see by the end of the day as the northern ireland assembly up day as the northern ireland assembly up and running. the prime minister borisjohnson has said that this is a great step forward for the people of northern ireland and for restoring public confidence and sta ble restoring public confidence and stable and devolved government. really, there is a collective sigh of relief across northern ireland that something along the lines of normal politics will be back up and running again later today. keith doyle at stormont, thank you very much. let us speak to the irish political commentator, sarah crichton, who is in belfast for us. sarah, thank you forjoining us. how momentous is this? it is a huge day. i think most people in northern ireland, we have been here before many, ireland, we have been here before any ireland, we have been here before many, many times, but it is hugely significant that after three years, after nine months after the murder of lyra mckee, the two big political parties have been able to work through many complicated issues like the continuit

ireland forward and bringing the people of northern ireland together. and the institutions for north—south and east—west cooperation can work again as intended. the new decade, new approach deal sets out a range of commitments for the executive, the uk government and the irish government. it commits a new executive to addressing the immediate challenges facing the health service, reforming education and justice systems, growing the economy, promoting opportunity and tackling deprivation. the deal does not seek to restore the executive for its own sake, but offers a real reforms aimed at making it more sustainable and transparent, so that the institutions can begin to rebuild trust and confidence with the public. the deal also gives the executive a seat at the table when we discuss the northern ireland protocol with the northern ireland protocol with the european union, and it solves outstanding cases which have been causing real concern to families so that all people of northern ireland are treated in the same way when bringing family members to thi

the rest of the uk and northern ireland out of the uk and northern ireland out of the uk and northern ireland out of the public and what will be the european union once the uk is out, i think the reality and herds of stormont and what has changed there in the last week versus where we we re in the last week versus where we were for the last three years, is two things. one you touched on, a desire amongst the parties to correct all the things is far as funding is concerned. there is now a majority government here for conservatives with a sizeable majority. that's good alas of fuel term and all likely —— that will last a full term. that power base they have as a result of an outcome of the 2017 election when the conservatives needed the dup, so that coupled with the community in northern ireland decided that they we re northern ireland decided that they were willing and wanted to press ahead with devolution being established is the main driving force rather than necessarily brexit because as you were saying, they are now empowered, or could be, around this whole issue of northern ir

thanks in northern ireland are a very contentious issue. they are allowed on official buildings for a set number of days a year. in this agreement they are now given an extra three days a year to be flown for the british union jack extra three days a year to be flown for the british unionjack to be flown on official buildings. sinn fein have said they rejecting the stronger stand that provision but they have said comprises needed and they have said comprises needed and they don't believe that is part of they don't believe that is part of the disagreement and i think it is against the good friday agreement but they have signed up to it. that is one thing we have just had jim alistair and sinn fein race. lots of challenges ahead. this is not going to be an easy ride. but this is what the majority of people in northern ireland wanted. they wanted the assembly up and running and that is what we are going to see possibly in the next few hours. kate, thank you very much. i would corresponding following all the events at stormont. more from keith

now of course northern ireland has been givena of course northern ireland has been given a role and a say in the kind of arrangements that it will have to be part of that compromise agreement. how that works in who gets to be in the room when it is rather unknown and i expect those are some of the questions it will come to the fore in the next 11 months. ok, thank you very much from the border, emma. a few tweaks in the border, emma. a few tweaks in the last minutes about business and raising a point that you said commit had three years to prepare and someone said we have not had three yea rs someone said we have not had three years because someone said we have not had three yea rs because we someone said we have not had three years because we did not know what to prepare for. and they still don't really know, right? they have to see the shape of a trade deal and i suppose you can say it is six months before something emerges. you could say that borisjohnson before something emerges. you could say that boris johnson and the chancellor seem to have echoed that don't hold out for full a

ireland, the leadership that has been shown on all sides here in northern ireland. it is also an opportunity for us to underscore how strongly we will support leaders here in northern ireland. and how much work we will do to under ten the united kingdom, and to support our united kingdom. indiscernible. i think ithinkl i think i got your question, let me be clear that i think the parties here who have revived stormont have done a very good job of finding a balance between giving people who are in search of the truth the confidence they need, but also in giving people who have served our country in the armed services the confidence and certainty that they need. and we will certainly be going forward as a uk government with our manifesto commitment that you will recollect, to ensure that there are no furtherunfair recollect, to ensure that there are no further unfair prosecutions for people who serve the country when there is no new evidence to be brought forward. i think that is the right balance to be struck. thank you all very much indeed for your patience, and i t

, and indeed here in northern ireland, and indeed here in northern ireland, and indeed here in northern ireland there is a collective sigh of relief that something akin to normal politics will be up and running today. keith, for now, thank you and we will be back with you later as we expect more details to emerge from stormont over the course of today, there will be full coverage of that on the bbc news channel. it is coming up to 17 a.m.. —— 7:10am. there are just two days left for the six labour leadership candidates to gain the backing they need to get to the next stage of the contest. of the uk‘s largest trade union. candidates now need more nominations to ta ke candidates now need more nominations to take place. let‘s talk now to our political correspondent tony bonsignore. tony, is sir keir the front runner in this contest? good morning, running away with this stage of it, that is the key here because there are many stages to this leadership contest. 68 nominations, he has from labour mps and meps, way ahead of rebecca long—bailey on 26. sir keir starmer is in manchester

it will bring in more rain, probably after dark for northern ireland and scotland for northern ireland and scotland for the most part, but when the rain sets in, and across north—west england and parts of wales, that strong wind pushing more rain in through friday night into saturday, saturday night as well, so it looks as though we will see some very wet and windy weather in the north and west. as i say, please stay tuned, more on the website. thank you, helen willet. a reminder of our top story. two us airbases in iraq are hit by more than a dozen ballistic missiles fired from iran. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's just after 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. the government want the football associtaion to consider immediately ending a deal with a gambling company that allows them to show fa cup matches. bet 365 has had the rights to show the ties on its website and app since the start of last season. fans have to either make a bet or open an account to w

rain and strong wind the concerns across scotland, northern ireland and northern england overnight. the end of the afternoon for many, still fine and dry, increased cloud and rain for the western isles, and north—west. through the evening and overnight, that pushes the metal scotland and northern ireland, perhaps not wales as well. after an early dip in the temperatures, because of the strengthening wind, we will see widespread gales in north and western areas. relatively mild. not a cold start to saturday but for most of us are rather cloudy one. best chance of sunshine will be across southern and eastern areas, gradually this mild area will meanderfurther gradually this mild area will meander further south and east across the uk. so it will be not as sunny as it has been today and it will be a lot wetter for north and western areas. it starts to break up with showers for scotland and northern ireland but the rain keeps coming for northern england and wales. strong and gusty wealth, particularly scotland but east of the pennines prone to the disruptive windscreens and we could ha

that colour whether it will push into northern ireland overnight. rain spreading eastwards a cross ireland overnight. rain spreading eastwards across england and wales and everyone will see some rain. with those clearing skies, the northern habit country will turn colder than last night. some frost and ice around and temperatures holding a double figures. a lot of cloud in a and wales first thing on sunday. some sunshine. rain could linger longest here but south of that, the sun is out sooner. just a few showers in scotland and northern ireland tomorrow, a much brighter day. this windy too but it will be colder temperatures in single figures for the vast majority. a chillier night on sunday night but clearer skies mean a bright, sunny start to monday. this spells some very wet and windy weather later in the day. whilst many start dry and bright, through the afternoon and into the evening rush—hour across northern ireland and western scotland, wales and western england, some torrential rain and potentially damaging winds touching maybe even 80 mile

in places from northern ireland's past, here to witness a new future. i believe that powersharing can work. that requires everyone to step up. sinn fein‘s commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. it marks the end of a bitter stand—off between sinn fein and the democratic, who had already given their endorsement to the deal. late last night, the ultimatum was given in dramatic fashion. secretary of state for northern ireland and the irish government's deputy prime minister chose to go public before all parties were on board, saying, it is on the table, take it or leave it. not all the documents are agreed by all the parties, some are commitments by each government. but i believe we have a deal that all parties in northern ireland can support. the deal contains wide—ranging revisions for the health service, education, policing and other areas. but the biggest ask was getting agreement for the much fought over legal protection for the irish language. well, it is my community language, it is the language that is spoken at home, it's t

regulatory alignment in northern ireland with a single market. basically, allowing that trade border down the irish sea, separating northern ireland, in practical terms, from the rest of the united kingdom — huge concession for borisjohnson. and the irish accepting what earlier would've been impossible was an effective time limit on the backstop. the power was given to stormont, but this is something that ireland said could never be, it has to be open—ended otherwise it's not a security mechanism and here they were, allowing a de facto time limit. the eu will argue again and again that their concession was smaller than borisjohnson‘s concession and we are going to enter the same kind of realm now when it comes to the trade deal, but those were the fundamental shifts. and both sides budged. and from this end, what they're saying is that maybe some extra checks but there's already checks, that does not have to be that different. they have democratic consent, as you seay if they ever get back up and running, they can vote down and northern ire

after three years of deadlock, power sharing returns to northern ireland. sinn fein agreed to re—enter devolved government, meaning the stormont assembly will sit again tomorrow. i believe that power—sharing can work. that requires everyone to step up. sinn fein‘s commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. we believe this is a fair and balanced deal. we believe it is a deal that can form the basis for allowing us to go back into government and to deal with all of the difficult issues that we need to deal with. with the political stalemate over, it's hoped the deal will bring about much—need improvements to public services. also tonight... vigils in canada for the victims of the ukrainian plane crash, as iran rejects claims that it shot it down. the gangs using pay—as—you—go phones to deal drugs. now a call to change the law. and on the eve of elections in taiwan, we look at why china's taking centre stage. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, chris wilder signs a new contract at sheffield united. he plans to be at the club un

northern ireland has a road map to stability but there will be tough work ahead. chris page, bbc news, belfast. in taiwan, president tsai ing—wen has secured a second term in office after sweeping to victory in an election dominated by the island's relationship with china. this report, from john sudworth in taiwan, contains flashing images. not long ago, she was struggling in the polls. now, she's being swept to a second presidential term. her strategy, rallying voters to a single cause. to show that we can be against...communist. yeah, so, this is really important to us. has china been a factor for you? i think, yes! it's my reason to vote, to defend our country. beijing's attempts to pressure president tsai with renewed threats to take taiwan by force have badly backfired. do you think you have the chinese president, xijinping, to thank for this victory? translation: the taiwanese people insist on protecting our democracy. i hope china gets the correct message as a result of this election. there is, in fact, a great irony to these celebrations. beijing's autho

ireland, northern england, especially scotland seeing snow to relatively low levels early on. icy in places so don't get caught out by that. on monday, the snow is coming in towards the south and west, wintry on hills in the north and another breezy day. it will be a colder start to next week, but then by the end of the week, turning milder again. this is bbc world news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories... china reports more deaths from the respiratory coronavirus as the first cases in europe are confirmed. the search for survivors continues after a powerful earthquake strikes eastern turkey. at least 18 people are dead. democrats conclude opening arguments in president trump's impeachment trial with a warning "he is a threat to democracy". i implore you. give america a fair trial. give america a fair trial. she's worth it. and — the massive swarms of desert locusts threatening the food supply in east africa.

the rain coming to scotland and northern ireland —— northern ireland, very slowly southwards, very wet weather and later into snow. the rent and saw shari in scotla nd snow. the rent and saw shari in scotland and have the option of the wind will start to ease a bit but it says very windy across england and wales. a strong gale force wind here. as we have seen it as mild as a form most parts of the country double—figure temperatures, perhaps as high as 12 or 13 degrees. the weather front bringing that brand of rain will sweep its way down toward south—eastern errors overnight on saturday night, and then leaving behind that, we will find showers coming in on a cooler air stream of that they did. still summary to clear away first thing across the south—east of england, one that goes so we south—east of england, one that goes so we will see a batch of showers coming in across wales to the midlands, those could be rather heavyin midlands, those could be rather heavy in the morning before easing off towards afternoon. further north showers, most of them in opposite scotla nd showers,

but it is northern ireland, things never go to time here. we are going to get the speaker and deputy speakers nominated and sworn in, and once that happens, then we get into the nitty—gritty, the processes of getting that first minister from the dup, the largest unionist party, likely to be arlene foster, and the deputy first minister from sinn fein, the largest nationalist party, likely to be michelle o'neill, so they are likely to be the first and deputy first minister. in the last few minutes we have heard the alliance party, they are nonpartisan, so they want affiliate to either the union or national side. there is the crucial role of the justice minister here. side. there is the crucial role of thejustice minister here. that was previously taken by the alliance party, because it has to be agreed bya party, because it has to be agreed by a different way, by consensus right across the communities. we understand the alliance party have been offered that crucial role of justice minister. this is the alliance party boss mike naomi long. ar

ireland would p refer to people in northern ireland would prefer to see a deal being struck on these kind of different redline issues perhaps being backtracked on a bed just to see the government return. really good to have your analysis, siobhan fenton, thank you very much indeed. derbyshire police has referred itself to the independent 0ffice for police conduct after a man and a woman were found dead at a house in duffield yesterday. helen hancock from duffield and martin griffiths from derby were discovered by officers with fatal stab wounds. it's emerged that ms hancock had been in contact with the police before the incident. phil mackie sent this update from in duffield. derbyshire police have confirmed that a 39—year—old man, rhys hancock, mrs hancock's estranged husband, has been charged with both murders. he is due to appear before derbyshire magistrates tomorrow morning. at around the same time as that announcement, detectives who'd been here since just after four o'clock yesterday morning, when they discovered the bodies in the house, packed up and left the scene. we've

good morning from northern ireland, we are right on the border here. remember, the border was one of the most controversial elements of the brexit negotiations. this place makes sportswear, it is sold all over the world but made right here. but the issue is, the equipment that it needs, the material has to cross the border eight times before it gets to customers. so quite clearly they've got a very close eye on what happens in the coming year. let me introduce you to cieran, who's the boss here and also grainne, who runs a business. good morning to you both. ciaran, give me a sense of what changes because tonight, 11:00, the uk officially leaves the european union, but not a lot changes for you? not a lot changes for us. 0bviously, for us, the big part was the uncertainty and may be the threat of a hard border. so, you know, it allows us to make sure we can move our goods freely across the border, which we do on a very regular basis and that our staff can freely move across the border as well without any delay and get into their place of work. now, you

parts of scotland and the odd one for northern ireland. but a lot of dry, fine weather, even here. temperatures seeing a range of a—11. hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines. there's been anti—government demonstrations on the streets of tehran, after iran finally admits it shot down a passenger plane by mistake. 176 people died in the crash. tonight, the canadian prime minister says he expects a full investigation. this is an extremely serious matter. canada and the world still have many questions, questions that must be answered. power—sharing is restored in northern irealnd, as key ministers are appointed at the first assembly meeting for three years. we can agree that there was too much suffering and that we cannot allow

some of this in northern ireland and scotla nd this in northern ireland and scotland has fall into lower levels, so there may be some slicing units or indeed, bill snow, where you are. south—west of england this morning some snow in the moors, some sleet and showers and for wales, a very similar story. northern england, watch out for ice, as you should do across northern ireland and scotland. and here to we are looking at some snow showers mainly in the hills. but for a little while yet we could see some at lower levels in northern ireland and scotland in particular. but the level of the snow will rise into the hills as we go through the course of the day. you can see here we have all of these showers, some of those will be heavy and thundery with some hail. a lot of them will be in the west but some of them will be blown over towards the east. it is going to be quite a blustery day wherever you are. the strongest winds will be around the south—west of england, the other silly, the english channel and around the channel islands, with and around the channel islands, with a bit of gust

but if northern ireland's and forcing e.u. custom rules at its ports there is going to be a few formalities even if they are well formalities and that aside the kind of agreement needed means a very close relationship paves the way for a near agreement on our future relationship with our european neighbors based on an ambitious free trade agreement so no alignment but close enough to mean no checks some in the e.u. are concerned that johnson's contradictory rhetoric suggests he could just ignore the rules 2020 will not just be about the future. sure lation sure but also implementing that withdrawal the agreement notably the northern irish protocol we will have to be extremely disciplined to get it up and running in 11 months to have you tail forty's apply the checks the u.k. has agreed to apply that creates quite a lot of proprietary measures and certainly on our side grewal not tolerate any backsliding or half measures if you think it's all a mess you should hear what the recently reform storm and assemblies think of it. in t

back to business for the northern ireland assembly. these are the scenes live in stormont, as talks resume for the first time since the power—sharing agreement collapsed three years ago. keir starmer — the shadow brexit secretary — officially launches his bid to become the next labour leader, saying the country needs radical policies to fight inequality. the moralfight the moral fight against injustice and poverty and homelessness isjust as big a moralfight as it was in the general election. coming up, the best exclusive stories from vicotoria derbyshire — a review of the week, that's at a50. —— victoria derbyshire. borisjohnson has said that iran's admission that it shot down by mistake a ukrainian passenger plane over tehran is an ‘important first step‘. four britons were among the 176 people killed in wednesday‘s crash. a senior iranian military official said the airliner was misidentified as a cruise missile. iran‘s president rouhani has called the downing of the jet an "unforgiveable mista ke". our diplomatic c

first, first minister in northern ireland and first deputy first minister for northern ireland. applause. seamus mallon‘s place in history is assured, as the first irish nationalist to be joint head of the power—sharing devolved government at stormont. he became deputy first minister weeks after he helped to negotiate the good friday peace agreement, along with his party leader, john hume. the teacher from county armagh became involved in politics during a campaign for civil rights in the late 1960s. in 1986, he won a seat in the house of commons, which he held for almost two decades. but it was his work back at home which he most valued. his consistent condemnation of violence and his persistence in persuading people away from it, earned him international respect. 0nly last year he was still speaking out to encourage reconciliation. if we have the courage and the desire for two communities to live together in a palatable way, if we want that, we can we can get it. it's going to be tough, it's going to require a lot of goodwill and hope. but if we haven't got hope, you've no

we don't physically have enough people in northern ireland, so we enough people in northern ireland, so we have to export. if we are not exporting, we need to get around the table again. we need to make sure there are not going to be any barriers for us, so that we can continue to export. with a product like ours, it is really, really important that we understand if there are going to be legislation changes, because there are so much —— there is so much compliance required for us, it is really, really important. and what have you been told about what changes could been told about what changes could be coming down the line, and what other things you are contending with in terms of your planning right now? from a perspective, we have been advised by our auditing accountants to set up a company in the republic of ireland, which we have done. we also had to apply for our vat numbers in the republic of ireland, and the same thing in holland as well. we need to make sure this will be frictionless for us, and we need to make sure that if we want to sell or grow the company, then we're g

of northern ireland rejoining the republic of ireland? —— emma. of northern ireland rejoining the republic of ireland? -- emma. well, look, the question of a united ireland came back to the fore during the brexit process. sinn fein, the largest irish nationalists, the republican party here, they used it asa republican party here, they used it as a way to... republican party here, they used it asawayto... a republican party here, they used it as a way to... a bigger pardon, very loud. they used it as a way to really, if you like, but their horn for their cause tooth further the cause for a border poll for irish community. that —— the democratic unionist party were angry about that, trying to hold targeted british roots. prosise hard their positions, really into their two changes. that is what reawakened all the old divisions in northern ireland and why it became the part of the brexit process that really wasn't talked about all that much in the referendum but suddenly came to the referendum but suddenly came to the fore as the diff

the wettest weather is in the north and west of scotland, northern ireland, rain at at times, showers across some eastern and southern areas, but many stay predominantly dry and widespread gales again from the south east and gales up to 70, may 80 mph across the hebrides, auckland and shetland. —— 0rkney. temperatures up to 50 degrees in the north east of wales, northern ireland and 60 celsius in the north east of scotland. milder air is swept out of the way into wednesday, not the chain across southern and eastern areas at this stage and wednesday should be dry for many. we could see more wet and windy weather across the south on thursday before dry and cold conditions visit at the weekend. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: the body of the iranian general assasinated by the us on iraqi soil is returned, as borisjohnson says "we will not lament" his death. they chant anti—american slogans are heard in parliament in tehran. the united states says it is preparing for any iranian response. the australian prime minister warns that the bushfire emergency co

it was part of their campaign to try and undermine british rule in northern ireland and to make northern ireland effectively ungovernable. >> no warnings were given, and the targets seem to have been chosen precisely because they would be crowded with people at that time of day. >> what they managed to do was make the percussive regularity of bombs going off the norm in northern ireland during the 1970s. >> what do you think will happen? >> i think they'll just keep bombing going on. >> it's got to end some time. >> aye, some time, but i don't know when. nobody knows. >> i'm jim mckay speaking to you live at this moment from abc headquarters just outside the olympic village in munich, west germany. the olympics of serenity have become the one thing the germans didn't want them to be, the olympics of terror. >> i was in my bed at the hotel. and the phone rang, and they said, you better get in here. some terrorists have taken over the apartments of the israeli team. and i said, they did what? >> at about 5:00 this morning, before dawn, arab guerillas believed now to be five in number got o

northern england, northern ireland and scotla nd england, northern ireland and scotland will see some sunny spells, some showers in scotland which will be wintry on the hills. temperatures, six and seven, around eight in northern england but still in double figures pushing further south and west. this evening and overnight, an area of low pressure comes in from the south—west, bringing all of this rain, pushing into southern scotland and northern ireland, with some hill snow at times. it will be a windy night across england and wales. just how much there is no pressure deepens will define how windy it is going to be but as we move north of that area it will be a frosty night. tomorrow, the rain and snow will push up into the rain and snow will push up into the north sea leaving a largely dry day but later in the day we will have some more rain sweeping in from the south—west. hello, good morning, this is bbc news with me annita mcveigh. the headlines: iran has fired missiles at two airbases housing american—led forces in iraq, in response to the us drone strike which killed gene

parts of scotland and the odd one for northern ireland. but a lot of dry, fine weather, even here. temperatures seeing a range of 4—11. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10: britain's ambassador is arrested during anti—government protests in tehran after iran finally admits it shot down a passenger plane by mistake. 176 people died in the crash. tonight, the canadian prime minister says he expects a full investigation. this is an extremely serious matter. canada and the world still have many questions, questions that must be answered. the queen and other senior royals will meet at sandringham on monday to discuss harry and meghan‘s decision to step back from their roles. the northern ireland assembly resumes for the first time since the collapse of power—sharing three years ago. we can agree that there was too much suffering and that we cannot allow

ireland, northern england, and some outbreaks of rain developing in north wales as well. now, the far north of scotland still with a bit of brightness around and a few showers here, not as windy as it is further south in scotland. but you can see still some outbreaks of heavy rain here. brushing parts of northern ireland, especially in the north and west, turning wetter through the afternoon across cumbria. some outbreaks of rain in the pennines, reaching into snowdonia. a few showers elsewhere in wales, one or two developing into the south—west. but a large part of england will be staying dry, but more cloud than we have had so far today. now, tonight, still a bit of rain, northern ireland, the north of england, but most of it will be in scotland, and spreading north. some low cloud, misty, murky, damp, drizzly weather heading towards parts of south—west england and south wales. your temperatures are staying well above freezing for most of us overnight. so that will feel different in the morning, but it will look different — plenty of cloud around. some rain still

single figure values across scotland and northern ireland. when windy weather towards the east of the country through thursday night into friday with a fence around and not quite as windy so it's a bit of the messy day with sunshine and showers and have across england and wales over the high ground and some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland and more them of is seen in the past two days but towards the northwest it will turn colder not just across the north but even in the south eight or 9 degrees. the blue colours invade across the uk into the weekend and you have a north northwesterly wind but this is an area of high pressure and some u nsu btle an area of high pressure and some unsubtle things down in the weekend, it will be turning drier but part of and later winds but it will be notably quarter with a return to overnight frost as well. that is your latest weather, good night. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00 — the governement has agreed a rescue deal for flybe, one of the biggest regional airlines in europe, in order to

simon the political breakthrough in northern ireland. the authorities agree to a por-sharing administration after years of deadlock. andpr climate chaotests across australia as hot, wiy weather threens to fan a new bushfires. ♪ ♪ mon: hello and welcome to "world news today." iran has once again rejected suggestions one of its missiles brought down a ukrnian passenger jet on wednesday, killing 176 people. the picture remains un we do know the flight took off from a j tehran airport after six eclectic the morning, but two minutes later, data from the flight stuff. the plane c down to the southwest of the capital. 63 of the victims were canadian. h our noerican correspondent reports from toronto. reporter: the sense of utte disbelief now is palpable. elthe shocking rions about how this disaster may have happened compounded of course by the huge sense of loss. >> i am crying sin yesterday. i lost one of the students from the school it is so sad. so sad. >> some people say it was just engi failure. some peopl it was done by missiles. real

although famous for its past, northern ireland is looking to the future. today, same—sex marriage is legal for the first time. but a dark history still clouds politics here, and over the years, huge sums have been spent helping northern ireland find its way. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. there will be 5 candidates competing to be the next leader of the labour party after the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry, secured enough nominations in the last ten minutes of voting to go thorugh to the next round of the contest. shejoinsjess phillips, sir keir starmer, lisa nandy and rebecca long bailey, who'd already got the backing of 22 mps and meps. earlier clive lewis pulled out — after he failed to get the necessary support. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from bury where she's been getting the opinion of labour party members. who will they choose? after being battered at the election, labour members have another big vote, this time, a vote of their own. we've got to get this right. we've got to get this leadership election right. we ne

ireland, northern ireland and northern scotland, low levels in scotland, if centimetres of snow in places and icy conditions for some of us as well on monday morning on untreated surfaces so don't get caught out by that. on monday, there will be further showers around, medically to the south and west, wintree on the hills of northern britain, some pushing further east, may be emerging to give longer spells of rain in the south coast. it will be a chilly feel two things as well but they will also be some sunshine. there could be helen thunder in there as well. if we take a look at there as well. if we take a look at the extended forecast, there is a colder feel two things with sunshine and showers, some wintree to start the week and although it will be wet and windy at the end of the week it will be much milder by then. this is bbc world news today. our top stories: china orders a ban on organised tour groups, as a deadly new strain of coronavirus continues to spread. the police have told us that you can drive in but we can't drive out, so it seems that this whole province where the corona