and sinn face the ultimate goal is to leave the united kingdom and become one country with the republic of ireland. whatever the result there is still uncertainty about whether a power—sharing government will be formed afterwards because of tensions over brexit and other issues. 0ur ireland colour respondent reports. 0ur ireland colour respondent reports. i have got a message tonight for sinn fein. you will never defeat the protestant people of ulster! never! the dominance of unionism through the decades is now in more jeopardy than ever before. the party opposed to northern ireland's existence may now define its future. but in the race for stormont today, many voters have become tired of the old struggle between those who want to remain part of the uk and those who want a united ireland. i think we're stuck with green and orange tribalism. we can't continue with what we do because we're going to get exactly what we've always got. power sharing has been collapsed here for nearly as much time as it's been active and the election result could lead to months' more uncertainty. we seem to

united kingdom... but for british passenger david abel, that was not nearly enough. this afternoon he took to social media to express his frustration. it feels that we have been forgotten, that you don't really care about us, and that you're actually not wanting us to come home. at tokyo's haneda airport tonight, the us—chartered planes touch down. the american evacuees now face a gruelling flight, and another quarantine. but those we spoke to say they prefer that to spending another day on a ship where they do not feel safe. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in yokohama. thousands of passengers are facing major disruption at heathrow airport, after a systems failure affecting all terminals. travellers described the situation as ‘chaos' with departure screens not working — and no announcements, leaving people unsure where to go to catch their flights. the airport have said, they experienced technical problems, and have deployed ‘passenger ambassadors', to show people to their gates and that the systems are now begining to return to normal after the technica

that year, theodore roosevelt was us president and edward vii was king of the united kingdom. tanaka was married at 19 and had four children. she survived cancer, two world wars, the 1918 spanish flu and, of course, the covid—19 pandemic. with her death, the world's oldest person is now lucile randon, a 118—year—old french nun. before she died kane tanaka shared her secret to a long life. she said she was getting up at 6:00am, spending afternoons studying maths, and keeping busy. she only stopped working at the family shop age 103. japan has the oldest population in the world. diet, healthcare and the fact that many older people continue to work into their latter years, to work into their later years, is said to be the reason behind their long lives. emily brown, bbc news. that is all for now. but do stay with us on bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @kacungira. hello. if it's rain you're after, you won't find any substantial amounts in this forecast. we were on monday teased by a few showers out there that only produced a few millimetres of rain here and ther

those who support northern ireland remaining part of the united kingdom, and those who support the idea of becoming a united ireland. next thursday, people are voting in elections and the results could be historic, with polls predicting that nationalists could become the biggest party in stormont. our correspondent emma vardy has been finding out how relevant the separation between british or irish identity still is in northern ireland. every band is unique and every band wants their own trousers, hat, jacket. soon, many streets will echo with the sound most symbolic of northern ireland's unionist heartlands. my father was a drummer and his father was a drummer. the hundreds of marching bands represent a distinct image of british identity here. it's not to offend. it keeps a lot of children off the streets because they're being taught an instrument. for a large section of voters, views over northern ireland's future within the union still has the biggest impact over the way they vote. do you think people make judgements about someone's identity here quite quickly? it's the only country

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it was an honour to call him a friend of the united kingdom. my him a friend of the united kingdom. my deepest sympathies go to his family and the american people". so, that tribute from the prime minister just the latest of many, many tributes to senatorjohn mccain, who has died in the united states at the age of 81. directors who dissolve companies to avoid paying workers‘ wages or pensions could face heavy fines or be band from running firms, under government proposals. ministers are planning changes in the wake of what they describe as "recent large—scale business failures". here‘s our business correspondent, jonty bloom. bhs went to the wall in 2016 with a huge hole in its pension fund yet had been a highly profitable com pa ny yea rs before and its directors continued to be highly paid, as the company fell to pieces around them. no laws were broken, but shareholders and suppliers lost millions, while workers lost theirjobs and their pensions were cut. now, the government has announced measures to try to restore faith in the management of companies, including plans to dis

the united kingdom, zero points. in 2019 and 2021, we took last place, but that looks set to change this year. sam ryder�*s song space man is currently one of the favourites to win with bookmakers. # i'm in space, man...# for people who don't know the sam ryder story, tell us about... ..tell us about growing up. i grew up in a house of music, not that my parents were musicians, but theyjust loved music. so, it's records playing constantly. earth, wind and fire, beautiful south, queen. and, like, even now, they listen to the same records, like, full blast. i mean, full blast, when they're like cleaning the house or mowing the lawn. my neighbours all know. the records will be playing so loud, so they can still hear it over the lawnmower. sam came to fame during lockdown, after he started posting cover versions on the video—sharing website tiktok. i'd been working in construction for years and years and then sort of started singing at weddings. it took, you know, lockdown to happen, for all the weddings and stuff to

the united kingdom, alongside many of those a0 countries, are using that law to effectively provide aid to ukraine. when, how, ukraine uses the weapon systems it has is governed by international law, geneva convention and all of the rules of law, that is something we feel strongly about, but if it does so, it is perfectly right, ukraine, to use those weapons to defend itself and, part of defending itself in this type of invasion is obviously where ukraine will go after the supply lines of the russian army because, without fuel and food and ammunition the russian army grinds to a halt and can no longer continue this invasion, so, you know, i don't know of any evidence of the attacks or the explosions that we have seen in russia have actually come from ukraine state, but if ukraine did choose to target logistics infrastructure for the russian army, that would be legitimate under international law, and if they did it, they currently don't have british weapons that could do that, so it is unlikely that it is our weapons, but if they did it, it is legitimate and it is in line with internatio

kingdom, and it is the protocol which makes the election significant notjust for northern ireland but for people around the uk and the european union as well. and then there is the question of the rise of the middle ground, for a very long time here people have been boxed into a political persuasion or another, but that could be changing in a big way in this election. so let's take a look now with ireland correspondent chris paige, who has been talking to people at a place where people from all backgrounds come together, the sports pitch. politics in northern ireland can often seem as if it's one side against the other and winner takes all. but events like this are breaking down barriers between communities, bringing together unionists and nationalists, protestants and catholics. the other team scored and the home team's cheering them. that's what it's about. limestone united from belfast are playing palmerstown fc from dublin in the first—ever star of the sea cup. it's been organised by raymond mccord, whose son was murdered by the loyalist group the uvf. the competition is named a

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kingdom. the lesson from previous regeneration projects across the country is that if you don't invest in the people, you won't see meaningful and lasting change. you need to inspire people to believe in their own potential. markjones runs one of seven food banks in rhyl. a christian pastor, too, he says the levelling—up efforts need to feed the soul as well as the body. those plans need to show the people of rhyl that there is a hope and a future for them, that the plans actually give them an opportunity for betterjobs, for example. it's ok to invest, but you've also got to inspire. for decades, it was known as "sunny rhyl" — a place where memories were made. but the town needs a future, not a past. reawakened, as much as regenerated. michael buchanan, bbc news, rhyl. donald trump's vice president, mike pence, says he had no power to overturned the result of the 2020 us presidential election, and that mr trump was wrong to think he could have done so. the former president, who has falsely

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states, china, russia, korea, and obviously eu member the united kingdom, they are all involved now in this big next—generation reactor that hopefully, in the next 20—30 years, will take us to the goal that we want to get to, which is to extract useful energy out of these reactions. �* ., , reactions. brilliantly explain, thanks. it's emerged that many of the whatsapp messages, disclosed to the high court yesterday, which showed the reality television star rebekah vardy discussed leaking stories about coleen rooney to the press — shouldn't have been made public. the news came as the court hearing continues this afternoon. our correspondent sanchia berg is there for us. just talk us through what has been said in court. just talk us through what has been said in court-— said in court. well, it's not quite ritht to said in court. well, it's not quite right to say _ said in court. well, it's not quite right to say they _ said in court. well, it's not quite right to say they should - said in court. well, it's not quite right to say they should not i said in court. well, it's no

kingdom and all of the people all over the world. it gives you a powerful platform, obviously, having the backing of ed sheeran and being able to tell your story in this way. yeah. but the absolute fundamental reality is where you are and what you have just been describing. was it quite surreal writing this and then producing this in the midst of what is going on around you? it was hard, but i decided to tell, like, my own story to let the people feel it, how they can do it. so not so easy was to record the voice, because our studio was under occupation, while we were creating the lyrics for the song, creating the lyrics in our hearts and our hands and our heads, so our studio was under occupation, but we found a way to record the voice, and also our friends, a big thanks for our ukrainian friends that created the video for this song. the video is also very heartbreaking, you should watch it, i am asking you, please, watch the video, because the video compares the message of this song. and the money raised will be going to charities

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we have been very clear that we will not accept something that separates out our united kingdom, creating some sort of customs border between great britain and northern ireland. that would be unacceptable, constitutionally, economically and indeed i would question its consistency with the belfast good friday agreement. the problem is the eu won't accept the uk alternative. it closed doors, theresa may will tonight try to persuade eu leaders her idea of a customs deal followed by the chequers plan is a workable way to lock down a brexit deal. it seems the best mrs may can hope forfrom her it seems the best mrs may can hope for from her triple it seems the best mrs may can hope forfrom her triple for to it seems the best mrs may can hope for from her triple for to the edge of the alps is some warm words. eu leaders will not negotiate with her, they will not change their position towards the talks, and they will not instruct mr barnier to compromise at this stage. instead they will do the opposite, and see the uk has to agree a solution to the irish border if it wants an exit treaty. and tha

kingdom. the deal�*s final hurdle. the important agreement of the eu agreement, the view was for consent. the deal was agreed just before christmas and came into effect on new year's day but ratification was delayed due to the short amount of time between the deal being struck and coming into force. reacting to the approval — the european commission president ursula von der leyen said the approval was the foundation of a strong and close partnership with the uk. but added "faithful implementation is essential". responding to the final approval of the brexit deal the prime minister said: now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. for many of us today, we are looking at a lot of cloud, scattered showers, and chilly wind. most of the rain is across parts of england and wales. it will brighten up england and wales. it will brighten up in northern england the summer sunshine, but showers across northern ireland and scotland, some of the showers could be heavy and thundery.

kingdom. so, we've got rain and strong winds to come for the next couple of days. now, that rain is already beginning to arrive across westernmost areas, and that process will continue for the next few hours. whereas across eastern areas, it stays drier. a dry start to thursday morning and not particularly cold. the winds picking up across the south—west, though, quite quickly in the morning. bright start across eastern areas, and to be honest, there probably won't be that much in the way of rain across the south—east. northern scotland not faring too bad either. but, otherwise, a lot of rain to come across western areas, with some strong winds blowing into the coast of wales in particular. gusts here around 50—60mph. winds that strong will likely bring down a few tree branches. there could be some localised transport disruption. the low pressure's still there on friday. heavier rain this time going in across into the south—east of england through the afternoon. and the strongest winds

theodore is a us president and edward vii was king of the united kingdom. kane tanaka was married at 19 and had four children. she survived cancer, to wild boars, the spanish flu and the covid—19 pandemic. with her death, the world's oldest person is now lucile randon, eight 118 french none. before she died she shared her secret to long life. she was getting up to long life. she was getting up at six spending afternoon studying maths and keeping busy. she only stopped working at the family shop age 103. japan has the older population in the world. diet, healthcare and the fact that many older people continue to work into the latter years is said to be the latter years is said to be the reason behind that long life. emily brown, bbc news. i will bring you the headlines in a few minutes. stay with us on bbc news. hello. if it's rain you're after, you won't find any substantial amounts in this forecast. we were on monday teased by a few showers out there that only produced a few millimetres of rain here and there and they are not a sign of things to come. th

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the united states, japan and the united kingdom of course recently completed some naval exercises with four aircraft carriers in waters approximate to taiwan and i think some carriers in waters proximate to taiwan and i think some of what china is doing is trying to show that it too has a capacity to threaten taiwan. two competing visions between the inevitability of unification and taiwan�*s vision that it will not be forced down a path it does not want to take. mark lobel, bbc news. ina in a moment, a round—up of the latest national and international news with michelle hussain. english apples are said to be redder and tastier than ever this year thanks to ideal weather conditions over the past 12 months. however many could be left rotting in the fields because of a shortage of fruit pickers, according to growers. our reporterjosie hannett has the story. nothing beats a crisp, juicy apple and this year, due to the english weather, apparently they taste better than ever. but it�*s not been plain sailing for farmers. a pandemic, a shortage of hgv drivers and brexit have been causi

the sanctions that have been imposed by the united kingdom to punish putin and his forces. that has been welcomed by the ukrainian president. and we saw a walkabout between the two leaders in kyiv at the weekend how important that is notjust for politicians in ukraine but the people of ukraine. i am looking at the situation. i'm looking innocent women and children being targeted by russians. i'm looking at war in europe i thought i would never see in my lifetime. and i'm looking at the situation right now, where we need to be as strong and united as possible to help the people of ukraine win their country back again, to defeat the russian forces. because we know that putin won't stop with ukraine if he gets his way there. in stop with ukraine if he gets his way there. , ., ., stop with ukraine if he gets his way there. i. ., ., , , there. in your own words there is an one there. in your own words there is any one consequence _ there. in your own words there is any one consequence if _ there. in your own words there is | any one consequence if somebody breaks the ministerial

the purpose of the project, said the prince, was to conserve the united kingdom's natural heritage, to protect ancient woodlands and to plant many thousands of new trees in celebration of the queen's 70 years on the throne. let's have a look at the weather. hello there. a change of fortunes for many today, but not for all. i have managed to find a few glimpses of sunshine. not a bad start in parts of the highlands of scotland, particularly in comparison to saturday where we had an inch of rain falling in one or two areas, but most of us have been waking up to skies like this. so for the remainder of the day we keep quite a lot of low, grey cloud and at times we'll see some outbreaks of rain as this area of low pressure continues to push its way steadily southwards, squeezing the high out of the way. so the rain so far has been moving out of scotland and northern ireland into the north—west of england and parts of wales. it is starting to weaken a little as it bumps into that high pressure, so we will see some showery outbreaks of rain for central and southern england, but a rather gr

there is an area of high pressure right across the united kingdom giving plenty of settled weather as we go through the weekend. but trapped underneath that, there is a lot of cloud. now, where there have been clear spells overnight and into the morning, in scotland and northern england in particular, this is where we will wake up to the lowest temperatures and there will be frost in places too. but there will also be some sunny spells and fog across the eastern side of england in particular, dense in places, some patches lingering all day in a few spots and thick enough to be affecting travel. in terms of where we see some sunny spells, scotland, northern england, westernmost parts of wales, far south of england, maybe a few brighter breaks in northern ireland at times. temperatures mainly around six or 10 celsius, but there it will be colder, fog lingers and there will be parts of scotland that stay just above freezing all day long. as we go on through saturday night, again, its way out for all those breaks in the cloud, particularly into parts of northern england and scotland, you'

with the united kingdom, and it's also a very important concession to agree to have these talks sector by sector in order that we can get some results as early as possible, because a full comprehensive trade negotiation could take years and years. other areas including agriculture and that famous chlorinated chicken, will take longer to agree. but here, too, mr bolton said there will be lots of support in congress for speedy ratification. britain's successful exit from the eu, he says, is very much in america's interest. it all sounds very appealing. the us is the largest single export market for the uk. but as a bloc, the eu is still much bigger. and there's another concern. will britain's newly isolated status make us susceptible to all sorts of other american demands? i think you have to be a little bit careful of someone like john bolton bearing gifts, because this is a very transactional administration, as you know, and they will want something in return. this is notjust, here, we love you, we are going to make life easy for you post—brexit. there will be requests in return. tho

kingdom. today the government�*s independent advisors have published a report looking at how that could be done. the social mobility commission argues that one of the challenges is enabling people to move up the career ladder , without having to move to new areas , as our correspondent katie wray reports. for the last ten years i feel like i have gone backwards. the pandemic happened. my dreams, my career was alljust put on hold. the experiences of two young people from different parts of the uk. one of them is from here, grimsby. once the world�*s largest sea fishing port, it still has a fish processing industry and is also a hub for car imports. yet some in the town feel forgotten and see their futures elsewhere. this was actually a working men�*s club. yet some in the town feel forgotten and see their futures elsewhere. here, they are known as grimberians. he has a passion for acting. his passions were discovered in his local youth theatre but he had to move to london to develop them.

this debate is about the future of the people of the uk and the future of the united kingdom. at least 25 people are killed in flooding and landslides in the philippines — as typhoon mangkhut approaches hong kong. the big problem, although not so much in evidence around here, is smashed windows, smashed glass. we've seen lots of this stuff flying around, and that is really dangerous to try to deal with. in the united states — communities on the east coast face "epic amounts of rainfall" — as tropical storm florence continues its path of destruction. and at 11.30 — a journey into the controversial world of live animal exports, bbc scotland investigates the dairy industry. the prime minister has defended her plan for brexit and revealed she becomes "irritated" when asked how long she'll last in thejob. in an exclusive interview with the bbc‘s nick robinson, theresa may said the debate was not about her future, but the future of the united kingdom. and she was also critical of the former foreign secretary borisjohnson, as our political correspondent chris mason reports.

now time for a look at some of the stories across the united kingdom. muslims are fasting for the month of ramadan — it means no eating or drinking from dawn to dusk. last night, preston north end invited hundreds of muslim supporters to break their fast at deepdale. they were also given a tour of the club's ground by north end player bambo diaby — who is also fasting. they then prayed and broke fast together. it's being done to encourage diversity and inclusion in football. juliet phillips reports. preston north end defender bambo diaby is used to getting pictures with fans — but this event was extra special. as a muslim, bambo is fasting for ramadan. last night, he broke his fast with hundreds of muslims from across the city. i'm very proud because i never see this in other clubs. it's not only for football, you know? it's doing more, it's more human. and it's excellent. it's all about reaching out to the south asian community, something preston north end have been commended for. last yea r�*s efforts meant they were named community project of

, we are especially thankful for the leadership which the united kingdom and its prime minister shows in the help of ukraine and, yes, harpoon and brimstone missiles from the uk, they are en route, they are coming to ukraine and they are strengthening our defence on the sea, but even without, i can tell you that we were very successful with the attack against the russian flag ship. it was a missile cruiser which became a submarine, because it was sent down by ukrainians and that changed the situation in the black sea. i'm joined now by general sir richard barrons, former head of the uk's joint forces command and now co—chairman of universal defence and secuity solutions. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the programme. let's thank you for coming on the auroramme_ ., programme. good afternoon. let's get our programme. good afternoon. let's get your assessment _ programme. good afternoon. let's get your assessment first _ programme. good afternoon. let's get your assessment first of _ programme. good afternoon. let

the united states, united kingdom and some european countries are helping but we need it sooner, we need it now. is it enough? we don't think so. the priority word is sooner, the priority word is quickly and the priority word, now. he is a president who has been cut off from his people, a citizenry suffering unimaginable horrors at the hands of a ruthless adversary. he is full of hate, he says, for russia's troops and their leaders, gradually limiting the scope for peace talks. how do you sit across the table to try to stop the war? how do you do that? bucha is in this process closing this possibility. bucha, borodyanka, mariupol, so i don't have, you know, it's not about me, it's more about russia. they will not have so many chances. in the long period to speak with us. and what of those european countries despite other sanctions still sending billions to russia in oil and gas revenues? translation: we don't understand how you can make money out of blood. - unfortunately some european countries have done this. before the war began i spoke to chancellor merkel and said, if a full—scale

the data suggest the united kingdom is one of the most nature depleted places in the world, ranking in the bottom 10% of all countries. we have been to a nature reserve in the north of the england. just outside the busy city of york is askham bob, created by a retreating glacier 15,000 years ago. it is brimming with biodiversity, but a new report says that the uk is one of the most nature—depleted countries in the world. a new report says thatjust 53% of our biodiversity is left. that is compared with the global average of 75%. that matters because biodiversity affects the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat. biodiversity is more than something that is beautiful to look at and that we love. it also what provides us with so many of our basic needs. it is the foundation of our society. we have seen recently how disruptive it can be when supply chains break down. nature is at the base of our supply chains. the lack of biodiversity is linked to the industrial revolution. what can we do to protect places like this? last year the secretary of state turned down a plan to

we are going to get on with the job of delivering for the people of the whole of the united kingdom. for now, mrjohnson can leave it all behind — he's off to india on a trip which he says will concentrate on jobs, defence and energy security. if back here, labour want mrjohnson investigated by a committee of mps, that will look into whether he has knowingly misled parliament. there will be a vote on that tomorrow. the government should have the numbers to make sure it doesn't happen. but i've spoken to several conservative mps who think it would be a really bad look to block this move, and if mrjohnson has done nothing wrong, then he has nothing to fear. we might find out later how downing street are going to play this one. the time is 6:15. our top story this evening... after weeks under attack, ukraine offers to swap russian prisoners of war for civilians trapped in the besieged city of mariupol. and ministers urge completing further in the cladding crisis. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel, what now for manchester united? the players were seco

we agree with the united kingdom that the protocol was the only solution ensuring the absence of a hardboard in northern ireland. we've been really debating that for years and we've found the one and only solution —— the absence of a hard border in northern ireland. we have a treaty on that, it's been signed by both sides, it is important we now implement the protocol. we have shown flexibility, we will show flexibility, but the protocol and the withdrawal agreement has to be implemented completely. 0ur chief political correspondent adam fleming is at tregenna castle in st ives. good morning. some really big ambitions for this meeting of cause and how vital will it be forjoe biden on his first official foreign trip? he's been signalling that the us is back in a traditional way on the world stage so how vital is this meeting to cement that? he’s the world stage so how vital is this meeting to cement that? he's already achieved one — meeting to cement that? he's already achieved one big _ meeting to cement that? he's already achieved one big thing _ meeting to cement that? he's already

iceland, one of the pics of muggers in the united . pics of muggers in the united kingdom took palm oil, the quite controversial oil use and affected in vain for a set of reduction of also its product a couple of years ago, most notably things like peanut butter, and they have a place in palm oil with sunflower oil. unfortunately again now because of the supply crunch and sunflower oil they are having to bring back palm oil. richard walker says ten travelling to some of those products. it is not what the business wants to do but because of the lack of sunflower oil palm oil is going into some products. they say temporarily for 50 products and it is going to be as short as it can put until supplies rebound again it is going back in.— is going back in. thank you for takin: us is going back in. thank you for taking us through _ is going back in. thank you for taking us through that, - is going back in. thank you for taking us through that, simon| taking us through that, simon browning. the bbc has learned that negotiations to reach financial settlements for 39 subpostmasters in the uk, w

the other democratic western countries should follow the example of the united kingdom. from borisjohnson arriving as horrors are unearthed from neighbouring towns, warm words for a leader he called a lion. i thank you for what you've been able to do. i think your leadership has been extraordinary and i think in what putin has done in places like bucha and in irpin, his war crimes have permanently polluted his reputation and the reputation of his government. borisjohnson was long keen to come here to kyiv, but was waiting for the security situation to stabilise following the withdrawal of russian troops from the area. and while this city has calmed, the renewed russian offensive in the east has made ukraine push even harderfor more military aid. russian tanks pushed on as a governor in the east urged civilians to flee immediately, warning of troops massing nearby. bucha, near kyiv, now free of russian troops, shows what might lie in store elsewhere — 360 people are said to have died here and ukraine, the david against the goliath, is still crying out for help. mark low

the purpose of the project, said the prince, was to conserve the united kingdom's natural heritage, to protect ancient woodlands and plant many thousands of new trees in celebration of the queen's 70 years on the throne. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernacker. it was a very mixed bag today across the uk. thick cloud across england and wales. the best of the brightness was across northern ireland and parts of scotland. this is the focus for the evening and overnight, and it will be some clear spells around. generally speaking, overcast skies for most of us. still bits of pieces of light rain in the south. and a relatively mild night. temperatures between 6—9 . here is bank holiday monday. notice the chilly breeze in the north there. it really will be quite nippy in northern parts of scotland. i think a day with a lot of cloud and also occasional showers breaking out. across scotland, england, maybe wales, too. temperatures recovering somewhat in the south. and then through tuesday and wednesday, i think that mixed bag continues. around 100 people have been ev

the revealing the fundamental values of the united kingdom.— the united kingdom. the prime minister in _ the united kingdom. the prime minister in the _ the united kingdom. the prime minister in the commons - the united kingdom. the prime minister in the commons giving the united kingdom. the prime - minister in the commons giving that statement on afghanistan. let's get some more from our political correspondent in the central lobby. the prime minister made a couple of interesting points in that statement. he talked about working with the uk's friends in the region to help those people who has been given commitments that they would be helped out of the country, in order to get them out of the country, now that the airlift has ended. but he talked about updating the resettlement scheme, making it clear that it wouldn't just resettlement scheme, making it clear that it wouldn'tjust be those afghans who worked directly with british forces, who would be eligible to leave, but also those who talked and have campaigned for democratic norms in the country, women's rigs

translation: france and the united kingdom are allies that have been subjected to a common threat, and we will be united in ourjoint response to it. france is holding its own parliamentary elections at the moment and as a result of last night's attack, security has been tightened up here in london at polling stations were french nationals living in the uk are already casting their votes. few elections it seems can escape the shadow of terrorism. james landale, bbc news, central london. as london comes to terms with what happened here on saturday night, manchester was paying tribute to the 22 people who lost their lives at the suicide bombing. ariana grande ariana grande promised to return and she did that with many big names from the music industry. they came to dance, to sing and to remember. she was the artist they most wanted to see and the voice they'd waited to hear. # midnight shadows when finding love is a battle...#. she was joined by children from a manchester school. crowd sing: # you are my everything...#. there were tears and hugs and then ariana grande revealed that she ha

i think the five eyes, the united states, canada, the united kingdom, australia and new zealand, typically when we do see that activity, it is very advanced. they also prize their operational security so we rarely see it. but very advanced countries do that because they have the most advanced economies. and that makes us vulnerable. we rely on technology every day, and that means attacks on technology can change our way of life, affect our of life. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: how a 24—year—old american who specialises in stunts has topped the annual list of the world's highest—paid youtube stars. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and it's one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. l huge parts of kobe - were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. i this woman said - she'd been given no help and n

ii united kingdom, notjust in one place, is pretty special. if people hat ten to place, is pretty special. if people happen to be _ place, is pretty special. if people happen to be in _ place, is pretty special. if people happen to be in the _ place, is pretty special. if people happen to be in the vicinity, i place, is pretty special. if people happen to be in the vicinity, theyj happen to be in the vicinity, they may have heard the guns? i think the ma may have heard the guns? i think they may have — may have heard the guns? i think they may have felt _ may have heard the guns? i think they may have felt the _ may have heard the guns? i think| they may have felt the vibrations, too. as john they may have felt the vibrations, too. asjohn maguire was saying in portsmouth, he was feeling it. a sombre occasion, but those noises break through the silence. jonathan, thank you very much indeed. that was our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. while we are watching the end of the ceremony, millions of young people around the world have taken pa

united kingdom... but for british passenger david abel, that was not nearly enough. this afternoon he took to social media to express his frustration. it feels that we have been forgotten, that you don't really care about us, and that you're actually not wanting us to come home. at tokyo's haneda airport tonight, the us—chartered planes touch down. the american evacuees now face a gruelling flight, and another quarantine. but those we spoke to say they prefer that to spending another day on a ship where they do not feel safe. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in yokohama. almost two years ago, blackburn in lancashire was selected for a social cohesion pilot by the government, to try to break down ethnic and religious divisions. now, there are signs that different communities are beginning to come together. as part of a new bbc season, crossing divides, our home editor, mark easton, reports now. blackburn's white british and muslim asian communities are said to live parallel lives. neighbourhoods, schools and workplaces are deeply segregated here. but with governm

i'm glad to see countries like the united kingdom and poland and some of the baltic countries and others stepping forward to provide arms to ukraine. these weapons don't believe the kremlin talking points to your audience, these are not an offensive threat to moscow, they will simply raise the cost of aggression and hopefully change putin's mind or convince him that he cannot achieve his political object lives in ukraine with additional aggression against ukraine. haw aggression against ukraine. how do ou aggression against ukraine. how do you see _ aggression against ukraine. how do you see this _ aggression against ukraine. how do you see this playing out? we have had a lot of high—stakes diplomacy over the past few days that continued today. we are also hearing from russians how they are feeling at the moment. we have heard from ukrainians as well, so worried about what may happen on their borders. how do you see it? mt; borders. how do you see it? my heart borders. how do you see it? ij�*i heart goes borders. how do you see it? m heart goes out to borders. how do you see it? m1:

kingdom. yes, it's a massive weather front, or a couple really. it's going to be pushing southwards, bringing some heavy rain. the rain always heaviest across the hills and coasts of north—west england and wales. to the east of higher ground, it's one of those fronts where the rain's probably not going to amount to too much. but nevertheless there will be some damp weather getting into the east of the pennines, for example. given it stays quite windy overnight, temperatures will stay up into double figures. and this massive long weather front marks the dividing line between some coolish air that we've got flowing into northern areas, and air that's come in more from the mid—tropical atlantic across the south. so a lot of cloud around, but we are going to see the highest temperatures across southern counties of england. now, i wouldn't even rule out an odd spot of drizzle towards the coasts and hills in the south to start the day. but, for many of us, probably a dry start. now, through the

not from the united kingdom. which to highlight that, i find very offensive. it was unnecessary to do it and racist. what has been labour's response? labour sources point to a statement that jeremy corbyn published last night and i will read a bit of it, it said he defended the palestinian ambassador in the face of what he thought were the elaborate misrepresentations by people for who english was a first language, when english was not the first language of the ambassador. essential but they say that means is that he said that those at the meeting failed to understand irony, not because they were jewish, but despite the fact that they were english. and that they say is a differing characterisation and a different way of understanding his comments. that has not those stopped several labour mps raising concerns about what he said, saying that the language was inexcusable and abhorrent. another said the video contained inexcusable comments and it is worth noting that those are from regular critics ofjeremy corbyn, but the tweet received support on twitter from ot

_ this response and the government of the united kingdom for supporting poland _ the united kingdom for supporting poland during this attack. those soldiers — poland during this attack. those soldiers will indeed support our army— soldiers will indeed support our army as — soldiers will indeed support our army as well. translation: today we are facing another challenge, _ translation: today we are facing another challenge, the _ translation: today we are facing another challenge, the russian - another challenge, the russian aggressive policy towards ukraine and is _ aggressive policy towards ukraine and is part as nato but also in a bilateral— and is part as nato but also in a bilateral level, poland and the uk are necessary to take decisions to deter— are necessary to take decisions to deter potential aggression. translation: a based on experience, we see that only _ translation: a based on experience, we see that only a _ translation: a based on experience, we see that only a deterrent _ translation: a based on experience, we see that only a deterrent policy - we see tha

earlier my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke to ukraine's ambassador to the united kingdom, vadym prystaiko, about the comparison to nazi germany, and whether he believed moscow could negotiate in good faith. how can we believe after what has happened to us, after all these years of war, previous promises, like, we will defend you if you give up nuclear weapons and getting out of crimea by 2017, which we signed with them, and still, 2022, and they are still there — so we cannot believe or trust the word of russians but at the same time we have to work with them, there is diplomacy, so we don't trust but we have to find where we can work together to understand how the situation can be defused. what is the scope for that? i think we are unfortunately reaching the moment when all the cards are already on the table, all the leaders made their visits, telephone calls, collectively, personally, individually, the russians act quite unhappy that they haven't received the answers on their demands which they put to nato, that nato will roll back on 1997 line. who even remember where the network, 19

there is a vacancy at the heart of the united kingdom, and it needs urgently to be filled. so that we can talk together, share information, pool ideas and demonstrate a determination that the whole of the country can face these challenges together at this difficult time. the labour leader says problems with the testing system mean it's much harder to control the spread of the virus. this feels very much like we were in february, and so we need quick, decisive action on a national scale from the prime minister. he needs to set out what he's going to do and reassure the nation. we will support him if he does that. many are enjoying these last days of summer. but ministers are already anxious about the severe challenges ahead. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. so from next tuesday over 4.5 million people are under stricter measures and parts of the northwest of england, the west midlands and parts of yorkshire. so, from next tuesday, more than 4.5 million more people are under stricter measures in parts of the north west of england, west yorkshire and the midlands. there'll