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Female sports fan in iran whos died after setting herself alight, in protest over a ban on women attending football games. Donald trump has sacked one of his most senior figures, the National Security adviser, john bolton. And as usual he, told us about via twitter. This is all after peace talks with the taliban in afghanistan collapsed. And while thats the focus we know there were disagreements over iran, venezuela, and north korea. For his part ambassador bolton has said. And they did. Heres secretary of state mike pompeo on the sacking. So last night, the president asked for ambassador boltons resignation. Asi for ambassador boltons resignation. As i understand it, it was received this morning. Was a because of this disagreement . I will leave it to the president to talk about that the reasons he made his decision. Of the president is entitled to the staff he wants. At any moment, if a staff member that works directly for the president he should have people you trust and values, and whose effo rts you trust and values, and whose efforts and judgements benefit him. Lets bring in our washington correspondent, gary odonoghue, on whats caused this sudden sacking. Well, a blazing row, apparently, between these two men at some point yesterday, a sort of culmination of disagreements wherejohn bolton was increasingly frozen out by trump and the secretary of state not just in afghanistan, but from things like iran. He was in favour of those air strikes, if you remember, that trump cancelled at the last minute. He was against the idea of an unconditional offer to meet president rouhani, and he was much, much more critical of the North Koreans in terms of their Ballistic Missile tests than trump had been. Very public disagreements because one man would say one thing in one place, and then trump would contradict him in another. So it has been building in some ways, but still a shock and a major change at the top of the administration. Well go back to gary in a minute. Now, john boltonjoins a long list of those who have been fired, or resigned from Donald Trumps white house. Just in the National Security adviser role, his first adviser, michael flynn, resigned afterjust21i days in office after lying to Vice President mike pence about his relationship with russias ambassador to the United States. Herbert Raymond Mcmaster was next, he found himself at odds with trump on afghanistan and the russian meddling in the 2016 election and was also given the boot. Trump then brought injohn bolton. Lets bring back gary on what this means for the Trump Administration and its foreign policy. Well, the National Security council, which the nsa heads up, is an incredibly important part of the white house. And one of the reasons thats given by sources that are talking to the us media, is thatjohn bolton was trying to run his own show. He wasnt working to trumps priorities. And as we know, donald trump likes strong, charismatic hawkish people likejohn bolton thats why he got him in in the first place. On the face of it, their policies were the same, a really tough line on iran. But of course, trump believes that he is the x factor, he is the different character that can go into these international relationships, these intractable international relationships, and be the difference, whereasjohn bolton believed in that hard line in the same way that trump did, but there was a sort of traditional use of american muscle that was the way to win out diplomatically. And mr bolton knows his own mind before he took this gig, he was a regular in the us tv media, particularly fox news. You imagine he will have a thing or two to say at some point . Yes, in fact hes already told a journalist that he will have his say in his good time. He was texting apparently some of the anchors on fox news just after the news broke, making it very clear that in his view, he resigned and wasnt fired. So i suspect hes pretty crossed about this, i suspect hes the kind of man that will not keep his mouth shut for long. On this issue, wevejust on this issue, weve just heard from the White House Deputy press secretary. The acting adviser is charlie kaufman. The fact is the president of the United States asked john bolton for his resignation last night. It was delivered today. John boltons priorities and policies just dont line up with the president s. In any sitting president has the right to put someone president has the right to put someone in that can carry out his agenda. That no longer became tenable, so the president made a change. Thanks. There is no one issue there is no one issue here. You guys understand, and we have now said that theyjust didnt align on many issues. That is why we are where we are. We are moving forward, charlie government is in that position, but we will hear more issues from the Briefing Room in a moment. The uk is in the midst of its greatest crisis since the second world war. And the house of commons is empty, after being suspended by Prime Minister borisjohnson. It will remain that way for five weeks. Proroguing parliament does happen for short periods of time every year, but the timing of this is highly unusual and highly controversial. It restricts the time that mps can discuss and work on brexit and so, in their short term, reduces their influence. And the moment late last night that parliament was officially suspended it restricts the time that mps can discuss bristled with political tension. Shouting. Chanting shame on you, shame on you booing. Pushing, booing. Those shouts of shame on you were directed at borisjohnson and his supporters. For his part, mrjohnson seems intent on showing he is working on a new policy agenda. James forsyth, Political Editor of the spectator magazine said. Heres borisjohnson on that. So we are going to get on. More free schools, more police, more hospitals, better hospitals, upgrading our hospitals, and coming out on 31 october. That sounds like a Prime Minister who knows an election is coming. It wont be in mid october because mps rejected his suggestion last night for a second time. Opposition parties argue they wont sanction an election until either there is a brexit deal, or the brexit deadline is extended. But they all know there has to be an election sooner rather than later. Heres labour leaderJeremy Corbyn. I can tell you this we are ready for that election. We are ready to unleash the biggest People Powered campaign weve ever seen in this country and in this movement. Applause also, Jeremy Corbyn has cleared up one part of labours brexit policy what will happen, if labour gets it way and holds a second referendum. And in that election, we will commit to a public vote with a credible option to leave, and the option to remain. So labour is offering a new referendum. The liberal democrats have gone further. We read this during yesterdays show. Liberal democrats will make this brexit mess stop. Immediately. We will revoke article 50 and keep the uk in the eu. There is also a group called mps for a deal which draws from across parliament. Heres one of them. I think that what weve got to do is really Start Talking about it honestly, what we are prepared to accept, and what will get this across the line. Because at the moment, the country is in a state of flux. There is so much heat around this debate, and parliament looks like its failing time after time. As for the government, borisjohnson told cabinet his brexit policy remains unchanged. He says brexit is happening on 31 october, come what may. Remember, thats despite a new law that demands he ask for an extension on 19 october if there isnt an agreement. Its not clear what hell do if we get to that point. Chris mason is in millbank. Live from westminster. He seems to be pushing that one down the track, not telling us what he might do . Its a useful primary we just heard from you there about where the various british Political Parties are. It gives you an insight into the degree with which the political classes and society at large are bogged down in this brexit process. There isnt an obvious solution for the country to leave it behind. As you say, as far as the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, you say, as far as the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is concerned, he will not get his election when he wants. He sounded far keener on the idea of a deal with the eu then he had in brea to recent weeks. But just tonight hes been meeting with the dup, the party propping up his conservatives for the last couple of years. Their reason for existing is to ensure that Northern Ireland remains part of the uk, separate from the republic of ireland which will remaina part republic of ireland which will remain a part of the eu regardless of what happens. The dup have said tonight that there is no way that they would live with one potential solution to this impasse which has been floated in the last few days, which is that Northern Ireland maintainsafora which is that Northern Ireland maintains a for a closer relationship than the rest of the eu after brexit, the england, scotland and wales do, which is called the Northern Ireland only backstop, as opposed to the one indicating the whole uk, which ensures that there is not a border because of the history between the two countries. The dup make it very clear they dont like the idea of Northern Ireland being part and parcel separately, and borisjohnson says neither does he. A strange situation because we dont have an election but all Party Leaders are acting like there is one . Thats because what is coming, and it is coming soon, just not as soon as Boris Johnson was hoping. So it wont happen next month, at which looked very likely until the middle of last week. But such is the bubbling sense here that it is going to come soon. I dont think that collectively this postcode will be able to keep the cork in the election bottle for much longer beyond the end of next month. So the two scenarios at the end of next month are this the uk leaves the eu with or without a deal, or there is another delay to brexit and there is another delay to brexit and the other delay is looking more likely now than it was because of an act of parliament that says it should happen. Once you get into november, it becomes very difficult for these Political Parties that have been willing to press the pause button. Itll be very difficult for them at that point and notjust button. Itll be very difficult for them at that point and not just say lets bring this on, particularly if they feel theyve managed to humiliate the Prime Minister in the process. I hear brexit cast is coming to the uk, will you still talk to us . Of course ill talk to you but that is coming this week, which is frightening honestly because turning a podcast into television, there is an endless list of things i can go wrong. Thank you very much, chris. Brexit cast, the tv version is available to you whether you watch in the uk or elsewhere around the world. If you dont subscribe to the podcast, you can get it now through bbc sounds, it is brilliant. Stay with us on outside source still to come. Apple has been unveiling various plans for the iphone and for its watch, as well. We will talk about that in a moment. Japan says it may have to release more than a Million Tonnes of contaminated water from the Fukushima Nuclear power plant into the pacific ocean. The countrys environment minister says its because Storage Space is running out. Heres Rupert Wingfield hayes. Every day, they pump out around 200 tonnes of contaminated water from the reactor buildings at the damaged nuclear plant. They put that through a complex filtration process that takes most of the radioactive isotopes out. But one isotope is left apparently the technology does not exist to remove it, and that is tritium. One of the things theyve done for the last eight years or so is storing this water. In three years, at the end of 2022, they will actually run out of space at the plant to build more tanks. And so, the suggestion has been made that it should be released into the pacific ocean. And in fact today, weve heard the environment minister saying he now supports that plan. But it is hugely controversial. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story. Donald trump has fired his National Security adviser, john bolton, after a string of disagreements. Trump revealed the news in a customary tweet. Here are some of the main stories from bbc world service. The israeli Prime Minister has promised that if hes re elected next week, hell apply israeli sovereignty over the jordan valley. Benjamin netanyahus announcement amounts to a pledge to effectively annex a key part of the occupied west bank. An american adventurer has become the first person to reach the deepest places in all five of ea rths oceans. In his final dive, victor vescovo, used a submersible to travel five and a half kilometres down, to the bottom of the arctic oceans molloy trench. Hed already reached the floor of the pacific, indian, southern and atlantic oceans. Which means he will need a new goal. Lets talk about Climate Change and more specifically, adaptation. In the context of Climate Change, this means the way we adapt the way we live to deal with higher temperatures, rising seas, and fiercer storms. This is new report from the Global Commission on adaptation. You can find the whole thing online if you want to read it. It says that wealthy countries need to invest a 1. 8 trillion in the next decade on safeguarding food and water in poorer countries. They argue that will create 7. 1 trillion in the Global Economy. The group behind the report contains 3a leaders from politics, business, and science. And its lead by mircosoft founder bill gates and former un secretary general, ban ki moon. Here he is at the reports launch. Adaptation can save lives. Protect our homes and communities, and safeguard and build a Better Future for us all. We have a phrase at the Global Commission on adaptation. Delay and pay, or plan and prosper. The report sets out five key areas that require urgent investment. Victoria gill can take us through them. Number one warning systems. For vulnerable island and coastal communities, early warnings about storms and very high tides can save lives. Technology is like this simple Smartphone App for fishermen in the cook islands mean they can plan according to increasingly changing sea conditions. Number two infrastructure. Constructing better roads, buildings, and bridges to suit our changing climate. 10 million square feet of rooftops in new york have already been painted white. The reflective coating keeps the building cooler and can even bring down the temperature of the neighbourhood. Number three agriculture. More than 800 Million People already dont have enough to to eat, according to the un. This programme in england helps the poorest farmers grow more diverse and less water dependent crops will subprojects like this could help avoid mass hunger. This programme in india. Number four restoring and protecting mangroves. Underwater mangrove forests protect about 18 Million People from coastal flooding, but they are being wiped out. Building simple bamboo and rope structures like these in indonesia traps sediment that mangroves need to build, so they can reestablish. Five water. Protecting Water Supplies and making sure that water is not being wasted will be vital. So while this report looks to better prepare for the consequences of a changing climate in the future, many poorer countries are already dealing with the effects heres the bbc World Services environment correspondent, navin singh khadka. Thats the reason why they are talking about things like early warning. One figure for instance where they have said this is if you invested 800 million, then you will be able to avoid losses between 3 billion and 16 billion annually. So most of them are definitely the poor countries, low island countries. These countries often figure in this annual report which are most vulnerable. So obviously the situation for them is quite urgent. Theres a lot of big figures going around, promises that the Global Economy will benefit by trillions of dollars if the right things are done. Help me understand how they come up with those numbers, how do they calculate all these benefits for the local economy dashed Global Economy if they are spending all this money on adaptation . The thing is theyve identified areas, these five areas. And it is basically the way they have calculated our economies, for instance. But the key is theyve identified sectors and areas where we need them. So on that basis, the key question here is to get those 7 trillion benefit, you need to invest 2 trillion now. The question is where will you get that money from . Lets imagine the money appears. I want to understand how the money is delivered to these countries, presumably they want this money. But what is the system for delivering it . That is the climate financing politics again. That brings in what we already have, there are many players involved, and some of them are already working on this, but then there are complaints especially by recipients, poorer countries that have not received that aid which they have been asking for. That is why they have asked for this formation of Green Climate funds, which was supposed to have 100 million a year, and they say is not there. Apple has unveiled whats new for the year ahead. The list includes the iphone 11 which boasts a better camera and increased battery life as well as more details on its Tv Streaming Service and gaming platform. Vivienne nunis is in new york. Honestly, a good camera and a better battery is the least i would expect. While there are some sceptics. I was watching the event earlier today and there were lots of glitz as we would expect, but lots of people are sipping the kool aid. There will be another apple iphone 11 which has two cameras, that is the selling point. It is also supposed to take better photos in low light. But interestingly the pro version, the more expensive version of the iphone 11, will have three cameras. This piqued my interest because you cant film to different shots at once dashed you can, which could be helpful. That could be helpful. Tell us helpful. That could be helpful. Tell us about the streaming service . New shows are being bogged down by some Critical Issues . Well streaming is an issue apple area apple is moving into, not just an issue apple area apple is moving into, notjust hardware, we are seeing iphone sales slow a little bit. We heard about apple tv plus, the new streaming service, as well as the apple store having a streaming service, like netflix for gaming, so apple will put more attention on it streaming services to bring in some revenue. Vivian, thank you. The worlds biggest car show is happening in frankfurt right now. One big question mark for european car makers is brexit. Heres the chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover on his companys position. In order to produce vehicles, we need in the uk in between 20 25 million parts a day delivered on time in order to assemble the vehicle. And if it is guaranteed that we have a frictionless if it is guaranteed that we have a seamless border, whatever, then we can continue production. But if we dont get the parts we need, we will not produce the vehicle. And that will be an issue not only for us, but also for the smaller suppliers, and it is probably notjust for the Automotive Industry in the uk, but the export industry as well. Jack ma, the billionaire founder of chinese e commerce giant alibaba has stepped down. Karishma vaswani looks back at the career of the richest businessman in china. Flamboyant, direct, and unafraid of speaking his mind. Jack ma is known as the stevejobs of china for building an Internet Company that the world now knows. He founded alibaba two the world now knows. He founded aliba ba two decades the world now knows. He founded alibaba two decades ago. The group of friends in a shared apartment thatis of friends in a shared apartment that is still the companys had cords to today. The company took advantage of chinas growing consumer markets and offered a platform for firms and consumers to buy and sell to each other, ushering ina new buy and sell to each other, ushering in a new phase of the e Commerce Industry in china. Today is it does everything from Financial Services to mobile payments to cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Still, there are lots of challenges ahead. Growth is slowing in alibabas main market, china, and the us china trade war is dampening expansion plans in the United States. Then there is a delay of the multi billion dollar ipo in hong kong reportedly because of pro democracy protests there. All of these things will be big issues for danieljunk, these things will be big issues for daniel junk, the man jack these things will be big issues for danieljunk, the manjack ma is handing the reins of alibaba two. Now hejoined the handing the reins of alibaba two. Now he joined the company handing the reins of alibaba two. Now hejoined the company in handing the reins of alibaba two. Now he joined the company in 2007, he is an accountant by training and credited for coming up the highly successful singles day shopping festival, which is one of alibabas main money spenders. But perhaps his biggest challenge will be living up to the image of his predecessor, who is loved and respected both within the company and on the international stage. Off we talk about the irish quarterback stop between the uk and the eu, which has not gone to the house of commons dashed often we talk. It is only a deal in theory at the moment, and after a couple minutes break, we will focus on that particular issue, the border on the island of ireland and how discussions around exit are all profoundly connected to the discussions around that border in the 90s that led up to the good friday agreement. We will also look at the history of britain and ireland further back. Thats coming up ireland further back. Thats coming up in ireland further back. Thats coming upina ireland further back. Thats coming up in a couple minutes time. Hello, good evening, time to take a look at the key Global Weather stories, starting off down under in australia. Ill show you some pictures, look at these bushfires which have been burning extensively across many eastern parts of australia. It is very early in the season to see fires to this extent, still really only getting into the very start of the spring. Partly because it has been very dry, partly because it has been very dry, partly because we have seen weather systems clipping very close to the east of australia that has strengthened the winds. The winds at least will use as an area of High Pressure works its way over the next couple of days. But it remains dry, so that risk of fires continues, particularly as heat from the west extends its way eastwards. Remember, it is very early in the spring, in these temperatures for brisbane are pretty high, so it stays dry even the winds will be light, but there is the ongoing risk of more bushfires. Now to japan, the storm that made the news is clearing away. There is another area of low pressure heading towards japan, it doesnt look like much on our satellite image here, but this will bring more rain in places where they could really do without it. Meanwhile further south in the pacific, see these clusters of blue . This is where we might develop our next Tropical Storm, but even if we dont there is a lot of rain to come across the philippines. A quick work on the bahamas, where we had such devastation because of Hurricane Dorian. Going downhill over the next few days, lots of down downpour and thunderstorms, nothing like what we saw from dorian but these potential downpours will not be welcome as the clear up continues. I mention Hurricane Dorian, we can actually track it over the last week. It shows how all of our Global Weather ties together. That storm which moved away from the bahamas pushed up moved away from the bahamas pushed up the east coast of north america has moved out into the atlantic. It has moved out into the atlantic. It has weakened the energy from the storm, spreading out quite a lot, but it is still the same area of low pressure and it will be dominating the weather across the northwest of europe over the next 2a hours or so. You can see that low drifting close to the north of the british isles, lots of white lines and isobars, so it windy day ahead of wednesday. Our bricks of rain clearing the way from the uk during wednesday morning, pushing into the northwest of Continental Europe dashed outbreaks. With these tropical systems, temperatures are starting to climb across many western areas. Anyone heading off to holiday hot spots in southeastern spain, this forecast will not be welcome. A lot of thunderstorms rumbling around here over the next few days, with gusty winds. There could even be some flash flooding, but certainly the threat of some travel problems. Closer to home, overnight rain clearing tomorrow morning to leave a mix of sunshine and showers, but it will be a windy day. Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. Donald trump has fired his National Security adviserjohn bolton saying they disagreed strongly. Theyve been at odds on iran and other issues. Boris johnsons had brexit talks in downing street with the Northern Ireland party which supports his government amid suggestions hes considering changes to the irish backstop. Well bring you all the latest on that and look at how the sometimes violent history of britains involvement in ireland in decades past colours the current negotiations over brexit. Hong kongs democracy protests spill over into football, as a world cup qualifying game sees the territorys fans making their voices heard. If you want more background on any of the stories we are covering you get that right now through bbc dot last news. Now weve talked about the irish border a lot on outside source as we report on brexit. In the next 15 minutes, were going to bring up to date on the latest developments. But were also going to look back to the good friday agreement and the decades of violence that predated it and in doing so we want to explore how the history of the border is shaping its role in the brexit story. But before any history, first today. Borisjohnson has held talks with the Northern Irish democratic unionist party. Heres dup leader Arelene Foster and deputy leadeer nigel dodds arriving at downing street earlier. So whats going on . Heres one theory. Carwynjones, former first minister of wales, from the labour party. For those of you not following every twist and turn of the brexit saga, that needs a little explanation. Thats a reference to the idea of a Northern Ireland only backstop. The backstop is a plan to avoid border checks on the island of ireland if the uk and eu dont cut a new trade deal. In its current form it does this by aligning all of the uk with the eus trading arrangements. Brexiteers dont like it. A Northern Ireland only backstop would mean only Northern Ireland is aligned with the eu. Politically its complicated. Northern ireland would essentially stay as part of the eus customs territory while the rest of the uk wouldnt. So Great Britain could go off an make trade deals around the world but Northern Ireland wouldnt be included. Northern ireland would also have to stay close to many of the rules of the Single Market it would mean that its treated differently. Here is mairead mcguinness, who represents ireland in the european parliament, speaking yesterday. The original proposal was that there would be a Northern Ireland only backstop, and that was rejected because of the all uk scenario. If we are going back to that than i think theres a lot of scope, however, there are political sensitivities and the question i would ask in return is with the house of commons agree to that and it comes to vote on that . But heres the thing the eu suggested a Northern Ireland only backstop to begin with months ago and the uk said no. The then Prime Minister theresa may, said it would. Threaten the constitutional integrity of the uk no uk prime minster could ever agree to it. Well see if shes right. Also relevant to her calcualtions was what happened in the 2017 general election. Mrs may lost her majority. To get one she did a deal with the democratic unionists. So if theresa may was going to have any hope of getting a brexit deal through parliament, she needed the dup. And the dups very reason for being is to defend Northern Irelands place in the uk. They dont want Northern Ireland to be treated differently to the rest of the uk. Heres nigel dodds yesterday. The original and Northern Ireland only backstop was of course a suggestion from the European Commission rejected by theresa may and byJeremy Corbyn in the words no british Prime Minister could ever accept such a solution, why . Because it separates Northern Ireland in terms of the uk Single Market and three quarters all our goods are sold there, and it would cause a breach of the good friday agreement. So whats changed now . Not much from the dups point of view as youve just seen. But parliamentary arithmetic has changed. Under theresa may, the dup held the balance of power. That doesnt apply any more. Last week Boris Johnson threw out 21 conservative mps for voting against him. As faisalislam puts it. Northern ireland only backstop no no. 10 doesnt but it still needs a majority of mps and it controls far fewer than a majority. So the equation has changed but nothing will be easy. The Prime Ministers office has dampened the speculation we are not seeking a Northern Ireland only backstop, a spokesperson said. Although number 10 also denied the government was planning to prorogue parliament. Earlier the guardians brexit correspondent Lisa Ocarroll explained the twists and turns. It seems like it is a circle that cannot be squared, on the one hand. The dup argue that they should maintain Constitutional Union with united kingdom, but on the other hand breaks it seems to threaten the good friday agreement. How do you reconcile the two, its very difficult. As you know it backstop, uk wide backstop was rejected by Parliament Three times. It was a early option and was seen in 2017 camorra morne theresa may flew over to brussels quite memorably to sign a deal and had not squared the dup. On foster phones theresa may and suddenly the whole deal is off. So the answer, i think, is in the paragraph 50 of the reports back in 2017, but the dup got inserted and that talks about unfettered trade between Northern Ireland and the uk but also this area that was dormant. The issue of the irish border matters notjust for how goods and people move between Northern Ireland the republic of irelkand its also about peace, and about britain and irelands shared history. Because todays discussions about ireland and brexit are being conducted in the context of another successful negotiation two decades ago. And the british and irish leaders acknowledged this yesterday. The good friday agreement is the best example if ever we needed it to show that old photos could come together to deal with the most intractable problems. Together to deal with the most intractable problemslj together to deal with the most intractable problems. I think its time to honour the achievements of our predecessors that tackled far worse problems than this one. The good friday agreement brought to an end decades of violence in Northern Ireland. Go back much further than that ireland became independent from britain in 1922. But even before then the island had been divided into two, the north with a majority protestant population, the south with a catholic majority. And when independence arrived, Northern Ireland stayed part of the uk, against the wishes of the catholics who lived there. A long political struggle began and in the 70s elements on both sides turned to violence. In belfast, the pro uk group the uvf bombed a pub killing 15 people. This is the memorial there today. On the other side the ira wanted a United Ireland they launched a series of attacks, in 1974 hitting pubs in birmingham two bombs there killing 19 people. Ten years later in brighton they bombed the conservative Party Conference killing five people. Guests in the Hotel Included Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who narrowly escaped the blast. Northern ireland is a very different place today because of the good friday agreement. Its peaceful and more prosperous but challenges remain. Emma vardy is the bbcs ireland correspondent. Parents were urged to get their children home, as petrol bombs were thrown at police lines. Officers say at least two young people involved the violence began when around 80 officers entered the area of derry known as the creggan. Police had come to carry out searches in an operation targeting the new ira. A bomb was found in the boot of a car. We know that the new ira are constantly planning to Murder Police officers. I dont know if there more devices in creggan, but i would be fairly confident the new ira are planning further attacks against police in Northern Ireland. Violent dissident republicans oppose the british governance of Northern Ireland. It looks like a pretty ordinary street, but this was the property where a bomb was discovered last night, and had it detonated police say it would almost certainly have killed people nearby. The latest in a series of attempts to attack police in recent months. Injanuary, a car bomb was detonated outside derrys courthouse. Several months later, a device was discovered at a golf club under a Senior Police officers car. Injuly, police were lured towards a boobie trap in craigavon, and similar tactics were used in fermanagh. When a device exploded, officers say they were lucky not to be killed. Last weekend, a mortar bomb was found near a Police Station and family homes in strabane. Its not clear whats behind the recent spike in attacks. An attempt, some believe, to exploit the publicity brought by brexit. Groups like the new ira pose much less of a threat than in decades past, but are still able to recruit a limited few to their cause. Emma vardy, bbc news, derry. The good friday agreement was signed in 1998 by the governments of britain and ireland, together with the leaders of the nationalist and unionist communties in Northern Ireland. Katy hayward is from Queens University belfast, she told me more about it. The way they approach the conflict that has endured from 30 years was as if it was a conflict about the border. The border between ireland and the uk, and it conceived that conflict and that border as being a point of cooperation, so britain and ireland could co operate and then it brought in new institutions within Northern Ireland across the irish border between britain and ireland to be able to manage that conflict ina very to be able to manage that conflict in a very cooperative way. And be on that focus on the border what factors needed to align to make those negotiations successful . We had a cease fire between paramilitary organisations and the manifestation of the Peace Process has very much been about the normalisation of the border, so this dismantling of the military watchtowers that were along the border and removal of the security installations. For very practical terms and health, etc we also have substance between petitioners citizens and fundamentally mean that there is very much a closeness between britishness and iron irish and they fundamentally diffusing that idea of a porter is a point of violent conflict. This article in the atlantic looks at how both sides gained something from the good friday agreeement. Concessions by the british side meant nationalists were able to feel irish, within the north. And the ira ending its campaign of violence benefitted britain and the unionists. Tom mctague who wrote the piece points out that the brexit negotiations dont seem to offer the same sort of opportunity for a win win outcome. Bear in mind two things brexiteers insist the uk must leave the eus Single Market and customs union. Secondly, the eu says if theres going to be no hard border. Northern ireland needs to follow the same eu rules for goods as the republic to the south, which will stay inside the eu. What does that mean for the two communities in Northern Ireland . Well nationalists are determined to prevent any further separation any new barriers between the people in the north, and the republic to the south because that would threaten their identity as irish. And unionists insist brexit mustnt mean Northern Ireland operates under different rules to the uk because that threatens their british identity. The article quotesjonathan powell, one of the british officials who brokered the good friday agreement saying you are going to upset this identity balance one way or the other in resolving brexit. Lets get more from katy hayward. Its very important, i think, if we we re its very important, i think, if we were to have a solution after brexited for Northern Ireland and the irish border to be one in which britain and ireland are fundamentally agreed and in which we will continue to seek close cooperation between the two. Some people argue that brexit threatens the stability of the good friday agreement, do you think thats an exaggeration or it could happen it ta kes a exaggeration or it could happen it takes a certain form that the agreement itself would be fundamentally undermined . On one level, brexit does pose a challenge to the stability of the good friday agreement because it puts the uk and ireland on opposite sides of the negotiating table. And we have the discussion around what happens at the irish border after brexit and means that we have the uk and ireland disagreeing about the irish border, and this is the fundamental contradiction of the logic of the good friday agreement which is about them agreeing what can happen at the irish border. Symbolically we have a great tension there. It is possible to find a solution, but this would be very much one that would come in the context of a withdrawal agreement, arguably if you have a no deal brexit itjust puts the uk and ireland at even greater distance, and therefore the Peace Process itself under pressure. There isa process itself under pressure. There is a risk as we keep saying, theres a risk of a return to violence and certainly theres people who are willing to exploit any tensions and disruption in the british and irish relationship. I think fundamental to it all is the question of, is Northern Ireland operating properly . Or is Democratic Institutions working . Are people confident about the future and economic stability, if we have doubts on all of those fronts then certainly, yes, theres a risk to the stability of the Peace Process and the good friday agreement itself. If you more on the history you can find that on bbc news dot coms. Stay with us on outside source still to come. A football fan has died in iran, after she set herself on fire, having been arrested defying a ban on women entering football stadiums. A review by Public Health england has found a quarter of adults have been prescribed drugs in the past year which could be addictive. The review, which covered medicines including painkillers and anti depressants, found that half of these patients had been taking them for at least 12 months. Our Health Editor hugh pym went to meet some of those affected by addiction. I was gripped by these painkillers. I got into the routine where i didnt feel like i could katie became addicted to opioid painkillers when she was 16. Now, a decade on, she is using social media to tell her story. She was put on the painkillers after an operation and found it impossible to do without them. Hows things today . Good. She eventually found the help she needed from an addiction counselling service, the bridge project in bradford. I was taking 2a co codamol a day. Katies was an extreme case. She wants others to know that they can, like her, and with help, beat the addiction. The authors of the latest reports say the prescription drugs they have looked at are vital for many patients but the number of long term users is worrying. For some, longer term use of antidepressants is necessary, but libby from West Yorkshire feels that, by being left on the drugs for 20 years, she has been let down by the health system. I feel like if i had turned to heroin or drink to help me with those problems, there would have been a lot more help for me to come of those things then there has been help for me to come off prescription drugs, and that is my frustration. Groups of gps like this one have been meeting to discuss alternatives, including referring patients to counselling and activities in their local communities. But doctors leaders say they need more backing to help find solutions. We need to spend longer with our patients, and that means Health Leaders say it is nothing like on the same scale as the us opioid addiction crisis, but it is time to get on top of the issue before we see the problems experienced elsewhere. Hugh pym, bbc news. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story is. Donald trump has fired his National Security adviserjohn bolton after a string of disagreements. The president revealed the news in a customary tweet. There have been large protests in hong kong as its team opened its World Cup Qualifying Campaign against iran. This is one of the videos weve got. The protests are part of ongoing demonstrations in support of hong kongs pro democracy movement. Lets hear from some of the people there. Because hong kong needsjustice, hong kong is not china. If you care about freedom, liberty and democracy people all around the world will support us. You always see people, fans can be using football matches asa fans can be using football matches as a way of expressing their political thoughts and also expressing their desire for freedom. As long as they are conducting it in a peaceful manner and respecting the match as well as most importantly respecting the team playing tonight, thenl respecting the team playing tonight, then i am fine with that. These protests have been going on for months, some have turned violent. They began over a proposed extradition bill between hong kong and mainland china. That bill is gone after hong kongs leader carrie lam withdrew it. But the protests arent going anywhere. Nick beak reports from this latest one. The Chinese National anthem is about to play and you can hear with the reaction from the Young Hong Kong citizens tonight. There are booths. So that we have grown to see over the past four or five years and once again people hearing hong kong setting a message to beijing. This is the kind of thing that they really dont like in the chinese capital, and people are making clear that they do not want to be part of china in the future, and of course for the past three months now pro democracy protests of a taking place and tens of thousands have been progressing tonight can we not in the streets or fighting at the moment but they are here to support the Football Team in this 2022 world cup qualifying match and the result this evening does not count. He could feel the people are fired up. As there future they are concerned about, not the result on the football field, its the future of their city that is at stake tonight, and so may people passionately want with their saying in the message theyre sending tonight. Football and politics intertwining. An iranian female football fan has died a week after she set herself on fire outside a courtroom. Sahar khodayari was arrested in tehran in march when she tried to sneak into a stadium disguised as a man. She set herself alight at her trial after hearing she could face six months in prison if convicted. Its worth saying that while its not illegalfor women to go to football games, they are regularly stopped from doing so. Pictures like this one on reddit of women wearing wigs and beards show some of the lengths people go to. Some iranians are now calling for fifa to ban iran from International Competition until women are allowed in. Ali karimi an popular retired footballer in iran is one fo them. His Instagram Post demanding a boycott and showing a women with a football has been liked more than 400,000 times. Politicians are involved too. Deputy telecoms minister. The death of blue girl is a conviction for all of us. Heres the bbc Womens Affairs reporter feranak amidi. If there is a ban on women entering football stadiums come in iran. For yea rs football stadiums come in iran. For years Women Football stadiums come in iran. For yea rs women have football stadiums come in iran. For years women have tried to disguise themselves as men, and enter the stadiums. It was march of last year, i guess, a big group of iranian women try to get into the stadium and they were all arrested. Some of them were taken to court and the rest were released, but it was not unusual to be arrested. Rest were released, but it was not unusualto be arrested. In rest were released, but it was not unusual to be arrested. In those women that choose to get into a game in disguise are they doing that simply for the passion for football ora simply for the passion for football or a political act . Definitely both. Is there passion in a way that they feel about their rights and they have the rights and prerogative to actually be able to share the same amount of public spaces as men do, but also its a protest. In this protest has been going on for ever since the 1979 revolution. And things have changed drastically for women in the past a0 years. A5 years ago on a day like this the swimming tea m ago on a day like this the Swimming Team was swimming, and competing in the asian games and men and women we re the asian games and men and women were cheering them in the same stadium that this girl was arrested. And the doors of it. Things have changed and women have been protesting but in the past two decades this campaign that women have had to enter the stadiums have been getting momentum and especially the past few years with the Campaign Getting more powerful, basically. And i will see you tomorrow. Goodbye. Hello there. Tuesday brought a brief drier and brighter interlude for many. A little bit of mist and merck around first thing, this photo sent in bya around first thing, this photo sent in by a weather watcher but there was a good smell of sunshine to be had, this photo also sent in by a weather watcher. The weather as we move into when state is dominated by this area of low pressure, it is in fa ct this area of low pressure, it is in fact the remnants of x Hurricane Dorian bring what and when you whether as a gradually pushes south and east. Heres how it looks or wednesday, a cloudy start, kamal brea ks wednesday, a cloudy start, kamal breaks a wednesday, a cloudy start, kamal breaksa rain wednesday, a cloudy start, kamal breaks a rain across much of england brighter skies for scotland Northern Ireland and gradually spreading their way south and east. Scattering of showers for parts of scotland in northwest england, when the day across the board with gusts around 30 to a0 mph and locally a bit higher than that for northwest scotland, the temperatures sitting in the high teens for many in the north getting to a max of around 21 celsius the south and east. I was to the back of the weather front is to move it to thursday but the next area of low pressure starts to push in. This is the remnants of Tropical Storm gabrielle and thats going to bring wet weather to parts of scotla nd bring wet weather to parts of scotland and Northern Ireland and england and later into parts of wales as well. The rest of the drier and brighter weather in the south and brighter weather in the south and east, here will feel quite humid thanks to some tropical air that will have dragged in, temperatures and a maximum of around 2a celsius. We will see this sinking south and east and High Pressure building and from the south and west. That means that friday brings a good deal of dry and fine weather for many. A few showers and perhaps just carrying on that west and southwest breeze in the north, but a good deal of dry and fine weather to be had at the temperature is not feeling quite as humid but pleasant in the sunshine, a maximum of around 21 celsius in the south, temperatures in the mid to high teens further north. As a move to the weekend High Pressure looks set to stay with us and that means that we are looking at further dry and fine weather. Perhaps one or two fronts just toppling over the top and so as to move saturday and bring some wet weather for the far north of scotland, here will be breezy as well. Come for the south though Northern Ireland a good deal of dry and fine weather to be had, temperatures stepping out a touch and 23 celsius. High pressure sold dominating as he moved to sunday, would you see this weather front instead north just edging would you see this weather front instead northjust edging its would you see this weather front instead north just edging its way further south. Scotland and the outbreaks of rain too. Just creeping into the west of Northern Ireland but across england and wales were dry and fine weather and around 25 celsius. And whenever we took a quick look into the beginning of next week it does look like were in for more dry and fine weather, it looks like it will edge its way slightly further east at the moment and if it does that we will continue to drag in that warmth of the continent. The temperatures looks set to be a little bit above average for the time of year. That is how its looking at the moment. Bye bye. Tonight at ten, one of Donald Trumps senior colleagues, the National Security adviserjohn bolton, has been sacked. He claims he resigned, but trump says they had disagreements about many areas of policy, and he had to go. Mr bolton, a veteran of previous administrations, was known for his hardline approach to foreign policy. His sacking was defended by other colleagues. The president s entitled to the staff that he wants. He should have people that he trusts and values, and whose efforts and judgments benefit him in delivering American Foreign policy. And so, for the fourth time in under three years, donald trump is looking around for a new person to feel this key strategic role. To fill