in washington last hour, crucial developers in northern ireland tonight. the leader of the dup, jeffrey donaldson, has been meeting with executive members of his party to discuss a possible deal to restore power sharing at stormont next week. the dup collapsed the executive nearly two years ago in protest at the post brexit trading arrangements. the party has been in talks with the uk government this past year seeking changes to the so called windsor framework. and it would seem there has been enough progress to put something to the wider party. there are around 130 members of the executive. the party officers are not present at this meeting tonight, and only they would have the power to sign off on any prospective deal. let s speak to our ireland correspondent, chris page. just talk to me about that bit. this is the wider group of the executive, chris, but i guess if they go in behind jeffrey donaldson, he is in business? , , ., behind jeffrey donaldson, he is in business? ,
council spokespersonjohn kirby. we believe that the attack injordan was a planned resource facilitated by in umbrella group called the islamic resistance of iraq, by an umbrella group called the islamic resistance of iraq, which contains multiple groups including the kateib hezbollah. former uk defence secretary ben wallace spoke to the bbc. kateib says it has suspended forces to to embarrassment. us presidentjoe biden said he has decided how to return to the attack, in a manner of our choosing. iran warned it would retaliate against any attack on what it called its interest. what we make of all this? mary anne marsh is still with us. and philip rycroft. philip, we ve got this morning that the us will not hesitate to strike. at the same time, walking really fine line between making sure the tensions in the middle east do not escalate into a wider conflict, particularly when it comes to iran and the groups that it comes to iran and the groups that it controls throughout that
ruled that donald trump s role injan 6th riot at the us capitol meant he was ineligible to run for office again. the ruling referred to clause 3 of the 14th amendment of the us constitution that prohibits anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding elected office. the supreme court has since taken up that case. and before them in support of colorado is a brief signed by twenty five historians, all of them experts on the civil war and reconstruction. in their submission they write, that, contemporary evidence from the decision makers who sponsored, backed, and voted for the 14th amendment, demonstrates that decision makers crafted section three to cover the president and to create an enduring check on insurrection, requiring no additional action from congress. there are diverging legal views on whether trump must actually be found guilty of the crime of insurrection before he can be deemed constitutionally ineligible, and whether congress needs to play a r
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last month in new york. more on those in a moment. first story making headlines in australia. now to a story which is making headlines in australia and around the world after broadcaster antoinette lattouf was sacked by the abc network for reposting a human rights watch report about gaza. the company has denied it succumbed to external pressure from an israeli lobby group citing a breach of its social media policy and referencing the importance of impartiality. hundreds of staff at the abc have threatened walk outs, unless they get assurances about support to staff in the spotlight. i ve been talking to antoinette lattouf who s now launched legal action against the broadcaster i started by asking how suprised she was, when she was fired. i was floored, not only how i was fired, but how quickly things escalated. one minute i was taking talkback calls about christmas playlists don t include michael buble, the next thrown under the bus in a very public way and within a