prime minister rishi sunak is aiming to finalise a deal with brussels on post brexit northern ireland trade rules early this week some speculate as soon as tomorrow. government officials held talks with their counterparts in brussels on sunday in a bid to overcome some of the detail that is currrently unpallatable to some politicians in northern ireland. the so called northern ireland protocol has split political opinion since its inception in 2021. it is the trade deal that was agreed to ensure the free movement of goods across the irish land border after brexit. what do business leaders based in northern ireland think about these latest developments? joining me now is roger poland, head of the federation of small businesses northern ireland good to talk to you again. are you hopeful, are you with those who are domestic and think a deal could done this week? we are deal could done this week? - are hopeful of a deal being done this week and the last miles of the race are
Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london and 8pm in the evening in washington, where nasa has announced the discovery of seven planets, all of which have the potential to hold life. The cluster of new worlds orbit a smaller star less than a0 light years away. Now, more research is planned to discover whether conditions on the planets are likely to support living organisms. Our science editor, David Shukman has the details. An artists impression of a startling discovery deep in space, around a faint and distant star, much weaker than our sun, is a collection of planets that are surprisingly similar to earth. In all, seven of these worlds have been spotted, and astronomers think it may change the way we look at the night sky. The discovery gives us a hint that finding a second earth is notjust a matter of if, but when. An array of telescopes kept watch on one point in space and what the scientists were looking for were tiny clues about the light of a particular star becoming dimmer, on a r
Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london and 8pm in the evening in washington, where nasa has announced the discovery of seven planets, all of which have the potential to hold life. The cluster of new worlds orbit a smaller star less than a0 light years away. Now, more research is planned to discover whether conditions on the planets are likely to support living organisms. Our science editor, David Shukman has the details. An artists impression of a startling discovery deep in space, around a faint and distant star, much weaker than our sun, is a collection of planets that are surprisingly similar to earth. In all, seven of these worlds have been spotted, and astronomers think it may change the way we look at the night sky. The discovery gives us a hint that finding a second earth is notjust a matter of if, but when. An array of telescopes kept watch on one point in space and what the scientists were looking for were tiny clues about the light of a particular star becoming dimmer, on a r
Its 9am here in singapore, 1am in london and 5pm in hollywood, where its the biggest night of the year. The Oscar Ceremony gets underway in half an hour, and the biggest names in the film world have been arriving. We go straight now to peter bowes for the latest. It is or is an exciting night for hollywood. Welcome to los angeles, perhaps we should say la la land, because it is a film that everybody is talking about. 1k nominations. It could set about. 1k nominations. It could set a record. Lets see how it does in all of those categories that it is nominated for later on this evening. As you have already said, it could be one of the most politicised oscars ceremonies for a long time. And also notable for the racial diversity of the nominees, which is something that has been a huge controversy something that has been a huge c0 ntrove isy over something that has been a huge controversy over the last few years in hollywood, with only white actors nominated in the acting categories for the