downing street says talks with the eu over a brexit deal covering northern ireland have been positive , raising hopes of a new agreement. also in northern ireland. a fifth person s been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the off duty police officerjohn caldwell in omagh. and, we report on the huge relief effort in turkey and syria, to try to help people who have lost everything in the catastrophic earthquakes. some of these guys have been flying around 2000 hours since the earthquake struck. they say they were medically evacuating casualties for hours, but they say they will keep going as long as they can. ukraine s president zelensky has said he plans to meet china s leader, xijinping, to discuss beijing s proposals on ending the war in ukraine. he made the comments in a question and answer session in kyiv, to mark the first anniversary of the russian invasion. translation: first of all, i am planning to meet - with xijinping and i think it will be benefici
we ll ask how the plan might work. also ahead. downing street says talks with the eu over a brexit deal covering northern ireland have been positive , raising hopes of a new agreement. also in northern ireland. a fifth person s been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the off duty police officerjohn caldwell in omagh. officially, there are just 30 minutes left to vote in nigeria s most competitive elections since the end of military rule. but there are still long queues, with reports that some polling stations didn t open on time. a record number of people, nearly 90 million, have been eligible to vote. there s tight security across the country. 18 candidates are running to replace president buhari. the election is being seen as one of the most unpredictable in recent years. joining me now from lagos is our west africa correspondent, mayenijones. thank you forjoining us. just give us a little bit of context surrounding these elections, they are taking place i
to be faulty. with 30 minutes ago, the electoral commission says that everybody will get to vote as long as they are in line by 230. it s not clear what will happen in those polling stations where polling hasn t even started yet. you been talkin: hasn t even started yet. you been talking about hasn t even started yet. you been talking about the hasn t even started yet. you been talking about the economy, - hasn t even started yet. you been talking about the economy, jobs, | talking about the economy, jobs, lots of people want a president that is going to make sure they can get into work. but, also, the politics around this, this is such an interesting and unpredictable election, usually there are two main parties involved, this time there is three. ~ , ~ parties involved, this time there is three. ~ , ~ ., , three. absolutely. i think that s what makes three. absolutely. i think that s what makes this three. absolutely. i think that s what makes this election - three. absolut
because of some major youth led anti police brutality protest that took place here in 2020 and moved into demands for better government. that movement, then south movement, seems to inspire young people to come out devoted a full stop will be interesting to see what turnout figures are once polls close. i will corresmnd figures are once polls close. i will corresmnd on figures are once polls close. i will correspond on in figures are once polls close. i will correspond on in lagos, - figures are once polls close. i will correspond on in lagos, thank you very much. progress is being made in talks between the uk and the eu over a new brexit deal for northern ireland. the british prime minister has been trying to win support for changes to the so called protocol. the current agreement creates trade barriers between the british mainland and northern ireland. 0ur political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, reports. the uk and the eu appear to be inching closer to a new deal on th
martha: back to the quentin tarantino story. he is speaking out on the backlash he is facing for comments at a recent anti-police brutality protest. the filmmaker clarifying views on police. he made no apologies for calling some of them, quote, murderers. just because i was at a anti-police brutality protest doesn t mean i m antipolice. basically they re, there was a lot of people at that rally. we were all crying for, we were crying for a lot of things. there was one thing in particular, stop shooting unarmed people. we want justice but stop shooting unarmed people. they don t want to deal with that. they would rather, would rather start argument with celebrities than examine concerns put before them by citizenry that has lost trust in them. martha: so, joined by marjorie clifton, former consultant to the obama campaign and principal of clifton consulting. kevin mccullough, talk show