Hello. Welcome to Bbc News. Sir Keir Starmer has become the first britIsh Prime MinIster to vIsit the Republic Of Ireland in five years. Downing street says saturdays vIsit marks a new era of co Operation And Friendship between britain and ireland, with london looking to continue a reset of damaged relations with European Union nations after brexit. The Prime MinIster met with simon harrIs, who was only elected taioseach in april just three months before hIs britIsh counterpart so both are relatviely new to their roles. Sir keir and Mr HarrIs swapped Football Shirts ahead of their talks, before going on to attend the Nations League Match between the Republic Of Ireland and england at the Aviva Stadium In Dublin. They did speak earlier and the Prime MinIster outlined hIs expectations from the vIsit. Prime minIster, here we are again following on from chequers, a lot of warm words about the reset in relationship and second meeting in four weeks, but what substantive action are you in the
As a storm introduces heavy rain and severe gales in some parts of the country. Details later. President biden will visit israel tomorrow, in a show of support after more than moo people were killed by gunmen from hamas, a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. The trip was announced by the us secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, who also revealed that israel and the us had agreed to develop a plan to get aid to civilians in gaza. Un agencies have warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in the territory, where more than 2,700 people have been killed by israeli air strikes. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. Israel says it is hitting hamas targets as barrages of rockets are still fired from gaza. But a world leader is heading this way. I wednesday, President Biden will visit israel. He is coming here at a critical moment for israel. For the region and for the world. Itruiith critical moment for israel. For the
We rank the 37 Hong Kong films that were released locally in 2023, from greats like A Guilty Conscience – the city’s highest-grossing local film ever – and Lost Love to stinkers like Prison Flowers.