good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is in northern ireland, trying to win support for his new deal on post brexit trading arrangements. rishi sunak says he s confident that the windsor framework, as the new agreement is called, addresses the concerns of the democratic unionist party. and that it removes any sense of a border down the irish sea, which the dup objects to. he said his deal was not about one political party but about what s best for people and communities. the leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the deal represented progress, but he thought there were still issues with it. the brexitjourney has lasted for seven years. borders have moved to the centre, dominating politics here. does everyone hear that? it s about people. but the prime minister thinks he s finally found a solution. at a factory in county antrim, he told people the devolved governments would have a unique economic advantage, with local businesses having full access t
in terms of the cold and the coldness and the impact that would have on a baby, clearly the risk is getting higher and we have to be open to the fact that this might not end in the way that we would like. also on the programme tonight: the prime minister returns to belfast to try to build support for his post brexit trading arrangements agreed with the eu. northern ireland is in the unbelievably special position, unique position in the entire world, european continent, in having privileged access notjust to the uk home market, which is enormous, fifth biggest in the world, but also the european union single market. nobody else has that. thousands of teachers on strike across britain this week over pay and conditions. and, beaten by a whisker england s cricketers lose to new zealand byjust one run. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. it s fa cup time! we ll have the best of the action from the fifth round with a host of tasty ties to tuck into. good evening
lucas tomlinson is here live with the latest. reporter: jon, according to a new fox news poll, 3 out of 4 voters think the economy is getting worse. while eating ice cream in portland this weekend, president biden appeared to disagree. i m not concerned about the [inaudible] i m concerned about the rest of the world. does that make sense? can you explain that? yes. our economy s strong as hell. reporter: a majority of voters, 51%, to be exact, say their financial situation is now worse compared to two years ago. only 15% say it was better. on fox news sunday, congressman steve scalise offered this explanation why: do. they are furious with biden and pelosi s far-left, socialist agenda that has led to just the cost of everything you guy when you go to the grocery store, if you can even afford to put gas in your car. reporter: if the election for president were held today, only 33% of voters would vote to reelect biden. a majority, 54%, would vote for someone
conversation with someone from your medical team to interview your physician. you ve declined those requests. why? i feel like we have been very transparent in a lot of different ways. when our doctor has already given a letter saying that i m able to serve and to be running. dana: james freeman from the wall street journal ahead with reaction but bryan llenas is live in the newsroom. the nbc reporter said during small talk before the interview without the use of closed captioning it was not clear whether john fetterman understood their conversation. when pressed as to why he has not released his medical records fetterman pointed to his campaign schedule. being in front of thousands and thousands of people and having interviews and getting around all across pennsylvania, that gives everybody and the voters decide if they think that it s really the issue. the pittsburgh post-gazette in washington post editorial boards have called on both candidates to release t
yes, and we could get some extreme heat next weekend but today has a decent shout to be the hottest day of the year so far. in the last 20 minutes, kew in london has seen temperatures of up to 32.8. this time of year we could get maximum temperature is around 5pm, so quite late in the day. and it stays hot through the rest of the week before temperatures really start to surge. looks like we ve got a bit of a gremlin. we will be back. i don t know what s gremlin. we will be back. i don t know what s happening - gremlin. we will be back. i don t know what s happening to - gremlin. we will be back. i don t know what s happening to the i gremlin. we will be back. i don t - know what s happening to the cameras but keep talking because they are coming back. but keep talking because they are coming back- coming back. loads of sunshine across the coming back. loads of sunshine across the country coming back. loads of sunshine across the country with - coming back. loads of sun