this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i m mark lobel. the uk and the european union appear to be on the brink of finalising a new deal on post brexit trading rules covering northern ireland and the republic. i think the talks on reforming the protocol are inching towards a conclusion. certainly the deal isn t done yet. anger and poor organisation mars nigeria s closest elections in recent memory, as millions vote for a new president. china fails to condemn russia s invasion of ukraine, causing tensions at a meeting of the g20 major economies. marchers in sydney s gay and lesbian mardi gras arejoined by their prime minister anthony albanese
newspapers to reassure sceptics in his own ranks that any deal won t be a sell out. in an interview with tomorrow s sunday times, he says. but in the sun on sunday, he seems to suggest that his oven ready deal still requires a few more ingredients. as for that progress, it s understood that any deal would make it much easier and less bureaucratic to move goods from great britain to northern ireland and there would be a less rigid application of eu law on vat rates and subsidies to industry. the irish prime ministerfelt that things were moving in the right direction. certainly, a deal isn t done yet but i do feel that we are edging towards a conclusion and i really want to thank the uk government and the european commission and the northern ireland parties for the level of engagement that they have done in recent months
this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i m mark lobel. the uk and the european union appear to be on the brink of finalising a new deal on post brexit trading rules covering northern ireland and the republic. i think the talks on reforming the protocol are inching towards a conclusion. certainly the deal isn t done yet. anger and poor organisation mars nigeria s closest elections in recent memory, as millions vote for a new president. china fails to condemn russia s invasion of ukraine, causing tensions at a meeting of the 620 major economies. marchers in sydney s gay and lesbian mardi gras arejoined by their prime minister anthony albanese
to the pages of the usually conservative supporting newsreaders to reassure sceptics in his own ranks that any deal won t be a sell out. in an interview with the sunday times, he says: but in the sun on sunday, he seems to suggest his oven ready deal still requires a few more ingredients. as for that progress, it s understood that any deal would make it much easier and less bureaucratic to move goods from great britain to northern ireland, and there d be a less rigid application of eu law on vat rates and subsidies to industry. the irish prime ministerfelt that things were moving in the right direction. certainly, a deal isn t done yet but i do think we are edging towards conclusion and i really want to thank the uk government, the european commission and the northern ireland parties for the level of engagement that they ve done in recent months to get
goods from great britain to northern ireland and there would be a less rigid application of eu law on vat rates and subsidies to industry. the irish prime ministerfelt that things were moving in the right direction. certainly, a deal isn t done yet but i do think that we are inching towards a conclusion and i really want to thank the uk government and the european commission and the northern ireland parties for the level of engagement that they have done in recent months to get us to this point. we would just encourage everyone to go the extra mile. this weekend the prime minister says he is giving it everything he s got to achieve a deal, but it might be easier to reach an agreement with the eu than northern ireland s dup, so the political risks for the prime minister remain high. let s look at some other stories in brief. tens of thousands of people have held demonstrations across israel against planned legal reforms. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists his government is ca