suffering from a type of dementia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister rishi sunak is holding talks with northern ireland s political leaders in belfast today with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland s brexit arrangement could be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland are getting checked when they cross the irish sea, as the current deal prevents checkpoints on the island of ireland. unionist parties argue that this places an effective border across the irish sea which undermines northern ireland s place within the uk. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the country s po
of the liberation of the auschwitz birkenau death camp, the day honours all those murdered by the nazis during the second world war. you re watching bbc news. now it is time for newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam in the studio. and chris in the studio. and we re going to bejoined in the studio by lots of interesting guests on this episode of newscast. but first of all, chris, give us an update on what is happening with the tax affairs of nadhim zahawi, the tory party chairman, who was chancellor, of course. yeah, so he has now said that he is willing for revenue and customs, the tax people, to share details of his tax affairs that are normally shrouded in confidentiality, because that s the way it works in the uk. that is why apparently the prime minister didn t know anything about this. ..with the ethics adviser to the prime minister, who is crawling all over some elements of this to work out if nadhim zahawi, as the conservative party chairman and m
But a chilly night in the north of scotland with a touch of frost and some ice around. that takes it into a sunny saturday here. still lots of clouds for southern scotland, northern ireland and northern england, patchy rain, lots of cloud for the south of england, where it will be a breezy day, particularly around the english channel, but many will see the sun break through and still seeing temperatures well above normal. this is bbc news. i m frankie mccamley. the headlines: a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin is sentenced to 13 years and two months in prison for spying for russia. the prime minister holds talks with northern ireland s political parties, with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on post brexit trade arrangements could soon be agreed. the royal college of nursing warns there will be a significant impact on the nhs when members in england stage a 48 hour strike on 1st march.
Street and in the dublin government, the feeling is that a deal was not on the table yet, there is at least some way to go with this. meanwhile, the uk foreign secretary james cleverly is due to meet with the european commission today our correspondent jess parker gave us the latest from brussels. we are waiting for confirmation whetherjames cleverly has arrived yet for his talks with a counterpart in the eu. this is something quite hastily arranged, we had at the team and would meet for an early lunch. and after that what seems to have arranged is that the eu s chief negotiator on the northern ireland protocol with pop across the road here in brussels i m going to speak to eu ambassadors about the latest two. where are we in the moment in terms of a potential deal? it
Are not going to get that any back soon. and some parts are looking forward to april to the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. i think we re way to go yet and when it comes to northern ireland deals, it s always very clear that you re never sure if something is a sure thing or its going to happen until it s actually signed. when a little bit of limbo and i think the prime minister still has to work out some further issues and consult with the unionist parties and other local parties and crucially that business community, about whether there proposing the eu to wrap this up is going to work with four people in this particular jurisdiction. it with four people in this particular jurisdiction- jurisdiction. it really has affected businesses jurisdiction. it really has affected businesses over jurisdiction. it really has affected businesses over there, jurisdiction. it really has affected businesses over there, they - jurisdiction. it really has affected businesses over