in a first of its kind. most importantly, though, for the people of australia. everyone should be respected for who they are. and tonight s a celebration of that. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the uk prime minister rishi sunak says the trade deal with the eu on northern ireland represents unfinished business on brexit and that he ll give everything he s got to get an agreement over the line. he made his comments in an interview for the sunday times. since brexit, exports from the uk are subject to checks to ensure they conform with eu rules. but for goods crossing the irish sea, they are checked on arrival in northern ireland, effectively creating a border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. this is in order to keep open its border with the republic. the democratic unionist party says this cuts northern ireland off from the rest of the uk, and for two years they ve refused to share power at stormont until a different solution is
sitting australian prime minister to march in sydney s gay and lesbian mardi gras. he has described it as a celebration of modern australia. hello to you in the uk and around the world. votes are being counted in nigeria s tightest presidential election since military rule ended in 1999. the elections are the biggest democratic exercise in africa, with 87 million people eligible to vote. but many polling stations opened late and some not at all, with some incidents of violence. our correspondent mayeni jones reports from lagos. shouting. frustration and anger. many nigerians want to take part in this election but have been disappointed by the lack of organisation. gang violence and threats by militant islamists have made voting difficult in some regions. and in this polling station on the mainland of lagos, electoral officials never even showed up. they will tell us that the area is dead. there is no one here for this election. most people passing through this place were tell
a group of animal rights protestors tried to disrupt the trooping the colours ceremony but was dragged away by police. prince andrew will miss tomorrow s service of thanksgiving at saint paul s cathedral after testing positive for covid. and beacons have been lit across the commonwealth, and are about to be around the uk to mark the end of the first day ofjubilee celebrations. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. hundreds of thousands of people have lined the streets of central london and taken part in street parties around the uk at the start of four days of events to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. the return of the trooping the colour military parade after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic began the celebrations before a fly past over buckingham palace involving seventy aircraft. the queen was joined by the working royals on the palace balcony. let s go live to the mall and my colleague katty kay here s our
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist yasmin alibhai brown, and kate maltby, columnist for the i newspaper. good evening to you both. the headlines. the financial times which leads with finland and sweden announcing they will bid tojoin nato. it says the move would cause a geopolitical shift in europe. and lots of focus on the belfast telegraph, which boasts an exclusive essay by borisjohnson where he sets out his northern ireland policy. the telegraph, too, covers the ongoing discussions over the northern ireland protocol also featuring a picture of the margaret thatcher statue which was egged after being unveiled in grantham. and it s the same lead story for the independent, which quotes government sources urging the eu to help resolve the protocol standoff. it also shows a picture from protests after the shooting in buffalo in the us. the mirror takes the us massacre as its lead,