hello and welcome. the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen will meet prime minister rishi sunak in london tomorrow. earlier we learned that an announcement of a new deal between the uk and eu on the post brexit trading arrangement for northern ireland is imminent. ione wells is here now. we have a statement between ursula von der leyen and rishi sunak where they are agreeing to continue their work and they are crucially meeting tomorrow. what does that tell us? that s right. essentially, this statement which was issued jointly by the european commission and number ten here in the uk says that the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen and the prime minister agreed to continue their work in person towards shared practical solutions for what they describe as a range of complex challenges around the protocol and ireland and northern ireland. they are going to meet in the uk tomorrow. this is very significant that ursula von der leyen wil
under his watchful eye. the statement after the talks broke up, that started earlier in the day, has just come out saying that both sides, the palestinians and the israelis, are committed to de escalating further violence. they have committed to maintaining what s known as the status quo rules regarding the holy sites injerusalem. and that s very important because, going forward, we re looking at in april having the islamic holy month of ramadan coinciding with the week long holiday of passover forjews and that will put a lot of pressure on the contested holy sites, particularly injerusalem, meaning the al aqsa mosque, as it s known to muslims, temple mount as it s known tojews. in addition to that, we re hearing that the palestinian and israeli sides have committed to stopping what are being called unilateral measures. now, from the palestinians, we understand that means that they will not go to the un and other international forums at this stage to press for action against the israel