he s replacing meelo djukanovic the man who dominated the tiny adriatic country s politics for more than 30 years. we will get more with our baltics correspondent a little shorty on what all of this will mean for montenegro. now, to northern ireland, where counting continues after thursday s local council elections. over half of the seats have already been filled, with sinn fein making strong gains. if its momentum is maintained, the party will replace the democratic unionists as the largest force in local government. that would be a first for an irish nationalist party. live now to our northern ireland correspondent, clodagh rice. welcome to you, good to sue you. tell us more about these results and what they will mean for northern ireland. it what they will mean for northern ireland. , . ., what they will mean for northern ireland. , ., ., ireland. it is day two of counting
the voters in montenegro said we want a change, we want the milo djukabovic era to be over. his party as well has been on the wane in parliamentary and local elections and elections that we have next month again for parliament, it looks very much like the dps will be second best in that. the party coming up is the party ofjakov milatovic. he is promising and his party is promising an accelerated road towards european union membership and they are going to achieve this by putting in place the kind of reforms that montenegrins need to see, reforms which bring greater rule of law, improve judiciary and a lot less corruption. it is a big promise butjakov milatovic says he is proud to be taking on the challenge.- milatovic says he is proud to be taking on the challenge. thank you ve much taking on the challenge. thank you very much for taking on the challenge. thank you very much for that taking on the challenge. thank you very much for that update. - the supply of a drug to treat the sy
but for many of us, the week ahead after what has been a rather dull and damp spring so far, goes out on a fairly dry note with some sunny spells and temperatures in high teens and low 20s. live from london, this is bbc news. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky meets uk prime minister rishi sunak at the g7 summit injapan. meanwhile, g7 leaders have issued a statement on a shared approach to china, as well as tackling the challenges of ai, as the second day of talks wraps up. russia hits back at a deal to supply ukraine with f 16fighterjets, saying it s fraught with massive risks for the west itself. in northern ireland, the republican political party sinn fein is on track to become the largest party in local government, as counting continues in the council elections. protests are held across iran in response to the execution of three men on friday, convicted in connection with the recent wave of mass anti government demonstrations.
rush back into government, is not going to lift its veto immediately and wants to make sure it s concerns are dealt with before it does so. it is currently considering the new deal between the uk and the eu known as the windsor framework, designed to smooth trade between northern ireland and deal with the unit is problem and bring the dup back into power sharing minute with the irish nationalist party sinn fein. there s no sign of an that deadlock right now but as for the next two weeks, it is a civil servants who are in a position they don t want to be in, who are making intense political decisions rather than the politicians elected to do just that. chris, thank you for bringing us up to date on that situation in northern ireland. you re watching bbc news.