Delivering self rule anyway . We hearfrom the Irish Government. Also tonight, the rebel held syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta could become a second aleppo, says the un. Almost 200 people have died in bombings by Government Forces there since sunday. And a male model tells us of the inappropriate behaviour he faces at work. Hello. Two challenges make this a fraught time in Northern Ireland. One it cant agree on self government. And two brexit. And so it has been interesting to watch, in the last few days, a small number of keen brexit supporters suggest that the 20 year old good friday agreement is past its sell by date. Kate hoey said its time for a cold, rational look at it. Mep Daniel Hannan wrote a telegraph piece arguing that british ministers should start working with their irish counterparts on improving the system. Its gently phrased, and its not a brexit point they are making per se, but this sentiment has only come from that side. Theres an interesting linguistic point here, t
Coming up Jeremy Corbyn muses on david daviss assurance that brexit wont end in a mad max dystopia. Doesnt the Prime Minister feel he could set the barjust a little bit higher . Theresa may comes back with a quip of her own. The only fiction around in relation to brexit and the European Union is the labour partys front bench, who cannot even agree with themselves what their policy is. And the Health Secretary announces a review into the way medical problems caused by nhs treatments are handled. Patients and their families have spent too long feeling they were not being listened to, making agony of a complex medical situation even worse. But first, the exchanges between theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn at Prime Ministers questions are usually a brexit free zone. But the cabinet will be convening at the pms country residence, chequers, on thursday to pin down the uks future relationship with the eu. And so the Opposition Leader made an exception. He began with david daviss assurance that po
Likely miss the rest of the season because of his ongoing hip injury. The world number 2 says its the best decision for his long term future. I did my first ever commentary for Bbc Television from this very gantry. And in those days, nobody had heard of the internet, although i can vouch for the fact that i did say once upon a time, its in the net. And, the unmistakeable voice of football for half a century john motson decides to call it a day. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that Hurricane Irma one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic is now causing major damage on a number of caribbean islands. It first hit Antigua And Barbuda, before moving on to saint martin and st barts. Communications with those islands are down, but irma is believed to have caused widespread flooding and damage to buildings. The category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph, and gusts of up to 225mph is now heading towards the British Virgin islands, puerto rico and then may hit florida b
Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may will address eu leaders today at a summit in brussels at which theyre expected to confirm theyre not yet ready to open talks with britain, about a post brexit trade deal. The next opportunity to begin negotiations on the relationship will be in december. One of the main brexit pressure groups, leave means leave, has urged mrs may to tell the leaders that the uk is prepared to walk away with no deal, if they continue to refuse to discuss trade. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. So, as well as the big pressure from other eu leaders, big pressure from home for theresa may . Really a significant stepping up in the pressure on mrs may from those tory brexiteers increasingly anxious about what they see as the european commission, eu leaders, dragging out the negotiations to try to get more money and a better deal out of britain. Now saying to mrs may, tonight, she should issue an ultimatum to the eu saying
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