and lava flows through multiple homes in south west iceland after a volcano erupts near the town of grin avik. near the town of grindavik. we will cross to westminster as soon as rishi sunak is at the dispatch box. he is not there yet. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we will hand back if the prime minister starts speaking. the australian open tennis is where we start, and disappointment for the three time grand slam champion, andy murray, who s gone out in the first round. at 36, he s hinted again this could be his last year on the tour. murray s now lost eight of his past 12 matches including the last four. there weren t enough moments like this from the five time beaten finalist. instead, it was etcheverry on the front foot, asking questions that murray had no answer for. white studio: here is the prime minister. sorry to cut a rough sport. from studio: here is the prime minister. sorry to cut a rough sport. sorry
with permission, mr speaker, i would like to make a seven on the northern ireland protocol. after weeks of negotiations, today we have made a decisive breakthrough. the windsor framework delivers free floating trade within the whole night kingdom. it protects northern ireland s place in our union and it safeguards sovereignty for the people of northern ireland. by achieving all this, it preserves the delicate balance inherent in the belfast good friday agreement. mr speaker, does what many said could not be done. removing thousands of pages of eu laws and making permanent weekly binding changes to the protocol treaty itself. that is the protocol treaty itself. that is the breakthrough we have made, those are the changes we will deliver, now is the time to move forward as one united kingdom. mr speaker, before i turn to the details, let us remind ourselves why this matters. it matters because at the heart of the belfast good friday agreement and the reason it has endured for a
More now on developments in the middle east. Uk Prime Minister rishi sunak will make a statement to the House Of Commons shortly. The statement will be about the iranian attack on israel and how rafjets helped to shoot down some of the drones that were launched against israel. Earlier, the foreign secretary lord David Cameron confirmed that the uk would absolutely consider further sanctions on iran in response to its attack on israel. We will return to the House Of Commons when rishi sunak begins his statement. We can cross live to westminster to speak to our Political Correspondent harry farley. I suppose we will get the details of the british involvement but i suppose the basic message to israel of restraint will be underlined in the next few minutes. I of restraint will be underlined in the next few minutes. Of restraint will be underlined in the next few minutes. I think thats exactly right. The next few minutes. I think thats exactly right. I the next few minutes. I think thats ex
talking about possible other options for the government but the ruling seemed to be very clear and categorical that rwanda isn t the best country for the uk to send migrants. best country for the uk to send miarants. ., , migrants. the ruling was categorical. migrants. the ruling was categorical. there - migrants. the ruling was categorical. there was . migrants. the ruling was - categorical. there was some suggestion it might have been more nuanced but it wasn t. there has been talk about whether the government might strengthen the agreement that it has with rwanda about rwanda s processing system but given the strength of the judgment, we don t know how the government will react. rishi sunak did make the point that crucially the supreme court, like the court of appeal and high court, has confirmed the principle of sending illegal migrants to a safe third country for processing is lawful. does that mean they will look at alternative their countries? we don t know which is
uk rally that his party will become the voice of opposition. a short time ago, keir starmer was taking questions at hitchin football club. this is what he had to say when asked if he was worried that his mandate to be prime minister could be wide but shallow. we have taken this party, we have changed it and here we stand on the monday before the election ready to change our country for the better. so my track record as a leader is clear. yes, what we re asking now is for the opportunity to do the same for our country. and yes, we face the same challenge, which is a version of, look, the country is broken, almost nothing is working better than it was when the tories started. is it possible to bring around the change that we offer? yes, it is. we have that determination, that intention and in five years time we will be able to look back and say you are truly better off, your public services are working properly and the economy is working for everyone. i ll be very, very happy