ready to form a new executive. a new election will be called at one minute past midnight if no executive is formed that s 2a weeks since the last poll. in other news: the oil giant shell reports quarterly profits of nearly $9.5 billion its second highest on record but pays no windfall tax in the uk. and now we know the title of prince harry s much anticipated and controversial memoir. it s called spare, and it documents his move to america. the elected assembly which runs northern ireland is hours away from collapsing, over the region s post brexit trade arrangements. politicians have until one minute past midnight uk time that s around five hours from now to restore a power sharing agreement before a new election is called. political parties met at stormont today in a last ditch effort to try to form a new executive nearly six months after they were elected. procedures though are being blocked by the democratic unionist party the dup which objects to the no
tens of thousands of iranians are continuing to defy the regime, after one of the biggest nights of protests since anti government demonstrations erupted six weeks ago over the death in police custody of 22 year old mahsa amini. she d been arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. this was the scene in khoram mabad earlier. there were chants of down with the dictator as protesters gathered there to mark a0 days since the death, not of mahsa amini but of another young woman a teenager who s also become a symbol of the protest movement. 16 year old nika shakarami disappeared after a protest in tehran on 20 september in which she was filmed after she went missing.