downing street says talks with the eu over a brexit deal covering northern ireland have been positive , raising hopes of a new agreement. also in northern ireland. a fifth person s been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the off duty police officerjohn caldwell in omagh. and, we report on the huge relief effort in turkey and syria, to try to help people who have lost everything in the catastrophic earthquakes. some of these guys have been flying around 2000 hours since the earthquake struck. they say they were medically evacuating casualties for hours, but they say they will keep going as long as they can. ukraine s president zelensky has said he plans to meet china s leader, xijinping, to discuss beijing s proposals on ending the war in ukraine. he made the comments in a question and answer session in kyiv, to mark the first anniversary of the russian invasion. translation: first of all, i am planning to meet - with xijinping and i think it will be benefici
it is having major implications for the normal functioning of it is having major implications for the normalfunctioning of democracy in this part of the world and that should be of concern to everybody. i think it sjust worth reminding our viewers abroad, the mla, just clarify exacting what you re talking about? pm clarify exacting what you re talking about? ~ clarify exacting what you re talking about? ~ ~ ., ., about? an mla, someone who was elected to the about? an mla, someone who was elected to the local about? an mla, someone who was elected to the local devolved - elected to the local devolved institutions at stormont, we haven t had a fully functioning local government in northern ireland since february of last year because the dup removed itself from the structures of locally devolved power so currently our departments are run by civil servants who don t have ministerial power and there has been some quasi direct rule from london, there are a lot of issues that remai
interest, but certainly, sometimes, it can be presented that it s only unionist concerns or only unionists influence on this particular deal whenever really it has to be something that accommodates irish nationalist, british unionists, those people who are designating as other or some combination. and also, crucially, the business community, because of it as a work of the business community then what s the point of it? it last business community then what s the point of it? i point of it? it last week, we saw the shooting point of it? it last week, we saw the shooting of point of it? it last week, we saw the shooting of an point of it? it last week, we saw the shooting of an off point of it? it last week, we saw the shooting of an off duty - point of it? it last week, we saw| the shooting of an off duty police officer and i did wonder, could that perhaps focus minds at what s at stake? you make of the sea, that is a horrific incident and the police officer that has been shot and
is dependent on northern ireland s democratic unionist party, so behind the scenes, have they got the democratic unionist party on side? 0r, democratic unionist party on side? or, do you think sticking points remain? ii or, do you think sticking points remain? ., , , ., remain? if it doesn t restore stormont remain? if it doesn t restore stormont and remain? if it doesn t restore stormont and it remain? if it doesn t restore stormont and it isn t - remain? if it doesn t restore stormont and it isn t to - remain? if it doesn t restore stormont and it isn t to the l stormont and it isn t to the satisfaction of unionists in northern ireland, the other parties in northern ireland and the business community in northern ireland, then at the that what has been the point of it? i think the dup overnight has said that london and brussels should focus on getting the right deal and i think really it s going to be the final detail, once we see the final text of the deal, it will become cle