Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. The queen says she would have preferred harry and meghan to remain full time royals. Boris johnson visits stormont, to meet members of the newly restored Northern Ireland assembly, after three years of political deadlock there. Whats so great about today is, as i say, that Northern Ireland politicians have put aside their differences, stepped up to the plate, and shown leadership. Five candidates are through to the next round of the labour leadership contest, four women and one man. Storm brendan sweeps into the uk, battering Northern Ireland and scotla nd battering Northern Ireland and scotland with wind of 90 mph. In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc. We will speak to a ship captain who has steered his ferry through some of the most of the storm. At 8pm we will be live in sandringham for the queens statement on prince harry and meghan. And later, we will be taking a look at tomo
Clears away from the eventually clears away from the south east of england and then we get some sunshine. The weather sta rts get some sunshine. The weather starts to come down a little bit, get some sunshine. The weather starts to come down a little hit, it wont be as windy and temperatures down to eight or nine degrees. A brief rest but on wednesday because on thursday we have got the next weather system arriving, the new area of low pressure. Another band of rain and this could be quite heavy as we saw on monday. It is again the western side of the uk which will see the strongest of the winds. Gales are likely here. Pretty windy elsewhere and it is a milder wind, temperatures easily into double figures across much of england and wales. Some wet and windy weather pushes back in on thursday. That weather front then gets swe pt thursday. That weather front then gets swept away and the area of low pressure slowly retreats away from northern scotland. Here, it is still going to be quite
Lamine diack, the ex head of athletics governing body, has been jailed after being found guilty of corruption. The sengelese faced corruption and Money Laundering charges linked to the russian doping scandal. The British Government has promised to do whatever it takes to boost Laboratory Capacity that has left many people with no way to get a covid 19 test. There is growing anger over a bottleneck in the testing system the us states of alabama, florida, and mississippi have declared states of emergency after Hurricane Sally battered coastal areas. Experts at the National Hurricane centre said the storm had caused catastrophic and historic flooding to the region. The uks foreign secretary has told us congressional leaders that the politicisation of Northern Ireland issues by brussels in brexit trade talks is threatening the good friday agreement. It follows Nancy Pelosis warning
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Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2. Stop using inflammatory language Princes William and harry issue a joint statement denying a newspaper report speculating about their relationship. With his wife meghan joining on a conference call, prince harry prepares for a crucial meeting with the queen, his father and brother to discuss their future role. A historic moment for Northern Ireland as borisjohnson arrives in stormont to mark the restoration of devolution in Northern Ireland. Whats so great about it today is, asi whats so great about it today is, as i say, that Northern Ireland politicians have put aside their differences, stepped up to the plate and shown leadership. Thousands leave their homes as the taal volcano begins to spew lava, sparking warnings
of a hazardous eruption possibly within hours. Tight lipped flybe declines to comment on reports that the airline is in crisis talks in an attempt to prevent financial collapse. Coming up on afternoon live
Leadership close at 2. 30 this afternoon some of the contenders are likely to be knocked out of the race. And in sport, Rugby League Legend rob burrow reflects on an emotional fundraiser match following his diagnosis with motor neurone disease. The support, absolutely unbelievable, i will remember it forever. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. The queen is holding talks at sandringham later today to try to map out a future path for the duke and duchess of sussex, following their announcement that they want to step back as senior royals. Prince charles, Prince William and prince harry will be at the meeting and meghan is likely tojoin by phone from canada. There are plenty of questions that might be discussed. How will harry and meghan fund their new lives . They say they want to become financially independent but what does that mean for them . Will the couple keep their royal titles . At the moment theres no suggestion they wish to renounce them. The cost of