i thought, this is not a conflict that has got any place in the new millennium. if you want to solve it, you have to take that risk and talk to those who actually control the violence. enemies compromised and differences were settled. this is a story ofjeopardy, dilemmas and leadership. tony blair: |think| there s a hope that - ifeel the hand of history upon our shoulders. kerrie and erin had never met before. if they had been from a previous generation, they probably wouldn t have met at all. but they were born on the day of a peace deal. we are very lucky that we grew up where we did after the good friday agreement. lived a very happy life so far, always enjoyed all my classes, loads of opportunities. they are in the newest cinema in northern ireland in a shopping centre in belfast, which was bombed five times in as many years. they are reflecting on scenes of bloodshed which they have never known. very different than what i would have grown up in, two different worlds. eve
political thinking helps to shape ours. once again, london and brussels are at loggerheads. once again come row between the uk and the eu is about the status of northern ireland. once again, politics in belfast is deadlocked, with unionists refusing to share power with sinn fein. my guess is someone whose life and career is based on your refusal to take sides in the political battle to stop it is a decision that has paid dividends for naomi long, who leads the alliance party, which won a record number of seats in the recent elections. brought up in one of the most fiercely loyal as parts of east belfast, she insisted that politics should not be defined by whether you want northern ireland to stay in the uk ought instead to be united with the rest of ireland. but does she and her party really represent anything more than simply none of the above? naomi long, from belfast, welcome to political thinking. hi there. do you everfind welcome to political thinking. hi there. do you e
of incarceration of uyghurs and other minorities it includes evidence of a shoot to kill policy. the uk s withdrawal from afghanistan last year was a disaster, says an inquiry by mps, which will damage the nation s interests for years. the murder of three year old kemarni watson darby his mother s boyfriend is jailed for at least 2a years, after subjecting the toddler to weeks of beatings. good morning everyone and welcome to the brand new elizabeth line service. and the train pulling in is three years late and £4 billion over budget crossrail opens for business, as the first passengers catch the elizabeth line. it was a long wait but, you know, it s here now, and we are on it. the journey time between canary wharf and whitechapel blew my mind. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: gareth southgate is set to announce his squad for next month s nations league games, when england will take on hungary, italy and germany. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc new