and she s already told me that if it s snowing or ice you re going to come pick-me-up in your four-wheel drive pickup. we know what cold weather is, just have to warm the car up and put another coat on. the weather never stopped us, blizzards, cold, rain, snow, it doesn t make any difference. neil: they re a hearty bunch, the iowans. but not the airport. and there s great food. that was not meant to be and we had to stay in new york, which isn t a bad alternative, it s beautiful here, but the backdrop in midtown manhattan is slightly different than the beautiful state of iowa and des moines where we will be because we re flowing out after this show for the big event on monday and all weekend coverage. in the meantime, there s this nasty cold wave that you ve heard a lot about, not only affecting iowa. in michigan, it s one doozy of a storm and certainly record low temperatures and in grand rapids, max. it s not as cold as iowa, but chilly temperatures in the 20 s and qu
welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair and balanced and offers hope for the people of northern ireland. the agreement was based on the idea of cooperation between communities, and set up a new government representing both nationalists and unionists. a copy of it went to every household in northern ireland, and almo
welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland, which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit, and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair and balanced and offers hope for the people of northern ireland. the agreement was based on the idea of cooperation between communities, and set up a new government representing both nationalists and unionists. a copy of it went to every household in northern ireland, and almost
the conservative leadership contest, joining a field of eight people, including two former health secretaries, now on bbc news unspun world, with the bbc s world affairs editorjohn simpson. hello, and welcome to new broadcasting house, the bbc s headquarters in central london. welcome, too, to unspun world, where we put the key questions of the moment to the bbc s experts right around the globe. has something gone permanently and disturbingly wrong with politics in the united states, or can it be mended? we live in a time when serious political commentators are talking about the possibility of a second american civil war. the bbc ukrainian reporter who saw pictures of her own home destroyed live on television. what does she think about russia s targeting of civilians in the ukraine war? i don t see any logic of why would somebody wants to bomb those civilian people. and the world famous combat cameraman who s just been released after six months in prison by the taliban in a
hello and welcome to new broadcasting house, the bbc s headquarters in central london. welcome too to unspun world, where we put the key questions of the moment to the bbc s experts right around the globe. has something gone permanently and disturbingly wrong with politics in the united states, or can it be mended? we live in a time when serious political commentators are talking about the possibility of a second american civil war. the bbc ukrainian reporter who saw pictures of her own home destroyed live on television. what does she think about russia s targeting of civilians in the ukraine war? i don t see any logic of why would somebody wants to bomb those civilian people. and the world famous combat cameraman who s just been released after six months in prison by the taliban in afghanistan. how was he treated? i think you ll be surprised. they looked after us very well. as soon as we arrived, i they took the heater out of the guard room and put it. into our cell so it wa