Our Ireland Correspondent Sara Girvin reports. After years of strained relations, this was the Moment Sir Keir starmer was given A Hundred Thousand welcomes to dublin. There were smiles and handshakes as he and his irish counterpart were presented with football jerseys. This will be proudly worn in north london before too long. Both leaders said this was an opportunity to renew and deepen the friendship between britain and ireland. I know as two new leaders of our respective countries, we both said we wish to really place British Irish Relations on a new path, and i really appreciate the time that youve given to that since taking office. Its really important to me and to my government, and i think it is the moment for reset, and its when we put meaning behind those words. International matters took Centre Stage following a roundtable business discussion. We have to be clear in the face of russian aggression, we have to stand together to coordinate, stand with our allies and give ukrain
Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Its the longest Prison Sentence that has been handed down so far after the wave of riots that swept parts of england and Northern Ireland last month. 27 year old Thomas Birley from rotherham has been sent to jail for nine years after helping to set fire to a Hotel Housing Asylum seekers in the town and attacking Police Officers in august. The judge told Thomas Birley, you were a leading participant in an ignorant, racist attempt at mob rule. From sheffield, heres danny savage. It was one of the most notorious events of the nationwide civil unrest over the summer the attack on a hotel at Housing Asylum seekers in south yorkshire. A mob targeted police and those inside. AJudge Today described this as an ignorant, racist attempt at mob rule. One of them was Thomas Birley, seen here at the time. He was filmed throwing a bin at officers. And then stoked the fire in a burning Wheelie Bin rammed against one of the hotel exits. He today received
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Speech is due open a new session of parliament, as brexit deal talks continue. You can keep up to date with the latest developments on the bbc website, at bbc. Com news. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Trade war breakthrough. Donald trump says china has already started to buy more american agricultural goods after fridays partial deal. Cash for citizenship. But i want tos controversial new multi billion dollar booming industry. Vanuatus. It is monday, hope you had a great weekend, glad you could join us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. I am rico his own. Lets begin with the trade war. This morning us President Donald Trump has been tweeting about the partial deal agreed on friday with chinas vice premier. Mist and trump said in that suite, beijing has already started to increase its purchases of american agricultural products. Mrtrump. He american agricultural products. Mr trump. He went on to reiterate washington has suspended its pla
As we have mentioned, london today will witness the pomp and ceremony of the queens speech. Thats when the British Government sets out its legislative programme for the next session of parliament. Its expected to include big plans to splash taxpayers cash, after the chancellor sajid javid last month declared the end of austerity, or government belt tightening, despite the brexit crisis. In fact, mrjavid promised the biggest increase in uk public spending in more than 15 years, as he outlined a £13. 8 billion pound package or this much in dollars. The trouble is, over recent years, taxpayers money hasnt been enough to cover expenditure, especially after the financial crisis. Total uk Government Debt is almost 2. 3 trillion, equivalent to more than 85 of the countrys total output. But the uk is not alone in taking such steps. Frances budget deficit didnt stop the government there promising 11 billion of tax cuts last month in its 2020 budget to boost investment and consumer confidence,