i m martine croxall in the studio in london. also in the headlines this morning. more than 60 people are now confirmed dead including 12 children after a boat carrying migrants sank off the southern coast of italy. fresh calls for the uk government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator announces a new price cap. early results from the nigerian elections show support for the governing party is holding firm. observers say it s still too early to predict who ll win the presidency. and big wins ahead of the oscars for the fantasy adventure film everything everywhere all at once, at the screen actors guild awards in hollywood. hello and welcome to bbc news. we are in windsor, about an hour outside london, not in westminster, which has seen of course so much of the brexit drama, but we are here today because we are told that ursula von der leyen and rishi sunak will be here in a couple of hours time, also, in orderto will be here in a couple of hours time
stay with us. in the hours ahead, more on the northern ireland protocol deal. hello again. under clear skies last night, the northern lights were seen as far south as southern england. under this area of high pressure tonight, there is a good chance we could see them again where the cloud remains broken. this high pressure is fairly dominant. it is going to be with us for much of the week. what is happening is, we have got the air coming around it, so an onshore breeze along the north sea coastline blowing in some showers through the course of the day. the cloud building in the south west and south wales and breaking across the south east through the day. the lion s share of the sunshine in western scotland. temperatures, 7 10 degrees. 7 9 as we come down this coastline. but when you add on the breeze coming in from the north sea, instead of 7 9 on the north sea coast, it will feel more
is surrounding the roles of northern ireland politicians exhorting. ireland politicians exhorting. .. influence ireland politicians exhorting. influence may be is not the right word but being able to interject opinions. there are a few areas we expect will be covered within the deal. in expect will be covered within the deal. , expect will be covered within the deal ,. expect will be covered within the deal. , ., , ., deal. in terms of whether this deal chan . e deal. in terms of whether this deal change the deal. in terms of whether this deal change the economic deal. in terms of whether this deal change the economic picture - deal. in terms of whether this deal change the economic picture and i deal. in terms of whether this deal i change the economic picture and the wider political picture for the whole of the uk in the eu, what are your thoughts on that? whole of the uk in the eu, what are your thoughts on that? again, we are auoin into your thoughts on that? again, we are goin
close so it seems highly likely to me that that is where things end up but having said that, having spoken to uk government sources last night, there were still a sense of caution, we are not there yet, they were saying, negotiators nailing down the final text last night as well so it is not impossible that it could fall apart at the last moment but certainly, from where i m sat having followed this all pretty closely, it seems to me this is the choreography in place to do a deal between the uk and eu which nick has been talking about of course in then will be whether or not rishi sunak can do a deal with his own party and get unionists on side in northern ireland as well. in unionists on side in northern ireland as well. unionists on side in northern ireland as well. in terms of what euro -e ireland as well. in terms of what europe would ireland as well. in terms of what | europe would gain from this, can ireland as well. in terms of what - europe would gain from this, can you just