suffering from a type of dementia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister rishi sunak is holding talks with northern ireland s political leaders in belfast today with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland s brexit arrangement could be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland are getting checked when they cross the irish sea, as the current deal prevents checkpoints on the island of ireland. unionist parties argue that this places an effective border across the irish sea which undermines northern ireland s place within the uk. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the country s po
more surplus food to those in need after a drop off in donations as the cost of living crisis bites. and the british built space rover looking for work after its mission to mars was cancelled. good afternoon. the prime minister has refused to rule out a real terms cut in benefits, despite growing pressure to do so. liz truss faces a fresh battle with some conservative mps who want her to promise welfare payments will rise in line with inflation rather than earnings a lower percentage figure that would save the government billions of pounds. there s already a cabinet split on the issue the leader of the commons, penny morduant, has openly demanded that benefits do go up in line with prices. this morning, the prime minister told the bbc she would still like to see the rate of tax paid by the highest earners to be lower, despite ditching her plan to do just that only yesterday. iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it s tin hat time for liz truss. she a
Infected blood Compensation Scheme in the house of commons. A lengthy statement followed by questions from fellow mps. With me now to discuss what we heard is our health reporter. A very significant, important day for the 30,000 victims of this blood scandal, more than 3000 have delayed waiting for compensation or conclusion. How comprehensive was it . It compensation or conclusion. How comprehensive was it . Compensation or conclusion. How comprehensive was it . It comes out ofthe comprehensive was it . It comes out of the report comprehensive was it . It comes out of the report yesterday comprehensive was it . It comes out of the report yesterday and comprehensive was it . It comes out of the report yesterday and sir of the report yesterday and sir Brian Langstaff said yesterday when he criticised the time taken for the government to set up the scheme, accusing them of moving at a sluggish pace. The government had to come out quickly and announce something substantial. Weve got a cou
Borzou daragahi is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and an iranian journalist. He explains who Ebraham Raisi is and how he came to power. Raisi was a mid ranking cleric who is in the inner circle of the Supreme Leader and one of his close allies and, you know, he became president after all of the reformist and moderate candidates were pretty much disqualified in an election that was considered engineered and many voters stayed away from. Earlier, i spoke to trita parsi, co founder and executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for responsible macro what can we expect to hear from the regime macro what can we expect to hearfrom the regime in the coming hours and days here . I think the expectation at this point is that by in a few hours, morning time in tehran, there will be an announcement that even if they may have found the helicopter, it looks extremely unlikely that there will be any survivors. They may have survived the crash, but surviving the night in the cold is a
burnley are playing. vincent kompa ny feels vincent kompany feels that they are not representative of their position with the club second from bottom. we have putting a lot of good performances recently. it is robbie not reflected, we have not had what we would not reflected, we have not had what we would deserve. that is life, you don t we would deserve. that is life, you don t always we would deserve. that is life, you don t always get what you deserve, at least don t always get what you deserve, at least not don t always get what you deserve, at least not immediately. we are prepared at least not immediately. we are prepared to work for it. this plenty of football to come, with premier league matches later. but much to play for in the women s nations league, with olympic qualification at stake for great britain focussing around the england scotland game. an england win could see gb in paris next summer, posing a strange dilemma for some scottish players who cou