the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will arrive in the uk tomorrow for face to face talks with prime minister rishi sunak to discuss an imminent deal for trade in northern ireland. it all revolves around the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. the irish taoisoech, leo varadkar, said. earlier the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, began to outline what might be in the deal including the right for politicians in northern ireland to have a say over any new eu rules that affect them. with more here s our political correspondent, iain watson. what better way to flag that an agreement with the eu is coming closer? the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen, will meet the prime minister tomorrow in london for the talks that could seal a deal. there is no deal done until the whole deal s done. but i think we ve made progress. and what s emerging is exactly what the deal could involve. post brexit, to keep an open border on the i
time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. perhaps not so inspiring today. we got snow weather changes today. some big contrasts from place to place. for many of us, quite cloudy, some rain in scotland this morning, it will ease i think as we go on through the day. we have also seen some sunshine coming through the clouds. a lovely picture here from hampshire. the satellite picture shows the extent of today s cloud. a few breaks coming and going across the south. the midlands and east anglia. clearskies the south. the midlands and east anglia. clear skies to the north west as well but in between, a lot of cloud today and rain showing up lot of cloud today and rain showing up on the radar picture. most of it is falling along this cold front and will continue to put eastwards over the next few hours and, as it does so, we will get something brighter coming in from the west and scotland and into northern ireland as well so becoming drier and brighter and cooler. some w
it has arrested eight people in connection with saturday s bombing of the kerch bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. a bbc investigation finds that up to 70% of donations being sent to displaced families in syria via tiktok are being taken by the social media platform. and tributes pour in for the british born actress, angela lansbury, best known for her role in murder she wrote, who has died in los angeles aged 96. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are more concerns for the uk economy as official data shows it shrank in august. meanwhile the governor of the bank of england said he won t extend a financial support package beyond this friday. the emergency measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. official figures released show the uk economy fell by 0.3% in the three months to august. if it falls again in the next three months we ll be in a recession. there s
the wettest of the weather, the strongest of the winds in scotland, northern ireland, 40, 50mph gust, drierfurther northern ireland, 40, 50mph gust, drier further south northern ireland, 40, 50mph gust, drierfurther south and northern ireland, 40, 50mph gust, drier further south and east, temperatures again generally between 10-17, temperatures again generally between 10 17, rememberthat low temperatures again generally between 10 17, remember that low pressure i was talking about dominating the story and that rather messy weather picture, well it looks as though the plait will be one of sunshine, showers and winds for all of us, as we go through the weekend. sophie. sophie. thanks louise. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website, from the six team it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our hello and welcome to sportsday i m laura mcghie. major issues in premiership rugby? wasps are set to
archie battersbee s parents apply to the european court of human rights to try to postpone the removal of his life support, which was due to begin today. a review has found former met police chief, dame cressida dick, may have breached professional standards during an investigation into the murder of the private detective daniel morgan. the delivery of ballots for the conservative leadership election is delayed, after the security agency gchq warned that cyber hackers could change people s votes. another hosepipe ban is on the way, after all the hot dry weather more than a million people will be affected in kent and sussex. hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. foreign ministers from the g7 have said there is nojustification for what they called china s aggressive military drills in the taiwan strait. the exercises which are taking place over the next four days from tomorrow are in response to a visit to taiwan by the speaker of the us house of representatives