good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is in northern ireland, trying to win support for his new deal on post brexit trading arrangements. rishi sunak says he s confident that the windsor framework, as the new agreement is called, addresses the concerns of the democratic unionist party. and that it removes any sense of a border down the irish sea, which the dup objects to. he said his deal was not about one political party but about what s best for people and communities. the leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the deal represented progress, but he thought there were still issues with it. the brexitjourney has lasted for seven years. borders have moved to the centre, dominating politics here. does everyone hear that? it s about people. but the prime minister thinks he s finally found a solution. at a factory in county antrim, he told people the devolved governments would have a unique economic advantage, with local businesses having full access t
i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters. right now are criminal charges on the horizon for former president donald trump, he s been invited to appear before the manhattan grand jury, investigating a hush money payment to stormy daniels, why legal experts say the move could signal the end is near in this investigation. also this morning, california just cannot catch a breather from this wild weather, right now 16 million are under flood alerts as parts of the state are still buried under mountains of snow and now brace for landslides and heavy rain from an atmospheric river. we re tracking the storm as folks there brace for the rare high risk of flash flooding. plus, in just the last hour and a half, we got our hands on a bigger than expected jobs report. president biden is set to talk about the report and the overall state of our economy this hour, especially as the federal reserve eyes more interest rate hikes to tackle inflation. we re going to get insight from labor s
devices and systems. tonight with the context, sir nigel sheinwald the former uk ambassador to the united states and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister says the new post brexit trading arrangements agreed with the european union on monday will address many of the concerns of the democratic unionist party. the dup, who will be crucial to the restoration of the power sharing at stormont, say they are still studying the details of the so called windsor framework. rishi sunak make his pitch to the people of northern ireland at a cocal cola factory. he said the new agreement with the eu could make northern ireland one of the most attractive, investment opoortunities in the world. it does three things. it makes sure the flow of goods around our uk internal market is really smooth with our green lane. it makes sure that northern ireland s place in the union is protected s
with any investigations. a fraud victim has won a £153,000 refund after the bbc s money box programme contacted lloyds bank about him being targeted. they told him he was especially vulnerable to the fraudsters who targeted him. hello. if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. we start in pakistan where security has been tightened across the capital islamabad as the former prime minister, imran khan, prepares to appear in court. he left his home in lahore on saturday morning after a court lifted the arrest warrant issued against him. he s charged with corruption while in office, charges which he says are politically motivated. his convoy has been accompanied by dozens of supporters. they had earlier prevented police from trying to arrest him at his home. the security services have said they will not allow any of mr khan s supporters to enter islamabad while carrying guns. for his part, mr khan has warned of a huge reaction across pakistan if he is arrested or i