of a key supreme court ruling. shanghai residents face more covid 19 restrictions as china tries to crush an outbreak. millions have now been locked in their homes for seven weeks we are restricted on the food we can get over the next few days. no commercial deliveries, no group buys just government approved food deliveries. there s also further restrictions on access to the hospitals. and a passenger with no idea how to fly is given instructions to land a plane in florida, after the pilot fell ill. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. ukrainian forces have been retaking a number of towns and villages, pushing russian infantry and artillery back towards the border. the fighting, which has led to a dramatic fall in russian shelling of kharkiv, has been slow and costly but ukrainian forces, say they now have the upper hand. kharkiv is just a0 kilometres from the russian border, and the russians retreat coul
solutions to the practical problems the protocol is causing families and businesses in northern ireland, as well as address the democratic deficit. in belfast, rishi sunak met the parties privately. sinn fein, who support the protocol arrangements, were reassured by what he had to say. it s clear now that significant progress has been made and we re very heartened by that. we now want to see a speedy conclusion of matters and above all else, we want to see the institutions restored, government restored here in the north. his last and longest meeting of the day was with the dup. remove the barriers to trade . within the uk internal markets. there s been scepticism over whether any deal would go far enough to reassure the most staunch unionists that northern ireland s trading position within the uk has been fully restored. i want to hear that brussels will stretch itself to recognise the concerns
bit more about the real. as we ve mentioned, northern ireland has been without a functioning government for over a year. the dup are boycotting stormont, by blocking the election of a speaker in the assembly as part of their protest against the protocol arrangements. without a speaker, legislation cannot be passed in northern ireland including a law that would introduce a new new opt out organ donation system known as daithi s law. the law is named after six year old daithi, who has been on the list to get a heart transplant for five years. his family have been campaigning for a change in organ donation laws since 2018. i m joined now by daithi s father, mairtin mac gabhann. so good you could join us. thank you very much. legislation was passed about a year ago. it should be
while the dup collapse the government over it. the tensions over the northern ireland protocol have had consequences for everyday lives. today, i had positive conversations with parties in northern ireland over discussions to resolve the northern ireland protocol. now, it s clear we need to find solutions to the practical problems the protocol is causing families and businesses in northern ireland, as well as address the democratic deficit. in belfast, rishi sunak met the parties privately. sinn fein, who support the protocol arrangements, were reassured by what he had to say. it s clear now that significant progress has been made and we re very heartened by that. we now want to see a speedy conclusion of matters and above all else, we want to see the institutions restored, government restored here in the north. his last and longest meeting