hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist yasmin alibhai brown, and kate maltby, columnist for the i newspaper. good evening to you both. the headlines. the financial times which leads with finland and sweden announcing they will bid tojoin nato. it says the move would cause a geopolitical shift in europe. and lots of focus on the belfast telegraph, which boasts an exclusive essay by borisjohnson where he sets out his northern ireland policy. the telegraph, too, covers the ongoing discussions over the northern ireland protocol also featuring a picture of the margaret thatcher statue which was egged after being unveiled in grantham. and it s the same lead story for the independent, which quotes government sources urging the eu to help resolve the protocol standoff. it also shows a picture from protests after the shooting in buffalo in the us. the mirror takes the us massacre as its lead,
Personally and starts november 6th on d w. This is the w. News live from berlin and Boris Johnson begins a Charm Offensive that will determine the future of bricks and you case Prime Minister may have hammered out a deal with brussels but now he has to persuade the British Parliament to back his plan and a vote tomorrow he says will succeed but others say theyre not so sure also coming out. Fighting flares up in Northern Syria that despite
a cease fire announced by the u. S. And turkey can it hold and are Kurdish Forces plus drawing as the deal calls for well go live to stumble. Im brian thomas great to have you with us it is less than 24 hours now since the u. K. And the e. U. Clinched their backs a deal but already a new standoff is looming britains Prime Minister still has to convince parliament to back the agreement and at this stage it is unclear if Boris Johnson can do so well have analysis after this report. One step closer to briggs that british Prime Minister Boris Johnson was
the university of liverpool. thank you very much for being with us. a lot of people have said, we need to treat these figures with caution, but on the other hand, we ve got people at the sdlp saying these figures represent a seminal moment in the history of the island of ireland. where do you stand? in one sense, it is a seismic change, the fact that northern ireland was established as a protestant state for a purpose people, with a deliberately contrived to to one catholic majority, those of catholic backgrounds have a majority. in a religion sense. you can argue that happened a long time ago. there is still a political case for northern ireland remaining in the united kingdom if you look across the average of opinion polls. you still be done next the more people favouring the place in the uk than united ireland, but the gap is
under president biden, washington has made it clear that it believes that the priority has to be preventing any need for checks on back land border, and there has been plenty of talk, on both sides of the atlantic, about the need to protect the good friday peace agreement, which largely ended the conflict here in northern ireland in 1998, but there are perhaps differing interpretations as to what that means. britain including liz truss and chris heaton harris, the new northern ireland secretary, emphasising that the balance between the communities here has been disrupted by the protocol in that unionists view the protocol as an economic border within their own country, something that undermines northern ireland s place in the union, whereas in washington, more of an emphasis on avoiding any new barriers, any new littoral barriers, checkpoints, on the island of ireland. so, we can certainly see there is tension playing out for example, when liz truss spoke to
comply within two months, we may take them to court ofjustice. second, we are launching two new infringements against the uk. one forfailing to carry infringements against the uk. one for failing to carry out the necessary controls at the border control posts in northern ireland by ensuring adequate staffing and infrastructure. and one forfailing to provide the eu with essential trace statistics data to enable the eu to protect that single market. ladies and gentlemen, the protocol was the solution agreed with the uk government to protect the good friday agreement and all its dimensions. with a hard border on the island of ireland and protect the island of ireland and protect the integrity of the eu single market. we know there are some practical difficulties in implementing it. we have said so openly. that is why my team and i have been engaging extensively with