what that deal looks like and what the detail will be. the detailwill be. know, exactly. we are going the detailwill be. know, exactly. we are going to the detailwill be. know, exactly. we are going to find the detailwill be. know, exactly. we are going to find that - the detailwill be. know, exactly. we are going to find that out, i the detailwill be. know, exactly. we are going to find that out, we hopein we are going to find that out, we hope in a press conference in. i m just going to let you see the pictures behind me because you can see there are a lot of cars in front of the hotel this is where ursula von der leyen and rishi sunak are meeting. i canjust see in the corner the motors are fired up and they are going to be leading out and leading to one side of the picture that means that this convoy taking the two leaders is going to leave. ursula von der leyen and rishi sunak have had a working lunch and chris mason was told by a senior government source said jessica parker
present the deal. what is the expectation where you are? i am in the treat expectation where you are? i am in the great hall expectation where you are? i am in the great hall at expectation where you are? i am in the great hall at stormont, - expectation where you are? i am in the great hall at stormont, where l the great hall at stormont, where people are feeling they are on the front line of all this, politicians from a number of parties are here waiting for the agreement to be published. they had thought there was a high chance it would come today, and now they know it will happen. the assembly chamber is through the door here to my right, but it is empty, it has for a year now, the dup blocking the operation of a devolved government, and the assembly from eating under the power sharing rules. they are using the veto to prevent the institutions from operating are set out under the terms of the good friday peace agreement, which ended the violence.
voice for the last year. the protocol was put in place as an insurance policy in case the wasn t a wider trade agreement. that did happen and so that the protocol carried on. we started to experience a lot of problems, so businesses raise those with the eu in the uk government. the fact we ve done that is why they be back at the negotiating table, so we re hoping the problems we ve raised will have been addressed successfully. bend the problems we ve raised will have been addressed successfully. and do ou ex-ect been addressed successfully. and do you expect the been addressed successfully. and do you expect the pressure been addressed successfully. and do you expect the pressure will - been addressed successfully. and do you expect the pressure will be - you expect the pressure will be there from the dup to support it? i think what we recognise is that the protocol has become inextricably linked with the success of the assembly. the dup has set out to haveissues assembly. the dup
government source, who has told the bbc an agreement has been reached over post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, after talks between the prime minister rishi sunak and the european commission president ursula von der leyen. you can see the convoy of cars right there, we think, preparing to take both those leaders to a news conference just a short distance from here. we think the foreign secretary has already just from here. we think the foreign secretary has alreadyjust left in the last few minutes, he was also at this working lunch that we were told about. it s gone on for a couple of hours, if that, and our and a half, ursula von der leyen arrived here. we were told there were still talks to be had. whether that was about how they finalise presenting this agreement, it s not clear. we know
party, which has been vetoing the operation of the assembly the dup party. operation of the assembly the dup .a . ., ~ operation of the assembly the dup la . ., , . . operation of the assembly the dup party. thank you very much. we ust saw the ears party. thank you very much. we ust saw the cars have i party. thank you very much. we ust saw the cars have moved, party. thank you very much. we ust saw the cars have moved, the h party. thank you very much. we just l saw the cars have moved, the convoys have moved forward, indicating both parties, rishi sunak and ursula von der leyen, we think are leaving, have left, and on their way to a news conference in another part of windsor, in order to have it. and then they will tell us what is in then they will tell us what is in the agreement they have reached. a lot of it has been speculated about in some detail, but everyone wants to see what it means before signing anything off. we arejoined by roger pollen. what will you