Hello. Welcome to Bbc News. Sir Keir Starmer has become the first britIsh Prime MinIster to vIsit the Republic Of Ireland in five years. Downing street says saturdays vIsit marks a new era of co Operation And Friendship between britain and ireland, with london looking to continue a reset of damaged relations with European Union nations after brexit. The Prime MinIster met with simon harrIs, who was only elected taioseach in april just three months before hIs britIsh counterpart so both are relatviely new to their roles. Sir keir and Mr HarrIs swapped Football Shirts ahead of their talks, before going on to attend the Nations League Match between the Republic Of Ireland and england at the Aviva Stadium In Dublin. They did speak earlier and the Prime MinIster outlined hIs expectations from the vIsit. Prime minIster, here we are again following on from chequers, a lot of warm words about the reset in relationship and second meeting in four weeks, but what substantive action are you in the
like because it, in effect, puts a border down the irish sea. now on bbc news, it s time for dateline london. shaun chuckles. hello, and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline london. this week political apologies and their consequences. 40% of borisjohnson s mps say it isn t enough to say sorry he should quit. we ll be discussing why history may be on the british prime minister s side. and in africa, the king of belgium voices his deepest regret over the abuse and humiliation caused in what is now the drc by his family and other belgians. why do those who colonised find it so hard to say sorry? in the studio are stefanie bolzen, uk and ireland correspondent for the german media group die welt, marc roche, who writes for the french news magazine le point, and adam raphael, who began reporting on uk politics in 1976 the last year to date in which a british
But today, you can see the blues across the whole of the uk. Its going to be a cold day. The wind coming straight down from the arctic, and its windy across the north and also the east. So some of the snow will be drifting and some of the snow coming down the North Sea Coastline will drift inland at times, getting in, for example, to yorkshire, Eastern Parts of norfolk and suffolk, but weill continue with Snow Showers also in Northern Ireland and some wintriness in the showers across wales and the south west. But in between, a lot of dry weather. 3 degrees in norwich, but when you add on the strength of the wind, the Wind Chill will make it feel more like 3. It will feel more like 7 in aberdeen. Now, through this evening and overnight, we continue with the Snow Showers in the north. Therell be a lot of dry weather. The cloud builds in the west, introducing a combination of rain, Sleet And Snow to some western areas. Therell be a hard and widespread frost. In fact, in sheltered glens in
And suffolk, but weill continue with Snow Showers also and suffolk, but well continue with Snow Showers also in Northern Ireland and some wintriness in the showers across wales and the south west. But in between, a lot of dry weather. 3 degrees in norwich, but when you add on the strength of the wind, the Wind Chill will make it feel more like 3. It will feel more like 7 in aberdeen. Now, through this evening and overnight, we continue with the Snow Showers in the north. Therell be a lot of dry weather. The cloud builds in the west, introducing a combination of rain, Sleet And Snow to some western areas. Therell be a hard and widespread frost. In fact, in sheltered glens in the North East of scotland, temperature could fall away to 8. So this is the culprit bringing in the combination of rain, Sleet And Snow during the course of Tuesday Night and into wednesday. Its slowed down a little bit, so the worst, the heaviest of the snow, could well miss, for example, glasgow during the rush h