Hello, darling. Good to see you. You have done it all. 2019 was the year for you. You want the greatest dancer, you won strictly, you presented the show. Which of those was the highlight . Careful of your answer. Definitely the greatest dancer. What a year, and to end it on such a high. Most people at this time of the year are looking forward. We believe this is a fair and balanced deal and we believe it has a deal that can form the basis ofan has a deal that can form the basis of an alliance. Ideal with all the difficult issues we need to deal with. The jewels are difficult issues we need to deal with. Thejewels are held in canada for some of the victims of the ukrainian plane crash that killed
176 people. Iran rejects suggestions that one of its missiles brought down the aircraft. A 21 year old women here disguise herself as a boy to groom and sexually assault girls, she is jailed for eight years. The cheshire teenager helped during a seizure by a stranger 5000 miles away. 0n seizure by a stranger 5000 miles away. On your switch, seizure by a stranger 5000 miles away. 0n yourswitch, remember Election Night. If you saw some of the results online, chances are the articles you read my written partly bya articles you read my written partly by a computer. Join us tonight at 7 45pm on bbc news. Enjoyed most of all the training. I think the training was just enjoyed most of all the training. I think the training wasjust being in the room and putting our minds together and really pushing ourselves. There were days when we would come up with something and i would come up with something and i would want to do it even better and he had to calm me down and be welcome to the bbc news after three yea rs of welcome to the bbc news after three years of deadlock parachuting will return to Northern Ireland. The deal
aimed at restoring the devolved government has been agreed by sinn fein and the democratic unionist. The british and irish covenants who brokered the deal said their proposals were a fair compromise that contained if your comprise of everyone. But they have warned that the serious challenges remain. A reminder that there is a Flash Photography in this report by r and correspondent emma va rdy. Photography in this report by r and correspondent emma vardy. After three years of resistance, the final step to an agreement. This is from ands past here to witness that requires everyone to step up. Sinn fein plasma commitment is to do all in our power to make this happen. It marks the end of a bitter
stand off between sinn fein and the democratic unionist. Late last night the ultimatum was given in dramatic fashion. Secretary of state for Northern Ireland and the irish governments deputy Prime Minister chose to go public with the deal before all parties were on board, saying it is on the table, take it 01 saying it is on the table, take it or leave it. Not all the documents are agreed by all the parties. I believe we have a deal that all parties in Northern Ireland counterpart. The deal contains wide ranging provisions for the health service, education, policing and other areas. The biggest ask was getting agreement for the much fought over legal protection, the Irish Language. It is my community language. It is a language i speak
with my friends, at home. Decades of conflict in Northern Ireland means even today issues over british and irish identity often lead to tension. I dont see how one identity can erode another. If you are secure enough identity can erode another. If you are secure enough in your own identity, it shouldnt be an issue. It is about time we kind of moved into a new era which doesnt respect everyones right. Given the Irish Language legal status has faced opposition within unionist community. People would say that would be a blunt instrument for irish unity. The secretary of state tried to reassure voters in loyalist heartland today that the deal is fair. It brings relief for many
after three years but in this city compromise never comes easily. Whats the problem with having laws to protect the Irish Language . None of us want it. We dont want the irish longridge. It has gone on and on for years. For Northern Irelands nurses, who are striking for the first time in the history, todays deal will bring an end to these picket lines as extra cash from the British Government to raise wages and measures to reduce the crippling waiting list at hospitals. Parties know the devil is in the detail and no doubt the new provisions for Northern Ireland will provoke 20 of rows to come. This will happen within a devolved government, not outside it. They will need to select
ministers and stormont can really get back to work. The smaller parties are yet to officially sign up parties are yet to officially sign up but the moves between the big parties, the dup, the sinn fein, have now been made. It went down to the wire. We didnt know until the last minute which way it was going to go. So this moment will bring celebration for many people across Northern Ireland after such a long period of frustration, but at the same time dissatisfaction amongst voters is high with the main parties at the moment of why this had to ta ke at the moment of why this had to take so long. We saw that in the last general election with the dup and sinn fein taking a real hit to their vote share. They will try to restore confidence now and their firstjob in this building will be to the problem is that mounted up in Public Services during this period without a government. The dup and sinn fein will also have to convince people that these two parties, who are in many ways sworn enemies, can
really Work Together again. Joining me now from salford is a specialist from Northern Irish politics from the university of. It is tempting to sayjob done, but as ms said, this is the beginning rather than end. The hard work starts now but the parties had nowhere else to go but back to stormont today. If you look at the last general election result, it removed the dup influence at westminster. The share dropped at the general election and they were being punished by an increasingly exasperated Northern Ireland electorate who looked at the bizarre situation in which not a Single Member of the assembly had lost a days pay, even though they had not been to work in three years. None of the Political Parties fronted another generation of powerlessness. Frankly, they had to go back to
stormont. The nhs crisis is very acute in Northern Ireland and there isa acute in Northern Ireland and there is a whole load of items on the to do list as soon as those Assembly Members to get back to work. Give us a sense of the impact not having the assembly sitting for three years has had. The nhs has a worst waiting list anywhere in the uk, you have got a postponement of vital treatments like cancer, big waiting lists for operations. You have had no ministerial direction in terms of the health service. Frankly, people have called time. It is not they have called time. It is not they have given up on devolved power sharing. Every single survey showed that that is what the electorate wa nted that that is what the electorate wanted but they were getting set out sick and tired that the two parties had not gone back to stormont. There was a blame game going on. The electric had had enough. The parties got the message from last december plasma collection
and as soon as that exit poll appeared, the devolution show was getting back on the road from their own. Some people have suggested that pa rt own. Some people have suggested that part of the reason their bites were very focused on this deadline is at the Northern Ireland secretary julian smith had said two things, if this didnt happen he would withhold money and secondly, he would say another election was needed. How much did those things focus the minds of the politicians . Both. Julian smith is not a bluffer. His two predecessors have let loads of deadlines go where is this time i think the party has a message that julian smith was not to be messed around, he would go to elections. There were big risks for the dup and sinn fein in those elections because voters had been gravitating to other parties, most notably the alliance party. There was an awful lot of cash attached to this devolution settlement. You could argue there was more money attached to this devolution deal then there was
obtained by the dup, £1 billion, that they got from the conservatives for Northern Ireland in 2017. A huge amount of money attached to this. It made good sense for the parties to go back into government together. There are still issues that will be difficult. Todays deal is a fudge on the Irish Language act. It is not a stand alone irish longridge act. It is something close to it. There are various issues in the hands of commissioners to deal with which is not necessarily a solution to those vexed issues. You have got an office of culture and identity today. That could be a repository for all sorts of grievances within a restored executive so you shouldnt imagine that the parties will live happily ever after. At remember that since the devolved power sharing executive we re the devolved power sharing executive were set up in 1999 it has been absent for 46 of the time. So there have been long standing problems with development in Northern Irelandwhich todays deal, welcome as it may be, isnt automatically going to solve. It is interesting that the title of that deal is new decade, new approach. It sounds like one is very much needed but may not be forthcoming. You have had successful periods of devolution in Northern Ireland. From around 2007 to 2016 you had the chuckle brothers, the astonishing, jaw dropping deal between ian paisley and Martin Mcguinness followed by a pragmatic working relationship between Peter Robinson and Martin Mcguinness. You we re robinson and Martin Mcguinness. You were ten years of relatively successful devolved power sharing but you could argue that was the exception rather than the bill because ultimately the two parties have very different ambitions. They are not on the same page about brexit other than the fact that they do not like Boris Johnsons brexit other than the fact that they do not like borisjohnsons forma brexit. You still have difficult issues coming very soon. Lets not pretend this is anything other than a loveless marriage, but the fact
they are going back to work will place an awful lot of people in Northern Ireland tonight. Place an awful lot of people in Northern Ireland tonightm place an awful lot of people in Northern Ireland tonight. It sounds like we may be talking to you again. Thank you very much. We will of course be taking a look at how the resumed Northern Ireland assembly and many other stories are covered in tomorrows front pages at 1040 and then at 1130 this evening in the papers. My guest tonight, joanne nadler and Political Writer and academic my good fellow. Bejewelled have been held in canada for some of the victims of the ukrainian plane crash on wednesday. Iran has again rejected suggestions that one of its missiles brought down the aircraft, killing 176 people. The picture still remains unclear but what we do know is the flight took off from tehranjust after six know is the flight took off from tehran just after six in the morning but just two tehran just after six in the morning butjust two minutes later the data on that flight stop. The plane came down to the south west of the
capital tehran. 63 of the victims we re capital tehran. 63 of the victims were canadian. We have a report from toronto. The sense of utter disbelief now is palpable at the shocking revelations of how this disaster may have happened, impounded by the huge sense of loss here. I am crying since yesterday. I realised all of the students from the school. It is so sad, so sad. Some people say it was an engine failure, some people say it was done bya failure, some people say it was done by a missile. Really, failure, some people say it was done bya missile. Really, it failure, some people say it was done by a missile. Really, it is very confusing. Iran says it may take one or two years to resolve the confusion and for the investigation to reach any conclusions. But these pictures show it has already chosen to clear much of the crash site,
potentially burying important leads. And even before the data has been analysed from the flight recorders, its officials already say they are sure of one thing. The Aviation Authority cannot speculate. We arent sure of the causes yet but we can say for certain that the missile did not strike the plane, but the causes we still need to work out. But this mobile phone footage does appear to back up that they beat the plane was struck by a missile. The small outgoing speck of light suddenly exploding. With the impact following. The the iranians insist if it really was a missile strike the debris would have been spread over a larger area. It is not what mike pompeo thinks. We do. We do
believe it was shot down by an iranian missile. He announced new sanctions on iran. We want iran to simply behave like a normal nation. We believe this entranceway fee impose today further the strategic objective. But for families in impose today further the strategic objective. But forfamilies in iran, ukraine, britain and more than 60 in canada, the focus is on grieving, although they do want answers. Some of those here affected by this unspeakable tragedy have told us that even though they are in canada, even though they have suffered loss, they are still reluctant to criticise the Iranian Regime openly partly because of the possible repercussions that could have fought relatives back in iran. There is no question that this tragedy could be a consequence of regional tensions, which has only added to the spare. Lets speak to a Global Affairs a nalyst. Lets speak to a Global Affairs analyst. He worked at the crash site of the downed Malaysia Airlines mh 17 in ukraine back in 2014. Hejoins us from new york. I wonder first of all, whether youre prepared to express our hunch as to what you happened . Good to be with you. It is looking more and more like a missile strike. What is really starting, starting to me is that it appears to bea starting to me is that it appears to be a rush missile, not only that, as in the case of mh 17, the technology is such that the missile actually explodes outside the aircraft, releases a shrapnel, pieces of shrapnel into the fuselage, making the plane on heres ready. Making the plane on heres ready. Making the plane on heres ready. Making the plane not airworthy. This one
was below 10,000 feet. In much smaller debris field of about two hectares. With demolition plan, we had about 30 hectares. There are going to be very important clues, of course, any fuselage, even in the body remains that investigators need to look at. That crime scene, that is what it is, a crime scene, is being bulldozed over and cleaned by iranian authorities is simply shocking. That needs to be preserved until proper investigators get in there and had a close look at all of there and had a close look at all of the evidence. We will talk a little bit any moment about what you feel ought to happen in the sketch make these kind of cases but what is your view about what is happening . My fear of what is happening is that you cover up is happening, that the iranians are keen to whitewash the findings. They do not want to let any more International Scrutiny and criticism, perhaps, of what happened. I would like to think that
this was a human error or mechanical error that sent that missile up, but the best thing the iranians could do it now, given that so many of them not only their own nationals, but evenin not only their own nationals, but even in canadians are on there, is to be open, transparent and get to the bottom of what happened. They have to come clean on what happened. He said as well that in these kind of scenarios, and who in terms of her is embedded take part in his investigations and share thoughts and approaches. What would be best practice . What would be normal is exactly what happened with the mh 17 investigation. Do not forget that was an active conflict zone. The ukrainians took the lead, but then they basically delegated the investigation to the dutch because there were so many dutch nationals on that aeroplane and also because
they have a very good expertise. That was a very, very professionally run investigation with all of the parties concerned. The airplay manufacture, engine manufacture, journal of degrading countries involved. There were very good expertise led by the australians in terms of i need to be, at that crash. The exact same thing should happen here. Sing some news agency copy that is coming in saying that iran will announce the raising for the crash of the ukrainian airliner tomorrow. What would be your response to the fact that they are saying they will have an answer on saturday . that they are saying they will have an answer on saturday . I am quite surprised. The line has been that it is not a missile and they said quite earlier, too early on, that it was some kind of mechanical reason, sol think it is far, far too soon to jump think it is far, far too soon to jump to conclusions and, again, anything they sa