and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. and the deadline looms to see who might want to buy manchester united, with offers expected to come in from prospective owners in britain, the us and qatar. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister will hold talks with stormont leaders in belfast today, with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland s brexit arrangement could soon be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland are getting checked when they cross the irish sea in order to keep an open order on the island of ireland. unionist parties argue that this places an effective border across the irish sea which undermines northern irel
traces of uranium arrived at london s heathrow airport last month. a star studded comeback for the golden globes in hollywood, as colin farrell picks up the best actor award for the dark comedy the banshees of inisherin. good morning and welcome to bbc news. thousands of ambulance workers in england and wales are walking out for the second time this winter in a dispute over pay. managers have warned the impact is likely to be worse than that of the strike held before christmas, saying pressure facing the nhs means it s in a more precarious position. well, in total, around 20,000 ambulance workers, including call handlers and ambulance dispatchers, are going on strike. two thirds of ambulance staff, from the gmb and unison unions, are involved in the industrial action. but bosses say they will still respond to the most urgent calls. gareth barlow reports. it s the second walk out by ambulance staff this winter. workers, including paramedics, emergency care assistants, ambulanc
the european union will respond this morning to the uk s decision to publish legislation allowing ministers to unilaterally override parts of the agreement governing post brexit trade in northern ireland. as temperatures are set to reach 33 degrees celcius today that s around 91 degrees farenheit, a weather alert is issued for friday and saturday. people with a worrying cough, problems swallowing or blood in their urine can soon be referred for scans and checks by a pharmacist, rather than having to wait to see their gp. the home secretary, priti patel, says she won t be deterred from implementing her plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda, despite a series of legal challenges that prevented the first flight from taking off last night. the plane was grounded when the european court of human rights ruled in favour of an iraqi man who was due to be on board, triggering fresh appeals tojudges in london. ms patel says she s disappointed but says preparations for the next flig
good morning and welcome to bbc news. president trump will today call on muslims to present a united front in the fight against religious extremism. he ll address more than a0 leaders of muslim majority nations on the second day of his visit to saudi arabia. on saturday, the us signed trade deals worth $350 billion with the country. our correspondent simon clemison reports. in business, sometimes, you have to do the dance. and having won billions of dollars worth of contracts for us firms, donald trump is more comfortable celebrating with the saudis than he might look. that s beautiful. it s certainly more comfortable for him here than it is back home, given the furore over his sacking of the fbi director investigating allegations his presidential campaign was tied to russia. but day two of this tour could be the beginning of a far greater challenge as he leaves the world of striking commercial deals he knows so well to try to strike political deals instead. one of his goals