here who can make the decisions that will unlock the door to stormont is the uk government. that is absolutely clear. meanwhile, the centre ground alliance party surged and has more than doubled its seats since the last election. good evening from belfast. it s been confirmed sinn fein will be the party with most seats it will be the party with most seats was a hive of acti relatively it was a hive of activity until relatively recently, but the count is finished here. there are just a couple of seats left to declare, 88 of the 90 seats have been declared. as a result of that, we know that sinn fein is the party with the most seats in the northern ireland assembly. let s take a look at it. with 27 seats, no other party can now overtake sinn fein, which will be the largest party in assembly and it s the first majority nationalist party. it s the first time a party in favour of uniting ireland has come top in stormont election. let s get into some analysis of this. i m joined
i m annita mcveigh at the beautiful antrim castle gardens. we are here all day to look ahead to this thursday s elections to the northern ireland assembly which has been described as the most important election in a generation. the over the top outfits are back celebrities return to the red carpet of new york city s met gala. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister, borisjohson, will address the ukrainian parliament later he ll be the first western leader to do so since the russian invasion. he s expected to give details of £300 million in extra military support from the uk for ukraine which will include electronic warfare equipment and night vision devices. the liberal democrats have questioned the timing of mrjohnson s announcement, two days before the local elections. in other developments, president zelensk has used his nightly address to accuse russia s foreign minister of blaming the jewish people for nazi crimes . it comes after sergei lavrov c
so, the key details of the story we are bringing you that has been developing over the last 30 minutes or so. developing over the last 30 minutes orso. sirjeffrey developing over the last 30 minutes or so. sirjeffrey donaldson, who was the leader of the largest unionist party in northern ireland, the democratic unionist party, has been charged with historical sexual offences and is stepping down as leader. 57 woman has also been charged with aiding and abetting in connection with the alleged offences. the dup, whichjust earlier this year went back into a power sharing government with sinn fein at stormont, said the party chairman has received a letter from sirjeffrey donaldson confirming that he has been charged with allegations of an historical nature, and indicating he is stepping down as leader of the dup with immediate effect. another dup mp, gavin robinson, has been appointed as interim party leader. we can talk now to mark devenport, who joins me. he is the bbc? former