the royal navy s flagship carrier enters its home port of portsmouth for the first time. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: celtic play the first leg of their champion league qualifier tonight at celtic park, they take on kazakhstan champions astana. good evening and welcome to the bbc‘s news at six. after brexit, people and goods should be able to move seamlessly across the border between the irish republic and northern ireland, much as they do today. in their latest proposal for life outside the eu, ministers says there will be no return to check points and border posts. but critics say the plan raises as many questions as answers not least, what s to stop eu migrants coming into the uk from ireland through an unsupervised crossing? our ireland correspondent, chris buckler, is in narrow water, on the irish border. chris. george, people who live at this border rarely recognise it. but could all that to change once the other side of this water is still inside the eu
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government says that it wants people and goods to be able to move seamlessly across the border between the irish republic and northern ireland after brexit much as they do today. in their latest proposal for life outside the eu, ministers say there will be no return to check points and border posts. but critics argue the plan raises as many questions as answers not least, what s to stop eu migrants coming into the uk from ireland through an unsupervised crossing? our ireland correspondent chris buckler gave us this update from narrow water on the irish border. people who live at this border rarely recognise it. but could all that to change once the other side of this water is still inside the eu and this part is outside of the european union? today, alongside the phrases we have heard so often like there needs to be a seamless border, we heard another from the british government, that there needs to be an unprecedented solution to
felt her continued presence there would be a distraction from the issues that would have to be faced. so she has tendered her resignation andi so she has tendered her resignation and i have accepted that resignation. unemployment falls to the lowest level since 1975 but average earnings are still lagging behind inflation//. also, officials in sierra leone say more than a hundred children have died in mudslides in the capital, freetown. homes are buried under a mountain of rock and mud. 600 people are still missing. and hms queen elizabeth the royal navy s biggest ever warship sails into her new berth in portsmouth. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government says that it wants people and goods to be able to move seamlessly across the border between the irish republic and northern ireland after brexit much as they do today. in their latest proposal for life outside the eu, ministers say there will be no return to check points and border posts. but critics argu
will keep happening. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: celtic try to make the champions league group stage for a second season in a row. good evening. after britain leaves the eu, people and goods should be able to move freely across the border between the irish republic and northern ireland, much as they do today. that s the government s ambition outlined in a paper published today. ministers says they want no return to checkpoints and border posts. at the moment there are about 110 million border crossings every year. northern ireland exports £21; billion worth of goods south of the border, that s nearly a third of all its exports, and imports £2.7 billion worth. critics of today s proposals say they lack credible detail and have raised concerns that an open border could become a back doorfor immigration from the eu. our ireland correspondent chris buckler reports from the border, in narrow water. for more than 300 miles, crossing fields and bridges, roads and riv
while following a story on a danish submarine. good evening and welcome to bbc news. condemnation of president trump is growing after his comments blaming all sides for the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia at the weekend. two former republican presidents, george bush and his son, george w bush, have released a joint statement calling on the american people to reject racial bigotry, anti semitism, and hatred in all forms. one woman was killed and 19 people were wounded in the clashes on saturday. our north america editor jon sopel reports. # amazing grace. the memorial service for heather heyer, a protest and moan down by a white supremacist in cha rlottesville on and moan down by a white supremacist in charlottesville on saturday. but farfrom an in charlottesville on saturday. but far from an occasion when a nation comes together, america seems more bitterly divided than ever. they tried to kill my child to shut her up. well, guess what? you just magnified her! th