but, early this morning, the leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, announced he had won support for a plan to bring back power sharing. i believe that with the faithful delivery of this package of measures, hard work and dedication, we will be able to look back on this moment as the defining time when northern ireland s place within the union was safeguarded and our place within the united kingdom internal market was restored. unionists have been strongly opposed to trading arrangements, which were brought in after brexit. northern ireland follows different rules to great britain, meaning there are checks on goods arriving here from england, scotland and wales. the dup has said that separates this part of the uk from the rest. it s been negotiating with westminster for measures to remove what it sees as economic barriers. the dup says the question of how quickly the devolved government will be restored will depend on when the uk government fulfils its commitments, particularly passin
hello and thanks for joining us on sportsday. we re going to start with football and the magic of the fa cup was almost alive on wednesday. third tier blackpool taking premier league side and 2 time european cup winners nottingham forest to extra time in a 5 goal thriller, ultimately losing 3 2 in this third round replay. chris wood the hero in the end but forest had looked to be cruising into the fourth round when danilo made it 2 0 in the first minute of the second half. but hosts blackpool fought back in style at a raucous bloomfield road. albie morgan pulled one back with an hour gone before substitute kylejoseph headed in from close range to make it 2 2 to set up a frantic finish. early in the second period of extra time, the visitors retook the lead. chris wood scoring what proved to be the winning goal. nuno espirito santo s side will now play away at bristol city in the fourth round. that is why it s such a special competition for everybody. they allow all the teams t
fired from yemen. that s according to us central command which said in a statement: the raids came hours after the us added houthis to its specially designated global terrorist list citing the group s attacks on ships in the red sea. the iran backed fighters have stepped up their attacks in recent weeks saying they will continue until there is a ceasefire in gaza. the attacks have disrupted global shipping and raised concerns of a knock on effect for consumer prices. i ve been speaking to bbc correspondent will vernon. the statement from the us central command we just had to hand, what does that say? the language they have used is quite interesting they mention 1a houthi missiles targeted, sounds like these missiles were primed, ready to launch, the military describing this as an act of self defence, a narrative we have seen several times over the last week. the us and allies when describing their military action in yemen have said this is a defensive mission, they talk
has said safety inspections need to be carried out before the planes can enter uk airspace. in the last hours, boeing has issued this statement: safety is our top priority and we deeply regret passengers have spoken about how close those on board came to being sucked out. the bbc s graham satchell reports. pictures taken by a passenger on board flight 1282 not long after take off. look closely and you can see a whole on the side of a plane. it looks like the window panel has been blown out. this is the pilot talking to air traffic control. more pictures again taken by passengers show the full extent of the damage on what was a terrifying experience for those on board. all of a sudden i heard a big bang and i didn t know exactly what was going on. but i look up and the oxygen masks were hanging from the ceiling and i looked to my left and there is this huge chunk, part of the aeroplane missing. there was a kid in that role whose shirt was sent off and out of the plane. this i
the uk and european air safety authorities have also implemented inspection orders. in the last hours, boeing has issued this statement: passengers have spoken about how close some onboard came to being in danger. the bbc s graham satchell reports. pictures taken by a passenger on board flight 1282 not long after take off. look closely and you can see a hole in the side of the plane. it looks like a window panel has been blown out. this is the pilot talking to air traffic control. more pictures, again taken by passengers, show the full extent of the damage in what was a terrifying experience for those on board. all ofa sudden, i heard, like, a big bang and i didn t know exactly what was going on but i look up and the oxygen masks were hanging from the ceiling and then, i look to my left and there s this huge chunk part of the airplane just, like, missing. there was a kid in that row who his shirt was sucked off him and out of the plane and his mother was holding on to him