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Hello. Welcome to Bbc News. Sir Keir Starmer has become the first britIsh Prime MinIster to vIsit the Republic Of Ireland in five years. Downing street says saturdays vIsit marks a new era of co Operation And Friendship between britain and ireland, with london looking to continue a reset of damaged relations with European Union nations after brexit. The Prime MinIster met with simon harrIs, who was only elected taioseach in april just three months before hIs britIsh counterpart so both are relatviely new to their roles. Sir keir and Mr HarrIs swapped Football Shirts ahead of their talks, before going on to attend the Nations League Match between the Republic Of Ireland and england at the Aviva Stadium In Dublin. They did speak earlier and the Prime MinIster outlined hIs expectations from the vIsit. Prime minIster, here we are again following on from chequers, a lot of warm words about the reset in relationship and second meeting i ....
And this week the labour leader keir starmer raised him in Prime Ministers questions, demanding to know whether he would rejoin the Conservative Party whilst Behind The Scenes worried tory mps discuss whether he might return to the front line leading the reform party. Nigel farage, welcome back to political thinking. Thank you. You are back where you like being, arent you . The centre of attention. Well, ive always been a bit of a show off. I mean, there is some truth in that. Yeah, its a funny thing, but i think Current Affairs, politics and Current Affairs in the uk today has such a dearth of personalities that i find myself at the centre of debates, whether im trying to or not, i sort of get dragged ....
Return to the front line leading the reform party. Nigel farage, welcome back to political thinking. Thank you. You are back where you like being, arent you . The centre of attention. Well, ive always been a bit of a show off. I mean, there is some truth in that. Yeah, its a funny thing, but i think Current Affairs, politics and Current Affairs in the uk today has such a dearth of personalities that i find myself at the centre of debates, whether im trying to or not, i sort of get dragged into things. There are some people listening to the radio or watching the telly now who were saying, why on earth are they talking to nigel farage . Hes not a party leader. Youve not been elected to anything for a very, very long time. Well, thats not quite true, actually. Who cares what he thinks . Well, thats not quite true, actually, is it . Because in may of 2019, you know, i led a par ....
either. thank you for being with us. we start in the middle east were israeli forces have started to withdraw from the city ofjenin in the west bank after carrying out one of the biggest military operations there in years. israel says the action was an attempt to root out terrorists but palestinians have described it as a walk. the refugee camp was set up after the arab israeli war in 1948. thousands of people have i948. thousands of people have left the cams since the operation started in this latest violence at least 12 palestinians have been killed and more than 15 injured. it defence forces say one soldier has also died during the assault. separately, seven people were also injured in an attack in tel aviv by a palestinian from the west bank. rotational editorjeremy bowen is injenin with the latest. the israeli military released these pictures. their message? israel s enemies can expect no mercy. rapid gunfire families caught in the crossfire managed to get out over ....