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it s saturday, the 30th of march. political leaders in london and belfast have given assurances that stability in northern ireland will not be affected by the arrest and resignation of the leader of the democratic unionist party. sirjeffrey donaldson stepped down after being charged with historical sexual offences, which he says he will strenuously contest. our correspondent, jennifer o leary has more. sirjeffrey donaldson, a leader who, just weeks ago, returned his party to power sharing at stormont. now his political career appears to be over. in a statement issued at lunchtime yesterday, his party announced his resignation, confirming that he s been charged with allegations of an historical nature. bbc news understands he s been charged with rape and multiple other sexual offences as part of a police investigation spanning months after two women came forward. in a letter to his party, sirjeffrey donaldson said he would be strenuously contesting the charges. the newly appoi ....
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critical moment since the end of the second world war. as war continues in ukraine, poland remains acutely aware of the risk of conflict expanding. on thursday, donald tusk met with his ukrainian counterpart in warsaw. earlier this week, polish defence forces reported a russian missile had temporarily entered its airspace. poland has committed 4% of gdp to defence spending in 2024 and it s urged its neighbours to up their contributions. tusk himself has been involved in ongoing discussions with other major european powers earlier this month france s macron, and germany s scholz. let s bring in our panel. andrew fisher, former director of policy for the labour party. let s reflect firstly on the language, this from donald tusk is pretty stark, europe isjust language, this from donald tusk is pretty stark, europe is just not ready. he pretty stark, europe is “ust not read . , pretty stark, europe is ust not read . , ., , . ready. he is right to be concerned. if russia d ....
drove by and fired into the crowd of people outside that pub, and it was elle edwards who was hit fatally and died. so let s discuss this case further, joining me now is peter williams, a former merseyside police inspector and senior lecturer at the liverpool centre for advanced policing studies atjohn moores university. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. you have obviously been following this case very quickly, what are your reflections on what we have seen so far in terms of the investigation by the police to where we are today? the investigation to where we are today? the investigation in to where we are today? tue: investigation in relation to where we are today? tte: investigation in relation to the police has been a very credible one as was, of course, the investigation which unfortunately we had to witness with the shutting of the nine year old girl, which no doubt viewers remember. that trial was concluded a couple of months ago as well. it illustrate ....
a drugs trade but globally it has international links and they became far more relevant and poignant with the fall of the berlin wall and the opening of the borders. but sadly, because of brexit, we, the united kingdom, is now out of europe, which was is the go to place for the 27 member countries for the exchange of intelligence. while we do have a working arrangement, as it is called, that was not signed until nine months after brexit. during that period, we had no arrangement whatsoever. what i can tell viewers is that we have lost access to the euro polishing into computer system europol computer system, which was accessed 603 million times previously, evidence given to the house of lords select committee on third november 2020 by a former director, rob wainwright of europol and assistant commissioner richard martin for the metropolitan police. it brings back what i was saying earlier about that intelligence gap. intelligence is the secret to defeat gun crime. each lit ....