hello and welcome to bbc world news. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will arrive in the uk tomorrow for face to face talks with prime minister rishi sunak to discuss an imminent deal for trade in northern ireland. it all revolves around the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. the irish taoisoech, leo varadkar, said. earlier, the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, began to outline what might be in the deal including the right for politicians in northern ireland to have a say over any new eu rules that affect them. with more here s our political correspondent, iain watson. what better way to flag that an agreement with the eu is coming closer? the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen, will meet the prime minister tomorrow in london for the talks that could seal a deal. there is no deal done until the whole deal s done. but i think we ve made progress. and what s emerging is exactly what the deal could involve. post b
and sheffield becomes the latest city in the uk to introduce a clean air zone. from monday, drivers of the most polluting vehicles will be charged to enter a designated area. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and ii at night in uk where the prime minister, rishi sunak, will meet the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, in berkshire on monday. the meeting is expected to revolve around the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland; in a joint statement said they would work towards finding a solution to the dispute. chris mason has more. here stands the ultimate prize in all of these negotiations. this is stormont in belfast, the home of the northern ireland assembly. getting it and an executive here up and running again would be quite a moment. doing a deal with brussels does not guarantee that, but there are other potential prizes, improving internal uk trade and resetting relations with the european union. if we can get it over the lin
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Operations in the gaza strip, saying israel is prepared to stand alone and fight with its fingernails if necessary. Mr netanyahus comments come after President Joe Biden confirmed the us had paused a delivery of bombs which could be used in an assault on rafah. But the idf claims they had enough weaponry to finish the rafah mission. There have been mixed reactions to mr biden s decision from lawmakers in the us. Earlier i spoke to our state Department Correspondent tom bateman. You have spoken to members of congress all day, what sort of support or criticism is there for the decision to hold the shipment of the bombs to israel . One of the first things that struck me coming into the building today was the sense in which this is a very significant moment, the levels of energy and the response to this, the way people are feeling about this on both sides is extremely strong. That is because this is the first time in a generation we have had this level of public pressure applied by the whi
Tanks are massed on the border with Southern Gaza. Thousands of palestinians are on the move from the eastern part of rafah with the ports throughout the day of more explosions. Not the full invasion, not yet, but it is starting to feel like it is imminent. President biden has now acknowledged on camera that he has caused one shipment of arms bound for israel and he signalled that more will be held back at this goes ahead. Civilians have been killed in gaza as a consequence of those bonds and other ways in which they go after population centres. I have made it clear that if they go into rafah, they have not gone into rafah yet, but if they go into rafah, im not supplying weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah, to deal with the cities, to deal with that problem. We are going to continue to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and responding to attacks like came out of The Middle East recently. It has prompted fury in israel. The far right minister Itamar