Community craves stability. the elements in community craves stability. the elements in the community craves stability. tue: elements in the gains community craves stability. tta: elements in the gains the community craves stability. tt2 elements in the gains the protocol that are helping businesses in northern ireland have to be protected and that the areas where the protocol hasn t been protected should be finesse. certainly, it doesn t work for every single business, and particularly smaller businesses but there are plenty of businesses but there are plenty of businesses that are benefiting from it in northern ireland, having access to the eu single market and the gb markets that others don t have. but the tussle between wanting to make sure that business is about provided for and facilitated and also the politics of it because a lot of the objections that the unionist leaders have to the protocol are based on what they view as constitutional issues, it should be clear that nor
Suffering from a type of dementia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the prime minister rishi sunak is holding talks with northern ireland s political leaders in belfast today with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland s brexit arrangement could be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland are getting checked when they cross the irish sea, as the current deal prevents checkpoints on the island of ireland.
Have the foreign secretary going to meet his eu counterparts. all eyes on there now or do you think there is still mostly done where you are? i think they re still more to be done here. i don t think the meeting said they had been full of information, the parties are not coming out and telling us every single issue around trading, there are a wide range of issues. no one is to coming out with any detail, it has been described a scant detail by the parties. some of you today a bit cynically, as their box ticking exercise. there is certainly intensive involvement of local parties that they have been calling for doing this process because they have highlighted whether they re have highlighted whether they re british have highlighted whether they re british unionist or republicans, ideal needs to be done in collaboration with the political leaders, so i don t think we quite there yet. leaders, so i don t think we quite there et. . ~ leaders, so i don t think we quite there et. ., ~ , ., ,
Has been sentenced to 13 years and two months at the old bailey. the judge told the 58 year old david smith that he had become decidedly anti british. we will cross over to our home affairs correspondent tom symons as soon as possible. the leader of the alliance party in northern ireland says there is some heavy lifting still to be done on a new deal governing post brexit trade. naomi long was speaking, as the prime minister has been holding talks with stormont leaders in belfast today. it s hoped a deal could soon be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england,
Ofjustice, the eu s highest court, to have any role in deciding laws for northern ireland. the likes of sammy wilson, the party s chief whip at westminster, lord dodds, a former dup deputy leader, have said fundamentally for the dup, for unionists, they see it as a democratic deficit, laws being made for northern ireland which are not. which are being made in brussels, essentially, they would argue, not being made by politicians elected by the people of northern ireland. so you get the sense the ante is being upped by the dup, as speculation has mounted that rishi sunak is close to a deal with the european union on the northern ireland protocol. there have been negotiations on and off on this since 2021 and that has led rishi sunak to visit belfast this morning for talks with the stormont parties. also other diplomatic