This is bbc news. the headlines at five: governments urge political parties in northern ireland to re establish a devolved administration, after sinn fein became the largest party in the assembly that s a first for a nationalist party. the issue of the post brexit protocol, though, could complicate the way forward. if the eu do not show flexibility, we have always said we will take the action we need to take as the uk government to ensure that northern ireland s place in part of the internal market and protecting the good friday agreement is absolutely there. labour hits back at fresh claims over keir starmer s lockdown meal with colleagues saying he didn t break covid rules. more than sixty people are thought to have been killed after a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine. meanwhile, the us first lady jill biden has made a surprise trip to the country. she s visited a temporary shelter
Re opened an investigation into claims the labour leader broke lockdown rules last year. sir keir has strongly criticised borisjohnson about parties held in downing street, and has denied doing anything wrong himself during a campaign trip before the hartlepool by election. an itinery leaked to a sunday newspaper suggests sir keir s beer and curry event had been planned in advance. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticus has more. he s always styled himself a man of probity mr rules, one of his shadow cabinet put it today. and sir keir starmer would like the focus to be on the election results, yesterday celebrating advances in scotland. this was sir keir in april last year on the campaign trail. covid rules said you could gather indoors if it was reasonably necessary for work, but not to socialise outside your household or bubble. so was he breaking the law? durham police investigated and said no. they re reconsidering.
Mrs biden said the visit was intended to show support to the people of ukraine. doubts over power sharing in northern ireland sinn fein are in line for the first minister s role at stormont but the democratic unionists say they won t take part unless the uk government scraps new brexit trading rules. labour hits back at fresh claims over keir starmer s lockdown meal with colleagues saying he didn t break covid rules actor shooti gatwa has been announced as the new doctor in doctor who. he ll take over from jodie whittaker next year. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the author and journalist emma woolf and sebastian payne, the financial times whitehall editor.
Himself during a campaign trip before the hartlepool by election. an itinery leaked to a sunday newspaper suggests sir keir s beer and curry had been planned in advance. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticus has more he s always styled himself a man of probity mr rules, one of his shadow cabinet put it today. and sir keir starmer would like the focus to be on the election results, yesterday celebrating advances in scotland. this was sir keir in april last year on the campaign trail. covid rules said you could gather indoors if it was reasonably necessary for work, but not to socialise outside your household or bubble. so was he breaking the law? durham police investigated and said no. they re reconsidering. a labour party schedule for the visit leaked to the mail on sunday shows the dinner was planned. that doesn t mean it broke regulations, but mr starmer is now in the spotlight and this makes
This is bbc news, the headlines at seven: doubts over power sharing in northern ireland sinn fein are in line for the first minister s role at stormont, but the democratic unionists say they won t take part unless new brexit trading rules are scrapped. what we re hearing is the eu is already saying it will not show flexibility and that is absolutely why we as a uk government are very clear, we want to get a resolution on this with the eu but we have never taken anything off the table in terms of resolving this issue for the of northern ireland. for the people of northern ireland. labour hits back at fresh claims over keir starmer s lockdown meal with colleagues saying he didn t break covid rules.