i m martine croxall in the studio in london. also in the headlines this morning. more than 60 people are now confirmed dead including 12 children after a boat carrying migrants sank off the southern coast of italy. fresh calls for the uk government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator announces a new price cap. early results from the nigerian elections show support for the governing party is holding firm. observers say it s still too early to predict who ll win the presidency. and big wins ahead of the oscars for the fantasy adventure film everything everywhere all at once, at the screen actors guild awards in hollywood. hello and welcome to bbc news. we are in windsor, about an hour outside london, not in westminster, which has seen of course so much of the brexit drama, but we are here today because we are told that ursula von der leyen and rishi sunak will be here in a couple of hours time, also, in orderto will be here in a couple of hours time
minister and european commission leader are due to meet your in the next hour or so. the prime minister and the european commission are due to hold final talks on a new post brexit trade dealfor northern ireland on monday. a new deal has been expected for days. rishi sunak and ursula von der leyen will meet in windsor to discuss complex challenges around the exisiting deal what s called the northern ireland protocol. there has been much debate and speculation about it but we know that today s there will be a cabinet meeting later on monday, where an update on those talks will be given.
be back to chris as we get more details on the deal. we are just getting confirmation of something that has been speculated about in the last few minutes, the eu s ursula von der leyen is going to be meeting the king, king charles, we are told. the line from the palaces that the king is pleased to meet any world leader and it is the government s advised that he does so here. there s been a lot of speculation and discussion about the fact we here in windsor at a hotel and the choreography suggested that that was going to involve not only a meeting here, a press conference later but also ursula von der leyen meeting king charles. there was criticism, there has been criticism over the past few days about whether the king should be involved intraday at all because it is this the prime minister trying to give this an unofficial seal of approval to try
that treat to come out that the king is mixing the tweet came out that the king is pleased to meet any world leader should he be advised to do so. we are at a hotel in windsor, near windsor castle, there will be a press conference, we expect. and we know ursula von der leyen is meeting king charles, the monarch supposed to be above politics and the government will stress that he is remaining out of politics and stress, of course, that the king often meets these international leaders but we know that tory eurosceptics and the dup did accuse number ten of trying to just use the royal family to try and give a veneer of approval to this deal, so we will doubtless get some reaction to that. let me bring in now. dr clare rice who is
you all the latest reaction from europe, as ursula von der leyen makes her way to the uk. and here in windsor. i m shaun ley, with you from our london studios the other headlines at 11. growing pressure on the government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator ofgem announces a new price cap. nhs staff tell safety investigators they feared patients were dying as they grappled with long ambulance delays. and it s back! the bbc s reality game show the traitors will return for a second season. hello and welcome to bbc news. we are in the grounds of a rather swish hotel in windsor. the prime