development in northern ireland news thatjeffrey donaldson, the leader of the democratic unionist party, has been charged with historical sexual offences and has quit as leader. the dup says mr donaldson, who has been in politics for almost a0 years, has had his membership suspended pending the outcome of a judicial process. the party released a statement earlier. it says. police issued a statement on friday morning, not disclosing the identity of those charged. it read a 61 year old man had been charged with non recent sexual offences , adding that a 57 year old woman was also arrested and charged with aiding and abetting additional offences . the statement confirmed two people will appear in court on april the 24th. our ireland correspondent sara girvin has the latest. more details, more information starting to trickle through after what has been really shock breaking news that sirjeffrey donaldson has stepped down with immediate effect as the leader of the democratic u
tested by scientists in the desert in new mexico in 1945, and then dropped co ntroversially on hiroshima and nagasaki, ending world war ii. i sat down with christopher nolan ahead of the film s premiere in london. well, christopher nolan, thank you so much for talking to us at the bbc. your actors speak very highly of you. i ve seen that cillian murphy hails you as a genius, that emily blunt says you ve singlehandedly changed cinema for everybody. you were named back in 2015 as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by time magazine, then the likes of steven spielberg, martin scorsese. they all praising yourfilmmaking. without embarrassing you, how do you do it? gosh, that s a that s a long list of of accolades. some deserved, some probably not. how do i do it? i just love making films. i started making films when i was a kid. i borrowed my dad s super 8 camera, sort of making super 8 films when i was seven or eight years old. and i ve never stopped. it sjust som
good morning from westminster. the bill giving theresa may the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu has cleared its final hurdle in parliament, and will now become law. the brexit secretary, david davis, said the uk was on the threshold of its most important negotiation for a generation. our political correspondent chris mason reports. contents, 118, not contents, 274, so the not contents have it. with those words the government achieved what the supreme court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. the debates here in the house of lords and in the house of commons are, for now at least, done. one thing came out very clearly in all the debates. it is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad forforeign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. i think the quicker we get on with this process the better. the house of commons had overturned two suggested changes to the plan s n
a great pit stop by the ferrari team saw sebastian vettel emerge ahead of hamilton in melbourne. and chris has the weather. the warmest day of the year so far yesterday with temperatures reaching 19 in parts of aberdeenshire. more of these glorious blue skies and sunshine for all of us today. a full forecast coming up in the next half an hour. thank you very much, chris. good morning. first, our main story. police say they might never find out why khalid masood killed four people near the houses of parliament on wednesday scotland yard now say they believe he was acting alone. the family of pc keith palmer, who was killed by masood, have released a statement thanking those who were with him when he died. alexandra mackenzie reports. 82 seconds. that s all it took. in that time, khalid masood caused the deaths of three people on westminster bridge and injured many more. he crashed his car into the railings, ran through a gate at the houses of parliament and stabbed pc keith pa