labour was the biggest winner in wales, where the conservatives lost more than 80 seats. ukraine says it has recaptured five villages north east of kharkiv, as it continues a counter offensive against russian forces. the taliban continues to roll back on women s freedoms in afghanistan, ordering them to wear the face veil. chelsea get their new owners terms have been agreed, with the consortium led by american todd boehly. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. sinn fein is on track to win the most seats in the northern ireland assembly for the first time ever signalling a historic shift in the political landscape. it comes as the democratic unionist party leaderjeffrey donaldson, has said his party will decide next week whether to consider entering a power sharing government. let s cross live to belfast and get all the latest from annita mcveigh. hello and thank you very much. yes, welcome back to belfast, one of three count centres in northern ireland going through the
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 ao 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 earlier this morning. 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 24. let s speak to our ireland correspondent, sara girvin. a quite stunning development. take us through it. a quite stunning development. take us through it us through it. yeah, it s really remarkable. us through it. yeah, it s really remarkable. sir us through it. yeah, it s really remarkable. sirjef
5th ofjuly, two days after that, borisjohnson said he had appointed mr pincher to a government position and had been told about a misconduct complaint against him. mrjohnson said he made a bad mistake and we, the chief whip said he should be suspended for eight weeks. we will hear more from our political correspondent. borisjohnson said at the time he had made a bad mistake and there was a lot of fury about the way mrjohnson had handled this. the report says the perception that mps can engage in such conduct with impunity does significantly impact public perception of the house and its members and we therefore recommend that mr pincher should be suspended from the service of the house for eight weeks. that is indeed a long suspension. we will get full clarification of it and anything else that is in a report from our political correspondent in just a moment or two. but this whole notion that this was part of the beginning of the end, part of the demise of borisjohnson is very
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. unionist parties argue that this places an effective border across the irish sea which undermines northern ireland s place within the uk. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the country s po