sirjeffrey donaldson, announced he had won support for a plan to bring back power sharing. i believe that with the faithful delivery of this package of measures, hard work and dedication, we will be able to look back on this moment as the defining time when northern ireland s place within the union was safeguarded and our place within the united kingdom internal market was restored. unionists have been strongly opposed to trading arrangements, which were brought in after brexit. northern ireland follows different rules to great britain, meaning there are checks on goods arriving here from england, scotland and wales. the dup has said that separates this part of the uk from the rest. it s been negotiating with westminster for measures to remove what it sees as economic barriers. the dup says the question of how quickly the devolved government will be restored will depend on when the uk government fulfils its commitments, particularly passing legislation. the northern ireland s
it s great to have you on the programme. let s begin with a simple thought. the portents for ukraine in its grim battle against vladimir putin s forces in ukraine, the portents are really very negative, are they not? the supply of weaponry and of money coming from kyiv supporters is drying up. how concerned are you? that s not quite right. i was in kyiv within days of my appointment in december. my prime minister, the former head of the european council, donald tusk, has just been there, and the ukrainians have achieved a victory that has not been noticed in the western press, namely that, against stiff russian opposition, they have cleared western black sea of russian ships and they have now resumed grain shipments, not under a deal, from odesa via the western black sea to the bosphorus and to africa and beyond. that s a considerable military success. that s not insignificant. and they also. i agree it s not insignificant. but, ultimately, this is a desperate battle, metre b
but early this morning, the leader, sirjeffrey donaldson, announced he d won support for a plan to bring back power sharing. i believe that with the faithful delivery of this package of measures, hard work and dedication, we will be able to look back on this moment as the defining time when northern ireland s place within the union was safeguarded and our place within the united kingdom internal market was restored. unionists have been strongly opposed to trading arrangements which were brought in after brexit. northern ireland follows different rules to great britain, meaning there are checks on goods arriving here from england, scotland and wales. the dup has said that separates this part of the uk from the rest. it has been negotiating with westminster for measures to remove what it sees as economic barriers. the dup says the question of how quickly the devolved government will be restored will depend on when the uk government fulfils its commitments, particularly, passing
ireland minister, chris heaton harris, who was taking questions from the media. he isjust walking away, but his key points was that he looks forward to restoration as soon as possible. he says this is as soon as possible. he says this is a deal that has significantly changed, but he did not tell the media more. he said the details will be published in time in parliament. this is a live shot from inside stormont at the moment, but he did also say the dup and the uk government have been in talks for months now, and what is happening at the moment is all parties in northern ireland are being briefed. that is just coming to us from chris heaton harris, saying that the details of the agreement discussed will be published tomorrow, and the deal finalised today and different parties are being briefed, but crucially he said he believed all conditions are in place and the northern ireland assembly will be able to return. he was looking forward to that happening as soon as possible. le
negotiations. the details of the new package on measures will be published by the uk government in due course. this package, i believe, safeguards in northern ireland to s place in northern ireland to s place in the union and will restore our place within the uk internal market. the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton harris, has welcomed the dup s announcement. he said: and he added: sirjeffrey donaldson has said this is subject to the binding commitments between the democratic unionist party and the uk government i can confirm that we will stick to this agreement. the parties entitled to form an executive in northern ireland including the dup and the nationalist party, sinn fein will meet later today. the president of sinn fein, mary lou mcdonald, has said she is optimistic that there will be a fully functioning assembly and executive before 8 february. she added she wanted to press on without delay. let s take a moment to explain how the northern ireland as