touch with me. blackpool s jake daniels becomes the first current male professional footballer in more than 30 years to come out as gay. now ijust do feel like i m ready to be myself, be free and just be confident with it all. lying all the time is not what i wanted to do, and it has been a struggle. football manager wayne rooney is due to give evidence in his wife s libel trial, dubbed wagatha christie , as the multimillion pound case enters its final days at the high court. hello and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary liz truss is expected make a statement to parliament today, paving the way for making changes to the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, known as the protocol. one of the main parties, the democratic unionists is refusing to enter power sharing at stormont unless the existing protocol is changed or scrapped. devolution in northern ireland mean nationalists and unionists have to agree to share power for a governemnt to be formerd. ir
ended their mission, after hundreds of soldiers leave the azovstal steel plant. after being trapped there for more than two months. i want to underline, ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. wayne rooney has given evidence in his wife s libel trial as the multi million pound case enters its final day at the high court. tributes are paid to kay mellor, the actress and writer best known for the series girlfriends. the foreign secretary liz truss has confirmed the government will introduce legislation that would change parts of the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. known as the northern ireland. known as the northern ireland protocol. she told parliament that the uk would prefer a negotiated settlement with the eu but failing that would pass a law to change the protocol to make trade easier in an attempt to encourage pro unionist politicians back into power sharing government in belfast. the eu has responded warning that unilateral
northern england, more cloud and the odd shower or a splash of rain. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday 25th june. the bbc has been told that the gambling commission is considering whether more police officers are involved in alleged betting on the date of the general election. four conservatives and a police officer assigned to the protection of rishi sunak are known to be facing inquiries. scotland yard has denied a report that it leaked the names of some of those under investigation. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. did you have inside information when you placed your bet on the election date? i made a statement. it s been nearly two weeks since this aide to the prime minister who s also a conservative candidate said he d made a huge error ofjudgement in betting on the date of the general election. another candidate and two members of the conservative party staff are also being investigated by the gambling commission. last night, interviewe
Soybean imports the latest figures show that that process was already well underway. Today that you can commit commission has published the latest figures on e. U. Imports of soybeans showing an increase of Two Hundred Eighty Three percent in imports from the u. S. Bringing that use total sheriff imports of u. S. Soybeans to thirty seven percent up from nine percent just one year ago washington had already promised Twelve Billion dollars to compensate farmers hurt by the dispute with china but with harvest time approaching many of the must still uncertain i think theres maybe just a little bit of comfort there knowing the administration is backing farmers but you know longer were not looking for any kind of an aid package we want markets to work and markets to be. China was us Soybean Farmers main market and its doubtful increased e. U. Imports can make up for the Loss Side Beings made up sixty percent of u. S. Agricultural exports to the country. Beijing meantime has ramped up Domesti
Concrete case shows a company from belgium and a Non European One from australia bought stakes in the business but when a Chinese Company wants to invest its being prevented for reasons of security. That some analysts argue such fears will backfire on german businesses which one of great artists the Chinese Market sensitive and delicate topic. But our hold on we do get that our government is acting very responsible but at the same time respecting that there is a high need earth for having open markets. For having good relations to time. But not at any price the German Government has decided for now. Foreign investments in german utilities military and Aerospace Contractors as well as other Strategic Enterprises could prove difficult from now on. Lets get more on this from
economist chin to get another view on this very interesting story and its certainly not black white. Tell us what your opinion is is it a good move or a bad move here these developments as you say its not a black and