experts and commentators to guidance through the day. welcome to viewers on bbc one northern ireland and viewers on bbc news, this is a stormont special, in which history is about to be made. let s cross to parliament buildings. talk is through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. i through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. it as to what will happen. i don t think ou it as to what will happen. i don t think you could it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate - it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate the l think you could understate the symbolic significance today here after 100 years of northern ireland, we are going to get our first nationalist republican first minister here and we have had 11 other leaders in northern ireland, so this will be a significant moment is notjust because titles matter, michelle o neill will have a new title, but we will see within the assembly chamber that visual
british soldiers from prosecution. i think this is the honorable approach. we are guarantors of the good friday agreement. we believe that the legacy act injures the good friday agreement violates a core part of the good friday agreement, which is the human rights foundations that underpin it. we do it reluctantly because we are conscious of the need, obviously to maintain good relations with the united kingdom. we have great cooperation on a whole range of issues. we have a desired objective in seeing the institutions restored in northern ireland. we re very disappointed that they haven t been restored to date. but nonetheless, i think the good friday agreement is an international treaty that was entered into by the two governments and all of the political parties in northern ireland. and i m very clear that unilateralism is not the way to deal with issues relating to the good friday agreement. there has to be a collective response. let s speak to mark devenport former the
hello and welcome. we begin in the middle east, where the israeli military says it has hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the airstrikes hit areas of the gaza strip and lebanon. israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. these are the latest images showing the aftermath of the attack in gaza. the airstrikes are the heaviest since last august. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes overnight against targets it says were linked to the palestinian militant group hamas in both lebanon and in gaza. in gaza, it says it hit tunnels and also weapons manufacturing sites, and reports from southern lebanon describe explosions around the palestinian refugee camp there. in return, palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets from gaza at israel overnight. most were intercepted or landed in open gro
we begin in the middle east where israeli officials say two israeli women have been killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. in an attack in the these pictures of the attack have just come in. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident, near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. this latest development come after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the air strikes hit areas of the gaza strip and lebanon israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. these are the latest images showing the aftermath of the attack in gaza. the air strikes are the heaviest since last august. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes overnight against targ
how manchester united won the league cup. and how france crossed scotland s six nations grand slam hopes in paris. crushed scotland s six nations grand slam hopes in paris. the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen will arrive in the uk tomorrow for face to face talks with prime minister rishi sunak, to discuss an imminent deal for trade in northern ireland. it all revolves around the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. the irish taoisoech leo varadkarsaid. earlier, the deputy prime minister dominic raab began to outline what might be in the deal, including the right for politicians in northern ireland to have a say over any new eu rules that affect them. with more here s our political correspondent iain watson. what better way to flag that an agreement with the eu is coming closer? the eu commission president ursula von der leyen will meet the prime minister tomorrow in london for the talks that could seal a deal. there is no deal do