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welcome to the world today, an hour of international news from the bbc. we start in northern ireland, where politics has been thrown into turmoil with the news that the leader of the democratic unionist party, sirjeffrey donaldson, has resigned after being charged with rape and other historical sexual offences. he was arrested yesterday along with a 57 year old woman, who has been charged with aiding and abetting in connection with the alleged offences. they will appear in court next month. sirjeffrey, who is northern ireland s longest serving mp at westminster, says he will strenously contest the charges. jennifer o leary reports. sirjeffrey donaldson, a leader whojust weeks ago returned his party to power sharing at stormont. today, his political career appears to be over. in a statement, his party announced his resignation, confirming that he s been charged with allegations of an historical nature. bbc news understands he s been charged with rape and multiple other sexual
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. also of a judicial process. in the last hour northern ireland s also in the last hour northern ireland s first minister says she will do all in her power to make sure the government will deliver. she said it s vital the executive, including the dup, continued to govern. 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 24. i spoke to our ireland correspondent, sara girvin. more details, more information starting to trickle through after what has been a really sharp breaking news that sirjeffre
for almost ao years, has had his membership suspended pending the outcome of a judicial process. let s speak to mick leary, who s the editor at slugger o toole a web blog on northern irish and british politics that has been running for more than 20 years. let me ask you first of all when did you first hear whispers or wind of all of this? you first hear whispers or wind of all of this? ., , , ., ., ., all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning when all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning when rumours . 7am this morning when rumours started to pass around the numerous networks of journalists and other commentators. the information was fairly sketchy. i think the indication something something major was going to happen was indicated by the circumstantial evidence thatjeffrey donaldson removed all content from his social media channels. that s an indication something really big was going to hap
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