to be a row about brexit and the trading arrangements, which have left supermarket shelves empty and produced warnings that people simply may not be able to get the things they want come christmas time. it has come about too because of a speech by the new leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, a man who grew up under the shadow of the troubles, of the violence that claimed the lives of several members of his own family. sirjeffrey donaldson, welcome to political thinking. thank you, nick. we are speaking hours after you delivered what i suspect will be the most important speech of your career so far. and i want to understand the background to it. do you really believe, as you said, that the union, the place of northern ireland in the united kingdom, is at stake now? well, first of all, greetings from from belfast. and it s a pleasure to be on your podcast. yes, i really do believe that. i m, as you say, passionate about the union. i grew up in a northern ireland that was de
we ve heard talk of an election within weeks, talk, too, of trouble on the streets. northern ireland is once again facing that political crisis. and the cause is said to be a row about brexit and the trading arrangements, which have left supermarket shelves empty and produced warnings that people simply may not be able to get the things they want come christmas time. it has come about too because of a speech by the new leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, a man who grew up under the shadow of the troubles, of the violence that claimed the lives of several members of his own family. sirjeffrey donaldson, welcome to political thinking. thank you, nick. we are speaking hours after you delivered what i suspect will be the most important speech of your career so far. and i want to understand the background to it. do you really believe, as you said, that the union, the place of northern ireland in the united kingdom, is at stake now? well, first of all, greetings from from belf
front line. are you an nhs frontline worker? or have you or your loved ones experienced delays obtaining nhs treatment? we d love to hear from you. get in touch at @annitabbc #bbcyourquestions new figures show the number of uk workers on company payrolls rose by 160,000 last month despite the furlough support scheme coming to an end what they show is unemployment has consistently and continuously fallen for nine months in a row now and record numbers of people are in work. the us has condemned russia for conducting a dangerous and irresponsible missile test that it says endangered the crew aboard the international space station. good morning and welcome to bbc news. police say it could be weeks before the full picture emerges about sunday s explosion outside liverpool women s hospital. meanwhile, details have been emerging about the man who died when the home made bomb exploded in a taxi as it pulled up outside the hospital. it s understood that 32 year old emad al swealmee
round up of the days news. first its time for newscast which was recorded last night. laura and chris, on the last episode, i managed to combine a news story about when is the ideal bedtime with some free market research from newscasters about when they listen to this podcast! smart. and for a man who gets up very early, it s an important thing for you to tap into. we have had enough of that already this week! what we have done is newscasters e mailed in in literally their tens, we have had loads of e mails about this! and we have been able to do an initial bit of analysis about when people listen to the podcast and how it fits around their bedtime ortheirwaking up. shall we see what the analysis says? i would love to see it. can we be clear we are using that term loosely? incredibly loosely! let s see. yes, this isjust a sort of sample of the e mails, it is not scientific analysis. and also, we have a cheap and cheerful bar chart for tv viewers to understand. people liste
tonight, the art of the stall, another day, another delay in holding donald trump accountable in court. how much longer will this tactic work? the multimillion dollar effort by republicans to keep trump from another term. will they support joe biden? we will need a student from gaza who journaled her is gape from the war, building a new life in cairo. can donald trump run out the clock? the disgraced four times indicted ex-president will not face criminal trials before election day. friday, a new york judge delayed trump s hush money criminal trial until mid april after his lawyers said they needed more time to sift through tens of thousands of pages of recently released evidence from federal prosecutors. the trial was slated to begin next week on march 25th but the judge has now agreed to a 30 day postponement. also friday, the judge overseeing the ex-president s election interference case in georgia issued a ruling of his own after weeks of public hearings. the fulton c