in washington last hour, crucial developers in northern ireland tonight. the leader of the dup, jeffrey donaldson, has been meeting with executive members of his party to discuss a possible deal to restore power sharing at stormont next week. the dup collapsed the executive nearly two years ago in protest at the post brexit trading arrangements. the party has been in talks with the uk government this past year seeking changes to the so called windsor framework. and it would seem there has been enough progress to put something to the wider party. there are around 130 members of the executive. the party officers are not present at this meeting tonight, and only they would have the power to sign off on any prospective deal. let s speak to our ireland correspondent, chris page. just talk to me about that bit. this is the wider group of the executive, chris, but i guess if they go in behind jeffrey donaldson, he is in business? , , ., behind jeffrey donaldson, he is in business? ,
and a big win for the fantasy adventure film everything everywhere all at once, after a succesful night at the screen actors guild awards in hollywood. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister and the european commission are due to hold final talks on a new post brexit trade deal for northern ireland today. rishi sunak and ursula von der leyen will meet in windsor to discuss complex challenges around the exisiting deal what s called the northern ireland protocol. there will be a cabinet meeting in the afternoon, where an update on those talks will be given. if a final deal is agreed, the prime minister and ms von der leyen will hold a short joint press conference. rishi sunak would then make a statement in the house of commons. so, what is the protocol and why is it important? it was created after brexit to avoid border controls between northern ireland and the republic of ireland which is an eu member. effectively, it leaves northern ireland within th
it comes just a day after a gunman killed ten people in a suspected racially motivated terror attack at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. now on bbc news, dateline. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast for audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a convention busting week, this one a queen s speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other than the queen. two countries strictly neutral for 80 years, preparing to take sides. in northern ireland, a party in favour of reuniting the island of ireland topped the poll for the first time in the centuries since ireland was partitioned. to discuss all that and more, in the studio are brian 0 connell, former bureau chief in london for the irish broadcaster rte, eunice goes, portuguese journalist and university lecturer and newly created british citizen, and jeffrey kofman, who s been both a war correspondent and news anc
large rallies have taken place in houston, new york, washington, los angeles and chicago. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme. it brings together the foreign journalists who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline in london. it has been a convention busting week, this one. a queen s speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other than the queen, two countries, strictly neutral for 80 years, preparing to take sides, in northern ireland, a party in favour of reuniting the island of ireland, topping the poll for the first time in the century since ireland was partitioned. to discuss all of that we have brian o connell, a bureau chief in london for the irish broadcaster rte, a portuguese journalist and university lecturer and newly british citizen, and jeffrey goffman, who has been able corresponding and new news anchor in canada and the united states. good to have you with us. we start with nato expansi
hello and welcome to the programme that brings together the foreign journalists who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. it s been a convention busting week, this one a queen s speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other than the queen. two countries strictly neutral for 80 years, preparing to take sides. in northern ireland, a party in favour of reuniting the island of ireland topped the poll for the first time in the centuries since ireland was partitioned. to discuss all that and more, in the studio are brian o connell, former bureau chief in london for the irish broadcaster rte, eunice goes, portuguesejournalist and university lecturer and newly created british citizen, and jeffrey kofman, who s been both a war correspondent and news anchor in canada and the united states. good to have you back with us. jeffrey, let s start with nato expansion. sweden and finland, finland s president, sauli niinisto, said on f