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 deeply troub
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 belfast. And i
Things are cheering up in the next few days with the weather becoming drier and warmer and all down to what has been going on in the atlantic. This warmer air has been moving north and that helps to form these waves in the jet stream. For us that brings high pressure but overin us that brings high pressure but over in europe there is going to be some very nasty thunderstorms likely to bring some pretty nasty flash flooding in the next few days. But for us these waves create a big area of high pressure and that is increasingly going to be moving of the uk. That is going to bring increasingly fine weather. Today is pretty nice as well, because england and wales will have this kind of flat cloud which will break up more as we go through the evening so increasing amounts of sunshine. The exception is east anglia and it will take some time for that cloud to break up. Claudia for scotland and northern ireland. claudia. In the sunshine around 25 degrees, a little warmer than average for th
and, we look at a treasure trove of freddie mercury s personal items collected over 30 years before they go under the hammer. and coming up on bbc news. manchester city and arsenal go head to head at the etihad, with city looking to turn the tide in the title race with a win over the league leaders. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the first plane carrying british nationals fleeing sudan is due to land at stansted airport in about an hour. the evacuees were initially taken to larnaca in cyprus, before boarding a charter flight to the uk. more flights are expected throughout the day, to move hundreds of uk citizens out of the country during a 72 hour ceasefire, which has come after more than a week of fighting. british passport holders have been asked to make their own way to an airbase on the outskirts of the sudanese capital khartoum. so far, three british planes have flown from there to larnaca. another potential escape route is by sea, from port sudan, bu