shark in majorca sends out of the sea. good morning. it s monday 26th june. i m joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a deal between the conservatives and the democratic unionist party to support theresa may s minority government in parliament is expected to be announced very shortly. the prime minister is meeting senior dup figures inside downing street now, to finalise the details for a so called confidence and supply arrangement under which the dup‘s ten mps will vote with the 317 conservatives to form a majority in the house of commons. we will bring you the latest on those talks. let s go to chris mason in downing street. what are you expecting? well, they arrived, the dup, around 15 or 20 minutes ago, greeted by the prime minister on the steps of downing street. lots of beaming smiles on the expectation is that we should get details pretty soon, that we should get details pretty $0011, once that we should get details pretty soon, once that meeting breaks u
era for the navy. a new aircraft carrier, the hms queen elizabeth, is due to set sail for the first time from a dockyard in fife. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. it s taken 18 days.. and some critics are describing it simply as a ‘bung but a deal has now been done between the dup and the conservatives which will guarantee the party s support for theresa may s minority government. in what s described as a two year ‘confidence and supply‘ arrangement. there will be £1 billion extra for health and education in northern ireland. the prime minister has agreed to keep the triple lock on pensions and winter fuel payments. why has it taken so long? theresa may had wanted to seal a deal with the dup soon after the election, but it s taken two and a half weeks. so it was with relief that she came out to greet her new allies and potential political saviours in downing street. the dup leader, arlene foster, admitted progress had been slow, but her claim to be at the
memory of those affected by the finsbury park mosque terror attack. also coming up for you, the dawn of a new era for the navy. a new aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth sets off for its first sea trial at the rosyth dockyard in good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has told mps she wants to give the three million eu nationals living in britain the same status as uk citizens after brexit. she said she wanted to provide certainty for people who were anxious, saying no eu citizen legally in the uk would be asked to go when britain left the eu. this is a fair and serious offer. 0ur obligations in the withdrawal treaty with the eu will be binding on the uk as a matter of international law. and we will incorporate commitments into uk law guaranteeing that we ll stand firmly by our part of the deal. so our offer will give those three million eu citizens in the uk certainty about the future of their lives and about the future of their lives and a reciprocal agreement
we want you to stay. the cladding used on grenfell tower is withdrawn from around the world. the us supreme court has partially lifted an injunction against president donald trump s travel ban. and a new aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth sets sail for the first time from the rosyth dockyard in fife. it s 5 o clock. our main story is that after more than two weeks of talks the conservatives and the democratic unionist party have agreed a parliamentary deal to support theresa may s minority government. it will mean an extra £1 billion for health, education and infrastructure in northern ireland. the conservatives have also agreed to keep the so called triple lock on pensions and maintain universal winterfuel payments for pensioners. leaders in scotland and wales have condemned the deal other parties have raised concerns that the deal will cause problems in northern ireland. our political correspondent iain watson reports. why has it taken so long? theresa may had want