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britain being closed. the uk government says it is disappointed after the european union launched legal action over plans to scrap parts of the post—brexit deal for northern ireland. our shrinking coastline — a warning that rising sea levels mean almost 200,000 properties in england may have to be abandoned. hello and welcome to bbc news, lets start with some breaking news. in the past few minutes, its been announced that yorkshire county cricket club and a number of individuals ha...

to influence last years election. hello to you. and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the charity save the children has warned that planned reductions in british aid to syria could lead to hundreds of thousands of children losing their access to education. since the start of the conflict a decade ago, thousands of schools have been destroyed, in what the un says is a deliberate ploy by president bashar al—assad and his allies to terrorise communities — ...

If paul given does resign as first minister, that also means the deputy first minister, his main power—sharing partner, michele 0neill of sinn fein, she automatically will be out of herjob as well. so while some of the functions of government will still be able to go on, the devolved government here will not fully function. as thing stands there is an election scheduled for the stormont assembly at the beginning of may. many of the dups critics will say all this is more about the dup trying to...

That when we act together, we are stronger and we really can make a difference. we are continuing to reinforce our cooperation in many strategic ways. 0n humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine, on energy, on fighting the threats against our democracies, on solving outstanding issues in the eu — us cooperation, including on data protection and privacy. 0ur brussels correspondent jessica parker explains how this deal has been put together so quickly. this has been building up for a few ...

Landing ship —— in kyiv. 0ur brussels correspondent jessica parker explains how the gas deal announced by president biden to reduce the eus dependence on russian energy was put together so quickly. this has been building up for a few days, but what they have agreed to is that the us, alongside partners, they say, are going to try to supply 15 billion cubic metres of liquefied natural gas to europe this year, and then build on those supplies over the coming years. and this is, of course, to t...

And obvious choice for consumers. 0ur ? our heat pumps where it is that when you look at other potential options with some talking about hydrogen boilers and i dont now how advanced the technology is there and honestly there are solar panels, and heat pumps do require the space to put the box outside if you have an air condensing unit or the capacity to dig if you have one that goes into the ground. t the capacity to dig if you have one that goes into the ground.- that goes into the ground. i th...

Of member states. mr morawiecki said it was unacceptable to withhold eu funds over the dispute. translation: it is unacceptable to talk about financial _ translation: it is unacceptable to talk about financial penalties - translation: it is unacceptable to talk about financial penalties et - talk about financial penalties et ceiera — talk about financial penalties et ceiera i— talk about financial penalties et cetera. i reject the language of threats— cetera. i reject the language of threa...

More now on the news that the uk governments put forward plans to end the sale of new gas boilers by 2035 — as part of its climate change strategy. grants of £5,000 will be offered to people in england and wales from april next year to install replacements such as low carbon heat pumps. 0ur reality check correspondent chris morris is here with more details. the vast majority of homes in the uk are still heated by natural gas, but that is going to have to change pretty fast if targets for comb...

A fresh row had broken out between the eu and the uk over the arrangements agreed as part of the brexit deal which cover those checks. earlier, the conservative party co—chair 0liver dowden said the government would wait to see the eu plans in full, but would "engage fully and constructively" on the matter. 0ur brussels correspondent jess parkerjoins me now. yes, these proposals have been months in the making. a response to uk calls for change. important to stress we do not have the details ye...

Expected to announce details in the coming days. the uk will set out its demands for changes to the northern ireland protocol today when the brexit minister, lord frost, makes a speech in lisbon. the protocol, agreed by both sides, prevents a hard border on the island of ireland by keeping northern ireland in the eus single market for goods. 0ur brussels correspondent jessica parker told 0ur brussels correspondentjessica parker told me more. the timing is quite interesting, we only learned the s...