England heading for defeat . Divisions between the british and Irish Governments over how the Northern Ireland border works after brexit deepened today. The International Trade secretary, liam fox, said final decisions could only be made once the uk knows what its future eu trade deal would be. What its future eu ireland has however said it could veto moving on to those talks at the next eu summit injust over two weeks. Our ireland correspondent Chris Buckler reports. Dodt Chris Buckler reports. Along the irish border, you will dodt along the irish border, you will find old huts that were once customs posts. Places where people had to stop to show their papers. But that was a long time ago. A cars satellite navigation may tell you when you have crossed from Northern Ireland into the republic. But there is little to show it. The irish wants a guarantee that this land will remain open and the border invisible and it says unless it gets those assurances, it will block the next round of br
Review on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think about the stories we are covering. What is happening where you are . Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We begin the programme on the indonesian island of bali, which has shut its airport this morning after authorities there raised the threat of a volcanic eruption to the highest level that means it could happen in the next 2a hours. The volcano in question is mount agung. Thousands of people have been evacuated from the exclusion zone. There are fears of a full scale eruption for the First Time Since 1963 when about 1,600 people were killed. Andrew plant has the latest. Balis most secret mountain, an ancient volcano rumbling back to life with billows of black smoke. No one has been sleeping for more than half a century. Now awake and angry. Experts believe a major eruption could be about to happen. Translation the volcano has entered the magnetic eruptio
Prince harry is to marry his american girlfriend, the actress Meghan Markle. He said he is delighted and that the engagement has the blessing of miss markles parents. A statement from Clarence House in the past hour said the couple had become engaged in london earlier this month. In a statement, prince harry said he was delighted to announce the duke and duchess of cambridge said, we are very happy for them and we have enjoyed getting to know her. We are very happy for them. Their relationship has developed in the main out of sight of the media. One exception was when they appeared hand in hand at the Invictus Games in toronto, the games which he has done so much to organise taking place in the city where she has lived. Those who saw them said that they looked like a couple very much in love. That has been confirmed by Meghan Markle herself. Notwithstanding the couples reservations about the media she gave a article to vanity fair which said, we are a couple and in love. Twice it had s
Any of them, because it is not my purpose to promote and encourage conflict, whether of ideas or of arms, but to try to promote harmony and understanding. I hope you will understand it and join us in our endeavour. As i said earlier, this isa endeavour. As i said earlier, this is a diplomatic briefings. This was intended to keep the members of our diplomatic community, the representatives of our friends from all over the world, in touch with what we are trying to do. But in some ways, it is more than just a diplomatic reefing. It is an appeal to all of those who wish myanmar well, an appeal to help us to achieve the ends that i think you would agree are desirable, notjust for this particular country, but for countries all over the world. Thank you. Thank you, excellency. Myanmars de facto leader addressing the country on a televised address regarding the crisis in Rakhine State. The Nobel Laureate has been criticised for her near silence regarding the rohingya crisis. The security crac
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