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Our second guest. we are going to talk about what life is like, how life is functioning or not given that there is no functioning government essentially, what is the impact of that on people plus mike lives and businesses? we will talk about that in a minute. joining us from belfast is the former bbc northern ireland correspondent, mark devenport. in terms of what happens now, thats it, belfast is headed for an election?— it, belfast is headed for an election? . , , , ., election? certainly th...

Will quite simply be no depaul government in ireland for the saw those decisions that would normally be taken about schools of education, the health service, infrastructure, roads none of those will happen. northern ireland will go back to the position effectively that it was in when there was no assembly between 2017 and 2020 and be administered by civil servants and by the secretary of state. its worth noting this morning and in recent days they have been multiple calls from different civic bo...

There have been multiple calls from different civic bodies across northern ireland — the northern ireland chamber of commerce represents about 1,000 businesses — urging urging a return of the assembly and the executive. the leaders of all the main churches in northern ireland met with the secretary of state last night, making that same point in stressing the fact that particularly at a time when we are facing the worst cost—of—living crisis in a generation, there needs to be government f...

Numbers continue to tech up, but as i say, borisjohnson in terms of public support is quite a long way short. i public support is quite a long way short. ~ ., i. public support is quite a long way short. ~ ., ,, , public support is quite a long way short. ~ ., , ~ , short. i know you will be keeping oure es short. i know you will be keeping your eyes on _ short. i know you will be keeping your eyes on the _ short. i know you will be keeping your eyes on the numbers. - short. i know you will be k...

If there isnt one, ms sturgeon says it that would be a ludicrous, a ridiculous idea, if borisjohnson were to be a candidate to return as prime minister. and just taking a step back for a minute, this has a potential impact on the debate about scotlands future. in 2014, the argument advanced by supporters of the union was that it would bring stability, it would bring prosperity. nicola sturgeon says, "well, just look around. the opposite is happening." although there are obviously difficult quest...

Soviet union coming apart, gorbachevjust happens to be the person at the top when that happened. iraqs president, barham salih, has addressed the nation after nearly 2a hours of violence thats left dozens dead and hundreds injured in the capital baghdad. mr salih said that he thought early elections could help resolve the high political tensions. iraq has had no functioning government since inconclusive elections last october. caroline hawley reports. in the centre of baghdad, a second day of de...

Iraqs president, barham saleh, has addressed the nation after nearly 2a hours of violence thats left dozens dead and hundreds injured in the capital baghdad. mr saleh said that he thought early elections could help resolve the high political tensions. iraq has had no functioning government since inconclusive elections last october. caroline hawley reports. in the centre of baghdad, a second day of deadly violence. here, a rocket—propelled grenade being fired. the worst fighting iraq has been i...

Warmth and compassion. this is newsday on the bbc. im monica miller in singapore. 0ur headlines... iraqs prime minister says hell "vacate his post" if the complicated political situation in the country continues. on monday, there was an outbreak of violence in central baghdad after the shia cleric, moqtada al sadr, said he was resigning from iraqi politics, and his supporters stormed government buildings. iraq has had no functioning government since inconclusive elections last october — and th...

Haiti. it is what the bahamian prime minister called a failed state and i believe thats pretty much recognized by just with everybody. right now haiti does not have a functioning government and without that theres no sense of safety to sort of put things in perspective, which is a suburb, a ghetto of port-au-prince. in the last month, 200 have been wounded or killed by gang violence. theres a growing sense in haiti without a functioning government, without protection and with the growing power o...

Doubts that the next president and government, whoever they may be, that is appointed in the coming days, will actually be able to resolve these problems. so where do we go from here? what youve just described is a country that has no functioning government, protest that may well continue, and an economy that is collapsing. where does that leave sri lanka? first of all, constitutionally, were not even sure whether rajapaksa is still president. if he has resigned or will resign, as he said he wou...