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Life and i very naively, im american, we dont have that they are. Two big legal changes in Northern Ireland are looming with abortion and same sex marriage becoming legal at midnight. It has prompted stormont to assemble for the first time in three years. Coming up one afternoon live, lizzie with all the sport. Hello, simon. We have squad news for the Rugby World Cup semifinals this weekend, there is good news for england but bad news for wales. 0k, back to you later. And we have the whether wit...

World tour have agreed to a shock merger with the saudi backed liv golf. This comes despite the pending litigation between pga and liv. That will now be halted as they move forward as part of the same enterprise. Over the past year liv golf caused huge disruption in the mens game, with top players such as rory mcllroy and tiger woods boldly criticising it. But other players such as Brooks Koepka joined liv golf for large sums with the backing of the Saudi Arabia Public Investment fund. The bbc�...

Or corky from the Night Manager, youll certainly recognsie this famous face. Tom hollander and his fellow actor will keen on stage, on putin and russias billionaires. And with me the real life logan roy. Actor brian cox is back after the huge success of the drama succession. Rain newton smith, the boss of the cbi battling to save it, and salma shah, tory insider and former adviser at the home office. Morning, morning. Promises, promises the conservatives made some huge ones in the past on imigra...

hello, im sally bundock, here with your top business stories. lets start with oil, because crude prices have risen some 2% after saudi arabia and opec plus countries announced they would be cutting production to stabilise oil prices. saudi arabia said it would make cuts of one million barrels per day injuly, which is around 1% of global supplies. opec plus countries — which account for around a0 % of the worlds crude oil — said they would cut production by some 1.4 million barrels ...

also on the programme: president biden boards air force one, destination belfast. he speaks of his hopes on the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. make sure the irish accords and - the winter agreements stay in place, keep the peace. - thats the main thing. keep your fingers crossed. one of the uks biggest business groups, the cbi, sacks its head tony danker after an investigation into workplace conduct. and the wild spring weather continues with warnings of strong winds fo...

hello and welcome. ukraine says 174,000 square kilometres — thats roughly the same area as syria — has been contaminated by landmines since russias invasion last february. most have been found in the north eastern kharkiv region. 0ur correspondent in ukraine james waterhouse reports. this is what you call a scratching of the surface, a sweep and a gentle prod for hidden killers. a job with very obvious occupational hazards. translation: my family calls me in the morning l and tells...

Winds will strengthen n the hills in wales there might be snow too, best of the weather throughout boxing day will be in northern and iron area, watch what happens during the evening. It looks as though we could have snow on the welsh hills and wet elsewhere. The latest headlines. The queen has paid tribute to how the people of manchester and london dealt with this years terror attacks. In her Christmas Day broadcast shell say the cities powerful identities had shone through in the face of appal...

People are on the move, it will be wet and windy rather than the snow and cold and ice that we have been talking about of late. Well, we handled that brilliantly. Thank you very much. Did you . I was making it up very much. Did you . I was making it up as we went along. Well, im a frustrated weather forecaster as you keep saying. Phil avery, youre monitoring whats going on out there, so we will know whats going on on the roads and the trains and the planes as well. Youre watching bbc news. This ...

It was a year of crucial negotiations. No dealfor britain is better than a bad dealfor britain. We would all love to have europe a la carte and a year of bold promises in the Worlds Largest economy. And i can think of no better Christmas Present for the American People than giving you a massive tax cut. It was a year where some of the worlds most Influential Companies hit a bump in the road. The taxi app uber will not have its licence renewed by transport for london. It says the firm is not fit ...

Few brighter skies but some heavy showers moving through. Milder in the south at colder still further north. Bye bye. This is bbc news our latest headlines. Motorists are being warned of treacherous driving conditions across large parts of the uk, with sub zero temperatures. Hundreds of people have spent the night at Stansted Airport after flights were cancelled or delayed. The uns special envoy to syria says he fears children who desperately need to leave a rebel held area of damascus are being...