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Number simon harris. Our Ireland Correspondent Sara Girvin reports. After years of strained relations, this was the Moment Sir Keir starmer was given A Hundred Thousand welcomes to dublin. There were smiles and handshakes as he and his irish counterpart were presented with football jerseys. This will be proudly worn in North London before too long. Both leaders said this was an opportunity to renew and deepen the friendship between britain and ireland. I know as two new leaders of our respective countries, we both said we wish to really place British Irish Relations on a new path, and i really appreciate the time that youve given to that since taking office. Its really important to me and to my government, and i think it is the moment for reset, and its when we put meaning behind those words. International matters took Centre Stage following a roundtable business discussion. We have to be clear in the face of russian aggression, we have to stand together to coordinate, stand with our allies and give ukraine all of the support that it needs for as long as it needs. Photo opportunities are one thing, but the taoiseach and Prime Minister will need to decide what a reset in their relationship actually looks like. Symbolism is important here, but moving forward theyll need to deliver substance over style. There have already been announcements a yearly summit between the two countries addressing trade, security, justice and climate. Both governments are keen to send the message that when it comes to the relationship between britain and ireland, this is a new ball game. Sarah girvin, Bbc News In Dublin. We can speak to addy rennison, director of the political Consultancy Sec Newgate uk. Youre also a former Government Adviser on business and trade, including the Post Brexit Trade arrangements in Northern Ireland. Talk us through what the sticking points continue to be when a Sir Keir Starmer says he wants to reset this relationship going forward, there are still elements that need to be worked on. There are. Need to be worked on. There are todays need to be worked on. There are. Todays Visit Need to be worked on. There are. Todays visit was need to be worked on. There are. Todays visit was about | are. Todays visit was about resolving and resetting. We have seen him in paris and berlin as well but the irish protocol, the northern Ireland Protocol attached to the brexit deal, in order to avoid a hard border, there is some hope even though it will have been the Elephant In The Room that an arrangement with the eu that labour is seeking, could help smooth by Re Engaging with ireland but ultimately today was resetting a bilateral relations. Was resetting a bilateral relations. ,. Relations. They were very much wantin relations. They were very much wanting to relations. They were very much wanting to ensure relations. They were very much wanting to ensure that wanting to ensure that everybody knew they were co guarantors of the Peace Process within Northern Ireland. How does it work realistically given the Republic Of Ireland is in the single market . Republic of ireland is in the single market . Ultimately that was what the single market . Ultimately that was what the northern single market . Ultimately that was what the Northern Ireland | was what the northern Ireland Protocol was all about, to try and ensure in order to keep us from having a hard border, that Northern Ireland has to stay aligned to a lot of eu Single Market Rules and one of the key issues that creates friction across the Irish Sea is agriculture. It is no small wonder that one of the issues that labour have said they want to do going into government was to do going into government was to reach an agricultural deal with the eu. 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I think one of the positive Things To Come Out of todayis positive Things To Come Out of today is the other Thing Labour are keen on is a new deal on security. Ireland is not in nato so this is quite a constructive area to work in terms of through the eu and the uk. It will be interesting to see what irelands position is on mobility arrangements, obviously we have ability through the common Travel Area but the eu has put this for a Youth Mobility Scheme on the Table And Starmer has ruled that out, so it remains to be seen if there will be movement on that space. On that space. Thank you for our on that space. Thank you for your expertise. Meanwhile, in his first major interview since becoming Prime Minister, Keir Starmer has told the bbc that the previous government Broke The Nhs in ways which were unforgiveable. Speaking exclusively to sunday with laura kuennsberg, he said a review of the Health Service to be published in the coming week finds the conservatives changes to the nhs were Hopelessly Misconceived , and austerity in the coalition years, followed by the pandemic, had left the nhs in a perilous awful position. Everybody watching this who has used the nhs know that it is broken. That is unforgivable, the state of our nhs. The last government Broke The Nhs. Our job now is to understand how that came about and bring about the reforms, starting with the first steps, the 40,000 extra appointments but we have two reform as well. I think it is only a Labour Government that can do with the reform that our nhs needs and we will start on that journey. pres . 0ur political Correspondent Leila Nathoo told me more of what Sir Keir has been discussing with laura kuenssberg. Its a very familiar refrain now, blaming the conservative government across the board for things that the Labour Party has inherited. But this report that he is referring to the report by lord darzi, it was commissioned pretty much instantly after labour took power. Its a kind of broad ranging investigation into the nhs, looking at access to healthcare, the quality of Health Care and the overall performance of the nhs and any inequalities surrounding those three areas. The idea its going to be published on thursday now, but the idea is that that informs a kind of longer term project, a ten year plan, all about Labours Idea of what theyre calling fixing the foundations. So yes, theyve got an immediate plan, for example, to reduce waiting lists. Theyre going to bring 40,000 more appointments in the nhs, getting people booked in on evenings, weekends. But in the longer term, they want to do something different with the nhs to actually structurally change it. And that is where you hear this idea of kind of reflecting on the reforms under the conservative health secretary, andrew lansley, who had those big reforms to the nhs under the coalition government. But i think its quite a kind of familiar narrative were hearing now from Keir Starmer about what hes inherited. And thats certainly the case for the nhs. And viewers in the uk can watch the full interview with the prime Minister Tomorrow at 9am on bbc one, the News Channel and the bbc iplayer. A rare event took Place Today in london when richard moore, the head of mi6, and Cia Director William Burns have appeared in public together for the first time at a Security Conference in london. Mr burns, who has been central to efforts to reach a ceasefire in the middle east, said the us was working with other mediators to refine the existing framework for a deal. Also discussed, ukraine 5 seizure of the russian territory in kursk, which was described as a significant tactical achievement. Lets have a listen. Its absolutely critical that we do sustain our support to ukraine and its really difficult. Its hard. And particularly in eastern ukraine, this is attritional warfare where there is a huge amount of suffering on both sides. And putin is pushing forward in a sort of attritional pyrrhic Campaign Of Taking Village by village as he goes forward, when he takes those, theres nothing left. I mean, thats why i used the deliberately used the term pyrrhic. There is nothing left because everything is utterly destroyed. But that is the Kremlin Way of war. Thats what they did in grozny. Its what they did in aleppo. And its what theyre now doing in here. So it is tough, but its also important to remember that our ukrainian friends have an absolute will to fight. And its important to remember how this started. This started in this phase with putin mounting a War Of Aggression in February 2022 and two and a half years later that failed. It continues to fail. The ukrainians will continue to fight. We will continue to help them to fight. We have to all remember that despite all of that work that needs to be done, this is ultimately a question of political will and this gets to your question. I whether or not leaders on bothj sides are prepared to recognise that enough is enough and that the time has come finally to make some hard choices and some difficultj compromises. I hope, i hope profoundly that both of those leaders are going to make that decision because, as i said, there is an Enormousl Amount at stake here. Daniel lomas, is an Assistant Professor at the school of politics and international relations at the university of nottingham. He told me about the significance of that first public meeting between the top uk and us Spy Chiefs. Well, what were seeing here is this is, yes, a significant moment. Its the first time that the head of sis, mi6 and the cia have have spoken in person in a public setting. But this is part of a broader package of briefings by Senior Western intelligence officials on the situation both in ukraine and the Security Situation more, more broadly. So its part of a broader, broader picture in terms of the messaging here and why theyre doing it, when were looking for example, at polling, both in the uk and the us, it could be argued that senior officials are perhaps seen as more trusted, lets say, to deliver than some of these key lines than, than some of the politicians out there. So i think that this message and the people delivering the message, this is one of, fact based, its intelligence led, its shaped by the information that western Intelligence Agencies themselves are collecting and this is a continuation, really. And you mentioned ukraine. This is really a continuation of that process that was happening before the invasion, where we were declassifying and releasing small bits of intelligence in a public setting, both in part, i think, as reassurance, um, that, yes, the west is doing something about the threat posed by, um, russia, china and other states out there. But its also, again, to act as a warning that we need to be vigilant within the west. You know, these statements are being made at a time when support for the ukraine war remains relatively high within the west. But in terms of the news cycle, ukraine is slipping behind the front pages here. So theyre trying to kind of bolster this image that ukraine is fighting russia. And its a story that needs to continue to be in the headlines. 0ne One of the other issues the Spy Chiefs was the middle east. A Ceasefire Deal in gaza. I want to take you to Tel Aviv where we are watching live images of protesters, Anti Israel Government Protesters who were angry about the lack of a Ceasefire Deal in gaza and the lack of a deal on releasing the hostages that continue to be held in gaza, following that Hamas Attack on israel on the 7th Of October Last year. We are coming up to that anniversary so once again these are protests that take place regularly and these look quite intense there, with a fire being set, but these are Tel Aviv live shots of thousands of people who rally regularly for these protests. They are deeply unhappy, they cruise israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the israeli government of simply not doing enough to reach a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages who were taken by hamas during the 7th Of October attacks. We will keep an eye on those live shots from Tel Aviv for you here on Bbc News. Lets turn to france. Tens of thousands of Left Wing protesters have demonstrated in paris and other french towns and cities against the appointment of Michel Barnier as the Country S New Prime Minister. President macron gave him the post on thursday, ending two months of deadlock following inconclusive parliamentary elections. Mr barnier spent Saturday Afternoon visiting a Childrens Hospital in paris. He was asked about protests. Translation i dont want to | waste time with controversies. I hear words like power grab, that is not the spirit we are after here. The spirit is to bring together as many mps as possible for a government of action, with a project and with a spirit of cooperation. Its not about a power grab, and well see that those mps who express their views and give us their confidence will be a very important part of an assembly that is very divided. But i repeat, i do not want to get into controversy. Earlier our Paris Correspondent Hugh Schofield explains the drive behind the protests. I wouldnt say he is a controversialfigure but his nomination is controversial, thats for sure. He is a fairly consensual figure, not an extremist by any means, he is from the centre right, but the fact is he is macrons nominee, he is from the centre right, and the left have been protesting today, they are absolutely furious because they thought they won the election. They had the biggest number of seats in parliament, so they think it should be them who have the first choice to form a government. Their nominee should be Prime Minister. Macron had said no, the constitution says that he can choose. If he named a Left Wing Prime Minister, there is no way that person would have survived a vote of confidence in parliament. Whereas with Michel Barnier, there is a chance he would would survive that vote of confidence in parliament. Thats because we think the populists and marine Le Pen for the moment will put up with him and wont vote him out. Michel barnier is in a precarious position but hes holding on, and that has incensed the left and brought them onto the street today. Now its time for a look at Todays Sport with gavin. Hello from the Bbc Sport centre. Lots of football across europe in the nations league. England have opened their campaign in the second tier of the competion with a 2 0 over the Republic Of Ireland In Dublin and it was two of englands players with irish connections that scored the goals, Declan Rice was capped three times by ireland in friendlies in 2018 before switching his allegiance to england. He didnt celebrate his opening goal. Jack grealish didnt hold back after adding a second. The Manchester City forward, who represented ireland in the under 175, 185 and 21s, was dropped from gareth southagtes Euros Squad so had a point to prove. A good start for englands interim Head Coach Lee carsley, who played 40 times for the republic. Greece and finland are the other teams in englands group. I 0 Greece Germany are playing hungary in the top tier. I 0 germany netherlands and Bosnia Herzsegovina in the same group h. Weve also had wins for georgia, moldova and armenia. Its the penultimate day of competition at the paris paralympics, 24 hours after winning doubles gold, Alfie Hewitt came up short in his singles final in the wheelchair tennis. It was a fantastic match, hewitt came from a set down against japans takita 0da, who was also on the other side of the net in his doubles match. It went to Decider And Hewitt was serving for gold, but 0da, who is only 18, broke back and took the set 7 5. Heartbreakfor hewitt, paralympic Singles Gold is the only title hes missing after completing the set of grand Slam Singles titles at wimbledon this year. I2 wickets fell on the second day of the final test between England And Sri lanka at the oval. 0llie Pope looks to be over his Run Drought with 154 although england did collapse in their first innings, from 261 4 to 325 all out. Josh hull took a wicket on his debut for england and 0lly Stone also picked up a couple and a Run Out but Sri Lanka are digging in for the sixth wicket. Kamindu mendis with 54 and captain dhananjaya de silva 64, Theyll Resume on day three with Sri Lanka 211 5. Will england regret not scoring more with the bat . We would may be always like a few more runs but taking the positive option, we felt getting bumped as a tail ender, to take it on rather than ducked out of the way. On a different day, a couple more go out of the boundary ropes. We felt like that was a really good score, double was still doing enough so come back tomorrow and hopefully pick up a few more wickets and make a dent in their total. In rugby union, englands women are celebrating a 14th straight victory over france, a convincing 38 19 win in gloucester. The Red Roses led 19 0 at the interval thanks to tries from captain marlie packer, Jess Breach and helena rowland. They added three more after the break although the french made more of a game of it, with three tries as well. England Face World champions New Zealand at twickenham next weekend before heading to canada for the second year of the wxv tournament. England are the champions. South africa are closing in on the rugby championship title, they beat New Zealand18 12 in Cape Town to maintain their 100 percent record. The fourth time in a row that they have beaten the all blacks. Argentina and australia are currently in action in santa fe. It is just it isjust 3 3, a couple it is just 3 3, a couple of penalties apiece. Legendary Formula 1 designer adrian newey, who left Red Bull in April Willjoin Aston Martin next year. An Aston Martin source told Bbc Sport that newey has made a long Term Commitment to the team, said to be a five Year Contract Worth up to a possible £30 million a year, including bonuses and add ons. The deal will be announced on tuesday. And thats all the sport for now. Ten scenes in glasgow. Around 2000 people are reported to have joined a stand 2000 people are reported to havejoined a Stand Up 2000 people are reported to have joined a Stand Up to racism rally. 0n the other side a small anti immigration protest took place. There were some scuffles when a group of men wearing masks arrived and tried tojoin men wearing masks arrived and tried to join the Antiracism Protest with p police trying to keep them apart. It is all dispersed now but there were two demonstrations here earlier, a Pro Uk Anti Immigration Protest that was advertised back injuly around the time of the demonstrations in england and Northern Ireland. It was promoted by far right activists on social media. A Counter Protest was organised in response by Stand Up to racism and both were separated by police. This was the largest of these events so far seen in scotland. It is estimated there were around 2000, 3000 at the antiracism rally, they were outnumbering the 300, 400 at the other. It was noisy with angry exchanges between the two groups, a group of masked Football Supporters were contained by police, they were later released. So far there have been two arrests. But it is absolutely fair to say that apart from a couple of brief flashpoints, it was trouble free and nothing like the demonstrations we saw in england and ireland this summer. Boeings Starliner Spacecraft has returned to earth from the international Space Station, but without the astronauts who were meant to be on board. The capsule suffered technical problems after it launched, making it too risky for the pair to return until next year. Instead of spending 8 days in space, theyll now end up spending 8 months. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle, has the story. Mission Control Starliner is now backing away from station and starting its return to earth. Boeings Starliner Capsule on its way home, beginning its six Hour Voyage with a blast of its engines. And youre seeing the Light Show there on your screen. But the spacecraft is empty, without the astronauts it was supposed to carry. Nasas Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will now stay on the international Space Station. Technical problems with starliner meant nasa said it wasnt safe enough to take the pair home. Suni williams spoke to Mission Control as the spacecraft she nicknamed calypso departed. It is time to bring calypso home. We have your backs and youve got this. Bring her back to earth. Good luck. P icking Up Starliner now from its lower altitude, about 6,000 feet above. In the Night Sky of new mexico, a first glimpse of the capsule. Three good parachutes. Looking great. Its descent is slowed as it closes in. Touchdown. Starliner is back on earth. The landings a success, but its a bittersweet moment for the mission team. From a human perspective, All Of Us feel happy about the successful landing. But then theres a piece of us, All Of Us, that we wish it would have been the way we had planned it. We had planned to have the Mission Land with. Butch and suni on board. The astronauts are to remain in space until february next year, their eight Day Mission extended to eight months. But nasa says theyre in good spirits, settling into life on the Space Station and taking in its spectacular views. Rebecca morrell, Bbc News. They look relaxed. Eight months rather than eight days. More on our Website But Ijust want rather than eight days. More on our website but i just want to take you live to Tel Aviv where we are continuing to monitor thousands of people out on the streets of Tel Aviv. These are people who are protesting about the lack of a hostage release deal. They are unhappy, accusing prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Isabels Government of not doing enough to reach a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages who were taken by hamas during the 7th Of October attacks. These protests are happening regularly and we have been keeping an eye on them. The leap shot there from Tel Aviv. More on Bbc News. Hello there. This mixed Weather Pattern continuing throughout the weekend. Weve got a thundery low sitting to the south of the uk, thats going to continue to push northwards over england and Wales Tonight to bring some Heavy Rain, maybe some thunderstorms for some of us a risk of localised flooding. But it will stay drier across scotland and Northern Ireland. This is the low starting to push northwards as we head into this evening and overnight, sending a band of rain northwards. Some of this will be heavy and thundery in places. It will continue to journey across the midlands into northern and eastern england and wales as the night progresses. In the middle of the low, we could see some clearer spells for a time across the midlands and southeast, but a few thundery showers may return into the southeast by around dawn. But scotland, Northern Ireland a much quieter night here with clear skies, low Cloud And Mist Hugging North Sea coast once again, and temperatures generally for most of us low to mid teens. So for sunday then it could be quite a thundery day across england and wales. Some Heavy Rain for northern and eastern england down into western england and wales. Elsewhere, lots of sunshine, but this will set off some slow moving thundery downpours into the afternoon. Much of scotland cloudier, but still some sunshine in the west, same too for Northern Ireland. Not as warm generally, i think, temperatures high teens, low 20s, so it could be quite wet and on the cool and breezy side for the great North Run across North East England for sunday. That may be better for many people competing in the run, but as we head into the evening and overnight, it looks like that rain which has pushed northwards, will start to return eastwards again as some of it will be heavy across the North East but lighter and patchier further south. Clearer skies for scotland and Northern Ireland turning cooler here. A slightly fresher night for england and wales and southern scotland, but there will still be a lot of cloud around. Now into monday, we see that area of low Pressure Start to pull out into the near continent. It takes its Weather Front with it so the breeze, the cloud, the rain slowly easing from eastern areas. Skies brighten up for large parts of england and wales. Scotland, Northern Ireland see another Weather Front moving in another low Pressure System here, that will bring some showery rain later in the day here. Temperatures on the lower side. Weve lost the humidity as well. High teens for most, but temperatures come down even more as we move deeper into the week. We open the floodgates to an arctic northerly. So after having near record breaking early September Temperatures were going to be going below the seasonal norm for this upcoming week. It will feel chilly both by day and by night. This is Bbc News. The headlines Sir Keir Starmer has been holding talks with the irish Prime Minister, simon harris, In Dublin. Both men have stressed that the meeting is an opportunity to re set the relationship between the uk and the Republic Of Ireland, which has been strained since britain left the eu. In his first major interview since becoming pm, Sir Keir Starmer has told the bbc the previous government Broke The Nhs in ways which were unforgiveable. He said a review of the Health Service to be published this coming week finds the conservatives changes to the nhs were Hopelessly Misconceived. The heads of the uk and us foreign intelligence services have warned that the international World Order is under threat in a way we havent seen since the cold wa r. The chiefs of mi6 and the cia also said both countries resisted vladimir Putins War of aggression in ukraine. Ill be back at the top of the hour. Now on Bbc News, newscast