Meanwhile, the chair of the policing board in NI has said he believes dialogue on the union flag issue will "bear fruit".

BBC: Police at loyalist protest

Ni Lexiong, a military naval expert at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, believes China's alleged radar moves were a "face-off" between the two countries and "a warning to Japanese vessels", South China Morning Post reports.

BBC: China media: Pyongyang warned

The justice committee chairman has said he believes members of major organised gangs carrying out crimes in the Irish Republic are living in NI.

BBC: Cross-border criminal gangs discussed by MLAs in assembly