live from london, this is bbc news. on the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, the british prime minister calls for power—sharing to return to northern ireland. the chinese military says they have completed their tasks around taiwan, after a third day of military drills. migrant charities say they're concerned for the safety of around 400 people on a boat in the mediterranean that's taking on water. the bbc lodges its objections with twitter, after being labelled as "government—funded media" by twitter on its main account. hello. i'm lewis vaughan jones.

welcome to the programme. we start in northern ireland, which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by then british prime minister tony blair and irish prime minister bertie ahern — here in the picture, along with senator george mitchell, the american chairman of the talks. the agreement played a major part in bringing to an end 30 years of conflict known as the troubles. the current british prime minister, rishi sunak, says efforts must be intensified in northern ireland to restore the power—sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall—out from brexit, and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that's fair

and balanced and offers hope for the people of northern ireland. the agreement was based on the idea of cooperation between communities, and set up a new government representing both nationalists and unionists. a copy of it went to every household in northern ireland, and almost a million people voted in the referendum that followed. the result, as predicted, but definitive — northern ireland was ready for change. yes, 71.12%. cheering but the path has been far from smooth. # light up, light up...# the anniversary was officially marked last week, in a stormont where the devolved executive and assembly aren't currently sitting. the democratic unionist party

is refusing to go into government over brexit arrangements. the prime minister, though, is looking forward. rishi sunak paid tribute to those who signed the agreement, saying... "we will celebrate those who took difficult decisions, accepted compromise and showed leadership." and he said... the promise made in 1998 was one of economic opportunity, prosperity and stability. "it is a promise we must continue to fulfil," he said, "so we must get on with the business of governance." and there's a reminder that the threat from paramilitaries continues. there was some trouble at an annual dissident republican parade on easter monday last year. police have warned of the potential for more serious violence this year. very strong community intelligence specifically coming forward in respect of monday's events in derry/londonderry, and a real concern that there may be attempts to draw police in to serious public disorder, and to use that then as a platform to launch terrorist attacks on police as well. so going into our operation, that's something that is very clearly right at the forefront of my mind, the minds

of the commanders that will be delivering it and, of course, our officers as well. but after 25 years of relative peace, the focus is on a deal that started a work in progress. with the us government having played a key role in the good friday agreement talks, a visit to belfast tomorrow by presidentjoe biden will mark the anniversary. louise cullen, bbc news. live now to belfast, with our correspondent charlotte gallagher. we heard at the end of that report some of the ideas about how this is going to be marked, 25 years on, what is happening today and tomorrow and in the days ahead? weill. what is happening today and tomorrow and in the days ahead?— and in the days ahead? well, belfast is really gearing _ and in the days ahead? well, belfast is really gearing up — and in the days ahead? well, belfast is really gearing up at _ and in the days ahead? well, belfast is really gearing up at the _ and in the days ahead? well, belfast is really gearing up at the moment . is really gearing up at the moment for the arrival of the us president joe biden and actually on the street below me is the hotel where he is going to be staying. already, the cordons are out so people cannot park there and we think the security cordon will be in place tomorrow morning around the hotel and then

around the university he will be going to on wednesday to meet people. that is his only public engagement here in northern ireland before he moves south into the republic. and i think it is about a celebration of the good friday agreement way —— why he is coming here and also looking forward to the future as well. that's why he is going to the university and meeting people who are not even born during the troubles. they don't remember the troubles. they don't remember the violence which marred the lives of people and killed thousands of people here in northern ireland. afterjoe biden has been a northern ireland committee will then move to the south, he will go to dublin where he will meet the president and the prime minister, the taoiseach, and he will go to county louth in county mayo where he has ancestral links. this will be a bit of a homecoming forjoe biden in many ways and the fact he is doing his last engagement in the town where his great—great—grandfather is prime, he has cousins there and he will be speaking at the cathedral on friday night, that says a lot about him and his feelings toward ireland.

he describes himself as a proud irish american, a proud irish catholic, and it is obvious incredibly important to him those routes in the country. {lilia routes in the country. 0k, charlotte. _ routes in the country. 0k, charlotte, thank— routes in the country. 0k, charlotte, thank you - routes in the country. 0k, charlotte, thank you so i routes in the country. ok, i charlotte, thank you so much routes in the country. 0k, charlotte, thank you so much for that, just marking our card for us about what is happening in the days ahead. we are going to reflect on what happened 25 years ago. joining me now are lord reg empey and mark durkan — both negotiated the good friday agreement and served as former first minister and deputy first minister of north ireland. lord empey is a member of the ulster unionist party and mark durkan is a member of the social democratic and labour party. thank you both forjoining me on the programme. lord reg empey, let's start with you, let's go back 25 years, after so much work, take us into the rooms where it was happening. what were your emotions when the deal was signed? weill. when the deal was signed? well, ou've when the deal was signed? well, you've got _ when the deal was signed? well, you've got to _ when the deal was signed? well, you've got to understand - when the deal was signed? well, you've got to understand we - when the deal was signed? -ii you've got to understand we were obviously all exhausted. it had been

a hothouse process. and while it lasted two years, you have got to remember there were many attempts prior to that and other talks that didn't succeed. so this was a process that had actually gone on for many years. but i didn't have any sense of euphoria when anything like that because i knew there were several more mountains to climb —— or anything like that. not only within my own party, but we had to put the agreements to a referendum and i was the unionist coordinator for that. and then, we had to form a government, which none of us had ever participated in before. so it was a series, it was another milestone on the road, but there were many more challenges ahead. and were many more challenges ahead. and we met them all.— we met them all. mark, what is your reflection about _ we met them all. mark, what is your reflection about those _ we met them all. mark, what is your reflection about those hours - we met them all. mark, what is your reflection about those hours when i reflection about those hours when you knew the deal had been done? well, some of those hours, we were not quite _ well, some of those hours, we were not quite sure we were going to get

a final_ not quite sure we were going to get a final click — not quite sure we were going to get a final click on the deal that we needed~ — a final click on the deal that we needed. but like reg said, there was a sense _ needed. but like reg said, there was a sense of— needed. but like reg said, there was a sense of exhaustion, also a sense of elation _ a sense of exhaustion, also a sense of elation and real emotion. because we had _ of elation and real emotion. because we had achieved the kind of mutual adjustment we needed in those final few days, _ adjustment we needed in those final few days, where people were able to shift positions to take account of each _ shift positions to take account of each other's slant on things and each _ each other's slant on things and each other's slant on things and each other's needs. as reg has reminded — each other's needs. as reg has reminded us, the agreement was going to be subject to a referendum, so we had to— to be subject to a referendum, so we had to make — to be subject to a referendum, so we had to make sure that we were making alliances _ had to make sure that we were making alliances for _ had to make sure that we were making alliances for each other. because everybody — alliances for each other. because everybody needed to be able to sell this deal— everybody needed to be able to sell this deal to their base. so that had been _ this deal to their base. so that had been a _ this deal to their base. so that had been a great discipline, the fact the agreement will be subject to a referendum north and south. so we had to— referendum north and south. so we had to make sure that everybody could _ had to make sure that everybody could stand over it. and so when we did the deal. — could stand over it. and so when we did the deal, we knew that the referendum was going to be the next challenge _ referendum was going to be the next challenge. and then the challenge was going to be trying to make it work _ was going to be trying to make it work. ~. ~ was going to be trying to make it work. ~' ,., was going to be trying to make it work. ~' , ., ., work. mark, you mentioned the referendum _ work. mark, you mentioned the referendum which _ work. mark, you mentioned the referendum which got _ work. mark, you mentioned the referendum which got the i work. mark, you mentioned the i referendum which got the support that was needed and allowed so much

of what has happened since. let's bring it right up—to—date. we don't have power—sharing at the moment. we have power—sharing at the moment. we have those police warnings of potential violence. what is your reflections on that, frustration? absolute frustration. the fact is, the agreement was not... no other proposition— the agreement was not... no other proposition will get the rate of sunbort— proposition will get the rate of support the good friday agreement -ot support the good friday agreement got so _ support the good friday agreement got so those using the threat of violence — got so those using the threat of violence to try to attack the agreement are trying to attack the clear will— agreement are trying to attack the clear will of the irish people north and south, unionist and nationalist alike _ and south, unionist and nationalist alike. those dilly—dallying around working _ alike. those dilly—dallying around working institutions need to remember those institutions themselves have an integrity of mandate — themselves have an integrity of mandate that is much bigger than any single _ mandate that is much bigger than any single party has. and the agreement was about— single party has. and the agreement was about elective inclusion, it was about— was about elective inclusion, it was about allowing the mandates of all parties. _ about allowing the mandates of all parties, but we have got to a situation _ parties, but we have got to a situation now where one party is

using _ situation now where one party is using its— situation now where one party is using its mandate to deny the collective mandate of everybody else and themselves for those devolved institutions. that is not because that was— institutions. that is not because that was written into the good friday — that was written into the good friday agreement. that is because of changes— friday agreement. that is because of changes that were made at the st andrews— changes that were made at the st andrew's agreement. sol changes that were made at the st andrew's agreement. so i think as people _ andrew's agreement. so i think as people look at some of these problems now, people need to have a bit more _ problems now, people need to have a bit more perspective on why we have some _ bit more perspective on why we have some of— bit more perspective on why we have some of the — bit more perspective on why we have some of the problems we have now. it is not _ some of the problems we have now. it is not so _ some of the problems we have now. it is not so much because of the agreement itself, but because of the changes— agreement itself, but because of the changes that were needlessly made to the agreement. changes that were needlessly made to the agreement-— the agreement. changes that were made. the agreement. changes that were made- lord _ the agreement. changes that were made. lord empey, _ the agreement. changes that were made. lord empey, i— the agreement. changes that were made. lord empey, ijust- the agreement. changes that were made. lord empey, ijust wonder. the agreement. changes that were | made. lord empey, ijust wonder is that something you echo? yes. made. lord empey, ijust wonder is that something you echo? yes, very much of the — that something you echo? yes, very much of the agreement _ that something you echo? yes, very much of the agreement was - that something you echo? yes, very l much of the agreement was tampered with in 2006 and it has, in my personal opinion, i believe that's why we have the current instability. of course, it was brexit related, of course, it was brexit related, but for the benefit of your viewers, we got 71.2i% but for the benefit of your viewers, we got 71.21% in favour of the agreement in northern ireland and well over 90% in the republic of ireland. so when you consider brexit

when it was 48—52, you can understand people like mark and i feel frustrated about the failure to implement the thing. because governments interfered with it after negotiations had been completed and ratified, i think they have a responsibility and must take that responsibility. but the news is ultimately that we now have more than one generation that has grown—up in northern ireland who knows nothing about the trouble is, has been able to live much more now more lives than would have been possible and an awful lot of lives have been saved. so there are a lot of positives as well as the negatives and it is our challenge to try to settle the negatives by negotiation, and it is not going to be done by boycott threat.- be done by boycott threat. mark, finall , be done by boycott threat. mark, finally. we _ be done by boycott threat. mark, finally. we are — be done by boycott threat. mark, finally, we are almost _ be done by boycott threat. mark, finally, we are almost out - be done by boycott threat. mark, finally, we are almost out of- be done by boycott threat. mark, | finally, we are almost out of time. we have president biden visiting. do you think that kind of symbolism has, of course it's important with

regard to the past 25 years, but in terms of trying to break the impasse now, will it make any difference? i hope so. i hope that he will give a bit of— hope so. i hope that he will give a bit of well— hope so. i hope that he will give a bit of well pitched encouragement. president _ bit of well pitched encouragement. president biden is someone who was in the _ president biden is someone who was in the friends of ireland group in congress — in the friends of ireland group in congress right back to the early i980s~ — congress right back to the early 19805. taking a stance congre55 right back to the early 19805. taking a stance that congress right back to the early 19805. taking a stance that was very supportive _ 19805. taking a stance that was very supportive of trying to reach an agreement, of opposing violence in ireland _ agreement, of opposing violence in ireland so — agreement, of opposing violence in ireland. so he has credibility, he has a _ ireland. so he has credibility, he has a long — ireland. so he has credibility, he has a long read on this issue. sol think— has a long read on this issue. sol think a _ has a long read on this issue. sol think a bit— has a long read on this issue. sol think a bit of— has a long read on this issue. sol think a bit of well pitched encouragement. he will know there will be _ encouragement. he will know there will be reactions against it. that is maybe — will be reactions against it. that is maybe why he is visiting northern ireland _ is maybe why he is visiting northern ireland on— is maybe why he is visiting northern ireland on a — is maybe why he is visiting northern ireland on a limited visit. but i hope _ ireland on a limited visit. but i hope people take a positive signal from the — hope people take a positive signal from the attention he gives to us. mark— from the attention he gives to us. mark durkan and lord empey, thank you for your time, fascinating to hear your thoughts. as i said, you were two of the men in the rooms where it happens, thank you.

and one more line on the good friday agreement, coming from the vatican. pope francis says he's praying that the good friday agreement — signed 25 years ago — can be "consolidated" to benefit the people of all of ireland. pope francis made the comment in his noon address on easter monday to tens of thousands of people in st peter's square. now to the tensions around taiwan, where china says it has completed various tasks around taiwan, after a third day of drills. taiwan's defence ministry says it detected 11 chinese warships and 59 aircraft around the island — 39 entered taiwan's air defence zones on monday morning. these are some of the latest images of the drills released by china's military and shown on the country's state television. the chinese display of force has added to tension between china and the united states. and the us navy says it has sailed a guided missile destroyer through contested waters claimed

by china near the spratly islands, to assert navigational passage rights. here's what china's foreign ministry spokesperson had to say. translation: joint exercises around . the island of taiwan are a serious i warning against the provocations of taiwan independence separatist forces, in collusion with external forces, and a necessary action to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. let's get more on this now with our asia pacific regional editor, celia hatton. hello, so put us in a bit of context. when we are listing this military hardware, it sounds pretty dramatic. just give us a bit of background. it dramatic. just give us a bit of background-— dramatic. just give us a bit of backuround. . . . . dramatic. just give us a bit of backround. , ., ., . ., background. it sounds dramatic, and i think that background. it sounds dramatic, and i think that is — background. it sounds dramatic, and | think that is the — background. it sounds dramatic, and i think that is the intention _ i think that is the intention really. they have put together a lot of really quite serious propaganda effort in order to assert their angen effort in order to assert their anger. that is really the point of

these drills, to voice china's anger at the meeting between taiwan's leader tsai ing—wen who met with the us house speaker kevin mccarthy. but i will say that i think it is interesting now, we have seen three days of drills, they said they would carry out three days of drills, those drills have now been announced to have been successfully completed. no extension to those drills, in comparison to what we saw last august when the then us house speaker nancy pelosi actually visited taipei. and that led to really unprecedented war games around taiwan. back then, we saw missiles travelling over the island of taiwan. we saw shipping routes disrupted. passengerflights, disrupted. passenger flights, civilian flights disrupted. passengerflights, civilian flights routes disrupted. it really caused a lot of alarm. in contrast, yes, we saw three days of war games really around taiwan. but in contrast, quite measured really. we didn't see a lot of new equipment

carried out. we did see the first use of china's aircraft carrier today in a war drill around taiwan. but live fire exercises actually took place quite close to the chinese mainland. so i would say yes, three days of large—scale drills, but not really very large in comparison to what we saw last august. comparison to what we saw last au . ust. , comparison to what we saw last au . ust. . ., ., comparison to what we saw last au~ust. . ., , , august. interesting. so does this leave is now _ august. interesting. so does this leave is now effectively - august. interesting. so does this leave is now effectively in - august. interesting. so does this leave is now effectively in the i august. interesting. so does this i leave is now effectively in the same position as before, taiwan's leadership will still continue relations with the us and vice versa? , ~ relations with the us and vice versa? . ,, , ., . versa? yes, i think so, what might chance versa? yes, i think so, what might change everything _ versa? yes, i think so, what might change everything is _ versa? yes, i think so, what might change everything is the _ versa? yes, i think so, what might change everything is the fact i versa? yes, i think so, what might change everything is the fact we i versa? yes, i think so, what might. change everything is the fact we are heading towards a presidential election in taiwan injanuary. now, one reason we might have seen relatively muted drills in the past three days is because beijing knows that every time they hold a large—scale war exercises, it really ramps up support insides tie one for independence. and heading towards a

presidential election injanuary, presidential election in january, the side presidential election injanuary, the side that beijing wants to win as the nationalist kmt party. their stance towards beijing is a little more pro—china. in comparison to taiwan —— to tsai ing—wen and her party, the dpp. tsai ing—wen is not running for office again, but her party will certainly be a contender and china is thinking ahead to those elections and really what they want is to voice their anger, which is what they have done. relations between china and the us certainly are not very rosy right now. but i don't think that things are getting measurably worse. in fact, i think china will be holding its breath a little bit untiljanuary. little bit until january. interesting. little bit untiljanuary. interesting. thanks so much for that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

people call me toad girl around here. they usually see me out and about at night. i guess they think i'm a bit weird for doing it, but i think they're awesome creatures. each year, the toads will follow an ancestral route to their breeding ponds, and they won't deviate from that, even if there's a housing estate or roads, so hundreds get squashed every day. we're in the area where all the toad crossing signs are that i asked the council to put up. every night, i'll come up here and do my toad patrol. i think i've rescued almost 200 toads and about a0 frogs. if there's any on the road, i'll help them cross, because they always cross in the same direction, toads, to the breeding pond. 0oh, you're mating. i'm really sorry, but you can't do it here. i've always really loved animals and particularly, like, the ones other people aren't as keen on. you're live with bbc news. a boat carrying 400 people is feared

to be at risk of sinking in the mediterranean. charities say the captain has left the boat, and now it's adrift and taking on water. the boat left a port in libya and is currently off the coast of malta. that's according to alarm phone — a hotline for boats in distress. 0ur correspondent bethany bell is monitoring the situation from vienna. what is the latest? well, alarm phone recently _ what is the latest? well, alarm phone recently tweeted - what is the latest? well, alarm phone recently tweeted that i what is the latest? well, alarm phone recently tweeted that an | phone recently tweeted that an italian coastguard ship is now on its way to try and rescue this boat. we don't have confirmation from the italian coast guard itself yet. but according to alarm phone, which is a support group for migrants, the boat is on its way. it says on the boat itself where these 400 people also are, people are panicking. it says that they have managed to get into zone which is a shared search and

rescue zone between malta and italy. but there are high winds and high waves. and a number of people on board, it says, are in need of medical assistance, including a child and a pregnant woman. hagar child and a pregnant woman. how unusual or — child and a pregnant woman. how unusual or usual— child and a pregnant woman. how unusual or usual is _ child and a pregnant woman. how unusual or usual is it _ child and a pregnant woman. how unusual or usual is it for boats to be in this position?— unusual or usual is it for boats to be in this position? well, there has been a sharp _ be in this position? well, there has been a sharp rise _ be in this position? well, there has been a sharp rise in _ be in this position? well, there has been a sharp rise in the _ be in this position? well, there has been a sharp rise in the number i be in this position? well, there has been a sharp rise in the number of| been a sharp rise in the number of migrants making these very dangerous crossings across the mediterranean either from crossings across the mediterranean eitherfrom north crossings across the mediterranean either from north africa, crossings across the mediterranean eitherfrom north africa, libya, tunisia orfrom eitherfrom north africa, libya, tunisia or from turkey eitherfrom north africa, libya, tunisia orfrom turkey in recent months. and you may remember that backin months. and you may remember that back in february, there was a shipwreck off the coast of calabria in which over 70 people died when their boat crashed against rocks in very bad weather. in the coastguard back then said that they were hampered by the very difficult sea conditions. —— and the coast guard.

this of course is a very difficult situation politically as well. there are many people who say that charities who say more should be done by the european union, by governments to have search and rescue missions to pick up these people from the boats. then they have hard—line governments such as the italian government which says if you do that, you are just encouraging people to come across and what needs to be done is to crack more on traffickers. but certainly, we have seen this big spike of numbers in recent weeks and months. —— crackdown more on traffickers. two people died and more are missing after boat ran into trouble coming from tunisia towards italy. so it is a problem that is not going away. italy. so it is a problem that is not going away-— italy. so it is a problem that is not going away. bethany, for that. -- thanks for— not going away. bethany, for that. -- thanks for that. _ dalai lama has apologised

to a boy and his family, after a video clip purportedly showing the tibetan spiritual head asking him to suck his tongue. in the video, you can see the boy come forward to give a hug to dalai lama and kiss his cheek. but then, dalai lama kisses the boy on his lips and he is heard asking the boy to suck his tongue. his statement said, "his holiness wishes to apologise to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused. his holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras. he regrets the incident." many were outraged at the behaviour of the 87—year—old, though some explained that sticking one's tongue out is a form of greeting in tibet. twitter has added a label to one of the bbc�*s accounts, saying it is "government—funded media". the bbc objected to the label saying it is independent, and funded by the british public through the licence fee. twitter owner elon musk

emailed our north america technology reporter, james clayton. so let's hear from james in san francisco. well, when i saw that twitter had added this label, i decided just to email elon musk. i'm a technology reporter. sometimes, we do reach out to twitter. ijust thought i would email elon musk and just say to him, "look, this is actually how the bbc is funded. it's funded through the licence fee. it's paid for by the british public." and he responded. he responded first of alljust saying, "0h, do you think this label is inaccurate? " and then he came up with a suggestion himself. he said, maybe the accounts themselves should link to the sourcing of funding. i then pushed him on that and he gave me a much sort of longer email. he said, "we are aiming for maximum transparency and accuracy. linking to ownership and source of funds probably makes sense. i do think media organisations should be self—aware and not falsely claim the complete absence of bias. all organisations have bias, some obviously,

much more than others. i should note that i follow bbc news on twitter because i think it is among the least bias." it is among the least biased." now, i think what you get an impression of there is that this is policy that is not defined yet. this is most certainly spitballing. it is policy on the hoof. he is thinking, he is being inquisitive about what to do with accounts like the bbc�*s. the problem is, the label has already been attached to the bbc�*s... one of the bbc�*s twitter accounts. and you've seen this with other media organisations as well. so you have npr, national public radio. a few days ago, that was labelled as "state—affiliated media", akin to russia today. now, that has now been taken down because that simply isn't true. but what you're seeing is, once again, elon musk sort of riffing, making policy up as he goes along. now, sometimes, that can be really effective in business,

but what i would add to that is, the problem we have in this case is that media organisations are being labelled. they're then being unlabelled, or they're being labelled as something else, and it all feels a little bit chaotic, frankly. and you've got organisations like npr and bbc, who absolutely strenuously believe in impartiality and accuracy, being labelled in ways that they simply don't trust or believe in, or believe is accurate. so that's it, in a nutshell. elon musk, he clearly seems to like the bbc, he trusts the bbc. but you do have, very clearly, this sort of slightly strange situation with elon musk that you can kind of email him and he will simply email you back a response. thanks to james for that. just before we go, let's take you to california. many people have been flocking to lancaster to see the beautiful orange poppies

and, of course, capture it all for their social media feeds. that is it, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. hello again. it has been a pretty wet start to the day. the rain slowly clearing from the east for most of us through the course of the afternoon. only to be followed by showers. and this week is looking much more unsettled than last week. yes, there will be some sunshine, but it is going to be wetter than last week and also windier. you can see where the met office has a yellow warning out for the strength of the wind, gusting 40 to 60 mph from tuesday afternoon, tuesday night and also into wednesday. today's pollen levels, and we're talking tree pollen, are high or moderate and are going to remain like this as we go through the rest of this week. today, we also can see the back edge of that rain pushing away from the far south—east,

lingering for a time across shetland, and then we've got two distinctive areas of showers. some of those will be heavy and thundery and prolonged and blustery — as you can see, these are the average wind speeds. 0n either side of them, there will be the odd shower. and a fair bit of sunshine, with highs up to about 15 degrees. not feeling as cold along the north sea coastline as it has done in the last few days. we've lost all that cloud. through this evening and overnight, there will still be some showers around. there will be clear skies. it will still be breezy. temperatures in some parts of the country falling away to about three degrees. so a cold start to the day tomorrow. tomorrow, there will be a fair bit of sunshine around as well. still a scattering of showers across parts of scotland, but it will not be too long before the cloud gathers in the south—west and then we see rain pushing into northern ireland, wales and also the south—west of england, accompanied by strong winds. ahead of it, some sunshine, but temperatures are up to about 14 degrees. the rain is coming in courtesy of this area of low pressure, which is pushing

northwards and eastwards. and we can see from the squeeze on the isobars, it is going to be windy. the strongest winds in the west and south. we could even see some snow above 400 metres in scotland and some wintry showers in the pennines, also the hills of wales and the moors. but these black circles represent the strength of the gusts of wind. if you're camping, maybe in a tent or a caravan, do bear that in mind. temperatures up to 11 or 12 for most. then, as we head into the outlook period for the rest of the week, it remains unsettled, but it looks like it is turning a bit milderfor the weekend.

this is bbc news, the headlines... 0n the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, the british prime minister calls for power sharing to return to northern ireland. the chinese military says they have completed their tasks around taiwan after a third day of military drills. migrant charities say they're concerned for the safety of around 400 people on a boat in the mediterranean that's taking on water. and 100 days in — mixed reviews in brazil for president luiz inacio lula da silva's administration. it's 25 years since the historic good friday agreement was signed. during the troubles, people who wanted to travel across belfast had to pass

through a huge security cordon known as the ring of steel.