welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... on the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement — the uk prime minister calls for power sharing to return to northern ireland — as president biden prepares to fly out to visit. but there are appeals for calm in londonderry — as missiles are hurled at the police during an illegal republican parade. china finishes three days of military drills around taiwan — using jets carrying live ammunition. a shooting in the us city of louisville leaves five dead — including the gunman. at least six people are taken to hospital. the us investigates the leaking of dozens of intelligence documents —

including details of training and weaponry for ukraine. and the new super mario film breaks box—office records — despite a series of terrible reviews. hello and welcome to the programme. preparations are in place in belfast to welcome the us presidentjoe biden on tuesday to mark 25 years since the signing of the northern ireland good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by the then british prime minister, tony blair, and irish prime minister, bertie ahern. 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 deadlock and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. our ireland correspondent, chris page is at stormont, home of the northern ireland assembly. the easter holiday weekend has been a time of reflection and remembrance in northern ireland. it's a quarter of a century since the good friday agreements, the peace deal, which ended the 30 years of violence, which were known as the troubles, three and a half thousand people lost their lives. so the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has paid tribute to the politicians who struck that deal, saying it required bravery, perseverance and political imagination. there's one very obvious sign that the peace isn't perfect. the agreement set up a power sharing devolved governments between unionists who want northern ireland to stay in the uk

and irish nationalists who ultimately want northern ireland to become part of the republic of ireland. so, there should be a power sharing assembly based here at stormont on the outskirts of belfast. but the assembly hasn't been operating for more than a year. that's the result of the latest of many political crises we've seen over the last quarter of a century, the latest one being about unionists concerns about brexit, trading arrangements for northern ireland. but the emphasis really over the last few days has been on the achievements of the good friday agreement, the fact that while political instability is continuing, political violence is now relatively rare. and you can expect the british and irish governments to try to keep that thing going. as president biden prepares to fly into northern ireland for a visit to mark the anniversary, the white house has said that the president feels a personal connection to the peace deal. he's a president who, perhaps more than any other in recent times, has spoken often of his irish roots, and he is said to be very excited

to come and see for himself the benefits that the good friday agreement has brought to northern ireland. we'll have more on president biden�*s visit in a moment. but as chris mentioned, political violence in northern ireland is now relatively rare. but there was a petrol bomb attack on police officers in londonderry during an illegal republican parade on monday. it was during events to mark the easter uprising against the british in 1916. a number of illegal republican parades went ahead over the weekend — police say there will now be an investigation into possible offences under the terrorism act. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports from the scene. it is no secret that street disorder is orchestrated and planned in derry on significant dates in the republican calendar. but those tasked with carrying it out were born long after the 30 years of conflict that this city endured in the past. while many events in northern ireland this easter are marking the anniversary

of the good friday agreement, which largely ended the conflict. dissident republicans stand against the agreement and the peace process. well, just following the parade here. there's crowds of young people with petrol bombs, lots of youngsters. they can't be much older than 12, i3. this year, officers warned they had intelligence attacks were being planned in derry�*s creggan estate. police keep their presence low key, but become a target. those parading are from the group known as suru, which means liberation. police say they have strong links and a crossover in membership with the violent dissident republican group, the new ira, who still make attempts to kill officers using guns and bombs. it will remain as the unfinished revolution until the occupier leaves our lands. saru is accused of using events like this to encourage young people to take part in violence.

what you will carry, you're carrying petrol bombs. and there's cameras everywhere. people watching you. you're not worried about getting arrested? not worried about getting in trouble. and what is today mean to you? so it's just a holiday for me. it's just a day for the cops, not me. so why all this? what's the significance? why do this? what if you get arrested? look, there you go. clearly a bit of fun for some people. definitely no fear of getting in trouble, or so it seems. as president biden arrives in belfast tomorrow, the focus of the coming days will be the peace that has been achieved. but this serves as a reminder that the past can still be used to fan the flames of conflict for the so called peace generation today. emma vardy, bbc news, derry.

president biden is due to fly out on tuesday for a four—day visit to northern ireland and the republic. mr biden is expected to meet the irish president and address the irish parliament — making him the fourth us president to do so. in terms of historical context, american mediators played a central role in negotiating the good friday agreement. live now to former us special envoy to northern ireland under donald trump, mick mulvaney. it's great to get you on the programme. it's great to get you on the programme. while you were us special envoy to northern ireland, you said that the us would ""�*protect and defend' the good friday agreement, saying it was in us interests — why is it important to the us?

ifi if i have to explain why that is in our best interest maybe we have bigger issues to talk about. we want to see the republic bigger issues to talk about. we want to see the republic of bigger issues to talk about. we want to see the republic of ireland bigger issues to talk about. we want to see the republic of ireland to exceed. we want to see the entirety of the uk succeed. this is close friends, this is family, we speak mostly the same language. we are invested in seeing it succeed. we are not a signatory to the agreement. i think a lot of folks in my country don't recognise that. we did, i like to think we helped get it created and get it signed, but we didn't sign it. we are here as an interested third party to try and make sure that communications continue to the extent we can be helpful, and moving towards the goals of the good friday according to the belfast agreement, which was to the belfast agreement, which was to go ahead and seize the troubles and bring some political stability. if we can continue to do that we will. what are you expecting joe biden to say — or achieve during this visit?

i applaud the administration for going. i think i made a really good decision on naming a special envoy ofjoseph kennedy, a friend of mine who have talked to a couple of times. i think is going to be an excellent envoy especially when it comes to economic development. i applaud the administration for marking the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement because it is so important. it's not a big deal. joe biden is not going to earn any points here. it is not an issue back home. it wouldn't crack the top 100. so to get the president of the united states to engage in something like this sends a message to the irish and british alike that this is an important issue to us and i applaud them for doing that. i hope that he is relatively well managed. i think the last time he spoke on the topic —— we are not there to pick sides. we are not there to say their side is a winner, the site is a loser. we are there to encourage dialogue and continued development and progress. i hope the president,

if well staffed, we'll stick within those lines. how much might bidens visit help? i applaud the sooner government. i thought the agreement regarding the windsor agreement and the stormont veto was a good piece of work. that should show that everybody is sort of aligned in terms of their interest in moving in the same direction. so i am cautiously optimistic that things are making progress and i hope towards the restoration of the government, and i hope the biden trip, if nothing else, helps move those things in the biden trip, if nothing else, helps move those things in that direction as well. before you go — i want to play you a clip ofjoe biden — suggesting that he may run

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several times. we thought he was going to make an announcement at the end of the year after the midterms and the democrats did fairly well but there was no announcement then. we thought there might be an announcement a couple of weeks ago, there's been no announcement. here's what is that he's got extraordinarily low approval numbers, except when it comes to running against donald trump. and the democrats are pretty much convinced that he can beat donald trump, and that is really the primary thing they're trying to achieve right now is make sure donald trump doesn't get reelected. if donald trump is the republican nominee which i believe he likely is to be, than biden may well be the best democrat choice that they have. but he doesn't have to decide now. he can wait and see. under our system he could go untiljune or july before making a formal announcement. i expect he will take as much time as he wants to. let's turn to taiwan now —

where china has finished a third day of drills, rehearsing how to effectively seal off the self—governing island. taiwan's defence ministry says it detected 11 chinese warships and 59 aircraft around its territory — 39 of which 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. it all comes after taiwan's president tsai ing—wen met with the us house speaker kevin mccarthy in california last week, angering beijing. 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. shaima khalil reports. a show of force and fury. for the third and final day, china's military continued what it called 0perationjoint sword, aerial and naval blockade drills to seal off the island,

and practising precision strikes on taiwanese targets. the chinese army showed this short video of simulated attacks on taiwan with missiles fired from land, sea and air into the island's territory. it also confirmed that its aircraft carrier, the shandong, has taken part in monday's exercises. chinese officials said fighter planes loaded with live ammunition had carried out multiple waves of simulated strikes on important targets. these drills were expected. china is infuriated by the taiwanese president's visit to the us. this is beijing's promised robust response to what it says was a serious act of collusion. china sees the self—ruled island as part of its territory and insists it should be unified with the mainland by force if necessary. today, the chinese government reiterated its message to the nation. translation:. the taiwan question

is for china alone to decide. the biggest threat to peace in the taiwan strait is taiwanese separatism and its support from foreign forces. in shanghai, residents voiced their support for the military exercises. translation:. conducting these drills is a normal thing for china. we need to show the us that we are able to do this. what taiwan says or thinks isn't important said. we still need to deter. taiwanese separatists were also telling the international community that taiwan is a part of china. these operations are meaningful. as china displayed a wide array of weapons, the us navy said its guided missile destroyer melius performed what washington called a freedom of navigation operation in the south china sea, large parts of which are claimed by beijing. the chinese government said the us illegally intruded in its waters. china said that its military drills around taiwan have ended successfully, but there is no end in sight for the tensions between beijing and washington and an increasingly unstable indo—pacific. simon carlyle, bbc news, tokyo.

there's been another mass shooting in the united states, at least four people have been killed at a bank in louisville, kentucky. police in kentucky have identified the gunman as 23—year old connor sturgeon. he was killed at the scene of the attack — at a bank in louisville. at least six more people have been injured and taken to hospitals, after the incident in the east main street near slugger field stadium. louisville police have given more details on the shooting. this is the only time that i will mention the suspect�*s name in this case. the suspect has be identified as connor sturgeon. white male, 23 years of age. he was employed at old national bank. his weapon of choice was a rifle. we have five total deceased, which includes him. but i want to acknowledge, with heartfelt condolences, prayers to the families of those

who lost their life today. tommy elliott, 63 years of age. jim tutt, 64 years of age. josh barrick, a0 years of age. and julianna farmer, 57. the us state of tennessee has reinstated an expelled democratic lawmaker. justinjones received an unanimous decision in his favour. he was among the three democratic representatives voted out by republicans as they were accused of bringing "disorder "and dishonour to the house". theyjoined protestors at the statehouse on 30 march, leading chants from the lectern on the house floor calling for stricter gun laws after the nashville school shooting killing 6 people, including three children. us presidentjoe biden slammed the expulsions as "shocking "undemocratic and without precedent". the pentagon says a leak

of classified defence department documents poses a �*serious risk�* to national security. the documents appear to include sensitive information regarding the war in ukraine, as well as on china and us allies. it has been described as one of the largest public breaches of us intelligence information since the wikileaks saga. the us national security council spokesmanjohn kirby said action will be taken if needed. the president has been briefed. he was first briefed late last week when we all got word that there were some documents out there. and he has been stayed briefed, and in contact with national security officials throughout the weekend. so he has been briefed. we're taking this very, very seriously. there is no excuse for these kinds of documents to be in the public domain. they don't deserve to be in the public domain. they deserve to be protected. so we're going to get to the bottom of this. and then, if there's actions that need to be taken, as we learn more about the extent

of what happened here, we'll obviously take those. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines in the uk.... a british—israeli woman has died of her injuries three days after an attack in the occupied west bank in which her two daughters were killed. lucy dee never regained consciousness after the shooting on friday, when a gunman fired at their car. her widow is rabbi leo dee. i am the husband of lucy day and the father of five beautiful kids. that is until friday morning at 10:52am. there was reason for hope, but alas, our family of seven is now a family of four. the nhs is bracing for a four day strike byjunior doctors in england due to start on tuesday morning. it's the biggest action over pay yet. health bosses warn it could mean 350,000 appointments and operations will be cancelled. wizz air has been named the worst

major airline forflight delays from uk airports for the second year in a row. the short—haul operator's flights were 46 minutes behind schedule on average in 2022. that's three times longer than the previous year. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. what i love most about myjob and what makes it most unique is the ability to tell stories about people from all over the world, give them a platform to be able to share their stories. and i love doing it, whether it is in the studio are out in the field. the focus of my storytelling throughout my career has been women and children. those who have been impacted by conflict, by upheaval stop i often find in my storytelling that the issues that concern a young woman in kabul is also something that young women here

in london are also thinking about. sure we are far more connected. 0ur concerns, whether that is about childcare or about the cost of living or about energy prices, is something that is truly global. and something that is truly global. and so to be able to bring our uk audiences those stories into their living rooms, on their mobile phones, on their digital platforms, is so critical in our eat increasingly interconnected world. you're live with bbc news. the italian coastguard has been carrying out two major rescue operations of boats carrying migrants in waters southeast of sicily. about 800 people are said to have been travelling on one of the fishing boats, and 400 on another. on sunday, that second boat had been reported as being adrift and taking on water by a migrant charity who raised an urgent alert with the authorities of italy, greece and malta. separately, italy's coastguard says it's rescued about

2000 other people since friday. one of the charities monitoring the meditareanian is sea—watch, who released this footage of a pilot's urgent description of a migrant boat in distress at sea. let us take a listen. a boat is leaking, water is entering the boat. the boat is out of fuel. they have no drinking water any more. there's a lot of pregnant women in the boat and ten babies, over. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... the us state department has now designated evan gershkovich, a wall streetjournal reporter who arrested by russian security services, as being "wrongfully detained" . mr gerschkovich has been accused of espionage, something that his paper and the us government strongly deny. the designation of wrongful detention is significant, because it means that the case is now escalated by the us government. controversial social media influencer andrew tate and his brother tristian have had their electronic devices forensically searched

by romanian prosecutors. it was the first time the pair had been outside of their villa in the country since being released from prison to arrest at home last month. they are being investigated on allegations of rape, people trafficking and forming an organised crime group. to arrest at home last month. they are being investigated on allegations of rape, people trafficking and forming an organised crime group. both deny wrongdoing. abba have paid tribute to long—serving guitarist lasse vellander, saying his "musical brilliance" played "an integral role in the abba story". he has died at the age of 70. mr vellander can be heard on hits such as knowing me, knowing you, thank you for the music, and the winner takes it all. now — who's right? the critics or the public? if you listened to most critics you'd swerve the new super mario bros film, like your life depended on it. talk to movie—goers though — and they loved it. and now it's breaking box office records. 0ur reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. $377 million. that is how much the new super mario brothers film has made

at the global box office in its first five days. that means it is the biggest opening for an animated film of all time, beating the previous record holder, which was frozen 2. now it is, of course, based on the world famous nintendo character super mario voiced this time by this man, chris pratt, whilst the villain in the movie is played byjack black. if you haven't seen it, here's a little taster. mouser is coming. i'm not afraid. i'll do anything for my brother. we're going to save him. yes! you asked for it! it has to be said, the movie hasn't gone down well with all of the critics. take a look at some of the reviews. the first from the new york post. "just another soulless ploy

"to sell us merchandise." meanwhile, the telegraph described it as like being frog marched round toys r us. finally, this one from the guardian. but take a look at rotten tomatoes, the film review site. will 56% from the critics, but the audience will 56% from the critics, but the audience score 96% and other critics agree with that. i actually really, really enjoyed it. there's a lot of fun. it's brightly coloured. i think it has a wide ranging appeal for both adults and kids alike. having it being released during the easter weekend when all the kids are going to be off school, is playing to its advantage. but people, you know, critics and audiences need to remember this is mario, nintendo's biggest player. there will be appeal regardless. now, some experts think this super mario film could be one of the biggest movies of the year. and hollywood studio owners and indeed movie theatres will be hoping that its success is a sign that families are prepared to go back to the cinema

after the covid pandemic. thank you so much forjoining me. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. tuesday is going to be a day which some of you will have to make the most of the morning weather, because it will be a day in which conditions will be quite rapidly deteriorating, with wet weather spreading to many areas from the south and the west. and by the end of the day, it will be increasingly windy, especially around some western coast and hills. so, this developing area of low pressure which is approaching us now, but through the night, into the morning, got a brief ridge of high pressure, quite a shallow one. so there should be a few showers around into the morning, but a lot of dry and clearer weather and a colder start to the morning as well. even a touch of frost through some sheltered scottish glens. but whilst there will be some cloud across scotland, one or two showers, many start fine and bright. lots of sunshine around. make the most of it south west, england, south west, wales, south west and northern ireland.

deteriorates rapidly through the morning, that rain spreading through the rest of northern ireland, wales into western england for the end of the afternoon with strengthening winds. temperatures down a little bit on today. but given the strength of the wind and that rain spreading in, it will feel cooler. and the winds will be strongest into the first part of the night around these irish sea coasts and hills. that could cause some damage and disruption, particularly in coastal parts. easing a little bit later in the night, rain swept across all areas, lingering in the morning to parts of northern scotland with some snow on the hills. so, here's that layer of low pressure as we go into wednesday, slowly pushing its way eastwards. it's going to maintain a windy spell of weather after a brief lull, if you could call it that. the winds will strengthen from the west through the day. some eastern areas actually not a bad morning with some sunshine around. a few showers here later into the afternoon, but frequent showers, even some longer spells of rain in the west, and the winds really restrengthening through the day. so another bout of strong winds, especially across parts of wales and southern england, 56 mph gusts possible once again. and believe it or not,

some will even struggle to get to seven or eight degrees. it will feel chilly out there. some, winter on the tops of the hills. area of low pressure gradually starts to migrate a little bit further eastwards into thursday. it becomes less potent. so it will be a breezy day, especially across the south here. fewer showers, but there'll be plenty of showers elsewhere to begin with. some longer spells of rain in parts of scotland and northern england, and temperatures recovering just a touch. but overall, it will be another fairly cool day. more wet weather and windy weather to come on friday. signs of something warmer into the weekend into next week. take care.

warnings on the state of the global economy as finance officials meet in washington for the imf spring meeting. a potential bright spot, some asian economies are set to outpace the imx growth prospect. we will have analysis. hello and welcome to asia business report. our top story today, the global economy is expected to grow a paltry 3% of the next five years, that's according to the head of the international monetary fund. the comments were made ahead of the imf

and world bank spring meetings, which could lead that kicked