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 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 agreement, the peace deal which ended the 30 years of violence, which were known as the troubles. 3500 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 results 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. 0ur 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. we're 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. there is a petrol by a brick. and there's cameras everywhere. people watching you. you're not worried about getting arrested. not worried about getting in trouble. and what does today mean to you? so, like it'sjust a holiday for me. it'sjust 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 farm 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. earlier i spoke to former us special envoy to northern ireland under donald trump, mick mulvaney. i asked him why the good friday agreement is so important to the us. stability and peace and prosperity are two of our closest friends, if i have to explain why that is in our interest maybe we have bigger issues to talk about. but we want to see northern island succeed. we want to see the republic of ireland succeed, we want to see the entirety of the

uk succeed. these are our closest friends, these are family, these are people with which we speak most of the same language. we are invested in seeing it succeed. we are not a signatory to the agreement. a lot of folks in my country don't recognise that. i'd like to think we hope to 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 be extent we can be helpful, and moving toward the goal of the good friday belfast agreement, which was to go ahead and seize the troubles and bring some particle stability. if we can continue to do that, we will. what are you expecting joe biden to us say during this visit or achieve in terms of concrete things and given the backbone of the things she just laid out? it’s backbone of the things she “ust laid out? �* , backbone of the things she 'ust laid out? �* , laid out? it's the right thing to no, laid out? it's the right thing to go. and _ laid out? it's the right thing to go. and i _ laid out? it's the right thing to go, and i probably - laid out? it's the right thing to go, and i probably of - to go, and i probably of menstruation for going. i think they made a really decision on naming a special envoy and

joseph 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 developing. i plotted ministration for marking the 25th anniversary of the belfast 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 a big 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, i think sends the message to the irish and the british alike but this is an important issue to us, and i applaud them for doing that. i hope that he is relatively well managed. he had an unfortunate comparison to the irish and the palestinians i think the last time he spoke on the topic. we are not there to pick sides. we are not there to pick sides. we are not there to say this site is a winner, the site is a loser. we are there to encourage dialogue and continue development and progress. so i hope the president, and i know the president, and i know the president if well staff will stick within those lines. just briefl if stick within those lines. just briefly if you _ stick within those lines. just briefly if you don't _ stick within those lines. just briefly if you don't mind, the british prime minister now

saying that there should be a return to power—sharing. how much do you think president biden to visit my help? i hope a lot, because _ biden to visit my help? i hope a lot, because it's _ biden to visit my help? i hope a lot, because it's one - biden to visit my help? i hope a lot, because it's one of - a lot, because it's one of those things that i share. i know there ministration was very interested in seeing streamer function properly. very interested in seeing streamerfunction properly. i streamer function properly. i can streamerfunction properly. i can only imagine the biden restriction want to same thing. i applaud this or not government. i thought that the agreement regarding the windsor 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 developed government and i hope that the biden trip, if nothing else, helps move those things in that direction as well. . . , things in that direction as well. . ~ ., , well. that was mick mulvaney vahe, former _ well. that was mick mulvaney vahe, former us _ well. that was mick mulvaney vahe, former us special - well. that was mick mulvaney | vahe, former us special envoy to northern ireland and the donald trump administration. speaking to me a little earlier. speaking to me a little earlier. now — to the tensions around taiwan — where china has carried out a third day

of drills — china says it's successfully completed three days of military drills around the self—ruled island that it considers its own. beijing warned on monday that there could be no peace if taiwan became fully independent and conducted what it said were simulated drills to seal off the island. 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: these drills are 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. coming from the taiwanese president, it says the chinese military exercises are not the responsible attitude of a major country, adding that although china's exercises have ended, the military and national security in taiwan will stick to their posts and defend the country. very much in line with what you just heard they are

about the fact that while the drills may have finished, the escalating tensions don't appear to be abating anytime soon. while china finishes these military drills around taiwan, the us is actually about to kick offjoint exercises with the philippines and the south china sea. this year shoulder to shoulder drills could be the largest ever between the two countries, and for more on this and to understand how this plays into china taiwan tensions, we can speak now to lucille piccolo. how different will this year's drills be compared to previous years? thank you for having me. so this exercises are taking place after the conclusion of the three great military drills of china. around taiwan. and this also is one of the biggest

migration of the drills in the philippines of the us. in terms of scale it is much grander end and types of activities that will be taking place. there are three designated exercise areas. one of edges when baton is, very close to taiwan. the other are in provinces in the mainland and an island facing the south china sea. so these are very near flash areas. and of course, the beginning of these exercises also coincides with the ministerial meetings between the defence and foreign affairs secretaries of the philippines and the us and washington, dc. this meeting is the first in seven years. and so i think border conflicts of these drills, we see the expanded military access of the philippines to the us. just a

week ago. and also, there are reports of talks for potential joint patrols in the south china sea.— joint patrols in the south china sea. just to “ump in there mr * china sea. just to “ump in there mr piccolo, _ china sea. just to jump in there mr piccolo, how - china sea. just to jump in there mr piccolo, how are china sea. just to jump in - there mr piccolo, how are you expecting beijing to respond to this? of course we have already heard from the philippines who said that chinese actions are around taiwan are what they call aggressor. around taiwan are what they callaggressor. do around taiwan are what they call aggressor. do you see a splintering and relations between beijing and manila because of this?— between beijing and manila because of this? well, china already voiced _ because of this? well, china already voiced its _ because of this? well, china already voiced its concerns, | already voiced its concerns, especially in relation to the military sites by the philistines of the us. especially three sites are directly facing taiwan. and so that flashpoint as we all know is becoming more intense these days. so the strand of malaysia because of the taiwan issues becoming more intense in the philippines, they got caught in the middle of these two, us and

china, which are important both for security and economic fronts. i would expect that there will be increased pressure by china applied on the philippines in the south china sea at a flashpoint where both mozilla and beijing have competing claims, as well as other neighbours in south asia. and also i think there will be potentially economic measures, but i think this would be hinged on the number of the troops that will be potentially deployed and the additional military sites granted to the us, and more importantly the type of equipment, especially if they will include missiles that can possibly put targets in taiwan or within range. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. around the world and across the uk.

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in the news, because we are the ones who you are relying on to give you the full facts. you're live with bbc news. there's been another mass shooting in the united states, and at least four people have been killed in louisville, kentucky. the gunman, who police identified as 23—year—old connor sturgeon, was also killed at the scene of the attack in 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 in this respect. the suspect has been identified as connor sturgeon, white male, 23 years of age. who was employed at oh 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 love their lives today. tommy elliott, 63 years of age. jim talk, 64 years of age. josh barrett, 40 years of age. and julianna farmer, 57. the barrett, 40 years of age. and julianna farmer, 57.— julianna farmer, 57. the us state the us state of tennessee has reinstated an expelled democratic lawmaker. justinjones received an unanimous decision in his favour and then returned to congress in the last hour. he was among the two democratic representatives voted out by republicans as they were accused of bringing "disorder and dishonour to the house". they led chants from the lectern on the house floor calling for stricter gun laws after the nashville school

shooting killing six 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. we are taking this 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 are going to get to the bottom of this. and then if there is actions that need to be taken as we learn more about the extent of what happened here, we will obviously take those. 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 other people since friday. one of the charities monitoring the mediterranean 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. 0ver. 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 was arrested by russian

security services, as being "wrongfully detained." mr gershkovich has been accused of espionage —— something that his paper and the us government strongly deny. the designation of wrongful detention is significant, because means that the case is now escalated by the us government. 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 avoid 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 bros 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 anythingl for my brother. we're going to save him. yeah! fire! this is fun! 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... 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, 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. we want to leave you will some lovely pictures out of croatia.

animals at zagreb zoo have been treated to an easter monday lunch of easter eggs, filled with some of their favourite food. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. 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 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 imf growth prospect. —— forecast. we will have analysis. hello and welcome to asia business report. i karishma vaswani. our top story today, the global economy is expected to grow a paltry 3% over 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