welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: president biden arrived in belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, with a visit to northern ireland and the republic. survivors say at least 53 people have been killed in one of the deadliest air strikes by myanmar�*s military in the ongoing civil war. the imf cuts forecasts for global growth, warning the uk and germany will be among the worst performing major economies. and a pair of trainers worn by the us basketball superstar michaeljordan sells at auction for a record $2.2 million.

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived in belfast for a four—day trip to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday agreement. the landmark deal largely brought to an end the 30—year conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles. president biden says he looks forward to reiterating america's commitment to preserving the peace. my colleague emma vardy has more. air force i arrives at belfast international and northern ireland's first presidential visit in ten years is under way. time for a short hello with rishi sunak on the tarmac before the president was whisked away for the night. a ring of steel is in place in belfast city centre in what is one of the biggest security operations here of recent years.

we've been planning for this for a number of weeks. we've prepared for all the various contingencies. our style and tone that we'll be delivering around this policing operation will be will remain a community focused style policing. presidential visits of the past have held great significance for northern ireland's peace process. you must say to those who still would use violence for political objectives — you were the past. in 1995, not long after a ceasefire had been declared by the republican armed paramilitaries, the ira, bill clinton crossed belfast�*s peace line to visit the divided republican and loyalist communities. and on belfast�*s falls road came an historic moment. the first public handshake between a us president and the leader of what many still believe to be the political wing of the ira. bill clinton's visit helped pave the way for sinn fein tojoin peace talks. there was some political pressure, wasn't there,

for him not to come here? what did that handshake achieve for you? well, it was a very clear symbolic indication to this community, which had suffered grievously, that the president of the usa was recognising them and other communities as well, of course. but this stretch of the road, you only walk the length of yourself. somebody died here, you know, while at the hands of british soldiers that they are, you see, or the ira or the loyalists. there's long been a strong connection with ireland for millions of americans with irish ancestry. there is president kennedy. whenjohn f kennedy visited ireland, he described it as the best four days of his life. and joe biden has often spoken of his family's irish roots. but in washington earlier said his focus in belfast would be the peace process and the uk's recent new agreement on brexit. what's your top priority on the trip, sir?

make sure the irish accords and the windsor agreement stay in place to keep the peace. that's the main thing. and there's now a little less need for those glasses, as potus will be waking up tomorrow in a rather less sun—kissed belfast. in the morning, joe biden will have a short meeting with rishi sunak before heading to an event at ulster university with the northern ireland political parties. and the question will be what will he say to them, given that power sharing here has been broken down for over a year? an invitation for the president to visit stormont was not taken up. the optics here deemed less suitable, with the devolved government suspended because of disagreements over the brexit arrangements. for this city, it will be a more brief affair than the presidential visits of the past, but still a mark of northern ireland's continuing importance to america in its post—conflictjourney. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.

he isa he is a political editor chris mason on the significance of this trip. this visit has been pencilled into the diaries of diplomats on both sides of the atlantic for the best part of a year now, such as the significance of this anniversary, 25 years on from the signing of the good friday agreement. and here we are this evening with the visit under way. we can show you some additional pictures of the president getting off air force one in the last half hour or so, shaking hands with rishi sunak who was there on the tarmac to greet him in the wind and occasional little burst of rain. the visit to northern ireland by the president as opposed to the wider trip to the republic is actually pretty short, all of the diplomatic conversations of the last year about this moment, he will be here for about 15 hours, around half of which he will be a bed. i think the political impasse here locally has played into that. there can't be some grand moment of smiles, the

restoration of power—sharing devolved government here in northern ireland, because that restoration has not yet happened. now, the new deal as far as brexit in northern ireland is concerned, as far as the windsor framework, ireland is concerned, as far as the windsorframework, it ireland is concerned, as far as the windsor framework, it has made this trip easier to nail down and ensure it is happening, but the absence of the restoration of devolution has meant a smaller scale series of events than we might otherwise have seen. by tomorrow afternoon the prison will be on his way to the republic, the prime minister will be on his way back to london. rishi sunak will be back here next week for further commemorations. that back here next week for further commemorations.— commemorations. that was olitical commemorations. that was political editor _ commemorations. that was political editor chris - commemorations. that was political editor chris mason | political editor chris mason speaking a little earlier about the visit. and mr biden�*s visit has been described as a moment of great pride by many irish commentators. one of them is daniel mulholland who told me why there was so much excitement about this visit. i think president biden when he

meets the politicians and speaks of the old university will highlight the big agenda, the big agenda is that we've had 25 years of peace in northern ireland, ok, everything is not perfect by any means, there are current squabbles over the windsor framework and institutions of the good friday agreement are not functioning properly, but i do think it's important for someone like the president coming from outside of northern ireland to remind people of how much progress has been made and how much better northern ireland is today that it was 25 years ago and how much better can be in the future with the kind of economic dividend that might arise out of northern ireland's status within the european single market and the uk single market's. i5 european single market and the uk single market's.— uk single market's. is this more symbolic, _ uk single market's. is this more symbolic, though, i uk single market's. is this i more symbolic, though, than anything else, or in reality, what role can president biden really play in trying to relieve the tension is that you have just referred to? symbolism is important in politics and gestures made by seniorfigures like politics and gestures made by senior figures like president

biden are important and they are powerful, potentially powerful, so i think that northern ireland, not many countries in the world have been visited by the president, is only northern ireland yesterday, in the american present�*s diary that is quite a lot of time, to carve that time out of his time to go to northern ireland to try to be helpful in that he will be trying to knock heads together or twist arms and persuade them to go back into the assembly and reform the executive, but i think will be sending signals particularly about the economic dividend that can flow from the windsor framework being implemented and northern ireland taking advantage. look, his irish was _ ireland taking advantage. look, his irish was obviously - ireland taking advantage. look, his irish was obviously a - ireland taking advantage. look, his irish was obviously a big - his irish was obviously a big part of his identity and obviously a big part of this visit, how important a fact did you think this would be in all of this? , �* of this? yes, i've met the

president _ of this? yes, i've met the president many _ of this? yes, i've met the president many times - of this? yes, i've met the i president many times before of this? yes, i've met the - president many times before he was president and when he was then vice president of the former vice president, and he has always been someone who has has always been someone who has has had an immense pride in his irish heritage, he has been brought up in one of the most traditionally irish places in the whole of the united states, so he would have absorbed the irish heritage from his grandmother, for example, it was the son of two irish immigrants in the 19th century, so his irish heritage has always been important, he has i was described himself proudly as an irish—american, so when he comes back, most people in ireland will be very welcoming of this visit because they will see this as somebody of irish descent who has risen to the highest level in global politics, there is no coming back to be trying to be helpful about the situation in northern ireland also to recognise the special relationship that exist between ireland and the united states through the traditional links made by irish immigrants in the united states but also

in the united states but also in more recent times the strong economic links that have developed, because we now have about 800 or so us companies investing operating in ireland and creating jobs and prosperity and also benefiting the american economy by transferring robert back to their parent companies in the united states. so this is a good story, a good news story. i'm delighted to see the president coming to recognise that story and try to make a contribution was the continuation of that story. the former irish _ continuation of that story. the former irish ambassador to the us there speaking to me a little earlier. the international monetary fund has cut its forecast for global growth, although it says most countries should avoid recession. the uk and germany are the most sluggish of the big

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mount up to 100. it would inclut with and children mount up to 100. it would inclut with the and children mount up to 100. it would inclut with the resistance en along with the resistance fighters who gathered in that village yesterday.— village yesterday. goodness. what you _ village yesterday. goodness. what you described - village yesterday. goodness. what you described certainly| fhad % 7 had 7 nations havili, from the united nations i the the incident and he described it as a blatant disregard for the laws of international law. we have had these sorts of comments before from un officials and nothing changes. what are you expecting this time around, i suppose? expecting this time around, i surmise?— suppose? very little. lucky ri . htl suppose? very little. lucky rightly said. _ suppose? very little. lucky rightly said, the _ suppose? very little. lucky rightly said, the un - suppose? very little. lucky rightly said, the un has - suppose? very little. lucky i rightly said, the un has made several statements when they are dismayed, the horror, their disappointment, they call for restraint, but very little has changed on the ground. the regime seems to be quite changed on the ground. the regime seer with be quite changed on the ground. the regime seer with where :e changed on the ground. the regime seer with where they comfortable with where they are. with united nations security council needs to decide something, but the regime is comfortable that they have some powerful friends within the un security council like china and russia.-

within the un security council like china and russia. yes, as ou like china and russia. yes, as you point— like china and russia. yes, as you point out. _ like china and russia. yes, as you point out, it _ like china and russia. yes, as you point out, it looks - like china and russia. yes, as you point out, it looks like - like china and russia. yes, as you point out, it looks like an| you point out, it looks like an intractable situation. going forward, what is your sense of what might happen here? the reaime what might happen here? the regime will — what might happen here? tue: regime will continue because both sides have vowed to crush the other. the regime achieved just last month vowed that he would crush justice because they blamed, you know, the opposition and they claimed they needed to bring back the country to be back to stability, but the opposition side also noted the regime, the military has repeatedly kind of seized power so they need to crush it. because both sides claim that 2023 would be a decisive year for them, so we would see the fighting would become more intense in coming months. . �* �* �*, months. that was the bbc's means service _ months. that was the bbc's means service at _ months. that was the bbc's means service at soe - months. that was the bbc's means service at soe win i months. that was the bbc's i means service at soe win tan speaking to me a little earlier. the brazilian president begins his visit to china. it will arrive in shanghai on wednesday before travelling to beijing where he

will meet his chinese counterpart xijinping on counterpart xi jinping on friday. counterpart xijinping on friday. the trip's main agenda is to upgrade relations between the two countries and seek new investments in brazil. bbc brazil has this preview of the trip. the handshake between lula and xijinping and the handshake between lula and xi jinping and whatever comes out of this meeting will be closely followed thousands of kilometres away in washington dc. i do use of a government that irritated both us and china, brazil under lula close to reposition itself geopolitically and is becoming one of the new frontiers of dispute for power and influence between americans and chinese. china has turned brazil into its biggest global investment destination and is pressing for the country to join the belton road initiative which, if signed, would operably be seen ijy signed, would operably be seen by the us is a deepening of relationships between the two

countries in strategic areas such as technology, infrastructure and supply chains. brazil is seizing chinese investments as a chance to really industrialise the economy and increase its recent meagre growth rates. without resources approved by congress centre brazil, the biden administration tries to strengthen cultural and governmental ties and has just articulated with japan an invitation for lula to go to the g7 meeting in here a shimmer in may where the brazilian leader should negotiate with the block or help to eliminate deforestation in the amazon forest. —— hiroshima. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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the indiscriminate way they can kill and injure civilians. in the area around here, russia and ukraine have been accused of using butterfly minds. the latter denies it. the city's deputy mayor tells me they have been de—mining every month since the world war ii, and it is now everyday. translation: they are everywhere. mines can be found in yards, cemeteries, agricultural fields, woodlands, along the severodonetsk river. there are a lot of mines. and the damage they cause is devastating. as shown inside izyum's hospital.

mykola stepped on one in the garden of his destroyed home. translation: i have no house, no car, no cows, no property, i and i used to have it all. it all got burned down, ruined. my grandchildren cannot visit because everything is mined. mykola is under the care of yuri kuznitzov, the only doctor who kept working throughout the russian occupation last year. unfortunately, in most cases, an encounter with an unknown explosive device ends tragically, and losing a limb or getting other injuries is not the worst outcome. for instance, a week and a half ago, we received a patient who uncovered a mine. he is still here, but the other person who was with him died. at a mine lecture, there is an appetite to better understand this resident threat. translation: i am very cautious. i i don't walk around much, but when i do, i use the same path,

because i'm scared. i have a 16—year—old son and i'm really worried about him going out on his own. back here, the butterfly clearing reaches its crescendo. a job likely to be replicated for decades. james waterhouse, bbc news, kharkiv region. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. the french president has been heckled. he the french president has been heckled. ., , ., , heckled. he was outlining his vision for _ heckled. he was outlining his vision for the _ heckled. he was outlining his vision for the vision - heckled. he was outlining his vision for the vision of - heckled. he was outlining his| vision for the vision of europe in the hague when protesters began shouting at him. opposition to his controversial pension reforms appeared to be behind the protest. italy plasma coast is working to rescue almost 1200 migrants of

crowded boats on the mediterranean sea. rescued passengers have been brought safely to shore but it has been reported that some are suffering from medical emergencies. in the past few days, almost 2000 migrants have arrived in sicily. the us defence secretary says he is determined to find the source of the leak of classified us documents, many linked to the one ukraine. the british ministry of defence says there is inaccuracy documents circulating on line which include assertions that british and other special forces are been operating in ukraine. junior doctors are taking strike action across england as part of a 4— day walkout. the uk health secretary has accused them of putting patient lives at risk. the unions which represents doctors in the uk is seeking a 35% pay rise but the government has said this is not reasonable.

a pair of sneakers worn by basketball legend michaeljordan has sold for more than two million dollars — setting a record price for game—worn sports shoes. the basketball champion last wore the trainers in 1998. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal explains how the shoes came to be under the auctioneer�*s hammer. these sneakers are known as bred, which refers to the fact that they are black and red in style. it's the style that michaeljordan was known for wearing throughout his career, and he had these shoes on during game 2 of the 1998 nba finals, and was on his way to game 6, and what would be the last nba championship title for him. they'd been gifted by the basketball legend to the visiting teams locker room's ball boy. now, we don't know who sold the sneakers. we don't know who bought them. but what the auction house did say, they described them just to give you the quote, the shoes, which have his name in silver ink on each toe,

as immaculate and pristine, consistent with use. and it's worth mentioning that michaeljordan actually broke his own record when it comes to selling shoes two years ago in september, where his sneakers went for $1.5 million. and he's been collaborating with nike ever since the eighties. but the brand has really grown massively, largely driven by his successful netflix documentary, the last dance. the trainer industry, the shoe industry, the sneaker industry, its really tripled in the last 10 years. and now, according to a lot of statistics, it accounts for almost half of global footwear sales. and i did a documentary on this a couple of years ago, and spoke to bobbito garcia. he was and is seen as someone who was probably the first to talk about the phenomenon of the sneaker industry. on one side, they are really functional. they are comfortable to wear. they look cool. they're an extension of your individuality, you can become creative with them, paint them, customise them.

you can own them, right? so that is one packet. the other pocket is that sneakers in and of themselves have been placed in the same way that people approach art. and that's really the point that garcia has made there, that sneakers are seen as art. during the course of doing that documentary, i spoke to loads of people who said that they were prepared to pay that much money for sneakers, which they see as collectibles. so really, the price that michaeljordan's sneakers have gone for today, it's likely that they will get even higher as the years go on. finally people in taiwan who are frustrated at china's latest military drills near the island have found a novel way of expressing their anger. many are choosing to wear badges that depict a taiwanese black bear punching the animated character winnie the pooh — who often appears in imagery to represent china's leader xi jinping. taiwan is a self—ruled island with its own government and constitution, but china sees it as a breakaway province.

that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. stormy weather is expected to continue through tonight and into wednesday. and that's because we've got this powerfuljet stream up above that weather system, developing it very rapidly in the past 24 hours, giving those severe gales, unusually windy weather, a lot of rain to go with it. it means the conditions on the roads have been pretty atrocious. and now, we've got cold air tucking in around that low pressure across scotland, so turning progressively to snow, several centimetres over the hills here and even the showers further south following the rain band could be a little bit wintry. it's certainly going to be

a chilly end to the night under the clearer skies further south, within a degree or two of freezing. but really, that's not the story. the story is these powerful winds once again battering many western and southern areas during the day. we're expecting gusts up to, if not above, 70 miles an hour, which will cause disruption. bring down the odd tree. 50 miles an hour inland is really quite unusual. and, given that it's already been very windy through tuesday, we're going to see some very large waves around the southwest approaches through the channel into the english channel as well. and that could overtop the coastlines as well. so, some dangerous conditions. it also looks on that north—westerly to be a very windy end to the morning, start to the afternoon across northern ireland. and we will keep very strong winds around that band of rain across the northern isles. so nowhere really exempt. and there'll be a lot of showers after the bright start. those showers rattling in really quite cloudy and wet for much of the day, potentially northern ireland, northern and western scotland. still that snow risk on the hills, perhaps as high as 12 in the south. but really we will notice a coolerfeel, those showers rushing in, becoming frequent

with hail and with thunder and still around into thursday, but fewer in number potentially. that low pressure with us in the north sea. it stays put actually through thursday into friday. but you can already see friday's rain is due in some uncertainty on that. but temperatures might recover just a little bit more on thursday, given a bit more sunshine. but it might be then that as we go into friday, we get the next area of low pressure pushing more rain in with some fairly strong winds. it doesn't look as windy as the current stormy conditions. and perhaps starting to settle down as we get into the latter part of the weekend. and next week, there's the hint that we might see the first 20, 21 of the year.

optimistic and yet pessimistic, the imf paints a fuzzy picture forward for the global economy. we will have the latest. plus, too big to ignore, spain's vice president speaks to the bbc on china and the shift in the international world order. hello and welcome to asia business report, i'm karishma vaswani. ourtop business report, i'm karishma vaswani. our top story few today, keep the pressure on interest rates or risk a financial crisis, that was one of the ominous new warnings given by the international monetary fund to member countries as it kicks off a

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