live from london. this is bbc news. a partner in peace president biden re commits us support for the good friday agreement. let's celebrate 25 years by recommitting to renewal, repair, and making this exceptional piece the birthright of every child in northern ireland for all the days to come. junior doctors in england are on strike for a second day as hospital bosses warn of growing pressure. and climate warming emissions are likely to fall this and a royal return prince harry confirms he will attend his father's coronation but his wife is staying at home. difficult is staying at home. few months elon musk talks exclusively difficult few months elon musk talks exclusively to the bbc about trouble times i twitter.

welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden who's just arrived in the irish capital dublin. earlier he made an impassioned defence of the good friday agreement in belfast 25 years after it was signed. he was greeted on the tarmac at dublin airport by the irish taoieseach leo varadkar. the pair then left in a motorcade, heading for co louth after the bad weather halted plans for the president to travel by helicopter. it's been a busy, busy day for the us president. it started with a meeting with rishi sunak both expressing their hope that power sharing can be restored. joe biden also met the leaders of the five main parties off camera he said he was in listening mode.

the president will not be visiting stormont is currently not functioning since the democratic unit is party withdrew support in post—brexit trading arrangements. the president acknowledged differences but said he hoped to power—sharing would resume. i differences but said he hoped to power-sharing would resume. i know the uk has departed _ power-sharing would resume. i know the uk has departed from _ power-sharing would resume. i know the uk has departed from the - the uk has departed from the european union and trade is complex here in northern ireland i encouraged leaders here to address issues in a way to serve northern ireland's best interests. i appreciate the leadership of rishi sunak and the european commission or to reach an agreement. the windsor framework addresses practical realities of brexit and the essentials —— an essential step to ensuring the hard earned piece of the good friday agreement to preserve and strengthen. a deeply personal speech looking at

the challenges lying ahead. here are some of the life pictures. a significant number of people there out there, lined on the streets ready to welcome the president when he arrives at that scene. the president is touring carlingford castle in county louth an area mr biden has traced his ancestral roots to. we'll keep an eye on those pictures and return to them. but let's rewind through the day. rishi sunak has been talking about his eating with joe biden highlighting the contribution of the us to peace in northern ireland.— northern ireland. great welcome - resident northern ireland. great welcome president bite _ northern ireland. great welcome president bite into _ northern ireland. great welcome president bite into the _ northern ireland. great welcome president bite into the k - northern ireland. great welcome president bite into the k for- northern ireland. great welcome president bite into the k for the l president bite into the k for the fourth _ president bite into the k for the fourth time since his presidency but particularly to a part of the uk that is— particularly to a part of the uk that is very special and dear to him _ that is very special and dear to him it— that is very special and dear to him. it also reminds us of the contributions american—made to the peace _ contributions american—made to the peace process as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement and president aydin and i

spoke _ agreement and president aydin and i spoke a _ agreement and president aydin and i spoke a lot— agreement and president aydin and i spoke a lot on that and in particular about the incredible economic opportunities that are there _ economic opportunities that are there in— economic opportunities that are there in store for northern ireland. -- president— there in store for northern ireland. —— president biden. in the potential that is_ —— president biden. in the potential that is there — —— president biden. in the potential that is there and the companies that want to— that is there and the companies that want to invest there and i think that it — want to invest there and i think that it will— want to invest there and i think that it will bring growth injobs and prosperity to northern ireland and prosperity to northern ireland and i_ and prosperity to northern ireland and i know— and prosperity to northern ireland and i know that he shares my ambition— and i know that he shares my ambition to see his students here back up— ambition to see his students here back up and running that's a people here deserve. the uk's opposition leader sir keir starmer has been speaking about president biden�*s visit to northern ireland. lets have a listen. the us is an important highlight and play an important part in the good friday agreement. i think it is in everyone's interest that we move forward in the spirit of the good friday agreement and i think all of us went to see the institutions in northern ireland back up and running. that is the best outcome from all of this. and america, of course i'm a as a close ally has had a part in history of that. and a part in the present and that as well.

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visit was a tremendous moment, the opportunity should be griped with both hands. that from a michelle o'neill a little earlier. let's go back to pictures from county louth because just a little bit of the security and a lot of umbrellas because the president, just the beginnings of the strip, love the politics tomorrow will stop but as we were talking earlier to our guests in dublin, so many lovely stories around his relatives, his extended family links to ireland. that will be very much a part of these three days in ireland. he has two sets of families, one from county louth giving to them in later that week and the finnegan's queue will be speaking to as well. he has spoken many times about those various families and he was talking about his faith and fortitude of his

relatives —— relatives when they left ireland and back in 2016 he referenced the finnegan's, his grandfather in great—grandmother in talking aboutjust grandfather in great—grandmother in talking about just the grandfather in great—grandmother in talking aboutjust the extraordinary nature of actually leaving ireland heading to the distant shores of america were they did not know what awaited them. so many of the stories that president biden comes from his past. we will keep an eye on those pictures and return to that story a little later on the programme. let's turn to a big story in scotland now. the scottish government will take legal action against the uk government's decision to block its gender recognition reform bill. the proposals would make it easier for people in scotland to self identify their sex. the westminster government has concerns about the effect of the changes on uk wide equality laws. first minister humza yousaf previously described the block as an "undemocratic veto".

live now to lorna gordon in glasgow. take us through today's events. humza yousaf has been in position as first minister of scotland forjust two weeks and he has set up for what could be a huge constitutional clash for over the legislation past year over a large majority of mps just for christmas with the confirmation earlier today that the scottish government will, at some point this week seek a judicial review of the section 35 order that was issued by the secretary of state for scotland, alisterjack, part of the uk government, blocking that legislation becoming law. as he said, that legislation would make it easierfor someone said, that legislation would make it easier for someone to change their legally recognised gender, in effect making scotland the first part of the uk to bring in a legally recognised form of self

identification. it has been a very controversial piece of legislation. backed by msps, opposed by some women's groups who say they have concerns over the impact this may have on safeguarding issues in particular look to do with the single—sex spaces. it was a divisive issue during the leadership snp leadership, pain, to other campaigns to lead the snp and become first mr of scotland oppose the legislation for humza yousaf fact that the right and said he would follow the legal advice and said today that they have decided to go to the courts to take a decision. the minister in the scottish government charged with navigating this into law had said that the use of a section 35 is in unprecedented challenge to the scottish parliament's ability to legislate on clearly devolved matters and risk setting a dangerous precedent. also saying that the legal challenge is the only legal means of resolving the situation

also the move was necessary to achieve the clarity and interpretation on scope on section 35 and its impact on devolution. it is interesting to see the way that the argument is being framed going forward. it looks like the scottish government is intending to frame it as westminster denying holyrood its democratic right to make its own laws. but today, alisterjack has said that the use of section 35 is entirely within the devolution settlement i set out with cross party support at its inception. so not an easy first couple of weeks for humza yousaf in his position as first minister and he is setting up his government for this big legal challenge going forward. aha, his government for this big legal challenge going forward.- challenge going forward. a brief thou~ht challenge going forward. a brief thought on _ challenge going forward. a brief thought on that _ challenge going forward. a brief thought on that final— challenge going forward. a brief thought on that final thought, i challenge going forward. a brief. thought on that final thought, what is the likely timeline then? is it heads to the courts?— heads to the courts? they have not launched papers — heads to the courts? they have not launched papers yet, _

heads to the courts? they have not launched papers yet, that - heads to the courts? they have not launched papers yet, that will - launched papers yet, that will happen sometime this week. there will be a process, it has to go through the outer hat of court of session and the inner house of court of session and then perhaps the uk supreme court. this can be a very lengthy process. depending on what else is in the legal calendar. so this may not be resolved quickly but it certainly will be high—profile and certainly be a controversial legal battle. and certainly be a controversial legal battle-— and certainly be a controversial leual battle. ., ,, i. , . legal battle. thank you very much for the latest _ legal battle. thank you very much for the latest on _ legal battle. thank you very much for the latest on that _ legal battle. thank you very much for the latest on that important i for the latest on that important story. elon musk is told the bbc that his takeover of twitter was painful and quite a roller coaster. in an exclusive live interview he defended his sacking of most of their staff saying the company would have gone bankrupt otherwise. we know it has been a tumultuous six months at twitter since he took over. so here's our correspondent.

a star at the beginning with the controversy when musk became the largest shareholder. after that things started to happen very fast. elon musk put an offer in for 44 billion us dollars. nearly £35 billion. so unfortunately, after that, it seemed like musk was starting to get cold feet. he actually seek to end the bid by twitter claiming that the deal could be breached, in fact. he said that there were not enough disclosure of what he called fake bots on the site. but in fact, a us court after that, really try to increase the timeline and said that twitter court case may actually go to trial. so that brought everything into sharp focus leading to this moment when elon musk completed his takeover of the social media company tweeting

the social media company tweeting the bird is free. leading to this viral moment when mr mosca showed up at the twitter hq in san francisco bringing in the kitchen sink. —— musk. so the new owners really taking charge they're moving in. after that it became clear, as you can see, in this now infamous tweet from a former employee at twitter that his new corporate ethos was what he referred to as hard—core. he asked his employees to really devote many waking hours and in fact some sleeping hours to his company. in that lee did —— led to more controversy and some firings as twitter began to downsize massively. in fact injames twitter began to downsize massively. in fact in james clayton's twitter began to downsize massively. in fact injames clayton's interview with elon musk, we have heard that, elon musk is actually fired 80% of twitter staff going from 8000 to

about 1500 psi. within the past six months. as a postscript on the story ijust months. as a postscript on the story i just want to show you the tag to the bbc which has been changed. your member that story earlier in the week where twitter had attacked the bbc government funded media, bbc immediately objected and said that it is publicly funded by the licensee and james clayton contacting elon musk at the start of the week to make that point and they got into that e—mail exchange ahead of today's interview. you heard him asking about it in the interview will stop it has changed, as he could see her. publicly funded media. so those objections been noted in the change has been, as you can see been made. return to the junior doctor strike after a long—running dispute over

pay and patient safety. health secretary steve barclay said the timing of the industrial action which is expected to last until saturday morning was "regrettable". lucinda adam reports. what do we want? fair pay! junior doctors on the picket line for the second day in a row in central london. the doctors' union, the bma, has been asking for a 35% pay increase to make up for 15 years of below—inflation wage awards. the job's been getting more complicated. we've been getting sicker and frailer and older people coming to our hospitals, and we just want to be valued the same way we were in 2008. and that's the message that we're pushing forward and we want the government to listen to and talk to us about. the government says that pay demand is unaffordable. it emerged today that the doctors' union has now asked the conciliation service acas to look into ways of breaking the deadlock. what do we want? meanwhile, the bma released a statement, amid reports that one of the leaders of its junior doctors' committee is on holiday

during the strikes. it said dr rob lawrenson has taken the week off to attend the wedding of a family friend. so far, nhs trusts say a&e departments do appear to be quieter than normal. the main knock—on effect, though, could be felt in the coming days. many trusts are worried about covering night shifts, particularly because this strike falls over a holiday period. so really, with every day that goes by, this strike gets more difficult. it gets more difficult to sustain staff morale and the risks to patient safety potentially increase. at this hospital in somerset, some doctors have been asked the advice this week is to use the online111 service if you're feeling unwell, and to only dial 999 in a life—threatening emergency. though anyone with an urgent problem should continue to go to a&e. with no signs of a breakthrough, that's advice patients across england are likely to hear more of, as what's become a bitter dispute continues. jim reed, bbc news.

that the latest on the second day of the junior doctor strike. buckingham palace has confirmed... prince harry will attend the coronation next month despite the ongoing rift between the two. his wife megan will not be accompanying him and will remain in the us with his children. live in his room for more. the world plan that buckingham palace will be breathing a sigh of relief particularly those responsible for the seating plan because we have had confirmation that prince harry will be attending the coronation of his father, king charles on may the 6th at westminster abbey. but, father, king charles on may the 6th at westminsterabbey. but, harry's wife will not be there. megan will stay in california with the children. there had been speculation that either mode, because it is their son, that either mode, because it is theirson, prince that either mode, because it is their son, prince archie's fourth birthday on the sex but we had a

statement from both buckingham palace and —— on the six of may. and a statement from the 2? it will be the first time that prince harry has been seen with other members of the royal family since his bombshell book was published and indeed the funeral of the late queen elizabeth. harry is one of 2000 people who have had this invitation, amongst them forged 50 people from community groups and charities. as i said the service will be taking place at westminster abbey, starting at 11 o'clock on the morning of the may the 6th. the royal couple take this route, shorter than the one used by queen elizabeth by her coronation starting up elizabeth by her coronation starting up a camp palace past the mall the palace of westminster parliament

square and institute westminster abbey. they will be inside this royal carriage. it is the diamond jubilee state code. the reason this one is being used, it is more modern. in the bit more comfortable for the royal comforter —— couple it has air conditioning and electric windows. a defining moment of the coronation will be the moment the crown is put on king charles's had. this is the one that will be used. it is that saint edward's. weighing £5 or over two kilos. —— five pounds. a sign of the modern area, buckingham palace is released in official emoji on social media should you wish to try it out the hash check is hashtag coronation. thank you very much. around 900,000 people in the uk living with dementia. it can be debilitating and distressing notjust for those with the condition, but also for their family members

who often become their carers. one problem can be the lack of places to take their loved ones and spend time with other people who are affected. well, after losing her mother to dementia, pub landlady sharon took the matter into her own hands as fiona lamdin reports. i think it is one of the cruellest diseases that i know of. you know the end result. rod and joan have been happily married for 53 years. as a midwife, joan looked after many in her community. now she's being cared for, diagnosed with dementia. forfive years, rod cared for her himself, but now, robbed of speech or movement, joan lives in a care home. who have you got here? rod visits most days. i feel guilty. there is a guilt element to it. and no matter how long, yeah, no matter how long it lasts, you know, you can't get rid of it.

because you start thinking, "well, what else could i have done?" hello, darling. are you all right? yeah, how's joan? she's fine, yeah. all right — nice visit? yeah. aw, lovely. for the last eight years, landlady sharon has run the forgotten regulars, opening the doors of her pub to anyone affected by dementia. why do you do this every month? well, if i didn't do it, all these people would be stuck at home. when i was looking after my mother with my family... we had nowhere to take her, so we started this. and the first time we did it, it was just me, my sisters, my daughters, my mum. and we got a singer. and she wasjust a different mum.

just for those few hours, she was a different mum. that's your special doll, for you to look after. that's your special baby. larry and denise have been married for nearly 52 years. 18 months ago, denise was diagnosed with dementia. coming here is a day out for me. why do you love coming? because of the music, and i like to dance. we both like to dance. tell me what it's like dancing with her now? apologies leave that report but as you can see in county louth we have the convoy carrying the us president. we saw him land at dublin airport, pretty nasty weather so little adjustment to the plans and here, the president heading for the first of his stops. and his

three—day visit to the republic of ireland. we saw him dive into crowds at the airport itself, to questions, it was quite sweet, talking to a lot of children, asking questions about the secret of his success in giving him gifts and the president spending a lot of time just talking to those people. we will get so much of the politics later in the trip, but it starts with just trips away from all of that. to some of his heritage. his history that he talks so probably about and so often. we in today's speech in belfast he talked about his irish roots and his pride and how he takes peace in ireland personally and underlying end of redoubling the fact that the us will remain part —— partner to peace in

becoming months and years and echoing what has been achieved with the signing of the good friday agreement 25 years ago. he spoke at the start of that speech so warmly about george mitchell who, of course, was one of the principal architects in negotiating it with all of the various parties and the president saying that it was 700 days of failure and then one day of success. he said that is what counted and george mitchell was the right man at the right time. that is the beautiful backdrop of the castle as the president starts his trip. we saw him on the tarmac a little earlier with ireland's prime minister and a little later in the strip president biden will actually talk to the irish parliament. but we were reflecting a little earlier with our guests, the amount of distant relatives the president has

in ireland. many of his great grandparents from ireland, principally to families one from county mayo and one from county louth and that is where this visit is starting, county louth and through the next couple of days the president aims to meet up with members of those families, the blewitts, in county mayo, they have been regular visitors. they were at the white house earlier for st. patrick's day and of course president biotin had come to ireland backin president biotin had come to ireland back in 2016 to just make contact with those family members. —— president biden. he is proud of that history and the faith and fortitude, he says of his relatives that left ireland heading to the shores of america where they did not know what awaited them. those picturesjust

starting the latest light of president biden�*s trip. 0ur starting the latest light of president biden�*s trip. our next correspondent will take you through the rest. see you at the same time tomorrow. bye—bye. hello. we've seen a combination of very strong and gusty winds, rough seas and big downpours across many parts of the uk. that's all been down to storm noah. this beautiful swirl of cloud here on our earlier satellite image. now, the area of low pressure responsible will be weakening and filling as we head through tonight and into tomorrow. still in the short term, though, a lot of isobars squeezing together on the southern flank of the low. so, still some strong winds for the evening across southern counties of england, the south of wales, but through the night, those winds will gradually ease. there'll still be some showers around and some of those showers will be wintry over higher ground in scotland. temperatures, well, they will get quite close to freezing in a few locations. these temperatures are for town and city centres. out in the countryside there may

well be just a touch of frost for some of us tomorrow. broadly speaking, a calmer day. the winds certainly will be lighter. there'll be some spells of sunshine, some showers around, too, for some of us will have showers from the word go. for others, it'll be a fine start, but then the shower clouds will pop up and we could see some hefty and maybe thundery downpours with some hail into the afternoon and still something wintry over high ground in scotland. 9 to 13 degrees that is no great shakes for the time of year. into friday, another frontal system pushes in from the west. not as windy with this one, but still some outbreaks of rain, particularly for southern counties of england, perhaps getting into the southern half of wales, the south midlands and also some rain for a time in the channel islands. further north, sunny spells and hefty showers. temperatures still disappointing for the time of year, eight degrees for lerwick and 13 degrees in plymouth. but as we head into the weekend, things will start to turn a little bit warmer. some early rain in eastern counties on saturday and perhaps a band of cloud left behind. then some spells of sunshine. another frontal system will bring

cloud and some rain into western counties of northern ireland later in the day. but signs of those temperatures beginning to climb up to 15 or maybe 16 degrees. and looking further ahead through sunday into the start of the new week, we'll see southerly winds and warmer air developing across the uk. easily temperatures getting up into the high teens up to 18, 19, maybe reaching 20 degrees in places a lot drier. some spells of sunshine, much calmer than it has been.

tonight at six: president biden urges a return to power sharing here at stormont, as he marks 25 years of peace in northern ireland. during a whirlwind tour of belfast today, he addressed an audience at ulster university — his focus on the younger generation. this place was transformed by peace, made techicolour by peace, made whole by peace. earlier the president met rishi sunak and praised his new post—brexit trading deal for northern ireland. we spoke in particular about the incredible economic opportunities that are there in store for northern ireland and we talked about the investment potential that is there.

tonight he is across the border in the republic of ireland,