live from washington. this is bbc news, welcome to viewers on pbs in america. president biden begins his three—day—visit to the republic of ireland. twitter�*s ceo, elon musk, sits down with the bbc for an exclusive interview. it's been quite painful but at the end of the day i think it should have been done. were there many mistakes made along there many mistakes made along the way? of course. and has the us been spying on un secretary general, antonio guterres? new information from the classified documents leaked. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.

president biden has arrived in the republic of ireland. we are going to show you some pictures of his visit now. this was him visiting dundalk, in county louth, the home county of his ancestors. thousands of people came out to greet him, and he paid tribute to his irish heritage and met distant relatives. he's back in dulblin now, and tomorrow he'll go to county mayo. earlier, he was in northern ireland, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, the deal that brought an end to decades of violence in the region. this trip though, comes at a time of political deadlock in northern ireland, after its power sharing government here at stormont, collapsed over a year ago. our correspondent chris page has more. president biden has begun what, for him, is a very personal tour of places in ireland where he has ancestral ties. he began by visiting the village of conferred income to allow the, that's the place where his

great, great grandfather left to emigrate to the united states. the weather was rather stereotypically irish but the president was clearly in very good spirits as he was shown the local sites including a mediaeval castle and some local people were wearing badges saying welcome home cousinjoe. now the focus is moving on to more formal and ceremonial events. he will formally meet the irish president, he will have talks with the leader of the irish government, and then he will give an address to parliamentarians in dublin stopping his the fourth us president to be given that particular honour afterjohn f. kennedy, ronald reagan and bill clinton, all of whom were descended from immigrants from the island of ireland. and that address president biden is expected to affirm the transatlantic ties, also reflect again on the 25th anniversary of the good friday

peace agreement, the deal that ended three decades of conflict in northern ireland. after that, he will move on to the west of the country, to county mayo to visit another set of relatives there before he flies back to the us. it is a trip that the white house says the president has been very excited about for some time and forjoe biden as president he speaks often about his irish roots, it is a journey back into his family history and also a trip thatis family history and also a trip that is bound to play well with the 30 million irish—americans who say they have irish ancestry. yesterday morning, our technology reporter, james clayton, asked twitter ceo elon musk for an interview. unexpectedly, he agreed. a few hours later, james was sitting down with musk at twitter hq, to ask him about freedom of speech, disinformation and any regrets about controversial decisions he's made in his six

months at twitter. there is a lot going on so this might be a good opportunity to answer some questions and you know, i guess, answer some questions and you know, iguess, maybe answer some questions and you know, i guess, maybe get some feedback, too. what should we be doing different. i know the bbc for example is not thrilled for example a being labelled state affiliated media. it’s state affiliated media. it's officially objected to that term, do you want to respond to it? ~ term, do you want to respond to it? . ., , term, do you want to respond to it? ~ ., , ., , term, do you want to respond to it? ., , it? we are trying to be as truthful — it? we are trying to be as truthful and _ it? we are trying to be as truthful and accurate - it? we are trying to be as truthful and accurate as l truthful and accurate as possible, so i think we are adjusting the label to be publicly funded, which i think is perhaps not too objectionable. we are trying to be accurate. i’m objectionable. we are trying to be accurate.— be accurate. i'm not the bbc, but... publicly _ be accurate. i'm not the bbc, but... publicly funded - be accurate. i'm not the bbc, but... publicly funded is - be accurate. i'm not the bbc, but... publicly funded is howl but... publicly funded is how the bbc defines itself. so that would be accurate. _ the bbc defines itself. so that would be accurate. if - the bbc defines itself. so that would be accurate. if we - the bbc defines itself. so that

would be accurate. if we use | would be accurate. if we use the same words the bbc uses to describe itself, that presumably would be ok. i'm not asking you for a yes or no since you are not running the bbc per se, but it probably seems to pass a reasonable... so you are going to change those labels on the bbc twitter feed and also npr's as well? yeah. publicly funded. we are trying to be as accurate as possible. trying to be as accurate as possible-— trying to be as accurate as ossible. , .,, i. possible. 0k stop your right. fine. almost _ possible. 0k stop your right. fine. almost immediately, l possible. 0k stop your right. i fine. almost immediately, you sacked a lot of twitter workers. and i spoke to them, it's very easy to speak to them when it happened in the way they said pretty much everyone said, it felt quite haphazard. it was. �* said, it felt quite haphazard. it was-_ i - it was. and uncaring. i wouldn't _ it was. and uncaring. i wouldn't say _ it was. and uncaring. i wouldn't say uncaring. j it was. and uncaring. i - wouldn't say uncaring. the issueis wouldn't say uncaring. the issue is like, the company is either going to go bankrupt, if we do not cut costs immediately. this is not a caring or uncaring situation. it's like if the whole ship

thinks that nobody has got a job. thinks that nobody has got a 'ob. ., ., ., ., ., , , job. let go of a lot of stuff and then _ job. let go of a lot of stuff and then you _ job. let go of a lot of stuff and then you started - job. let go of a lot of stuff. and then you started making job. let go of a lot of stuff- and then you started making all out of policy decisions, one was to bring donald trump back. he hasn't actually tweeted yet. do you expect them to come back at any point, have you spoken to him? i at any point, have you spoken to him? ., �* ,, at any point, have you spoken to him? . �* , ., to him? i haven't spoken to him. to him? i haven't spoken to him- he _ to him? i haven't spoken to him- he may _ to him? i haven't spoken to him. he may not— to him? i haven't spoken to him. he may not come - to him? i haven't spoken to l him. he may not come back. to him? i haven't spoken to - him. he may not come back. but the point is that twitter should be a town square that gives equal voice to the whole country and ideally the whole world. it should not be a partisan politics, you know, and on the very far—left of the spectrum. normally politics is quite niche but to effectively acted as a megaphone for very niche regional politics and megaphone and that to the world. so in orderfor someone to serve as a digital town square, it must serve people

from all political persuasions. free speech is meaningless unless you allow people you don't like to say things you don't like to say things you don't like. 0therwise don't like to say things you don't like. otherwise it's a relevant. and the point at which you lose free speech, it doesn't come back. i which you lose free speech, it doesn't come back.— which you lose free speech, it doesn't come back. i think the issue some — doesn't come back. i think the issue some people _ doesn't come back. i think the issue some people have - doesn't come back. i think the issue some people have is - doesn't come back. i think the issue some people have is a i doesn't come back. i think the l issue some people have is a lot of people were brought back, some people were brought back who were previously banned for spreading things like qanon conspiracies, you have people like andrew tate who were brought back who were previously banned for things like hate speech. do you think you prioritise freedom of speech over misinformation and hate speech? speech over misinformation and hate speech?— hate speech? well, who is to sa that hate speech? well, who is to say that something _ hate speech? well, who is to say that something is - say that something is misinformation? who is the avatar of that? is it the bbc? are you literally asking me? yeah. ~ ~' ., are you literally asking me? yeah. ~ ~ ., are you literally asking me? yeah. ~ ., .,

yeah. well know, you are the arbiter yeah. well know, you are the arhiter on _ yeah. well know, you are the arbiter on twitter _ yeah. well know, you are the arbiter on twitter because - yeah. well know, you are the | arbiter on twitter because you own twitter. so arbiter on twitter because you own twitter-_ arbiter on twitter because you own twitter. so i'm saying who is to say that — own twitter. so i'm saying who is to say that one _ own twitter. so i'm saying who is to say that one person's - is to say that one person's misinformation is not another person's information. at the point you say that this is misinformation.- point you say that this is misinformation. �* , misinformation. but you accept that misinformation _ misinformation. but you accept that misinformation can - misinformation. but you accept that misinformation can be - that misinformation can be dangerous, it can cause real—world harms, it can... the real-world harms, it can... the bbc itself _ real-world harms, it can... the bbc itself has _ real-world harms, it can... the bbc itself has at _ real-world harms, it can... the bbc itself has at times - bbc itself has at times published things that are false. do you agree that that has occurred?— has occurred? i'm quite sure the bbc have _ has occurred? i'm quite sure the bbc have said _ has occurred? i'm quite sure the bbc have said things - has occurred? i'm quite sure i the bbc have said things before that turn out to not be true, in its, whatever it is, 100 year history, i'm quite sure. evenif year history, i'm quite sure. even if you aspire to be accurate, there are times when you will not be. (crosstalk) but you accept there has to be a line in terms of hate speech. you are not looking at total 100% unrestricted speech? well, i'm 100% unrestricted speech? well, i'm generally _ 100% unrestricted speech? well, i'm generally of _ 100% unrestricted speech? well, i'm generally of the _ 100% unrestricted speech? well, i'm generally of the opinion -

i'm generally of the opinion that if the people of a given country are against a certain type of speech, they should talk to the elect representatives and pass a law to prevent it. representatives and pass a law to prevent it-— to prevent it. very interesting interview that _ to prevent it. very interesting interview that james - to prevent it. very interesting interview that james clayton i interview that james clayton led with elon musk. you can see the interview and its entirety on our website. let's go back to our top story now. joining us is demoratic representative betty mccollum of minnesota, she is a member of the "friends of ireland caucus" thank you very much forjoining us on our showstopping so from what you have seen and what president biden has said in northern ireland, how important was this visit?— was this visit? this is a very important — was this visit? this is a very important visit. _ was this visit? this is a very important visit. 25 - was this visit? this is a very important visit. 25 years - was this visit? this is a very important visit. 25 years of| important visit. 25 years of making the good friday agreement work, and every once in a while it stalls out a little bit and 2003 i was with a women's delegation, international women's democracy centre, and we came, bipartisan

lee we came as people of irish ancestry. my family is from galway, mayo, and we came to talk to other women about what to do to keep the peace process thriving and moving forward and so every once in awhile friends to help each other out so i am very pleased that president biden is there because we want nothing but peace and security for the families of northern ireland. ~ ~' ., for the families of northern ireland. ~ ~ ., ., , ireland. we know that president biden did meet _ ireland. we know that president biden did meet with _ ireland. we know that president biden did meet with leaders - ireland. we know that president biden did meet with leaders of. biden did meet with leaders of the northern ireland parties and we know that there was political deadlock there at the moment copy we understand that president biden didn't press them on finding an agreement. should he have done so? i think the peeple _ should he have done so? i think the people who _ should he have done so? i think the people who are _ should he have done so? i think the people who are elect - should he have done so? i think the people who are elect to - should he have done so? i think the people who are elect to the| the people who are elect to the parliament sometimes just need a little nudge. friends saying look, we know how hard this is. he served in the us senate, i've served in the minnesota house, before i got elected to the us house and everyone is in a while you find yourself in a

deadlock, and a deadlock that goes on too long, you don't create those opportunities to talk to one another and achieve your common goal of moving forward, so i think the president took the right measure in sanglah, you are elected officials, this is a hard job and you are dealing with a history in which you've been working so hard to move forward to create more peace and opportunity for all the children in northern ireland. you need to just buckle down and do the hard work. and it is hard work and they will say this as a legislator, it can be very, very hard work but i know that the family is a met of distant and catholic in 2003 when i was there in 2010, families want peace for their children. it is very evident. and so those who are elected to office need to keep their eye on the prize, peace for the next generation. has been a whole generation of children whole generation of children

who grown up knowing peace and security and they are entitled to be adults and raise their families in the same peace and security. families in the same peace and securi . ~ ., families in the same peace and securi . . ., ., ., security. want to ask you about the role that _ security. want to ask you about the role that the _ security. want to ask you about the role that the us _ security. want to ask you about the role that the us plays - the role that the us plays because we know it had a leading role to play in brokering the good friday agreement, does still have influence in the region? i think because we share... inaudible who watched the difficulty of the troubles, we had family members over there, we had family here who were trying to figure out how to help provide peace and opportunity, that we feel a kindred spirit with the people of northern ireland. a come from a mixed marriage, a protestant and catholic marriage and i've talked about that when i was in northern ireland and it can be hard, it's hard for my parents here in the united states, it was hard for me as a child my

parent focused on how to move forward. minnesota had a long history of, in the summer, having children from northern ireland come and protestant children stayed with catholic families in minnesota and vice—versa, to show kids that you can get along with each other if that is the focus of your goal to create peace. ii your goal to create peace. if they could jump in there, what can congress do to help support peace and also perhaps nudge the government forward in northern ireland? bipartisan lee, northern ireland? bipartisan lee. those — northern ireland? bipartisan lee, those of— northern ireland? bipartisan lee, those of us _ northern ireland? bipartisan lee, those of us of- northern ireland? bipartisan lee, those of us of irish - lee, those of us of irish heritage and those of us not of irish heritage, quite often on the house floor we will pass resolutions and we will talk about the hard work, the very hard work that the irish government, the british government, the british government, the british government, the government in northern ireland are all working on to bring peace and security and celebrate that and recognise that we are there and as fellow democrats and fellow people of irish heritage to

chair them on and to help them during the tough times to move forward. ., ~ during the tough times to move forward. ., ,, , ., during the tough times to move forward. ., ~' , ., , forward. thank you very much forward. thank you very much for sharing — forward. thank you very much for sharing your _ forward. thank you very much for sharing your perspective i for sharing your perspective with us tonight.— for sharing your perspective with us tonight. thank you, and for all children _ with us tonight. thank you, and for all children on _ with us tonight. thank you, and for all children on earth. - to china now, where brazil's president luiz inacio lula da silva, has arrived there on an official state visit to meet china's president xijinping. china and brazil have pushed for changes in what they say is a us—dominated system of global affairs. china is brazil's biggest trade partner, trade between the two countries was nearly $153 billion last year. lula is looking to strengthen that economic relationship. 0ur correspondentjoao da silva is following lula's trip. what has this trip been about so far? , , , , what has this trip been about sofar? , ,, ,., so far? this trip is 'ust about to net so far? this trip is 'ust about to get under_ so far? this trip is 'ust about to get under way, _ so far? this trip isjust about to get under way, presidentl to get under way, president lula da silva arrived in china late last night, he is currently in the country's

financial capital shanghai. has agenda includes attending the inauguration of his protege and former brazilian president as the head of the bricks development bank. that is before he meets president xi jinping and other high—level chinese officials on friday. to get to your question, for lula this trip is part of his efforts to return brazil to the world's stage. his predecessor the far—rightjair world's stage. his predecessor the far—right jair bolsonaro, he pursued a more isolationist foreign policy and even adopted a bit of an anti—china rhetoric at times but not lula. since returning to power he really has been working to reclaim brazil's role in the world, he was at the white house to meet resident biden in february and now he is visiting china which as you mentioned is brazil's largest trading partner. what do ou largest trading partner. what do you think you _ largest trading partner. what do you think you want - largest trading partner. what do you think you want to - largest trading partner. what do you think you want to take away from this trip to china?

he was elected on an antipoverty platform and he wants to return brazil to that path of fast economic growth and he knows he can't do that without access to china's markets and without a chinese investment. for china, brazil is very important as well, particularly at a time of growing tensions with united states. beijing really wants to strengthen its position in alternative markets and brazil is of course an obvious choice, it is latin america's largest economy and for two decades has been helping china to really meet that insatiable demand for natural resources so this is why when president lula and president xijinping meet why when president lula and president xi jinping meet on friday, they are expected to sign more than 20 different bilateral deals.— sign more than 20 different bilateral deals. and we will be watchinu bilateral deals. and we will be watching very _ bilateral deals. and we will be watching very closely - bilateral deals. and we will be watching very closely with - bilateral deals. and we will be | watching very closely with that meeting on friday. they will discuss the war in ukraine, what can we expect to come out of that? , ., ., , of that? president lula has been pitching _ of that? president lula has been pitching himself- of that? president lula has been pitching himself as i of that? president lula has been pitching himself as a | been pitching himself as a potential mediator to the

conflict, trying to put brazil backin conflict, trying to put brazil back in the world stage and he knows xijinping can help him because china has a huge sway over russia right now, he believes brazil is in a unique position to help russia and ukraine reach some sort of consensus, and on top of that, his government has expressed support for most of china's own peace plan, particularly the part on a possible ceasefire, but in terms of actual, doable solutions to the conflict, it's really hard to see what lula is offering. he suggested that russia should return the newly invaded russian territory while keeping crimea, which is likely to be rejected notjust by keogh but by the majority of ukrainians as well. 0ur correspondence following the trip. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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a missile launch by north korea caused alarm earlier in japan. the missile headed towards the japanese island of hokkaido, prompting warnings to millions of people to take cover. the japanese government issued an emergency alert across television and on phones for residents of the northern island. it has since been lifted. live now to tokyo and our correspondent shaimaa khalil. what would happen if a missile were to land in or around japan? around 8am local time the japanese emergency alert system was activated, i was actually woken up by a message from nhk, the japanese broadcaster saying that residents in kinder, the northernmost island injapan were told to evacuate or take cover immediately —— hokkaido. we understood that sirens were astounding and in some areas people were sent alerts to

mobile phones, it was also allowed speakers, on tv and radio. that emergency warning has since been withdrawn, the government officials have said that the missile could not have landed in the vicinity of hokkaido, we now have updates from the prime minister himself who said he has confirmation that the missile landed but did not land in japanese that the missile landed but did not land injapanese territory, but it was quite intense from 8am to 9am local time, where residents in hokkaido were being told to take, because of the possibility of a missile coming near them, and that has been withdrawn. aha, coming near them, and that has been withdrawn.— been withdrawn. a frightening incident indeed. _ been withdrawn. a frightening incident indeed. what - been withdrawn. a frightening incident indeed. what would l incident indeed. what would happen every missile were to land in oraround happen every missile were to land in or around japan? look, north korea — land in or around japan? look, north korea has— land in or around japan? look, north korea has been - land in or around japan? look, j north korea has been stepping up north korea has been stepping up its missile launchers, launching around 30 missiles already this year, and some of them have been landing near,

well, injapanese waters or the exclusive economic zone of japan, and we always get these, but what is different about this one is the fact it could have potentially been closer to a main island and affect residents, and we have had that last year as well, in october of last year, when a missile flew overjapan and again these alert systems were activated, and i think it shows a nervousness that as north korea is bolstering or aims to bolster its nuclear arsenal, japan is watching this quite closely because it more than likely will affect japanese waters. , . waters. our correspondence reporting — waters. our correspondence reporting there _ waters. our correspondence reporting there in _ waters. our correspondence reporting there in tokyo, i waters. our correspondence i reporting there in tokyo, thank you. to ukraine, where a video is circulating that appears to show russian soldiers beheading a ukrainian captive. 0ur correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega, has more. the extremely graphic video has

sparked outrage, showing what appears to be a russian soldier beheading a ukrainian captive with a knife. a third man holds up with a knife. a third man holds up a flakjacket that apparently belongs to the man being beheaded. the bbc has not been able to verify the footage which was apparently found in the summer. here in kyiv, president zielinski said no—one could ignore this video, he also said this would not be forgotten orforgiven. the country's security agency is investigating this video as a possible war crime. the ukrainian defence minister compared russia to the islamic state group which was a group that released videos of hostages being beheaded in iraq and syria some allies of ukraine in the west have also condemned this video. in moscow, a spokesman said the

video was horrible but the authenticity of the image needed to be checked. now let's get the latest on the fallout from the leak of classified us documents. new information from those leaked files suggests the us has been closely monitoring the un secretary general, antonio gutteres — in some cases even monitoring private communications, and that "the us government believes the un secretary general is too willing to accommodate russian interests". the un has dismissed the allegation. with me is the bbc�*s carl nasman. what can you tell us about what has happened?— has happened? this all comes from the recent _ has happened? this all comes from the recent leaks - has happened? this all comes from the recent leaks that - from the recent leaks that appear to be highly sensitive and classified pentagon documents and what we know now is that some of those files appear to contain behind—the—scenes conversations of the un secretary general himself and this also points to specifically potentially us monitoring his conversations when it comes to sanctions on russia, and in these documents at several points the american

assessment is that he was too soft on russia, for example, one file in particular suggest that he was willing to give into some russian demands to work with some companies under western sanctions, in order to get that black sea grain deal in place which of course allow the flow of green out of the region and there were other private conversations as well from the president of the containing these documents, so this could potentially be embarrassing for the united states because remember, other files point to the us listening in on its allied countries like israel and south korea. what is the un saying _ israel and south korea. what is the un saying about— israel and south korea. what is the un saying about this? - israel and south korea. what is the un saying about this? thel the un saying about this? the un has not — the un saying about this? iia: un has not commented the un saying about this? "iia: un has not commented directly on the legal documents but a high—ranking official has said that the un stand directly in opposition to the conflict in ukraine, and they point out that they were focused at the time on maintaining the flow of grain and fertiliser, keeping prices of food below because there were warnings of a famine coming out of this conflict in ukraine. d0 coming out of this conflict in ukraine. ~ .,

coming out of this conflict in ukraine. ~' ., . , ukraine. do we know anything about moore _ ukraine. do we know anything about moore who _ ukraine. do we know anything about moore who was - ukraine. do we know anything about moore who was behind | about moore who was behind these links? irate about moore who was behind these links?— these links? we still don't know. these links? we still don't knovv- the _ these links? we still don't know. the united - these links? we still don't know. the united states l these links? we still don't i know. the united states are still looking into who might be behind this massive legal documents and why they might have done it, we have heard today from the us national security spokesperson john kirby, who told us this is now being viewed as a matter of us security as well as the security as well as the security of its allies and the us has opened a criminal investigation, so they are still looking into this and a lot of this reporting comes from our diplomatic correspondence paul adams, who has been doing fantastic work looking into these documents, and we will continue to bring you updates on revelations as they come. you updates on revelations as they come-— they come. that's with the latest on _ they come. that's with the latest on the _ they come. that's with the latest on the story - they come. that's with the latest on the story for- they come. that's with the latest on the story for us. | latest on the story for us. that is our show at this hour, we will be back at the top of the next hour with more on that bbc exclusive interview with elon musk, but for now, thank you for watching, please do stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. storm noa has been bringing problems to transport, with road, rail, ferries and airports affected. meanwhile, out to sea, some wild weather in cornwall, with these large, mountainous waves pummeling the coastline. some of the waves were thought to be about eight metres high. that's the same height as two double decker buses stacked on top of each other. storm noa, then, has certainly been making its impact felt. it's this swirl of cloud you can see here on the satellite picture. and the top wind speed was recorded, as it often is in such storms, at the needles on the isle of wight , a very exposed site — at 96 miles an hour. elsewhere, well into the 70s. even across inland parts of southern england, we had gusts into the 60s of miles

an hour and that was strong enough to blow over a few trees. now, over the next few hours, those very strong winds are starting to calm down. it's still quite windy, though, for wales and south—west england. temperatures coming down to between 3 and 6 celsius, very similar to what we've seen over recent nights. now, heading into thursday, it should be a fine start to the day for many for england and wales. there'll be showers across northern england, showers for scotland and northern ireland. and i think through the day, there is a chance that some of these showers, particularly for southern and eastern scotland, into eastern areas of england, well, they could merge together to give some longer spells of rain. and some of the rain heavy with some hail and thunder mixed in and temperatures still below par. but when the sunshine comes out, out of the breeze, probably not feeling too bad. probably not feeling too good on friday across southern parts of england and wales, with another area of low pressure moving in, bringing outbreaks of rain widely. some of that's going to be quite heavy as well, whereas the further north you are, you will see showers and thunderstorms, some of them, again, merging together to give some longer spells of rain, so staying very unsettled and pretty cool

again for april. highs only reaching around 12 or 13 degrees at best. however, as we get into the weekend, things start to cheer up. the south—westerly winds start to blow away some of that cooler air and the high pressure starts to flex its muscles. now, on saturday, there'll still be a few showers around, maybe a few morning mist and fog patches to clear, but there'll be some bright or sunny spells and, overall, it's a better kind of day weather—wise. temperatures climbing. we're looking at highs of 15 in glasgow, 15 in norwich and for london as well. and that's just the start of things, because through sunday and into next week, it gets even warmer. indeed, next week, for the first time this year, we should see highs hit 20.

signs of inflation slowing in the world's largest economy but fears of a recession in the us are growing. plus the world bank is set for a leadership change at a time when it's under pressure from world leaders. analysis on what is next for the institution. hello and welcome to asia business report, i'm karishma vaswani. we start this morning in the world's largest economy, the united states, where inflation has dropped to its lowest level for nearly two years. consumer prices rose by 5% in the year to march, that's a far cry from the 9% we saw in june

but there are warnings of a possible recession in the pipelines.