we are going to take you straight back to dublin about the american president continues his visit to the republic of ireland. he has been meeting with irish president michael d higgins. he hasjust made his way outside, inspecting members of the irish military. the band they're playing. let'sjust have irish military. the band they're playing. let's just have a little listen. brass band plays

the military band playing at there. we heard earlier that the anthems of both countries playing as the president made his way outside. if you are with us earlier, you will know they both signed a visitor book. president biden read out part of his message, saying "as the irish saying goes, yourfeet will of his message, saying "as the irish saying goes, your feet will bring you work your heart is.". a lot of the strippers focus on the irish roots of president biden. he was certainly out celebrating those last night. there was pictures of him

celebrating in an irish pub. the president says he is honoured to return to the home of his ancestors and wants to celebrate the things that bind ireland and the united states. there are a few formalities in this part of the visit. he is now expected to make his way into the garden to ring the peace bell with the irish president. that is the peace bell that was unveiled to mark the tenth anniversary of the good friday agreement. this visit to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. you can see the weather is rather different to how it was in belfast for president biden�*s survival and parts of his trip to dublin yesterday. that will be very welcome as he continues to meet officials there at the

residence of the irish president. we will stay across those pictures and keep you up—to—date with any developments. it is also worth saying that later on today the us president will address both houses of the irish parliament. he will become just the fourth us president to do so. it is an honour that has only given to three other us presidents in history, john f kennedy back in 1963, ronald reagan in 1984 and bill clinton in a significant moment. research suggests that president biden is estimated to be roughly five eights irish. his great grandfather was a brick maker from irish. his great grandfather was a brick makerfrom ballina. we have

just been speaking to a distinct cousin. president biden regularly speaking of his irish heritage and very pleased to have been able to make this journey is part of the visit. today very much the formal part of this official visit, where we will get details too of a speech he is due to me a little later. we understand president biden will talk of a shared vision for the future of us — irish relations when he addresses both houses of the irish parliament. president biden has said he has had the time of his life as he has had the time of his life as he took part in this journey. some of the things he is also restricted to touch on, of course, will be reborn in ukraine, something that is likely to be high on the agenda for both men when they conclude these meetings —— the war in ukraine. they

will talk of close partnership between countries and of course island's participation in the support for ukraine in the war. let's have a listen. this is mike downer. you have a busy few days.

inaudible. studio: a few more details of what president biden wrote in that visitor book at the official residence of the irish president. he said he had written the irish proverb, "yourfeet said he had written the irish proverb, "your feet will bring you wear your heart is." he said it is an honour to return and made reference to returning to the home of his ancestors, pledging to commit to peace, integrity and dignity. when asked by reporters how he was enjoying his trip, president biden said "i'm not going home. isn't this an incredible place." he reference

how the residence isjust like an incredible place." he reference how the residence is just like the white house. certainly, the weather very much delivering in dublin in quite a marked change in what we have seen over the past couple of days. we will follow those events taking place in dublin and we will take you back their live as soon as there are any further developments. let's turn our attention to today's�*s other stories. new data new data shown to the bbc suggests that thousands of metric tonnes of oil have spilled routinely into uk waters from oil and gas production. the spills took place over five years and some of them hit areas meant to protect wildlife. live now to cornwall, where executive director of oceania, hugo tagholm, joins us. talk to us about how this is happening. we have said leaks from

oil and gas facilities, but one would assume there should be protections in place? fine would assume there should be protections in place? one would assume. these _ protections in place? one would assume. these bills _ protections in place? one would assume. these bills go - protections in place? one would assume. these bills go beyond l protections in place? one would . assume. these bills go beyond safe limits, some 22,000 tonnes of oil spilt over the last five years, equating to 155,000 barrels of oil in and around some of our most protected areas of the ocean, where we have important populations of whales, dolphins and seabirds. this is partly coming through the legal permits that are given to oil companies. but almost half of these spills come from illegal, or unpermitted breaches of those permits, thousands of tonnes of oil going into these very sensitive marine habitats.— marine habitats. what is the implication _ marine habitats. what is the implication for _ marine habitats. what is the implication for those - marine habitats. what is the i implication for those sensitive marine habitats? we implication for those sensitive marine habitats?— implication for those sensitive marine habitats? ~ ., ., ., marine habitats? we often hear about the mansion — marine habitats? we often hear about the expansion of— marine habitats? we often hear about the expansion of oil— marine habitats? we often hear about the expansion of oil and _ marine habitats? we often hear about the expansion of oil and gas _ marine habitats? we often hear about the expansion of oil and gas not - the expansion of oil and gas not being consistent with our climate

targets, our legally binding climate commitment, but there are also not consist of our biodiversity commitments of protecting our land and sea. the government need to live up and sea. the government need to live up to its rhetoric. these marine protected areas have some of our most important marine life. we all depend on them to be healthy and thriving. we need to make sure that the government now puts enforce measures to control these leaks from oil companies. for measures to control these leaks from oil companies-— oil companies. for a start, i guess better regulation, _ oil companies. for a start, i guess better regulation, tightening - oil companies. for a start, i guess better regulation, tightening of. better regulation, tightening of rules and the enforcement of those rules, but what is the longer term solution to this? we rules, but what is the longer term solution to this?— solution to this? we all know it is to move away _ solution to this? we all know it is to move away from _ solution to this? we all know it is to move away from dirty - solution to this? we all know it is to move away from dirty fossil. to move away from dirty fossil fuels. these fossil fuels are not just polluting our air, they are polluting our oceans. we now around the world that regular spills from

production, catastrophic spills that we have seen in this country, from the disaster in at the shetland in the disaster in at the shetland in the 1990s. we need to move to cleaner energy with a low impact, a sustainable future for both the environment, coastal security and forjobs. also we need to protect our marine life. we need to protect and restore our seas and our land. it is good to get your thoughts, thank you for being with us, hugo. ukraine's president has called on world leaders to react, after a video apparently showing a ukrainian soldier being beheaded by a russian serviceman was released. here's president zelensky translation: everyone must react, every leader. _ don't expect it to be forgotten, that time will pass. we are not going to forget anything, neither are we going to forgive the murderers.

let's head to kyiv and speak to our correspondent, she will be shergar. and it is a harrowing video. we have not been able to verify that video. but nonetheless international condemnation? it but nonetheless international condemnation?— but nonetheless international condemnation? , ., , condemnation? it is an extremely a-rahic condemnation? it is an extremely graphic video- _ condemnation? it is an extremely graphic video. as _ condemnation? it is an extremely graphic video. as you _ condemnation? it is an extremely graphic video. as you say, - condemnation? it is an extremely graphic video. as you say, we - condemnation? it is an extremely. graphic video. as you say, we have not been able to verify the authenticity of this footage. we believe it was filmed in the summer from what we can see in the summer. it shows what appears to be a russian soldier beheading a ukrainian captive. that is another man believed to be a russian soldier carrying a flakjacket that is believed to belong to this ukrainian man. an extremely graphic video. we had that they are from president zelensky, who has been saying the international media should react to this video. he has been urging the

international community to riyadh. he said there would be responsibility and that this wouldn't be forgotten or forgiven. authorities have been investigating this case as a possible war crime, they have been urging the international criminal court to look into this case. there has been the reaction from here in kyiv. yesterday we heard from moscow, a spokesman for president putin said at the video was horrible but said that the authenticity needed to be checked. still lots of questions after this video emerged. 0bviously, after this video emerged. obviously, there is out ratio in ukraine. mi there is out ratio in ukraine. all week we have been talking about the continual revelations in those documents that were leaked relating to the military effort on the grounds in ukraine. further allegations and revelations today. they give us a sense of some infighting between russian departments. just explain what we have learned today. we

departments. just explain what we have learned today.— have learned today. we had more re orts have learned today. we had more reports today _ have learned today. we had more reports today based _ have learned today. we had more reports today based on _ have learned today. we had more reports today based on those - have learned today. we had more i reports today based on those leaks. i think the new york times had documents suggesting that the us officials night of deep infighting between different russian government agencies. there has been some speculation here for quite some time that this is the case. it seems that these documents confirm that. i think what is interesting is that these documents show the level of information that us intelligence agencies have been able to gather inside russia. i think another interesting report today was on the washington post, saying that us officials do not believe that the ukrainians can achieve major gains in a counter offensive. they also believe that the war is likely to continue into 2024, because they believe the ukrainians are not going to be able to make significant gains to be able to make significant gains to change the situation on the ground and also there is no

possibility of any kind of peace negotiations between ukraine and russia this year.— negotiations between ukraine and russia this year. much more on all those stories _ russia this year. much more on all those stories on _ russia this year. much more on all those stories on the _ russia this year. much more on all those stories on the bbc— russia this year. much more on all those stories on the bbc website. | those stories on the bbc website. you are life with bbc news. ukrainian youngsters and their english friends just being children. i am so glad that i am here and i am safe here. . , i am so glad that i am here and i am safe here. ., , , ., , i am so glad that i am here and i am safe here. .,, , .,, , safe here. the easter camp has been oruanised safe here. the easter camp has been organised by — safe here. the easter camp has been organised by the _ safe here. the easter camp has been organised by the change _ safe here. the easter camp has been organised by the change foundation. | organised by the change foundation. it is about children just hanging it is about childrenjust hanging out with— it is about childrenjust hanging out with their friends, having conversations. we were all on our phones _ conversations. we were all on our phones using google cut translate. now we _ phones using google cut translate. now we are getting more interaction and they— now we are getting more interaction and they are teaching us things. it is and they are teaching us things. it must— and they are teaching us things. it isjust amazing how and they are teaching us things. it is just amazing how it develops and grows _ is just amazing how it develops and grows |t— isjust amazing how it develops and crows. , ., ., ., isjust amazing how it develops and trows. , ., ., ., ., grows. it is a world away from the war in ukraine. _

grows. it is a world away from the war in ukraine. the _ grows. it is a world away from the war in ukraine. the war _ grows. it is a world away from the war in ukraine. the war is - grows. it is a world away from the l war in ukraine. the war is preparing for a spring surge following a winter of stillness and stagnation. backin winter of stillness and stagnation. back in burgess hill, parents are just thankful that their children are safe. it just thankful that their children are safe. , , ,., . ~ just thankful that their children are safe. , , . ,, ., are safe. it brings her back to life aaain. are safe. it brings her back to life again- she _ are safe. it brings her back to life again- she is— are safe. it brings her back to life again. she is not _ are safe. it brings her back to life again. she is not afraid _ are safe. it brings her back to life again. she is not afraid of - are safe. it brings her back to life again. she is not afraid of loud i again. she is not afraid of loud noises from outside. i think it will help her to be friends with more and more people. you help her to be friends with more and more people-— help her to be friends with more and more people. japan says north korea's latest missile test is outrageous and unacceptable after it fired a suspected medium or long—range ballistic missile into the sea of japan. it prompted the japanese government to tell residents on the island of hokkaido to seek shelter — but the missile splashed down outside its territorial waters. jean makenzie has more from seoul. north korea has launched a suspected long—range missile this morning, potentially an intercontinental ballistic missile. these are the missiles that can, in theory, reach all the way to the us mainland. it appeared for one moment this

morning that it was going to touch down very close to japanese territory. or at least that's what the japanese government thought when they issued that warning to the residents on hokkaido. but, actually, north korea has done what it normally does when it fires these long—range missiles — it's fired it right up into space. but what this false alarm shows is that this region is now on high alert when it comes to north korea, and that's because north korea has now fired almost 30 missiles already this year and the rhetoric coming out of pyongyang is increasingly aggressive. we've heard it issue these veiled threats over the last couple of months that it is planning to fly a missile overjapan and into the pacific ocean to reach closer to the united states to prove that it can, if it wants to, hit the us mainland. now, we don't know exactly what missile they have launched yet, but this is a big week for north korea. they're celebrating 11 years of kim jong—un's rule and we know that they like to use these anniversaries to showcase military progress. so it's quite possible that

we'll see, in the coming hours or coming days, that they have tested a new model of missile, a more dangerous missile, potentially. because north korea is posing a greater and greater threat, not only to japan, but to south korea and to the united states. it is developing weapons that are ever more sophisticated. south korea, japan and the united states today have urged north korea to stop the missile tests and to come back to the negotiating table. but these diplomatic attempts to get north korea to talk, to get north korea to give up its nuclear weapons, have been stalled for many, many years, thus making the situation here on the peninsula more volatile. there is another thing that the government here in seoul is worried about today, and that's for the past week, north korea has not been answering the phone to south korea. they have a military hotline that they use to touch—in daily, and that is to try and prevent any unintended clashes along the border here. don't forget, these countries are still technically at war.

now, north korea tends to stop answering these calls when the relationship between the countries is particularly bad, and this has led south korea to worry that this situation is deteriorating, because of course when the two sides are communicating, there are ways to mitigate against misunderstandings, miscommunications and escalations. when that communication stops, things become more volatile. just a line of breaking news to bring you relating to officers serving in london's metropolitan police. eight former and serving met police. eight former and serving met police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct. this relates to messages that were sent in a whatsapp group involving races, sexes, disabled list, homophobic and transphobic comments or pictures. the met police have said that six of those forces have since left the service or been dismissed. to me,

though, are still serving police officers and could now be sacked. the met has called for all to be dismissed, those currently is in the service. more on that for you a little later. let's take you to france and assure you pictures of protests in rennes in what will be a 12th day in nationwide strikes over pension reform. it is expected hundreds of thousands of people will take place in strikes which are expected to take place across france today. this of course related to the plans by president emmanuel macron to raise the pension age from 60 to 64. security on high alert in

several major cities across the country. this is the scene in rennes. that has been increasing anger of those who are opposed to today's plans. president macron has said he will push ahead with the plans to raise the retirement age, suggesting that the system cannot afford to keep paying. let'sjust have a listen to what is going on in rennes. a little earlier we showed you images of protesters who managed to break into the paris headquarters of

a luxury goods firm. today is the 12th day of strikes and protests, asking for the rich to pay more instead. they said they should be a raising of tax rates to fund pensions, something that so far president macron has opposed. he said the system is in danger of collapse if reform is not brought to the pension age. those are the images of rennes. further strikes and blockades, we have also seen images of things like destructed rubbish collection across the city, block traffic on the rivers. the trade unions with that show off course because today at the constitutional council will rule on the legality of that bill to raise the legality of that bill to raise the pension age by two years, taking it to 64. the european space agency

is due to launch a spacecraft towards jupiter is due to launch a spacecraft towardsjupiter injust is due to launch a spacecraft towards jupiter in just about is due to launch a spacecraft towardsjupiter in just about half an hour's time. in search for signs of life on three of the planet's moons. the vessel is called the "jupiter icy moons explorer", and is also referred to as "juice". it'll take eight years to reach the moons which scientists think may have liquid oceans beneath the surface. let's talk to a professor from lancaster university. thank you for being with us and patiently waiting. just explain the significance of this launch and what i could hope to find on those moons that surround jupiter. {iii find on those moons that surround juiter. .., , find on those moons that surround juiter. , , , . ., ., jupiter. of course the presence of a lane jupiter. of course the presence of a large amount _ jupiter. of course the presence of a large amount of— jupiter. of course the presence of a large amount of water _ jupiter. of course the presence of a large amount of water on _ jupiter. of course the presence of a large amount of water on these -

. they are not large enough to have large atmospheres. the water expose at the surface evaporates on its way up. at the surface evaporates on its way u, . ., ., at the surface evaporates on its way up. what we have seen from the spacecraft _ up. what we have seen from the spacecraft is _ up. what we have seen from the spacecraft is the _ up. what we have seen from the spacecraft is the icy _ up. what we have seen from the spacecraft is the icy cover - up. what we have seen from the l spacecraft is the icy cover outside. but under that as a protective ocean. the centre contains radioactive rocks which are heat sources at the base of the ocean. that is a second heat source, because jupiter that is a second heat source, becausejupiter produces a heat source as well. so, we have liquid water, a protective surface and a heat source. there is quite possibly enough heat, at least in ganymede,

to have what amounts to volcanic activity in the rocky corn in the body. that under the earth's oceans would release minerals. you can see that you have essentially all the ingredients on earth... it is trying to exactly establish what the conditions are like and of course to look for any possible indication of organisms on the surface of these bodies. . , . organisms on the surface of these bodies. ., , ., . ., organisms on the surface of these bodies. ., , ., , bodies. that is what could be so excitina. bodies. that is what could be so exciting- it _ bodies. that is what could be so exciting. it is _ bodies. that is what could be so exciting. it is about _ bodies. that is what could be so exciting. it is about a _ bodies. that is what could be so exciting. it is about a huge - bodies. that is what could be so l exciting. it is about a huge jigsaw piece, about water that is not frozen, an energy source that it maybe be used, it minerals that could support life. if all of those slot into place, that potentially could have even more exciting

implications, doesn't it? it certainly does.— implications, doesn't it? it certainly does. implications, doesn't it? it certainl does. ., ., ., ., certainly does. the formation of... the evolution _ certainly does. the formation of... the evolution of— certainly does. the formation of... the evolution of these _ certainly does. the formation of... the evolution of these bodies - certainly does. the formation of... the evolution of these bodies is i the evolution of these bodies is interesting at any times. looking at the flexing of these bodies by the jupiter tied, the flexing of these bodies by the jupitertied, producing the flexing of these bodies by the jupiter tied, producing cracks which might allow water to escape, which could be bringing molecules with the implication of the chemistry of what is inside. it is a complicated mission, with lots of objectives. lionel, it is so good to get your insight into that. it is a fiendishly complex mission, but one we might be able to shed a bit of light on today. that launch you to get under way in the next 20

minutes. full coverage on the bbc website and we will bring it to you right here on bbc news. hello again. as we go through the next few days, the weather is settling down. we still are looking at sunshine and showers and that certainly is the scenario that we have today. the northern half of the country seeing the most frequent showers, some of them merging to give some heavier downpours. there'll be wintry in the tops of the grampians and we'll see some thunder and lightning across eastern parts of england, maybe some hail as well. further south, the showers are fewer and farther between. temperatures today 9 to 13 degrees.

with this morning's gusty winds with exposure in the west and the south continuing to ease. through this evening and overnight, there will still be some showers across northern areas. but we've got this next area of low pressure coming in across the south, bringing in some rain. some clear skies in between mean that we will see some pockets of frost, particularly northeast scotland, northern ireland, northern england and the northeast midlands. so a cold start to the day tomorrow. we've got the low pressure bringing the rain into the southwest, pushing eastwards. but look at the lack of isobars on the chart. so just light breezes during the course of friday, the rain continuing to push from the west towards the east. and then it really is a day of sunshine and showers. not all of us catching a shower, of course, but some of them will be heavy and thundery with some hail. temperatures about 9 to 12 degrees. so cool for this stage in april. normally, we would expect roughly 10 to 14, north to south. as we head on into saturday, we do have this line

of cloud here which is going to be drifting westwards. but as you can see, a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. a weather front coming in later in the day will bring some cloud into northern ireland and later again, that will produce some drizzle. temperatures climbing, though we're looking at about nine to about 15 degrees. and then as we head on into sunday, well, that weather front that's in the west makes a bit more progress eastwards, taking its cloud a bit of dampness to start with. but it will continue to break up. and again, there will be a lot of dry weather around and, if anything, the temperatures will be that little bit higher. so we're looking at a range from about 12 to say 16 degrees. but as we head into next week, high pressure really does establish itself across our shores. the weather remains fairly settled. might see the odd shower at times, but the temperature will rise, it will be warmer. and we're likely to see our first 20 of this year so far.

a man has been charged with murdering a policewoman 18 years ago after he was extradited from pakistan. pc sharon beshenivsky had been a police officer for only nine months when she was killed while on duty in bradford. piran ditta khan, who's now 74, had been in custody in pakistan since 2020. we'll have the latest from this morning's court hearing. also this lunchtime: thank you, thank you, thank you. a warm welcome for us president biden from his irish counterpart. he's preparing to address the parliament in dublin later this afternoon. the uk economy didn't grow at all in february — partly because of the wave of strike action. from the falklands war to ukraine — how the iconic sea king helicopter