live from london, this is bbc news. president biden meets ireland's prime minister in dublin — he's expected to address the irish parliament shortly. a twelfth day of nationwide strikes in france — with ongoing anger over plans to raise the country's pension age. a potential �*world—changer�* in the fight against malaria — ghana becomes the first country to approve a promising new vaccine. and — premier league football clubs agree to phase out front—of—shirt sponsorship deals with betting companies.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's kasa. bayern munich have suspended sadio mane from the club's match this saturday against hoffenheim for his misconduct after the 3—0 defeat to manchester city in the quarterfinals of the champions league on tuesday night. the 31—year—old former liverpool winger has also been given a fine by the bavarian side after reports of a changing room bust—up with team—mate leroy sane. the two players were seen arguing towards the end of the match and german papers allege mane punched his teammate in the face. manchester united goalkeeper david de gea says the club is aiming for more trophies, as the reds get ready to take on six—time champions sevilla in the pick of the europa league quarterfinal first legs tonight.

united won the europa league, and other favourites.— other favourites. they still have a semifinal to _ other favourites. they still have a semifinal to come. _ de gea says manager erik ten hag has brought in a changed mentality, and that it's paying off. i think the manager brings the winning mentality. i think some players bring this as well, this winning mentality and we are playing really good football and have already won one cup. i know it's not enough, but we are in a good way and i think everyone is enjoying playing for this club. boxing federations from great britain and the united states are part of a group of nations to form a new world governing body that's hoping to keep boxing as part of the olympics. the sport's future in the olympics from 2028 onwards has been in doubt after the international olympic committee previously criticised a lack of transparency and governance in boxing at the amateur level. the new federation will be called

world boxing and the body now hopes to work with the ioc to try and rebuild relationships and bring it back into olympic plans. this is part of a process. the first part of that process is putting in the best policies and procedures, that are best in class, to start building this with the olympic movement, so there is an organisation that has confidence and is trusted to deliver in the future. we are looking to speak about that of the ioc in due course. but we are confident that by building competent in the sport, and demonstrating that the sport can run its affairs openly, fairly and transparently, that we will be able to have that conversation, and to be successful at achieving that in the future. at the monte carlo masters, second seed stefanos tsitsipas is safely into the last eight, completing a straight sets victory

over nicolas jarry 6—3, 6—4. that's his 12th consecutive win at the event he's won for the last two years in a row. he was pleased with playing the break points maturely in the win that lasted just over an hour and a half. also on thursday, andrey rublev, janick sinner and jan lennard struff made it through to the quarters. irish world rally driver craig breen has died after a testing accident in croatia. he was 33. breen made 82 starts in the world rally championship, finishing second on six occasions. the incident occured while preparing for the croatia rally. his co—driverjames fulton was unharmed. sebastian ogier, valtteri bottas and the president of motorsport�*s world governing body, the fia, mohammed ben sulayem, have been among those to pay tribute, ben sulayem saying our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones

and the rally community at this difficult time. and that's all the sport for now. we move to ghana now, which is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that has been described as a "world—changer" by scientists. the vaccine is called r21, and appears to be hugely effective. for more on that, we are joined now by dr francis kasolo, the world health organization representative in ghana. thank you forjoining us. can you tell us why this vaccine is being described as revolutionary? thank ou for described as revolutionary? thank you for inviting — described as revolutionary? thank you for inviting me _ described as revolutionary? thank you for inviting me to _ described as revolutionary? thank you for inviting me to this - you for inviting me to this programme. forstarters, malaria programme. for starters, malaria continues programme. forstarters, malaria continues to pose significant

mortality globally. it accounts for over 600,000 deaths, with africa shouldering the heaviest burden. despite the successes of malaria control and elimination over the past years, using the traditional malaria tools, more needs to be done. therefore, any addition to the current interventions, such as the already used are tss, and this new vaccine are indeed welcome, and can be considered as revolutionary malaria treatments. of course, the bed ability of the second licence malaria vaccine would therefore help to close the gap between supply and demand, reducing child deaths from malaria. pam demand, reducing child deaths from malaria. �* _ ., malaria. am i right in saying that the can malaria. am i right in saying that they can iron _ malaria. am i right in saying that they can iron government - malaria. am i right in saying that they can iron government has - they can iron government has approved the vaccine, not yet approved the vaccine, not yet approved by the who? —— de carne

approved the vaccine, not yet approved by the who? —— de came in government. that approved by the who? -- de came in government-— government. that is correct. from our initial discussion, _ government. that is correct. from our initial discussion, we - our initial discussion, we understand that the canadian food and drugs authority reviews the vaccine, and based on the content, has granted authorisation for this vaccine. however, the scope of the authorisation and details of the intended use and roll—out of this vaccine by the ghana health service expanded programme on immunisation is yet to do so. expanded programme on immunisation is yet to do so— expanded programme on immunisation is yet to do so-— is yet to do so. when can be exoected — is yet to do so. when can be exoected to _ is yet to do so. when can be expected to be _ is yet to do so. when can be expected to be used - is yet to do so. when can be - expected to be used worldwide? i wonder if you can give us a sense of theissue wonder if you can give us a sense of the issue of malaria in terms of the number of deaths, and particularly, it affects young people. yes. number of deaths, and particularly, it affects young people.— it affects young people. yes, as i indicated earlier, _ it affects young people. yes, as i indicated earlier, globally, - it affects young people. yes, as i i indicated earlier, globally, malaria is responsible for over 600,000 deaths. africa is hard—hit by

malaria. here in ghana, we are parts of the high rated countries, and therefore, any new tool that is introduced will contribute immensely to reducing the burden of malaria, and the death among infants and children. 50 and the death among infants and children. , _, and the death among infants and children. , , ., and the death among infants and children. , , . ., children. so this could be a real name children. so this could be a real game changer. _ children. so this could be a real game changer, as _ children. so this could be a real game changer, as people - children. so this could be a real game changer, as people are i children. so this could be a real- game changer, as people are saying? indeed. from ourside, as game changer, as people are saying? indeed. from our side, as the who obviously, we are still reviewing the ongoing data from the trial of this vaccine. once the global advisory body on immunisation and malaria have looked at this data, we will wait for their recommendation on whether to go ahead and recommend its use. ., . , on whether to go ahead and recommend

its use. . . , ., ., ., ~ on whether to go ahead and recommend its use. . ., ., ., ., ~ its use. francis kasolo, thank you forjoining — its use. francis kasolo, thank you forjoining us- _ its use. francis kasolo, thank you forjoining us. the _ its use. francis kasolo, thank you forjoining us. the who _ forjoining us. the who representative in ghana. ijust want to take us back to pictures of ireland. you will remember that president biden has met the irish prime minister in dublin. he has due to address the irish parliament. it is a really significant address, as we have been talking about all afternoon. president biden will be only the fourth us president to address both houses of the parliament. it is a really significant moment. i am hoping that our correspondent chris page is there. perhaps you could tell us what we are seeing? and what the timetable is? it a slightly slipped, i think. ., timetable is? it a slightly slipped, i think. . , . timetable is? it a slightly slipped, ithink. . , . ., i think. that is right. we are exoeeting — i think. that is right. we are exoeeting the _

i think. that is right. we are expecting the president - i think. that is right. we are expecting the president in i i think. that is right. we are i expecting the president in the not—too—distant expecting the president in the not—too—dista nt future, expecting the president in the not—too—distant future, but certainly, out in the streets of dublin, we have had crowds gathering their to catch a glimpse of the motorcade, as it makes its way through the city centre streets. it is a site that people in ireland are not un—used to seeing over the years. ten years ago, barack obama came for a visit. before that, george w bush also visited, and bill clinton a few times also. but with regards to the irish parliament here. joe biden will be the fourth us president to be given that honour. the first was kennedy back in the 60s, then in the 805, it honour. the first was kennedy back in the 605, then in the 805, it was ronald reagan, and in the 905, bill clinton. so this is the first time this has happened, for about 25 years. it comes at a time when people in both northern ireland and the republic of ireland are marking the republic of ireland are marking the 25th anniversary of the good friday peace agreement, which largely ended the conflict in

northern ireland, after three decades. so, that is surely a theme decade5. so, that is surely a theme of the present biden speech, when ever he does arrive. and certainly, politician5 ever he does arrive. and certainly, politicians have been gathering here for a number of hours now, waiting for a number of hours now, waiting for what will certainly be a historic moment in the history of hi5toric moment in the history of the irish parliament, and in the history of this nation. find the irish parliament, and in the history of this nation.— history of this nation. and you mentioned — history of this nation. and you mentioned there, _ history of this nation. and you mentioned there, the - history of this nation. and you mentioned there, the good i history of this nation. and you - mentioned there, the good friday agreement. a minister at leo varadkar, when he spoke to reporters after his meeting with residents biden. —— prime minister leo varadkar. we got a sense that or something he talked about, saying that the prisoners biden'5 only intere5t that the prisoners biden'5 only interest is to see peace 5u5tained, interest is to see peace sustained, and the institutions back up and running. so clearly a theme of this visit. , . ., , , visit. yes. it certainly is. president _ visit. yes. it certainly is. president biden - visit. yes. it certainly is. president biden visited l visit. yes. it certainly is. - president biden visited northern ireland yesterday, i a particularly sensitive time there. there is no

5en5itive time there. there is no power—sharing and devolved government for more than a year. the power—sharing system in northern ireland, very few places in the world have anything like it. it will set up as a world have anything like it. it will setup as a result of the good friday agreement, an arrangement where unioni5t5, who wants northern ireland to remain in the uk, and irish nationalists, who ultimately iri5h nationalists, who ultimately want northern ireland to join the country i am now, the republic, the idea was that they govern northern ireland together. it has proved a shaky arrangement over the years. 5haky arrangement over the years. for the 25 years since the good friday agreement, the power—sharing has been ab5ent friday agreement, the power—sharing has been absent for more than ten of those years. it was never going to be an easy process. but in its biden said in belfast that he was committed to helping the cause of peace and reconciliation acro55 committed to helping the cause of peace and reconciliation across the whole i5land peace and reconciliation across the whole island of ireland. he also is going to continue this theme here in dublin, where it's not for the political problems in belfast, he may have addressed a meeting of the regional assembly there, but the fact it is not sitting meant he did not accept the invitation for him to

carry out an address at the regional parliament in belfast. however, he is giving a parliamentary addre55 is giving a parliamentary address here in dublin, but there are some politician5 from northern ireland, who have come here. the speaker of the assembly in belfast, al5o michelle o'neill from the irish public party sinn fein. wa5 meant to be the first minister power—sharing i5 be the first minister power—sharing is restored. —— from the irish republican party sinn fein. al5o republican party sinn fein. also from the alliance party, which is neither republican or nationalist. some have also crossed the border to witness the address here by president biden. for witness the address here by president biden.— witness the address here by president biden. ., ., president biden. for the moment, we will leave dublin, _ president biden. for the moment, we will leave dublin, but _ president biden. for the moment, we will leave dublin, but we'll— president biden. for the moment, we will leave dublin, but we'll be - will leave dublin, but we'll be right back, because re5ident5 biden is due to arrive there shortly. —— president biden is due to arrive there. i'd like to show you some pictures from paris, where protester5 are gathering a5

pictures from paris, where protester5 are gathering as part of protests against pension reform5. protests against pension reforms. the constitutional court is supposed to rule on the legality of the reforms. thi5 to rule on the legality of the reforms. this would raise the reform5. this would raise the pension age. the security forces are on high alert, a5 pension age. the security forces are on high alert, as these prote5t5 happen acro55 on high alert, as these prote5t5 happen across the country. our reporter asked one protester why it was important for them to be on the streets of paris. ifeel a bit... i mean, i'm angry because the government is not listening to the people. so far they've been only demonstrating peacefully and they are not listening to the people to what they want to also what economists 5ay. and they are just, they are like in the cru5ade for their own political opinion and not about what we really have to do for the system. like each country has its own problematics. in france, it's a bit different. and also, we've seen it in italy. in germany, everybody is saying, ok, don't, don't do the same mistakes. and at the moment,

the government is doing the same. but if people are living much longer at the end of their lives, are living in retirement for many, many more years, which they are. everyone is. surely it is just inevitable that people are going to have to work a bit longer to pay for that. it's actually not inevitable. you can choose to take more of what you take on your salary during your whole life. and actually, this is what all french people agree to do. i mean, the vast majority of french people disagree with this reform. they don't want to work longer, but they agree to take more on their salary day to day. see, because i thought we were living through a time when everyone was worried about cost of living, about inflation. surely people aren't going to be at all happy to give more contributions.

yes, but actually studies show that it's what we are ready to do. so the government has to listen to people when they when they demonstrate. and there is also like a feeling of frustration because the government has the feeling that they've been elected to do that. it's actually not the case. and president macron 5aid itju5t the day after he was elected, he agreed that he's been elected to to fight the far right and not because of his programme. and today one of his arguments is that he's doing that to because of his programme. he google talking a little bit earlier. now, we are taking you back to those pictures of the streets of paris. let's see if we can hear what pari5. let's see if we can hear what is being said. we are watching picture5 we are watching pictures from the streets of paris. tho5e

we are watching pictures from the streets of paris. those are now the 12th day of protests over these pension reform5. i'm not sure whether somebody is lying on the floor there. whether somebody is lying on the floorthere. it whether somebody is lying on the floor there. it is always difficult to get a sense from these pictures as to how widespread prote5t5 are, certainly, where the cameras are at the moment, there look5 certainly, where the cameras are at the moment, there looks to be tear being fired. there is the sound of some sort of flares in the background. it could just be flare5, the smoke there, 5lightly difficult to accurately describe what is going on. we know that there are hundreds of protesters going on across france today. as we say, it is the 12th day of protests over pension reform5. a really significant day tomorrow, as we heard from our correspondence, because the constitutional court is due to make a decision over these

pension reform5 due to make a decision over these pension reforms that have been pushed through by emmanuel macron, as to whether they are legitimate, whether they are legal or not. as we heard from one union member, if it is decided that they aren't legal, then these prote5t5 are set to continue. notjust in paris, but acro55 france, there have been protest5. transport 5ervices, flights have been cancelled, train services affected. a5 been cancelled, train services affected. as i say, tomorrow, potentially very significant, because it will be decided whether these pension reforms, so raising these pension reforms, so raising the pension age from 62 to 64, whether that is legal. and if it is

legal, president macron has told reporters that he will be going forward with these reforms. he hopes to have those changes signed into law immediately, which means they could enter into force before the end of 2023. so, once again, those pension reforms from 62 to 64. like i say, these pictures from paris. our i say, these pictures from paris. 0ur correspondence was i say, these pictures from paris. our correspondence was saying a little earlier that he hasn't necessarily seen an escalation in protests over the 12 days that they have been happening, so they have been happening weekly. also, talking about the fact that, yes, pension reform is certainly the headline for the strikes. but also, with so many people involved, he was saying that there are other agendas there.

anti—capitalist people. lots of different agendas all coalescing into these weekly protests. a5 different agendas all coalescing into these weekly protests. as i say, important tomorrow, potentially, because this decision may well come. it is due to come, to decide what is the president is choosing to do. whether he will indeed, push through the reform, and it will be put into law. if so, emmanuel macron will say that he would hope to have those changes in place by the end of 2023. speaking

clearly tensions a re clearly tensions are still very high there in paris. earlier today, protesters stormed the headquarters of the french luxury goods firm lvmh in paris. tomorrow, all eyes will be on the french constitutional council. forthe on the french constitutional council. for the moment, on the french constitutional council. forthe moment, let on the french constitutional council. for the moment, let us return to our main story, president biden. he's met the irish prime minister and president and is due to address the irish parliament.

do you know when proceedings are likely to get under way? we do you know when proceedings are likely to get under way?— likely to get under way? we were told he is pretty _ likely to get under way? we were told he is pretty close. _ likely to get under way? we were told he is pretty close. he - likely to get under way? we were told he is pretty close. he was i told he is pretty close. he was originally due here at about half past three local time. it is now about an hour later. people have had about an hour later. people have had a little bit longer to wait. but nonetheless, there has certainly been a sense of anticipation building here all afternoon at the irish parliament in the centre of dublin. people, as you would expect, having lining the streets of the city centre, to try to catch a glimpse of the presidential motorcade, just beyond the gates here, i can see that a crowd has gathered, just across the road from the main entrance to this estate. so, wheneverjoe biden does address more than 200 members of both houses of the irish parliament, he will become the fourth sitting us president to do so. john f kennedy was the first, then ronald reagan, and then bill clinton. all

presidents who had irish ancestry. joe biden is a president who talks an awful lot about his irish roots. has been a major theme of this trip. last night, he was in county love, close to the border with northern ireland, from where is great—great—grandfather set sail, with the surname finnegan, during the famine. we can expect those ancestral links to be spoken about again in the speech to parliamentarians. i think it is also likely that he will touch upon other issues he has already discussed with the taoiseach, leo varadkar, a few hours ago. the most pressing overseas matter, the war in ukraine. ireland has taken on more than 80,000 ukrainian refugees. he will talk about the ongoing peace process in northern ireland, the fact that this is the 20th anniversary of the good friday agreement. the actual

date anniversary fell a few days ago, but this month is really a month of commemoration and remembrance of the good friday agreement and the terrible conflict in northern ireland, that was largely ended by the good friday agreement in 1998. we expect that will be mentioned, in addition to the economic links between the us and ireland. ireland has really built as a modern economy on the strength of foreign investment, particularly investment from american companies in the light of the tech and pharmaceutical sectors. many of the major american tech companies, such as google and ebay, and better, they have their headquarters here in dublin, their european headquarters. that has added great strength to the irish economy, and it would be surprising if that won't mention. butjoe biden will certainly want to affirm the generational ties between the us and this country, and i think, affirm

the idea that into the future, those ties will remain strong, even after this most irish of american presidents leaves the white house. so, for now, the three flags that are playing here at the irish parliament building in dublin are the european union flag, the ukrainian flag, the european union flag, the ukrainianflag, and the european union flag, the ukrainian flag, and the stars and stripes, the flag of united states. as people await the arrival ofjoe biden here to irish parliament. this is one of the _ biden here to irish parliament. this is one of the most official parts of the visit, but briefly, the personal has shone through at almost every engagement, hasn't it? it certainly has. asi engagement, hasn't it? it certainly has. as i mentioned _ engagement, hasn't it? it certainly has. as i mentioned earlier, - engagement, hasn't it? it certainly has. as i mentioned earlier, last i has. as i mentioned earlier, last night was a very personal visit to county louth, the edge of carlingford, where he has some cousins, and also dundalk, the main town in county louth, where he was welcomed by thousands of people on a very rainy walkabouts. tomorrow, he will be in county mayo, in the west of ireland where he also has

relatives. there, he will give a public address, and many people are expected to turn up to that, a bit of an exploration ofjoe biden's ancestry in ireland. so this, in dublin, is more about the political dandy personal. —— at the political than the personal. indoor dandy personal. -- at the political than the personal.— than the personal. now for the weather. hello, after the stormy weather that some of us had to endure yesterday, today things are a little calmer. storm noah you can see here on our earlier satellite picture tending to break apart, but still some shower clouds left behind. there are some heavy showers out there, some of which will contain some hail and some thunder. some spells of sunshine in between. still quite breezy for some, particularly through parts of northern ireland, northern england, into the midlands and east anglia. but not as windy as yesterday. still feeling chilly, though. 9—i3 degrees. and then as we head through this evening and tonight, we will continue to see some showers, bands of showers,

particularly drifting across scotland and northern ireland. and the odd shower into wales ahead of this rain band into the south—west of england, holding temperatures up to around 7 degrees there in plymouth. further north, ones, twos and threes — there will be a touch of frost for some. tomorrow, low pressure still in charge. this frontal system running across the south of the uk will bring some outbreaks of rain, particularly through southern counties of england, clipping into south wales, the south midlands. some rain for a time in the channel islands — and some brisk winds. further north, sunny spells and showers once again. but during the afternoon, we may well see some more persistent rain developing across parts of the midlands and up into parts of yorkshire and lincolnshire as well. temperature wise, ten, 11, 12 degrees. no great shakes for this point in april. now, as we head through the weekend, things begin to change. because high pressure is going to tend to build, and that will give more in the way of dry weather. it will give some spells of sunshine. and temperatures will start to pick up a little bit. so a slightly warmer feel to the weather. so this is saturday.

there could be some early mist and fog patches around. some patchy cloud as well, but some spells of sunshine. more cloud generally rolling into northern ireland, may be some rain here late in the day. but those temperature starting to lift a little bit. 11-15 . and then as we head into sunday — well, split fortunes. they will be a lot of cloud for northern ireland, parts of scotland, maybe the odd shower. but some sunny spells across england and wales. and also some sunny spells in north—east scotland, which could lift temperatures to 17 degrees. and elsewhere, highs of 14—17. so, a much warmerfeeling day then we have been used to of late, and that theme continues into the start of the new week. temperatures likely to be in the mid to high teens, perhaps the low 205 for some — with some spells of sunshine.

live from london — this is bbc news... president biden meets ireland's prime minister in dublin — he's expected to address the irish parliament shortly. this is the scene live in dublin — as lawmakers await the president's arrival. more protests — more clashes with police — as opposition continues to plans to raise france's pension age. thousands of ta ken thousands of taken to the streets in paris one of thousands of protests taking place in the country.