thank you very much, charlotte kalla her in. very much, charlotte kalla her in belfast.rlotte gallagher. we'll have more on this later in the programme, talking to the person who chaired the talks leading up to the good friday agreement so stay with us for that. chinese military forces are conducting drills around taiwan for a third day. taiwan's defence ministry says it has detected 11 chinese warships and 59 aircraft around the island. 39 entered taiwan's air defence zones on monday morning. these are some of the latest images of the drills released by china's military and shown on the country's state television. the chinese display of force has added to tension between china and the united states. and just to say the us navy has said it has sailed a guided missile destroyer through contested waters claimed by china near the spratly islands to assert navigational passage rights. we have some live pictures coming into us now. a couple of items coming through on the wireless. a statement from china warning taiwan that independence and peace are mutually exclusive. and al