northern ireland. what you're looking at here is stormont — that's where the northern ireland assembly sits. brexit agreement known as the northern ireland protocol. the move meant the northern ireland executive couldn't meet, and ministers couldn't take decisions. a stalemate. in may, an election saw nationalist party sinn fein take majority for the first time. from those results, this woman, michelle 0'neil, should have been appointed first minister. but sinn fein cannot take up power until the dup names a deputy. and for now it's refusing to do so. for that reason the assembly cannot sit. president biden directly addressed this. let's hearfrom him once more. a government that works to find ways through hard problems together is going to draw even greater opportunity in this region. so i hope the asembly and the executive will still be at domont, that is a judgement for you, at domont, that is a judgement foryou, not at domont, that is a judgement for you, not me, at domont, that is a judgement foryou, not me, but at domont, that is a judgement for you, not me, but i hope that happens. —— s

they were assisted by jerry kelly and alex mask e who is now the speaker of the northern ireland assembly. they were all and always strong and effective advocates for their cause. later he served for several years as the deputy first minister. ian paisley was a long time and strong leader of the democratic unionist party. they withdrew and opposed the agreement but they later reentered the process at crucial talks in st. andrews and thereafter participated actively in governance. doctor paisley served for several years as the first minister where he and martin mcginnis achieved some celebrity as the chuckles brothers. paisley was succeeded as the leader in first minister by peter robinson who had been a very effective negotiator while the du p was in the talks. with a, paisley and robinson were ably assisted in the talks by ian paisley junior. of the alliance party was led by doctor john. he and his colleagues were effective in the talks and he later served with distinction as the first speaker of the northern ireland assembly and his colleague also later served in the same room. the nort

our ireland correspondent, chris page, is at stormont, home of the northern ireland assembly. oliday weekend has been a time of reflection and remembrance in northern ireland. it's a quarter of a century since the good friday agreement — the peace deal which ended the 30 years of violence which were known as the troubles. 3,500 people lost their lives. so, the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has paid tribute to the politicians who struck that deal, saying it required bravery, perseverance, and political imagination. there was one very obvious sign that the peace isn't perfect — the agreement set up a power—sharing devolved government between unionists who want northern ireland to stay in the uk and irish nationalists who ultimately want northern ireland to become part of the republic of ireland. so there should be a power—sharing assembly based here at stormont on the outskirts of belfast, but the assembly hasn't been operating for more than a year — the result of the latest of many political crises we've seen over the last quarter of a century, the latest one being about

the president won't be visiting the northern ireland assembly in stormont during his trip.he good friday agreement but it's currently not functioning since the democratic unionist party withdrew its support in protest at post—brexit trading arrangements. he acknowledged the differences but said he hoped power—sharing would resume. now, i know the uk's departure from the european union created complex challenges here in northern ireland. and i encourage the leaders of the uk and the eu to address the issues in a way that serves northern ireland's best interest. i deeply appreciate the personal leadership of prime minister sunak and european commissioner von der leyen to reach an agreement. the windsor framework addresses a practical reality of brexit and is an essential step to ensuring hard earned peace and progress of the good friday agreement that they are preserved and strengthened. that was the president speaking, he spoke for 25 minutes. i will get more from our guest any moment but i will break away momentarily from that to give you a line of important breaking news t

he is in northern ireland to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the signing of the good friday agreement. the president won't be visiting the northern ireland assembly during his trip. it was established as a result of the good friday agreement, but it's currently not functioning since the democratic unionist party withdrew its support in protest at post—brexit trading arrangements. biden acknowledged the differences but said he hoped power—sharing would resume. thousands of famliies have been affected by the troubles, the pain was real. every person killed left an empty chair at a dining room table and a hole in the heart that was never filled for the ones they lost. peace was not inevitable, we cant ever forget that, there was nothing inevtitable about it. as george mitchell often said, the negotiations had 700 days of failure and one day of success. but they kept going because george and others never stopped believing that success was possible. i want to talk you to live pictures now where we saw i want to talk you to live pictures now where we sanoe biden and hunter biden and his sister. and the irish prime minister. he has now arrived in dundal

northern ireland. ineffective, devolved government their execs the people of northern ireland and is accountable to them, a government that works to find ways to solve problems together and will draw even greater opportunities. i hope the assemblyhe executive will soon be restarted. that is a judgment for you to make, not me, but i hope it happens for dave: so does the prime minister, but it has not happened yet. the president and rishi sunak met for talks and tea. they spoke in particular about the incredible economic opportunities in store for northern ireland and they talked about investment potential, and companies that want to invest in northern ireland. there will be growth, jobs and prosperity in northern ireland. he just my ambition to see these institutions back up and running. >> the prospect of this visit has been talked about for months but lasted only hours. there is no such thing as a low-key trip by the american president but this feels like it has come pretty close. the message was unmistakably clear -- restoring devolved government is absolutely essential to northern ireland's future. by midafternoon, president biden's irish heritage had lured him to the republic. he is near the border in a pub and reflecting o

the first line talked about the need for a new beginning, starting with a new northern ireland assemblywer has to be shared. key decisions according to the agreement are taken on a cross community basis. built in were cross-border lengths. the northside ministerial council to bring politicians together on a regular basis, and a british-irish counsel to try to improve relations across the islands. the agreement was controversial. it allowed ira and loyalist prisoners out of jail within two years. it also included a review of policing, which led to the ruc being replaced by the ps&i. the irish government agreed to change particles two and three of its constitution, removing its territorial claims in northern ireland. what did the agreement say about the possibility of a united ireland? it said it could happen, but only if a majority of people in northern ireland vote for it. there also needs to be approval in the republic. without that, it is the status quote. northern ireland remains part of the united kingdom. the agreement was drawn up by politicians in 1998. they made it clear the fut

this would be the northern ireland assembly. et up a council to develop cooperation on areas like farming and health that would benefit both northern ireland and the republic of ireland. the third thing they set up was a british—irish council to promote the relationship between britain and ireland. also in the deal was dual british and irish citizenship for those who wanted it, a return to peacetime security arrangements, and the removal of security installations. all illegal paramilitary groups also had to destroy their weapons. i hereby give notice... a referendum was held on both sides of the border with the agreement being accepted by an overall majority. yes - 71.12%. i'm now on my way to dublin, crossing the border into the republic of ireland. it's about a 2—hour drive and i'm on my way to speak to some of the relatives of one of the people responsible for giving so many hope back in 1998. we in the stlp concluded many years ago that we couldn't lay the basis for agreement against a background of violence or disorder. that

london, and a new agreement on northern ireland as part of the brexit package, despite this , the local parliament has not yet functioned for a year. the northern ireland assemblys being boycotted by loyalists who lost the previous elections to the republican parties. shenfein. they do not allow the political authority of this region to work normally. and in fact, from biden. it was expected that he would say something in this direction, that he would push local politicians to resume the normal work of local authorities . and so, in the end, it turned out speaking at the opening of the new campus of the university . biden said that politicians in northern ireland need to make every effort to support the peace process that was launched here 25 years ago when the speed ​​friday agreement was made. let's listen to an excerpt from the us president's speech. those who have been to america know a large number of people there, they carefully follow and are very worried about what is happening here, the support of the people of northern ireland from the preservation of the peace process, which is provided by the belfolt agreement, is a priority, both for democrats and

a white democrats joined the same demonstration, was not fine. members of the northern ireland assembly have commemorated 25 years since the signing of the good friday peace accord years. a deal largely and the 3 decades of sectarian violence presidential biden will visit belfast next week to mark the anniversary. we're going to be thankful for climate change is one of the most pressing issues for people in germany today. a new survey by and for to fema pass germans giving their government low marks on the topic. chancellor love shows, coalition also gets its worth popularity rating since taking office spring 2023 in germany. laugh shelves and his 3 party coalition have been in power for 16 months. are they dealing with the problems that ordinary people care about? the latest in for tsd map survey shows what those issues are more than a quarter of german same climate change should be the government's number one focus . compared with january, that's a 50 percent increase in the number calling for that. people are still thinking about other international issues like the war in ukraine and

the very first line talked about the need for a new beginning starting with a new northern ireland assembly. israel launches airstrikes on gaza and lebanon, calling it retaliation for several dozen hamas rockets fired at israel. northern ireland on high alert. police warn republicans could provoke violence as the country marks 25 years of the good friday agreement. as emmanuel macron and ursula von der leyen wrap up their trip to china, have they got what they wanted from xi jinping? and the biden white house releases a report blaming the chaotic afghanistan withdrawal on the trump administration. what the flock hello and welcome. we begin in the middle east, where the israeli military says it has hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas in the gaza strip and lebanon. these are the latest images showing the aftermath. the airstrikes in gaza are the heaviest since last august and israel says they're in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerus

a white democrat who joined the same demonstration was not body members of the northern ireland assembly have commemorated 25 years since the signing of the good friday peace accord. a deal largely ended 3 decades of sectarian violence. just presidential biden will visit belfast next week to mark the anniversary for a little long. i once president says the island will not stop engaging with the worlds or give in to pressure a meeting between sighing when and the speaker of the us house of representatives, angered china, beijing, us, and aircraft, and warships to the area around taiwan. for the last 2 days, taiwanese president, sighing when completed our trip to the americas, she sounded defiant upon returning to her homeland. it's stressing that taiwan would continue engaging with the worldly on what we have shown, the international community that when we faced parisha and threats, ty, one will be more united. we will never given because we are suppressed, nor will we stopped communicating with the world because we are hindered things good since you jogging. chinese military incursions i

the agreement creates new institutions, the northern ireland assembly to restore to the people the fundamental democratic right to govern themselves. there is a sense of kind of hoping optimism they on the 10th of april and 90 that wasn't there in previous and previous back in that sense of a new start of a change of trajectory of, of hope for, for northern ireland, for the older generation. there is that history of violence and therefore the history, the kind of suspicion almost that each side will have towards one another. it will probably be lesser and lesser as time goes on. but i don't think it will ever really go away. i believe in northern ireland, i believe that it will, it does have a prosperous pitcher ahead of it regardless of the difficulties that are there, that there is certainly cause for optimism and that hope there's no dice that northern ireland with the divided neighborhoods with the divided scaling system that exists here remains very much divided by is only 13 percent of peoples in northern ireland. attend integrated schools. that means that 87 percent go to an exclusively

female representative to part of the same demonstration escape the severe members of the northern ireland assembly have commemorated 25 years since the signing of the good friday peace accord deal largely ended 3 decades of sectarian violence. u. s. president joe biden will visit belfast next week to mark the anniversary level. not a climate change is one of the most pressing issues for people here in germany. a new survey. by infra test, the math has germans given that government low marks on the topic, chancellor ola shots. his coalition also gets worse. popularity writing since taking office. spring 2023 in germany. oh, laugh schoultz and his 3 party coalition have been in power for 16 months. is that, are they dealing with the problems that ordinary people care about? the latest in protest, d map survey shows what those issues are. more than a quarter of german sake, climate change should be the government's number one focus compared with january, that's a 50 percent increase in the number calling for that. people are still thinking about other international issues like the war in ukraine and

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forward is to get our - best way forward is to get our institutions and particularly our northern ireland assemblyeland at the moment, nobody can meet the fundamental decisions we needs to be made to improve our health, or education, our infrastructure and everything is crumbling and falling apart. so, we need the assembly back and they think that will come when we work out some of the fine—tuning of the windsor framework to the brexit agreement. so, we still have some work to do there and i think it can be done, and hope to see the institutions up and running again and then we can move forward, and we need to do that. we and then we can move forward, and we need to do that.— need to do that. we have to leave it there but congratulations _ need to do that. we have to leave it there but congratulations on your i there but congratulations on your warlord today and thank you for taking time to speak this. let's return to the impacts of the interest—rate byjunior doctors. up interest—rate by junior doctors. up to interest—rate byjunior doctors. up to 200,000 procedures had to be cancelled by the strik

northern ireland for all the days to come. i'm lucy hockings live at the northern ireland assembly in stormont where we'll assess the political reaction to the president's visit. joe biden has now moved on the republic of ireland where he will explore his family's roots. in other news: a difficult few months elon musk talks exclusively to the bbc about troubled times at twitter. and a royal return prince harry confirms he will attend his father's coronation but his wife is staying at home. welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden who's 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 sa

but he won't be addressing the northern ireland assembly which is still suspended with the democraticcause they're unhappy with the trading arrangements after brexit. so a quarter of a century after the agreement political tensions and obstacles are still present as our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. news of the troubles in northern ireland became a nightly refrain during the decades of bloodshed. explosion. a huge ira bomb rocks central belfast. the aftermath of another bomb in an northern ireland high street. 27 soldiers are still in hospital. i rememberjust being struck by the sense of tension in the city. you had barbed wire everywhere, soldiers everywhere. when you went there, you felt the presence of conflict. republican armed groups waged a campaign of violence to try to bring about the end of northern ireland as part of the uk, and loyalists attacked catholic communities, leading to a huge loss of life on both sides. there's no sign of any immediate end to ulster's violence. in 1997, tony blair, the newly elected british prime minister, vowed to make dealing with no

northern ireland for all the days to come. i'm lucy hockings live at the northern ireland assembly in stormont where we'll assess the political sively to the bbc about troubled times at twitter. and a royal return prince harry confirms he will attend his father's coronation but his wife is staying at home.

members of the northern ireland assembly have commemorated 25 years since the signing of the good friday peace accord. the deal ended three decades of violence. joe biden will visit belfast next week to mark the anniversary. taiwan's president says the island will not stop engaging with the world or give into the pressure. a meeting between the president and the speaker of the house angered china. they sent warships to the area around taiwan for the last two days. reporter: the president of taiwan's sangha define upon returning to her home lined, stressing that thailand will continue to engage with the world. >> when we face pressure and threats, taiwan will be more united. we will never give in nor will we stop communicating with the world because we are kindred. -- kindred. reporter: chinese encourages -- incursions have become more frequent. china impose sanctions on some u.s. organizations. these include the ronald reagan presidential library and the hudson institute, which honored her with the leadership award. beijing said her trip violated one china principle. >> the u.s. and taiw

the president was invited to address the northern ireland assembly macro but the invitation was not acceptede and underscore america's continuing commitment to the peace process in northern ireland. that is the emphasis the british and irish governments will be trying to place on the presidential visit over the coming days when president biden comes first to northern ireland and then across the border to the republic of ireland for few days. the time is 13:17. our top story this lunchtime... junior doctors in england, demanding a 35% pay rise, start a four—day strike. the government says their demands are unaffordable. and still to come — 1 million smokers will be given free vaping kits to encourage them to give up tobacco products. coming up on the bbc news channel: with 100 days to go until the fifa women's world cup, organisers say they are on course to sell a record 1.5 million tickets for the event, which takes place across australia and new zealand. ukraine says that landmines laid since the invasion by russia last year covers territory roughly the size of england, wales and northern i

pro-uk unionist politicians refuse to re-enter a power sharing agreement in northern ireland's assemblythe good friday agreement, because they fear brexit erodes northern ireland's connection with great britain. they see president biden as pro-irish. >> he is then the most partisan president who has ever been when dealing with northern ireland. he hates the united kingdom, i don't think there's any doubt about that. nick: biden's aides denied that today, but the political paralysis has left northern ireland's legislative and executive branch, not functioning for more than a year. today president biden met with leaders of northern ireland's 5 political parties, to urge compromise. pres. biden: i hope that the assembly and the executive will soon be restored, that's a judgment for you to make, not me, but i hope it happens. nick: residents in northern ireland also hope it happens. many say they don't have the economic or education opportunities, that the good friday agreement was designed to create. >> wdo need help right now to get things in order and maybe this will give people the push

northern ireland where we are joined by eamonn mccann. journalist, writer, activist, anformer member of the northern ireland assembly.took part in the march on bloody sunday in 1972 and helped form the bloody sunday trust. he is the author of the recently republished 1974 book "war and an irish town." given your history and also talking about the present this week, the visit of president biden, can you talk about the significance of this trip in northern ireland and ireland? >> [inaudible] on view, [indiscnible] ap still that present biden hielf -- it has worked out. [indiscernible] that would have been a huge publicelations triph for mr. biden. all the parties are not serving together -- good friday agreement itself. [indiscernible] this must be a bitter disappointment to america and ireland o were expting unrestrained celebration. mr. biden was at the center of it. it hasn't happened and i don't think it is going happen anytime soon. juan: could you talk a little bit about what is the cause of the current deadlock among the various parties? also, how do you see brexit as a threat to building peace in northern irela

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the visit comes as a boy called by pro british unionists, has stalled northern ireland governing assembly biden war and democracy can be fragile. an affective devolve government reflects the people of northern ireland and is accountable to them. a government that works to find ways to hard problems together, going to draw even greater opportunities this region. so i hope the assembly and the executive will so the restore that's a judgment for you to make, not me. and i hope that happens along with institutions that facilitate north south and east west relations, all of which are vital pieces of the good friday agreement. well, the us president is now heading for the republic of ireland. let's bring paul brennan, he's joining us from county loud. so paul, how does joe biden's irish roots play into politics during his visit there? it certainly plays in a big way, said his irish heritage is something that he wears on his sleeve. in 2016. before he came to the republic of ireland, he borrowed and adapted a james joyce phrase saying northeast pennsylvania was written on his heart, but island w

the agreement creates new institutions, the northern ireland assembly to restore to the people the fundamental democratic right to govern themselves. there was a sense of kind of hoping optimism they, on the 10th of april and 90 that wasn't there in pretty. and previous back in that sense of a new start of a change of trajectory of hope for, for northern ireland, for the older generation. there is that history of violence and therefore the history, the kind of suspicion almost that each side will have towards one another. it will probably be lesser and lesser as time goes on, but i don't think it will ever really go away. i believe in northern ireland. i believe that it will, it does have a prosperous future ahead of it. regardless of the difficulties that are there, that there's certainly cause for optimism and that hope i saw northern ireland with the divided neighborhoods with the divided scaling system that exists here remains very much divided. i think only 13 percent of people's in northern ireland attend integrated schools. that means that 87 percent go to an exclusively protestant scho

will be no big plenary session between the president and the five main parties here in the northern ireland assemblyfully because the dup, it is up to them to decide if they go back into power—sharing and they regard him as overly sympathetic to nationalists. while there is some hope in the government that the dup will go back in, they were encouraged byjeffrey donaldson the other day, chris heaton—harris said at the weekend he thinks that a deal can be done but this party is divided so no one is making any assumptions about what they might do. why do some teenagers stop eating? so suddenly and drastically that they are admitted to hospital within months? anorexia is a mental illness still misunderstood — described by some as a condition that affects "silly girls who go to private school". journalist and writer hadley freeman stopped eating aged 16 in the 19905 and she's written a book — good girls — a story and study of anorexia. she's been talking to me about what led to her developing the illness. so i was sitting in pe and i looked at my legs and i looked at the legs of the girl next to me and s

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leader of sinn fein, a party that leads in the republic of ireland and in northern ireland, it's the biggest party in the regional assemblyest party in irish parliament in dublin. also former president mary magalhaes who was president between 1997 and 2011, she also is in attendance. she was president of ireland whenever the good friday agreement was signed about a year after she took office. buried much focus on recent history, last quarter of the century very much a focus on history stretching back much further than that to president biden ancestors who left this island in the 18405 in a very difficult time, a time of famine. al5o president biden will look forward to the future ties, future economic ties between the us and ireland. we economic ties between the us and ireland. ~ ., ., , ., economic ties between the us and ireland. ~ ., ., ., . ireland. we taoiseach are watching ictures of ireland. we taoiseach are watching pictures of the _ ireland. we taoiseach are watching pictures of the former _ ireland. we taoiseach are watching pictures of the former talking - ireland. we taoiseach are watching pictures of the form

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years of violence as it comes as a boy caught by pro british unionists has stalled. northern ireland governing assembly biden warn democracy can be fragile. an affective devolve government reflects the people of northern ireland and is accountable to them. a government that works to find ways to hard problems together, going to draw even greater opportunities this region. so hope the assembly and the executive will. so the restore that's a judgment for you to make not made. and i hope that happens along with institutions that facilitate north south and east west relations, all of which are vital pieces of the good friday agreement. andrew simmons and joining us now from belfast. so how has biden's message been received? andrew will i think that sir, the people of northern ireland desperately do what to see some normality returned to politics and there is a lot of sympathy for what he says here. but the bottom line is that it doesn't move anything on it. we've seen, he also said, we know how fragile democracy can be. every generation needs to fight to preserve democracy. now strong words, and they're ai

northern ireland to make the police force more represented to in composition terms than the old royal's. the constable . sorry, royal's. the constable. sorry, but once policing and justice would evolve to the northern ireland assemblylly, ireland assembly, ironically, the of significant the only piece of significant power that has been devolved to that, to the assembly , given the that, to the assembly, given the regular collapses seen of the political institutions , well, political institutions, well, that was never going to be accepted by unionists who didn't like the replacement of the royal ulster constabulary , many royal ulster constabulary, many of . so since then of them, anyway. so since then you've had that since the end of 5050 recruitment, it has been something of a struggle for the police service in to. northern ireland recruit from the catholic community, even though sinn fein endorses that police service . let me turn to show service. let me turn to show more. would sean welcome to gb news given all the northern territory, i suppose in a way dunng territory, i suppose in a way during a fairly golden age. to what extent are you depressed by what's happened in the recent past, the change in the threat

i think another way to look at that is would it be more substantiative if the northern ireland assembly850 - northern ireland. is great, great grandfather left in 1850 and i northern ireland. is great, great grandfather left in 1850 and he l northern ireland. is great, great i grandfather left in 1850 and he was an engineer and prick make her a left ireland where the family settled at the high of the irish potatoes famine. and did plenty in the family who are from island but there is some english connection and its, not talking very much for the english part of his family tree but when he left the area to go to delaware, he is brought up by the nuns at the conference school in delaware. so, hazel is been around the irish—american community in the united states and his mother was saying something where this is saying, so load the english at this time was at shows just how much to use the oversight of his family were his politics is. the struggles and when he was a senator in the us senate, he is very much instrumental and bill clinton getting involved into the agreement and leanne caldwe