, i would from the us presidentjoe biden, iwould not from the us presidentjoe biden, i would notrning that he is running from 2024, confirming at least. do you think that means there will be the chance for some kind of political messaging to be slipped into comments tonight? if the would have to accept it. we simply would be running again in 2024. he took his time announcing it so it is only been a few days. he has not really had a big major event since that announcement which, by the way, was done byjust sending out an online video. he did not do it in person or have a big rally like you might see when you are launching your real election campaign so tonight i think there will be some eyes on president biden and what he will say and whether or not he might give some kind of campaign speech, expecting him to talk a lot of topics that are really in his wheelhouse. talk about freedom of the press. he spoke a lot about that in the 2022 event and said what is clear, and from the bottom of my heart, that you, the free press, matter more than you ever did in the last century.— in the l

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we just get a glimpse of the us presidentjoe biden through the crowd. great service there. idents every move. joe biden there wearing that blue cap, you can just see the top of the cap there, as six cameras of people and takes pictures with them. the guard is there, the irish police, as was the secret service travelling with the presidents, carefully watching his every move as he towards that barricade that separates him and dozens and dozens of people. a young boy there holding up of people. a young boy there holding up that phone and taking a picture of the us president. we can see images of the us president there in dundalk. live now to the northern editor at the irish times, freya mcclements. so many people threats against pictures with the us president. it just underlines the just underlines the relationship _ just underlines the just underlines the relationship with _ just underlines the just underlines the relationship with us _ just underlines the just underlines i the relationship with us presidents. joe biden_ the relationship with us presidents. joe biden filing _

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france evacuates citizens from sudan, as us presidentjoe biden confirms american embassy staff and theirfamilies have also been evacuated from the country. an alarm will go off on all smartphones in the uk later today as a new emergency alert is tested. ethnic—serb parties are boycotting an election in north kosovo — we'll find out why. over 40,000 runners are taking part in this year's london marathon. it's expected to be the largest ever. hello and welcome to the programme, i'm lewis vaughan jones. starting with the latest developments from sudan. they— developments from sudan. they developments from sudan. are centrin- around international they are centring around international efforts to get their citizens — international efforts to get their citizens of the country from top from top the latest from france, they have undergone and i quote a rapid evacuation operation to get rid of their citizens. and earlier we heard from america, they had done the same, this is a statement from presidentjoe biden, saying, on my orders, the united states military conducted an operation to extract us governme

and the banking crisis has been one of several economic challenges faced by the us presidentjoe bidenoffice, and now that he has confirmed he has signed up to star for the democrats in the next presidential election, it is a good time to look back at how he has done so far on the economic front. here is our correspondent michelle fleury. joe biden�*s reelection bid comes as america is navigating some pretty uncertain economic waters — where the us president can gloat is on the jobs front. look at this chart. employment is rising nicely until the pandemic, when the job market created. sincejoe biden took off as it has steadily increased. under his watch, over 12 and a half millionjobs have been created. the unemployment rate is at a 50—year low. the context in which these were created, in the middle of a pandemic, policies his administration put in place softened the economic blow of covid—i9, but the bounceback has been far from smooth. now, the worst economic metric on biden�*s watch has been inflation. this chart shows it pretty steady until 2022, when inflation hit the highest rate

here is the us presidentjoe biden standing for the national anthem, the star—spangled banner. a speech in a short time from now. the issue of press freedom is of particular importance this year and among the expected attendees is the family who we are told present biden has spoken to this evening. he was detained in march and charged with spying in russia despite strong denials from the wall street journal newspaper as well as the us government. a two—time olympic medallist is also in attendance for months after she was released from detainment in russia where she had been jailed on drugs charges. we are told that present biden and the first lady have spoken to both. we can take it to washington. if we take a look now you will see inside the white house correspondence dinner and you can see people mingling there inside the hilton hotel. incidentally, this is the hotel where ronald rayden was shot and nearly died in 1981 but here you can see politicians and political correspondence mingling. i guess a truce of sorts for a couple of hours outside of the usual briefing room. you

prime minister rishi sunak will welcome us presidentjoe biden in belfast on tuesday to commemorate thee dalai lama has apologised after footage showing him asking a boy if he wanted to suck his tongue. the video also showed the tibetan spiritual leader kissing the boy on the lips. the us presidentjoe biden has said he plans to run for re—election in 202a, even though he hasn't formally announced a campaign. there have been questions around whether he would run since age 80. he's the oldest american president ever, and polls show a majority of democrats would prefer that the party nominate someone else. and despite poor reviews, the new super mario brothers movie has broken box office records. the film took around $377 million worldwide in its first five days on release and will leave you with 10 seconds of this unusual encounter. two men spotted a minke whale in the english channel while they were out fishing off eastbourne on saturday. dave dugan said the whale swam alongside his boat for about 5 minutes and was roughly eight metres long. you're all caught up now. have a good night. a

france starts evacuating citizens from sudan as us presidentjoe biden confirms american embassy staffnd theirfamilies have also been evacuated from the country. beeping. an alarm will go off on all smartphones in the uk later today as a new emergency alert is tested. ethnic—serb parties are boycotting an election in north kosovo because authorities refuse to grant limited autonomy to kosovo serbs. sir mo farah is competing in his final marathon this morning in london — and with more than 16,000 runners taking part, it's expected to be the largest ever. hello and welcome to the programme — i'm lewis vaughan jones. starting with the latest developments from sudan. a couple of updates on international efforts to get citizens out. the latest from france, they have undergone and i quote a rapid evacuation operation to get rid of their citizens. and earlier we heard from america, they had done the same, this is a statement from presidentjoe biden, saying on my orders, the united states military conducted an operation to extract us government personnel from khartoum. let's look at some of th

on the us presidentjoe biden.stration is watching very closely the brazilian moves towards china. a few weeks ago, a senior state department official brian nicholls, said the united states is focussing on showing to latin america that the united states is the best partner for the region, especially for brazil, but for the moment there is no indication whatsoever that the united states could retaliate brazil for its recent diplomatic moves. so we mentioned _ diplomatic moves. so we mentioned as _ diplomatic moves. so we mentioned as well - diplomatic moves. so we mentioned as well that i diplomatic moves. so we mentioned as well that a | diplomatic moves. so we i mentioned as well that a lot diplomatic moves. so we - mentioned as well that a lot of this trip is about economic ties and trade and we mentioned that number trade between brazil and china nearly $153 billion last year, what does lula hope to walk away with from this trip?— from this trip? well, that's one of the _ from this trip? well, that's one of the

preparations are in place in belfast to welcome the us presidentjoe biden on tuesday to mark 25 years signing of the northern ireland good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by the then(tx the historic peace deal was signed by the then british prime minister tony blair and irish prime minister bertie ahern. the agreement played a major part, in bringing to an end, 30 years of conflict, known as the troubles. the current british prime minister, rishi sunak, says efforts must be intensified in northern ireland, to restore the power—sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit and now the political deadlock and security concerns, are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. our ireland correspondent, chris page, is at stormont, home of the northern ireland assembly. the easter holiday 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 peop

back to ireland and bring you up—to—date on presidentjoe biden's trip to the country, early he addressedresident biden's official state banquet to begin. we understand it is at the dublin castle and earlier, i was listening to some of our commentators say that dublin castle really is the heart of historic dublin. it is one of the most important buildings in irish history. so i willjust bring in doctor cassidy. we have about a minute of talking but i will keep you there. just tell us about the significance of dublin castle. it’s significance of dublin castle. it's a hiuhl significance of dublin castle. it�*s a highly significant building. i myself have held a number of events there while working for the irish foreign service. first of all, it was one of the main buildings during the aftermath of the 1916 rising, also during our war of independence, in 1919, also during our civil war and also it is the place where all of the referendums are held and also where our presidents are sworn in so it cannot be a more historic building for ireland. and it cannot be, have more symbolism, just auoin

we must remember that before coming to china, lula has just visited the us presidentjoe biden. *s administration is watching very closely the brazilian moves towards china. a few weeks ago, a senior state department official, brian nicholls, said the united states is focusing on showing to latin america that the united states is the best partner for the region, especially for brazil, but for the moment there is no indication whatsoever that the united states could retaliate brazil for its recent diplomatic moves. so we mentioned as well that a lot of this trip is about economic ties and trade and we mentioned that number trade between brazil and china nearly $153 billion last year. what does lula hope to walk away with from this trip? well, that's one of the most interesting questions. because lula expects to track chinese investment to brazil as the country right now is struggling to make its gdp grow. here in shanghai, lula will meet with chinese businessmen from different sectors from the economies such as technology, communications, energy and infrastructure, and lula is try

a pub that the us presidentjoe biden is going to visit.rroring that trip.— mirroring that trip. absolutely. he has brought _ mirroring that trip. absolutely. he has brought his _ mirroring that trip. absolutely. he has brought his sister _ mirroring that trip. absolutely. he has brought his sister and - mirroring that trip. absolutely. he has brought his sister and his i mirroring that trip. absolutely. he has brought his sister and his son | has brought his sister and his son with him, this is more than a normal diplomatic visit that a president would make. this is something very personal to him. it is about who he is as a person. it is about his heritage, it is about his identity. people will say, it is about who he is as an individual. and capping off what has been a serious investment in northern ireland over 30—4 years going back to his politician as a senator. ., ., ~' going back to his politician as a senator. ., , , s, senator. looking at his trip to the re-ubfic senator. looking at his trip to the republic of _ senator. looking at

us presidentjoe biden is continuing his official visit to the republic of ireland. he is meeting the irish president, michael d higgins at his residence. he also held talks with the irish prime minister, those are going underway right now. this afternoon, president biden will become the fourth us president tojoin president biden will become the fourth us president to join a sitting of ireland's parliament. michael d higgins and present biden side the physical book. as the irish saying goes, "your feet will bring you where your heart is." and then i say, "it is an honour to return." i talk about returning to the home of my ancestors, to celebrate the things that bind ireland and the united states, i think the most irish of words used in my family was dignity. anyway, thank you all very much. i'm not going home, i'm staying here in this incredible place. all you american reporters, it is just like the white house, right? thank you. this is the scene live. a short distance from where those events took place. they were at the official residence of the irish president. y

this is bbc news, the headlines — france starts evacuating citizens from sudan as us presidentjoe bidenonfirms that american embassy staff and their families have also been evacuated. more than 400 people have been killed since violence erupted last week. ethnic serb parties are boycotting an election in north kosovo because of the capital pristina's refusal to grant limited autonomy to kosovo serbs. voters are choosing new mayors in four municipalities where serbs are in the majority. a hollywood ending for wrexham fc. the welsh football club backed by stars ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney as it celebrates a return to the football league for the first time in 15 years. sir mo farah is expecting an emotional�* da as he competes in his final marathon this morning in london. and with more than 16,000 people taking part, it's expected to be the largest ever. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for talking movies: the changing face of hollywood. 10 seconds... people were genuinely excited about the movies and about movie stars. on oscar night, it was a big deal. it was huge. everybody

presidentjoe biden tweeting this afternoon, and we know the president has been frustrated by what he once again our nation was after a senseless act of gun violence. as we know, this is a very politically, culturally divisive issue as well. there was some progress last year with the passing of the safer communities fund. it did not ben robbins but looks to invest more in upgrading security for schools, some tougher background checks as well, more money as well for crisis intervention, but of coursejoe biden, the white house have been calling for a ban on assault weapons, but balanced against that is the view held a lot of times by republicans that they are very keen in their view to protect their second amendment rights, the right to bear arms.— right to bear arms. jessica parker reporting _ right to bear arms. jessica parker reporting there. i some news from new york — former president trump is scheduled to sit for a deposition on thursday for the $250 million lawsuit filed by new york attorney general letitia james in september 2022. this was separate from the investigation led by

belfast is really gearing up at the moment for the arrival of the us presidentjoe biden.lly on the street below me is the hotel where he is going to be staying. and already the cordons are out so people can't park there and we think the security cordon will be in place tomorrow morning around the hotel. and then around the university he will be going to on wednesday to meet people. that is his only public engagement here in northern ireland before he moves south into the republic. and i think it is about a celebration of the good friday agreement why he is coming here, but also looking forward to the future as well. and that is why he is going to the university and meeting people who were not even born during the troubles. they do not remember the violence which marred the lives of people and killed thousands of people here in northern ireland. afterjoe biden has been in northern ireland he will then move to the south and go to dublin where he will meet the president and the prime minister, the taoiseach, and then he will also go to county louth and county mayo where he h

however mr macron made a very clear point, of speaking with the us presidentjoe biden before he leftwo men issued a statement calling on china to work to accelerate and negotiated and to the war in ukraine, so even before emmanuel macron left for china, he was trying to underline his close ties with the united states and his desire to find an end to the war in ukraine, to figure out some way to negotiate and enter the conflict. however we now see after three days of a lot of grand gestures on the part of grand gestures on the part of china, a lot of statements of china, a lot of statements of friendship between xi jinping and mr macron, we have seen thejoint statement jinping and mr macron, we have seen the joint statement that has come out of that three—day visit and frankly, there's not a lot to show for it when it becomes to ukraine, it is very watery. nothing that uprising, both sides say that they wanted to find a quick and, that they both expressed concern that might be armed attacks on the nuclear plant in ukraine, so really no surprises there, and mr macron will be pointing t

as well in order to protect themselves. need to as well in order to protect themselves-— us presidentjoe biden anniversary of the good friday agreement. the accord helped end decades of sectarian violence and restored self—government to northern ireland. but more recently, the power—sharing agreement between the protestant and catholic communities has been paralysed. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that�*s fair and balanced, and offers hope for the people of northern ireland. the agreement was based on the idea of cooperation between communities and set up a new government representing both nationalists and unionists. a copy of it went to every household in northern ireland and almost a million people voted in the referendum that followed. the result as predicted but definitive, northern ireland was ready for change. yes. 71.12%. crowd cheers but the path has been far from smooth. the anniversary was officially marked las

presidentjoe biden announcing a $1 billion pledge, requesting another $500 million to protect the amazonst. however, he is also approved a couple of big fossil fuel projects as well. it is the president living up to his campaign promises on climate change? again, i am going to focus on the positives. our nation is finally in the game under this presidency. i mean finally. i've been working on this for over a quarter of a century and for the first on the united states really is leading the world in my view it the carbonisation and a point to the act which has $360 million of investment which will translate to millions ofjobs in new industries from electric cars, solarfarms, batteries. my state has two of the leading battery manufacturing companies in the world. we have just flown the first battery powered commercial air plane in world history in my state. what we're doing this built federally is accelerating dramatically that transition all across our platforms... sorry to interrupt. you mentioned the inflation reduction act but is that enough to get the us to these very lofty goals about

later but theissue presidentjoe biden later but the issue of press freedom is of particular importanceg the expected attendees as the family of evan gershkovich, the wall street journal reporter remains imprisoned in russia after he was detained in march and charged with spying, despite strong denials from the us government. other expected guests include wnba star and two—time olympic gold medallist brittney griner, it comes four months after she was released from detainment in russia where she had beenjailed on drugs charges. jeremy to discuss the event is jill charges. jeremy to discuss the event isjill a percent, former executive of the new york times, thank you for taking the time to be with us. i understand that new york times journalist do not attend this dinner, why is that? because we felt, there _ dinner, why is that? because we felt, there senior _ dinner, why is that? because we felt, there senior editors - dinner, why is that? because we felt, there senior editors at - felt, there senior editors at the times, that the party and the times, that the party and the dinner had b

the us presidentjoe biden has called a shooting at a teenage birthday party in alabama that killed ateast four people "outrageous and unacceptable", saying he and the first lady were praying for the victims' families. the shooting happened in the town of dadeville. at least 20 people were shot and wounded — most of them teenagers. at this stage, there is no official confirmation about what led to the shooting, but there seems to have been some sort of altercation that then escalated. phil dowdell has been named by local media as one of the victims. phil was a senior in high school and was going to jacksonville state university on an american football scholarship. here the health secretary has again insisted a pay offer for nurses is fair and reasonable. it's after the head of the union, the royal college of nursing, warned members in england could carry out rolling strikes until christmas. on friday the nurses rejected the pay offer from the government, even though their own leadership had recommended they accept it. pat cullen spoke to the bbc earlier: we have strike action for the e

us presidentjoe biden vows to protect access to a widely—used abortion pill, as two judges issue conflictingulings. us vice president kamala harris meets the two tennessee lawmakers expelled for protesting about gun control. and china begins three days of military exercises near taiwan in response to the taiwanese president's visit to the us. we begin here in the us, where president biden says he will fight a new ruling out of texas to halt the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone in seven days. in a statement, joe biden called it "another unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms from women and putting their health at risk." adding, "if it stands, it would prevent women in every state from accessing the medication, regardless of whether abortion is legal in a state." earlier thejustice department had also announced that it will be appealing the court's decision and will look into separate ruling out of washington state. that ruling is seperate and contradictory to the one in texas, but was handed down about the same time. in a partialand preliminary injunction, the washington j

belfast is really gearing up at the moment for the arrival of us presidentjoe biden. th his presidentialjet, air force 1, tonight. this building is the location forjoe biden�*s main public event in this trip isn'tjust main public event in this trip isn't just about celebrating the good friday agreement and the good friday agreement and the 25th anniversary. it's looking forward to the future of northern ireland and many of the people studying here are part of the generation that don't remember the troubles or perhaps weren't born at that time. his trip properly starts on wednesday, a meeting with rishi sunak and a visit to ulster university's new campus. butjoe biden won't be advising —— visiting this building, stormont, the home of the devolved government. power sharing here in northern ireland collapsed over a year ago. with the democratic unionist party refusing to return over post—brexit trading arrangements. the president seemingly wants to avoid the political stand—off. from wednesday afternoon he'll be in the irish republic and it will be a mix of political busi

starting with developments in tennessee, where us presidentjoe biden has tweeted this photo, which shows him meeting with the tennessee three. he thanked them "for their leadership and courage "in the face of a blatant disregard of our nation's democratic values." us vice president kamala harris has made a speech in nashville on a surprise visit after two state lawmakers were expelled yesterday over their protests on gun control. justinjones and justin pearson, as well as a third lawmaker, gloria johnson, who narrowly survived, have become known as "the tennessee three". they called for gun reform after the nashville school shooting that killed six people. in the last hour, kamala harris has been talking — let's listen. because they chose to show courage. in the face of an extreme tragedy, which is that 11 days ago, six people, three educators, and three babies, nine years old, were murdered. senselessly. due to gun violence. they chose to lead and show courage to say that a democracy allows for places where the people's voice will be heard and honoured and respected. and they understood

the presidentjoe biden has just issued a statement saying :.re are sf, one of the two army groups at the centre of the conflict are fighting for the conflict are fighting for the sudan army for control. they released a separate statement saying they are co—ordinating with you with evacuations but the us has not confirmed whether or not is true. earlier, attempts to get people out were put on hold with one of the most intense days of fighting since violence broke out more than a week ago. it is not clear how the evacuations happen, considering khartoum is badly damaged by shelling and the sudanese airspace is closed. the new york times is reporting the pentagon positioned more troops in recent days in the nearby nation of djibouti where the military has a base to prepare for a rescue. military has a base to prepare fora rescue. — — military has a base to prepare for a rescue. — — the us military. the us state department releasing a statement saying the us embassy in khartoum has now suspended operations. forthe in khartoum has now suspended oper

us presidentjoe biden has formally announced he'll run for re—election in 2024, setting the stage forrun for re—election in 2024, setting the stage for a potential rematch with donald trump. at 80 years old, mr biden is already the oldest president in us history, but in a video released on tuesday, he told voters he wanted to finish what he started. the question we are facing is whether, in the years ahead, we have more freedom or less freedom. more rights or fewer. i know what i want and i think you do to. this is not a time to be complacent. that's why i'm running for re—election. our north america correspondent anthony zurcher has been analysing that announcement. that's why i'm running for election. that's why i'm running for election-— that's why i'm running for election. joe biden set the tone for— election. joe biden set the tone for the _ election. joe biden set the tone for the 2024 - election. joe biden set the tone for the 2024 for - election. joe biden set the i tone for the 2024 for election campaign with a slickly produced video, starting with not pathfinder look back in

us presidentjoe biden tweeted this photo, which shows him meeting with the tennessee three.and courage in the face of a blatant disregard of our nation's democratic values." earlier we spoke with justinjones, one of the two state representatives expelled yesterday. he told the bbc how the national attention on tennessee could affect efforts for stricter gun control. i have seen mothers — suburban white mothers, urban black mothers, people across state from rural and urban areas come to the capital to demand action on the issue and we have the majority of people on our side in tennessee, calling for systemic change, calling for policy change, who are fed up with moments of silence, fed up with their empty prayers, saying this ends now, enough is enough. this easter it is a quarter of a century since the good friday agreement ending sectarian violence in northern ireland. events carry on into next week with a visit from us president joe biden on wednesday. but 25 years on, little tensions and obstacles sadly persist in northern ireland. so, what does the generation born since

before coming to china, lula hasjust that before coming to china, lula has just visited the us presidentjoe biden watching very closely the brazilian moves towards china a few weeks ago, a senior state department official, gray—nicolls, said the united states are focused on going to latin america that the united states is the best partner for the region, especially for brazil, but for the moment there is no indication whatsoever that the united states could retaliate brazil for its recent diplomatic moves. ., moves. so we mentioned as well that a lot of _ moves. so we mentioned as well that a lot of the _ moves. so we mentioned as well that a lot of the strippers - that a lot of the strippers about economic ties and trade and we mentioned the trade between brazil and china nearly hundred $53 billion, what —— lula hope to walk away with from this trip? —— a lot of the trip. from this trip? -- a lot of the tri -. ., , from this trip? -- a lot of the tri . _ ., , ., from this trip? -- a lot of the tri. ., ,., ., trip. that is one of the most interesting _ trip. that is one of the most interesting qu

we're going to take a closer look at our news out of northern ireland, where us presidentjoe biden hasch ended decades of violent conflict. president biden touched down in belfast on tuesday evening. on wednesday, he had tea with uk prime minister rishi sunak, before speaking to some of northern ireland's political leaders. he also made a pit stop at ulster university, for a speech where he reflected on the anniversary. every person killed any troubles left an empty chair at the dining room table and a whole in the hearts is never filled for the ones they lost. peace was not inevitable. we can't ever forget that. now, notably, what we did not see president biden do was deliver an official address local lawmakers. it's because of more recent political divisions. let's take a look. a part of the good friday agreement was devolved government in northern ireland. what you're looking at here is stormont — that's where the northern ireland assembly sits. in february last year, then first minister — dup�*s paul givan — resigned in protest over a brexit agreement known as the northern ireland

and us presidentjoe biden pledges another $1 billion to tackle climate change. hello. i'm sumi somaskanda. we start with the ongoing fighting in sudan, and us officials say they are readying for a possible evacuation of staff from the american embassy in khartoum — moving more us troops to a base in nearby djibouti. it comes as there's been fresh gunfire in the capital and another failed ceasefire, with many people trapped inside the city after nearly a week of fighting between rival military factions. the violence is now thought to have killed at least 330 people, with thousands more injured. earlier, us national security council spokesmanjohn kirby said president biden is following the situation very closely. he authorised the military to move forward with pre— positioning forces and to develop options in case, and i want to stress right now, in case there is a need for an evacuation. meanwhile, many people are desperately trying to leave, fearful about dwindling food supplies and the collapse of medical services. earlier, the un secretary general once again called f

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and us presidentjoe biden pledges another $1 billion to tackle climate change. hello.the ongoing fighting in sudan, and us officials say they are readying for a possible evacuation of staff from the american embassy in khartoum — moving more us troops to a base in nearby djibouti. it comes as there's been fresh gunfire in the capital

away from twitter — all attention will be on northern ireland today — as us presidentjoe biden begins to belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. he's been meeting with the uk prime minister rishi sunak — and has a busy day ahead. the windsor framework will be discussed — that's the new brexit deal for northern ireland agreed with the european union. northern ireland is the only part of the uk to have a land border with the eu at the republic of ireland. the signing of the windsor framework in february did ease fears over post brexit trade rules but the democratic unionist party is still not on board so what does the future hold for businesses in northern ireland? gordon milligan is the chair of the institute of directors for northern ireland. give us a snapshot because you are in a position to see what business was like before the deal was signed and a business now, talk to me about how ireland has changed as a place to invest. ~ ., ., , , to invest. without doubt in my view northern ireland _ to invest. without doubt in my view northern ireland has _ to inv

us presidentjoe biden has announced he plans to stand for a second term at the us election next year.he said: "i plan on running, but we're not prepared to announce it yet". live now to washington and our correspondentjess parker(0s) live now to washington and our correspondentjess parker what is going on? it needs decoding, sa in: , what is going on? it needs decoding, sa inc, i'm what is going on? it needs decoding, saying. i'm not _ what is going on? it needs decoding, saying, i'm not announcing _ what is going on? it needs decoding, saying, i'm not announcing it... - saying, i'm not announcing it... what we have heard is thatjoe biden has intent to run, but that has not been announced officially. joe biden does not seem to be in a rush to officially enter the field for democratic candidate, a field which is looking pretty empty at the moment. clearly, other potential big hitters are hesitant to put themselves forward, as joe hitters are hesitant to put themselves forward, asjoe biden seems almost certain to enter the race. they have an expectation is that we could see an announcem

and the banking crisis has been one of several economic challenges faced by the us presidentjoe bidenhe has confirmed he has signed up to staff of the democrats in the next presidential election, it is a good time to look back at how he has done so far on the economic front. here is michelle fleury.- economic front. here is michelle fleury. joe biden's real action _ michelle fleury. joe biden's real action comes _ michelle fleury. joe biden's real action comes as - michelle fleury. joe biden'sl real action comes as america michelle fleury. joe biden's - real action comes as america is navigating some pretty uncertain economic waters whether us president can gloat is on thejobs whether us president can gloat is on the jobs front. look at this chart. employment is rising nicely until the pandemic, when thejob market created. sincejoe biden took off as it has steadily increased. under his watch, over 12 one half millionjobs have been created. the employment rate is at a 50 year low. —— the unemployment rate. the context in which these were created, in the middle of a pandemic, policies h

right now, _ in vice presidentjoe biden right now.jor health problems of hunger, homelessness and to do it in real time _ homelessness and to do it in real time and — homelessness and to do it in real time and we are missing some opportunities by policymakers not being _ opportunities by policymakers not being educated on the subject but of course, _ being educated on the subject but of course, security has to come first in order— course, security has to come first in order to — course, security has to come first in order to protect elections, we have _ in order to protect elections, we have policymakers becoming technologists and being educated. we have to technologists and being educated. , have to leave it there. thank you very much indeed forjoining us and we are going to go through a short break and talk about donald trump, the other side and also about the tax in america over the last week. hello there. 0ur weather story for friday is a tale of two halves, the best of the weather once again through scotland and northern ireland,

let's turn to ireland now — where us presidentjoe biden has already had a busy day and where in the nextour he's expected to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament. in the past hour we've seen him arrive at farmleigh house in dublin for a meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. . , relationship between the us and ireland. ., , , relationship between the us and ireland. . , , ., ireland. there really is an opportunity _ ireland. there really is an opportunity to _ ireland. there really is an opportunity to make - ireland. there really is an i opportunity to make serious progress, notjust because of the accords that we signed 25 years ago, but just accords that we signed 25 years ago, butjust in terms of the way ireland is moving, and the way that it is taking its place in the world, and i just think that it feels so good to be able to have this emerging and a stronger relationship between the united states and ireland.- united states and ireland. earlier toda , mr uni

presidentjoe biden has been pushing for low gas prices to ease the cost of living burden on americanocketbooks.— living burden on american pocketbooks. samir hussein reporting — pocketbooks. samir hussein reporting for— pocketbooks. samir hussein reporting for us. _ pocketbooks. samir hussein reporting for us. i _ pocketbooks. samir hussein reporting for us. i want - pocketbooks. samir hussein reporting for us. i want to i reporting for us. i want to turn your attention to australia because later today the central bank will make its latest decision on the cost of borrowing. the reserve bank of australia has hiked rates ten times in a row to stem sky high inflation in the country. earlier, i spoke with a man who told me what he expected from the rba today.— the rba today. well, we think the rba today. well, we think the are the rba today. well, we think they are going _ the rba today. well, we think they are going to _ the rba today. well, we think they are going to stay - the rba today. well, we think they are going to stay on - the rba today. well, we think| they are going to stay o

the us presidentjoe biden has been pushing for lower gas prices to ease the cost of living burden onrican pocketbooks. i living burden on american pocketbooks.— living burden on american pocketbooks. living burden on american ocketbooks. ., ., ., pocketbooks. i want to turn to australia for _ pocketbooks. i want to turn to australia for you _ pocketbooks. i want to turn to australia for you know - pocketbooks. i want to turn to | australia for you know because later today the central bank there will make its latest decision on the cost of borrowing. the reserve bank of australia has hiked rates nine times in a row so far in a bid to stem sky high inflation in the country but recent data suggest those racing places may be slowing and notjust in australia. earlier i spoke with someone from state street global markets and he told me what you expected today. we think they — what you expected today. - think they will stay on hold and clearly inflation is still and clearly inflation is still a problem in australia but the way we are looking at it right now is that inflation is coming down.

us presidentjoe biden has been in northern ireland today to mark the 25th anniversary of the good fridayread sectarian violence. however, the power—sharing arrangements it paved the way for have broken down, in a row over new trading arrangements introduced after britain left the eu. gordon milligan is the chair of the institute of directors for northern ireland, and says the good friday agreement made a big difference for the economy and investment. pre—the good friday agreement, business was very difficult. you had very limited foreign direct investment in northern ireland, and companies and businesses were not growing. northern ireland wasn't on the tourist map at all. fast forward to following the good friday agreement, in the last decade, northern american organisations have invested circa £i.5 northern american organisations have invested circa £1.5 billion into organisations and businesses in northern ireland. there is 1300 people employed in north american organisations, and two examples are allstate and citibank who employ 35,000 people here in northern ireland. tourism in north

france starts evacuating citizens from sudan as us presidentjoe biden confirms that american embassy staff and their families have also been evacuated. more than 400 people have been killed since violence erupted last week. ethnic—serb parties are boycotting an election in north kosovo because of the authority's refusal to grant limited autonomy to kosovo serbs. voters are choosing new mayors in four municipalities where serbs are in the majority. a hollywood ending for wrexham fc, the welsh football club backed by stars ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney, as it celebrates a return to the football league for the first time in fifteen years. a record 10,000 runners are taking part in this year's london marathon, expected to be the largest ever. you're watching bbc news. bike notice time for a special investigation. now it's time for cocaine: flooding europe. the coke is everywhere. europe is battling a cocaine crisis, and one port in belgium is on the front line. everybody knows in europe that this is the port to do something. antwerp is now the main gateway to the continent. customs ar

first up, us presidentjoe biden has been in northern ireland 225 years since the end of the trouble isolitical leaders including rishi sunak before giving a short beach in belfast where he talked about the importance of keeping the peace.— talked about the importance of keeping the peace. every person killed in the _ keeping the peace. every person killed in the troubles _ keeping the peace. every person killed in the troubles left - keeping the peace. every person killed in the troubles left an - killed in the troubles left an empty chair at the dining room table. and a hole in the heart that was never filled for the ones they lost. piece was not inevitable. we can't ever forget that.— inevitable. we can't ever foruet that. , ., forget that. other news now, uk's government _ forget that. other news now, uk's government decision - forget that. other news now, uk's government decision to | uk's government decision to block legislation them aims to make it easier for people block legislation them aims to make it easierfor people in scotland to change their legally recognised gender is to

we will head back to our main story, the visit of the us presidentjoe biden, who has been given a speechs only event in northern ireland before he heads to dublin will stop he met with the british prime minister, rishi sunak. lots of reaction coming in to the trip, of course. the view of the dup was listening to the president's speech, and was asked whether it had been a missed opportunity for northern ireland, because of the lack of functioning government at stormont. the solution would be found in speeches made in stormont, it will be found in the hard graft and the hard yards that we need to undertake to get this right, and that is what i'm determined to do, to get it right. i will continue for as long as it takes to get the foundations, the strong foundations, that northern ireland needs to move forward together as part of the united kingdom.— forward together as part of the united kinudom. . , ., , ,, united kingdom. wears that process at riaht united kingdom. wears that process at right now? _ united kingdom. wears that process at right now? a _ united kingdom. wears that process a

presidentjoe biden and the first ladyjill biden are hosting president yoon of south korea and his wife korea agreed to step up cooperation over the possible use of nuclear weapons in any conflict with north korea. the deal will see us nuclear armed submarines dock in south korea for the first time in forty years. saul says it's a welcoming a greater voice in planning lots more on the bbc website. that's it from us. hello there. particularly warm days have been few and far between so far this spring. in fact, the highest temperature we've recorded this yearwas in highlands, scotland, 21.2 celsius. for england and wales, temperatures have not yet got above 18 degrees celsius. we have to look back all the way to 1986 to find a year when we've had to wait this long for temperatures higher than that across england and wales. but that may be about to change. over the next few days, some warmer air pushes its way northwards. the one place that won't get an awful lot warmer is the far north of scotland. so, through the rest of the week, we will see some spells of rain through the day ahead, an