and a pair of trainers worn by the us basketball superstar michaeljordan sells at auction for a record 2.2 million dollars. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived in belfast for a four day trip to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday agreement. the landmark deal largely brought to an end the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. president biden says he looks forward to reiterating america s commitment to preserving the peace. my colleague emma vardy has more. air force one arrives at belfast international, and northern ireland s first presidential visit in ten years is under way. time for a short hello with rishi sunak on the tarmac before the president was whisked away for the night. a ring of steel is in place in belfast city centre in what is one of the biggest security operations here of recent years. we ve been planning for this for a number of weeks. we ve prepared for all the various contingencies. our st
the greek prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, has said the next few days will pose a big test for his country, as wildfires continue to burn out of control across several islands, yesterday, two airforce pilots, were killed after their firefighting plane crashed as they attempted to help distinguish flames on the island of evia. more evacuation flights are taking place today and more than 20,000 people have left their homes and holidays. the court of appeal will be asked to quash the conviction of a man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he said he never committed. he was jailed 20 years ago for the attack on a woman in salford but the case is finally being reviewed after dna evidence linked the crime to another man. if his conviction is quashed, it will be the longest miscarriage of justice on the 21st century. radiographers who perform vital health scans are entering the second day of strikes today in some parts
not there s decisions are reasonable. it is something that has been at stake in a number of key issues in the past. for the protesters who have been gathered outside the building and outside the supreme court, they say is, in their view, the thin end of the wedge. this is the beginning of an erosion of the checks and balances that exist in israel s democratic system. which they fear will lead to a more authoritarian government. unshackled by any kind of legal niceties and able to do and a point and say whatever they want. that is why you are seeing such heated protests and such critical protests from key people. don t forget, this is a country that prides itself on being ready to go to war at any moment. now, some of the people who will be called upon to do precisely that, in particular airforce pilots called upon to do precisely that, in particular air force pilots and called upon to do precisely that, in particular airforce pilots and many other reservists, have said that if
province. the badge started as a fad among airforce pilots, but has since gone viral. that s all for now stay with bbc world news. hello there. stormy weather is expected to continue through tonight and into wednesday. and that s because we ve got this powerfuljet stream up above that weather system, developing it very rapidly in the past 2a hours, giving those severe gales, unusually windy weather, a lot of rain to go with it. it means the conditions on the roads have been pretty atrocious. and now, we ve got cold air tucking in around that low pressure across scotland, so turning progressively to snow, several centimetres over the hills here and even the showers further south following the rain band could be a little bit wintry. it s certainly going to be a chilly end to the night under the clearer skies further south, within a degree or two of freezing. but really, that s not the story.
We've had an absolute blast detailing our recent trip to the National Museum of the United States Air Force. As one with basic inferencing skills might have already guessed, most of the exhibits on display are unique aircraft from the pages of history. But evidently, based on this highly modified Ford Mustang, not all of them.