welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fallout from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months to last the end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that is fair and balanced and offers hope for the people of northern ireland. the agreement was based on the edge 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 mill
hello and welcome. let s begin with the tensions around taiwan where chinese military forces are conducting drills 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 the us navy says it has sailed a guided missile destroyer through contested waters claimed by china near the spratly islands to assert navigational passage rights. with the latest on the drills, here s our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo. this is the third day of military drills. drills which china calls operationjoint sword. it is surrounding taiwan, a self governing island. china s military exercises happened hours within the return of the taiwanese president from her
millions of dollars to deal with illegal channel crossings. hello and welcome to bbc news. start in the us where regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, one of the major lenders to tech companies and start ups. in one of the largest banking failures in the us since the 2008 financial crisis. tech correspondent jane clinton has explained how it happened. but forjames. this is one of the days that will go down in silicon valley history and it certainly one of the most stressful days for silicon valley founders in modern times. we spoke to people today who have been able to withdraw their money from silicon valley bank and some haven t. one person put in a wire request yesterday and waited nearly 2a hours and eventually found out they got the money out but another person says they have tried and tried and tried and have not been able to withdraw any funds and say they physically came down to one of these branches to try and get these branches to try and get the money out.
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