security presence in place, lots of preparation still under way. it is an expectation around what president biden could say tomorrow when he makes that address at ulster university and if he could say anything that would influence the political stalemate here in northern ireland. he will be greeted by the prime minister, rishi sunak, when he arrives. he will be in ireland for four days. we will meet with some irish relatives. the only hint of what we got he would say was very generic. we understand the president tends to emphasise his country s commitment to preserving peace. let s take you to central belfast now. let s take you to central belfast now. live now to charlotte gallagher. i went for a walk this morning and saw the massive security operation in place. how many officers and secret service are we talking about?
depends on who you speak to about how much the good friday agreement has delivered over the past quarter century, but the one thing that everyone would agree on here. is it brought peace? it bought safety at bought the knowledge that you could go out shopping in the central belfast with your family and not be caught up in an explosion more than 3.5 1000 people were killed during those three decades known as the troubles. so, yes, northern ireland has moved on. and yes, you can look around. see the development. see the development here in the city center, see the new businesses. the new new hotels, all those sorts of things that come with an improvement in the economy. but there are other areas where people will tell you particularly younger generation have been telling us that they feel that the good friday agreement hasn t delivered enough. not really on their expectations that you really can t have. a good conversation between let s say that the pro
during prayer services. you see him there, but he missed the traditional way of the cross procession at rome s coliseum and that was due to cold weather . now the pontiff has been struggling with his health. the 86 year old was released from a rome hospital. just last saturday after a bout of bronchitis. us president joe biden will travel to belfast on tuesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, and that s the peace deal that brought an end. finay two decades of sectarian violence, it established a power sharing government. northern ireland, comprised of both unionists and republicans, although storm has been in a state of collapse amid brexit ahead of that anniversary, though, police are on high alert point quote, significant forces this easter weekend and they re warning of possible disorder. even terrorist activity from dissident republicans. a top officer says he s measures haven t been necessary for years. our nic robertson has more now from belfast on the l
more now on one of our top stories and police in northern ireland are warning of the possibility of public disorder linked to the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement over this easter weekend and into next week. events begin today, and wednesday sees the us presidentjoe biden visiting belfast. he won t address lawmakers there, as the government assembly is still suspended. so a quarter of a century after the agreement, political tensions and obstacles are still present, as emma vardy reports. news of the troubles in northern ireland became a nightly refrain during the decades of bloodshed. a huge ira bomb rocked central belfast. the aftermath of another bombing in northern ireland high street. 27 soldiers are still in hospital. i rememberjust being struck by the sense of tension in the city, with barbed wire everywhere and soldiers everywhere. when you went there, you felt the presence of conflict.
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