hello and welcome. president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon, as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in dublin. he is already here this morning, he is going to meet the irish president at his official residency. they are going to plant a tree together and then they will be in the city centre speaking to politicians at the irish parliament. only the fourth time a us president has been invited to do this so it is a huge honourforjoe biden who is incredibly proud of his irish roots. we saw yesterday he was meeting his family members and locals there and at times, to be honest, it looked like he was on holiday, he was having such a good time. let s see what he got up to. an irish homecoming for a us president. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his ancestra
by the effects of strikes by public sector workers. the office for national statistics said that a rise in construction activity had been offset by walkouts by teachers and civil servants. it follows a surprise 0.4% jump in economic growth injanuary which brings the uk economy, finally, to a point where it is bigger than it was pre pandemic. the value of sterling rose to its highest level since june of last year, with £1 getting you i dollar and twenty five cents. despite february s flatlining the chancellor described the outlook as brighter than expected . let s get more now with victoria scholar, head of investment at interactive investor. investor. investor. the investor. the last investor. the last few investor. the last few minutes investor. the last few minutes we investor. the last few minutes we had investor. the last few minutes we had at the in the last few minutes we had at the elite has production data from the elite has production data from the euro is aime
Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the United States and china. That is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world . Applause welcome to the
large numbers of russians have been leaving the country. at least 23 protesters have been killed and many arrested in iran, as demonstrations triggered by the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police have spread to almost every province in the country. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benedicte paviot, who s the uk correspondent from france 2a, as well as being the chair of the uk advisory board of reporters without borders. and also with me is martin bentham, the home affairs editor at the evening standard. tomorrow s front pages, starting with, the guardian s front page carries a warning from the bank of england that the economy is already in recession. whereas the telegraph reports that the chancellor will warn the bank of england to get grip on inflation ahead of the mini budget tomorrow. the daily express has a different take on the story. focussing on plans to cut taxes to boost growth
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