which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by then british prime minister tony blair and irish prime minister bertie ahern here in the picture along with senator george mitchell, the american chairman of the talks. 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 dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. 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 irelan
we start with some breaking news from the us now. police confirming that there has been a shooting incident, multiple casualties, the operation continuing with large areas cordoned off and a heavy police presence. in the last ten minutes, we have had an update from officers on the ground confirming that five people have been killed, and six more have been taken to hospital in louisville. no detail on the nature of the attack yet, but when this was first reported, a0 minutes ago, police on twitter had talked about an active aggressor. they told people to stay away from the area and said that the fbi where they re working on the ground. you saw that police officer talking to the camera ten minutes ago, saying that, the threat was no longer active, neutralised he said. the perpetrator has been shot and killed, but five people have been killed, but five people have been killed, six more taken to hospital. those are some of the latest details, some of the latest pictures. the late
there s been another deadly mass shooting in the united states. at least five people have been killed in kentucky. the shooting happened at a bank in downtown louisville. police have confirmed that the perpetrator who opened fire inside the building is now dead. six other people were injured and have been taken to hospital, after the incident in east main. let me show you the live pictures. police are saying just a while ago the investigation would take into the investigation would take into the evening. they were updating just a short while ago about the number of casualties, four people shot dead apart from the perpetrator himself. they told us that two officers had been shot, one is in surgery and critical condition. in six other people taken to hospital in police praised for stopping the further loss of life. getting to this bank and opening fire with the perpetrator. as i was in, the police gave us an update just a short while ago. let s have a listen. again at 8:30am
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 uk 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 fall out from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow it collapsed in the fall out from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. i spoke earlier to the bbc s mark simpson, who was present at the signing of the agreement. even though we heard the british, irish and american governments involved when he came to the multiparty negotiations here in belfast we thought one of the key players would walk out at the last minute. they didn t. there was an agreement. it was such a shock i got my copy. y