let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as globally
Russian championship. Details in the report igor prudnikov. Intrigue, unpredictable turns. Plot and the highest skill of those who play the main roles. The russian figure skating championship looks like a breathtaking film that you cant tear yourself away from. With more than 200 points for the free program, the whole hall applauded the performance of peter gumenik in a single impulse, only a mistake made the day before in the Short Program did not allow peter to rise above third place. Vladislav the wild is located on the second. He conquered spectators with an excellent jumping technique, but still lost one point to evgeniy semenenko, who, in turn, went out into the flight collected and showed the championship performance, to the wild joy of his many fans, semenenko took the gold of the National Championship for the second time in a row, the impressions are only the most positive, joy in his soul, im kind of glad that i was able to defend the title. So to speak. Competitions of dance
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
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