Our Ireland Correspondent Sara Girvin reports. After years of strained relations, this was the Moment Sir Keir starmer was given A Hundred Thousand welcomes to dublin. There were smiles and handshakes as he and his irish counterpart were presented with football jerseys. This will be proudly worn in north london before too long. Both leaders said this was an opportunity to renew and deepen the friendship between britain and ireland. I know as two new leaders of our respective countries, we both said we wish to really place British Irish Relations on a new path, and i really appreciate the time that youve given to that since taking office. Its really important to me and to my government, and i think it is the moment for reset, and its when we put meaning behind those words. International matters took Centre Stage following a roundtable business discussion. We have to be clear in the face of russian aggression, we have to stand together to coordinate, stand with our allies and give ukrain
We will have a special programme in 30 minutes. Hello, im nicky schiller. We start in the United States where President Biden has delivered his last state of the Union Address before the president ial election in november. In a fiery speech he warned that the us is facing a greater threat to its freedom and democracy than at any time since the presidency of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s. He repeatedly took swipes at donald trump, using the term, My Predecessor 13 times. He described mr trumps recent remarks about nato as unacceptable. Mr biden said he had inherited an economy on the brink after the turmoil of covid pandemic, but it was now the envy of the world. But it was his repeated attacks on mr trump which drew the biggest cheers on capitol hill. Nomia iqbal has the story from washington. Cheering. This was President Biden s make or break moment to show americans why he should be re elected. No pressure. Good evening. If i were smart, id go home now. Laughter. It was a more fiery s
British armys top ira spy probably cost more lives did in the Northern Ireland troubles than he saved. During the Northern Ireland troubles. Hello, and welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. A brand new way of getting aid into gaza. A new maritime corridor should be up and running by the weekend. Lets take a look at a map and see how it will work. This maritime corridor will carry aid from cyprus, there at the top, across the sea into gaza. At the same time, the us has said it is going to be building a temporary port, a temporary pier, to help get more aid into gaza from the sea. There have been different attempts to try to get aid in air recently, but these are widely seen as a largely inefficient way of getting the amount of aid into gaza. Of course there have been crossings by trucks, especially around the rafah area, but this latest attempts to get aid in by sea, the eu as part of this arrangement and made this announcement in cyprus a li
Indias dominance on day two of the final test against england has given them a substantial lead as they look for their fourth win in the series. Good afternoon. A major independent report into stakeknife the british armys top agent inside the iras internal Security Unit has concluded that his work probably resulted in more lives being lost than saved. The seven year Investigation Called Operation Kenova examined the activities of Freddie Scappaticci during the troubles in Northern Ireland. Hes suspected of involvement in numerous murders. The Police Service of Northern Irelands Chief Constable called on the uk government to apologise to the families affected, and said the ira needs to acknowledge its actions. Sara girvinjoins us live from belfast. After seven yea rs, after seven years, nearly £40 million, and just over 200 pages, today we had the findings from 0peration Kenovas interim report and it has found an army agent operating at the heart of the ira during the 30 years of viole