and a pair of trainers worn by the us basketball superstar michaeljordan sells at auction for a record 2.2 million dollars. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived in belfast for a four day trip to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday agreement. the landmark deal largely brought to an end the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. president biden says he looks forward to reiterating america s commitment to preserving the peace. my colleague emma vardy has more. air force one arrives at belfast international, and northern ireland s first presidential visit in ten years is under way. time for a short hello with rishi sunak on the tarmac before the president was whisked away for the night. a ring of steel is in place in belfast city centre in what is one of the biggest security operations here of recent years. we ve been planning for this for a number of weeks. we ve prepared for all the various contingencies. our st
might not have actually come from florida. more on that in a second. today, governor desantis defended his actions. we are not a sanctuary state, and it is better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you to be able to go to greener pastures. critics call it a stunt. we should point out that last month, 1. 8 million arrests, apprehensions or encounters on the southern border who supported that s according to customs and border protection, an increase from the last fiscal year. this one is not over yet. the move from desantis nearest districts that texas governor greg abbott began months ago, sending migrants to two other areas mostly populated by democratic voters, new york city in the nation s capital. today, at least two more buses arrived in washington d. c., this time outside the u.s. naval observatory, the residence of vice president kamala harris. it comes after she made comments at the southern border was, quo
that sneakers in and of themselves have been placed in themselves have been placed in the same way that people approach art. and that s really the point that garcia has made there, that sneakers are seen as art. during the course of doing that documentary, i spoke to loads of people who said that they were prepared to pay that much money for sneakers, which they see as collectibles. so really, the price that michaeljordan s sneakers have gone for today, it s likely that they will get even higher as the years go on. iimagine she i imagine she had a lot of fun doing that research. people in taiwan who are frustrated at china s latest military drills near the island have found a novel way of expressing their anger. many are choosing to wear badges that depict a taiwanese black bear punching the animated character winnie the pooh who often appears in memes to represent china s leader xi jinping. taiwan is a self ruled island with its own government and constitution, but china sees it a
and bowed their heads in respect meant not just for the and bowed their heads in respect meant notjust for the lies that were lost in the explosion but also for a fishing boat which sank a few days ago with the loss of three fishermen. people here on the island have had a lot to deal with in the last week and there is still a huge clear up going on. the explosion was so powerful even buildings a couple of hundred metres away were affected. an investigation is going on to the into the cause. affected. an investigation is going on to the into the cause. thank ou. the messaging platform twitter is relaunching its subscription service. for a monthly fee, users will get a blue tick badge, indicating their account has been verified, and their tweets will be given more prominence. people subscribing on apple devices will have to pay more. the initial launch last month was suspended after a rash of fake accounts. england s cricketers have had another thrilling test match victory in pakist
three boys, aged 8,10 and 11, have died afterfalling into a frozen lake in solihull, in the west midlands. they were rushed to hospital, after being pulled from the water at babbs mill park. a fourth boy, who s six, remains in a critical condition in hospital. police are continuing to search the lake, but they have no information that other children may be missing. our correspondent phil mackie has sent us this report, which some viewers may find distressing. just after 2:30pm, four children had fallen through the ice. police officers raced to help. there was a massive emergency response. a search to see if there were any others continued into the night. four young boys were pulled out and were taken to hospital, all had suffered cardiac arrests. today, we had confirmation of the news everyone feared, three had