there will be appeal regardless. now, some experts think this super mario film could be one of the biggest movies of the year. and hollywood studio owners and indeed movie theatres will be hoping that its success is a sign that families are prepared to go back to the cinema after the covid pandemic. have you been to see that film? your thoughts, have you been to see that film? yourthoughts, please have you been to see that film? your thoughts, please get in touch. now, just that preparations are actually under way now in northern ireland for arrival ofjoe biden later arrival of joe biden later today. arrival ofjoe biden later today. this visit of course is today. this visit of course is to mark the anniversary of the signing of the good friday agreement. the white house is saying that the us president is actually extremely excited about this trip which will also take him to the republic of ireland he has his ancestral roots of course. he lands in belfast later and we will be a that liv
try and make sure that communications continue and to the extent we can be helpful in moving towards the goals of the good friday, the belfast agreement, was to go ahead and cease the troubles and bring some political stability and if we can continue to do that we will. ., , will. here on bbc news we ll have live will. here on bbc news we ll have live coverage will. here on bbc news we ll have live coverage of- will. here on bbc news we ll have live coverage of the - will. here on bbc news we ll have live coverage of the us| have live coverage of the us president and the events that take place in northern ireland as they happen. but now let s focus on the days ahead for the national health service here in the uk. a doctors strike that threatens to bring the worst disruption in the history of the health service begins injust two hours here in england. it runs all the way through to saturday morning and could mean the cancellation of 350,000 appointments and operations. the doc
live from london, this is bbc news. a doctors strike that threatens to be the most disruptive in the history of the nhs begins in england. final preparations for a president joe biden heads to northern ireland to mark 25 years of the good friday agreement. a day after china wraps up military drills, the us and philippines start their biggestjoint exercises. president zelensky says an area of ukraine, rougly the same size as syria, has been contaminated by landmines since the russian invasion.
police to do here. it is a huge day for northern ireland on the world stage, in the media spotlight, there is media from right across the world, joe biden due to fly in this evening, tomorrow he has one public engagement in belfast, he will be going to the university, like i mentioned, meeting students, then he will chat with the british prime minister rishi sunak, they will be talking about the political situation here and the lack of a functioning devolved government which is hugely concerning for politicians like rishi sunak and joe biden but, more importantly, for people in northern ireland really fed up with the current situation, so a lot to get through. president biden is expected to push to unite all stormont parties to form a resolution, what are the hopes of him having success? i think it is probably quite doubtful at this moment because the democratic unionist party, the largest unionist party here, want to remain as part of the uk, and they have basically
will also be a homecoming of sorts. ., ~ ., will also be a homecoming of sorts. ., ~ ., ., sorts. you know, i often say we irish are the sorts. you know, i often say we irish are the only sorts. you know, i often say we irish are the only people - sorts. you know, i often say we irish are the only people in - irish are the only people in the world who are nostalgic for the world who are nostalgic for the future. i think that s true, by the way. and but now the diplomatic once wrote, every st patrick s day, every irishman goes out to find another irishman to make a speech to. said that this morning and i asked you to hear it making speeches. luckily we don t have to go far today. with more than 30 million people in the us identifying as irish american it night be beneficial at the ballot box, too. mick mulvaney served as us special envoy to northern ireland under donald trump. he told the bbc why the good friday agreement is so important to the us and what president biden could