hello and welcome. president biden will arrive in belfast, beginning a four day trip in northern ireland. he s marking the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, a deal that brought three decades of conflict, known as the troubles, largely to an end. when he lands, he ll be greeted by the british prime minister. a huge security operation is now in place. but the visit is going ahead in the absence of a devolved government in northern ireland is the power sharing deal ushered in collapsed. he says his already is to keep the peace. he is currently airborne on already is to keep the peace. he is currently airborne on his already is to keep the peace. he is currently airborne on his way - currently airborne on his way to northern ireland. we expect to arrive here in a little over three hours. so, when he arrives, he ll be greeted by the british prime minister. he will have one public engagement, which will be opening our university and the new campus there, so you can
contingencies. hello ,welcome to the programme, plenty to look forward to this evening, including joe biden s pending arrival in northern ireland. this was him departing joint base andrews earlier this afternoon. air force one expected just after nine, we will take you to live to that when it lands. elsewhere, we will discuss the latest assessment on the world economy. the imf warning today we are locked into a perilous phase of low economic growth. what does that mean for disposable income and our collective spending power? and what about those leaked us documents? the washington post reporting today that egypt, one of the united states oldest allies in the middle east, had secretly planned to supply rockets to russia. all that to come. but we start in belfast, where a huge security operation is in place tonight forjoe biden s imminent arrival. the main event, a speech tomorrow, at the new, ulster university campus. where it is understood the president will talk about the
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left northern ireland in 2003 after several media organisations alleged he had been working for the army while he was the head of the ira s internal security unit. joining me now is thejournalist peter taylor, who s just released a new book operation chiffon: the secret story of m15 and m16 and the road to peace in ireland. thank you for being with us. explain first of all who this man was? freddie stak, aka stakaknife, was an italian immigrant living in northern ireland, allegedly recruited by the british army known as the false research unit 221. he was recruited whilst walking his greyhounds freddie scappaticci. he was recruited by the army. why he