welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden who s just arrived in the irish capital dublin. earlier he made an impassioned defence of the good friday agreement in belfast 25 years after it was signed. he was greeted on the tarmac at dublin airport by the irish taoieseach leo varadkar. the pair then left in a motorcade, heading for co louth after the bad weather halted plans for the president to travel by helicopter. it s been a busy, busy day for the us president. it started with a meeting with rishi sunak both expressing their hope that power sharing can be restored. joe biden also met the leaders of the five main parties off camera he said he was in listening mode. the president will not be visiting stormont is currently not functioning since the democratic unit is party withdrew support in post brexit trading arrangements. the president acknowledged differences but said he hoped to power sharing would resume. i differences but said he hoped to power-sharing would re
tonight he is across the border in the republic of ireland, where he ll spend the next two days retracing his irish roots. also on the programme: prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month, but meghan won t be travelling from california. billionaire twitter boss elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff, and says his time well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller coaster. find well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for the first - world on course for the first ever fall in fossil fuels producing electricity? because of renewables? on bbc london: and coming up on the bbc news channel. the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from stormont on the day that president biden was in nort
tonight at six: president biden urges a return to power sharing here at stormont, as he marks 25 years of peace in northern ireland. during a whirlwind tour of belfast today, he addressed an audience at ulster university his focus on the younger generation. this place was transformed by peace, made techicolour by peace, made whole by peace. earlier the president met rishi sunak and praised his new post brexit trading deal for northern ireland. we spoke in particular about the incredible economic opportunities that are there in store for northern ireland and we talked about the investment potential that is there.
as the clock struck midday, the beast on belfast streets, president biden s heavily armored limo, with no shortage of other cars in tow. here it is, quite a spectacle, the president s motorcade. always something of a rigmarole when a us ppresident is on the move. yes, it s about security. it s also a projection of power. the president was heading for ulster university to reflect on northern ireland now and northern ireland then before the good friday agreement. every person killed in the troubles left an empty chair at their dining room table, and a hole in the heart that was never filled for the ones they lost. peace was not inevitable. we can t ever forget that. listening outside, the good friday agreement generation born in an era of relative peace.
it is coming up to a quarter past six. 0urtop it is coming up to a quarter past six. our top story this evening. president biden urges a return to power at stormont as he marks 25 years of peace in northern ireland. and coming up. it years of peace in northern ireland. and coming up. and coming up. it has been a really wet and coming up. it has been a really wet and and coming up. it has been a really wet and windy and coming up. it has been a really wet and windy day, - and coming up. it has been a - really wet and windy day, especially on the coast, and here in north coming up on the bbc news channel. chelsea look to put their premier league problems behind them as they travel to real madrid in the last eight of the champions league. staff. the hotel apologises. and underneath the shard, work begins on a huge mosaic. he s one of the world s richest men, and owns spacex, tesla and twitter. so when elon musk speaks, his words well chosen or not have the ability to move