we ll ask how the plan might work. also ahead. downing street says talks with the eu over a brexit deal covering northern ireland have been positive , raising hopes of a new agreement. also in northern ireland. a fifth person s been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the off duty police officerjohn caldwell in omagh. officially, there are just 30 minutes left to vote in nigeria s most competitive elections since the end of military rule. but there are still long queues, with reports that some polling stations didn t open on time. a record number of people, nearly 90 million, have been eligible to vote. there s tight security across the country. 18 candidates are running to replace president buhari. the election is being seen as one of the most unpredictable in recent years. joining me now from lagos is our west africa correspondent, mayenijones. thank you forjoining us. just give us a little bit of context surrounding these elections, they are taking place i
the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is making his first official visit to poland since russia invaded ukraine. these are live pictures from warsaw where he is being welcomed by andrzej duda the country s leader at the presidential palace and he is expected to thank the polish people. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started in february last year. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also the first country to send fighterjets to ukraine. let s head to warsaw and our correspondent, adam easton. take us through what we are looking at. g , . ., take us through what we are looking at. g , ., ., ., ., take us through what we are looking at. , ., ., ., ., , at. just under an hour ago president zelensky arrived at. just under an hour ago president zelensky arrived at at. just under an hour ago president zelensky arrived at the at. just under an hour ago president zelensky arrived at
hello and welcome. president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon, as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in dublin. he is already here this morning, he is going to meet the irish president at his official residency. they are going to plant a tree together and then they will be in the city centre speaking to politicians at the irish parliament. only the fourth time a us president has been invited to do this so it is a huge honourforjoe biden who is incredibly proud of his irish roots. we saw yesterday he was meeting his family members and locals there and at times, to be honest, it looked like he was on holiday, he was having such a good time. let s see what he got up to. an irish homecoming for a us president. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his ancestra
sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s kasa. bayern munich have suspended sadio mane from the club s match this saturday against hoffenheim for his misconduct after the 3 0 defeat to manchester city in the quarterfinals of the champions league on tuesday night. the 31 year old former liverpool winger has also been given a fine by the bavarian side after reports of a changing room bust up with team mate leroy sane. the two players were seen arguing towards the end of the match. and german papers allege mane punched his team mate in the face. in the pick of tonight s europa league quarter final ties, six times champions sevilla travel to old trafford to face manchester united, who will be without in form striker marcus rashford. the forward has scored 28 goals this season for the club, but is out due to groin strain. the man likely to replace him, anthony martial, and boss, ten hag praised the frenchman, saying he makes the side better. the 53 year o
president biden has finished his address saying that the united kingdom should work more closely with the double government to support northern ireland. he said that political violence should never be allowed to take hold again. mr biden is on a tour of the republic of ireland having visited northern ireland on wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. when he entered the chamber he was met with a round of applause and open his speech by saying, when he is in ireland he feel he is at home. he said, his country was shaped by ireland highlighting the shared values between the two nations before praising ireland s role in internationalforeign praising ireland s role in international foreign policy. praising ireland s role in internationalforeign policy. you international foreign policy. you are internationalforeign policy. you are still looking at those images, let s speak now to senator who was in the parliamentjoining us live now from dublin. thank y