a chinese rocket launching a weather satellite briefly forces planes flying to and from northern taiwan to alter their routes. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for northern ireland s peace babies. northern ireland, a small place of only 2 million people, once again capturing the attention of the world. presidents and prime ministers past and present have beenjetting into the province to join in celebrations for a political agreement signed here 25 years ago. supporting the people of northern ireland, protecting the peace is a priority. it s regarded as the day that helped and decades of violence here during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. reactions to being signed were largely positive. work the opportunity to come has been fantastic, and it s going to be. some were not convinced. i don t think we will ever see peace. think something different. i have come to a town in county down, roughly 20 minutes outside of belfast, and is home to around 6000 people. it s also where i grew
the restoration of notre dame in paris, which was nearly destroyed by fire four years ago, is expected to be finished on schedule. you re watching bbc news. now its time for northern ireland s peace babies. northern ireland, a small place of only 2 million people, once again capturing the attention of the world. presidents and prime ministers past and present have been getting and present have beenjetting into the province to join in celebrations for a political agreement signed here 25 years ago. supporting the people of northern ireland, protecting the peace is a priority. it s regarded as the day that helped and decades of violence here during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. reactions to being signed were largely positive. work the opportunity to come has been fantastic, and it s going to be. some were not convinced. i don t think we will ever see peace. i have come to a town in county down, roughly 20 minutes outside of belfast, and is home to around 6000 people. it s also where
protests are on everyone s minds. and a line up fit for a king the artists performing at the coronation concert are announced. some rain across some rain gci’oss eastern some rain across eastern england today, many, it is drier, brighter and milder, details on that and the full weekend forecast coming up here breakfast. it s saturday 15th april. japan s prime minister has been evacuated from a public event after an explosion was heard as he was about to give a speech. police in the city of wakayama have arrested a man on suspicion of throwing a smoke bomb. we re joined now by our tokyo correspondent, shaimaa khalil. very good morning to you. this incident happening in the last two hours or so, just take us through what happened. i will put the question again, can you hear us? it is charlie from the bbc breakfast studio. i think we can show you the pictures of the moment the drama happened? this is the immediate aftermath, the japanese prime minister at an event and there
to me, it sjust my grandad. 100 miles back up the road is belfast, northern ireland s capital city. during the troubles, it was the scene of many brutal attacks and killings, but also is where some talks were held and the good friday agreement signed. today, it s a modern city, attracting tourists from all over the world who want to learn about its past and the peace process. but in some areas of the city, like here in west belfast, where walls that separate the two sides of the community tower over houses and, in some cases, run through people s back gardens, peace isn t something that s a certainty. siren wails shouting just two years ago, riots broke out by the peace line at lanark way. police officers were attacked, petrol bombs thrown and a bus was set on fire. police said paramilitary organisations were likely to have been involved. it s a different picture to where i am now the lyric theatre across the city where i ve come to meet some young actors rehearsing for their next
they want change, and people were looking for change, and i think it s a sign that if people wanted it then, | it s a thing that we i should stand by now. how do you feel about what your grandad did 25 years ago? i honestly think it s pretty good because i d be in school and i d be, like, just in history or whatever, and you would be looking through the textbook and there would be photographs of him and talking about him, and it s, like, wow, he really did something important. what s the legacy like for you, 0llie? some of my friends were over here the other day and they saw the photo with bill clinton and the nobel prize, and they think it s crazy. some of them were sending photos of it to their parents, and they were saying, 0h, is this not weird having it in your house? to me, it sjust my grandad. 100 miles back up the road is belfast, northern ireland s capital city. during the troubles,