here he is being greeted on the tarmac at dublin airport by the irish tee shock leo varadkar. the pair then left in a motorcade, heading for county lowth where they re expected in the next half an hour or so. president biden has urged northern ireland s political factions to resume power sharing, during a visit to mark 25 years of the deal that ended the conflict. he is in northern ireland to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the signing of the good friday agreement. the president won t be visiting the northern ireland assembly in stormont during his trip. it was established as a result of the good friday agreement, but it s currently not functioning since the democratic unionist party withdrew its support in protest at post brexit trading arrangements. biden acknowledged the differences but said he hoped power sharing would resume. thousands of famliies have been affected by the troubles, the pain was real. every person killed left an empty chair at a dining room table and
It is sam is tuesday the greatest newsday. It is 8am in singapore and iam in london. Marawi has been under siege for nearly a week by islamist militants. On monday, the government has said it made decisive progress to retake the city but at least 100 civilians have been killed and 2000 people may still be trapped in militant held areas. Our correspondent has more. We do not know how long it will take. They have been hard to evict from the city. I do not think anyone can put a timeline on it. They can 110w can put a timeline on it. They can now control people going in and out of the city. Once this is over, people will want to know how many of the group that got involved in the attack, this hardline militant group, how many of them managed to escape and once that is done, there are bigger question is that the philippines government have tienza and one is how this terrible battle which has caused so much damage was allowed to take place. It was supposed to be a routine operation to detai
In sheffield charged with the murder of 16 year old leonne weeks. Her body was found on a Pathway Near Rotherham on monday. Now its time for newswatch with samira ahmed. This week, is the bbc broadcasting too much bad news about brexit . Hello. Welcome to newswatch. Coming up hello. Welcome to newswatch. Coming up on this programme. The Prime Minister reveals more of the governments plans for leaving the European Union. But is the bbc obsessed with the potential downsides of brexit . And the bbc trust says a report aboutJeremy Corbyns Policies On Shoot To Kill was inaccurate but the corporations director of news rejects the finding. Whats going on . In the build up to it Donald Trumps inauguration the bbc broadcast a number of reports about the 45th president of the united states. Mondays panorama, for example, asked whether he was the kremlins candidate for the job . The asked whether he was the kremlins candidate for thejob . The reporter has a habit of testy on air encounters as dem
In sheffield charged with the murder of 16 year old leonne weeks. Her body was found on a Pathway Near Rotherham on monday. Now its time for newswatch with samira ahmed. This week, is the bbc broadcasting too much bad news about brexit . Hello. Welcome to newswatch. Coming up hello. Welcome to newswatch. Coming up on this programme. The Prime Minister reveals more of the governments plans for leaving the European Union. But is the bbc obsessed with the potential downsides of brexit . And the bbc trust says a report aboutJeremy Corbyns Policies On Shoot To Kill was inaccurate but the corporations director of news rejects the finding. Whats going on . In the build up to it Donald Trumps inauguration the bbc broadcast a number of reports about the 45th president of the united states. Mondays panorama, for example, asked whether he was the kremlins candidate for the job . The asked whether he was the kremlins candidate for thejob . The reporter has a habit of testy on air encounters as dem
Labour have been destroyed over the years and we will fight back. Thank you. You can go on line to see more. We repeat the actual review on iplayer if you want it. Lovely to see you both. I cannot think of where i would rather spend my saturday, can you . Where i would rather spend my saturday, can you . Coming up next, it is the film review. Goodbye for now. Hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases, as ever, mark kermode is with me, and what will you be telling us about this week, mark . Very interesting week. We have jackie, in which Natalie Portman plays the first lady. We have split, a psychological thrillerfrom m night shyamalan. And lion, the true story of a little boy lost. Well, jackie, how timely . Yes, extraordinary, isnt it . So this is directed by chilean film maker pablo larrain, and its the story of the assassination and aftermath ofjohn f kennedy, as seen through the eyes of Jackie Kennedy, played, as everyone will