for talks on defence, including the plan for australia to get us nuclear subs. britain s chancellor warns uk tech companies are at serious risk from the collapse of the silicon valley bank, and says ministers are doing everything they can to protect them. and the countdown to the oscars begins but who will be smiling at the end of hollywood s biggest event of the year? the controversy over bbc sports presenter gary lineker and his tweets criticising the uk government s policy on asylum seekers shows no sign of abating. yesterday, it led to widespread disruption of the corporation s football coverage as fellow presenters and commentators pulled out in support of the former england international. he d been told by the bbc to step back from presenting its flagship football show match of the day. now the bbc say today s coverage is also likely to be affected with reduced coverage on the live broadcast of the women s super league clash between chelsea and manchester
welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fallout from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months to last the end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that is fair and balanced and offers hope for the people of northern ireland. the agreement was based on the edge of cooperation between communities and set up a new government representing both nationalists and unionists. a copy of it went to every household in northern ireland, and almost a mill
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. north korea has been accused of firing ballistic missiles into the sea of japan just a day after the us and south korea held a drill in response to a similar launch. north korea said that test was designed to show it was able to fire nuclear capable missiles at short notice in response to threats. chad o carroll works for the korea risk group and told me more. north korea has shown the capability to launch macro in short range tactical missiles over several years successfully. i think the key new thing here is the fact that the north koreans were making clear they could launch this icbm on saturday with a 9 hour window and they responded very quickly today to the us and south korean our drills last night with these tactical tests and i think the message basically is that for all the forthcoming us south korean exercises, there is going to be a very significant north korean military demonstration in response.
let me know what you think of the government s proposal. do you think there should be a required level of service during strikes or do you think it s an attack on the right to strike? i m on twitter at annita bbc and use the #bbcyourquestions pro democracy rallies take place across brazil in response to sunday s violent attack on government buildings by a far right mob. the historic uk space mission launched from a modified plane ends in failure after a technical issue stops a rocket reaching orbit. good morning and welcome. two british men who were working as volunteers in ukraine are missing. christopher parry, who s 28, and 48 year old andrew bagshaw, were last seen on friday in the eastern donetsk region, where fighting has been intense. it s understood mr parry, from truro in cornwall, had been helping people evacuate the city of bakhmut. the family of mr bagshaw say he was delivering food and medicines, and helping elderly people move away from the frontline.
34 there is any chance of a resolution. 3a years after the hillsborough disaster police forces across england and wales apologise formally for how the families of the victims were treated. the imf forecasts the uk will perform worse than any other major economy next year. the search continues for a woman who went missing during a dog walk in lancashire last friday. had phone was found still connected to a work call. and later we will have sportsday. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. prepare for significant disruption that s the warning from downing street with around half a million workers expected to walk out tomorrow in the biggest day of industrial action since 2011. teachers, university staff, train drivers, bus drivers and civil servants are among those who will go on strike. the strikes will affect more than 20,000 schools which have been urged to remain open. head teachers say they are struggling to plan because they are struggling to plan because th