welcome to belfast and the lyric theatre where tonight, the play agreement will mark a moment 25 years ago that changed every aspect of life here in northern ireland forever the signing of the good friday or belfast agreement. it brought peace to northern ireland, but it has been an imperfect peace. the agreement guaranteed power sharing in government between nationalist and unionist communities. but for more than a third of its lifetime, there hasn t been a sitting government at stormont. these halls at the lyric have captured huge moments of symbolism both big and small. ten years ago, martin mcguinness, northern ireland s former deputy first minister, a former ira commander, shook hands with queen elizabeth here, a moment that would have once been unimaginable. and it is moments like that that people will be looking out for this evening when president biden arrives. here in northern ireland, words matter, and people will be looking to president biden s speech to see ho
heightened tension between the us and china as those two powers are trying to bolster their military power here in the indo pacific. here in the uk, anne keast butler has been appointed as the director of gchq - the uk s intelligence, security and cyber agency. she will be the first woman to hold the top position at gchq. anne keast butler is currently serving as deputy director general at mi5 and will be the first woman to hold the top position at gchq. she will succeed sirjeremy fleming, who injanuary announced his decision to step down after six years in the role. beijing has been shrouded in a layer of thick dust after sandstorms hit the chinese capital. authorities have issued a yellow alert warning, that s the third highest of china s four tier colour coded weather warning system. the city s air quality index also showed levels of serious pollution. beijing has regular sandstorms in march and april as it is near the gobi desert. a dozen provinces across the country are also forec