tonight he is across the border in the republic of ireland, where he ll spend the next two days retracing his irish roots. also on the programme: prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month, but meghan won t be travelling from california. billionaire twitter boss elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff, and says his time well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller coaster. find well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for the first - world on course for the first ever fall in fossil fuels producing electricity? because of renewables? on bbc london: and coming up on the bbc news channel. the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from stormont on the day that president biden was in nort
can biden do anything to unlock the current political crisis? wouldn t that be amazing? laughter tonight, a change of tone as president biden crosses the border into the republic of ireland in search of his irish roots. the other top stories tonight. prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month but meghan, won t be leaving california. billionaire twitter owner elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff and summed up an eventful six months as boss. well, it s not been boring! it s been quite a roller coaster. there s the shooting chance, it s in! and the european champions, real madrid, beat a ten man chelsea in their quarterfinal first leg match. and coming up in sport, the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening from stormont, on the day that president biden has been in northern ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of
over its economic crisis, and he s landed in the maldives. mr rajapaksa left aboard a militaryjet, ending a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. they are still there. sources have told the bbc his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country. the president had promised to resign, but by remaining in position, he kept his immunity from prosecution. many sri lankans blame him for the economic crisis which has crippled their country, leaving it short of funds our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was with protestors outside the presidential palace in colombo when the news of president rajapaksa s departure was made public. there is a real party atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protesters had was for gotabaya rajapaksa to go. their slogan, their chant was go home, gota . we now know that
Interview later in the programme. Swords, axes and air guns, just some of the weapons seized from children in schools across the country. Police chiefs are warning that there has been a worrying rise in the number of young people carrying knives. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Caitlynjenner is with us this morning. Is there anything youd like to ask her about her life, her family, her relationships . Get in touch. We are also talking about the rise in the number of children carrying knives, as Police Seize Thousands of them from schools. If you have school age kids, are you worried for them . If youre getting in touch, use victorialive and text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Donald trump has been defending his decision to sack the director of the fbi. In his first extensive Television Interview since he sacked james comey, he told the American Network nbc news that the former fbi boss was a showboat and a grandstander and