hello and welcome. we begin in northern ireland where final preparations are being put in place forjoe biden s visit to mark the anniversary of the signing of the good friday agreement. the white house says the us president is very excited for his trip, which will also take him to the republic of ireland, where he has his ancestral roots. he lands in belfast later today, from where charlotte gallagher sent this report. the us president is coming to town. belfast is really gearing up at the moment for the arrival of us presidentjoe biden. with his presidentialjet, air force 1, tonight. this building is the location forjoe biden s main public event in this trip isn tjust main public event in this trip isn t just about celebrating the good friday agreement and the good friday agreement and the 25th anniversary. it s looking forward to the future of northern ireland and many of the people studying here are part of the generation that don t remember the troubles or perhaps weren t
in england have started a four day strike that threatens to bring the worst disruption in the history of the health service. it runs all the way through to saturday morning, and could mean the cancellation of 350,000 appointments and operations. the doctors union is in a row with the government over pay forjunior doctors, with the british medical association sticking to its demand of a 35% pay rise and the government refusing to negotiate until what it sees as a more reasonable pay demand is met. catherine burns reports. what do we want? pay rise! how do we get it? strike! this winter, we ve got used to seeing nhs staff waving banners on picket lines. we re now into the fifth month of industrial action, but this walk out byjunior doctors in england is bigger in scale than anything that s come before. the bma is being accused of picking dates to maximise disruption. their view is industrial action is meant to cause some disturbance. we ve been open and honest and transparent
you have to play good two games. in this competition, it s not about the form you are in the premier league or fa cup. this competition is to be good during this 95 minutes. that doesn t count what you have done three days ago. listen. tuesday and wednesday, football is is is the competition where you want to be. if you are there as a player or you have the possibility to be there as a coach, it s a gift from life. and i appreciate it a lot. and it s an obligation to give my very, very best. some fascinating games in the champions league this week. later, portguese league leaders benfica take on inter milan, who are 22 points off the top of serie a. frank lampard takes his cheslea side to the holders real madrid on wednesday night. it s an all italian affair as napoli, who are on the cusp of the league title, go to ac milan. tuesday, april 11th marks 100 days to go until the 2023 fifa women s world cup gets under way in australia and new zealand with organisers saying they re
hello, welcome to bbc news. let s start with that story causing major shock waves today, the boss of one of the largest business groups, the cbi, has been fired after an investigation into complaints about his conduct at work. to ny danker will leave the group with immediate effect. tony danker will leave the group with immediate effect. he apologised in the wake of the allegations over his behaviour towards a female employee. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. this story has absolutely rocked the cbi. tony stepped aside last month as an investigation got under way, but the report into what happened hasn t actually been published. it was done by an independent legal firm. so we don t know the full details. at the cbi said today that it related to specific complaints about workplace misconduct. it determined that tony s conduct fell short of that expected of the director general. so, he s been sacked with immediate effect. but he s clearly not happy about it bec
contingencies. hello ,welcome to the programme, plenty to look forward to this evening, including joe biden s pending arrival in northern ireland. this was him departing joint base andrews earlier this afternoon. air force one expected just after nine, we will take you to live to that when it lands. elsewhere, we will discuss the latest assessment on the world economy. the imf warning today we are locked into a perilous phase of low economic growth. what does that mean for disposable income and our collective spending power? and what about those leaked us documents? the washington post reporting today that egypt, one of the united states oldest allies in the middle east, had secretly planned to supply rockets to russia. all that to come. but we start in belfast, where a huge security operation is in place tonight forjoe biden s imminent arrival. the main event, a speech tomorrow, at the new, ulster university campus. where it is understood the president will talk about the