president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. in belfast yesterday, he urged northern ireland s political parties to resume power sharing. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. charlotte callagher reports from belfast. an irish homecoming for a us president. applause. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his ancestral home of county louth. ., , ~ louth. coming here feels like cominu louth. coming here feels like coming home. louth. coming here feels like coming home, it louth. coming here feels like coming home, it really - louth. coming here feels like coming home, it really does. | coming home, it really does. the way every time i have come, the welcome, the people in the streets, they are so gracious to us. ., , , ., to us. he flew into dublin from belfast on to us. he flew into dublin from
is set for a six billion kilometre journey to the outer solar system. it will carry out detailed analysis of the planet and explore if its moons, some of which are thought to have liquid oceans beneath the surface, might be able to sustain life. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. they are some of the largest moons in the solar system, orbiting jupiter they are shrouded in thick layers of eyes, but beneath there are hints of vast liquid oceans and scientists want to find out if they can support life. now a european space agency mission could answer that question. spacecraft called juice and it has an epicjourney ahead of more than 4 billion miles, it will study kalisto in detail before going around the biggest mood ganymede. the uk has
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