also on the programme: president biden boards air force one, destination belfast. he speaks of his hopes on the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. make sure the irish accords and - the winter agreements stay in place, keep the peace. - that s the main thing. keep your fingers crossed. one of the uk s biggest business groups, the cbi, sacks its head tony danker after an investigation into workplace conduct. and the wild spring weather continues with warnings of strong winds for western parts of the uk. coming up on the bbc news channel, p9p coming up on the bbc news channel, pep guardiola takes on his old team for the first time since leaving them as manchester s city play good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. thousands ofjunior doctors in england have begun a four day strike, with nhs leaders warning it ll be the most disruptive in health service history. the dispute over pay is expected to see thousands of operations cancelled, though staff will be av
he will be whisked away for the night before his visit to ulster university in belfast tomorrow. an invitation to stormont was not taken up stop the optics here deemed less suitable, with the devolved government not functioning for over a year because of disagreements over the brexit arrangements. for this city, it will be a more brief affair than the presidential visits of the past, but still a mark of northern ireland s continuing importance to america in its post conflictjourney. emma vardy, post conflict journey. emma va rdy, bbc post conflictjourney. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. yes, it is pretty wet in belfast. our political editor, chris mason is there. some of the significance of the us president making this trip? any visit by a us president to the uk, particularly northern ireland, is significant, but it is one that has been in diplomatic discussion for the best part of a year at least. the exact form and duration
to s to the uk and to the job. if you abide by the rules, people will say what s the point of leaving? alternative, you say i want to free myself from all of those rules and so you re going to do medium term economic damage until you adjust. then the country is going to ask, what s the price? so in that dilemma, the government is going to have to decide which is right and once they come down on one side or the other, th. i think there are significant numbers of conservative mps who will say to their own con stitch ends, look, i can t vote for it. in order that you who made the original referendum decision should take a final vote on the