welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden who s made an impassioned defence of the good friday agreement 25 years after it was signed. he said northern ireland will not go back that the enemies of peace will not prevail. he was talking to students at ulster university where he talked about the need for renewal and repair it matters to me personally he said. the president is expected to land at dublin airport in the next half an hour the start of three days in ireland a mix of politics and events linked to his strong irish roots. more on that in a moment. but it s been a busy, busy day for the president. it started with a meeting with rishi sunak, both expressing their hope that power sharing can be restored. joe biden also met the leaders of the five main parties off camera he said he was in listening mode. these the pictures after the president spoke at the university, he clearly was enjoying every bit of the visit it was so obvious the way he en
that this is probably as good as it gets, and that it decides to, i suppose, not necessarily access the windsor framework except the windsor framework except the windsor framework, but decide a twin track policy work decides to work stormont, and work what is most acceptable to it about the latest arrangements, and test out the so called stormont break by which it can object to any new european rules that it thinks will cause a wider divergence between great britain and northern ireland. that will be the hope, i think, northern ireland. that will be the hope, ithink, that northern ireland. that will be the hope, i think, that potentially some new legislation from westminster will be tied in, and then the economic incentive thatjoe biden was talking about regarding extra input and investment in northern ireland, that that can become a recipe that will tempt the politicians back to stormont, and put things back on the road there. here, instead, ithink put things back on t
the children s minister will quince and ministerfor schools robin walker among the latest to hand in their resignations. developments coming thick and fast in the last hour i m annita mcveigh in the last hour i m annita mcveigh in downing street to keep you up to date with all the latest developments. the july 4th shootings in illinois took weeks to plan and the suspect dressed as a woman to escape, say police. a 21 year old has been charged with seven counts of murder. the british number one cameron norrie is to face novak djokovic in semi finals at wimbledon. the women s european championships will kick off this evening with england taking on austria. hello and welcome back to downing street. as you join us again i m just looking at a letter that has been sent by robert halfon mp which reads, in my last statement, i said that if governance doesn t improve i will have reached the end of the road. i haven t had a chance even yet to read through all the details of this letter
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