hello, welcome to the programme. we have got another action packed programme for you tonight. coming up, the white house says they have still had no consular access to anerican journalist evan gershkovich, who is being held by the russians on spying charges. we will speak tonight from the former soviet dissident natan sharansky, who was held in the same moscow prison in the 1970s. we will also hearfrom mark urban on his continiung investigation into russia s 331 parachute regiment, and the losses that unit has sustained in ukraine. but we start tonight with the clean up within britain s biggest police force. the met commissioner, sir mark rowley, who was appointed in september, believes there are hundreds of corrupt officers serving in the force who should not be in the job. and so concerned is he at the scale of the problem, that around 90 of his officers from serious and organised crime have been tasked with investigating their own. this morning, sir mark set out the plans
and a pair of trainers worn by the us basketball superstar michaeljordan sells at auction for a record 2.2 million dollars. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived in belfast for a four day trip to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday agreement. the landmark deal largely brought to an end the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. president biden says he looks forward to reiterating america s commitment to preserving the peace. my colleague emma vardy has more. air force one arrives at belfast international, and northern ireland s first presidential visit in ten years is under way. time for a short hello with rishi sunak on the tarmac before the president was whisked away for the night. a ring of steel is in place in belfast city centre in what is one of the biggest security operations here of recent years. we ve been planning for this for a number of weeks. we ve prepared for all the various contingencies. our st
belong to this summer with an impression to assess and decide on the leading technologies this autumn. the competition will be open, judicious, fair and robust, and i express all of my confidence that we will select the best technology for the uk. four months after the very technology for the uk. four months after the very welcome technology for the uk. four months after the very welcome winter - after the very welcome winter framework, there is still no restored northern ireland executive or assembly and we are facing an unprecedented budget crisis. the situation is untenable, it is getting worse every day and the government approach seems to be to wait to see if something happens rather than leading from the front. can the prime minister confirmed he is willing to work with the northern ireland parties on a financial package for a resort doughnut restored executive and work more closely to it with the government to work on a processor that those who want to govern northern irelan
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