welcome to belfast and the lyric theatre where tonight, the play agreement will mark a moment 25 years ago that changed every aspect of life here in northern ireland forever the signing of the good friday or belfast agreement. it brought peace to northern ireland, but it has been an imperfect peace. the agreement guaranteed power sharing in government between nationalist and unionist communities. but for more than a third of its lifetime, there hasn t been a sitting government at stormont. these halls at the lyric have captured huge moments of symbolism both big and small. ten years ago, martin mcguinness, northern ireland s former deputy first minister, a former ira commander, shook hands with queen elizabeth here, a moment that would have once been unimaginable. and it is moments like that that people will be looking out for this evening when president biden arrives. here in northern ireland, words matter, and people will be looking to president biden s speech to see ho
is sacked over complaints about his behaviour at work. preparations in belfast ahead of president biden s visit to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. a vast area of ukraine is covered in landmines officials say it will take many years to clear. # thank you for being a friend. #. and singer tony christie diagnosed with dementia this year unveils plans to sing for britain s carers. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a huge night for manchester city and pep guardiola as he comes up against his former team, bayern munich, in the champions league quarterfinals. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. thousands ofjunior doctors in england have begun a four day strike in support of their demand for a pay rise of 35%. the bma union says the figure would make up for 15 years of below inflation wage rises. the government says the claim is unaffordable and has urged the bma to come to the table with a realistic approach. more than 250,000 appo
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
this is bbc news, the headlines: president putin warns the war with ukraine will continue until russia achieves its aims. he s holding his first major news conference since the war started. the republican led us house of representatives votes to formally authorise an impeachment inquiry into president biden. and the uk s spy agency gchq reveals its annual brainteaser for schoolchildren. let s ta ke let s take you to belfast. can you tell us what happened today and some of the background? it relates to bloody sunday, 30th january 1970 two, one of the worst incident during the conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles and many people were killed and one of the most significant and have a conflict developed lasting from the late 19605 to the conflict developed la5ting from the late 19605 to the late 19905. 13 people were shot dead by the british army, by members of the parachute regiment at a civil rights demonstration at londonderry, the second biggest city in norther