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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 ....
in the last hour, the president of the united states has arrived in belfast for a four day trip to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. president biden, who has strong family ties to the republic of ireland, sees the 1998 agreement, which helped end northern ireland s decades long violent conflict known as the troubles, as part of his own political legacy. speaker president biden says he looks forward to reiterating america s commitment to preserving the peace. tomorrow, he ll deliver a speech at ulster university, speaker before travelling to the republic of ireland for the remainder speaker r of his four day visit. the trip will also celebrate his own family s roots in the republic. he ll attend events in louth and mayo, where he will visit his ancestral homes. there ll also be official engagements in dublin. he ll then leave for america on friday. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, is in belfast, where air force one has just touched down. emma. ....
elon musk says his takeover of twitter is sinking in but what will it mean for free speech on social media? a tale of two communities in the west highlands coping with the cost of living one has seen energy bills soar and the other hasn t. and cash is king the royal mint starts making new 50p coins featuring king charles iii. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s hopes of progressing at the t20 world cup hang in the balance, after their match against australia is abandoned because of rain. good afternoon. in a moment of legal history, the sentencing of a murderer has been televised and broadcast live for the first time in england and wales. an old baileyjudge gave jemma mitchell life in prison, with a minimum term of 3a years, for killing her friend from church, and then dumping her decapitated body in devon. thejudge described her as extremely devious . laura foster is at the old bailey. mitchell has become the first murderer and the first woman to be ....
you have shown absolutely no remorse and it appears that you are in complete denial. a murder sentence is televised for the first time in england and wales. jemma mitchell is given life for the killing and decapitation of her friend. the world s richest man, elon musk, takes control of the social media platform twitter in a £38 billion deal. and the minting of new coins bearing the image of king charles iii, in circulation from december. and coming up on the bbc world news channel. they are breaking formula i s budget cap and facing a fine of more than £6 million of the reduction in research for next season. good evening. the northern ireland secretary has said that voters will be going to the polls for the second time in 12 months, to vote yet again for members of the stormont assembly. after a midnight deadline to break months of gridlock passed, chris heaton harris said an election must be held within 12 weeks, although he did not give a date. in may, the nationali ....
russia has sought to downplay the attack, that could be a big win for ukraine. donald trump declines to answer questions as part of a new york state investigation into his family s business practices. disney has overtaken netflix as the world s largest streaming service adding over 1a million new subscribers in the last quarter to bring it up to a total of 221 million paying customers. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. temperatures in europe are climbing once more, as another heat wave sweeps across the continent. here in the uk, an extreme weather warning has come into force across large parts of england and wales, with temperatures forecast to hit 36 celsius in some areas. the met office amber warning is in place for the next four days, with the heat expected to affect water supplies, farming and wildlife. in france, there s been a resurgence of wildfires in the south west of the country. more on that in a moment but first, frances read ....