hello and welcome. president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon, as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in dublin. he is already here this morning, he is going to meet the irish president at his official residency. they are going to plant a tree together and then they will be in the city centre speaking to politicians at the irish parliament. only the fourth time a us president has been invited to do this so it is a huge honourforjoe biden who is incredibly proud of his irish roots. we saw yesterday he was meeting his family members and locals there and at times, to be honest, it looked like he was on holiday, he was having such a good time. let s see what he got up to. an irish homecoming for a us president. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his ancestra
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locals there and at times, to be honest, it looked like he was on holiday, he was having such a good time. let s see what he got up to. an irish homecoming for a us president. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his ancestral home of county louth. coming here, it feels like coming home. it really does. the way every time i ve come the welcome from the people on the streets, they re so gracious to us. he flew into dublin from belfast on air force one and was greeted by the irish prime minister, leo varadkar. then on to carlingford and dundalk. cheering. despite the rain, crowds lined the streets to welcome one of the world s most powerful men. today it s back to business in dublin, meeting the irish president and then speaking in the parliament. he s only the fourth us president
live from london, this is bbc news. president biden is to address the irish parliament in dublin, as he continues his visit of the republic of ireland. a man will appear in court after being extradited from pakistan, charged with the murder of pc sharon beshenivsky in west yorkshire. the president of brazil hopes his visit to shanghai will smooth relations with its biggest trading partner, china. the european space agency will launch its spacecraft towards jupiter later, in one of its most ambitious missions to date.
and the imf, offering an alternative for developing nations. it seems already he is keen to put the line that developing nations, china, brazil, india have an outlook, a development path which is different to western nations. how will this visit be viewed by the united states? well, the brazilian president has a difficult balancing act. you mentioned there that china is brazil s biggest trading partner, the second one is the united states. the brazilian president has already been to washington and met president biden. so he is going to have to have, make a slight balancing act between these two giant nations. certainly, the brazilian leader believes in the relationship with china. over the last few years, under his