let s turn to ireland now where us presidentjoe biden has already had a busy day and where in the next hour he s expected to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament. in the past hour we ve seen him arrive at farmleigh house in dublin for a meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. . , relationship between the us and ireland. ., , , relationship between the us and ireland. . , , ., ireland. there really is an opportunity ireland. there really is an opportunity to ireland. there really is an opportunity to make - ireland. there really is an i opportunity to make serious progress, notjust because of the accords that we signed 25 years ago, but just accords that we signed 25 years ago, butjust in terms of the way ireland is moving, and the way that it is taking its place in the world, and i just think that it feels so good to be able to have this emerging
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live from london, this is bbc news. handshakes handsha kes and history, handshakes and history, president biden continues his visit to ireland where he is expected to address the parliament shortly. ongoing anger in france over plans to raise the pension age. thousands are taking to the streets here in paris, one of hundreds of protests taking place across the country. and mary quant, the revolutionary fashion designer, has died.
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