welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden who s made an impassioned defence of the good friday agreement 25 years after it was signed. he said northern ireland will not go back that the enemies of peace will not prevail. he was talking to students at ulster university where he talked about the need for renewal and repair it matters to me personally he said. the president is expected to land at dublin airport in the next half an hour the start of three days in ireland a mix of politics and events linked to his strong irish roots. more on that in a moment. but it s been a busy, busy day for the president. it started with a meeting with rishi sunak, both expressing their hope that power sharing can be restored. joe biden also met the leaders of the five main parties off camera he said he was in listening mode. these the pictures after the president spoke at the university, he clearly was enjoying every bit of the visit it was so obvious the way he en
junior doctors in england are on strike until the weekend in an ongoing row over pay that set to cause major disruption to services. welcome back to bbc news we will be back with lucy in belfast. sport first. here s will perry. hello from the bbc sport centre. huge night in the champions league at the etihad. pep guardiola has defended his record in the competition with manchester city, as his side take on bayern munich in the quarter final first leg. guardiola comes up against the man who denied him in chelsea s 2021 final victory in porto, thomas tuchel, and the spaniard has failed to win the trophy since his 2011 triumph with barcelona 12 years ago. the champions league has long been city s goal since the takeover of the club in 2008, yet guardiola says success is far from guaranteed. how many masters have played in his career? in 30 or a0 years as a golfer? 30 years, four majors, like it is a champions league in comparison, how many? 130. 18 out of 130. he loses more than
Particularly will spend time in that position quite soon, and the police should be careful what they wish for because it could end up leading to more radicalisation on the streets rather than less because you cant express yourself in protest which we always have in this country and that has been taken away. Always have in this country and that has been taken away. Thank you for bein with has been taken away. Thank you for being with us more than a thousand Paddington Bears and other soft toys which were left outside royal residences in tribute to the queen are being donated to the Childrens Charity barnardos. The bears were mainly left along with flowers and marmalade sandwiches at stjames park and Windsor Castle in the days after her majestys death. Theyve all been professionally cleaned and queen consort camilla posed for a picture with a some of them before they were donated. Now its time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. We have seen plenty of sunshine for most parts of
is a global challenge which we will continue to work with other countries in order to make that change on global warming. arsenal player pablo mari is among several injured in a stabbing in italy which left one person dead and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. space probes have witnessed a big impact crater being formed on mars the largest in the solar system ever caught in the act of excavation. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the world s richest man, elon musk, has completed his long running £38 billion takeover of the social media company, twitter. the entrepreuner tweeted the bird is freed, in an apparent reference to the deal closing. mr musk also posted a longer statement on twitter, saying he didn t buy the firm to make more money. i did it to try to help humanity, whom i love . there are reports that a number of senior executives have been sacked an