can biden do anything to unlock the current political crisis? wouldn t that be amazing? laughter tonight, a change of tone as president biden crosses the border into the republic of ireland in search of his irish roots. the other top stories tonight. prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month but meghan, won t be leaving california. billionaire twitter owner elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff and summed up an eventful six months as boss. well, it s not been boring! it s been quite a roller coaster. there s the shooting chance, it s in! and the european champions, real madrid, beat a ten man chelsea in their quarterfinal first leg match. and coming up in sport, the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening from stormont, on the day that president biden has been in northern ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of
over its economic crisis, and he s landed in the maldives. mr rajapaksa left aboard a militaryjet, ending a family dynasty that has ruled the country for decades. he had been in hiding, after crowds stormed his residence on saturday. they are still there. sources have told the bbc his brother, former finance minister basil rajapaksa, has also left the country. the president had promised to resign, but by remaining in position, he kept his immunity from prosecution. many sri lankans blame him for the economic crisis which has crippled their country, leaving it short of funds our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was with protestors outside the presidential palace in colombo when the news of president rajapaksa s departure was made public. there is a real party atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protesters had was for gotabaya rajapaksa to go. their slogan, their chant was go home, gota . we now know that
interview later in the programme. swords, axes and air guns, just some of the weapons seized from children in schools across the country. police chiefs are warning that there has been a worrying rise in the number of young people carrying knives. hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until iiam. caitlynjenner is with us this morning. is there anything you d like to ask her about her life, her family, her relationships? get in touch. we are also talking about the rise in the number of children carrying knives, as police seize thousands of them from schools. if you have school age kids, are you worried for them? if you re getting in touch, use #victorialive and text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. donald trump has been defending his decision to sack the director of the fbi. in his first extensive television interview since he sacked james comey, he told the american network nbc news that the former fbi boss was a showboat and a gran
seized in schools across england and wales in the past two years. also, dreams become virtual reality for one british tech firm. improbable manages raises almost £400 million in one of the biggest ever investments in an early stage european technology business. and. a close shave for paddle boarders in calfornia, after they re warned they re swimming next to 15 great white sharks. good morning. it s friday 12th may. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is to give a major foreign policy speech in about half an hour s time in which he is likely to say that he doesn t see himself as a pacifist, because he would use military force as a last resort but that he believes military intervention has become far too common in recent times. mr corbyn was chair of an anti war group and opposed intervention in kosovo and serbia. he is also known to bea kosovo and serbia. he is also known to be a long term supporter of unilateral disarmam