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
more, and the uk and us in particular have been building their economies for decades and decades off fossilfuels and economies for decades and decades off fossil fuels and historically have contributed a lot more plugged the us is responsible. but have contributed a lot more plugged the us is responsible. . . the us is responsible. but china is intensifying the us is responsible. but china is intensifying its the us is responsible. but china is intensifying its coal the us is responsible. but china is intensifying its coal production. i is intensifying its coal production. but we have to ask what is that energy for, what is it making. i m sure anyone at home, if you look in your home, you will see many of your products will have made in china written on a lot of that production is servicing unnecessary consumption in countries like the uk. 50 is servicing unnecessary consumption in countries like the uk. in countries like the uk. so are you su: caestin in countries li
because of the rise of renewables. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am here in singapore and 4pm in san francisco, where the bbc s technology correspondent sat down in an unexpected interview with elon musk. the billionaire telsa car boss and new owner of twitter said running the social media site has been painful and a roller coaster . it s one of his first interviews since he bought twitter. james clayton has this exclusive report. it s not every day you find yourself invited by one it s not every day you get invited by one a sit down interview, and a few minutes before it was due to take place, the inevitable curveball. we re about to go live, very surprisingly, we onlyjust found this out, on twitter. but that is elon musk. we didn t know about that. but you never know with elon musk. when he sat down, he was in the mood to chat. so, how do you think it s gone? well, it s not been boring. it s been quite a roller coaster. the pain
jimmy anderson could be set to bring the curtain down on his record breaking england career this summer following talks with the head coach, brendon mccullum. it s been reported that mccullum recently made a whistle stop five day visit to the uk, to meet anderson and play a round of golf and tell him england are looking to build a pace attack for the future. it s not clear if anderson has played his last test, or whether he could get a farewell in the home summer. anderson is england s leading all time test wicket taker in tests with 700 dismissals, all rounder nat sciver brunt will miss england s first t20 international against pakistan at edgbaston tomorrow, after undergoing a minor medical procedure . she ll return for the second match at northampton next friday. england will play three t20 s and three odi s against their opponents, captain heather knight is expecting it to be tough. and at some really good results recently and they went to new zealand in the series over
own walkabout with wife meghan on a visit in nigeria. and why classes across the uk are being cancelled and schools closed because of cyber attacks. on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, firm favourites in the old firm match, but can rangers beat celtic for the first time this season to send the title race to the final weekend? good evening. the economy grew more strongly than expected at the start of 202a. it means the uk is out of recession that s when the economy shrinks for two three month periods in a row, as it did towards the end of last year, when people faced higher prices in shops and higher interest rates. the prime minister said the uk economy has real momentum, but admitted there is more work to do . with more, here s our economics editor, faisal islam. the recession is now over, because the economy, all the goods and services we buy and sell, was officially growing by 0.6% in the first three months of the year. that s the highest, alongside canada, in