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
The Department Ofjustice believes that this Executive Order, just as the First Executive order, is a lawful and proper exercise of president ial authority. A zoo in cumbria, where nearly 500 animals have died, has been ordered to close. In china, the government takes action against old, polluting vehicles. It says it will make the skies blue again. And 30 years after the zeebrugge ferry disaster, relatives, survivors and rescuers return to remember the 193 people who lost their lives. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News chelsea are in action at west ham, as they look to restore their ten point lead at the top of the Premier League. Good evening. Trade Union Leaders have demanded assurances about the future of thousands of jobs at vauxhalls two car plants in the uk, at luton and Ellesmere Port. Vauxhall has been sold by General Motors to the french car manufacturer, psa, which owns peugeot and citroen. Ministers say they are cautiously optimistic about the future but it all depends o
ultimately, what difference it makes for and the potential re establishment of power sharing. that was never likely to happen very quickly. the views within the democratic unionist party, who have decided not to go back into power sharing, are very mixed, from describing the president to anti british, to others who were more warm in their tone. it s not likely to shift any time soon, with local elections here next month. there was a hope in downing street, as we now know there is in the white house, that it might happen eventually, maybe in the autumn, but for now the wait goes on. that s it from us at stormont it s back to clive in the studio. sophie, thank you to you and the team. buckingham palace says prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month, but meghan, the duchess of sussex, won t be travelling from california. the prince willjoin more than 2,000 guests at westminster abbey on the 6th of may. as nicholas witchell reports, it ll be the first time he ll be seen