concerns of russia and the united states, a russian fighter jet a drone over the black sea yesterday, the kremlin claims the surveillance drone was lying too close to its border and crashed into the water on its own following an encounter with russian fighter jets. but the pentagon maintains that the drone was operating in international airspace when the russia war plane clipped its propeller. air force general james hecker denouncing the attack on the united states drone saying this. this unsafe unprofessional act by the russians merely because both aircraft s to crash. defense secretary austen saying this is a part of russian aggression, while u.s. officials call it a violation of international law. here is john kirby this morning. we brought the ambassador end that the state department yesterday at washington, d.c., and conveyed a very direct message to him about our concerns over this reckless and unprofessional unprofessional behavior by russian pilots, we have commu
including details of training and weaponry for ukraine. and the new super mario film breaks box office records, despite a series of terrible reviews. hello and welcome to the programme. preparations are in place in belfast to welcome the us presidentjoe biden on tuesday to mark 25 years since the signing of the northern ireland good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by the then british prime minister, tony blair and irish prime minister, bertie ahern. the agreement played a major part in bringing to an end, 30 years of conflict, known as the troubles. the current british prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified in northern ireland, to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit, and now the political deadlock and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. our ireland correspondent, chris page is at stormont, home of the northern ireland assembl
winfield. one of the ten people killed in a mass shooting of a grocery store on may 15th. yesterday, the president and first lady were down in uvalde, texas where they met for hours with families of the 19 young children and two teachers who were killed in last week s school shooting. which of course came just ten days after buffalo. as biden left the church service in uvalde, he was met by a crowd of people chanting, do something. he responded by telling the crowd, we will. the president sounded a very similar note in the commence speech this weekend at university of delaware, telling graduates that the country can and must do something. let s be clear, evil came to the elementary school classroom in texas, to that grocery store in new york and far too many places where innocents have died. in the face of such forces, we have to stand stronger. we must stand stronger. we cannot outlaw tragedy, i know. but we can make america safer. but let s be honest, optimism is in sho
joseph kennedy, a friend of mine who have talked to a couple of times. i think is going to be an excellent envoy especially when it comes to economic developing. i plotted ministration for marking the 25th anniversary of the belfast good friday agreement because it is so important. it s not a big deal. joe biden is not going to earn any points here. it is not a big issue back home. it wouldn t crack the top 100. so to get the president of the united states to engage in something like this, i think sends the message to the irish and the british alike but this is an important issue to us, and i applaud them for doing that. i hope that he is relatively well managed. he had an unfortunate comparison to the irish and the palestinians i think the last time he spoke on the topic. we are not there to pick sides. we are not there to pick sides. we are not there to say this site is a winner, the site is a loser. we are there to encourage dialogue and continue development and progress. so i hope
adverse infractions, meanwhile precincts barely have enough personnel to meet the minimum required to safely answer 911 calls. james: we ve been talking about bank runs, i guess this is a police run where officers no longer have faith in the institution. and feeling like the city government was behind them, it s willing to let them enforce the law, our mayor was elected on this issue, and that s why the voting city elected him. and in 2023 showed some improvement over 2022, we are still not back to where we want to be. preriots, pre2020. but i think he has got to realize that this has to be his priority, and having a well staff motivated police force is job well done. emily: one thing that was