contingencies. hello ,welcome to the programme, plenty to look forward to this evening, including joe biden s pending arrival in northern ireland. this was him departing joint base andrews earlier this afternoon. air force one expected just after nine, we will take you to live to that when it lands. elsewhere, we will discuss the latest assessment on the world economy. the imf warning today we are locked into a perilous phase of low economic growth. what does that mean for disposable income and our collective spending power? and what about those leaked us documents? the washington post reporting today that egypt, one of the united states oldest allies in the middle east, had secretly planned to supply rockets to russia. all that to come. but we start in belfast, where a huge security operation is in place tonight forjoe biden s imminent arrival. the main event, a speech tomorrow, at the new, ulster university campus. where it is understood the president will talk about the
Forjoe biden s imminent arrival. the main event, a speech tomorrow, at the new, ulster university campus. where it is understood the president will talk about the peace and prosperity that s been gained since the good friday agreement was signed 25 years ago. though, of course, at the moment power sharing government is not functioning. and that is because the biggest unionist party in northern ireland, the dup, is not happy with the post brexit trading arrangements, or indeed rishi sunak s attempts to solve them. let s play you again whatjoe biden had to say before setting off this afternoon. what s your top priority on this trip, what s your top priority on this trip, sir? what s your top priority on this tri - , sir? n. ~ what s your top priority on this tri, sir? a, ~ , what s your top priority on this tri, sir? ~ , , trip, sir? make sure the iris records and trip, sir? make sure the iris records and winter - trip, sir? make sure the iris l records and winter agreement trip, s
Hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. what is your top priority on this trip? what is your top priority on this tri - ? a ~ , what is your top priority on this tri n ? ~ a, ~ , , what is your top priority on this trip? make sure the irish acquired in winter agreement trip? make sure the irish acquired in winter agreement stays - trip? make sure the irish acquired in winter agreement stays in - trip? make sure the irish acquired. in winter agreement stays in place. keep in winter agreement stays in place. keep the in winter agreement stays in place. keep the main thing looks like you need keep the main thing looks like you need to keep the main thing looks like you need to keep your fingers crossed. the british need to keep your fingers crossed. the british government and the americans, politicians are trying to deal with them. in fairness to the people of northern ireland, they deserve working institutions. this stretch of the deserve working