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tonight he is across the border in the republic of ireland, where hell spend the next two days retracing his irish roots. also on the programme: prince harry will attend his fathers coronation next month, but meghan wont be travelling from california. billionaire twitter boss elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff, and says his time well, its not been boring! it has been a roller—coaster. find well, its not been boring! it has been a roller-coaster. ...

welcome to belfast and the lyric theatre where tonight, the play agreement will mark a moment 25 years ago that changed every aspect of life here in northern ireland forever — the signing of the good friday or belfast agreement. it brought peace to northern ireland, but it has been an imperfect peace. the agreement guaranteed power—sharing in government between nationalist and unionist communities. but for more than a third of its lifetime, there hasnt been a sitting government at ...

hello, welcome to bbc news. lets start with that story causing major shock waves today, the boss of one of the largest business groups, the cbi, has been fired after an investigation into complaints about his conduct at work. to ny danker will leave the group with immediate effect. tony danker will leave the group with immediate effect. he apologised in the wake of the allegations over his behaviour towards a female employee. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. this story...

thank you. the first minister will now take — thank you. the first minister will now take questions on the issues raised _ now take questions on the issues raised in — now take questions on the issues raised in his statement. i intend to allow— raised in his statement. i intend to allow around 40 minutes for questions, after which time we will move _ questions, after which time we will move onto — questions, after which time we will move onto the next item of business, and it_ ...

welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland — which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power—sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fallout from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic miles...

including details of training and weaponry for ukraine. and 100 days in — mixed reviews in brazil for president luiz inacio lula da silvas administration. lets return now to our top story. today marks 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement — an historic peace deal that largely ended violence in northern ireland. im joined now by the former minister for northern ireland between 1997 and 1999 for the labour government led by tony blair, who chaired the talks in the l...

abbey. cheering. and spainsjon rahm wins the masters in augusta and says he was inspired by the late, great seve ballesteros. china has carried out what it says is a mock air blockade of taiwan using jets carrying live ammunition in the latest escalation of tensions in the south china sea. in response the us has sent a destroyer to the area which the chinese have condemned as an illegal incursion. china began a series of military exercises just hours after the taiwanese president retur...

fromservesn office and disgrace. >> but for this breaking federal classification rules, some of the stupidest and most dishonest laws congress s hasasn ever passed. its like arresting el chapoint. for expired plates. its missing the point, but it looks like thats whats going to happen. it seems like every day when abidance lawyer shows up with more sheaves of classifierd documents, like a dog whose found another dead chipmunk under the house. >> this bunch was in his office at pen , th...

nicola sturgeon told me when i spoke to her moments ago. she said it is a necessity the country should go to the polls. liz truss was the fourth prime minister nicola sturgeon had to deal with, but in truth she didn�*t deal with her at all. liz truss said she would ignore nicola sturgeon and in the end, that is what she said. the two of them in the 45 days had no formal discussions at all, no telephone call whatsoever, they exchanged a few words informally after the death of the quee...

one of rock and roll�*s all—time greats, whos died aged eighty seven. hello — youre watching bbc news. theres been a new wave of deadly clashes in iran. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city of zahedan. it follows a similar crackdown in the same city nearly a month ago, during protests over the death of mahsa amini. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite in fact...