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hello and welcome. president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon, as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. today, he's expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in dublin. he is already here this morning, he is going to meet the irish president at his official residency. they are going to plant a tree together and then they will be in the city centre speaking to politicians at the irish parliament. only the fourth time a us president has been invited to d...

hello and welcome. japan says north korea's latest missile test is outrageous and unacceptable, after it fired a suspected medium or long—range ballistic missile into the sea of japan. it prompted the japanese government to tell residents on the island of hokkaido to seek shelter, but the missile splashed down outside its territorial waters. jean makenzie has more from seoul. north korea has launched a suspected long—range missile this morning, potentially an intercontinental ballistic missile. so these are the missiles that can, in theory, reach all the way to the us mainland. i...

into the box. i think that is pretty clear. i don't think we can go much further than what we do with that. the last bit is sometimes confidence. the world snooker championship gets underway this weekend and ronnie o'sullivan will begin the defence of his title against chinese debutant pang junxu. the world number one is aiming to lift that trophy for a record eight time at the crucible in sheffield and faces one of the rising stars of snooker in pang, who reached his maiden ranking final last month. elsewhere last year's beaten finallistjudd trump takes on former semifinallist antho...

the military band playing at there. we heard earlier that the anthems of both countries playing as the president made his way outside. if you are with us earlier, you will know they both signed a visitor book. president biden read out part of his message, saying "as the irish saying goes, yourfeet will of his message, saying "as the irish saying goes, your feet will bring you work your heart is.". a lot of the strippers focus on the irish roots of president biden. he was certainly out celebrating those last night. there was pictures of him celebrating in an irish pub. the president s...

with police, outside a hotel providing refuge for asylum seekers on merseyside in northwest england. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go take a look at what's on the show. the cities that went to sleep for the pandemic are waking up, but how much are the world's great metropolises bouncing back and can they ever get back to where they were? with hybrid and remote working still in place in much of the world, what is the impact on our great cities, their restau...