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hello and a warm welcome to the programme i m sally bundock. thousands of military personnel have been taking part in the biggest rehearsal so far for king charles coronation this saturday. the rehearsal was held overnight in central london on the route between buckingham palace and westminster abbey. just hours before it got underway a man was arrested outside the palace on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. here s our reporter vincent mcaviney. with the coronation just days away london s mammoth security operation was tested at the sovereign s own residence last night stopping the police say a man approached the front gates of buckingham palace at around seven o clock on tuesday evening, throwing what are thought to have been shot cartridges into the grounds. he was quickly detained and found to be carrying a knife for which he was arrested stop he was also carrying what they said was a suspicious bag, so the area was cordoned off and a controlled explo ....
after weathering a stormy start, spain sjon rahm fights back to win the masters on a dramatic final day at augusta. and we are bringing back in medieval sport for modern times. what more could you possibly want on a bank holiday monday than a jousting competition? well, we have got one. good morning, quite a different week of weather, much more unsettled. rain clearing northward and eastward study, followed by sunshine and showers, but some of the showers will be heavy, thundery, and blustery. all the details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday april 10th. our main story it s 25 years since the historic good friday agreement which brought peace to northern ireland after decades of violent conflict. the prime minister rishi sunak has praised the bravery and perseverance of the leaders who helped broker the power sharing deal. he willjoin the us president, joe biden, on a visit to belfast tomorrow to commemorate the deal. it took 22 months of talks to largely ....
welcome to the programme. we start in northern ireland, which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by then british prime minister tony blair and irish prime minister bertie ahern here in the picture, along with senator george mitchell, the american chairman of the talks. 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 dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair and ....
through a huge security cordon known as the ring of steel. these days, a bus service called the glider makes a relatively easy trip between the east and west of the city several times a day. we ve taken thatjourney with some of northern ireland s so called peace generation , born after the agreement. sarah girvin reports. if the good friday agreement was the start of a journey, what s the direction of travel 25 years later? during the troubles, it wasn t possible to travel on just one bus between largely unionist east and largely nationalist west belfast. and even if it had been, not many people would have felt safe enough to do so. the free movement of today is a big change. you can see from these photographs. these are of the entity which was known as the ring of steel. this is to go shopping, this is to go to work. this is everyday civilian life. we encountered these search points and checkpoints, and this goes on for a quarter of a century. so what do our passenger ....
we start with some breaking news from the us now. police confirming that there has been a shooting incident, multiple casualties, the operation continuing with large areas cordoned off and a heavy police presence. in the last ten minutes, we have had an update from officers on the ground confirming that five people have been killed, and six more have been taken to hospital in louisville. no detail on the nature of the attack yet, but when this was first reported, a0 minutes ago, police on twitter had talked about an active aggressor. they told people to stay away from the area and said that the fbi where they re working on the ground. you saw that police officer talking to the camera ten minutes ago, saying that, the threat was no longer active, neutralised he said. the perpetrator has been shot and killed, but five people have been killed, but five people have been killed, six more taken to hospital. those are some of the latest details, some of the latest pictures. th ....