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you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. another win. another bonus point. ireland stay on course for a six nations grand slam. after a week when their own captain described wales as the laughing stock of world rugby, can ken owens galvanise his team to their first six nations win of the season against england? arsenal s lead at the top of the premier league is five points. but for how long? manchester city are hoping to match the gunners win at leicester. also coming up in the programme. a0 years old and the number one in the world. james anderson helps england take control of the second test in new zealand. another british record, but gutted not to break the world s best mark. keely hodgkinson wins the 800 metres at the world indoor tour final. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris. welcome along to sportsday. it wasn t as convincing as many expected, but ireland are ....
a winter storm brings rain and snow to southern california, the likes of which hasn t been seen there for more than three decades. there are also flood warnings in coastal areas. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. england win the six nations match that wales might have called off, claiming a victory in cardiff for the first time in six years. while in rome, another win, another bonus point, as ireland stay on course for a six nations grand slam. the top two in the premier league win, with manchester city keeping arsenal s lead atjust two points. a0 years old and the number one in the world. james anderson helps england take control of the second test in new zealand. another british record. but gutted not to break the world s best mark. keely hodgkinson wins the 800 metres at the world indoor tour final. hello again. after a turbulent two weeks during which wales six nation ....
i d be coming. it s so good to be back in ireland. forgive my poor attempt at irish. i m at home. i m at home. after my aged, as you can see how old i am, i have a little wisdom i have more experience than any president in american history. doesn t make me better or worse, but it gives me few excuses. president joe biden bringing some jokes with him during a speech yesterday to the irish parliament the president wraps up his visit to ireland today, marking 25 years since the good friday agreement, which ended decades of violence. meanwhile, at home, the fbi arrested a 21-year-old air national guardsman who is suspected of leaking national documents. we ll sort through how that young man got his hands on the documents. plus, florida governor ron desantis took a break from his nationwide book tour to sign an extreme abortion ban into law late last night. we will dig into the legislation, and how it could impact his potential presidential campaign. also ahead this ....
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 do this so it is a huge honourforjoe biden who is incredibly proud of his irish roots. we saw yesterday he was meeting his family members and locals there and at times, to be honest, it looked like he was on holiday, he was having such a good time. let s see what he got up to. an irish homecoming for a us president. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his an ....
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the bye bye blues. the tick is removed, sending social media into meltdown. but what does it mean for the future of twitter. and our trust in it. for many of you the blue bird has flown the nest? well the blue tick anyway. if you are a twitter user, you might have had one of those ticks on your account, to authenticate who you are. but now they come at a cost, and yesterday by virtual tweezer, many of the ticks were being removed. the pope, beyonce, jk rowling, christiano ronaldo among many high profile users who ve been hit. the cost for annual subscription at least through android is £11 a month. but some are getting it free, lebronjames, william shatner the author stephen king. not that stephen king knew about it my twitter account says i ve subscribed to twitter blue. he said. there is, though, a serious side to all this. no longer will you have that certainty that the person you follow is who ....