US president Joe Biden visits Northern Ireland on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace agreement. Biden calls on local leaders to overcome their differences to emerge from the political crisis that paralyzes institutions.
Visit comes against a delicate political backdrop, with the Democratic Unionist Party boycotting the coalition government for more than a year. Biden's arrival was openly criticised by the unionists, who were fiercely attached to membership of the United Kingdom. He will travel to the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday afternoon, in the footsteps of his maternal ancestors.