Joe Biden arrives in Belfast for Good Friday agreement anniversary – live

US president says he wants to safeguard agreement, signed 25 years ago this week, and support Sunak’s post-Brexit deal

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Also journeying to New York City next week is the House judiciary committee, which plans to hold a hearing on crime.

The inquiry is part of the GOP’s efforts to discredit Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who days ago indicted Donald Trump for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments made ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Ahead of the hearing, the committee’s Twitter account has taken to highlighting violent crimes committed on New York’s streets:

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