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US president calls for return of powersharing – as his advisers reject DUP’s ‘anti-British’ claims

Mr Biden was speaking at the start of a tour marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

The US President, visiting Northern Ireland to mark 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement, said the political response to the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell showed the province 'will not go back'

In a keynote address at Ulster University in Belfast, the US President praised the work of the UK and EU to strike the Windsor Framework.

It follows reports that a worker took unwell on the roof of a building in the area

Critics joked that the meeting at a hotel in Belfast was not 'long enough for biscuits to be served' let alone to discuss boosting transatlantic trade

Casement Park in Belfast has been included on the list of 10 venues submitted to UEFA, despite it lying in a derelict state

The president is due to speak this afternoon at Belfast's Ulster University Campus. However, the BBC's Nolan Show reported that it has been shown a document linked to the visit.

US President Joe Biden urged Northern Ireland's feuding political leaders to restore its power-sharing government as he touted the potential for investment and growth 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of armed conflict. The US president of Irish descent faced heated criticism from pro-UK hardliners.