good morning, welcome to breakfast, with steph mcgovern and mega munchetty. our headlines today: the pope arrives in ireland today for his first visit in almost a0 years, he'll make a series of public appearances and meet privately with abuse victims. falling into step with scotland and wales, women in england will soon be allowed to take abortion pills in their own homes. holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel after the unexplained deaths of a british couple. is just that these two people have died in whatever circumstances and no one can be sure “— died in whatever circumstances and no one can be sure —— it'sjust. no one can be sure about it. good morning. in sport: manchester united manager jose mourinho insists he has no problem with his boss ed woodward amid reports of a falling out between the pair. no surprise on a bank holiday weekend we've got some rain on the way. tomorrow is going to be the wet

day of the two. it's saturday the 25th of august. our top story: pope francis will arrive in dublin later this morning, the first papal visit to ireland in almost a0 years. his two—day tour comes as the catholic church is facing criticism of its handling of child abuse by priests dating back decades. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to listen to him speak. emma vardy is in dublin for us this morning. good morning, emma. thanks for joining us. this is a huge visit, such a big dealfor ireland but it's interesting how much things have changed since the last time a pope visited ireland in 1979. no, absolutely. island was once a very strong catholic country, known as the most catholic country in the world —— ireland was. in the last a0 yea rs, world —— ireland was. in the last a0 years, ireland has seen huge social change. half the country turned out

to see the pope a0 years ago and backed them contraception, divorce and homosexuality was all a legal. of course that's not the case today and into recent referendums, ireland decriminalised same—sex marriage and abortion —— was all illegal. two recent markers, social attitudes have changed here. once upon a time the catholic church governed almost every aspect of everyday life, but pope francis will be visiting a very changed ireland. but make no mistake, there is still great excitement among many catholics about his visit. a lot of anticipation about what his visit will bring. but, of course, a lot of the debate about pope francis‘s visit has been overshadowed by recent scandals the catholic church has been engulfed in, not least, of course, the sexual abuse of children by catholic priests. pope francis is expected to address that issue at some point over the weekend. we're also told by the vatican that he

will be visiting survivors of clerical sexual abuse. we don't know when that meeting will take place, but we will hear about it afterwards. now, of course, he's going to be touching down on shepherd 0ne, going to be touching down on shepherd one, the call sign of the aircraft the pope travels on at 10:30am at dublin airport and he will come to dublin castle at midday and that's the first time we expect him to speak. emma, thank you. later on in the programme we will be speaking to someone in ireland who is very excited about the visit. that's in about ten minutes' time. the first holidaymakers to be flown back early from the egyptian hotel where a british couple died in have arrived home. john and susan cooper from burnley were staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel in hurghada. thomas cook said the circumstances of the unexplained deaths remained unclear. the couple's daughter who was also staying in the hotel says she believes the couple's deaths are suspicious. matt cole reports. they should still be enjoying sandy beaches and luxury pools,

but holidaymakers have chosen the safety of a wet bank holiday weekend in britain over the uncertainty surrounding their luxury hotel in hurghada. when you find out at 10pm—10:30pm at night that two people have died two days ago and nobody knows why, if they'd been open and transparent i wouldn't have got on that plane. people were quite upset and i rate because they didn't get instant answers. . . and you can't give instant answers because it's speculation. thomas cook did what they could, and everything they did was spot on if you ask me. the decision to evacuate all thomas cook customers from the aqua magic hotel followed the deaths ofjohn and susan cooper. they were on holiday with their daughter, who found them unwell in their room on tuesday. both later died. the family believes something about their deaths at this five—star resort doesn't add up. preliminary findings by the egyptian authorities suggest the couple died of natural causes.

thomas cook says there had been reports of raise the levels of illness amongst guests, but that's disputed by the hotel. —— raised levels. in hurghada, it's understood the public prosecution office is investigating and officials have told the bbc it's likely to report within the next week or ten days. matt cole, bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has defended comments he made about zionists five years ago when he was a backbencher. a conservative mp has reported his comments to the parliamentary standards watchdog. let's get more detail from our political correspondent, tom barton, who is in our london newsroom. these comments were made five years ago but they're still very much lingering around jeremy corbyn. that's right, not least because four monthsjeremy that's right, not least because four months jeremy corbyn that's right, not least because four monthsjeremy corbyn has been facing criticism over the way the labour party has dealt with complaints of anti—semitism and now he finds himself having to defend his own use of language. after this speech in

2013, a video emerged of him talking about british zionists who he said may have lived in this country for many years, perhaps all of their lives, but who he said didn't understand english irony. now, he was talking in particular about a group of pro—israel the activists who he said had rated the palestinian representative to the uk after a meeting at westminster shortly before the speech he was giving —— berated. however, several labour mps have criticised the comments, including jewish labour mp luciana berger, who described them as inexcusable. last nightjeremy corbyn published a statement saying he used the terms i missed in the accurate political sense to describe campaigners in favour of israel. not a euphemism for israelis. he said

he's been more careful about zionists as a phrase because it's been recently used more as code for anti—semites as code forjews. president trump has cancelled next week's planned trip to north korea by his secretary of state, mike pompeo. mr trump said not enough progress had been made in dismantling pyongyang's nuclear programme. david willis has the details. reporter: mr president, what about the meeting with north korea, sir? capping a tumultuous week at home, donald trump is now facing a major setback involving a key area of foreign policy. following what he described as a historically successful summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, in singapore earlier this year, plans were announced for the secretary of state to revisit north korea this weekend only for those plans to be scrapped 2a hours later. finally it's dawned on donald trump that perhaps the nuclear problem

with north korea is not over. and so i think what he has done in his mind is say we've done our part but somehow china's not doing its part, why is china not doing its part? because they're in a trade war with us, so we'll get the trade war over and then we'll get going with this. in singapore, mr trump said the nuclear threat from north korea was now over, but the agreement reached between the two men was vague and mr kim has shown little willingness since to dismantle his nuclear arsenal. previous administrations have fallen victim to foot—dragging on behalf of the north koreans. for all the bonding that took place in singapore, the part to denuclearisation on the korean peninsula may be longer and bumpier than president trump predicted. david willis, bbc news, washington. women in england will be allowed to take an early abortion pill at home under a department

of health plan due to take effect by the end of the year. last month, the government was criticised as being out of step as the practice is already allowed in scotland and wales. chi chi izunda reports. under the current law in england, women who want to end their pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills up to a8 hours apart and at a clinic. but critics say two separate visits to a medical facility can be challenging to organise and are often traumatic, as some women can experience bleeding and cramping on their way home. it was so traumatic and so unexpected. the pain and an order was so extreme that i had to get off the tube. i lay down on the bench and basicallyjust decided that i wasn't going to move any further. it's that distress that the government wants to avoid women suffering. the department of health says

by the end of this year it will allow women to take the second pill in this familiar surroundings of their own home. around 180,000 women have an abortion each year in england, and four in five of those are early medical terminations. this move has been widely welcomed with the british pregnancy advisory service calling this decision and outbreak of common sense. we're absolutely delighted that this has come into place. this is a way in which girls and women can access the second part or the second pills in their early medical abortion in a safe, effective and compassionate way. it also means england falls in line with wales, who allow women to take the second pill at home from june, and scotland, which made the change last year. while in northern ireland, abortion is still illegal unless there's serious risk to a woman's health or life. chi chi izunda, bbc news. the hurricane heading towards hawaii has been downgraded to a category1 storm, but is still expected to bring disruption.

hurricane lane has already caused flash flooding and landslides around the islands, and is now sustaining winds at around 85mph. the national weather service forecaster says it is expecting the storm to weaken, but the authorities have plans in place in case there are still problems. the first of a new series of rail strikes on northern has begun as part of the dispute about the role of guards on trains. members of the rmt union are set to walk out for six consecutive saturdays. northern has said it will operate around 30% of its usual services, with buses replacing some trains. that brings you up to date with all of the news. later this morning, pope francis will arrive in ireland, the first papal visit to the country in almost a0 years. more than a million people turned out to seejohn paul ii in 1979, around half that number are expected to attend this weekend. let's speak to mairead fallon from catholic comment, which throws light on the work of the church and will be at the celebrations.

shejoins us now. i believe you're going to be at the celebrations. this is a big dealfor ireland. what is the mood like at the moment? good morning, steph. you're absolutely correct, this is a huge dealfor you're absolutely correct, this is a huge deal for ireland. you're absolutely correct, this is a huge dealfor ireland. the you're absolutely correct, this is a huge deal for ireland. the second biggest event that's ever happened in the country, the first being the visit of popejohn paul ii eight or nine years ago. i'm in dublin at the moment and i'll be attending the concert in croke park tonight, where over 80,000 people will be in attendance, one of them being pope francis as well. yes, the atmosphere is great here. people are really looking forward to the event and i think most people are expecting it to be very significant, not only for the church in ireland but the universal church in regards to all of the reports that came out last week and the tragic reports. it's really a chance for pope francis to

obviously acknowledge league hurt that's been caused, but also to try to inspire a new generation of catholics —— acknowledge the hurt. also to get people to stand up for christian values that need to be reinforced into the church in ireland. you mentioned about the victims, and obviously the pope has apologised again this week to the victims of clerical abuse, do you think he has handled this well? well, i think pope francis did release his letter during the week and it seems to me that he is genuinely distraught, as most catholics are, by the shocking reports. i know myself, i met two victims during the week and it's one thing reading the reports and reading articles in the newspaper, but to see the pain and the damage it has caused to people and their lives is truly tragic. i think, yes, pope francis will be meeting with

victims on this visit, it will be a private visit to respect of victims and i've no doubt he will address it in his speech tonight, or possibly tomorrow in phoenix park, where over 500,000 people will be present. as you said, mairead, he's apologised and he will be meeting with victims but there is criticism he hasn't said what he will do about it. absolutely, and i would hope that an apology isn't just absolutely, and i would hope that an apology isn'tjust good enough for the least i would hope for tomorrow. i hope he will put things in place and talk about the future. i know in ireland, we have our national safeguarding committee for children where we have a team of 3000 lay women and men looking after safeguarding policies in the 1000 just over parishes. the church in ireland is one of the safest places now for children in the world. now

it is up to other places to look at ireland for best practices. so, yes, hopefully good things will come from this visit. and also true than just is will be served for the victims. ireland has changed a lot since the last papal visit ireland has changed a lot since the last pa pal visit in 1979 ireland has changed a lot since the last papal visit in 1979 —— truth and just last papal visit in 1979 —— truth andjusta. last papal visit in 1979 —— truth and just a. abortion is now legal and just a. abortion is now legal and gay marriage is now legal since then —— truth and just. how relevant is the pope to modern irish life, a lot of these things he opposes? is the pope to modern irish life, a lot of these things he opposes7m you look at our latest census in 2016, over 78% still identify as catholic. they're not all necessarily practising, but i think the fact they call themselves catholics still means the faith means something to people. just from having conversations with people in my everyday life, a lot of people have faith but they've been disappointed with the institution of the church so now it's up to the lay

people of ireland to welcome them backin people of ireland to welcome them back in and to share the joy of the gospel that we've experienced, and to share god's message of mercy and love. and mairead, you've mentioned you will be going to some of the events, how will you be celebrating this weekend? i will be going to the concert tonight with over 80,000 people and then tomorrow, we have a papal mass we re over then tomorrow, we have a papal mass were over half a million people will be in attendance so all of my friends and i are going this evening and then tomorrow i will be going with my family to the maths. yes, i'm really excited for it and looking forward to it. hope you have a lovely time, thank you for talking to us. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: pope francis will meet child abuse victims later today during the republic of ireland's first papal visit for almost a0 years. the first holidaymakers to be flown back early from the egyptian hotel where a british couple died have arrived home. tour operator thomas cook says

the cause ofjohn and susan cooper's deaths remained unexplained. tomasz is here with a look at this morning's weather. a mixed bag i think it is fair to say that the bank holiday weekend for many of us. absolutely. today isn't looking too bad but tomorrow, think we are all in for at least a dose of rain and some of the rain could be ready heavies are absolutely, a real mixed tag. looking at the big picture from space, a lot of cloud is out there in the atlantic. this area of cloud is what went across southern parts of the uk yesterday. it brought torrential rain. this is the jetstrea m torrential rain. this is the jetstream and look at what is happening, it is dipping down into france and back up into scandinavia and within this deep we have colder aircoming infrom

and within this deep we have colder air coming in from the northern climes and if you squint you can see where the arrows of boeing, all the way from the far north across the country to the south which is cool airover us country to the south which is cool air over us right now and it will be air over us right now and it will be a fairly cool day, the sun is strong, but is not write it off yet. we still have many weeks before the sun starts to fill weaker. at temperatures 19 degrees, if you are out of the breeze in the sunshine, it will feel decent, at a few showers around, yesterday there were lots of them but today just a few seema malhotra completely dry day. tonight, clearfor a seema malhotra completely dry day. tonight, clear for a time, particularly in the east, and later in the night, with their rain pushing into northern ireland so it will be reining in belfast very early in the morning. actually start to the day and then this fellow here, moves across a street in the course of sunday, it it parks and golf over the uk during the course of the afternoon and the weather front is moving through so you know what it means, cloud, rain, wind. if

you are heading to the coast, these arrows are coming in, winds gusting a0 miles an hour which is quite a breeze out to see that, you have to embrace the elements if you don't mind that sort of weather. this is the rain sweeping across the country, possibly improving there are little bit in belfast. as we go through sunday, this is tomorrow night now, there is the weather front moving up the way into the north sea and the weather then actually improves. looks like we will get two good days, today is going to be a decent day. tomorrow is not such a good day if you don't like the rain. and monday, the sun is out again. so two out of three, i think that is pretty good! thank you, tomasz! if you watch breakfast regularly, you might remember that last year, and i would hope you do! we visited coastal communities that were struggling financially, especially out of the summer season. one of them was whitley bay.

is one of my favourite places in the country. i've never been. it's gorgeous! i must take you! 12 months on, and following a cash injection, ricky boleto has been to see how the seaside town plans to cope when the sun sets and the holidaymakers have packed up their buckets and spades. i used to come here, it must of been some a0 years ago. i used to come here, it must of been some 40 years ago. we have come today to see the new spanish city and see how it is improved. the weather is not the best. i mean, for a day out, it is great. the kids like the sun and bucket and spade. this summer we have been spoilt for choice with millions of britain's heading to the seaside to soak up the sun. coastal communities have been reaping the rewards. the sun. coastal communities have

been reaping the rewardsm the sun. coastal communities have been reaping the rewards. it has been reaping the rewards. it has been amazing, the sunshine has been fantastic and it is what a lot of people down to the beach. working around, a lot of late hours, sometimes to in the morning making ice cream, but we have kept up with demand, just. but how long will they be flavour of the month? today we are back in whitley bay. 12 months ago the seaside town was undergoing ago the seaside town was undergoing a facelift, part of a decade— long planned originally the area. people we re planned originally the area. people were really sad about where they lived, there was no pride because it was so over when you walked along the area. dereliction and demolition. it was sad, sad, sad. now the reason you feeling in whitley bay that we are pulling together to make this a great place together to make this a great place to live, work and to be proud of. £2 million of investment from the government ‘s coastal communities fund the scholars council and lottery support has transformed one of town's was the iconic landmarks. just look at the difference a year

makes. we are inside spanish city here and businesses around here say they have seen record takings so far this year and visitor numbers are up too but it isn't all down to the weather. the next challenge for coastal towns is to persuade visitors to keep coming back all year round. it is really easy to get a cheap flight to be made and so the resorts like this to fight back, there has to be investment and imagination, otherwise i'm afraid we will see the continuing decline of the british seaside resort. michael owns a nearby hotel. he knows how important it is for businesses to adapt. in the 60s and 70s we had the scottish, but glasgow and edinburgh fair where it was full of scottish visitors, only for a fortnight but it was busy and vibrant and disappeared and then we have this sta ke disappeared and then we have this stake and hen parties of the 80s and

90s and the market went and because the businesses didn't evolve and their products to the market, a lot of businesses closed. capturing both the corporate and leisure market has kept michael busey and in the last two years, kept michael busey and in the last two yea rs, 50 kept michael busey and in the last two years, 50 new businesses have started up in the surrounding area. the government says by 2020, they will have invested one quarter of £1 billion in seaside towns still, there race for coastal communities that feel left out. whitley bay may never return to the glory days of the 60s but it is starting to see real change and a bit of the old seaside magic. i have such fond memories of spanish city and going there as a kid and also just watching, but often to the park run out there when i'm back home and it's really nice to see how much it has developed. and these seaside towns as well, we want to see them thriving. and we have had such good

weather this summer which has helped. but if you've been travelling abroad, do you ever have that thing though we do get on a plane and you think i will not play for hold luggage was i don't have that much so i will take a little bag and you have cold sweats about whether your bag will be too big and had that with my auntie recently who said she woke up in the middle of the night and took our roll out of her suitcase because she was panicking about its weight. her suitcase because she was panicking about its weightm her suitcase because she was panicking about its weight. if she is packing an umbrella, you have to wonder... but it has relevance to this. ryanair has announced plans to change its baggage policy in a move which it says isn't driven by profit, but a need to improve turnaround times. from november, the operator's passengers will be forced to pay extra if they want to take luggage on board. at the moment, you can take a small bag on the aircraft free of charge, as well as a small case which is stored in the plane's hold, but if you're a priority customer, you can have both on board with you for an extra £6. as of november, you can still take a small bag on, provided it fits under the seat in front of you.

but if you want to take hand luggage, you'll have to pay £8 unless you are a priority customer, but the number of those tickets are to be capped for only half the passengers. so, will the proposal take off? the travel journalist helen coffeyjoins us now. i'm confused. i have not got a clue what we have just said. beverley we have a traveljournalist. it seems so complicated! it does when you saw the first read about it but 0k, so complicated! it does when you saw the first read about it but ok, i will break it down. if you do not wa nt will break it down. if you do not want to pay anything extra, your bog standard, all you are getting is one kind of mid—sized piece of hand luggage that you take on with you so rucksack sized. because usually you get on the plane and people— this annoys me— they bring on their proper little suitcases, shove them in the top and there is never any space in the rucks so that is gone? it is gone if you do not want to pay

extra but if you pay £6 priority boarding, that means you are basically unchanged, and you get your small piece of hand luggage, little wheelie case that comes on with you and you can put it in the overhead but like you just said, there is not room for all of those bags if every passenger wants to do that they have cupped it at about half of passengers per flight, dougie fife people can book priority boarding and take on their little bag —— capped. boarding and take on their little bag -- capped. what about those who try to get around it by having a la ptop try to get around it by having a laptop bag as well as little say a handbag or a rucksack and then a small suitcase? they will be strict on it now. they have done a message you on being quite generous with baggage to like, no. are they considered generous? yes, a few years ago they wanted to change their little stingy rya nair where you have to pay for breeding and they said begin a what? we will give you more baggage than easyjet for

example so you get to make bags you can take on free which is pretty good. the woodies our little bit of a drastic change. so how do you know it then whether your bag, the bag you are allowed on and you have not paid any extra, is the right size to be able to get on without paying extra ? be able to get on without paying extra? the easiest way is to measure it yourself at home. my goodness! are you having a laugh? i supposed to sit at home with a tape should are before i set off? it is the only way to make sure, it is meant to be a5 way to make sure, it is meant to be 45 centimetres by 20 x 27 have to sit there with your tape measure and if not you run the risk of— they had said the reason wiggle room so do you know the air the thing to put your bag in the cheque that is the right size? will they bring some more of those in? they have said it will be 20% bigger so they are giving you some leeway but i would always are on the side of caution because they are like you know what, thatis

because they are like you know what, that is to back, give me 25 quid. because they are like you know what, that is to back, give me 25 quidm this about weight or space? because i used to think that it was part of this was up in a smaller case because it reduces the weight. the people are not putting big suitcases in the hold. it saves on the weight thing. at this shift it? it is a space problem? —— but this has shifted? they have said it is about quick turnaround of the plane and punctuality which i believe because their business model is based on having this really fast turnaround, theiraim is 25 having this really fast turnaround, their aim is 25 minutes literally plane comes down, get people off, get the next load on. it is very quick. they are saying the delay is all the problems with their turnaround is from people shovelling and arguing about what goes in the top? yes, that already shaved the baggage policy wants to combat but space at used to be able to take it on with you and now, you have to put it in the hold and you get to the gate because that was their first

way of trying to improve upon the relative but apparently it didn't work that they have come in with this new thing. i can imagine people getting in touch with us now, hallen, about this. you will come back and talk to us later about this. —— helen. and give explaining. i'm still a bit confused. bags are complicated. this idea rod measuring your bag before you go? anyway... still to come on breakfast: we'll hear from the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian jailed for five years after being convicted of spying — charges she denies. with her temporary release in iran set to end, he'll tell us about his fight to extend her freedom. stay with us. headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast,

with steph mcgovern and naga munchetty. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. for the first time in almost a0 years the pope is visiting ireland. pope francis will arrive in dublin later this morning. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to watch him speak over the weekend. he'll also meet privately with victims of sexual abuse by members of the catholic church. the first holidaymakers to be flown back early from the egyptian hotel where a british couple died have arrived home. john and susan cooper from burnley were staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel in hurghada. thomas cook said the circumstances of the unexplained deaths remained unclear. the couple's daughter who was also staying in the hotel says she believes the couple's deaths are suspicious. president trump has called off

the us secretary of state's visit to north korea because he feels insufficient progress has been made in dismantling pyongyang's nuclear programme. mike pompeo was due to visit next week. in a tweet mr trump also blamed china for the cancelled visit, saying the country was not doing enough to pressure north korea, due to ongoing trade tensions with america. women in england will be allowed to take an early abortion pill at home under a government plan due to take effect by the end of the year. currently, women ending a pregnancy in its first 10 weeks have to take two pills at a clinic 2a to a8 hours apart. the move will bring england into line with scotland and wales, but the society for the protection of unborn children said the move further trivialises abortion. the hurricane heading towards hawaii has been downgraded to a category1 storm, but is still expected to bring disruption. hurricane lane has already caused flash flooding and landslides around the islands, and is now sustaining winds of 70mph.

the national weather service forecaster says it is expecting the storm to weaken, but the authorities have plans in place in case there are still problems. just now you heard great news that the storm is weakening, as is projected. but it still feels very important to have the military be postured to respond to any threats. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has defended comments he made about british zionists when he was a backbencher. it has emerged he told a palestinian conference five years ago that british zionists did not understand english irony. mr corbyn said he was referring to people who support the creation of a jewish state, corresponding to the historic land of israel and not to alljews. the first of a new series of rail strikes on northern has begun as part of the dispute about the role of guards on trains. members of the rmt union are set to walk out

for six consecutive saturdays. northern has said it will operate around 30% of its usual services, with buses replacing some trains. that's all the main news stories for you. we can't leave it there without telling you about a bear in colorado... in a hotel of all places. guests at a colorado hotel would have been in for a surprise if they went down to the lobby in the early hours as a special visitor was getting his bearings. he had a snoop around the stanley hotel, which overlooks the rocky mountain national park. 0bviously he's enjoying the views. hotel staff said on facebook they'd make an exception to the rule aboutjumping on the furniture. they obviously saw the funny side, probably after he had left. i'm not sure i would want to be the person to tell the bear. no, i certainly wouldn't. you do what you like, absolutely fine! let's get an update with the sport.

sarah's here. i was thinking about who would be brave enough to film that. very sturdy camera work as well. i would have been shaking! were two for mr mourinho —— were to? have been shaking! were two for mr mourinho -- were to? yesterday he arrived half an hour early for the press co nfe re nce , arrived half an hour early for the press conference, kicked it off with only half of the journalists in, some missed it, some arrived halfway through and he answered around 13 questions in four minutes. there have been plenty of rumours about what's going on behind the scenes at manchester united, but managerjose mourinho says he's not had a row with his boss ed woodward. but he didn't say a great deal else. in fact, he only spoke forjust over four minutes in a tetchy press conference on friday. this was his response to a question about the talk of a fall—out behind the scenes at united. don't ask me because i don't read. i don't know... i don't know 10% of what is written. i don't know 10% of what...

of what is coming on the tv screens. so i'm not the right guy to answer to it. the tottenham hotspur goalkeeper hugo lloris says he apologises wholeheartedly after being charged with drink driving in the early hours of yesterday morning. lloris, who captained france to victory at the world cup last month, said in a statement, "it is not the example i wish to set." he was stopped by police in central london after a night out with some of his french team mates. england's women have finished third at the under—20 world cup after beating hosts france in a penalty shoot—out. england's goalkeeper sandy mciver made two saves, then georgia allen stepped up to secure a a—2 victory for the lionesses. middlesbrough are top of the championship this morning after a stoppage time goal gave them victory over west brom at the riverside stadium. boro dominated throughout but it took until the first minute of added time for daniel ayala to poke in the winner, giving boro boss tony pulis a win over his former side. wooo! sorry, i couldn't hold it in!

you did very well! fernando alonso says he wants an apology from red bull after they denied his claim that they'd offered him a drive for next season. alonso will retire at the end of the year after he failed to secure a deal away from the mclaren team, but red bull boss christian horner insists they haven't offered him a contract since 2007. 0n the track, formula one is back from its summer break. ferrari's kimi raikkonen clocked the fastest time in friday practice ahead of the belgian grand prix. lewis hamilton was second quickest. great britain added six medals to their tally on day five of the european para athletics championships in berlin. david devine won great britain's first track medal of the day with victory in the t13 5,000m. that's on top of the silver he won in the 1,500m earlier in the week. there was also double medal success for poly maton. she won bronze in the ta7 longjump and 100m.

me and me coach just said, i'm in really good 5k shape so just control it at the front from ak and get ready to go with two laps to go and put a kick in. so that's exactly what i did. one of the spanish guys went past me a few times but only for a lap or half a lap each time. i'm made up for that, that's exactly how i wanted to go. now, wimbledon has it's strict all—white dress code for the players and now the french open is set to introduce one of their own, and that means serena williams will be banned from wearing her black catsuit at roland garros. the 23—time grand slam champion said the outfit made her feel like a superhero. she says the suit helped her deal with the issue of blood clots, which she said almost cost her her life giving birth. the french tennis federation says it will no longer be accepted you have to respect the game and the place. you know what i find odd about that

isi you know what i find odd about that is i don't think anyone could dispute whether or not serena williams respects the game of tennis. she's a superstar, she's an absolutely amazing athlete. and they're focusing on her clothes. however, google got in touch and saidi however, google got in touch and said i agree with the french open, nobody is bigger than the sport —— dougal. it's whatever you feel comfortable in. people watched the performance, not what they're wearing. they didn't say it was serena williams, they just wearing. they didn't say it was serena williams, theyjust said things had gone too far. they dodged it -- things had gone too far. they dodged it —— people watch. in rugby league, catalans dragons will attempt to become the first non—british team to win the challenge cup in the competition's 122—year history. the french side go head to head with favourites warrington wolves. let's speak to a four—time challenge cup winner, former england and great britain captain, jamie peacock. good morning, jamie. good morning. you must know as a four—time winner

and the amount of times you competed in the finals, just after 7:30 a.m., how are these players feeling on the morning of this final?|j how are these players feeling on the morning of this final? i think they will be pretty excited about what's coming. both clubs have been resurrected from last year. they went through a lot of adversity in 2017 and now they've got a chance to wina 2017 and now they've got a chance to win a magnificent trophy playing in a great stadium, wembley. they'll be excited and looking forward to what could be a great day for them. we use a prized these were the two teams that reached this final —— we re teams that reached this final —— were you surprised. they managed to turn things round. in 2017 catalan dragons were only 80 minutes away from relegation, they've brought a new coaching and new players, it shows in sport you can have that transition from an unsuccessful season to being on the brink of success and winning the challenge cup. how much of an impact has the former england boss steve mcnamara had on this dragons side? he's been

huge. i worked with him for some time during my career and he's a very well respected coach, very thorough in what he does and it's taken time for him to put his stamp on catalan dragons but you can see it now. they are disciplined off the pitch and on the pitch now and they fully deserved their place at wembley today. they were in their first challenge cup final back in 2007. —— fully deserved. they lost then, how big would it be for the game if a french side would be to win? huge, rugby league is often seen as a northern england sport and now we have cata la n england sport and now we have catalan dragons in the final for the second time in 11 years and this time they can win it. in 2007 they we re time they can win it. in 2007 they were tourists, they were happy to be at wembley, but you can hear what's coming out of the camp at the moment, they want to win at wembley and they want to create history for the catalan side. warrington will go into it as heavy favourites, jamie, do you think they will be able to

cope with that pressure? yeah, i think they well, this is another side that made wholesale changes. they were in the bottom four of super league last year, made changes to the coaching and playing staff and now they're on top again and they believe they can be successful. this time i feel the catalan dragons can win this game. they had a magnificent performance in the semi—final against league leaders at the moment, st helens, and i think they can take that form into the final today. janie, it's at wembley today but i've seen there's been poor ticket sales, what have you made of that? is there a case for moving it away from wembley? no, we deserve our place at the national stadium, we've got a statue there and we've got great history with wembley stadium and there will be fewer people there with the one team being from france but the story for me is about a french team achieving something historic. there might be a few less people to watch it there,

but trust me, it will be a magnificent game today. janie, it is nagain magnificent game today. janie, it is naga in the studio, explain the crossover in the sport because you're seeing football coaches. you been involved in football as well as by been involved in football as well as rugby league, how well does that translate —— you've been. rugby league, how well does that translate -- you've been. in rugby league there's more of a transition into rugby union. there's lessons to be learned from both sports because they're so similar. 0ften be learned from both sports because they're so similar. often you see in terms of performance, human performance, rugby league will look at other sports and other sports will come in and look at rugby league. there's always lessons to be learned in another sport when someone learned in another sport when someone is doing something well. jamie, on the line now, one word, who is going to win it? i'm going to go for the catalan dragons. who is going to win it? i'm going to go for the catalan dragonsm who is going to win it? i'm going to go for the catalan dragons. it would bea go for the catalan dragons. it would be a fantastic story. jamie, thank you so much forjoining us on brea kfast. you can follow the final live across the bbc, on bbc 1, radio 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website from 2pm.

i like it when people answer a question directly and actually tell you. no confusion. thanks very much. see you in a bit. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the headlines: pope francis will meet child abuse victims later today during the republic of ireland's first papal visit for almost a0 years. the first holidaymakers to be flown back early from the egyptian hotel where a british couple died have arrived home. tour operator thomas cook says the cause ofjohn and susan cooper's deaths remained unexplained. at that point of the year now, you have almost switched with your long sleeves, jumpers are ready now, i have my fleece woody reddy, because it is getting chilly. i put my electric langa on last night. it is getting chilly. i put my electric langa on last nightlj it is getting chilly. i put my electric langa on last night. i am at that point. i was considering putting the heating on. i am a boss though. it certainly feels as though

the shift has happened, is it meteorological? autumn is about to begin. yes, it starts on the first is that timber and i guess we are starting to see the shift happening —— september one. richard —— richard stood us in good weather in september but i know what you mean, iam september but i know what you mean, i am getting myjumpers ready and my goodie. the hot sunny weather we had weeks ago has become a memory, a distant memory, but i am sure it will be a summer to remember but at the moment you can see the motion of the moment you can see the motion of the cloud, cloud is coming from the north—west towards the south—east and this is where the jet stream is coming from and it is basically pulling down the cold air and it is almost like plasticine, it pulls it down towards our part of the world so hence, it feels chilly. the thing

about this time of year, it is an obvious thing but when cold air is over us from the arctic regions, it is only really chilly in the morning. the daytime is still pretty decent. during the day when you get decent. during the day when you get decent sunny spells and the thames mac into the high teens, amid teens, it doesn't feel too bad —— the temperatures are into the high teens or mid teens. that is some showers about so not completely dry day. —— maybe. the weather front is flitting across the atlantic. at five a in the rain has not reached most parts of the uk. it is nudging into northern ireland but basically this low pressure is quite often the bad quy low pressure is quite often the bad guy and in this instance, not to ring the middle of the summer when we need it. —— 5am. ring the middle of the summer when we need it. —— sam. the holiday weekend it is sitting on top of us with the weather front sweeping through and all of us by the time we get to a roundabout let's call it

midday, most of us have had some rain and some of it would be heavy, you can see the dark blue down here, not just south you can see the dark blue down here, notjust south but you can see the dark blue down here, not just south but further north you can see the dark blue down here, notjust south but further north but maybe they think things will brighten a little in the afternoon in northern ireland. winds will be strong around the coastal areas, gusts a0 miles an hour, possibly inland as well, enough to whack the trees around a little. then bank holiday monday, it isn't everywhere, i know, but it is a bank holiday, and it is looking fine and better of the sun is out again, i was saying in the last forecast, two out of three days we have to good days to make the most of it, tomorrow is wet, but monday should be warm. 21 celsius. 70 in old money. those figures are not too celsius. 70 in old money. those figures are not too bad. celsius. 70 in old money. those figures are not too bad. i celsius. 70 in old money. those figures are not too bad. i am celsius. 70 in old money. those figures are not too bad. i am not celsius. 70 in old money. those figures are not too bad. i am not a big fan of wind though. already, beginning that i put my

electric blanket on, i have had m essa g es of electric blanket on, i have had messages of people saying i thought you were a northerner! so thank you to those messages. i'm sure northerners feel the cold as much as everybody else. yes, but we are not supposed to talk about it! in case you are not a big fan of the weather, take a look at mauritius, which we are going to visit in the travel show mauritius, a force of nature in the middle of the indian ocean. colonial rule, but the intriguing, rich and sometimes dark story of this island nation goes back way before then. 0n myjourney, i'm going to explore the history of mauritius. see and taste how multiculturalism works here. mmmm, that is nice. this island is so often labelled

as just a luxury beach paradise, but the reality is so much more fascinating than that. mauritius — gorgeous beaches, turquoise waters and lush vegetation, but the human story is just as awe—inspiring. le morne mountain, on the south—west of the island, faces in the direction of madagascar and stands 555 metres high. it's also at a a5—degree incline. no walk in the park. for the likes of me, this is a challenging climb, i've got to say. in fact, i think for anybody it's challenging.

whoa! near the top, ijoin a guy who's done this climb up to three times —— near the top, ijoin a guide who's done this climb up to three times a day every day pretty well for 13 years. you can feel it's all, like, volcanic. this is volcanic rock? yeah, yeah. it's probably from the first eruption 10 million years ago. 10 million? and actually it's very good for climbing. yeah, there's lots of good grip. le morne marks a dark but symbolic chapter in the island's history — the days of slavery under dutch, french and british rule. this is where many escaped slaves, called the maroons, found refuge. they could have a look towards madagascar and for them... that's home. ..that was home, that was the sight and they expected one day may be to build, like, a craft and go back

home and just to escape from this prison. horrible. it's a world away up here from the beach resorts that populate the rest of the island, but actually this trek is almost a pilgrimage to get to the very heart of mauritian identity. and there's a particularly poignant tale told about the maroons in what should have been their moment of celebration. when slavery was abolished here in 1835, soldiers climbed the mountain to tell the maroons they were free, but the escaped slaves thought they were being recaptured and instead chose to jump off the mountain. why do you think this is so important to the identity of people from mauritius? because, i guess, it's a unique story. it's part of our story

here in mauritius and it's one of the only places we know of that somehow the slaves resisted their masters and for us, it's almost like a venerated mountain, a sacred mountain, not only for the descendants of slaves but for mauritians as well. after slavery was abolished, the british brought in hundreds of thousands of so—called indentured labourers from india and china in what was known as the great experiment. today, port louis is the country's capital with its colonial legacy and contemporary diversity everywhere to be seen. i'm about to get a personalised unique tour of what this city and mauritius offers in terms of its diverse food and other wares as well. hi, how do you do?

nice to meet you. so this is a food place here? yes. but you'd never know to look at it, it's pretty low—key. yes, but it's pretty famous as well. he's making some deep—fried cakes. mauritians are fond of deep—fried cakes — you can deep—fry almost everything. he has this batter that he made, it's with chickpea flour, some herbs and salt. mauritius may seem isolated in the middle of the indian ocean, but it was actually nicely placed on the spice route which linked asia, africa and europe. now he's adding all the herbs

you need for the chilly bites. chillis. are they strong chillis? spring onions. there's a clear inference from gujarati traders whose forefathers came over from india in the 19th century, but there's a distinctive mauritian accent to the food too. itjust hit me! now, this is a multi—ethnic, multicultural, multilingual, multi—religion country, so hinduism is the majority religion but you've also got christianity, islam, chinese religions, buddhism, it's all here. where are we?

we're in a small market that is made up of street vendors. all these people used to be selling everything from clothes, to food to electronic gadgets on the street, but that was illegal so the state gave them some spaces. bonjour. ca va? so this is arthur, he used to be on a street corner in chinatown selling dumplings with his father. so now he's here. chinese—mauritian? yeah. this is the long fish? yes, the long fish. mmm. that is nice. that is really good. how many will years have you working? for myself, after schooling, nearly 50 years. 50 yea rs! the sheer diversity of food is one benefit of the cultural hotpot in mauritius. another is language —

french, english and creole is all spoken here. and then, there's music. sega is a rhythm and genre indigenous to this island. and this lady is known as ‘the voice of the indian 0cean'. the distinctive drum is called the ravanne, a home—grown instrument. the distinctive drum is called the ravanne,

a home—grown instrument. and in this 50th anniversary year of independence, it seems the people of this island have plenty to celebrate. during my time here, i've seen a strong sense of nationhood amongst mauritians, and also realisation that precious wildlife must be protected. this is a relatively prosperous country, breaking free from its complicated and sometimes shameful colonial past. and what's exciting is that right now, its unique cultural identity is still evolving and making it so much more thanjust a high—end holiday hotspot. good morning, welcome to breakfast with steph mcgovern and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines this morning... the pope arrives in ireland today for his first visit in almost a0 years — he'll make a series of public

appearances and meet privately with abuse victims. falling into step with scotland and wales — women in england will soon be allowed to take abortion pills in their own homes. holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel following the unexplained deaths of a british couple. it's just sad that these two people have died, in whichever circumstances they've died. and no—one can be sure. it's all speculation right now. good morning, and in sport.... manchester united manager jose mourinho insists he has "no problem" with his boss ed woodward — amid reports of a falling out between the pair. no surprise that may bank holiday weekend we have got some on the way. it is tomorrow that is going to be the wet day of the two. it's saturday the 25th of august. our top story... pope francis will arrive

in dublin later this morning, the first papal visit to ireland in almost a0 years.