i'm annita mcveigh live in dublin — the headlines at 3. pope francis is in ireland, for the first papal visit in almost a0 years. he has spoken of his shame at the failure of the catholic church to address the abuse of children by priests. translation: the failure of ecclesiastical authorities, bishops, religious superiors, priests and others adequately to address these repellent crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community. i myself share those sentiments. i'm rebecca jones — the other headlines this hour. women in england are to be allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills in their own homes instead of in a clinic. holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel, following the unexplained deaths of a british couple.

thousands of rohingya muslim refugees have taken part in a demonstration marking one year since their exodus from myanmar, following a military crackdown. and later, we'll be visiting america's first sustainable solar—powered town, and going down under, to see how technology is being used to protect the world's largest coral collection at the great barrier reef. hello and a warm welcome back to dublin. we continue our coverage of

the two—day visit to ireland by pope francis, the first visit by a pope to the country since 1979 back when john paul ii was here. hundreds of thousands of catholics are going to be welcoming the pope over the course of the two days particularly in events at croke park later today, normally the scene of major sporting events and concerts and in phoenix park in the city tomorrow and of course this visit although the main reason for it is attendance at this world meeting of families which is organised by the catholic church every three years, undoubtedly it is being dominated by what he has already said and what he's going to saying about the abuse of children by priests, the cover—ups of that abuse and other scandals that have set the catholic church in the decades sincejohn paul ii was here.

we will have much more on all of that for you and an appraisal of what pope francis has said so far in a few moments. first this report from emma va rdy. descending on dublin this morning, shepherd one, the papal plane. this is ireland's first visit from the pope in four decades. and welcoming the head of the catholic church has been a much anticipated moment. ireland was once known as the most catholic country in the world. but rocked by scandals, the church has fallen from grace. in dublin, pope francis spoke of the sexual abuse of children by catholic priests and the failure of the church to address it. translation: the failure of ecclesiastical authorities, bishops, religious superiors, priests and others adequately to address these repellent crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community. i myself share those sentiments. pope francis will meet

with survivors of clerical abuse during his visit. some say his condemnation of these crimes is not enough. it has to be zero tolerance and that means every abusive priest, bishop and those who covered it up, be sacked and removed from the church immediately. half the population of ireland turned out to see pope john paul in 1979. back then, homosexuality, contraception and divorce were illegal. now ireland is very much changed. an ireland that is very different from 1979 when a pope was last among us. an ireland i suppose a bit more divided in terms of social issues and religious issues and so on. but i think everybody will be touched by the warmth of pope francis, by his sense of proximity particularly to vulnerability. the famous popemobile will come through the centre of dublin this afternoon and there is certainly

a sense of celebration and excitement building here. because despite a decline in the church's authority, this is still predominantly a catholic country where the pope has the power to draw the crowds. his visit also draws protests with campaigners voicing frustration on issues such as the church's refusal to ordain female priests. but the feel—good factor of this visit is gaining momentum. for many the pope's presence brings hope that confidence in the church can be renewed. before pope francis spoke at dublin castle earlier here today we heard from the irish prime minister leo varadkarand he from the irish prime minister leo varadkar and he urged the pope to above all else put victims first. in place of christian charity,

forgiveness and compassion, far too often there was judgment, severity and cruelty. in particular towards women and children and those on the margins. magdalene laundries mother and baby homes, industrial schools, illegal adoptions and clerical child abuse are stains on our state, our society and also the church. people kept in dark corners behind closed doors. cries for help that went unheard. and these wounds are still open. and there's much to be done to bring about justice and truth and healing for the victims and survivors. holy father, we ask that you use your office and influence to ensure that this is done here in ireland and also around the world. well we can look at the live images

110w well we can look at the live images now from central dublin with crowds gathering on the streets as the await the arrival of pope francis at saint mary ‘s pro—cathedral in the city centre. he is going to be travelling from their through the city centre in the batmobile, but most unmistakable of vehicles, to the centre where the homeless are cared for. you will have a private meeting with homeless families. and in his cathedral meeting he will be talking to couples who have recently been married or are preparing for marriage. and also a couple who recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary 50 years of marriage. so of course we will keep an eye on all of those images for you, a rather lovely view of dublin there and then back to street level with crowds gathering, an estimated

100,000 people on the streets of central dublin. we will see if we have an update on the figures later in the day when we have a clearer sense of how people —— how many people are out there hoping to get a glimpse of pope francis. meanwhile here at dublin castle i'm joined again by ursula hannigan, the former political editor of t3 in ireland and lgbt campaignerand political editor of t3 in ireland and lgbt campaigner and michael kelly, editor of the irish catholic news. you said earlier this year that you were a bit underwhelmed by what the pope had to say in his speech here at dublin castle on the issue of abuse and we have a final version of that speech, something that was added in beyond the script given to the media beforehand and he talked about reiterating his commitment to a rather greater commitment to a rather greater commitment to a rather greater commitment to eliminating this scourge commitment to eliminating this scourge in the church at any cost.

does that encourage you in terms of how the church ‘s handling abuse and lg bt how the church ‘s handling abuse and lgbt issues how the church ‘s handling abuse and lg bt issues and how the church ‘s handling abuse and lgbt issues and so forth? not really, it is just more words emphasising his commitment to do something about whole point is to do something, we're all want action now because the problem has been going on for many years. the pope has been there for five years so i had an expectation, called naive or whatever, because i have been talking to people at dublin castle and they said you do not expect him to say anything on a papal visit, but i do because i believe this is a critical moment for the church to reach out to the irish people, a country that has been scourged by clerical sex abuse and do something different and speak directly to the people about this. michael, is that afair people about this. michael, is that a fair assessment of what the pope had to say? this was a civic reception and the pope was never going to outline a plan of reform at

a civic reception. he is due to give six speeches in total, he will give another at the cathedral shortly and another at the cathedral shortly and another tonight at croke park. the vatican tends to write the speeches so vatican tends to write the speeches so they have an overarching theme andl so they have an overarching theme and i think we will see that in the coming days. i do not think between today and tomorrow we will see any devise a plan of action to increase accountability in the church. what we might see as a result of the visit though, because the child protection policies in place in the catholic church now in ireland are acknowledged to be gold standard and extremely robust. i think that the pope might take that as a template because that is not the case in other parts of the catholic world but very much the case in britain and the united states but not in parts of the developing world. and thatis parts of the developing world. and that is something for the pope to implement. if he does not set out

concrete plant in some form or hint at it in one of these speeches is that a major missed opportunity?” think he will hint at it in this meeting with the bishops at the end of the visitjust meeting with the bishops at the end of the visit just before meeting with the bishops at the end of the visitjust before he departs to go back. this is an ecclesiastical, structural issue in some ways in terms of the accountability and i think he will outline that they are but we will have no decisive plan here i think. the vatican spokesman was correct to dampen expectations because that was never going to happen in this context. an ecclesiastical, structural issue, what is your response to those words?” structural issue, what is your response to those words? i think it isa response to those words? i think it is a missed opportunity because if michael is right and the pubjust talks to the bishops and tomorrow evening, that really for me is reinforcing more of the institutional church and the whole point is that the church needs to reform the structure so that it opens up to the people more. i think

thatis opens up to the people more. i think that is the criticaljuncture that the churches out of the moment so if the churches out of the moment so if the pope just has a private conversation tomorrow with his bishops he is leaving at the population put up do think that he is ready to move forward? i simply do not know, i'm curious, i do not fully understand what is happening because to some extent he is so good when it comes to the issue of migrants and poverty and climate change but unfortunately on abuse he himself has said that he could have done more in that open letter last week and i found that amazing. why has he not done more and what is holding him back. the church needs to ensure that the same system in the institution of the kirk church that allowed this to happen, but that allowed this to happen, but that has been changed. das pope francis as an individual want to do more, is it in his power to do more or is bureaucracy holding him back? his authority in the church is

supreme his authority in the church is supreme and if there is people in the vatican holding him back he needs to get rid of him. —— rid of them. ithink needs to get rid of him. —— rid of them. i think he has taken his eye off the ball in terms of the credibility of the church and he needs to put this top of the list as sooi'i needs to put this top of the list as 50011 as needs to put this top of the list as soon as he gets back to rome. thank you both very much and we will keep a close eye on what else is said during the course of today and tomorrow. just looking again at these live pictures from dublin city centre with crowds lining the street awaiting the arrival of pope francis at saint mary ‘s pro—cathedral where he will meet some newlywed couples, and some who have been married for much longer than that as well and then he will travel through and in fa ct we then he will travel through and in fact we just caught a glimpse of the popemobile. only a glimpse of it and we will see much more of that very soon. but for now back to the studio. many thanks and much more as the

afternoon goes on. 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. at present, women ending a pregnancy in its first 10 weeks must take two pills at a clinic, 2a to 48 hours apart. the move will bring england into line with scotland and wales. ena miller reports. at the moment in england, women who want to end a pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills, up to 48 hours apart and at a clinic. but some people like zoe have experienced bleeding and cramping on their way home. it was so traumatic and so unexpected. the pain and the nausea was so extreme that i had to get off the tube. i lay down on a bench and basically just decided that i wasn't going to move any further. changes to the law will help minimise the distress.

the department of health says by the end of the year it will allow women to take the second pill in the familiar surroundings of their own home, but abortion has been legal for many years. why has the decision happened now? this tiny change has taken so long because ministers and civil servants, i think, have exaggerated, they have an exaggerated sense of what the opposition to abortion is. most people, even if they don't like the idea of abortion, recognise that it is legal and it should be allowed as safely as possible. 180,000 women have an abortion each year in england and four out of five of those are early medical terminations. the move has been welcomed. 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. england will fall in line with wales and scotland. in northern ireland, abortion is still illegal unless there is a serious risk to a woman's health or life.

campaigners say they're ready to make the changes now and the government's end of year deadline couldn't come fast enough. ena miller, bbc news. workers at the train company northern have begun a 24—hour strike in a long—running row over driver—only operated trains. people attending major events today including manchester pride, creamfields and leeds festival, are advised to be aware of a reduced service. northern says it will be operating about 30% of its usual services. the first holidaymakers to be flown home early from the egyptian hotel where a british couple died have arrived back in the uk. john and susan cooper from burnley were staying at the steigen—berger aqua magic hotel in hurghada. thomas cook says the circumstances surrounding their deaths remains unclear. katy austin reports. arriving home, all of thomas cook's 300 customers from the aqua magic

hotel have now left. nearly half have flown back to the uk, while others have moved hotels. when you find out at ten, 10:30pm at night that two people have died two days ago, and nobody knows why and they obviously came down ill quite suddenly, haven't had a chance to get a doctor first. then yes, i'm wondering what's happening to my kids when they're sleeping. some people were quite irate and upset because they didn't have instant answers. you cannot give instant answers because it's speculation. thomas cook did what they could and everything they did was spot on, if you ask me. john and susan cooper, both in their 60s, died after being found ill on tuesday at the hotel in the hurghada area of egypt. their daughter, kelly ormerod, has told the bbc something doesn't add up about their death at the 5—star resort. egyptian authorities have said

initial indications are the couple died of natural causes, the hotel disputes thomas cook claimed that there had been reports of raised levels of illness among guests. the foreign office told us today, we continue to support the family of the couple who died in egypt and remain in contact with thomas cook. anyone staying at the aqua magic hotel should follow the advice of their tour operator and local authorities. egypt's tourism minister has told the bbc investigators will report within ten days. the headlines on bbc news. at the start of his historic visit to ireland, pope francis has spoken of his shame at the failure of the catholic church to address the abuse of children by priests. women in england are to be allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills in their own homes instead of in a clinic. holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel, following the unexplained deaths of a british couple. thousands of rohingya muslim

refugees have held protests to mark the first anniversary of their exodus from myanmar. angry protesters marched through a camp in the cox's bazar district of bangladesh, chanting demands for justice. some wept as they recalled the brutal treatment inflicted on them following the military crackdown in myanmar which sparked the refugee crisis one year ago. the family of a british—iranian woman are waiting to find out if her temporary release from a prison in tehran will be extended. nazanin zagahri radcliffe, a charity workerfrom north london, was granted a three—day release and is due to return to jail tomorrow. i spoke to nazanin's husband — richard ratcliffe — and started by asking him if he had recieved any news on the possibility of an extension of his wife's release. not really is the honest answer,

where we are is that lawyers went to the prosecutors office and the deputy prosecutor was not there and he was told to come back tomorrow. so he will go tomorrow and we're still on tenterhooks. if no decision comes then she would have to go back to prison and today obviously has been a more nervous day than in previous days when we were all euphoric and happy. now we're thinking, we will see. i was wondering how both she and you are dealing with the uncertainty? it is hard, the first day was just euphoric and yesterday she had lots of relatives coming to visit and that was lovely. today she was saying, she has a dishwasher in her stomach as she put it.

she's pretty uneasy. she went out of the house today, went to have a coffee so it is a chance to see normal life going round the shops and just reminding her of being back in england. so an elementjust of keeping ourselves distracted. gabriella of course is your daughter who lives with nazanin at the moment. how much contact are you able to have because i know that she's not able to speak to media? she cannot do any interviews but obviously she is allowed to speak to me and we've had more contact. now i can call her on skype and see her smiling face and it has been lovely. in fact today gabriella went to nursery and wanted her mother to take her so she could show her friends you see, i have

a mother and that is nice. hawaii is bracing itself for more floods and landslides, as storm lane makes its way past the islands. the former hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm. but authorities are warning that lives are still at risk. it's the biggest storm to hit the pacific island group in nearly three decades. earlier, our north america correspondent, james cook, who's on the island of maui, gave us an update. it's still pretty windy, not nearly as windy as it was. the interesting thing here has been the storm surge, the pacific ocean beside me here has been churned up a brownish colour. it has been on and off pretty heavy rain. but there is some news that has been changing and that is this is now no longer a hurricane, it has been downgraded to a tropical storm.

good news of course for hawaii but the may yet be a sting in the tail because the heavy rain which has already caused destruction, landslides and forced rescues on the big island is now expected to cause problems here on maui and on the most populous of the islands. the dry weather over the summer has attracted tourists to british seaside towns. one place that has been benefiting is whitley bay — which has undergone major redevelopment in recent years. but what happens when the sun sets and the holidaymakers have packed up their buckets and spades. ricky boleto has been to find out. ukelele music plays. i used to come here, it must‘ve been some a0 years ago. we've just come todayjust to see the new spanish city and see how it has improved. the weather's not the best! but you know, i mean, for a day out, it's great. it is a great coast and kids like the sun and buckets and spades

no matter where they are. this summer, we've been spoilt for choice with millions of brits heading to the seaside to soak up the sun. coastal communities have been reaping the rewards. it's been amazing. i mean, the sunshine has been fantastic, it's brought a lot more people down to the beach. been working around the clock. there's been a lot of late hours. been sometimes 2:00 in the morning here making ice cream, but no, we've managed to keep up with the demand — just! but how long will they be flavour of the month? well, today, we're back in whitley bay. 12 months ago, this seaside town was undergoing a face—lift, part of a decade—long plan to regenerate the area. people were really sad about where they lived. there was no pride because it was so awful when you walked along the area. dereliction and demolition. it was just sad, sad, sad. but now there's a new feeling in whitley bay that we're all pulling together to make this a great place to live, to work, and to be proud of.

£2 million of investment from the government's coastal communities fund, as well as council and lottery well we believe that there are two return to dublin. let's ta ke return to dublin. let's take it straightaway to some pictures from dublin city centre of pope francis, he is going to a meeting in a minute but first let's look at these images as he greets people on the streets. he will go to the cathedral in a moment but first he is taking some time to shake the hands of well—wishers gathered there with the vatican flag at the papal flag. these crowds out on the streets of dublin city centre to see him. he will also be doing a tour in the popemobile around dublin city centre soon. between engagements.

but a fantastic opportunity for people who have made the effort to get into the city centre, to get around the traffic restrictions and wait for some considerable time for this opportunity. the irish police force estimating around 100,000 people on the streets today, they expect that number and it is not on the level ofjohn paul ii and his visit back in 1979 where it is not half the population of ireland travel to see him either at one of the main events or out on the streets. it was mass adulation with the mother and father of all traffic jams ina the mother and father of all traffic jams in a number of locations so not at this level but nonetheless here on the streets and at the big events in croke park and phoenix park in dublin tonight and tomorrow we are talking about something in the order

of more than half a million people. upwards of that number coming to see pope francis in one way or another. the 81—year—old pontiff, not his first visit to ireland but his first visit to ireland as pope. he is meeting the people at a time of such huge change in this country, vastly changed since the visit ofjohn paul ii certainly. he is of course admired for his easy manner, his work with the poor, his contributions on issues such as the threat to the environment. but he's also the supreme leader of the catholic church, a church which of

course has had to confront some very dark and troubling issues here in ireland. of course among them the abuse of children by clerics. the treatment of unmarried mothers and their babies in mother and baby homes and at the magdalene laundries. and of course questions about inclusivity and the role of women in the church, the treatment of lg bt people. women in the church, the treatment of lgbt people. we will see what the pope has to say further on these issues, he did reflect in a speech at dublin castle where i'm talking to you from a little earlier on the subject of the abuse of children. and talked about the pain and shame of the church and how it had to go further whatever the cost, to stamp

out the abuse of children. but he has not referred specifically to any measures in that regard and that is what many people are looking for. well he is now in the popemobile, that unmistakable vehicle, there is a seat in it for the 81—year—old pontiff should he wish to sit back at the moment he is standing on the better to give the people gathered to see him a better view. the vatican has a number of these popemobiles and they decide depending on the nature of the visit, security requirements and so on, which to use. so an enthusiastic welcome. from the people gathered

there. but not the huge numbers certainly that we saw out on the streets back in 1979. i think it is fair to say. so the pope has a number of engagements today. among the engagement, he is going to be meeting homeless families. he is expected crucially also to meet