i'm annita mcveigh live in dublin. the headlines at 6pm... pope francis is in ireland, for the first papal visit in almost a0 years. he's 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. ajewish man, who believes he was one of the people whojeremy corbyn said didn't "understand english irony", demands an apology from the labour leader. holidaymakers arrive home

after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel, following the unexplained deaths of a british couple. and in sport, promoted wolves hold the champions, manchester city, to a draw in the premier league. we'll have that and the rest of the day's sport in sportsday at half past six. and welcome back to dublin to our viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world, where pope francis at the

beginning of his two—day visit to ireland has spoken about the controversy of abuse. he has talked about the pain and shame of the catholic community at the failure of the church hierarchy, to fully address the abuse of young children in its care. earlier today after that speech here in dublin castle, from where i am speaking to you, the pope then took to the streets of dublin in the unmistakable pope mobile, and as you can see significant crowds out to greet him, but it should reflect nowhere near the numbers that awaited john paul ii when he came here almost a0 years ago. perhaps a small reflection of changing attitudes, slightly more mixed feelings towards the relationship between the people and the church. but this evening, we are

expecting to see crowds of around 70,000 upwards of 80,000 perhaps, listening to the pope at a festival of families here in dublin. before we look more closely at that, let's hear from we look more closely at that, let's hearfrom our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. 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. let's speak now to our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, who is inside croke park where the pope is due to arrive in just over an hour's time. a festival of families being

celebrated there tonight, normally it isa celebrated there tonight, normally it is a stadium where we see major sporting events and concerts, what is the atmosphere like? welcome, one of the largest stadiums in europe, and you're standing to get the sense now of the number of people who attended this event today. tonight is the festival of families, part of this world meeting of families gathering over the weekend. now it seats about 75,000 people, we are told tonight and we are just starting to get the scale of the numbers of the people coming into the stadium just now. the pope will be arriving a little later on and will be giving a speech talking about the importance of family but alongside that it is very much a concert planned for this evening, with local performers, irish dancers and speakers around the world to. different families giving their testimony and also speaking about

the importance of the union of family tonight. in the pope's speech to will be reflecting on some of his favourite things, the vulnerable, the homeless, some of the things he has made a priority in his papacy. expected about 75,000 people here this evening, this has been one of the biggest gatherings of the weekend but actually this is small numbers compared to what would be the culmination of the pope's visit this weekend because tomorrow some half a million people are expected for his mass in phoenix park. this is expected to be one of the highlights of his visit.|j is expected to be one of the highlights of his visit. i do not know if you had a chance to speak to any of the people attending the festival of families there this evening, and if so what have they said to you about in terms of their reaction to the pope's visit so far and what he has had to say? as we are coming in tonight, the

atmosphere of a sporting event, something that is very much outside the stadium, lots of memorabilia being sold. it is almost like attending a concert, if you like, people with the pope in ireland t—shirts and some announcements getting under way behind us now. the performances will be starting in the next hour or so. it is getting very loud there so thank you very much for that. emma va rdy, loud there so thank you very much for that. emma vardy, and we will have more this evening. with me here at dublin caso, i have the father from a diocese in the west of ireland and a former uk ambassador to the holy seed in the vatican. before we talk about what is happening in the park, can we talk about the day so far? —— dublin

castle. your thoughts on what the pope had to say, expression on disappointment and going forward with concrete actions to tackle child abuse. that is in an realistic expectation, he has gone further than that ever before by specifically naming bishops who need to be held accountable for the mismanagement in the war of the cover—up of child sexual abuse. much more important than his words has been his gestures, i was struck by the meeting with the homeless people in the caption centre. 0ne the meeting with the homeless people in the caption centre. one of the interesting things there is the vulnerability of people in one of the things i noticed, none of them had mobile phones, people were taking selfies and these were people on the edge of society with him he had a personal moment. that spoke volumes. you spoke on reaching out to those floatable. priests do not

ask too many questions, just be there and present to these people. these are your people. was it really an unrealistic expectation about saying things about concrete actions, what better occasion one could argue than one event that celebrates family, children within the family and within the eyes of the family and within the eyes of the world watching ireland this weekend for some further word from him on this? the structures are already in place in many respects and they are notjust being implemented. that is one of the things we're going to find, he will follow—up much more intensely following this event and the publicity. the reality of the structures a re publicity. the reality of the structures are in place. do you agree that the structures are in place or do we need to hear more from the supreme leader of catholics? i would stress that we are at the start of a 36 hour visit and if we look at other visits, sometimes further words will be said

when he is addressing the catholic community specifically and that will be tomorrow in phoenix park. but in regards, the catholic church has been the epi— centre for 20 years on the whole child sex abuse issue but it is not exclusively the catholic church. 0ther it is not exclusively the catholic church. other organisations including the bbc have been struck with this problem and organisations have real difficulty in adjusting and how to grapple with it and it is and how to grapple with it and it is a journey the catholic church is on. i think let's see what he says in the other encounters and he has yet to meet the victims of abuse and crucially rather than hearing from him,| crucially rather than hearing from him, iwill crucially rather than hearing from him, i will be very interested if any of them say what you said to them because i think that personal encounter is where hope frances really comes alive. the first part of this visit is very stilted, it is the diplomatic, forgive the diplomat in me, it is the statecraft and that is not his natural terrain up. his terrain is what you'll see in the

centre, what you see on the streets in the hundreds of thousands of people who come out onto the streets of dublin this evening. that is not something we can predict that noontime today. it is a journey that the church is on but it has been ten yea rs the church is on but it has been ten years since the ryan report into abuse and there have been other reports since then. there is a reports since then. there is a report due out in february of next year about unwed mothers and what happened to their baby. the church has had some time, and we know it is a huge organisation that does not move quickly necessarily but has had time to grapple with this, hasn't it? it is but you have to put in perspective. the uk is much larger, and has the staff of a county council of england but look how difficult it has been for the uk estate to with this when you look out it, and this is an issue for whole of society. the catholic church is held to a higher standard

because it teaches morality and i think people have greater expectations but i think it is a journey. is there more to do, or steps to take, the answer is yes. the dais in the 19705 there was a mass grave uncovered but it turned out to be the unmarked grave of hundreds of small children. and as i mentioned that, at the investigation due out in terms next year of in term5 due out in terms next year of in terms of the way the catholic church has treated women in irish society, doesn't have a way to go still? has treated women in irish society, doesn't have a way to go still7m with last february it was due out, and it was delayed a year and i understand the religious order which was silent about this are cooperating with authorities and all the findings were handed over to be local county counsellor and owned the property and we have to wait and 5ee the property and we have to wait and see what comes out in that report in due course. it was a very painful

time for the local community, coming to terms with that and my dad is still alive and he remembers tho5e children in those homes at the time. let's talk about looking ahead of the event this evening and about the5e celebrations, about the piece of family, tying in with the world meeting of families taking place in dublin this evening, an event run by the catholic church every three years. how important you think this will be for irish catholics because we know the number of people in our 5ociety who declare them5elve5 we know the number of people in our 5ociety who declare themselves out catholics have dropped in recent years but is still predominantly a catholic society? 70% self identifies as catholic, which is enormous. a third 5till practi5e their faith. what is enriching with this is it is a global event, and represents catholics from all over the world. it is now overflowing in

a sense and we have seen it re—emerging, and we will see it again tonight and it is a great enrichment, different bodies and pa rt5 of enrichment, different bodies and parts of the church enrich each other in celebrating their faith, celebrating the sacrament of marriage and family. do think there doe5 marriage and family. do think there does need to be a renewal of the contract between the church and the people here in ireland? we have heard that from the pope today and i thought they were complementary speeches but faith is very much alive in this country so comparatively ireland is still quite a religious country and a third of people here still go to church on a wee kly people here still go to church on a weekly basis. that far outstrips anything in western europe so i think we will see a resetting of the relationship between church and state in a much more healthy way going forward and i think this visit offers that opportunity. thank you both very much for your time this evening and just to let you know,

the event here in dublin starts in an hourand a the event here in dublin starts in an hour and a half, the event here in dublin starts in an hourand a half, 90 minutes the event here in dublin starts in an hour and a half, 90 minutes from i'iow. an hour and a half, 90 minutes from now. around 70,000 people expected there. families from a number of locations around the world. they will be speaking at the event and a concert a5 will be speaking at the event and a concert as well in honour of pope francis and we will bring you coverage of that throughout the next few hours. for now, back to you in the studio. thank you very much, my colleague there in dublin. 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 a8 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 a8 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 nau5ea 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 distre55. 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 5en5e 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 5afely 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. ajewi5h man, who believes he was one of the british zionists whojeremy corbyn 5aid didn't "understand english irony" has told the bbc his comments were "deeply antisemitic" and the labour leader should apologise. mr corbyn has defended comments he made in 2013 when he was a backbencher. he 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. well, earlier our political correspondent tom barton gave us more details about richard millett who's making the claims. the kilo he writes a blog about anti—semiti5m and in that capacity he regularly attends pro palestinian offence where he thinks people might u5e anti—semitic language, in order to observe tho5e u5e anti—semitic language, in order to observe those events, to record what people are saying and if he thinks they are saying anything concerning, to then report that on his blog. it is in that capacity that he was at this speech in 2013 by the palestinian representative to the uk. in the video you mentioned thatjeremy corbyn wa5 the uk. in the video you mentioned thatjeremy corbyn was filmed talking about zionists thatjeremy corbyn was filmed talking about zioni5t5 who attended that event, failing to understand

engli5h irony. now he said that characterisation strongly implied that he was not english and therefore tama a5 a matter of fact he lived in the uk his whole life, and therefore that statement he says was and therefore that statement he says wa5 anti—semitic. —— therefore, he lived in the uk his whole life. why use the term english? why say i have no sense of english irony? it implies that i am not english. it strongly implies that i am not english in that... is obviously a offensive. whether he knew i was jewish, which he does, we mix in the same circles, or he doesn't know i am jewish, it is still aimed, can only have been aimed at someone who isjewish because he said i have no sense of english irony. he just did not say no irony, to make a comment that i do not get english irony implies that i am not from here. not from the united kingdom. which to highlight that, i find very offensive. it was unnecessary to do it and racist.

what has been labour's re5pon5e? labour sources point to a statement thatjeremy corbyn labour sources point to a statement that jeremy corbyn publi5hed labour sources point to a statement thatjeremy corbyn published last night and thatjeremy corbyn published last nightandi thatjeremy corbyn published last night and i will read a bit of it, it said he defended the palestinian amba55ador it said he defended the palestinian ambassador in the face of what he thought were the elaborate mi5representations by people for who engli5h mi5representations by people for who english was a first language, when engli5h english was a first language, when english was a first language, when english was not the first language of the ambassador. essential but they say that means is that he said that those at the meeting failed to understand irony, not because they we re understand irony, not because they werejewish, understand irony, not because they were jewish, but understand irony, not because they werejewish, but despite the fact that they were english. and that they say is a differing characterisation and a different way of understanding his comments. that has not those stopped 5everal labour mp5 raising concerns about what he said, including that the language

was said, including that the language wa5 inexcusable and abhorrent. another 5aid wa5 inexcusable and abhorrent. another said the video contained inexcusable comments and it is worth noting that those are from regular critics ofjeremy corbyn, but the tweed received support on twitter from other mp5... tweed received support on twitter from other mps. .. labour mps? labour mp5, who are not well known, high profile critics of jeremy mp5, who are not well known, high profile critics ofjeremy corbyn. that underlines the concern within some parts of the labour party about the5e some parts of the labour party about these comments. the scottish government in5i5t5 that the investigation against alec salmon has been entirely confidential. that's despite details of one complaint against the former first minister appearing in a newspaper. mr salmond's strongly denied all the allegations and is challenging the complaints procedure in court. the scottish government has not 5aid whether or not it's conducting a leak inquiry.

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 605, died after being found ill on tuesday at the hotel in the hurghada area of egypt. their daughter, kelly 0rmerod, 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's claim that there had been reports of raise levels of illness among guests. the foreign office told us today we continue to support the family of a couple who died in hurghada, egypt, and remain in contact with thomas cook. anyone staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel should follow the advice of their tour operator and the local authorities. egypt's tourism minister has told the bbc investigators will report within ten days. katy austin, bbc news. hawaii has seen 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. james cook reporting there and a

little closer to home here, let's catch up on the weather. away from scotla nd catch up on the weather. away from scotland it is a bank holiday weekend and for many we got off to a reasonable start, fairly chilly and places this morning. most of us have seen some places this morning. most of us have seen some sunshine through the day. we have also had a few showers around, some heavy and thundery in places but they are already starting to fade. a different sort of day tomorrow, here is tomorrow's weather, it would have been something wider and windier through the day tomorrow. 0vernight, skies until the further east you are and mainly dry as cloud starts to gather further west, rain gathering as we head through the early hours. not as chilly as the night before with lows

between seven and 11 celsius. we have this frontal system working its way in from the west and also strengthened the winds as well. most of us will see some rain at some stage through the day. eastern counties of scotland and england getting off to a mainly dry if not bright start before cloud starts to build and the rain are further west extends its way eastward through the day. some of that is likely to be heavy. unnoticeable e windy day and these are the average speeds or the tests will be even higher, particularly the western and southern coast where he could reach 30 or a0 mph. southern coast where he could reach 30 ora0 mph. given southern coast where he could reach 30 or a0 mph. given the strength of the rain, a cool day, and the rain clears away eastwards overnight, and

showery rain across parts of scotla nd showery rain across parts of scotland on into monday which is a bank holiday and should be mainly dry. there will be a few showers, and those winds will start to ease down through the day and some spells of sunshine, leaving it a bit warmer, highs between 18 and 22 celsius. 0n into tuesday again, some spells of sunshine and showery rain, and western and northern scotland, with many places dry on wednesday. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. pope francis is in ireland, for the first papal visit in almost a0 years. in a speech, he spoke of his shame at the failure of the catholic church to address the abuse of children by priests. translation: the failure of the ecclesiastical authorities, pitches, religious superiors and present

others adequately to address these crimes has really given rise to outrage and remit the source of pain and shame for the catholic community. i myself share those sentiments. the government has announced plans for women in england to be allowed to take the second of an early abortion pill at home. currently they have to take both at a clinic. ajewish man, who believes he was one of the people whojeremy corbyn said didn't "understand english irony", demands an apology from the labour leader. after a british couple died at an egyptian hotel, holiday—makers have started to arrive back in the uk. tour operator, thomas cook, says the cause ofjohn and susan cooper's deaths remains unexplained. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday.