good evening. pope francis has spoken of his pain and shame at the failure of the roman catholic church to deal with sexual abuse by the clergy in ireland. he was speaking on the first day of his two—day trip to the country, the first papal visit in nearly a0 years. thousands of people lined the streets to greet the pontiff, who'll be at a festival later to celebrate family life. our religion editor, martin bashir, is in dublin. good evening. yes, pope francis who is 81 years of age has kept up a pretty hectic schedule today. it began at the presidential residence, moved on to dublin castle and then saint mary's pro cathedral. all of that having flown in from italy. departing from rome at 8:30 this morning, pope francis made his customary visit to the cargo of correspondents and camera crews on board, including the bbc. martin bashir, the bbc. unlike the last papal visit,

when popejohn paul kissed the runway, francis deployed a smile and a wave. music. his first visit was to the residence of president michael d higgins. he moved on to a meeting of civil leaders and the diplomatic corps, and it was here at dublin castle that the taoiseach, leo varadkar, raised the issue of child sexual abuse that has threatened to dominate the visit. these wounds are still open, and there is 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. pope francis responded with words of repentance and regret — but without offering any specific remedies. translation: the failure

of ecclesiastical authorities — bishops, religious superiors, priests and others — adequately to address these repugnant crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community. margaret mcguckin was abused in a catholic run children's home and was disappointed by pope francis's speech. these words don't wash with us anymore, we've heard all these patronising words for a lifetime, you know, and i near retched, actually, hearing him with his faint platitudes, you know, so disappointed, and i can imagine what our people are like all over ireland. but in dublin, the crowds are still came out for the pope. although this visit will lastjust 36 hours, it comes at a crucial moment in the fractured relationship between ireland and the church. at st mary's pro—cathedral,

a candle burns daily in memory of those abused. pope francis spent several minutes in silent prayer, perhaps mindful of that new testament verse that faith without works is dead. in this evening he will be speaking at the sporting stadium and then tomorrow, the climax really of his visit when he celebrates mass at the phoenix park. i should remind you that back in 1979 when popejohn paul ii phoenix park, 1.5 million people gathered to take part in that service. tomorrow's event, they issued 500,000 tickets. back to you. egypt's top prosecutor says the deaths of a british couple who died at a hotel resort

in the country were not due to poisonous gas emissions in their room. john and susan cooper were staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel in hurghada. both died on tuesday, and there were claims that the hotel's air—conditioning system might be to blame. concern following the death of the couple has led to other holiday—makers being flown home. the first have now arrived back in the uk, as katy austin reports. it is still unclear how men a p pa re ntly it is still unclear how men apparently fit and healthy couple died at this 5—star red sea resort. they both were in their 60s, found ill on tuesday. inspectors found no evidence of toxic gas leaks in their hotel room in the local hospital manager said fumes were unlikely to have caused their deaths. translation: i do not think it was gas poisoning because of a group of people were subject to gas leaks

they would suffer from the same time for the same symptoms but in the case of this couple i got the first one out around 11am in the second at 5pm. ido one out around 11am in the second at 5pm. i do not think this was because. nearly half of his 300 customers at the hotel chose to fly home. when you find out at ten, 10:30pm at night, that two people died a few days ago and no one knows why, and he came down as ill quite suddenly, had not had a chance to get eight doctor first, i wonder what is happening to my children when they are sleeping. the daughter has suspicions on her parents‘ that. the report could take ten days. date confirmed that they are supporting the couple of a family who died and its guidance to anyone staying at the hotel is to follow the advice of their tour operator and of local authorities. the grieving family will want answers. peru has introduced new restrictions

on the number of venezuelan migrants entering the country. tens of thousands of people have fled venezuela in recent weeks amid chronic shortages of foods and medicines. more than two million have left in the past three years, and it's causing regional tensions, as neighbouring countries struggle to accommodate them. 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 ten 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 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. 180,000 women have an abortion each year in england, and four out of five of those early medical terminations. 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's legal and it should be allowed as safely as possible. england will fall in line with wales

and scotland. in northern ireland, abortion is still illegal, unless there is serious help to a woman's help 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. catalans dragons have won rugby league's challenge cup final, beating warrington in one of the cups greatest ever upsets. no team outside of england has ever won the trophy until now, as adam wild reports. allez, allez, allez. .. from the south of france, the catalans dragons, officially in sang et or, blood and gold, perhaps no more fitting colours for a rugby league final. not in great numbers, but in great hope of becoming the first french side to conquer this english cup. warrington wolves stood in their way but failed to block the channel out wide, catalans breaching defences early. the french side's determination to make their mark on history all too clear, starting the second half as they did the first, this time brayden wiliame extending their lead.

but warrington finally got the luck they needed when george king gathered this fumble, setting up an agonising finish, catalans just clinging on for an extraordinary victory. and so after 122 years, the catalans dragons have done what was once unthinkable. they'll now head back to the south of france with british rugby league's most famous prize. adam wild, bbc news, at wembley. i'll be back with the team for the late news at 10:10. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello and very good evening to you, welcome back to dublin, i am at dublin castle where pope francis was earlier in the day at the beginning of this two—day visit to ireland. the first visit by a pope to ireland

in almost four decades. let's take a quick look at the scene over and croke park, one of the biggest stadiums in europe where there is a concert going on at the moment. a festival of families and we should remind you that this is the official reason for pope francis of being here this weekend, a meeting of families that has happened every three years, which has happened by the catholic church. at the moment a concert is taking place at around 70,000 people, warming up the audience if you like for the pope's arrival. the ireland correspondent is there and tell us more about what it is like there, what is going on? this is the big event of day one of the pope's visit, some 75,000 people have gathered here for this two—hour

concert this evening. it is being held in one of your‘s biggest stadiums, croke park usually hosts football matches and concerts but tonight is a focal point for many thousands of families who have come here. as you can see behind me there isa here. as you can see behind me there is a musical concert going on at the moment and there are some 2000 performers who will be taking to the stage throughout the evening. many of them are irish dancers, some 700 irish dancers and many hundreds of volu nteers irish dancers and many hundreds of volunteers taking part in the performance as well. the highlight for many people will be the pope's address, you will be making an address, you will be making an address to people gathered here talking about the importance of family. also focusing on some of his key things, helping vulnerable migrants and refugees. and there are not just people from migrants and refugees. and there are notjust people from ireland dear but people from all over the world, i was peeking to a family from france who brought their children

and want this moment to be an inspiration and seeing the pope is a once—in—a—lifetime experience. and they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. about another hour and rest of their lives. about another hourand a rest of their lives. about another hour and a half or so to go for this event this evening, 75,000 people here gathered for it. it is incredibly lead light load —— it is incredibly lead light load —— it is incredibly loud there, so i will not try to ask another question but that is our ireland correspondent waiting the arrival of pope francis. let's speak now tojohn bruton, who was irish prime minister between 1994 and 1997, and was in ireland for the last papal visit in 1979. very good evening were you and thank you for your time this evening. i wa nt to you for your time this evening. i want to begin by asking what you made of the tone of what the present prime minister had to say in his speech earlier here at dublin

castle. he asked the pope to listen to the victims to ensure words flow from action. i think he made a very good speech and said exactly what you just quoted. but he also acknowledge that when this was founded in the 1920s in many years thereafter, the stage was not inviting social and educational services and these would not be provided if not for catholic churches and others stepping in and opening schools and maintaining schools and hospitals. the legacy of the catholic church in ireland is predominantly a positive one but there are other significant issues that need to the point it out. we have mandatory reporting now in similar parishes and going forward i

think there is a concern that not adequate responsibility has been taken for what adequate responsibility has been ta ken for what happened adequate responsibility has been taken for what happened in the past. 0ne taken for what happened in the past. one person i spoke to earlier said to me it would be unrealistic to expect the pope over the course of this weekend to say anything more in terms of concrete measures but on the other hand you could argue this could be a perfect vacation, it is a world meeting of families and we're talking about the damage that was done to families while priests were abusing children so it would seem this is the perfect moment for the pope to say something more concrete. do you expect that? i think the holiness, the pope, made a 15 minute speech today and i do not think it would have been possible for the pope to have outlined in that short speech that he is making this visit, detailed proposals in changes in lot

and about how you would apply managerial reporting in all countries of the world. and it also makes it difficult, the accusation does not necessarily constitutes guilt, it has to be due process. but do you think when he spoke earlier when he was saying that he was very much in tune with what the vast majority of catholics want right now? that he wants dunn that they want people to listen to the victims and ensure that there are further actions taken by the church hierarchy with yellow yes i do. i speak as a catholic, we need to get this issue, get on top of this issue and deal with it because it is getting in the way of the more important and positive work of the church. in irish and other society

but the opening towards the poor and dealing with any quality, dealing with climate change and also providing a message of hope for the next life. bear in mind that we believe there is a next light and we are preparing in this life for the next live in preparing that the sacraments are available for people. we need to deal with the legacy of abuse of the church can do its work more freely and more positively in the future. i would like if you would, get you to reflect on the different ireland that we have now over the course of this visit compared to what we saw back when john paul ii came here in 1979 to mass adulation. how is the response of the people to pope francisco stein to do with the reaction to the sexual abuse scandal, that treatment of women, unmarried mothers and are

there other factors in play there, of women, unmarried mothers and are there otherfactors in play there, a more materialistic society for example? —— the response of the people to pope francis. but on the stage and in irish society, irish society and families were more judgemental and oppressive. and to some extent they'd dumbed their problems on the church, and it is dealing with the feelings of irish society in the 1930s, 1940s and 19505 society in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s and we now have aged changed ireland and the values in society have changed. we also have a much more prosperous and you might say materialistic society where everything isjudged in terms of financial outcomes and that has squeezed out the space for people to think about the next life, to think about more spiritual issues. i think

materialism as well as the legacy of abuse have... not just materialism as well as the legacy of abuse have... notjust the catholic church but that churches in general of the western world and that as a phenomenon that it is going through. ok. 0k. former prime minister of ireland, thank you very much for your time. and just bringing you now some breaking news coming to us from the vatican which has announced that the vatican which has announced that the pope has met eight survivors of sexual abuse today, early evening we we re sexual abuse today, early evening we were told he talked to them for 90 minutes. the pope has met eight sexual abuse survivors early this evening, speaking to them for 90 minutes. we were told earlier that

he would indeed be meeting with survivors and we were told that we would not hear about it until it had happened as is the case and we were also told by the church that this was a essentially a private meeting but if the people the pope was speaking to wanted to talk about the conversation afterwards, it would be up conversation afterwards, it would be up to them. we do not know yet whether any of those abuse survivors who have spoken to be pope will be going public with details of the conversation. what they said to the pope and what the pope said to them. but the news just emerging that that meeting has taken place. of course there will be much interest to find out if we can, any details of the conversation, what the pope perhaps said privately to them, more about actions that the church is proposing to ta ke actions that the church is proposing to take to deal with the abuse of

children by clerics, to talk about abuse that happened in catholic run institutions, to also deal with those who cover up abuse. and just in the last few weeks and months of course, we have seen not only here in ireland much does the ocean of this issue but with the pennsylvania grandjury in the this issue but with the pennsylvania grand jury in the united states, reporting and implicating 300 priests in the abuse of more than 1000 people, 1000 children in the 1970s and 80s with the conviction in australia, of the highest ranking church official, the archbishop of adelaide, over the cover—up of abuse bya adelaide, over the cover—up of abuse by a cleric, we can see that this is a global issue and the reason why the eyes of the world really are on ireland this weekend to see what more pope francis might say on the matter in a country where of course

theissue matter in a country where of course the issue of abuse has been spoken about loudly and clearly for so many yea rs about loudly and clearly for so many years now. the subject of the inquiries as well, multiple inquiries as well, multiple inquiries in the country, just a little more detail coming into me about the meeting. we are told one of the people the pope met, one of the eight people be pope met, was mary collins, who has spoken about how she has suffered at the hands catholic institutions, it is likely someone like mary collins will speak are there perhaps about the conversation she has had with the pope. 0ne conversation she has had with the pope. one of eight people speaking to the pope for 90 minutes early this evening. we are told this meeting took place at a building which is effectively the vatican's embassy in dublin. that is the very

latest we have on that. we are looking at pictures of croke park, the stadium in dublin, and normally a venue the stadium in dublin, and normally a venue for major sporting events and concerts, a concert of a different sort this evening. ahead of pope francis's arrival for the festival of families, and this world meeting of families that is happening in dublin this evening, an event organised by the catholic church every three years to celebrate and reflect on the role of the family in the catholic church. pope francis will listen to testimonies from families from ireland, candidate, iraq, africa and many countries represented here tonight. —— canada. by concert has been going on. a river dance troupe

performing in upwards of 70,000 people at this event this evening. and we wait to hear what pope francis will say on what will be his third public speech on his first day of his visit to ireland. we will bring that to you but back to the studio. 0ther other news on bbc news... egypt's top prosecutor says the deaths of a british couple who died at a hotel resort in the country — were not due to poisonous gas emissions in their room. john and susan cooper were staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel in hurghada, both died on tuesday amid claims the hotel's air conditioning system might be to blame. concern following the deaths led to other holidaymakers being flown home — the first have now arrived back in the uk as katy austin reports. it is still unclear how an apparent fit and healthy couple died at this

5—star resort. both in their 60s, we re 5—star resort. both in their 60s, were found ill on tuesday at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel in egypt. inspectors found no evidence of toxic gas leaks in their hotel room and local managers said fumes we re room and local managers said fumes were unlikely to have caused their deaths. translation: were unlikely to have caused their deaths. translationzlj were unlikely to have caused their deaths. translation: i do not think it was gassed poisoning because if it was gassed poisoning because if it was gassed poisoning because if it was a group who were subject to it, they would suffer at the same time from the same symptoms like supplication but in the case of this couple, i got the first one at around 11 aem and the second at 5pm. ido around 11 aem and the second at 5pm. i do not think that was because. nearly half of thomas cook's 300 customers at the hotel chose to fly home. if you find out at 1030 at night, that a few people died a few days ago, and he came down quite ill quite suddenly, and had not had a chance to get a doctor first, then yes, iam chance to get a doctor first, then yes, i am wondering what is

happening to my kids while they are sleeping. the couplemy daughter has suspicions on her parents debts. eight report could take ten days. the commonwealth office confirmed it is supporting the family of a couple who died and remain in contact with thomas cook. if guidance to anyone staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel is to follow the advice of their tour operator and local authorities. the grieving family will just want answers. 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. 180,000 women happened abortions each year in england. and four out of five of those are early medical terminations. why has the decision happened now? ministers and civil services have an exaggerated sense of what the opposition to abortion is in most people, even if they do not like the

idea of abortion recognise that it is legal and it should be allowed as safely as possible. 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. a jewish man, who believes he was one of the british zionists whojeremy corbyn said 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. he writes a blog about anti—semitism and in that capacity he regularly

attends pro palestinian events where he thinks people might use 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 that jeremy corbyn was filmed talking about zionists who attended that event, failing to understand english irony. now mr millet, who isjewish, said that characterisation strongly implied that he was not english and therefore, as a matter of fact he lived in the uk his whole life, and therefore that statement he says was anti—semitic. 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 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 response? labour sources point to a statement that jeremy corbyn published last night and i will read a bit of it, it said he defended the palestinian ambassador in the face of

what he thought were the elaborate misrepresentations by people for who 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 were jewish, 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 several labour mps raising concerns about what he said, saying that the language was 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 tweet received support on twitter from other mps... labourmps? 0ther labour mps, who

are not well known, high profile critics ofjeremy corbyn. that underlines the concern within some parts of the labour party about these comments. tom barton there are speaking to my colleagues. it is that time of the day, let's find out how the weather is looking. 0dd turn there. i knew it would turn up 0dd turn there. i knew it would turn up eventually, tom and old. if you think it is chilly today, wait till tomorrow. it is not looking good at all. at the moment there are very few showers around and we will have clear skies across eastern areas of the uk but all the rain will... tempter six or 7 degrees, and in eastern scotland it may start dry tomorrow but it will push its way

towards the east. heavy bursts of rain especially parts of wales in the southwest of england. and improvements for the northern ireland, and a bit of sunshine drying off parts of wales, gusty winds across the coastline, and gusts of a0 mph, blustery day and maybe managing 17 degrees. in scotland, 12 or 13. monday, maybe managing 17 degrees. in scotland, 12 or13. monday, bank holiday for most does much better. temperatures significantly higher in scotla nd temperatures significantly higher in scotland and continue to get warmer and largely dry again on tuesday.