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this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 9. senatorjohn mccain, the vietnam war hero turned senator and us presidential candidate, has died at the age of 81. tributes have poured in from around the world — former us president barack obama said he was an "american hero". pope francis continues his visit to ireland — after expressing shame over the church's handling of sex abuse crimes. following a meeting with the pope last night, one man said the pontiff had ‘promised consequences‘. i got the strong impression that no one will be exempted from just penalties. i'm at phoenix park in dublin were rehearsals are under way for a mass, where the pope will speak in front ofa where the pope will speak in front of a million people. the government plans to make it harder for businesses to walk away
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from commitments to workers and suppliers if they go into insolvency. british scientists say they have pieced together what dinosaur dna looks like. zimbabwe gets ready for newly elected president emmerson mnangagwa to be sworn in. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 09:25— this morning's reviewers are author and journalist lainy malkani, and us commentator charlie wolf. john mccain, the vietnam war hero turned us senator and presidential candidate, has died. he was 81. on friday, he announced he had stopped treatment for an aggressive brain tumour. there've been many tributes paid to a politician who lost the race
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for the white house to barack obama, but who was always seen as a man of principle, honour and political conviction. our correspondent in washington, chris buckler, looks back at his life. john mccain was a politician of principle. a patriot who believed in his country, and fought for it at tremendous cost to himself. as a young navy pilot, he was shot down over hanoi, interrogated and tortured. his captors saw a potential propaganda coup, when his father became the commander of us forces in vietnam and offered him release. butjohn mccain refused, despite the many beatings he had suffered. on his return, he was hailed as a war hero and entered politics. and would eventually spend 35 years representing republicans inside congress. but he was fiercely independent and often spoke out against the party, notably challenging the influence of big money on american politics.
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the party establishment will not finish me off anywhere. why is that? because i will break the iron triangle in washington of money, lobbying and legislation and they know would that would be very, very disruptive financially to a lot of people's lives. he may have challenged washington, but he was respected here too. and in 2008, he was selected as a republican presidential candidate. but his campaign was not without mistakes and he was criticised as choosing sarah palin as his running mate. ultimately, he was to lose to history in the form of barack obama. i wish the outcome had been different, my friends, the road was a difficult one from the outset. but your support and friendship never wavered. in the divisive and aggressive world of american politics, there was always respect shown between president obama and john mccain. but donald trump didn't always show
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mccain such courtesy. he's not a war hero. he is a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured, 0k? i hate to tell you. he was a war hero because he was captured! his influence was still obvious in the twilight of his career. after brain surgery, he walked into the senate and stopped donald trump's attempts to get rid of the obamacare health reforms. with a grand gesture, he turned his thumb down. john mccain was a fighter till the end. he lived longer than expected after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. his family said it was with his usual strength of will that he chose to stop receiving medical treatment, but he was a man who never gave up hope in politics, or in his own personal battles. i'm going home for a while to treat my illness. i have every intention of returning here and giving many of you cause
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to regret all the nice things you said about me. and i hope to impress on you again that it is an honour to serve the american people in your company. thank you, fellow senators, mr president. applause. john mccain, who has died at the age of 81. our washington correspondent anthony zurcher recently produced a radio documentary on the life and career ofjohn mccain. i think the most amazing thing about john mccain's life is that he was born on the eve of world war ii, he came of age in what has been called the american century, a century, a time period, when the united states was at the peak of its military, cultural and political power across the globe. he embodied that. he was the globe. he embodied that. he was the sun of an admiral, the grandson
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ofan admiral, the sun of an admiral, the grandson of an admiral, fought in vietnam and suffered as a prisoner of war, in the same way the american nation suffered. he emerged from that as a hero and capitalised on that to go into politics and became a congressman and a senator into politics and became a congressman and a senator early in his career. he had an interesting moment where he was engulfed in this influence of scandal, the corrupting influence of scandal, the corrupting influence of scandal, the corrupting influence of power and money and emerged from that to become a reformer and said you needed to tackle head—on the idea that money is too influential in american politics. a couple of other interesting moments that stand out, when he ran for president in 2000, he did so as an antiestablishment candidate. a straight talker who travelled the country on the straight talk express bus. he capitalised on the idea of authenticity that many people hungered for and still hunger for. he ran against and lost against barack obama in 2004 as the economy
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began to sour. he'd managed to capitalise in 2000 and turned against members of his own party. eventually it would lead to the election of donald trump. if you follow his life from the very beginning, he isjust a towering figure for our time. tributes have been coming in forjohn mccain. his daughter, meghan mccain, paid tribute to her father in a statement posted on twitter. she said, "he was a great fire who burned bright, and we lived in his light and his warmth for so very long. we know that his flame lives on, in each of us." 0vernight, president trump also paid tribute to the senator on twitter. he says: "my deepest sympathies and respect goes out to the family of senatorjohn mccain. our hearts and prayers are with you". and finally barack obama also wrote of the late senator, who he ran against in
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the 2008 presidential election. he says, "john mccain and i were members of different generations, came from completely different backgrounds, and competed at the highest level of politics. but we shared — for all our differences — a fidelity to something higher — the ideals for which generations of americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched and sacrificed." and tributes have also been paid by politicans here in the uk. the former prime minister david cameron tweeted saying ‘the usa has lost a brave, principled and inspiring leader. the world has lost a great defender of liberty.‘ just some of the tributes tojohn mccain, who has died at the age of 81. it's the second and final day of pope francis' trip to ireland. he's currently on his way to a shrine in knock, county mayo,
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and later he'll lead a public mass in phoenix park in dublin. annita mcveigh is there for us... good morning, anita. good morning. good morning, anita. good morning. good morning, anita. good morning. good morning everyone. behind me, phoenix park stretches out, you may be able to see behind me the altar and the stage where the mass will be celebrated this afternoon, in front ofan celebrated this afternoon, in front of an expectant half a million people. the weather really inclement, i have to say. there are a few people very early arrivals, they are walking around in their plastic rain macs but it will be a long, cold and not very pleasant day in terms of the weather ahead for them as they await the arrival of pope francis later on today. we will talk more about what he is doing in a moment but firstly, let's reflect on the further details that have emerged overnight of the meeting that he had with eight survivors of
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clerical and institutional abuse, that was a 90 minute meeting in dublin yesterday evening. we have been hearing from some of the people in that meeting with him, talking about how the pope spoke very openly and honestly as a human being, confronting a terrible reality and how he had promised to ensure that people who abused or covered up abuse would be dealt with, and would effectively be sacked from the church. looking at this morning's papers here. you can see that reflected in the headlines. this is the irish edition of the sunday times... just before a switch away from that, you can see that he used a rather colourful spanish word when he spoke to those people, to
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express , he spoke to those people, to express, according to his interpreter, that he thought that anyone involved in abuse or the cover—up of it was phil. the sunday independent books about that first meeting, the pope ‘s arrival in ireland —— filth. this was the new chapter, the irish prime minister was calling for that in the relationship between church and state and is complimentary about the tone of the speech from the irish prime minister. this focuses on the abuse scandal and that quote from pope francis yesterday, that the scandal caused in ireland by the abuse of young people has given rise to outrage. i, myself, share those sentiments. of course, that was the focus of much of yesterday, day one of the visit, that was in croke park in dublin yesterday evening. a
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jamboree to celebrate the world meeting of families that happens every three years, organised by the catholic church, celebrating the role of the family in the church, looking back at what is happening so far we have richard main. the arrival of pope francis in ireland comes at a time of crisis for the catholic church. despite a string of high profile abuse scandals, there was a celebratory atmosphere as thousands lined the streets of dublin to greet the pontiff. and last night, a distinctly irish display at the festival of families at croke park, as 65,000 people gathered to hear the pope speak about the importance of family and the strain social media can place on relationships. but away from crowds and the bright lights, pope francis has come face—to—face with the trauma that the churches scandals have left behind. he spent 90 minutes yesterday evening meeting with eight survivors of clerical abuse, amongst them was father was patrick mccafferty from belfast,
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who said the pope had a clear view of the issues facing the church in ireland. he was addressing a terrible reality and described it as filth, and as his predecessor pope benedict said in the year 2005, talked about such filth in the church, the pope used an even more graphic way of describing it and it was language that was very clear. later today, the pope will travel to a holy shrine in nock in the west of ireland, before returning to dublin where he will deliver mass to half a million people in phoenix park. wherever he goes, his words and actions are sure to be scrutinised intently, as he balances meeting the faithful while acknowledging the churches previous wrongdoing. richard main, bbc news. well, that event in croke park last
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night, they certainly had a festival atmosphere there. a jamboree atmosphere. 0ne young girl, attending and had the opportunity to meet the pope, she decided to take a chance and ask for a selfie with pope francis. i think that we can show you those images now... alison netherton, shaking his hand and he seems very happy to pose for that selfie, doesn't he? that has done the rounds on social media this morning. but the first time we have seen morning. but the first time we have seen him stop for a selfie with people. what the pope is doing now, he is currently in the air on an aer lingus flight from dublin to the holy shrine of knock, in county mayo, west of ireland. a 20 minute flight. mayo, west of ireland. a 20 minute flight. the mayo, west of ireland. a 20 minute flight. the flight mayo, west of ireland. a 20 minute flight. the flight number incidentally is ei1979, 1979 is a
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reference to the last time that it pope visited ireland. this is the scene in not, about 45 —— 45,000 people are expected there. visited by1.5 people are expected there. visited by 1.5 million pilgrims every year. when he comes back from there, the flight when he comes back from there, the flight number will be ei2018 to mark his visit. it will not be long before we see pope francis arriving in knock, we will tell you about that when it happens and later on, where i am in phoenix park, this huge park in central dublin, you can see, as i mentioned my introduction over my shoulder, the specially designed and stage where pope francis will say mass to an estimated crowd of 500,000 people at 3pm this afternoon. for the moment, let's hope the weather improves in
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the meantime. then, back to you. studio: annita mcveigh, thank you. directors who dissolve companies to avoid paying workers' wages or pensions could face heavy fines or be banned from running firms, under government proposals. ministers are planning changes in the wake of what they describe as "recent large—scale business failures". here's our business correspondent, jonty bloom. phs went to the wall in 2016 with a huge hole in his pension fund but had had a —— but had been a highly profitable company years before and it's company was highly paid as it fell to pieces around them. no laws we re fell to pieces around them. no laws were broken but shareholders and suppliers lost millions, while workers lost their jobs suppliers lost millions, while workers lost theirjobs and pensions we re workers lost theirjobs and pensions were cut. now, the government has announced measures to restore faith in the management of companies, including plans to disqualify and find directors if they deliberately dissolved companies to avoid paying bills. it also wants company boards to show that if they pay dividends,
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that they can also afford to pay salaries and make pension contributions as well. these reforms enable us to further hold directors to account and scrutinise their activities. this is the first time we have brought in measures where company directors will be liable for their actions and we can investigate and hold them to account. for the tuc, however, the collapse of several high profile companies recently shows the need for a radical overhaul of corporate governance in britain. it is calling on the government to honour a commitment and put workers on boards of companies and say these proposals are little more than tinkering at the edges. jonty bloom, bbc news. italy has ended a six—day stand—off involving around 140 migrants stranded on a coast guard vessel in a sicilian port. the passengers, mostly eritreans, have been allowed off. they were caught up in an increasingly bitter exchanges between italy and the eu about where the refugees should go. emmerson mnangagwa is due to be sworn in as zimbabwe's president this morning,
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following the ousting of robert mugabe last year. the ceremony will be held at the national sports stadium in the capital, harare. it's expected to be boycotted by the opposition party, the movement for democratic change — which has claimed the outcome of the election was rigged. hundreds of venezuelans have been allowed into peru, just hours after the country said that anyone crossing the border would need a passport. peru had been trying to stem the flow of people coming into the country as they flee the economic crisis in venezuela, but the foreign minister has now said that no one will be denied entry. you may be familiar with the jurassic park films, which looks at dinosaurs dna. well a team of researchers from kent university have pieced together the genetic characteristics of dinosaurs by working backwards from their closest modern—day relatives. the researchers say they have no plans to bring the creatures back to life, but the breakthrough reveals how they dominated
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earth for more than 180 million years. the headlines on bbc news... pope francis is in ireland for a second day — the first papal visit there in almost 40 years. senatorjohn mccain, vietnam war hero turned senator and presidential candidate, has died aged 81. new government plans to make it harder for businesses to walk away from commitments to workers and suppliers if they go into insolvency. before the papers — the sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh woozencroft. good morning. liverpool are top of the premier league. they made it three wins from three at the start of the new campaign in a pretty lacklustre display, last season's top—scorer mo salah scored the only goal of the game in the first half. liverpool are still yet to concede a goal this season so can they finally mount a title
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challenge, 28 years after they last won it? i have never thought that somebody gives you some before being first on third match day. of course it is not important. the important thing is is that we have nine points after three games, so that is really cool. that is the basis and now, let's carry on. defending champions manchester city were held to a 1—1 draw by newly—promoted wolves, who had a slice of luck with the opener, which came off the arm of willy boly. the reply from city was more clear—cut as aymeric laporte headed his first goal for the club. but city's 100% start has ended. in the scottish premiership, hearts are top after winning their third match out of three. they beat kilmarnock1—0. they're now four points clear of both hibernian and aberdeen who drew 1—1 at easter road. on—loan watford defender tommie hoban put aberdeen ahead
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on the stroke of half—time. jamie maclaren scored a late equaliser for hibs. elsewhere stjohnstone beat dundee and livingston won at st mirren. since 1896, rugby league's challenge cup has been won only by english teams. not any more. catalans dragons — based in perpignan — have become the first non—english team to lift the famous trophy. they beat warrington 20—14 in a tense wembley final, watched by adam wild. 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, becoming the first french side to conquer this english cup. warrington wolves stood in their way but failed to block the channel out wide, with catala ns 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, wilianier extending their lead.
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then warrington 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 will now head back to the south of france with british rugby league's most famous prize. lewis hamilton will start today's belgian grand prix from pole after coming out on top of a wet end to qualifying at spa. during a chaotic final session hamilton struggled at first, but pulled it together to claim the top spot on the grid ahead of his championship rival sebastian vettel in the ferrari — who hamilton had thought would go fastest. force india surprised everyone taking both spots on the second row just days after the team were rescued from going out of business. one of the toughest qualifying
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sessions that i can remember. it seems to get harder and harder all year long. but definitely, i don't know if they definitely had it, we were very, very close. we were split between half a tenth. i was hopeful that i could make that slight difference, but i knew it would be very close, very quick on the straights. but then the rain came and none of us have been driving this week in the rain, i cannot express to you how difficult it was. the weather looks set to play a big part in today's action at the british motogp — with a potential wet race lying in wait for the riders and fans. britain's cal crutchlow will be aiming to go one better than his second place finish in 2016. he'll start today's race from 4th on the grid. spain'sjorge lorenzo is on pole. the race has been brought forward by 90 minutes to try to avoid the worst of the showers. great britain won three gold medals on the penultimate day of competition at the european pa ra—athletics championships in berlin. it was a british one—two in the t34 800 metres with hannah cockcroft taking gold, and taking revenge for kare adennegan
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beating her in the 100 metres on wednesday. cockroftjust held on to add to her paralympic and world titles in the event, but she still wasn't too happy about it! that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's our press review, the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. with me are lainy malkani, the author and journalist, and charlie wolf, a us commentator. lets take a look at the front pages. the sunday times says the number of police officers on the beat has fallen by a third in three years — despite a rise in violent crime. thousands of people are able to seek ppi compensation, on behalf of relatives who have died — that s according to the sunday express. the sunday mirror has an interview
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with the porn star, stormy daniels — she vows to testify in front of congress over claims that president trump paid to cover up an alleged affair between them. the observer leads with claims from the former european council president, herman van rompuy, that a "no—deal brexit" risks the break—up of the uk. brexit is also covered on the front page of the sunday telegraph — the paper says theresa may has ordered government officials to create a space probe to rival the eu s galileo project. there's also a picture of pope francis in the first papal visit to ireland in almost 40 years. and the mail on sunday leads on its own investigation, which says 3.6 million so—called "ghost" patients are registered with gp surgeries. just because the news of the death
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ofjohn mccain in the united states at the age of 81, the senator and former presidential candidate. we will look at the us media covering his death from a rain tumour. the new york times front—page, leading with the headline "a symbol of courage in half a century of battles. referring, of course, to his role in the vietnam war. the newspaper in arizona wherejohn mccain was the senator. describing him asa mccain was the senator. describing him as a war hero and a giant of the senate, with a detailed obituary about his career. the huffington post in the us has three articles on senator mccain, with one focusing on tributes from other american politicians. they have been coming in all through the night. the former us president barack obama, leading tributes. saying the following. ‘john mccain and i were member
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of different generations, came from completely different backgrounds, and competed at the highest level of politics. but we shared, for all our differences, a fidelity to something higher — the ideals which for generations of americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched and sacrificed'. let's reflect on john let's reflect onjohn mccain. i think, really, he will be remembered not just as a think, really, he will be remembered notjust as a vietnam war hero turned politician, but a very principled politician, a man of great conviction? extremely principled, anyone who has ever walked the walk and the tour, it is john mccain. the only thing coming equal to that is george hw bush, he the navy when he was 16 years old. this is a man of principle, they said to him, go ahead. we would stay with him for six years. recently,
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during the campaigns, he would get a pen like this, and with a funny smile, that was all from winds that he had while being tortured in hanol he had while being tortured in hanoi. the thing with him, it's not necessarily political or anything in particular but nowadays we have people sitting down, that was a generation who stood up. he was the first to stand. lately he stood up to dominic raab among other people. even though they are both republicans? —— he stood up to donald trump. yes, you have your political partners and sparring partners can you share political beliefs and yet you are not afraid to say what you feel in those cases. but i will also add that we are in an age where we see a number of people, key people that we admire who are passing away and even in our
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own lives, when you reach your 80s, to wake up in the morning, as we did on the bbc to find out that he had passed away and i thought what his daughter said was very poignant, but the fact that he is a father and she wanted to continue his legacy in some way. it's a really nice way to reflect upon his achievements. a man of great mobility in a time when american politics is perhaps not a lwa ys american politics is perhaps not always noble at the moment. no, he said that example, we need men like him. i would disagree with him on the whole waterboarding thing. but he set a boundary. people like him -- if he set a boundary. people like him —— if people like him were not there to stand up to the other side, i needed an opposition to go against. you would respect him. he had experienced some things and he spoke passionately. in the british papers,
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in the sunday telegraph, they lead with their main picture, the pope in ireland. the first papal visit there for nearly 40 years. really overshadowed by allegations of child abuse by the church. and really, their diminished status of the catholic church in ireland? you indeed. it is a two day visit. the first in almost 40 years. it is mired in this awful controversy around these industrial schools, mired in this awful controversy around these industrial schools, the laundries as they were called, and the shocking detail, we cannot fail to be shocked when you read about what happened to these babies and young girls and the level of abuse, and what seems to be

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