good afternoon. pope francis has begged forgiveness from god, for what he called the open wound of catholic church abuse in ireland. he's on the first papal visit to the country in nearly a0 years, and earlier he was at the shrine at knock, the pope called for firm action to get to the truth of abuse. later, he'll give a huge open—air mass for half a million people at phoenix park in dublin. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is there. a huge logistical operation has gone into this event for the culmination of the pope's visit. thousands have been flocking here since early this morning to be part of the massive congregation. it will be seen as a sign of their enduring loyalty and affection for the pope but it has been his response to the scandal over abuse rather than the religious worship that has taken centre stage of the visit. papal rob spinney an

overcoat, pope francis began the second leg of his visit in the irish rain one of the most holy sites in ireland, knock, where an apparition of the virgin mary was once said to have appeared. thousands came to see pope francis today in the flesh. good morning. cheering in his speech to sunday worshippers, pope francis once again addressed theissue pope francis once again addressed the issue of abuse but today going further, speaking about the need for justice. translation: none of us can fail to be moved by the stories of young people who have suffered abuse, robbed of their innocence and taken away from their mothers and left with the scars of painful memories. this open wound challenges us to be firm and decisive in the pursuit of

truth and justice. firm and decisive in the pursuit of truth andjustice. but firm and decisive in the pursuit of truth and justice. but some survivors do not have confidence in the vatican's investigations. they are trying to protect the reputations of these men or if you like, letting them save face by resigning rather than being shown, if you like, humiliated in the public eye. an estimated half a million people are gathering at phoenix park for this afternoon's papal mass. the focus of the weekend has been on the survivors of abuse and how well their concerns are believed to have been addressed will believed to have been addressed will be the measure of how successful the visit isjudged to be. tributes are being paid to one of america's most respected politicians, john mccain, who has died at the age of 81. the vietnam war hero, who was defeated by barack obama in the 2008 presidential election, had been suffering from a brain tumour and decided to stop receiving treatment two days ago. 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 commander of us forces in vietnam and offered him release. john mccain refused, despite the many beatings he suffered. on his return, he was hailed as a war hero and entered politics. he eventually spent 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. i will break the iron triangle in washington of money, lobbying and legislation, and they know 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 the republican presidential candidate, but his campaign was not without mistakes and he was criticised for choosing sarah pailin 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. 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 to 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 hope to impress on you again that it is an honour to serve the american people in your company. senatorjohn mccain, who has died at the age of 81. a search operation is under way for two missing fishermen, after their vessel sank in the north sea, 25 miles north—east of great yarmouth. three other crew members were rescued from their life raft by a cruise ship after their distress flare was spotted last night. the government is expected to announce funding for the uk's own satellite navigation system to rival the european union's galileo project. it comes following concerns that brexit could restrict the uk's access to the programme. our political correspondent, tom barton, is here. why is the government proposing

this? the galileo project is the european alternative to the american gps system, it is a vital military and security tool. britain had been and security tool. britain had been a key player in the development of galileo at the eu commission says after brexit, britain will no longer be able to access it and ministers of course hope to persuade the eu to change its mind, saying galileo remains their preferred option, but they are also actively preparing to build a rival british system. they are planning to spend £100 million ona are planning to spend £100 million on a feasibility study mapping out what the project could eventually look like. if the final system gets go—ahead, it would run into the billions of pounds. sources insist the announcement expected soon is not a position. it will though

clearly be seen as part of the government's attempt to show it is on the front foot when it comes to brexit. thank you. the daughter ofjohn and susan cooper — the couple who died at a hotel in egypt last week — has told the bbc she is convinced something in their room killed them. kelly 0rmerod, who was also staying at the hotel, believes her parents did not die of natural causes. egyptian investigators say no trace of poisonous gas has been found in the couple's room. 0ur correspondent, stuart flinders, reports. susan and john cooper were both on holiday at the red sea resort of hurghada, when they were both taken seriously ill and died on the same day. their daughter, kelly, who arrived home in burnley this morning, was with them. at 11 o'clock, i went and knocked on the door, to see whether they were just having a little bit of a lie—in and didn't want to be bothered. as i opened the door, i could see that my dad was extremely ill, he was staggering back to the bed. mum was laid on the bed

and i could tell that something was seriously wrong with them. the egyptian authorities say the couple, both in their 60s, died from heart and respiratory failure. tests are now being carried out on food, water and air conditioning at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel, as the authorities try to establish how the couple died. their daughter says another member of the family had smelt something in the room that made her feel nauseous the day before the deaths. but the tour company, thomas cook, says there is so far no evidence of why they died. this is just a thorough investigation, which is carried out by our independent experts, in cooperation, of course with the prosecutors in egypt. what are they testing? i totally trust they are testing the right things. kelly 0rmerod is adamant her parents did not die of natural causes. when they went back to that room that evening, there was something in that room that actually killed them.

whether they have inhaled something that has poisoned them, i don't know. i can only have my opinion on what has gone on. postmortem results are expected in the next few days, but it could be weeks before kelly 0rmerod is allowed to bring her parents‘ bodies home. tour de france champion geraint thomas has called for helmets to be made compulsory for all cyclists in the uk. speaking to the sunday times, he said he always wears a helmet and feels that others should do the same. last year, the government said it would consider changing the law to force helmet usage, but some cycling organisations have opposed the move. that's it. the next news on bbc one is at 6:35pm. bye for now. hello.

you're watching bbc news with ben brown. let's return to the pope's visit to ireland. a little earlier my colleague, annita mcveigh, spoke to marie collins, a clerical abuse survivor and campaigner. a colleague is in dublin. she was one of eight abuse survivors who met pope francis yesterday. she told us what happened. the meeting was eight survivors representing different areas where abuse had occurred in institutions and schools, etc. the meeting went on much longer than was expected. pope francis gave as much time as was needed. everyone was very frank and very clear to him, in what had happened to them and what had happened in the institutions that they were in or they belgoned to, or the people that they were representing. he spoke very freely, in exchange. there was no formalities.

it was a very open discussion. did you feel there was any progress, though? for me, personally, i think there probably was, for some of the other survivors present, because they asked him specific things he might say. he promised to incorporate some of the things they asked him to do and say into his mass this afternoon. some specific points they wanted to speak on, or to mention. him in my own case, i was asking him about accountability and was there going to be further concrete steps in holding leadership accountability. he seemed, in his response, to be content with what is there. he said church leaders are being held accountable. that they are having to face procedures. and when they're found guilty of cover—up, he is removing them. but i made the point

that they are being allowed to just resign, as if it was voluntary. infact... he's been moving people. and if a penalty. inaudible. if they are found guilty of something, that should be known. he agreed he will look at that. but i was disappointed there isn't going to be more open and transparent central accountability process, or court, to hold these men to account. that was a survivor of tackle abuse in ireland, marie collins, one of the eight abuse survivors who met the eight abuse survivors who met the pope yesterday. directors who dissolve companies to avoid paying workers' wages or pensions could face heavy fines or be band 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. bhs went to the wall in 2016 with a huge hole in its pension fund

yet had been a highly profitable company only years before and its directors continued to be highly paid, as the company fell to pieces around them. no laws were broken, but shareholders and suppliers lost millions, while workers lost theirjobs and their pensions were cut. now, the government has announced measures to try to restore faith in the management of companies, including plans to disqualify and fine directors, if they deliberately dissolve companies to avoid paying bills. it also wants company boards to show that if they pay dividends, that they can also afford to pay workers' salaries and make pension contributions, as well. these reforms are there to enable us to further hold directors to account and scrutinise their activity. you know, 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 much more radical overhaul

of corporate governance in britain. it's calling for the government to honour a commitment to put workers on boards at companies and says these proposals are little more than tinkering at the edges. jonty bloom, bbc news. let's get more on the death of us senatorjohn mccain. earlier i spoke to sir richard 0ttaway, the former conservative mp, who met mr mccain on numerous occasions. he is quite clearly the outstanding statesman of his generation in american politics. if you look at his career, which has just been well summarised in your introduction, his personal qualities, his commitment to his principles, but, above all, his role on the foreign policy stage, you look at him as someone you admire and mourn his passing. it was an extraordinary life. first of all, in vietnam, captured and refusing to be

released. that is the outstanding platform, as it were, on which his whole life was built. it shows his courage and integrity. he could have been released, they offered a deal, but he wasn't prepared to leave his fellow prisoners of war behind. he took that courage of conviction into congress. fristly, in the house and then in the senate. it shone through. i think it's the way he stuck to his principles. he wasn't going to necessarily toe the party line. he liked to describe itself as a maverick and he was a maverick. his politics evolved, right through the reagan years and then his ability to cross the divide into working with people likejohn kerry and ted kennedy. this was a man of class and quality and it's a sad day. towards the end of his life,

of course, with donald trump coming to the white house, senator mccain was a pretty vocal critic of donald trump. and we heard, in that report, donald trump being quite scathing aboutjohn mccain. saying he wasn't a war hero, he was just a war hero because he was captured, "i like people who were not captured". you could only look at that remark with complete contempt. i think it's on the foreign policy stage thatjohn mccain really made his mark. he saw that the united states in the post—war world and the reconstruction of the west and the world as a whole, throughout 80s and 90s and 20005, america had a real role. he was genuinely appalled by the fact that donald trump abandoned that approach in his america first policy. he rightly resisted it.

for donald trump to make that sort of remark, well, it tells you everything you need to know about donald trump. that tribute from sir richard 0ttaway, former conservative member of parliament who had metjohn mccain on several occasions. in the past hour, tony blair has paid tribute tojohn mccain. he said, "john mccain was someone i respected and admired hugely — an outstanding supporter of the transatlantic alliance, a good friend, a gifted politician and an even better man. he was also great company — witty, fiery, always interesting and stimulating with a high intelligence and deep humanity. his many friends this side of the atlantic will miss him greatly." tony blair's tribute to senatorjohn mccain who has died at the age of 81. let's return to the news that emmerson mnangagwa has been sworn in as president of zimbabwe.

president mnangagwa spoke at the ceremony after he took an oath. i, emmerson dambudzo mnangagwa, swear that, as president of zimbabwe, i will be faithful to zimbabwe. and will obey, uphold and defend the constitution, and all other laws of zimbabwe. and that i will promote whatever will advance zimbabwe. and will oppose whatever may harm zimbabwe. that i will protect and promote the rights of the people of zimbabwe. that i will discharge my duties with all my strength, to the best of my

knowledge and ability. and adhere to the diktats of my conscience. and that i will devote myself to the well—being of zimbabwe and its people, so help me god. applause a number of children are living a "battery hen existence" during the school holidays, according to the childrens comissioner for england. anne longfield expressed concerns about the number of children who are stuck at home on their own — with nothing to do — whilst their parents are at work. she's called for more funding for play schemes and adventure playgrounds. a team of researchers from kent university have pieced together the genetic characteristics

of dinosaurs by working backwards from their closest modern—day relatives. they say the breakthrough reveals how they dominated earth for more than 180 million years. pallab ghosh has been finding out more. could these scenes from jurassic world really happen? dinosaurs recreated from dna wreaking havoc. geneticist darren griffin has used mathematical techniques to identify the genetic structure of the very first dinosaurs by working backwards from their closest modern—day relatives, birds and turtles. and so, would he, could he, bring them back to life? if we have some dna, the chances that we could recreate an animal from that are vanishingly small. we didn't really know what the overall structure of a dinosaur genome looked like. as a result of the work that's gone on in this lab, we now have a very close idea and a pretty certainty that it was something

very close to a bird. birds are the most diverse species on the planet. they come in so many different shapes and sizes. it's thought that this is because they have 80 chunks of dna, called chromosomes. that's more than three times as many as we have. if dinosaurs have the same genetic structure as birds, then that might explain why there are so many types of dinosaurs. their genetic structure may help to explain why dinosaurs survived so long and are so varied. some are huge. others were tiny. and some flew. it was their genes that enabled them to adapt to the earth's changing conditions over 100 million years, and they were able to do that far faster than any other kind of animal. the current theory is that a giant asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs when it hit the earth 66 million years ago. the new research suggests that they survived.

the fossil evidence now, and our evidence illustrating the genomic structure of dinosaurs, actually reinforces the idea that, actually, rather than being distant relatives, they are actually all one and the same and that, actually, the birds that are around us now are dinosaurs. so, it's not a question of whether we can bring them back — they never went away. dinosaur genes enable them to change shape and size quickly and so, survived for hundreds of millions of years. pallab ghosh, bbc news. in france, there's been a celebration for people with ginger hair. red love is designed to open minds and fight discrimination. tim allman has the story. they're seeing red and then they're seeing red. this, a day dedicated to the russet, the rouge, the ginger.

0nly something like 2% of the planet's population has scarlet locks. and, in their own way, they do face a type of persecution. translation: i hope that maybe someday thatjokes about redheads will stop and become obsolete, old news, and we can move onto something else. people will see that it's corny and unfounded and stupid. the organisers are keen to stress that, these days, being ginger is cool. famous redheads include the duke of the realm, prince harry, a hugely popular singer—songwriter, ed sheeran, and one of hollywood's most actresses, jessica chastain. translation: in high school, there was some bullying. "you're a redhead, so you have no soul", stuff like that. you felt isolated. now that i'm older, and i have friends that are older, the fact that i'm a redhead

isn't a factor. this has been described as a way for people to gather, in joy and strength. the future is bright, the future is red. tim allman, bbc news. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh woozencroft. good afternoon. a big win over newcastle could put chelsea top of the premier league, later. newcastle fans might not be too optimistic of victory, with the club still without a win this season and with protests planned at st james's park later, over a perceived lack of investment in the playing squad. i have a lot of sympathy for our fans, because they are really good. they know the city, they know the club, they know the north east and how well you can stay here and you can live here. so, they know all these things. and they know they would like to see the team or the club doing things in one way.

so, what i would say is that be sure, when you go to the stadium, you support the team, because it's the only way for us to be stronger. the other thing, i have to respect them and i have to concentrate on myjob. benitez is of course a former chelsea manager and his opposite number today, maurizio sarri, followed him into the napoli job three years ago. i have to say thank you to rafa, because when i arrived in naples, i had, immediately, the feeling that the team was almost ready to play my football. and if i arrived after another coach, maybe, for me, it was more difficult. so, i have to say thank you to him. newcastle v chelsea is a 4pm kick off, as is fulham's home fixture against burnley, while at 1:30pm watford host crystal palace. in the scottish premiership, unbeaten rangers are ahead 3—2 against motherwell after they went

behind in just the third minute. and champions celtic will aim to get their season back on track at home to hamilton at 3pm. everton defender michael keane has sustained a small hairline fracture of his skull the club have confirmed this afternoon. the england international suffered the injury during yesterday's premier league match at bournemouth and was taken to hospital following a clash of heads. keane hasn't suffered any other complications and won't return to full training for three to four weeks. catalans dragons head coach steve mcnamara has told the bbc that victory for his side in the challenge cup final could give rugby league a boost not just in southern france, but across europe. catalans became the first non—english side to win the trophy, after beating warrington in yesterday's final. i think it will be massive. it has been a turbulent time, over a number of years for the sport in france.

this genuinely will grab national headlines in france but not only in france, but in spain, the catalan region in barcelona region in spain. they are proud we have represented catalan at wembley in the challenge cup final. in england, being the first foreign team to win in english domestic competition raises the profile in england, also. serena williams has responded to french open organisers whose new rules would see her unable to wear the catsuit she wore at roland garros earlier this year. the suit was designed to help reduce the chances of blood clots, after complications during childbirth last year. obviously, the grand slams have a right to do what they want to do, but i feel like... if and when or if they know that some things are for health reasons, then there's no way that they wouldn't be ok with it. i've since found other methods. when it comes to fashion, you don't want to be a repeat offender! it will be a while before this even has to come up again. the british moto gp race

at silverstone has been delayed due to heavy rainfall. the race can't be held tomorrow and can only happen today if the race conditions are safe. teams met earlier to decide on the next step. there will be a track inspection at 1:30pm with a view to racing at 2pm if possible. a reminder that the belgian grand prix begins at around 2pm, you can listen to the race info on radio five live or follow on the bbc sport app. that's all the sport for now. we saw all that rain at silverstone. time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. for the bank holiday weekend. no getting away from it, a wet sunday and parts of pembrokeshire have already seen over 20 millimetres of

rain. round about an inch. there is more to come for some of us through the rest of the afternoon. look at what is happening, this frontal system working eastwards. the isobars are quite close together, quite windy. the rain is extending from the far north of scotland all the way down to the south coast of england but we are starting to see something drier arriving in parts of northern ireland, north wales and south—west england but still some showers following behind the rain. it will be heavy void time across parts of east anglia and south—east england. hatchie through the midlands and northern england and that rain showering for a time —— more patchy through. dry from the west. strong winds around particular for channel coasts, gusting up to 30 01’ for channel coasts, gusting up to 30 or a0 mph. maybe a5 or 50 through the dover straits this evening —— dover straits. 12 or 13 across scotland, 15—18 elsewhere, perhaps a late high of 19 or 20 in the isles

of scilly and the channel islands. eventually the heaviest of the rain will clear way from the east coast later this evening. behind it, some showers in parts of northern england and scotland and elsewhere a mixture of variable cloud and clear spells. temperatures dropping between 91a, not quite as cool as the last few nights. and i'm generally between 9-1a. it will nights. and i'm generally between 9—1a. it will be generally warmer. sunshine around. still some rain at times. for many, bank holiday monday, some showers, it be com pletely monday, some showers, it be completely dry that much drier day by comparison to today. mixture of sunny spells, cloud