everybody in belfast is excited. >> everyone is hoping to the rain will hold off here. riders fly back to sunny italy from dublin to continue the race, which ends in three weeks' time. >> filinger woods recovers from back surgery, at risk of losing his number one ranking. four players are capable of unseating him at the players' championship starting thursday. scott is ranked second and needs to finish 16th or better to overtake woods. scott said while he'd love to get to number one, he's more interested in winning big tournaments. >> i've had a couple good chances this year already and haven't been able to pull it off, i just wasn't sharp enough playing the last couple rounds at a few events, so i think the work since the masters has gone good and hopefully it's going to hold up this week. >> there's much more sport on our website. for all the latest, check out aljazeera.com/sport. there's details there on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. that's it for me for now, laura, back to you. >> we'll see you later. do stay with us here on aljazeera

not enough of catholic west belfast. moth are concentrating on the racing. >> we never thought a grand tour would turn up. i've been and seen a lot. seen the v, lta and the tour de france. it will be special for everybody and everybody in belfast will get the hang of it. it's exciting. >> etch is hoping that the rain will hold off here. the riders fly back to sunny italy from dublin to continue the race which ends in thrive weeks time. >>> and that is all your sport. i'll be back with more later. >>> looking forward to it. stay with us here on al jazeera - elizabeth has another full half-hour bulletin of news for you and will go live to ukraine to get the latest from the east. >>> if you are watching from the united states - you'll see us again from doha later. >> results of analyses were skewed in favor of the prosecution >> the fbi can't force the states to look at those cases >> the truth will set you free yeah...don't kid yourself >> the system has failed me >> we haven't seen any indications that they are pulling ba

in 1972 and that he ordered the killing of a belfast mother of ten. police sources are saying authorities would also send a file of evidence for potential charges to british prosecutors. adams denies the allegations. we'll keep you posted on that story. meanwhile two alaska state troopers shot to death, killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant. the latest on the suspect. plus a brewing battle on capitol hill over a proposed committee to investigate the benghazi attack. did the white house try to cover up what happened? >> nobody that thought there was a nowchoose one option fromith red lothe wood-fire grill,trios! one signature shrimp dish, and a pasta. all on one plate. three delicious choices. all for $15.99 for a limited time only! come sea food differently today! but when we put something in the ground, feed it, and care for it, don't we grow something more? we grow big celebrations, and personal victories. we grow new beginnings, and better endings. grand gestures, and perfect quiet. we grow escape, bragging rights, happier happy hours. so

in 1972, a mother of ten named jean mcconnell was taken from her home and disappeared from her belfast neighborhood. she was presumed dead her body was not found for 30 years. her killer or killers was never punished. attention focused on recordings made by an interviewer and oral historian under the hospices of boston college. mar tis pants were assured their identitied would be protected but prior toish prosecutors were not playing along. the arrests of shin feign leader in connection with the killing was a reminder of the troubles unanswered questions. the so called hard men of northern ireland strife, those that wanted to join the irish republic, ore keep their hometowns in the united kingdom, still walk the streets today, along with their victims and their victims survivors. point four days in jail last week, he was questioned in connection with the abduction and murder of gene mcconvoy. adams maintains his innocence, and has always denied he was a member of the ira. >> i am conscious there's another way at the heart of all of this. and that is the family of gene mcconnell. let me

b is fried with that starts just after four days of questioning of the then tory diary murder of belfast mother of ten. murder trial a mosque in the story is resumed in south africa after a two week break. double amputee sprinter is accused of intentionally shooting dead his girlfriend last year what you think happens between us but the battle for ukraine has now moved south to the port city of augusta on sunday pro russian militants stormed the ukrainian police station airframe close to seventy fellow activists who were arrested and dozens of people were killed and nineteen on friday. the storming of the police headquarters hundreds of pro ukrainians to turn out in support of the country to manage suzanne has won a tent set up in august. supporters of the can come from ancient to the streets on sunday night he protested against her he spoke all russians captured in the city. lucy would include snow we have new lethal authorities in the city. they promised the kids ate the ultra quiet strike will be taken down from this building so we can to make sure they were telling the truth to what

mcconville was taken from her home in belfast by an armed i.r.a. gang in 1972. they suspected her of passing information to the british army. 30 years later her body was found buried under this beach in the irish republic. the murder has long proved problematic for the leadership of sinn fein. gerry adams, seen here in the beret and spectacles, of an i.r.a. funeral in 1970, has always denied any involvement in the killing or indeed ever being a member of the i.r.a. >> yesterday before gerry adams turned himself in he once again reiterated his innocence. >> i will tell them that i'm innocent totally of any part in the abduction, the killing and the burial of jean mcconville. >> it was gerry adams and the irish republican army's movement's ties to the united states that helped broker an end to years of violence and bloodshed in northern ireland. and ironically, it could be those ties that could bring adams down. because in 2000 boston college started an oral history of the troubles. they began interviewing former i.r.a. members with the understanding explicitly th

belfast international image is on the up. but old tensions are not far from the surface here. sinn fein say some police are against the peace process and they have been told this by reformers inside the force. other political parties here have been physically attacked, won't disrupt the process. >> i think at one point northern ireland has moved a huge distance. underyour honor cun current of - undercurrent of be par paramilitaryism, still there and still rife. >> mr. adams arrest as sinn fein, is politically motivated an time to damage the local elections. he insist he will be exonerated. tim friend, al jazeera, northern ireland. >>> co-founder of the boston college belfast projects, the oral history of the troubles, ed maloney. welcome. >> hello, yes. >> do you think gerry adams gave the are direction to kill this woman? >> i wasn't present when the ira credit leadership decided to do this to her. but the people who i have talked to, incidentally, it's very important that you should understand and realize this story predates the boston college archive by at least a decade or

tim friend, al jazeera, belfast. >>> the election of libya's new prime minister has been declared invalid by the country's deputy parliamentary speaker. after being sworn in - there was confusion after the deputy speaker said the procedure was invalid. >>> al jazeera is demanding the release of its journalists detained in egypt for 128 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are accused of falsifying news and conspiring with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. it's been declared a terrorist organization. a fourth journalist, al jazeera arabic's abdullah al-shami has been detained since last august. he's been on hunger strike for 105 days. al jazeera rejects the charges. >> it's been two weeks since 16 nepali guides died after an avalanche on mt everest. many from the bread winners for their families. their relatives are reliant on government examination. as reported from the capital kathmandu, the money is failing to come through. >> reporter: grief for a sun who lost his father. he had been to the summit of everest nine times, supporting paid clients, spending 20 years hel

commander in 1972 and ordered the killing of a belfast mother of ten. police sources are saying authorities would also send a file of evidence for potential charges to british prosecutors. adams denying the allegations. >> coming up, five people have been found dead inside a cabin in pennsylvania, and we'll tell you about what authorities warn is the suspected cause, and it's something they say we should all be aware of in our homes. what to look out for coming up. >> also, the first case of the potentially deadly virus reaching america's shores. the latest in a live report live ahead. >> it's not -- it does not mean that there's any epidemic on the horizon or that it will spread, largely in the u.s. [ male announcer ] hands were made for playing. legs, for crossing. feet...splashing. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to ma, now may be time to ask about xeljanz. xeljz (tofacitinib) is a small pill, not an injection or infusion, for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methot

i didn't need to check things so much for joining us from belfast. to some other news now belgians riot police had used a water cannon to break up a crowd at the far right's gathering in brussels. some four hundred people protested outside the meeting venue in the fine other than by local lawmakers. the event brought together a string of foreign aid here's some of whom have been accused of incitement to hatred. the jewish human rights organization the simon wiesenthal center described the event as an anti semitic effects. in afghanistan aid groups are scrambling to help survivors of the massive landslide at least three hundred people were killed when a wave of mud and rocks buried large parts of the village in kazakhstan province. hundreds more are still missing but officials say the focus has now shifted to helping the seven hundred families left homeless by the disaster the hope of finding more survivors who has pleaded with the government in kabul it is expected to declare the area a man's greed. the disaster has devastated lines in the regional t

he went to belfast where he auditioned for the director of the lyric theatre.belfast was a dangerous place because of clashes between protestants and catholics over british rule. >> neeson: i called up. and they were actually looking for someone over six feet. >> cooper: so that was one of the first questions they asked you, "how tall are you?" >> neeson: yeah. ( laughs ) and i said, "i'm 6'4"." and she says, "be up here next thursday." ( laughs ) so i came up and did an audition. a very crude but passionate, desperate audition for her. and she says, "why do you want to do it?" i said something like, "if i don't do it, i'll curl up and die." >> cooper: did you mean it? >> neeson: i did, kind of. it was a way out. >> cooper: he won his first movie role at 28, cast as a knight of the round table with helen mirren in the 1981 film "excalibur." >> neeson: i fell in love with helen mirren. oh, my god. can you imagine riding horses in shiny suits of armor, having sword fights and stuff, and you're falling in love with helen mirren? it doesn't get any better than that

making reference to reach collected by the boston college belfast project. cofounder, ed maloney says the reach does not rise to the legal standard required. >> oral history, legally it's what is called hearsay evidence. these are recollections of events that happened 40 years ago can you remember what you were doing, what you said, who you met in december 1972? i can't. so a court would be wary about using such evidence unless there was other evidence from elsewhere, such as fingerprint evidence or if there was a confession and owning up. without that it would be difficult to sustain a charge. >> they expected that adams would be released without charge. >> south korea's president says her heart breaks for the families who lost children. park geun-hye visited families close to the site. divers are searching for 50 people. 200 bodies have been recovered. park geun-hye went out to see. the ferry carried mostly high school student on a field trip when it went down. 174 passengers survived. >>> a stop bridge under construction collapsed in china. 11 were kill.

he was arrested on wednesday, questioning him over the 1972 murder of a belfast mother of 10. he de nice involvement. >> allegations against me in the killing of jean mcconville is based almost exclusively on hearsay from unnamed interviewees. i reject all the allegations made against me in these matters. >> al jazeera's tim friend joins us by phone from northern ireland. adams had the opportunity to dress the media a short time ago. what did he have to say? . >> reporter: he said there were dark forces at work that had no from in pass in northern ireland, and he called them the old guard. the tapes made were dubious, and the people that made recordings for the academic from the college, on the basis they wouldn't be used until after their death - subsequently they've been released under court order - a lot of those people had grudges against him and the peace process. he said his detention was mishandled and is angry that it came at the time of election, when he felt he should have been on the campaign trail, campaigning for sinn fein. a file has been sent to the prosecutors

yes, police near belfast are continuing to question jerry adams as part of a murder investigation. they have suggested the arrest is a deliberate attempt to undermine the peace process, and was linked to elections late they are month. adams was arrested on wednesday for questioning over the 1972 killing at the height of the bloody conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles. the republicans wanted northern island to be part of the republic of ireland. the conflict also divided two arms. between 1968, over 3,600 people were killed. jerry adam has been president, the political wing, he is also a sitting m.p. in the irish parliament. he was a key player in the good friday agreement, which ended the conflict. under the agreement, prisoners were released but unsolved crimes continues to be investigated. al jazeera is at the police station, where jerry adams is being held, so he is still in custty? >> yes, lauren, it's been an entirely static day here. nothing at all but it has been 24 hours now since he walked in here voluntarily. to meet this appointment, and you can only assume

. >> we are joined from belfast. why is this happening now.here's a lot of skepticism around the timing of the arrest. >> just to be clear, i'm in antrim, down the road from belfast, and this is the police station where gerry adams has been held and is questioned now. sin finn, the republican party is complaining that it's a few weeks before the european elections and been timed to muddy their image. in a way you could have expected this to happen because gerry adams instructed his lawyer last month to ask the police if they wanted to speak to him about the abduction and murder and it's happened why. the reason why is because of a project that came through boston university to take interviews with former militia members from both sides in ireland's war. and two of them who are dead claimed that gerry adams was the commander of a unit which organised the abduction of the woman. adams always denied it. the question is how long will he be questioned for, happens if they charge him with this, and what does that do for the peace process. the fact t

>> reporter: making those comments in belfast at the opening of the new mural in honor of the leader jerry adams. he has been in police kund for four days. he has been questioned over the appe abductor, killing and secret burial in 1972. police now have until sunday to either charge or release him. jerry adams has been questioned by police. live now. tim, strong comments coming from martin mcginnis saying the arrest of jerry adams was deliberately timed ahead of elections in three weeks' time. >> >> reporter: every passing day that jerry adams remains in custody here -- he has been arrested although he arrived voluntarily initially at the police station here he is being questioned about that murder and has denied any involvement. martin mcginnis has spoken about a northside to northern ire land policing. he says there are the old school, if you like, the previous incarnation of the police here, the royal constabulary who want to settle old scores and they want to settle them with jerry adams. he has gone further on occasions and not ruled out the possibility that shin fiin might stop

belfast which of course is herself a ship that's a veteran of the arctic convoys it's hard to imagine where we'd be today if britain and the soviet union hadn't worked together in the way that they did throughout world war two the arctic convoys were ships full of british sailors that were taking vital supplies over for the red army to the soviet union and they were backed by german air raids they were battered by attacks from german u. boats and of course buffeted by the elements as they made their way through the icy arctic waters and three thousand british sailors lost their lives during that campaign but it's taken a relatively long time for these veterans to receive full recognition of their heroism it was back in two thousand and twelve that the british government awarded them with an arctic star and it was just last year that the russian government was given permission by the british government to award the british veterans with russia's very own bravery award the. medal because up until that point british veterans were banned from receiving foreign awards so we've got twenty v

al jazeera, belfast. >> the oscar pistorius murder trial, calling it's fourth witness to the stand. he was the fourth person that pistorius called. he tried to revive steamcamp in the last hours of her death. >> he was a young man walking down the stairs with a young lady in his arms, and the scene you see the expression on his face, the expression of sorrow, the expression of pain. he's crying. he's asking god to help him. >> pistorius faces 25 years to life. he's been charged with premeditated murder. >>> offering prayers at government meetings, the 5-4 coming down in the anti-prayer policy in new york making prayers legal. it was a narrow victory for the town saying that the tow prayert town meetings violated their rights. >>> what was done to mice that has shown surprising results. >>> in may a stroke awareness month while stroke victims are adults we'll meet a ten-year-old who said she had one before she was born. >> the move comes few months after the massive data breach. millions had their credit and debit cards information stolen. >>> the united nations is grilling members o

. >> a rally is held in belfast in support of the leader jerry adams and he's being questioned for a 4th day in the connection of a murder from 1972. she was a mother of ten. jerry adams denies any involvement in the killing. >> the trial of three al jazeera journalists is adjourned again until may 15. they are accused of falsifying news and conspiring with the muslim brotherhood and al jazeera is rejecting the charges and the court appearance is going along with the international freedom day for superior journalists. >> the bail is denied. he tried to explain that the journalists try to explore all sides of the story. >> for me the communication with the muz limb brotherhood or anyone else this is something completely routine for me. i work hard to reach the sources, that is what journalists do. >> this is world's press freedom day. they were led back to the jail cells. >> it is ironic we are here in court on this world press freedom day. it is another adjournment and getting difficult for us and the family and the guys inside to endure this process. >> a 4th journalist remains in d

a sinn fein rally in front of a mural in west belfast. fellow party leader martin mcguinness is not ruling out withdrawing future cooperation over policing. >> has anybody here thought gerry's arrest at this time is not intended to disrupt that election campaign? >> and it's not just in the north where the arrest is sparking a reaction. just over the border mr adams irish constituency, there are supporters that say he's carrying too much historical baggage, strengthened as police questioned him about the murder of jean mcconville by the ira in 1972. mr adams denies involvement. >> it was here on a beech that mrs. jean mcconville's body eventually was found in 2003. it's part of mr adams's issue constituency. the coincidence and his arrest by police may prove too much for some irish voters. >> local observers believe that the power base is assured for now. >> gerry adams was elected in 2011 with 15,000 votes. i think he'd have to lose 7,000 to be in danger. to lose 50% is unlikely everyone is talking about this arrest. it is what he's been

in 1972, a mother of ten named jean mcconnell was taken from her home and disappeared from her belfast

he was questioned for several address over the murder of a belfast mother in 1972. jean mcconville was falsely accused of being an informant by the irish republican army. adams says he's the victim of a campaign to link him to the crime. >>> pro-russian activists storm the police headquarters in the southern ukranian city of odessa, forcing the release of 60 separatists arrested after violent street battles. more than 40 anti-government protestors died. a full investigation is under way. jonah hull reports. >> reporter: to cries of "our heroes", they emerged from the police station, more than 60 pr russian protesters, arrested for taking part in the extreme violence. for hours, as riot police looked on, the crowd shouted freedom. it demanded the release of those ideas. >> some forced their way into a vehicle entrance to the police station. once inside they seemed to be on the brink of complete control. and then from somewhere an apparent police decision to ak which esque. >> this is a si in which violence was down on sunday night and possibly on the verge of happeni

police in northern island are questioning republican politicians in connection with the murder of a belfast woman 32 years ago. jerry adams is innocent. she was killed in 1972. brunei was the first country in south-east asia to introduce criminal law. punishment will include flogging, potentially death by stoning. >>> 20,000 prisoners across egypt have gone on a hunger strike. it's in protest of conditions. we have more. >> reporter: from well outside the prison gates the chance of protest can be clearly heard. down with the regime they chant. down with military rule. >> this is the prin in the coastal city of alexandria, one of more than 40 facilities caught up. >> we have started a hunger strike. we decided not to go out for exercise. we will not be attending court sessions, nor will we stand before any prosecutors. >> they allege appalling conditions as well as daily torture. prisoners showed poor basic facilities, including a lack of beds, action to water, proper lighting or overcrowding. here 16 prisoner were crowded in a cell meant for four. >> in a statement prisoners say 23,000 ipp

it was 41 years ago that kevin connauton, a mother of 10 was conducted from belfast.t was claimed she helped a wounded british soldier and she disappeared, her body disorder years lampt it underbin -- later. it undermined a claim of fighting a just claim. and a man who was the architect of a peace protest, as a commander that organised the abduction. jin's son spent -- jean's son spent thursday telling journalists that he was pleased history had not forgotten gerry adams. >> these people didn't care what they did. if they did care, they would have apologised. >> leading unionists in northern ireland and london said it was reasonable for the police to do this. and did not demonstrate bias. >> we have an independent judicial system in england and northern ireland and there has been no political interference in the issue. we have independent policing authorities, prosecuting authorities. mr adams party, sin finn said the timing was dubious. >> our argument is that it was clearly suspicious. and the police arresting him. >> it proves how close to the surface all the old a

now -- adams freed without charge after four days of questioning over the notorious ira murder of a belfast mother of 10 in 1972. the leader could still face charges over the killing 40 years ago. the murder trial of oscar pistorius resumes. let's get more on the trial today. >> i have to say he looked a lot more rested, clearly benefiting from two weeks off from the trial. it was a bruising time for him, the first seven weeks of the trial, more than a week of which he was in the witness box himself giving his evidence and being cross examined. he looked a lot more rested and seemed a lot more composed from what i have seen him. today we heard from the first person on the scene directly after oscar pistorius shot reeva steenkamp on valentine's day last year. he gave quite dramatic evidence about how he came to the front door at pistorius' house and saw the athlete carrying reeva steenkamp down the stairs, her bleeding body, dripping blood down the staircase as he carried her on his prostatic limbs. then he asked oscar to lay the body on the floor. he said the athlete seemed broken. he was s

a sinn fein rally in front of a mural in west belfast. fellow party leader martin mcguinness is not ruling out withdrawing future cooperation over policing. >> anyone here - gerry adams arrest is not intended to disrupt the election campaign. >> it's not just in the north where the arrest is parking a rehabilitation. over the border in county lov, gerry adams's private constituency, others say he carries too much historical baggage, an opinion strength as he was questioned by the murder of jean mcconville by the ira in 1972. gerry adams denies involvement. >> it was here on a beach that jean mcconville's body was found in 2003. it is part of gerry adams's irish parliamentary constituency. the coincidence and his arrest by police may prove too much for some irish voters. >> local observers believe his power base is assured. >> he has elected in 2011, 50,000 boats. he'd have to lose 7,000 for those seats to be in danger. to lose 50% of the votes is unlikely. everyone is talking about the rest and what he's been arrested about is serious. wh

a sinn fein rally in front of a mural in west belfast. fellow party leader martin mcguinness is not ruling out withdrawing future cooperation with policing. >> anyone here think that gerry's arrest is not intended to disrupt the election campaign. >> it's not just in the north where the arrest it sparking a rehabilitation. over the border. mr adams irish constituency say there are reporters saying privately that there's too much historical backage. police questioned him about the murder of jean mcconville in 1972, by the ira. he denies involvement. it was here on a beach that jean mcconville's body was found in 2003. it's now part of mr adam's irish parliamentary constituency. the coincidence, and his arrest by police may prove too much for some irish voters. >> local observers believe mr adam's power base was assured for noux. >> gerry adams was elected in 2011 with 50,000 votes, first past the post. he'd have to lose 7,000 for his seat to be in danger. even though obviously everyone is talking about the arrest. what he's been arrested a

he being held for nearly five days by police in antrim which rises to the west of belfast. when being questioned over his alleged involvement in a match that jason back to nineteen seventy two. what in the sink a press conference and help us to tell them that live there on the thickness and twenty cents. they are on the tannins are as they go go go. rather it was awful part of dollars the farm but city area. refusal gerry adams the declaring that he had no hand in the nineteen seventy two not out. with sixty five year olds to tensions threatened to drive and dangerous wedge into the unity government like after the encore just on how small the freedom that no official exhilaration chanting leader gerry adams was freed after four days of questioning his release was blocked by protesters outside the gates forcing him to use another exit. police arrested adams on wednesday over the abduction and murder of jean veil. the mother of ken was killed in nineteen seventy two by the irish republican army the suspected of being a british spy. in nineteen ninety nine to the iranian it's

some believe adams ordered the 1972 killing of jean mcconville, a belfast mother of ten, the i.r.a. believed had been an informer for the british. following his release, adams once again denied any involve am in the killing and accused police of what he called a quote sustained, malicious untruthful campaign. >> the los angeles clippers advanced to the second round of the nba play-offs last night in a thrilling victory over the golden state warriors. off the courts, more drama. the league appointed a new c.e.o. to run the team. bigad shaban has the latest. >> the l.a. clippers win earned them a spot in round two of the play-offs. the reaction of coach doc rivers said it all. >> i just thought with all this stuff, this team needed this win. >> reporter: while donald sterling still owns the clippers the n.b.a. is trying to force him out for making racist comments but sterling appears ready for battle. los an/e)es mayor eric garcetti said he recently spoke with him and told bob schieffer about it on "face the nation". >> he thinks he will be the owner for a long time. that he wants to

they lived in belfast to the scots the family never saw her again. she was martyred and secretly buried by the eye already. thirty one years later the body was found accidentally by a man walking on sharing beach and counting now. rumor is that she was an informer were examined and dismissed as untrue by police ombudsman new normal. compost finally got to bury them other than that with the reality that nobody has ever been charged and convicted for murder the boston college oral history project began interviewing republicans and knowing this about apparently the past. among them with a now deceased print and use it on its price. they have locations say gerry adams was going to the aisle are a group of children disappeared people. claims he has always denied. he also hosts a machine transactions in the peace true sense. in march. veteran republican either that was arrested and charged in the nation teaching the conference abduction. there are on the refined reports that he too gave an interview to the boston college project the tiny gerry adams said t

the change things that tortures the party president gerry adams has been holding a rally in west belfast in the world was unveiled to the irish republican leader and posters. photographed at the base notes of montana qantas has spent four nights in police custody being questioned by the merger. a widowed mother of ten. in nineteen seventy two. south africa coach the clothes on make this happen. but as with enacted new national assembly and provincial leaders to be the fifth election by universal adult suffrage. since the end of apartheid in nineteen ninety four. lawmaker is that the country's president from the party which comes and on top. that interview from the grants now our correspondent id she is man is in cape town. and as part of its use to colin's on top is holding its final ready ahead of election date nation to date the anc he said. well the african national congress will hold its final connection imagine today before the may seventeen actions and today present a consumable try and convince as many south africans is possible to better tackle the agency now we know that the age

road in front of the station behind me i think the legal action is taking place in the center of belfast. we have indications from around half past two this afternoon that the psni you were going to seek permission to extend gerry adams detention. we don't have details of the outcome of the deliberations by the judge involved. of course the decision has to be made before eight pm. very strong words there from mark mcinnes saying that they should they would review its support to policing in northern ireland if gerry adams is charged in connection with the marshall team combo. very strong words indeed and i think an indication of the tension that is no a very very obvious in this situation but there are seven dimensions to a modern mcguinness as his opinion but others took their kids too i cannot think of in recent history where you have a situation that a leader of a political party was detained for almost forty eight hours about who's also an elected member of the day aaron and his big questions in relation to the abduction and murder of a woman. of course the story continues. you i'm co

the widowed mother of ten was kidnapped by gunmen from a tiny west belfast. a body was found on a beach in county louth in two thousand and three up to the ira a new ticket info link in the abduction adams's of risk was prompted by a series of interviews with former ira funds has made for a research project one of them said adams was involved in the killing adams was elected to the irish parliament in two thousand and eleven and has played a key role in the peace process for more than twenty years. some of the province's political allies claimed his unrest is part of an attempt to discredit chin fang. i claimed the british government denies. we have an independent judicial system placed in the shootings and will say we do have one in all the time and has been up to the new political interference in this dish gerry adams remains in custody. he can be held without charge until friday we came across the ice to the lines that david has been just as it has been for quite awhile now more than twenty four hours should we read anything into that the more serious than

there are those detectives continued to question him over his alleged role in the ira murder of belfast mother of ten team combo. she was kidnapped and killed in nineteen seventy two. her body then secretly buried for decades. trace the bond takes up the story her body was recovered here and the republic of ireland in two thousand and three more than thirty years after she was abducted from her home and murdered by the ira gina cargo of thirty seven year old mother of ten was wrongfully accused of being a british and for her son michael says he knew some of those who abducted her. it had been warned that gunpoint to stay silent the whole unit because of the mosque the last i see most of the mahler but they are an ignorant and momo a crown. in nineteen nineteen during the ira finally admitted murdering jean and several other so called disappeared people who were abducted killed and secretly buried by irish republicans during the troubles. at that time gerry adams was the leader of the ira's political wing he's always denied any involvement in the murders adam slater reinvented themselves

al jazeera, belfast. >> leaders urged all sides involved to ensure elections in the country which take place later this month happen without any interference. >> while russia is continuing to intensify the tensions we agree that the peaceful and democratic presidential elections must remain in place. did diplomatic solution to ukrainian can crisis. we ask that all sides follow that route. >> central spain's bella monte can crisis, final of the medieval combat world championship. this is an amateur sport gaining popularity starting in eastern europe 20 years ago. polish national team battle the united states and it was the u.s. who won. and that's it from europe. back now to sammy in doha. >> thanks felicity. plenty more after the break. >> classical music stars of tomorrow being trained but today they're giving back. >> and the big names in tennis enjoy an easy day in court. robin will have the action later in sport. exploited >> beyond borderland... only on al jazeera america >> robin's here and we know what that means. it's time for sports news. >> sammy, thank you very much. named f

he finds himself in prison, in antrim, in an interrogation unit here, half an hour's drive from belfast, questioned by police about the murder, one of the most notorious murders of the troubles of jean mcconville, a mother of 10. she was wrongly accused, wrongly thought to be an informer, and she was ak doubted and -- abducted in murdered. that is what gerry adams is being questioned about. he has denied membership of the ira and denis involved in that event. >> what led police to reopen the case and arrest gerry adams? >> well, that is the interesting point. this emerged after boston college in the united states embarked on an oral history project of the troubles here in northern ireland. they interviewed many republican former paramilitaries, former unionists, loyalist paramilitaries as well on the other side of the fight, as it were. and they conducted these interviews on the basis that they would not be made public until the deaths of those concerned. what happened is people started to die with the passage of time. police realised there's a lot of evidence to be explored. they have

al jazeera, belfast. >> the french engineering group has announced it's profit has plummeted by a thirdn the last financial year. the company has blamed the 28% drop on difficult economic conditions and restructuring costs. considering takeover bids and also u.s. giant general electric for its energy assets. and the german firm seimens. >>> an election comes after a deadlock over the kosovo h's national army. they want guarantees before they go ahead with a vote. >>> children who spend too much time in front of the tv screen have more than double the chance of high blood pressure. it suggests that children are encouraged to be more physically active the number of deaths from cardiovascular disease in adults may be reduced. we have been investigating. >> reporter: hooking up to a video game, a pastime many kids are happy to do. something parents conside may ca necessary evil. but many say it's not the be thing for a child's development. now the latest study from canadian scientists show sitting for hours in front of a tv screen playing games can cause hypertension in children particularl

jesse rose jones lives in belfast, maine. in 1939, she earned her degree in stenography and bookkeeping from beal business school. but since she couldn't afford the 5-dollar processing fee, she didn't get the degree... until a friend contacted the school. school officials were more than happy to give her the diploma... a cap and gown... and even a graduation party. the college president paid the 5-dollar fee personally. >> such a good role model to show the value of education. >> i don't intend to give up. >>jesse rose says she loves surfing the web, and learning everything she can. >> i love stories like that. >> are they going to get you that meteorology certificate someday? >> certificate? it's not a certificate. its a whole degree. come on. 70 degrees right now. wind at 8 mi.. not such a heavy breeze. we are cloudy and we to expect showers to come through. some areas the temperatures will drop a bit be on the lookout for fall. if assault the rain yesterday the ground was saturated we do have the potential for that. we are

belfast's reputation is on the way up.lian cycle race is coming here the weekend after next. it's a sign of how much peace has returned. but underneath the surface there is potential for fresh conflict. the war of words has already started over there. martin mcginnis, colleague of jerry adams, has accused the police of having a dark side, potentially, who do not want peace, who are against the peace process, an element within the police force, a serious allegation. >> we'll find out whether the court has decided to grant police more time to question jerry adams. we'll check in with you at that moment. thank you. >>> formula one boss has appeared in a munich court for the second day of a bribery trial. prosecutors allege he gave a german banker $44 million to smooth the sale of formula one to a private equity firm. he says he was the victim of coercion. >>> jeremy clarkson of the tv program "top gear," has apologized after video was released of him alleged ly using a racial slur. >> reporter: the program jeremy clarkson fro

she's last seen in belfast. sometime that week, she has fallen and hit her head and that she will not be able to testify. her doctors on the 20th of december have told her to stay home. on the 30th of december, she goes to hospital for routine exam and they find a blood clot and they put her in the hospital. they will not say what kind of blood clot it is. her doctor said the blood clot was behind her right ear between the skull and the brain. on wednesday, she's released. she's in the hospital for four days. it is from december 7th to january 7th before she shows back up at the state department. this is a serious health incident. i made two remarks. first of all, this was a serious health incident. as she thinks about running for president -- i think it's a more difficult calculation than that. if you're going to turn 69 two weeks before the 2016 election and you've had this kind of serious health incident and if you get elected, you're going to serve for eight years, you're going to be 77 at the end of it. do

suspected of killing a belfast mother of 10. admitto the kidnapping and killing wrongfully believing she was an informant. adams turned himself in for questioning and that he is innocent. >>> arrested for immigration reform in washington, d.c. all of mayor families have been pulled apart by deportation. the preteens and teens say they are fighting for their undocumented parents and siblings. u.s. government estimates 60,000 will cross into the u.s. alone. one boy hopes to reunite with his father in houston. paul beban has that story. >> a vast remote desert surrounds the city of nogales. a fence slices through it. this teenagers and two cousins have traveled 2400 miles to make it here to the mexican side of this border town. >> translator: my name is axel fernandez and i'm 15 and from honduras. >> one of the most violent cities in the world. after crossing illegally, collectively known as the beast. a dangerous and dusty free ride more than 1400 miles all the way to the border in nogales. >> the trip wasn't easy because we came

marcel kittell is in the second stage with a thrilling sprint finish through belfast. it wasn't without incident for the a number of riders injured in separate crashes. it was made worse by the slippery conditions. german kital crossing with 5 hours and 13 minutes, 12 seconds while australian michael matthews claimed the pink jersey. a leg of 1807 kilometers to dublin. more sport later. >> see you then. thank you. well well, astron members in chile say they have discovered a star that's thought to be 13 billion years. at the sgert in chile. >> spectacular and desolate, the oldest desert on earth and the driest. some parts get no rain at all. >> that's why it lures astron members like professor anna freebell time and again. >> it's very dry. >> that's very good for astronme. >> means the stars don't twinkle as much. of course, very predy when the stars twinkle but astronmembers don't actually like it at all >> reporter: between imagine he willan telescopes, the 2,500 meters up in the andes waiting for night fall. other observetories, too, perched in the desert air, a fo

held in possible connection for 1972 murder, victim was a belfast widow killed by the irish are republican army. she was the mother of 10. those are the headlines. check out our website, aljazeera.com. >> on "america tonight," the tipping point. more clashes and bloodshed in ukraine. the elevated warnings from u.s. to russia to stand down. also tonight: the search for relisha. the search for her disappearance. one man's call on the air waves, that relisha is somewhere out there, waiting to come home. >> i saw her picture and it warms my heart. >> and chest pique bay. >> i've worked these waters for 40 years and i've seen a lot of changes not any of them good. >> a new challenges challenge. >> good evening everyone, joie chen is on assignment, i'm adam may. >> ukraine, southern port city of odessa, the deadliest day in ukraine, since the ousting of you viktor yanukovych. an attempt to reclaim eastern cities from pro-russian separatists. >> as forces battle to regain erin ukraine territory, more are dead and the region is further engulfed had flames. riot police overwhelmed in donetske, fell