i made a speech about raising funds because i was the treasurer of sinn fein in derry.ame time, i had to keep reminding myself, you know, "wait a minute!" because i'd seen some terrible things that the british army did and i'd seen some terrible things that the ruc did, and i'd seen some terrible things the ira did. so i mean, at one time i had kind of divided loyalties and i had to keep reminding myself, listen, you're a soldier, you're undercover, stay focused. yourjob is to get this political thing even off to its first baby steps. but when you say you had to remind yourself you were a soldier, you were a soldier in a war where your own family and community were on the other side. correct. you were, and i'm going to be blunt about it, you were a traitor. and when you left, because the brits had to get you out to save your life, when you left, you had to face the fact that you'd basically cut your ties and become isolated from your own home, pretty much forever. well, let me deal with just a couple of things here. and you're absolutely right. because i used to think ‘

a boy, raised in a catholic family in one of the most nationalist areas neighbourhoods of the city derryland, how you could, before you chose to become an agent, a spy, how you could originally decide to serve in the british, the british army, as a republican internationalist. that nationalist. i was born in 1940, republican internationalist. that nationalist. iwas born in 1940, i'm a war baby. lots of young boys growing up my age, their parents, their fathers, had been growing up my age, their parents, theirfathers, had been in the british —— british army. theirfathers, had been in the british -- british army. catholics as well. catholics. when i inquired aboutjoining the army, my father didn't see a problem because in 1965-66, didn't see a problem because in 1965—66, young guys my age from derry. it was something that we did because our fathers did. and as you say, it was before the troubles really started. but let us now move forward to the crucial year of 1974 when you had served nine years or so in the british army, you wanted to come home and you are approached by mi5, come home an

of june the city has since been liberated and local residents are relieved including me yousif in derry we met him in a hospital where urgently needed medical equipment was being delivered. and. this road was recently blocked because the city was occupied more than when it was very difficult to get anything in or out for example food or fuel but now we still have the problem that the main connection between god and tripoli has been. a problem. you surf was elected mayor 5 years ago this spring after us troops drove him out of the city then commander moved talk and many other residents force against hostiles troops. thousands of them overran gallery on according to command to move talk in order to turn the town south of tripoli into half dollars largest military base but the conquerors underestimated the conquered. the world people who were outside of planned the attack and that he had the have to had no support inside the city he had then there was an uprising of the people of their home in medina yanni not the. house does fighters wanted to conquer tripoli from here but they lost their

dodie looking back you know came on to set up check midfielder vladimir derry to round off a slick counterattack make it 31 look at that go play in tatters 3rd win on the bounce. there are 3 more games to look forward to on sunday we got glad we are both spurs and in frankfurt and let's see how. those results affect the table now despite 5 team's best efforts by a still top of the table for the time being it's really tight up there if you look at this. just mentioned they play on sunday they could not buy in off their perch at the top down at the bottom however often heim they climb to 11 after their win against by munich but the ones to worry about are destroyed or they are in the doldrums or 2 and i have dropped 14 points from winning positions in the last 5 games some think they desperately need to change arts of the international break cologne and part of born they're still glued to the bottom. right now the winner of this week's play of the day you voted for him with 43 percent of the vote. in the lead with a simple cutting volley a perfectly straight can take a look at that. incredible fro

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you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha in derry you navigate also ahead the chilean president responds to more than a 1000000 people rallying against the government saying he's heard their message. new details emerge in the u.k. laurie deaths the vietnamese nationals may be among the 49 people dead. and in england new zealand in the rugby world cup semifinals to book a place in next week's final. hello we begin with the latest from iraq where the death toll continues to rise a day after the violent protests younger iraqis aren't giving up with many spending the nights in baghdad's for your square 42 people who are now dead and more than 2000 injured after friday's protests unhappy with the government's promised reforms protesters erupted around the country on a curfew has now been imposed an 8 southern provinces including buses and karbala demonstrators are demanding the resignation of government leaders as well as an end to corruption and economic hardship in the oil rich country national whom with evidence of me what can i see the protesters are peaceful the securi

and a half years in that vacuum we've seen the rise of dissident republican voices particularly in derry in the west a of northern ireland we've taught that if we bring threats coming from hardline nationalists talking about possibly bombing or attacking infrastructure if it appeared on the border p.c. it was hard won hard fought for nobody wants to see the clock turn back and that's why many politicians are forts tooth and nail ready to avoid any return to that hard border and thankfully multiple british politicians have repeatedly said they will not be on our border but even right to the wire now there has been that concern that the clock will indeed go back that's why perhaps some nationalist m.p.'s here are warming to this plan warming to boys johnson's plan in the same way that leo veronica in dublin has warmed to the plan.

and a half years in the vacuum we've seen the rise of dissident republican voices particularly in derry in the west a of northern ireland we've talked. to bring threats coming from hardline nationalists talking about possibly bombing or attacking infrastructure if it appeared on the border piece here it was hard won hard fought for nobody wants to see the clock time back and that's why many politicians have fought tooth and nail really to avoid any return to that border and thankfully multiple british politicians have repeatedly said they will not be on board but even right to the wire now there has been that concern that that the clock will indeed go back that's why perhaps some nationalist m.p.c. are warming to this plan warming to boys johnson's plan in the same way that leo veronica in dublin has warmed to the plan to thank you so much for that new package joining us live there from belfast this plenty more ahead on the news hour including foreign fighters will have more on what came out of talks between iraqi and french delegations the aftermath of more violence in mexico police ar

the sum for the refurbishment for derry new will over the fence between hungary and austria and what did you do then then i deleted girls that big song out of the budget it was the 1st crack in the iron curtain the news spread around the world. today hungary has begun to dismantle the border fortifications with austria that have stood for 40 years several kilometers of electronic alarms and barbed wire have been torn down all the alarm systems on the long border between hungry and austria are due to be dismantled by the end of 1990 about sun all of them noted what was going go. and no. no can go on my daughter of the so bent on soviet them best suited to budapest protesting what what do we. know telephone call from mosco in fact never had cleared the move with soviet leader mikhail gorbachev in a 20 minute phone conversation that went on for 2 hours gorbachev said until i am sitting in this chair that if he'll be no repetition of 56 which is not a reverse was a clear cut message that may close. your hands. and the more. now the fences back to keep out a whole new wave of refugees the

it just means technically everybody else who qualifies go to the main lot derry. der -- lottery. we want to serve more than 33%. that is a floor. >> what do you expect? >> 40 to 50% is what we put in the petition. >> i am thankful you are trying to do that. i think that is something all charters should do. i would like it to be with the number of presenters in the district. >> can i ask a question on that? so the way it would work is you would then verify everybody who said this is what my income level is in i mean not to go to the negative. we have a problem with people using fraudulent addresses. it happens that people are not completely truthful. how would you then deal with that if you found that somebody wasn't truthful in the original application? >> we would have t have to resce application. >> we have an enrollment policy. >> that is in our enrollment policy. >> falsified application information. >> i think it is a challenge. i would love to understand how you do that and what systems are in place and what you found to work to make sure we have valid data. >> we don't use

part of the ascendancy, contribute it to the american cause, including charles thompson, born near derry. witness to the earliest broadside edition of the declaration of independence, and designer of the seal of the united states. another example, a little later, in the war of 1812, admiral charles stuart. grandfather of the late 19th century irish parliamentary leader, charles stewart parnell. his ship, the uss constitution, is still to be seen in boston harbor. british opinion was profoundly divided about the wisdom of fighting american colonists. the great irish born orator edmund burke put his finger on the weakness of the british position in his famous speech in 1775, on conciliation with america, a logic that would also apply in ireland during the irish war of independence. i quote, "the use of force alone is temporary. it may subdue for a moment, but does not remove the necessity of subduing it again, and a nation is not governed which is perpetually --" the american war sparked a reaction in ireland, leading to the beginning of a relaxation of laws against catholics and commercia

for a few sad events like the killing of a journalist in april of this year, at a demonstration in derryed at the police and this young journalist was sadly killed, but by and large, the piece has been maintained. but of course politically, it's regularly because the governance of northern ireland which has been part of the agreement has to have nationalist involved in it hasn't functioned since 2017, for 2 and a half years there hasn't been a government in northern ireland and that means these institutions of the good friday unit and operates in the way they're meant to operate under the terms of that agreement. a vacuum has been created and when you have a vacuum of course , it does encourage other actors to insert themselves into that vacuum and we have seen greater evidence in recent years and months of renewed activity by small but nonetheless quite dangerous paramilitary organizations. so we are very concerned that on top of that fragility and instability in northern ireland, at the brexit issue enters into the mix and turns things up and that's why we have been determined from the

china menu derry has cut all commercial ties with the nba and tencent says they will halt carrying preseasonn the mainland. the defections follow a comment about the hong kong protest tweeted by the houston rockets general manager. nba commissioner adam silver says he can't tell people what they can or can't say. >> it is not something we expected. butink it is unfortunate, if that is the consequences of us adhering to our values, we feel it is critically important that we adhere to those values. paul: for a closer look at what's at stake, we turn to rick burton, professor of sports management at syracuse university. thanks for joining us. this is tricky for the nba. what do they do here? they are really risking all they have built up. how do they stay on the right side of china? rick: it is indeed tricky. the commissioner is meant to protect not only the interests of the owners, which is who he reports to, but also the reputation of the game itself. in this case, as an american-based league, the commissioner has to protect the individual's right to freedom of speech. on the other hand, the

sad tragic events like the killing of a young journalist in april of this year at a demonstration in derry where shots were fired at the police and this young journalist was sadly killed, but by and large the peace has -- has been maintained. but, of course, politically there's great fragility because the government of northern ireland, which is part of the good friday agreement, which has to have unionists and nationalists involved in it hasn't functioned since 2017, so for two and a half years there hasn't been a government in northern ireland, and that means that the institutions of the good friday agreement cannot operate in the way they are meant to operate under the terms of that agreement. so a vacuum has been creed, and when you have a vacuum, of course, it does encourage other actors to insert themselves into that vacuum, and we have seen greater evidence in recent years and months of renewed activity by small but nonetheless quite dangerous paramilitary organizations. so we are very concerned that on top of that fragility and instability in northern ireland, the -- the brexit iss

amenities that they had a refrigerated car, powered by edison batteries, so they could have fresh derrywould repair gourmet meal that night. in the morning, they would dress in freshly ironed clothes, but they were so famous and america was so grateful to them that this didn't matter. the point was, hey, we are out in cars, traveling and seeing these things. you can do it too. host: sunday night -- >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. journal months are available at c-span's new online store. org, check outore. the washington journal mugs and seal the c-span products. washington journal continues. again, our c-span bus in erie, pennsylvania as we consider and continue a tour of the battleground states. joining us onboard the bus, representative mike kelly, republican of pennsylvania. represents portions of erie county, including newcastle and sandy lake. guest: thank you for having me on. on a congress has been break. what topics are you here in from constituents about things in washington, d.c., and how do you think that plays out as 2020 continues to progress? guest: