he said thatis francis did not go north.ake practice is still and —— that is where faith practice is still there. he lives and works in the republic of ireland, but it borders northern ireland. there were references to that yesterday. with lee varadkar, the irish prime minister. with his speech at dublin castle. a man who was instrumental in helping to put the peace process together in northern ireland. do you think that we can see if he visits there? some people may be surprised that the holy see has such implements on a global scale in terms of bringing about reconciliation and healing. but it has been doing it for centuries. think about cuba, in pope francis's own time, and the middle east. he bought leaders there to the holy see and they planted a tree together. there has been religious difference, recovering from that restoring peace isa recovering from that restoring peace is a key part of the mission of the holy see. i can imagine if at all possible, it may not be pope francis but a successor but some people take an i

nevertheless, survivors are saying that pope francis gives that unless pope francis gives very cleari'm reminded of that verse in the new testament in the epistle ofjames where he says, "faith without deeds is dead." martin bashir, our religion editor speaking to me a short time ago. meanwhile, as well as the scandals and challenges that the catholic church faces, and has faced here in ireland, the crowds gathering behind me in phoenix park in dublin are testa m e nt to me in phoenix park in dublin are testament to the very strong catholic faith that there still is in this country. predominantly catholic country. 500,000, half a million people expected in phoenix park, to hear the pope say mass at 3pm this afternoon. the events going on now i've produced to all of that. 1000 performers and entertainers performing for the gathering crowds who are turning out, despite the inclement weather. we will, of course, bring you much more on that throughout the day. the headlines on bbc news... the pope visits the shrine of knock — and begs for god's forgiveness over sex abuse allegations linke

many thousands of people there to listen to post francis today —— pope francis today, and in the speech said he prayed for god's forgiveness for the open wounds of abuse and said they would be firm and decisive action to secure truth and justice. and my guess, father eamon conway, is still with me. that is a very significant line in terms of anything we have heard from pope francis on this trip so heard from pope francis on this trip so far. so many of the other speeches have had so many other things in them but these lines have really stood out. the words are very clear. they are also acknowledging that these are open wounds and the pain continues for so many people. more needs to be done to bring about the ealing not just more needs to be done to bring about the ealing notjust of the trail of trust and the sexual violence but also the way the structure did not respond or cake compassionately, believing —— care compassionately, believing —— care compassionately, believing people when they came forward. it will be very interesting to get the reaction of abuse survivors to these specific

what has pope francis said. the treatment of lg bt people has pope francis said.utcasts in society and with pure disdain is utterly repugnant to a progressively liberal country like ireland. the tide has already turned in this regard and the church is so far removed. pope francis has the past made about lgbt people saying they are people of god, children of god, but never made any orders to include lg bt but never made any orders to include lgbt people but never made any orders to include lg bt people in but never made any orders to include lgbt people in mass are sacrament, and i'm not even saying same—sex marriage because nobody is saying they should have that pair say, but welcoming lgbt they should have that pair say, but welcoming lg bt people they should have that pair say, but welcoming lgbt people who feel catholic, it is something thatjesus of nazareth would probably have done. and just reflecting on this festival of families, we are reminded that families come in many different shapes and forms, and what we heard from pope francis today has been largely

the army number one band, playing now for pope francis before a formal tree—planting now for pope francisrmal tree—planting ceremony that will ta ke tree—planting ceremony that will take place here at the irish president‘shome. more coverage throughout the day. let‘s see what is coming our way this weekend. tomorrow is not a great day, a wash—out for some of us, but until that happens, today is not bad. sunshine and a few showers. here is the latest satellite image. all of our weather is sinking in from the north. this is where the jet stream is coming from. it has been dragging in colder airfrom the polar regions. that is why it felt so chilly first thing this morning. tonight, parts of the country will turn pretty nippy as well. let‘s concentrate on the weather from midday onwards. a lot of fine weather across the uk. you will hardly notice the showers on the weather map because they will be very small and will not last long. you will be unlikely to catch them. for most of us, a fine day. not a desperately warm day, but the sun is still strong. a beautiful evening out there. there will

. —— hope francis, who asked a request for forgiveness. —— that is pope francis.uses committed in various kinds of institutions run by males orfemale in various kinds of institutions run by males or female religious and other members of the church. and of course a reference to the myelin lotteries, and we ask for forgiveness for the compassion and seeking of justice forgiveness for the compassion and seeking ofjustice and truth through concrete actions. it is the concrete actions that the tea shop was raising in his speech, what are the concrete actions that the church has taken? and where perpetrators are identified, that those perpetrators are given, the information is given to the police and judicial authorities to deal with them. pope francis leaves ireland tonight, the first visit in many years. 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 rec

what do you think pope francis wants to do about this?his 80s, other men in his 80s surround him, and they are not minded to really change things. another school of thought is that he does want to do that, but he is somewhat hamstrung by the rules of the church? there is very little evidence to say he really wa nts very little evidence to say he really wants the church to change, not just from a really wants the church to change, notjust from a abuse perspective. we had the apology at the start of the week, a reiteration of an apology given by the previous pope. again, he didn't go any further when it came to bringing people to justice. if you look at other issues, when it comes to the treatment of women within the catholic church, he never evolved on this position either. he has not fundamentally evolved on treating with respect the lgbt community either. so you can't really say he is the revolutionary that everybody thought he might be. the irish prime minister has talked about opening up a new chapter between the state and the church,

back to pope francis and the caring society. some observers have defected in pope francis a deep hostility a lot of people that have debt. the pope itself has gone on record saying that business is a noble -- noble profession. if it's directed to those ends of the serving the poor and allowing for that human flourishing. especially in creating jobs because that's what's going to while the people in it deepest part to be able to escape for that. i think they have a nuance. it can be directed to that. with the authors of this. what we need to do is set the rules of the game up. so that business is directed to those noble and that it can reach. >> is francis different than benedict or st. paul. there are some important changes. let's compare john paul ii with francis. john paul ii grew up. under communism. he knew what that kind of system would do. and he wrote some of the greatest support. i think he's very colored. i think when he hears the word capitalism he thinks urgent here capitalism. it's not the competitive kind of capital

pope francis arrived at dublin airport a little earlier.d by archbishops and by a government representative, the deputy prime minister, and he is now at the residence of the irish president, michael higgins, aras an uachtarain, in dublin's phoenix park. pope francis in the last few moments has planted an irish oak tree in the park wherejohn planted an irish oak tree in the park where john paul planted an irish oak tree in the park wherejohn paul ii planted an oak tree almost four decades ago. this is a visit that is going to be dominated by serious questions that pope francis has to answer. whether he will answer those questions in terms of what the judge is going to do to deal with those who abuse children and those who cover up the abuse of children, we don't know. he is expected to mention that in his speech at dublin castle lives little later and we will bring that speech to you. but whether he issues an apology, which he has done before, 01’ apology, which he has done before, or whether he goes beyond that, we are waiting to hear the d

pope francis. it wasjust a line, but a very significant linelj pope francis.wasjust a line, but a very significant line. i think so. but a very significant line. i think so. it was absolute commitment and recognition that truth and justice is so important to people who have experienced abuse, not just is so important to people who have experienced abuse, notjust in terms of the actual sexual abuse itself that any cover—up and any failure to greet the revelation of that abuse with utter belief and credibility. to a cce pt with utter belief and credibility. to accept any institutional responsibility for what happened or a nyway responsibility for what happened or anyway it was covered up, very important. do you think it's also a recognition by the pope, that although he is here for this world meeting of families event, surrounding all of the events connected to that is this question of how the church has dealt with abuse, with those who covered up abuse? he has mentioned it a number of times, now in his key addresses. this one stood out because otherwise it's qu

he is among those greeting pope francis.tle bit about what he will be doing on this first part of his weekend visit to ireland. he will be going to the official residence of the irish president, michael d higgins. he will have a conversation with him. he will plant a tree in the gardens there, close to a tree planted byjohn paul ii in 1979, an irish show, and he will be coming to dublin castle, where i am speaking you from. —— irish oak. he will be meeting the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, and delivering a speech in which he will be talking about, amongst other things, the abuse of children by priests and in catholic run institutions. we await the year the precise nature of what he will say. —— await to hear. there will probably be an apology. he has issued apologies before, but will there be anything in terms of concrete steps that many of the survivors of abuse on the pope to speak about on this visit? throughout the weekend, we will be bringing you details of all of the events he will be attending, including tomorro

pope francis is in ireland, for the first papal visit in almost a0 years.e has spoken of his shame at the failure of the catholic church to address the abuse of children by priests. translation: the failure of ecclesiastical authorities, bishops, religious superiors, priests and others adequately to address these repellent crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community. i myself share those sentiments. i'm rebecca jones — the other headlines this hour. women in england are to be allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills in their own homes instead of in a clinic. holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel, following the unexplained deaths of a british couple. thousands of rohingya muslim refugees have taken part in a demonstration marking one year since their exodus from myanmar, following a military crackdown. and later, we'll be visiting america's first sustainable solar—powered town, and going down under, to see how technology is being used to prote

they like the idea that he took the name francis after francis of assisi. is materialising right now. we are just seeing what has been called the greeting of grandparents. this couple have been married for 50 years, they recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. family life is challenging to my but it is worthwhile. family life is not easy for us. we were supported, however, ina for us. we were supported, however, in a special way by prayer. the quiet prayers that we uttered in moments of challenge and sorrow. the prayers of thanksgivings for the little and grace joys along the path of our lives. the prayers which kept us of our lives. the prayers which kept us going when times were hard. marriage and family life is challenging, but with the help of oui’ challenging, but with the help of our faith challenging, but with the help of ourfaith in challenging, but with the help of our faith injesus christ, our love has been the most worthwhile dimension of our lives. a very special moment for this couple. 50 years married. and the pope is also meetin

francis for prepares to welcome pope francis for a visit, we get views on the visit. and the papers as later. that's all ahead. now, it's time for sportsday. you're live at the bbc sports centre with me, chris mitchell. coming up on sports day for you. i wholeheartedly apologise — tottenham's captain and goal keeper says sorry after he's charged with drink driving. jose mourinho denies a rift with manchester united's chief executive and keeps it short with the world's media. i'm not the right guy to answer to it. i don't analyse video with my players. i'm not going to comment. and formula one is back — the spa is the scene for the belgium grand prix were ferrari were fastest in practice. we will kick—off the programme by talking about the premier league this weekend. jojoins talking about the premier league this weekend. jo joins me. talking about the premier league this weekend. jojoins me. i really big story developing around the monday fixture, manchester united versus tottenham. tottenham's goalkeeper, hugo lloris is in real trouble with the police. what has happe

—— the response of the people to pope francis.ciety and families were more judgemental and oppressive. and to some extent they'd dumbed their problems on the church, and it is dealing with the feelings of irish society in the 1930s, 1940s and 19505 society in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s and we now have aged changed ireland and the values in society have changed. we also have a much more prosperous and you might say materialistic society where everything isjudged in terms of financial outcomes and that has squeezed out the space for people to think about the next life, to think about more spiritual issues. i think materialism as well as the legacy of abuse have... not just materialism as well as the legacy of abuse have... notjust the catholic church but that churches in general of the western world and that as a phenomenon that it is going through. ok. 0k. former prime minister of ireland, thank you very much for your time. and just bringing you now some breaking news coming to us from the vatican which has announced that the vatic

in terms of what pope francis had to say on theissue of what pope francis had to say on the issue do is more liberal in his thinking than many others in the church? he is credited with this phrase, who might tojudge and credited with this phrase, who might to judge and this credited with this phrase, who might tojudge and this is bounced credited with this phrase, who might to judge and this is bounced around the world but the problem is the catholic church das judge the world but the problem is the catholic church dasjudge lgbt people and cause them intrinsically evil and disordered and it also judges theirfamilies evil and disordered and it also judges their families then they're not realfamilies. judges their families then they're not real families. as leo varadkar mention. yes and i was delighted to see that and also to pack the whole with such a diverse range of groups. so physically he was making his point but going back to james martin, i was disappointed with what he said in his speech because we have a catholic priest talking to a group of catholics and telling them to be ni

right now, pope francis is the man in the big seat. so he needs to place his institution, his office, before an appropriate authority and accountable. i find it staggering the motion that a pope would tell the truth. but it is. >> one of the voices resonating what the pope will hear, thank you for your time and perspective in dublin him we will monitor the pope's arrival to your nation. here in the united states, more cracks in the foundation. people once loyal to the president. people in his inner circle turning against him. we have learned trump's top accountant has been granted immunity. allen weiselberg. you see him here. he's the man that handled all of mr. trump's money for many years. that follows the immunity deal to long-time associate david pecker, pecker runs the "national enquirer." he says he used his position to kill stories about president trump and knows the worst secrets of his life. it's important to note how central weiselberg is or the potential rick his testimony could pose to president trump. >> reporter: in what

the king francis the first false and a past. in fifteen twenty seven francis the first had the old walled castle demolished he had always dreamt of building a renaissance palace and now he did sell. the resplendent post and was designed for francis the first by. a new south facing entrance giving access to the numerous royal apartments that faced onto the cool of the modern palace. i. the king commissioned rosso furin tino and francesco came to decorate the interior as the two a town. and founded the fontainebleau school which was to exert so decisive an influence on architecture in france and elsewhere in europe. the gallery of king francis the first designed by fiorentino is one of the undisputed masterpieces of the renaissance. at one time it was the galleries compositional marriage of landscape and interior decor inside to the views of the natural setting that one admiration but that was lost in the seventeenth century when an additional wing was added even so the gallery represents the first ever harmonious union of frescoe

thousands came to see pope francis today in the flesh. good morning. cheering.speech to sunday worshippers, pope francis once again addressed the issue of abuse, but today going further, speaking about the need forjustice. 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. 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 be the measure of how successful the visit is judged to be. emma vardy, bbc ne

from berlin a massive turnout in ireland called pope francis the pontiff is of the country's biggest. crowds the meeting survivors of sexual abuse coming up. the refugees marked the anniversary of the myanmar military crackdown that sent hundreds of thousands fleeing to. but one year in do you believe there. is. a red carpet treatment for angela merkel in azerbaijan that their chancellor hopes the country can help german meet its dependency on natural gas but she says the other way when it comes to human rights. to. welcome to the show pope francis has received a warm welcome from supporters in dublin doing the first papal trip to ireland in forty years the point if. stadium in the irish capital way he is currently addressing tens of thousands of supporters and there you can see him people did lined the streets of dublin to welcome the pope to visit seen his visit has been overshadowed by decades of sexual abuse scandals cover up to go on to the moral authority of the catholic church francis met with several abuse survivors before traveling to the stadium. well pope francis said that

this is from barely a month welcoming our pope francis the pontiff has arrived at the country's biggest stadium where he's about to speak to a huge crowd this is after meeting survivors of sexual abuse coming up. refugees marked the anniversary of our military crackdown that sent hundreds of thousands feeling. but one on call for justice. and we'll have highlights for you all the. clash against back to business zero champions by a new me precinct another top team hoffenheim in the variance to build but it wasn't the stocks they were hoping for. to. play. money thank you for your company pope francis has received a warm welcome from supporters in dublin during the first papal trip to ireland in nearly forty years the pontiff is at a stadium in the irish capital where he will shortly address tens of thousands the coverups have served to erode the moral authority of the catholic church. before traveling to the stadium. or pope francis said that he shares the same pain or rather he shares the shame and pain of the church's failure to tackle abuse here's more. pope francis arrived in dublin

pope francis is in ireland, for the first papal visit in almost a0 years. he's been addressing a crowd of over 80,000 at croke park in dublin tonight. women in england are to be allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills in their own homes — instead of in a clinic. holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel, following the unexplained deaths of a british couple. and at 10:30 and again at 11:30 we ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — the broadcaster and journalist, penny smith, and rosamund urwin, financial services correspondent at the sunday times. — stay with us for that. in the last hour, pope francis has been speaking at the festival of families concert in dublin — as he continues his two—day visit to ireland. the pontiff spoke about the importance of peacemaking and forgiveness in families. earlier, the pope spent an hour—and—a—half talking to eight people who suffered sexual or institutional abuse by catholic clergy in ireland. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, has called

on a massive turnout in ireland for pope francis long applause for the pontiff following his speech to a huge crowd in the country's largest stadium this after he meets the survivors of sexual abuse. and the tensions football fans the bundesliga is back in full swing after a long summer break the german top flight spins once again to really the sounds of nonstop action to bring you what you need to know about each day one. money thank you for your company cillian prosecutors have opened an inquiry into each of these interior minister salvini over his refusal to allow more than one hundred rescued migrants to disembark from a coast guard ship they've been stuck for ten days in the syrian port city of tania salvini or originally said the migrants would not be allowed to leave until the european nations agreed to take them in but on saturday evening he announced they could disembark in the coming. and joining us now from rome is journalist philip well and philip it's good to see you so is this the first steinitz in that a politician will be investigated for his role in forbidding migrants

pope francis bears the flight to ireland the first papal visit in four decades there but revelations of child sex abuse by priests and its cover up are rocking the church will francis respond to the growing pressures to cooperate with investigators. plus bonus league football is back tonight the new season kicks off with byron taking on hoffenheim but german football has a lot to prove after a disastrous world cup look at the challenges ahead. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome australia has a new prime minister after his former leader malcolm turnbull was ousted by a majority in his own party the former finance minister stopped morrison has just been sworn in as the country's new prime minister morrison want to party ballot the feeding his closest rival by forty five votes to forty you will have to get to grips with an increasingly divided party that's desperate to stay in power and is grappling with poor results of the polls. a short while ago australia's new prime minister spoke to journalists and set out his government's top priorities. let me also tell you my media priorities

pope francis comes to dublin?ublin? it is important to separate out the various elements of the visit. 0n one hand, the spiritual leader of the catholic church is coming to ireland, and hundreds of thousands of people will go to manifest their faith and celebrate mass with him, which is to be respected. but you also have an institution that deliberately, wilfully, with absolute intent, covered up the rape and abuse of children, women and vulnerable adults on an industrial scale across this country, notjust in parishes, but in institutions and orphanages run by the catholic church is, —— catholic church, in homes where women were detained simply because of the reproductive itty. pope francis —— reproduction. and it was covered up. which was not an allegation. he continued to deny any responsibility for those crimes but cover—up. they refused to make themselves accountable, and people in ireland will no longer tolerate that kind of deceit. what do you think is now the critical change you need to see. some people hav

called message francis and. said that it's the full message of. christianity. is it evidence how the church will live or die protection of the institution. people think about still celebrate what he talked about the to get rid of. rick listen. the concentration of power in the church months small elites many people who are decisive there are many people in the church you think that the abuse problem is about homosexuals gay priests but if you read the church of gay priests the way. you know there's no evidence to suggest. actions inside. the michael waltz how will the pope be able to guide how will the pope be able to guide the church in the face of these damaging cases and damaging allegations well i've heard puzzled by this campus is the talk of separation of church and state i mean there is separation of church and state and i look at the as a united kingdom and france italy all the catholic countries as far as i'm aware now have a clear cut distinction between the church and state because the fact is that the bishops are still free to express their opinions

castro al-jazeera washington now pope francis is due to arrive in ireland shortly for a two day visit the month the first time the head of the violent catholic church has visited the country and maybe four decades will be live pictures from dublin and to national airport where the point will soon land ireland has of course changed dramatically in that time divorce contraception gay marriage and abortion and. reports now from dublin. the vatican flag flies over the irish capital it's thirty nine years since the last papal visit congregation numbers are falling but more than seventy percent of people identify here as catholic. one john paul the second came in one nine hundred seventy nine three quarters of ireland came out to welcome him since then there's been a massive social revolution divorce contraception gay marriage abortion all predicted by the church and now legal and the church now faces perhaps its biggest challenge in budden times its legacy of child sex abuse survivors want pope francis to take robust action according to church papers thirteen hundred priests have been accu

now let's return to dublin, where mass is being said by pope francis. annita mcveigh is watching.hank you, shaun. mass continuing at phoenix park in dublin led by pope francis, and a really very striking opening to the mass, when pope francis, speaking in his native spanish, asked for forgiveness for abuse at all levels, and theologian father eamon conway listening to that with me, you are struck by that, weren't you? deeply moved. it is unprecedented in my experience at the beginning of mass like that for the beginning of mass like that for the holy father to break with the norms of opening a mass which is normally a short right of penance, to speak specifically about the various wounds in the universal church, naming the various contexts in which people have been hurt and wounded and abused here in ireland, in homes for babies and mothers, children in the care of the church, those who were victimised as children and so on, and he broke into his own native language, i presume so that he could be exactly precise, give the tone he wanted. yes, that is significant. that is the first

could we hear things this weekend which will despite a verse from pope francis?ich will despite a verse from pope francis7|i think despite a verse from pope francis?” think every pope for the last 20 yea rs, think every pope for the last 20 years, maybe not john think every pope for the last 20 years, maybe notjohn paul but certainly benedict has made good noises about the child abuse scandals and trying to do good things to fix this terrible blight. one of my dayjobs as a lawyer representing child sex abuse victims, some things against the catholic church and they fightjust as hard now as they ever did. catholic church and they fightjust as hard now as they ever didm catholic church and they fightjust as hard now as they ever did. it is not all historical? needs to be institutional reform. words are not enough. interesting recent revelations, it turns out high cardinals, well esteemed princes of the church, turn out to have been abusers themselves. three major american dioceses the nature report to authorities. the raw complaints turns out to be around 10% of ac

it's the second and final day of pope francis' trip to ireland. way to a shrine in knock, county mayo, 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 clerical and institutional a

the headlines at 11:00pm: pope francis apologises, and promises firm action on abuses within the catholic church, to a crowd of around 300,000 people at an open—air mass in dublin. translation: we ask forgiveness for the times that, as a church, we did not show the survivors of whatever kind of abuse compassion. a number of people have been killed in a mass shooting at a gaming tournament in florida. tributes from around the world for the us senatorjohn mccain, who has died at the age of 81. the british—iranian charity worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe returns to prison in iran after a request to extend her temporary release was turned down. the celebrated american playwright and screenwriter neil simon has died at the age of 91. he wrote comedy classics such as the odd couple, the sunshine boys, and barefoot in the park. and at 11:30pm we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, rob merrick, deputy political editor at the independent, and the author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown. stay with us for that. pope francis has asked the people of ireland for forgive

to this day, no pope including pope francis, has acknowledged that.he shame of clergy sex abuse. i would agree with the assessment, but frankly i am bored and irritated by popes and cardinals talking in terms of shame and pain. talking about their feelings. you have heard it all before? this is not about their feelings. this is aboutjustice, this is about truth and love and asking the pope to care enough about those principles to tell the truth and so far they have not done that. i think the comments that pope francis made here were quite extraordinary. there were some elements that i would say were repugnant. at one point he spoke about how the failure of a ecclesiastic authorities and he referenced priest, clergy —ish herbs and others, he did not say who they were. and to deal properly with these crimes were pain and shame across the community. he is implicating normal catholics that they should somehow be ashamed about they should somehow be ashamed about the crimes and cover—up of the church. and then he said i also feel the same feelings. it is n

thhre aae mmny at the top in the vatican who want to see pope francis removed. he wase fact that reaaly quite devastating for a% %pabout where to go in the futt, not just bout sexual abuse, but other iisues like homosexuality and marriageeannnlment. of thee6 c13 c1ndication damage these allegations could potentially cause, a bishop in the small town of tyler, texas urged the priests in his diocese to consider theseeallegations against pope francis as credible, to discuss them, raise the issues with their own pariihioners, and seriously debate this on social media. and that is really in the heartland of president donald ground with these allegations, to the catholic church and tong pope francis himself. genie: josephine mckenna reporting for us from rome. the u.n. say top mmlitary leaders in myanmar should be prosecuted f f genocide e againt rohingya muslims. that is some of the strongest language yet from u.n. alleged human rights violations in myanmar since the bloody crackdown began ast august. panel released its report today, one year after the crackdown bega

news live from berlin a massive welcome in ireland for pope francis the pontiff is preparing to address a huge crowd in the country's biggest stadium but his visit has been overshadowed by the church's sexual abuse scandal. also coming up pro hinge of muslim refugees mark the anniversary of the myanmar military crackdown that sent hundreds of thousands fleeing to bangladesh but one year on you believe their call for justice will be heeded. and we'll have highlights for you of last night's top soccer clash as the buddhist league gets back to business cereal champions byron munich facing another top to bottom time in the curtain raiser to the aryans did prevail but it was not the dominant start they were hoping for. thanks for joining us on marian evans dean. pope francis has received a warm welcome from supporters in dublin during the first papal trip to ireland in nearly forty years the pontiff will address tens of thousands of supporters at croke park stadium in the irish capital he's also due to meet with abuse victims earlier on saturday people lined the streets of dublin to welcome

the headlines: pope francis is in ireland for the first papal visit in almost a0 years. in a speech, he spoke of his shame at the failure of the catholic church to address the abuse of children by priests. translation: the failure of ecclesiastical authorities, bishops, religious superiors, priests and others adequately to address these repellent crimes remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community. i myself share these sentiments. the government has announced plans for women in england to be allowed to take the second of an early abortion pill at home. currently they have to take both at a clinic. after a british couple died at an egyptian hotel, holidaymakers have started to arrive back in the uk. tour operator thomas cook says the cause ofjohn and susan cooper's deaths remains unexplained. thousands of rohingya muslim refugees have taken part in a demonstration marking one year since their exodus from myanmar, following a military crackdown. much more news at the top of the hour. now on bbc news it's time for dateline london. hello, and a warm welcome

pope francis has refused to comment on the accusations. we'll have more on the pope's visit to ireland later in the broadcast. the trump administration says it is cutting more than $200 million in aid to the west bank and gaza. palestinian leaders are denouncing the move, accusing the trump administration of weaponizing humanitarian aid in . this is wasel abu yousef of the palestine liberation organization. >> the united states of america and president trump's administration is blackmailing and putting pressure on the palestinian people. this decision cuts the egg, including the last $200 million. .e were expecting it but the united states of america practices the blackmailing in the context of passing what is called the deal of the century. amy: the cuts to humanitarian aid comes after the trump administration already withheld $65 million in funding for unrwa, the u.n. agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians. they cut that earlier this year. the united nations has issued a new report calling for burma's top military generals

enough of the revolving door at the top we'll go live to sydney for more on that also coming up pope francis prepares to fly to ireland for the first papal visit in four decades but revelations of child sex abuse by priests and its cover up are rocking the church will francis respond to the growing pressure to cooperate with investigators. plus bonus league football is back tonight the new season kicks off requirements a young often i'm but german football has a lot to prove after a disastrous world cup look at the challenges ahead. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us australia's beleaguered prime minister malcolm turnbull has been ousted after a majority in his own party supported calls for a new leadership treasurer scott morrison is now the country's incoming prime minister after winning the party ballot he defeated his closest rival the former home affairs minister peter dutton by forty five votes to forty now i'm turned bowl was forced out by an increasingly divided party that's grappling with poor polling results and desperate to extend its time in power. a short while ag

pope francis says he has read the 11-page statement from archbishop viganeau which implicates pope francisumber of other catholic church hierarchy officials and the pope responded in this way. he said, "read the statement carefully and make your own judgment. i will not say a single word on this. i believe the statement speaks for itself. when some time passes and you have drawn your conclusions, i may speak." so pope francis essentially saying he's not going to engage with the accusations of his former ambassador to washington. one of the other questions that was raised over the weekend in ireland on the part of abuse survivors and others was a question of an action plan at the vatican. we heard that they didn't want to just hear words, they wanted to see action. pope francis was not directly asked about an action plan by journalists on board the papal plane, but he was asked about how he intends to hold bishops accountable for cover-up and the pope explained that although the bishops tribunal, which had originally been planned, did not come to fruition there is an office to judge bishops

pope francis and a vatican whistle-blower.ope benedict as well. as i say it will take some time to assess the seriousness of this charge. it is another distraction but i think the way it is precisely that, a distraction. there is a perception in many quarters that while pope francis is sincerely committed to reforming this issue and his heart is sincerely stirred by the suffering of survivors and victims of clerical abuse, while he is a reforming pope in many ways, that up to this point there still is a serious piece of unfinished business which is the catholic church has strong accountability measures for clergy who sexually abuse children, it does not have strong accountability measures for bishops to cover it up. and until we see pope francis taking strong action on that front, again, i think there will be some question marks, there will be some reservations and it will be something of a tough sell. john allen, president of the catholics news agency. thank you. i hope you enjoy your break away from run to be in dublin despi

but francis meets eight abuse victims during his trip to ireland and expresses pain and shame for the church's failure to deal with crimes by the clergy. i'm. live from london coming up no passport no entry through brings in new rules to stem the flow of venezuelan migrants escaping economic misery in their country. refugees demands justice one year after the start of the myanmar army crackdown which drove them from their homes. and why residents are warned not to let their guard down with more heavy rain forecast from tropical storm lane. and francis has admitted to feeling shame about the churches fated to prevent what he calls repugnant sexual abuse by priests he's on a two day trip to ireland a preferred papal visit there in search nine years at the moment he's attending this festival of families at croke park in dublin where he's addressing the masses who have gathered there and he met to i ate are survivors of clerical religious and institutional abuse is a scandal that's rocked the catholic church and is dominating his visit to iran and what's going on now. for certain that the

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when pope francis was elected in 2013, he made dyla n francis was elected in 2013, he made dylan withl abuse one of his priorities. five years on, and the scandals keep coming. and so will while he retains an level of popularity as an individual, many survivors say that unless he introduces an aggressive zero tolerance policy and new mechanisms for accountability and transparency, then the church here in ireland and probably elsewhere will continue to be diminished. let's get some of the day's other news. all coastal weather warnings for hawaii have been lifted after tropical storm lane weakened and drifted away from land on saturday. despite this the national weather service have warned of heavy rainfall which could trigger additional flooding and mudslides. the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been ——a zero point six earthquake has hit iran and was also felt in baghdad. have been no immediate reports of casualties of. last year, a larger earthquake in the same region killed over 500 people. relatives of the late francisco franco, said they will use all legal means to sto

i don't think pope francis has been preparing for that. he may surprise us all. a different approach. he needs to put out a document which examines abuse and its causes and says something about how they will deal with it in future. at the moment, we have in the church, priests who investigate abuse. i think the day has come when you just cannot do that any more, however credible the particular priests are who investigate all the bishops who go off to different countries to see what has been going on, he needs to draw far more on the laity and gets them far more involved in the investigations. that would be a move catholics would really like to see. thank you. we will see what emerges this weekend and what sort of numbers turn out to see pope francis. we've spoken many times during the trump presidency about ‘another extraordinary week in washington‘ — has this week been, politically, the most shocking? two seniorformer aides to donald trump are now each facing a prison sentence — his former campaign manager paul manafort, after being found guilty on eight charges

tonight at ten, pope francis apologises and promises firm action on abuses within the church. he told the crowds at an open—air mass in dublin that the controversies engulfing catholicism we re controversies engulfing catholicism were an open wound. translation: we ask forgiveness for the times that, as a church, we did not show the survivors of whatever kind of abuse compassion. with scandals from america to australia, have the pope's words allayed fear he's handling abuse cases properly? also tonight: a number of people have been killed in a mass shooting at a gaming tournament in florida. the daughter of a british couple who died at a hotel in egypt tells the bbc it wasn't due to natural causes. i think when they went back to that room that evening, there was something in that room that's actually killed them. tributes from around the world for the us senatorjohn mccain, who's died at the age of 81. and we talk to the former pupil paying tribute to her mentor leonard bernstein on the 100th anniversary of his birth. good evening. pope francis has asked the people of ireland

. >> hope francis and the carrying society, what were your finding findings? >> the book was written by an economist and right thing in response to the book that came out but is known as environmental and cyclical where we try to engage the pope in dialogue and hopefully to fill in blind spot but that is the aim who could make those markets work as a society with big problems of poverty. >> you have the intro went to catholic men do you want only catholics to write? >> typically no. i am catholic and devout but with the economy one -- the economist i don't know about everybody else. >> what is the carrying society? >> we want to build a society of what we live up to by jesus so the question is a tactic how do we get that carrying society? so the pope seems to door -- and your top-down and maybe in those international agencies so we push more for that bottom-up solution that would be in her own self-interest he met one of the essays say there is a clear need dialogue. because the pope and many of the economic profession with that fundamental level on many issue

just as pope francis prepared to visit dublin.now and we are discussing will there be for some people an element of excitement and pride that he is there? ireland proportionally still has the third highest churchgoing population in europe. exactly. in the recent census more than 75% of people ticked the box saying they are catholic. despite the influx of different religions in the last decade. things like funerals and the traditional wake are a huge part of irish culture. most people still get baptised. catholicism still part of the irish identity culturally. catholicism is still part of the irish identity culturally. countries like poland, catholicism so important in the formation of irish national identity, when ireland emerged as a nation in the early 20th century, it defined irishness. some interesting thoughts this week. in many ways, the 1979 visits, it has been written by an eminent historian, was in a sense by pope john paul, trying to legitimise an institution on the wane in ireland. an expression of a catholicism that wa

this is pope francis, live pictures now.is just leaving dublin castle, where he has given that speech that no doubt eve ryo ne has given that speech that no doubt everyone was listening closely to a month ago. hejust everyone was listening closely to a month ago. he just shook hands with the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, as the pope departs dublin castle. he does have a full schedule over the next two days. he is going on to visit st mary's cathedral and he will visit a centre for homeless people as well. it must be an interesting visit for leo varadkar, the prime minister, who is openly 93v the prime minister, who is openly gay and has had some things to say about the church's wording on the lg bt about the church's wording on the lgbt communities. he disagreed on many of those issues. he highlighted some of those issues in his speech, which he gave just before the pope spoke. leo varadkar also spoke at dublin castle and referred to what he called the dark aspects of the catholic church's history. at times in the past

pope francis is on his way back to rome after his visit to ireland. earlier, at a mass for 300,000 people in dublin, he vowed to pursue justice for the victims who suffered in the hands of the clergy we ask forgiveness for the abuses in ireland, of power, of conscience and sexual abuses perpetrated by those with roles and responsibilities in the church. senatorjohn mccain, who died yesterday aged 81, will lie in state in arizona's capitol building, an honour only given to a few notable americans, including john f kennedy and ronald reagan. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe who's been imprisoned in iran on spying charges has been told her temporary three—day release is over — and she is back in prison. the daughter of british couple — john and susan cooper — who died during a stay at an egyptian hotel speaks out about the ordeal and insists ‘something in their room killed them' the celebrated american playwright and screenwriter, neil simon, has died at the age of 91. he wrote comedy classics such as the odd couple, the sunshine boys and barefoot in the park.

how did pope francis respond to questions about this? abc's david wright at the vatican tonight. >> reporter: tonight, pope francis under pressure to respond to an explosive accusation from his own former ambassador to the u.s., claiming that francis turned a blind eye for years to a serial predator. an archbishop calls on the pope to resign. the news broke right in the middle of the pope's trip to ireland, as francis sought to atone for the sexual abuse crisis there. the pope's allies see this as an orchestrated attack by a hostile faction within the church. in the document, archbishop carlo vigano claims he personally told francis five years ago about former washington, d.c. cardinal theodore mccarrick's history of abusing seminarians and priests. but that francis allowed mccarrick to keep his high profile role in the church, and only removed him last month. on the papal plane, pope francis said he had read the document, but he wouldn't credit it with a response. >> the doubt and confusion generated by the allegations is dividing the c