islands deputy prime minister has resigned over a police whistleblower scandal francis fitzgerald had been at the center of a political crisis that could have led to snap elections in ireland during crucial breaks and they go see a shien's means barker reports from dublin. a close call for the irish government after days of tense talks the deputy prime minister francis fitzgerald said that she was resigning for the sake of the country averting the possibility of a snap general election she's been under pressure to step down over her handling of a corruption scandal of the operational arms of the police service when she was justice minister. the main opposition fianna fáil party who the government relies upon for support plan to stage a vote of no confidence if she fail to go which could have brought down the government a general election could have been potentially damaging for the country at a crucial time politically ireland currently wields a tremendous amount of clouds over bricks at negotiations it's threatens in the past to use its power of veto to block the start of trade talks

the departure of the deputy prime minister francis fitzgerald means that leader of around the prime minister and his government of narrowly averted the prospect of a general election having to take place a year before the end of the year there's been a tremendous amount of pressure put upon francis fitzgerald by the opposition feen a full party to clarify exactly how much she knew about a scandal that took place in the very upper echelons of the police service when a full said thirty if she didn't resign then they would table a vote of no confidence later on choose to force her out of office that could have potentially lead to a collapse of the government and a round of elections something that nobody here really wanted across the political spectrum largely because the irish government right now wields a tremendous amount of political power when it comes to brics it talks island has said in the last couple of weeks or so that it could potentially use its power a veto at the e.u. to blog breaks it talks some going to the next stage talks about trade something the u.k. is eager to move on to i

reports from allah and say deputy prime minister francis fitzgerald has agreed to resign and the confidence motion was due on the issue she is accused of failing to protect the police officer who blew the whistle on corruption washee was the minister in charge moves expected to end the likelihood of a snap election that would have affected the u.k.'s ongoing breaks it talks at least nineteen people have been killed in syrian government asked strikes in eastern huta the government has stepped up the attacks ahead of the eighth round of geneva talks they were meant to begin on tuesday but the government delegation says it won't arrive until wednesday french president has called on europe and africa to increase cooperation to crack down on trafficking groups emanuel macross says people smugglers need to be penalized. part of a three country africa talk. now it's back to child soldiers reloaded we're back. to our. way. when i live in a kurd everything changed. the contractor content of the armed forces went up astronomically at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of

the other stories making news around the world islands deputy prime minister has resigned francis fitzgerald's departure means the country will probably avoid a government collapse and snap election which could have complicated the braggs that talks between britain and the european union opposition parties have been demanding that mr fitzgerald step down over her role in a police whistle blowing scandal. well sources on the indonesian island of bali have renewed their calls for residents to leave the area i mean fears that eruptions from a volcano could become more violent and our goal has been shooting massacre columns of smoke four kilometers into the sky thousands of travelers are stranded after two forces to close the airport for a second day. emanuel macross pro diversity seems to indicate a faster scaffolder ouagadougou french president sort of a clean break from the past saying that he came from a generation that would not tell africans what to do and that he would rather focus his efforts on bridging the ties between africa and europe. and pope francis held talks with me in the last le

ireland's deputy prime minister has resigned francis fitzgerald's departure means the country will probably avoid a government collapse and snap election which could have complicated briggs talks between britain and the european union opposition parties have been demanding that ms fitzgerald step down over her role in a police whistle blowing scandal a day after revealing their engagement britain's prince harry and his american fiance meghan markle have announced early details of their wedding plans they will marry in a chapel at windsor castle in may the historic castle is one of the queen's main residences markel will be baptized and confirmed into the church of england before the wedding and also plans to become surprised a british citizen. all right first business now with helen a british citizen herself you don't have to become yeah we're going to say. that's right that's right so what's up with bitcoin right will bit cohen is nearing the ten thousand dollar mark right is very exciting in the ranis this week when it's been remarkable gaining one thousand dollars in less than a week now

acquire a momentum of their own and i think this is one of these issues i have worked with francis fitzgeraldery closely for over a decade i know her to be an absolutely competent performing minister. they've dealt with a very, very complex issue in relation to the administration of justice in our country. i think the really important thing now is that all steps are taken to avoid an election happening. there are so many things happening from brexit to the challenges abroad. frances has done a great job as a minister she has my full support. >> tax rates, a few weeks ago the u.s. president suggested that ireland reduce the tax rate from 12% to 8% it's gone up half a percent. the irish government has in the past few years faced a lot of international pressure on the tax rate how reliant is this economy on the local tax rate >> well, the corporation tax policy, the rates of which are set here in ireland, is a very legit malt and sustainable response back. in relation to the rate change in the future, it's great for me to have the opportunity to say that at 12.5% will not be changing it has been

party submitted a motion of no confidence against the deputy prime minister the motion is of a francis fitzgerald's handling of a police whistleblower controversy now the government looks likely to collapse it could force a snap election next month unless fitzgerald resigns before the no confidence motion is. still to come here on al-jazeera in the sports news a brazilian football star is sentenced to ninety is in prison for rape but he won't end up behind bars son i will tell you why when we come back. time to sort this out thank you very much p. tell england's football association have announced they'll begin research into the links between heading the ball and brain damage a study will start next year specifically aimed at examining what the form of footballers are more likely to suffer from dementia later in life the research will be co-founded by the f.a. and the professional players association that will examine roughly fifteen thousand form of play is brain injuries has been a big issue in a number of other sports particularly the n.f.l. where x. plays are receiving payouts from a one billio

for the irish republic the opposition is demanding the resignation of deputy prime minister francis fitzgerald who is accused of failing to protect a police officer who was smeared and victimized after revealing systemic corruption prime minister leo but out co who's standing by his embattled deputy now faces the prospect of a no confidence vote next week by the second largest party phina for oil it could pulled out his minority government and lead to snap elections just as the u.k. and ireland discuss what will happen with the british controlled northern ireland when bush and leaves the e.u. . well down the road back on is director of research at dublin city university's law school and government and he explained the effect the political standoff and arland could have on brics it. i think what it does is it creates further instability further uncertainty we don't have if you don't have to go to dr to compliment the situation we don't have a government belfast and of course we have a chaotic and divided government is one of them so from the user perspective giving with bribes it's meeting with

place here before the end of the year there's been a tremendous amount of pressure put upon francis fitzgerald by the opposition feen a full party to clarify exactly how much she knew about a scandal that took place in the very upper echelons of the police service when a full said thirty if she didn't resign than they would table a vote of no confidence later on choose to force her out of office that could have potentially lead to a collapse of the government and around election something that nobody here really wanted across the political spectrum largely because the irish government right now wields a tremendous amount of political power when it comes to brics it talks and has said in the last couple of weeks or so that it could potentially use its power a veto at the e.u. to blog breaks it took some going to the next stage talks about trade something the u.k. is eager to move on to i don't want to know before that what britain's plans are when it comes to the border between the republic of ireland nor the non of the part of the u.k. that border is currently open but if post breaks its north

the other stories making news around the world ireland's deputy prime minister has resigned francis fitzgerald's departure means the country will probably avoid a government collapse and snap election which could have complicated to bret's it talks between britain and the in european union opposition parties have been demanding that ms fitzgerald step down over her role in the police whistle blowing scandal. authorities on the intonation island of bali have renewed their calls for residents to leave the area and its fate is that eruptions from a volcano could become more violent our goal has been shooting massive columns of smoke four kilometers into the sky thousands of travelers are stranded after ash forstall thought is to close the door for a second day. argentina says a submarine that went missing twelve days ago reported a short circuit before contact was lost but was caused by water entering the vessel snorkel and search for the san juan and its forty four crew members is still underway but hopes have to wait until after the noise consistent with an explosion was said to have been detecte

its hand during negotiations the opposition is demanding the resignation of the deputy leader francis fitzgerald who is accused of failing to protect a police officer he was smeared in victimize after revealing widespread corruption prime minister. who's standing by his embattled deputy now faces the prospect of a no confidence vote taking place next week by the second largest party fianna for oil now that could pull down his minority government and lead to snap elections leaving arland in political chaos just as negotiations reach a critical phase over the irish border because the. barker. who is director of research at the school of law and govern dublin city university but it this on this occasion he's talking to us from may dover. first of all how seriously how seriously dangerous and is this moment how critical is this moment for the government the new government in ireland there was only book voted in and put in place in june. yes it's it's critical it's come completely out of the blue you mention of course it's about speed new administration and the vulnerability of this administration go

arlen's deputy prime minister has resigned a place was full blown scandal francis fitzgerald had been at the center of a political crisis the resignation looks to avoid another confidence motion and the government which could have triggered early elections during crucial breck's that negotiations. the french president has promised a new relationship with africa emmanuel students and booking a falso he wants france to deal with the continent on the basis of a quality and not the past but demonstrations on the streets of the capital showed that everyone is convinced that has more from ouagadougou. the a national pride runs high among the students in bikinis faster but there's little affection for france the former colonial ruler emanuel michael wants to fix what he calls from his image problem in africa which is why he chose to speak and why the duke university. unlike you from a generation that never knew africa as a colonized continent i am from a generation for whom one of the great political memories was the victory of nelson mandela this is the history of our generation was in the

[applause] francis fitzgerald. the evangelicals.e america. m masha gessen. [applause] the future is history. how the totalitarianism reclaimed russia. david grann. [applause] killers of the flower moon. the osage murders and the birth of the fbi. >> and finally, nancy maclpan. [applause] democracy in chains, the deep history of the radical right's stealth plan for america. and the winner of the 2017 national book award in non-fiction is, masha gessen. [applause] ♪ >> i actually don't have notes because i did not think this was going to happen. i was, rooting for another finalist. thank you. [laughter]. thank you so much. it is been such an honor on the long list and the short list and, i was, i never thought that a russia book could actually be long listed or short listed for the national book award, but, things have changed. [laughter]. i, i had a peculiar luxury when was writing this book, i got a grant from the carnegie foundation. and so for the first time in my life i could write a book and spend the time to read an entire book

francis fitzgerald shows how falwell and his like are losing among millenials.n chandra has written a book that has done demographics and shown without african-americans and immigrants, white evangelicalism as a theology is dying. to say white evangelicalism or conservative evangelicalism and then try to suggest the policies line up with the gospel when they really do not. >> and you've had jerry falwell jr. tweet finally a leader in the white house about donald trump, jobs returning, north korea backing down, et cetera. in an interview with breitbart.com last saturday, he said that he thinks the leadership. republican party should go and that trump, if they do, trump will be the greatest president since abraham lincoln, which is interesting. paul ryan, who has battled with his own church, he is a catholic, on these issues of cutting taxes for the rich and cutting programs for the poor will be selling that on fox news tomorrow. do you challenge paul ryan on his theology, because he claims to be a very grounded catholic. >> deeply, deeply. now, you've always had

to find a solution to the current fiscal crisis involving the deputy prime minister here, francis fies fitzgeralda few hours ago, we had more on scandal here blowing up. we expect a resolution over the next 12, 14 hours. by this evening there will be a motion of no confidence tabled in the irish parliament, no confidence in frances fitzgerald, that will force the snap elections later in december he will still go to brussels in december will he have the strong mandate or be a caretaker prime minister going into the negotiations? a lot to work with here in terms of brexit. a lot of challenges about how unwelcome this latest crisis is, but it has no signs of abating >> on the brexit front, the uk government is desperate to move negotiations on from settling backward looking bills on to forward looking trade agreements that's the kind of key thing on the agenda for december. we know each individual member state has the ability to block that do they actually need each member of the 27 to vote to forward the discussions, so if there wasn't an irish prime minister in place, would that automatically mean

emails suggest francis gerald may have no -- fitzgerald may have known more about plans then appearedshe says she did nothing wrong, but the controversy could mean a snap election. bill gates has praised the charitable work of the saudi prince, who was arrested in the kingdom's anticorruption drive. in any bill stiritz bloomberg, gates says "i am only aware of what i have read in the press and i cannot speculate. he has been an important partner in my foundation's works to ensure the kids around the world receive life-saving vaccinations. his commitment to philanthropy is inspiring." global news 24 hours a day. powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm paul allen. this is bloomberg. chinese stocks are looking for signs of a north korean missile launch. big whe thattcoin ending close to $10,000 mark. bitcoin has been grabbing all these headlines. absolutely. i think we are still in this bubble phase that could last a long time. it does seem funny that people are calling arbitrary levels to be the resistance level -- the resistance level to be t

francis will hear their stories himself when he visits a refugee camp in neighboring bangladesh. and here's over the other stories now that are making headlines around the world ireland's deputy prime minister has resigned france's fitzgerald's departure means the country will probably avoid a government collapse and snap elections which could have complicated breaks it talks between britain and the european union opposition parties have been demanding that ms fitzgerald step down over her role in a police whistle blowing scandal authorities on the indonesian island of bali have renewed their calls for residents to leave the area amid fears that eruptions from a volcano could become more violent mount has been shooting massive columns and smoke four kilometers into the sky a european union decision to extend the license for the controversial weed killer the life you say could end up complicating german chancellor angela merkel's efforts to form a new government now the problem is that a minister in miracles conservative party made a unilateral decision to vote for the why since extension without the support of the government's current coalition partners that was a big mistake. christiane schmidt has fallen out of favor the g