thanks for joining us i'm marian evans dean. nasa has launched a groundbreaking mission to unlock the secrets of our son after a twenty four hour delay due to a late technical problem the parkers solar probe finally lifted off from cape canaveral in florida. three true one zero and liftoff. the probe will fly closer to the sun than any spacecraft ever before its mission is to study the corona or atmosphere around the sun nasa hopes to find out more about what's known as the solar wind which can throw satellites off course and disrupt the power grid on earth scientists have developed a revolutionary new heat shield to protect the probe from the sun's extreme temperature. the spacecraft is named after a physicist eugene parker who predicted the existence of solar wind sixty years ago nasa is one point five billion dollar mission is being described as one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by the u.s. space agency. this is a mission solar physicists could only dream of for sixty years. a space probe the can approach the

thanks for joining us i'm marian evans dean. nasa has launched a groundbreaking mission to unlock the secrets of our sun after a twenty four hour delay due to a late technical problem the parker solar probe finally lifted off from cape canaveral in florida ring true one zero. liftoff. the probe will fly closer to the sun than any spacecraft ever before its mission is to study the corona or atmosphere around the sun nasa hopes to find out more about what's known as the solar wind which can throw satellites off course and disrupt the power grid on earth scientists have developed a revolutionary new heat shield to protect the probe from the sun's extreme temperature. the spacecraft is named after a physicist eugene parker who predicted the existence of solar wind sixty years ago nasa has one point five billion dollar mission is being described as one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by the u.s. space agency. this is a mission solar physicists could only dream of for sixty years. a space probe the can approach the sun

thanks for joining us i'm marian evans dean the head of the catholic church pope francis is in dublin for the first papal trip to ireland in nearly forty years the pope is visiting a country that was once staunchly catholic but has since undergone huge social reforms his visit comes as the church faces were new pressure to tackle sex abuse within its ranks damning new revelations have raised serious doubts over the leadership of senior cardinals and bishops who are accused of protecting predatory priests he's been telling an audience of dublin council that he shares the shame and pain of the church's failure to tackle abuse from bush who could be. i cannot fail to acknowledge the ghraib scandal caused in ireland. by the abuse of young people by members of the church were given responsibility for their protection and education it is. the fundamental video of the failure of church authorities bishops religious leaders priests and others to adequately address these repugnant crimes. has rightly led to outrage them in sushi and it remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic commun

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 pope to the city but his visit has been overshadowed by. decades of sexual abuse scandals and the cover ups have served to erode the moral authority of the catholic church. francis said that he shares the shame and pain of the church's failure to tackle abuse here's more. pope francis arrived in dublin knowing the first papal visit to ireland in nearly forty years would be overshadowed by the scandal over sex abuse by predatory priests the very presence of the pope would once have electrified the whole country but social changes and the sex revelations mean the atmosphere is now much more muted the ceremonial greeting from martin's president michael hi

thanks for joining us i'm marian evans dean we begin symbolic way where the president who's now been officially inaugurated has called on the country to unite its comes just a day after a court upheld emerson and god was narrow election victory the result have been disputed by the main opposition party which claims the vote was rigged. tens of thousands packed zimbabwe's national stadium in harare to watch their leader take the oath of office. they must. serve. as president of zimbabwe. i will be first. to zimbabwe. but despite all the pomp and this inauguration the election result has been bitterly contested only twenty four hours before zimbabwe's constitutional court confirmed that more on count one had won the july ballot after claims it was rigged m.d.c. opposition leader nelson chamisa still won't accept the results when the president is disputed. is a little i village in a game that are you supposed to be leading the people of zimbabwe. post-election clashes resulted in violence with sylvia my phone is one of those killed the president has promised an inquiry and also talked o

thanks for joining us i'm 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 thousands of people lined the streets of the irish capital to see the pontiff but his visit comes as a church faces renewed pressure to tackle sexual abuse within its ranks fresh revelations have raised concerns over the leadership of senior cardinals and bishops accused of protecting predatory priests pope francis said that he shares the shame and pain of the church's failure to tackle abuse. we'll talk more about the pope's visit to ireland from. in studio by dillies religious affairs correspondent martin so martin we just heard some emotional words from the pope and yet many victims say they're looking for more than just words so how much do you think the pope's visit can actually help the vatican turn a corner on this issue of clerical abuse well i think that at this point it's quite clear that words will not do you know we have we heard words from tradition coming from the vatican for many years and certainly

by marian evans dean it's good to have you with us the german journalist miss ali tolu who was jailed in turkey for seven months on terror related charges has arrived back in germany with her three year old son tolu and seventeen other turkish defendants are accused of terrorist propaganda. and membership of the extreme left m k l p party which is classified as an illegal terrorist organization in turkey tolu was released from prison in december of last year but a travel ban prevented her from leaving the country until now. over more on this story i'm joined in the studio by debbie a sadist serdar she's the foreign policy editor and former head of w. turkish news data thanks for being here so ms allen told the made a statement to the press actually as soon as she arrived at the airport you listened to that what was your impression of her what she looked very composed of course she's happy to be back home in germany she did get a little bit emotional of course when she was talking about her son because at the first two months while she was in prison she did not know what was happening