. man i geese martin mcguinness was nan i geese martin mcguinness was one of peace.mcguinness was one of the key negotiators in the long of the key negotiater—s—ie—the leng = of the key negotiater—s—ie—the leng = of deal—making that led to nights of deal—making that led to the good friday agreement and eventually the huge achievement of power—sharing at stormont. that government brought together at its head the unlikely partnership of two heed the unlikely partnership of two fermev' heed the unlikely partnership of two “me“ enemies, head the unlikely partnership of two “me“ enemies, ian paisley and former enemies, ian paisley and martin the firebrand martin mcguinness. the firebrand unionist and radical republican became so close that they were nicknamed the - brothers. that nicknamed the chuckle brothers. that remarkable journey is something which is incredibly important. i must say i a which is incredibly important. i must £5 a christian, as a person must say as a christian, as a person who reflects on life, it is not how you start your life, what is important is h

martin mcguinness and the forgive martin mcguinness and the “m“ very” ~ doubts—i .. forgive martin mcguinnessve martin mcguinness and the “m“ very .. ~ doubt it. on the ira? i very much doubt it. on the other hand, some people have. you know, we have also seen today colin parry, who lost his 12—year—old son tragically in warrington. he met martin mcguinness. several times. then, of course, you hear from the politicians, who while pointing out this black past on martin mcguinness, some who were involved very closely, who i know were involved in the famous agreement, the easter say without the easter agreement, say without martin mcguinness there would not be the peace there is today. it will be the peace there is today it willbe to the historians i suppose in up to the historians i suppose in the future to get to the bottom of it. the idea of without him the peace not been possible is, to an extent, due to what other members of the ira thought of him. without him, they would not probably have followed suit, we are told. absoldtsty.” ' followed suit, we are told. absoldtsty. he is a " followed

breaks my heart -- --heart chris: the past actions of the ira will color many people's view of martin mcguinnessbut as a republican who worked towards reconciliation, he will be remembered as a key figure in changing northern ireland. how far events have moved -- the queen sent a message of condolence to martin mcguinnes'' another prominent figure in this peace talks was george mitchell. he knew martin mcguinness welded earlier my colleague katty kay instructor to him on the "100 days" program. senator mitchell, when you went to northern ireland in the 1990's and started dealing with martin mcguinness, what made you think you could trust him given his past record? mitchell: he was obviously a political leader chosen by the people of northern ireland. when the peace talks began, all the delegates represented the people of northern ireland so it was not a case of me trusting one or another. it was of -- accepting the will of the people of northern ireland who would represent them in negotiations. martin mcguinness was obviously intelligent, articulate, strong and effective leader of his community

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in the heart of the bogside, martin mcguinness was a towering figure in this city.. the enniskillen bombing was one of the worst atrocities of the ira, 11 people died and more than 60 were injured when a bomb exploded near a war memorial on remembrance sunday. as a human being, i don't gloat in his death. but i still won't send the family a sympathy card because i got no sympathy card when my daddy and my mummy died. they died at the hands of the ira in enniskillen and it will be 30 martin mcguinness was implicated in it and he will go at times, derry was prominent in northern ireland's troubles and martin mcguinness' life was bound up in this city. his funeral will take place on thursday. sian lloyd, bbc news, derry. the government is introducing new airline security measures which will see passengers travelling to the uk from some middle eastern countries banned from taking on laptops, tablets and some phones in their hand luggage. the move, announced this afternoon, follows similar restrictions imposed by us authorities overnight. our security correspondent frank

hundreds of people have been marching alongside the coffin of martin mcguinness. he was key to brokering the good friday peace agreement for northern ireland. those who lost family members in ira atrocities say they can never forgive his past. reporter: as martin mcguinness's death was announced, it was his ability to build bridges with the other side and convince his people payhat many tribute to. >> he could reach out to people, people he had deeply offended, and who he felt deeply opposed to peavy he has that capacity to rise above his past. reporter: some honor to his friendship with the late ian paisley. they went from swarm enemies -- sworn enemies to being buddies. the remarkable political development, having been in ira the gun, he man of became a figure of reconciliation toward the end of his life. ian paisley son described a day of extremely mixed feelings for northern ireland. as a child, his home was bombebd and his father and brother shot. he said for many would be impossible to forgive mcguinness for his role but the focus should be on his later acti

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, i with g of] death of someone like martin mcguinness, i with g of ian mcguinness, as with that of ian mcguinness, as with that of ian paisley a few years é it has ne'elee— ; 1;:.: wees; e:; 'e!—;; that to the 5535535 and is ne'elee— ; 1;:.: wees; e:; 'e!—;; that to the 311555 and is a demonstration of how we have come so far. we are still a long way to go with reconciliation and healing.” with reconciliation and healing. you have spoken to some believe you have spoken to some former ira prisoners today. what have they said about martin mcguinness? yes, i have, and what struck me is it was very interesting, thejourney struck me is it was very interesting, the journey martin mcguinness came on himself. very of his time. we are speaking about a man who at 21 was in london negotiating a ceasefire with the british government, and i don't we can imagine too many think we can imagine too many no attempting to 21—year—olds no attempting to undertake such a task. but when it came to the peace process and the settlement, it was martin mcguinness‘s influence that persuaded most of them, especial

martin mcguinness was not a terrorist. applause martin mcguinness was a freedom fighter. applause those words will anger some but the thousands who gathered here today believed that martin mcguinness will be missed in the unfinished work of healing old divides. let's have a brief look at some of the day's other news. ukraine has accused russia of an act of state terrorism, after a former russian mp and critic of the kremlin, denis voronenkov, was shot dead outside a hotel in kiev. russia said any suggestion it was involved was absurd. nat west is to close more than 100 branches, and royal bank of scotland will close 30, because of the rise in online banking. rbs, which owns nat west, says around a70 jobs will be lost. it says transactions at high street branches have fallen by more than 40% since 2010. two official reports suggest the state pension age is likely to be raised again. 0ne indicates that people aged 30 or under might have to work until they're 70, before getting a state pension. the other recommends those under 45 should wait until they're 68. the un estimate

they said the bbc did not get enough attention to martin mcguinness' terrorist past.ages that says eve n said that? one of the images that says even me from this week about martin mcguinness was about the former first minister, arlene foster, go to that funeral, yesterday, as a member of the credit unionist party, at the funeral of a former ira commander. that is a pretty extraordinary juxtaposition of somebody who should be a sworn enemy, that recognises this is quite compact. i don't underplay at all the fact that, as said, people hated this man, but i think it is thejob at the bbc to try and represent the totality of someone, and the views across that person. gavin allen, they you forjoining us. thank you for all your comments this week. please share your opinions on bbc news by calling us or e—mailing us. —— thank you for all your comment is weak. —— thank you forjoining us. that is all from us. we'll we back to his ill thought about bbc news coverage. “— to his ill thought about bbc news coverage. —— we will be back to hear what you thought. hello. there will be

as part of the ira, martin mcguinness did lay a role martin mcguinness did play a role in causing manyilies to grieve. but the thousands who gathered in the bogside today will know he will be mist in the ongoing work. police in belgium are questioning a man after a car was allegedly driven along since there were shopping street and pedestrians. police discovered several firearms in the boot of the vehicle. the incident took place in antwerp, from where danjohnson took place in antwerp, from where dan johnson sent this took place in antwerp, from where danjohnson sent this report. just before 11 o'clock as one as possible attack started, with a red citron that was racing down here, a p pa re ntly citron that was racing down here, apparently travelling very fast, and apparently, people had tojump out of the way to escape being hit by the car. we spoke to some people who work alone here who told us what they saw. a few minutes before 11 o'clock, a car passed through the street, at a very high speed. that is all that i saw. i... yeah. that is all. it was unusual, it was odd? it was unusual

martin mcguinness was not a terrorist. applause. martin mcguinness was a freedom fighter. applause.that martin mcguinness will be missed, in the unfinished work of healing old divides. we are in for a spell of settled weather this weekend, certainly looking promising both saturday and sunday. but today

martin mcguinness was a political visionary.rmous part in delivering fundamental change in this society and in transforming the relationships on this island and between these islands. he was a gifted political strategist, an orator, a thinker and an occasional angler, when he got the chance. he never sought to airbrush the past and neither did i. and of course it is precisely because of his past, because of his involvement with the ira in the 70s and 80s because of his influence within those circles that he was able to play the role he played in bringing the republican movement towards using peaceful and democratic means. and because of all of that, i doubt we will ever see his like again. as an ira terrorist and commander, his hands drip with the blood of the innocent. he goes to his grave having shown no remorse, no regret, no apology for the terror he brought to our streets. jim allister, speaking following the death of northern ireland's former deputy first minister, martin mcguinness. the lord chiefjustice of england and wa

other news, the funeral of the former ira commander and northern ireland deputy first minister, martin mcguinness, has taken place in londonderry this afternoon. his coffin was carried through the streets and thousands attended the funeral. the former us president bill clinton was there. so, too, was arlene foster, the democratic unionist party leader. mr mcguinness died on tuesday. he'd been suffering from a rare heart condition. our ireland correspondent chris buckler reports. this is a place that makes a point of remembering. through the large crowds, martin mcguinness‘ body was carried, past the paintings that detailed the divisive history that he lived through, through the bogside. a past which shaped him. it was also a time of violence for which some will always hold him partly responsible. the attendance of presidents, irish prime ministers, and political rivals was testament to the years he spent building peace. and the applause for the unionist leader arlene foster, a sign of how, despite all the many disagreements that still exist, northern ireland really has changed. i, in the course o

martin mcguinness was deputy, a title he held for ten years.ed an address. he said martin mcguinness had shrank the definition of the word "event" and expanded the definition of the word "ask". —— them. there is devolved government negotiations going on to restore it. the cortege has gone back through the streets to the city cemetery here in derry, there will be a ceremony where martin mcguinness will be buried. the sinn fein politicians and president, gerry adams and vice president, gerry adams and vice president, a senior member of the party in the irish parliament, and the leader in parliament, michelle o'neill, they will deliver speeches before martin mcguinness is laid to rest in the republican area. —— in the republican cloth. rest in the republican area. -- in the republican cloth. chris buckler, thank you. two government—commissioned reports suggest that the state pension age is likely to be raised again. one report indicates that people now aged 30 or under might have to work until they're 70 before getting a state pension. the other r

what i would say to them, one of the images of this week that stays with me about martin mcguinness,p party, at the funeral of a former ira commander, and that is a pretty extraordinary juxtaposition of someone who should bea juxtaposition of someone who should be a sworn enemy but recognises this is quite complex and i don't underplay in anyway the fact that as i say people hated this man. but it is thejob at i say people hated this man. but it is the job at the bbc to represent the totality of somebody and the views across the board of that person. gavin allen, thanks for joining us. thank you for your comments this week. please share your opinions on bbc news by calling us or your opinions on bbc news by calling us or e—mailing us. we also on twitter. have a look at the website for previous discussions. that is all from us and we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage next week. goodbye. the weather is the king great this week in, these guys will be clearing pretty much everywhere through the course of the evening and overnight -- is course of the evening and o

a close friendship with martin mcguinness.f northern ireland a better place to live. he said that he foresaw a day where they together would be praising god, as he put it, in heaven. so the fact that two protestant ministers have had that contribution to make in the funeral service for martin mcguinness is a measure of how northern ireland has moved over the 25 years of the peace process, that martin mcguinness was so critical to. one of the majorfigures martin mcguinness was so critical to. one of the major figures of that process was the former us president, bill clinton, who encouraged that agreement in the i990s. he is in the congregation today and will speak in the service possibly in the next half an hour or so. chris, sorry, talking about the vip nature of the guest list? well, that's right there. are many political leaders from britain and ireland. there is the northern ireland. there is the northern ireland secretary, james brokenshire, representing the government. the democratic party union leader, arlene foster, she

martin mcguinness's treasure has just made its way through the streets near his home.llowing the cortege. now we can see the cortege moving through. being born pastor ‘s family home not farfrom through. being born pastor ‘s family home not far from here. through. being born pastor ‘s family home not farfrom here. and on towards the city cemetery, the major symmetry here in derry. they are just arriving at the cemetery. there martin mcguinness will be buried but before that there will be some graveside alterations by senior members of sinn fein, including gerry adams. in the republican tradition, graveside alterations are quite a big part of the republican tradition and i —— graveside ten one. “— tradition and i —— graveside ten one. —— graveside orations. let's here from the previous us president will clinton said in the service. so that's what he did come he persevered and he prevailed. he risked the raft of his comrades and the rejection of his adverse areas. he made honourable compromises and was strong enough to keep them and came to be trusted, because his word wa

as part of the ira, martin mcguinness did play a role in causing many other families to grieve.usands who gathered in the bauxite today know that he will be missed in the ongoing work. —— in the bogside. police in belgium are questioning a man after a car was allegedly driven along a shopping street at pedestrians. no one was seriously hurt — but officials say they discovered several firearms in the boot of the vehicle. the incident took place in antwerp, from where dan johnson sent this report. and this is when this possible attack started with a red citroen car that was racing down here, a p pa re ntly car that was racing down here, apparently travelling very fast and a p pa re ntly apparently travelling very fast and apparently people had to jump out of the way to escape being hit by the car. we have spoken to some people who work along here, who told us what they saw. a few minutes before 11 o'clock, a car came through the streets at a very high speed and thatis streets at a very high speed and that is all that i saw. yes, that's all. it was unusual, it was awed? that is all

they say the bbc didn't give enough attention to martin mcguinness' terrorist past.y as a member of the democratic unionist party, at the funeral of a former ira commander. that is a pretty extraordinary juxtaposition of someone who should be a sworn enemy, but recognises this is actually quite complex. i don't underplay at all, in any way, the fact that, as i say, people hated this man, but i think it is the job of the bbc to try and represent the totality of somebody, across the board, of that person. gavin allen, thank you for coming on newswatch. thank you for all of your comments this week. please share your opinion on bbc news by calling us on 0370 010 6676. 0r e—mailing newswatch@bbc. co. uk. and do have a look at our website for previous discussions. that's all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and rachel burden. a blow for president trump as he admits defeat on one of his main campaign promises. he's forced to abandon a vote on healthcare reform because

we see martin mcguinness going and michelle o'neill martin mcguinness going and michelle 0'neill comingn emerging political force still, there is going to be the same thing. interestingly, a lot more women coming into the party as well. but i would not put too much store by that in itself. i think that is just by the nature of things, may be the dup and the demographic is getting older, sinn fein appeals to a younger, more working class group, maybe some of the old divisions are breaking down. the unionist— nationalist thing is perhaps breaking down. for example, says of the border in the republic, sinn fein appeals not necessarilyjust to nationalist waters, but people who are nationalist waters, but people who a re interested nationalist waters, but people who are interested in what is going to happen, anti—austerity candidates, that kind of thing —— nationalist voters. that is probably what is happening in northern ireland as well, more about the economy than what happened 20 years ago. a group of peers has dismissed claims the uk could face a so—called divorce bill of up to £52 billi

other stories this hour: thousands of people have gathered in londonderry for the funeral of martin mcguinnesser deputy first minister of northern ireland. we are standing close to westminster abbey and the police had just removed the cordon. you can see people walking down to the palace of westminster, this is the first time this road has been open since three o'clock yesterday. forensic police have been working quite intensively just there, where keith palmer was murdered yesterday, they are trying to co m plete murdered yesterday, they are trying to complete their investigation as quickly as they can because this is a very busy part of the city. you would expect the traffic would start to flow down this road in the next hour or so. about 20 minutes ago we had a controlled explosion, 200 metres from where we are standing. but nothing to worry about, the police say these things are routine, but in the context of what happened yesterday there are no risks being taken. thousands of people have gathered this evening at trafalgar square for a vigil in memory of those murdered in yesterday's terro

sinn fein are proclaiming from the rooftops today that the stands of martin mcguinness has been ridiculeds like the sitting dup mla will retain his seat, at the expense of the other candidates. in east londonderry, it looks like sinn fein have been polling very strong as well. the dup could be down one seat from three seats to two. the outgoing justice minister in northern ireland, claire sugden, standing as an independent unionist, she says she is quietly confident. thank you very much. some or declaration is going on as we were listening to kieran. i will bring you details on just a listening to kieran. i will bring you details onjust a moment. i have just been handed them. the sinn fein candidate has been elected. another seat for sinn fein. doing very well. they are doing well in some places at the expense of the sdlp. that begins to explain how the gap in terms of numbers of seats is narrowing between sinn fein and the democratic unionist party, compared to the last election which was in may last year. well, let's talk to the dup now. with me is gavin robinson. the dup mla for east b

martin mcguinness was 66 years old. president trump signed a bill today that makes human exploration of mars a priority. it's part of a nasa funding bill. the oval office ceremony included senators, congressmen and former astronauts. mr. trump said the new law reaffirms the space agency's core mission. and, this was the first-ever "national rosie the riveter day." events across the country today paid tribute to women who worked in american factories and shipyards during world war ii. most are now in their 80's and 90's. they redefined gender roles in the workplace after male workers went off to war. still to come on the newshour: checked baggage-- new rules for electronics on direct flights to the u.s. on foreign airlines from 10 cities. all in one, a preschool, greenhouse and mental health care center. the big show, recognizing the nation's most celebrated artists amid the country's political and cultural divides, and much more. >> woodruff: the department of homeland security added new security precautions to flights

former president clinton has paid tribute to martin mcguinness' ability to compromise as he deliveredgin is coffin was carried through the streets of londonderry before the funeral. —— mr mcguinness. he died on tuesday after suffering from a rare heart condition. our ireland correspondent has this report. this is a place that makes a point of remembering. through the large crowds, martin mcguinness' body was carried, past the paintings that detailed the divisive history that he lived through, through bogside. a past that shaped him. it was also a time of violence for which some will always hold him at least partly responsible. but the attendance of presidents, irish prime ministers, was testament to the years he spent building peace. and the applause for the unionist leader arlene foster, a sign of how, despite all the many disagreements that still exist, northern ireland really has changed. i in the course of years have had many conversations with martin, and he knew only too well how many people struggled with his ira past. he was very aware of it. republicans we know were not blame

i nominated martin mcguinness in his time for this position.r robertson stood aside twice when there was controversy and then took up his position again. there is a way to sort this out. it is not that we are putting up red line positions. we are saying there isa line positions. we are saying there is a scandal, there is a huge question over the loss, potentially, of half a billion of taxpayers‘ money, let‘s get that sorted out. i think we have constantly said through the period of the last weeks the reason we are in this situation is because of that scandal and the dup's arrogance to the public in relation to that but also because we have had failure by the dup, british and irish governments to implement previous agreements. there are key issues to be dealt with and it is important to come at it with the right attitude. we sought the strongest mandate to go back and deal with the problems. if people come at it with the right attitude we could find a way forward. inaudible question. you have heard me say he is not an independent arbiter. he has

that's when the deputy first minister martin mcguinness of sinn fein resigned and of course martin mcguinnessve been continuing at stormont and this afternoon sinn fein in a surprise move basically drew those negotiations to an end. they said they had come to the end of the road, the talks had run their course and they wouldn't be nominating their stormont leader, michelle o'neill, their stormont leader, michelle 0'neill, to the position of deputy first minister, the joint head 0'neill, to the position of deputy first minister, thejoint head of the northern ireland executive, tomorrow. as things stand the northern ireland assembly had been scheduled to meet tomorrow for the largest parties in theory to nominate the first and deputy first ministers, but would be the democratic unionist party bought first minister and sinn fein for the position of deputy first minister. but if those parties can't agree and if either of them decide they are not ina if either of them decide they are not in a position to nominate and can't go along with the terms of being in government win the other then there is

said that she will not be nominating anyone —— she succeeded the late martin mcguinness.o largest parties both to serve, no sinn fein, no executive, no stormont assembly, and the government will then decide if it holds fresh elections or effectively continues with direct rule from london. it looks like northern ireland is heading to a second set of elections. mod in just a matter of months after sinn fein announced it was the end of the road the talks and it will not be nominating anyone to serve as deputy first minister tomorrow's deadline. that is the breaking news and we will have more in the course of the next few hours. merseyside fire and rescue service says it could be several days before people caught up in a suspected gas explosion can go home. dozen of people were hurt in the blast last night. several buildings collapsed. linsey smith reports. the scale of the devastation shows just how powerful the explosion was. 0ne building, housing three businesses, totally destroyed. this is what it looked like before last night. the blast was heard up to six miles away. th

people voted for you last time and got martin mcguinness, and he wrote your resignation letter!esent themselves as an alternative to the last coalition. this is an opportunity to bring about change, away from two parties are only share space, power and responsibility because the law says they have to. the sdlp leader challenged arlene foster over the dup decision to block the introduction of same—sex marriage in northern ireland. will arlene committed to not using the petition of consent on equal marriage? there are many challenges for all of the parties if power—sharing is to return to stormont. i can see we have a very balanced audience in tonight! the whole electorate will have their say when they vote tomorrow. the bbc has seen documents which suggest that ford is to lay off around eleven hundred jobs at its car plant in bridgend. our wales correspondent, tomos morgan, is there. tell us more about what is in these documents. the leaked document shows that this plant is underperforming compared to the plant in dagenham. overtime is double that in the dagenham plant. that mean

yes, we see martin mcguinness going and we see michelle 0'neill coming in. still, where sinn fein is an emerging politicalforce, still, there's going to be the same thing. interestingly a lot more women coming into the party as well. but i wouldn't put too much store by that in itself. i think that's just by the nature of things, maybe the dup and the demographic getting colder, sinn fein appeals to a younger more class group, and maybe some of the old divisions are breaking down, the unionist nationalist things breaking down. for example, south of the border in the republic, sinn fein appeals not necessarily just border in the republic, sinn fein appeals not necessarilyjust to nationalist voters but to people who are nationalist voters but to people who a re interested nationalist voters but to people who are interested in what's going to happen, anti—austerity sort of candidates, that count of thing as well. that is what is probably happening in northern ireland as well, more about the economy than what happened 20 years ago. thank you. tens of thousands o

prior to the service beginning, as you say a huge crowd here in derry where martin mcguinness lived forts. —— coffin. 0ne an irish flag, was carried around the streets. —— coffin. one of the areas of the city which so much violence in the height of the troubles in the early 1970s, run member martin mcguinness was a seniorfigure in the ira here, but there has been plenty of reflections in the last few days and that has been going to be continuing over the next few days. paramilitary commander to politician. now he is making his final journey. commander to politician. now he is making his finaljourney. he has been carried from his home to the church and then he will be buried in the city cemetery here in derry later on this afternoon. thank you, chris. let's get more now on yesterday's terror attack in london. we arejust we are just hearing that confirmation that, enterprise, the car rentalfirm, say confirmation that, enterprise, the car rental firm, say that the car use was from their spring hill depot. confirmation therefrom enterprise. this return to ben brown in westminster for enterp

other news, the funeral of the former ira commander and northern ireland deputy first minister, martin mcguinnessternoon. his coffin was carried through the streets and thousands attended the funeral. the former us president bill clinton was there. so, too, was arlene foster, the democratic unionist party leader. mr mcguinness died on tuesday. he'd been suffering from a rare heart condition. our ireland correspondent chris buckler reports.

and one other top story: the funeral of the former deputy first minister of northern ireland martin mcguinnessen place in londonderry. thousands of people watched as his coffin was carried through the city to his local church. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. high—level partnership. the chinese premier wants to boost corporation with australia. and the business of meditation and quiet time for these little clients. welcome to this friday edition of asia business report. chinese premier li keqiang will spend today in talks with australia's prime minister in canberra. they will be discussing how to build on the free trade agreement they signed two yea rs trade agreement they signed two years ago and mr li ‘s visit comes ata time years ago and mr li ‘s visit comes at a time when china is trying to capitalise on the global uncertainty following donald trump's victory. our australian correspondent has been looking at how the relationship works. handmade for some of the world's most demanding sleepers, these mattresses are on their way from sydney to shanghai, where

we have had our first result in what would have been the constituency of martin mcguinness.running this time. one of his candidates from sinn fein in this election made an impassioned plea on social media last night for republicans in this city and across northern ireland to come out and show their support to martin mcguinness and the principled stance, as sinn fein have framed it, to show their support to him. that has been reflected in no small measure today by the fact she has topped the poll in foil and has been collected in the first count. sinn fein supporters are jubilant they will retain their two seats. the sdlp leader is in the building as well and he is confident his party will retain their two seats as well. there was a people before profit centres backed candidate, eamon mccann, who was elected for the first time at the last election. he has been trying to get elected since 1969 on a radical agenda, appealing to everyone across the community 0n bread and butter issues. but it looks like that his stance on brexit could do him some farm. the former mayor of the ci

president bill clinton, who described martin mcguinness as someone who expanded the definition of usank the definition of them as a mainstream political force in northern ireland. the theater of the democratic unionist party foster attended the funeral, and it was seen as a positive step forward in relations. it had the absence of parliamentary trappings and references to the military pass made that possible pdc that procession.uneral possessio here is a picture of one of those famous bloody sunday murals. it is a reminder of how far northern ireland has come and the division that still exists there. molly: interesting times. before we go, word on french politics, focusing on how this year's election is panning out. the frontrtoon on page was too good to pass up. -- u.s.line, 2017, president donald trump and vladimir putin having a chat. it is pretty crazy this french election says trump. you can see pictures of all the people who just a year ago looked likely to be in the running for the top job, but it is all crossed out. presidenthe french nicholas sarkozy, and the list continues.

through the large crowds, martin mcguinness' body was carried, past the paintings that detailed the divisivef violence for which some will always hold him partly responsible. the attendance of presidents, irish prime ministers, and political rivals was testament to the years

martin mcguinness said, look, the best thing to do was this. her arrogance, and she was asked to stand down. we will go into negotiations with whoever is in the dup, ulster unionists, sdlp, the alliance and go into talks. but she will not be, until this investigation is finished, the deputy first minister or first minister. argue for your time. -- thank you for your time. it seems to bea thank you for your time. it seems to be a red line is that fein are concerned that their leader in northern ireland, michelle 0'neill, will not go into discussions or not consider setting up a new assembly with horror as deputy first minister and arlene foster potential as first minister, if that is the way the arrangement falls again. until that enquiry into the renewable heating scheme, the botched heating scheme, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. although the relationship between the parties had deteriorated since last year, that particular row was what brought the assembly down injanuary. there seems to be a red line evidence and very ha rd se

former president clinton has paid tribute to martin mcguinness' ability to compromise. mr.nis' coffin was carried through the streets of londonderry before the funeral. he died tuesday after suffering from a rare heart condition. our ireland correspondent chris buckler has this report. ♪ [applause] chris: through the large thech code -- painting history he lived through. violence,o a time of of which some people will hold him at least partly responsible. but the attendance of presidents, irish prime ministers, and rivals are a testimony to the years he spent building peace. [applause] , despite all of the agreements that still exist, showing ireland really has changed. [applause] >> i, in the course of years, have had many conversations with mark. he knew too well how many people struggle with his i.r.a. past. republicans, we know, where not blameless. many across this community find it difficult to forgive and impossible to forget. >> that is true on all sides. on the streets renting the church, people gathered to reflect not just on one life, but what life here was once l

it was called after the resignation of former deputy prime minister martin mcguinness. ireland, the government must be run by irish nationalists and unionists together. make anfail to agreement, the power returns to the british parliament in westminster. egypt's top appeals court has acquitted former president hosni mubarak of killing protesters during the demonstrations that led to his downfall. spentrmer strongman has most of his time in a military hospital. reporter: hosni mubarak may be bedridden. the former egyptian president could soon be walking free. the ailing 80-year-old is airlifted from a military .ospital in cairo after an all-day hearing, mubarak is declared innocent of his alleged involvement in the killings of nearly 900 protesters. the verdict is the final outcome of a battle that began after the uprising that ended his rule. mubarak was first put on trial in august, 2011. >> i deny all the charges completely. reporter: in june of 2012, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. the court conducted a retrial, dismissing the murder charges two years later. >

amy: martin mcguinness died tuesday at the age of 66. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to the confirmation hearings of supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. on tuesday, gorsuch fafaced over 10 hours of questioning by members of the s senate judiciay committee.e. gorsuch was tapped by president trump to fill the seat left vacant by antonin scalia is death over a year ago. president obama nominated merrick p portland replace scala neararly a year ago, but republicans refused to even hold hearings during garland would tip the ideological balance of the court to the left. one of the most riveting moments in the gorsuch hearing occurred when minnesota senator our franken -- al franken questioned gorsuch about his ruling in a case involving a truck driver who got fired after he disobeyed a supervisor and abandoned his trailer that he was driving because he was on the verge of freezing to death. the truck driver couldn't drive off with the trailer because the trailer's brakes had fro

how could she have stopped that, how could she have prevented martin mcguinness's resignation, the onlyhe had done that you would have been the first person to say she was dancing to sinn fein's tune? of course - i would row it back much further than that. the dup by bringing sinn fein into government created the crocodile scenario and of course they've had to feed it ever since. and as that crocodile has grown stronger and more avarice and demanding the daily diet increases. this day was coming, it's come sooner than need be. because of the courtesy of the dup advancing sinn fein in government. of course, they are eager to do it again because we hear them talk about wanting to get back into the executive, they want power above all else, but this is power at the cost of paying the sinn fein price and it's clear that the sinn fein price is becoming increasingly and unsustainably high, that's why i say unionism needs to consider if doing thatis unionism needs to consider if doing that is any longer in their interests. 0k. that is any longer in their interests. ok. good to talk to you, tha

storyg me now, our top today talking about the death of ira commander martin mcguinness. >> the irishel went to become northern ireland's deputy first minister for a decade died at the age of 66. he did not get a lot of obituaries and of the irish papers. "the irish times" on the statement after 6:00 a.m. confirming his death. the parties president paid tribute to what he called a passionate republican who worked tirelessly for peace. fact hess never hid the was a member of the are a committed a group classified as a terrorist organization by the irish and u.s. lots of papers focusing on his incredible life and shift in his life. you can see this article in the irish independent, not only did he denied he was not in the ra but was proud he was part of the ira. it seems equally proud of the role he played over 25 years in developing the piece price in -- peace process in northern ireland. >> another big story of the day. people reacted to the presidential debate last night in paris. >> he is the top story in france. most papers agreed the first presidential debate was actually pretty s