he's been telling me about how the press pack in washington took tojohn mccain. both republicans and democrats. they are free their condolences and clearly stating what a remarkable senator and statesman john mccain was. i can tell you as a journalist, those of us who had interviewed him over the years, he was always available for a quote. he had in fact the big knowledge about what was going on in the world. —— encyclopaedic knowledge. he was the chair of the armed services committee. in recent months, remarkably, and in the past couple of years, he was the most prominent republican willing to take on, directly, donald trump, both during the campaign and during donald trump's administration, as well. let us trump's administration, as well. let us touch on some of those issues in turns global affairs. —— terms. a lot of people know him from his frequent trips to other countries. what you did his legacy is an upfront? is to be that showed compassion fault what is happening all over the world. but somebody who was a fierce defender of america's power and felt that

, also from past american presidents to john mccain, the also from past american presidents tojohn mccainolitician who has died at the age of 81. if you am more here are defeated barack of 81. if you am more here are defeated ba rack obama of 81. if you am more here are defeated barack obama —— defeated by barack obama in the presidential election decided to stop treatment the cancer two days ago. john mccain was a politician of principle — a patriot who believed in his country and fought for it at tremendous cost to himself. during the vietnam war, he was shot down over hanoi. captured, interrogated and tortured. the beatings he received during those years as a prisoner left him with lasting injuries. on his eventual return to the united states, he was hailed as a war hero and entered politics. he was to spend well over three decades representing republicans in congress. mr mccain was seen as a maverick, but he was respected, too. in 2008, he was selected as the republican presidential candidate, but his campaign was not without mistakes and he was criticised for choosing sarah pailin as

in the past hour, tony blair has paid tribute tojohn mccain. someone i respected and admired hugely — an outstanding supporter of the transatlantic alliance, a good friend, a gifted politician and an even better man. he was also great company — witty, fiery, always interesting and stimulating with a high intelligence and deep humanity. his many friends this side of the atlantic will miss him greatly." tony blair's tribute to senatorjohn mccain who has died at the age of 81. let's return to the news that emmerson mnangagwa has been sworn in as president of zimbabwe. president mnangagwa spoke at the ceremony after he took an oath. i, emmerson dambudzo mnangagwa, swear that, as president of zimbabwe, i will be faithful to zimbabwe. and will obey, uphold and defend the constitution, and all other laws of zimbabwe. and that i will promote whatever will advance zimbabwe. and will oppose whatever may harm zimbabwe. that i will protect and promote the rights of the people of zimbabwe. that i will discharge my duties with all my strength, to the best of

us vice president mike pence paying tribute tojohn mccain.side, and yet the golden eagle is almost entirely restricted to remote parts of scotland. scientists have now unlocked the complete genetic code of this important predator, which should help both to protect the eagle and expand their numbers. 0ur science correspondent, victoria gill, has been finding out more. a golden eaglet, hidden safely away in its mountain nest, making it a perilousjob to take a dna sample. but a tiny amount of dna is all scientists need to map the genetic code of this great bird of prey. within that code researchers will find clues about the food and habitat they rely on, so that havens for these threatened birds can be found and protected. and where populations are in severe decline, genetic matchmaking could give eagles a better chance to thrive. this is a dna storage freezer. the same institute that helped sequence the first human genome 15 years ago has now decoded the eagles‘ biological secrets. this allows us to really understand a huge amount about its bio

that is tojohn mccain was. thank you very much. of women for mccain when the senator ran from president in 2008. alex bolton is senior affairs senate reporter with the hill newspaper and he's in washington. biogas, if you were talking about the most recognisable faces, voices and figures in the senate, senator mccain would arguably been top five? —— i guess, if you. mccain would arguably been top five? -- i guess, if you. absolutely. he is probably the best—known member of the senate, or was, is probably the best—known member of the senate, orwas, until is probably the best—known member of the senate, or was, until his passing. as evidenced by the fact that the bbc is having an extended programme on him. he was a start like we haven't seen since, i think, ted kennedy died. a bigger star than hillary clinton barack obama were in the senate, though they had distinct careers after the senate. in terms ofa careers after the senate. in terms of a star senator, i have been covering the senate for 20 years and i think there is nobody who h

including this, americans pay their respects tojohn mccain, the politician and war hero died on saturdayresidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disk that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it'll take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clock maker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. good to have you with us on bbc news. the headlines: pims has promised it will step up support for argentina and speed up crisis talks, the economy has slumped to a new low and has called in the imf again. the white house top lawyer is to quit since the revelations that he has bee

there have been tributes from around the world and from past american presidents tojohn mccain, the respectedge of 81. the vietnam war hero, defeated by barack 0bama in the 2008 presidential election, had been suffering from a brain tumour and decided to stop treatment two days ago. chris buckler looks back at his life. john mccain was a politician of principle, a patriot who believed in his country and fought for it at tremendous cost to himself. during the vietnam war, he was shot down over hanoi, captured, interrogated and tortured. the beatings he received during those years as a prisoner left him with lasting injuries. on his eventual return to the united states, he was hailed as a war hero and entered politics. he was to spend well over three decades representing republicans in congress, but he was fiercely independent, and spoke out against some of the party's policies and the influence of big money in american politics. i will break the iron triangle in washington of money, lobbying and legislation, and they know that would be very, very disruptive financially to a lot of people's liv

hearing from the former us secretary of state madeleine albright who will be giving her tribute tojohn mccainended. the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has been refused an extension, to her temporary release fromjail in iran. her husband richard, confirmed she'd returned to evin prison, after a three day release, spent with her familyjust outside of the capital tehran. she was given a five year sentence in 2016 and accused of spying, a charge she denies. the headlines on bbc news. pope francis is returning 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 abuse at the hands of the clergy. several people have been killed in a mass shooting at an entertainment complex injacksonville, florida. police say the suspect was shot dead at the scene. 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. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. w

the world has lost a great defender of liberty.‘ just some of the tributes tojohn mccain, who has dieds the second and final day of pope francis' trip to ireland. he's currently on his 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 overnig

there have been tributes from around the world and from past american presidents tojohn mccain, the respected1. the vietnam war hero, defeated by barack 0bama in the 2008 presidential election, had been suffering from a brain tumour, and decided to stop treatment two days ago. the former us secretary of state madeleine albright has given us her memories of senator mccain. i will remember him as one of the most valiant, patriotic and dedicated public servants i've ever met, somebody who understood the honour of serving his country, and served his country with honour. i think that, from what i understand, he always was kind of independent minded. he came from a military family, and was at annapolis and any number of different aspects when he was kind of a rebel in some ways as a young man. and when he served, i think that... and obviously was captured, that his dedication, his understanding of being able to know what he thought and to be brave and firm, so some things that might have seemed kind of renegade each as a young man is something that marked him and make it possible for him to survive

he says: many tributes being paid tojohn mccain this power, we will have more on that and a closer looko american politics. on his first official visit to ireland, pope francis has met eight survivors of clerical and institutional abuse by the roman catholic church. earlier he expressed his shame at the failure of the church to deal with crimes committed by its members. this afternoon in dublin, he'll say a mass for an expected congregation of half—a—million people, as richard main reports. the arrival of pope francis in ireland comes at a time of crisis for the catholic church. despite a string of high profile abuse scandals, there was a celebratory atmosphere as thousands lined the streets of dublin to greet the pontiff. and last night, a distinctly irish display at the festival of them was at croke park, as 65 thousand people gathered to hear the pope speak about the importance of family and restrain social media can place on relationships. away from the bright lights, pope francis has come face—to—face with the trauma that the churches scandals have left behind. he spent 90 minutes

that donald trump has not being invited to john saying that donald trump has not being invited tojohn mccain'sobama and george w bush to eulogise him at his funeral. pope francis has refused to respond to claims by a former vatican diplomat that he covered up reports of sexual abuse by a us cardinal. the pope was asked about the accusations by reporters. translation: read the document carefully and judge it for yourselves. i will not say one word on this. i think the statement speaks for itself and you had sufficient journalistic capacity to reach your own conclusions. archbishop carlo maria vigano is the man making these claims. in an ii—page letter he said the pope "knew from at leastjune 2013 that us cardinal theodore mccarrick was a serial predator". he said the pope "knew that he was a corrupt man, he covered for him to the bitter end." mr vigano hasn't provided any evidence for his claims. they come at a time the extreme pressure for the catholic church. two weeks ago a grand jury in pennsylvania found thousands of children were abused by catholic priests over the course of decades. and

the fact that the president of the united states doesn't see fit to pay tribute tojohn mccain, that thell for a long time, i'm sure you spent a lot of time with john mccain, what i loved about him was that he could be fantastically grumpy, to the edge of being rude, it but he would get over it straightaway, and he had a cracking sense of humour, he was fun to be around because you never quite knew what he was going to do, he was impish? you never exactly knew what he was going to do or say next. ireland when i worked for president bush, he sent me up to speak with senator mccain to negotiate an act and he looked at me and said, bush sent you?! am i supposed to negotiate with you?! and then he cracks that impish smile of his and we sit down and... of course, why don't we get that bill through? he did it in a bipartisan way, just one example. if you worked with him, man, he would go all out to make sure he would accomplish what the president asked him to do. the arizona governor, of course, there is going to be a special election down there but it will not be held for some time so the gov

much bitterness and animosity here, but both sides coming together, republicans and democrats tojohn mccainry and he served honourably. we have heard him be described as an american patriot and hero. at the roots of both of those descriptions is the notion of service, which is whatjohn mccain embodied. as i was referring to there, although this is very much a bipartisan memorial, donald trump isn't there. is it conspicuous by his absence? it was said this week thatjohn mccain brought out the worst in donald trump full stop the flags were lowered on saturday after john mccain's death and were raised again on saturday night. donald trump had to be is persuaded to lower them again on monday. they remain lowered at the moment. it was a terrible relationship. john mccain criticised the present time and time again. he was one of the few republicans lawmakers who vocalised his displeasure. most memorably, at the end of his presence meeting with the end of his presence meeting with the russian leader, it was the most disgraceful performance by an american president. donald trump had not many good w