they can be no disputing his dedication to achieving a united ireland a passion that eventually made him one of the architects of the one nine hundred ninety eight good friday agreement the deal that largely ended the violence in northern ireland. that fragile peace has been put in jeopardy by brics it only last week adams warned of the dangers of hardboard on the island a violent could bring it. are. going to be. the single market and. a complete disaster brics it is said to be the first major challenge mcdonald's faces but it's seen as an opportunity by some britain's decision to leave the u. and take northern ireland with it has reopened discussion about shin feigns main aim a united ireland. in a sign of warming relations between the divided koreas north korean leader kim jong un has invited south korea's president to meet in pyongyang the diplomatic thaw comes despite an acceleration in the north weapons programs last year and pressure from sols allies in washington and sr delivered the invitation in seoul against the backdrop of the winter olympics. excited fans wait to greet th

and whether we had this peace process in northern ireland, which somehow brought people mechanically together to be run together still within the unitedver we talk about northern ireland, they ask me, but why doesn't writtenjust ireland, they ask me, but why doesn't written just leave northern ireland to go back to ireland and become an independent country as well? an answer to why not? because thatis well? an answer to why not? because that is a question of history... that history is what rules... the rule is democracy in that if they voted to join the rest of ireland we would be out in a flash. it isa ireland we would be out in a flash. it is a majority in northern ireland by consent. but their condition and defined by history. it is not defined by history. i'm not quite sure the south of ireland would be happy with that idea of being stuck with the dup. we have been there and i'm glad we have won there but now that is not a viewpoint which will solve the current situation, i guess, not a viewpoint which is one of those of the current players. alas i am much mistaken. it is very much a viewpoint held by sinn fein. they are saying, w

announced he was stepping down in november a limit donald says she's committed to fishing for a united ireland and allah and adams have been involved in talks on reconvening northern ireland's devolved government which broke down a year ago and thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators have rallied in the italian city of surat our worst six africans were shot and injured just over a week ago a far right sympathizer and held by police suspected of carrying out that drive by shooting anti-racism rallies also took place in rome milan and palermo it comes less than a month before national elections with far right parties expected to make a strong showing. those are the headlines to keep it here on al-jazeera inside story is next and then more news. flash point between israel syria and iran suspected iranian drone is shot down then an israeli will plane crashes it's a major us collation of the conflict in syria so what's next in an already volatile region this is inside story.

the new leader says she is committed to pushing for a united ireland mary mcdonald is challenging the catholic church by campaigning to legalize abortion she's taking over from the veteran leader gerry adams who's retired after thirty four years but in barber reports from dublin. taking over from a man she calls a political giant mary lou mcdonald paid tribute to gerry adams who became shin fein president when she was a teenager and he was instrumental in northern ireland's peace process that led to the good friday agreement two decades ago he has defined politics on this side and for a generation or more and one other said it was impossible gerry and martin mcguinness along with john hume and others bravely walked the path to peace macdonald and out of his have been involved in talks on reconvening northern islands devolved government which broke down a year ago shin fein which shared power with the unionist do you wants movement on issues such as irish language rights. i mean really fighting about. the war is not over there is no matter your anger and again and again. we don't have

men from our community had been imprisoned without trial. 0ur preference was to be part of a united irelande for britain in the affairs of ireland. the unionist or problem protestant community in the north of ireland wished to remain part of the united kingdom. —— protestant community. the protests came about because catholics or nationalist were second—class evans —— citizens. it was when the protestors came to the top of the street, that violence erupted. finally, members of the first battalion regiment went pouring into... my memories of the day was playing in the street and a boy who would have been a friend of mine came up and started paying with us mine came up and started paying with us and after a while, he just happened to say that your father has been shot. within about 20 minutes, there were 13 people dead. i think my father was trying to get to a place of safety behind a wall, and as he was heading towards the wall, he was shot in the back. and he died right away. he was totally imam is, and when he was killed, he was posing no threat to anyone. —— unarmed. i remember being told

the catholic nationalist population's preference was to be part of a united ireland, without any rulee for britain in the affairs of ireland. the unionist or protestant community in the north of ireland wished to remain part of the united kingdom. and the civil protests came about because catholics or nationalists were treated as second—class citizens. newsreel: it was after the procession got up to the army barricade at the top of william street, that violence erupted. finally, the troops took the offensive as men of the first battalion, the parachute regiment, went pouring into the bogside... i wasn't on the march... because i was too young. my only memories of the day was playing in the street, and a boy who would have been a friend of mine came up and started playing with us and after a while, he just happened to say that "your father's been shot." within about 20 minutes, there were 13 people dead. i think my father was trying to get to a place of safety, behind a wall, and as he was heading towards the wall, he was shot in the back — and he died right away. he was totally unarme

who announced he was stepping down and november donnel says she's committed to pushing for a united ireland mcdonnell one adams had been involved in talks on reconvening northern ireland's devolved government which broke down a year ago. thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators have rallied in the italian city of serato were six africans were shot and injured just over a week ago anti-racism rallies also took place in rome along then palermo it comes less than a month before national elections with far right parties expected to make a strong showing protesters in the philippines are urging president rico to tear take to stop china's military expansion in the south china sea philippine media published photos last week showing beijing has continued to build installations on the disputed spratly islands as are the headlines the news continues after rewind. hello and welcome once again to rewind i'm come out sometime maria in the decade or so since the start of al-jazeera english back in two thousand and six we've broadcast hundreds of moving powerful documentaries and here on rewind we are revi

she put the emphasis on achieving at some point in the future united ireland.em but many unionists still feel extremely suspicious of sinn fein given the legacy of the past and in terms of building relationships with them, that will be an uphill struggle fault mary lou mcdonald. —— for mary lou mcdonald. however, maybe sinn fein will be able to go to new places and literally and be able to build new relationships in a way that was more difficult for past generations of leaders with direct experience with the conflict in northern ireland. now to some action at the winter olympics — as sweden‘s charlotte kalla won the first gold medal of the games with victory in the women‘s skiathlon. after friday‘s opening ceremony, the action in pyeongchang got under way this saturday. the swede beat defending marit bjorgen by 7.8 seconds. it‘s a third olympic gold, after wins in diffrerent events in 2010 and 2014. but, bjorgen, the norwegian still became the most decorated female winter olympian of all time after that silver — now 11 medals in total. i was quite nervous today

announced he was stepping down in november element donnel says she's committed to fishing for a united ireland and allah and adams have been involved in talks on reconvening northern ireland's devolved government which broke down a year ago and thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators have rallied in the italian city a restaurant or worse six africans were shot and injured just over a week ago a far right sympathizer and held by police as suspected of carrying out that drive by shooting anti-racism rallies also took place in rome milan and palermo comes less than a month before national elections with far right parties expected to make a strong showing. those are the headlines to keep it here on al-jazeera inside story is next and then more news. flash point between israel syria and iran suspected iranian drone is shot down then an israeli will plane crashes it's a major collation of the conflict in syria so what's next in an already volatile region this is inside story. hello i'm hashem i have other welcome to the program the spillover from the civil war in syria to neighboring countries is no

sinn fein, i think, see in brexit the best chance they've had in a generation to push the united irelandof the irish... crosstalk. there is also the big issue of ireland because ireland and brexit... if the irish don't get what they need to get from these things in northern ireland. come back to that in a moment's instance but i want to pick with polly‘s point for a second, because you were saying maybe neither side actually want to be ruling right now in this devolved assembly, but where does that leave the british government because karen bradley the northern ireland secretary says she's considering her options this weekend. what are her options? her options are that she will have to take control. there is no other option. and they have to do more less what the dup says because the dup is propping up the may government. we have to remember about the dup that two thirds of its members are these extreme free presbyterians, the paisley—founded cults... ‘cult‘ — a bit of strong language! i mean, that's all right — i tend to refer to religions in general as cults. as long as you are across

who have led sinn fein, and very much put the emphasis on the party's overall aim, achieving a united irelandnists on that, many of them are extremely suspicious of sinn fein, given the legacy of the past, and in terms of building relationships with them, that will be an uphill struggle for mary lou mcdonald. however, it is hoped that this leader, with a very different background to gerry adams, will be able to take sinn fein to new places electorally, and will enable sinn fein to build new relationships in a way that was more difficult for past generation of leaders with direct experience of the conflict in northern ireland. chris page reporting. the north korean leader kimjong—un has invited the south korean president to visit him at the earliest date possible. the historic invitation was given by kim jong—un‘s sister, who's visiting the south for the winter olympics. if it happens, it would be the first summit in more than a decade between korean leaders. laura bicker reports. this is no ordinary messenger. kim yo—jong is the sister of the north korean leader kimjong—un. she's the first of

rule, but sinn fein i think c in brexit the best chance they've had in a generation to push the united irelandh bigger forces in play than the irish... also the big issue of ireland because ireland and brexit... if the irish don't get what they need to get. from these things in northern ireland. come back to that in a second but i want to pick a pollie's point because you say maybe neither side actually want to be ruling right now in devolved assembly but where does that leave the british government because bradley the secretary says you consider the option this weekend but what are the options? she will have to take control. there is no other option. they have to do more less what the says because the dup is popping up theresa may's government. we have to rememberabout theresa may's government. we have to remember about the theresa may's government. we have to rememberabout the dup theresa may's government. we have to remember about the dup that two thirds of its members are these extreme free presbyterians, the paisley founded cults, and cult is a strong language, i tend to return to religio

announced he was stepping down in november mary lou mcdonald says she's committed to pushing for a united ireland those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after upfront also use a bubble. al jazeera is a very important source of information for many people around the world and all the cameras are gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. he's been called one of the most wanted political fugitives of twenty nine team and former georgian president mikheil saakashvili faces possible extradition to his home country from his new country ukraine i'll ask him if he's prepared for life behind bars and later i'll talk to the somali refugee turned u.s. politician about life in trump's america. really thanks for joining me up front you were twice as president of georgia and governor for nine years and yet you're now a wanted man in georgia you've gone from president to fugitive how does it feel. i mean i've finished my presidential. with quite the. reverend well we you know geor

the bottom line is that northern ireland will leave the european union with the rest of the united kingdomituation where there would either be political constitutional barriers within the united kingdom, and economic barriers within the united kingdom internal market would be catastrophic for northern ireland. brexiteer tories say ministers should take warnings from brussels in their stride and not give ground on the way out of the eu. we will not accept that we become rule—takers from the eu when we have no say over it. yes, business wants certainty and to know they have time to get ready for things like customs changes. that is what the implementation period is about. it is not about having the eu dictate to us in a way that would be unacceptable to us and to businesses as well. tonight, the brexit secretary is saying he is surprised that mr barnier is not clear that britain wants to go on trading as now during a transition. the government is hoping for compromise in negotiations, but if there is no transition deal next month, ministers will have to prepare britain and british business f

announced he was stepping down in november mary lou mcdonald says he's committed to pushing for united ireland dignity and barbara paul she has more immediate challenges. taking over from a man she calls a political giant mary lou mcdonald paid tribute to gerry adams who became shin fein president when she was a teenager and he was instrumental in northern ireland's peace process that led to the good friday agreement two decades ago he has defined politics on this side and for a generation or more and when other said it was impossible gerry and mark mcinnes along with john hume and others bravely walked the path to peace macdonald and out of his have been involved in talks on reconvening northern islands devolved government which broke down a year ago shin fein which shared power with the unionists do you once movement on issues such as irish language rights. i mean really facing us as the war is was over there is no my hurrying we don't have to agree on the past the reason i'm seeing the historical matters. we will see how we agree that the past is never again he says other things we can agre

it is critical that south africa has a united ireland at thousands of growth job creation and economic transformation. and this decision would be communicated publicly as we are doing now and through our group put a photo of the office box office of it is over there we go. that's not the military of the foremost sparks us about it decisions were too good. and all necessary but i'm indebted processes but i was on this issue for months to cross from promoted before. our parliamentary caucus. about to decisions or two. and we headed up to their loss to. cooperation between the all of us christians able to sleep on and off of the only things that we couldn't read on the shortened pew don't in terms of the ones that. are going to offend you. offensive because i did you know that we are going to take to lounge of questions take the best buy and the last five so what i'm not going to leave to do was that you did what you said they are my constituency not so then i suggest they explain it which media outlet they do please and to be a need. ok. i'm sorry that was the last the feet of b.s. that

get the party elected in both north and southern irish parliaments ultimately committed to a united ireland but her immediate challenge will be to restore the power sharing government at stormont northern ireland's parliament it collapsed in january last year after another session for investor in the late martin mcguinness resigned over the handling of a green energy scheme we're going to talk tonight in barber in a moment our correspondent in dublin first though his report on the man who is legend fame these past thirty four years over the years gerry adams has been praised as a brave political leader and condemned as a secret terrorist commander the boy from belfast became active in northern ireland civil rights movement in the one nine hundred sixty s. . following the arrival of british troops the province descended into decades of sectarian conflict the troubles. in the one nine hundred seventy s. as events like the bloody sunday shooting of catholic protesters by the british army hit the headlines adams was very silly and turned and arrested he always denied being a member of the provi

you've made very much the move is expected to stick to one thing and that will be the push for a united ireland she's not saying that it will happen soon but it so the hearts of everything on both sides of the border the parking lot was right. there for now the day in barber. or it's time to catch up with some weather some cold weather right stuff that's right loads and loads the snow particularly if you're in chicago let's take a look at the pictures that we've got some video from chicago showing that the snow that we've seen there it caused one thousand three hundred flights to be canceled public schools were canceled as well just due to the heavy snow there some places reporting up to thirty centimeters of snow that's easily enough to bring problems with traffic and transport there isn't it so lots of heavy snow from this massive area of cloud here are the problem with this system now it's going to tap into the moisture around the gulf of mexico so here's the system digging its way southwards that you can see more cloud in the sea. well the speeding up from the gulf of mexico it's filled wit

we are a united kingdom and northern ireland is an essential pa rt northern ireland is an essential part kingdom. we should not bejeopardising it. part of the united kingdom. we should not be jeopardising it. let's just take a quick look at the financial times. narrated by michel barnier. —— berated. what do you make of this? yes, i mean, it's a really big point, david davies is the head of the uk negotiating team and the head of the eu negotiating team has not seen him in a really crucial time. he is team has not seen him in a really crucialtime. he is busy team has not seen him in a really crucial time. he is busy touring the nordic countries. he would argue he is going out and reaching out to leaders in europe. which he is. which he is, i'm sure that would be his response. also in the story are some comments this mine from martin donnelly, who used to work as the permanent secretary in liam fox's department, which livened up the debate. it brought it back to less complicated language. he said going into brexit was like giving up a three course meal for a packet of crisps. it's a wonde

the migrations into the united states, from ireland and italy in the 19th century has completely subsided because the economies of those two countries are working properly. we in africa cannot continue traveling the world -- traveling the path of limited success of being exporters of raw material. our problems require that we think outside of the box. and approach to solving problems must be different than the approach that brought about the problems in the first place. the only way to ensure prosperity for africa and jobs for our young population is through value addition in a transformed and diverse of five modern economy in which we take full advantage of the digital revolution. in other words, the industrial development of our continent. we are determined to ensure the realization of this so that our young people can stay and devote their great energies to the building of a great africa. i want to recount at this juncture the inspiring words of the american politician williams "destiny is not a matter of choice. it is not a thing to be waited for. it is a thing to be achieved." [appla

that's what happened to most of the 900 kfc restaurants in the united kingdom and ireland.y were forced to close because of a problem with its new delivery partner dhl. kfc apologized. dhl blamed operational issues. it's unclear when the stores will reopen. >>> and news for all you breakfast cereal fans. for the first time in ten years, general mills is adding a marshmallow to lucky charms. the magical unicorn magical is replacing the hourglass. it features hues of bright purples and blues. it is the first-ever marshmallow to be inspired and created kbooids. >> i don't know why -- by kids. >> i don't know why the hour glass was created to begin with. it shows that time is slipping away, depressing. yeah for unicorns. >> magically delicious. >> diane king hall at the new york stock exchange, thank you, diane. >> thank you. >>> still to come, a new battle is brewing. we'll take you to south korea where olympic athletes can drink to the latest creations on the bar scene. like you do sometimes, grandpa? well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. it can be hard to get

draft resolution that separated by kuwait the united kingdom friends northern ireland and the netherlands and the united states of america and. i now give the floor to three members of the city council who wish to deliver statements prior to their vote so we didn't have the floor. thank you very much mr president. sweden and kuwait earlier this week put forward a resolution to respond respond to the desperate calls from the un and humanitarian community in syria for us to say tional still it is for an initial period of thirty days in order to allow for much needed humanitarian relief. we've been working intensely with all council members to operationalize the concrete requests from the un humanitarian community and above all the civilian population on the ground we've done our utmost to accommodate council members concerns it is now time for this council to use unanimously shoulder its responsibility and show that meaningful action is possible the key components in our draft resolution is a nationwide suspicion of hostilities for these thirty days weekly human un humanitarian aid convoys

manufacturing the shampoo in taiwan with a contractual relationship between it and ireland and shipping it to the united states, but the profits would all be in ireland. that is where we would attribute the value of our great shampoo to that. that is where the rate arbitrage comes in. the question is if the patents are in ireland, i can manufacture anywhere in the world except for the united states. i can't manufacture in the united states the way our tax laws work. mr. hassett: under the old law. mr. samuels: there is less reason now for me to manufacture in ireland than there was before. this still may be a reason. we may be halfway to shore, but we have moved in the right direction. >> we have met before. [laughter] mr. hassett: we are quite positive that this bill is positive for ireland. no one should go out and short ireland. >> your irish-american heritage, there are many reasons why u.s. firms invest in ireland. one of them that we frequently site is level of educational payment and demographic strength of the country. we are the youngest nation and the eu and third-highest educational rate. mr.

maybe manufacture it it in taiwan with a contract between it and ireland and ship it to the united states. but the profits would all be in ireland because that is where we would attribute the value to our great shampoo to that. that's where the rate comes in. the question is, if the patents are in ireland, i can manufacture anywhere in the world except in the united states. i can't manufacture in the united states the way our tax laws work. >> under the old law. >> under the old law. there is less reason now for me to manufacture in ireland than there was before. there still may be a reason. we may be half way to shore. but we have moved in the right direction, i think. >> so at the embassy of ireland, we bet before. >> yes. and we have discussed this at length. we are quite positive this bill is positive for ireland. no one should short ireland because of it. >> i called your office to get the photograph of you standing in front of the statue. we're the youngest population in the eu per highest educational attainment rates in the oecd. >> i could finish this sentence and only english-spe

draft withdrawal agreement on the withdrawal of the united kingdom of great britain and northern irelandomic energy unity. ijust union and the european atomic energy unity. i just have union and the european atomic energy unity. ijust have the document here and it is going to be a likely one, obviously. we are flashing through the sort of top pages at the moment. the common provisions. we will scroll through and pick out the key points and keep you updated on what is and that 120 page long documents would might take a little bit of time but we will of course let you know all of the key points that are in it. let's catch up with the sport. ben stokes looking to put controversy behind him, he was named man of the match at england's six wicket victory over new zealand. stokes in the middle of an affray trial, he had taken a couple of buckets when he came to the crease. they said about chasing a target of 2aa. the top scored with an unbeaten 63. jos buttler hit the winning runs to level the five match series at 1—1. arsenal manager arsene wenger said he is amazed he still has to answer quest

and whether we had this peace process in northern ireland, which somewhat people mechanically together to sort of be run together still within the unitedever i talk about northern ireland, they ask me but why doesn't britain just leave northern ireland to go back to ireland and they become an independent country as part of ireland? i have never understood why not because that is a question... history. of history, of colonialism. crosstalk. but that history is what rules the world today. the rule is democracy. that if they voted to join the rest of ireland, we'd be out in a flash. it is a majority in northern ireland... by consent. ..by consent... crosstalk. ..defined by history, because who took other people out there? so, this is... ..to make a majority that we talk about? i'm not quite sure the south of ireland would be very happy with the idea of having to take on the du... that's — i mean, we've been there, and i'm glad we went there, but now we need — but that's not a viewpoint which is going to solve the current situation, i guess, and it isn't a viewpoint that is one of those of the current players, unless i am very much mistake

and in the arab news, the us and russia trade barbs with northern ireland, what is happening with the unitedere are geopolitical consequences with what is happening. ye5, consequences with what is happening. yes, they make the point that iran is helping the rebels in yemen in this proxy war that has been taking place between yemen and saudi arabia backing the government. i think you will see the tensions that are going on in many different ways. you have tensions between the us and russia on many different issues. you have tensions between the us and iran on many different issues. i think this is also a proxy for another battle which is going on over syria, where iran has been helping president assad , iran has been helping president a55ad, with the russians hopping president assad and the americans opposing all of that. i think this is opposing all of that. i think this i5a opposing all of that. i think this is a story where america is becoming increasingly uncomfortable about iran's in several countries in that, again, fragility, it's a very fragile region. there are worries as to what it

the bottom line is this, that northern ireland will leave the european union with the rest of the unitedriers within the united kingdom, and economic barriers within the united kingdom internal market would be catastrophic for northern ireland. we're not prepared to accept that we become rule—takers from the eu when we have no say over it. that would be the worst of all worlds. yes, business wants certainty and to know they have time to get ready for things like customs changes. that is what the implementation period is about. it is not about having the eu try and dictate to us in a way that would be unacceptable to us and to businesses as well. tonight, the brexit secretary is saying he is surprised mr barnier is not clear that britain just wants to go on trading as now during a transition. the government is hoping for compromise in negotiations, but if there is no transition deal next month, ministers will have to prepare britain and british business for the real possibility of a cliff—edge brexit. every month, every week, every day a new problem. if there's a transition deal, then com

ireland. where is the border then? the border then is in between the remainder of the united kingdom. st in northern ireland to stop things, or belfast airport and to stop people flying, good slang from britain to northern ireland? eu customs post in belfast stopping stuff. is that really your proposal? we are not proposing anything. if you let me finish, with the agreement agreed by both the british and european sides in december, this isn't just a european and european sides in december, this isn'tjust a european suggestion. this is the legal draft based on the political agreement in december. it refers to joint political agreement in december. it refers tojoint eu uk political agreement in december. it refers to joint eu uk customs operations. wait there while i talk to bernard jenkins. what is your solution? you are seeing a bit of de—escalation from the irish republic government. they do not want to threaten a hard border. i will say what theresa may will not say, but i know that she thinks. we are not having a hard border in northern ireland under any circumstances. if the eu wan