well, mary lou mcdonald has just us. how is the mood now? well, mary lou mcdonald hasjust been us. how is the mood now? well, mary lou mcdonald has just been formally confirmed as the new president of sinn fein. she's speaking on the platform behind me and her speech is being punctured by pretty thunderous applause. this is her home city, she might not be particularly well known outside island but she has had a high—profile in the irish parliament since she was elected to its seven yea rs since she was elected to its seven years ago, and knows a prize that it is she who has taken over from gerry adams after 3a years, mr rudd is, the man who led the republican movement from violence to peace. mary lou mcdonald was the only person who put her name forward in this contest, and the membership here, about 2000 of them, have been enthusiastically endorsing her, as it is quite clear, as you can see. there has also been another leadership change in sinn fein this afternoon, mary mcdonald had been the vice president and so the new vice president is the party's leader north of the irish bo

time for fresh ideas and bold thinking. —— mary lou mcdonald. the ambition for the party is to be in government on both sides of the border, whether they get back into government in northern ireland will depend upon negotiations between sinn fein and the democratic unionist party at stormont, word is, in particular, there has been some progress in british and irish governments have been morning that time is running out to get devolution back. whether or not an agreement is possible should become clear over the next week or so, as talks seem to be heading for a crosspoint. now, other issues that mary lou mcdonald touched on in her speech, international issues, the middle east, catalonia, more specific to politics here on the island of ireland, the legacy of the conflict in northern ireland, for example, paying tribute to her predecessors who have led sinn fein, and very much put the emphasis on the party's overall aim, achieving a united ireland, she says that she is willing to persuade unionists on that, many of them are extremely suspicious of

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 her family to set foot on south korean soil, and this is the moment president moon had hoped and campaigned for. he is careful to greet each delegate, aware of the significance of this meeti

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 and the olympics is something i have focused on for a long, long time. itjust feels very great during the season but i know everyone wants to be in shape at the olympics. it was really exciting and fun to compete to

well sammy this is a momentous occasion mary lou mcdonald who's will be speaking fairly shortly gerry adams the man she takes over from has been round largely applauded here he's not speaking but there have been tributes to him and what he's achieved both for the party in terms of getting them into power in the power sharing government in northern ireland but also the inroads that he's monies to make here in the republic of ireland as well of their own party activists members and officials from all over the island of islands here i'm not something that should really striking the move towards strengthening the party on both sides of the border and at the same time amongst the wider population there still is a debate over exactly what gerry adams his political legacy will be. over the years gerry adams has been praised as a brave political leader and condemned as a secret terrorist commando 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 sectaria

mary lou mcdonald said she wa nts well. mary lou mcdonald said she wants the power—sharing completed this week. an brexit, the agreement in december... i heard what mary lou mcdonald had to say earlier and the differences that exist between the dup and sinn fein are not insurmountable and we are hopeful that two parties can come together to an agreement this week, and the other parties. an inclusive executive involving as many parties as possible would be more sustainable and beneficial for northern ireland as a whole. in terms of what was agreed last december, between the eu and the uk, there is the protection and preservation of the common travel area, there is maintaining joint citizenship rights, the reciprocity of civic rights that i irish and british people to access housing, studying, education, it means retaining eu citizenship for people who were born here in northern ireland and agreements on things like peace funding. all that is bullet—proof. the tricky part isn't going to be how we deliver on the commitment

lou mcdonald says she's committed to pushing for a united ireland. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera the up front also user but. al-jazeera is a very important source of information for many people around the world when 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.

mary lou mcdonald is a very different background. she in an affluent suburb of dublin and has no direct experience of the northern ireland conflict were not particularly well known outside ireland, she has had a leading role in the irish parliament for several yea rs in the irish parliament for several years and has become known for robust performances. she was the only candidate to put her name forward to succeed gerry adams and has already indicated she will do things her way. i won't feel gerry's shoes. but the news is that i brought my own. she will be installed as leader as a crucial four at a special party conference today but her first major challenge will be in belfast were talks to restore the devolved government are expected to reach a crunch point next week. chris page, bbc news. a house behind you? a bit of renovating this weekend will keep me busy. yes, it is the weekend. of course, that is wet weather and the forecast. today, most of us will see rain at some stage tomorrow. apply today but much colder tomorrow as well.

well no i think everyone's expecting some sort of a change mary lou mcdonald herself said she grew up watching gerry adams on television she says she won't fill his shoes but she's brought her over and a lot of people are making a lot of comments about not only the fact that her deputy the new deputy leader of the party will be michelle and neal who leads the party in the in northern ireland at the moment but the fact that they do represent a younger generation marilou mcdonald is forty eight compared with gerry adams who's sixteen oil there are a lot of young people in the audience here today but there are real challenges in northern ireland getting the power sharing structures back on track after a least a year of them being frozen and in the republic of ireland there have been problems internally thank you thank you so much 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

the president of sinn fein, mary lou mcdonald, accused the government of having no plan for restoring devolved government after a 13—month political stalemate, but the dup‘s arlene foster said the time had now come for ministers at westminster to set a budget and make decisions about public spending. i believe, whether intentionally or not, theresa may is actually facilitating the dup blocking advancement and resolution on these core issues. we're concerned about the fact that we have this instability, that we don't have proper governance in northern ireland and it's incumbent upon the uk government to come forward and to fill that gap. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, is at stormont. where do we stand after today's talks, chris? well, huw, the parties at the centre of the stormont stalemate have continued to trade blows even on the other side of the irish sea. sinn fein's criticism of the government was particularly strong, i thought. the government was particularly strong, ithought. this the government was particularly strong, i thought. this was mary lou mcdonald's first

lou mcdonald who has no links to the conflicts from dublin not in bob and the reports 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 variously interned and arrested he always denied being a member of the provisional ira or irish republican army but many people on both sides of the border believe that's a nonsense in one thousand nine hundred three out of his became president of the ira's political wing shin fein that same year osting stack's father a chief prison officer was shot dead by the ira he later met adams trying to find out who ordered the killing all the evidence points to the fact that he had a leadership role i mean there's a new autobio

mary lou mcdonald has become the new leader of the irish nationalist political party shin fein but donald takes over from the controversial politician gerry adams who led the party for thirty four years. is in dublin. well gerry adams was here but he didn't address the crowd of several thousand shin fein officials and members mary lou mcdonald certainly did and she started out stressing that she's continuing in the footsteps of gerry adams under late martin mcguinness who were she said did so much for the island of violence bringing about the peace process but also so much for the party getting into the into the power sharing government in northern ireland and making the third largest group in the republic of ireland in the dialogue parliament she had a warning for the british government that there should be no hard border after breaks out something that still a large vote of contention in those negotiations with brussels she committed sin fein to work for social justice but at the same time she acknowledged that there were several challenges one of them is to get that power sharing devol

lou mcdonald formally took over as party president. it was time for the party to embrace fresh thinking and bold ideas. a referendum on irish unity. president for talks, at the "earliest date possible". who's visiting the south for the winter olympics. and ballistic missile programme. laura bicker‘s report now, contains some flash photography. this is no ordinary messenger. is the first of her family to set foot on south korean soil. as the two sides take their seats, the cameras spot a blue folder. and for the two leaders to meet. kim jong—un‘s younger sister's not used to this spotlight. she's usually behind the scenes as pyongyang's pr queen. on this occasion, she is the perfect charmer for this charm offensive. it's typical of north korea to do this sort of thing. and they're also trying to control the message between the two. of advances from north korea. for tougher sanctions on the regime. with a diplomatic breakthrough they never thought possible. but it also presents serious challenges. under what kind of preconditions? to the north, he risks alienating a key us ally. lau

lou mcdonald have to say. will come out you'll forgive me if i have trouble hearing you eventually just write talk after a speech by mary lou mcdonald's in which she paid tribute to have created says that gerry adams as well as martin mcguinness who died a year ago saying that they led the island of violence towards peace and the poets engine fame towards great things both north and south of the boat she's been committing her party to act for social justice she said that they need to do more to reach out to move middle class voters in both on both sides of the border she's also wounds the british government that there must be no hard border which would jeopardize the whole peace process which gerry adams was crucial to in the ninety ninety s. . at the same time and she's been outlining some of the challenges that she admits the parties facing which are numerous come out. i'll leave you then a dame i'm not even sure you can hear me saying goodbye but thank you very much that live update from dublin the. annual

mary lou mcdonald is set to be the new leader of of irish republicanism. her party is the second—biggest in the northern ireland, and third largest in the republic of ireland. sinn fein wants to be in power at stormont and in dublin. four—year is, they try to achieve the union threw bombs and bullets, seem to be the political wing of the ira. mr adams has always denied being in the organisation, but security forces believe that he was. he then led the republican movement into the peace process. marylou mcdonald is from a very different background, she grew up very different background, she grew up in an affluent suburb of dublin, and has no direct experience of the northern ireland conflict. although not particularly well known in the —— outside of ireland, she has become known for her robust performances. she has already indicated that she will do things her way. i would fill gerry -- i would fill gerry's shoes. but i will bring my own. talks to restore the devolved government arithmetic to reach a crunch point, next week. the church of england is

mary lou mcdonald is set to become the new leader of the irish nationalist public republican party shin fein. with donald will take over from the controversial politician gerry adams who let the party for thirty four years adams and now it's his intention to quit in november. votes have been counted in most peaceful election for decades it's the first vote since electoral laws changed allowing a record number of women to campaign for seats in local government. and thousands of anti fascist demonstrators have rallied in the italian city of much errata where six africans were shot last saturday schools and shops were closed and public transport suspended over fears that the march could trigger violence last week a far right sympathizer was arrested on suspicion of carrying out a drive by shooting in which six africans were injured. coming out next al-jazeera world has the story of a young somali refugee trying to find his place in donald trump's america i'll be back after that in about twenty five minutes time i'll see you then bye for now. in asian. countries. the. free stuff. i. have be

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 agree to disagree like mcdonald the party's new deputy leader michel o'neill represents a younger generation of activists hoping to get shin fein into government on

after more than 3a years in the post, he will be replaced by mary lou mcdonald at a specially convened party conference in dublin. our ireland correspondent, chris page reports. it says the scheme that is currently volu nta ry it says the scheme that is currently voluntary and regulated by the eu helps customers understand what is in the food they buy. the public health says that they are committed to giving clear information about what they eat. those are the main stories this morning. now it has urged that the two surviving members, el shafee elsheikh and alexanda kotey have been captured. his daughter bethany has spoken to the bbc about the punishment that she hopes the bbc will face. people say that you learn to get over it, but you never get over it, and you just learn to deal with the motions that are playing in your head every day. my personal opinion is that they should die a long, slow, painful death. ithink a lot of people will understand that, that they should not be allowed to live. the best thing for them is to be locked up and throw away the key. they should never be allo

lou mcdonald who officially becomes shinn feigns new leader on saturday her challenge now is to broaden the party's appeal to a younger generation that never knew the troubles the barber al-jazeera dublin to people have been killed and dozens injured after two bombs were detonated during friday prayers at a mosque in the libyan city of benghazi officials say both devices were planted in separate rooms inside two weeks ago around thirty five people were killed by twin bombs at a mosque in the same city. egyptian state media says the country's security readiness has been raised to its highest level after the military launched an operation against armed groups the sinai peninsula president of the fact that has sisi told the army to use brute force to restore security after an attack on a mosque in november which killed more than three hundred people shops and schools in north sinai are closed until further notice how does iraq continues to call for the release of its journalist who's been jailed in egypt for more than a year now motor same as imprisoned almost fourteen months ago accused o

gerry adams‘ 34—year leadership of sinn fein came to an on saturday, as mary lou mcdonald formally took over as party president. in her first speech as leader, she told delegates in dublin, it was time for the party to embrace fresh thinking and bold ideas. she also said she wants to secure, and win, a referendum on irish unity. major retailers in the uk are being urged to protect shoppers from an itunes gift card scam, which is conning victims out of thousands of pounds. hm revenue and customs says elderly and vulnerable people are being targeted, as our business correspondent, joe lynam, explains. they acquire the contact details, usually for elderly people, call them up saying that "you have a huge tax bill outstanding" and that if they do not pay it immediately, that they will contact the police, the fraudsters say they will contact the police, or seize their personal assets. and so they say, "right, you can pay straightaway if you go down to your retailer, buy these itunes vouchers with your own money, and then call out the number, the 16—digit number that you scratch off on the

welcome back to dublin where i'm speaking to mary lou mcdonald then you'll be elected president of shared fame how does she find the key to taking shouldn't fame and to paula and the public of ireland. thirty years troubles twenty years of peace but of course. that process which some people believe is a fundamental danger to the peace process how do you evaluate. braggs is the good friday agreement are mutually incompatible you cannot have brags that you cannot have a forcing of the north of ireland out of the european union on the one hand and still claim to honor in word and spares and lasher the good friday agreement is in our view a stark as the us and i listened to theresa may and i listened to others from the english tories saying. don't worry about the border in ireland ireland will be fine on the one hand and then insisting that britain will leave the customs union leave to single marcus and so on and of course the reality is that those two positions are completely at odds with each other i think the tories have played a very dangerous game no way can are in and are sure darren an

so these issues are not going to go away, myself and mary lou mcdonald are engaged with both governments and will continue to do that and tomorrow we will set out to more fulsome response in relation to where we go from here. do you think the unionists were spooked by the arrival of the british foreign minister on monday?” arrival of the british foreign minister on monday? i can only speculate as to that but i am clear that we had an accommodation with the dup on the issues and the dup leadership failed to close, accommodation. do you believe you had a stand—alone irish language act # the issues are well rehearsed, we need to see a stand—alone irish language act, all the issues. what we're asking for is reasonable, rights for all citizens, good government, equality and respect, integrity and government. that is what we set out to achieve and what we believed we had an accommodation on and the dup leadership has failed to close accommodation. yesterday it was said there would be no freestanding irish language act. did you think it had already been signed off on? well the dup, if the

gerry adams‘ 34—year leadership of sinn fein came to an on saturday, as mary lou mcdonald formally took over as party president. in her first speech as leader, she told delegates in dublin, it was time for the party to embrace fresh thinking and bold ideas. she also said she wants to secure, and win, a referendum on irish unity. new migration restrictions have led to long queues on colombia‘s border with venezuela. the main bridge between the two countries has been opening and closing intermittently since the colombian president, juan manuel santos, announced tighter rules for venezuela ns entering the country. more than 40,000 people have already left crisis—hit venezuela. thousands are expected to either stay or travel on to other countries in south america. the us vice president says there‘s no daylight between the us, south korea and japan on the need to isolate north korea, until it abandons its nuclear programme. mike pence was speaking on his way home from the winter olympics, where the sister of the north korean leader, kimjong—un, delivered an invitation to south korea�

mary lou mcdonald has become the new leader of the irish nationalist political politician fame adonal takes over from the controversial politician gerry adams who led the party for thirty four years but there isn't up and. gerry adams was here but he didn't address the crowd of several thousand shin fein officials and members mary lou mcdonald certainly did and she started out stressing that she is continuing in the footsteps of gerry adams and the late martin mcguinness who were she said did so much for the island of violence bringing about the peace process but also so much for the party getting into the into the power sharing government in northern ireland making the third largest group here in the republic of ireland in the parliament she had a warning for the british government that there should be no pause boda after breakfast not something that still a large vote of contention in those negotiations with brussels she committed sin fein to work for social justice but at the same time she acknowledged that there were several challenges one of them is to get that power sharing devo

gerry adams‘ 34—year tenure as leader of sinn fein has come to an end, as mary lou mcdonald formally took over as party president. in her first speech as leader, mcdonald told delegates in dublin it was time for the party to embrace fresh thinking and bold ideas. she also said she wanted to secure and win a referendum on irish unity. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says that returning britain‘s energy system to public ownership is the best way of going green. speaking at a conference outlining labour‘s alternative models of ownership, mr corbyn said labour needs to take a radical approach to battling climate change. in 1945, we elected a labour government to take control of the country that was ravaged by six yea rs of country that was ravaged by six years of war. clem attlee‘s labour government knew that the only way to rebuild our economy was to a decisive turn to collective action. necessary action, to help avert climate catastrophe requires us to be at least as radical as that government was, if not more. tackling global warming will not be achieved by warm words. —— cle

lou mcdonald as president of shane finn she is the first shannon fame leader not to be associated with the struggle so could once again shared fame be challenging for power across the island of ireland until the easter rising of one thousand sixteen shin fein had little success when all was changed and changed utterly by the oppressive british response to the rising sinn fein started to win by elections and then the one nine hundred eighteen u.k. the general election swept ireland in a landslide victory only in the six counties which were to form northern ireland and unionism still hold sway after the establishment by treaty of their ideas for the state and the civil war which followed should feel effect to the split into the two parties which were to dominate the politics of ireland for the rest of the century one party which became feeling guilt came from the pro treaty wing of nationalism led by michael collins and the public can feel a foil party of him and the really low. meanwhile shin fein was reduced to a political rump increasingly associate struggle of the ira in northern ire

gerry adams‘ 34—year leadership of sinn fein came to an end today, as mary lou mcdonald formally took over as party president. in her first speech as leader, she told delegates in dublin it was time for the party to embrace fresh thinking and bold ideas. she also said she wants to secure and win a referendum on irish unity. a five—year—old boy has died after being swept more than four into a river in northern ireland. a major search was launched after the child fell into the braid river near skye park in ballymena this afternoon. the boy, who hasn‘t been named, was dragged out more than 45 minutes later. police say he died in hospital. the father of an 11—year—old schoolgirl who was stabbed in wolverhampton yesterday says he is "utterly devastated" by her death. jasmine forrester‘s father simeon said she "was a shining star and a huge part of us". detectives are questioning a 51—year—old relative on suspicion of murder. the north korean leader kimjong—un has invited the south korean president to visit him at the earliest date possible. the invitation was given by kim

gerry adams' 34—year leadership of sinn fein came to an end today, as mary lou mcdonald formally took over as party president. in her first speech as leader, she told delegates in dublin, it was time for the party to embrace fresh thinking and bold ideas. she also said she wants to secure, and win, a referendum on irish unity. the north korean leader kimjong—un, has invited the south korean president for talks at the "earliest date possible." the invitation was given by kim jong—un‘s sister, who's visiting the south for the winter olympics. as he left the games, the us vice president mike pence, insisted washington and seoul, were united in their desire to isolate the north, because of pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programme. laura bicker‘s report contains some flash photography. this is no ordinary messenger. kim yo—jong, the sister of the north korean leader, is the first of her family to set foot on south korean soil. as the two sides take their seats, the cameras spot a blue folder. within it, a handwritten invitation to travel north and for the two leaders t

lou mcdonald as president of shaun finn she is the first shannon fame leader not to be associated with the struggle so could once again shouldn't fame be challenging for power across the island of ireland until the easter rising of one thousand sixteen shin fein had little success when all was changed and changed utterly by the oppressive british response to the rising sinn fein started to win by elections and then the one nine hundred eighteen u.k. general election swept ireland in a landslide victory only in the six counties which were to form northern ireland and unionism still hold sway after the establishment by treaty of their ideas for the state and the civil war which followed shin fein effect to the split into the two parties which were to dominate the politics of violent for the rest of the century one party which became feel a gale came from the pro treaty wing of nationalism led by michael collins and the republican field a foil party of him and the really low. meanwhile shin fein was a joost a political rump increasingly a source of real struggle of the ira in northern ire

lou mcdonald he was considered the spokesman for the irish republican army in its thirty year was when british rule of northern ireland since then these played a pivotal part in the peace process those are your headlines the news continues after upfront stay with us here announcer zero. after you. he's been called one of the most wanted political fugitives of twenty nine team that's 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 govern there 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 finished my presidential. record well we you know georgia has been the most. transformation case in this part of the world but then we had the government out there peaceful transition of course there were peaceful transition in t

after more than 3a years in the post, he will be replaced by mary lou mcdonald at a specially convened party conference in dublin. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in dublin. chris, a change of leadership — are we going to see a change of approach? well, that is a very interesting question. marylou mcdonald is getting something of a rock star welcome here, the singer ryan sheridan is onstage here at sinn fein‘s special conference in dublin. party members are not here for the music, is now hearfurther politics and no matter what people's opinions of sinn fein, this is an important moment in that sense, gerry adams are standing down after 34 gerry adams are standing down after 3a years, gerry adams are standing down after 3a yea rs, after gerry adams are standing down after 3a years, after one of the longest and most could have a show political careers in britain or ireland, leading the republican movement away from violence and into the peace process and in that time shivering has become the second—largest party in northern ireland and the third largest party in the irish r

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 georgia has been the most. transformat

at the weekend, the new sinn fein leader, mary lou mcdonald, indicated that some sort of deal might be in the making. but it seems that may now be the case. the prime minister was last in northern ireland in the election campaign and has been criticised for what some described as a hands off approach to restoring the power—sharing executive. today's visit is a clear indication that progress has been made. the prime nest is meeting the parties at stormont, the home of the assembly along with the irish premier. the speculation is the deal to restore the power—sharing assembly may include a workaround to resolve the issue of the official status of the irish language, which has been a better source of division between the dup and sinn fein. the bitter source. restoring the power—sharing executive would come ata power—sharing executive would come at a crucial time for northern ireland as it faces another huge issue, brexit and the irish border. the irish comment wants further guarantees that there will be no ha rd guarantees that there will be no hard border. theresa may has given t

lou mcdonald as president of sion fair in she is the first shannon fame leader not to be associated with the struggle so could once again shouldn't fame be challenging for power across the island of ireland until the easter rising of one thousand sixteen shin fein had little success when all was changed and changed utterly by the oppressive british response to the rising sinn fein started to win by elections and then the one nine hundred eighteen u.k. the general election swept ireland in a landslide victory only in the six counties which were to form northern ireland and unionism still hold sway after the establishment by treaty of their ideas for the state and the civil war which followed should feel effect to the split into the two parties which were to dominate the politics of ireland for the rest of the century one party which became feel a gale came from the pro treaty wing of nationalism led by michael collins and the public can feel a foil party of him and the really low. meanwhile shin fein was reduced to a political rump increasingly associate struggle of the ira in northe

mary lou mcdonald is set to become the new leader of the irish nationalists political party should same but donna will take over from the controversial politician gerry adams who led the party for thirty four years adams announced his intention to quit the will in november in a move that passes the leadership to a new generation of seven should favor them. that mexico is in the grip of a war on drug gangs acapulco was once a sought after holiday destination now though it has the highest murder rate in the world despite the best efforts of police and aid groups it seems as if the social fabric by becoming undone from acapulco john holeman reports. the shadow of death has lain across a couple of years the full maturity is one of the highest murder rates in the world and behind the military patrols police sirens and daily crime scenes live a townspeople struggling with fear and grief knowing my in the first of last year francisco's wife was caught in the midst of a gang shootout and killed now he's raising their food children alone we hid his identity speaking out here is dangerous which o

taking over from a man she calls a political giant mary lou mcdonald paid tribute to gerry adams who became shin for the 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 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 sinn fein which said power with the union is do you what's movement on issues such as irish language rights. i mean really facing us as the war is was over there is no my her hanging in the way. we don't have to agree on the past the reason i'm seeing the historical narratives . we will see how we agree that the past is never again he says other things we can agree to disagree like mcdonald the party's new deputy leader michel o'neill represents a younger generation of activists hoping to get shi

lou mcdonald who officially becomes shin feigns new leader on saturday her challenge now is to broaden the party's appeal to a younger generation that never knew the troubles the al-jazeera doubling. the amount of the top stories are not just here an israeli war planes crashed after an iranian drone was shot down near the border with syria both f. sixteen pilots ejected and parachuted safely into northern israel syria says it was responding to what it called an israeli act of aggression the israeli military says it's now struck twelve iranian targets including and defense system imran khan has more than western lucilla. the israelis are squarely blaming the iranians for this they have gone off what they say are iranian targets inside of syria they say they destroyed a command and control center for the unmanned aerial vehicle the drawings that flew over. really taking a look at where what they should do next now we are hearing that a cabinet meeting the government is going to formulate a cabinet meeting to discuss what to do next narendra modi's making the first visit by an indian prim

speaking a short time ago, the sinn fein president mary lou mcdonald said... the government of westminster did not appear to have a plan to restore power—sharing at the moment. i have to tell you that we can only surmise from the meeting with the british prime minister that the government year doesn‘t have a plan. doesn‘t have a plan, a viable plan for carving a pathway to the restoration of the institutions. with disappointed the government seems wedded to what we are calling a reflection period. the opening up of any political vacuum is extreme and dangerous. that was the statement earlier. and we saw the vice president of sinn fein in that clip. she joins we saw the vice president of sinn fein in that clip. shejoins us now. thanks for coming in. when you said they didn‘t have a plan, you mean any type of plan? good evening. we came today in the backdrop of a long, protracted box process were ourselves, the two governments and the other previous partners in government, the dup, has spent a large amount of time trying to find a solution to the current

sinn fein leader mary lou mcdonald has again warned direct rule is not an option for northern ireland. we can cross now to stormont and our ireland correspondent chris page. we heard in the house of commons this afternoon from karen bradley the northern ireland secretary. she had hoped to go back this week to talk about the restoration of devolved government 13 months after it collapsed but instead was updating mps about the collapse of those negotiations between the dup in sinn fein. that has meant she had major decisions to make. the civil serva nts major decisions to make. the civil servants have effectively been running the stormont departments for a yearand running the stormont departments for a year and they have said they need a year and they have said they need a budget for the next financial year just a few weeks from now. she indicated that she did intend to bring forward a budget for northern ireland in westminster. things in northern ireland cannot simply remain in a state of limbo. a number of challenging decisions will have to be taken. ultimately the government has resp

lou mcdonald who officially becomes shin feigns new leader on saturday her challenge now is to broaden the party's appeal to a younger generation that never knew the troubles nadine barber al-jazeera dublin. well still ahead here all the al-jazeera news breaking barriers in sri lanka is a record number of female candidates campaigning for seats in upcoming elections plus. brazil but not in rio for the country's most traditional carnival plus. i'm pouring in sweden where five hundred years of history could be on the side of the swedes as they continue their battle against norway and the winter olympics. from dusky sunsets if it's pruning savannah. to sunrise atop an asian metropolis i once again the weather looks logic watch across a good part of central and southern china temperatures in hong kong at around twenty two degrees so while the west the weather though pushing up towards the southwest and some snow on the northern edge of fact that will get pushed a little further south which is we go through sunday perhaps the snow not as widespread but the cooler air does set in say hong ko