Their classmates and a teacher and the worst School Shooting in the us up to that date our reporter talked to a survivor. Thanks for joining us. Police in Northern Ireland have arrested two men in connection with the murder of a journalist who was shot dead during a riot on thursday evening the eighteen and nineteen year old suspects are now being questioned and londonderry hundreds gathered last night for a vigil in memory of lira mckee. Standing together in grief. Another young life lost to violence in Northern Ireland a family and partner devastated and its left me with the woman i was found. Were all per for the loss of lira our hopes and dreams and all of her maison potential with a single barbaric act. This cannot stand there is the most not be in vain because her life was a shining light in everyone elses life and her legacy will live on in the light that shes left behind. He was an acclaimed journalist also activist for the l g b t community the Police Service of Northern Ireland released this footage of mickey shortly before she was gunned down on thursday night. The twenty nine year old was reporting on unrest in the city of derry the c. C. T. V. Footage also shows the alleged gunman the police have described the killing as a suspected terrorist incident linked to dissident Irish Republicans the new ira and appealed for witnesses to come forward. I would urge those people to have conversations in their home. And their family spacious. In there as memory do it. And to urge the people a lot i want to step away from such violence to step away from such organizations. Venue i already claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in derry in january and is the biggest of the dissident republican groups operating in Northern Ireland its now being linked with four murders including that of laramie key since its formation earlier this decade political leaders have condemned this latest attack this was an attack on everybody in Northern Ireland doesnt matter if youre a catholic or protestant british or irish this is an attack on democracy they have attacked the community theyve attacked the people of kerry theyve attacked the Peace Process and theyve attacked the good friday agreement this killing has brought memories back of the decades long conflict in Northern Ireland known as the troubles between nationalists who support a united irish republic and loyalists who want to remain part of the u. K. Titans were killed before a peace treaty known as to good friday agreement was signed in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight. But now twenty one years later the spike the tireless work of people in Northern Ireland to build a Brighter Future together the killing of larry mckee has highlighted that peace here remains fragile. For more on this im joined now by emanuel says she works in our newsroom spend a long time living in ireland and study modern irish history emmanuelle today two teenagers were arrested in connection with the murder of. Mickey what do we know about what happened that night well for us i want to say in london daily those tensions are not uncommon especially around the time of the year oh republican dissidents celebrate a commemorate the easter rising so the irish armed insurrection in one thousand sixteen against the british through what is not where they now endos addresses as those two teenagers they were born after the troubles and they were born after the good friday agreement was signed signed in nineteen ninety eight and that is exactly to generation about which. He was working and i would like to quote her when she said we were to try the agreement innovation destined to never witness the horrors of war but to dispose of piece dispose just never seemed to reach us and that became tragically accurate once again when she was shot and the lira monkey was a rising star of Investigative Journalism in Northern Ireland tell us a bit more about her work she was a rising star in journalism in journalism in general as she rose to prominence in twenty fifteen is a block passed she wrote in a form of a letter to her fourteen year old tried to being with her homosexuality and she was trying to empower the community she also gave a ted talk on the subject and she was an Investigative Journalism oh that is that was where king tiredest the on the trial goes and especially on getting to the troubles and on these appearances unsolved disappearances and that what was what homework was about now in ireland has been at the heart of many toxins the bricks that referendum has played any role in the flaring up of tensions there well of tensions yes i would say it hasnt played a role in friday nights tragic events. If anything its made to come to an end so you are more aware about the detentions the ongoing tensions which never sees ever since the good friday agreement has. Been signing the tensions there are cities in Northern Ireland and that and with breaks it people here just became more aware of it. Thank you very much. Today marks twenty years since the Columbine High School massacre and the us one two students armed with guns and homemade explosives killed twelve of their peers and a teacher and that she was a morning the school and little colorado rose to tragic fame around the world to decades after the attack survivors now grown up and many with children of their own are still battling the trauma and hoping for their country to finally impose stricter gun laws. On the big its a routine part of many parents day school run of virginia a mo taking her son up comes with a particular sense of relief shes a survivor of the nine hundred ninety nine columbine high School Shooting every day the mother of three waits for this moment you know how children a safe back to gregory home after watching her as a parent you have no idea that she was still dealing with the trauma of what happened at her high school that day really being in the out of tory in and listening to what sounded like were under some kind of attack and use them moment. I think coming in here how long is this going to go on for whos doing this all of those questions started popping into my head and started to realize that something. Really her ific lee bad was happening twenty years later janie still haunted by the shooting and its off to mom i remember walking with a friend she was waiting to hear from her brother. But he was one mo and no one ever heard from him if he was killed in lakewood and. I always wished that i had done something besides trying to lighten the mood because there were those were walking i was trying to i can make her smile because i knew she was worried. But in hindsight i wish i just wish you know you dont you didnt know i didnt think it could possibly there was no way in the career there was going to be fine everyone i knew was going to be fine i just fifteen jamie had never heard of posttraumatic stress disorder and i didnt tell anyone that i was feeling really any kind of way i just pretended like everything was fine i continued to pretend that everything was fine. How were you actually feeling terrible. You know. You dont really understand p. T. S. D. From a combat perspective but i feel like people dont understand that there are hundreds and thousands of kids over two hundred fifty thousand kids just since columbine about a shooting in their school. Children could one day be affected has that janie to campaign for tougher gun laws she was invited by how congress representative. As a guest of president trumps state of the Union Address cheney hoped the president would tackle the issue of gun violence in schools he was left disappointed it was offensive in a way because he knows its a problem theres no reason why we cant reinstate the assault weapons ban. Theres been action before we can take action again and i think we need to forty thousand people a year are dying because of something its guns. And its time that we tackle it from a legislative approach we can do the proactive things with Mental Health then we can educate the children and try to create that change of culture but that takes time legislation we can do now want to make her in the meantime her trying to hold her children tight and hopes that they will never have to face the turmoil shes experienced over the past two decades. All the good stuff through here one two three one two zero three zero. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world. Egyptians have begun voting in a three day referendum that could grant another term in office to president. The proposed changes to the constitution would also give the former army general more power over the judiciary final results are expected in about a week. A siege is underway in the Afghan Capital kabul between Security Forces and gunman who assaulted the Communications Ministry the attackers entered the building after a suicide bomber cleared the entrance comes a day after a peace talks between the government and taliban insurgents were canceled in qatar. Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and political no visible lowden mayor selenski faced off in a final debate at kiev the lympics stadium ahead of sundays Runoff Election today ukraine is observing a day of silence with political campaigning banned the day ahead. 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Saturday sees the much anticipated world welterweight fight between title holder Terrence Crawford of the us and his challenger amir khan from britain at Madison Square garden in new york for crawford being here on the left at the way and its his second title defense in both a perfect undefeated record with twenty five knockouts from thirty four bouts on is looking for his biggest professional victory fifteen years after winning an olympic silver medal. And before we go a quick reminder of the top story were following for you. And Northern Ireland police have arrested two teenagers in connection with the murder of a Young Journalist on thursday player on the king was hit by a bullet as she covered a riot and the city of london bury the violence erupted after officers searched the home and the area. But you can always get the w. News on the go just download our apps from google play or from the app store that will give you x. 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