britons on a beach in tunisia in 2015 hears that the shooting could have been stopped sooner. and a young woman abducted as a baby 18 years ago has now been reunited with both her biological parents. it s five o clock. our main story is the political crisis in northern ireland, where the power sharing executive has collapsed following sinn fein‘s refusal today to nominate a new deputy first minister to replace martin mcguinness. the first minister and dup leader, arlene foster, has accused sinn fein of risking northern ireland s stability for political self interest by forcing an election. the northern ireland secretary is expected to make a statement within the hour. the crisis was provoked by the mishandling of an energy scheme which could cost the taxpayer half a billion pounds. sinn fein have accused arlene foster of failing to take responsibility for it. my colleague annita mcveigh is in stormont for us. thank you very much. good evening from stormont, where in the las
championships in manchester with a hamstring injury. kenny hadn t yet decided whether to compete at the worlds. commonwealth swimming champion fran halsall has announced her retirement from the sport. halsall made her 0lympic debut at beijing 2008 and narrowly missed out on medals at both london 2012 and rio 2016. she won over 30 medals at world, european and commonwealth level. she said stepping away from the pool was quite a scary decision , but she s ready for a new chapter in her life. the british sailor alex thomson has set a world record for the longest distance sailed solo in 2a hours, in the non stop race around the world, the vendee globe. thompson covered 536.8 miles which averages out atjust over 25 miles per hour. now that he s reduced the gap on the leader, thompson could become the first briton to win the race, which he is expected to finish later this week. looking forward to it. been working hard the last couple of days in the light breeze. not easy with an
plus in 05 business we ll hear oxfam explain how it s worked out that eight people have as much wealth as the poorest half of the world s population. speak mac pro donald trump hit some big subjects hard in this interview with the times and bild. let s get into the areas which have prompted the biggest reactions. first here s mr trump on angela merkel. i have great respect for her.” i have great respect for her. i felt she was a great leader. she made one catastrophic mistake,. some people in germany would argue they have a reasonable idea of where most people who came into the country in the last two or three years came from. there has also been a sharp reaction. we have also heard from angela merkel herself. translation: as europeans we have our feats in oui’ as europeans we have our feats in our own hands, i will continue to work for cooperation between the 27 member states. the president elect made his points a game, when he is in office, which is not at the moment, w
why it s folding its tent for good after 146 years. good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i m tom llamas. we begin tonight with the director of the cia taking aim @t @top. @at donald trump with stern words. john lewis announcing he will boycott the inauguration. and the president-elect, retaliating with a blistering series of tweets, accusing the congressman of being all talk, no action. mike pence and some democrats hoping congressman lewis will reconsider. but tonight, the man who stood up to the police many times in the 1960s is standing his ground, and others are standing with him. here s david wright. reporter: tonight, the president-elect is facing sharp criticism from the outgoing cia director. equating an intelligence community with nazi germany. i do take great umbrage at that. reporter: trump took umbrage, calling on the intelligence chiefs to apologize for lending credibility to a salacious conspiracy theory. that russia has compromising mater
final four. events are planned around the country to remember martin luther king junior. many will take part in a day of service. those are some of the top stories on this monday, january 16th. from abc news, this is world news now. one thing that s not clear at this hour is how the president-elect will mark mlk day. in the meantime, donald trump has been on a warpath firing back against criticism on two months. fronts. that s right. trump is under fire for slamming john lewis after the civil rights giant challenged the legitimacy of his presidency. and he is also squaring off with the cia director suggesting john brennan may have leaked the report about donald trump being compromised by russia. david wright as the details. reporter: the president-elect is facing sharp criticism from the outgoing cia director. what i do find outrageous is equating an intelligence community with nazi germany. i take umbrage at that. reporter: trump took umbrage at that call