you feel its negative. but there is a movement now that disabled is becoming something that you own and that you re proud of as an identity. how do you feel about the word disabled now? the way that i talk, i refer to myself as an amputee or a para athlete or a para model. i d never really say disabled. only because i feel like identifying myself as a disabled person still feels slightly limited, and i think that, within sport which i m now heavily involved in it s para sport, it s this. it s a category, but you re still this athlete. in 2017 came the call up to great britain s para canoe squad, and jack gave up hopes of competing for mr world to pursue elite sport full time. jack has successfully transitioned from the catwalk to the canoe. now, the race is on to qualify for the paris paralympics. the pinnacle is the paralympics. it s the thing that everybody talks about, it s the thing that brands and sponsors care about. strap yourselves in at home, folks, because thi
syrian officials said aleppo had also come under fire from drones launched by what it called terrorist groups. a british based monitoring group said the strikes targeted weapons stores near aleppo international airport used by the lebanese group, hezbollah. israel does not usually comment on any attacks against syria. on thursday, syria s defence ministry said an israeli air strike injured two people near damascus. we ll bring you more details when we get them. meanwhile, judges at the international court ofjustice in the hague have ordered israel to take all necessary action to ensure that basic food supplies reach the palestinian population of gaza without delay. they said famine was taking hold in the territory. the new measures were requested by south africa, which has accused israel of genocide in gaza. israel has vehemently denied that its military campaign is illegal, and has blamed the un for causing delays in the delivery of aid. our diplomatic correspondent, james l
authorities since the end of the cold war. the us government and the wall streetjournal have dismissed the charge saying he s being used as a bargaining chip by moscow. we ve been speaking to evan s sister danielle. it s really hard for him, but we re so proud of him. he s very resilient and he is working really hard to stay strong. he worries about us. we try to make sure that he knows that we re doing well. and he even recently sent women and his life some bouquets in his life some bouquets for international women s day, march eighth, which is really nice. paul, i want to ask you, his detention was extended for a fifth time this week. what can you tell us about that? it s a pattern we ve seen since start of this. every two or three months, the russians produce him in court and ask for more time to investigate. we haven t seen any evidence through that whole process now. it s been extended for another three months, which means we don t know when there will be a trial. so r
i m joined now by a member of the independent nonprofit organisation that promotes press freedom. what is the latest information that you have on how evan is doing? the latest information that you have on how evan is doing? thank you for havin: on how evan is doing? thank you for having me- on how evan is doing? thank you for having me- today on how evan is doing? thank you for having me. today is on how evan is doing? thank you for having me. today is the on how evan is doing? thank you for having me. today is the first - having me. today is the first anniversary since evan cursed to fetch s detention in moscow on bogus charges and just a few days ago on the 26th of march the russian authorities extended his detention by another three months which means he will stay in pre trial detention until the end ofjune and then we are hoping that the trial will start but evan gershkovich is accused of espionage and this is a very heavy charge and espionage charges normally en
for almost ao years, has had his membership suspended pending the outcome of a judicial process. let s speak to mick leary, who s the editor at slugger o toole a web blog on northern irish and british politics that has been running for more than 20 years. let me ask you first of all when did you first hear whispers or wind of all of this? you first hear whispers or wind of all of this? ., , , ., ., ., all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning when all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning when rumours . 7am this morning when rumours started to pass around the numerous networks of journalists and other commentators. the information was fairly sketchy. i think the indication something something major was going to happen was indicated by the circumstantial evidence thatjeffrey donaldson removed all content from his social media channels. that s an indication something really big was going to hap