butjust one single episode exposed how he operated inside the ira while on the state s books. this is a story of a spy who got away with murder. west belfast in the 1980s. an irish republican enclave where many were subject to the ira s rules. such warnings to so called touts were frequently borne out. archive: charlie mcilmurray s body was found in this van on sunday. charlie mcilmurray, a west belfast taxi driver, suspected of being a tout slang for an informer was shot dead in 1987. i think that mr mcilmurray, like anyone else living in west belfast, knows that the consequence for informing is death. i mean, if republican activists, who know what the repercussions are for going over to the other side, in fact go over to the other side, then they more than anyone else are totally and absolutely aware of what the penalty for doing that is. death? death, certainly. freddie scappaticci was under orders to enforce the ira s rules for so called traitors. scappaticci was once
unit, general abdourahmane tchiani, declared himself niger s new leader, saying insecurity, economic woes and corruption prompted him to seize power. the us, the eu, and france niger s former colonial ruler say they won t recognise the coup leaders, with some suspending security cooperation and budgetary aid. there are concerns among many countries over which states niger s new leader will align with potentially moving closer to russia as happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up ecowas, the economic community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west african economic and monetary union, will meet to discuss their response. earlier, chris ewokor, who is following the story from neighbouring nigeria gave me an update on what can come out of this meeting. well, right now in niger, things are happening quite fast. earlier today, one of the members of the military coup came out on state
security cooperation and budgetary aid. there are concerns among many countries over which states niger s new leader will align with potentially moving closer to russia as happened after coups in neighbouring burkina faso and mali. later, leaders from the 15 countries that make up ecowas, the economic community of west african states, and the eight leaders from the west african economic and monetary union will meet to discuss their response. live now to chris ewokor in nigeria with the latest on this. good to see. tell us more about the statement about possible military intervention. well, right now in niger, things are happening quite fast. earliertoday, one of niger, things are happening quite fast. earlier today, one of the members of the military coup came out on state television to denounce the ecowas meeting and alleged that the ecowas meeting and alleged that the meeting was intended to take action on carrying out military intervention of that country and now they
the famous sta keknife. he was obviously someone who had access to the higher levels of the ira. an ira spy catcher skilled at interrogating suspected informers. an ira enforcer and executioner. there s not one killing that freddie scappaticci was involved in that the ira did not sanction. freddie scappaticci denied his double life when exposed. i am not guilty of any of these allegations. his death was announced while a multimillion pound police investigation into his activities is ongoing. much is unknown about freddie scappaticci s life in the shadows. butjust one single episode exposed how he operated inside the ira while on the state s books. this is a story of a spy who got away with murder. west belfast in the 1980s. an irish republican enclave where many were subject to the ira s rules. such warnings to so called touts were frequently borne out. archive: charlie mcllmurray s body was found in this van on sunday. i charlie mcilmurray, a west belfast taxi driver, suspec
of the english channel. now, all of these feats of superhuman endurance have been undertaken by my guest today, lewis pugh. why does he do it? to focus attention on the climate crisis and its impact on our blue planet. his death defying exploits have won him political access from downing street to the kremlin. but is the response too little, too late? lewis pugh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it s great to have you on the show. here you are before me in your very smart suit but soon, you ll be back in your trunks on another marathon swim you ve just announced you re going to swim the entire length of the hudson river through new york state, ending up in new york city at the time of the un general assembly. it s a massive undertaking. do these things get easier with experience and with time? mentally easier. physically, perhaps not so but mentally, yes. because, without being impolite, you began these endurance tests, this extreme swimming, in your30s. you re now i