00:00Good afternoon from the newsroom. G20 leaders including US President Donald Trump have agreed
00:10a joint position on trade but remain at odds over climate change. Negotiators in Hamburg are
00:16understood to be working on a final statement. The talks follow a second night of violent protests.
00:22Nightmarish scenes played out across Hamburg last night. Protesters lit fires and hurled
00:29missiles at police. Shops had their windows smashed and their contents looted. It was
00:36hours before calm was restored. Police said nearly 200 officers were injured during the
00:41protests and over 100 demonstrators were arrested. But this morning it appeared to be business
00:48as usual for the political figures arriving for talks. Negotiators had worked through the
00:54night on the wording of the summit statement, which is expected later today. A joint party
00:59position on trade is understood to have been agreed, with all countries pledging to resist
01:04protectionism.
01:06Climate change is said to be the only outstanding issue. The provisional agreement is reported
01:11to take note of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the landmark
01:17Paris climate accord last month. But there is believed to be a further sticking point, with
01:22the United States pushing for a reference to the clean and efficient use of fossil fuels.
01:28While the negotiators continue to try to come up with a form of words that is acceptable
01:34to all, political leaders held separate talks. President Donald Trump met the British Prime
01:41Minister Theresa May and said a US-UK trade deal would be signed soon. Meanwhile, the city
01:48of Hamburg continues the clean-up and braces itself for another day of protests. Joan O'Sullivan,
01:55RT News.
01:57Here, the Citizens' Assembly has heard that the majority of people will rely on the state
02:01pension when they retire. The Assembly, which is discussing the challenges and opportunities
02:06of an ageing population for a second weekend, was also told most people in private employment
02:12are not in a pension scheme. Ireland is ageing. Many of us hope for a happy retirement. But
02:19how many are saving for that through a pension scheme?
02:22Pension coverage in Ireland is low. It's around 47% of the working population. Clearly you'd
02:31want that much higher. People are living longer and as a consequence we'll need to save for the
02:36retirement. And our view is not enough people are doing that.
02:39Most retirees rely on what the state provides.
02:42The state pension is the bedrock of the pension system. It is the bedrock of income for the
02:48vast majority of older people in Irish society. To take a line from the paper that I've given
02:56to you, it's only among pensioners living in the top 30% of Irish households that the state
03:03old age pension becomes a source of less than half their annual income.
03:07But the state pension age is rising. So is it time to look at what age people stop working?
03:12The whole reason you're discussing population ageing, it's partly because people are living
03:16longer, but also they're living longer because they're healthier. All right. So, you know,
03:21it was certainly the case that if you go back a certain period of time, people, yes, in their
03:2460s, you know, might have been on a sort of a health decline. Not at all clear that that is
03:28currently the case. Obviously, in certain sort of physically demanding occupations, this could
03:33still hold. But for a huge number of occupations now, which are more sort of cognitively oriented,
03:39it is not the case that the day you hit 65, your productivity plummets in any shape or form
03:43or your health rather plummets.
03:45The Assembly is also discussing whether all workers should be automatically enrolled in
03:50a pension scheme, but with the choice of opting out. And this afternoon, it will be hearing
03:54about the human rights and equality issues around retirement. Colman O'Sullivan, RTU News
03:59at the Citizens' Assembly in Malahide.
04:01A female has died after being struck by a Lewis tram on the Red Line in Dublin. The incident happened
04:08at about 12.35 a.m. at St. James's Walk in Rialto. The area was sealed off to facilitate a Garda
04:14investigation. It's since reopened. Garda are appealing to anyone who was in the St. James's Walk
04:20area and may have witnessed the incident to contact them. The British and Irish lines have drawn
04:2715-all with the All Blacks in the third and final test of their rugby tour in New Zealand.
04:32It means the series ends all square with both sides having one victory each.
04:37There was no fairytale ending for either side in Eden Park as a tense and tight affair ended
04:43in a 15-all deadlock. But it was a thriller from the off and within minutes fans were off
04:48their seats wanting more.
04:50The momentum was firmly with New Zealand and they made it count. A perfect pass from
05:08one Barra to another ended with Le Maupé crashing over the line. The New Zealand intensity continued
05:14but two kicks from the boot of Owen Farrell narrowed the gap to just one point. If the
05:19Lions thought they could head to the break with the grasp on the game they were mistaken
05:24as up stepped Jordy Barrett to make it a dream first start for the All Blacks.
05:31CJ Stander replaced Sean O'Brien for the second half making his Lions test debut. A Lions penalty
05:37gave Elliot Daly a chance to do something special and he nailed it.
05:44The All Blacks were reduced to 14 men when Jerome Kane was yellow carded for a big hit on
05:49Alwynwyn Jones. And when opportunity knocked the Lions pounced as far as levels of the game.
05:56But the battle raged and it was New Zealand who got the next score claiming back their lead.
06:05However the Lions held their nerve and with just three minutes remaining it was all square again.
06:12New Zealand thought they had a chance to win it at the end but a late call for a penalty was reversed
06:17and the Lions held on. Yet despite the best efforts of both sides there was no winner
06:23and no chance to do it all again.
06:26Marie Crowe, RTE News.
06:28An exhibition of Japanese art at the Chester Beatty Library has been opened by Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado of Japan.
06:37The centuries old picture scrolls were bought by Chester Beatty on a visit to Japan in 1917.
06:43The library received support from Japan in preserving the scrolls which are regarded as one of the finest collections in the world.
06:50Finally, the National Lottery is appealing to everyone who played last night's Euro Millions to check their tickets
06:57after it announced that the jackpot prize worth nearly €29 million was won in Ireland.
07:02A spokesperson for the National Lottery says it's not yet known where the winning ticket was bought.
07:07The numbers drawn were 11, 20, 35, 37 and 45. The lucky stars were 3 and 6.
07:14And that's the lunchtime news from all the team here. Bye for now.
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