defrocked completely removed from the priesthood both abuse and its cover up can no longer be tolerated and a different treatment for bishops who have committed a record of up abuse in fact represents a form of clerical eastman that is no longer acceptable mccarrick was accused of sexually abusing minors including teenaged altar boys and older seminary students studying for the priesthood and we're talking about accountability for bishops and we're actually doing it it's not talk it's auto we'll walk and talk. does also a very important signal for auspicious that we are not adopted all the carrick who is eighty eight rows from parish priest to bishop of diocese in new jersey and was made a cardinal and archbishop of washington d.c. by pope john paul the second four years complaints about mccarran sexual activities

circulated among clergy and parishioners priests in new jersey and new york wrote letters to their bishops and warned vatican officials about mackerras conduct and the parents of children who had been molested and adults who said the cardinal abused them as boys also spoke out numerous reports on macare it began emerging publicly in the media indicating high church officials including former pope benedict the sixteenth were aware of the allegations but kept quiet last year pope francis ordered mccarran to a church facility in rural kansas to pray and make penance in seclusion the decision to remove him from the priesthood is nearly unprecedented church scholars say you have to go back centuries somebody told me to the council of trent that's almost five hundred years ago for a similar situation where the cardinal

a former cardinal was laicized so it's a it's a very big decision in the history it's a landmark decision in the history of the church the action comes as pope francis prepares to preside over a meeting of leaders of all the catholic bishops conferences worldwide called specifically to address the sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults in the church rob reynolds al-jazeera washington. a british inquiry has found it's highly likely that u.k. weapons of course significant civilian casualties in the war in yemen the report says british arms exports to saudi arabia violate international humanitarian law and the justification as applying weapons to the saudi emira to coalition is flawed they say well written as more from london. since the yemen war began in march twenty fifteen s strikes in military operations by the saudi led coalition forces are estimated to have directly killed more than sixty thousand civilians and that's

not including the tens of thousands more who have died from starvation and disease . britain has licensed nearly seven billion dollars of arms exports to saudi arabia and the coalition nations since the war started and in twenty eighteen the un report alleged that u.k. and u.s. weapons have been used in attacks which may amount to war crimes now this house of lords committee has concluded that u.k. arms exports narrowly contravene humanitarian law and the government should act challenge the apparent violations much more vigorously put the pressure on the stock of agreement and reveal export licenses and tie them up certainly yes. which would mean clearly closing down to some extent the flow of weapons the government had argued that saudi arabia's own review mechanisms were sufficient but the lords disagreed relying on assurances by saudi arabia and saudi led review processes is not an adequate way of implementing the obligations for

a risk based assessment they said the government to set that in its licensing of arms sales to saudi arabia it is now really on the right side of international humanitarian law although conclusive evidence is not yet available we assess that it is now really on the wrong side. in twenty seventeen the group campaign against the arms trade tried and failed to have british weapons exports to saudi arabia declared illegal this new law to report has been published just weeks before the campaigners take their case to the appeal court and when you came eight fighter jets were flying over yemen dropping u.k. made bombs but cannot be divorced from the responsibilities of the u.k. government it's time for the government to end its support for this terrible catastrophic war and work towards a peaceful political solution for the moment the u.k. is not yet ready to change policy in a statement saying the key test for the export of items which might be used in the conflict in yemen is whether there is a clear risk that the equipment might be used in the commission of

a serious violation of international humanitarian law our current assessment is that exports to saudi arabia are consistent with a consolidated e.u. national arms export licensing criteria this highly critical report from a committee of the u.k. parliament upper house comes at a critical time in the war in yemen as it approaches its fourth anniversary next month and with western powers increasingly seeking to distance themselves from the conduct of the saudi led coalition and the central message of this report from the lords is that the u.k. government really needs to decide now where its priorities lie paul brennan al-jazeera london the egyptian army says at least seven armed men have been killed after an attack on a checkpoint in the northern sinai region fifteen military personnel were injured during the exchange of fire egypt launched an operation against armed groups last year in the north sinai province monday has been declared a holiday and they focused on the capital islamabad ahead of

a visit by the saudi crown prince and had been soundman strip was delayed by twenty four hours is now set to arrive for a two day visit starting on sunday security has been stepped up with gatherings of five people or more banned while the crown prince is in the country. an army officer has been killed while defusing a bomb in indian administered kashmir the incident comes just two days after forty soldiers were killed when a certified bomber drove into a security convoy in the worst attack in the region in decades they were bad money has more funerals across india the dozens of security forces killed in a suicide bomb attack in indian administered kashmir earlier prime minister narendra modi held a ceremony for the victims before paying its respects to the families on social media on thursday i drove the car packed with explosives into a security convoy on the highway the worst attack in the himalayan region in three

decades he was a member of the pakistan based armed group jaish e mohammad which has claimed responsibility modi says he will give the military freedom to respond in any way it sees fit so be exchanged across the line of control for instance by using artillery guns and targeting the infrastructure of the static camps is one option the other is to use a branch of border capability. now here we are talking about where we are why the targets across the border and is there a need to power. the move this increased tension between india and pakistan which both claim the entire region the national security adviser's of the united states in india john bolton and i. have spoken by phone they say they work together to prevent pakistan from being what they call a safe haven for armed groups. mrs held an all party meeting in new delhi where

they passed a resolution condemning the attack and calling for action this is. the country right now is fighting a decisive war and it will reach its final conclusion the sacrifice of our soldiers were not going vain and we are determined to eradicate militancy. pakistan has denied any involvement in the bombing. incident is very sad and we condemn it we are never in favor of killing we are never in favor of violence remember on our side to be used for terrorism. as an investigation in indian administered kashmir into how such a large security convoy was attacked once the investigation is concluded then only more details can be given as the families come to terms with their loss many are only certain of where the further escalation could lead to more violence

more about a manly out of. a bill that would lower the age of criminal liability is going through the philippines parliament as part of president rodrigo deterred his crackdown on crime if passed it would see children as young as twelve face prosecution and it's been heavily criticized by rights groups germinal and gun reports from manila. ian was thirteen years old when he says he got into trouble with the law he has been living in this detention center for children in manila. we just made mistakes we didn't listen to our parents we don't want to be mix with older ones the facility. has helped us a lot. at least eighty young boys like ian our house here in the center with a capacity of only twenty the philippine juvenile justice system is already struggling to cope all minutes apologies are required to have reform centers for

children between the ages of twelve and eighteen but data from a coalition of n.g.o.s suggests that of the more than one hundred centers required fewer than half are operational and only eight centers across the country have complied with the basic standards of food and hygiene but now politicians are pushing to lower the minimum age of criminal liability from fifteen to twelve years old upon the request of the president would be good to tear to. personally i want that at that age even the parents must already be conscious of the child's criminal accountability because whatever happens they will be made responsible for the child defeats if they don't end up in general anyway then why not at an early age have them go through lectures with social workers to instill accountability i am comfortable with twelve. since last year police have been rounding up children who stay past curfew in different parts of manila most of them

are taken to precincts where they are processed before being returned to their parents the government says it is one of the measures through with the streets of crime like. document with the. worst of the crimes. activists say the government is wrongly fixated on criminal liability they say instead the government should focus on improving existing reform policies there are already in place for children in conflict with the law. this place is called the. or house of hope many of these boys have spoken to see life is hard but here they get an education critics say locking them up with adults will only reinforce negative behavior instead of correcting it for now the bill to lower the age of

criminal liability is pending in congress. like so many here ian says he feels as if the proposed law wants to choke them when all they really ask is a second chance gemelli dogon on jazeera many of the. top stories on. both candidates running for president in nigeria have called on a supporters to stay calm after the vote was postponed by a weak president who are due bihari and opposition leader who will baca say they're disappointed by the decision electoral commission says the move follows concerns it had over a shortage of election materials in some states. overall assessment in the elections well almost black holes were not open. in the morning in all these missions.

yet we have determined that most horn at the same time a new improved part of the country. in this with more elections we start. this is very important the public perception of elections. and predicting. syria and russia say they're preparing to open humanitarian corridors to allow people in the rock by the refugee camp to return home all the forty thousand refugees live in the camp on syria's border with jordan many people have died there in extremely harsh desert conditions or his military says two corridors will be opened along the border on tuesday. the u.s. has called on the e.u. to recognize venezuela's opposition leader as the country's legitimate president vice president mike pence says it's time for the world to accept the leadership of one going door in one of us military planes carrying more than two hundred tons of aid arrived at the colombian border president because the doura has refused to

allow a didn't from colombia has accused the us of deploying walk lanes. the vatican is expel the former u.s. cardinal from the roman catholic church over historic sexual abuse allegations or mccarrick was found guilty of sexual assault five decades ago the eighty eight year old had previously resigned but said he had no recollection of the alleged abuse monday has been declared a holiday in pakistani capital islamabad ahead of a visit by the saudi crown prince had been so iran's trip was delayed by twenty four hours is now set to arrive for today visit starting sunday gatherings of five people or more have been banned while the crown prince is in the country there's a top stories do stay with us you're not a zero the listening post is up next. that

assertion give up on me and i had thank you so much thousand everything that's trying to give us an advantage that dominic assures tallahassee on the back of after. all. if you missed it but did a little there just she seemed to see if they should get out it would be a different direction that damned if i mean that if. a woman should just burn you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories that we're covering this week spring has been late in coming to sudan the arab spring the government there has been swift to keep a lid on the story of the on the rest france where the online harassment of female journalists sometimes comes from their male colleagues a pair of brothers there are two stories and what they reveal about the way journalism is conducted in india plus saudi arabia.