you're watching the top stories right now being held in iraq $42.00 people who were killed during protests on friday 2 more people died in the southern city of nasiriya during the past few hours demonstrators want the government to resign. president sebastian pinera has called for a cabinet reshuffle a day after a 1000000 people protested in the capital demanding economic reform a nationwide curfew has been lifted after more than a week of unrest. turkey's president has threatened to open its borders to allow refugees to enter europe the. so-called safe zone a northern syria. clear of kurdish fighters from its border with syria to deal with

russia this week fails to hold. a charge to a driver of a truck with $39.00 counts of manslaughter after bodies were found in a refrigerated container the 25 year old has also been charged with conspiracy to traffic people detectives in ireland have arrested a 5th suspect the discovery of the 39 bodies was made on wednesday in eastern england after a lorry arrived on a ferry from belgium vietnam's prime minister has ordered an inquiry after it emerged a vietnamese people may have been among the dead after being smuggled into the u.k. . he was a truck. he must be one of them he's gone there's nothing left of him he died i know he was in that truck because i have relatives who are working all over the who called me and told me they were supposed to pick him up at the drop point but then they called and told me to was in that truck they knew the route the time

and the drop point of the truck so if they see it so it must be true. the identity of the dead it's clear from everybody that we are getting a large amount of engagement from the vietnamese population from communities home and abroad and i need to try and separate those what i've done this morning is i've met with the vietnamese ambassador and we are building a really good and rapid report again we have agreed and i've made it perfectly clear to the ambassador that everything every state will be treating you know these individuals with victims with dignity and respect. spain's prime minister petra sanchez is condemning recent violence at pro independence rallies in catalonia and hundreds of mayors from across paddling catalonia that is their travel to the rachel capital barcelona to show their support for self-determination you can see the crowds there are so repeating there are calls for talks with the national government in madrid you lack of emotion what we saw on the streets of barcelona

last weekend was very clear what we saw was not a clash between police and violent factions what we saw was an attack by violent factions on catalan society and in the middle where the national police civil guard and the catalan police defending pedal one side. more than a 1000 u.s. fighters are firefighters has are battling major wildfires in both northern and southern california strong winds are fanning the flames north of san francisco and near los angeles as well as the story. fire is ripping through kind of food at opposite ends of the state. in the sonoma valley wine region 130 kilometers north of san francisco a series of wildfires still out of control some started a wednesday night the flash point is still not confirmed but the state's largest power supply pacific gas and electric say a high voltage cable malfunctioned minutes before the fire started intense wind

gusts rapidly spread the flames 3 bone dry brush to homes and businesses. most strong winds a forecast this weekend that were potentially going to see a historical wind event and it has it's highly concerned that the vulnerable areas of california could see some explosive fire so that's why we are reiterating this kind of vigilance that were preaching to everybody at least 2000 people had need to safety. if you will. but not everyone is willing to leave. well appreciative walked around the corner yesterday and told me it was mandatory that i evacuated. he was wrong so i don't have to do anything but sit right here i want to in southern california a major fire in santa clarita north of los angeles has forced 50000 people from

their homes within like 10 minutes we started to see the fire in the smoke getting darker by our house and we started packing everything because our neighbors doing it as well and then that's when our brother search shouting out to me to get in the car and we got the dogs in the car and the fire was literally on our backyard and it promises to be a tough weekend for hundreds of firefighters the rough terrain high winds and low humidity all hampering their efforts to stop the flames spreading victoria gates and be al jazeera. the united nations says months of floods in south sudan have affected almost a 1000000 people entire communities have been submerged since july forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes or 60 percent of people are already going hungry crops have been washed away and weather forecast is for more rain in the weeks to come a russian woman jailed in the us for being a foreign agent has arrived home after being deported reboot now was released early for good behavior after serving most of her 18 month sentence the 31 year old was

convicted of conspiring to influence u.s. conservative activists and full trading the national rifle association and gun lobby attend consecutive day of anti-government protests is underway in lebanon security forces have been called to dismantle several roadblocks in beirut testers are urging a civil disobedience campaign until the government resigns heaters who are accused of failing to stop corruption and solve the economic crisis 70 dekker reza latest from beirut. this is one of the main tactics the protesters are using to keep the pressure on the government blocking roads or on one of the main arteries through the capital beirut there has been a back and forth with the security forces they came in surrounded the protesters but it was relatively peaceful and that at some point they left to the cheers of the crowd people mentioned the same messages they have for the past 10 days which is they want the government to resign they want an interim body to rule lebanon until there are elections but that's not happening when it comes to the message

coming out of the government some leaks in the lebanese press saying that prime minister assad's on friday spoke to the president and said potentially he could resign were maybe to a cabinet reshuffle and remain as prime minister going forward until elections nothing is clear at the moment i think this is the bottom line what's clear is that the people are not moving the government hasn't given any other sort of sign that will appease them so nobody really knows at the moment where things are going to meet business owners in nigeria are complaining they lost hundreds of millions of dollars since the government closed the border crossing with neighboring bennett as a manager supports one of the hardest hit towns border guards say they're trying to stop illegal goods from being smuggled in. these trucks have been stuck at the nigeria binny border for 2 months. court by a sudden change of government policy they're not allowed to go forward and can't go back as has been importing and exporting goods for 23 years he says he's never

seen anything like this you know come into government should they hand over to us goods that's we've already paid in full we have more than $500.00 trucks on the big new republic side of the border. just. if this doesn't and assume. some businessmen say they have lost hundreds of millions of dollars since the middle of august when the government ordered the borders to be closed imports. this is one of the reasons the government says it's because it's illegally imported rice. officials say the flow of contraband into nigeria is killing its economy and production and opening the door to criminals and weapons. we feel is initially that. they.

play a big broad. have been exploited. and therefore we have a duty and responsibility to engage in legitimate actions that would be. better secure our people and more importantly stimulate the little people. the port of cotton or in ben in is 120 kilometers from lagos nigeria officials say many goods from coated or smuggled past customs inspectors. is the busiest of nigeria's border towns connecting the port city of cotton or in been a republic where the country's commercial capital lagos this used to be a very important trading point for imported goods especially right now in this market i mean town there is little traffic since nigeria closed its borders the government hopes that shutting down the borders will stop because from smuggling illegal got into the country. the security clampdown us forced up the prices of

goods in markets and there are shortages in some places. the government says the measures will grow nigeria's economy in the long term. officials say in the 1st 2 weeks of the border closures revenues from import duty went to by more than 5 percent but that left many nigerians concerned about rising cost of food stuff right out there what we don't get regular supplies of food stuff here in same no food is getting in across the border and no food reaches us here from lagos we are in a fix the government says it wants to stop smugglers and criminals who pose a bigger threat to the country and its economy and will keep the borders closed for now comedy agrees al jazeera. along the nigeria have been in border. egypt's president. has extended a nationwide state of emergency by 3 months this is the 10th time the state of emergency has been renewed at krantz a president sweeping powers including restricting freedom of assembly movement and

the right to monitor messages of any kind it was 1st imposed back in 2017 after 2 church bombings killed 45 people. that of course in hong kong are protesting against what they say is police brutality months of anti-government protests have often ended and bloodshed police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets are protesters with medics sometimes caught in the middle to pick up pollen has the latest from the protests in the city's financial center among these crowds are doctors nurses paramedics and other medical professionals they say they have several concerns one of them is that they're not being honest to disclose to the police which of their patients were involved in the protest movement the other main concern is what they're calling the excessive use of force by the police against protesters. in the hall porter hospital so. we have. a lot of citizens being arrested by the police

after the. protests. and we saw. a lot of patience. protesters have 5 key demands one of them was met earlier this week when the hong kong government formally withdrew a proposed extradition law that law could see hong kong criminal suspects being sent to mainland china to face the judicial system there the other main demand is an independent inquiry into what's seen as excessive force used by the police but hong kong's chief executive has rejected this saying that one of her concerns is the reaction of 30000 strong police force they say they themselves are victims. violence they queues protesters among other things of throwing rocks and petrol bombs at police stations and not the police showed up to try and cure but the

police force and people call could of course. police have used to watch a cannon tear gas rubber bullets and even live rounds against protesters not long ago honk onscreen eastward finally regarded them highly respected they were seen as one of the most professional institutions in the city but over the past 5 months or protests their reputation has continued to dramatically. almost 5 years of war in yemen has seen many men killed in fighting so women have increasingly become the sole breadwinners and forced into a traditionally male dominated jobs. courts. it's a story we see often during times of war women forced to work long hours in grueling manual jobs with husbands fathers or brothers killed by fighting. many of these yemeni women of different ages are now the main source of income for their families. bushra lives in the southwestern city of times.

with no one to look after 2 children she takes them with her to work. and a fellow who learns medical circumstances made as good a job it has plenty of difficulties but what can i do i'll work even if they tell me to dig a hole in a mountain for my children i'll do anything. bushra is one of a number of women in her village defying traditional norms here labor is usually done by men but it's not been easy. women are faced a backlash from their communities despite it being their only source for a meager $50.00 a month. the work is hard and tiring i used to work as a painter and i'd come home filthy we had objections to us working but would tell them we have to feed our children we received help from organizations but not anymore i'm in

a difficult situation. community leader abdul huff is can any says locals complained about women doing manual labor and mixing with men but things are changing. and some traditional parts of human society frowns upon working women but we're seeing a change society is starting to accept the idea that those especially but are divorced or displaced from and or alone. with. a united nations funded program called cash for work is teaching men and women basic skills to help them get jobs. they've worked in different kinds of jobs like flooring painting school restore ations agriculture and tom marking roads even though the community refuses women to work they have no choice this is what forced many of them to take part in this project. years of war in yemen have devastated its population one way to help women get through it has been achieved by making small

changes at the community level. al-jazeera. it crowds in taiwan has celebrated in the annual pride parade at the 1st since same sex marriage was legalized on the island 5 months ago around $2100.00 same sex couples have married sense then organizers say more than 200000 people marched in the capital taipei the island is the 1st place a nation to allow gay marriage. and go on as a 2 its 1st world cup final in 12 years after beating target favorites and defending champions the new zealand all blacks 1907 in yokohama reports. was part of the state's 2007 the last time the old black lost a rugby world cup match until now as the haka rang out across the yokohama international stadium the faces of the england team suggested they would be up for the challenge and after 2 minutes nobody was left in any doubt as to england result

on a 2 alarm me over for the kinds 1st primary the it could and perhaps should have got even better with sam on the hill. and then bang young bar thinking that stored early for the video referee to pull them out of the ball with england coach eddie jones looking old george forward kicked 2 penalties to lead the 2003 world cup winners with a 13 point lead with 30 minutes left in november last year the old mark overturned a 15 point deficit to be england at twickenham and would obviously be a stored thoughts of another new zealand come back we're going to through leon but once again nerveless kicking from ford new zealand at arm's length and he guards he eventually closing out a minority points to 7 victory so we had the better. u.i. scouting with an idea of how you want the game to be the never again is exactly like that and just got each side much credit to news in the way they keep fighting

right to the end we had to dig deep to win that can't stay said we gave our. gave as much as we heard him today just kind of sure so you know we're extremely disappointed by that. you know right now it's you know it's hard to put things into words. so it's the end of the road for coach steve hansen the zealand team it's real and they can now look forward to a foreign leader yokohama next saturday vocal profit on to 0. take a look at the headlines right now on al jazeera funerals are being held in iraq for some of the 42 people who were killed during a nationwide protest on friday 2 more people died in the southern city of nasiriya during the past few hours demonstrators want the government to resign chile's president sebastian pinera has called for a cabinet reshuffle a day after a 1000000 people protested in the capital demanding economic reform

a nationwide curfew has been lifted after more than a week of unrest turkey's president has threatened to open its borders to allow refugees to enter europe if the e.u. doesn't support its so-called safe sona northern syria. and says ankara will clear a kurdish fighters on its border with syria if a deal signed with russia this week fails to hold. and britain police have charged a truck driver with multiple manslaughter charges after $39.00 bodies were found in a refrigerator container the 25 year old has also been charged with conspiracy to traffic people and detectives in ireland have arrested a 5th suspect in connection with the discovery on wednesday the prime minister has ordered an inquiry after it emerged that the vietnamese people may be among the dead and i know to be what he did say he was on that truck all 39 deed and he must be one of them he's gone now there's nothing left of him he died i know he was in

that truck because i have relatives who are working over the who called me and told me they were supposed to pick him up at the drop point but then they cooled and told me to was invent truck they knew the route the time and the drop point of the truck so if they seed so it must be true spain's prime minister pedro sanchez says condemning recent violence at pro independence rallies in catalonia hundreds of mayors from across catalonia have traveled to the regional capital barcelona to show their support for self-determination live pictures right there of the crowds and barcelona catalog leaders are repeating their calls for talks with the national government and mentoring. the united nations has months of floods in south sudan have affected almost a 1000000 people entire communities have been submerged sense your life forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and more 60 percent of people are already going hungry crops have been washed away as are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera have another bulletin ahead in the meantime fault lines it's up next

. i find these things that i hadn't looked at since i wrote them and i'm noticing like wow i was really in a messed up kind of place like things that were very dark suicidal you know almost as if i was like writing down prayers for a long time jews of karma know kept this box closed shoved into a dresser drawer. this year he returned to these journal entries from high school

finding traces of his encounters with a catholic priest psychological killer sexual predator who in poses ashes on the forehead of his helpless victim ashes contained fingerprints ashes are a fetish symbol turn him on. to super members the smell of this priest cologne and what kind of candies he kept on his desk this is a jew new year year book he also remembers something more painful which for a long time he tried to forget there is a muslim father paddick. i do remember there is something with a belt buckle something with a belt buckle just the action of the bell opening in the sound of. the plane king of it him touching my leg rubbing up and down my leg and and that was the thing that was like well that's not supposed to

be happening. joseph is not alone. several other men have come forward in a series of exclusive interviews with fault lines. they allege years of abuse at the hands of father john patrick in catholic schools across new york city he just said the violence. of last sunday everybody. sparking the latest revelations in a decades old scandal that shaken the catholic church to its foundation going to spare us 2 months have been tough for our family right timothy dolan the archbishop of new york told the 2 and a half 1000000 catholics under his watch to rest assured i heard that what you want is how debility transparency and action to counter the same he claimed that there were no active priest space incredible abuse allegations in his archdiocese clergy abuse he said was largely a problem of the past. our investigation into father patrick revealed

a different story while they were allowing these things predator priests to frolic around aimlessly on the streets of new york with open access you know under the shield of a collar it's a story that raises questions about new york's catholic hierarchy and whether it's need or has put the prestigious of the church above the survival of its victims i wonder if there was someone that went right up to knock on the door of same patches of the a girl and said father so and so did this to me. how long would it take for a father so and so be removed or suspended from that ministry. how long would it take for the investigation to begin i think it should not take more than you know an hour instead of. a week a month. a year but there's a moral obligation for you really are you willing to tell your priest because i'm

sure you know the last 2 years in malta more allegation you should have thought or you were willing to put your in harm's way everyone must tell you no they stopped what do you think the church should do stop hiding. this man who we'll call gabriel never forgot the abuse he faced as a 12 year old catholic school student so that's the church you see there where the black rufus a hat that's correct 3 today this view from his home serves as a constant reminder that when you look at the window now you can see the church what do you think about. just how that destroyed my you. really get back to kill them honestly here in the center of manhattan's washington heights neighborhood sits incarnation parish and school. was supposed to be

a refuge for gabriel who grew up without his parents paint a picture for me about what your life looked like at that time. pretty last. straw last makes you emotional to think about. that. everything was cool school and my grandma grandma was very sick it's not that. bad it was just me and her. it was 1904 and father john patrick had just been ordained his 1st post would be gabriel's church. there's a photo here where a little altar boy is jumping into father paddocks arms and then father patrick says these are my children pressing the boy's head closer now i look at all

children that i deal with as my children. gabriel was one of those altar boys he told us that father patrick molested him during confession for 2 years how do you get always i'm confessing you don't have a crowd. so one on one thing. confession was i'm sitting on a chair. he's sitting directly in front of me is knees are one is here the other one's here ok he's got his left hand behind your head and his right hand is here and his right hand would be from your knee and sometimes end up over here most of the time and then he would you know and i would actually point and touch and say do you use that to you masturbate say the truth oh do tell him he'll mary's.

do you think you were mentioning before that you felt like he would prey on certain people i think the most the more vulnerable people yeah. you know quiet kids what makes you think that he was going after vulnerable kids. because i was definitely one of them. think about it. what parent is going to complain to you that his son is being touched inappropriately and i want. gabriel almost canceled our interview he said it made him sick to think about these memories. but the father of 2 knew that father patrick was still out there. as you face any consequences for their actions you know. how you still. with kids. out. for this investigation

we spoke to 5 men who say that father patrick abused them. their attorneys told us the allegations form a pattern of abuse in catholic schools from the early 1980 s. until the early to thousands these are the people that know one another and then in the aggregate as they're coming forward telling thin same and similar stories a pattern of behavior to say and we've got a sort of other survivors have come forward from 3 different boroughs survivors of different ages from different boroughs at different facilities and told the same story monsignor product using his position of authority isolates those boys either at the school or in some cases in his bedroom in some cases at the church wherever the opportunity may present itself. by 2001 patrick was an academic dean in staten island were jews of carminow was a student. high school was difficult for joseph j.s.t.

of joy carol here's what's happening her she'd been suicidal and was hospitalized missing weeks of class has been making children of all ages when jews have returned to school father patrick told his parents that he'd keep their son's medication in his office i think of my students today who are 1617 years old and they have their issues they have their troubles and they go to people for help and imagine taking advantage of that person in that unique situation. that's the worst of the worst to take advantage of someone in their time of most need. their most vulnerable. in march 2019 joseph reported father patrick to the archdiocese. but months later patrick remained inactive priest here at notre dame parish in upper

manhattan. we went there on a sunday in june just as he finished saying mass. i have a question for you do you know joseph car might know joseph joseph hermano. he says that he sexually abused i 68 back i lent. you don't know him he's not the only one we know of several other men say to. you it. was during fashion stage. so you think i. could actually spoken to many of them and they say the reason that there is because they don't want children to be empty and to go after what they were actually really father paddocks denial echoed what he told the media in march it's really hard to speculate because that's when a man named raphael mendoza student front of the church and told his story this. circular harvey robert says slowly or go to my genitals it's patrick said he still

had the support of the archdiocese direct quote was right now i know i do he said i even spoke to the cardinal. cardinal dolan how long do you think that cardinal dolan will continue to protect you as more men come out with their stories. father patrick said he didn't remember joseph but joseph told us he can't forget father patrick. were very very serious and. i had this stupid d.v.d. of like these clips maybe i interviewed him or something for the t.v. news i don't know with each discovery from his archive jews have seen counters when the priest came into sharper focus and there it is the junior ring ceremony mask i had forgotten that i was the elector at the mass that he was the celebrant of the mass.

it's called the very name. the only church to separate from the bible and father patrick sat right behind him and there's no possible way that he could forget who i was based on the number of interactions i had with him the only thing that would make sense to me is if you know if i was just another kid that he touched and it was like you know one in the same faceless nameless. you know that was his way of justifying it blocking it out that's the only thing i can think of just another kid that he touched yeah it seems to be quite a number of us you know. patrick's accusers had reported their abuse to family friends and therapist years ago. but for a long time these me.