want accountability from the people who are running their countries and i think often people's voice is not heard because i just not part of the mainstream news narrative. obviously we cover the big stories and we report on the big events going on. but we also tell the stories of people who generally don't have a voice. and then one other child that's never be afraid to put your hand up and ask a question. and i think that's what i'm really does. we ask the question for people who should be accountable, and also we get people to give their view of what's going on. mm. mm. this is al jazeera. ah, hello there, i'm miss darcy. this is the news. our line from our headquarters here in durham, coming up in the next 60 minutes. the pope expresses a deep sorrow after an inquiry finds $330000.00 children for sexually abused within the french catholic church. a chance for cooperation,

the u. s. secretary of state is in france to repair ties with america's oldest ally . her facebook whistleblower prepares to testify before congress. she is accused the platform of prioritizing profit over public good and the nobel prize for physics goes to a trio of scientists for their work on the earth's changing climate. and on december to this for player welfare is back on the agenda and we'll football. we'll speak to the secretary general of the international football union about what can be done to prevent play a boon out. ah, while the pope has expressed deep sorrow after the release of a devastating report into sexual abuse within the catholic church in france, it found there were nearly $330000.00 victims over a 70 year period. and

a detailed what it caused a deep and cruel indifference on the part of the church. near barker reports. many children abused by members of the catholic church were not believed or listened to for years. somewhat, even accused of contributing to what had happened to them. among those victims olivia 7 jak abused by a priest when he was 13. oscar we sit in season and we sit and walk. yes, the report is an earthquake. yes, it's a hurricane. yes, it's a su nami. what? and it has to be as soon army, because today, when we see the numbers in it so damning that no one can be in denial both within the catholic church and the whole of society. don't you? the roman catholic church betrayed the trust of the young and vulnerable on a devastating scale. the conclusion of a 2 and a half year investigation into clerical child abuse carried out by $3000.00 suspected peter files in the french church on it. buddhist shoot from says in the french population,

now aged 18 and over 216000 plus or minus $50000.00 was sexually assaulted by clerics priests or nuns known as mine and since bushel christie and when lay members of the church, such as teaches at catholic schools are included 6 the number of child victims climes to 330000 of the 7 decade periodontal and poor measure. keyed full, a major point, the must been the line is until the early 2000 school there was a deep total and even quote indifference. for years. recent scandals have decimated the church. his credibility at a time of dwindling attendances. last year defraud french catholic priest, bernard prina, was sentenced to 5 years in jail for abusing scouts in his care. several decades ago. the case also led to the resignation of his superior, the archbishop of leon philly. barbara accused of covering up the abuse the scandal in frances, the latest to hit. the catholic church, rocked by abuse scandals around the world. in june,

pope france is said the church abuse crisis was a world wide catastrophe. this year he issued an extensive revision of church law, insisting bishops take robust action against clerical abuse. the french church said in march, it would propose some form of financial aid to the victims. the campaigners have been left asking how it's possible to put a price on suffering. ne falcon al jazeera all now joining us from philadelphia and united states is massimo for joey. he is the professor of historical theology at villanova university professor. thank you for joining us. i note that this commission was instigated by the bishops themselves, but that was obviously after so many decades of pushing aside even disregarding victims. so what actually changed was changed is that you the catholic church worldwide, things started to change in 2010. when po benedict was pope and a wave, all editions came from germany and it froze that was taken when po francis was

elected in because a wave all the rest additions were his clothes. busy in australia, either on the states that it in germany again. so this is part of an entirely new phase in the history of the catholic churches, the sexual crisis. well, pope francis has been trying to reform the chance from within since he took over. how do you think these revelations are going over with him beyond his expression of sorrow? do you think there's more action being taken behind the scenes? the problem that designed him faces ease that there is so far in the article, a refusal or denial to address systemic issues that have to do with the priestly means. 3 of the, of the priests, celibacy,

and, and monarchical structure of fall from the church on other issues actually has been swift and decisive. what needs to be done, and this is something biz report, acknowledges and demands for ease, a series of steps in dismantling the hierarchical structure of the church as a monopoly on the control off uh, off of everything that moves either going to church. this is something on which for frances, as been so far, very cautious or reluctant even own ye, spoke about action being taken. now i am confident that the church itself will take action against pat, the traitors who is still alive. i see there are more than 40 cases that are too old for other authorities to prosecute. so well, the church actually do something the problem ease that or i were, i hope is that the solution right now is not any more in the hands of the

church. it's much more than in the past, in the hands of public opinion, of the press of justice offered up for sure of the police system. so that's why we are each new phase because whatever the church does, internally, it is regularly overcome and surpassed by isp, a centers. all of actions that have taken place is already outside of the church. and the catholic church is still on the defensive. and you some sense what the church can do about the past is not going to be most important question is what the church will let, is justice system, even the in commissions to do a mentions that pipe francis is up against quite a lot of. and i guess critique within the church in order to try to change things

from within. do you see that shifting at all? you mentioned public opinion that has public opinion actually changed the way that the church sees itself because opinion has changed in the sense that you possess for years ye, ye who become evident that there is no possible solution to the sex abuse crisis. we vowed pinching and discussing about the form of priestly ministry which means celibacy. which means that vertical hierarchy that something that has changed already. even though you be having church made of late people, it still struggles to become accepted among bishops at n l. a knew about him, but this is not something that can be stopped. i think. and this is a conversation that has started already fall, looks at germany. what's happening bear this easy conversation that has started already. massimo hagey early there,

a professor here of historical theology at villanova university. great to get your thoughts and inside on out there. thank you for joining us professor. thank you. now you, a secretary of state antony blinkin is in france to patch up ties after weeks of strained relations over cancelled some marine deal. he has met with french president, emanuel micron and the foreign minister geneva down. and both sides have agreed that there is an opportunity to deepen cooperation. france, you'll recall was anger last month when the u. s. announced a 3 way partnership with the u. k. and australia. well, let's speak to our white house correspondent can be how could she joins us from washington, dc. kimberly the relationship between france in the u. s. has been a little tense as of late. so how important is this meeting? this meeting is very important for repairing the diplomatic rift, when to say that france was unhappy with the deal that was struck between the

united states, the u. k. and australia over the selling of technology of nuclear powered submarines to australia would be an understatement. given the fact that not only was the french president maxwell, i rate about being kept in the dark that these negotiations for a group security group known as august happened without any consultation. but this is costing france millions upon millions of dollars. so there is a real economic impact when french president macro has to face his own constituents . and so as a result, he was furious that the biden administration went ahead to help orchestrate this deal. and as a result, pulled his ambassadors, not only from the united states, but also from australia, calling them back to paris. now those ambassadors have since been restored, but the damage was done. it already, joe biden, to you as president, has had a call with french president macro. now what we're seeing with this meeting of the

secretary of state in france is a further ring of trying to repair that diplomatic rift. something that we knew was going to happen, and this meeting is also something else. it's a prelude to what we expect will be an in person meeting between the u. s. president and the french president. later this month. we assume this could happen some time around the october 30, 31 dates with respect to that's when the g 20 will take place in italy. so we expect of the groundwork is being laid for that meeting that has not been confirmed but certainly has been intimated. what we know is that once again, the 2 sides of underscore that there could have been better cooperation that there is a need to cooperate, especially when it comes to security. there is a statement from the united states saying that it will bolster european security initiatives. seeing this is compatible to nato, but not a replacement to nato. but the bottom line is, is that, well,

there may be an effort to work on counterterrorism and security. what this is really about is diplomatic relations and repairing the risks that exist between 2 very strong and traditional allies. our white house correspondent, kimberly how can that for us in d. c. thanks so much. kimberly. now moving on and the nobel prize for physics has been given to 3 scientists for their discoveries and climate and complex physical systems. the nobel committee says sher corum and our bay class hassle men, and ga perisi, revealed ground breaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems. the nobel committee says there works that have helped us understand the earth climbers and how our action is impacting it. in the 1960 is menard, they showed how increased levels of carbon dioxide and the atmosphere would raise the temperatures at the surface of the earth. than about a decade later, hassle men created a model that helped to explain why climate models can be reliable. despite whether

being changeable and chaotic and then the 2nd half of the prize was awarded to georgia precinct whose work made it possible to understand complex materials and phenomena and mathematics biology, neuroscience and machine learning. well, let's bring in a pull rece. he is at the royal swedish academy of sciences force in stock on port as we've been saying. this is a very timely award, especially given the climate crisis that we face of the moment it is indigenous dodger almost a bit. there was a little bit of disappointment here this morning when the prized and go to british physicist john pender for his cloak of invisibility books. with that big report outs a day. as on the accumulation of c, o. 2 am released by the economies of the world since 1851. but of course, that $1.00 degree increase in the temperature of the earth. the impact on, on coral, in the seas that we've been covering today. this prize has great relevance. you

know, these, these prizes and physics can be for very bewildering things like research into families of quarks and the, the limitless expansion of black holes. 60 times bigger than the sun all awaits her things. we can't imagine being able to do with our y x, x rays for a broken arm or, or semiconductor. so we're discovering, we're have a shortage of this for things such as cause. but what's perhaps slightly ironic about this is prize. going to these 3 scientists is that it shows how or accumulative scientific advances over the millennia or contributing to something that might possibly cause our own destruction. climate change a secure minova in clark's hustle, none the modeling of climate predicting global warming and all impacts on it through the release of c o. 2 and linked in with that, ga, precise discoveries on the interplay of disorder and complex systems. one of those complex systems being climate boot being whether the 2 prizes linked together in

our understanding of how climate change works. and that's plenty to chew on this confirmation of the science behind climate change. plenty for those worldly, just to think about as they go into the cult $26.00 and glasgow, the end of october porous therefore as well the latest from stock on. thank you so much, paul. well, we can now speak to huns hansen in stock on he is the chairman of the nobel committee of a physics, and he's also joined now by another member of the committee. eva olsen. thank you both for joining us here on out as era and mr. hanson, i'll start with year. your committee is thinking behind this year's award. i'm curious, min, abe's work dates all the way back to the 900. 60 s hassling, in the 19 seventy's. so why only now? that's a question that began school many prices because as you know, it is in many cases so that the ward comes quite a bit after the original graphic. and that is to do with many things. first of

all, it has to do with that. in this case, these models that were developed and these techniques that was developed by herself, man for projections and predictions and took long time to fine tune to make sure that it is. it's correct. we have to make sure that if this is it solidly based and that is correct. and then he had long procedure on getting reports from experts, all over the world, many discussions, etc. and finally, it's mature for a price and that happened to be this year. and the same explanation can be called for very many price to so only, and there are very, very obviously important striking discoveries like the discovery of the historical or the detection of gravitational waves when you can get it right. if not the same

years in the year after. so this is the typical case so well the nobel awards have always been awards that recognize the changing way that we see the well that in themselves, they're also not to what the committee thinks is important at a particular time. even let me ask, can given the climate crisis that we've been talking about? is there a sense that this is a war is also a message to the world. i say, mr. perisi himself is already calling for more action. right? no. so the way that the committee works is we are based on police nominations. we go through the material, and we also search for what is most important for you, man, man, cart. and, and so this is a basis, it's not to political message. this is actually looking at the science and also the importance for june and kind. well, i say, as you mentioned that the process started. is it last september and then the nominations usually close in january,

but then the academy actually only votes. my only found this out now on the morning of the prize. that sounds very last minute given the length of the whole process. mr. hanson, can i ask you to comment on that normal keys? is that price, you know, price proposals that has been discussed in the committee. it's been discussed in the class of $26.00 of the academy and he's gotten, you know, stronger on an ominous unanimous support than normally the decision making by the full academy is often just a formality, but not always. there have been cases where there have been other proposals put forward to the academy and it has been a role. so it's not that the meeting is meaningless, but i'm telling you what is the most common proceed and was as

a unanimous decision this year in details about what is happening in these close grooms, heatherly are not allowed to tell you how much is her problem that thank you anyway for joining us. that's hands hands and the chairman of the nobel committee for physics. and eva, also another member of that committee as well. thank you so much for your time with us on al jazeera, he was a question. thank. believe you. thank you. all right, so plenty more ahead for you. this news our including investigation california is cracked. pipeline why one ship may be to blame for an environmental catastrophe in danger of vanishing. how climate change is killing the wilds. coral reefs, and by the wallace ends a 58 year ways and nascar for a black driver to record a victory, more details later ins. ah,

now the u. k. has sent its 1st delegation to meet with the taliban in cobble, since it's takeover of afghanistan. simon gas, the u. k is a special representative for afghanistan held talks with the taliban deputy prime minister. what a barometer, a u. k. government spokesman says, invoice disgust, how britain could help afghanistan addressed the humanitarian crisis, and also raise the treatment of minorities. and women will not speak to our correspondent stephanie decker, whose in cobble force and steph, does this actually bring the u. k. a step closer perhaps to recognizing the taliban government i think it's ready to say that it's certainly in line with what we've been hearing from, particularly the british foreign secretary dominic rob when he was in carter in doha, just a couple of weeks ago saying that they weren't going to recognize the taliban yet,

but that dialogue was important. and i think this is what we're seeing now. certainly it is a significant visit because as you mentioned there are they, it, there is a dialogue, there is an open line of communication. and i think this is what the international community is doing. it's using this fact of international recognition of the taliban as the, the legal official governing body of this country to try and put pressure on the group to adhere to certain certain norms that they want to see as particularly said they are the rights of minorities. the rights of girls and women to go to school, to work, to stick to the agreement in the sense of making sure this is another thing they discussed today that afghanistan doesn't become what they call a safe haven for terrorists. so these are things of continually being discussed. i think this is what a lot of foreign leaders have been saying and using is pressure on them with this legitimacy with sort of recognizing as a government to try and put pressure on them to dop, to certain things. we are at a time of course when the taliban is seeking that international legitimacy, they need the millions and millions of dollars in funds to help get this country

forward at a time when, you know the winter is looming and we've, as we've discussed earlier, we were talking the styles yet, you know, you've got an economic dire situation. people have no money. there's drought, there's famine and all these kinds of things. so what you're seeing as a political dance, if you will, so to speak, i don't think it means or any closer to officially recognizing them as the government. but a dialogue is in place and they also mentioned how the u. k. could help the humanitarian situation, that is something that still goes on. so, steph, when we were speaking earlier, we were also talking about the security situation in the aftermath of that mosque plumbing that really took place in the hands of the capital. is that one of the focuses at the moment for the taliban government beyond the international legitimacy that it sees? well yes, because really the main selling point to the taliban is used is that they are the only group that can provide security for this country for the entire country, not just cobble, but also the provinces. and many people will tell you, put aside that many people are terrified of the taliban,

but that the streets are safer in the terms of you know, kidnappings and the terms of crimes and things like that that were real issue here . however, now what we saw on sunday was them being attacked by now we know and isis gay claimed suicide bombing at the entrance of a mosque where senior members of the taliban were meeting. we know there was tight security around this area, a tight security run by the taliban to special forces the badr brigade, and still one person managed to get to the entrance and detonate himself. so this is something now that is a concern, of course for the group. there have been raids across cobble and also in other areas. they've been fighting each other for a long time. but you do see a dynamic. now the tell about needing to clamp down and guaranteeing security, which really they are using is one of their main selling points at a time when many people still do not trust the group. stephanie to her, they're on the ground for us in the afghan capital. couple, thank you so much, steph. o, a former facebook employee tend whistleblower is set to testify before the u. s.

congress. after criticizing the company for putting profit before safety. frances, how again has accused facebook of amplifying division and of dismissing the harm that it's platforms can cause to teenagers. and testimony comes a day off to facebook. apologize for technical problems that crash, not any insight, but also instagram and whatsapp globally for alice rosalyn. jordan has more for 7 hours on monday for billions of facebook's customers. no likes, no insta moment. no world wide phone calls or messaging. facebook's chief technology officer needed twitter to tell customers it was having massive technical difficulties. and then he apologized. facebook services coming back online now may take some time to get to 100 percent to every small and large business family. an individual who depends on us. i'm sorry. the outage also shut down operations at

facebook, california headquarters, no phones, no computers. some workers reportedly using zoom to hold meeting is a good reminder. the internet is incredibly fragile and it actually can have problems like this arise and not work for long periods. typically, we don't really experience it much anymore. it used to be a lot more common, like a decade ago. some found the outage at facebook, instagram and what's app funny. but for whatsapp users, analysts say the disruption could have been catastrophic. whatsapp is tremendously important for communication in a lot of parts of the globe. i'm and it does raise questions around, you know, how important it is for there to be redundancy, but also questions around, you know, should private companies be solely in control of infrastructure. so critical to communications and the outage comes as facebook is under fire for how it does business. us regulator, st. facebook is

a monopoly and should be broken apart. a move, the company opposes a spoke note last week. the senators grilled a facebook official about oak whistleblowers allegations. the company refuses to block hate speech bullying and other forms of harmful messaging from its sites that whistleblower just gave her 1st tv interview explaining why she thinks this is the case. thing i saw facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for facebook. and facebook over and over again shows to optimized for its own interests, like making more money. facebook denies, frances holligan's allegation saying, quote, to suggest we encourage bad content and do nothing is just not true. but the company's efforts to build on the public's trust now face another hurdle hog and testifies before congress about facebook on tuesday. rosalyn jordan, l g 0, washington. now extent say that an oil spell of the california coast could endanger

beds and see life f e is investigators, are looking into whether that state could have been caused by a ship's anchor striking a pipeline from reynolds or what's not from huntington beach, an environmental catastrophe. on the california coast sandy beaches fouled by globs of tar shore birds. wading through wetlands soaked in oil, a burst pipeline from an offshore oil rig gushed half a 1000000 leaders of crude into the pacific. from the air, the oily shining covers parts of the ocean surface beaches along a large stretch of coast are now closed. we know that there is oil ranging from huntington beach and now we know as far down as laguna and, and likely moving, continuing to move in a southerly direction. the area is so popular with swimmers, surfers and sun bathers, that huntington beach is nicknamed surfed city usa coastal conservation advocates

are devastated. you know, it's kind of a sense of ha, you know, really sadness and tragedy combined with a sense that you'd kind of knew it's inevitable. emergency crews, etc. and on land are laying floating barriers to try to contain the oil and prevent even more damage. a number of birds soaked with oil have been rescued, but the impact of the still will be felt throughout the ecosystem of beaches and coastal marshes. say environmentalists is going to get on to the rocks and under the rocks. and it's going to also settle in different places and in the levels of the, the, the water. so there's gonna be some on top. you can try skim as much of that off as they can, but some of them could settle to the bottom. and just stay down there for a while. the clean up will likely take months. there are 23 oil platforms off the california coast, all of them date back at least to the 1980s. for years, environmentalists have been warning that aging oil industry infrastructure and

pipes together with lax regulation are a recipe for disaster. the company that operates the pipeline, texas based amplify energy, emerged from bankruptcy protection just 4 years ago. it has a long heard of violating federal environmental laws, amplify energy ceo says it's unknown what caused the spill, but the pipeline has been shut down. there is no active leak that we are aware of. and especially in that specific area that we've, we've identified environmental as, say, the only way to stop future spills is to shut down the offshore rigs for good. this is a wake up call that we need to stop offshore drilling our for our coastline. the damaging spill comes amidst a national effort to switch to clean sources of energy. a major part of president joe biden's proposed infrastructure legislation. rob reynolds al jazeera, huntington beach, california. well, it's now time for the weather, and he is jeff. hello,

we've had some exceptional heat for parts of australia. let me show you what i'm talking about. brisbin. 36.6 degrees is all had to do with a shift in the wind. but this made it. it's hot as fuck tober day in 17 years now, temperatures have come down as we looked toward your wednesday 28 degrees in brisbane. but i want to show this frontal system across the by. let's look at melbourne 22 degrees on wednesday. we press play here we are on thir, stay down to 15 with some active weather rolling through wet in windy conditions for tasmania on thursday. now for new zealand, we've got some heavy falls for the top end of the south island. but look at the tropical layer in play here auckland, 20 degrees still on wednesday, some pretty nice temperatures there. we do have a weather disturbance very likely to form into something tropical over the south china sea. already the outer bands are impacting central and southern areas of vietnam in this area has been hit hard as of late with some tropical activity. southern portion.