this is d.w. news why. the u.s. the largest ever investigation into catholic freeze of abusing children and the church covering it up at all calls the. priests were great great being little boys and girls and the men of god who were responsible for them not only did nothing they hid it all for decades a new report finds that some three hundred priests sexually abused more than one thousand children in the u.s. state of pennsylvania over a span of seventy years. also coming up tonight another standoff in simi comes to

an end as these migrants that you're about to see dock in malta after being stranded on the rescue ship aquarius for days but their journey is far from over malta says they cannot stay and one day after a highway bridge collapsed italy declares a state of emergency the search for survivors in the city of general enters a second night thirty nine people confirmed dead including several children. it's good to have you with us the accusations are disturbing the numbers are joel dropping a report into the sexual abuse of children by roman catholic priests by a grand jury in the u.s. state of pennsylvania says at least a thousand children were molested and raped by hundreds of priests over seven

decades the report goes on to be accused senior church leaders including the current archbishop of washington d.c. of systematically covering up reports of pedophilia brought to them by parishioners . just many victims of way to decades for this investigation pain evident as they attended a press conference by the grand jury found three hundred in one priest sexually abused children in that cat over one thousand child victims right defined by our investigation though the grand jury knows. they believe that number was in the thousands. investigators say in many cases records have been lost and some victims were too afraid to come forward the abuse states back over seven decades some described the helplessness they experienced in a video released by investigator. in night.

forty eight or forty. buf you. do they never heard of such a thing because they covered it up church leaders in pennsylvania stunned at the scale of the abuse admit mistakes were made i humbly offer my sincere apology to reach me. who has been violated by anyone affiliated with the catholic church. i hope that you can accept it in a few of the priests are likely to stand trial as many cases are now too old only two people have been charged small comfort for victims of the aquarius rescue ship has docked in malta that after several european union countries agreed to take in one hundred forty one migrants on board now malta will not be taking any along with italy it initially turned this ship away in

a repeat of a standoff that took place back in june the migrants were rescued off the coast of libya they face an uncertain future after reaching dryly. their journey at an end at last. one hundred forty one refugees roughly half of the miners disembark in the maltese port of aletta after days at sea. after several european countries blocked the aquarius from docking they are relieved to set foot on dry land. the migrants will now move on to one of five countries that have agreed to accept them spain germany france luxembourg and portugal it's a gesture that sparked cautious hope among rescue organizations. since i know this is only

a solution for this particular case but it does show that solidarity is an option maybe we can only assume that people recognize that there is a humanitarian crisis going on in the mediterranean sea. aid workers called on all you nations to face up to their responsibilities highlighting the stories of the migrants aboard the aquarius. in the other get you one the age of sixteen told how he and out this were literally sold to an ocean in libya subsequently he was forced to work on the farm for six months in the six one that it's one side by it. but these refugees have escaped death standing on european soil is an achievement even if they don't know how long they will be allowed to stay. meanwhile the aquarius will return to open waters continuing its mission to save lives. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the

world at least forty people have been killed in a suicide bombing in a shiite neighborhood of the afghan capital kabul the bomber targeted a building where young men and women had been studying for universal. entrance exams officials have blamed the attack on the islamic state militant group democratic party voters in the u.s. state of vermont have nominated a transgender candidate to run for governor christine hall quist defeated three other democrats in tuesday's primary she now faces a popular republican incumbent in november's election germany's government plans to allow a third gender option on official records chancellor merkel's cabinet agreed on a draft law that will let people list their gender as diverse rather than male or female last year germany's highest court ruled that existing laws do not respect individual rights a court here in germany has ruled that a suspected former bodyguard of osama bin laden must be brought back from tunisia

last month regional authorities sent the tunisian national who is known as some e.a. back to his home country before his appeal against the deportation order could be heard. when out to italy the country has declared a twelve month state of emergency in the city of genoa as it tries to deal with the collapse of a key highway bridge prime minister jews have been called to as promised millions of euros in aid to the major port city and blame that the tragedy on the company responsible for the bridges upkeep of the fifty year old marandi bridge was scheduled for extensive maintenance later this year but it collapsed during heavy rain yesterday a section of concrete the signs of a soccer pitch and dozens of vehicles crashed on to buildings and railway lines below thirty nine deaths have been confirmed so far firefighters are now spending

a second night searching for survivors. the scene in genoa is one of utter devastation. firefighters and doctors have been working around the clock to pull survivors out of the rubble and they hope folk that they can still find more people life but the families of those who died that facing a grim reality of them said jim i started to call him forty times fifty times and then i started also to call his friend who was together with his wife and then i came to the hospital there and they said that he was no more. some relatives are waiting at the hospital for news of loved ones who progress his name is not among the missing not among the hospitals patients we don't know anything i hope he's in this ambulance arriving now because i was just told that they found someone and he answered his phone last night so we hope this could be a good sign. if there were. emergency workers say the most difficult part of the

rescue effort is still to come. from this evening will start moving some of the biggest segments a concrete block from the collapsed bridge that. we're doing this in order to create new spaces for our teams to enter so they can check for other survivors of their persona for now the focus is still on rescue. but many italians are now asking questions how could this have happened and who if anyone is responsible. or. corresponding pills as she joins us tonight from jenna we're getting to you charlotte let let's start with this rescue effort it's been almost thirty six hours since the bridge to weigh out is there any hope of finding more survivors.

well rescuers we spoke to this morning brant still very optimistic that they would find survivors among the rubble as the day goes on there that hope really has started to fade people that we've spoken to said that only bodies have been recovered from the wreckage so far no survivors yet today so it really isn't looking very optimistic the people had nevertheless search teams will continue that work for another night there will be sniffing dogs once again here in the wreckage behind me floodlights knighting up the area trying to find anybody that may still be that is the interior minister in fact not so long ago said miracles do happen as the hours go on it's getting more and more likely that the search for survivors will become a search for bodies and as time passes i think we're all realizing that this tragedy just story has to do with a lot more than just a collapsed bridge we know that a state of emergency has been declared for all the jenna was to stay in effect for

the next year we're also hearing that some three hundred families have been made homeless by this tragedy what do we know about the people who have been evacuated from their homes short. hundreds of people have been evacuated since the question of the reason for that brand you can probably see just behind me by looking at the bridge there is still a section of it that is still standing the fear is that could also collapse now the part of the bridge that has collapsed mounted on warehouses in london rail tracks so none of the victims on the ground because they were in their homes that the problem with the area where the bridge is still standing is there are a lot of residences say people have been asked to leave the area now that's making a lot of people very angry they don't know how long they're going to be moved away from their homes for they have no idea in fact whether or not they'll ever be able to go back because of course they have to either try and secure the area first or

totally dismiss demolish this bridge that could take a very long time and we spoke to one person who was very near here he said that as a child in fact he played in this bridge he said that it could be weeks even months before he's able to go back you know you know it's just unimaginable what people are going through right now just because they live near a bridge we know that italy's government has been pointing the finger today at the bridges private operator and also at the european union what more can you tell us about that. that's right now this really is the first big challenge for italy's new government they have come out fighting they've been speaking very passionate terms about who is to blame the e.u. as you said was one of the people they say they have cited as one of the bodies of size it is being responsible they say that you has limited the amount of funding available for infrastructure and that's the allegation that the ministers here have leveled that the european union but they've really gone forward is the company that

operates this part of the bridge behind me now the allegation is from ministers that they just didn't do enough to maintain the bridge that it was not safe enough that something that to some extent has been backed up by people that we've spoken to here a lot of locals have said that they was very nervous about traveling on this bridge one man told us that when he drove across it he would deliberately drive just a little bit false and just because he felt very nervous about being on the bridge which he said just didn't seem very safe to him the company though has fiercely denied that its maintenance done his went up to scratch it said it's on regular checks and had to abide by the law and lot of people here they were pointing out that this anger this blame game that's really playing out here in italy at the moment isn't going to help them what they really need to know now is what happens next and also they want to surance is that something like this why it happened again there is very deep concern about other bridges across italy italian infrastructure they want to know what's being done to prevent this tragedy playing

out again and surely you know when we look behind you there you know we realize that this is the second night that people are dealing with this tragedy the second night that rescue workers are trying to find survivors are just shows a little bit more about the task that these emergency workers are facing tonight. well this is a huge it just to go on to taking brand as i'm sure you can see behind me there are still enormous flaps of concrete thrusted metal is part of the wreckage now there is a danger in trying to move these enormous because of course they fear that it could trigger another collapse and perhaps crush any vehicles that might be below them and potentially haul anybody who may still be alive underneath that rubble as they get to that trying very very carefully they're using sniffer dogs trying to sift out to see if there are any survivors is that one of the huge problems facing them there is that they simply don't know how many people were on the bridge how many

vehicles with that they don't know whether or not they are still searching for people in our correspondent. charlet thank you. you're watching the news from berlin. with more world news followed by the day i have to say you think. we may come over week one times on the underground to we are some of the simplest. continents. and join them stars as they share their story. the same. plan for shark.