bialik asked. about it. this is d w news from berlin tonight hyperinflation crippling but its way love money can't even buy it take it out of the country and its way in some fleet as the economic chaos grows and the government in caracas is launching a new currency in neighboring countries are securing their borders telling that it's where he lives to stay home also coming up pope francis asked for forgiveness

in the child abuse scandals promising that no effort will be spared to prevent it in the future however no hint of helping serve justice in the present and tearful reunions for north and south koreans families in bracing loved ones that they haven't seen in decades many thought that this day would never come. off it it's good to have you with us we begin tonight in venezuela a country that is in the grips of an economic meltdown and neighboring countries are moving swiftly to block any contagion ecuador peru and brazil tightening border controls tonight telling that it's way to go back home venezuela's president nicolas maduro has launched a new currency trying to restore confidence five years. zeros have been knocked off

the beleaguered wall of our currency as hyper inflation heads for one million percent now what is this doing to the money that people have in their pockets will take a look at this this pile of old bull of ours just see right here can now buy you one chicken while this is how much a few tomatoes will cost you right now currently with the currency and when it costs this much paper money to buy just one roll of toilet paper a lot of people are asking why bother to buy the wallet all of it it's whalen's are fleeing the economic crisis in droves but neighboring countries colombia ecuador peru and chile are not opening their doors a state in brazil has asked the supreme court to halt the entry of all migrants. i mean i guess a lot has been dragging her suitcase along of highway she is fleeing desperation

and economic hardship back home in venezuela crossing into ecuador on foot as an undocumented migrant. who spent all night by the border the authorities told us to be patient they said they would guess not answer in the morning but there was no response they just told us to head to venezuela especially we don't want more venezuelans here. off to ecuador and post new entry restrictions on saturday i mean and have friends felt that they had no choice but to cross illegally while they press on thousands of stranded at the checkpoints hungry and cold fearful of being sent back to their home we have arrived here and we have no hope whatsoever being able to pass through my husband is desperate. my family is also desperate in venezuela we just want to help our families i have two children i sold my house i have nothing now i can't go back to venezuela with nothing. the unprecedented exodus of debt. spread venezuelan's is increasingly over obama neighboring

countries colombia and brazil tighten border controls and the sea and now ecuador and peru funneling suit. tensions along the borders are rising over the weekend presidents in the border town of pocket i'm up tandem in israel and migrants forcing hundreds of newcomers to feed back across the frontier across the region the growing influx of venezuelans is stoking animosity and the migrants and has been building he is despite that and at the risk of being turned away i mean and have friends still have dissect on peru and many stand on their way in what could be the wilds next migration crisis. or for the latest on this crisis we're joined now from the venezuelan capital caracas by journalist oscar shrinker oscar's good to see you we heard right there about venezuela's neighbors trying to basically close their borders i mean venezuelans they're facing travel restrictions in every

direction what options remain for people who want to escape well there are always options for migrants despite having more obstacles and in the past year we have seen them as well as relentlessly fleeing their country which many risked their lives and everybody died trying to reach tourists out in the room alicia's just so getting a passport is still a better option for someone who wants to migrate from venezuela now the u.s. call this the largest migration of evil in the hemisphere compare even to the plight of northern africa to the mediterranean and we are columnist forecasting the rise in unemployment of these new isn't all that measures we might also see you spotted by this one immigration. options way to stay here as well and what about the money and this new currency called the solver and all of our it is being rolled out i mean it has to be a massive operation is this the silver bullet that's going to help stabilize this economy. well not likely many economists are predicting this will actually worsen

the economic crisis but it does give the government more political and social control over people so it's a big blow to the private sector many fears several companies will close and there will be an increase in unemployment also pushing inflation to levels we have never seen i am have already forecast for this will it reach a one million percent inflation this year but some analysts are projecting a forty four million percent inflation with this new easy naturists and a new currency of course is just one part of the government's economic plan and what else does it comprise while minimum wage is facing its higher increase up to date taxes and gas prices will also rise with this new currency and it's being anchored over time down by new cryptocurrency yes the government calls it call the better but it's actually a token within the rock chain of the lamb cryptocurrency so this is these new

measures includes also taking off five series of the current currency and introducing new bills into the system so today mother decreed monday as a national holiday to give bents time to adapt to this one currency and the plan for young position right now is to hold an extraordinary session in parliament tomorrow to discuss these new measures and call for a stretch but we'll see how it plays out throughout the week all right journalist author slater reporting tonight from caracas author thank you. well pope francis has written a letter asking all catholics around the world for forgiveness as the number of child abuse cases involving priests grows his letter follows a far reaching us report that found three hundred clergy members had sexually abused at least one thousand children over seven decades while others allegedly turned a blind eye now referring to what he called atrocities perpetrated by the clergy

the pope said that the church must acknowledge the errors crimes in moon's coals in the past he admitted that the pain of these victims was long ignored kept quiet or silenced and he promised that no effort would be spared to prevent such situations and their cover up. all right we're joined by martin jacques he's our religious affairs correspondent martin it's good to see you again i want to talk about what was not in that letter. you know we expected to hear the pope say that what has happened is terrible and we don't want it to happen again but there was nothing said about those responsible for these atrocities and bringing them to justice indeed there is snow clear sense from this letter and. other than sort of talking about penance fust thing and cetera et cetera the things that we usually hear from

the vatican there was anything concrete really even by way of policy that would actually bring about what has been no trumpeted for sixteen years ciro zero tolerance we've been hearing a lot about zero tolerance for a very long time this has clearly not materialize and this letter that's not. in any evident way in india there are direct these of course could change when the pope goes to ireland but it's all right now delivered self-esteem not show that way and why what did write the letter is he under pressure or is this a strategic move. by the noise i think i think he was honestly forwards into this decision which he actually had to say something there are a couple of things that happened in the last few days one of them he said well. the cardinal who were such seated with pittsburgh with the pittsburgh. brienne who were sexually and who was actually involved in the reporter mentioned the reporter was

for as was supposed to be the note speaker narron and was for is essentially to step down going at the very same time in chile in brussels cuter has no really pushed the vatican to turn documents concerning sexual abuse in chile so i think that it's a bit of a perfect storm at the very same time though the letter is slightly there really in relation to what we would call church middle management when the litter calls clearly police some there is no concrete offer there is no concrete position that we can distill from it and so the message here is that the pope is telling the world we're sorry what happened is terrible but those who committed these terrible things unless there's further notice we'll get away with it well the letter really pushes very hard in the idea that this should never happen again that these people should not escape punishment rather it's not clear what that punishment would be i think that the bigger issue however is that you know one of the scandals

is most certainly the sexual abuse and i think that this is something which anybody that looks at the story can immediately agree the bigger question the one that the pennsylvania pennsylvania grand jury brings out is a question of a cover up i mean what the pennsylvania jury shows is that the church as an institution operated along the lines of a criminal institution not only protecting these people but actually moving them around and permitting them to continue abusing minors and it's been talked about for now a very very long time i mean at least since this pope came in. if you were into office six years ago you know had been brought together experts had been brought together no police on the table a few at the end the scandals continue to be discovered martin gak a religious affairs correspondent as always martin thank you a pleasure here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world spanish special forces have raided the home of

a man who trying to insult police near barcelona authorities say the man demanded to be let into a locked police station then one shot at officers inside with a knife before being shot dead investigators are treating the incident as a terrorist attack pakistan's new foreign minister has called for a quote and interrupted continuous dialogue with india speaking after he was sworn in shot may mood correction said that it was important for the two countries to talk to each other relations between pakistan and india have been tense ever since independence from britain in one nine hundred forty seven particularly over the divided territory of kashmir. here in germany the cologne zoo has opened a new home for two of its biggest stars the red pandas fred and neil and have been getting used to their new enclosure which includes an overhead walkway to the white visitors below conservationists say they are fewer than ten thousand red pandas

left in the wild. now emotional reunions of war separated families in korea dozens of elderly south koreans are in north korea for a long awaited reunions with family members the tearful meet ups rejoin relatives who were divided after the korean war nearly seven decades ago and the reunions were approved by the leaders of the two koreas at the historic summit in april part of a recent thawing in relations. reunited after decades apart. parents sons daughters brothers and sisters together again recognizing each other was sometimes different. this is eighty nine year old soon and her eighty six year old sister. i finally get to meet you after living for so long. the spike the passing of time

eighty one year old young son kim never forgot his brother's face. as i look carefully at him i could recognize him from my past even if he's got older has wrinkles on his face there's still some of him left as i remember him from all those years ago. reunions like this have only taken place twenty times since two thousand apart from these state sanctioned get togethers there's no way to contact each other phone calls and letters remain prohibited by pyongyang these north and south koreans have been permitted eleven hours together over three days it's a painfully short amount of time for these aging families who are all too aware this may also be their final farewell. and here's a recap of the top story that we're following for you.

we're going to talk about the situation in vedettes way lower right now hyperinflation crippling the country's economy as a neighboring countries are trying to close their borders to migrants trying to flee the economic chaos. with more. followed by the day would have to see if it. went. to school. or first climbing less of. doors grand moment arrives in the. chain on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary tour and already taking returns home a long time come to town.