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decided to create some. darkness city for stuart september second on g.w. . this is d w news live from berlin zimbabwe's new president is sworn in for a narrow victory in july as disputed election and broad took the oath of office before thousands of supporters of the it's a day he now faces the difficult task of uniting the country after an election the opposition says was rigged we'll go live in a second talk in iraq right now. one of the most independent voices in u.s.
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politics hands folded in silence senator john mccain dying overnight at the age of eighty one losing his battle against brain cancer his wife cindy said this he passed the while he lived on his own terms. pope francis begs for god's forgiveness over the catholic church's sex abuse scandal in on them the pope telling faithful on the second day of his visit that the church must take quote decisive action in the pursuit of truth and justice but his critics say words to enough. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring thanks for joining us zimbabwe's new president amazon manana has taken the oath of office following the country's disputed july election. when god was inauguration in the capital harare comes just
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a day off of the country's constitutional court upheld his narrow election victory the result had been contested by the main opposition party the movement for democratic change which claimed it was rage when i took over in november from veteran leader robert mugabe. correspond privilege was fun he has been attending that inauguration ceremony in harare we're going to get the latest from him now privilege what sort of mood did you see it today's inauguration and how does it compare to the mood in the rest of the country. if you see what is happening right now at the inauguration the supporters of president. have come in thousands and in support of their leader. compared to the situation that is obtaining elsewhere in the country particularly
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in the capital harare opposition supporters. in a mood of samba mood if i may say because they still maintain that their leader. whilst there we know that should be july election but here at the national sports stadium where people are got that to. celebrate the inauguration of president. it's jubilation and you have seen with so many people coming out we have five heads of state in attendance including the african union. chairmen pisin and also you have city. decided to piss in including kut beulah and the current president of ports are also in attendance you know great. privilege the m.d.c. leader the opposition leader nelson chamisa says he's now planning further street demonstrations what's he hoping to achieve with those protests and could we see you
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know some of those protests descending into police violence. oh they are saying that in maintaining that but this decision is only going to be decided on when is there when they meet is the admission or cancel but critics are also saying that he will be shooting himself in default if he is going to do that because already this is him bob wins out beginning to warm up part to the judgment that was passed on friday they are warming up to president. so you can see even here at this stage the big companies a zimbabwean companies have put out a huge banners to congratulate president. signed that people are welcoming us leadership so critics now and i least are saying that if there m.d.c. is to go ahead and do demonstrations in the streets it will not help but because of
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their opposition parties rather they would. accept what the courts decided and also try to work with the current president we have been sworn in to lead the country move forward ok privilege in harare many thanks for that. tribute have been flooding in all morning for us senator john mccain who died overnight at the age of eighty one mccain had been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer since july of last year on friday his family had announced he discontinued any further treatment for a long military and political career he passed away at his ranch in arizona surrounded by his wife and other family members. he was a towering figure in american politics john mccain spent more than three decades in
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the u.s. congress looming large in debates over war and peace and the moral direction of the nation. i hope and again with humility i need to cooperate on our dependence on each other to learn how to trust each other again and by so doing better serve the people who elected us. he served in the vietnam war as a navy pilot on a bombing mission in one nine hundred sixty seven he was shot down over hanoi captured by the north vietnamese he suffered five and a half years of torture in confinement before his release his courage as a p.o.w. earned him bipartisan praise as an american hero he was elected to the u.s. house in one thousand nine hundred two representing arizona and to the senate four years later beginning his long and influential career in washington in his two failed bid for presidency in two thousand and two thousand and eight mccain largely refused to engage in political mudslinging even defending opponent barack obama's
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integrity. in his last years mccain became an outspoken critic of president trump he gave a thumbs down vote to trump's repeal of obamacare earning the president's enduring wrath in july two thousand and seventeen he was diagnosed with brain cancer which eventually forced him to withdraw from public life. on twitter mccain's wife said that he passed the way he lived on his own terms. john mccain will be remembered as a political maverick willing to stick to his convictions rather than tow the political line. naaman tributes to the great man pouring in give us a sense of how the u.s. is reacting to this huge loss. well the big news networks year in the united states reporting around the clock about this news of the death
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of john mccain since the news broke as you said lots of tributes to this unique politician pouring in one among many former presidents barack obama who defeated mccain in two thousand and eight in the presidential elections came was his opponent rock obama praised his courage and his service for the country from different generations different worlds had many different opinions but we both agreed that we had to do a service for this country and many other people have also shared stories about mccain about his humor his rage and but also his decency and some of the human side of john mccain also isn't the focus of many people him and cost was the time mention of this loss how big a role mccain playing in u.s.
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politics. john mccain was basically the last of the so-called lions of the senate those big towering figures like ted kennedy maybe on the democratic side politicians who didn't just go the party line who really follow their conscience and were able to reach out across the aisle and also work with the opposition or with the opposing party and so this is definitely unique someone like him will be missing and just briefly of course was president trump's fiercest critic how high is donald trump in reacting. donald trump sent out a short and rather unconvincing treat saying that his thoughts and prayers are with the family of joe main came but i think what will stick in people's mind is more how president from just a few days ago. the name of john mccain when he was presenting odd signing
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a defense bill that basically had john mccain's name on it and donald trump managed not to mention him at all it just shows how petty the battle between the two have become and so people are not really looking for more quotes from from donald trump at this point the focus is on john mccain ok cost many thanks for that cousin phenomenon reporting from washington pope francis is due to celebrate an outdoor mass in dublin later today on the second day of his visit to holland with more than half a million people expected to attend the pope is currently in the west of ireland where he led the so-called angeles the not trying to counter the pope's visit has been overshadowed by the sex abuse scandal and thousands of abuse survivors expected to hold a protest to coincide with today's told mass on saturday the pope vowed to end the sexual exploitation of children by clerics though he failed to say how he would
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achieve that goal. but again address the catholic church's sex abuse scandal during his prayer at the shrine of the holy mary let's hear what he had to say. but in my career i asked the virgin mary if you consider all the victims of abuse of any kind committed by members of the church in ireland. with. this open wound be challenges us to be firm and decisive in the pursuit of truth and justice you know. it did i juz the. the lord's forgiveness for these sins and for the scandal and betrayal felt by
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so many in god's family. here. i asked our blasted mother to intercede for the healing of the survivors. it and to include every member of our christian family. in the resolve to never again permit these situations to occur. then. turning to italy now as prosecutors have begun investigating the country's interior minister a far right leader salvini for his role in preventing migrants rescued at sea from disembarking in sicily the investigation is focusing on charges of illegal confinement illegal arrest and abuse of power the migrants have been stuck on an italian coast guard vessel in the port of qahtani for five days on saturday is really began allowing them to disembark. wary sick
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many on hunger strike the migrants on board the dish shotty are finally allowed onto dry land stuck in catan has harvest since monday they're exhausted and many are traumatised after their journeys. and it's a little know what i wanted to sue minus we've heard inhumane stories of female suffering for example a twenty two year old eritrean woman who says it took her two years to get here and she was raped every step of the way. she paid lots of money to traffic is and has a bullet wound on her hand. for the mother for the model the italian government had refused to let them off the boats until other e.u. states agree to take some of them in island would take in twenty to twenty five albania not in the e.u. will take in twenty italian prime minister giuseppe conti confound the catholic
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church will take in one hundred his interior minister emma tears sound vini is under investigation by sicilian prosecutors he's accused of the illegal detention of the migrants and abusive office responding in a social media post he said if you want to interrogate me or even arrest me because i defend the borders and security of my country i'm proud and i look forward to it . italy's populist coalition wants to reduce the flow of migrants to it shows which have seen more than six hundred fifty thousand people arrive since twenty fourteen . in sports the summer break is over and that means of course the bonus league is back germany's top football league kicking off this weekend with so much citing gains will be surprised to hear which team is already topping the standings but there were also some unexpected results today we have all the highlights for you.
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