starship trooper first. this is do you know you news live from berlin hundreds of thousands of people gather in ireland to hear pope francis say mass this comes after the pontiff asks for forgiveness for the catholic church over its sexual abuse scandals he says the church must take firm and decisive action in pursuit of truth and justice but its critics say words are not enough also coming up one of the most independent voices

in u.s. politics has fallen silent senator john mccain died overnight at the age of eighty one losing his battle against brain cancer mccain's wife cindy paid tribute to her late husband saying he passed the way he lived on his own terms. than zimbabwe's new president emerson and is sworn in after his narrow victory in july is just needed to lection the now faces of difficult task of uniting the country after an election of the opposition says it was raked. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us pope francis is wrapping up his visit to ireland as many as half a million people are gathering to hear the pope say mass in dublin's phoenix park.

earlier visiting in a town pilgrimage town of knock at the pope begs for god's forgiveness over the sex abuse scandals which have rocked the catholic church around the world thousands of abuse survivors are expected to hold protests to coincide with the mass victims are urging the pope to speak out about the issue at today's service. and for more i'm joined in the studio now by w.'s religious affairs correspondent martin got so mark and we just said today that at the prayer service the pope's asking for god's forgiveness for clerical sexual abuse but is the church actually prepared to take any more concrete steps other than just expressing words of remorse we don't know but clearly the public voices sort of rich i think fever pitch i mean it's very clear that there isa very concrete demand for concrete policies and i have to say that listening to the new look this morning i mean it

seemed slightly grew and sort of the you know the pope busking the virgin mary to intercede for the sins of the church i mean all of this theological talk of course is fine for those who are already involved in the browser committed to it but as for the rest i mean victims and the wider public the question is what concrete steps are going to be taken and we have here none of that in the last twenty four hours well there were a number of protests yesterday and also further protest planned today by abuse victims and others what is their message there is initially three demands broadly speaking one redress for the crimes committed and those are sexual abuse crimes the second one is the church will actually contribute the vatican will start contributing would investigation so turning in documents and turning in reports and things of the kind to national authorities to further investigate the crimes and then the third one which probably the most important one. concerns essentially the

stop to the policy of cover up which is one that has been in place and has permitted many of his crimes to proliferate so these are broadly speaking the three areas that protesters are you know are demanding on the five to solve so that in our land the church has a very strong relation with the state and it's very much included within much of the burdens of the state and i think that this is also one of the areas that particularly irish protesters are demanding a farther separation and yet the prime minister of ireland himself spoke out and said there was a new chapter in the relationship between ireland and the catholic church what he said is that religion simply is no longer at the center of ireland's society has the catholic church lost its relevance in ireland i don't think that it has lost completely its relevance and that probably will not happen in the media future because the fact is you know it is said institution that he's completely deluded and completely suffused not only the state but society so even at the stages in

which estate has managed to modulate the influence of the church at the local level i mean people still see their priests and their church institutions as actually central to their daily lives nonetheless it must be said arlen it's a particular case precisely because the church was included pretty much at every level of the state birdsey clearly in their use of social service and social policy and it's very clear over the last ten years actually thirty years really of revelations that the public trust in the institution to be able to keep up with the policy of the secular state and protected citizens particularly children has actually been completely completely effaced so i think that this points to a farther secularization of the state even if this is cited it's not quite there yet our idea is religious affairs correspondent martin many thanks indeed for all your insight my pleasure. well tributes are flooding in for a u.s. senator john mccain who died overnight at the age of eighty one mccain has been

battling an aggressive form of brain cancer since july of last year and on friday his family had announced he'd discontinued any further treatment after a long military and political career he passed away at his ranch in arizona surrounded by his wife and other family members. the flag flies half staff over the white house for a man who dreamt of occupying the nation's highest office. born into a family of navy admirals john mccain served in the vietnam war as a navy pilot when his plane was shot down over one noir in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven he became a prisoner of war enduring five and a half years of torture and captivity. he entered politics after his release and went on to be the senator of arizona for more than thirty years the republican also made two failed bits for president in

two thousand and two thousand and eight he was known as a man of integrity and willing to stick to his convictions rather than to the political line tributes are coming in from both sides of the political aisle. i'll be honest i'm a democrat but i love but. i don't know i just always he's killing. he listened to us and i just have always had a high respect for him just deeply saddened i heard about it and immediately started crying just thinking about what a man of integrity and just cared so much for his country in vietnam he's remembered for his efforts to build peace post war. it's a sad day and i send my condolences to his family he was among those americans who supported vietnam the most in normalizing relations with the u.s. he also fought for peace in many countries including vietnam. mccain will

be buried at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in maryland the final resting place for a man who fought for america and its people. and that is some of the other stories making news around the world italy's interior minister monti salvini is under investigation for his role in preventing migrants rescued at sea from disembarking in sicily salvini only allowed people to disembark after five days on board when albania ireland and the vatican agreed to take in the migrants. in taiwan at least six people have been killed and thousands evacuated from their homes after days of heavy rainfall flooding hit forty seven areas inundating houses and submerging vehicles taiwanese leader it will be a lie visited the area and apologize to angry residents who criticize the government for failing to come to their aid. more than three hundred south koreans

have traveled to north korea to meet their long lost relatives it's the second round of temporary were unions of family members separated by for decades by the korean war earlier this week about two hundred other south koreans went to the scenic diamond mountain resort for similar reunions. to zimbabwe now where the president who's now been officially inaugurated has called on the country to unite its comes just a day after a court upheld emerson and god was narrow election victory the result have been disputed by the main opposition party which claimed the vote was raked. tens of thousands packed zimbabwe's national stadium in horary to watch their leader takes the oath of office. there most

of the. serbs are. as president of zimbabwe. i would be surfacing. to suburbia. but despite all the pomp at this inauguration the election result has been bitterly contested only twenty four hours before zimbabwe's constitutional court confirmed that more on god chua had won the july ballot after claims it was rigged m.d.c. opposition leader nelson chamisa still won't accept the results when the president no doubt what is disputed is illegal i yeard legitimate claim dogs are in supposed to be leading the people's above. post election clashes resulted in violence with sylvia my foes are one of those killed the president has promised an inquiry and also talked of political unity. zero merkel

lutes and other political parties who contested just ended i won our elections we are the bribery and what you know us is greater than we weren't ever our dividers. but the president too to come over from veteran leader robert mccarthy last year must know it would take more than one words to unite this country. to racing now and formula one's belgian grand prix where the red flank was out on the very first lap holding the event because of a crash that put three in trying first out of the race but luckily none of them injured before the safety car was deployed ferrari's sebastian fettle slid past lewis hamilton but started in pole position from where sadie's fettle held on from there to take the win and cut hamilton's already slim drivers' championship lead.

well the new bundesliga season got underway this weekend and one of the title contenders is already facing a set back shall go were up and didn't tough opening game against wolves work a club on the rebound after and barely avoided relegation last season. shaka have newcomers mark seward satan and sally sunday in the starting line up it's a little effects both spoke with the shop aside from the first top set pieces would prove to be key in this match maxi arnold to john brooks one of the hosts of if books with acres of space and famine with no shot to mimic what the disco was fuming off time after the break it got pretty turbulent a brutal attack obama time to start it but first so yellow but then the video referee got involved and the decision was overturned the day got worse from the sausage he had as much in. there was more outrageous the match came so close

brooks took down brill mbulelo penalty the shaka not be open to let equalise for the guests in the eighty fifth minute by with the game in time added on both sides of playing for the win but it was the moves away from the few i know kinship with the winner i was a finish it was. into so why good if we keep on going like this we've got a nerve racking season ahead but that's good for the fans it was a really intense game that in the end went out why and i don't think it was undeserved from bines i think she's been through should she switched over surely if you have to be honest it was a tough game for the refs and sort of your sense of i wouldn't want to be a video assistances for referee mistakes happen the important thing is how you deal with it. and i know mitt. balls open the season with a surprising when the boss shocker will be hoping to improve their fortunes almost

a two. well english football side liverpool has shifted their goalkeeper lauras car use out to turkish side besiktas on a two year loan deal the twenty five year old mistakes in the champions league final versus reality or it cost liverpool the match and germany has since been demoted to the bench. the lead to the red signing brazilian allison becker from rome up as a replacement. made forty nine appearances for liverpool and will aim to rebuild his confidence with the turkish league champions. all right from the dignified and somber sport of chess comes a world championship for a select few in the select few were willing to play the game under water in a london pool on a weekend in august players dive beneath the surface to play with magnetic pieces but without breathing apparatus and once they go fully under they have to complete their move before coming up for air while the eventual winner war and orange fish

hat to intimidate or at the very least distract his opponents. that's all from us here at d w news will be back again with another update at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest news and information on our website just go to w dot com american evan steen from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. time for. our church the. comments what. do you w. .