this is t w news coming to you live from berlin it's being called a once in a lifetime storm the people in the southeastern united states prepare for the arrival of hurricane for us authorities say the storm poses a serious threat to life and property and many are afraid also coming out risking their lives every day just to get to school we meet children in ukraine forced to walk through no man's land to reach their classroom. at the new report says nearly four thousand children were raped or sexually abused by catholic priests in germany

over a seventy year period we speak to one of the victims. below i'm terry martin good to have you with us nearly two million people in the u.s. have been told to evacuate as hurricane florence bears down on the southeast coast a huge storm is forecast to cause life threatening floods when it makes landfall in the carolinas on friday people there have little time left to get out of harm's way this was the warning from north carolina governor roy cooper. north carolina is about to face the power of hurricane florence. the time to prepare is almost over this morning's forecast shows the storm is only hours away. powerful winds will reach our beaches and sounds to morrow morning

north carolina my message is clear. disasters at the doorstep and it's coming in. and people have been heeding the governor's warnings with powerful winds and flooding forecast tens of thousands of aback you waited many are doing what they can to protect their property in the resort town of virginia beach schwager has been speaking to residents whose homes could soon bear the brunt of the storm. how to survive a hurricane get some sand put it in a bag repeat back all of those bags to your car to be stacked around your house gather the rest of your supplies and hope for the best and this is how a community for paris for disaster two hundred ten tons of sand as well as flashlights extra batteries water and of course food the hurricane situation is always unpredictable but for now the city remains call. this is not their first

hurricane. or geniuses have learned from storms past not to take the reported changes in florence's course or the weakening of her wins for granted. don't seem too bad but i've also heard that it could stall with that in mind i think for us it was best to go and prepare it sandbags ready and all that the community seems pretty worried we saw what happened with matthew where it went a little farther north than they predicted and a lot of people flooded so we know that at the last minute it could do anything so we're sort of trying to sandbag the areas that might flood you never get used to it because whatever it is something that these hard to explain is just. it's pretty scary it's what i did this and all the way to describing it all we know what to do i mean we had laws before so we know what to do what we do on extra and there's no water no way out so i'm glad i went last week and got my six cases

a water. local government officials have also vowed to be prepared for every scenario authorities around the country sustained heavy criticism after their own even in response to last year storms emergency manager jim redick says this time they're taking no chances. as well. also i mean it has lessened yes but it's still a threat to us the state is still under a mandatory evacuation for those low lying areas so we continue to have our shelters open our mercy operations center is open and we still take this as a serious threat we remember hurricane matthew when it was working its way off the forecast change for the better and then at the last minute it still made a couple takes up and we got the impacts of that we don't lessen our guard we are fully prepared now and we will be until it is no longer a threat. people here will try to stay optimistic until that threat has passed.

now to smaller stories making news around the world today the philippines is also bracing for a devastating storm a huge super typhoon is heading in from the pacific and will likely make landfall as soon as this weekend so the defense agency said it's deploying relief goods and disaster equipment to the northern coastal regions where the storm could calls the most destruction. on mars departed leader. has defended the jailing of two reuters journalists earlier this month she denied they are being punished for their investigation into a massacre but rather because they had violated the country's official secrets. they received seven years sanctions. and the russian protest group pussy riot says one of its members is in grave condition due to a possible choice inning change. i was hospitalized in moscow after losing his eyesight and the ability to speak the group made last made headlines by briefly

disrupting the world cup soccer i. drove a lawmaker have grilled as the head of the country's domestic intelligence service who is facing allegations of sympathizing with the populace far right. mohsin is under fire for questioning the authenticity of video footage purportedly showing right wing gangs hunting down migrants in the city of chemist's two weeks ago some have called for mawson's resignation at least his boss is convinced. mohsin the president of germany's domestic security agency caused an outcry when he appeared to downplay far right violence last week but despite calls for muslims terminations germany's interior minister came to his defense. you know i've informed the committee for domestic affairs that on the basis of his report his explanation and our discussion i see no reason for personal consequences. on

the us see. the controversy surrounds a video from the city of kemet for many it was proof that far right mobs have hunted down people they took for migrants but in an interview mohsin said the video could be inauthentic that there was no evidence of racist violence and kemet on wednesday he peddled back telling the committee it was all a misunderstanding. i don't know my class has not made it clear i have a communication could have been better or why there was a possible misunderstanding rather than me it was a very clear unequivocal statement that he gave still nam india apic even had. not everyone in parliament however agreed that the matter is settled on does and does this mean in my opinion this doesn't change the fact that mr marson caused a lot of confusion in this country because of what he said last week on christopher took a statewide answer before we still fear that mr marson is taking

a pass on stunts but his media statements like and that by attacking the media regarding the videos dissemination and lending support to right wing conspiracy theories regarding the events in kemet he was pursuing his own political agenda as i get enough of it. for his critics in parliament mohsen is a man who can no longer be trusted even with the support of the interior minister he'll have a hard time regaining his standing. i've concord answer that question he seems to have convinced the committees in parliament at least the conservative members of the committees in parliament but what seems clear is that he did make some very clear statements that he now contradicts himself in connection with that violence and candidates and he simply had to take back the statements now so it's very difficult to see exactly what his purpose and in all of this was i think what you have to say is that he has been known for some time as basically a sympathizer or

a critic of uncle americal a sympathizer of conservative politics fix in germany and the suspicion is that through this interview he says he wanted to deescalate the situation but in fact it seems that he wanted to make a political statement. statements indeed suggest that the media and the chancellor misrepresented events in encampments did he overstep his remit in going out publicly to say that. well he has been giving a lot of interviews which. you know since he took this office which is the way he has been seeing his role in this office but he has been known as a critic of migration policy he has been suspected of advising in fact he has it has admitted that he has advised the falling far right wing of the populist tone of the for germany party on how they might avoid being observed

by his agency in other words what they should do so that they would not. come into the observation of his agency so he has several times shown that he is a critic of angle americal that he is a sympathizer of more right wing politics in germany at the same time we have to say that the interior minister who is in fact his top boss standing right behind him policy will fall from the very and sister party of anger marcos conservatives spent the whole afternoon yesterday in parliament together with hans-georg mohsen in order to show his support for the intelligence chief and as a result he remains in his job well talking about horsy hope for the interior minister he's something of a nemesis for chancellor merkel within her government he is protecting mohsen it seems is all of this hurting the chancellor hands. briefly well what we have to say is that the discussion in the last two weeks about migrants and migrant policy and

so on has led to an increase in the support for the rightwing populace alternative for germany party at the same time. still has or at least critics of. the f.t. continue to have a majority support in germany but we have to say if i'm going to marco the migration issue and the criticism from the right wing is something that is really dominating policy politics in germany at the moment it's a very difficult situation for her and will remain so for some time to pick to come thank you so much for your inside state of political correspondent. now the catholic church here in germany says it is distressed and ashamed by the findings of a new report into the sexual abuse of children by priests the report found that one thousand six hundred seventy catholic priests had abused or raped some three thousand six hundred seventy seven people over

a seventy year period starting in nine hundred forty six when most of the people abused by the priests were boys under the age of thirteen when he was eight years old and was one of the world renowned catholic choir boys in the southern german city of work he lived in a boarding school where he was sexually abused by priests for several years two years ago he shared the painful memories that still haunt him iranians but if a consumer into the prefects room. down with my pajama bottoms. head into his lap. he thrashed me and groaned loudly. out. i only realized later that he pleasured himself by rubbing his genitals on the back of my head. in the study the catholic church noted three thousand six hundred seventy seven victims of sexual violence over

a period of nearly seventy years the victims were mostly male and mostly children one thousand six hundred seventy priests are accused of committing the crimes. observers complained that the church didn't release all its documents to the investigation and that abuse survivors weren't given the chance to be heard the authors of the study also pointed out that the number of victims has probably been greatly underestimated during the study they examined forty thousand files and they found that every third reported case was dealt with by the church itself and forty percent of reported cases were brought to court. the study says perpetrators were often transferred to other parishes without the community's knowledge of what they had done. received a one time payment of twenty five hundred euros for his suffering he and many others are demanding that the catholic church confront it sexual abuse crisis with more transparency. you're watching to still to come

a new defense for endangered species these lion cubs are proof that it is possible . now crossing no man's land just to get to school what sounds like fiction is a daily reality for some peoples in eastern ukraine the armed conflict between government troops and russian backed separatists in the region has left a fortified front line in ukraine's east dividing communities and leaving many areas cut off from their surrounding d.-w. is nick calmly went to the front line bill age from need to meet the children who face mortal danger trying to get an education. another morning and another trip to school without any shots being fired. reason enough for people here to be thankful for now the so-called school ceasefire seems to be holding off

to leaving home one separatist held side these people have passed through no man's land before crossing a narrow bridge and showing that possible. we're not allowed to film the moment the children and their parents cross the bridge or ukrainian military mind is a nervous they say are unexpected parents could provoke the separatists. out to meet the students from the other side of the river the school principal who they say. she introduces us to dash and her two younger brothers. the one who accompanied you. is everything all right i didn't see it yesterday. all this might seem normal now but it was only a few days before the summer holidays the last major round of shelling since everyone scrambling to cover. this epidemic year school teach them one hundred sixty pupils age six seventeen that's just half the number before the war the others have long since left east and west together the patriotic pose to reads

something this school does every day keeping children from both sides talking to each other. we meet again she's been making the journey across the front line some three years now just me and my brothers were on our way to school suddenly lots of shooting started so we all got down it was really scary there was nowhere to hide. she was. we head down to the school cellar that's candles and desks for all the pupils that's the extent of the provisions here and the school's improvised bomb shelter. near the door don't believe anyone who says you can get used to war you never do. three children have died in the since the war began to preschoolers and one former student. i still remember at a desk where used to sit in his handwriting. he was a talented boy. psychologically everyone has suffered the police now are the only

see. she shows us what's left of the primary school buildings across the road gutted by a direct hit it was only because the shelling happened so early in the morning that no one died. it's time for lisette to return to class and their desks how people can see and to separate to sell territory. from the classroom to the front line is a matter of just a few hundred meters in. crossing that front become part of everyday life for many of the children here and so is the shooting. there's not a single window in this entire school that hasn't needed to be replaced in the four years since the shooting began. and finally were allowed down to the river without the children. beyond the bridge between the front lines no man's land and it's through this under the gaze of snipers from both sides the students pass every day . as the school day ends we join the children as they head back to the

checkpoint the experience of crossing the front day in day out hasn't put dasher off she tells us she wants to study to become a teacher so that she can come right back to find it to teach in her words. or indeed over use nick conley well south africa is celebrating a pioneering moment in the conservation of big cats the world's first lion cubs born through artificial insemination or raising hopes of saving some endangered species from extinction scientists of the conservation center where the male and female cubs were born are hailing the breakthrough. they don't know it but these sleepy carbs isabel and victor pioneers. knew that the female was pregnant but is that moment of of that finally that outside of the. that they

had because you put them out. it was really exciting in the past scientists have struggled to artificially inseminate lions they hope what they've learned from this can also be applied to other big cats we can use that species to understand some of the factors necessary to help us save. some of the. critically endangered big cats around the world it's estimated the african lion population has decreased by more than sixty percent in the last twenty five years alone the lions are mainly threatened by hunting and habitat loss there are sufficient insemination doesn't solve that it gives scientists a safety net the main aim of these project would be to find a protocol for simulation where we can actually use. them because that's what we give best. to help these guys in the future. these little

cards the living proof there's hope of beating extinction. because in business news all this week we're remembering the tenth anniversary of the lehman brothers collapse we've got here is to us about monetary it's somewhat less costly than. we've just seen terry and of course it is the first european central bank's meeting since the some a break today analysts expect the bank to stay on course to curb stimulus i mean tire inflation and solid growth the e.c.b. will do whatever it takes to save the euro now those were the words of course of easy had mario draghi back in two thousand and twelve when the nine thousand member bloc fell to the pinch from the global financial crisis triggered by the collapse of lehman brothers let's take a quick look at the role of central banks in times of crises. it was a time of reckless lending in the us as long as you weren't

a felon chances were you could get a mortgage details like the borrowers ability to pay the loan back didn't seem to matter it was only a question of when subprime mortgages would undermine the system the question was answered on september fifteenth two thousand and eight when investment bank lehman brothers collapsed the bankruptcy triggered panic on the markets as banks stopped lending money to each other the market's most valuable currency trust had been destroyed central banks among them the e.c.b. intervened pumping money into the markets in an attempt to keep them alive. among its most radical policies lowering interest rates on october eighth two thousand and eight the european central bank began lowering its key interest rate since then it's continued the trend it now stands at zero percent meaning banks don't have to pay to borrow money unprecedented in modern financial history. and

another first a speech by e.c.b. president mario draghi his comments were considered the turning point in the crisis the e.c.b. is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. and believe me it will be enough the european central bank began buying government bonds from struggling e.u. countries especially from southern europe those countries went heavily into debt to save their own banks and were then under threat themselves the financial crisis was about to engulf whole states the e.c.b. financed entire countries it was a highly controversial measure but it worked collapse was averted but the problem of rising european debt still hasn't been solved. so let's talk a little bit about that's i'm joined now by marcus miller from. the union university cent a gallon in switzerland but today you're here in berlin good to have you with us we

just heard again those famous words by easy to behead mario dr g. these b. will do whatever it takes to save the euro and it will be enough wasn't enough yes it was enough and it was probably one of the best sentences ever in monetary policy history so darkie did a perfect job too to buy time for the governments to actually stylised the system but i mean it looks like i mean that the central banks including the e.c.b. also the federal the u.s. fed of course had to pick up the pieces after some really reckless action in the financial world overall ten years later would you say that they did a good job they did a good job together with the other part of the system we have a european financial stability system in place no we're many a much better position today as we were ten years or eight seven eight years ago so i think the central banks really did a good job in helping us to get out of this crisis in which the banks actually brought us exactly and i mean for example by the e.c.b.

a quantitative easing program that they pumped an awful lot of money into the markets cheap money plus those low interest rates that we heard about or even negative interest rates. to bid risky. of course it is risky i mean that it is sixty four thousand dollar question will be how to get the money out of the system again once they stop the q.e. which the e.c.b. probably will do at the end of the year will raise interest rates some when probably in two thousand one thousand that's the the major point when we will see whether the systems which we have now in place actually will work but of course only by lowering interest rates of putting them even into negative territory it's about enticing people to take out loans a lot of companies doing that countries are doing that what if the e.c.b. raises interest rates again that's a problem though yes of course it is a problem in particular for countries such as his home country to me for example this over in doctress is in into leeds not yet over and once we will raise interest rates we will see that that part of the economic system will go into normal again

and then we need to act normally and so what what do you think the e.c.b. what sort of room wiggle room does it have right now because there's so many uncertainties also with a trade row with the united states brics it's still uncertain you mentioned italy of course is it no time to actually cut stimulus yes of course i mean we need to go back to normal and everything else would be surprising and nothing is worries markets more than the you know unprecedented surprises so we will go back to normal in two thousand ninety eight and then we probably i will come back and we talk about whether the systems which i place will work off hopefully you come back before just very briefly at the height of the crisis a lot of people will warning that the e.c.b. would lose its independence do you think those views were justified no not at all not at all mike israel there from university it sounds gallant thank you so much for your time welcome. well. another central bank the

one in turkey is also holding a meeting today in a last ditch effort to hold the nearest dramatic descent or at least slow it the country's currencies seen its value plunge more than forty percent against the dollar since the start of the year analysts say a drastic interest rate hike to twenty percent from the current seventeen percent to keep prices from further skyrocketing techies in chrono me has been hit hard by runaway inflation by turkish president richard type add one continues to oppose a further rate rise claiming it would worsen except a day it would worsen the country's economic problems. you're watching t.v. and you see as a reminder of the top story befalling for you. people in the south east and you gracing for the arrival of hurricane for already nearly two million residents have been ordered to evacuate from three states as the storm approaches authorities say

the storm has weakened but still poses a serious threat to life and property. and the catholic church in germany says distressed and ashamed by the findings of a new report into sexual abuse of children by priests the report found that clergymen not abused or raped me any four thousand children over seventy v.f.p. of aids. this is news coming to you live from berlin well coming up at the top of the hour less you know that. woman could move. on. to. the.

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it in sixty minutes j w. a nineteen sixty year. old crime echoed around the. young people held against their stomachs. demanding nothing less than a home. my mil stronger than my. one moves of those lives today. the seeds of civil rights. peace movement when least one plan is. ninety six to live with. this week.

twenty one years ago britain returned to hong kong to chinese rule on the basis of an agreement that would guarantee its rights and freedoms for at least fifty years now pro-democracy campaigners charge that china hasn't lived up to its commitments my guest this week here in hong kong is horace cho vice president of the largest probating party and a member.