when paul came over the sea from cameroon to berlin starts october fourth on g.w. . business day w. news live from berlin pope francis kicks off his visit to the baltic states in lithuania right now francis is holding a mass of a tens of thousands of catholic faithful encounters platelet later he'll pay tribute to the holocaust victims of the vilnius ghetto morial will get more from our correspondent also coming up. a precarious home coming up the years in levanon

it's now siphoned off for some syrian refugees to return home and we'll see how one family is struggling to rebuild their lives that were interrupted by years of. hand in the bundesliga it was a comical atmosphere among the way money away fans in jails and cash and they might have been miles from various forgotten munich celebrating the start of the total for the conclave when the close the shelf will take a look at the best of the action. i'm rebecca races good to have you with us. pope francis has paid tribute to lithuanians who suffered during soviet and nazi occupations this in a mass viewed by tens of thousands in the south central part of the country it's the first stone on a four day tour of the baltic states the pope is urging residents of all three

nations to draw on their past experience with explore the pression to speak up for tolerance in europe. a warm welcome on the streets of illness. a greeting that comes with the shadow of recent sex abuse scandals in the catholic church looming large but pope francis has traveled to lithuania to deliver a different message one of solidarity at a time when europe's migration crisis and the rise of populist governments is highlighting deep differences in the e.u. . the. more and more voices are sowing division and confrontation often by exploiting insecurity or situations of conflict and proclaiming that the only way possible to guarantee security and the continued existence of a culture is to try to eliminate council or expel others here lithuanians have a role to play by instead welcoming differences through dialogue openness and

understanding you can become a bridge between eastern and western europe. is the point of the message sparked plenty of discussion among lithuanians. in general were taller and and will receive migrants as we have a juicy to do so with courting to the quota. poles on talking carians or refusing to receive migrants but we're fulfilling our. i'm not against migrants some quotas should probably be introduced or the number of people coming should be limited somehow but we definitely can take in a certain number of people and we can increase the quota i want lithuania to be more open. that. the pope also visited vilnius cathedral where he met clergy and local religious leaders he'll

spend two days in lithuania before continuing on to latvia and estonia. well for more. i'm joined by constantine fun agate a political analyst and journalist in vilnius is following the pontiff's to visit constantine today is also the seventy fifth anniversary of the near extermination of lithuania as jewish community during the holocaust how does that fit in with the pope's message that it's a very well rebecca it actually continues on he's ashamed of being a welcoming strangers that he developed yesterday and i think it's a very significant thing also because all three baltic states struggling with their memories of the holocaust because elements of local copulation to parks in hounding and eventually extermination of jews in the three baltic states and this is a day full memory which decides it because they really did a successful at trying to tackle but there is still there the think the pope's

message fits here very well and modernizes if you push these memories makes them relevant to societies. well the baltic states were all my old so once an expired the soviet union and the catholic church they would have been persecuted does the catholic church have a large following with the white house. yes twenty is the largest catholic country in northern europe actually probably the only well we didn't say seventy five percent to seventy seven percent of the population identifies catholics as in many posts a communist society as well that the site is emerging from communism status very frequently tightly linked to cultural identity attendances are lower than in neighboring pull them but once you know you've seen these pictures of israel's welcoming the coke you see that the face is still there and in many respects it's a very very religious a compassion a great a story of which ranks and one of the least really just countries in europe

probably close to a majority at least right now he or in germany the influential magazine dish beagle has a cover story this week focused on the church sex abuse scandal its title yvel shalt not lie attacking the pope's handling of the abuse crisis and is this trip into the baltic regions a break away from all of that very much so rebecca i think that's here this scandal wasn't. big news at all let me let me put it like that at just some extent because people here see the church differently as you rightly mention it's been persecuted i would say nearly eliminated in the soviet union and people still feel that the church is a kind of beacon of trust in all public opinion polls the church tops the list of institutions that it really is trust and i think that because of this tragic past people attend tend to give more if you wish to be more forgiving of the

church and do suggest church structure just didn't exist here until pretty much didn't exist until the early ninety's or the late eighty's there is much less if you wish to get in sort of a war much less basis for this debate because just there is such a short history of modern catholicism in in the territory of this when it journalist and political analyst constantine vonnegut in vilnius lithuania thank you now to some of the other stories making news around the world in the mole daves hundreds of thousands of casting ballots in presidential elections that have been marred by charges of vote rigging opposition candidate abraham mohammad soli caused his vote in the capital my lai he's looking to unsafe the president coming out who's been criticized for cracking down on democratic freedoms. the first high speed train connecting hong kong and the chinese mainland has arrived in the city of shenzhen the connection cost around ten billion u.s.

dollars it cuts the journey time between the financial center and the manufacturing hub from around one hour to just fourteen minutes. and i crack a tower of volcanic volcanic island in indonesia showed off a dramatic eruption on saturday night and meeting sand ash and hot red rocks the volcano has erupted an estimated forty nine times since friday prompting off our things to expand the danger zone from one kilometer to two. with the syrian government preparing to retake the last major rebel stronghold of live there are signs the country's civil war could be entering its final stages the war drove hundreds of thousands of syrians to seek refuge in neighboring lebanon lebanon often three years now beirut wants them to return home to areas that have been deemed safe for one returning syrian family the last five years has been a struggle on both sides of the border. the small village of beit din near the

lebanese border is home to mechanic mohamed al buckeye he returned to just a month ago he was forced to leave in two thousand and thirteen when fighting broke out between the syrian army and the opposition. but when we left because of the armed groups my wife my children and i were able to escape when i opened a garridge in lebanon at the foot of the floor. at least buckeye and his son malik found work in lebanon on many syrians don't the country is small and expensive syrians there also usually earn significantly less than the locals. it was tough we couldn't really live in lebanon comfortably we decided to come back but. the high cost of living and the low wages weren't the only reasons they left eleven on after five long years. most people respected us but some kept telling us

you're taking away our work the feel of. his former house was badly damaged during the war now his family has to live in rented accommodation but they aren't complaining so it's a wonderful feeling i can't explain it now we are here again in my village after all that's happened this is still my home if you travel or are forced to flee as a refugee there's only one place you can call home. but just eleven years of age their daughter has lived almost half her life in lebannon now she's starting a new adventure joining classes at the local school. on the first day of school i was really happy that i knew friends at school different friends than those i had in lebanon. from our harvard it's not an easy restart he doesn't know who damaged his former house whether syrian government forces or rebel

fighters from ahmed it's an important he's looking to the future. it's difficult to see my house like this but we're determined to rebuild it despite everything we're in god's hands and god willing and you house will stand here in the coming year. along with others who have returned mohamed wants to bring life back to the village he once again calls home. in the bundesliga by travel to shelter in a battle of the two tops from last season but so far this times been very different they're stuck at the bottom with no points and make sure they stay there. first there was the inevitable off the pitch me on korecki abood on his return to shelter. and then came the inevitable on the pitch by and taking

the lead after just eight minutes comments rodriguez with the bullet head i. shall yet to record any points let alone a victory the writing was already on the wall i buy and continue to press which set pieces providing their best chances just before halftime gretzky course another reminder he's not so welcome here anymore than you kind of jury given a yellow card for his efforts. by and could afford to ease off in the second half not least because shocker we're doing a lot of the work for them despite the seemingly and threatening situation alessandra shirts bundled over rodriguez in the box. robert leaven dusty converted the resulting penalty i had to deal with little more than an hour gone the game was effectively over it's rare for shock of fans to leave before the final was so but these had seen enough to buy and it was

a measured victory over the nearest challenger last season shall still pointless missing more than just lay on correct. well by and munich have continued their perfect start to the season with their fourth win in four commas rodriguez scored and won a penalty in two nil when a child her daughter drew one one at hoffenheim high flying her to berlin be a bloodbath for two while braman won three two alcs bog promoted nuremberg made hanover and freiburg won their first game of the season of wolves bog on friday stuttgart and dozens of the no score droll today leave a person whose minds and i'll be leipzig visit frankfurt. here are the bundesliga standings after the main program of games champions by an hour blazing away with a maximum of twelve points herter a second with the third win in four and braman are up to fourth in the bottom half

fribourg have jumped up to twelfth while last season runners up shall remain without a point now the world's largest beer festival the october first is off to a roaring start here in germany in the bavarian capital munich. i. i. i i mean it's met officially seedings alongside the very end state premier premier marcus soda and estimated six million locals and tourists are expected to attend the festivities and the projected to guzzle down some seven million later is a big throughout the two week celebration. and as a reminder of the top stories we're following for you in lithuania pope francis has paid tribute to those who suffered under nazi and soviet occupation in common us away now is the first stop on his four day trip to the baltic states.

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