start. d.w. . told. this is g.w. news live from pope francis celebrates mass in the united arab emirates it is the largest public show of christianity ever seen on the arabian peninsula. he called on the christian and muslim leaders to work together and for jack to walk out on the news that his trip is not without controversy and also coming up

venezuelan opposition leader one why don't get a boost after dozens of european countries give him their support but nicolas to do it all refuses to budge and accuses the international community of planning a coup. and a community divided by religion in ukraine we report on how anger is growing in one village over the decision to recognize an independent and praying in church after centuries of rule by moscow. and new revelations in the so-called football league says the alleged behind the largest leak in history of sports goes public for the first time really pinto discusses his role and his uncertain future following his recent arrest in budapest. i'm sorry kelly welcome. it is being billed as the largest show of christian

worship ever seen on the arabian peninsula pope francis is celebrating mass in the united arab emirates in the birthplace of islam you're looking at live pictures right now more than one hundred and thirty thousand people are estimated to be attending the event in the capital abu dhabi right now it wraps up a three day trip to the country the first ever by a reigning pontiff francis says that his main aim is to promote cooperation and tolerance between christian and muslims christians and muslims excuse me he also condemned war. of. us now to talk a little bit more about this mass and its significant. religious affairs analyst martin significance it has ended it's sort of a big day special seeing for the first time really such a massive expression of public worship by the christian community. i mean in the in

the gold so it's not just the first visit of the pope but sort of such a large. something not seen before at all and of course it's quite interesting because this is a majority muslim area of the world so what is the situation for christians living in the united arab emirates and. a million. christians for them in living and they unite. in the region particularly saudi arabia really just. so other religions are actually allowed. churches. really traditional worship by and large especially north christian communities of conflict including.

of course christian communities had been sort of intense pressure and they had been at the crossroads of religious and political violence so for instance. targeted christians. in iraq during the war and then the aftermath of that christian communities were actually very much exposed and very vulnerable so i think that the. want to try to bring this political leaders in and actually. brought them at least really sort of the political the political force and try to bring it in and that is a very fair message that he has been making. just to tell our viewers has been underway now for about an hour and a half there and. we know for example that. very big issue as you mentioned he joined a top muslim cleric yesterday in demand for tolerance martin do you think it will make a difference i mean we can say word will make an immediate difference i mean what

we say though is this is a very strong gesture or at least that the clerical level i mean whether this translates into sort of the street street. is something that we cannot really know what it will take broadly but just months by the year to gauge the very same time the fact that the question of interreligious dialogue. is mediated by questions of immigration a lot of the catholic community in the region there are actually immigrants from southeast asia and south south asia. and then there is the question of the european experience sort of say the western experience in which. sort of sort of whole sort of conflict the fundamentalism in radicalization of so i don't think that these things are meant to have an immediate impact but they're certainly. socially the ball in a sense to try to bring populations you know. good

relations could look like. they're of course projecting and has the visit. possibly on the arabian peninsula i mean we're looking at these pictures here and when they go to the crowd you can just see. many people have turned out today. not only sort of in the minority but in many parts of the region it's actually not i wouldn't say exactly under siege but in a way that really i mean they're really quite marginal in public life christians in saudi arabia and. i mean having such a presence and having such a prominent role in the public sphere for. at least a couple of days obviously very bored and so clearly there are the reception has been very good how we said that the leadership in the political framework over the you know over the next couple of weeks will react to this is something that remains to resume. can has been incredibly good of developing a public promise abroad over the ages of fares analyst martin jacques filling us in

on this visit by the pope to the united arab emirates thank you you're welcome one of venezuela's opposition leader one who has thanked major european countries for endorsing him as the country's legitimate president nicolas maduro has told a military rally that he will never surrender meantime he accused the e.u. countries of taking orders from the top ministration who he says is plotting to overthrow him to steal his country's oil meanwhile canada has joined with several latin american nations calling for venice well as army to back white oh and allow aid into the country. voice for will travel to washington seeking funds for venezuela's elling economy. venezuela's power struggle deepened on monday off to several european nations officially recognized opposition leader of one quite go as the country's acting president spain was the first to announce their support

germany france the u.k. and several other countries quickly followed suit this gets done with new presidential elections were not called by yesterday. that is why kwan go i don't know is the person we expect to initiate an election process as soon as possible about the ignorant. and by put and germany along with several other european countries recognizes him as the legitimate interim president to oversee this task to the president. and also because if you know. venezuela's foreign minister is firmly on the duros side. europeans and the americans are making a mistake but it doesn't bother us it doesn't distract us because we know who's making the decisions here. and there are four girls our time and our strength are geared to stopping imperialism. stopping donald trump's governmental

from setting foot on sacred but as wayland soil. maduro insists he will never bow to his opponents he also refuses to let foreign humanitarian aid into the country for fear that aid could be coupled with a military intervention. but as the standoff intensifies life remains desperate for many venezuelans amid the country's bitter economic crisis many forced to rely on food donations to survive and millions of others have fled the country. for more now let's bring in jennifer communal gonzalez a venice well a journalist from news welcome to you jennifer we know that military support will really be crucial in deciding the power struggle there and benefits well or where things stand right now with the army and with regard to its resolve to stick by the doro. well the needle has not moved yet the top brass are standing

by they are sticking with another oh and you know the lower ranks we're not sure this is the thing the army is not our block there are two sides here they're the the top brass that has been basically loyal to this government because it is a part of this government and the lower ranks the barracks who are reportedly not doing so well they're not benefiting as much as that as the top brass and and reportedly not totally in support of mother or but right now we haven't seen any signs unfortunately of any change in that regard meantime you know madore barry defiant teens he's lashed out against the west accusing the e.u. of taking orders from washington accusing washington of wanting to carry out a coup. you know what happens if he does not bow now to international pressure because i mean the words that he's using are quite strong. yes and these words are historical language that the government has used this this idea that had that

the government be an attack that the intervention anything that is that is a. negative assessment of his government is seen as intervention is seen as as as an imperialistic attempt to overthrow him but in this case he is worried he's worried definitely and so he's going to ratchet up this language to try to get his supporters to back him and riled up just as the opposition is riling up its supporters as well but it's difficult because the mother could just not do anything and then watch and then what happens well that is what will be tough for the opposition and for its international partners to decide what is the next move when nothing happens with jennifer camino gonzales thank you. and let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world authorities in paris suspect arson was behind a fire that killed at least seven people in the capital's wealthy sixteenth

district a paris prosecutor says that one woman has been detained firefighters rescued some fifty people and dozens more were injured by the blaze. a nigerian court has ordered the country's top judge to appear in person at a tribunal to answer corruption charges the chief justice walter again who heads the supreme court was suspended ten days ago is accused of failing to declare foreign currency bank accounts. and villages in central bosnia are struggling under heavy flooding torrential rain and melting snow prompted by a rapid rise in temperature has destroyed homes and roads rescue services have built small dams in a bid to halt the flood waters. meantime reports from france say that president emmanuel mccrone may be planning to call the nation's first referendum in fourteen years the move comes in response to calls by yellow vest protesters for more direct democracy the yellow vests started demonstrating last year against tax increases

and policies that they say favor the rich but one of their founding members now says the movement has taken has been taken over by radicals and has decided to set up a political party. kenya who no longer takes out her yellow vests to protest she was one of the founders of the yellow vests movement but now she's moving on at age fifty one she's founding a political party. the emerging ones the goal is to fight for greater social justice and equality. this week i'll continue to do my part but we have to develop a network across the region. it'll be a lot of work i'm looking. for now the party headquarters are in her kitchen don't go that luster is over to also there's no time for lunch and the afternoon

coordinating with supporters and dealing with legal questions she's a composer but her face is known across france as one of the leaders of the yellow vests me keys but what's the money for. hi you tube video against president emanuel am a cornfield tax hikes went viral and stirred up the yellow vests protests but now she says it's time to move on a. real need all of the movement has reached rock bottom it's becoming nonsense. they've radicalized tonight these people think the oh and the whole yellow vests movement there to no one can own me or hold me hostage. move or isn't alone and denouncing the yellow vests to. the more than ten thousand people took to the streets of paris that message to the yellow vests that's enough

they feel increasingly alienated from the movement it's the fast rally in months that's for the government. twenty one million people voted for the president. that if not actually i'm defending freedom and democracy and. structure and trade also hurts people going to tweet. back in move religion britany many people support rejection of violence and also back a party that's critical of the government. which. i think it's a moderate and constructive way to propose ideas. but they don't want to get rid of the president is enough we believe it's better to deal with the current government and try to improve things rather than to kick them i could review their . names to stand in upcoming local elections she wants to play

a different political than mcconnell. late last year ukraine's christian orthodox leaders created a new church in depend. of russia they have received the blessing of orthodox christianity as spiritual head the patriarch bartholomew based in istanbul though many people were glad to embrace a fully ukrainian church but not all were ready to cut their three hundred year old ties with the russian patriarchy d.w. correspondent nick connelly sent us this report about the schism in the ukrainian village of burn it sir. you're praying in the cold. it's not their usual church but these moscow patriarchate supporters say they don't have a choice the decision by the leader of the world's orthodox christians in faraway istanbul to recognize the independent ukraine a church soon he turns in this isolated village. within weeks supporters of the two

rival confessions were locked in a standoff suddenly the village of burnet to head to priest father said he had the moscow patriarchy and father only of the ukrainian church and supporters of the ukrainian church collected signatures soon they had to go to majority begin the congregation in favor of joining the body within a matter of days they had the keys to the village church there's a certain farm here. father said he of the moscow patriarchy insist the whole procedure was raked the villages he says were tricked into signing the petition but that was just the beginning. this is ripping the community apart people have stopped speaking to one another we even have a husband who's threatening to throw his wife out for her religious beliefs they called us anti christ used them in this little bit about a fifth of the old congregation have decided to stick with father said he and the moscow patriarchate they've made their way to this rundown cottage on the edge of

the village for the first service and what they hope is just a temporary home for their parish feelings are running high. we had a funeral the other day and the people that was split into each side kept to itself so i could never has an agenda and i'd end up going to pray in a shack. they do look. the other end of the village the new york humans of the church st john are also preparing for their first service. inside then you increase. foggo legs leading phrase in ukraine rather than old slavonic cake church language used by the moscow patriarchate was. or thirty year. old he proudly shows the congregation a copy of the official charter by patriarch bartholomew in istanbul recognizing the independence of ukraine your church it's something many here have been waiting for

since ukraine gained dependence three decades ago some of them are the most is all about the congregation they have decided which church they want to belong to the majority has made its choice i think the others will be back with those very soon. made the will has been very we want to talk to god in ukrainian not in any other language we want to ukrainian tracing the ukrainian church the russians are sending tanks against us now killing our children and grandchildren here we don't want the russians here no way. we have a ukrainian church a church that's truly independent of russia a country that's attacking us we're not praying for their soldiers anymore father said he refuses to accept that these changes are permanent as fighting to bring his parishioners back in from the cold. i hope the people will eventually understand what they've done repent and return to the fold of the true church for the moment

at least that seems unlikely what began as an argument about bricks and mortar now threatens to turn into a long lasting division in this community. now to a new development in the so-called football links the whistle blowing platform that has revealed some of the murky aspects of the global football business really pinto a major source for the stunning revelations has now gone public for the first time after his recent arrest speaking with german broadcaster. a secret location in budapest it's here in this modest apartment building we're told wants to give his side of the story. on january sixteenth last he was arrested in the hungary in capital in response to a portuguese arrest warrant on charges of attempted extortion and cyber crimes. he's under house arrest and wearing an ankle monitor while awaiting a decision on whether he is a whistleblower who legally obtained the documents which could exonerate him or

whether he is a cyber criminal. which could lead to extradition. i'm a whistleblower what matters for me and for football leaks is the documents are authentic i don't care about the origin i'm a whistleblower so i have i have to expose and we have to giornale as credible giornale with the real deal and among those documents are details of confidential plans for an elite superleague or kofi for president john even frontino helped top european clubs get around the financial fair play rules we've been taught also admitted to contacting sports investment company under a false name a meeting was organized which led to accusations of attempted extortion. i think i was naive. i did. i mean something stupid i decided to play with them and basically said that yeah i have some documents.

and they wanted i wanted to see their reaction i wanted i wanted to know. how how valuable were these documents for them i want i wanted to know fought for how far they were ready to go if you really really. know. until faces up to ten years in prison in portugal if convicted. and beaten or both. because i'm a target and. and i feel that at the moment i will enter portuguese you know leave the bundle. i can end up and that. i'm aware of. a home gary in court times until march nineteenth to decide if pinto will be extradited to his native portugal. a complicated case cross harrington from

sports is here to make sense of it for us so first of all cross give us the background because there have been some major revelations over the past year or will football leagues lie in two thousand and fifteen and they started just revealing you know players' salaries i'm speaking of the world of football of course you know and other issues regarding tax evasion or the allegations of tax evasion and so forth most recently the latest revelations or allegations they came for it were more alarming there were rumors that the top clubs in europe were forming a european super competition a super club competition that was supposed to start in twenty twenty one you know also there are a few major clubs in europe were tried to evade the financial fair play laws laid down by you a for speaking of p.s.g. presented him on a big club in france as well as manchester city you know and they alleged that thief was president giani if it's you know was involved in the cover up and protect

shit of these said clubs so these last but not least the crescendo rinaldo revelations about the alleged rape says. you ation currently being investigated in the united states so a lot of this information has been picked up and investigated by major publications such as to speak go along with a team of investigative journalists all across europe and as i mentioned investigations have commenced so allegations that go really straight to the top as you're highlighting what what do we know about intel and the allegations that he faces the allegations that he faces that he's facing from portuguese authorities suspicion of qualified extortion a violation of secrecy and illegally obtaining information he shared over seventy million documents with dispy go to german publication as well as other investigative journalists and that's what we know right now and we have to wait to determine whether or not what he'll be classified as as we heard in the report will he be a whistleblower or

a hacker the concern for him is going to be illegally accessing information that's the issue for him i fancy ferris for his life you saw it there in that piece is it really that serious yes i do think it could very well be that serious because he also has been linked to the disclosure of information that resulted in a very popular club in portugal been feet being charged with corruption and ito he's been demonized so to speak in the portuguese media and he's also received death threats on facebook and so forth authorities have told him you need to take those threats serious and as we heard you know a very chilling comment from him himself at the end of the report that he's afraid if he goes to a jail or prison in portugal he will be left there to die and be killed possibly as as he says by very aggressive fans of been so many different dynamics in this case of the football leaks and press herenton making sense of it all for us thank you so much ok. and celebrations for the lunar new year are underway or crossed large

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