on t w. this is t w news coming to you live from berlin addressing the sexual abuse of children by the catholic church pope francis gathers high ranking members of the clergy to annex unprecedented summit in rome he says the world is expecting not just condemnation but concrete action so is this for turning point or just another talking shop. also coming up scenes of devastation in bangladesh as a fire sweeps through parts of the capital dhaka at least seventy people are killed and many more injured blazes thought it was stored in

a warehouse before spreading rapidly through the city's old town. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us pope francis has opened an unprecedented summit on sexual abuse in the catholic church with bishops from around the world francis opened the four day meeting by insisting that the church must listen to abuse victims and survivors have voiced concerns that the pope's efforts to raise awareness don't go far enough some it comes after an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests accusing them of molesting young boys and raping not let's listen now to more of what pope francis had to say. holy people of god are looking at us and do not expect from us simple and

predictable condemnations but concrete and effective measures. and joining us now is our religious affairs correspondent martine got martine pope francis has gathered cardinals from around the world there in rome to talk about the scourge of sexual abuse in the church how significant is this for the church and especially for the victims i mean it is quite significant i think that the words we just heard are actually are actually really quite impressive i mean the question then is where are these actually gets turned into something concrete but it's a major change of tone making the claim that we should actually sic benenson said you know transparency and look for apologies and brady and of the men that there be concrete actions taken by the church as a body so you know there is a lot of expectation and they think that the surge sort of the kind of things that people are expecting to hear well that is the big question of course as you pointed out in that speech we just heard the pope speaking in his opening speech of the

conference he said people expect more than just simple and predictable condemnations from this conference he said concrete and effective measures are wont to do you think those measures those concrete and effective measures the pope's talking about will be forthcoming i think it's extremely difficult to say i mean my sense is this being in the very very large political machine in being very difficult to steer and we've been talking about this for twenty years so nothing these days takes twenty years i think that we are probably at the final stages of the birth been going on for a very long time the very same time that was you know from blame and patient throughout the global church is something that could also take a very long time so what the great questions now is is the vatican itself the one that begins to put out names of people that had been accused or actually starts turning evidence to national authorities what is actually going to happen at this conference is going on for three days you've got all these cardinals gathered there

there are parts of the catholic church parts of the world where they don't really want to talk about this subject they might still be interested in covering it up what. going to happen other than just a lot of talk there will be a lot of talk there will be quite a bit of praying certainly but i think that you know in some sense things have come to a head mainly because there's been a lot of stories coming out over the last couple of weeks but also i think that because the defrocking of macquarie. two weeks ago or a week ago this was a very serious you know cardinal we didn't the american clergy means that the vatican means business and the people that had been someone to rome summoned to rome and that you know something he said it's unclear looking at it from the outside exactly what that is i want to rate a rate that there is a lot of attention but very little clarity of as to what this will result in so we're getting the impression the way this conference is structured with input from victims and n.g.o.s that the they are confronting the problem catholic church is at

least looking at this problem. but they're not looking at the question of sexual abuse of nuns apparently here which is something that is also shaken the church recently this is this entire summit is specifically about minors and i think that anybody who looks at it would admit that this is a particularly serious issue i think it's actually barely the most serious that other forms of sexual abuse or not but i mean it's so scandalous and it's so brutal in scope that it's understandable that this would be a major issue the question however is that we have now would really looks like a long history of cover ups and this is actually mean situational problem that sort of goes far beyond the particular incidents the question once again is where the church has the capacity to actually deal with it to keep watching this conference and see what comes out of it martin got a religious affairs correspondent thank you so much you're welcome. devastating fires killed at least seventy people in the bangladeshi capital dhaka more than fifty people are injured many with critical burns the fire started in

a building thought to be storing flammable materials and then it spread quickly to other nearby structures. explosions and blazing fire lit up dockets old city as the fire raced through five buildings in the chill district. some of the buildings caught in the blaze stored chemicals one housed a plastics warehouse filled with flammable material those courts in the inferno described how the fire started. if that's what i saw a sudden massive explosion with fire and shock waves that totally destroyed the road side wall when i was in a rickshaw when the explosion took place i don't think my rickshaw driver is alive anymore it's going to keep doing firefighters had difficulty finding enough water it's a battle the blaze and had to rely on a nearby mosque for help. but chief outlined the scale of the catastrophe.

for the dead bodies are being sent to dhaka medical college hospital. and we have rescued forty one injured people and sent them to the hospital and our fire extinguishing operation is almost at the last stage we are now searching the rubble in preparation for dampening the area is under way. large as it. initially struggled to get close to the scene because of heavy traffic and narrow alleyways around the area the death toll is expected to rise and some of the injured suffering critical. some of the other stories making headlines around the world today evacuation of hundreds of people from the so-called islamic states last remaining on klav in. syria is almost complete a spokesman for the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces says one says once all civilians are al troops will

attack i asked fighters in the village a bug whose near the iraqi border. french president in money will not call has announced measures to counteract a rise in hate crimes against jews speaking at a dinner for jewish leaders he said the measures would include legislation to fight hate speech on the internet as well as making anti zionism part of the government's definition of anti semitism. and a court in the southern german city of stuff garth has found two former employees of the weapons manufacturer and call guilty of illegally exporting guns and giving them have has given them suspended prison sentences the court also imposed a fine of three point seven million euros on the company for delivering thousands of assault rifles and accessories to crisis regions in mexico the case centered on an attack insult in the southern mexican city of in which six people were killed

and after which forty three students disappeared and are thought to have been murdered police believe local criminals were behind the attack and that they were armed with guns manufactured by and call the mexican state who have arrow where the city is located is blacklisted for weapons exports. here in germany the issue of abortion is currently the subject of a fierce debate abortion is a criminal offense here with terminations only allowed in certain very restricted circumstances the current controversy centers on whether german doctors should be allowed to advertise that they carry out the procedure. gabriella hall there is one of thousands of doctors in germany caught in the center of the country's ongoing debate over abortion. the fact that abortion is criminalized. that it's illegal in germany the woman doesn't have that.

abortion in germany is in fact a crime but there are exceptions in cases of rape on medical grounds and on certain conditions prosecution is avoided if the abortion is carried out within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy if the woman attends mandatory counseling and then waits another three days before the abortion but at the center of the current debate is tiny article two hundred one thousand nine hundred eighty of germany's criminal code it dates back to the nazi era and makes it a crime for doctors to publicly advertise abortions after being overlooked for decades it's now sparked political debate. the principle must be that we do not advertise abortions it's forbidden and unborn life must be protected i cannot allow abortion advertising and we want to prevent it even in a limited number of attempts. there is one of the hundreds of doctors who have been accused of violating the article in her case it was due to

a flyer on the clinic website stating that she carries out of fortune's the flyer was removed and the case was then dropped. but many doctors still feel persecuted since two thousand and three the number of them who carry out abortions has fallen by forty percent. to the activists and activists who stop women on the sign from going to the counseling centers or clinic they're simply frightening their traumatizing for women. and then there's the fact that this criminal punishment weighs down on the issue of abortion. rights in a new compromise by the german government would allow doctors to state that they offer abortions but more advertising remains forbid and prior to forming a new coalition with conservatives germany social democrats wanted to abolish the abortion advertising ban isn't. that also from the social democratic side with two

main objectives to safeguard women's right to information and to guarantee legal secure for dr holder the legal compromise doesn't go far enough she wants to see article two hundred nineteen a abolished. i support protection of life but not when it's against women instead it should be with women offer something to offer assurance that their careers won't be damaged if they have children make contraception free for all ages but we just don't have. time to make such alternatives could take years to really happen in germany but for now the long time to boot of abortion has got both german politics and society talking. exchanges league soccer in the round of sixteen and europe's top club tournaments money manchester city found it tough going on its visit to shaka that is until

a former schalke a player helped to rescue the english side in the first of a two leg tie that went down to the final with. favorite city went in front of the old through sergio quero off the loose paulse was pounced on by silver but shaka soon turned the game on its head two goals from not be opened today shortly before half time both of which came from the spot gave the hosts a shot lead going into the break the home crowd had plenty to shout about. but with five minutes to go a perfectly placed free kick from former shy kyung stood lead royce and i leveled the schools sunday refused to celebrate against the club that made him. and there was yet another sting in the tyo some impressive strength and a characteristically cool finish from rai stirling gave his side a three three victory its advantage city during its of his second leg.

the other champions league match saw the return of britain naldo and his new club you ventas to the city of madrid this time hold rivals let it go madrid had the upper hand two late goals gave it let it go of by the lead going into the return leg next month. just a reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on the news pope francis has opened the solace in rome all the sexual abuse of children by members of the catholic church he said the world was expecting not just condemnation but also concrete action on the scandal that has dogged his papacy. at least seventy people have been killed and many more injured in a devastating fire in the bangladeshi capital dhaka blazes thought through a started in a warehouse containing flammable materials for for spreading quickly to other buildings in the old city.

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