this is d.w. news live from berlin confronting the sexual abuse of children in the catholic church pope francis gathers high ranking members of the clergy to an unprecedented summit in rome he says the world is expecting not just condemnation but concrete action is this a turning point 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 enter the blaze is thought to have started anywhere house before

spreading rapidly through the city's old town and german guns being used in massacres abroad judges find former employees of the german gun maker have closed and called guilty of illegally exporting weapons to mexico we will hear from a lawyer for the plaintiffs. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program but francis has opened an unprecedented summit on sexual abuse in the catholic church with bishops from around the world francis began the four day meeting by saying that the church must listen to abuse victims but survivors have voiced concern that the pope's efforts to raise awareness do not go far enough the summit comes after an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests accusing them of molesting children and raping nuns.

people are rightly it's uncharted territory for the one hundred ninety heads of bishops conferences and religious orders present here. they were summoned to the vatican to publicly address the child abuse crisis within the catholic church it's a meeting marked by shame cardinal law is taken as a solid pins even broke into tears the wont of the recent cries carried the memory of illicit suffering. but they also carry the memory of our weakness and full. but regret alone can change decades of systematic sexual abuse. and hope francis made it clear to the priests that he won't let them off easy he says it's a sensible part of the holy people of god looking at us and do not expect from us simple and predictable condemnations but concrete and effective measures

to. survive this one the pope to quickly follow his words with deeds. zero tolerance for any priest that has sexually assaulted a child around the world written in the universal church law because it's not universal church law right now it's not their law pope francis could do it he could do it by monday morning he's the only one that can do it. minor changes to canon law i expect that as an outcome more consequential demands such as making it every choir meant to report suspected abuse of priests to the police are unlikely to be met but some remain hopeful emphasizing that the status quo is simply not an option . there needs to be conscious concrete changes why wouldn't i be optimistic also do we want an organization that is going to continue to allow the rape of children and they be where bishops are not held accountable. to lead you to maybe listening to

the emotional testimonies from victims in the coming days will convince church leaders to make the necessary changes. let's get more now we're joined by the religious affairs analyst martin gak how big is this for the church martin it's quite big at least it is trumpeted as being quite a sort of a moment of you know change in the church this is something that remains to be seen however it is true that there is a very clear the mind of concrete actions and it's also true that the church in twenty years has actually not produce concrete actions do you. see the potential for that concrete action because i mean many are looking at us they're saying oh great you know they're talking about it now but can we see something bigger come out of it than just acknowledging that there is indeed a problem i think that we should disabuse yourself from continuing this talk about talking about it i mean the church has been talking about it and has been talking about it for twenty years victims have been talking about it n.g.o.s have been talking about it the church is quite simply has not produced protocol or policy so

it's unclear whether they have the capacity to do it and there is the political will the fact is that there has been a couple of things over the last few weeks including macquarie for a king this very very senior new york for america article which seemed to show that this vatican actually has the political will what we don't know is where they have are to the political muscle they have the capacity to implement changes so let's talk a little bit more about the strategy because i mean they wrote the following about how they plan to approach this responsibility accountability transparency are the words that they're using i mean they say that these three principles that will guide their strategy when they're talking about sex abuse in the church what do you make of that well i think that these are two words for any process of adjudication you know i mean clearly responsibility transparency and accountability are important things i think that what is telling about the fact that these are actually headlining topics is that the church understands that it has lost legitimacy in all three areas i mean the church is not seen as somebody that has

transpired and is not seen as something that is responsible and most certainly it's not seen as something that is a countable to justice in general so one of the i think most important questions is whether the church is willing to bring in national authorities to adjudicate what are actually crimes ok and do you think that there's first of all the potential for that i think that there is a potential but i think that what you also have is a very very large institution with very many people any one of these cases that you pull out a lot of people it's. such to it not only people don't necessarily raped or that abuse but people that actually cover up and people that it might not have willingly covered up but we're part of systems so what we're talking about here is about something that is truly truly widespread into truly must have in terms of the connections in the moment of political time institutional relations i do not see you know just the will to change being sufficient this is something that would

depend not only on the vatican but it also will depend on the churches at the local level across across the world really think of you religious affairs correspondent martin jack thank you you're welcome. a blaze in the bangladeshi capital dhaka has ripped through buildings claiming more than seventy lives the inferno spread quickly in a central area of the city through buildings where inflammable material and plastics were being stored over fifty people have been taken to the hospital some suffering critical burns firefighters struggled to bring the blaze under control due to the narrow streets and the traffic congestion around the incident let's get more on this now we are joined by my mil khan he is a journalist joining us from dhaka how did the fire start and why did it spread so quickly. well the first dr thrown explosion of this natural gas cylinder which he didn't electrical just for one year by the fire

starter from the electrical shocks that did it with the after giving to whatever holes it was there and it's in building but also some plastics where they're so stripped to decay it was nearby and. indeed going to we did have the buildings just into the to the building and there were also this truce in the ground over all the history of said that it would be sitting just in the kitchen so all is destined to explode or so when genius he saw the fire in very big. and we have to say and we were looking at these dramatic images here this is not the first time that we have seen images like that coming out of dhaka there have been other devastating fires and we also know that there was that major building that collapsed a number of years ago as well talk with us a little bit about the safety regulations are they simply too lax.

well it is true that there was there was a little bit of big fire at student in two thousand and ten hundred twenty four people was killed there after that incident the government also initiated this to get certain but we didn't have. any images of that investigation. but what this is just the relaxed of the boy forced marriage to take this weekend we're told is to move him to somewhere else. to do this official said that if the all do it is for to get there then there will be able to shift the chemical burn hoses will be the end of the investigation. is on the way michael khan in dhaka bangladesh thank you so much i think. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world forensic

scientists in syria say that they have found the largest mass graves yet containing the bodies of people killed by the islamic state local local located excuse me just outside of the former iowa stronghold of rocca the grave is estimated to hold around three and a half thousand bodies this is the ninth master grave to be found near rocca. in albania thousands of opposition supporters are taking part in an anti-government rally opposition lawmakers claim that the socialist government is corrupt and they are demanding the resignation of the prime minister at the rama as well as fresh elections for the e.u. in the u.s. have warned albanians an opposition against violence. the teenage swedish activist quote a founder is in brussels to join students there who are skipping school to protest climate change the sixteen year old first addressed an e.u. conference where she urged politicians to double their carbon reduction targets

that has inspired students around the world to stage school walkouts to march against global warming. us police have seized an arsenal of weapons from the home of a coast guard officer they arrested him on suspicion of plotting in mass murder the officer had drafted a target list of democratic politicians and prominent media figures. a court in the southern german city of stood guard has found two former employees of the weapons manufacture heckler and koch guilty of illegally exporting guns they've been given suspended prison sentences the court also imposed a fine of three point seven million euros on the company for sending assault rifles to crisis regions of mexico the case centered on an attack that killed six people in the southern mexican city. that's also where forty three students disappeared and are thought to have been murdered police believe that local criminals were responsible and that they were armed with the guns manufactured by

a heckler and koch the mexican state of guerrero where the city is located is blacklisted for weapons exports. and earlier i spoke with holder roth power the lawyer for the group that launched this procedure by filing an official complaint against heckler and koch he told me that the three point seven million euro find that the company now has to pay is likely to make them rethink their policies they have already learned from this nine year long procedure we have know and they have lined out the green country policies so they don't want to export any more to countries like mexico and other areas of war so on that point it's it's a good step forward and i also think it's a huge signal here from stuttgart for the other companies for the other weapons industry in germany and in europe that if you are doing such risky and

deadly. trials and deadly deals then you have to get the power of the state they will sentence you for the big payments so let's talk a little bit more about that larger picture that you were referencing here toward the. in general because i mean it seems and you know correct me if you have a different opinion as of german weapons keep popping up in crisis regions and war zones despite arms embargoes is the onus really on the companies or is this really a failure of the authorities here. you're absolutely right with your question it's not only a failure of the company ok of course the company wants to make the deal they want to make the profits no matter how much casualties we have but it's also the you know told authorities in seems they were rather working in

a team then controlling and checking if it's really possible to send those terrible weapons into areas like in guerrero or other cities and states so yes the german. government has to definitely rethink if the. codex and the laws to prevent these kind of illegal exports are good enough if the control system that we're having and which germany says we're proud of it because it's one of the strict as in the world no it's not because there are so many so conventions and as we've seen in the mexico deal they all work together and even politics is involved so it's a bit of betraying of the german public to say we have the strictest laws and everyone is asking why is germany on number three and four especially in small

weapons exports well we want to thank you very much for joining us to share that you whole globe the lawyer for the group that launched this procedure and against the arms make a heckler and we appreciate your insight. for now we're heading to venezuela where the army has been put on alert at the country's borders to head off attempts to bring in international aid that is as the standoff between president nicolas maduro and his rival juan why go worsens shortages of essential foods and medicines have already driven millions of an assailant to flee the country more than two hundred twenty thousand have moved to the colombian capital bogota d.w. met some of. delivering food shopping for strangers picking up cash seven days a week twelve hours a day that's life for michael garcia he's from venezuela and has been living in

colombia's capital bogota for two months after leaving his family behind. my father my mother my cousins. sometimes i saw pictures. it's not the same thing when my everyday life is a completely. totally different thing. said look. michael uses his mobile phone to stay in touch with his parents in venezuela but he sends the money when he can but it's not enough to change their desperate situation during breaks michael and his colleagues often talk about venezuelan politics a bit more and we hope that interim president can help us bring in this regime. carlos is also from venezuela he runs a restaurant here in bogota. back home he worked in the tourism industry before the

economic crisis. he wanted to go to the united states or peru but he ended up here in colombia. to begin and i plan to go back as soon as the regime falls. but now i have my business here and my family. i need more time to think about it. i guess i'm staying here for another year. carlos has figured out how to make a living by helping his fellow venezuelans they relieve their homesickness with products from across the border. it is all the terrible stuff from our home country or europe is like a little bit it's way to the right you know this we're looking at a place the same visit you can feel closer to this way it's his like my own mother made it the most political scene is going to taste like i miss my country so much.

only a few of the transplanted venezuelans make a good living here in bogota most have to rely on casual labor or the goodwill of colombians and almost none of them actually want to be here but the situation back home leaves them no choice michael desperately needs things to change but as long as the madeira government stays in power in venezuela he plans to stay put delivering food and perhaps finding a future here in colombia. you're watching news still to come on the program shall they give it everything that they have got in the first leg of their champions league match up with manchester city but it's one of their former players who has i don't say. that first it is being hailed as a medical breakthrough doctors in germany said that they have developed a new blood test that can detect whether a woman has breast cancer researchers at the university of heidelberg say that the test is a reliable or is as reliable as a mammogram but it costs less and comes without exposure to radiation breast cancer

is one of the most common types of cancer it kills more than six hundred thousand people locally each year. as bring in bonnie from our science department now to tell us more about this so i mean how does this blood test compare to america. well i'm going to say straight off that's what's a little bit odd about this whole research why i would say we should err on the side of caution because on the one how we are being sold that is as good as a mammogram or perhaps even better in the future and yet at the same time we shouldn't compare the two at all because they're completely different so i would be confused actually on the face of it a blood test is less invasive we know that much a mammogram as you said is basically it's an x. ray it's radiation and radiation can cause cancer itself so there's that to bear in mind mammograms also bring back false positive and false negative results especially in younger women and this test it will apparently do better in that area but that's just the problem we don't really know it's been a very small test so far only nine hundred people among them five hundred known

cancer patients so we need bigger tests at this point we need to know more about what specific kinds of breast cancer can be detected and yet at the same time it's apparently going to be market ready by this autumn so i really think that this is a great step in the right direction but we need to know more at this point and how does it actually work i mean is it just simply as as going to the doctor and the doctor takes your blood. it is actually yeah i mean the process is called the liquid biopsies even if he takes some blood you look for what's called biomarkers you basically looking for cancer cells that are circulating in the blood and this is why it's kind of interesting because you can use that they hope to detect the cancer but also to track a cancer as it progresses we already do that with prostate cancer with a p.s.a. test but it will be interesting then if it works if it's good for younger people for early detection but also to say people who have a specific cancer gene that they know of or a family history of cancer will say again we need to know a little bit more about what's what what the details are and we need to launch this

out into a bigger test area and put it into a wider context for us have there been any other attempts to develop a blood test to detect cancer like this yet they have indeed as i said i mentioned that the p.s.a. test for prostate cancer there is also some new research called cancer seek that came out the apparently did take about eight different types of cancer with an accuracy rate of seventy percent the problem here is though that a lot of these tests are you know the cancer already needs to be fairly advanced for it to be detected in in the blood so again more work needs to be done it is pretty good a good step but essentially for now you need to be aware you need to get professional advice go to your doctor and and basically check you and monitor your health regularly so that you're on top of this because we all need to know about cancer and be on top of it something our bunny did his science thank you. for. the champions league now and the round of sixteen in europe's top club tournament

and mighty manchester city found it tough going on its visit to shout that is until it for michel cup player helped rescue the english side in the first of a two legged tie went down to the finalists. favorite city went in front of the on through sergio aguero after a loose pass was pounced on by silver but shocker soon turned the game. on its head two goals from not shortly before hall time both of which came from the sport gave the host 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 shark youngster leave royce and i leveled the schools so i may refuse to celebrate against the club that made him. and there was yet another sting in the tell you some impressive strength and a characteristically cool finish from rai stirling gave his side

a three two victory it's our vantage city going into the second leg. and the other champions league match saw return the return of christianity or nadal along with his new club you'll vented to the city of madrid and this time old rivals that particle madrid have the upper hand to late goals half of that to go gave that left me a vital lead going into the return leg next month. well now for young football players across the african continent the chance to play for a top european club is a dream fourteen year olds a wallah jew brilliantly is just such a dreamer like that he was hoping to be a global football star and our correspondent florence to kwara followed him as byron munich's top talent scout visited nigeria. for fourteen year old jabril the next few days could be life changing he's one of eighty boys hoping to catch the

eye of one of the walt biggest football clubs they're competing for selection in the by any us world cup the ten best play as we travel to germany to take part many of the players are from low income families and get in scouted by the german team could mean a change of fortune for their entire family is a big occasion. for. the man they're trying to impress is former buying legend klaus. now in the club's top talent scouts because america it's a big opportunity for byron munich to find the best players and big talents here in nigeria maybe this time we'll find the next messi or cristiana ronaldo it's very difficult because we have our own academy with very good players but in case we find a very good player his level must be much higher than that of our kids because of the difficult legal procedures involved in bringing them over after the training to

brill is randomly selected to receive a surprise visit from coach. it's a chance for the coach to see what life is like for some of his voice he tells the coach he has to work every day after school before going to the peach to train. before heading to bill's house the group makes a quick stop at his place of work here he's paid less than a euro to load off a truck with sand. that sometimes takes a toll on his body at the house to brill is proud to show his special guests his medals his dream of playing for an international team could become a reality soon now that he expected. to. bring to a new camp. for sure. you know that. it's the day everyone has been one thousand four hundred times so i'm now nst with ten display

as that would be representing nigeria at the world cup in germany and china are still. unfortunately bad news for you bill will not be traveling to germany this time but the memory of having one of these football icons in his house who stay with him for a long time. and something makes it next time now we're heading to the biggest night in the british music calendar the brit awards one of the night's big winners at a glittering ceremony in london was manchester band the one nine hundred seventy five they want out of the year and were also damed best for dish group the scottish d.j. calvin harris also scooped up two awards for producer and the british single about was for one kiss a collaboration with the singer to. as the us singer songwriter pink was honored with the outstanding contribution to music award the first international artist to receive that prize. now you're watching t.v.

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