this is g.w. new swine flu from berlin tonight sex abuse children and the catholic church at the vatican the church is leading the ships convening to hear the children's cross but francis says the world is expecting not just condemnation but concrete action but is this summit too little too late it's also coming up this way love joachim's itself against attempts to bring in humanitarian aid president majeure roy closing the country's border with brazil and considering doing the same on the border with

colombia claiming any aid is a pretext for a u.s. military intervention was anti-semitism and german football a conference of frankfurt today trying to tackle the increasing numbers of anti-semitic incidents in and outside stadiums across the country. i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome tonight's and unprecedented summit on sexual abuse is underway at the vatican pope francis today kicked off the landmark gathering with bishops from around the world to address clerical sexual abuse he began the four day meeting by saying that the church must listen to abuse victims but some survivors say the pope's efforts don't go far enough. the summit

comes after an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests accusing them of molesting children and raping not a majority now at the big table by our religious affairs correspondent martin good x. good to see you mark so let's talk about the significance of this conference there's never been one like it before are we getting our hopes up if we expect something significant to come out of it there is a lot of expectation it's very unclear from reading both media specialist media and people around the church what is the object of that expectation you know i mean one of the things that tends to happen would sexual abuse in the church is that there are a lot of good words there's a lot of praying there's a lot of penance but twenty years twenty years down the line and that's a very long time i mean we have almost nothing in the public sphere that last twenty years we still do not have brought a call we still do not have a policy and the church has still to say exactly what are the steps of their going to take for this error tolerance approach with which they've been talking and given

the church's history as you say we're talking about decades here where things were covered up and nothing was done. is there is there any reason to expect then that that a change is in the making i mean would a reasonable person be justified in expecting some kind of change to come after this conference i mean recently could mean many different things here is the reasonable thing to the man would be to the man there truly a way for the church to redress justice and that most likely means turning every than to national authorities across the board the very same time and the body that looks at the church with some degree of you know some degree of detail understands that this is a massive institution that cannot be easily steered so that goes to say that any change in institutional practices that goes all the way from st peter's square all the way down to this mall in manila or even in bolivia will take an enormous amount of effort that would most likely low. generation so the very short answer to that

is no there is no immediate silver bullet but there are signs that there is something a food earlier we spoke with robert oulds and who is president of road to recovery that's an organization that assisted sexual abuse victims and we asked him about the role the pope francis. has not taken actions for this new what he said. yes he can keep avoiding it as he has done throughout his papacy but it only leads to further and further distress and really traumatization of victims and yes he certainly can't continue on this path but it's going to lead to a further implosion of the catholic church which is imploding daily because actions have not been taken to this point and if this summit does not create substantive changes in the way the church operates then the pope probably

will be called to resign that's quite a statement there to make the pope has to resign if nothing comes out of this conference do you agree you know i mean i think that this is there's a bit too much i mean you know it's clear that there has been nowhere near the results and would expect i don't think it's true to say that nothing has happened over the last twenty years i mean once again the bone that we have is that if this is a cover up and we are no longer really just talking about sexual abuse but we're talking actually about all the machine around it so we're really talking about a cover up of these proportions it is perfectly understandable that the boroughs of breaking apart those mechanisms will take a very long time i would agree i mean fully that as a matter of fact the results have not been satisfactory but that this not mean in a new way that there have been no results we say things that twenty years ago or thirty years ago would have been absolutely unthinkable that is true i mean things are talked about now that were not talked about back then this conference will not address martin the problem of sexual abuse of nuns priests raping nuns why because

they are here. essentially the highest priority is the sexual abuse of children i'm not sure i would lead one to be in the business of having to parcel out what kind of a sexual crime comes how you're in the least bad you do i do have been to agree that you know with sexual sexual crimes against children a discussion of scale in this many places with this many people in charge is something that is beyond outrageous and needs immediate immediate action or religious affairs correspondent mark gatiss always martin we appreciate your insights thank you pleasure. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a fire in the bangladeshi capital dhaka has claimed seventy lives dozens more have been injured flames spread quickly through a crowded neighborhood in the oldest part of the city it took firefighters more than ten hours to control the blaze forensic scientist in syria say they found the largest mass grave yet containing the bodies of people killed by islamic state

militants located just outside the former i guess a stronghold of rocca the grave is estimated to hold about three and a half thousand bodies this is the ninth mass grave to be found near rock doctors here in germany say they've developed a new blood test that can detect whether a woman has breast cancer researchers at the university of heidelberg say the test is as reliable as a mammogram but costs less and comes without exposure to radiation a group of attorneys in turkey gathered outside is temple's main courthouse today to protest against the incarceration of journalists earlier this week and appeals court upheld jail sentences for fourteen former staff members of the opposition newspaper job here to get some have called the ruling the end of the free press in turkey. well more and more border crossings into that is where you are being closed today evidence when the president nicolas maduro ordered the country's vast land

border with brazil to be sealed off it came after reports of preparations to bring aid to minutes walen the hero says the aid is a pretext for u.s. military intervention he's also considering closing the border with colombia now rival concerts are being planned at that border one staged by the british billionaire richard branson on the colombian signed the other by nicolas maduro on the venezuelan side shortages of essential foods and medicines have already driven millions of in his way limbs to flee the country. or if we want to go now to our correspondent how the year are great as he is on the border in the town of colombia good evening to you javier so tell us what's happened years there at the border what's happening where you walk. over and we are located at the scene one value out of bridge one of the bridges connecting venezuela and colombia in the back you see then a swell of the colombian border is just a few steps to the front and what you are seeing here is perhaps the most visible

of all faces of the venezuelan crisis people piling up on goods like flour like rice basic goods and medicines that they can either not afford or are not really find in venezuela they are crossing the border every single day and that has been going on for months now but the migration all floridians have reported that there is a significant rise in the amount of people that have crossed the border in recent days looking for these goods especially because they are afraid of what could happen this weekend when we see the concerts you were mentioning and a potential military action as well that will have your we know the president maduro he's announced the closure of the border with brazil and he's also threatening to do the same with colombia how are people reacting to that i mean do they feel like the president is basically trying to close the borders and keep them . trapped in the country how do they see you. while they are

deeply worried brand because first they have to step up their pace if they want to return to their homes before that potentially happens we have seen an acceleration of the rhythm of these border crossings today since the news came out of the closure of the border with brazil and many here are counting on exactly that to happen now at base goes in line with security measures that have also been augmented and the other side in colombia the city has declared a yellow alert no congregations will be possible from this evening no cars will be able to circulate throughout the border region from six pm this evening so there are increased acuity measures anyway but the problem is that if we see a border closure that will of course means even more resistance from the majority government to let that aid in and if that happens the chances of a confrontation with or without military forces of course increases and that worries many here and what do you understand about these these rival concerts being planned are we talking about basically on each side of the border we're going to

have groups and singers singing against and at each other i mean how is this going to work. well the border region is vast there is certainly room enough for two concerts taking place at the same time we do not have many details about the concert taking place in venezuela the official listing of the artists that are coming to be a is published we know that there are some international celebrity is that are very well known here in latin america like for example one of these get out or also least phones that we do not know what's going to going to happen in the venezuelan border but this concert from the could as little as highly symbolic not only because it's twice as long taking place on friday and saturday but also because he wants to give colombia humanitarian aid calling i parker see when he sees colombia giving ativan as well when the country has its very own problems are d.w. zaw you're on with us on the border between colombia and venezuela tonight it's

obvious thank you very much. over one latin american crisis region to the next today in court ordered the german gun maker heckler and call to pay three point seven million your words in fines for illegally exporting thousands of assault rifles to areas in mexico stricken with violent crime two former employees of the company received suspended jail sentences germany is among the world's top arms exporters and the case today highlights the impact of german arms manufacturing in conflict regions the presiding judge said the case was not the tribunals on german weapons makers but it was the company heckler and koch that was held primarily responsible for the illegal sales of on the firm now has to pay a hefty fine. with these multi-species i'm through with them this judgment illustrates the excesses of weapons exporting in this country it's clear that formal declarations about where arms are going don't work and can be swapped are

falsified it will without any checks by the authorities as the game comes we will do it and it was proven the it while the region of mexico was blacklisted but between two thousand and six and two thousand and nine heckler and koch exploded four point one million euros worth of assault rifles there in two thousand and fourteen six people were killed and forty three students disappeared without a trace mexican police blame local criminals and believe they used weapons. on the street got caught should leniency to five defendants accused of being involved in the illegal arms sales to were given suspended sentences while three were acquitted. activists who want germany to scale back the highly profitable arms manufacturing sector say the case shows that the country is too cavalier about selling guns throughout the world germany approves some six point two billion arm sales in the year twenty seventeen. also

here in germany today the parliament voted to loosen a wall that bans doctors from advertising abortions up until now it's been a crime for doctors and hospitals to even say on their websites that they perform abortions now it will be easier for pregnant women in germany to inform themselves about their options for terminating a pregnancy although many restrictions still remain in place. gabriella is one of thousands of doctors in germany who's been caught up in the center of the country's debate over abortion that's ahead us. after the fact that abortion is criminalized. that it's illegal in germany the woman doesn't know that. abortion is in fact permitted in germany but only in the early stages of pregnancy it can only be carried out later in cases of rape or on medical grounds otherwise the law states abortions are only legal within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy

if the woman attends mandatory counseling and then waits another three days before the abortion. but the debate has focused on the tiny article two hundred nineteen a of germany's criminal code it dated back to the nazi era and made it a crime for doctors to publicly advertise abortions gabrielle holder is one of the hundreds of doctors who are accused of violating the article in her case it was due to information on the clinic website stating that she carries out abortions many doctors say they feel they've been targeted just for doing their job since two thousand and three the number of doctors carrying out abortions has fallen by forty percent. in the activist these activists who stuck women on the sidewalk 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 whole issue of abortion lasted. that. many conservatives in germany supported the ban on advertising abortion the principle must be that we do not advertise abortions it's forbidden and unborn life must be protected. but under the new compromise law or doctors will now be able to inform the public that they carry out abortions but they still can't. any further information in the literature or online that's less than what i'm close junior coalition partner the social democrats wanted isn't the time we have to talk that also from the social democratic side with two main objectives to safeguard women's right to information and to guarantee legal security for doctors and for dr height the legal compromise doesn't go far enough she wants to see article two hundred nineteen a abolished completely. i support protection of life but not when it's

against women instead it should be with women offer something to win 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. as how many such reforms could take years to happen in germany if it will for now the long standing to be discussing abortion has started to change. the question for you how much should a kilo of bananas cost well that depends on who you ask the cheaper the better for consumers and the supermarkets that supply the farmers in the orders representing them what will they say they need a livable wage or else journal germany's development minister has suggested that the government should get involved in setting prices for them. last fall german supermarket chain only said it plans to cut the price it was willing to pay for a crate of banana supply from ecuador from eight to seven euros but farmers that

resisted the move. they're already been struggling financially plus ecuador has a statutory minimum sale price for exported bananas. the ecuadorians have now stopped supplying ali. meanwhile berlin has called on german companies to ensure fair pricing and production conditions called it was acknowledged that customers need to get the message across. if not we'll have to introduce binding rules on social standards no child labor decent living wages for the plantation workers and basically ecological standards. could organise it but i'm stunned that a lot of supermarkets are showing the way forward it will be such as legal and eating. and they want to see others joining them on the on but on those and see all of these and big. complying with those social standards comes at a price however and it's that price that the farmers in ecuador are demanding the

country is the world's largest exporter of bananas its main markets are the e.u. especially germany and russia. we're german football is taking a hard look at itself today to address anti-semitism in and outside the stadiums across the country incidents provoked by football fans have reportedly been on the increase a conference today in frankfurt called you'll never walk alone is looking for solutions and to talk about that i'm drawing here at the big table by caress there we go from our sports desk chris good to see you first of all for people who may not know what is happening ant football games here in germany will unfortunately brit anti-semitic it is in football are happening again and again and i'll just highlight a few incidents and use the table leaders bruce you don't mean to do so and there was a time when far right ideologies were commonplace among men supporters this was an

eight hundred nine hundred eighty s. and ninety's you know last october. dortmund far right extremists used and frank in a sticker and put her in their rivals jersey shellac and this started on social media outrage we're taking a look at there's images of it now on your screen and basically there were stickers posted all the city's dusseldorf and guess in kitchen cities that are near rival shaka and they basically took a page out of what happened in the italian football league with the side a lot c.e.o. who did something similar to their rival roma so that's one incident and even that infects the lower leagues in germany you know in berlin's backyard life seeking a lower league here a team f.c. a locomotive in their youth club two coaches were taking a photo with the nazi salute with a group of sixteen year olds in the club condemned that action on social media as well and fired the two coaches you know so. it's ugly head up and what do we know

of the i mean what's attracting that i mean where do people talk about where the idea comes from she was so she and frank with soccer to begin with i mean isn't it are people talking about that no i. you know i think it's you know you're taught and it's passed down this cultural you know ideology unfortunately you know but teams are doing things to combat it i used to i mean as an example doormen have really gotten ahead of the curve they actually issued a p.r. video with it called the fan project dortmund along with assistance from the state they got a little money from the state we're looking at this now you know this is one thing because they're doing all their kit all they can to expel that right wing support that in the past was on their terrorists is in there doing a pretty good job but you have to keep in mind that you know in the city like dortmund they have about two percent of a far right vote and that allows around a thousand to fifteen hundred participants to maybe come in those games you know own on a weekly basis or do you covered

a lot of soccer or football games you know in your career i mean had you seen it you know just seen an increase in anti-semitic gestures or cheers or anything or rants or whatever the rants is more commonplace in the lower divisions you know more commonplace in the lower divisions and there's a conference taking place as you mentioned here in frankfurt i think just for the top flight to get ahead of it and do all they can to make sure it's not as visible you know because obviously more money is put in the top flight games and so on you know just at the end of december at the end of scuse me january it marked the anniversary of the seventy fourth anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps and outfits and birkenau and you know teams come together collective in there and they put up sides to you know support this idea to fight the anti-semitism that exists holding huge banners that say never again we're all in solidarity we're looking at this image now. in english never again never again

in this was matched in one thousand this season in the top flight match between freiburg and hoffenheim is this i mean this conference today and these are these attempts such as this is that enough to. kate this anti-semitism from rearing its ugly head in the future well i think it's you know they're taking baby steps you know because it starts with education and then in some cases it really education you know from i wasn't taught this in my household so i think just to reeducate those that might have been taught anti-semitic views possibly you know the they need help you know but clubs are are doing the most they can in some cases they actually invite players and fans to the concentration camps and give them some sort of reeducation class in that regard because it proves to the best education the most important education is the one you get at home with your mom and dad definitely chris very different sports apartment as always chris thank you. for young football players across the african continent the chance to play for

a top european club remains a dream most of the time and this fourteen year old will he is such a dream he's hoping to be a global football star our correspondent flourished chuck 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 world's biggest food bowl clubs they're competing for selection in the by any use world cup the ten best play as we travel to germany to take part many of the players are from low income families and getting scouted by the german team could mean a change of fortune for their entire family to be able to. go forward to. the mound they are trying to impress is former buying legend klaus. now 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 message 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 year old to load up 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 sooner than he expected. for the face. and it is going to. be the day everyone has been waiting for and it's time to announce the ten best play as that would be representing nigeria at the walt corp in germany and joining us. unfortunately bad news for jabril to bill would not be traveling to germany face time but the memory of having one of these football icons in his house who stay with him for a long time. here's a reminder of the top story that we're following for you pope francis is hosting a summit in rome on the sexual abuse of children by members of the catholic church

and he says the world is expecting not just condemnation but also concrete actions on a scandal that has dogged his papacy the german got to make her head go and call has been fined three point seven million euros for illegally exporting thousands of assault rifles to crisis regions in mexico up to former employee use have been given suspended jail sentences you're watching the news from i'm burnt off after a short break i'll be back to take you through the big stick around for that.

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