the united nations development program is listening i'm working with communities to protect forests for the future we want if you're hearing what we're hearing find out more. this is the w. news live from berlin tens of thousands flocked to a charity concert in defiance of the venezuelan president aid blockade the british billionaire richard branson who organized the event on the colombian border wants to raise one hundred million dollars to help venezuelans suffering food and medicine shortages also coming up. disappointment for kenya's

community when a potentially landmark decision on decriminalizing case is postponed will hear what it's like to be a lesbian in a country that has rights to persecution and hatred of homosexuals. and pope francis outlines new steps to stop sexual abuse of children in the catholic church the move comes as a summit in rome here is harrowing testimony from survivors of rape and assault by members of the clergy. welcome to the program. restart in venezuela where the standoff between the country's rival leaders is playing out as a battle of the bands groups from the opposing political camps have organized rival concerts. a colombian city on the venezuelan border british billionaire richard

branson is backing the opposition concert which we're looking at live pictures of right now started in the last hour hundreds of thousands have flocked to the venue branson is hoping to raise one hundred million dollars for food and medical aid the other concert meanwhile is backed by venezuela's embattled president nicolas maduro the aid is a pretext for military action is now close to venezuela's border with brazil to prevent the delivery of aid it's being reported that at least one civilian has been killed there after government troops opened fire. and our correspondent there in cupertino where the dueling concerts are taking place what's going on where you stand right now. ok well we are located just outside the concert we have to move in just because of the sheer noise that wouldn't allow us to talk to you right now but you can see the atmosphere right here people are still

getting in still trying to see their favorite stars as they are also arriving through this road behind me so it is an atmosphere still of still gratian and of hope for all those who are wanting change in venezuela we're going to get some live pictures of the concert as it's starting now there have been these reports of a person killed and near the venezuelan border with brazil so what's the atmosphere there have things become more tense. thank you definitely haven't we will probably have to get used to these kinds of informations and news that will come along out very similarly here where the main border if you will is between transit in between colombia and venezuela so people know that the stakes are very high that the tension is high and that the showdown tomorrow when the volunteers try to get that humanitarian aid into them as well will they have to brace for the worst. what do people on the ground think will be the result of these dueling

concerts happening at the same time. well i think both concerts are here to send a signal to send a message share message of it as well as needs a message of desperate as well if you will on this side of the border calling the world to help and on the other side we will have a concert that is also very symbolic by the people as a matter of government trying to sell the picture of him as well as that is under attack and that needs to be defended both concerts have the same goal to ask for the favor of the public. opinion and it's a very difficult task for both sides. is this just a side show are these concerts just sort of a laughing matter in venezuela or is it actually a sign that the standoff between these two sides could intensify. will it separately assign the tensions are going to get higher because on the one

hand we know that the moderate government won't let lose and on this side something unprecedented has happened on the one hand the international support of one by gone as a self-proclaimed interim president on down the other side a unified opposition something that venezuela had hoped for for years and that now appears to be happening to the question is will the military obey the class majority or one going to do that is the most important question for that we still don't have an answer but we'll certainly have it tomorrow. thank you so much. take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of algerians rallied in the country's capital algiers to protest a bid by ailing president. to win a fifth term. who uses a wheelchair and has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in two thousand and thirteen announced earlier this month that he will run

for another term in the presidential polls. russian authorities have extended the detention of a former u.s. marine paul whelan who has been charged with spying a court denied his request to be released from house arrest and said he'll be held until late may he was taken into custody in late december by the russian security service which said he was caught quote while carrying out an act of espionage. the united states says it plans to keep a small unit of around two hundred troops in syria as part of an international stabilizing force in december the from the administration announced it would pull out all two thousand troops in the region a decision that shocked u.s. allies and military commanders. are gay rights activists in kenya say they're disappointed after the high court delayed a ruling on decriminalizing same sex relationships sexual acts between same sex couples are crime in kenya and can be punished with up to fourteen years in prison

the judge deferred proceedings until may twenty fourth citing a heavy caseload the law dates back to british colonial rule and although it's rarely used to prosecute consenting adults activists say it is used as grounds for institutionalized discrimination against gay and lesbians in kenya. correspondent melanie corrida ball is in their o.b. mel this court ruling was really highly anticipated and now the judge is claiming to have a heavy caseload do you have any more insight into why they delayed this decision. we haven't gotten an update since this morning but spoken to a lot of activists who all believe that the court is stalling that is because they think the judge just don't really want to face a backlash from either side at least not yet that's not what the judge told as of course he spoke of this overwhelming workload a pile of documents which is growing taller than himself the fact that the other

two judges are currently out of town but this has been such a huge disappointment for so many people who were really hoping that kenya would take this monumental decision which could possibly even have a ripple effect across the entire region. and we saw a bit in your piece what people in the street thought of being l.g.b. cheechoo person what is the public perceptions of this case in kenya what's the debate and like my have this topic has been debated wildly especially in the local media and of course in nairobi where we have a large community which has been fighting to legalize al-tikriti i.q. identity for years now but then you have the other parts of the country have the rural areas where people are much more conservative much more traditional and west same sex intimacy is really seen as something african people that don't critique

question a law which is a left over from the colonial rule rather than a truly african law. what are the chances that the judges will in fact rule to decriminalize same sex relations. it could really go both ways the activists of spoken to are coarsely optimistic though that is because they have one cases in the past kenya has set precedence for example last year a court ruled that the forced anal examination which was used to determine whether men had engaged and sex is now illegal so there is hope and so many people like mary i determined to keep on fighting until one day they are seen as equal citizens as kenyans who have the same rights as everyone else. in the row before us thank you so much you're watching d.w. news still to come the italian island of sardinia has turned from the sleepy to

rest of the nation to italy's political hot spot a closely watched election there has drawn in the country's tough talking deputy prime minister the leader of the country's far right legal party. today is the second day of the vatican's four day summit aimed at tackling sexual abuse in the catholic church bishops cardinals vatican officials and experts have all heard testimonies on the devastating effect the abuses had on the lives of survivors many of them have suffered in silence others have seen first hand efforts by the church to cover up sexual abuse but as one survivor says in the next report that culture could slowly be changing. was ten years old when his mother died of cancer it was nine hundred eighty six the boy was sent to a relative a catholic priest in a village and has said the clergyman became his foster father. feeling try to

create a comfortable sphere sitting on the sofa watching t.v. in the evenings. there were caresses leaning on each other and things at some point the next step a kiss. i really do love you a lot. more that was severely sexually abused for years he fled immediately after finishing school and went to university in munich but he soon began to suffer from flashbacks of the trauma. he confided in a friend of the family she confronted the priest and forced him to admit his crimes to the diocese the priest supervisor spoke to moderates and his friend he offered their appeal and put him under pressure or not hear me from utah after he informed me that this conversation was never to have taken place he warned me not to take legal steps because he said in his experience when a person a paedophile goes to jail he'll still be

a paedophile when he gets out so if it were just a matter of changing a person this would be a fully an appropriate step one of course because he would be stigmatized if he had gone to jail i did not want to ruin this person's life work here would just leave the suspension. he could not forget about what happened about ten years later he confronted the church again with the crimes and again the priest kept his job millet's again spoke with his supervisor without success last december mother's turn to the church once again but this time something changed the diocese filed a complaint against the priest for an attack what changed was the perception and the listening to now they are really listening to and not just half heartedly claiming they don't have time for example those doing listening change to. that is the bishop of limburg really spent two hours with me and i noticed he seemed affected by the discussion. but often hired the judiciary also hopes to hold

someone accountable not just the perpetrator but also his supervisor there may have been an obstruction of justice the statute of limitations has passed but the church too is investigating the case raising moffat's as hopes for the abuse summit in rome. just i expect this summit to be the beginning of an ongoing process and for it not to be like now that we've talked about it everything is ok what kind christan mohit will continue to fight by telling his story again and again. correspondent martin gak is at the vatican martin we're on day two of this four day summit what can you tell us about the debate there so far has there been anything new. there is nothing completely new i mean there are some things that have been brought up mainly concerning this sort of

repeated twenty one points that were read the twenty one point spread up by the pope yesterday many of the things said or suggested including background checks on new recruits into the church seminarians etc are things that essentially had been put in place in different places around the world for instance in the u.s. it's already policy but it's not at this point very clear that any concrete actions are on the table and this is something that it's unlikely to actually come to full fruition by the end of the summit and speaking of this twenty one point plan that pope francis has proposed you have been talking to survivors of clerical abuse what do they think of this. well the people we talked to i mean have varying opinions some of them find them to be actually very positive steps or steps in the right direction some of them think they don't go far enough the one thing that seems to be quite clear across the board is that changes are actually

happening perhaps not a squeak it's people would like them specially victims but changes are taking place what is a bit curious is that there seems to be a bit of waffling so to say on what the church will concede there to be ciro tolerance concerning you know sexual abuse of minors and this is actually quite peaceful and some of the discussions today earlier today a bishop addressed one of the main demands of the survivors which is that the church court cases of sexual abuse to national authorities let's take a listen to what he had to say it is the sexual abuse of minors and other vulnerable people who not only breaks divine and ecclesiastical lol it's also a public but it middle behavior the church does not leave an isolated wound up its own making church lives in the woods and with that was. those who are guilty of criminal behavior justly accountable to civil authority for got behavior

martin does this mean the church is rethinking the traditional attitude it's had to not report these incidents to authorities. i think that there are many people inside the church at the highest of positions they would even brutally go as far as suggesting that the pope himself might be of the opinion that in fact crying which is what he called them he didn't just call them sins but he referred to as abuses crimes have to be treated in the places where we treat crimes and to use in civil or criminal court what it's not clear he said the institution itself it's willing to push in that direction as a matter of fact part of the conversation today was to turn to those victims that have actually expressly asked not to have these cases turn to see what i was already because one of the survivors we spoke to said today having to retell the story again and again and again is essentially a return to trauma now generally speaking beyond the victims if there are crimes

committed most people would actually take the position that crimes have to be punished in court of law decease i think one of the biggest if not the biggest question that will have to be answered over the next forty eight hours in what's left of the summit martin got for us at the vatican thank you very much. you're welcome. and let's take another look at some of the other stories making news around the world saudi crown prince muhammad has praised his country's relations with china as quote trouble free the crown prince on a trade visit to beijing faces intense pressure in the u.s. and elsewhere following the killing of journalists. at the saudi consulate in istanbul last year. in bangladesh mass funerals have been held for the victims of wednesday's devastating fire and the capital dhaka twenty one of the

nearly seventy victims have not yet been identified forensic experts are conducting d.n.a. tests. india says it's building dams to block its waters from the indus river from flowing into pakistan the move is a bid to punish pakistan following a suicide attack in india administered kashmir that killed over forty indian soldiers last week. the indian island of sardinia goes to the polls on sunday in a closely watched regional election commentators believe the poll will serve as an indicator of the growing popularity of italy's far right league party their leader deputy prime minister matteo salvini has been campaigning in sardinia and fell to six reports from the campaign trail. they celebrate him like a rock star i mean italy's far right in cheery a minister is cranking out the bull i hear in this small town square in sardinia

i was only one flag one minute with one identity history culture i'm tradition that must survive. because even if you want to be sharp rhetoric against migrants and crazy the homeland. is not back. lakshman sardinia is only a regional one italy's paul right is flying high in nationwide a situation that's all he now wants to exploit even if he's keeping a low profile in front of our camera not only if i should minister know i'm minister of the interior and it's not my aim to become prime minister my business right now is public safety the mafia drugs i'm going to have this job and i want to keep doing it but only a few months into an easy government coalition between salvini sleek and the five star movement of luigi maju italy's far right senses

a chance to govern alone the league has already overtaken its previously stronger coalition partner in the polls. the setting for this political battle is now the holiday island of sardinia here both camps are pitted against each other in the regional boat. for an entire week interior minister has been travelling around the islands to complain it shows just how important this region election here in sardinia has become it is a test of strength for the parties and an indicator that the entire country of italy is moving even further to their right at start in the second largest paper than we have outside dania the elections are of course front page news salvini himself. even paid a visit to the new struck. me as bait but i think salvini is just waiting for the european elections and if his party wins which is pretty likely then the time is

right for him to pull out of the government she's especially since if the five star movement loses again they will be in a serious crisis with. his coffee saying yes i can raise even moving. at a small market in the west of the island so the news media more supporters of barack and trailing against migrants are going to live with for gavino mobutu who's been selling fruit and vegetables here for twenty years so he would be the ideal man for at least top job you know but i want him as prime minister he's the only one who really delivers the only one all the others and i'm nothing but he kept his promise. fishmonger so about talk among also like the speech. he's doing so many things right he loves public order and the people love him look around everything's going smoothly in the market here today at the end of the event

as usual but he will still be asked the audience to join him on stage the selfie with italy's most popular politician and their wish list office followers come through the next prime minister. sports news now the powerhouse english football club chelsea has been banned from signing new players until the twenty twenty summer transfer window after breaching rules about signing minors. the for merely club guilty of twenty nine incidences related to the transfer of players under the age of eighteen soccer governing body also find that the english football association the club released a statement refuting the charges insisting they have complied with those rules and . galatians chelsea plans to appeal the decision. and to discuss further we're joined from london by rob harris if football writer with the associated press rob thank you so much for joining us can you break down for us what exactly it tells he

has done and how common is this among the big clubs. well faith that this is all about protection over young players we're so used to hearing about fee for and all the politics involved in the governing body but at the heart of one of their main functions is protecting footballers and there is a ban on the international transfer of players under the age of eighty there's an exception within europe that you can move between sixty and eighty something that will be affected by breck's it potentially and what chelsea are accused of or is engaging in bringing players to the clock under the age of eighteen without properly registering them as well which is under question and this is just yet the latest example of a big club being sanctioned might this we've seen a classic only trip around the drip barcelona all transfer bans in recent years for failing to properly. sign players in terms of those under the age of eighty

and how badly is this ban going to affect the club. well it's going to potentially be a significant blow to them as it stands now chelsea won't be able to sign a player until the twenty twenty summer transfer window so the entire next season they were able to sign a single player but given the fact they have announced an appeal already and that process could go on for some time there is the potential that the band is quote home for the summer transfer window upcoming and only kicks in later what else are we hoping to do is achieve like grama trade did which is get there and harp though at let's go driven past alone it did fail to reduce their bans on appeal we knew this was coming oh so chelsea good news in the heartland that's why you seem so sleepy transfer ready christine pulis it's obvious you joining from dortmund for sixty four million euros in january and then immediately sent back on loan until the summer and chelsea has flatly refused the findings and they've said they will appeal does that alter the situation at all well as i say it does and delay things

in terms of the implementation of the band attempts of late but what chelsea haven't done is produced anything which chances the fee for case we don't know that defense at this stage meant three years ago this first became under suspicion because one player pitino basso in that national transfer rate was found her plate for the at chelsea team as a trial is while under the age of eighteen he signed with them when he was eighteen but the fact he claimed for them at that young age is not something that should be allowed that international transfers are banned under the age of eighteen unless your family moves that untrue for non football reasons or you're from a country with a nearby border iraq harris but the associated press in london thank you so much. israel is on its way to becoming the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the moon the bev a sheet unmanned spacecraft was launched into orbit by

a rocket at cape canaveral space station in florida on thursday night the israeli robotic lander will zip around the earth for about six weeks in an ever widening orbit to land on the lunar surface. and they derian now after elections there were postponed in an unexpected move by the electoral commission voters will head to the polls this saturday. that's what we asked people in log. i don't know it's a muslim oh good thing i put my people might be more mobile but doing this i looked at both because my vote counts with my pivot see i can choose the president got to do what we're going to fix if you want the most i lived this country told me what's supposed to be i want to elect leaders i lead to the bridge to the bottom that lead us so we can look at the sixty's poking fun of very few points are his very very important one and you know that he was required before very very important for me

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