digital. storage marketing. double. play. play. play play. this is d w news live from berlin pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and wider society francis said the church would make protecting children its highest priority and the cover up of puce that he admit it was common in the past also coming out. clashes that venezuela's borders as the military beats back asked first to bring humanitarian aid into the

country opposition leader blank white bill urges the international community to keep all options open and says he'll meet with u.s. vice president mike pence on monday. and then the plan is legal leaders don't want need to keep their focus the featured labor crews and later today will throw the title writes the white open. player. i'm not good to have you with. pope francis has vowed the catholic church will spare no effort to bring child abusers and the clergy to justice the pontiff was speaking at the end of a four day vatican summit to stop the church gathering to place him in an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests and evidence that their superiors concealed

their crimes in his address francis promised the church would end its culture of cover ups and decisively confront perpetrators even to reaffirm that the church will spare no effort to do it and that's all it is necessary to bring to justice whosoever has committed such crimes that. the church will never seek to hush up or not take seriously in any case let's go right away to our religious affairs correspondent in rome the pope has promised decisive action against abuse what's your reaction to his speech today. well i mean it was really it was really quite impressive mainly because i think it amounts to essentially other terror ation a for you know when to to a large degree of the collation of a civil war within the church so it's very important to say into consideration that this was a statement made in this holiday. would only for journalist press and it was made

sort of essentially distin atari i mean the introduction or where church members. so in a very concrete and thorough going way that essentially the pope turned on his own church and said essentially praying the good wishes to good will the penance and the praying has now come to an end that will be part of it but now actually criminal activity will be turned to justice and you know the implementation of that policy is what he's left to be seen but the fact is that this is a major change in policy approach to the question of abuse for all the tough talk and assurances the pope didn't actually apologize to survivors why not. well essentially because for two reasons i think i mean the apology and expression of apology in the conversation with victims was very much the top of their gender

for the last three years of broaches sexual abuse not only that in fact in preparation for this timely payment the shops and clergy that participated were us as byte of code to meet we use victims so mean a sense i think that d.c. has a lot to do with the fact that he. himself seems to understand the time for apologies and good words has come to an end in a way the fact is that this conversation i mean the one that we actually witness this address that the target of that or the recipient of that was not meant to be the victim but as i said a moment ago was meant to be the church itself so not only i mean it was obviously not the place to apologize to victims because he was talking to the church but he took actually a very very deliberate very aggressive position in relation to the crimes committed he actually talk about evil essentially within the church and the clergy and clear

equally some being essentially the very condition for sustaining aiding and abetting this kind of criminal activity so just to make another very important point very clear we're no longer talking about since the church for the last twenty years since two thousand and one when the boston globe but brought this. into full view despite all previous suspicions and previous reports the church has been talking about seeming sinning against other human beings and singing about go against god now this pope and this church is actually talking about crimes and that means essentially bringing in justice systems. the pope's speech wasn't particularly big on specific commitments so why do you think he singled out specific problems like on a fee for example. well i'm not entirely sure that it was about specific commitments i think that there were several specific elements that

were offered during sort of during this four days but very particularly this turning to justice is a very specific you know a very specific purpose issue and i think that it was very telling that he talked about pornography once again he was not talking about pornography in the white or in the white or gun takes in society he was talking essentially about the use of child pornography weed in the church i mean i don't think i have any memory of seeing a pope i mean you know seeing bishops or a cardinal let alone a pope as initially accused the church i mean turning onto the church and accusing the church and its officials of aiding and abetting the use of child pornography i mean in this sense i think that it's fair to say that this by common wisdom as to what is that happened here you know it will take days probably to process the speech something truly momentous just to place the question is how is it that this is going to be implemented but you know this is in

a sense good in the devil is always in the details of course. thank you very much it's. now to some other stories making news around the world. north korean leader kim jong un has left for vietnam on his armor train the three thousand kilometer journey is expected to take two days jim will meet with u.s. president donald trump in hanoi on thursday. at least thirty five more workers have died after drinking tainted alcohol and india the total number of victims as reported at one hundred fifty so far at least two hundred more people are still hospitalized officials say the illegal bootleg liquor contained toxic amounts of methanol to increase potency bullies have so far arrested ten people. a u.n. report says twenty eighteen was the deadliest year in afghanistan's nearly two

decade long war almost four thousand civilians were killed and thousands more wounded and attacks and bombings the u.s. on the rebel taleban hold a new round of talks aimed at ending the conflict on monday. washington has signaled that it wants to help when his oil a self-proclaimed president oust his rival nicolas maduro u.s. secretary of state tweeted that his country is willing to take action to support my dope and vice president mike pence to set to meet with why go in colombia tomorrow why has urged the international community to keep all options open these developments come after venezuelan troops stopped opposition supporters trying to bring humanitarian aid into the country. opposition groups were hoping soldiers at the border would stand aside for the a chip minutes and said troops loyal to the government used tear gas and gunfire to defend that arcades these clashes took place at

a crossing between brazil and venezuela in the east of the country. says the children aren't dying or starving in venezuela yes they are he isn't because he's sitting in the presidential palace while we're here in the street working like donkeys and you know. hundreds of kilometers away at the u.n. a border crossing to colombia to venezuela national guards fired tear gas and rubber bullets they are under orders not to let foreign aid into the crisis ridden country trucks carrying food and medical supplies was set alight as they tried to cross the border so far present majoris blockade is holding firm. but i'm not going to i'm we are trying to get aid into venezuela but they are not letting anything in from the other side they are throwing rocks and firing tear gas and i don't like i don't like in all fairness. what happened over there was the

repression of unarmed people. people who are going in peace to take humanitarian aid to those who need it. the volunteers and aid convoys have now withdrawn and willing to risk further bloodshed to break the government's barricades opposition leader why dole is weighing his next step. for normal and we will not rest. no we will not rest until venezuela is free. and we were turned away grateful to the international community and. we ask that all options remain on the table. on monday why do will meet us vice president mike pence to discuss the ongoing crisis. orders in senegal are heading to the polls in a presidential election with incumbent macky sall seeking a second term he's hoping his economic record will help him avoid

a runoff or challengers rebuying to replace all two key opposition figures were barred from running and there have been tensions ahead of a ballot recent clashes between rival parties have left two people dead results are expected on friday. temperatures drop below freezing in the german capital over the weekend meaning life threatening conditions for thousands of homeless people in the city our next report accompanies volunteers in berlin who spend their nights helping those who sleep outside. the warm bus sets off sophia and are tonight's team the first calls are already coming in. depending on the weather they could get up to one hundred calls a night. or two for movies for stood. for by. to go through. the area medics have just told the warm boss about a drunken man they cannot attend to sophia and all of

a bring him to an emergency shelter it's already full but they will make an exception outside temperatures hover around the freezing mark. so you can only ever do this voluntarily outside of the regular chops. you do. for me personally my life is going very well to you i have a wonderful wife i have a warm. apartment i have a good job drop. everything i would like to have released give back a little of the things that i enjoy. the next destination a homeless man who has only a thin blanket and is sitting outside in the cold. sophia and all over supply the young romanian with a jacket a scarf a thermal mat and a sleeping bag as he does not want to go to a shelter. you have your house it's cooked for them i know it's almost two hands

and now even i am really cold and we just saw him sitting on his suitcase with a thin blanket that i would normally use on my sofa that didn't look good and it was clear to me that we had to help somehow. from. the ceiling is grateful for the volunteers help. and this is a very good. if anybody would rank you for. sophia and all of her plan to check on more frequently tonight they just may have saved him from freezing to death. for us endorsement host labor crews and later today under quite some pressure they need a win to restore their three point lead at the top of the bundesliga after byron unit went level on points on saturday by beating had everland one unfortunately for

dortmund they are on a poor run of form and a defeat against attack minded labor goes in but suddenly buying for the title. don't mean the coach lucien father is suddenly under pressure his side's healthy lead has been whittled down to nothing monday's nil no draw at bottom side nuremberg was their fifth game in a row without a win in all competitions and today they host a labor cousens side transformed by former dortmund coach paid to bosch. leyva cues and have been scoring goals for fun and the rise of the bonus league. although they did crash out of the europa league in midweek father knows don't have a big job to stop one of germany's most informed sayings. there's a few guys who know our philosophy stays the same month we want to win against every team the same sure labor cruisin are playing well they beat byron three one and they are strong away from home at the moment. to speak to don't mind and father

might have to go back to the drawing board a meeting at byron in april looms large the title race is on. watching w. news live from berlin i'm macof l a coming up next is the documentary that no mara just in fact the top of the hour with the new ball of international news tonight and you can get all the latest on our web site at the top. first day at school. the first clue less. doors grandpas arrives. joining a regular on her journey back to freedom. you know we're interested documentary. in a regular returns home. don't come in tanks.