this is deja vu news lud from berlin a groundbreaking diplomatic encounter arab league and european union leaders meet for their first ever joint summit forty nine heads of state and government are in the egyptian resort of sharm el sheikh to talk peace politics and mutual cooperation. pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and in water society at a vatican summit francis says the church would make protecting children is highest priority but some victims say nothing concrete was decided at the meeting. and

voters in the west african nation of senate go are called on to choose a new president or to give the incumbent macky sall a second term in office but there is controversy surrounding the vote two main challengers were barred from running. ending the wars in syria and yemen and restarting the middle east peace process those are some of the discussions leaders are wrestling with at the first ever joint summit of the arab league and european union is being hosted by egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi in the egyptian seaside resort of sharm el share the goal is to tighten relations between the two organizations the two day gathering is also intended to strengthen ties between the e.u. and arab nations leaders are discussing security migration the stalled middle east peace process as well as the conflict cliques in yemen and syria. joined by our

correspondent in sharm el sheikh again org this is the first meeting of these two institutions why are they speaking now. the european union and arab states traditionally have strong ties about it is at particularly this time that they do want to strengthen these ties and that's why they've put up a broad agenda everything on it from trade security the environment is there to be discussed here in chalmers shake and to give you an idea of where this is going one diplomat said to me this is supposed to kick off a process of multilateral isn't and it is in this spirit i think that the quote following quote from the organizer if you want from the european union the council president donald turks has to be seen our cooperation is more important than ever we are not here to pretend that we agree on everything today we are here to strengthen our cooperation for the benefit of our people we need to do this

together and not leave it to global powers from other regions global powers far from our region who could happy. well the hint i got from one diplomat is that it has to do with the united states and two other key players china and russia now first of all the united states regarding the middle eastern peace process the decision by donald trump to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem is seen as a threat to the two state solution something that the e.u. propagates and that it does concern e.u. officials here just like. representatives and leaders so a lot of common ground here on this field particularly at a time when the u.s. withdraws from a number of political fields here in the arab region particularly syria as a case an example and that leads me to the second point it is this power vacuum

that is filled by china and russia and that does concern not only the e.u. but also in a number of arab states ok well let's look at a simple biological one simple and bilateral affair between the e.u. and the arab world the e.u. wants arab help in reducing migration in part from north africa but also syria is that likely to happen president i'll see the end of the e.u. representative so you're both mentioned the topic of migration as easy emphasized that they have worked very hard and that is something that the e.u. has appreciate not a lot of migrants have let the come from egypt but rather from libya where conflicts are are growing at is these conflicts that leaders not only arab leaders but also european leaders would like to resolve in order to stem this flow of illegal migration to stop people the business of people smugglers that's what a number of leaders have emphasized in their speeches however when it comes to concrete action the you for instance has this idea to open disembarkation platforms

if you want a refugee centers in arab countries and no concrete proposals are expected to be made here in sharm el sheikh ok thank you there was political correspondent york matters in sharm el sheikh egypt. pope francis has vowed the catholic church will spare no effort to bring child abusers in the clergy to justice he was speaking at the end of a four day vatican summit to address paedophilia in the church after thousands of allegations against catholic priests and evidence that there's a period had to conceal their crimes francis promised the church would end its culture of silence and decisively confront the perpetrators. evil is within the catholic church according to pope francis and the time for apologies is over. explanation suffice for these abuses involvement. in front of an audience of international

bishops francis spoke not just of human sin but of intentional crimes and the need for justice. to reaffirm that the church will spend no effort but. it is necessary to bring to justice whosoever has committed such crimes as. the church will never seek to hush. take seriously any case. pope francis says an all out battle is necessary to rid the church of a culture of sexual abuse and cover ups. but survivors criticized how much time the pope spent pointing out that child sex abuse wasn't limited to the catholic church . one said his speech was too light on any concrete reforms. it was very disappointing no action was taken and. we feel literature from

important to your character in the whole free to remove some of those bishops and. cover up the sexual abuse or sexual abuse themselves. the church is is wholly incapable of policing itself and its its statutory practices really have allowed this to continue and they have not to this point changed aside from anything he may have said positively but some are optimistic that a first step towards real change in the catholic church has arrived because its leaders have finally admitted the enemy is within. our correspondent in rome martin has been covering the child abuse summit and sent us this analysis something quite extraordinary happened today in the speech that the pope gave at the end of the summit to summarize much of the work that had been done in workshops and presentations we heard the pope turn on the church and quite openly pointed out

that the institution had been the home to not only sexual predators and to massive cover up of sexual predators but also to use of child pornography this is about to see that no longer talks about sexual abuse as theological transgressions or scenes today what was said is that these are crimes and crimes may be adjudicated by justice systems what was not said with complete clarity was how we said that this is going to be achieved and whether this vatican explaining to make it policy to turn six will abusers an avi the nz and sexual abuse but also one cover ups to national authorities across the world let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. british prime minister theresa may has delayed a final parliamentary vote on it until march the twelfth just days before the u.k. scheduled to leave the european union. scheduled for next wednesday may will travel

to brussels on tuesday to ask for amendments to the deal the other twenty seven members of the e.u. have already agreed to. a u.n. report says twenty eight thousand was the deadliest year in afghanistan's nearly two decades long war almost four thousand civilians were killed and thousands more wounded in attacks and bombings the u.s. and rebel taliban hold a new round of talks aimed at ending the conflict on monday. police in india say another fifty eight people have died from drinking tainted bootleg liquor taking the death toll from. alcohol poisoning to more than one hundred fifty another two hundred remain hospitalized the victims were tea plantation workers in a state more than a dozen people have been arrested for selling the illegal booze. a rally has been held in moscow to in memory of the assassinated russian opposition leader boris

nemtsov thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets demanding reforms. four times four years ago as he crossed the bridge within sight of the kremlin organizers say they called the rally both to remember and to protest against president vladimir putin. today we remember the. response of. his political opponent we believe the person who did the killing has not yet been held responsible. is evidence of authoritarian criminal power in russia after the. vote it has begun after polling stations closed in an election in the west african nation of senegal president macky sall is set to win a second term in office but opponents complain that their leader has blocked the

strongest opposition candidates from running against him. incumbent president baccy sole likes to style himself the builder of modern senate google the country has benefited from strong economic growth and is seen as a past june of democracy in an unstable region. would like to hail the turnout everywhere in the country land abroad. that is allowed citizens to make their choice in peace and serenity. the election has not been scandal free to have cells main rivals were bought off to corruption convictions that were questioned by rights groups but turnout has been brisk. as if. it's a citizen's duty to take part in democracy i think b.p. it's a very important moment for if there's impossible to what end voting for change.

i'm very happy as a citizen i have to vote when everything's ready and what it was supposed to do to . the voting process is going smoothly so far only this morning some minor incidents as independent observers told us but they told us also that this time it's going far better than in two thousand and twelve when sending us all the last elections. challenges including former young men in particular risk their lives in search of a better life in europe. hollywood is gearing up for the most glamorous evening of the year oscar night of course one of the favorites to sweep the board at this year's awards breaks the mold in several ways roma is a foreign language film it's in black and white and it was made for streaming and it clinches best picture if it does it will be the first non english language feature to win the big prize. on the red carpet is rolled out for the ninety. first

oscar award ceremony two films with ten nominations each face off against each other mexican director alfonso caron is perhaps in pole position with his autobiographical film roma he is also nominated as best director and accolade he already won back in twenty forty somewhat controversially roma is a netflix streaming platform production. but in how many categories quilts a favorite triumph this costume drama about british queen anne in the early eighteenth century defies convention. coleman has already picked up a number of best actress awards for her portrayal of the ailing queen me. christian bale has barely international film festival and christian as former u.s.

vice president dick cheney in vice the incredible transformation could earn the british actor his second oscar he already has won for his role in the fighter but that was only for best supporting role. walked around went to a couple of stores in a couple of shots had. this actress has been nominated six times but always went home empty handed close in the wife playing the wife of a fictional nobel prize winner in literature and look at the. much more interesting traditions of the swedish academy the money says it will be seventh time lucky and that close will finally lift the coveted trophy the fate of oscar hopefuls is sealed members of the academy had to submit their votes by last tuesday the show can begin hollywood is ready for its close up. so you're watching news from

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