changing. digital. starts marching. to w. . this is the news live from berlin pope francis condemns the sexual abuse of children in the roman catholic church and in water society at the vatican summit francis says the church will make protecting children its highest priority but some victims who came to rome saying nothing concrete was decided. a groundbreaking diplomatic encounter arab league and european union leaders meet for the first ever

joint summit forty nine heads of state and government are in the egyptian resort town of sharm el sheikh to talk peace politics and cooperation. and turn on the glitz and glamour the oscars hollywood. movie stars and the people working behind the camera as it holds its annual awards ceremony. thanks for joining us. pope francis has called for an all out battle to bring child abusers and the clergy to justice he was speaking at the end of a four day vatican summit to address paedophilia in the church after an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests and evidence that there is a period conceal their crimes though many victims reacted skeptically francis

promised the church would end what he called its culture of silence and would decisively confront perpetrators he called them tools of satan. 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 the effort. necessary to bring to justice whosoever has committed such crimes. the church will never seek to. 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. very disappointing no action was taken and. we feel literature from important to take care of the hopefully to remove some of those bishops and cover up sexual abuse or search for abuse until. 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. and joining us now for reaction to the speech by pope francis is robert hoatson in new jersey thanks for joining us he's a former catholic priest and founder of road to recovery which offers support to vick victims of sexual abuse by the clergy robert pope francis vowed to end cover ups and the clerical abuse sex abuse and prioritize victims you yourself are an abuse victim do you think he's gone far enough. once again he has not gone far enough you know one of the reasons why cardinal bergoglio chose the name francis was because he wanted to emulate say francis of assisi who was famous for saying always preach the gospel if necessary use words well pope francis and the bishops in the vatican have used many many many too many

words but we have not received the action steps that we need to finally rid the church of this scourge and so no he has not gone far enough for example he said that priests who abuse children and those who cover up should be wary of the wrath of god well that doesn't mean anything because the wrath of god would never take place until after people are deceased what they should be afraid of is the wrath of the civil and criminal courts so are those who are they should. what are those action steps that oh sorry to interrupt but i was going to ask you what are the action steps you're looking for you're talking about criminal courts please continue. well it's very simple all he needs to do is tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth about all of the files and documents he has in the vatican number two he has to say any bishop or priest who has either abused or

covered up abuse you're fired you will no longer function as a cleric in the roman catholic church and all allegations of sexual abuse will be turned over to secular and criminal and civil authorities for adjudication it's very simple and that's all he had to say at the end of this summit was these are the steps we're taking instead he tried to minimize once again the clerical sexual abuse scandal by claiming that this is an epidemic in families and institutions throughout the world we know all that we need we don't need any more words pope francis we need you to act well why didn't he act do you have any. any idea why does he not have the power. he has the power he could tomorrow he could throw out several bishops several priests many priests and bishops who have

mishandled or covered up or obfuscated a around this issue but for some reason he continues to talk and talk and talk and we've heard nuff words we need solid action steps thank you very much for that robert hoatson founder of road to recovery thank you. 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 the egyptian president. in the egyptian seaside resort of sharm el sheikh the goal is to tighten ties between the e.u. and arab nations leaders are discussing security migration the stalled peace process as well as the conflicts in yemen and syria correspondent jorgen mathis is in sharm el sheikh covering events i asked him about the key issues at the summit.

i think really pressing issues also in terms of migration which is also a key issue here at the summit is really addressing the the civil wars that are taking place within that union of arab states and most of all you have syria a war that apparently is partly one now by bashar al assad and the leaders here of the e.u. but also arab leaders will have to think about how they deal with this and then you have conflicts a civil wars in yemen but also unstable very unstable situation in libya also a big issues here and the question of course for european leaders is how do they deal with these issues and how do they deal with the liberal and non democratic elected counterparts here that it was a question put to jump to the head of the european commission and he said he has a headache talking to these people but he said if that be the criteria his week would end on tuesday so he said we really have to talk and this is the place to do it. time now to look at some of the other stories making news around the world.

more violent clashes have erupted on the border between venezuela and colombia opposition efforts to bring humanitarian aid into the crisis written country of venezuela have decided bloody chaos international pressure on president nicolas maduro is growing the u.s. says his days are numbered. security forces have killed a man who attempted to hijack a plane flying from dhaka to dubai the flight made an emergency landing in the city of chittagong the suspect died after an exchange of gunfire with commandos all the other passengers and crew were unharmed. police in india say another fifty eight people have died from drinking tainted bootleg liquor taking the death toll from the latest mass of 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 drink. vote counting

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 the leader has a bloc the strongest opposition candidates from running against him. incumbent president baccy sole likes to style himself the builder of modern senegal the country has benefited from strong economic growth and is seen as a bastion of democracy in an unstable region. i would like to hail the turnout everywhere in the country bottled on 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 barred after corruption convictions that were questioned by rights groups but turnout has been

brisk. as if but they should why it's a citizen's duty to take part in democracy at the q.b. it's a very important moment for if there's ample hope to what end voting for change. and there he had the insight as a citizen i have to vote when everything's ready and what it was supposed to do to last the voting process is going smoothly so far there were 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 prime minister idris the sec have criticized cells focus on expensive infrastructure they've campaigned for better basic services in a country where many 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 fans are gathering on the red carpet hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorites to win one of the little gold guys. hollywood's biggest night out starts early for diehard fans the ratings have been declining for years and this year's ceremony doesn't even have a host but that doesn't matter to them it's all about getting close to the stars are. so upset i want to see what they're wearing and this is always so much fun to see them up close down. the way even though this is like a third of that i've been to this will never be old hat these events are incredibly exciting each one is different from the other and you know i'm just i'm honored to be here and take part and really film history very are the favorites for best film the biggest award are poised to make history mexican director alfonso quire owns film roma has ten nominations some uncontroversially roman. as

a netflix streaming platform production one few people saw it in action cinema. black panther was a blockbuster at the box office and it's the first superhero movie ever nominated for best picture it takes superhero movies to new places with story about a mythical high tech kingdom in africa. and you will hear of another favorite is actually called the favorite a costume drama about british queen and the early eighteenth century. livia coleman has already picked up a number of best actress awards for her portrayal of the ailing queen everyone leaves me. christian bale is a heavy favorite for best actor for his work playing former u.s. president dick cheney in vice. and glenn close is a leading contender for best actress for her role in the wife her sixth the

nomination will seventh time be lucky you didn't smoke. smoke i went into a cafe filled with smoke. the fate of the oscar hopefuls is already sealed members of the academy had to submit their votes by last tuesday now hollywood is ready for its close up. time for sports now and in skiing it italy's federica binion a completed a world cup hat trick by winning the women's combined downhill in krantz montana switzerland claiming the title for the third year running after taking the lead in the morning downhill bring you in a produce a solid run in the slalom to beat canada's rony ram by zero point three eight seconds the world cup's runaway overall leader mikaela shiffrin set out the event after her exertions at the recent world championships.

coming up after the. break the bundesliga with pavel foley alias its match day twenty three find out of bruce dortmund could bring an end to their feeble february for they needed to beat resurgent labor in houston and to put daylight between themselves and byron eunuch at the top of the table stay tuned for that and much more on the bundesliga. today don't miss our highlights. programme. w dot com highlights. sleep.