returns home on dot com tang's. this is deja vu news live from berlin one of the catholic churches highest ranking clerics the australian cardinal george pell as found been found guilty of sexually assaulting two children. the. young. girl was mobbed there as he left court in melbourne it's a dramatic fall for the former vatican financial chief and close advisor to pope

francis will get the latest from our correspondent also coming up on the show. fears of an escalation as india confirms it has launched airstrikes on what is calling militant camps inside pakistani territory a spokesman says many people have been killed. and north korean leader kim jong un has arrived in vietnam ahead of his second summit with u.s. president donald trump will have more on the expectations for this historic meeting . i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us australia's highest ranking catholic cleric the cardinal george pell has been convicted on five counts of child sex abuse a court in melbourne found pell guilty of molesting two thirteen year old choir boys the verdict was handed down in december but the judge only today lifted the

embargo on reporting on the case. no you will take. cardinal george pell faced a torrent of abuse as he left his latest court hearing in melbourne so now he's free but victims outside the court are calling for a tough sentence for the catholics and told the a week amman that he'd be excommunicated from the george pell is amongst a freak he has to be child not only home detention none of these but we justice we want to seeming child we want to see him for all i help. the jury found that pell sexually assaulted two choir boys in a melbourne cathedral in one thousand nine hundred ninety six the unanimous verdict was handed down on december eleventh but due to a suppression order reporting is only now being allowed a previous trial resulted in a hung jury pelle has always denied the charges peter and simple.

i'm innocent of these charges of the photos the whole idea of sexual abuse is apparent to me. kalus on leave from his role as treasurer the third most powerful position in the vatican. he is also australia's most senior catholic cleric. pope francis has in the past praised health for his response to abuse but his conviction is another stain on a church whose leaders are accused of failing to deal with child sexual abuse within their ranks. let's get more on this now with correspondent roger maynard he joins us from said they following the case for us very roger good morning to you cardinal pell is now facing a long prison sentence but will he be dismissed from the priesthood and could he even be excommunicated as well. well appears it's going to take some time before we

reach that stage at the moment he's made it very clear that he's going to appeal against his conviction that could take many months possibly a year or so before we get any outcome from that if that if he if that appeal is rejected the bathroom probably be passed on the back to go on with and hold their own inquiry into the it's there and the the that the allegations being made against well and only at that point will we get any possible decision on whether the archbishop or the cardinal as he is now will be defrocked or excommunicated but that could be worth some time away again i mean or media coverage of cardinal pell's case was subject to a new zimbardo why did the judge issue that order well that embargo or suppression order as it was called it was imposed by the court went back in december because it felt that the evidence given during the trial might paint the

our second trial which are held the seat of place in march of this year on completely separate matters involving allegations of child sexual abuse today we learned that some of the evidence do take place in the second trial was regarded or deemed as inadmissible and as a result of that the prosecution decided not to go ahead with the second trial but once that decision was made there was no reason to keep the suppression order. in only that the current case december case and that suppression order was lifted allowing australians who were first time to know what's been going on in that trial involving george bell and i can say that they've been genuinely shocked by the evidence that's been reported today and i'm talking about shark a victim's advocate so hope that other abusive virus will now be stepping forward could we now see more charges against australia's pedophile priests than those who weighed in about them. well ron we should remember that he gave that six will be

something going on for many years now there was a royal commission into the delegations a few years ago in australia many many people doesn't it a hundreds of people came forward with allegations of the sex abuse they'd experienced while at school and church often just that sort of thing. though those allegations are taken very seriously as a result of the a number of people received financial compensation so the matter has been in it why did the past few years whether the appellate conviction will encourage others to come forward remains to be seen but looking at the moment as i just know the entire certain population is not so shocked that they're not seen yet catholic cleric should be found guilty of effectively paedophilia roger thanks very much for that roger maynard for us from sydney. time check in now with some of the other stories making news this hour britain's biggest opposition party says it is

prepared to call for a second referendum on bracks a labor says it will push for another public vote of parliament rejects its alternative plan for leaving the view in a ballot this week. rice officials in cuba say voters have overwhelmingly back to new constitutional document in trying to the country's one party social system while recognizing private property and foreign investment as well some of them are social changes. electoral commission says eighty six percent of voters backed the changes. a german court has suspended the trial of a former nazi concentration camp guard after a medical report said he was unfit to stand trial the ninety five year old is accused of assisting in the murder of hundreds of people next month judges will rule on whether to drop the prosecution. it's to vietnam now north korean leader kim jong un has arrived in vietnam ahead of his second summit with u.s. president gul tromp he stepped off his armored train in the border town of dong

dying after traveling for more than two days through china from. present trump is also on his way to the two day summit in hanoi. air force one is due to land a few hours from now on trump and kim are set to begin their meetings on wednesday after celebrating their initial encounter last year in singapore as a success the white house will be looking to achieve more concrete results in an effort to reach an agreement on pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. you have your correspondent boss in hardock joins us now from hanoi good morning boss and kim has arrived trumps on his way just how high are expectations right now in hanoi well the streets are lined with people this morning hoping to catch a glimpse of kim jong onus year arrived here in hanoi i have the feeling though that the general public here vietnam they're more interested in the celebrity aspect of this whole meeting than the actual politics now for the vietnamese

leadership of course that's a completely different story they are they see this as an opportunity to present their country in the international limelight to boost their reputation and to boost the international status and that's why they're hoping of course for substantial results from this summit which will then in the aftermath be connected with this city of annoy and with vietnam. because you have to understand that almost forty five years after the end of the vietnam war the american war as it's called here that's still the first association that many people have when they hear vietnam of course that's not what the vietnamese leadership wants they want their country to be seen as and as an opening economy a successful economy one of the fastest growing economies in southeast asia brian boston could have decided to fly into vietnam instead he made the decision to travel by train now that is a decision steeped in symbolism is a. source of runs in the kim family doesn't it

brian both his father and his grandfather were known to have taken long train trips when they went on state visits for example to eastern europe or or to russia now we know of kim's father that he did that because he was afraid of flying apparently that's not the case with kim jong un himself he's flown in the past obviously for example to the last summit with president all trump in singapore he took a chinese plane because his own plane couldn't cover the distance this time vietnam is not so far he could have flown but he did choose to take the train and that's been that's been covered widely in the media so that it's a big p.r. stunt if you if you will right ok what's what's on kim's agenda today now that he isn't annoyed. we have no there's no official confirmation of what he's going to do today of originally he was supposed to meet us let's have the state visit with the vietnamese the other ship before the summit but as so often happens bryan when you travel by train he was late he arrived five

and a half hours later at the vietnamese border so that state visit is what we're hearing has been pushed back to after the summit so he's going to stay on after the summit to meet the vietnamese leadership he he was supposed to travel east of here to have a look at an industrial zone maybe even a samsung factory a large samson factory sounds and of course that big south korean conglomerate and maybe even go on to a long bay which is one of the most famous. touristic landmarks here in vietnam now what he's going to do before the summit we're not really sure if there is talks about him having a dinner with the president tomorrow evening in the run up to the summit but apart from that we'll have to wait and see brian ok we'll have plenty more from boston harding they're annoyed at this summit as it moves ahead thanks so much for now boss in. india says it has destroyed a militant camp inside pakistan in an overnight airstrike across the ceasefire

border nor known as the line of control india media reporting two hundred casualties in the raid on the alleged camp in ball caught pakistan acknowledged that indian military aircraft violated its airspace but denied reports of any casualties the strike comes amidst heightened tensions between the nuclear on neighbors after a militant attack killed forty indian troops in the disputed region of kashmir earlier this month the indian foreign secretary accused pakistan of failing to take concrete action to dismantle camps that arm and train hundreds of jihadi is on the soil he said acted on credible intelligence that pakistan based militants were plotting further suicide attacks across india. in the freeze of danger of the strike the absolutely necessary. condition. to be. the biggest dream in just

a moment. in this operation of a number oh just a moment. she has seen this and groups and you. get the very latest now from our correspondent. walt joining us from delhi good morning to you let me show you can you tell us more about these strikes and and does this mark a dangerous escalation well yes the primary information about the strikes at this point is coming through from the indian foreign secretary who we just heard the key aspect that india is pushing is that this was a strike on the. terrorist organization which the game is pakistan based in pakistan back to now the g. eight m. as it is called claimed the what's behind the attack in fresh meat in the pot of ahmed district that happened less than two weeks ago and led to the loss of life

for forty indian security personnel know why this is really significant is that this is something that has been expected from india for the last two weeks there was a view of beating overeating kind that action across india that have been calls for action against pakistan because of the loss of life and this is finally an indian strike and what sets it apart also is the fact that pakistan has acknowledged the strike of course is a difference of the number of casualties that both sides likely having but this strike definitely shows that there are not only rising tensions but there could be a for the escalation as well ok further escalation there have been other strikes having their houses different could we expect more strikes than. well what really sets this strike apart is the fact that the line of control as you mentioned which is a de facto line between baucus thought i've been the start of pakistan occupy an indian administrate that has been crossed now it's really important the last big

war that happened between india and pakistan in one thousand nine hundred ninety three called the guardian of war even then the line of control it was not breached this attack once wet a fight is the least this about has happened it's far too far funny to editors for this is significant because if true india has actually entered and done a strike across the embassy in pakistani territory which is why this escalation of the expected the last time what's at the bottom twenty sixteen pakistan been night but in the back happened this time as a knowledge that does this mean that pakistan will be forced to respond already farkas funds or should media and media have started making calls so this is definitely something that you have to watch for with me that is potential for the strikes on both hands then we should just joining us from delhi thanks very much iran's foreign minister has resigned mohammad javad zarif made the unexpected announcement on social media giving no reason for his decision series was the

driving force behind iran's nuclear deal with world powers that went into force in twenty fifteen but it has been hanging in the balance since president trump pulled out of the agreement and we impose sanctions on iran. a modern take on resigning but cerise instagram post was vague he offered quote an apology for all the shortcomings and flaws but no reason for his departure all of this is written on a drawing a phantom of the prophet muhammad's daughter whose birth was being commemorated on monday in tehran a foreign ministry spokesperson quickly confirmed the news but also gave no reason . it's an abrupt end to more than five and a half years as a rainy and foreign minister zarif had a prominent role in negotiating the landmark twenty fifteen new clear agreement between iran and major international powers in exchange for limiting nuclear activities tehran had economic sanctions lifted. but zarif has been

under pressure since the united states withdrew from the pact he expressed his frustration at washington at the munich security conference earlier this month. man. this man line we have long been the target. on healthy fixation let's say an obsession which continues to this very day. the demonisation of my country has been a convenient cross for seven consecutive american presidents. zarif resignation could play into the hands of hardliners in iran they've been growing more vocal about their anger towards the country's moderate president has andrew hani for the weakening state of the iranian economy. serif has been one of rouhani is main allies and his departure could weaken the president's position. the

united nations is long string its largest ever appeal for yemen in geneva today calling on donors to pledge four billion dollars to fund its emergency plan for getting this year the u.n. describes the situation in the country is the world's worst humanitarian crisis the figures are mind boggling the u.n. estimates some eighty percent of the population is in need of humanitarian aid and aid agencies are running out of money to help them. are the ones suffering the most. twelve year old fatima weighed no more than ten kilograms when she was brought to a menu tradition clinic in northwest yemen. together with her father intensive ling's she was forced to live beneath a tree. the family displaced by the war is too poor to buy food. it's a situation typical for much of yemen where

a famine has been ongoing since twenty sixteen. had. yeah yeah these circumstances will continue i think it will get worse not better the siege is still ongoing the ass strikes and the war is still taking place it's just destroyed the water destroyed education all the resources the drinking water is not pure so what do you expect you expect manya tristian unemployment a family salary is not enough for one man. that was satisfied i would give away. the yemeni civilians are caught in the crossfire between the country's government and who's the rebel forces. the conflict is largely seen as a proxy war between the saudi led coalition backing the government and iran which is accused of supplying arms to the who these. four years of fighting have left thousands dead and left millions in need of humanitarian assistance. yemen

relies on its ports to supply its population with aid the main port of her data serves as a lifeline for millions but due to violence large parts of the country are cut off the un's wheat stock in the area big enough to feed three point seven million people for a month is at risk of rotting. in december the warring parties came together in sweden for a first round of u.n. sponsored peace talks the truce agreement for her data included a province wide ceasefire and the withdrawal of who the fighters. the pullout of forces. from three key points in yemen would demonstrate that both parties are committed to peace but most importantly he would allow millions of starving people access to aid they desperately need. joins us now from the yemeni capital she's the spokeswoman for the international red cross in the region good morning thanks for being with us mara have the peace talks between the warring parties in

sweden brought any relief at all for the civilians in yemen. yes good morning. folks intriguer late last year there was the suggestion of see a glimmer of hope to bring an end to the conflict that has claimed the lives of thousands of people and displaced millions however because it's very against the people of. the extensive diplomatic and political experts being exists for the folks in the piece one hundred forty million out of twenty eight million yet they need to articulate there's a belief that if we don't do it exacerbates in order to get trucks to ration where every aspect of their lives is impact is ok in light of the situation when you just described can you give us an idea of just how important today's donor conference is for the people of yemen. when it is definitely humanitarian aid

is best news he is needed in yemen there are masses where the next percent of the population is a nice pair of some kind of aid millions in yemen go to bed hungry agent on safe water provided by the crumbling water corporations across yemen and the concept than any of diseases some of these diseases can be a few dances and yet they are deadly in yemen today because the state of the health care system is also very weak so this means that he might carry in a discussion for the countries access to humanitarian organisations who will reach those most elite and most affected areas is very important. to free him and the situation is dire and every sense of the world of the world where the population but we need to also keep in mind that humanitarian assistance alone will not be able to feed millions of families nor provide health care and

more to civilians if you haven't this is why the international committee of the us . would like to remind the practice of the conflict and that it's supporting them for that need to exert more effort to find. a. solution to the conflict in iran that has enters its fifth serious amounts dive from the international committee of the right cross thank you so much for bringing us up to date. it's to nigeria now where officials have started announcing results of the country's presidential election president mohamed who bihari has taken an early lead over the opposition candidate abubakar winning most of the states that have already been declared the country's main opposition party has called the partial results though incorrect and unacceptable and in many parts of the country there's a debate raging on whether the elections were in fact completely free and fair our correspondent adrian krishna reports from the commercial capital lycos. this

is what is left of a mo by a polling station in the co town the residents who are still angry show as a mobile phone video from election day a group of facts attempt to vote has and down the ballot lagos this district is considered a stronghold of the opposition party. a car for wanted to vote but that didn't happen. because of a pipeline you need there was just one police officer and you will not. win this game he was not going to do anything the police the sun is not far from us just because they were calm but he said they did nothing and they thought. they did it not only my putting it but so many police are running want to stop everything so that nobody wants a p.d.p. . so it's a very very bad business nothing like democracy actually reduced in this part of the world right now obviously on social media there is

a further attacks on polling stations in this part of the city election authorities have not yet to determine whether or not there will be new elections in these districts but if they do decide on a revote then they must also announce when that will be election observers reported various problems voter intimidation snatching off ballot boxes votes buying according to different sources between eleven and thirty nine people have been killed in election violence because of the history of elections in nigeria and the sheer size of the country many up serve a mission still say the election took place in a generally peaceful environment. also believes great progress has been made since previous elections he is an election observer from a nongovernmental organization but incidents like the one in lagos gently need to be dealt with there must be a lot of investigation on. the people that had behind

those those who went to the. people who are meant to be beneficiaries of actions and inactions and it is very. for the government to actually take that so you just . write. one hundred percent talking about. any form of reprisal and government government. most ensure that we all people accountable for some of these actual. blasts okafor doesn't think that will happen he demands new elections so that he can finally use his vote and like. your reminder now the top story we're following for you today one of the catholic church's highest ranking clerics the australian cardinal george pell has been convicted. of sexually assaulting two boys a court in melbourne found guilty of molesting the thirteen year old choir boys in a church cardinal pell will be sentenced on wednesday and faces years in prison.

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