everyone has the right to say. this is d.w. news live from berlin one of the catholic church's highest ranking clerics the australian cardinal george pell has been found guilty of sexually assaulting children. but. not. cardinal pell mav there as he left court in melbourne it's a dramatic fall for the former vatican financial chief and close adviser to pope

francis who got all the details from our correspondent also coming up. in the fears of escalation as india confirms it has launched military airstrikes on what it says are militant cabs inside pakistani territory a spokesman says many have been killed . plus a surprise announcement in iran the country's foreign minister mohammad jobs a reef resigns to negotiate in twenty fifteen nuclear deal it is unclear why he decided to leave his post. and burn polling station and stolen ballot boxes as nigerians wait to find out who won this weekend's presidential election. some voters in lego say the poll was not as free and fair as with already sailboats.

bryan thomas thanks for being with us australia's highest ranking catholic cleric the cardinal george. well has been convicted of five counts of child sex abuse a court in melbourne found pell guilty of assaulting two thirteen year old choir boys in the late one nine hundred ninety s. the verdict was handed down in december but the judge only today lifted the embargo on reporting on the case. no you will make your 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 to the catholics and be told the a week i'm on that he be excommunicated from the church george pell is amongst a freak he has to be child not go home detention none of these thirty we just we want to seeming child we want to see him for all i even helped. a jury found that

tells 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 tell has always denied the charges peters and simple. i'm innocent of these charges of the polls. whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. palin is on leave from his role as treasurer the third most powerful position in the vatican. he is also australia's most senior catholic cleric. and. pope francis has in the past praised 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 even be excommunicated as well well be if it's going to take some time before we reach that stage at the moment he's made it very clear that it's going to appeal against his conviction that could take many months a year or so before we get any outcome from that if that if he if that appeal is rejected then the bathroom hopefully be passed on to better gun will than hold their own inquiry into the it's there and the the the allegations being made against and only at that point will we get any possible decisional whether the archbishop will the cardinal as he is now will be defrocked or excommunicated but that could be worth some time away or can i mean or media coverage of

a cardinal pell's case was subject to a new zimbardo why did the judge issued 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 didn't 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 the current case the december case and that's a personal it was lifted allowing australians for 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 i'm talking about shark a victim's advocate so hope that other abuse or virus will now be stepping forward could we now see more charges against australia's pedophile priests than those who were in the bathroom while rome we should remember that these allegations of sexual abuse have been going on for many years now there was a royal commission into the allegations a few years ago in australia many many people dozens if not hundreds of people came forward with allegations of the sex abuse they'd experienced while at school or and church orphanages that sort of thing. though those allegations are taken very seriously as a result of that a number of people received financial compensation so the matter has been aired quite widely over the past few years whether the pell conviction will encourage others to come forward remains to be seen but looking at the moment as i just know the entire syrian population is a state of shock that they're in

a senior catholic cleric should be found guilty of effectively paedophilia roger thanks very much for that roger maynard for us from sydney. it's to india now that country says it has destroyed a militant camp inside pakistan in an overnight airstrike across the ceasefire border known as the line of control indian media is reporting some two hundred casualties in the raid on the alleged camp and balakot pakistan acknowledged that indian military aircraft had violated its airspace but denied the reports of casualties the strike comes in its heightened tensions between the nuclear armed neighbors after a militant attack killed forty indian troops in the disputed kashmir region earlier this month the indian foreign secretary accused pakistan of failing to take concrete action to dismantle the camps that arm and train hundreds of jihadi is on its soil he said dolly acted on quote credible intelligence that pakistan based militants were plotting further suicide attacks across india in the face of.

this strike absent the city. in a. position you know to be in. because. in just a moment. in this operation. oh just a moment. you know this. group of. people a national. let's get the very latest now from our correspondent. walt joining us from delhi good morning to 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 here is that this was

a strike on the jesse mohammad terrorist organization which they claim is pakistan be based in pakistan back to now the g. eight m. as it is called claimed the what's behind the attack in need in the pool of ahmed district that happened less than two weeks ago and led to the loss of life for forty indian security personnel now why this is really significant is that this is something that has been expected from india for the last two weeks there was that view of eating overeating kind that action across india there 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 truly sets this strike apart is the fact that the line of control as you mentioned which is a de facto line between pakistan i've been the start of pakistan occupied kashmir an indian administration that has been crossed now it's really important the last big war that happened between india and pakistan in nineteen ninety nine which we call the target of war even then the line of control was not reached this attack but once where to fight the police says the siddharth has happened is far into pakistan eternities so this is significant because if true india has actually entered and done a strike across the endless sea in pakistani territory which is why this escalation of the expected the last time what's left is the part of that in twenty sixteen pakistan been night that an attack happened this time markets on the acknowledged it does this mean that pakistan will be forced to respond already farkas fund social media and media have started making calls so this is definitely something that people have to watch who would be good there is potential for the strikes on

both hands then we should just joining us from delhi thanks very much. let's check in with some of the other news at this hour britain's biggest opposition party says it's prepared to call for a second referendum on labor says it will push for another public vote if parliament rejects its alternative plan for leaving the you in a ballot this week. officials in cuba say voters have overwhelmingly back to new constitution document and trines the country's one party social system or recognising private property and or investment as well as modest social changes electoral commission says eighty six percent of voters backed the changes. the un is appealing for four point two billion dollars to fund aid for the gammon which it describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis the organization says a quarter of a million people are suffering catastrophic levels of hunger after four years of war this comes as an international donor conference opens in geneva switzerland.

all the ran's foreign minister has resigned mohamed to have zarif made the unexpected announcement on social media giving no reason for the decision. serif was the driving force behind iran's nuclear deal with world powers that went into force and twenty fifteen but it's been hanging in the balance since president trump pulled out of the agreement and reimpose sanctions are. 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 written on a drawing of fatima 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 nuclear agreement between iran and major international powers in exchange for limiting nuclear activities tehran have economic sanctions lifted. but serif 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. this month we have long been the target of on the 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 to better. 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 any 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. let's get the latest on this story now with tehran based journalist and a.b.c. news producer smile aleck and thanks for being with us can you tell us what's behind the resignation of the iranian foreign minister. thanks for having me. as you said there was no explanation in general. but later a few hours after his post there where there are you coming out like there you take the iranian journalists who had asked him if there is a nation with syria and he said something that some had all with you speculated that. because of after getting the photos of the meetings where. bashar

assad in tehran there is no credibility for him as the foreign minister in divorce and why did this hearing freeze to the surprise visit that syrian president bashar assad paid to teheran yesterday he met to with iranian supreme leader ayatollah khamenei and president has sent rowhani but none of those photos job was very was seen many had said that probably he had been a clue that later after the news of his resignation on instagram was published some more some from both sides i mean from their reformist. ok we're having a difficult time with that uplink it looks like we lost it we'll see if we get to get it back later in this program that was awesome like in joining us from tehran

about the resignation the unexpected resignation of the iranian foreign minister this is deja vu news live from berlin still to come on the show. allegations of a vote tampering in nigeria. that after violence over the weekend was the latest from lycos. well north korean leader kim jong un has arrived in vietnam ahead of his second summit with u.s. president donald trump kim stepped off his personal armored train in the border town of the dying that after traveling for more than two days through china from pyongyang president 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 diplomatic success white house will be looking to achieve more concrete results in its efforts to reach an agreement on feelings nuclear weapons program you have your correspondent boss in hard joins us now from a new i good morning boss the end kim has arrived trumps on his way just how high are expectations right now in hanoi. well the streets were lined with people this morning hoping to catch a glimpse of kim jong un as he 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 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 the

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 as 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 isn't it. sort 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 well 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 have a state visit with the vietnamese theater 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 samsung factory samsung of course that big south korean conglomerate and maybe even go on to how 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 trump tomorrow evening in the run up to the summit but apart from that we'll have to wait and see brian and we'll have plenty more from boston harbor there at this summit as it moves ahead thanks so much for now boston . officials in nigeria have started announcing results in the country's presidential election president mohamed who bihari has taken early lead over opposition counted as a coup abubakar winning most of the states have already declared the country's main opposition party though has called the partial results and correct and unacceptable and in many parts of the nation 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 like. this is what is left of them oh by a polling station in the kotel the residents who are still angry show as a mobile phone video from election day a group of facts a tech to vote has and brought down the ballot from lagos this district is considered a stronghold of the opposition party. of power for wanted to vote but that didn't happen. by putting it there was just one police officer and he will not. win this game he was not going to do anything the police this one is not far from us just because they were calm but he said they did nothing and they had to go later they did it not only my putting it but so many put in these are running want to stop everything so nobody votes or people. so it's a very very bad business nothing like democracy really reduced in this part of the world right now. on social media there is

a further attacks on polling stations in this part of the city the 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 of ballot boxes votes buying according to different sources between eleven and thirty nine people have been killed in election violence but because of the history of elections in nigeria and the sheer size of the country many observations 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 those actions and inactions and it is very important for the government to actually take that just pollution behind. us. one hundred percent talking about. any form of reprisal on the government government. most ensure that we all people accountable for some of these actually very very combustible blasts okafor doesn't think that will happen he demands new elections so that he can finally use his vote and pretty much like. we have some football for you now in the final game of match day twenty three in the bundesliga leipzig hoffenheim they were in a position to leapfrog lodbrok in the third place with a when. meanwhile hoffenheim have their eyes on a european spot for next season the spoils were shared after a frantic. new year not

a smug look very much at home ahead of kickoff the hoffenheim coach takes charge of light from the beginning of next season and this was a chance to get used to his future surroundings. his side took the lead after twenty two minutes on three from a rich for an easy tap in one no two the visit us to croatia international tenth gold this been a sega campaign chrono rich just avoided being offside. it was the only goal in a hard fought first half. his hoffenheim side nad but not us money is always a man with a plan and he handed out here instructions minutes after the restart. they didn't seem to work though six very often close with the free header. nightsticks current coach nick will be novice months boss at the cup next term. but there was no love lost as the hosts kept at it. and eventually captain often

did grab the equaliser just a minute from time. to time good to strike at losing the lead so late good awareness from marcella house in b.x. had a organs equaliser. hoffenheim fluffed a very late chance a one one draw leaves the visitors eight and writes it comfortably in fourth now knows money is on course for champions league football with his new site next. to tennis and roger federer began his latest attempt to win his one hundredth a.t.p. singles final with a hard for victory in dubai he broke in the first match the first game of the against philip course fiber took the first set six forward germany. fought his way back and leveled the top i had one set all forcing a third set faded out of them stepped up his play making it all the way through

taking it by six games to. get your minder now the top story we're following for you this hour one of the catholic church's highest ranking clerics destroying cardinal george pell has been convicted of sexually assaulting two boys according melbourne untel guilty of molesting the thirteen year old choir boy in the church garden will be sentenced on wednesday he faces years in prison also in the news india has confirmed that its military has conducted air strikes against a molten camp inside pakistani territory and u.s. foreign secretary said at least two hundred militants of the killed pakistan denies have been any casualties. our business news is up next with. talking to the head of the world's biggest chemicals company and as oppose a worrying result. is a c.e.o.

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