they range from on kong's bank of china skyscraper to the class pyramid in the courtyard of the louvre in paris. all right turning now to sri lanka saturday will mark 10 years since the end of the country's long running civil war but it's still struggling with the scars that the conflict left behind the war broke out in 1983 pitting the single e.'s military against the tom mill liberation tigers the tunnels were fighting for an independent stage for this ethnic minority in may of 2000 die and the sri lankan military defeated the separatists but at a large human cost it's believed some 50000 fighters and 100000 civilians were killed many of them tunnels today at least 20000 people are still missing and their fates are unknown you went to border in sri lanka where survivors are taking the search into their own hands. 10 years of demanding an answer

jav anything still doesn't know what happened to her missing daughter the war was winding down she says when masked men tore 16 year old girl me from her arms and fled. not going to where did i let go of her hand i was lying on the ground and a man stomped on my back with his boot i screamed and when i looked up the launch vehicle carrying my daughter it was already occurring with dust in the distance that's how fast i took off like that. many people haven't heard from their loved ones for even longer in some cases several decades their stories might be different but the family share the same sense of suffering without proof their children are dead they hold on to hope. when i hear other children calling for their mothers i have my daughter calling for me i hear her voice and i immediately look thinking she's come back to. the task of finding out what happened to people like jeromey

will land here at the office on missing persons or on pete it's a new commission being set up by the current administration to independently investigate the disappeared the chairman understands some people are skeptical it is extremely challenging because they have been many institutions many commissions established in the past the interests of the missing and for the families feel that they have had no i insist we do not want to be before as bradley says office holders and we need to be clear that we try it we will strive to establish itself we will try to find help them to find ounces but that is going to take time building trust between state institutions and the people especially in the northeast has been no easy task human rights lawyers the bhajan and his show and in says the o. m. p. could gain the public's confidence once they set up local offices but she also says some families are afraid. thank you people may give testimony today but may have

a fear that it will fall into the wrong hands so some families have said they may have more faith in the process if a foreign government or international body works with. some others like jay and i think i say they will only accept an independent and foreign led investigation. they demanded as a v.o.m. people come and start from the very beginning it's been cheney is that and more time will go by and that will be that. the civil war may have ended a decade ago but the families searching for their loved ones are still waiting for closure. well there's now less than one week to go until e.u. parliamentary elections and environmental protection is very much on the minds of voters millions across europe have joined movements like fridays for future and extinction rebellion to demand more action on climate change and a recent survey shows this is what voters want to see prioritized 77 percent say

they are worried about global warming while 80 percent are concerned about air pollution 81 percent want to see more sustainable agriculture implemented and 82 percent say they want better environmental protection and you policymakers are starting to listen but activists say there's still a long way to go it want you to panic a blunt message to the european parliament from swedish activist gratitude barack the teenager has given the world a wake up call with her urgent appeal for climate action. the global youth movement she inspired has shifted the climate change debate forcing it both to the top of the e.u.'s agenda and party campaigning ahead of the blocks parliamentary elections next week so what is the e.u. done so far to tackle the climate crisis. in march the european parliament voted to ban single use plastics starting in 2021 as part of sweeping legislation against plastic waste that pollutes beaches and oceans. it's agreed

a near total ban on insecticides that have been linked to a dramatic drop in the numbers of wild bees honeybees and other color nadirs. the e.u. parliament is pushing to put cleaner cars on europe's roads by 2030. and it wants to slash its greenhouse gases by 40 percent in the next 11 years some experts say that's not enough but right now it doesn't look like any single member state will be able to meet that target. reason enough for protesters across europe to keep pushing for faster climate action in brussels. well in the catholic church the role of women has long been a point of contention women are not allowed to become priests for example here in germany a group of catholic women say they're sick of the male dominated church so they're boycotting the voluntary work that they do and calling for a more liberal or thinking church they've chosen the motto urrea sue point 0 or for

and german name for the virgin mary. they're determined to be heard the women of the maria $2.00 movement they want to a new reformed more woman friendly church they've gathered in front of the berlin cathedral to make their demands clear to the male dominated catholic church. we need equal treatment and rights think things are going to change the time has come for people to smoothly finally realize that women in the catholic church should home various positions. since last saturday women have been protesting across germany for a more liberal catholic church they wear white shawls at improvised church services white is the color of hope hope that something will change. is the 1st demand is that all these cases of abuse be thoroughly investigated and that

the perpetrators be punished and removed from their positions the 2nd demand is that the church change it stunned some sexuality and the 3rd thing is that women must also be allowed to be ordained. according to a survey most bishops in germany reject the women's protest even the bishop of berlin the intended recipient of the message of these demonstrators didn't appear but one priest did show his solidarity. i also support the concerns something has to give in our church and the people who are here those who are truly involved in the church in their congregations and for whom it's really important to spend their time there and they really want the church to have a future. these women don't want to just play supporting roles in the catholic church with their weeklong church boycott and protests they hope they can change

the face of the catholic church. in. the u.s. state of missouri has approved a sweeping bill to ban abortions at 8 weeks of pregnancy becoming the latest state to join alabama in severely restricting the procedure but pro-choice supporters say these laws violate roe v wade that's the landmark supreme court decision in 1973 that up held a woman's right to an abortion in the u.s. they're trying to safeguard access to the procedure our correspondent helen humphrey traveled to alabama to talk with people on both sides of the divide the on about mistake capital has become the latest front line in a fight for reproductive rights that most pro-choice activists thought that one in the 1970 s. inside this building republican governor k. i.v. signed the bill into law and now she has a battle on her hands she has the support of proponents like the lori mullins who runs the copd pregnancy center in montgomery alabama offering baby items and

parenting classes in an effort to dissuade women from seeking abortions like the bit so she sees no exceptions even in the case of rape or incest if you believe that. at conception it is a person then you have to believe that all life is sacred how i was conceived has should have no impact on the value of my life why would you protect lives. and say except yours yours is not the case of incest that is a really really difficult discussion to have it's never right there is no good answer but at the same time the way the law is now we see it all the time if a child is being molested and she becomes pregnant at 13 or 14 or 15 the family takes her to have an abortion the only person who wins in that scenario is the person who was abusing her while proponents of the text want it to include

few exceptions to see it potentially go all the way up to the supreme court and maybe even overturn roe v wade itself opponents of the bill accuse state lawmaker has of playing politics with women's bodies one of them is margo hotline dressed as a handmade the pro-choice activists protested on the steps of the state government as the bill was passed and my. personal. stake in this is that i was for 3 years a victim of continuous sexual assaults and i did think that i was pregnant when i think about someone who might be in the situation that i was in and isn't able to. escape from that or stuck you're stuck with your rapist's baby and currently with only 3 abortion clinics in the entire state choices already seem limited alongside her work as an activist mia raven also works in an abortion clinic patients often

find themselves in dangerous circumstances as an already difficult time tell me about harassment paint a picture for me about what a woman might face coming into the clinic where you work the minute she pulls in so driveway she's going to be greeted by some protesters the minute she walks out of a corridor in this are screaming at her telling her that she doesn't need to be here and that she's still going to be a mother but she's going to be the mother of a dead murdered baby the doctor are used to southern states trying to vilify what they do. this is not an uncommon tactic they go after their providers especially doctors is another way to cut down access because abortion can be illegal all day long but if you can't access or you might as well not have that right. those rights are being challenged not just in alabama but across republican held states in the south the midwest which i'm looking at

a new conservative supremes court and hoping that now might be the time to roll back reproductive rights for good. are changing gears now and in tennis 2 top stars have been forced to withdraw from the italian open in rome because of injury world number one day on me or soccer seen here celebrating her australian open crown in january she told reporters that she woke up with pain and swelling in a right and she was still retain her number one ranking heading into the french open later this month and world number 3 roger federer had to withdraw because of an injury to his right leg of the soccer and federer had played 2 matches on thursday after wednesday's action was rained out. well the internet community is in mourning a frown that launched a 1000 memes has passed away that would be social media sensation grumpy cat she has died at the age of 7 the cat's famous scowl caused by feline wharf isn't shot

her online fame and even prompted owner to quit her job to set up a company loading her star pet made numerous t.v. appearances and even starred in her own christmas movie. all right here to talk about that feline sensation i'm joined now by d.w. social media editor donna donna i know your personally a big fan of grumpy cat can you help explain why she became such a superstar. well definitely karl i cannot believe i have to talk about her in past tense but i guess that's the circle of life grumpy cat was indeed an adorable little feline born in arizona united states to her owner tabitha in 2012 she as you've mentioned suffered from a certain type of dwarfism which gave her the very well distinguished expression that we all came to know and love very very grumpy as you've made as you may have noticed she rose to fame after tabitha's brother brian uploaded

a picture of her on reddit also in 2012 and well the rest is history she was able to capture everyone's hearts probably because each one of us has a grumpy cat when i think i can relate to. not only did. of followers on bond she also made her owner a millionaire i mean how did that happen. yeah correct will grumpy cat had over 8000000 followers on facebook more than 2000000 on instagram and more than 1000000 followers on twitter but she also had a brand and a company established after her name graham grumpy cat ltd now although the family cat parents never disclose just how much grumpy cat net worth is still estimates talk about anywhere between $1000000.00 and $100000000.00 so this was not only a cute cat but also a very profitable brian once told media that grumpy cat whose real name by the way was tartar sauce tartar sauce was able to ground them

a salary of 6 digit quickly donna is there a successor in the works. well for me personally of course there isn't but if you insist then surely you've heard the name there was another internet sensation kat she also surprisingly suffers from certain type of dwarfism but different one. tongue is permanently out because of this condition and she is rumored to also be friends with grumpy cat so who knows maybe you are witnessing the new queen of cats are the. new social media thank you very much. ok a quick reminder now the top stories that we're following for you at this hour german media have published a secretly taped video allegedly showing austria's vice chancellor promising government contracts in exchange for campaign donations warnings are said to show the leader of the far right party christiane offering contracts to

a woman posing as a lone think russian investor. and in london's press the talks between the opposition labor party and prime minister maine's conservatives have broken down the 2 sides have been negotiating for 6 weeks in an effort to reach a compromise on the u.k.'s departure. coming up next it's eco africa and more coming up next on the jones also on the way up call now the number one they just.

so killing a superior he changes the people making it possible to go africa. fantastic right trying that as they set out to save the environment. and learn from one another.