this is the w. news live from berlin finding a way out of italy's political crisis the government is plunged into on certainty one day after prime minister giuseppe conti resigned look at the options now facing it also coming up. guilty as charged one of the most powerful figures in the catholic church australian cardinal george pell loses his appeal against the

conviction for child abuse we'll have the latest from sydney. what i'm concerned of it is that people will try to use early votes from bracket. from the reporter pose as an excuse to start another war in northern ireland fears of a return to the past as the no deal brags that looms ever large. brian thomas thanks so much for joining us italy's president will begin talks with political leaders today to find a way out of a growing government crisis the country has been plunged into uncertainty after the resignation of prime minister giuseppe conti well looking at what lies ahead for the country as do we in our next report. god

she is and she is for the it's honey and prime minister as he arrived at the senate in rome for a crucial debate on the government's future. in a dramatic move he resigned from his post bringing italy's populist government to a swift and after just 14 months in power comes to accuse interior minister matteo salvini of being the sole architects of the country's seemingly endless political crisis. joining us for the reasons that lead me to call the decision to spark the government crisis extremely irresponsible but with i must say that the interior minister has shown he is acting out of personal and party interests but people can say blasted salvini for breaking up the right wing coalition with the intent of going it alone. i want to be i will be so we

don't need men with absolute power. but people with a strong sense of responsibility. we in saladin i was a salvini the leader of italy's writing league party told senators the teacher gets the government crisis because he's not afraid of an early vote at a fight i will win my will to everything that i did all over again. everything with the great strength of being a free man. and woman leave it means i'm not afraid of being judged by the italian this was the. kid on a par with. the jujitsu the youth and his supporters were also out in force chanting and that since now i'm not shins now. salvini has made clear his

bid for power and his popularity is still to be on the rise because of his anti migrants policy this almost matthew that he employed has plunged it's an even deeper into one of its was a political crises injury since he is. for the very latest on this was a bring in our correspondent max as and are joining us from rome good morning max what are the political options and possibilities right now for italy. so the ball now is in the court of italian president for a democrat 1st of all he's going to look forward and possibility to form an alternative government to find an alternative majority without believe this would likely be the 5 stores together with the central african accredit party and for the heard already happened between the 2 parties here today another option could be that he would install a caretaker government that would take italy to elections it's early as october for

a caretaker government that would take the bullet to 2020 this would have if extent the 1000000000 government could take your some important budgetary and fiscal business happens. another option he is quite unlikely to be that leader and might start to get back together. and for compromise for a new government or taking into account the election is a very strong outcome for full the party move over or after 4 o'clock when the 1st talks kick off for between the president and and the president is. then of the senate and the leaders of the political parties and the talks and probably most let's go on for at least today ok now the deputy prime minister and interior minister in the tail so media is is being blamed for the crisis he's hoping for snap elections is that the most likely outcome of this crisis max. that hard to say at the moment but clearly the president motorola's going to do

anything to avoid the snap elections. he's going to try to form the most likely going to try to to find a compromise between the center left in credit party p.t. and a 5 star but it's not clear even if they did manage to form a government how stable this government is going to be and if it's going to last for the rest of the tenure which is 3 half years and also and not everybody in p.g. wants to get together with the 5 star movement and they're having an internal meeting today to discuss this issue so right now still all options including snap elections are on the table ok we'll know more 4 o'clock today rome time max thanks so much for that. and staying in italy more than 80 margarets have been evacuated from a spanish rescue ship and are now on the italian island of lampedusa this hands in 1000 day standoff that began after italy refused to allow that ship to dock that

despite offers from other countries to take in the margins. 19 days of sitting on a crowded boat with little food and water now the migrants who were stuck on board the spanish rescue ship open arms have been allowed on a tally and soil. conditions on the boat had become increasingly desperate. 6 people had been cramped onboard with dwindling supplies tantalizingly close to shore. some cannot take it any longer at least 15 people are reported to have jumped overboard before they were allowed to disembark. italy's fiercely anti immigration interior minister of matteo salvini had resisted pressure to let the migrants off the ship drawing condemnation. risk that people should not be used as hostages for the purpose of political point

scoring and the situation right now is your crystal ball and should have never come to this on tuesday spain dispatched a navy ship to bring the migrants to the spanish island of majorca a journey that would have taken 3 days but even as it was under way italian prosecutors intervened ordering the remaining 80 migrants to be evacuated finally ending the ordeal of those on board. those free food out on some of the other stories making the news at this hour the number of wildfires in brazil's amazon rain. from. 3. after. over the accuracy of this distance. large areas of venezuela's

capital caracas have been hit by a power cut that lasted several hours. transportation mobile phone services were disrupted. and as well as the electricity company says the blackout was caused by a breakdown at an undisclosed location the country has repeatedly suffered outages . us president donald trump has canceled a trip to denmark because of its refusal to discuss selling greenland to the u.s. he recently floated the idea of purchasing the island as just in the danish prime minister called observe the autonomous danish territories government said the country was not for sale. the. syrian anti-government forces have withdrawn from the strategic town of conscient kuhn and the country's last rebel held province syrian government forces are now poised to advance on another town that has been hit by intense airstrikes over the last few days. and

destroying appeals court has upheld the conviction of the country's former top catholic clergyman george pell once the vatican treasurer is serving a 6 year sentence after a jury found he sexually abused 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. an appeals court in the state of victoria has ruled that the facts support the jury's decision. cardinal pell's the highest ranking catholic church official ever to be convicted of child abuse he denies the accusations and is expected to appeal to australia's highest court. for more on this for bring in roger maynard he's a journalist based in the city has been following the story for us for a while now good morning roger how did how respond in the court room to the decision as it was handed down. well hell other sat in the door is black suit. clerical collar on when the decision and so was handed down he found his head slightly but was otherwise unmoved by the decision

and about half an hour later or so it was let out the door of the fool judgment was handed down and now is back in prison in melbourne and roger the catholic church launched its own investigation into the pell case in a very late stage february of this year our church leaders coming under scrutiny for failing to accept. well certainly there's a lot of antagonism towards the catholic church particularly here in australia we saw a lot of the 6 you'll be survivors and the supporters both in court and out of court today indeed when the judgment was handed down there was a a rule from outside the court among the supporters which could be heard within the of the court room itself such was the the the approval of the the judge on that was being handed down but certainly as there is a lot of. money as i suppose about what's been going on in the get leave judge over

the years have been canvassing good areas here about the number of 16 abuse victims and they will their voice heard in fact the the father of one of the victims named in this piece will case who thinks delight and he said it was the right decision the pill should remain behind bars and stay there for the rest of this flood necessary to never be allowed to contact any person in the outside world again so that gives you a measure of the sort of. concern there is those among victims and the supporters at this stage ok here is not just the catholic church it's under pressure right now in australia carnal pelt once had a lot of prominent supporters in australia especially on the conservative side of politics how has this case affected the country's political landscape. well it is true that the prime minister the full of prime minister john howard rosen

liberal support folk for george during the. the sentence was handed down another conservative prime minister several political leaders of the voice the support for george pell and it in thing as it is true to say the new heat there are many people who thought the bill would wind its appeal but of course that hasn't happened the judgement against him was a $2.00 to $1.00 majority but it feels cool book that certainly. look people felt that he would get all these people free hasn't been the case now they're all it's to deprive him of his all rouble straight year award the current funds the school mostly true today but that will be an independent decision but it looks certain that he will lose that time or roger maynard for us thanks very much for that from australia. but still to come on this show the world's biggest interfaith summit is taking place in southern germany religious leaders from around the world are

looking for ways to prevent war from being waged in the name of religion. but 1st the british prime minister boris johnson is coming to berlin today to try to persuade chancellor on a machall to reopen breck's of negotiations johnson's calling for the so-called backstop arrangement for the irish border to be scrapped but so far your leaders have rebuffed these calls the backstop is an insurance policy you could say to avoid a hard border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. of course and ireland itself but it would involve northern ireland remaining in the e.u. customs union which critics say would effectively create a border within britain. there are fears that a hard border on the island of ireland would reignite the decades of conflict known as the troubles you have used teri schultz reports from northern ireland's capital belfast. and one of the most popular activities these days for visitors to

belfast is a troubles 2 or a $137.00 people hospitalized there were horrific injuries there were people multiple loss of limbs that were guides like paul donnelly navigate what's called a history of terror but many fear history can be repeated deadly clashes between protestant supporters of british rule and catholics wanting to unite with the republic of ireland were largely ended 2 decades ago by a power sharing deal known as the good friday agreement but now the looming prospect of a new deal breck's it could mean the return of checkpoints along the irish border and that has people like donnelly warning that former anti british guerrillas known as dissident republicans might have bandon the peace process stops that the end of a hard border it gives the public comes a contemporary justification for their violence you know it's not just ideological

saying this is not obstruct any more look at the shops along the border this is deferential and what they see is this part of them from the rest of it that there are. worries over a hard border and the loss of other rights are compelling even some former pro british loyalists to consider the once unthinkable uniting northern ireland and the republic of ireland the good friday agreement means northern ireland can take a vote on doing just that belfast new lord mayor john finn you can wants to make sure citizens are well educated about their options while hoping they'll back unification his party should faine openly lobbies for that it's a cause that colored his life he was just 9 years old when he saw his father. prominent republican human rights lawyer shot dead by approve british paramilitaries despite getting death threats himself as he took office in may when you can believe the time is right to move forward no deeper exit doesn't

automatically mean that unification will happen but what i do think is that it means that the conversation hostile because the conversation has already started not just from people within the north but people all over the island of ireland and certainly within europe as well. 50 years after the bloodiest period in northern ireland's history a time when more realize why so many walls and gates around this city no one i spoke with believes that addressing the question of a united ireland now well lead the country back into that kind of sectarian conflict at the same time no one is completely confident it won't. billy hutchinson a city council member from the progressive unionist party served 16 years in prison for 2 sectarian murders hutchinson says he's rejected violence but he's worried others haven't what i'm concerned about is that people will try to use a result from bricks at. the border post as an excuse to start another war.

at queen's university belfast professor colin harvey says people are anxious about the possible impact of unification but also frustrated britain the british government has behaved recklessly and the response of play in relation to this region for some time people look at what's happened in britain around breitbart and it's been honestly balik altered disastrous mess that the british system sees are falling apart and i think there's a real feeling on this island that we need to maturely and sensibly manage and plan a conversation and whatever the outcome you know find the sort of agreed way forward recent surveys suggest most people in northern ireland prefer to stay part of britain for now but those who want to united ireland say they're in no hurry expecting a chaotic to help their case. well here in germany president from walda steinmeyer has warned against abusing religion for political gain in a speech at an assembly of religious leaders some 800 delegates from about 100

countries are attending the interfaith meeting we're going to eyes by the ngo religions for peace in the south germantown lindo is on abraham meditation each and participant who says women have a special role to play when it comes to religion and peace. how does a lab a deal as many hats she's a politician or a translator professor as well as contributor to her need to tunisia's new constitution. today she's far away from home in lindo southern germany advocating for women's role as peace builders the religions for peace 10th world assembly and the 1st witness and even the victims off conflicts when they happen this is why they develop the capacity of feeling dangerous city and of the impact of conflicts so they at the same time develop the capacity to deal with the conflict. but it's

not all just words labadee also believes in indeed judgment on the ground we 1st met her in jordan a couple of weeks ago there along with other female faith leaders from the arab region she launched an initiative to empower syrian refugee women being more entertaining women through mentorship dialogue and solidarity. and has to how many here are like family refugees all jordanians i don't feel like a stranger here my wish is to educate and work on myself here young men and they don't know how every one of us has a dream minus to be able to work with people with disabilities years of in a region where religion is often seen as a precursor to conflict a project like this isn't a common one the women leading it come from sunni shiite christian and jewish faiths they do believe that it is exactly the slaver city that is at the core of their strength when we can meet as muslim jew and christian women from this region and work together with pass a very strong human message that the main important thing for os

is sustaining long sustained peace under the theme caring for our common future the conference live it is attending brings together some 800 senior religious leaders youth and women of faith from over 100 countries in dialogue with representatives of governments and civil society organizations for her it is an opportunity to take women's empowerment a step forward. some potent for us as we mean our women to be here for visibility our message would be visible to the word not only to our agent 2nd for networking and we are working with the women from other regions of the word from europe from america from asia from africa for the same goal. and until the next religions for peace world assembly now baby would be looking for

even more ways to empower women in her region. for more on the interfaith summit let's cross over now to william a venally he's the head of religions for peace he joins us from lindau thanks so much for coming in today our report features a woman who's very hopeful the dialogue and diversity can lead to change but in please places like syria israel kashmir and me in mar that we so often report on here it seems that interfaith understanding is in many ways at a low point what do you think can be done to help to start to turn that around. well 1st of all. when everything seems to have collapsed there's no functioning government or government is in many ways crippled or injured. the local population is present women are still vitally taking care of families

taking care of communities i have been conflict zone after conflict zone and it is the women that are holding their communities together i have seen this then move to the next stage of conflict where women are being brought to the table in terms of the peace process itself and i've seen women making vital difference in the very peace process and then finally we come at a fire at a stage for reconciliation when the conflict to stop the guns are silent and the ravages of the wounds are still present and once again it's women that are often leading the actual community processes of healing so this is the observation it has been under celebrated and it needs now to be lifted up and it needs to be mainstreamed into all of the processes of peacemaking at every

single stage from prevention to resolution to reconciliation itself prevention is certainly a very part of that process and opening the summit the german president on fault as dai meier pointed to religious radicalization is fueling terrorism what do you think could be done and what can religious leaders do to reach out to those who are most at risk of radicalization. well 1st of all i think we can take a certain comfort in the fact that every religion has its own pharmacy and in that pharmacy is the very medicine needed to address any ills the ills of radicalization within the religious community itself so our 1st instinct is to turn to the religion itself and look for its own medicine

to address its own areas of illness now this can be done in very very helpful ways remember religions don't stop at the border of a nation state we routinely bring eminent unquestionably authentic religious leaders of a given tradition into the areas of the world where that tradition is extremely vulnerable to radicalization. believers hear from their own esteem leaders sometimes from across the borders about the authentic teachers teachings of their own religions we are in a contest of interpretations of our religious traditions. extreme sad distorted tradition interpretations of tradition need to be countered by action that shows the authentic truth but also by interpretations by various

teams religious leaders we see this happen again and again take me on mar there is a majority of buddhists we would bring the supreme patriarch of cambodia the supreme patriarch of sri lanka a steamed venerable buddhist leaders to stand side by side with the buddhist community in myanmar to make it clear that it is buddhists to be compassionate to all that is buddhist to reach out across all boundaries and lines and this is an extremely effective way in which the entire global community of the religious religious tradition is used to help itself recover its own true ground william f. venally the head of religions for peace at the summit now underway in lindau's thank you very much for coming in today and all the best for your summit now underway in southern germany thank you so much. let's get you know quick reminder

of our top story this hour one day after telling prime minister decepticons they resigned the country's president is set to begin talks with key players try to find a way out of the crisis call to block the far right deputy prime minister mattel's ovine of the government's collapse. that's all we have time for more news at the top of the hour actually.

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