this is the deputy news live from berlin finding a way out of italy's crisis the government is plunged into uncertainty one day after prime minister in 2 separate conti resigned look at the options now facing italy also coming up. guilty as charged one of the most powerful figures in the catholic church australian pardon george pell loses his appeal against a conviction for child abuse the latest from sydney plus.

what i'm concerned of are those people will try to use. one of the border police as an excuse to start another war in northern ireland fears of a return to the past as a node. looms ever larger. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us italy has been plunged into uncertainty following the resignation of the prime minister giuseppe conti and the collapse of the government conti has attacked the far right interior minister matteo salvini saying he provoked the crisis for political gain well in just a few hours the president of italy's due to sound out political leaders to see if new coalitions possible or if the country will be heading for new elections.

cheers and jeers for the italian prime minister as he arrived at the senate in rome for a crucial debate on the government's future. so if in a dramatic move he resigned from his post bringing italy's populist government to a swift end after just 14 months in power contact accused interior minister. of being the sole architect of the country's seemingly endless political crisis. joining your days are the reasons that lead me to call the decision to spark the government crisis extremely irresponsible. i must say that the interior minister has shown he is acting out of personal and party interest to contain blasted sound the need for breaking up the right wing coalition with the intent of going it alone. going to be i will be we don't need man with absolute

power. but people with a strong sense of responsibility. however salvini the leader of italy's right wing league party told senators that he treated the government crisis because he's not afraid of an early vote before they win why we'll do everything that i did all over again thank you if. everything with the great strengths of being a free man. it means i'm not afraid of being judged by the italian this was the. kid on a par with. the judith's or the youth and. his supporters were also asked in forced chanting elections now elections now sound the need has made clear his bid for

power and his popularity is steadily on the rise because of his anti migrant policy the government collapses plunged italy even deeper into one of its worst political crises in recent years. let's go straight to rome now where did the views of max sanders standing by for us today do you max what are the political options and possibilities right now for italy. so the government crisis is in full swing here in italy at the moment and now the ball is in the president's court. explore option has to find an alternative option for government so this could be a left wing coalition or a center left coalition between 5 stars and the p.d. social democrat party but however they would have to find a strong mandate a so to say another option would be calling for new elections snap elections these

however would not take place right away there are constitutional procedures that have to be respected so we would see elections at the earliest at in october maybe november this year. the president will be holding talks with the heads of the allegations with the heads of parties starting today and tomorrow but so far the presidential palace has been quite reserved of what to make out of this ok max you mention the possibility of a snap elections there material salvini the interior minister has a lot of public support for his hardline policies on migration but is that support for these policies anough to propel him into the prime minister's office should there be new elections. will material salvini has a lot of support his staunch supporters here for his strong policies like the way he likes to portray himself but also he is he's a very polarizing figure so there's also strong opposition against him and his

policies currently his party is polling at 36 percent which means they hold there are a lot stronger than that than last year during the elections and there is a chance that together with thoughts italian fertility italian he could actually form a right wing coalition is not clear if the a smaller coalition partners would actually want that. but it all depends on what happens in the next couple days. will have to see ok next honor for us in rome max thanks very much. let's preview now on some of the other stories making the news at this hour more than 80 migrants stranded on the spanish rescue ship for 19 days have now disembarked on the italian island of lampedusa italian government had refused to let the vessel the open arms reach italian shores but yesterday italian prosecutors ordered that the migrants be immediately allowed into the country. number of

wildfires in brazil's amazon rain forest has hit a record this year that according to new data from the country's national institute for space research there's been an 83 percent increase in fires compared to the same period last year the news comes after president airballs n r o fired the institute's director in a dispute over the accuracy of statistics. on. syrian anti-government forces have withdrawn from the strategic town of khan khun and that in the country's last rebel held problems syrian troops are now poised to advance there and on another town that's been hit by intense airstrikes over the last 6. u.s. secretary of state my campaign says the u.s. will take every action possible to prevent an iranian oil tanker held in the baltic for 6 weeks from delivering oil to syria british royal marines seize that tanker in

july on suspicion it was violating e.u. sanctions it's now been released and is thought to be heading to greece. or one of the most powerful people in the roman catholic church cardinal george pell has failed to have his conviction on child sex abuse charges overturned well once the vatican's treasurer is serving a 6 year sentence for sexually abusing 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. . led away in disgrace 78 year old george pell leaves the supreme court of victoria and meldon he once dominated australia's catholic church now he's a common prisoner appeals judges a found a controversial jury decision against him was right there has been vigorous and sometimes emotional criticism of the cardinal there has also been strong support for the cardinal biogas in date it's fair to say. that this coast has

divided the community for you to say go oh oh. have you survivors and their supporters celebrated the supreme court ruling for these people pell is a symbol of the sins of the church. going in and out in the same forwards justice. system i. was there i guess it sounds like. the case against pell dates to the mid 1990 s. but despite swirling accusations his star continued to rise in the catholic church he became one of the vatican's most senior cardinals and even now the church has not defrocked pal he's always denied the allegations against him and may yes appeal today's verdict but pell's conviction house rocks the catholic church he won't be eligible for parole until october 2022. for more on this we're

bringing in roger maynard he's a journalist based in the 70s been following the story for us for a while now good morning roger how did pelle respond in the court room to the decision as it was handed down well hello earth 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. about our laser as though it was let out at the top of the fool judgment was handed down and now is back in prison in mobile. 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 little 6 you'll be survivors and the supporters both in court and out of court today andy when the judgment was handed down there was a a roar 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 when 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 the catholic judge over the years they've been canvassing girlies here about the number of 16 abuse victims and they will their their their voice heard in fact the the father of one of the victims that name did this people 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 like necessary and never be allowed to contact any person in the outside world again so that gives you a measure of the sort of. a concern there is those among victims and the

supporters at this stage ok here is not just the catholic church this under pressure right now in australia colonel pell 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 for george pell the during the. the full sentence was handed down another conservative prime minister several political leaders of the boys the support for george pell and it in fairness it is true to say that you know heat there are many people who thought the girl would win this appeal but of course that hasn't happened the judgment against him was a 2 to one majority but it feels cool book but certainly. a lot of people felt that

he would get all these people free but that hasn't been the case you know they're all it's to deprive them of this or will straight you will or the current funds the school mostly today but that will be an independent decision but it looks certain that he will lose that time roger maynard for us thanks very much for that from australia. while the british prime minister burst johnson is coming to berlin today to try to persuade chancellor on a macro to reopen bracks a negotiation johnson is calling for the so-called backstop for the irish border to be scrapped but so far as have rejected those calls the backstop is an insurance policy to avoid a hard border between northern ireland which is of course part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland but it would involve northern ireland remaining in the e.u. customs union which johnson's claims would be a violation of british sovereignty. the fear is that

a hard border on the island of ireland would reignite the decades of conflict known as the troubles you have used hershel's reports from northern ireland's capital belfast. one of the most popular activities these days for visitors to belfast is a troubles to or a 137 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 could 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 that gives the public comes a contemporary justification for their violence you know it's not just ideological it's 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 art and 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. a

prominent republican human rights lawyer shot dead by pro british paramilitaries despite getting death threats himself as he took office in may and you can believe the time is right to move forward no day brax it doesn't automatically mean that unification will happen but what i do think is that it means that the conversation 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 moralize by so many walls 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 breakfast. from the 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 their response will play in relation to this region for some time people look at what's happened in britain that it's been honestly spinning ball like alter 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 of this 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. that report by did every story short she joins us now from brussels good day to you terry a boris johnson will be in berlin in just a few hours to talk with the german chancellor is there still time for negotiations october 31st is drawing very close. well technically bryan obviously we're at the end of august there are a couple of months until johnson says the u.k. is leaving the european union deal or no deal the question is really whether there's any willingness and so far we haven't seen any remember that he doesn't just have to convince one leader or 2 leaders all 27 leaders would have to agree to reopen the withdrawal agreement and none of them are willing to do that at the moment ok you say there's no movement in terms of the e.u. but before the meeting with johnson we've just heard what could be taken as a possible signal for some kind of movement from the german chancellor let's let's

take a listen at the moment if we get a practical arrangement on how to preserve the good friday agreement while still to find the borders of the european single market we would no longer need the backstop . this means we will think about practical solutions if you have the will to find solutions you can do so quickly the european union is ready to do that but we do not need to reopen the withdraw agreement that's a matter for the future relationship and i think we will act together in the minds of even ok no reopening negotiations as you mentioned terry but it looks like there could be some room on the backstop what do you make of that statement. mystically as you might be doing because again all 27 e.u. leaders have to agree on any arrangement and don't forget one of those leaders is the irish leader the irish prime minister and ireland is absolutely not going to agree to anything that puts up a hard border if there's any alternative which no deal doesn't leave any

alternative for that at the moment so i'm as curious as anyone else to hear what to chancellor merkel might suggest as a solution to this because if there was one if there was an easy practical solution god knows how many months we negotiated on this it seems like we would have heard about that by now ok so you have to find out later today what that's all about after the meeting here in berlin a johnson setting to paris for a meeting with mr mccraw what can we expect there it's interesting that boris johnson is heading to france and germany before he visits his nearest neighbor of ireland but yeah this is a an effort of course to get the 2 arguably most powerful leaders in the european union to signal that they are willing to compromise to signal some some room for maneuvering but at the moment neither of them have done so and you just i'm sorry to be repetitive but you just can't get away from the fact that all 27 e.u.

leaders including the irish leader would have to be willing to make any sort of compromise on the withdrawal agreement and with boris johnson saying himself that he's not going to compromise them with the british parliament having rejected the withdrawal agreement that exists 3 times i think that there's a lot of euphemistic statements going around but i just don't see how there is any room for compromise at the moment and everything that i hear including in northern ireland seems to be heading towards a hard bracks it and that means possibly a hard border ok turd shills for us in brussels terry thanks very much. well here in germany president from fatah steinmeyer has warned against abusing religion for political gains and speech at an assembly of religious leaders some 800 delegates from more than 100 countries are attending the interfaith meeting organized by the ngo religions for peace and sales of germany you know views i have ever him minutes nishan participant who says women have

a special role to play when it comes to religion and peace. of mind is a lab a deal whereas 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 of conflicts when they happen this is why they develop the capacity of feeling the 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 indy german 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 injured in many through mentorship dialogue and solidarity. and has the how many

here are like family refugees or jordanians i don't feel like a stranger here my wish is to educate and work on myself see 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 old 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. believe that it is exactly the slavers 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 press 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 $100.00 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 will be looking for even more ways to empower women in her region. now it's germany's number one no go symbol the swastika nazi symbols officially banned here but it does sometimes crop up unintentionally for example in the case of an amusement park in the black

forest. as it starts up this ride called the eagles flight looks unassuming enough but once the eagles take to the year they seem to form a sinister shape few seem to notice at the park until a video of the eagles made it online now the park's owner is repentant. so the possible i would like to emphasize that on apologize in every way i can allow to anyone who feels disturbed and insulted bond is often. visitors to the tasmanian park seem to take it in their stride but. you wonder how you can delete something i miss on the one hand because it really is still a sensitive topic by this home the other hand it's just the engineering and just happens to look a lot about it if that's how to fairly so else. i'm not all that i didn't even notice that they might like swastikas. and the children they think nothing of it is used to bully the owner is talking to the rides manufacturer about

a redesign until then the eagles are grounded. get your minder now of our top story this hour one day after telling prime minister has every call to resign the country's president is now set to begin talks with key players try to find a way out of the crisis cause of blame the far right deputy prime minister mikhail salvini for the collapse of the go. well don't forget you can always get the news on the go download our app from google play or app store that gives you that system the latest news and information from around the world also give you push notifications for breaking news and you can use it to send us photos and videos. of the interviews live from the lead up next our business news with gary hart 1st there's always more on these other stores or a website as well. i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks for being.

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