documentary. this is deja vu news live from berlin finding a way out of italy's political crisis the government is plunged into uncertainty one day after prime minister giuseppe condit resign we'll 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 a conviction for child abuse insists he's innocent what i'm concerned about is the

people will try to use a result from that and from the reporter pose as an excuse to start another war. in northern ireland fears are growing of a return to the past as a no deal bracks it looms ever larger. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us italy has been plunged into uncertainty following the resignation of prime minister just half a continent and the collapse of the government call to has attacked the far right interior minister material salvini saying he provoked the crisis for political gain now in just a few hours the president of italy is due to sound out political leaders to see if a new coalition is possible or. if the country needs to head to new elections.

the 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. was in a dramatic move he resigned from his post bringing italy's populist government to a swift end after just 14 months in power can take accused interior minister. of being the sole architect of the country's seemingly endless political crisis. you days are the reasons that lead me to call the decision to spark the government crisis extremely irresponsible but. 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. we don't need men 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 the government crisis because he's not afraid of an early vote before they win my will do everything that i did all over again thank you. for. everything with a great strength 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 judy so that. 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 even deeper into one of its west political crises in recent years. let's go straight to rome now where do you use a mac. sanders standing by for us today here 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 said you must around the has to explore options 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 and 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 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. it's. well material salvini has a lot of support his staunch supporters here for his a strong policies like the way he likes the petroleum self 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 vote there a lot stronger than the than last year do during the elections and there is a sea chance that together with votes italian for 10 vitaly he could actually form a right wing coalition it's not clear if the the small coalition partners would actually want that. but it all depends on what happens the in the next couple days . will have to see ok next center force in rome max thanks very much. if you now on a preview now of some of the other stories making news today more than 80 migrants stranded on a spanish rescue ship for 19 days now have disembarked i tell you no on the long produce of the town government adverts used to let the vessel the open arms reach italian shores yesterday prosecutors ordered that the margins be allowed and free to italy. a number of wildfires and 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 bared in the same period last year the news comes after president tire bolzan r.-o. fired the institute's director in a dispute over the accuracy of the statistics. us secretary of state as the us will take every action possible to prevent iranian tanker held in gibraltar 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 has now been released it's all to be having to greece. indonesian police say they have regained control of west papuan after sending hundreds of troops in to calm the rest region thousands of protesters are taking to the streets of pop and west. in the past few days prompted by racist remarks said

to be made by police. or one of the most powerful people in the roman catholic church garden george pell as failed to have his conviction on child sex abuse charges overturned tell 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 melton 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 by all those. indeed it's fair to say. but this codes has divided the community for you to say get the full. of you

survivors and their supporters celebrated the supreme court ruling for these people pal is a symbol of the sins of the church is being announced today ending example of justice . system i. am very sad of yet i think it sounds like to take. the case against pal dates to the mid 1990 s. but despite swirling accusations his stock continued to rise in the catholic church he became one of the vatican's most senior cotton mills and even now the church has not to frank's pal he's always denied the allegations against him and may yes appeal today's verdict but tells conviction house rocks the catholic church he won't be eligible for parole until october 2022. why.

the british prime minister boris johnson is coming to berlin today to try to persuade house for all america to reopen bricks and go suggestions is calling for the so-called backstop of the border to be scrapped but so far your leaders have rejected those calls the backstop is will remind you an insurance policy to avoid a hard border between northern ireland which is part of britain and the republic of ireland but it would involve northern ireland remaining in the e.u. customs union was johnson says would be a violation of british sovereignty. scholz reports from bell's belfast so many people on the island of ireland fear johnson's insistence of getting rid of the backstop could reignite the conflict known as the troubles. on 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 can be repeated deadly clashes between protestant supporters of british rule and catholics wanting to unite with the republic of ireland were largely ended in 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 ends of the hard border it 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 to nuke and 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 not. 9 years old when he saw his father a prominent republican human rights lawyer shot dead by prove british paramilitaries despite getting death threats himself as he took office in may then you can believe the time is right to move forward will be 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 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 vat 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 of birders the people will try to use a result from brax 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 irresponsibly in relation to this region for some time people look at what's happened in their own private that's been let's pick on a. balik 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 mature really 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 a united ireland say they are in no hurry expecting a chaotic access to help their case. let's get you a monitor of our top stories this hour one day after our prime minister to something called to resign the country's president is set to begin talks with key players to find a way out of the crisis. blaming the far right deputy prime minister taro salvini

for the collapse of the gulf. this is deja vu news live from berlin up next is our documentary with a title like flowers for salt strong women in fact. i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks so much for being with us and rita will join you again at the top of the hour so long for. how it is time to step to. him correspondent susan kohn and host maybe only to discover the various flavors of the crazy hours the fusion and the fun tasty taipei starts to tremble.